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Nkhondo Yopeza Ya Stalin

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    Gulliver akupezeka m'dziko lomwe Stalin ndiye woyamba kuyambitsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi Germany ya Hitler. Chotsatira chake, USSR ndi wotsutsa kale, ndi Wozunzidwa Wachitatu. Ndipo Hitler amachotsa malamulo odana ndi Ayuda. Ndipo tsopano USA, Britain ndi ogwirizana nawo akuthandiza Ulamuliro Wachitatu kuti athetse chiwawa cha Stalin yemwe anaukira mwachinyengo.
  NKHONDO YOPEZA YA STALIN
  MALANGIZO.
  Gulliver akupezeka m'dziko lomwe Stalin ndiye woyamba kuyambitsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi Germany ya Hitler. Chotsatira chake, USSR ndi wotsutsa kale, ndi Wozunzidwa Wachitatu. Ndipo Hitler amachotsa malamulo odana ndi Ayuda. Ndipo tsopano USA, Britain ndi ogwirizana nawo akuthandiza Ulamuliro Wachitatu kuti athetse chiwawa cha Stalin yemwe anaukira mwachinyengo.
  . MUTU 1
  . Ndipo Gulliver anaponyedwa m'dziko lofanana mothandizidwa ndi galasi lamatsenga. Mtsikana wa Viscountess adachita bwino apa. Ndipotu ngakhale bulu amatha kutembenuza mphero. Ndipo kotero mulole mnyamata Wamuyaya amenyane, ndipo iye ndi abwenzi ake adzayang'ana.
  Apanso, iyi ndi mbiri ina ya Nkhondo Yadziko II.
  Pa June 12, 1941, Stalin anamenya nkhondo yoyamba yolimbana ndi Third Reich ndi ma satellites ake, kuyambitsa nkhondo yodzitetezera. Chigamulocho sichinali chophweka kwa mtsogoleriyo. Ulamuliro wa Third Reich pankhondo unali wapamwamba kwambiri. Koma USSR, makamaka. Koma Stalin anaganiza zoletsa Hitler, popeza Red Army sanali okonzeka nkhondo yodzitetezera.
  Ndipo asilikali a Soviet anawoloka malire. Iye anali monga choncho, iye anachita kusuntha molimba mtima. Ndipo gulu lankhondo la a Komsomol opanda nsapato likuthamangira kunkhondo. Atsikana ali okonzeka kumenyera mawa owala. Chabwino, kwa chikominisi pamlingo wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi mayiko.
  Atsikana akuukira ndikuimba;
  Ndife onyadira atsikana a Komsomol,
  Wobadwira m'dziko lalikulu ilo ...
  Tazolowera kuthamanga mozungulira mpaka kalekale ndi mfuti,
  Ndipo mwana wathu ndi wabwino kwambiri!
  
  Timakonda kuthamanga opanda nsapato pozizira,
  Zosangalatsa ndi chidendene chopanda chipale chofewa ...
  Atsikana amaphuka bwino, ngati maluwa,
  Kuyendetsa ma Krauts molunjika kumanda awo!
  
  Palibe atsikana okongola komanso okongola,
  Ndipo simunapeze membala wabwino wa Komsomol ...
  Padziko lonse lapansi padzakhala mtendere ndi chisangalalo,
  Ndipo ife tikuyang'ana zosaposa makumi awiri!
  
  Atsikana timalimbana ndi akambuku,
  Tangoganizani nyalugwe akuseka...
  Mwa njira yathu ndife adierekezi,
  Ndipo tsoka lidzafika poipa!
  
  Kwa dziko lathu lokongola la Russia,
  Tidzapereka molimba mtima moyo wathu ...
  Ndipo tidzapanga dziko la mayiko onse kukhala lokongola kwambiri,
  Tidzaima ndikupambananso!
  
  Dziko la makolo lidzakhala laling"ono ndi lokongola;
  Comrade Stalin ndi wabwino kwambiri ...
  Ndipo padzakhala mapiri achimwemwe m"chilengedwe chonse.
  Ndipotu chikhulupiriro chathu n"cholimba kuposa zitsulo!
  
  Ndife mabwenzi apamtima a Yesu,
  Kwa ife, Mulungu wamkulu ndi fano...
  Ndipo sizingatheke kuti tizikondwerera ngati wamantha,
  Chifukwa dziko likuyang'ana atsikana!
  
  Dziko lathu likukula,
  Mumtundu waukulu wa udzu ndi dambo ...
  Kupambana kudzabwera, ndikukhulupirira mu Meyi wokongola,
  Ngakhale nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta!
  
  Tidzachita zodabwitsa kwa Mayiko,
  Ndipo padzakhala chikominisi mu chilengedwe...
  Tiyeni tipambane, ndikukhulupirira moona mtima,
  Fascism wokwiya uja wawonongedwa!
  
  Anazi ndi achifwamba amphamvu kwambiri,
  Matanki awo ali ngati gehena monolith ...
  Koma adani adzakwapulidwa;
  Dziko la Abambo ndi lupanga lakuthwa ndi chishango!
  
  Simupeza chilichonse chokongola ku Motherland,
  Chifukwa chiyani mukumenyera, kuseka ndi mdani ...
  Padzakhala chisangalalo chachikulu m'chilengedwe chonse,
  Ndipo mwanayo adzakula kukhala ngwazi!
  
  Palibe Mayiko, khulupirirani kuti Fatherland ndi wapamwamba,
  Iye ndi Atate wathu ndi Mayi athu omwe...
  Ngakhale mkokomo wa nkhondo ndi madenga amawombedwa.
  Chisomo chatsanulidwa kuchokera kwa Ambuye!
  
  Russia ndiye dziko la dziko lapansi,
  Umamumenyera iye ndipo osachita mantha...
  Mphamvu zake pankhondo sizisintha;
  Tiyeni titsimikizire kuti nyali ya Rus ndi chilengedwe chonse!
  
  Kwa Abambo athu owala kwambiri,
  Tidzapereka moyo wathu, mtima wathu, nyimbo zathu ...
  Russia idzakhala pansi pa chikominisi,
  Kupatula apo, tonse tikudziwa izi - Roma Wachitatu!
  
  Msilikali adzakhala ndi nyimbo yotere.
  Ndipo mamembala a Komsomol akuthamanga opanda nsapato ...
  Chilichonse m'chilengedwe chidzakhala chosangalatsa kwambiri,
  Mfuti zidayatsidwa, zipolopolo zamoto!
  
  Chifukwa chake ndife mamembala a Komsomol palimodzi,
  Tiyeni tifuule mokweza - hurray!
  Ndipo ngati mukufuna kudziwa kugula malo,
  Tidzuke, ngakhale sikunache!
  Atsikanawo ankaimba mosangalala kwambiri. Amamenyana ndi nsapato zawo kuti apangitse mapazi awo opanda kanthu kukhala othamanga kwambiri. Ndipo zimagwiradi ntchito. Ndipo zidendene zosavala za atsikana zimanyezimira ngati ma propeller.
  Natasha nayenso amamenyana ndikuponya mabomba ndi zala zake zopanda kanthu,
  kung'ung'uza:
  Ndikuwonetsani zonse zomwe zili mwa ine
  Mtsikanayo ndi wofiyira, wozizira komanso wopanda nsapato!
  Zoya adaseka ndikuseka ndikuseka:
  - Ndipo inenso ndine msungwana wolimba, ndipo ndipha aliyense.
  M'masiku oyambirira, asilikali a Soviet adatha kupita patsogolo kwambiri ku Germany. Koma adataya kwambiri. Ajeremani adayambitsa zigawenga zotsutsana ndikuwonetsa magulu ankhondo awo abwino kwambiri. Komanso, chinali chifukwa chakuti Red Army anali moonekera otsika mu manambala a infantry. Ndipo asilikali oyenda pansi aku Germany ndi othamanga kwambiri.
  Chabwino, zinapezekanso kuti akasinja atsopano Soviet: T-34 ndi KV-1, KV-2 si okonzeka ntchito nkhondo. Iwo alibe ngakhale zolembedwa luso. Ndipo asilikali a Soviet, monga momwe zinakhalira, sangathe kudutsa chirichonse mosavuta. Chida chawo chachikulu chinali chokhoma komanso chosakonzekera kumenya nkhondo. Izi zidakhaladi malo ozungulira.
  Asilikali aku Soviet sanadziwonetsere kuti anali ofanana. Ndipo pali ...
  Japan inaganiza kuti kunali koyenera kutsata mfundo za Pangano la Anti-Comintern ndipo, popanda kulengeza nkhondo, inagonjetsa Vladivostok.
  Ndipo anayamba kuwukira. Akuluakulu a ku Japan ankalakalaka kubwezera Khalkhin Gol. Kuphatikiza apo, Britain nthawi yomweyo idapereka mgwirizano ku Germany. Churchill analankhula m'lingaliro lakuti Hitlerism si zabwino kwambiri, koma chikominisi ndi Stalinism ndi zoipa kwambiri. Ndipo kuti, mulimonsemo, sikoyenera kuphana wina ndi mzake kuti a Bolshevik atenge Ulaya.
  Chotero Germany ndi Britain anaimitsa nkhondoyo nthaŵi yomweyo. Ndipo chifukwa cha ichi, asilikali ambiri a ku Germany anamasulidwa. Magawano ochokera ku France adapita kunkhondo, ndipo magulu ankhondo aku France nawonso.
  Nkhondozo zinakhala zamagazi kwambiri. Powoloka mtsinje wa Vistula, asilikali a Germany anaukira ndipo anathamangitsa asilikali a Soviet Union. Sikuti zonse zidayenda bwino ku Red Army ndi Romania. Ngakhale poyamba tinakwanitsa kuswa. Ma satelayiti onse a ku Germany adalowa nkhondo yolimbana ndi USSR, kuphatikizapo Bulgaria, yomwe m'mbiri yeniyeni inakhalabe ndale. Chabwino, chomwe chiri chowopsa kwambiri ndikuti Turkey, Spain, ndi Portugal adalowa nkhondo yolimbana ndi USSR.
  Asilikali a Soviet anaukiranso Helsinki, koma a Finn anamenyana mwamphamvu. Sweden adalengezanso nkhondo pa USSR. Ndipo iye anasamutsa ankhondo ake.
  Chifukwa, Red Army analandira malire angapo zina.
  Ndipo nkhondoyo inapitirira ndi ukali waukulu. Ngakhale apainiya a ana ndi mamembala a Komsomol anali ofunitsitsa kumenyana ndi kuimba ndi chisangalalo chachikulu;
  Ndife ana obadwa ku Motherland,
  Dashing Komsomol apainiya...
  M'malo mwake, ndife ziwombankhanga,
  Ndipo mawu a atsikanawo akumveka bwino!
  
  Tinabadwa kuti tigonjetse ma fascists,
  Nkhope za achinyamata zimawala ndi chisangalalo...
  Yakwana nthawi yopambana mayeso ndi magiredi,
  Kotero kuti likulu lonse likhoza kunyadira ife!
  
  Kwa ulemerero wa Amayi athu oyera,
  Ana akugonjetsa mwamphamvu fascism ...
  Vladimir, uli ngati wanzeru wagolide,
  Lolani zotsalirazo zipume mu mausoleum!
  
  Timawakonda kwambiri Amayi athu,
  Russia wamkulu wopanda malire ...
  Dziko la Abambo silidzabedwa chifukwa cha ruble,
  Ngakhale kuti minda yonse inathiridwa magazi!
  M'dzina la Amayi athu, wamkulu,
  Tonse tidzalimbana molimba mtima ...
  Lolani dziko lizizungulira mwachangu,
  Ndipo timangobisa mabomba m'chikwama chathu!
  
  Polemekeza zipambano zatsopano, zokwiya,
  Akerubi awale ndi golidi...
  Dziko la Abambo silidzakhalanso ndi mavuto,
  Kupatula apo, anthu aku Russia sagonjetseka pankhondo!
  
  Inde, fascism yozizira yakhala yamphamvu kwambiri,
  Anthu aku America adasintha ...
  Komabe pali chikominisi chachikulu,
  Ndipo dziwani, sizichitika mosiyana pano!
  
  Tiwuze ufumu wanga,
  Kupatula apo, Mayiko sakudziwa mawu - ndine wamantha ...
  Ndimakhulupirira Stalin mu mtima mwanga,
  Ndipo Mulungu sadzauswa konse!
  
  Ndimakonda dziko langa lalikulu la Russia,
  Kumene Yesu ali wolamulira wofunika kwambiri...
  Ndipo Lenin ndi mphunzitsi komanso fano ...
  Iye ndi wanzeru komanso mnyamata, zodabwitsa!
  
  Tidzalimbitsa Bambo
  Ndipo tidzauza anthu nthano yatsopano ...
  Mumamenya fascist kumaso bwino,
  Choncho ufa ndi mwayewo zigwere!
  
  Mutha kukwaniritsa chilichonse, mukudziwa
  Mukajambula pa desiki ...
  Wopambana abwera, ndikudziwa Meyi posachedwa,
  Ngakhale kuti ndi bwino kumaliza mu March!
  
  Nafenso atsikana timachita bwino pachikondi,
  Ngakhale anyamatawo si otsika kwa ife...
  Russia sidzadzigulitsa yokha ndalama,
  Tidzadzipezera tokha malo m"paradaiso wowala!
  
  Kukopa kokongola kwambiri kwa Motherland,
  Gwirani mbendera yofiira pachifuwa chanu, mbendera yachipambano!
  Asitikali a Soviet apita patsogolo,
  Agogo athu akhale mu ulemerero!
  
  Tikubweretsa m'badwo watsopano,
  Kukongola, kuwombera mumtundu wa chikominisi ...
  Dziwani kuti mudzapulumutsa dziko lanu kumoto,
  Tiyeni tipondereze chokwawa choyipa cha fascism!
  
  M'dzina la akazi achi Russia ndi ana,
  Ankhondo adzalimbana ndi Nazism ...
  Ndi kupha Fuhrer wotembereredwa.
  Palibenso wanzeru ngati munthu wanthabwala womvetsa chisoni!
  
  Khalani ndi moyo wautali loto lalikulu
  Dzuwa likuwala kwambiri kumwamba ...
  Ayi, Satana sadzabwera padziko lapansi.
  Chifukwa sitingakhale ozizira!
  
  Choncho menyerani dziko la Abambo molimba mtima,
  Ndipo wamkulu ndi mwanayo adzakhala okondwa ...
  Ndipo mu ulemerero wamuyaya, chikominisi chokhulupirika,
  Tidzamanga Edeni wa chilengedwe chonse!
  Umu ndi m"mene nkhondo zowopsazi zinachitikira. Atsikana anamenyana. Ndipo Gulliver anamaliza gawo Soviet. Iye anali mnyamata chabe wa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, atavala zazifupi, ndipo akuyenda uku akupondaponda mapazi ake opanda kanthu.
  Miyendo yake inali itatha kale kuukapolo, ndipo anali wokondwa kuyendayenda m'njira. Ndipo ngakhale wamkulu mwa njira yake. Ndipo nthawi zina m"mudzimo mwana watsitsi loyera amadyetsedwa. Choncho chonse chachikulu.
  Ndipo pali nkhondo pamalire. Apa Natasha ndi gulu lake ali pa ntchito monga nthawizonse.
  Atsikana a Komsomol amapita kunkhondo atavala bikini yokha, ndikuwombera mfuti ndi mfuti za submachine. Iwo ndi ankhanza komanso aukali.
  Zinthu sizikuyenda bwino ku Red Army. Kutayika kwakukulu makamaka mu akasinja, ndi ku East Prussia, kumene kuli mipanda yamphamvu ya Germany. Chabwino, zinapezekanso kuti Poles sasangalala ndi Red Army. Hitler mwamsanga amapanga gulu lankhondo la asilikali a fuko la Poland.
  Ngakhale Ajeremani ali okonzeka kusiya kuzunzidwa kwa Ayuda pakadali pano. Aliyense amene angathe kulembedwa usilikali. Mwalamulo, a Fuhrer adafewetsa kale malamulo odana ndi Semiti. Poyankha, United States ndi Britain adatsegula maakaunti aku Germany. Ndipo anayamba kukonzanso malonda.
  Mwachitsanzo, Churchill anasonyeza kuti akufuna kupereka German akasinja Matilda, amene ali ndi zida kuposa magalimoto German kapena Soviet makumi atatu ndi zinayi.
  Mitembo ya Rommel inabwerera kuchokera ku Africa. Izi sizochuluka, magawo awiri okha, koma amasankha komanso amphamvu. Ndipo kuukira kwawo ku Romania ndikofunika kwambiri.
  Mamembala a Komsomol, motsogoleredwa ndi Alena, adagonjetsa asilikali a Germany ndi Bulgarian, ndipo anayamba kuimba nyimbo ndi chilakolako;
  M'dziko loloseredwa ndizovuta kwambiri,
  Ndizosasangalatsa kwambiri kwa anthu ...
  Membala wa Komsomol wanyamula nkhafi yamphamvu,
  Kuti zikhale zosavuta kwa a Krauts, ndikupatsani ndipo ndizomveka!
  
  Mtsikana wokongola akumenya nkhondo,
  Mmodzi mwa membala wa Komsomol akudumphadumpha popanda nsapato kuzizizira ...
  Zidzakhala nkhonya ziwiri kwa Hitler woyipa,
  Ngakhale kupita AWOL sikungathandize Fuhrer!
  
  Anthu abwino - menyanani mwamphamvu,
  Kuti ukhale wankhondo uyenera kubadwa...
  Msilikali waku Russia akukwera mmwamba ngati mphako,
  Lolani nkhope zodalitsika zithandizire ankhondo!
  
  Achinyamata apainiya ali amphamvu ngati chimphona.
  Mphamvu zawo ndi zazikulu, zazikulu kuposa chilengedwe chonse ...
  Ndikudziwa kuti mudzawona - mayendedwe okwiya,
  Kuphimba chilichonse ndi kulimba mtima, kosawonongeka mpaka kumapeto!
  
  Stalin wa Dziko Lathu ndi mtsogoleri wamkulu,
  Nzeru zopambana, mbendera ya chikominisi...
  Ndipo adzachititsa adani a Russia kunjenjemera,
  Kuchotsa mitambo yakuwopseza fascism!
  
  Choncho, anthu onyada, khulupirirani mfumu.
  Inde, ngati zikuwoneka kuti ndi wokhwima kwambiri ...
  Ndipatsa Mayi Fatherland nyimbo,
  Ndipo atsikanawo amisala mu chipale chofewa ndi mapazi opanda kanthu!
  
  Koma mphamvu zathu ndi zazikulu,
  Red Empire, mzimu wamphamvu waku Russia ...
  Anzeru adzalamulira, ndikudziwa kwa zaka mazana ambiri,
  Mu mphamvu yopanda malire imeneyo yopanda malire!
  
  Ndipo musalole chilichonse kutichedwetse, anthu aku Russia,
  Mphamvu za Herculean sizingayesedwe ndi laser ...
  Moyo wathu suli wosalimba ngati ulusi wa silika,
  Dziwani othamanga mpaka kumapeto modzidzimuka!
  
  Ndife okhulupirika ku dziko lathu, mitima yathu ili ngati moto.
  Tikufuna kulimbana, mwansangala komanso ndi mkwiyo waukulu ...
  Posachedwa tikhala ndi gawo la Hitler wotembereredwa,
  Ndipo ukalamba woipa ndi woipawo udzatha!
  
  Ndiye, khulupirirani Fuhrer, Berlin adzagwa.
  Mdaniyo akugonja ndipo posachedwa apinda manja ake ...
  Ndipo pamwamba pa dziko lathu pali akerubi m'mapiko,
  Ndipo gundani chinjoka choyipacho kumaso ndi mace!
  
  Dziko lokongolalo lidzaphuka mochititsa chidwi,
  Ndipo ma petals akuluakulu a lilac ...
  Padzakhala ulemerero ndi ulemu kwa asilikali athu,
  Tipeza zochuluka kuposa zomwe tinali nazo tsopano!
  Atsikana a Komsomol amamenyana kwambiri ndikuwonetsa aerobatics awo apamwamba kwambiri ndi kalasi.
  Awa ndi akazi kwenikweni. Koma nkhondo zonse zikuyenda molimba. Matanki aku Germany si abwino kwambiri. Koma "Matilda" ndi abwino. Ngakhale mfuti yake si wamphamvu kwambiri - 47 mm mlingo, osati kuposa mfuti German pa T-3, koma chitetezo kwambiri - 80 mm. Ndipo yesani iyi ndikuyesa.
  Ndipo Matildas oyambirira akufika kale ku madoko aku Germany ndipo akutengedwa kupita kummawa ndi njanji. Inde, pali kugundana pakati pa Matilda ndi T-34, komwe kumakhala koopsa komanso kwamagazi kwambiri. Ndipo nkhondo zowonetsera zikuchitika. Akasinja Soviet, makamaka KVs, sangathe kudutsa mfuti German magalimoto. Koma amatenga mfuti zotsutsana ndi ndege za 88-mm ndi mfuti zogwidwa.
  Koma ma BT oyenda ndi mawilo amayaka ngati makandulo. Ndipo mfuti zawo zaku Germany zimatha kuziwotcha.
  Mwachidule, blitzkrieg inalephera ndipo kuukira kwa Soviet kunatha. Ndipo magalimoto ambiri aku Russia akuyaka mophiphiritsira, mawuwo ndi miyuni. Izi zinakhala zosasangalatsa kwambiri kwa Red Army.
  Koma omenyanawo amaiimbabe mosangalala. Chotero mmodzi wa anyamata apainiya mokangalika anapeka nyimbo ya utawaleza;
  Ndi dziko lina liti lomwe lili ndi asilikali onyada?
  Ku America, ndithudi, mwamunayo ndi woweta ng'ombe.
  Koma tidzamenyana kuchokera ku gulu kupita ku gulu,
  Lolani munthu aliyense akhale wokwiya!
  
  Palibe amene angagonjetse mphamvu ya upangiri,
  Ngakhale Wehrmacht nayenso mosakayikira ndi yabwino ...
  Koma titha kuphwanya gorilla ndi bayonet,
  Adani a Bambo adzafa basi!
  
  Timakondedwa ndipo, ndithudi, otembereredwa,
  Ku Russia, wankhondo aliyense amachokera ku khola ...
  Tipambana, ndikudziwa izi
  Woipa iwe, ponyedwa ku Gehena!
  
  Ife apainiya titha kuchita zambiri,
  Kwa ife, mukudziwa, makina odziwikiratu si vuto ...
  Tiyeni tikhale chitsanzo kwa anthu,
  Aliyense wa anyamata akhale mu ulemerero!
  
  Kuwombera, kukumba, dziwani kuti ili si vuto,
  Menyani mwamphamvu wa fascist ndi fosholo ...
  Dziwani kuti pali zosintha zazikulu m'tsogolo,
  Ndipo tidzapambana phunziro lililonse ndi A +!
  
  Ku Russia, wamkulu aliyense ndi mnyamata.
  Wotha kumenya nkhondo mwachangu kwambiri ...
  Nthawi zina timakhala aukali kwambiri
  Mukufuna kupondereza chipani cha Nazi!
  
  Kwa mpainiya, kufooka sikungatheke,
  Pafupifupi kuchokera pachibadwidwe mwanayo waumitsidwa ...
  Mukudziwa, ndizovuta kwambiri kukangana nafe,
  Ndipo zotsutsana ndi legio!
  
  Sinditaya mtima, ndikhulupirireni anyamata
  M"nyengo yozizira ndimathamanga opanda nsapato m"chipale chofewa...
  Ziwanda sizidzagonjetsa mpainiya,
  Ndidzasesa ma fascists onse mwaukali!
  
  Palibe amene angatinyozetse ife apainiya,
  Tinabadwa omenyana amphamvu...
  Tiyeni tikhale chitsanzo kwa anthu,
  Sagittarius wonyezimira wotero!
  
  Woweta ng'ombe ndi munthu waku Russia,
  London ndi Texas ndi ochokera kwa ife ...
  Timawononga chilichonse ngati aku Russia ali pamoto,
  Tiyeni timumenye mdani m'maso!
  
  Mnyamata nayenso anagwidwa,
  Anamuotcha pachoyikapo ndi moto...
  Koma adangoseka pankhope za ophawo,
  Anati posachedwapa tidzatenganso Berlin!
  
  Chitsulo chatentha, mpaka chidendene chopanda kanthu,
  Anamukakamiza mpainiyayo, anali chete...
  Mnyamatayo amadziwa kuti anali wa chikhalidwe cha Soviet.
  Dziko lakwawo ndi chishango chenicheni!
  
  Adathyola zala zawo, adani adatembenukira pamadzi,
  Poyankha, kuseka kokha kumamveka ...
  Zilibe kanthu kuti a Krauts adamumenya bwanji mnyamatayo,
  Koma kupambana kunabwera kwa opha!
  
  Zilombo izi zamutsogolera kale kumupachika.
  Mnyamata akuyenda onse ovulala ...
  Pomaliza, ndinati: Ndimakhulupirira Rod,
  Ndiyeno Stalin wathu adzabwera ku Berlin!
  
  Atadekha mtima unathamangira kwa Rod,
  Anandilandira bwino kwambiri...
  Anati, mudzapeza ufulu wathunthu,
  Ndipo mzimu wanga unabadwanso thupi!
  
  Ndinayamba kuwombera ma fascists ankhanza,
  Chifukwa cha ulemerero wa Banja, a Krauts adapha aliyense ...
  Chifukwa choyera, chifukwa cha chikominisi,
  Zidzawonjezera mphamvu kwa mpainiya!
  
  Maloto akwaniritsidwa, ndikuyenda ku Berlin,
  Pamwamba pathu pali kerubi wamapiko agolide...
  Tinabweretsa kuwala ndi chisangalalo padziko lonse lapansi,
  Anthu aku Russia - dziwani kuti sitipambana!
  Ana nawonso amaimba bwino kwambiri, koma sanapitebe kunkhondo. Ndipo magulu aku Sweden, pamodzi ndi a Finns, ayambitsa kale kumenyana. Ndipo asilikali a Soviet omwe adadutsa ku Helsinki adagonjetsa mwamphamvu m'mphepete mwake, ndipo adadutsa malo a adani. Ndipo kotero iwo amapita ku mphamvu yodabwitsa ndikudula mauthenga a Red Army. Koma Stalin analetsa kuthawa ndipo asilikali a Swedish-Finnish anadutsa ku Vyborg.
  M'dziko la Suomi muli kulimbikitsa anthu ambiri, anthu ali okonzeka kumenyana ndi Stalin ndi paketi yake.
  Ku Sweden adakumbukiranso Charles Wachisanu ndi chiwiri ndi kampeni zake zaulemerero. Ndendende, kuti adataya, ndipo tsopano ndi nthawi yobwezera. Ndipo zimakhala bwino kwambiri pamene gulu lonse lankhondo la aku Sweden lisonkhana kuti lipange zatsopano.
  Komanso, USSR yokha inagonjetsa Ulamuliro Wachitatu komanso pafupifupi ku Ulaya konse. Ndipo pamodzi ndi Ajeremani, ngakhale magulu ankhondo odzifunira anafika kuchokera ku Switzerland. Ndipo Salazar ndi Franco mwalamulo analowa nkhondo ndi USSR ndipo analengeza molimbikitsa ambiri. Ndipo izi ziyenera kunenedwa kuti ndizochita bwino pa mbali yawo - zomwe zimabweretsa mavuto aakulu kwa Red Army.
  Asilikali ochulukirachulukira akulowa kunkhondoyi. Makamaka kuchokera ku Romania, kumene akasinja a Soviet adadulidwa kotheratu.
  Mkhalidwewo unakulitsidwanso ndi kusinthana kwa akaidi - onse ochokera ku Germany, Britain, Italy. Zotsatira zake, oyendetsa ndege ambiri adawombera ku Britain adabwerera ku Luftwaffe. Koma aku Italiya ochulukirapo adabweranso - asitikali opitilira theka la miliyoni. Ndipo Mussolini anaponya mphamvu zake zonse pa USSR.
  Ndipo Italy, osawerengera madera, ali ndi anthu mamiliyoni makumi asanu, omwe ndi ochuluka kwambiri.
  Choncho udindo wa USSR unali wovuta kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti asilikali a Soviet anali adakali ku Ulaya. Koma adapezeka kuti ali pachiwopsezo cha kuzunguliridwa ndi kuzunguliridwa.
  Ndipo m"madera ena nkhondoyo inakafika kudera la Russia. Kuukira kwa Vyborg kwayamba kale, komwe kunachitika ku Finns ndi Sweden.
  
  ZOSAVUTA ZA RUSSIA MAFIA - KUSONKHALA
  MALANGIZO
  Mafia aku Russia afalitsa mahema ake pafupifupi padziko lonse lapansi. Interpol ndi FSB ndi CIA akulimbana ndi achifwamba, komanso mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nthumwi, kuphatikizapo wotchuka Mosad, ndipo ndewu ndi moyo ndi imfa, ndi bwino mosiyanasiyana.
  Mawu Oyamba
  
  
  Zima sanachite mantha Misha ndi abwenzi ake. Ndipotu iwo ankasangalala kuti ankatha kuyenda opanda nsapato m"malo amene alendo odzaona malo sangayerekeze n"komwe kutuluka m"malo olandirira alendo. Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri kwa Misha kuyang'ana alendo, osati chifukwa chakuti kufooka kwawo kwapamwamba komanso nyengo yabwino kumamukondweretsa, komanso chifukwa adalipira. Analipira bwino.
  
  Ambiri, pakutentha kwa nthawiyo, adasokoneza ndalama zawo, ngati kuti atha kuwalozera malo abwino kwambiri a chithunzithunzi kapena kufotokoza zopanda pake pazochitika zakale zomwe zinayamba kusokoneza Belarus. Apa m"pamene anam"lipirira iye ndi anzakewo anasangalala kwambiri kugaŵana zofunkhazo pamene anasonkhana pa siteshoni ya masitima yopanda anthu dzuwa litalowa.
  
  Minsk inali yayikulu mokwanira kuti ikhale ndi zigawenga zake mobisa, zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso zazing'ono. Misha wazaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi sanali chitsanzo choipa mwa iye yekha, koma anachita zomwe anayenera kuchita kuti amalize maphunziro ake ku koleji. Chifaniziro chake chodetsedwa, chofiirira chinali chokopa m'lingaliro la Kum'maŵa kwa Ulaya, zomwe zinakopa chidwi cha alendo akunja. Mabwalo amdima omwe anali m'maso mwake amalankhula za kuchedwa kwausiku komanso kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi, koma maso ake owoneka bwino abuluu adamupangitsa kukhala wokongola.
  
  Lero linali tsiku lapadera. Anayenera kukhala ku hotelo ya Kozlova, malo osakhala apamwamba kwambiri omwe adadutsa kuti akhale ndi malo abwino poganizira za mpikisano. Dzuwa la masana linali lotuwa kwambiri m"thambo la m"dzinja lopanda mitambo, koma linaunikira nthambi zomwe zinali kufa za m"mphepete mwa misewu ya pakiyo. Kutentha kunali kochepa komanso kosangalatsa, tsiku loyenera kuti Misha apeze ndalama zowonjezera. Chifukwa cha malo osangalatsa, adakakamizika kunyengerera anthu a ku America ku hotelo kuti apite kukaona malo ena osachepera awiri kuti akapeze zosangalatsa za zithunzi.
  
  "Ana atsopano ochokera ku Texas," Misha adauza abwenzi ake, akuyamwa ndudu ya Fest yosuta theka pamene adasonkhana pafupi ndi moto pa siteshoni ya sitima.
  
  "Angati?" - anafunsa mnzake Victor.
  
  "Zinayi. Ziyenera kukhala zosavuta. Azimayi atatu ndi woweta ng'ombe wonenepa, "Misha anaseka, kuseka kwake kutulutsa utsi wotuluka m'mphuno mwake. "Ndipo chabwino ndichakuti m'modzi mwa azimayiwa ndi mwana wokongola."
  
  "Zokwanira?" - Mikel, watsitsi lakuda, wamtali kuposa onse ndi phazi, adafunsa mwachidwi. Anali mnyamata wowoneka ngati wosamvetseka wa khungu lofanana ndi pitsa yakale.
  
  "Mtsikana wamng"ono. Khalani kutali, "anachenjeza Misha, "pokhapokha atakuuzani zomwe akufuna, komwe palibe amene angawone."
  
  Gulu la achinyamata linakuwa ngati agalu akutchire m"nyumba yozizira kwambiri imene ankayang"anira. Zinawatengera zaka ziwiri ndi maulendo angapo kuchipatala asanalandire gawo kuchokera kwa gulu lina la zidole za kusekondale. Pamene amakonzekera chinyengo chawo, mazenera osweka ankaimba nyimbo zachisoni ndi mphepo yamphamvu inatsutsa makoma otuwa a siteshoni yakale yomwe inasiyidwa. Pafupi ndi kugwa nsanja anagona chete njanji, dzimbiri ndi overgrown.
  
  "Mikel, umasewera ngati woyang'anira station wopanda mutu pomwe Vic akuimba malikhweru," adalangiza Misha. "Ndiwonetsetsa kuti galimotoyo ikuyimilira isanafike njanji kuti titsike ndikukwera papulatifomu." Maso ake anaturuka poona bwenzi lake lalitali. "Ndipo musachite manyazi ngati nthawi yapitayi. Anandipangitsa kuoneka ngati chitsiru ndithu pamene anakuwona ukukodzera panjanji."
  
  "Mwabwera kale! Munangoyenera kuwabweretsa mu mphindi khumi, chitsiru!" Mikel anadzitchinjiriza mwamphamvu.
  
  "Zilibe kanthu, chitsiru!" Misha anasisima, akuponya nthiti ya nduduyo pambali ndikupita patsogolo kuti abangula. "Uyenera kukhala wokonzeka zivute zitani!"
  
  "Ee, sunandipatse mdulidwe waukulu wokwanira kuti ndikuchotsere zoipa zimenezo," Mikel anafuula motero.
  
  Victor adalumpha ndikulekanitsa anyani awiri a testosterone. "Tamverani! Tilibe nthawi ya izi! Mukayamba ndewu tsopano, sitingathe kupitiliza mkanganowu, mwamva? Timafunikira gulu lililonse lokhulupirira lomwe tingakope. Koma ngati inu nonse mukufuna kumenyana pompano, ine ndatuluka! "
  
  Awiri enawo anasiya kumenyana ndi kuwongola zovala zawo. Mikel ankawoneka wankhawa. Analankhula mwakachetechete, "Ndilibe mathalauza usikuuno. Iyi ndi awiri anga omaliza. Amayi anga adzandipha ngati ndidetsedwa chonchi."
  
  "Kwa Mulungu, lekani kukula," Victor anabwebweta, akumaseŵera mbama bwenzi lake loipa. Posachedwapa utha kuba abakha mu ndege.
  
  "Ndiye titha kudya," Mikel adaseka, akuyatsa ndudu kuseri kwa dzanja lake.
  
  "Sayenera kuwona miyendo yako," Misha adamuuza. "Ingokhalani kuseri kwa zenera ndikuyenda papulatifomu. Bola akuona thupi lako."
  
  Mikel adavomereza kuti ichi chinali chisankho chabwino. Anagwedeza mutu, akuyang'ana pawindo losweka lagalasi pomwe dzuwa linatembenuza mbali zakuthwa zofiira kwambiri . Ngakhale mafupa a mitengo yakufa ankawala kapezi ndi lalanje, ndipo Mikel ankaganiza kuti pakiyo ikuyaka moto. Ngakhale kuti anali wosungulumwa komanso kukongola kosiyidwa, pakiyo inali malo amtendere.
  
  M'chilimwe masamba ndi udzu zinali zobiriwira kwambiri ndipo maluwa owala modabwitsa - awa anali amodzi mwa malo omwe Mikel ankakonda kwambiri ku Molodechno, komwe adabadwira ndikukulira. Tsoka ilo, m"nyengo yozizira, mitengoyo inkaoneka ngati ikugwetsa masamba, n"kukhala miyala ya manda yopanda mtundu yokhala ndi zikhadabo zomwe zinagundana. Iwo anakankha, kufunafuna chisamaliro cha akhwangwala, kuwapempha kuti awatenthetse. Malingaliro onsewa anadutsa m'mutu wa mnyamata wamtali, woonda pamene anzake akukambirana zamatsenga, koma iye anali wolunjikabe. Ngakhale kuti ankalota, ankadziwa kuti nthabwala za masiku ano zidzakhala zosiyana. Bwanji, iye sakanakhoza kulingalira.
  
  
  1
  Zoseketsa za Misha
  
  
  Hotelo ya nyenyezi zitatu ya Kozlova inatsekedwa pafupifupi, kupatulapo phwando la bachelor ku Minsk ndi alendo ochepa omwe amapita ku St. Inali nthawi yovuta kwambiri pachaka kwa bizinesi, nyengo yachilimwe idatha, ndipo ambiri mwa alendo odzaona malo anali azaka zapakati, osafuna ndalama omwe adabwera kudzawona malo akale. Pambuyo pa 18:00 Misha adawonekera ku hotelo yansanjika ziwiri mu Volkswagen Kombi yake ndipo mizere yake idasinthidwa bwino.
  
  Anayang'ana wotchi yake mumzera woyandikira wa mithunzi. Khomo lopangidwa ndi simenti ndi njerwa la hoteloyo linagwedezeka m"mwamba monyozedwa chifukwa cha njira zake zosalongosoka. Kozlova inali imodzi mwa nyumba zoyambilira za mzindawu, zomwe zikuwonetseredwa ndi kamangidwe kake kazaka za zana. Popeza Misha anali mnyamata wamng'ono, amayi ake anamuuza kuti asakhale kutali ndi malo akale, koma sanamvere mawu ake oledzera. M"chenicheni, iye sanamvere n"komwe pamene anamuuza kuti akufa, chisoni chaching"ono kumbali yake. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wachinyamata wachinyamatayo wakhala akunyengerera zomwe amakhulupirira kuti ndiye kuyesa kwake komaliza kuti akhululukidwe moyo wake womvetsa chisoni - maphunziro afupiafupi a physics ndi geometry ku koleji.
  
  Anadana ndi nkhaniyi, koma ku Russia, Ukraine ndi Belarus inali njira yopita kuntchito yolemekezeka. Umenewu unali uphungu wokhawo umene Misha analandira kuchokera kwa amayi ake omaliza, atamuuza kuti bambo ake omaliza anali katswiri wa sayansi ya sayansi ya ku Dolgoprudny Institute of Physics and Technology. Malingana ndi iye, zinali m'magazi a Misha, koma poyamba adaziyika pambali, poganiza kuti ndi zofuna za makolo. N"zodabwitsa kuti kukhala m"ndende ya ana kwaifupi kungasinthire kufunikira kwa chitsogozo kwa wachinyamata. Komabe, pokhala wopanda ndalama kapena ntchito, Misha anayenera kutembenukira kwa anzeru mumsewu ndi ochenjera. Popeza kuti anthu ambiri a Kum"maŵa kwa Yuropu anali okonzeka kuona ng"ombe, anayenera kusintha zolinga zake kwa anthu akunja otsika, ndipo Achimereka anali okondedwa ake.
  
  Makhalidwe awo amphamvu mwachilengedwe komanso malingaliro omasuka adawapangitsa kukhala omasuka ku nkhani zankhondo zapadziko lachitatu zomwe Misha adawauza. Makasitomala ake aku America, monga adawatchulira, adapereka malangizo abwino kwambiri ndipo anali kukhulupirira mokondwera "zowonjezera" zomwe amayendera maulendo ake. Malingana ngati akanatha kuzemba akuluakulu a boma omwe anapempha zilolezo ndi kulembetsa anthu otsogolera, anali bwino. Uwu umayenera kukhala umodzi mwamausiku omwe Misha ndi achifwamba anzake amapeza ndalama zowonjezera. Misha wakhala akuwombera kale ng'ombe yonenepa, Bambo Henry Brown III wochokera ku Fort Worth.
  
  "O, kuyankhula za mdierekezi," Misha adaseka pamene gulu laling'ono likuyenda kunja kwa zitseko za Kozlov. Kudzera m"mazenera opukutidwa kumene a galimoto yake, iye anasuzumira pa alendo odzaona malo. Azimayi awiri achikulire, mmodzi wa iwo anali Mayi Brown, ankacheza mokweza mawu. Henry Brown ankavala jeans ndi malaya aatali, obisika pang'ono ndi chovala chopanda manja chomwe chinakumbutsa Misha wa Michael J. Fox kuchokera ku Back to the Future - zazikulu zinayi zazikulu kwambiri. Mosiyana ndi zimene ankayembekezera, munthu wolemera wa ku America anasankha chipewa cha baseball m"malo mwa chipewa cha magaloni khumi.
  
  "Madzulo abwino, mwana!" - Bambo Brown adafuula mokweza pamene adayandikira minivan yakale. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sitichedwa."
  
  "Ayi, bwana," Misha adamwetulira, akudumpha mgalimoto yake kuti atsegule chitseko cha azimayiwo pomwe Henry Brown akugwedeza mpando wamfuti. "Gulu langa lotsatira limangokwana 9 koloko." Misha, ndithudi, ananama. Ili linali bodza lofunikira kuti agwiritse ntchito chinyengo kuti ntchito zake zinali zofunidwa ndi ambiri, motero amawonjezera mwayi wolandira chindapusa chokwera pamene zopanda pake zidaperekedwa pamphika.
  
  "Ndiye kulibwino tifulumire," dona wokongola, yemwe mwina anali mwana wamkazi wa Brown, adaponya maso ake. Misha adayesetsa kuti asawonetse kukopa kwake kwa wachinyamata wa blonde wowonongeka, koma adamupeza kukhala wosatsutsika. Adakonda lingaliro lakusewera ngwazi usikuuno pomwe mosakayikira angadabwe ndi zomwe iye ndi amzake adakonza. Pamene amapita ku paki ndi miyala yake yachikumbutso ya Nkhondo Yadziko II, Misha anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito chithumwa chake.
  
  "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti simudzawona station. Ilinso ndi mbiri yabwino, "adatero Misha pomwe amatembenukira ku Park Lane. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti kutchuka kwake kumachititsa kuti alendo ambiri asokonezeke. Ndikutanthauza, ngakhale gulu langa la 9 koloko linakana ulendo wausiku."
  
  "Mbiri yanji?" - Abiti Brown wachichepere adafunsa mwachangu.
  
  "Ndizosavuta," adaganiza Misha.
  
  Iye anadandaula kuti, "Chabwino, malo ano ali ndi mbiri," anaima kaye mochititsa chidwi, "chifukwa chakusautsidwa."
  
  "Mukugwiritsa ntchito chiyani?" Abiti Brown adakweza, kuseketsa abambo ake omwe akumwetulira.
  
  "Damn it, Carly, akukusokonezani, wokondedwa," Henry adaseka, osachotsa maso ake pa azimayi awiri omwe amajambula zithunzi. Kujowina kwawo kosalekeza kunazimiririka pamene anali kusunthira kutali ndi Henry, ndipo mtundawu unatsitsimula makutu ake.
  
  Misha anamwetulira: "Uwu si mzere wopanda kanthu, bwana. Anthu am'deralo akhala akunena za kuwona kwa zaka zambiri, koma timasunga mobisa. Yang'anani, musadandaule, ndikumvetsa kuti anthu ambiri alibe kulimba mtima kupita kusiteshoni usiku. N"kwachibadwa kuchita mantha."
  
  "Abambo," Abiti Brown adayankha monong'onezana, akukoka manja a abambo ake.
  
  "Bwerani, simudzaguladi izi," Henry adadandaula.
  
  "Atate, zonse zimene ndaona chichokereni ku Poland zanditopetsa ine kumoto. Kodi sitingachite izi kwa ine?" - iye anaumirira. "Chonde?"
  
  Henry, yemwe anali wabizinesi wodziwa zambiri, anayang'ana mnyamatayo monyezimira komanso wodya nyama. "Angati?"
  
  "Musachite manyazi tsopano, Bambo Brown," Misha anayankha, kuyesera kuti asayang'ane maso ake ndi mtsikanayo atayima pafupi ndi abambo ake. "Kwa anthu ambiri, maulendowa amakhala otsetsereka pang'ono chifukwa cha zoopsa zomwe zikuchitika."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Adadi, muyenera kutitenga nafe!" Adalira mosangalala. Abiti Brown adatembenukira kwa Misha. "Ndimangokonda zinthu zoopsa. Funsani bambo anga. Ndiwe munthu wodabwitsa kwambiri. "...
  
  'Ndikukayikira kuti ndiwe,' liwu lamkati la Misha limagwirizana ndi chilakolako pamene maso ake ankaphunzira khungu losalala la marble pakati pa mpango wake ndi msoko wa kolala yake yotseguka.
  
  "Carly, kulibe chinthu ngati siteshoni ya masitima apamtunda. Zonse ndi gawo lawonetsero, sichoncho, Misha? " Henry anabangula mosangalala. Adatsamiranso Misha. "Angati?"
  
  "... mzere ndi wozama!" Misha adafuula m'malingaliro ake ochititsa chidwi.
  
  Carly adathamangira kuyitanitsa amayi ake ndi azakhali ake kuti abwererenso ku van dzuŵa likupsompsona m'mphepete mwake. Mphepo yofewayo inasanduka kamphepo kozizirira msanga pamene mdima unagwa pamwamba pa pakiyo. Akugwedeza mutu chifukwa cha kufooka kwake kuchonderera kwa mwana wake wamkazi, Henry anavutika kuti amange lamba pamimba pake pamene Misha anayambitsa Volkswagen Combi.
  
  "Zitenga nthawi yayitali?" - anafunsa azakhali. Misha adamuda. Ngakhale kufatsa kwake kunamukumbutsa za munthu wina amene anamva fungo lovunda.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kuti ndikakusiyani kaye kuhotelo kwanu, amayi?" Misha anasuntha dala.
  
  "Ayi, ayi, tingopita kusiteshoni kukamaliza ulendowu?" Henry anatero, akubisa chigamulo chake cholimba ngati pempho lomveka bwino.
  
  Misha ankayembekezera kuti nthawi ino anzake adzakhala okonzeka. Sipangakhale zosokoneza nthawi ino, makamaka osati mzukwa wokodza womwe umagwira m'njanji. Anatsitsimutsidwa kupeza siteshoni yachipululu yowopsa monga momwe anakonzera - yobisika, yamdima komanso yodetsa nkhawa. Mphepoyo inabalalitsa masamba a autumn m'mphepete mwa njira zokulirapo, ndikupindika udzu usiku wa Minsk.
  
  "Chifukwa chake nkhaniyi ikuti mukayima papulatifomu 6 ya njanji ya Dudko usiku, mudzamva mluzu wa sitima yakale yomwe idanyamula akaidi omangidwa kunkhondo kupita ku Stalag 342," Misha adafotokozeranso makasitomala ake. "Kenako muwona mkulu wapasiteshoni akuyang'ana mutu wake pambuyo poti apolisi a NKVD adamudula mutu pomufunsa mafunso."
  
  "Stalag 342 ndi chiyani?" Carly Brown anafunsa. Panthawiyi abambo ake adawoneka osakondwa pang'ono popeza tsatanetsatane wake adamveka ngati chinyengo ndipo adamuyankha mwaulemu.
  
  "Inali ndende ya asilikali a Soviet, hun," iye anatero.
  
  Iwo anayenda moyandikana, monyinyirika kuwoloka Platform 6. Kuwala kokha panyumba yachisonicho kunachokera ku matabwa a Volkswagen van kutali mamita angapo.
  
  "Nndani NK ... ndichiyaninso?" Carly anafunsa.
  
  "Apolisi achinsinsi aku Soviet," Misha adadzitamandira, kuti nkhani yake ikhale yodalirika.
  
  Anasangalala kwambiri kuwaona amayiwo akunjenjemera, maso awo ngati mbale poyembekezera kuona mawonekedwe amizimu a mkulu wa siteshoniyo.
  
  "Victor," Misha anapemphera kuti anzake apite. Nthawi yomweyo, mluzu wa sitima yapamtunda unabwera kuchokera kwinakwake panjanji, wonyamulidwa ndi mphepo yachisanu ya kumpoto chakumadzulo.
  
  "O, Mulungu wokondedwa!" - Mkazi wa Bambo Brown adafuula, koma mwamuna wake anali wokayikira.
  
  "Si zenizeni, Polly," Henry adamukumbutsa. "Pali gulu la anthu omwe akugwira naye ntchito."
  
  Misha sanamvere Henry. Iye ankadziwa zimene zidzachitike. Kukuwa kwinanso kokulirakulira kunafika pafupi ndi iwo. Poyesera kumwetulira, Misha adachita chidwi kwambiri ndi zoyesayesa za omwe anali nawo pamene kuwala kwa cyclopean kunawonekera kuchokera mumdima wa njanji.
  
  "Taonani! Zoyipa zoyera! Ndi uyu! Carly ananong'oneza mwamantha, akuloza njanji zodutsa mbali ina, pomwe munthu wowonda wa Michael adawonekera. Mawondo ake anagundana, koma amayi ena amanthawo sanamuchirikize m"mitima yawoyawo. Misha sanamwetulire, kupitiriza chinyengo chake. Anayang'ana Henry, yemwe ankangoyang'ana mayendedwe akunjenjemera a Michael wamkulu ngati mkulu wa siteshoni yopanda mutu.
  
  "Mukuziwona izi?" Mkazi wa Henry anadandaula, koma woweta ng'ombeyo sananene kanthu. Mwadzidzidzi maso ake adagwera pa kuwala koyandikira kwa njanji yobangula, ikuyenda ngati chinjoka cha Leviathan ukuthamangira kusiteshoni. Nkhope yonenepa ya woweta ng'ombeyo inasanduka magazi pamene injini ya nthunzi yakale inatuluka usiku, ikuyang'ana kwa iwo ndi mabingu amphamvu.
  
  Misha anakwinya nkhope. Zonse zinali bwino pang'ono. Sipanayenera kukhala sitima yeniyeni, ndipo komabe iyo inali yowonekera, ikuthamangira kwa iwo. Ziribe kanthu momwe adasokoneza ubongo wake, charlatan wamng'ono wokongolayo sankatha kumvetsa zomwe zikuchitika.
  
  Mikel, poganiza kuti Victor ndiye anali ndi udindo woimba mluzu, anapunthwa m'misewu kuti awoloke ndipo anachititsa mantha alendo. Mapazi ake ankayenda m"mipiringidzo yachitsulo ndi miyala yovunda. Pansi pa chivundikiro cha malaya ake, nkhope yake yobisika inaseka ndi chisangalalo poona mantha a akaziwo.
  
  "Mikel!" Misha anakuwa. "Ayi! Ayi! Bwererani!"
  
  Koma Mikel anadutsa njirayo, kulunjika kumene anamva kuusa moyo. Masomphenya ake anabisidwa ndi nsalu yomwe inaphimba mutu wake kuti ifanane bwino ndi munthu wopanda mutu. Victor adatuluka mu ofesi ya matikiti opanda kanthu ndikuthamangira kugulu lija. Ataona silhouette wina, banja lonse anathamanga kukuwa kupulumutsa Volkswagen. Ndipotu Victor anayesa kuchenjeza anzake aŵiriwo kuti iye sanali ndi mlandu pa zimene zinali kuchitika. Analumphira m'njira kuti akankhire Mikel wosayembekezeka kumbali ina, koma sanaganizire molakwika liwiro la chiwonetsero chodabwitsa.
  
  Misha adawona mwamantha pamene woyendetsa sitimayo akuphwanya abwenzi ake, kuwapha nthawi yomweyo osasiya kalikonse koma mafupa ndi mnofu ofiira owopsa. Maso ake aakulu abuluu anali ataundana pamalo ake, monganso nsagwada zake zofooka. Atadabwa kwambiri, adawona sitimayo ikutha mlengalenga. Kukuwa kokha kwa azimayi aku America kunapikisana ndi mluzu wakupha wa makina opha pomwe malingaliro a Misha adasiya malingaliro ake.
  
  
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  Mtsikana wa Balmoral
  
  
  "Tsopano tamvera mnyamata, sindikulora kudutsa pakhomo pano mpaka utakhuthula m"matumba! Ndatopa ndi zigawenga zabodzazi zomwe zimachita ngati ma Wally enieni ndikuyenda uku akungodzitcha kuti K-squad. Pokhapokha pa mtembo wanga!" Sheamus anachenjeza. Nkhope yake yofiyira inanjenjemera pamene amaika lamulo kwa munthu amene akufuna kuchoka. "K-squad si ya otayika. Inde?"
  
  Gulu la amuna okwiya, okwiya omwe adayimilira kumbuyo kwa Seamus adabangula mgwirizano wawo.
  
  Inde!
  
  Seamus anatsinzina diso limodzi ndikubuula, "Tsopano! Tsopano, fuck!
  
  Wabulauni wokongolayo adawoloka m'manja mwake ndikuusa moyo, "Jeez, Sam, ingowawonetsa kale katunduyo."
  
  Sam anatembenuka ndikumuyang'ana mwamantha. "Pamaso panu ndi amayi omwe ali pano? Sindikuganiza choncho, Nina."
  
  "Ndaziwona," iye anaseka, komabe kuyang"ana mbali ina.
  
  Sam Cleave, atolankhani osankhika komanso otchuka mderali, wakhala mwana wasukulu wamanyazi. Ngakhale mawonekedwe ake okhwima ndi mtima wopanda mantha, poyerekeza ndi Balmoral a K-squad, iye sanali kanthu koma prepubescent guwa mnyamata ndi zovuta.
  
  "Chotsani m'matumba anu," Seamus adaseka. Nkhope yake yowondayo inavekedwa chipewa choluka, chomwe ankavala panyanja popha nsomba, ndipo mpweya wake unkamveka fungo la fodya ndi tchizi, zomwe zinkaphatikizidwa ndi mowa wamadzimadzi.
  
  Sam adaluma chipolopolo, apo ayi sakanalandiridwa ku Balmoral Arms. Adakweza zida zake, ndikuwonetsetsa maliseche ake kwa gulu la zigawenga zomwe zidatcha pub kwawo. Kwa kamphindi iwo adawuma podzudzula
  
  Sam anadandaula, "Kwazizira, anyamata."
  
  "Wakhwinya - ndi zomwe zili!" Seamus anabangula mwanthabwala, akutsogoza kwambiya ya ogula ndi chisangalalo chogontha. Anatsegula chitseko cha malo omwe anakhazikitsidwa, kulola Nina ndi amayi ena kuti alowe kaye asanatulutse Sam yemwe anali wowoneka bwino ndikumugwira kumbuyo. Nina adachita manyazi ndi manyazi omwe adamva ndipo adatsinzina, "Tsiku lobadwa labwino, Sam."
  
  "Ta," anausa moyo ndipo anavomera mosangalala kupsompsona komwe anamuika padiso lake lakumanja. Chotsatiracho chinali mwambo pakati pawo ngakhale asanakhale okondana akale. Anatseka maso ake kwakanthawi atachoka, akusangalala ndi kukumbukira.
  
  "Kwa Mulungu, patsani mwamunayo madzi akumwa!" - m'modzi mwa makasitomala a pub adakuwa, akulozera Sam.
  
  "Ndimaganiza kuti K-squad ikutanthauza kuvala kilt?" Nina analingalira, ponena za unyinji wa ma Scots achinyezi ndi ma tartan awo osiyanasiyana.
  
  Sam anatenga kapu ya Guinness yake yoyamba. "Kwenikweni, 'K' imayimira chogwirira. Osafunsa."
  
  "Izi sizofunikira," adayankha, akuyika khosi la botolo la mowa pamilomo yake yofiirira.
  
  "Seamus ndi sukulu yakale, monga mukudziwira," adatero Sam. "Iye ndi wamwambo. Palibe zovala zamkati pansi pa kilt. "
  
  "Inde," anamwetulira. "Ndiye kuzizira bwanji?"
  
  Sam anaseka ndikunyalanyaza kuseka kwake. Anasangalala mobisa kuti Nina anali naye pa tsiku lake lobadwa. Sam sakanavomereza, koma anali wokondwa kuti wapulumuka kuvulala koopsa komwe adakumana nako paulendo wawo womaliza wopita ku New Zealand. Ngati sizinali zowoneratu za Perdue, akadamwalira, ndipo Sam sankadziwa ngati adzalandira imfa ya mkazi wina yemwe ankamukonda. Anali wokondedwa kwambiri kwa iye, ngakhale ngati bwenzi la platonic. Osachepera anamulolabe kuti azim'kopa, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti chiyembekezo chake chikhale chamoyo cha kubadwanso m'tsogolomu zomwe anali nazo poyamba.
  
  "Kodi mwamvapo kalikonse kuchokera kwa Purdue?" anafunsa modzidzimutsa, ngati kuti akufuna kupeŵa funso lofunika.
  
  Iye anati: "Akadali m"chipatala.
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti Dr. Lamar wamupatsa ndalama zokwanira," Sam anakwinya nkhope yake.
  
  "Inde anali. Adatenga nthawi kuti achire chithandizo chamankhwala ndipo tsopano akupitilira gawo lina," adatero.
  
  "Stage yotsatira?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Akumukonzekeretsa kaamba ka mtundu wina wa opaleshoni yowongolera," iye anayankha motero. "Simungamunene mlandu mwamunayo. Ndikutanthauza, zomwe zidamuchitikira zidasiya zipsera zoyipa. Ndipo popeza ali ndi ndalama ..."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza. Ndikanachitanso chimodzimodzi, "Sam adagwedeza mutu. "Ndikukuuzani, munthuyu ndi wachitsulo."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani umatero?" Anamwetulira.
  
  Sam adachita kugwedezeka ndikutulutsa mpweya, akuganizira za kulimba kwa mnzake. "Sindikudziwa. Ndimakhulupirira kuti mabala amachira, ndipo opaleshoni yapulasitiki imachira, koma, Mulungu, ndinali kuvutika maganizo tsiku limenelo, Nina."
  
  "Ukunena zoona, wokondedwa wanga," anayankha motero ndi nkhaŵa yofananayo. "Sangavomereze, koma ndikuganiza kuti malingaliro a Perdue ayenera kukhala ndi maloto osamvetsetseka chifukwa cha zomwe zidamuchitikira ku Lost City. Yesu."
  
  "Die hard, bastard uyo," Sam anagwedeza mutu wake poyamikira Perdue. Anakweza botolo lake ndikumuyang'ana Nina m'maso. "Perdue ... dzuwa lisamupsereze, ndipo njoka zidziwe mkwiyo wake."
  
  "Amene!" Analankhula momvekera, akugwedeza botolo lake ndi la Sam. "Kwa Purdue!"
  
  Ambiri mwa khamu laphokoso ku Balmoral Arms sanamve zotupitsa za Sam ndi Nina, koma panali ochepa omwe adachita - ndipo adadziwa tanthauzo la mawu osankhidwa. Mosadziŵika kwa aŵiri okondwererawo, munthu wina wosalankhula anali kuwayang"ana kuchokera kumbali yakutali ya malo ogulitsira. Munthu womangidwa kwambiri yemwe ankawayang'ana ankamwa khofi, osati mowa. Maso ake obisika amayang'ana mobisa anthu awiri omwe adamutengera masabata kuti awapeze. Usikuuno zonse zisintha, anaganiza ataona akuseka ndi kumwa.
  
  Chomwe amayenera kuchita ndikudikirira nthawi yayitali kuti chakudya chawo chiwapangitse kukhala osazindikira kuti achitepo kanthu. Zomwe amafunikira zinali mphindi zisanu yekha ndi Sam Cleave. Asanafunse kuti mwayi woterewu ubwera liti, Sam ananyamuka movutikira pampando wake.
  
  Ndizoseketsa kuti mtolankhani wofufuza wodziwika adagwira m'mphepete mwa kauntala, ndikugwetsa zida zake, kuopa kuti matako ake agwidwa m'diso la foni yam'manja ya alendowo. Chodabwitsa n"chakuti, zimenezi zinali kuchitika m"mbuyomo pamene anajambulidwa atavala zovala zomwezo patebulo losonyeza pulasitiki losasunthika pa Chikondwerero cha Highland zaka zingapo zapitazo. Kuyenda molakwika komanso kugwedezeka kwatsoka kwa kilt yake posakhalitsa kudapangitsa kuti avotele Sexiest Scot ndi Women's Auxiliary Corps ku Edinburgh mu 2012.
  
  Mochenjera anakwawira kulowera pazitseko zamdima za mbali ya kumanja ya bala yolembedwa kuti 'Nkhuku' ndi 'Tambala', monyinyirika akulunjika pa khomo lolingana ndi momwe Nina amamuyang'ana mosangalala kwambiri, wokonzeka kuthamangira kuti akamuthandize ngati asokoneza amuna awiriwo. M'khamu la anthu oledzerawo, mpira wokwezeka pawindo lalikulu lotchingidwa pakhoma unkamveketsa bwino za chikhalidwe ndi miyambo, ndipo Nina anachita zonsezo. Atakhala ku New Zealand mwezi watha. adadzipeza kuti alibe chidwi ndi Old Town ndi tartan.
  
  Sam anasowa m'chimbudzi choyenera, ndikusiya Nina kuti ayang'ane pa malt ake osakwatiwa komanso amuna ndi akazi achimwemwe omwe anali pafupi naye. Ngakhale kukuwa kwawo ndi kukankhana koopsa, linali khamu lamtendere lomwe likubwera ku Balmoral usikuuno. Mu chisokonezo cha kukhetsa mowa ndi opunthwitsa akumwa, kuyenda kwa dart otsutsa ndi madona kuvina, Nina mwamsanga anazindikira anomaly mmodzi - chithunzi atakhala yekha, pafupifupi osasuntha, ndipo mwakachetechete yekha. Zinali zochititsa chidwi kwambiri mmene mwamunayo ankaonekera, koma Nina anaganiza kuti mwina sanalipo kuti asangalale. Sikuti aliyense amamwa kuti asangalale. Izi ankazidziwa bwino kwambiri. Nthawi zonse akaferedwa kapena akadandaula ndi zimene anachita m'mbuyomo, ankaledzera. Mlendo uyu ankawoneka kuti ali pano chifukwa china, kuti amwe.
  
  Ankaoneka kuti akuyembekezera chinachake. Izi zinali zokwanira kuti wolemba mbiri wachigololo aziyang'ana pa iye. Anamuyang'ana pagalasi kuseri kwa bar uku akumwetsa kachasu. Zinali zodetsa nkhawa, momwe sankasuntha, kupatulapo dzanja la apo ndi apo kuti limwe. Mwadzidzidzi anadzuka pampando wake, ndipo Nina anadzuka. Adawona kusuntha kwake modabwitsa, kenako adapeza kuti samamwa mowa, koma khofi waku Ireland.
  
  "O, ndaona chizukwa," iye anadzilingalira yekha, kumutsatira iye ndi kuyang"anitsitsa. Anatenga paketi ya Marlboros m'chikwama chake chachikopa ndikutulutsa ndudu m'katoni. Mwamunayo anayang"ana mbali yake, koma Nina anapitirizabe kukhala mumdima, akuyatsa ndudu. Kupyolera mu kusuta kwake kwadala kwa utsi, iye ankakhoza kumuona. Anayamikira mwakachetechete kuti kukhazikitsidwa sikunakhazikitse lamulo losuta fodya, chifukwa linali pamtunda wa David Perdue, bilionea wopanduka yemwe anali naye pachibwenzi.
  
  Sanadziwe kuti izi zinali chifukwa chomwe bamboyu adaganiza zochezera a Balmoral Arms madzulo ano. Osamwa mowa ndipo mwachiwonekere sanali kusuta, mlendoyo analibe chifukwa chosankha pubu iyi, Nina anaganiza. Zimenezi zinam"chititsa kukaikira, koma anadziŵa kuti poyamba anali wodzitetezera mopambanitsa, ngakhale wododometsa, chotero anaisiya yekha pakali pano ndi kubwerera ku ntchito imene anali nayo.
  
  "Imodzinso chonde, Rowan!" adayang'ana m'modzi mwa ogulitsa mowa, yemwe adangomvera.
  
  "Ali kuti haggis amene anali ndi iwe pano?" - iye nthabwala.
  
  "M"dambo," iye anadandaula, "ndikuchita chimene Mulungu akudziwa."
  
  Anaseka kwinaku akumuthira nsonga ina ya amber. Nina anatsamira kutsogolo kuti alankhule mwakachetechete m"malo aphokoso oterowo. Adakokera mutu wa Rowan kukamwa kwake ndikuyika chala chake m'khutu kuti atsimikizire kuti akumva mawu ake. "Kodi mwamuona munthu amene wakhala pakona ija?" - adafunsa, akugwedeza mutu wake ku tebulo lopanda kanthu ndi khofi woledzera. "Ndikutanthauza, umamudziwa iye?"
  
  Rowan ankadziwa yemwe ankamunena. Anthu odekha otere anali osavuta kuwawona ku Balmoral, koma sankadziwa kuti makasitomalawo anali ndani. Anapukusa mutu n"kupitiriza kukambirana momwemo. "Virgin?" - adafuula.
  
  Nina anayang'ana nkhope yake. "Ndinayitanitsa zakumwa zopanda pake usiku wonse. Palibe mowa. Anakhala pano kwa maola atatu pamene inu ndi Sam munabwera, koma anangoitanitsa khofi wozizira ndi sangweji. Sindinalankhulepo kalikonse, mukudziwa?"
  
  "O, chabwino," adalandira zomwe Rowan adamuuza ndikukweza galasi lake kuti amutulutse akumwetulira. "Ndi."
  
  Panapita nthawi ndithu Sam atakhala kuchimbudzi ndipo pano anayamba kumva kusasangalala. Komanso mlendo uja adamutsatira Sam kuchipinda kwa azibambo aja, nayenso adali akusowabe kuchipinda chachikulu. Panali chinachake chimene sankachikonda. Iye sakanatha kudziletsa, koma iye anali chabe mmodzi wa anthu amene sanalole chinachake chipite pamene icho chinamuvutitsa iye.
  
  "Mukupita kuti, Dr. Gould? Ukudziwa zomwe ukupeza kuti sizingakhale zabwino, huh?" Seamus adabangula. Gulu lake linayamba kuseka ndi kukuwa monyoza, zomwe zinapangitsa wolemba mbiriyo kumwetulira. "Sindinadziwe kuti ndiwe dokotala wotero!" Pakati pa kukuwa kwawo kwachisangalalo, Nina anagogoda pa chitseko cha chipinda cha amuna aja ndikutsamira mutu wake pachitseko kuti amve bwino yankho lililonse.
  
  "Sam?" - adafuula. "Sam, uli bwino pamenepo?"
  
  Mkati mwake ankangomva mawu aamuna akumacheza koma zinali zosatheka kuzindikira ngati anali a Sam. "Sam?" anapitirizabe kuvutitsa anthu okhalamo pogogoda. Mkanganowo unasanduka chiphokoso chachikulu pa chitseko, koma sanayerekeze kulowa.
  
  "Damn," iye anaseka. "Akhoza kukhala aliyense, Nina, kotero usabwere kudzadzipangitsa kukhala wopusa!" Ali mkati modikira, nsapato zake zazitali zidendene zinagunda pansi mosaleza mtima, komabe palibe amene anatuluka pakhomo la Tambala. Nthawi yomweyo, m"chimbudzimo munamvekanso phokoso lina lamphamvu, lomwe linali lalikulu kwambiri. Kunamveka mophokoso kwambiri moti ngakhale khamu la anthu opulukirawo linaona, ndipo kenaka amasokoneza zokambirana zawo.
  
  China chinasweka ndipo china chake chachikulu ndi cholemera chinagunda mkati mwa chitseko, kugunda kwambiri chigaza chaching'ono cha Nina.
  
  "Mulungu wabwino! Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani kumeneko? Adakuwa mokwiya komaso amaopa Sam. Sipanadutse ngakhale sekondi imodzi asanatsegule chitseko ndikuthamangira kwa Nina. Mphamvuyo idamugwetsa kumapazi ake, koma Sam adamugwira nthawi.
  
  "Tiyeni, Nina! Mofulumira! Tiyeni tichotse zonyansazi! Choncho, Nina! Tsopano!" adabingula, ndikumukokera m'manja kudutsa malo odzaza anthu. Aliyense asanafunse, mnyamata wobadwa ndi bwenzi lake adasowa usiku wozizira wa ku Scotland.
  
  
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  Watercress ndi ululu
  
  
  Pamene Perdue ankavutika kuti atsegule maso ake, ankamva ngati nyama ya mseu yopanda moyo.
  
  "Chabwino, m'mawa wabwino, Bambo Perdue," adamva, koma sanathe kupeza liwu laubwenzi lachikazi. "Mukumva bwanji bwana?"
  
  "Ndikumva nseru pang'ono, zikomo. Kodi mungandipatseko madzi chonde?" - ankafuna kunena, koma zomwe Perdue anakhumudwa kumva kuchokera pamilomo yake ndi pempho lomwe linasiyidwa bwino kuseri kwa zitseko za nyumba ya mahule. Namwinoyo anayesetsa kuti asaseke koma nayenso anangodabwa ndi kuseka komwe kunamuonongera nthawi yomweyo ukadaulo wake ndipo anagwada ndikutseka pakamwa ndi manja onse awiri.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Bambo Perdue, ndikupepesa!" anang'ung'udza, akuphimba nkhope yake ndi manja ake, koma wodwala wake akuwoneka kuti ali ndi manyazi kwambiri ndi khalidwe lake. Maso ake abuluu otumbululuka anamuyang'ana ndi mantha. "Ayi, chonde," iye anayamikira kulondola kwa mawu ake adala, "Pepani. Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti inali wailesi yakanema. " Potsirizira pake, Perdue anayesa kumwetulira, ngakhale kuti zinali ngati grimace.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Bambo Perdue," blonde wokoma mtima, wamaso obiriwira adavomereza, ndikumuthandiza kukhala tsonga kuti amwe madzi. "Kodi zingakuthandizireni kukudziwitsani kuti ndamva zambiri, zoyipa komanso zosokoneza kuposa izi?"
  
  Perdue ananyowetsa mmero wake ndi madzi oyera, ozizira ndipo anayankha kuti, "Kodi mungakhulupirire kuti sizinganditonthoze kudziŵa zimenezi? Ndinalankhulabe zimene ndinanena, ngakhale kuti enanso anadzipusitsa." Anayamba kuseka. "Zinali zotukwana, sichoncho?"
  
  Namwino Madison, atalemba dzina lake pa dzina lake, adaseka kwambiri. Kunali kuseka kwenikweni kwa chisangalalo, osati zomwe adanamizira kuti amve bwino. "Inde, Bambo Perdue, cholinga chake chinali chapamwamba kwambiri."
  
  Chitseko cha ofesi ya Purdue chinatsegulidwa ndipo Dr. Patel anasuzumira.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati mukuchita bwino, Bambo Perdue," adamwetulira, akukweza nsidze imodzi. "Wadzuka liti?"
  
  "Ndinadzuka kanthawi kapitako ndikumva kuti ndili ndi mphamvu," Perdue adamwetulira Namwino Madison kachiwiri kuti abwereze nthabwala zawo zachinsinsi. Anagwira milomo yake kuti athetse kuseka ndipo adapereka bolodi kwa dokotala.
  
  "Ndibweranso ndi kadzutsa, bwana," anawauza njonda zonsezo asanatuluke m"chipindamo.
  
  Perdue adakweza mphuno yake ndikunong'oneza, "Dr. Patel, sindikufuna kudya pompano, ngati simusamala. Ndikuganiza kuti mankhwalawa akundichititsa nseru kwakanthawi."
  
  Dr. Patel anaumirira kuti: "Ndikuwopa kuti ndikaumirira, Bambo Perdue. "Mwakhala mukugonekedwa kale kupitilira tsiku limodzi, ndipo thupi lanu likufunika kuthiridwa madzi ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi tisanapitirize kumwa mankhwala ena."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ndakhala ndikukopeka kwa nthawi yayitali?" - Perdue adafunsa nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Zowona," adatero adokotala pansi, akuwoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa, "sitikudziwa. Zizindikiro zanu zofunika zinali zokhutiritsa, ngakhale zabwino, koma munawoneka kuti mukupitiriza kugona, kunena kwake titero. Kaŵirikaŵiri opaleshoni yamtundu umenewu si yowopsa kwambiri, chiŵerengero cha chipambanocho ndi 98%, ndipo odwala ambiri amadzuka pafupifupi maola atatu pambuyo pake."
  
  "Koma zinanditengera tsiku lina, kupereka kapena kutenga, kuti ndituluke m'malo mwanga?" Perdue anakwinya nkhope yake uku akuyesa kukhala tsonga bwino pa matiresi olimba omwe anakumbatira matako ake mosamasuka. "Chifukwa chiyani izi zidayenera kuchitika?"
  
  Dr. Patel anagwedeza mutu. "Taonani, aliyense ndi wosiyana. Ikhoza kukhala chirichonse. Sizikanakhala kanthu. Mwina maganizo ako atopa ndipo waganiza zopumako." Dokotala wa ku Bangladesh anati: "Mulungu akudziwa, malinga ndi lipoti lanu la zimene zinachitika, ndikuganiza kuti thupi lanu laona kuti n"zokwanira lerolino-ndipo pazifukwa zomveka!"
  
  Perdue anatenga kamphindi kuti aganizire zomwe dokotala wa opaleshoniyo ananena. Kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira pomwe adakumana ndi zovuta komanso kugonekedwa kuchipatala chapayekha ku Hampshire, wofufuza wosasamala komanso wolemera adaganiza pang'ono za masautso ake ku New Zealand. Kunena zoona, anali asanalowe m"maganizo mwake mmene zinthu zinalili zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri. Mwachiwonekere, maganizo a Perdue anali kulimbana ndi kupwetekedwa mtima kwa kuchedwa kwa umbuli. Ndidzimvera chisoni pambuyo pake.
  
  Atasintha nkhaniyo adatembenukira kwa Dr. Patel. "Ndidye? Kodi ndingodyako supu yamadzi kapena china chake?"
  
  "Muyenera kukhala wowerenga maganizo, Bambo Perdue," Mlongo Madison anatero uku akulowetsa ngolo yasiliva m"chipindamo. Pamwamba pake panali kapu ya tiyi, galasi lalitali lamadzi ndi mbale ya supu ya watercress, zomwe zinkamveka bwino m'malo opanda kanthu. "Za supu, osati madzi," anawonjezera.
  
  "Zikuwoneka bwino," Perdue adavomereza, "koma kunena zoona, sindingathe."
  
  "Ndikuopa kuti awa ndi malangizo a dokotala, Bambo Perdue. Ngakhale iwe umangodya masupuni ochepa?" iye anakakamiza. "Bola mutakhala ndi kena kake, tikhala othokoza."
  
  "Ndimomwemo," Dr. Patel anamwetulira. "Ingoyesani, Bambo Perdue. Monga ndikutsimikiza kuti mungayamikire, sitingapitirize kukuchitirani m'mimba yopanda kanthu. Mankhwalawa awononga thupi lako."
  
  "Chabwino," Perdue anavomera monyinyirika. Chakudya chobiriŵira chomwe chinali kutsogolo kwake chinkanunkhira ngati kumwamba, koma thupi lake linkangofuna madzi basi. Iye, ndithudi, anamvetsa chifukwa chake anafunikira kudya, ndipo chotero anatenga supuni ndi kuyesetsa. Atagona pansi pa bulangeti lozizira pa bedi lake lachipatala, ankamva zoyala zokhuthala zikuikidwa pamiyendo yake nthawi ndi nthawi. Pansi pa bandejiyo idaluma ngati chitumbuwa chochokera ku ndudu chopukutidwa pa bala, koma adasungabe malo ake. Kupatula apo, anali m'modzi mwa omwe adagawana nawo pachipatalachi - Salisbury Private Health Care - ndipo Perdue sanafune kuwoneka ngati wofooka pamaso pa ogwira ntchito omwe adawalemba ntchito.
  
  Atatseka maso ake kuti asamve ululuwo, anakweza supuniyo ku milomo yake ndikusangalala ndi luso lazamankhwala la chipatala chapadera chomwe adzayitanitse kunyumba kwa kanthawi. Komabe, kukoma kokoma kwa chakudyacho sikunamulepheretse kuoneratu zachilendo zomwe anamva. Sanachitire mwina koma kuganiza momwe thupi lake lakumunsi likuwonekera pansi pa zokutira za gauze ndi tepi.
  
  Atasaina zizindikiro zomaliza za Purdue pambuyo pa opaleshoni, Dr. Patel adalemba zolemba za Namwino Madison sabata yotsatira. Anatsegula akhungu m'chipinda cha Perdue, ndipo potsirizira pake anazindikira kuti anali pansanjika yachitatu kuchokera kumunda wabwalo.
  
  "Kodi sindiri pa chipinda choyamba?" Adafunsa mwamantha.
  
  "Ayi," anaimba motero, akuwoneka wodabwitsidwa. "Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi zilibe kanthu?
  
  "Sindikulingalira ayi," iye anayankha, akuwonekabe wodabwitsidwa pang"ono.
  
  Kamvekedwe kake kanali kodetsa nkhawa. "Kodi mukuwopa utali, Bambo Perdue?"
  
  "Ayi, ndilibe mantha, motero, wokondedwa wanga," iye anafotokoza motero. "M'malo mwake, sindingathe kunena ndendende zomwe zimanena. Mwinamwake ndinangodabwa kuti sindinawone munda pamene unagwetsa khungu. "
  
  "Tikadadziwa kuti ichi ndi chofunikira kwa inu, ndikukutsimikizirani, tikadakuikani pansanjika yoyamba, bwana," iye anatero. "Ndikawafunse adotolo ngati tingakusunthe?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi, chonde," Perdue adatsutsa mozama. "Sindidzasokoneza kwambiri malo. Zomwe ndikufuna kudziwa ndi zomwe zichitike kenako. Mwa njira, musintha liti mabandeji akumiyendo yanga?
  
  Chovala chobiriwira cha Namwino Madison chinayang'ana pansi wodwala wake ndi chifundo. Iye ananena chapansipansi kuti, "Musadandaule nazo, Bambo Perdue. Taonani, mudakumana ndi zovuta zoyipa ndi zoyipa... - adayima mwaulemu, kuyesera kufewetsa nkhonya - ... zomwe mudakumana nazo. Koma musadandaule, Bambo Perdue, mudzapeza kuti zomwe Dr. Patel anakumana nazo ndi zosayerekezeka. Mukudziwa, kaya muone bwanji za opaleshoniyi, bwana, ndikukhulupirira kuti muchita chidwi. "
  
  Anamwetulira Perdue moona mtima komwe kunakwaniritsa cholinga chake chomukhazika mtima pansi.
  
  "Zikomo," anagwedeza mutu, akumwetulira pang"ono kukhudza milomo yake. "Ndipo kodi ndidzatha kuwunika ntchito posachedwapa?"
  
  Namwino wamng'ono wokhala ndi chimango ndi mawu okoma anatola mtsuko wamadzi wopanda kanthu ndi galasi ndikulowera pakhomo, koma anabwerera posachedwa. Pamene ankatsegula chitseko kuti atuluke, anayang"ana m"mbuyo n"kuloza msuziwo. "Koma mutapanga chibowo chabwino mu mbale iyi, Bambo."
  
  Perdue anachita zonse zomwe akanatha kuti chisekocho chidutse mopanda ululu, ngakhale kuti kuyesayesako sikunapite pachabe. Msoti wopyapyala ankautambasula pakhungu lake lomwe ankasokedwa bwinobwino, n'kulowa m'malo. Perdue anayesetsa kudya msuzi wochuluka momwe angathere, ngakhale kuti panthawiyi unali utakhazikika ndikusandulika kukhala mbale yophika ndi crispy kutumphuka - osati mtundu wa zakudya zomwe mabiliyoni ambiri amakonda. Kumbali ina, Perdue anali woyamikira kwambiri kuti adapulumuka nsagwada za anthu owopsya a Lost City, ndipo sakanadandaula za msuzi wozizira.
  
  "Anapangidwa?" Iye anamva.
  
  Namwino Madison adalowa ali ndi zida zotsuka mabala a wodwala wake komanso bandeji yatsopano yotsekera nsonga pambuyo pake. Perdue sankadziwa choti achite ndi vumbulutsoli. Sanamve ngakhale pang"ono mantha kapena mantha, koma kuganiza kuti chilombo cha m"chigwa cha Lost City chikanamuchitira chinam"chititsa mantha. Inde, Perdue sanayese kusonyeza zizindikiro za munthu yemwe anali pafupi kukhala ndi mantha.
  
  "Izi zindipweteka pang"ono, koma ndiyesetsa kuti zisakhale zopweteka monga momwe ndingathere," anamuuza mosayang"ana. Perdue anayamikira chifukwa ankaganiza kuti nkhope yake siinali yosangalatsa. "Padzakhala mbola," anapitiriza motero, akumapha chida chake chosalimbacho kuti amasule m"mphepete mwa bandejiyo, "koma ndikhoza kukupatsa mafuta odzola a pamutu ngati taona kuti akuvutitsa kwambiri."
  
  "Ayi, zikomo," iye anaseka pang"ono. "Ingotsatirani ndipo ndithana ndi zovutazo."
  
  Anayang'ana mmwamba kwa kamphindi ndikumwetulira, ngati kuti akuvomereza kulimba mtima kwake. Imeneyi sinali ntchito yovuta, koma ankamvetsa mwachinsinsi kuopsa kwa kukumbukira zinthu zoopsa komanso nkhawa zimene zingabweretse. Ngakhale kuti palibe tsatanetsatane wa kuukira kwa David Perdue yomwe idawululidwa kwa iye, Namwino Madison mwatsoka adakumana ndi zovuta zamphamvu izi. Iye ankadziwa mmene kulumala kumakhalira, ngakhale kuti palibe amene angamuone. Kukumbukira zamavutowo sikunawasiye ozunzidwa, adadziwa. Mwina ndicho chifukwa chake anamvera chisoni wofufuza wolemerayo payekha.
  
  Mpweya wake unagwira kukhosi kwake ndipo anafinya maso ake pamene ankachotsa pulasitala yochindikala yoyamba. Zinamveka zopweteka zomwe zinapangitsa Perdue kugwedezeka, koma anali asanakonzekere kukhutiritsa chidwi chake mwa kutsegula maso ake. Iye anayima. "Izi zili bwino? Mukufuna ndiyende mochedwerapo?"
  
  Iye anati: "Ayi, ayi, fulumirani. Ingochitani mwachangu, koma ndipatseni nthawi kuti ndipume pakati."
  
  Popanda kuyankha, Mlongo Madison mwadzidzidzi anang"amba bandeji ndi yanki imodzi. Perdue anakuwa mopwetekedwa mtima, akutsamwitsidwa ndi kuthawa kwanthawi yomweyo kwa mpweya wake.
  
  "Ji-zuss Charist!" Adakuwa mokweza maso ndi mantha. Chifuwa chake chinkagwedezeka mofulumira pamene maganizo ake ankakonza gehena yozunza m'dera lachikopa.
  
  "Pepani, Bambo Perdue," anapepesa mochokera pansi pa mtima. "Inu munati ndiyenera kupitiriza ndikuthetsa izi."
  
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe ndidanena," adadandaula, ndikuyambiranso kupuma pang'ono. Sanayembekezere kukhala ngati kuzunzidwa pofunsidwa mafunso kapena kuzulidwa misomali. "Mukunena zowona. Ndinanenadi zimenezo. O Mulungu wanga, zinangotsala pang"ono kundipha."
  
  Koma zomwe Perdue sanayembekezere ndi zomwe adzawona akayang'ana mabala ake.
  
  
  4
  Zochitika zakufa relativity
  
  
  Sam mwachangu anayesera kutsegula chitseko cha galimoto yake pamene Nina akupumira molusa pafupi naye. Pa nthawiyi anazindikira kuti n"kosathandiza kumufunsa mnzake wakale pa chilichonse pamene ankaganizira kwambiri zinthu zazikulu, choncho anasankha kupuma n"kugwira lilime lake. Usiku unali wachisanu kwa nthawi iyi ya chaka, ndipo miyendo yake, ikumva kuzizira koopsa kwa mphepo, inapindika pansi pa nkhokwe yake, ndipo manja ake analinso dzanzi. Kuchokera kumbali ya malo ogulitsira kunja kwa kukhazikitsidwa, mawu anamveka, ofanana ndi kulira kwa alenje okonzeka kuthamanga m'mapazi a nkhandwe.
  
  "Chifukwa cha kumwamba!" Sam anasisima mumdimawo pomwe nsonga ya kiyiyo ikupitiliza kukanda loko, osapeza njira yotulukira. Nina anayang'ana mmbuyo pazithunzi zakuda. Sanachoke panyumbapo, koma iye adatha kukangana.
  
  "Sam," adanong'oneza, akupuma mwachangu, "kodi ndingakuthandize?"
  
  "Afika? Akubwera kale?" - adafunsa molimbikira.
  
  Adakali wodabwa ndi kuthawa kwa Sam, anayankha kuti, "Ndani? Ndifunika kudziwa amene ndiyenera kumuyang"anira, koma ndingakuuzeni kuti palibe amene akutionererabe."
  
  "Uyo-uyo... fu-" iye anatero mwachibwibwi, "munthu woipa amene anandiukira."
  
  Maso ake akuluakulu akuda adayang'ana malowa, koma momwe Nina amawonera, panalibe kuyenda pakati pa ndewu yomwe idachitika kunja kwa malo ogulitsira ndi kuwonongeka kwa Sam. Chitseko chinatseguka Nina asanadziwe kuti Sam amatanthauza chiyani, ndipo adamva dzanja lake likugwira mkono wake. Anamuponya m"galimoto mofatsa momwe angathere n"kumukankhira pambuyo pake.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sam! Kusintha kwa zida zanu zamanja ndi gehena pamapazi anga! "- adadandaula, akuvutika kuti alowe pampando wokwera. Nthawi zambiri Sam amakhala ndi nthabwala zokhuza yemwe adanenanso, koma analibe nthawi yoseketsa pakali pano. Nina anasisita ntchafu zake, uku akudabwabe kuti ndekuti ndi chani pamene Sam anayatsa galimoto. Kuchita chizoloŵezi chake cha kutseka chitseko kunafika panthaŵi yake monga, osati kale, kuphulika kwakukulu pawindo kunachititsa Nina kukuwa mwamantha.
  
  "Mulungu wanga!" - adakuwa ataona munthu wamaso m'chovala yemwe adawonekera mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Mwana wahule!" Sam adakwiya, ndikusuntha chowongolera kaye ndikuyendetsa galimotoyo.
  
  Mwamuna amene anali kunja kwa chitseko cha Nina anam"kuwa mwaukali, akumaponya nkhonya zofulumira pawindo. Pamene Sam ankakonzekera kufulumira, nthawi inacheperachepera kwa Nina. Anayang"anitsitsa munthuyo, yemwe nkhope yake inali yosokonezeka chifukwa cha kunjenjemera, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anamuzindikira.
  
  "Namwali," anadandaula modabwa.
  
  Pamene galimotoyo inatuluka pamalo ake oimikapo magalimoto, mwamunayo anafuula kenakake kwa iwo kupyolera mu mabuleki ofiira, koma Nina anadabwa kwambiri kuti asamvetsere zimene anali kunena. Anadikira motsegula pakamwa kuti afotokoze zolondola zomwe Sam angapereke, koma maganizo ake anali osokonezeka. Chakumapeto kwa ola lakumapeto adayendetsa magetsi awiri ofiira mumsewu waukulu wa Glenrothes, kulowera chakummwera chaku North Queensferry.
  
  "Mwati chiyani?" - Sam adafunsa Nina pamene adatuluka pamsewu waukulu.
  
  "Mwachifupi?" Adafunsa mogometsa kwambiri zomwe amalankhulazo adayiwala. "O, munthu wa pakhomo? Ndi kilili chomwe ukuthawa?"
  
  "Inde," Sam anayankha. "Mwamutcha chiyani kumeneko?"
  
  "O, Namwali Woyera," iye anatero. "Ndinamuyang"ana m"malo opezeka mowa pamene inu munali m"mabwalo ndipo ndinaona kuti sanali kumwa mowa. Ndiye zakumwa zake zonse ..."
  
  "Anamwali," Sam anatero. "Ndikumvetsa. Ndikumvetsa." Nkhope yake inali yonyezimira ndipo maso ake anali akadali othedwa nzeru, koma maso ake ankayang"ana mumsewu wokhotakhota ndi matabwa ake okwera. "Ndikufunikadi kugula galimoto yokhala ndi zotsekera zapakati."
  
  "Palibe zoyipa," anavomera motero, akulowetsa tsitsi lake pansi pa kapu yoluka. "Ndikadaganiza kuti izi zikadakhala zowonekera kwa inu pofika pano, makamaka mubizinesi yomwe mukuchita. Kuti bulu wanu akuthamangitsidwe ndikuvutitsidwa nthawi zambiri kungafunike mayendedwe abwino. "
  
  "Ndimakonda galimoto yanga," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Izi zikuwoneka ngati kulakwitsa, Sam, ndipo ndiwe wolemera mokwanira kuti ungakwanitse kugula zomwe zikugwirizana ndi zosowa zako," adalalikira. "Monga tank."
  
  "Anakuuzanipo kanthu?" Sam anamufunsa.
  
  "Ayi, koma ndamuona akupita kuchimbudzi pambuyo pako. Sindinaganize kalikonse za izo. Chifukwa chiyani? Analankhula nanu pamenepo kapena anangokuukirani?" Nina anafunsa, atatenga kamphindi kuti atsuke zokhoma zake zakuda kuseri kwa khutu kuti tsitsi lake lichoke kumaso kwake. "O Mulungu wanga, mukuwoneka ngati mwawona wachibale wakufa kapena chinachake."
  
  Sam anamuyang'ana. "N'chifukwa chiyani umatero?"
  
  "Ili chabe njira yodzinenera," Nina anadzichinjiriza. "Pokhapokha ngati anali wachibale wako wakufayo."
  
  "Usakhale wopusa," Sam anaseka.
  
  Zinali kuonekera kwa Nina kuti mnzakeyo samatsatira ndendende malamulo apamsewu, chifukwa anali ndi malita miliyoni a kachasu woyera m'mitsempha yake komanso kugwedezeka kwakukulu. Anathamangitsa dzanja lake mofatsa kuchokera kutsitsi mpaka paphewa, kuti asamuwopsyeze. "Si ukuganiza kuti kuli bwino kuti ndiyendetse?"
  
  "Simuidziwa galimoto yanga. Pali ... zamatsenga mmenemo," Sam anadandaula motero.
  
  "Osaposa momwe uliri, ndipo ndikhoza kukulandira bwino," anamwetulira. "Tiyeni titero. Apolisi akakuimitsani, mukhala muzambiri, ndipo sitikufunanso kukoma kwina kowawa kuyambira madzulo ano, wamva?"
  
  Kukopa kwake kunapambana. Ndi kupuma mwakachetechete kodzipereka, adachoka pamsewu ndikusintha malo ndi Nina. Akadagwedezeka ndi zomwe zidachitikazo, Sam adayang'ana mumsewu wakuda kuti adziwe zomwe akufuna, koma adapumula ataona kuti panalibe chiwopsezo. Ngakhale Sam anali ataledzera koma tulo tomwe timkafika kunyumba sitinagone.
  
  "Udziŵa, mtima wanga ukugundabe," iye anauza Nina.
  
  "Inde, inenso. Simukudziwa kuti anali ndani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  Sam anavomereza kuti: "Ankaoneka ngati munthu amene ndinkamudziwa kale. Mawu ake anali osokonezeka ngati mmene ankamvera mumtima mwake. Iye anathamangitsa zala zake kupyola tsitsi lake ndipo modekha anathamangitsa dzanja lake pa nkhope yake pamaso kuyang'ana mmbuyo kwa Nina. "Ndinkaganiza kuti andipha. Iye sanaluze kapena chirichonse, koma iye anang'ung'uza chinachake ndikumukankhira ine, kotero ine ndinakwiya. Mnyamatayo sanavutike kunena kuti "hi" kapena china chilichonse, ndiye ndinatenga ngati chilimbikitso kuti ndimenyane kapena kuganiza kuti mwina akufuna kundikankhira mu zoyipa, mukudziwa? "
  
  "N"zomveka," anavomera motero, akuyang"anitsitsa msewu kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo kwawo. "Kodi anang"ung"udza chiyani? Izi zikhoza kukupatsani chidziwitso cha yemwe iye anali kapena chimene iye anali kumeneko. "
  
  Sam anakumbukira chochitika chosamvetsetseka, koma palibe chomwe chinabwera m'maganizo mwake.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," anayankha motero. "Komanso, ndatsala pang"ono kuganiziridwapo pakali pano. Mwinamwake kachasu adatsuka kukumbukira kwanga kapena chinachake, chifukwa zomwe ndikukumbukira zikuwoneka ngati zojambula za Dali m'moyo weniweni. Kungoti chilichonse, "adabwebweta ndikugwedeza manja ake, "zapakidwa ndikusakanikirana ndi mitundu yambiri."
  
  "Zikumveka ngati zambiri zamasiku anu obadwa," adatero, kuyesera kuti asamwetulire. "Osadandaula, chikondi. Posachedwa mudzatha kugona zonse. Mawa mukukumbukira bwino izi. Komanso, n"zosakayikitsa kuti Rowan angakuuzeni zambiri zokhudza munthu amene amakuchitirani zachipongwezo, chifukwa wakhala akumuthandiza usiku wonse."
  
  Sam ataledzera mutu unatembenuka kumuyang'ana ndipo unapendekera chammbali posakhulupilira. "Wondizunza? Mulungu, ndikutsimikiza kuti anali wachikondi chifukwa sindikumbukira akundimenya. Komanso ... Rowan ndi ndani?"
  
  Nina adaponya maso ake. "O Mulungu wanga, Sam, ndiwe mtolankhani. Mungaganize kuti mukudziwa kuti mawuwa akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka zambiri ponena za munthu amene amanyoza kapena kukwiyitsa. Si dzina lolimba ngati wogwirira kapena wogwirira. Ndipo Rowan ndi bartender ku Balmoral. "
  
  "O," Sam adayimba pomwe zikope zake zidagwa. "Eya, ndiye, chitsiru chobwebweta chija chinali kundikwiyitsa kwambiri. Ndikukuuzani, sindinamve kuvutitsidwa chotero kwa nthawi yayitali. "
  
  "Chabwino, ikani pambali mawu achipongwewo. Lekani kupusa ndipo dzukani. Tatsala pang'ono kufika kunyumba kwanu," adawalangiza pamene akudutsa pa Turnhouse Golf Course.
  
  "Kodi ukugona usiku?" anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, koma ukupita kokagona, mnyamata wobadwa," iye anatero mwaukali.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti tili. Ndipo ngati mutabwera nafe, tidzakuwonetsani zomwe zimakhala ku Republic of Tartan, "adalengeza, akumwetulira ndi kuwala kwa magetsi achikasu omwe akudutsa mumsewu.
  
  Nina adapumira ndikuponya maso ake. "Lankhulani zowona mizimu ya mabwenzi akale," iye anang"ung"udza pamene akutembenukira mumsewu umene Sam amakhala. Sananene kalikonse. Sam maganizo a chifunga anali pa autopilot akugwedezeka mwakachetechete m'makona a galimotoyo kwinaku maganizo akutali akupitilira kukankhira nkhope yosamveka ya mlendo yemwe anali m'chipinda cha abambowa kuti asakumbukire.
  
  Sam sanali kwambiri wolemetsa pamene Nina anaika mutu wake pa fluffed pilo m'chipinda chake chogona. Kunali kusintha kolandirika kuchoka ku zionetsero zake zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kwa nthawi yayitali, koma adadziwa kuti zomwe zidawawa zamadzulowo, komanso kumwa kowawa kwa munthu wa ku Ireland, ziyenera kuti zidasokoneza khalidwe la mnzakeyo. Iye anali atatopa, ndipo ngakhale thupi lake linali lotopa bwanji, maganizo ake ankalimbana ndi kupuma. Amatha kuziwona m'mayendedwe a maso ake kuseri kwa zikope zake zotsekeka.
  
  "Gona bwino, mnyamata," ananong"ona. Akupsompsona Sam pa tsaya, anakokera bulangeti mmwamba ndikuyika m'mphepete mwa bulangeti lake lachikopa paphewa lake. Kuwala kocheperako kunawunikira makatani okokedwa theka pamene Nina anazimitsa nyali yapampando wa bedi la Sam.
  
  Atamusiya ali ndi chisangalalo chokwanira, adalowa mchipinda chochezera, pomwe mphaka wake wokondedwa anali atangokhala pachovala.
  
  "Moni, Bruich," ananong"oneza motero, akudzimva wopanda kanthu. "Ukufuna unditenthetse usikuuno?" Mphakayo sanachite kalikonse koma kusuzumira m"zikope zake kuti aphunzire zolinga zake asanagone mwamtendere pamene bingu linkadutsa ku Edinburgh. "Ayi," iye anagwedeza mutu. "Ndikadavomera aphunzitsi anu ndikadadziwa kuti mundinyalanyaza. Amuna inu nonse muli chimodzimodzi."
  
  Nina adadzigwetsa pa sofa ndikuyatsa TV, osati kungosangalala ngati kampani. Nkhani za zochitika za usiku zinam'fikira m'maganizo mwake, koma anali wotopa kwambiri kuti aganizire zambiri za izo. Chomwe ankadziwa chinali chakuti sanakhazikike mtima ndi mawu omwe namwaliyo ankamveka pamene ankaboola zenera la galimoto yake Sam asanayendetse. Kunali ngati kuyasamula kwapang"onopang"ono kobwerezedwanso pang"onopang"ono; kumveka koopsa koopsa komwe sanaiwale.
  
  Chinachake chinamuchititsa chidwi pa zenera. Inali imodzi mwa mapaki m'tauni yakwawo ya Oban kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Scotland. Kunja, mvula idagwa kuti ichotse tsiku lobadwa la Sam Cleave ndikulengeza mbandakucha wa tsiku latsopano.
  
  2 koloko m'mawa.
  
  "O, tabweranso pa nkhani," iye anatero ndipo anakweza mawuwo pamwamba pa phokoso la mvula. "Ngakhale sizosangalatsa kwambiri." Panalibe china chilichonse chovuta mu lipoti la nkhani kupatula kuti meya wosankhidwa watsopano wa Oban akupita ku msonkhano wadziko lonse wofunika kwambiri komanso wodalirika kwambiri. "Confidence, damn it," Nina adadandaula, akuyatsa galimoto ya Marlboro. "Dzina lodziwika bwino lachinsinsi chobisalira mwadzidzidzi, Hei, opusa inu?" Ndi khalidwe lake losuliza, Nina anayesa kumvetsetsa momwe meya wosavuta angalingaliridwe kukhala wofunikira mokwanira kuti aitanidwe ku msonkhano wapamwamba wotero. Zinali zachilendo, koma maso amchenga a Nina sanathenso kupirira kuwala kwa buluu pa TV, ndipo adagona tulo ndi phokoso la mvula ndi macheza osagwirizana, akuzimiririka a mtolankhani wa Channel 8.
  
  
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  Namwino wina
  
  
  Kuwala kwa m'mawa komwe kunabwera kudzera pawindo la Perdue, mabala ake ankawoneka ngati ovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe analili madzulo apitawo pamene Namwino Madison anawatsuka. Anabisala kugwedezeka kwake koyamba ataona mabala abuluu otumbululuka, koma sakanatha kutsutsa kuti ntchito ya madokotala ku Salisbury Clinic inali yapamwamba kwambiri. Poganizira kuwonongeka kwakukulu komwe kunachitidwa kumunsi kwake mkati mwa Mzinda Wotayika, opaleshoni yokonza inali itayenda bwino kwambiri.
  
  "Zikuwoneka bwino kuposa momwe ndimaganizira," adauza namwinoyo uku akuchotsa bandeji. "Kumbali ina, mwina ndikungochira?"
  
  Namwino, mtsikana amene khalidwe lake la pambali pa bedi silinali laumwini, anamwetulira monyinyirika. Perdue anazindikira kuti sanali nawo nthabwala Namwino Madison, koma osachepera anali wochezeka. Ankaoneka kuti sankamasuka pamene anali naye, koma sankamvetsa chifukwa chake. Pokhala yemwe iye anali, bilionea wothamangitsidwayo adangofunsa.
  
  "Kodi mukudwala?" - iye nthabwala.
  
  "Ayi, Bambo Perdue?" - anayankha mosamala. "Zachiyani?"
  
  "Kwa ine," iye anamwetulira.
  
  Kwa kamphindi kakang'ono, mawonekedwe akale omwe 'akusakidwa' adawonekera pankhope pake, koma kuseka kwake posakhalitsa kunamuchotsera chisokonezo chake. Nthawi yomweyo anamwetulira. "Hmm, ayi, sindine choncho. Adandiyesa ndipo adapeza kuti sindingathe kukuwuzani."
  
  "Ha!" - iye anafuula, kuyesera kunyalanyaza zomwe zimadziwika bwino zoyaka moto kuchokera ku zovuta za stitches pakhungu. "Ukuwoneka kuti sufuna kuyankhula zambiri, choncho ndaona kuti payenera kukhala chifukwa chachipatala."
  
  Namwino adapumira mozama asanamuyankhe. "Iyi ndi nkhani yaumwini, a Perdue. Chonde yesetsani kusatengera luso langa lolimba. Ndi njira yanga basi. Odwala onse amandikonda, koma ndimayesetsa kuti ndisakhale nawo paubwenzi."
  
  "Zochitika zoyipa?" anafunsa.
  
  "Hospice," anayankha motero. "Kuwona odwala akutha nditayandikira kwa iwo kunali kondichulukira."
  
  "N"zomvetsa chisoni, ndikhulupirira kuti simukutanthauza kuti ndifa," iye anang"ung"udza, m"maso muli gwa.
  
  "Ayi, zimenezo sindizo zimene ndinkatanthauza," iye anakana mwamsanga mawu akewo. "Ndikutsimikiza kuti zinalakwika. Ena a ife si anthu ochezeka kwenikweni. Ndinakhala namwino kuti ndithandize anthu, osati kulowa m"banja, ngati sikuli kunyodola kwanga."
  
  Perdue amapeza. "Ndikumvetsa. Anthu amaganiza kuti chifukwa ndine wolemera komanso wotchuka wasayansi ndi zinthu monga choncho, ndimakonda kulowa m'mabungwe ndikukumana ndi anthu ofunika. " Anapukusa mutu. "Nthawi yonseyi ndikungofuna kuti ndigwiritse ntchito zomwe ndapanga ndikupeza zolemba za mbiri yakale zomwe zimathandizira kumveketsa zochitika zomwe zikuchitika m'nthawi yathu ino, mukudziwa? Chifukwa chakuti tili kunjako, tikupambana muzinthu zadziko zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri, anthu amaganiza kuti tikupangira ulemerero."
  
  Anagwedeza mutu, akugwedezeka pamene akuchotsa bandeji yomaliza yomwe inapangitsa Perdue kupuma. "Zowona kwambiri, bwana."
  
  "Chonde, mundiyimbire David," anabuula madzi ozizirawo akunyambita mkawo wosokedwa paminofu wake wakumanja. Dzanja lake mwachibadwa linagwira mkono wake, koma iye anamuyimitsa iye pakatikati pa mlengalenga. "Mulungu, uku ndi kumverera koyipa. Madzi ozizira pa nyama yakufa, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikukumbukira pamene ndinachitidwa opaleshoni ya rotator cuff," iye anamva chisoni. "Osadandaula, tatsala pang"ono kumaliza."
  
  Kugogoda pachitseko mwachangu kunalengeza za ulendo wa Dr. Patel. Ankawoneka wotopa, koma wokondwa kwambiri. "Moni, anthu okondwa. Tili bwanji tonse lero?"
  
  Namwinoyo anangomwetulira, n"kumaika maganizo ake pa ntchito yake. Perdue anayenera kuyembekezera kupuma kwake kuti abwerere asanayese kuyankha, koma dokotala anapitirizabe kuphunzira tchati popanda kukayikira. Wodwala wake anaphunzira nkhope yake pamene ankawerenga zotsatira zaposachedwapa, akuwerenga maganizo opanda kanthu.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, adotolo?" Perdue anakwiya. "Ndikuganiza kuti mabala anga akuwoneka bwino kale, sichoncho?"
  
  Dr. Patel anati: "David, musamade nkhawa kwambiri. "Muli bwino ndipo zonse zikuwoneka bwino. Ndinangochitidwa opaleshoni yautali yausiku yomwe inandichotsera chilichonse."
  
  "Kodi wodwala anazindikira?" Perdue anachita nthabwala, akuyembekeza kuti sanali wosasamala.
  
  Dr. Patel adamuyang'ana monyodola, modzaza ndi chisangalalo. "Ayi, m'malo mwake, adamwalira chifukwa chofuna kukhala ndi mawere akulu kuposa ambuye a mwamuna wake." Perdue asanaigwiritse ntchito, dokotalayo adadzuma. "Silicone yalowa mu minofu chifukwa ena mwa odwala anga," adayang'ana Perdue mochenjeza, "musatsatire njira yotsatirira yamankhwala ndikumavala moipitsitsa."
  
  "Zobisika," adatero Perdue. "Koma sindinachite chilichonse kuti ndiwononge ntchito yako."
  
  "Munthu wabwino," anatero Dr. Patel. "Chifukwa chake lero tiyambitsa chithandizo cha laser kuti tingomasula minofu yambiri yolimba mozungulira ndikuchotsa kupsinjika kwa mitsempha."
  
  Namwinoyo adachoka m'chipindacho kwa kanthawi kuti alole dokotala kuti alankhule ndi Perdue.
  
  "Timagwiritsa ntchito IR425," Dr. Patel anadzitamandira, ndipo moyenerera. Perdue anali woyambitsa ukadaulo woyambira ndipo adapanga zida zoyambirira zochizira. Tsopano inali nthawi yoti mlengi apindule ndi ntchito yake, ndipo Perdue adakondwera kuwona momwe zimagwirira ntchito. Dr. Patel anamwetulira monyadira. "Zojambula zaposachedwa zidaposa zomwe tinkayembekezera, David. Mwina muyenera kugwiritsa ntchito ubongo wanu kupititsa patsogolo Britain m'makampani azachipatala.
  
  Perdue anaseka. "Ndikanakhala ndi nthaŵi, bwenzi langa lokondedwa, ndikanavomereza vutolo mwaulemu. Tsoka ilo, pali zinthu zambiri zoti titulutse.
  
  Dr. Patel mwadzidzidzi anaoneka wodekha komanso wankhawa. "Monga zida zapoizoni za boa constrictors zopangidwa ndi chipani cha Nazi?"
  
  Ankafuna kupanga chidwi ndi mawu awa, ndipo poganizira zomwe Perdue anachita, adakwanitsa. Wodwala wake wouma khosi adatuzumira pang'ono pokumbukira njoka yowopsa yomwe idamumeza theka Sam Cleave asanamupulumutse. Dr. Patel anaima kaye kuti Perdue akumbukire zowawazo, kuti atsimikizire kuti amvetsetsabe kuti anali ndi mwayi wopuma.
  
  "Musanyalanyaze chilichonse, ndizo zonse zimene ndiyenera kunena," dokotalayo analangiza motero mokoma mtima. "Tawonani, ndikumvetsetsa mzimu wanu waufulu komanso chikhumbo chanu chofuna kufufuza, David. Ingoyesetsani kuona zinthu moyenera. Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito ndi inu kwa nthawi ndithu tsopano, ndipo ndiyenera kunena kuti malingaliro anu osasamala a ulendo ... kapena chidziwitso ... ndi chosiririka. Zomwe ndikufunsa ndikuti muwone zakufa kwanu. Anzeru ngati anu ndi osowa m'dziko lino. Anthu onga inu ndi apainiya, otsogolera patsogolo. Chonde musafe ".
  
  Perdue sakanachitira mwina koma kumwetulira. "Zida ndi zofunika monga zida zomwe zimachiritsa zowonongeka, Harun. Zingaoneke ngati kwa ena azachipatala, koma sitingathe kulimbana ndi mdani popanda zida. "
  
  "Chabwino, kukanakhala kuti kulibe mfuti padziko lapansi, sitikanamwalira kuyambira pomwe, ndipo palibe adani amene akufuna kutipha," Dr. Patel anayankha motero mosalabadira.
  
  "Mkangano uwu utha pakangopita mphindi zochepa, ndipo mukudziwa," Perdue adalonjeza. "Popanda chiwonongeko ndi kuduladula, simukanakhala ndi ntchito, tambala wakale."
  
  "Madokotala amagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana; osati kungochiritsa mabala ndi kuchotsa zipolopolo, Davide. Padzakhala nthawi zonse kubadwa, matenda a mtima, appendicitis ndi zina zotero, zomwe zidzatilola kugwira ntchito, ngakhale popanda nkhondo ndi zida zachinsinsi padziko lapansi, "adatero dokotalayo, koma Perdue anachirikiza mkangano wake ndi yankho losavuta. "Ndipo nthawi zonse padzakhala ziwopsezo kwa osalakwa, ngakhale popanda nkhondo ndi zida zachinsinsi. Kuli bwino kukhala ndi mphamvu pankhondo panthaŵi yamtendere kusiyana ndi kuyang"anizana ndi ukapolo ndi kutha chifukwa cha nduna zako, Harun."
  
  Dokotala adatulutsa mpweya ndikuyika manja ake m'chiuno. "Ndikumva, inde. Pafika nthawi yomaliza.
  
  Perdue sanafune kupitiriza pacholemba chomvetsa chisoni chimenecho, choncho anasintha nkhaniyo kukhala zomwe ankafuna kufunsa dokotala wa opaleshoni ya pulasitiki. "Ndiuze, Harun, ndiye namwinoyu akuchita chiyani?"
  
  "Mukuganiza chiyani?" Adafunsa motele Dr.
  
  "Iye sali womasuka kwambiri ali nane, koma sindimakhulupirira kuti amangolankhula," Perdue anafotokoza mwachidwi. "Pali chinanso pazolumikizana zake."
  
  "Ndikudziwa," Dr. Patel anadandaula, akukweza mwendo wa Perdue kuti awone bala losiyana, lomwe linathamanga pamwamba pa bondo mkati mwa ng'ombe yake. "O mulungu wanga, uku ndiye kudulidwa koyipa kwambiri. Mukudziwa, ndinakhala maola ambiri ndikuphunzitsa izi. "
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri. Ntchitoyi ndi yodabwitsa. Ndiye "ukudziwa" amatanthauza chiyani? Kodi ananenapo kanthu? Anafunsa adotolo. "Ndi ndani?"
  
  Dr. Patel adawoneka wokwiya pang'ono ndi kusokonezedwa kosalekeza. Komabe, adaganiza zomuuza Perdue zomwe akufuna kudziwa, pokhapokha atalepheretsa wofufuzayo kuti asamachite ngati mwana wasukulu yemwe akufuna chitonthozo chifukwa chosiyidwa.
  
  "Lilith Hearst. Iye ali mwa iwe, David, koma osati momwe iwe umaganizira. Izi ndizo zonse. Koma chonde, m"dzina la zonse zomwe ziri zopatulika, musamachite chibwenzi ndi mkazi theka la msinkhu wanu, ngakhale zitakhala zafashoni," iye analangiza motero. "Sizili bwino monga zikuwonekera. Ndimaona kuti ndi zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri."
  
  "Sindinanenepo kuti ndimutsatira, achikulire," Perdue adachita mantha. Makhalidwe ake anali achilendo kwa ine.
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti anali wasayansi weniweni, koma adagwirizana ndi mnzakeyo ndipo pamapeto pake adakwatirana. Malinga ndi zimene Namwino Madison anandiuza, banjali nthawi zonse linkachita nthabwala poyerekeza ndi Madame Curie ndi mwamuna wake," anafotokoza motero Dr. Patel.
  
  "Ndiye izi zikundikhudza bwanji?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Mwamuna wake anadwala multiple sclerosis zaka zitatu muukwati wawo ndipo matenda ake anafika poipa kwambiri, moti analephera kupitiriza maphunziro ake. Anayenera kusiya pulogalamu yake ndi kafukufuku wake kuti azikhala naye nthawi yambiri mpaka pamene anamwalira mu 2015," adatero Dr. Patel. "Ndipo mwakhala mukulimbikitsa mwamuna wake nthaŵi zonse, pa sayansi ndi luso lazopangapanga. Tingonena kuti munthuyu ankakonda kwambiri ntchito yanu ndipo ankafunitsitsa kukumana nanu."
  
  "Ndiye n"chifukwa chiyani sanandifunse kuti ndikumane naye? Ndingasangalale kukumana naye, ngakhale kungosangalatsa munthuyo pang"ono," anadandaula motero Perdue.
  
  Maso akuda a Patel adamubaya Purdue pomwe amayankha kuti, "Tidayesa kukulankhulani, koma panthawiyo mumathamangitsa zotsalira zachi Greek. Philip Hearst anamwalira mwamsanga musanabwerere ku dziko lamakono.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, ndikupepesa kwambiri kumva izi," adatero Perdue. "Nzosadabwitsa kuti amandikonda pang'ono."
  
  Dokotalayo amawona chisoni chenicheni cha wodwala wake ndi lingaliro lina la kulakwa kwa mlendo yemwe angamudziwe; amene khalidwe lake akhoza kusintha. Nayenso Dr. Patel anamuchitira chifundo Perdue ndipo anaganiza zokonza zodetsa nkhawa zake ndi mawu otonthoza. "Zilibe kanthu, David. Filipo anadziwa kuti ndinu munthu wotanganidwa. Kusiyapo pyenepi, iye nee akhadziwa kuti nkazace akhayesera kukuphedzani. Zilibe kanthu, zonse ndi madzi pansi pa mlatho. Sanakhumudwe ndi zomwe samadziwa.
  
  Zimenezi zinathandiza. Perdue anagwedeza mutu, "Ndikuganiza kuti mukulondola, munthu wachikulire. Komabe, ndiyenera kukhala wofikirika. Ndili ndi mantha kuti ulendo wopita ku New Zealand ndidzakhala wosakhazikika pang"ono, m"maganizo ndi m"thupi."
  
  "Aa," anatero Dr. Patel, "ndine wokondwa kumva mukunena zimenezo. Chifukwa chochita bwino pantchito yanu komanso kusasunthika kwanu, ndidachita mantha kunena kuti onse atenge nthawi. Tsopano inu munandichitira izo. Chonde, David, tenga nthawi. Simungaganize choncho, koma mkati mwa kunja kwanu kolimba muli ndi mzimu waumunthu kwambiri. Miyoyo ya anthu imakonda kusweka, kupindika, kapena kusweka ngati ili ndi lingaliro loyenera la chinthu choyipa. Maganizo anu amafunikira kupuma mofanana ndi thupi lanu."
  
  "Ndikudziwa," Perdue adavomereza. Dokotala wake sanakayikire kuti kulimbikira kwa Perdue kunali kwamuthandiza kale kubisa zomwe zimamuvutitsa. Kuseri kwa kumwetulira kwa mabiliyoniyo kunali kufooka koopsa komwe kumawoneka nthawi iliyonse akagona.
  
  
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  Wampatuko
  
  
  
  Msonkhano wa Academy of Physics, Bruges, Belgium
  
  
  Pa 10:30 pm msonkhano wa asayansi watsekedwa.
  
  "Usiku wabwino, Kasper," anafuula motero mkulu wachikazi wa ku Rotterdam, kudzatichezera m"malo mwa Dutch Allegiance University. Anamukodola giddy yemwe amalankhula naye asanakwere taxi. Adabweza modzichepetsa, wothokoza kuti sanamuuze za zomwe ananena - Einstein Report - zomwe adapereka mwezi watha. Sanali munthu amene ankasangalala ndi chisamaliro pokhapokha ngati chinachokera kwa amene akanatha kumuunikira m"gawo lake lachidziwitso. Ndipo ndithu, adali Ochepa.
  
  Kwa nthawi ndithu Dr. Casper Jacobs adatsogolera Belgian Association for Physical Research, nthambi yachinsinsi ya Order of the Black Sun ku Bruges. Dipatimenti Yophunzira yomwe ili pansi pa Unduna wa Zasayansi Policy inagwira ntchito limodzi ndi bungwe lachinsinsi lomwe linalowa m'mabungwe amphamvu kwambiri azachuma ndi azachipatala ku Europe ndi Asia. Kafukufuku wawo ndi kuyesa kwawo adathandizidwa ndi mabungwe ambiri otsogola padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe mamembala akuluakulu a bungweli anali ndi ufulu wochitapo kanthu komanso zopindulitsa zambiri zomwe zidapitilira mtundu wa mercantile.
  
  Chitetezo chinali chofunikira kwambiri, monganso chidaliro, pakati pa osewera akulu a Order ndi andale ndi azachuma aku Europe. Panali mabungwe angapo aboma ndi mabungwe azinsinsi olemera mokwanira kuti agwirizane ndi achinyengo, koma omwe adakana mwayi wokhala membala. Chifukwa chake, mabungwewa anali masewera abwino m'malo osakira kuti akhale olamulira padziko lonse lapansi pazachitukuko cha sayansi ndi kuwonjezera ndalama.
  
  Chotero, Order of the Black Sun inapitirizira kulondola kwake kosaleka kwa ulamuliro wa dziko. Mwa kupempha thandizo ndi kukhulupirika kwa adyerawo mpaka kusiya mphamvu ndi umphumphu m"dzina la phindu ladyera, iwo anapeza maudindo m"mabungwe olamulira. Ziphuphu zinali ponseponse moti ngakhale anthu opha mfuti sanazindikire kuti sakuchitanso zachinyengo.
  
  Kumbali ina, owombera ena okhotakhota ankafunadi kuwombera molunjika. Casper adasindikiza batani pa chipangizo chake chotsekera chakutali ndikumvera beep. Kwa kanthawi, timagetsi tating'ono tagalimoto yake tidawala, ndikumutengera ku ufulu. Atatha kupaka mapewa ndi zigawenga zanzeru komanso Prodigies osakayikira a dziko la sayansi, wasayansiyo anali wofunitsitsa kupita kunyumba ndikugwira ntchito pavuto lofunika kwambiri lamadzulo.
  
  "Kuchita kwanu kunali kwabwino, monga nthawi zonse, Casper," adamva kuchokera pamagalimoto awiri pamalo oyimikapo magalimoto. M'makutu omveka bwino zingakhale zachilendo kwambiri kunyezimira kunyalanyaza mawu akulu. Casper adapumira. Akadayenera kuchitapo kanthu, motero adatembenuka ndi mtima wachifundo ndikumwetulira. Anakhumudwa kuona kuti anali Clifton Taft, munthu wolemera kwambiri ku Chicago.
  
  "Zikomo, Cliff," Casper anayankha mwaulemu. Sanaganizepo kuti adzachitanso ndi Taft pambuyo pothetsa mochititsa manyazi mgwirizano wa Casper pansi pa polojekiti ya Taft's Unified Field. Kotero, zinali zododometsa pang'ono kuwona wabizinesi wodzikuzayo kachiwiri, atamutcha mosabisa Taft nyani wokhala ndi mphete yagolide asanatuluke mu labu ya Taft chemistry ku Washington, D.C., zaka ziwiri zapitazo.
  
  Casper anali munthu wamanyazi, koma sankadziwa za kufunika kwake. Ananyansidwa ndi anthu achinyengo monga tycoon, kugwiritsa ntchito chuma chawo kugula zinthu zomwe zimafuna kuzindikirika pansi pa mawu olonjeza, ndikungotengera luso lawo. Ponena za Dr. Jacobs, anthu monga Taft analibe kanthu kena kabwino ka sayansi kapena luso lamakono kuposa kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe asayansi enieni adalenga. Malinga ndi Casper, Clifton Taft anali nyani wandalama wopanda talente yakeyake.
  
  Taft anagwira dzanja lake ndikuseka ngati wansembe wopotozedwa. "Ndizosangalatsa kuona kuti mukuchitabe bwino chaka chilichonse. Ndawerenga malingaliro anu aposachedwa okhudza ma portal apakati komanso ma equation omwe angatsimikizire chiphunzitsochi kamodzi kokha. "
  
  "O, mwachita?" Adafunsa choncho Kasper, akutsegula chitseko chagalimoto yake kuwonetsa changu. "Mukudziwa, izi zidatengedwa kuchokera kwa Zelda Bessler, ndiye ngati mukufuna zina, muyenera kumupangitsa kuti agawane." Mumawu a Casper munali zowawa zomveka. Zelda Bessler anali wasayansi wamkulu wa nthambi ya Bruges ya Order, ndipo ngakhale anali wanzeru ngati Jacobs, nthawi zambiri sankachita kafukufuku wake. Masewera ake anali kuyika pambali asayansi ena ndikuwawopseza kuti akhulupirire kuti ntchitoyo ndi yake, chifukwa chakuti anali ndi mphamvu zambiri pakati pa kuwombera kwakukulu.
  
  "Ndamva, koma ndimaganiza kuti ukanalimba mtima kuti usunge laisensi yako, bwanawe," Cliff adalankhula mawu ake okwiyitsa, kuwonetsetsa kuti kudzichepetsa kwake kumveka ndi aliyense wowazungulira pamalo oimikapo magalimoto. "Njira yololera kuti mayi woyipa atenge kafukufuku wanu. Ndikutanthauza, Mulungu, mipira yanu ili kuti?
  
  Casper adawona ena akuyang'anizana kapena kugwedezana wina ndi mzake pamene onse akupita ku magalimoto awo, ma limousine ndi ma taxi. Amangoganiza zoyika ubongo wake pambali kwakanthawi ndikugwiritsa ntchito thupi lake kupondereza moyo wa Taft ndikugwetsa mano ake akulu. "Mipira yanga ili bwino, Cliff," adayankha modekha. "Kafukufuku wina amafuna luntha lenileni la sayansi kuti agwiritse ntchito. Kuwerenga ziganizo zapamwamba ndi kulemba zokhazikika motsatizana ndi zosintha sikokwanira kuti chiphunzitsocho chikhale chochita. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti wasayansi wamphamvu ngati Zelda Bessler amadziwa zimenezi."
  
  Casper ankasangalala ndi zomwe sankazidziwa. Zikuoneka kuti inkatchedwa schadenfreude, ndipo nthawi zambiri sankatha kumenya mpira wamwambi monga momwe ankachitira. Anayang'ana wotchi yake, kusangalala ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsidwa omwe amapatsa chitsiru chija, ndikupepesa molimba mtima momwemo. "Tsopano ngati mungandikhululukire, Clifton, ndili ndi chibwenzi."
  
  N"zoona kuti anali atagona m"mano. Kumbali ina, sanasonyeze amene anali pa chibwenzi.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Casper atanena za kugwedezeka kodzitukumula kwake ndi tsitsi loyipa, adayendetsa galimoto mumsewu wakum'mawa wamalo oimika magalimoto. Amangofuna kuti apewe mzere wa ma limousine apamwamba ndi Bentleys akutuluka muholoyo, koma atalankhula bwino asanatsanzikane ndi Taft, izi zinkawoneka ngati zodzikuza. Dr. Casper Jacobs anali katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo komanso wokhwima, pakati pa maudindo ena, koma nthawi zonse anali wodzichepetsa kwambiri mu ntchito yake ndi kudzipereka kwake.
  
  The Order of the Black Sun inamulemekeza kwambiri. Kwa zaka zambiri akugwira ntchito zawo zapadera, iye anazindikira kuti mamembala a gulu anali ofunitsitsa kudzichitira okha chiyanjo ndi kudziphimba. Kudzipereka kwawo, monga kwa Dongosolo lenilenilo, kunali kosayerekezeka; Izi ndi zomwe Casper Jacobs amasilira nthawi zonse. Pamene adamwa ndikuyamba filosofi, adaziganizira kwambiri ndipo adapeza mfundo imodzi. Ngati anthu akanatha kusamala kwambiri za zolinga zonse za masukulu awo, chithandizo cha anthu ndi machitidwe a zaumoyo, dziko likhoza kuyenda bwino.
  
  Anaona kuti n"zoseketsa kuti gulu la anthu amalingaliro a chipani cha Nazi likhoza kukhala chitsanzo cha makhalidwe abwino ndi kupita patsogolo m"makhalidwe a anthu masiku ano. Jacobs anali wowonekera bwino za momwe dziko lapansi likunenera zabodza komanso zabodza zaulemu zomwe zidapangitsa makhalidwe kukhala akapolo komanso kulepheretsa kuganizira anthu.
  
  Magetsi akumsewu akuthwanima mokulira pagalasi lakutsogolo kwake anamiza maganizo ake pa ziphunzitso za kusinthaku. Malinga ndi a Kasper, Lamuloli litha kugwetsa maulamuliro mosavuta ngati anthu wamba sakanawona oimirawo ngati zinthu zamphamvu, kuponya tsogolo lawo kuphompho la abodza, ma charlatans ndi zilombo za capitalist. Mafumu, apulezidenti ndi nduna zazikulu adagwira tsogolo la anthu m'manja mwawo, pamene chinthu choterocho chiyenera kukhala chonyansa, Kasper adakhulupirira. Tsoka ilo, panalibe njira ina yolamulira bwino kuposa kunyenga ndi kubzala mantha pakati pa anthu amtundu wako. Iye anasonyeza chisoni kuti anthu padziko lapansi sadzakhala omasuka. Kuti ngakhale kuganiza za njira zina m'malo mwa gulu lokhalo lomwe likulamulira dziko lapansi kunali kupusa.
  
  Atazimitsa ngalande ya Ghent-Bruges, posakhalitsa adadutsa manda a Assebroek komwe makolo ake onse adayikidwa. Pawailesi, wowonetsa TV wachikazi adalengeza kuti inali kale 11pm, ndipo Casper adapeza mpumulo womwe sanamvepo kwa nthawi yayitali. Iye anayerekezera kumvererako ndi chisangalalo cha kudzuka mochedwa kupita kusukulu ndi kuzindikira kuti linali Loweruka-ndipo kunalidi.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu, mawa ndikhoza kugona mochedwa," anamwetulira.
  
  Moyo unali wotanganidwa kuyambira pamene adatenga ntchito yatsopano yotsogoleredwa ndi maphunziro ofanana ndi cuckoo, Dr. Zelda Bessler. Anatsogolera pulogalamu yachinsinsi yomwe ndi mamembala ochepa chabe a Dongosolo omwe ankadziwa, kupatula wolemba zolemba zoyambirira, Dr. Casper Jacobs mwiniwake.
  
  Pokhala katswiri wapacifist, nthawi zonse amatsutsa mfundo yakuti adatenga mbiri yonse chifukwa cha ntchito yake mwachidziwitso cha mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano wamagulu 'chifukwa cha dongosolo labwino', monga momwe adanenera. Koma posachedwapa anali atayamba kuipidwa kwambiri ndi anzake chifukwa chochotsedwa m"gulu lawo, makamaka chifukwa mfundo zooneka zimene ankanenazi zikanawononga ndalama zambiri m"bungwe lina lililonse. Ndalama zomwe akanakhala nazo kotheratu. M'malo mwake, adayenera kukhazikika pamtengo wochepa chabe, pomwe otsatsa kwambiri a Order adayanjidwa m'dipatimenti yolipira. Ndipo onse anali kukhala momasuka ndi maganizo ake ndi khama lake.
  
  Pamene ankakwera kutsogolo kwa nyumba yake m'dera lomwe linali ndi zipata, Casper adachita nseru. Kwa nthawi yayitali adapewa kutsutsa kwamkati m'dzina la kafukufuku wake, koma kudziwananso kwamasiku ano ndi Taft kunakulitsanso chidanicho. Unali mutu wosasangalatsa womwe unadetsa malingaliro ake, koma unakana kuponderezedwa nthawi zonse.
  
  Analumpha masitepe kupita kumalo otsetsereka a granite omwe amalowera ku khomo lakumaso kwa nyumba yake. Munali kuwala m'nyumba yayikulu , koma nthawi zonse kumayenda mwakachetechete kuti zisasokoneze mwininyumba. Poyerekeza ndi anzake, Casper Jacobs ankakhala yekhayekha komanso wodzichepetsa modabwitsa. Kupatulapo amene ankamubera ntchito yake n"kupindula, anzake omwe anali osatengeka maganizo kwambiri ankapezanso moyo wabwino. Malinga ndi muyezo, Dr. Jacobs anali womasuka, koma sanali wolemera ayi.
  
  Chitseko chinatseguka ndipo fungo la sinamoni linadzaza m"mphuno mwake, kumuimitsa pakati pamdima. Casper anamwetulira ndikuyatsa nyali, kutsimikizira kuperekedwa kwachinsinsi ndi amayi a mwini nyumba.
  
  "Karen, ukundiwononga ngati gehena," iye anatero ku khichini komwe kunalibe, akulunjika m"thireyi yodzaza mabande amphesa. Mwachangu adatenga mikate iwiri yofewa ndikuyilowetsa mkamwa mwachangu momwe amatafuna. Anakhala pansi pa kompyuta n"kulowa, n"kumeza zidutswa za mkate wamphesa wokoma.
  
  Casper adayang'ana imelo yake ndipo adapitiliza kuyang'ana nkhani zaposachedwa pa Nerd Porn, tsamba lasayansi lachinsinsi lomwe anali membala wake. Casper mwadzidzidzi adamva bwino pambuyo pa madzulo amdima pamene adawona chizindikiro chodziwika bwino pogwiritsa ntchito zizindikiro za ma equation a mankhwala kuti atchule dzina la webusaitiyi.
  
  Chinachake chinamugwira diso pa Tabu Yaposachedwa. Anatsamira kutsogolo kuti atsimikize kuti akuwerenga molondola. "Ndiwe wopusa," adanong'oneza, akuyang'ana chithunzi cha David Perdue chokhala ndi mutu:
  
  "Dave Perdue wapeza Dread Serpent!"
  
  "Ndiwe chitsiru," anatero Casper mokwiya. "Ngati agwiritsa ntchito equation iyi, tonse timalakwitsa."
  
  
  7
  Tsiku lotsatira
  
  
  Sam atadzuka, adalakalaka atakhala ndi ubongo. Anazolowerana ndi ma hangover, adadziwa zotsatira za kumwa pa tsiku lake lobadwa , koma iyi inali mtundu wapadera wa gehena wofukiza mkati mwa chigaza chake. Anakalowa mukhonde, sitepe iliyonse ikuzungulira m'maso mwake kuchokera mkati.
  
  "O Mulungu, ingondiphani," iye anang"ung"udza, akupukuta maso ake mopweteka, atavala mwinjiro wokha. Pansi pa mapazi ake, pansi pamakhala ngati rink ya hockey, pamene mphepo yozizira kunja kwa chitseko chake inachenjeza za tsiku lina lozizira kumbali inayo. TV idakalipo, koma Nina panalibepo, ndipo mphaka wake, Bruichladdich, anasankha nthawi yovutayi kuti ayambe kulira chakudya.
  
  "Damn my head," Sam anadandaula atagwira mphumi. Analowa m'khitchini kuti amwe khofi wakuda wakuda ndi ma shoti awiri a Anadin, monga momwe zinalili masiku amenewo pamene anali wolemba nyuzipepala. Zoti inali weekend analibe nazo ntchito kwa Sam. Kaya inali ntchito yake monga mtolankhani wofufuza, ntchito yake monga wolemba, kapena kupita kukaonana ndi Dave Perdue, Sam sanakhalepo ndi sabata, tchuthi, kapena tsiku lopuma. Tsiku lililonse kwa iye linali lofanana ndi lakale, ndipo ankawerengera masiku ake malinga ndi nthawi yake ndi udindo wake m"buku lake.
  
  Atamupatsa mphaka wofiyira phala la nsomba, Sam anayesetsa kuti asatsamwitse. Fungo loyipa la nsomba zakufa silinali fungo labwino kwambiri lomwe lingavutike poganizira za mkhalidwe wake. Mwachangu adachepetsa ululu ndi khofi wotentha pabalaza. Nina anasiya ndemanga:
  
  
  Ndikukhulupirira kuti muli ndi m'kamwa komanso mimba yamphamvu. Ndakuwonetsani china chosangalatsa chokhudza sitima yapamtunda pa nkhani zapadziko lonse m'mawa uno. Zabwino kwambiri kuphonya. Ndiyenera kubwerera kwa Oban kukaphunzira ku koleji. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupulumuka ku chimfine cha ku Ireland m'mawa uno. Zabwino zonse!
  
  - Nina
  
  
  "Ha-ha, zoseketsa kwambiri," adabuula, akutsuka makeke a Anadina ndi khofi wodzaza mkamwa. Atakhutira, Bruich anatulukira kukhitchini. Anakhala pampando wopanda kanthu ndikuyamba kukonzekeretsa mwachimwemwe. Sam sanasangalale ndi chisangalalo chopanda nkhawa cha mphaka wake, osatchulanso kusapeza bwino komwe Bruich anali nako. "Oh, zikomo," Sam adatero.
  
  Anali wofunitsitsa kudziwa mbiri ya Nina, koma sanaganize kuti chenjezo lake la mimba yoipa linali lolandiridwa. Osati ndi chizungulire ichi. Pankhondo yofulumira, chidwi chake chinagonjetsa matenda ake ndipo anaimba nyimbo yomwe ankanena. Kunjako, mphepoyo inabweretsa mvula yambiri, choncho Sam anayenera kukweza voliyumu ya TV.
  
  M'nkhaniyi, mtolankhaniyo anafotokoza za imfa yodabwitsa ya achinyamata awiri mumzinda wa Molodechno, pafupi ndi Minsk, ku Belarus. Mayi wina, atavala malaya ochindikala, anaima pa nsanja ya sitima imene inkaoneka ngati siteshoni yakale ya sitima. Anachenjeza owonera zojambulazo kamera isanadulire zotsalira zopaka panjanji zakale za dzimbiri.
  
  "Bwanji?" Analankhula pakamwa, akukwinya tsinya, kuyesa kumvetsetsa zomwe zidachitika.
  
  "Achinyamata akuwoneka kuti akuwoloka njanji apa," mtolankhaniyo analoza matope ofiira ophimba pulasitiki pansi pamphepete mwa nsanja. "Malinga ndi mawu a munthu yekhayo yemwe adapulumuka, yemwe sakudziwikabe ndi akuluakulu aboma, abwenzi ake awiri adagundidwa ... ndi sitima yapamtunda."
  
  "Ndikadaganiza choncho," Sam anang"ung"udza, akugwira chikwama cha chips chimene Nina anaiwala kumaliza. Iye sankakhulupirira kwambiri zikhulupiriro ndi mizimu, koma chimene chinamupangitsa kuti asinthe mawuwa n"chakuti njirazo zinali zoonekeratu kuti sizikuyenda bwino. Ponyalanyaza magazi ndi tsoka lodziwikiratu, monga adaphunzitsidwa, Sam adawona kuti mbali zina za njanjiyo zidasowa. Zithunzi zina za kamera zinkasonyeza dzimbiri lambiri panjanji zomwe zikanapangitsa kuti sitima yapamtunda ikhale yosatheka kuyendamo.
  
  Sam anayimitsa kaye kuwomberako kuti awone bwino zakumbuyo. Kuphatikiza pa kukula kwakukulu kwa masamba ndi tchire panjanji, zizindikiro za kuyaka zidapezeka pamwamba pa khoma lopindika, lomwe linali moyandikana ndi njanji. Zinkawoneka zatsopano, koma iye sakanakhoza kutsimikiza. Osati zambiri za sayansi kapena fizikiki, Sam anali ndi m'matumbo kumverera kuti chizindikiro chakuda chamoto chinasiyidwa ndi chinachake chomwe chimagwiritsa ntchito kutentha kwakukulu kuti apange mphamvu yokhoza kutembenuza anthu awiri kuti awonongeke.
  
  Sam anayang'ana lipotilo kangapo, akuganizira zonse zomwe zingatheke. Zinamuvuta kwambiri moti anaiwala za mutu waching"alang"ala woopsa umene milungu ya mowa anam"dalitsa nayo. Ndipotu, ankakonda kukumana ndi mutu wopweteka kwambiri pamene akugwira ntchito zolakwa zovuta komanso zinsinsi zofanana, choncho anasankha kukhulupirira kuti chizungulire chake chinali chabe chifukwa cha ubongo wake ukugwira ntchito mwakhama kuyesera kuthetsa zochitika ndi zifukwa za chochitika chosangalatsachi.
  
  "Perdue, ndikhulupilira kuti wadzuka ndipo ukupitilizabe kukhala bwino, mzanga," Sam adamwetulira uku akukulitsa banga lomwe linapsa theka la khoma kukhala chotchingira chakuda chakuda. "Chifukwa ndili ndi kena kake kwa iwe, bwanawe."
  
  Perdue akanakhala munthu wangwiro kuti afunse chinachake chonga ichi, koma Sam analumbira kuti sadzavutitsa bilionea wanzeruyo mpaka atachira kuchokera ku maopaleshoni ake ndikumva kuti ali wokonzeka kuyanjananso. Kumbali ina, Sam adawona kuti ndikofunikira kulipira Perdue kuti akawone momwe akuchitira. Wakhala m'chipatala cha Wellington ndi zipatala zina ziwiri kuyambira pomwe adabwerera ku Scotland milungu iwiri pambuyo pake.
  
  Yakwana nthawi yoti Sam apite kukapereka moni, ngakhale kungosangalatsa Perdue. Kuti munthu wokangalika woteroyo akhale chigonere mwadzidzidzi kwa nthaŵi yaitali chonchi ayenera kuti zinali zokhumudwitsa. Perdue anali maganizo ndi thupi logwira ntchito kwambiri lomwe Sam adakumanapo nalo, ndipo sakanatha kulingalira kukhumudwa kwa mabiliyoniyo chifukwa chokhala m'zipatala tsiku lililonse, kutenga malamulo ndi kutsekeredwa.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Sam analankhulana ndi Jane, wothandizira Perdue, kuti adziwe adiresi ya chipatala chapadera kumene ankakhala. Adalemba mwachangu mayendedwe papepala loyera la Edinburgh Post lomwe anali atangogula ulendowu usanachitike ndipo adamuthokoza chifukwa cha thandizo lake. Sam anazemba mvula yomwe idabwera kudzera pawindo lagalimoto yake asanayambe kudabwa kuti Nina adafika bwanji kunyumba.
  
  Kuyimba mwachangu kukanakwanira, Sam adaganiza, ndikumuimbira Nina. Kuitana kunkangobwereza osayankhidwa choncho anayesa kutumiza uthenga poganiza kuti akangoyatsa foni yake ayankha. Pamene akumwa khofi wotuluka m'malo odyera m'mphepete mwa msewu, Sam adawona chinthu chachilendo patsamba loyamba la Post. Unali mutu wankhani, koma mutu wokhomeredwa pansi pangodya ndi zilembo zazing'ono zomwe zinali zokwanira kutenga tsamba loyamba popanda kukakamiza kwambiri.
  
  Msonkhano wapadziko lonse pamalo osadziwika?
  
  Nkhaniyi sinafotokoze zambiri, koma idadzutsa mafunso okhudzana ndi mgwirizano wadzidzidzi wa makhonsolo aku Scotland ndi oyimira awo kuti akakhale nawo pamsonkhano pamalo osadziwika. Sizinawoneke ngati zambiri kwa Sam, kupatula kuti meya watsopano wa Oban, a Hon. Lance McFadden adatchedwanso woimira.
  
  "Komerani pang'ono kuposa kulemera kwanu, Mac Fadden?" - Sam adaseka pansi, akumwa zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi. "Muyenera kukhala wofunika kwambiri. Ngati mukufuna," iye anaseka, akuponya nyuzipepalayo pambali.
  
  Amadziwa McFadden kuchokera ku kampeni yake yosatopa m'miyezi ingapo yapitayo. Malinga ndi anthu ambiri ku Oban, McFadden anali wokonda kuphatikizika wodziwonetsa ngati kazembe wamakono womasuka - mtundu wa "meya wa anthu" ngati mukufuna. Nina adamutcha wovutitsa, ndipo Perdue adamudziwa kuchokera ku Washington, D.C., cha m'ma 1996, pomwe adagwirizana pakuyesa kosalephera pakusintha kwamkati ndi chiphunzitso cha kuthamangitsa tinthu. Ngakhale Perdue kapena Nina sanayembekezere kuti mwana wamba wodzikuzayo adzapambana chisankho cha meya, koma pamapeto pake, aliyense adadziwa kuti anali ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa wopikisana naye.
  
  Nina adanena kuti akudabwa kumene ndalama zambirizi zinachokera, popeza McFadden anali asanakhalepo munthu wolemera. Bwanji, iye anafika kwa Perdue mwiniwake nthawi ina yapitayo kuti amuthandize ndalama, koma, ndithudi, Perdue anamukana. Ayenera kuti adapeza chitsiru chomwe sichimatha kuwona bwino kuti chithandizire kampeni yake, apo ayi sakanalowa m'tauni yosangalatsayi, yosadabwitsa.
  
  Kumapeto kwa chiganizo chomaliza, Sam adanena kuti nkhaniyi inalembedwa ndi Aidan Glaston, mtolankhani wamkulu pa desiki ya ndale.
  
  "Ayi, galu wokalamba," Sam anaseka. "Kodi mukulembabe zazabodza zonsezi pambuyo pa zaka zonsezi, bwanawe?" Sam amakumbukira kuti akugwira ntchito pazowonetsa ziwiri ndi Aidan zaka zingapo zisanachitike ulendo woyamba woyipawu ndi Purdue womwe udamupangitsa kusiya utolankhani wamanyuzipepala. Anadabwa kuti mtolankhani wa makumi asanu ndi chimodzi anali asanapumepo kale ku chinthu china chopindulitsa, mwinamwake mlangizi wa ndale pa kanema wawayilesi kapena chinachake chonga icho.
  
  Meseji inafika pafoni ya Sam.
  
  "Ndina!" - adafuula ndikugwira Nokia yake yakale kuti awerenge uthenga wake. Maso ake anaphunzira mutu wa pa sikirini. "Ayi Nina."
  
  Unalidi uthenga wochokera ku Perdue, ndipo unapempha Sam kuti abweretse mavidiyo a ulendo wa Lost City kupita ku Reichtisoussis, komwe Perdue ankakhala. Sam anakwinya nkhope ataona uthenga wachilendo uja. Kodi Perdue angamufunse bwanji kuti akakumane ku Reichtisusis ngati adakali m'chipatala? Kupatula apo, kodi Sam sanalumikizane ndi Jane pasanathe ola limodzi kuti adziwe adilesi ya chipatala chapayekha ku Salisbury?
  
  Anaganiza zomuimbira Perdue kuti atsimikizire kuti anali ndi foni yake komanso kuti wayiyimbadi. Perdue anayankha pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Sam, walandila message yanga?" anayamba kucheza.
  
  "Eya, koma ndimaganiza kuti muli m"chipatala," Sam anafotokoza.
  
  "Inde," anayankha Perdue, "koma ndikutulutsidwa madzulo ano." Ndiye ungachite zomwe ndakufunsa?"
  
  Poganiza kuti panali wina m'chipindamo ndi Perdue, Sam anavomera mosavuta zomwe Perdue anamupempha kuti achite. "Ndiloleni ndipite kunyumba ndikatenge izi ndikakumane kunyumba kwanu madzulo ano, chabwino?"
  
  "Wangwiro," Perdue adayankha ndikudula foni mosasamala. Sam anatenga kanthawi kuti akonze kutsekedwa kwadzidzidzi asanayambitse galimoto kubwerera kunyumba kuti akatenge kanema wa ulendowu. Anakumbukira Perdue akumupempha kuti ajambule, makamaka, chojambula chachikulu pa khoma lalikulu pansi pa nyumba ya wasayansi wa Nazi ku Neckenhall, malo owopsa ku New Zealand.
  
  Anaphunzira kuti inkadziwika kuti Dread Serpent, koma ponena za tanthauzo lake lenileni, Perdue, Sam, ndi Nina sankadziwa kwenikweni. Ponena za Purdue, inali equation yamphamvu yomwe panalibe kufotokozera ... komabe.
  
  Izi ndi zomwe zidamulepheretsa kukhala m'chipatala kuti achire ndikupumula - anali kuvutitsidwa usana ndi usiku ndi chinsinsi cha chiyambi cha Dread Serpent. Anafunikira Sam kuti apeze chithunzi chatsatanetsatane kuti athe kukopera mu pulogalamuyo ndikuwunika momwe amachitira masamu oipa.
  
  Sam sanachite changu. Anali adakali ndi maola ochepa kuti adye chakudya chamasana, choncho anaganiza zopita ku China n"kumwe mowa pamene ankadikirira kunyumba. Izi zikanamupatsa nthawi yoti awunikenso zojambulazo ndikuwona ngati pali chilichonse chomwe chingasangalatse Purdue. Pamene Sam amalowetsa galimoto yake panjira, adawona wina akumudetsa pakhomo. Posafuna kuchita ngati Scot weniweni ndikungokumana ndi mlendoyo, adazimitsa injini ndikudikirira zomwe munthu wokayikitsayo amafuna.
  
  Bamboyo anaphuphumula chobowola pakhomo poyamba, koma kenaka anatembenuka ndikuyang'ana molunjika kwa Sam.
  
  "Yesu Khristu!" Sam analira mgalimoto mwake. "Ndi namwali wodabwitsa!"
  
  
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  Nkhope pansi pa chipewa chomverera
  
  
  Dzanja la Sam linagwera kumbali yake, komwe adabisala Beretta yake. Nthawi yomweyo, mlendoyo adayambanso kukuwa mwamisala, akutsika masitepe kupita kugalimoto ya Sam. Sam anayatsa galimoto ndikusintha giya mmbuyo munthu uja asanamufikire. Matayala ake ananyambita zizindikiro zakuda zakuda pa phula pamene ankathamanga chammbuyo, moti mphuno yake inathyoka n"kufika poipa kwambiri.
  
  Pagalasi lakumbuyo, Sam adawona mlendoyo osataya nthawi ndikudumphira mgalimoto yake, Taurus yakuda yabuluu yomwe imawoneka yotukuka komanso yolimba kuposa mwini wake.
  
  "Muli serious? Chifukwa cha kumwamba! Mukufuna kundisakasakadi?" Sam anakuwa osakhulupilira makutu ake. Anali wolondola ndipo anaika phazi lake pansi. Kungakhale kulakwitsa kupita kumsewu wotseguka, popeza kamphindi kakang'ono kake sikangathe kutulutsa Taurus ya silinda sikisi, motero adalunjika ku malo akale asukulu yasekondale omwe adasiyidwa pafupi ndi nyumba yake.
  
  Sipanadutse ngakhale kamphindi pamene adawona galimoto yabuluu yozungulira pagalasi yam'mbali. Sam anali ndi nkhawa ndi anthu oyenda pansi. Zikadatengera nthawi kuti msewu usakhalenso anthu ambiri, ndipo anali ndi nkhawa kuti wina angatsike kutsogolo kwagalimoto yake yolipira. Adrenaline inasonkhezera mtima wake, maganizo oipa kwambiri anatsala m"mimba mwake, koma anayenera kuthaŵa munthu wamisalayo zivute zitani. Amamudziwa kwinakwake, ngakhale samakumbukira chiyani, komanso chifukwa cha ntchito ya Sam, zinali zoonekeratu kuti adani ake ambiri anali osadziwika bwino tsopano.
  
  Chifukwa cha kusinthasintha kwa mitambo, Sam amayenera kuyatsa zopukutira zam'tsogolo pagalasi lamphamvu kwambiri kuti awonetsetse kuti atha kuwona anthu omwe ali pansi pa maambulera ndi osasamala kuti amatha kuthamanga kudutsa msewu mumvula yamkuntho. Anthu ambiri sanathe kuona magalimoto awiri omwe ankathamanga kwambiri akupita kwawo, ndipo maganizo awo anali obisika ndi malaya ajasi awo, pamene ena ankangoganiza kuti magalimotowo angayime pampitawu. Analakwitsa, ndipo zinangotsala pang"ono kuwawonongera ndalama zambiri.
  
  Azimayi awiri aja anakuwa pamene nyali yakutsogolo ya Sam inali pafupi kuwagunda pamene ankawoloka msewu. Akuthamanga mumsewu wonyezimira wa phula ndi konkire, Sam ankawalitsa nyali zake mosalekeza ndi kuliza hutala. Blue Taurus sanachite zimenezo. Wothamangitsayo anali ndi chidwi ndi chinthu chimodzi chokha - Sam Cleave. Pokhotera chakuthwa pa msewu wa Stanton, Sam anamenya brake yamanja ndipo galimotoyo idalumphira pakona. Zinali chinyengo chomwe amachidziwa podziwa dera lomwe namwaliyo samadziwa. Matigari akulira pamene Taurus ankakhotekera, akuyang'ana mwachipongwe kuchokera mumsewu kupita kumsewu. Kuchokera m'masomphenya ake am'mbali, Sam amatha kuwona kuwala kowala pamene msewu wa simenti udawombana ndi zitsulo za aluminiyamu, koma Taurus adakhazikika atangoyamba kuwongolera.
  
  "Zopanda! Zopusa! Zopanda!" Sam anaseka, akutuluka thukuta kwambiri pansi pa juzi lake lalikulu. Panalibenso njira ina yochotsera wamisala yemwe ankatsatira zidendene zake. Kuwombera sikunali njira. Malinga ndi iye, oyenda pansi ambiri ndi magalimoto ena anali kugwiritsa ntchito msewu kuti zipolopolo ziwuluke.
  
  Potsirizira pake, bwalo lasukulu lakale linawonekera kumanzere kwake. Sam anatembenuka kuti athyole mpanda wotsala wa diamondi. Zingakhale zosavuta. Mpanda wa dzimbiri, womwe unang"ambika, sunamangiridwe pang"ono ndi mpanda, n"kusiya malo opanda mphamvu omwe anthu ambiri anatulukira kale Sam. "Inde, ndizofanana nazo!" - adakuwa ndikuthamanga molunjika m'njira. "Izi ziyenera kukhala zomwe zikukuvutitsani, hey mwana wachiwerewere?"
  
  Akuseka mwachipongwe, Sam anatembenukira kumanzere, akukonzekera kugunda msewu wopita kutsogolo kwa galimoto yake yosauka. Ngakhale Sam anaganiza kuti anali wokonzeka bwanji, kukumanako kunali koipitsitsa kakhumi. Khosi lake linagwedezeka kutsogolo limodzi ndi kuphwanyika kwa mapiko ake. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, nthiti yake yaying'ono inathamangitsidwa mwankhanza m'fupa lake la m'chiuno, kapena izo zinkawoneka kwa iye asanapitirize kumenyana. Ford yakale ya Sam inakhota moyipa m'mphepete mwa mpanda, kukumba utotowo ngati zikhadabo za nyalugwe.
  
  Ali ndi mutu pansi, maso ake akuyang'anitsitsa pansi pa chiwongolero, Sam anayendetsa galimotoyo kumalo ophwanyika omwe kale anali mabwalo a tennis. Panopa dera lathyathyathyali lili ndi malire ake komanso kamangidwe kake, ndipo m'derali muli udzu ndi zomera zakutchire zokha. A Taurus adabangula kwa iye pomwe Sam adathawa kuti apite. Kutsogolo kwa galimoto yake yothamanga kwambiri, yokhotakhota panali khoma lochepa la simenti.
  
  "Oo iai!" - adakuwa, akukuta mano.
  
  Khoma laling'ono losweka linatsogolera ku dontho lalikulu mbali inayo. Kupitilira izi, makalasi akale a S3, opangidwa ndi njerwa zofiyira zosongoka, adakhalapo. Kuima kamphindi komwe kungawononge moyo wa Sam. Sanachitire mwina koma kugundanso handbrake, ngakhale kuti kunali kutachedweratu. A Taurus anagwera pa galimoto ya Sam ngati kuti inali ndi mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kuti azisewera nawo. Ndi mphamvu yaikulu, Ford ankapota pafupifupi mawilo awiri.
  
  Mvulayo inapangitsa kuti masomphenya a Sam aipiretu. Kuthamanga kwake pakuwuluka pa mpanda kunalepheretsa zopukuta zake zotchingira kutsogolo kwa kutsogolo, n"kungosiya chitsamba chake chakumanzere chikugwira ntchito - chopanda ntchito kwa woyendetsa galimoto yakumanja. Komabe, iye akuyembekeza kuti kutembenuka kwake kosalamulirika kungachedwetse galimoto yake kuti isagwere m"nyumba yophunziriramo. Ichi chinali chodetsa nkhaŵa chake, chifukwa cha zolinga za Taurus monga wothandizira wake wapamtima. Mphamvu ya Centrifugal inali dziko loyipa kukhalamo. Ngakhale kusunthaku kunamupangitsa Sam kusanza, zotsatira zake zidali zogwira mtima kuti zonse zikhalemo.
  
  Kulira kwachitsulo komwe kunatsatiridwa ndi kugwedezeka kwadzidzidzi kunapangitsa Sam kudumpha pampando wake. Mwamwayi thupi lake silinadutse pa galasi lakutsogolo, koma linagwera pa gearshift ndipo ambiri ampando wokwera ndegeyo itasiya.
  
  M'makutu mwa Sam munangomveka kulira kwa mvula komanso kabotolo kakang'ono ka injini yozizirira. Nthiti zake ndi khosi zimapweteka ngati gehena, koma anali bwino. Sam anapumira kaye mwamba pozindikira kuti sanavulalepo. Koma mwadzidzidzi anakumbukira chifukwa chake anachita nawo tsokali poyamba. Ataweramitsa mutu wake kukhala ngati wamwalira kwa amene ankamuthamangitsa, Sam anamva magazi ofunda akutuluka m"manja mwake. Chikopacho chinang"ambika m"munsi mwa chigongono pomwe dzanja lake linagunda chivundikiro cha phulusa lotseguka pakati pa mipandoyo.
  
  Ankangomva anthu akupondaponda akuyenda m'mabwinja a simenti yonyowa. Iye ankaopa kung"ung"udza kwa mlendoyo, koma kukuwa konyansa kwa mwamunayo kunam"chititsa mantha. Mwamwayi anali akungong'ung'udza tsopano popeza cholinga chake sichinali kumuthawa. Sam anamaliza kunena kuti kukuwa koopsa kwa bamboyo kumangomveka pamene wina akumuthawa. Zinali zowawitsa kunena pang'ono, ndipo Sam sanasunthe kuti anyenge munthu wake wachilendo.
  
  "Bwera pafupi pang'ono, mwana wachiwerewere," Sam adaganiza motero mtima wake ukugunda m'makutu mwake, kutsanzira phokoso la bingu pamwamba pake. Zala zake zidamangika pachitsogozo cha mfutiyo. Ngakhale kuti ankayembekezera kuti imfa yake yonyengayo imulepheretsa mlendoyo kumuvutitsa kapena kumuvulaza, munthuyo anangotsegula chitseko cha Sam. "Pang'ono pang'ono," liwu lamkati la wozunzidwayo linauza Sam, "kuti ndikuwuze ubongo wako wovuta." Palibe amene adzamumva pano pamvula.
  
  "Unamizire," munthu amene anali pakhomo anatero, mosadziŵa anakana kuti Sam akufuna kutseka mtunda umene unali pakati pawo. "Sh-sham."
  
  Mwina wamisalayo anali ndi vuto lolankhula kapena anali wopunduka maganizo, zomwe zingafotokoze khalidwe lake losasinthasintha. Mwachidule, lipoti laposachedwa pa Channel 8 lidawonekera pamutu pa Sam. Adakumbukira kuti adamva za wodwala yemwe adathawa ku Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane, ndipo adadzifunsa ngati angakhale munthu yemweyo. Komabe, kutsatira pempho limeneli, panabuka funso loti kaya ankalidziŵa bwino dzina lakuti Sam.
  
  Ali chapatali Sam amamva kulira kwa apolisi. Wabizinesi wakumaloko ayenera kuti adayimbira foni aboma pomwe kuthamangitsidwa kwagalimoto kudayamba pa block yawo. Anamva kumasuka. Izi, mosakayika, zikanasankha tsogolo la wozemberayo, ndipo adzachotsedwa chiwopsezocho kamodzi kokha. Poyamba Sam ankaganiza kuti kunali kusamvetsetsana kamodzi kokha, monga zomwe zimachitika nthawi zambiri m'malo ogulitsira Loweruka usiku. Komabe, kulimbikira kwa munthu woopsayu kunamupangitsa kuti asakhale mwangozi m'moyo wa Sam.
  
  Zinkamveka mokweza kwambiri, koma kupezeka kwa munthu kunali kosatsutsika. Sam anadabwa ndi kunyansidwa naye, mwamunayo anadumphira pansi pa denga la galimotoyo ndikugwira mtolankhani wosasunthika, ndikumukweza mmwamba mopanda mphamvu. Mwadzidzidzi Sam adataya charade yake, koma sanafikire mfuti yake munthawi yake ndipo adayitaya.
  
  "M'dzina la zonse zomwe zili zoyera ukuchita chiyani, mwana wopanda nzeru iwe?" Sam anakuwa mwaukali, kuyesa kuchotsa manja a munthuyo. Munali m"chipinda chopanikiza chonchi m"pamene anaona nkhope ya misalayo masana kuli mdima. Pansi pa chipewa chake chomverera panali nkhope yomwe imapangitsa kuti ziwanda zibwerere, zomwe zimafanana ndi mantha akulankhula kwake kosokoneza, koma chapafupi adawoneka ngati wabwinobwino. Choyamba, mphamvu yowopsya ya mlendoyo inatsimikizira Sam kuti asakane nthawiyi.
  
  Anamuponya Sam pampang'ono wa galimoto yake. Mwachibadwa, Sam anayesa kutsegula chitseko kuchokera mbali ina kuti athawe, koma loko lonse ndi chogwirira gulu panalibe. Pomwe Sam amatembenuka kuti atuluke pampando wa driver uja, womugwira anali atayamba kale kuyimitsa injini.
  
  "Gwirani mwamphamvu," ndi zimene Sam anamasulira kuti ndi lamulo la mwamunayo. Pakamwa pake panali pakhungu lopsa la nkhope yake. Apa ndipamene Sam anazindikira kuti yemwe anamugwirayo sanali wamisala kapena kukwawa mu nyanja yakuda. Anadulidwa ziwalo, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuti asalankhule komanso kumukakamiza kuvala malaya amvula ndi fedora.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, wandikumbutsa za Darkman," Sam anaganiza motero ataona munthu uja akugwira ntchito mwaluso ndi makina a Blue torque. Panali patatha zaka zambiri kuchokera pamene Sam anawerenga buku lojambula zithunzi kapena chirichonse chonga icho, koma adakumbukira bwino za munthuyo. Pamene amachoka pamalopo, Sam analira kuti galimoto yake yatayika, ngakhale kuti inali chipwirikiti chamasiku akale. Komanso, Perdue asanatenge foni yake, nayonso inali yakale ku Nokia BC ndipo sakanatha kuchita zambiri kupatula kutumiza mameseji ndikuyimba mwachangu.
  
  "Oo iai! Purdue! " - adafuula mwangozi, pokumbukira kuti amayenera kutenga chithunzicho ndikukumana ndi mabiliyoniyo madzulo . Womugwirayo adangomuyang'ana pakati pakuyenda mozemba kuti atuluke m'malo okhala anthu ambiri a Edinburgh. "Tamverani munthuwe ngati mukufuna kundipha chitani. Apo ayi, nditulutseni. Ndili ndi msonkhano wofulumira kwambiri ndipo sindikusamala kuti mumandikonda bwanji."
  
  "Musadzinamize," mwamuna wotenthedwayo anaseka, akuyendetsa ngati munthu wophunzitsidwa bwino waku Hollywood. Mawu ake anali osamveka bwino ndipo mawu ake ankamveka ngati 'sh', koma Sam adapeza kuti nthawi yochepa pakampani yake inalola kuti khutu lake lizolowere kumveka bwino.
  
  A Taurus adalumphira pazikwangwani zokwezeka zamsewu zomwe zidapakidwa utoto wachikasu mumsewu pomwe adatuluka mumsewu waukulu. Mpaka pano, panalibe magalimoto apolisi panjira. Iwo anali asanafike pamene bamboyo anamuchotsa Sam pamalopo, ndipo sankadziwa kuti ayambire kuti.
  
  "Tikupita kuti?" Sam anafunsa, mantha ake oyamba pang'onopang'ono anasanduka kukhumudwa.
  
  "Malo okambitsirana," mwamunayo anayankha.
  
  "Oh Mulungu wanga, ukuoneka wodziwa bwino," Sam anadandaula.
  
  "Ukudziwa bwanji?" - kidnapper anafunsa mwachipongwe. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti kulemala kwake sikunakhudze maganizo ake, ndipo kunam"pangitsa kukhala mmodzi wa anthu oterowo-mtundu wosasamala za malire. Wothandizira wothandiza. Mdani wakupha.
  
  
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  Kubwera kunyumba ndi Purdue
  
  
  Dr. Patel anabuula monyinyirika pamene ankatulutsa wodwala wake wolapa monyinyirika. "Ndilibe zifukwa zomveka zotsekera pano, David, koma sindikutsimikiza kuti uyenera kupita kunyumba."
  
  "Tazindikira," Perdue adamwetulira, akutsamira ndodo yake yatsopano. "Ngakhale zili choncho, bambo wachikulire, ndiyesetsa kuti ndisapangitse mabala ndi kusoka kwanga. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, ndakonza zoti anthu azindisamalira kunyumba kawiri pa mlungu mpaka pamene tidzapitenso kuchipatala."
  
  "Iwe watero? Zimandipangitsa kumva mpumulo," anavomereza motero Dr. Patel. "Mumagwiritsa ntchito chithandizo chanji chachipatala?"
  
  Kumwetulira koyipa kwa Perdue kunadzutsa nkhawa kwa dokotala wa opaleshoni. "Ndidagwiritsa ntchito chithandizo cha Namwino Hurst pamtengo wapayekha kunja kwa nthawi yake yogwira ntchito pano pachipatala, choncho siziyenera kusokoneza ntchito yake konse. Kawiri pa sabata. Ola limodzi lowunika ndi kulandira chithandizo. Nanga mukuti bwanji?
  
  Dr. Patel adakhala chete, ali odabwa. "Zodabwitsa, David, sungathe kulola chinsinsi chilichonse kukudutsa, sichoncho?"
  
  Taonani, ndikumva chisoni kwambiri kuti sindinalipo pamene mwamuna wake akanapindula ndi kudzoza kwanga, ngakhale pamalingaliro abwino. Chochepa chimene ndingachite ndi kuyesa mwanjira inayake kubwezera kulibeko pamenepo."
  
  Dokotalayo anausa moyo ndi kuika dzanja paphewa la Perdue, akuwerama kuti amukumbutse mofatsa kuti, "Izi sizidzapulumutsa chilichonse, mukudziwa. Munthuyo anafa ndipo kulibenso. Palibe chabwino chomwe mungayese kuchita pano chomwe chingamubwezeretse kapena kukwaniritsa maloto ake. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa, izi sizomveka, koma chilichonse, Harun, ndiroleni ndichite izi. Ngati pali chilichonse, kukumana ndi Namwino Hurst kumachepetsa chikumbumtima changa pang'ono. Chonde ndipatseni, "adachonderera Perdue. Dr. Patel sakanatsutsa kuti zinali zotheka malinga ndi malingaliro amalingaliro. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti mtendere uliwonse wamalingaliro womwe Purdue angapereke ukhoza kumuthandiza kuti achire ku zovuta zake zaposachedwa. Panalibe kukayikira kuti mabala ake amatha kuchira mofanana ndi momwe analili asanaukire, koma Perdue ankafunika kusunga psyche yake mosasamala kanthu.
  
  "Osadandaula David," Dr. Patel anayankha. Khulupirirani kapena ayi, ndikumvetsetsa zomwe mukuyesera kuchita. Ndipo ine ndiri ndi iwe, mzanga. Chitani zomwe mukuwona kuti ndizowombola komanso zowongolera. Izi zitha kukhala zabwino kwa inu. "
  
  "Zikomo," Perdue anamwetulira, mokondwera ndi mgwirizano wa dokotala wake. Kamphindi kakang'ono kakang'ono kakang'ono kamadutsa pakati pa mapeto a zokambirana ndi kufika kwa Namwino Hurst kuchokera ku chipinda chosungiramo.
  
  "Pepani zinanditengera nthawi yayitali, Bambo Perdue," adatulutsa mwachangu. "Ndinali ndi vuto pang'ono ndi masitonkeni anga, ngati muyenera kudziwa."
  
  Dr. Patel anadandaula ndi kuletsa chisangalalo chake ndi mawu ake, koma Perdue, yemwe anali njonda yaulemu, nthawi yomweyo anasintha nkhaniyo kuti amupulumutse ku manyazi. "Ndiye mwina tizipita? Ndikuyembekezera munthu posachedwa. "
  
  "Mukunyamuka limodzi?" Adafunsa mwachangu Dr.
  
  "Inde, adokotala," namwinoyo anafotokoza. "Ndinadzipereka kuti ndiwaperekeze Bambo Perdue pobwerera kunyumba. Ndinaganiza kuti uwu ukanakhala mwayi wopeza njira yabwino kwambiri yopita kumudzi wake. Sindinakwerepo njira iyi, kotero tsopano ndikukumbukira njirayo. "
  
  "Aa, ndaona," anayankha Harun Patel, ngakhale kuti nkhope yake inali kukayikira. Anali adakali ndi lingaliro lakuti David Perdue amafunikira zambiri kuposa luso lachipatala la Lilith, koma tsoka, imeneyo sinali ntchito yake.
  
  Perdue adafika ku Reichtisusis mochedwa kuposa momwe amayembekezera. Lilith Hearst adaumirira kuti ayime kaye kuti adzaze tanki lagalimoto yake, zomwe zidawachedwetsa pang'ono, koma adapangabe nthawi yabwino. Mkati, Perdue ankamva ngati mwana m'mawa wa tsiku lake lobadwa. Sanadikire kuti afike kunyumba, akumayembekezera kuti Sam akumudikirira ndi mphotho yomwe adalakalaka kuyambira pomwe adasochera m'chipinda cha gehena cha Lost City.
  
  "Mulungu wabwino, Bambo Perdue, muli ndi malo otani kuno!" Anakuwa Lilith. Mkamwa mwake munali bwinja pamene adatsamira kutsogolo pa chiwongolero chake kuti alowe m'zipata zazikulu zopita ku Reichtishusis. "Ndi zodabwitsa! Mulungu, sindingathe kulingalira momwe ndalama zanu zamagetsi zilili."
  
  Perdue anaseka kwambiri chifukwa cha kukhulupirika kwake. Moyo wake wooneka ngati wonyozeka udali kusintha kolandirika kuchoka pagulu la eni minda olemera, ma tycoons ndi andale omwe adawazolowera.
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri," adasewera nawo.
  
  Lilith adamuyang'ana. "Ndithudi. Monga ngati wina angadziwe zomwe zili bwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti sichimakwera mtengo kwambiri pa chikwama chanu. " Nthawi yomweyo anazindikira zomwe anali kunena ndipo anadzuma, "O Mulungu wanga. Bambo Perdue, ndikupepesa! Ndine wokhumudwa. Ndimakonda kunena zomwe ndikuganiza. "...
  
  "Zili bwino, Lilith," adaseka. "Chonde musapepese chifukwa cha izi. Ndimaona kuti ndi zotsitsimula. Ndidazolowera anthu akundipsompsona tsiku lonse, choncho ndimasangalala kumva wina akunena zomwe akuganiza.
  
  Anagwedeza mutu wake pang'onopang'ono pamene amadutsa malo otetezera chitetezo ndikuyendetsa kamtunda kakang'ono kolowera ku nyumba yokongola kwambiri yomwe Perdue ankatcha kwawo. Galimotoyo itayandikira nyumbayo, Perdue adatha kudumpha kuti awone Sam ndi tepi ya kanema yomwe ingatsagana naye. Ankafuna kuti namwino ayendetse galimotoyo mothamanga pang'ono, koma sanayerekeze kupempha choncho.
  
  "Munda wanu ndi wokongola," iye anatero. "Yang"anani mwala wodabwitsawu. Kodi iyi inali nyumba yachifumu kale?"
  
  "Osati nyumba yachifumu, wokondedwa wanga, koma pafupi. Ili ndi tsamba la mbiri yakale, ndiye ndikutsimikiza kuti idasiya kuwukira ndikuteteza anthu ambiri kuti asavulazidwe. Titayendera malowa koyamba tidapeza mabwinja a makola akulu akulu ndi nyumba za antchito. Palinso mabwinja a tchalitchi chakale kum'mawa kwa nyumbayo, " adatero mokwiya, amadzinyadira kwambiri kunyumba kwawo ku Edinburgh. Zachidziwikire, anali ndi nyumba zingapo padziko lonse lapansi, koma adawona kuti nyumba yayikulu ku Scotland komwe ndi malo akulu a Purdue.
  
  Galimotoyo itangoima kutsogolo kwa zitseko zazikulu, Perdue anatsegula chitseko chake.
  
  "Samalani, Bambo Perdue!" - iye anakuwa. Ali ndi nkhawa, adazimitsa injini ndikuthamangira kwa iye, pomwe Charles, woperekera chikho chake adatsegula chitseko.
  
  "Takulandirani, bwana," anatero Charles wolimba mtima mouma. "Timakuyembekezerani m'masiku awiri okha." Anayenda masitepe kukanyamula zikwama za Perdue pamene bilionea wa tsitsi la siliva anathamangira ku masitepe mofulumira momwe angathere. "Mwaswera bwanji madam," anatero Charles moni kwa namwinoyo, yemwe nayenso anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuti sakudziwa kuti anali ndani, koma ngati atabwera ndi Perdue ankamuona ngati munthu wofunika kwambiri.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, simungathe kukakamiza mwendo wanu mpaka pano," adadandaula pambuyo pake, kuyesera kuti apitirizebe kuyenda kwake. "Bambo Perdue ..."
  
  "Ingondithandizani kukwera masitepe, chabwino?" - adafunsa mwaulemu, ngakhale adazindikira mawu ake okhudzidwa kwambiri. "Charles?"
  
  "Inde, bwana".
  
  "A Cleave wafika kale?" - Perdue adafunsa, akupita patsogolo mosaleza mtima pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Ayi, bwana," Charles anayankha mwamwayi. Yankho linali lodzichepetsa, koma mawu a Perdue poyankha anali owopsa kwambiri. Kwa kanthawi anaima osasunthika, atagwira dzanja la namwinoyo ndikuyang'ana mosilira woperekera chikho wake.
  
  "Ayi?" - Adapumira ndi mantha.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, Lillian ndi Jane, yemwe amamusamalira komanso womuthandizira, adatulukira pakhomo.
  
  "Ayi, bwana. Anali atapita tsiku lonse. Unali kumuyembekezera?" Adafunsa choncho Charles.
  
  "Kodi ndinali ... ndimayembekezera ... Ambuye, Charles, kodi ndikanamufunsa ngati anali pano ngati sindimamuyembekezera?" Perdue adalankhula mopanda tsankho. Zinali zodabwitsa kumva kukuwa kuchokera kwa abwana awo omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala odekha, ndipo azimayiwo adayang'ana modabwitsa Charles yemwe adangokhala chete.
  
  "Anayitana?" Perdue anafunsa Jane.
  
  "Mtendere wabwino kwa inu, Bambo Perdue," anayankha mwamwano. Mosiyana ndi Lillian ndi Charles, Jane sankadana ndi kudzudzula abwana ake akachoka pamzere kapena zinthu zitavuta. Kaŵirikaŵiri iye anali kampasi yake yamakhalidwe abwino ndi wopanga zosankha zake kudzanja lamanja pamene anafunikira lingaliro. Anamuwona akudutsa m'manja mwake ndikuzindikira kuti anali wopusa.
  
  "Pepani," iye anausa moyo. "Ndikungodikira Sam mwachangu. Ndasangalala kukuwonani nonse. Zoonadi."
  
  "Tamva zomwe zidakuchitikirani ku New Zealand, bwana. Ndine wokondwa kuti mukukankhabe ndikuchira, "adatero Lillian, wogwira ntchito ya amayi ndikumwetulira kokoma komanso malingaliro opusa.
  
  "Zikomo, Lily," iye anapumira, chifukwa cha khama lomwe linatenga kuti afike pakhomo. "Tsekwe wanga anali atatsala pang'ono kutha, inde, koma ndinali ndi mphamvu." Amatha kuona kuti Perdue anali wokhumudwa kwambiri, koma adayesetsa kukhalabe wachikondi. "Aliyense, uyu ndi Namwino Hurst wochokera ku Salisbury Clinic. Amandichiritsa mabala anga kawiri pa mlungu."
  
  Titakambirana kwakanthawi kosangalatsa, aliyense adangokhala chete ndikuchoka pambali kuti Perdue alowe mchipinda cholandirira alendo. Kenako adamuyang'ananso Jane. Mopanda kunyodola, adafunsanso, "Kodi Sam wayimba konse, Jane?"
  
  "Ayi," anayankha mofatsa. "Mukufuna ndimuyimbire foni kwa nthawi yayitali?"
  
  Iye ankafuna kutsutsa, koma ankadziwa kuti maganizo ake adzakhala oyenera. Namwino Hurst akadaumirira kuti amuone momwe alili asananyamuke, ndipo Lillian akanaumirira kuti amudyetse bwino asanamulole kuti apite madzulo. Anagwedeza mutu motopa. "Chonde muyimbireni kuti mumve chomwe chikuchedwetsa, Jane."
  
  "Inde," anamwetulira n"kuyamba kukwera masitepe opita pansanjika yoyamba yopita ku ofesiyo. Iye anamuyitananso iye. "Ndipo chonde mupumule. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Sam adzakhalapo ngakhale sindingathe kumupeza."
  
  "Inde, inde," iye anagwedeza dzanja lake kwa mkaziyo mwaubwenzi ndipo anapitiriza kukwera masitepe movutikira. Lilith adayendera nyumba yokongolayo akusamalira wodwala wake. Iye anali asanaonepo zinthu zapamwamba ngati zimenezi m"nyumba ya munthu yemwe sanali wachifumu. Payekha, iye anali asanakhalepo m"nyumba yachuma chotere. Atakhala ku Edinburgh kwa zaka zingapo, adadziwa wofufuza wotchuka yemwe adamanga ufumu pa IQ yake yayikulu. Perdue anali nzika yodziwika bwino ya Edinburgh yomwe kutchuka kwake ndi mbiri yake zidafalikira padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Ambiri mwa anthu otchuka mu dziko la zachuma, ndale ndi sayansi ankadziwa David Perdue. Komabe, ambiri a iwo anayamba kudana ndi kukhalapo kwake. Nayenso ankadziwa bwino zimenezi. Komabe, luso lake silinakane ngakhale adani ake. Monga wophunzira wakale wa physics ndi theoretical chemistry, Lilith adachita chidwi ndi zidziwitso zosiyanasiyana zomwe Purdue adawonetsa kwazaka zambiri. Tsopano adawona zomwe adapanga komanso mbiri yakusaka zinthu zakale.
  
  Denga lalitali la hotelo ya Wrichtisousis inafika pansanjika zitatu isanamezedwe ndi makoma onyamula katundu a mayunitsi ndi timiyala, monganso pansi. Pansi pa miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya marble ndi akale ankakongoletsa nyumba ya Leviathan, ndipo potengera maonekedwe a malowo, panalibe zokongoletsera pang'ono kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1500.
  
  "Muli ndi nyumba yokongola, Bambo Perdue," adapuma.
  
  "Zikomo," anamwetulira. "Munali wasayansi mwaukadaulo, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ndinatero," iye anayankha mozama pang"ono.
  
  "Mukadzabwerako mlungu wamawa, mwinamwake ndikhoza kukusonyezani mwachidule ma laboratories anga," analingalira motero.
  
  Lilith adawoneka wopanda chidwi kuposa momwe amaganizira. "M"chenicheni, ndinali m"ma laboratories. M'malo mwake, nthambi zitatu zosiyanasiyana zimayendetsedwa ndi kampani yanu, Scorpio Majorus, "adadzitamandira kuti amusangalatse. Maso a Perdue adawala ndi zoyipa. Anapukusa mutu.
  
  "Ayi, wokondedwa wanga, ndikutanthauza ma lab oyesera m'nyumba," adatero, akumva kupweteka kwamankhwala opweteka komanso kukhumudwa kwake komwe Sam akumupangitsa kugona.
  
  "Pano?" anameza mate, ndipo pomalizira pake anachita monga momwe ankayembekezera.
  
  "Inde, amayi. Kumusi uko, pansi pa mulingo wofikira alendo. Ndidzakuwonetsani nthawi ina," adadzitama. Anakonda momwe namwino wachinyamatayo adachita manyazi ndi malingaliro ake. Kumwetulira kwake kunam"pangitsa kumva bwino, ndipo kwa kanthaŵi anakhulupirira kuti mwina akanatha kubweza kudzimana kwake chifukwa cha matenda a mwamuna wake. Icho chinali cholinga chake, koma iye ankatanthauza zambiri kuposa chiwombolo chaching'ono kwa David Perdue.
  
  
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  Chinyengo ku Oban
  
  
  Nina anabwereka galimoto kuti abwerere kwa Oban kuchokera kunyumba kwa Sam. Zinali zabwino kwambiri kubwerera kwathu ku nyumba yanga yakale moyang'anizana ndi madzi ofunda a Oban Bay. Chinthu chokha chimene ankadana nacho chobwera kunyumba atachoka n"kuyeretsa m"nyumba. Nyumba yake sinali yaing"ono, ndipo iye yekha ndiye anali kukhalamo.
  
  Iye ankalemba ganyu anthu oyeretsa omwe ankabwera kamodzi pa sabata n"kumamuthandiza kusamalira malo amene anagula zaka zambiri zapitazo. Pambuyo pake adatopa ndikupereka zinthu zakale kwa azimayi oyeretsa omwe ankafuna ndalama zowonjezera kuchokera kwa wotolera zinthu zakale. Kupatula zala zomata, Nina wataya zinthu zomwe amakonda kwambiri kwa ogwira ntchito osasamala, akuphwanya zolowa zamtengo wapatali zomwe adapeza poika moyo wake pachiswe paulendo wa Purdue, makamaka. Kukhala wolemba mbiri sikunali kuyitanira kwa Dr. Nina Gould, koma kutengeka kwapadera komwe adamva kuti ali pafupi kwambiri kuposa zabwino zamakono za nthawi yake. Uwu unali moyo wake. Zakale zinali nkhokwe yake yachidziwitso, chitsime chake chopanda malire cha nkhani zochititsa chidwi ndi zinthu zakale zokongola zopangidwa ndi cholembera ndi dongo la anthu olimba mtima, otukuka kwambiri.
  
  Sam anali asanamuyitanebe, koma adamuzindikira kuti anali munthu wokhala ndi ubongo wobalalika komanso wotanganidwa ndi chinthu china chatsopano. Monga bloodhound, ankangofunika fungo la ulendo kapena mwayi wofufuza kuti aganizire za chinachake. Anadzifunsa kuti akuganiza bwanji za nkhani yomwe adamusiyira kuti akawonere, koma sanachite khama pakuwunikanso.
  
  Tsikuli linali lamvula, kotero panalibe chifukwa choyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja kapena kupita ku cafe kukayesa cheesecake ya sitiroberi - mufiriji, osati kuphika. Ngakhale chozizwitsa chokoma chotero monga cheesecake sichikanapangitsa Nina kupita panja pa imvi, tsiku lopanda mvula, lomwe limasonyeza kusapeza bwino pamsewu. Kupyolera m"limodzi la mazenera ake a pakhonde, Nina anaona ulendo wopweteka wa awo amene anaganizabe zotuluka lerolino, ndipo anadzithokozanso.
  
  "O, ndipo ukutani?" - adanong'oneza, akukankhira nkhope yake pansalu ya lace ndikusuzumira mosazindikira. Pansi pa nyumba yake, pansi pa phiri lotsetsereka la kapinga, Nina anaona Bambo Hemming okalamba akuyenda pang'onopang'ono mumsewu kunja kwa nyengo yoipa, akuitana galu wawo.
  
  A Hemming anali m'modzi mwa anthu akale kwambiri mumsewu wa Dunoiran, wamasiye wokhala ndi mbiri yabwino. Anadziwa izi chifukwa atamwa mowa pang'ono palibe chomwe chingamulepheretse kunena nkhani zaunyamata wake. Kaya paphwando kapena m'malo ogulitsira, mainjiniya wamkulu wakale sanaphonyepo mwayi wolankhula mpaka m'bandakucha kuti aliyense amene anali woledzeretsa akumbukire. Pamene anayamba kuwoloka msewu, Nina anaona galimoto yakuda ikuthamanga m"nyumba zingapo kutali ndi iye. Popeza kuti zenera lake linali lalitali kwambiri pamwamba pa msewu umene unali m"munsimu, iye yekha ndi amene akanatha kudziwiratu zimenezi.
  
  "O, Mulungu," anadzuma n"kuthamangira kuchitseko. Barefoot, atavala jinzi yokha ndi bra, Nina adathamangira masitepe kupita kunjira yake yosweka. Anafuula mokweza dzina lake pamene ankathamanga, koma mvula ndi bingu zinamulepheretsa kumva chenjezo lake.
  
  "Bambo Hemming! Samalani ndi galimotoyo!" Nina anasisima, mapazi ake samamva kuzizira chifukwa cha madzi onyowa ndi udzu umene anadutsamo. Chimphepo chozizira chinawotcha khungu lake lopanda kanthu. Mutu wake unatembenukira kumanja kuti ayeze mtunda wa galimoto yomwe inkafika mofulumira pamene inkadutsa m"ngalande yodzaza anthu. "Bambo Hemming!"
  
  Pamene Nina anafika pachipata cha mpanda wake, Bambo Hemming anali atapalasa kale pakati pa msewu, akuitana galu wawo. Monga nthawi zonse, mwachangu, zala zake zonyowa zimatsetsereka ndikugwedezeka ndi latch ya loko, osatha kuchotsa piniyo mwachangu. Pamene ankafuna kutsegula loko, ankangofuulabe dzina lake. Popeza kuti panalibe anthu ena oyenda misala moti akanatha kutuluka kunja kuli nyengoyi, iye ndiye anali chiyembekezo chake chokha, cholozera chake chokha.
  
  Anakuwa mokhumudwa piniyo itatuluka, kuti: "Oh! molunjika, kumulepheretsa kuona galimoto yomwe inali kuyandikira. Ataona wolemba mbiri wokongolayo, atavala monyowa, nkhalambayo inamva kuwawa kwachilendo kwa chikhumbo cha masiku ake akale.
  
  "Moni, Dr. Gould," anapereka moni. Kumwetulira kwakung'ono kunawonekera pankhope pake atamuwona mu bra, akuganiza kuti anali ataledzera kapena wamisala, bwanji ndi nyengo yozizira ndi zonse.
  
  "Bambo Hemming!" anali akukuwa kwinaku akuthamangira kwa iye. Kumwetulira kwake kunazimiririka pamene anayamba kukayikira zolinga za mayi wopengayo pa iye. Koma iye anali atakalamba kwambiri moti sakanatha kum"thawa, choncho anadikira nthitiyo n"kumayembekezera kuti sadzamuvulaza. Kumanzere kwake kunali kugontha kogontha kwa madzi, ndipo pomalizira pake anatembenuza mutu wake kuona Mercedes wakuda wakuda akutsetserekera kwa iye. Mapiko oyera okhala ndi thovu anatuluka mbali zonse za msewu pamene matayala ankadutsa m"madzi.
  
  "Zisiyeni...!" - adachita mantha, maso ake adachita mantha, koma Nina adagwira mkono wake. Anamukoka kwambiri moti anagwa panjira, koma liwiro la zochita zake linamupulumutsa ku fender ya Mercedes. Atagwidwa ndi funde lamadzi lomwe linakwezedwa ndi galimotoyo, Nina ndi achikulire a Bambo Hemming anakumbatirana kumbuyo kwa galimoto yoyimitsidwayo mpaka kugwedezeka kwa Merc kunadutsa.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Nina adalumpha.
  
  "Ugwidwa ndi izi, chibwibwi! Ndikusaka ndikukankha bulu wako, bulu! adachilandira chipongwe chomwe adachichitira chitsiru chija chomwe chili mgalimoto lapamwamba. Tsitsi lake lakuda linapanga nkhope yake ndi khosi, likupiringa pazidundu za pachifuwa chake pamene ankalira mumsewu. Mercedes anakhotera panjira ndipo pang'onopang'ono anazimiririka kuseri kwa mlatho wamwala. Nina anali wokwiya komanso wozizira. Anatambasula dzanja lake kwa wachikulire yemwe anali wodabwa, akunjenjemera chifukwa cha kuzizira.
  
  "Bwerani, Bambo Hemming, tiyeni tikulowetseni mkati musanafe," Nina analingalira motero mwamphamvu. Zala zake zopindidwazo zinatsekereza m"manja mwake ndipo mosamalitsa anamukweza munthu wofookayo kuti aimirire.
  
  "Galu wanga, Betsy," iye anang"ung"udza, akadali ndi mantha chifukwa cha mantha, "anathawa pamene bingu linayamba."
  
  "Osadandaula, Bambo Hemming, tikupezerani, chabwino? Ingobisala ku mvula. "O Mulungu wanga, ndikutsata bulu uyu," adamutsimikizira, akupuma pang'ono.
  
  "Simungachite kalikonse pa iwo, Dr. Gould," anadandaula pamene amamutsogolera kuwoloka msewu. "Akufuna kukuphani kusiyana ndi kuthera mphindi imodzi akudzilungamitsa zomwe achita, zinyalala."
  
  "WHO?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  Anagwedeza mutu kulunjika pamlatho pomwe galimoto idazimiririka. "Iwo! Otsalira otayidwa a amene kale anali mzinda wabwino pamene Oban ankalamulidwa ndi bungwe lolungama la amuna oyenerera."
  
  Anachita tsinya, akuwoneka wosokonezeka. "W-chiyani? Ukuti ukudziwa mwini galimotoyi?"
  
  "Ndithu!" - anayankha pamene adamtsegulira chipata cha munda. "Anthu owopsa aja muholo ya tauni. McFadden! Nayi nkhumba! Athetsa tawuniyi, koma achinyamata sakusamala kuti ndi ndani amene ali ndi udindo bola apitirize kuchita maphwando achikazi. Awa ndi omwe amayenera kuvota. Iwo adavota kuti amuchotse, ayenera, koma sanatero. Ndalama zinapambana. Ndinavota motsutsa munthu wapathengo uyu. Ndinatero. Ndipo iye akudziwa izo. Amadziwa aliyense amene adamuvotera. "
  
  Nina anakumbukira kuwona McFadden pa nkhani nthawi ina yapitayo, komwe amapita ku msonkhano wofunika kwambiri wachinsinsi, zomwe njira zofalitsa nkhani sizinathe kuwulula. Anthu ambiri a ku Oban ankakonda a Hemming, koma ambiri ankaganiza kuti maganizo awo a ndale anali achikale kwambiri, moti anali m"gulu la anthu odziwa kutsutsa amene anakana kulola kuti zinthu zipite patsogolo.
  
  "Kodi angadziwe bwanji amene anamuvotera? Ndipo akanatani? Anatsutsa chigawengacho, koma Bambo Hemming anaumirira kuti asamale. Anamutsogolera moleza mtima kukwera phirilo, podziwa kuti mtima wake sungapirire ulendo wotopetsa wokwera phirilo.
  
  "Tamverani, Nina, akudziwa. Sindikumvetsa ukadaulo wamakono, koma pali mphekesera kuti amagwiritsa ntchito zida kuyang'anira nzika komanso kuti anali ndi makamera obisa omwe adayikidwa pamwamba pa malo ovotera, "Mkuluyo adapitilizabe kucheza, monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse. Pokhapokha pamene kubwebweta kwake sikunali nkhani yayitali kapena kukumbukira kosangalatsa kwa masiku apitawo, ayi; zinadza mwa zinenezo zazikulu.
  
  "Kodi angakwanitse bwanji zinthu zonsezi, Bambo Hemming?" anafunsa. "Mukudziwa kuti zikhala zokwera mtengo kwambiri."
  
  Maso aakulu anayang'ana cham'mbali kwa Nina kuchokera pansi pa nsidze zonyowa, zosaoneka bwino. "O, ali ndi anzake, Dr. Gould. Ali ndi abwenzi omwe ali ndi ndalama zambiri omwe amamuthandizira pa kampeni yake ndi kulipira maulendo ake onse ndi misonkhano. "
  
  Anamukhazika pansi kutsogolo kwa nyumba yake yotentha, pomwe moto unanyambita pakamwa pa chumney. Anatenga bulangete la cashmere pabedi lake ndikumukulunga, ndikusisita manja ake pabulangetiyo kuti afunde. Anamuyang'ana mowona mtima kwambiri. "Ukuganiza kuti n"chifukwa chiyani ankafuna kundithamangitsa? Ndinali wotsutsa kwambiri malingaliro awo panthawi ya msonkhano. Ine ndi Anton Leving, mukukumbukira? Tidatsutsa kampeni ya McFadden."
  
  Nina anagwedeza mutu. "Inde, ndikukumbukiradi. Panthawiyo ndinali ku Spain, koma ndinatsatira zonse pa TV. Mukunena zowona. Aliyense anali wotsimikiza kuti Leving apambana mpando wina m'zipinda za khonsolo ya mzinda, koma tonse tinakhumudwa pamene McFadden adapambana mosayembekezereka. Kodi Leving akutsutsa kapena akufuna voti ina ya khonsolo?"
  
  Mkuluyo adamwetulira mowawa, akuyang'ana pamoto, pakamwa pake adatambasula ndikumwetulira kwachisoni.
  
  "Iye wamwalira".
  
  "WHO? Kukhala?" - adafunsa modabwitsa.
  
  "Inde, Lewing wamwalira. Mlungu watha," Bambo Hemming anamuyang"ana ndi nkhope yonyodola, "anachita ngozi," anatero a Hemming.
  
  "Chani?" iye anakwinya nkhope. Nina anadabwa kwambiri ndi zochitika zoopsa zomwe zinkachitika mumzinda wake womwe. "Chinachitika ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti anagwa pansi pa masitepe a nyumba yake ya Victorian ataledzera," anatero mkuluyo, koma nkhope yake inasewera khadi ina. "Mukudziwa, ndidadziwa Living kwa zaka makumi atatu ndi ziwiri, ndipo samamwanso kapu ya sherry mu mwezi wabuluu." Kodi akanaledzera bwanji? Zikanatheka bwanji kuti aledzere kwambiri moti sakanatha kukwera masitepe akuluakulu omwe wakhala akuyenda kwa zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu m"nyumba yomweyi, Dr. Gould?" Anaseka, akukumbukira zomwe zinamuchitikirapo pafupifupi zomvetsa chisoni. "Ndipo zikuwoneka kuti lero ndi nthawi yanga yopangira thabwa."
  
  "Zidzakhala tsiku lomwelo," iye anaseka, akumasinkhasinkha zimene anamva pamene anali kuvala mkanjo wake ndi kuumanga.
  
  "Tsopano ukukhudzidwa, Dr. Gould," anachenjeza motero. "Mwawawonongera mwayi wawo woti andiphe. Uli mkati mwa chimphepo chamkuntho pompano."
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Nina ndikuwoneka ngati chitsulo. "Apa ndipamene ndili bwino kwambiri."
  
  
  khumi ndi chimodzi
  Chofunika cha funso
  
  
  Wobera Sam adatuluka mumsewu wakum'maŵa motsatira A68, kupita kumalo osadziwika.
  
  "Mukunditengera kuti?" - Sam anafunsa, kumveketsa mawu ake ndi ochezeka.
  
  "Wag," munthuyo anayankha.
  
  "Vogri Country Park?" Sam anayankha mosaganizira.
  
  "Inde, Sam," munthuyo anayankha.
  
  Sam adaganiza zoyankha kwa Swift kwakanthawi, ndikuwunika kuchuluka kwa ziwopsezo zomwe zimalumikizidwa ndi malowo. Analidi malo abwino kwambiri, osakhala ndi malo oti aphedwe kapena kupachikidwa pamtengo. M"malo mwake, pakiyo ankabwerako nthaŵi zonse chifukwa kunali nkhalango kumene anthu ankabwera kudzasewera gofu, kukwera mapiri, kapena kusangalatsa ana awo m"bwalo la maseŵeralo. Nthawi yomweyo anamva bwino. Chinthu chimodzi chinamupangitsa kuti afunsenso. "Bwanji, dzina lako ndani, bwanawe? Ukuwoneka wodziwika bwino, koma ndikukayika kuti ndimakudziwa. "
  
  "Dzina langa ndine George Masters, Sam. Mukundidziwa kuchokera pazithunzi zoyipa zakuda ndi zoyera, mothandizidwa ndi bwenzi lathu lapamtima Aidan waku Edinburgh Post, "adafotokoza.
  
  "Polankhula za Aidan ngati bwenzi, kodi ukunyoza kapena ndi bwenzi lako?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, ndife mabwenzi m"lingaliro lachikale," George anayankha, osachotsa maso ake panjira. "Ndikupita nawe ku Vogri kuti tikakambirane, kenako ndikulola kupita." Anatembenuza mutu wake pang"onopang"ono kuti adalitse Sam ndi mawu akewo ndipo anawonjezera kuti, "Sindimafuna kukunyengererani, koma mumakhala ndi chizoloŵezi chochita ndi tsankho lalikulu musanazindikire chimene chikuchitika. Momwe umadzilamulira pochita maopaleshoni ndizovuta. "
  
  "Ndinali woledzera pamene unanditsekereza m"chipinda cha amuna, George," Sam anayesa kufotokoza, koma kunalibe chiyambukiro chowongolera. "Ndinayenera kuganiza chiyani?"
  
  George Masters adaseka. "Ndikuganiza kuti simumayembekezera kuti mudzawona munthu wokongola ngati ine mu bar ino. Ndikhoza kuchita bwino ... kapena mutha kukhala ndi nthawi yochulukirapo. "...
  
  "Hei, linali tsiku langa lobadwa," adatero Sam. Ndinali ndi ufulu wokwiya.
  
  "Mwinamwake, koma zilibe kanthu tsopano," George adayankha motero. "Unathawa ndikuthawanso osandipatsa mpata wofotokoza zomwe ndikufuna kwa iwe."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mukulondola," Sam adausa moyo pamene akulowera kudera lokongola la Vogri. Nyumba ya Victorian yomwe pakiyi idatengera dzina lake idawonekera m'mitengo pomwe galimoto idatsika kwambiri.
  
  "Mtsinje udzaphimba kukambitsirana kwathu," George anatchula motero, "ngati aonerera kapena kumvetsera."
  
  "Iwo? Sam anakwinya nkhope, mosangalatsidwa ndi kunjenjemera kwa womugwira, yemweyo yemwe m'mbuyomu anali kudzudzula momwe Sam amachitira modzidzimuka. "Mukutanthauza, pali aliyense amene sanawonepo masewera othamanga omwe tinkachita pafupi ndi nyumba yathu?"
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti ndi ndani, Sam. Iwo anali oleza mtima modabwitsa, akukuyang'anani inu ndi wolemba mbiri wokongola ... akuyang'ana David Perdue ..., "adatero pamene akuyenda m'mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Tyne, womwe unadutsa m'deralo.
  
  "Dikirani, kodi mukudziwa Nina ndi Perdue?" Sam adachita mantha. "Zikukhudzana bwanji ndi zomwe ukunditsatira?"
  
  George anapumira. Yakwana nthawi yoti tifike pamtima pa nkhaniyi. Anaima osanenanso mawu, akupeta m'chizimezime ndi maso ake obisika pansi pa nsidze zosaoneka bwino. Madziwo anapatsa Sam kukhala wamtendere, Eva pansi pa mitambo yotuwa. Tsitsi lake linagwedezeka kumaso kwake pamene ankayembekezera George kuti afotokoze cholinga chake.
  
  "Ndingonena mwachidule, Sam," anatero George. "Sindingathe kufotokoza tsopano momwe ndikudziwira zonsezi, koma ingondikhulupirirani kuti ndikudziwa." Poona kuti mtolankhaniyo adangomuyang'ana osalankhula, adapitiliza. "Kodi mukadali ndi kanema wa Dread Serpent, Sam? Vidiyo imene munajambula pamene munali nonse mu Mzinda Wotayika, kodi muli nayo?"
  
  Sam anaganiza mwachangu. Anaganiza zosunga mayankho ake osamveka bwino mpaka atatsimikiza zolinga za George Masters. "Ayi, ndasiya kapepala kwa Dr. Gould, koma ali kunja."
  
  "Zoona?" Adayankha mosanyinyirika George. "Muyenera kuwerenga manyuzipepala, Mr. Famous Journalist. Adapulumutsa moyo wa membala wina wotchuka wakumudzi kwawo dzulo, ndiye mukundinamiza kapena atha kukhala komweko."
  
  "Taonani, ingondiuzani ine chimene inu muyenera kundiuza ine, chifukwa cha Mulungu. Chifukwa cha khalidwe lako lonyansa ndinasiya galimoto yanga ndipo ndimayenera kulimbana ndi zoipazo ukamaliza kusewera pa play park, "Sam adadzudzula.
  
  "Kodi muli ndi kanema wa "Terrible Serpent" nanu?" George anabwerezanso ndi njira yakeyake yowopseza. Liwu lililonse linali ngati nyundo yomwe ikumenya nyundo m'makutu mwa Sam. Analibe njira yotulutsira zokambiranazo, ndipo palibe njira yotulukira paki popanda George.
  
  "The...Njoka Yowopsya?" Sam analimbikira. Sanadziwe zambiri za zinthu zomwe Perdue amamupempha kuti ajambule pansi pa phiri ku New Zealand, ndipo adakonda kutero. Kaŵirikaŵiri chidwi chake chinali chochepa pa zimene zinamkondweretsa, ndipo fizikiya ndi manambala sizinali mfundo yake yamphamvu.
  
  "Yesu Khristu!" George anapsa mtima m"kulankhula kwake kwapang"onopang"ono, kosamveka. "Njoka Yowopsya, chithunzithunzi chopangidwa ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi zizindikiro, Splinter! Imadziwikanso kuti equation! Kodi kujambula uku kuli kuti?
  
  Sam anakweza manja ake kugonja. Anthu atavala maambulera anaona akukweza mawu a amuna aŵiri akusuzumira kumene anabisala, ndipo alendo odzaona malowo anachewuka kuti awone chomwe chinali chipwirikiticho. "Chabwino, Mulungu! Khalani omasuka, "ananong'oneza Sam mwaukali. "Ndilibe zithunzi ndi ine, George. Osati pano ndi pano. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Zithunzi izi siziyenera kulowa m'manja mwa David Perdue, mukumvetsa?" - George anachenjeza ndi kunjenjemera koopsa. "Ayi! Sindikusamala zomwe umuuza, Sam. Ingochotsani. Ipitsani mafayilo, zilizonse."
  
  "Ndizo zonse zomwe amasamala nazo, bwanawe," Sam adamuuza. "Ndimapita mpaka kunena kuti ali wotanganidwa nazo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, bwanawe," George adayankha mokweza kwa Sam. "Ndilo vuto lalikulu. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi chidole kwambiri, wamkulu kwambiri kuposa iyeyo. "
  
  "Iwo?" Adafunsa mwachipongwe Sam kutengera chiphunzitso cha George chopanda pake.
  
  Munthu wakhungu losuluka uja anali atatopa ndi zaunyamata wa Sam Cleave ndipo adathamangira kutsogolo, ndikumugwira Sam ndi kolala ndikumugwedeza ndi mphamvu yowopsa. Kwa kanthawi, Sam ankangomva ngati kamwana kakang'ono kamene akukankhidwa ndi St. Bernard, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti akumbukire kuti mphamvu za George zinali zopanda umunthu.
  
  "Tsopano mvetserani, ndipo mvetserani mosamalitsa, bwanawe," iye anasisima pankhope ya Sam, mpweya wake ukununkha fodya ndi timbewu tonunkhira. "Ngati David Perdue apeza equation iyi, Order of the Black Sun ipambana!"
  
  Sam anayesa kumasula manja a munthu wotenthedwayo koma sizinaphule kanthu, zomwe zinamukwiyitsa kwambiri Eva. George anamugwedezanso kachiwiri kenaka anamumasula modzidzimutsa moti anapunthwanso. Pamene Sam ankafuna kupeza phazi lake, George anayandikira pafupi. "Kodi mukumvetsa chimene mukupanga? Perdue sayenera kugwira ntchito ndi Dread Serpent. Ndiye katswiri yemwe akhala akudikirira kuti athetse vuto lalikulu la masamu kuyambira pomwe mnyamata wawo wam'mbuyomu adakulitsa. Tsoka ilo, anati mnyamata wagolide anali ndi chikumbumtima ndipo anawononga ntchito yake, koma wantchitoyo asanakopere pamene akuyeretsa chipinda chake. N"zosachita kufunsa kuti iye anali wogwira ntchito m"gulu la Gestapo."
  
  "Ndiye mwana wawo wagolide anali ndani?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  George adayang'ana Sam, modzidzimuka. "Simukudziwa? Munayamba mwamvapo za munthu wina dzina lake Einstein, bwenzi langa? Einstein, mnyamata wa 'Theory of Relativity', anali kugwira ntchito pa chinachake chowononga pang'ono kuposa bomba la atomiki, koma ndi makhalidwe ofanana. Taonani, ndine wasayansi, koma sindine katswiri. Tithokoze Mulungu kuti palibe amene akanamaliza kuwerengera izi, ndichifukwa chake malemu Dr. Kenneth Wilhelm adalemba mu The Lost City. Palibe amene anayenera kupulumuka m"dzenje la njoka."
  
  Sam anakumbukira Dr. Wilhelm, yemwe anali ndi famu ku New Zealand komwe kunali Mzinda Wotayika. Iye anali wasayansi wa chipani cha Nazi, wosadziwika kwa ambiri, yemwe adadziwika ndi dzina lakuti Williams kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  "Chabwino. Tiyerekeze kuti ndagula zonsezi," Sam anachonderera, akukwezanso manja ake. "Zotsatira za equation iyi ndi chiyani? Ndidzasowa chowiringula chenicheni kuti ndinene izi kwa Perdue, yemwe, mwa njira, ayenera kukonzekera kutha kwanga pano. Kulakalaka kwanu kopenga kunandiwonongera kukumana naye. Mulungu, ayenera kukhala wokwiya."
  
  George anagwedeza mutu. "Simunayenera kuthawa."
  
  Sam anadziwa kuti akunena zoona. Zikanakhala kuti Sam akanangoyang"anizana ndi George pakhomo pake n"kumufunsa, zikanamupulumutsa m"mavuto aakulu. Choyamba, akanakhalabe ndi galimoto. Kumbali ina, kulira maliro omwe anali atadziwika kale sikunamuthandize Sam.
  
  "Sindikumvetsetsa bwino zatsatanetsatane, Sam, koma pakati pa ine ndi Aidan Glaston, mgwirizano wamba ndikuti equation iyi ithandizira kusintha kwakukulu pamalingaliro apano a sayansi," George adavomereza. "Kuchokera ku zomwe Aidan watha kuzipeza kuchokera ku magwero ake, kuwerengera kumeneku kudzayambitsa chisokonezo padziko lonse lapansi. Izi zidzalola kuti chinthucho chidutse chophimba pakati pa miyeso, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti physics yathu igwirizane ndi zomwe zili mbali inayo. Anazi anachiyesa, mofanana ndi zonena za Unified Field Theory, zomwe sizikanatsimikiziridwa."
  
  "Ndipo Black Sun idzapindula bwanji ndi izi, Masters?" - Sam anafunsa, pogwiritsa ntchito luso lake la utolankhani kuti amvetsetse zoyipa. "Amakhala mu nthawi ndi mlengalenga mofanana ndi dziko lonse lapansi. N"zopusa kuganiza kuti angayesere zinthu zopanda pake zomwe zingawawononge pamodzi ndi china chilichonse."
  
  "Mwinamwake, koma kodi munapeza theka lazabodza zopotoka zomwe adachita pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse?" George anatsutsa. "Zambiri zomwe amayesera kuchita zinali zopanda ntchito m'pang'ono pomwe, komabe adapitilizabe kuyesa koopsa kuti athetse chotchinga ichi, akukhulupirira kuti chidzapititsa patsogolo chidziwitso chawo cha momwe masayansi ena amagwirira ntchito - sayansi zomwe sitingathe. koma kumvetsa. Ndani anganene kuti uku si kuyesa kwinanso kopusa kuti apitilize misala ndi kulamulira kwawo?"
  
  "Ndikumvetsa zimene ukunena, George, koma kunena zoona sindikuganiza kuti ngakhale iwowo ndi openga chonchi. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, ayenera kukhala ndi chifukwa chomveka chofunira kukwaniritsa izi, koma kodi chingakhale chiyani? Sam anakangana. Ankafuna kukhulupirira George Masters, koma panali mabowo ambiri m'malingaliro ake. Kumbali ina, polingalira za kuthedwa nzeru kwa munthu ameneyu, nkhani yake inali yofunika kuipenda.
  
  "Taonani, Sam, kaya mukundikhulupirira kapena ayi, ingondikomerani mtima ndipo yang'anani izi musanalole David Perdue atenge manja ake pa equation iyi," George anachonderera.
  
  Sam anavomera ndi mutu. "Iye ndi munthu wabwino. Zikadakhala kuti zinali zowopsa pazinenezozi, akanaziwononga yekha, ndikhulupirireni."
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti ndi wothandiza anthu. Ndikudziwa momwe adakankhira Black Sun njira zisanu ndi imodzi mpaka Lamlungu atazindikira zomwe amakonzera dziko lapansi, Sam, "wasayansi wokhumudwayo anafotokoza mosaleza mtima. "Koma zomwe sindikuwoneka kuti ndikukupezani ndikuti Purdue sadziwa zomwe akuchita pakuwononga. Mosangalala sadziwa kuti akugwiritsa ntchito luntha lake komanso chidwi chake chobadwa nacho kuti amutsogolere kuphompho. Si nkhani yoti akuvomereza kapena ayi. Kulibwino asadziwe komwe equation ili kapena amupha ... ndipo iwe ndi dona waku Oban."
  
  Pomaliza, Sam adapeza lingaliro. Anaganiza zowononga nthawi yake asanatembenuzire zojambulazo ku Perdue, ngati angopatsa George Masters phindu la kukayikira. Kungakhale kovuta kumveketsa kukayikirako popanda kupereka chidziŵitso chofunika kwa magwero mwachisawawa. Kupatulapo Perdue, panali anthu ochepa omwe angamulangize za ngozi yomwe ili mu chiwerengero ichi, ndipo ngakhale iwo omwe akanatha ... sakanadziwa ngati angakhale odalirika.
  
  "Ndiperekezeni kunyumba chonde," Sam adafunsa womugwira. "Ndiyang'ana izi ndisanachite kalikonse, chabwino?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira iwe, Sam," adatero George. Zinkamveka ngati chigamulo chomaliza osati lonjezo lomukhulupirira. "Ngati simuwononga chojambulirachi, mudzanong'oneza bondo kwakanthawi kochepa kwa zomwe zatsala m'moyo wanu."
  
  
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  Olga
  
  
  Kumapeto kwa quip yake, Casper Jacobs adayendetsa zala zake kutsitsi lamchenga, ndikulisiya likuwoneka ngati nyenyezi yazaka makumi asanu ndi atatu. Maso ake anali amagazi chifukwa chowerenga usiku wonse, zosiyana ndi zomwe ankayembekezera usiku - kumasuka ndi kugona. M"malo mwake, mbiri ya kupezeka kwa Njoka Yowopsya inamkwiyitsa kwambiri. Anali kuyembekezera kuti Zelda Bessler kapena ma lapdogs ake sakudziwabe za nkhaniyi.
  
  Wina panja akupanga phokoso loopsa, lomwe adayesa kunyalanyaza poyamba, koma pakati pa mantha ake a dziko loipa lomwe likubwera ndi kusowa tulo, pali zambiri zomwe sakanatha kuzipirira lero. Zinkamveka ngati mbale ikuphwanyidwa ndi kuwonongeka kwina kutsogolo kwa chitseko chake, kutsatiridwa ndi kulira kwa alamu ya galimoto.
  
  "O, chifukwa cha Mulungu, bwanji tsopano?" - adafuula mokweza. Anathamangira kuchitseko, ali wokonzeka kutulutsa kukhumudwa kwake kwa aliyense amene wamusokoneza. Akukankhira chitseko pambali, Casper anakuwa, "Kodi m"dzina la zonse zimene ziri zopatulika chikuchitika apa n"chiyani?" Zomwe adawona m'munsi mwa masitepe opita kunjira yake zidamusokoneza nthawi yomweyo. Blonde wodabwitsa kwambiri anali atagwada pafupi ndi galimoto yake, akuwoneka wokhumudwa. M"mphepete mwa msewu kutsogolo kwake munali chipwirikiti cha makeke ndi mipira yoisikitsa imene poyamba inali ya keke yaikulu yaukwati.
  
  Pamene adayang'ana Casper mochonderera, maso ake obiriwira bwino adamudabwitsa. "Chonde bwana, chonde musakwiye! Ndikhoza kufafaniza zonse mwakamodzi. Taonani, banga la galimoto yanu likungozizira basi. "
  
  "Ayi, ayi," iye anatsutsa motero, atatambasula manja ake mopepesa, "chonde musade nkhawa za galimoto yanga. Pano, ndikuthandizeni." Kulira kuwiri ndi kukanikiza batani la remote pa makiyi ake kunaletsa alamu yolira. Casper adafulumira kuti amuthandize kukongola komwe kunali kulira kunyamula keke yowonongeka. "Chonde musalire. Hei, ndikuwuzani chiyani. Tikakonza izi, ndikupita nanu kumalo ophikira buledi kwanuko ndikusintha kekeyo. Pa ine."
  
  "Zikomo, koma simungathe kuchita izi," adafuula, akutolera zokongoletsa za batter ndi marzipan. "Mwaona, ndinaphika ndekha mkate uwu. Zinanditengera masiku awiri, ndipo izi zinali pambuyo popanga zokongoletsa zonse ndi manja. Mwaona, inali keke yaukwati. Sitingagule keke yaukwati m"sitolo iliyonse."
  
  Maso ake amagazi, odzaza ndi misozi, adaswa mtima wa Casper. Iye monyinyirika anaika dzanja lake pamphumi pake n"kulisisita modekha kusonyeza chifundo chake. Atakopeka naye kotheratu, anamva kupweteka pachifuwa chake, kukhumudwa kodziŵikako komwe kumabwera munthu akakumana ndi vuto lalikulu. Casper anamva kuwawa mkati. Sanafune kumva yankho koma anafunitsitsa kufunsa funsolo. "Ndi...Ine-kodi keke ndi ya...ukwati wanu?" adamva milomo yake ikumupereka.
  
  'Chonde nenani ayi! Chonde khalani mkwatibwi kapena chinachake. Chifukwa cha chikondi cha Mulungu, chonde usakhale mkwatibwi!" Mtima wake unkawoneka ngati ukufuula. Anali asanakhalepo m'chikondi, kupatulapo luso la sayansi ndi sayansi. phokoso laling'ono lopotola linamuthawa pamene kumwetulira kowopsya kumawonekera pankhope yake yokongola.
  
  "O Mulungu, ayi," anapukusa mutu, akununkhiza ndi kuseka mopusa. "Kodi umandiona ngati wopusa chonchi?"
  
  "Zikomo, Yesu!" Wasayansi wosangalala uja anamva mawu ake amkati akusangalala. Mwadzidzidzi adamwetulira kwambiri, akumva kumasuka kwambiri kuti sanali wokwatiwa, komanso anali ndi nthabwala. "Ha! Sindinavomereze zambiri! Bachala apa! "anayankhula monyasa. Atazindikira kupusa kwake, Casper anaganiza kuti atha kunena zinthu zotetezeka. "By the way, dzina langa ndine Casper," adatero, akutulutsa dzanja lonyowa. "Dr. Casper Jacobs." Anaonetsetsa kuti azindikira dzina lake.
  
  Mwachidwi, mkazi wokongolayo anagwira dzanja lake ndi zala zake zomata chisanu ndi kuseka, "Wangomveka ngati James Bond. Dzina langa ndine Olga Mitra, uh... wophika mkate."
  
  "Olga, wophika buledi," anatero moseka. "Ndimachikonda".
  
  "Tamverani," iye anatero motsimikiza, akupukuta tsaya lake ndi mkono wake, "Ndikufuna keke iyi iperekedwe ku ukwati pasanathe ola limodzi. Kodi muli ndi malingaliro aliwonse?"
  
  Casper anaganiza kwa kanthawi. Anali kutali ndi kumusiya mtsikana waulemerero wotere pangozi. Uwu unali mwayi wake wokhawo kuti awonekere kwamuyaya, komanso wabwino pamenepo. Nthawi yomweyo anathyola zala zake ndipo m'mutu mwake munabwera lingaliro, zomwe zinapangitsa zidutswa za keke kuwuluka. "Mwina ndili ndi lingaliro, Abiti Mithra. Dikirani pano."
  
  Ndichisangalalo chatsopano, Casper wogonjetseka kaŵirikaŵiri anathamanga masitepe kupita kunyumba ya mwininyumba wake ndi kupempha Karen kuti amuthandize. Kupatula apo, nthawi zonse amakhala akuphika, nthawi zonse amasiya mabatani okoma ndi ma bagels m'chipinda chake chapamwamba. Chokondweretsa chake, amayi a mwini nyumbayo adavomera kuthandiza bwenzi latsopano la Casper kuti ateteze mbiri yake. Anali ndi keke ina yaukwati yokonzeka munthawi yake Karen ataimba yekha mafoni angapo.
  
  
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  Atathamanga molimbana ndi nthawi kuti apange keke yatsopano yaukwati, yomwe mwamwayi Olga ndi Karen inali yochepa poyambira, aliyense anali ndi kapu ya sherry kuti awonge chipambano chawo.
  
  "Sikuti ndangopeza kokha mnzanga wabwino kwambiri waupandu m"khichini," anatero Karen wachisomo, akukweza galasi lake, "komanso ndapeza bwenzi latsopano!" Pano pali mgwirizano ndi abwenzi atsopano! "
  
  "Ndikugwirizana ndi izi," Casper adamwetulira mochenjera, akugwedeza magalasi ndi amayi awiri okondwa. Sanathe kuchotsa maso ake pa Olga. Tsopano popeza anali womasuka komanso wosangalala, adanyezimira ngati shampeni.
  
  Olga ananena mosangalala kuti: "Zikomo kambirimbiri, Karen. "Ndikanatani mukadapanda kundipulumutsa?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti anali katswiri wako kumeneko yemwe adazikhazikitsa, wokondedwa," adatero Karen wazaka zofiyira wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu, akulozetsa galasi lake kwa Casper.
  
  "N"zoona," Olga anavomereza motero. Anatembenukira kwa Casper ndikumuyang'ana mozama m'maso mwake. "Sanangondikhululukira chifukwa cha kusokonezeka kwanga komanso chisokonezo m'galimoto yake, komanso adapulumutsa bulu wanga ... Ndipo amati chivalry chafa."
  
  Mtima wa Casper unalumpha. Kuseri kwa kumwetulira kwake ndi maonekedwe osasunthika kunali manyazi a mwana wasukulu m"chipinda cha atsikana. "Wina akuyenera kupulumutsa mwana wamfumu kuti asalowe m"matope. Mwinanso ndingakhale ine," iye anayang"ana maso, kudabwa ndi chithumwa chake chomwe. Casper sanali wosasangalatsa, koma chilakolako chake pa ntchito yake chinamupangitsa kukhala munthu wochepa kwambiri. Ndipotu, sanakhulupirire mwayi wake wopeza Olga. Sikuti amangowoneka kuti amamukonda, koma adawonekera pakhomo pake. Kupereka kwaumwini, mwachilolezo cha tsogolo, adaganiza.
  
  "Kodi mungapite nane kukapereka keke?" - adafunsa Casper. "Karen, ndibweranso kuti ndikuthandize kukonza."
  
  "Zachabechabe," Karen anakuwa mwamasewera. "Inu awiri, pitani mukakonze zoti mubweretse keke. Ingondibweretsera theka la botolo la brandy, ukudziwa, kuti ndivutike," iye anayang'ana maso.
  
  Mosangalala, Olga anapsompsona Karen pa tsaya. Karen ndi Casper anayang'anana mopambana pakuwonekera kwadzidzidzi kwa kuwala kwa dzuwa m'miyoyo yawo. Monga ngati kuti Karen akumva maganizo a lendi wakeyo, anamufunsa kuti, "Kodi wokondedwa, wachokera kuti? Kodi galimoto yanu yayima pafupi?"
  
  Casper adamuyang'ana. Iye ankafuna kuti asadziwe za funso limene linabweranso m"mutu mwake, koma tsopano Karen wolankhula mosapita m"mbali analankhula. Olga anatsitsa mutu ndi kuwayankha mosakayikira. "Inde, galimoto yanga yayima mumsewu. Ndinali kuyesera kunyamula keke kuchoka m"nyumba yanga kupita nayo m"galimoto yanga pamene ndinalephera kuchita bwino chifukwa cha msewu woipa."
  
  "Nyumba yanu?" Anafunsa Kasper. "Pano?"
  
  "Inde, khomo loyandikana nalo, kupyola mpanda. "Ndine mnansi wako, wopusa," iye anaseka. "Kodi simunamve phokoso pamene ndimayendetsa Lachitatu? Osamukawo anachita phokoso kwambiri moti ndinaganiza kuti andidzudzula mwamphamvu, koma mwamwayi palibe amene anabwera."
  
  Casper anayang'ana Karen modabwa koma mosangalala. "Kodi ukumva zimenezo, Karen? Iye ndi mnansi wathu watsopano.
  
  "Ndamva, Romeo," anaseka Karen. "Tsopano yambani. Ndikusowa zoperekera zakumwa."
  
  "O, inde," Olga anafuula.
  
  Anamuthandiza mosamalitsa kukweza tsinde la keke, thabwa lolimba looneka ngati ndalama, lophimbidwa ndi zojambulazo kuti ziwonetsedwe. Chitumbuwacho sichinali chovuta kwambiri, choncho zinali zosavuta kupeza bwino pakati pa ziwirizi. Monga Kasper, Olga anali wamtali. Ndi ma cheekbones ake aatali, khungu labwino ndi tsitsi, komanso thupi lowonda kuti ayambe kuwoneka, anali fanizo lodziwika bwino la ku Eastern Europe la kukongola ndi kutalika. Anatenga keke ija kwa Lexus yake ndipo adakwanitsa kuyiyika pampando wakumbuyo.
  
  "Iwe kutsogolera," iye anatero, akumuponyera makiyi. "Ndikhala kumbuyo ndi keke."
  
  Pamene amayendetsa, Casper anali ndi mafunso chikwi chomwe ankafuna kumufunsa mkazi wodabwitsayo, koma adaganiza zosewera bwino. Analandira malangizo kuchokera kwa iye.
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena kuti, izi zikungosonyeza kuti ndikhoza kuyendetsa galimoto iliyonse mosavutikira," anadzitama motero atafika kuseri kwa holo yolandirira alendo.
  
  "Kapena galimoto yanga ndi yosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito. Mukudziwa, simuyenera kukhala wasayansi ya rocket kuti muwuluke," adaseka. Panthawi yokhumudwa, Casper adakumbukira kupezeka kwa Dire Serpent ndipo adafunikirabe kuonetsetsa kuti David Perdue sanaphunzire. Ziyenera kuti zinaonekera pankhope pake pamene ankathandiza Olga kutenga keke ku khitchini m"holoyo.
  
  "Casper?" iye anakankha. "Casper, pali cholakwika?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi," iye anamwetulira. "Kungoganizira za ntchito."
  
  Sanathe kumuuza kuti kufika kwake komanso kukongola kwake kunamuchotsa zinthu zonse zofunika m"maganizo mwake, koma zoona zake n"zakuti zinatero. Tsopano m'pamene adakumbukira momwe adalimbikira kuti alankhule ndi Perdue popanda kuwonetsa kuti akuchita zimenezo. Pambuyo pake, iye anali membala wa Order, ndipo ngati atapeza kuti ali mu mgwirizano ndi David Perdue, ndithudi amamumaliza.
  
  Zinali zomvetsa chisoni kuti gawo lomwe la fizikiya lomwe Kasper adatsogola lidakhala mutu wa The Dread Serpent. Iye ankawopa kuti izi zingayambitse chiyani ngati zitagwiritsidwa ntchito molondola, koma Dr. Wilhelm akufotokoza mochenjera za equation inachititsa Kasper kukhala womasuka ... mpaka pano.
  
  
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  Mtengo wa Purdue
  
  
  Perdue anakwiya kwambiri. Wanzeru yemwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ngati wamisala kuyambira pomwe Sam adaphonya nthawi yake. Polephera kupeza Sam kudzera pa imelo, foni kapena satellite tracking pagalimoto yake, Perdue adang'ambika pakati pa malingaliro operekedwa ndi mantha. Iye anapatsa mtolankhani wofufuza nkhani zofunika kwambiri zimene chipani cha Nazi chinabisapo, ndipo tsopano anadzipeza atapachikidwa pa ulusi wochepa thupi wamisala.
  
  "Ngati Sam atayika kapena akudwala, sindisamala!" - adamukwiyira Jane. "Chomwe ndikufuna ndi chithunzi choyipa cha khoma la mzinda wotayika, chifukwa cha Mulungu! Ndikufuna kuti upitenso kunyumba kwake lero Jane, ndikufuna ukathyole chitseko ngati n"koyenera."
  
  Jane ndi Charles woperekera chikho adayang'anizana ndi nkhawa yayikulu. Iye sakanachita chigawenga pazifukwa zilizonse, ndipo Perdue ankadziwa izi, koma iye ankayembekezera moona mtima izo. Charles, monga nthawi zonse, adayima mwakachetechete pafupi ndi tebulo la Perdue, koma maso ake adawonetsa kuti anali ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe zachitikazi.
  
  Pakhomo la khitchini yaikulu ku Reichtisusis, Lilian, wosamalira nyumbayo, anaimirira ndi kumvetsera. Pamene anali kupukuta chodulidwacho atawononga chakudya cham'mawa chimene anakonza, khalidwe lake lachisangalalo lanthaŵi zonse linali litadutsa pamalo otsika ndipo linamira kwambiri.
  
  "Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani ku nyumba yathu yachifumu?" - anadandaula, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Chakhumudwitsa mwini malowo n"chiyani mpaka anasanduka chilombo chotere?"
  
  Analira masiku omwe Perdue anali mwiniwake - wodekha komanso wotopa, wodekha komanso wansangala nthawi zina. Tsopano panalibenso nyimbo zomwe zinkaseweredwa kuchokera ku labu yake, ndipo panalibe mpira pa TV pamene ankakalipira woweruzayo. Bambo Cleave ndi Dr. Gould anali kulibe, ndipo osauka Jane ndi Charles anayenera kupirira ndi bwanayo ndi kutengeka kwake kwatsopano, fanizo loyipa lomwe adapeza paulendo wawo waposachedwa.
  
  Zinkawoneka kuti ngakhale kuwala sikunalowe m'mawindo apamwamba a nyumbayo. Maso ake ankayang'ana pamwamba pa denga lalitali ndi zokongoletsera zapamwamba, zotsalira ndi zojambula zazikulu. Palibe mwa izi chinali chokongolanso. Lillian adamva ngati kuti mitunduyo yasowa mkati mwa nyumba yabatayi. "Monga sarcophagus," adawusa moyo, akutembenuka. Munthu wina adayimilira m'njira yake, wamphamvu komanso wowoneka bwino, ndipo Lillian adalowa momwemo. Kulira kokweza kwambiri kunamuthawa Lillian wamanthayo.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Lily, ndi ine ndekha," namwinoyo anaseka, kutonthoza wantchito wotumbululukayo ndi kukumbatira. "Ndiye wasangalatsidwa ndi chiyani?"
  
  Lillian anamasuka atabwera namwino uja. Anapukuta nkhope yake ndi thaulo la kukhitchini, kuyesera kudzipanga yekha atayamba. "Zikomo Mulungu kuti wabwera, Lilith," anadandaula. "Bambo Perdue akupenga, ndikulumbira. Kodi mungamupatse mankhwala oziziritsa kukhosi kwa maola angapo? Ogwira ntchito atopa ndi zofuna zake zamisala. "
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti sunawapezebe Mr. Cleave?" - adapereka lingaliro Mlongo Hurst ndi mawonekedwe opanda chiyembekezo.
  
  "Ayi, ndipo Jane ali ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti chinachake chinachitika kwa Bambo Cleave, koma alibe mtima wouza Bambo Perdue ... komabe. Osati mpaka atachepa pang'ono, mukudziwa," Lillian adachita tsinya kuti awonetse mkwiyo wa Perdue.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani Jane ukuganiza kuti zinachitikira Sam?" -Namwino anafunsa wophika wotopayo.
  
  Lillian anawerama ndi kunong"oneza kuti, "Mwachionekere anapeza galimoto yake itagwera pa mpanda pabwalo la sukulu pa Old Stanton Road, kutayikiratu."
  
  "Chani?" Mlongo Hearst anadzuma mwakachetechete. "O Mulungu wanga, ndikukhulupirira ali bwino?"
  
  "Sitikudziwa kalikonse. Jane chomwe adachidziwa ndichakuti galimoto ya a Cleave idapezeka ndi apolisi pambuyo poti anthu angapo amderali komanso eni mabizinesi adayimba foni kuti anene za kuthamangitsidwa kothamanga," wogwira ntchitoyo adamuuza.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, n"zosadabwitsa kuti Davide ali ndi nkhawa chonchi," iye anakwinya nkhope yake. "Uyenera kumuuza nthawi yomweyo."
  
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, Abiti Hearst, kodi sanapengabe mokwanira? Nkhani izi zidzamukankhira pamphepete. Sanadye kalikonse, monga mukuonera," Lillian analoza chakudya cham"mawa chotayidwacho, "ndipo sagona ngakhale pang"ono, pokhapokha mutamupatsa mlingo."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti anene. Panthawiyi, mwina akuganiza kuti Bambo Cleave amupereka kapena akungomunyalanyaza popanda chifukwa. Ngati adziŵa kuti winawake wakhala akuzembera mnzakeyo, sangafune kubwezera. Kodi munayamba mwaganizapo za izi?" Mlongo Hurst anatero. "Ndilankhula naye".
  
  Lillian anagwedeza mutu. Mwina namwinoyo analondola. "Chabwino, iwe ungakhale munthu wabwino koposa kumuuza iye. Kupatula apo, adakutengani paulendo wama laboratories ake ndikugawana nanu zokambirana zasayansi. Amakudalirani."
  
  "Ukunena zoona, Lily," namwinoyo anavomereza motero. "Ndiloleni ndilankhule naye kuti ndimuone mmene akuyendera. Ndimuthandiza pa izi."
  
  "Zikomo, Lilith. Inu ndinu mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu. Malo ano akhala ndende yathu tonse kuyambira pomwe abwanawo adabwerako," adadandaula motero Lillian.
  
  "Usadandaule wokondedwa," anayankha Mlongo Hearst ndi maso olimbikitsa. "Timubweza mumkhalidwe wabwino."
  
  "Mwadzuka bwanji, Bambo Perdue," namwinoyo anamwetulira pamene ankalowa m"chipinda chodyeramo.
  
  "M'mawa wabwino, Lilith," adapereka moni motopa.
  
  "Ndi zachilendo. Kodi mwadya chilichonse? Iye anatero. "Uyenera kudya kuti ndikuthandize.
  
  "Chifukwa cha Mulungu, ndadya chidutswa cha toast," adatero Perdue mosaleza mtima. "Momwe ndikudziwira, izi zikhala zokwanira."
  
  Iye sakanakhoza kutsutsana nazo izo. Mlongo Hearst amamva kutekeseka mu chipinda. Jane ankayembekezera mwachidwi siginecha ya Perdue pa chikalatacho, koma anakana kusaina asanapite kunyumba ya Sam kuti akafufuze.
  
  "Ikhoza kudikira?" -Namwino adafunsa Jane modekha. Maso a Jane adayang'ana kwa Perdue, koma adakankhira mpando wake ndikupunthwa ndi chithandizo chochokera kwa Charles. Anagwedeza mutu kwa namwinoyo ndikutolera zikalatazo, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anatenga malingaliro a Namwino Hurst.
  
  "Pita Jane, katengere chithunzi changa kwa Sam!" Perdue adamukuwa atatuluka m'chipinda chachikulu ndikupita kuofesi yake. "Wandimva?"
  
  "Wakumvani," Mlongo Hearst anatsimikizira. Ndikukhulupirira anyamuka posachedwa.
  
  "Zikomo, Charles, ndikhoza kuthana ndi izi," Perdue adadzudzula woperekera chikho chake, ndikumuthamangitsa.
  
  "Inde, bwana," Charles adayankha ndikunyamuka. Kaŵirikaŵiri mawu amwala a wopereka chikho anali odzazidwa ndi kukhumudwitsidwa ndi kawonekedwe kachisoni, koma anafunikira kupereka ntchitoyo kwa olima dimba ndi oyeretsa.
  
  "Mukukwiyitsa, Bambo Perdue," Namwino Hurst ananong'oneza, akutsogolera Perdue m'chipinda chochezera, kumene nthawi zambiri amayesa momwe akuyendera.
  
  "David, wokondedwa wanga, David kapena Dave," iye anamuwongolera.
  
  "Chabwino, siyani kuchitira mwano antchito anu," adalangiza, kuyesera kuti asamveke ngakhale kuti asamuchitire nkhanza. "Si kulakwa kwawo."
  
  "Sam anali akusowabe. Mukudziwa?" Perdue anasisita uku akumukokera mmanja mwake.
  
  "Ndamva," anayankha motero. "Ndikadafunsa, chapadera ndi chiyani pazithunzizi? Sizili ngati mukuwombera zopelekedwa pakanthawi kochepa kapena china chilichonse chonga icho. "
  
  Perdue adawona Namwino Hearst ngati mnzake wosowa, munthu yemwe amamvetsetsa chidwi chake cha sayansi. Iye sanasamale kumudalira. Ndili kutali ndi Nina ndi Jane monga wogwirizira, namwino wake anali mkazi yekhayo amene amamva kuti ali pafupi naye masiku ano.
  
  "Malinga ndi kafukufuku, akukhulupirira kuti imeneyi inali imodzi mwa nthanthi za Einstein, koma lingaliro lakuti lingagwire ntchito m"machitidwe linali lochititsa mantha kwambiri kotero kuti anaiwononga. Chokhacho ndikuti, idakopedwa isanawonongedwe, mukudziwa, "Perdue adati, maso ake owala abuluu akuda kwambiri. Maso a David Perdue anali amtundu wosiyana. Chinachake chinasokonekera, china chinaposa umunthu wake. Koma Namwino Hurst sankadziwa umunthu wa Perdue komanso ena, choncho sakanatha kuona momwe zinthu zinalili zolakwika ndi wodwala wake. "
  
  "Ndipo Sam ali ndi equation iyi?" anafunsa.
  
  "Iye amatero. Ndipo ndiyenera kuyamba kuchitapo kanthu, "Perdue adalongosola. Tsopano mawu ake anamveka ngati ali bwino. "Ndiyenera kudziwa chomwe chiri, chomwe chimachita. Ndiyenera kudziwa chifukwa chake Dongosolo la Black Sun lidasunga izi kwa nthawi yayitali, chifukwa chake Dr. Ken Williams adawona kufunika koika maliro komwe palibe amene angafikeko. Kapena," ananong"oneza, "... chifukwa chiyani anadikira."
  
  "Order ya chiyani?" Iye anakwinya nkhope.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi kunatulukira Perdue kuti sanali kuyankhula ndi Nina, kapena Sam, kapena Jane, kapena aliyense wodziwa moyo wake wachinsinsi. "Hmm, bungwe limodzi lokha lomwe ndidakhala nalo kale. Palibe chapadera."
  
  "Ukudziwa, kupsinjika kumeneku sikukuthandiza kuchira, David," iye analangiza motero. "Ndingakuthandizeni bwanji kupeza equation iyi? Mukadakhala ndi izi, mutha kukhala otanganidwa m'malo moopseza antchito anu ndi ine ndi zowawa zonsezi. Kuthamanga kwa magazi kumakwera kwambiri ndipo kupsa mtima kwanu kukuchititsa kuti thanzi lanu likhale loipa kwambiri, ndipo sindingalole kuti zimenezi zichitike."
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti ndi zoona, koma mpaka nditakhala ndi kanema wa Sam, sindingathe kupuma," Perdue adanyoza.
  
  "Dr. Patel akuyembekezera kuti nditsatire mfundo zake kunja kwa bungweli, mukumvetsa? Ndikapitiriza kumubweretsera mavuto aakulu, andichotsa ntchito chifukwa sindingathe kugwira ntchito yanga," anadandaula dala kuti amve chisoni.
  
  Perdue sanadziwe Lilith Hearst kwa nthawi yayitali, koma kupitilira kulakwa kwake komwe kudachitika kwa mwamuna wake, anali ndi ubale wokhudzana ndi sayansi pa iye. Ankaonanso kuti ndi iye yekhayo amene akanamuthandiza pakufuna kupeza chithunzi cha Sam, makamaka chifukwa analibe zolepheretsa. Kusadziŵa kwake kunalidi kosangalatsa. Zomwe sankadziwa zingamulole kuti amuthandize ndi cholinga chokha chomuthandiza popanda kutsutsa kapena maganizo - momwe Perdue ankakondera.
  
  Iye anapeputsa chikhumbo chake chofuna kuti chidziŵitso chiwonekere kukhala chodekha ndi chololera. "Mukadangopeza Sam ndikumufunsa zojambulazo, zitha kukhala zothandiza kwambiri."
  
  "Chabwino, ndiloleni ndiwone chimene ndingachite," iye anamtonthoza, "koma mundilonjeze kuti mundipatsako masiku angapo. Tiyeni tivomereze kuti ndiyenera kuilandira sabata yamawa tikadzakhala ndi msonkhano wotsatira. Ngati chonchi?"
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu. "Zikumveka zomveka."
  
  "Chabwino, osalankhulanso za masamu ndi mafelemu osowa. Muyenera kupuma kuti musinthe. Lily anandiuza kuti sugona konse, ndipo kunena zowona, zizindikiro zako zofunika zikufuula kuti ndi zoona, David, "adatero modabwitsa modabwitsa zomwe zidatsimikizira luso lake la zokambirana.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - adafunsa uku akutulutsa kabotolo kakang'ono kamadzi mu syringe.
  
  "Valium IV ina yokuthandizani kugona maola angapo," adatero, akuyeza kuchuluka kwake ndi diso. Kupyolera mu chubu cha jekeseni, kuwalako kunasewera ndi chinthu chomwe chili mkati mwake, ndikuchipatsa kuwala kopatulika komwe adapeza kokongola. Zikanakhala kuti Lillian akanatha kuziwona, anaganiza kuti atsimikizire kuti ku Reichtisusis kunali kuwala kokongola. Mdima umene unali m"maso mwa Perdue unapereka tulo tamtendere pamene mankhwalawo anayamba kugwira ntchito.
  
  Iye ananjenjemera pamene kumva kutenthedwa kwa asidi m"mitsempha yake kumam"vutitsa, koma kunatenga masekondi angapo kuti kufika pamtima pake. Atakhutitsidwa kuti Namwino Hurst adavomera kuti amutengere chilinganizo kuchokera ku kanema wa Sam, Perdue adalola mdima wa velvet kumudya. Mawu anamveka chapatali asanagone. Lillian anabweretsa bulangete ndi pilo, kumuphimba ndi bulangete la ubweya. "Ingophimbani apa," Mlongo Hearst analangiza motero. "Agone pano pampando pompano. Zosauka. Watopa.
  
  "Inde," Lillian anavomereza motero, akuthandiza Namwino Hearst kubisa mwini malowo, monga momwe Lillian anamutchulira. "Ndipo zikomo kwa inu, tonse titha kupuma."
  
  "Mwalandiridwa," Mlongo Hearst anaseka. Nkhope yake inamira pang'ono. "Ndimadziwa mmene zimakhalira ndi munthu wovuta m"nyumba. Angaganize kuti ndi amene amatsogolera, koma akadwala kapena kuvulazidwa akhoza kukhala ululu weniweni."
  
  "Amen," Lillian anayankha.
  
  "Lillian," Charles adalankhula modekha, ngakhale adagwirizana ndi wogwira ntchitoyo. "Zikomo inu, Mlongo Hurst. Kodi muzikhala nkhomaliro?"
  
  "Ayi, zikomo, Charles," namwinoyo anamwetulira, akunyamula katundu wake wachipatala ndikutaya mabandeji akale. "Ndiyenera kuchita zinazake ndisanagwire ntchito usiku ku chipatala madzulo ano."
  
  
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  Chosankha chofunika
  
  
  Sam sakanatha kupeza umboni wokhutiritsa wakuti Njoka Yowopsya inali yokhoza nkhanza ndi chiwonongeko chimene George Masters anayesera kumutsimikizira. Kulikonse komwe adatembenukira adakumana ndi kusakhulupirira kapena kusazindikira, zomwe zidangotsimikizira chikhulupiriro chake kuti Masters anali amisala odabwitsa. Komabe, adawoneka wowona mtima kwambiri kuti Sam adakhalabe ndi mbiri yochepa kuchokera ku Perdue mpaka atakhala ndi umboni wokwanira, womwe sakanatha kuupeza kuchokera kuzinthu zake zachizolowezi.
  
  Asanapereke chithunzichi kwa Purdue, Sam adaganiza zopanga ulendo womaliza kupita ku gwero lodalirika la kudzoza komanso wosunga nzeru zachinsinsi - yekhayo Aidan Glaston. Popeza kuti Sam anaona nkhani ya Glaston imene inafalitsidwa m"nyuzipepala yaposachedwapa, anaganiza kuti munthu wa ku Irelandyo ndi amene angamufunse bwino za Njoka Yotchedwa Dread Serpent ndi nthano zake.
  
  Popanda mawilo, Sam anaitana taxi. Zinali bwino kuposa kuyesa kupulumutsa zinyalala zomwe adatcha galimoto yake, zomwe zikanamuwululira. Chimene sanafune chinali kufufuza kwa apolisi pa kuthamangitsa anthu othamanga kwambiri komanso kumangidwa pambuyo pake chifukwa choika pangozi miyoyo ya nzika komanso kuyendetsa galimoto mosasamala. Ngakhale kuti akuluakulu a m"derali ankaona kuti wasowa, iye anali ndi nthawi yoti afotokoze zimene zinachitika pamene anafika.
  
  Atafika ku Edinburgh Post, anauzidwa kuti Aidan Glaston anali pa ntchito. Mkonzi watsopanoyo samamudziwa Sam, koma adamulola kuti azikhala mphindi zochepa muofesi yake.
  
  "Janice Noble," adamwetulira. "Ndizosangalatsa kukumana ndi nthumwi yolemekezeka ya ntchito yathu. Chonde khalani ndi mpando.
  
  "Zikomo, Abiti Noble," Sam anayankha, ndipo m'maofesi mulibe antchito ambiri lero. Iye analibe maganizo kuona slugs akale amene adamupondereza pamene iye anali rookie, ngakhale kusisita mphuno mwa kutchuka kwake ndi kupambana. "Ndichita mwamsanga," iye anatero. "Ndikungofunika kudziwa komwe ndingalumikizane ndi Aidan. Ndikudziwa kuti izi ndi zachinsinsi, koma ndiyenera kulankhula naye za kafukufuku wanga pakali pano. "
  
  Iye anatsamira patsogolo pa zigongono zake ndi manja ake modekha. Manja ake onse aŵiri anali okongoletsedwa ndi mphete zagolide wandiweyani, ndipo zibangilizo zinkamveka mowopsya pamene zinagunda pamwamba pa tebulo lopukutidwa. "Bambo Cleave, ndingakonde kukuthandizani, koma monga ndidanenera kale, Aidan akugwira ntchito mobisa pazandale ndipo sitingakwanitse kuwombera chivundikiro chake. Inu mukumvetsa momwe izo ziri. Simukadayenera kundifunsanso zimenezo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa," anatero Sam, "koma zimene ndikuchitazo n"zofunika kwambiri kuposa moyo wachinsinsi wa wandale wina kapena kubwebweta m"mbuyo kumene m"manyuzipepala amakonda kulemba."
  
  Mkonziyo adawoneka kuti adakhumudwa nthawi yomweyo. Adalankhula molimba mtima ndi Sam. "Chonde musaganize kuti chifukwa mwapeza kutchuka komanso mwayi chifukwa chakuchita kwanu kosasangalatsa kotero kuti mutha kulowa muno ndikuganiza kuti mukudziwa zomwe anthu anga akugwira ntchito."
  
  "Tamverani kwa ine, dona. Ndikufuna chidziwitso chovuta kwambiri, komanso kuwonongedwa kwa mayiko onse, "Sam adatsutsa mwamphamvu. "Chomwe ndikufunika ndi nambala yafoni."
  
  Iye anakwinya nkhope. "Kodi mukugwira ntchito ndi ndani pamlanduwu?"
  
  "Waufulu," anayankha mwamsanga. "Izi ndi zimene ndinaphunzira kwa mnzanga, ndipo ndili ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti n"zoona. Aidan yekha anganditsimikizire izi. Chonde, Abiti Noble. Chonde."
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena kuti, ndachita chidwi," anavomereza motero, akulemba nambala yafoni yakunja yakunja. "Uwu ndi mzere wotetezeka, koma imbani kamodzi kokha, a Cleave. Ndikuyang'ana mzerewu kuti ndione ngati ukusokoneza munthu wathu pamene akugwira ntchito."
  
  "Palibe vuto. Ndikungofuna kuyimba foni imodzi," adatero Sam mwachidwi. "Zikomo, zikomo!"
  
  Ananyambita milomo yake uku akulemba, zikuwonekeratu kuti ali ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe Sam adanena. Akukankhira pepalalo kwa iye, iye anati, "Taonani, Bambo Cleave, mwina tingagwirizane pa zomwe muli nazo?"
  
  "Ndiloleni nditsimikizire kaye ngati izi ndizofunikira, Abiti Noble. Ngati pali china chake, titha kukambirana," adatero. Anawoneka wokhutitsidwa. Kukongola kwa Sam komanso mawonekedwe ake owoneka bwino amatha kumulowetsa mu Pearly Gates ali pagulu.
  
  Mu taxi pobwerera kunyumba, nkhani zawayilesi zidati msonkhano waposachedwa ukhala wokhudza mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa. Msonkhanowu udzakhalapo ndi atsogoleri angapo apadziko lonse lapansi, komanso nthumwi zingapo zochokera ku gulu la sayansi la Belgian.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani Belgium, malo onse?" Sam adazipeza akufunsa mokweza mawu. Sanazindikire kuti dalaivala, mayi wochezeka wazaka zapakati, akumvetsera.
  
  "Mwinamwake imodzi mwa ziwonetsero zobisika," adatero.
  
  "Mukuganiza chiyani?" Sam anafunsa modabwa kwambiri ndi chidwi chodzidzimutsacho.
  
  "Chabwino, Belgium, mwachitsanzo, ndi kwawo kwa NATO ndi European Union, ndiye ndimatha kuganiza kuti mwina angachite izi," adalankhula.
  
  "Chinachake ngati...chiyani? " Sam anafunsa. Chiyambireni chinthu chonsechi cha Purdue/Masters, anali sasamala za zomwe zikuchitika, koma mayiyo amawoneka kuti anali wodziwa bwino, kotero adasangalala ndi zokambirana zake m'malo mwake. Anaponya maso ake.
  
  "O, kulingalira kwako kuli ngati kwanga, mwana wanga," iye anaseka. "Nditchuleni kuti ndine wosokoneza, koma nthawi zonse ndimakhulupirira kuti misonkhano yaying'ono iyi inali chabe nkhani yongokambirana zamalingaliro oyipa kuti awononge maboma ..."
  
  Maso adachita kulira ndipo adatseka pakamwa pake ndi dzanja. "O Mulungu wanga, ndikhululukireni chifukwa cholumbira," iye anapepesa, motero Sam anasangalala.
  
  "Osamvera, madam," iye anaseka. "Ndili ndi mnzanga wolemba mbiri yemwe amatha kuchititsa amalinyero manyazi."
  
  "O, chabwino," anausa moyo. "Nthawi zambiri sindimakangana ndi okwera."
  
  "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti umu ndi momwe amawonongera maboma?" anamwetulira, akusangalalabe ndi nthabwala za mawu a mayiyo.
  
  "Inde ndikudziwa. Koma, inu mukuona, ine sindingakhoze kwenikweni kufotokoza izo. Ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndikungomva, mukudziwa? Mwachitsanzo, n"chifukwa chiyani akufunikira msonkhano wa atsogoleri 7 a mayiko? Nanga bwanji maiko ena onse? Ndimakonda kumva ngati pabwalo lasukulu pomwe timbewu tambiri timasonkhana nthawi yopuma ndipo ana ena amakhala ngati, 'Hey, zikutanthauza chiyani?' ... Mukudziwa?" - iye anang'ung'udza incoherently.
  
  "Inde, ndikumvetsa zomwe mukupeza," adavomereza. "Ndiye sanatuluke ndikunena kuti msonkhanowo unali chiyani?"
  
  Anapukusa mutu. "Akukambirana. Damn chinyengo. Ndikunena kuti, media ndi chidole cha zigawenga izi.
  
  Sam anachita kumwetulira. Analankhula kwambiri monga Nina, ndipo Nina kaŵirikaŵiri anali wolunjika m"ziyembekezo zake. "Ndakumva. Dziwani kuti ena a ife atolankhani tikuyesera kufalitsa chowonadi, zivute zitani. "
  
  Mutu wake unatembenukira chapakati moti anatsala pang"ono kuyang"ana m"mbuyo, koma msewu unamukakamiza kuti asatero. "Oo Mulungu wanga! Ndikuyikanso phazi langa loyipa mkamwa mwanga! - adadandaula. "Kodi ndiwe membala wa atolankhani?"
  
  "Ndine mtolankhani wofufuza," Sam adayang'ana maso, ndi kunyengerera komwe adagwiritsa ntchito kwa akazi a VIP omwe adawafunsa. Nthawi zina ankawakakamiza kuti aulule zoona zake zoipa zokhudza amuna awo.
  
  "Mukufufuza chiyani?" Adafunsa mosangalala. Sam amatha kudziwa kuti alibe mawu oyenerera komanso chidziwitso, koma malingaliro ake omveka bwino komanso kufotokoza malingaliro ake zinali zomveka komanso zomveka.
  
  "Ndikuganiza za chiwembu chomwe chingalepheretse munthu wolemera kuti asamagawane nthawi yayitali ndikuwononga dziko," adatero Sam.
  
  Akuyang'anitsitsa pagalasi lowonera kumbuyo, woyendetsa taxi wachikaziyo adaseka kenako ndikunyoza, "Chabwino. Osandiwuza ".
  
  Wokwerapo wake watsitsi lakuda adadabwabe ndipo adayang'ana pawindo mwakachetechete pobwerera ku nyumba yake. Ankawoneka ngati akungosangalala pamene ankadutsa pabwalo la sukulu yakale, koma sanafunse chifukwa chake. Atatsatira kumene ankayang"anitsitsa, anangoona zinyalala za zinthu zimene zinkaoneka ngati magalasi osweka chifukwa cha ngozi ya galimoto, koma anadabwa kuona kuti pamalo ngati amenewa pachitika ngozi ya galimoto.
  
  "Kodi mungandidikire chonde?" - Sam adamufunsa akuyandikira kunyumba kwake.
  
  "Ndithu!" - adafuula.
  
  "Zikomo, ndidutsa izi mwachangu," adalonjeza, akutsika mgalimoto.
  
  "Tenga nthawi yako, wokondedwa," iye anaseka. "Mita ikugwira ntchito."
  
  Pomwe Sam adalowa muchipindacho, adadina loko yamagetsi, kuwonetsetsa kuti chitseko chidatsekedwa bwino pambuyo pake asanakwere masitepe opita kukhomo lake. Adamuimbira Aidan pa nambala yomwe mkonzi wa Post adamupatsa. Sam anadabwa kuti mnzake wakale anayankha nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Sam ndi Aidan anali ndi nthawi yochepa yopuma, choncho sanachedwe kukambirana.
  
  "Ndiye akutumiza kuti bulu wako nthawi ino, bwanawe?" Sam anamwetulira, natenga soda yoledzera theka mufiriji ndikumwa mkamwa umodzi. Panali patapita nthawi ndithu kuti adye kapena kumwa, koma tsopano anali wofulumira kwambiri.
  
  "Sindingathe kuulula zambiri zimenezo, Sammo," Aidan anayankha mwachimwemwe, akuseka Sam nthawi zonse chifukwa chosapita naye ku mishoni pamene anali kugwira ntchito pa nyuzipepala.
  
  "Tiye," adatero Sam, akubuula chakumwa chomwe adathira mwakachetechete. "Tamverani, kodi munayamba mwamvapo nthano ina yotchedwa Dread Serpent?"
  
  Sindingakuuze zomwe ndili nazo, mwana wanga," Aidan adayankha mwachangu. "Ichi ndi chiyani? Zolumikizidwanso ndi zotsalira za Nazi? "
  
  "Inde. Ayi. Sindikudziwa. Akukhulupirira kuti equation iyi idapangidwa ndi Albert Einstein mwiniwake pakapita nthawi chikalata cha 1905 chitasindikizidwa, kuchokera pazomwe ndauzidwa, "adatero Sam. "Amati akagwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera amakhala ndi chinsinsi cha zotsatira zoyipa. Kodi mukudziwa chinthu choterocho?"
  
  Aidan anang'ung'udza moganizira ndipo potsiriza anavomera, "Ayi. Ayi, Sammo. Sindinamvepo chilichonse chonga ichi. Mwina gwero lanu likukulolani kuchita chinthu chachikulu kwambiri moti akuluakulu okhawo amadziwa za icho ... Kapena mukuseweredwa, bwanawe."
  
  Sam anapumira. "Ndiye, zili bwino. Ndimangofuna kukambirana nanu izi. Taona, Ade, chilichonse chomwe ungachite, ungosamala, wamva?"
  
  "O, sindimadziwa kuti umasamala, Sammo," Aidan adaseka. "Ndikulonjeza kuti ndisamba m'makutu mwanga usiku uliwonse, chabwino?"
  
  "Eya, chabwino, nanunso ndiwe," Sam anamwetulira. Anamva Aidan akuseka m'mawu ake achikale asanamalize kuyimba. Popeza mnzake wakale sanadziwe za kulengeza kwa Masters, Sam anali wotsimikiza kuti hype yayikulu inali yopitilira muyeso. Kupatula apo, zinali zotetezeka kupereka Perdue tepi yavidiyo ya Einstein's equation. Komabe, asananyamuke, panali chinthu chimodzi chomaliza choti asamalire.
  
  "Lacey!" - adafuula mukhonde lopita ku nyumba yomwe ili pakona ya pansi pake. "Lacey!"
  
  Mtsikanayo anapunthwa, akukonza riboni m'tsitsi lake.
  
  "Hey, Sam," adayitana, akuthamanga kubwerera kunyumba kwake. "Ndikubwera. Ndikubwera."
  
  "Chonde undiyang'anire Bruich kwa usiku umodzi wokha, chabwino?" - adachonderera mwachangu, ndikukweza mphaka wakale wokhumudwa pa sofa yomwe adayimilira.
  
  "Ndiwe mwayi kuti amayi anga amakukondani, Sam," Lacy analalikira pamene Sam akuika chakudya cha mphaka m'matumba ake. "Iye amadana ndi amphaka."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, pepani," iye anapepesa, "koma ndiyenera kupita kunyumba kwa mnzangayo ndi zinthu zina zofunika.
  
  "Zinthu kazitape?" Adapuma mosangalala.
  
  Sam adayankha, "Inde, zoyipa zachinsinsi kwambiri."
  
  "Zodabwitsa," adamwetulira, akusisita Bruich. "Chabwino, bwerani, Bruich, tiyeni tizipita! Zikomo, Sam!" Ndipo atatero, adachoka, akubwerera mkati kuchokera mumsewu wozizira, wonyowa wa simenti.
  
  Sam zidamutengera mphindi zosakwana zinayi kuti anyamule chikwama chake chapaulendo ndikuyika zithunzi zomwe amazilakalaka kwambiri mu kamera yake. Posakhalitsa anali wokonzeka kunyamuka kuti akasangalatse Perdue.
  
  "Mulungu, andichotsa khungu," Sam anaganiza. "Ayenera kukhala wokwiya kwambiri."
  
  
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  Makoswe mu balere
  
  
  Aidan Glaston anali mtolankhani wakale wakale. Anali m"mishoni zambiri panthaŵi ya Nkhondo Yozizira, mu ulamuliro wa andale angapo okhotakhota, ndipo nthaŵi zonse ankamva nkhani yake. Anasankha njira yodzichitira yekha atatsala pang'ono kuphedwa ku Belfast. Anthu omwe ankawafufuza panthawiyo adamuchenjeza mobwerezabwereza, koma adayenera kuzidziwa pamaso pa wina aliyense ku Scotland. Posakhalitsa, karma idawonongeka ndipo Aidan anali m'modzi mwa ambiri omwe anavulazidwa ndi mabomba a IRA. Analandira malangizowo ndipo adapempha ntchito ngati wolemba mabuku.
  
  Tsopano anali atabwerera kumunda. Sanafike zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi monga momwe amaganizira, ndipo mtolankhani wa dour posakhalitsa adapeza kuti kutopa kumamupha nthawi yayitali ndudu kapena cholesterol isanathe. Pambuyo pa miyezi yopempha ndikupatsidwa zabwino kuposa atolankhani ena, Aidan adatsimikizira Abiti Noble kuti ndiye anali munthu wantchitoyo. Pambuyo pake, ndiye amene analemba nkhani ya tsamba loyamba la McFadden ndi msonkhano wachilendo wa Scotland wa mameya osankhidwa. Mawu amenewo okha, wosankhidwayo, adadzaza munthu wina ngati Aidan ndi kusakhulupirira.
  
  Kuwala kwachikasu m'chipinda chake chochitira lendi ku Castlemilk, adayamwa ndudu yotsika mtengo ndikulemba lipoti lokonzekera pakompyuta yake kuti adzapange pambuyo pake. Aidan ankadziwa bwino za kutayika kwa zolemba zamtengo wapatali m'mbuyomo, choncho anali ndi chitetezo champhamvu - atamaliza kulemba kulikonse, adadzilembera yekha imelo. Mwanjira iyi nthawi zonse anali ndi zosunga zobwezeretsera.
  
  Ndinadabwa chifukwa chake olamulira ena a tapala ku Scotland ndiwo anali kuloŵetsedwamo, ndipo ndinadziŵa zimenezi pamene ndinaloŵerera mumsonkhano wakumaloko ku Glasgow. Zinadziwika kuti kutayikira komwe ndidalowetsako sikunali dala chifukwa gwero langa lidasowa pa radar. Pamsonkhano wa abwanamkubwa akumatauni a ku Scotland, ndinamva kuti anthu wamba sanali ntchito yawo. Kodi izi sizosangalatsa?
  
  Zomwe onse ali nazo ndizogwirizana ndi gulu lalikulu lapadziko lonse lapansi, kapena m'malo mwa mabizinesi amphamvu ndi mabungwe. McFadden, yemwe ndimamukonda kwambiri, adakhala wopanda nkhawa zathu. Ngakhale kuti ndinkaganiza kuti unali msonkhano wa mameya, onse anapezeka kuti ndi mamembala a chipani chosadziwika dzinali, chomwe chili ndi andale, opereka ndalama komanso akuluakulu a asilikali. Msonkhano uwu sunali wa malamulo ang'onoang'ono kapena malamulo a khonsolo ya mzinda, koma za chinachake chachikulu; Msonkhano ku Belgium, womwe tonse tinamva m'nkhani. Ndipo ku Belgium ndi komwe ndikakhale nawo ku msonkhano wotsatira wachinsinsi. Ndiyenera kudziwa ngati ichi chikhala chinthu chomaliza kuchita.
  
  Kugogoda pachitseko kunasokoneza lipoti lake, koma mwamsanga anawonjezera nthawi ndi tsiku monga mwachizolowezi asanazime ndudu yake. Kugogoda kunakhala koumirira, kukakamira ngakhale.
  
  "Hei, sungani mathalauza anu, ndikupita! - Anakuwa mosaleza mtima. Adakweza buluku lake ndipo pofuna kukwiyitsa woyimbayo adaganiza zoyika kaye zomwe adalemba pa imelo ndikutumiza asanatsegule chitseko. Kugogodako kunakhala kokulirakulira komanso pafupipafupi, koma atayang'ana padzenje, adazindikira Benny Dee, gwero lake lalikulu. Benny anali wothandizira payekha panthambi ya Edinburgh ya bungwe linalake lazachuma.
  
  "Yesu, Benny, ukutani kuno? Ndimaganiza kuti wasowa padziko lapansi, "Aidan adadandaula uku akutsegula chitseko. Atayima pamaso pake mumsewu wonyansa wa dorm anali Benny D, wowoneka wotumbululuka komanso wodwala.
  
  "Pepani kwambiri kuti sindinakuitanenso, Aidan," Benny anapepesa. "Ndimaopa kuti andidziwa, mukudziwa ..."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Benny. Ndikudziwa momwe masewerawa amagwirira ntchito mwana wanga. Lowani, "adapempha Aidan. "Ingotsekani maloko mukalowa."
  
  "Chabwino," Snitch wonjenjemerayo anatuluka mwamantha.
  
  Mtolankhani wachikulireyo ananena kuti: "Kodi ungakonde kachasu?" Anatero mtolankhani wachikulireyo kuti: "Kodi mungakonde kachasu?" Anatero mtolankhani wachikulireyo kuti: "Kodi mungakonde kachasu?" Mtolankhaniyo ananena kuti: "Kodi mungakonde kachasu?" Pasanapite nthawi yaitali, Aidan anamva magazi okhaokha. khosi lake lopanda kanthu komanso kumtunda kwake.Anatembenuka modzidzimuka ndipo maso ake adatuluka atawona chigaza chophwanyika cha Benny pomwe adagwada pansi, thupi lake lopunduka lidagwa ndipo Aidan adachita mantha ndi fungo lamkuwa la chigaza chomwe chidaphwanyidwa chatsopanocho.
  
  Kumbuyo kwa Benny kunali anthu awiri. Mmodzi anali kukhoma chitseko, ndipo winayo, chigawenga chachikulu atavala suti, anali kuyeretsa mphuno ya chotchinga chake. Munthu amene anali pakhomo anatuluka mumithunzi n"kudziulula.
  
  "Benny sangamwe kachasu, Bambo Glaston, koma ine ndi Wolf sitisamala za chakumwa chimodzi kapena ziwiri," anatero wamalonda wa nkhope ya nkhandwe moseka.
  
  "McFadden," Aidan adaseka. "Sindikutaya mkodzo wanga pa iwe, ngakhale chimera chabwino chimodzi."
  
  Nkhandweyo inadzuma ngati nyama imene inalili, ndipo inakwiya kuti imusiya ali moyo mnyamata wofalitsa nkhani uja mpaka atauzidwa zina. Aidan anakumana ndi maso ake monyozeka. "Ichi ndi chiyani? Kodi mungagulire mlonda wokhoza kutchula mawu oyenera? Ndikuganiza kuti upeza zomwe ungakwanitse, Hei?"
  
  Chisoni cha McFadden chinazimiririka pakuwala kwa nyali, mithunzi ikukulitsa mzere uliwonse wa mawonekedwe ake ngati nkhandwe. "Zosavuta, Nkhandwe," adatero, kutchula dzina lachifwamba m'Chijeremani. Aidan adazindikira dzinalo ndi matchulidwe ake ndipo adawona kuti mwina ndi dzina lenileni la mlonda. "Nditha kukwanitsa kuposa momwe mukuganizira, mukungowononga," McFadden adanyoza, akuyenda mozungulira mtolankhaniyo. Aidan adayang'anitsitsa Wulf mpaka meya wa Oban adamuzungulira ndikuyima pa laputopu yake. "Ndili ndi anzanga otchuka kwambiri."
  
  "Zachidziwikire," Aidan adaseka. "Ndi zinthu zabwino ziti zomwe udayenera kuchita udali wogwada pamaso pa abwenzi awa, Wolemekezeka Lance McFadden?"
  
  Nkhandwe inalowererapo n"kumumenya kwambiri Aidan moti anapunthwa n"kugwera pansi. Adalavula magazi ochepa omwe adawunjikana pakamwa pake ndikuseka. McFadden adakhala pabedi la Aidan ndi laputopu yake ndikuyang'ana zikalata zake zotseguka, kuphatikiza zomwe Aidan amalemba asanasokonezedwe. Kuwala kwa buluu kunaunikira nkhope yake yonyansa pamene maso ake amayang'ana mwakachetechete uku ndi uku. Nkhandweyo inaima osasunthika, manja atagwirana kutsogolo kwake ndi chala chamfuti chamfuticho chikutuluka m"zala zake, n"kumadikirira lamulolo.
  
  McFadden adausa moyo, "Ndiye, mwapeza kuti msonkhano wa ameya sunali momwe udakhalira, sichoncho?"
  
  "Inde, mabwenzi anu atsopano ali amphamvu kwambiri kuposa mmene mungakhalire," mtolankhaniyo anakalipira. "Zimangosonyeza kuti ndiwe wongopeka chabe. Dick amadziwa zomwe amakufunani. Oban sangatchulidwe kuti ndi tawuni yofunika kwambiri... pafupifupi chilichonse. "
  
  "Mungadabwe, mnzanu, momwe Oban adzakhala wofunikira pamene msonkhano wa 2017 ku Belgian uyamba," adadzitamandira McFadden. "Ndili pamwamba pamasewera anga kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti tauni yathu yaying'ono imakhala yamtendere ikafika nthawi."
  
  "Zachiyani? Kodi nthawi yake idzafika liti?" Adafunsa choncho Aidan, koma adangokumana ndi chiseko chokwiyitsa chochokera ku nkhandwe. McFadden adatsamira pafupi ndi Aidan, yemwe adagwadabe pamphasa kutsogolo kwa bedi pomwe Wolf adamutumiza. "Sudzadziwa, mdani wanga wamphuno. Inu simudzadziwa konse. Izi ziyenera kukhala gehena kwa inu anyamata, eti? Chifukwa umangodziwa zonse eti?"
  
  "Ndidziwa," Aidan anaumirira, akuwoneka wosamvera, koma anachita mantha. "Kumbukirani, ndazindikira kuti inu ndi oyang'anira anzanu muli paubwenzi ndi mchimwene wanu wamkulu ndi mlongo wanu, ndipo kuti mukukwera m'magulu anu poopseza omwe akukuwonani."
  
  Aidan sanawonenso kuti dongosololi likudutsa m'maso mwa McFadden kupita kwa galu wake. Nsapato ya Nkhandwe inaphwanya mbali yakumanzere ya chifuwa cha mtolankhaniyo ndi kumenya kolimba kumodzi. Aidan analira ndi ululu pamene torso yake inayaka moto chifukwa cha kukhudzidwa kwa nsapato zolimbitsa zitsulo zomwe womuukirayo adavala. Iye anapitirira pansi, kulawa kwambiri magazi ake otentha mkamwa mwake.
  
  "Tsopano ndiuze, Aidan, kodi unakhalapo pafamu?" McFadden anafunsa.
  
  Aidan sanathe kuyankha. Mapapo ake anali pamoto ndipo anakana kudzaza mokwanira kuti alankhule. Kungolira kokhako kunachokera kwa iye. "Aidan," McFadden adayimba kuti amulimbikitse. Pofuna kupewa chilango chowonjezereka, mtolankhaniyo anagwedeza mutu mwamphamvu kuti apereke yankho linalake. Mwamwayi kwa iye, zinali zokhutiritsa pakali pano. Fumbi lonunkhira lochokera pansi lodetsedwa, Aidan adayamwa mpweya wochuluka momwe angathere monga momwe nthiti zake zinaphwanya ziwalo zake.
  
  "Ndinkakhala pafamu ndili wachinyamata. Bambo anga ankalima tirigu. Famu yathu imatulutsa balere wa masika chaka chilichonse, koma kwa zaka zingapo, tisanatumize matumbawo kumsika, tinkasunga nthawi yokolola, "atero meya wa Oban pang'onopang'ono. "Nthawi zina tinkagwira ntchito mwachangu kwambiri chifukwa mukuwona, tinali ndi vuto losunga. Ndinawafunsa bambo anga chifukwa chimene tinkagwirira ntchito mofulumira chonchi ndipo anandiuza kuti tinali ndi vuto la tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Ndikukumbukira tsiku lina m"chilimwe pamene tinayenera kuwononga zisa zonse zokwiriridwa pansi pa balere, kupha khoswe aliyense amene tingapeze. Nthawi zonse pamakhala ambiri mukamawasiya ali moyo, mukudziwa?"
  
  Aidan ankatha kuona kumene izi zingatsogolere, koma ululu unasunga maganizo ake kumbuyo kwa malingaliro ake. Chifukwa cha kuwala kwa nyaliyo, iye ankatha kuona mthunzi waukulu wa chigawengacho ukuyenda pamene ankafuna kuyang"ana m"mwamba, koma sanathe kutembenuzira khosi lake kutali kuti awone zimene ankachita. McFadden adapereka laputopu ya Aidan Wolfe. "Samalirani zonsezi ... zambiri, chabwino? Vielen Dank." Adabweza chidwi chake kwa mtolankhani ali pamapazi ake. "Tsopano, ndikukhulupirira kuti mukutsatira chitsogozo changa m"kuyerekezera kumeneku, Aidan, koma ngati mwazi wadzaza m"makutu mwanu, ndiloleni ndifotokoze."
  
  'Kale? Kodi akutanthauza chiyani kale?' Anaganiza motero Aidan. Phokoso la laputopu likuphwanyidwa zidutswa m'makutu mwake. Pazifukwa zina, zomwe anali nazo chidwi ndi momwe mkonzi wake angadandaule za kutayika kwaukadaulo wa kampaniyo.
  
  "Mwaona, ndiwe m'modzi mwa makoswe amenewo," McFadden anapitiriza modekha. "Umakumba pansi mpaka utasowa m"chipwirikiti, ndiyeno," iye anausa moyo mochititsa mantha, "kumakhala kovuta kukupezani. Nthawi yonseyi mukuwononga ndi kuwononga mkati mwa ntchito yonse ndi chisamaliro chomwe mwachita pokolola."
  
  Aidan ankalephera kupuma. Thupi lake lochepa thupi silinali loyenera chilango chakuthupi. Mphamvu zake zambiri zinkachokera mu nzeru zake, nzeru zake, ndi luso lochepetsera zinthu. Komabe, thupi lake linali lofooka kwambiri poyerekezera ndi mmene zinthu zinalili. Pamene McFadden amalankhula za kupha makoswe, zidadziwika bwino kwa mtolankhani wakale kuti meya wa Oban ndi orangutan wake sangamusiye wamoyo.
  
  Mu mzere wa masomphenya ake, adawona kumwetulira kofiira pa chigaza cha Benny, kusokoneza mawonekedwe a maso ake otupa, akufa. Amadziwa kuti posachedwapa adzakhala, koma pamene Wolfe anatsamira pafupi naye ndikumanga chingwe cha laputopu pakhosi pake, Aidan adadziwa kuti palibe njira yofulumira kwa iye. Iye anali atayamba kale kuvutika kupuma, ndipo dandaulo lokha limene linabwera chifukwa cha zimenezi linali lakuti sadzakhala ndi mawu achipongwe omaliza kwa amene anamupha.
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena, uno ndi madzulo opindulitsa kwa ine ndi Wolfe," McFadden adadzaza mphindi zomaliza za Aidan ndi mawu ake akuthwa. "Mphamvu ziwiri usiku umodzi, ndipo zidziwitso zambiri zowopsa zidachotsedwa."
  
  Mtolankhani wakaleyo adamva mphamvu zosayerekezeka za chigawenga cha ku Germany chikumukakamiza pakhosi pake. Manja ake anali ofooka kwambiri moti sakanatha kung"amba waya pakhosi pake, choncho anaganiza zongofa msanga osatopa ndi kulimbana kopanda ntchito. Zomwe ankaganiza pamene mutu wake unayamba kutentha kuseri kwa maso ake chinali chakuti Sam Cleave ayenera kuti anali pa tsamba limodzi ndi achinyengo apamwambawa. Kenako Aidan anakumbukira kupotoza kwina kodabwitsa. Pasanathe mphindi khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, polemba lipoti lake, iye analemba kuti adzaulula anthuwa, ngakhale chinali chinthu chotsiriza chimene anachita. Imelo yake imatha kufalikira. Nkhandwe sinathe kuchotsa zomwe zinali kale pa intaneti.
  
  Pamene mdima unali utakuta Aidan Glaston, anakhoza kumwetulira.
  
  
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  Equation ya Dr. Jacobs ndi Einstein
  
  
  Casper adavina ndi lawi lake latsopano, Olga Mitra wodabwitsa koma wovuta. Iye anasangalala, makamaka pamene banja lawo linawaitana kuti adzakhale ndi kusangalala ndi phwando laukwati, limene Olga anabweretsa keke.
  
  "Ndithu lakhala tsiku labwino kwambiri," iye anaseka pamene ankamuzunguliza momuzungulira ndikuyesera kum"miza. Casper sanathe kukwanitsa kuseka kwa Olga, kofewa kodzaza ndi chisangalalo.
  
  "Ndivomereza zimenezo," iye anamwetulira.
  
  "Kekeyo itayamba kutha," iye anavomereza motero, "ndikulumbira, ndinamva ngati moyo wanga wonse ukugwa. Iyi inali ntchito yanga yoyamba kuno ndipo mbiri yanga inali pa mzere ... mukudziwa momwe zimakhalira. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa," iye anamvera chifundo. "Tsopano ndikaganizira za izi, tsiku langa linali lopanda pake mpaka mutachitika."
  
  Sanaganizire zimene ankanena. Kuwona mtima wopanda kanthu kunasiya milomo yake, momwe adazindikira pakapita nthawi pomwe adamupeza ali wodabwa, akuyang'ana m'maso mwake.
  
  "Wow," iye anatero. "Casper, ichi ndi chinthu chodabwitsa kwambiri chomwe aliyense adanenapo kwa ine."
  
  Anangomwetulira pomwe ma fireworks amaphulika mkati mwake. "Inde, tsiku langa likadatha kuwirikiza chikwi, makamaka momwe linayambira." Mwadzidzidzi, kumveka kudakhudza Casper. Zinamugunda pakati pa maso ndi mphamvu kwambiri moti anatsala pang"ono kukomoka. Mwamsanga, zinthu zabwino zonse zatsiku limenelo zinatuluka m"mutu mwake, ndipo m"malo mwake zinaloŵedwa m"malo ndi zimene zinali kumuvutitsa ubongo usiku wonse asanamve Olga akulira kunja kwa chitseko chake.
  
  Malingaliro a David Perdue ndi Dread Snake adawonekera nthawi yomweyo, kulowa mkati mwa ubongo wake. "O Mulungu," iye anakwiya.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ndinayiŵala kanthu kena kofunika kwambiri," iye anavomereza motero, akumva kuti nthaka yazimiririka pansi pa mapazi ake. "Mukufuna tichoke?"
  
  "Kale?" - adabuula. "Koma tangofika mphindi makumi atatu."
  
  Casper sanali munthu waukali mwachibadwa, koma anakweza mawu ake kusonyeza kufulumira kwa mkhalidwewo, kusonyeza kuopsa kwa vutolo. "Chonde, tingapite? Tabwera ndi galimoto yanu, apo ayi mukanakhala nthawi yayitali.
  
  "Mulungu, chifukwa chiyani ndikufuna kukhala nthawi yayitali?" adamuukira.
  
  Chiyambi chachikulu chomwe chingakhale ubale waukulu. Iye ankaganiza kuti ichi kapena ichi ndi chikondi chenicheni, koma chiwawa chake chinali chokoma.
  
  Iye sakanakhoza kukwiya nazo. Maganizo a Casper adagwedezeka ndi mkazi wokongola komanso chiwonongeko chomwe chikubwera cha dziko lapansi pakulimbana koopsa. Potsirizira pake, anatsitsa chipwirikiticho n"kuchonderera kuti, "Kodi tingachoke chonde? Ndikufunika kulumikizana ndi winawake za chinthu chofunikira kwambiri, Olga. Chonde?"
  
  "Ndithudi," iye anatero. "Tikhoza kupita." Anagwira dzanja lake ndikuthamangira kuchoka pagulu la anthu, akuseka ndi kusisinya. Komanso, anandilipira kale."
  
  "O, chabwino," iye anayankha, "koma ndinamva chisoni."
  
  Iwo analumphira kunja, ndipo Olga anabwerera kunyumba kwa Casper, koma munthu wina anali atamuyembekezera kale, atakhala pakhonde.
  
  "Aaa," anadandaula motero Olga atayimitsa galimoto yake pamsewu.
  
  "Awa ndi ndani?" - iye anafunsa. "Simukuwoneka ngati mukusangalala kuwawona."
  
  "Sindili choncho," adatsimikizira. Olga ndi munthu wochokera kuntchito, ndiye ngati sudandaula, sindikufuna kuti akumane.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Basi chonde," iye anakwiyanso pang"ono, "ndikhulupirireni. Sindikufuna kuti uwadziwe anthu awa. Ndiroleni ndikuuzeni chinsinsi. Ndimakukondani kwambiri."
  
  Anamwetulira mwansangala. "Ndikumva chimodzimodzi."
  
  Nthawi zambiri Casper akanachita manyazi ndi kusangalala ndi izi, koma kufulumira kwa vuto lomwe anali kuthana nalo kunaposa zinthu zosangalatsa. "Ndiye mumvetsetsa kuti sindikufuna kusokoneza munthu amene amandimwetulira ndi munthu amene ndimadana naye."
  
  Iye anadabwa kuona kuti anamvetsa bwino vuto lake. "Ndithudi. Ndipita kusitolo mukachoka. Ndikufunabe mafuta a azitona a ciabatta yanga. "
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa chomvetsetsa, Olga. Ndibwera kudzakuwonani ndikathana ndi zonsezi, chabwino?" Adalonjeza, akufinya dzanja lake modekha. Olga adatsamira ndikumpsompsona pa tsaya, koma sananene chilichonse. Casper adatuluka mgalimoto muja ndikuyimva ikupita kumbuyo kwake. Karen sanaonekenso, ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti Olga adzakumbukira jekeseni yomwe anapempha ngati mphoto ya kuphika mkate m'mawa wonse.
  
  Casper anayesa kuyang'ana mosasamala pamene akuyenda mumsewu, koma kuti amayenera kuyenda mozungulira galimoto yayikulu yomwe idayimitsidwa pamalo ake adakanda bata ngati sandpaper. Atakhala pampando wa Casper pakhonde, ngati kuti malowo ndi ake, anali Clifton Taft wonyozeka. M"dzanja lake iye anagwira mulu wa mphesa zachigiriki, kuzing"amba imodzi ndi imodzi ndi kuiika m"mano ake aakulu mofananamo.
  
  "Kodi simukuyenera kubwerera ku United States pompano?" Casper adaseka, akusunga mawu ake pakati pa kunyoza ndi nthabwala zosayenera.
  
  Clifton adaseka, akukhulupirira izi. "Pepani kulowerera pabizinesi yako motere, Casper, koma ndikukhulupirira kuti iwe ndi ine tiyenera kukambirana."
  
  "Ndizolemera, zochokera kwa iwe," Casper anayankha, akutsegula chitseko chake. Anafuna kuti apite ku laputopu yake Taft asanaone kuti akuyesera kupeza David Perdue.
  
  "Tsopano. Palibe buku la malamulo lomwe limati sitingathe kutsitsimutsanso mgwirizano wathu wakale, sichoncho? " Bunch adangomuyang'ana, akungoganiza kuti waitanidwa kuti alowe.
  
  Casper adakweza zenera mwachangu ndikutseka chivindikiro cha laputopu yake. "Mgwirizano?" Casper adaseka moseka. "Kodi mgwirizano wanu ndi Zelda Bessler sunapange zotsatira zomwe mumayembekezera? Ndikuganiza kuti ndinali wongobadwa kumene, kudzoza kopusa kwa inu nonse. Vuto ndi chiyani? Kodi sadziwa kugwiritsa ntchito masamu ovuta, kapena watha kuganiza mozama?"
  
  Clifton Taft anagwedeza mutu ndikumwetulira kowawa. "Tengani mikwingwirima yonse yomwe mukufuna, bwenzi langa. Sindingatsutse kuti mukuyenera kukwiyira. Pamapeto pake, muli olondola m'malingaliro onsewa. Sakudziwa choti achite."
  
  "Ndipitilize?" Casper anakwinya nkhope. "Pa chiyani?"
  
  "Ntchito yanu yam'mbuyomu, inde. Kodi iyi si ntchito yomwe mumakhulupirira kuti anakuberani kuti mupindule nayo?" Taft anafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, inde," wasayansiyo adatsimikizira, koma adawoneka wodabwitsidwabe. "Ndinango... ndinaganiza ... ndimaganiza kuti mwathetsa kulephera kumeneko."
  
  Clifton Taft adaseka ndikuyika manja ake m'chiuno mwake. Iye anayesa mwachisomo kumeza kunyada kwake, koma sikunatanthauze kalikonse, izo zinkangowoneka zovuta. "Sizinali zolephera, osati zonse. Eya, sitinakuuzeni izi mutasiya ntchitoyo, Dr. Jacobs, koma," Taft anazengereza, kufunafuna njira yofatsa youlutsira nkhaniyo, "sitinaimitse ntchitoyi.
  
  "Chani? Kodi mwapenga nonse?" Casper anali wovuta. "Kodi mukudziwa zotsatira za kuyesako?"
  
  "Timatero!" Taft adamutsimikizira moona mtima.
  
  "Zoona?" Kasper adayimba foni yake. "Ngakhale zomwe zidachitikira George Masters, kodi mukukhulupirira kuti mutha kuphatikiza zida zamoyo pakuyesa? Ndiwe wamisala ngati ndiwe wopusa."
  
  "Hei, tsopano," Taft anachenjeza motero, koma Casper Jacobs anali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi ulaliki wake moti sanasamale zimene ananena ndi amene zinali zokhumudwitsa.
  
  "Ayi. "Ndimvereni," anadandaula motero wasayansi wodzisunga ndi wodzichepetsa. "Bvomereza. Mwangobwera chifukwa chandalama. Cliff, sukudziwa kusiyana kwa mabere a ng'ombe, koma tonse timadziwa! Ndiye chonde siyani kuganiza kuti mukumvetsa zomwe mukupereka ndalama kuno! "
  
  "Kodi mukuzindikira ndalama zomwe tingachite ngati polojekitiyi itakhala yabwino, Casper?" Taft anaumirira. "Izi zipangitsa kuti zida zonse za nyukiliya, magwero onse amphamvu za nyukiliya zitheretu. Izi zidzathetsa mafuta onse omwe alipo komanso kuchotsedwa kwawo. Tidzachotsa dziko lapansi pakubowola kwina ndi fracking. Kodi simukuzindikira? Ntchitoyi ikayenda bwino, sipadzakhala nkhondo zamafuta kapena zida. Ndife okha amene timapereka mphamvu zosatha. "
  
  "Ndipo ndani adzagula izi kwa ife? Zomwe mukutanthauza ndikuti inu ndi bwalo lanu la olemekezeka mudzapindula ndi zonsezi, ndipo ife omwe tidapanga izi tipitiliza kuyang'anira kupanga mphamvuyi, "Casper adafotokozera mabiliyoni aku America. Taft sakanatha kutsutsa chilichonse mwa izi ngati zamkhutu, kotero adangogwedeza.
  
  "Tikufuna kuti izi zichitike, posatengera Masters. Chimene chinachitika kumeneko chinali cholakwika cha munthu," Taft ananyengerera katswiri wonyinyirikayo.
  
  "Inde, kunali! Casper adachita mantha. "Anu! Inu ndi agalu anu apamwamba ndi amphamvu ovala malaya oyera. Kunali kulakwitsa kwanu komwe kunatsala pang'ono kupha wasayansi ameneyo. Munatani nditachoka? Munamulipira?"
  
  "Iwalani za iye. Ali ndi zonse zomwe amafunikira kuti akhale ndi moyo," Taft adauza Casper. "Ndidzachulukitsa malipiro anu kuwirikiza kanayi ngati mutabwereranso kumaloko kuti muwone ngati mungatikonzere equation ya Einstein. Ndikusankha kukhala katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo. Mudzakhala ndi ulamuliro wonse pa polojekitiyi, pokhapokha mutayiphatikiza ndi polojekitiyi pofika pa October 25th. "
  
  Casper adaponya mutu wake kumbuyo ndikuseka. "Ukundinyoza, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ayi," Taft anayankha. "Mudzapangitsa izi kuchitika, Dr. Jacobs, ndipo mudzalowa m'mabuku a mbiri yakale monga munthu yemwe adalanda ndi kupitilira luso la Einstein."
  
  Kasper adatengera mawu a chimphona chosadziwa ndikuyesera kumvetsetsa momwe munthu waluso wotere angakhalire ndi vuto kumvetsetsa tsokalo. Anaona kuti n"koyenera kutengera kamvekedwe kake, kofatsa kuti ayesere komaliza.
  
  "Cliff, tikudziwa zotulukapo za polojekiti yabwino, sichoncho? Tsopano ndiuzeni, chimachitika ndi chiyani ngati kuyesaku kulakwikanso? Chinanso chomwe ndiyenera kudziwa pasadakhale ndikuti ukukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito ndani ngati nguluwe nthawi ino?" Anafunsa Kasper. Anaonetsetsa kuti lingaliro lake limveka lomveka kuti adziwe zonyansa za dongosolo lomwe Taft anayambitsa ndi Order.
  
  "Osadandaula. Ingogwiritsani ntchito equation, "adatero Taft modabwitsa.
  
  "Ndiye zabwino zonse," adatero Casper. "Sindili mbali ya polojekiti iliyonse pokhapokha ndikudziwa zowona zomwe ndiyenera kuyambitsa chisokonezo."
  
  "Oh chonde," Taft adaseka. "Chisokonezo. Ndiwe wodabwitsa kwambiri."
  
  "Nthawi yomaliza yomwe tidayesa kugwiritsa ntchito equation ya Einstein, nkhani yathu idawunikidwa. Izi zikutsimikizira kuti sitingathe kukhazikitsa bwino ntchitoyi popanda kutaya moyo. Zimagwira ntchito mwamalingaliro, Cliff, "Casper adalongosola. "Koma m'machitidwe, kupanga mphamvu mkati mwa gawo kumabweretsa kubwereranso mu gawo lathu, kuyatsa munthu aliyense padziko lapansi. Paradigm iliyonse yomwe ili ndi gawo lachilengedwe pakuyesaku ipangitsa kutha. Ndalama zonse padziko lapansi sizikanatha kulipira dipo limenelo, bwanawe."
  
  "Komanso, kusasamala uku sikunakhalepo maziko a kupita patsogolo ndi kupambana, Casper. Yesu Khristu! Kodi mukuganiza kuti Einstein ankaganiza kuti izi sizingatheke? " Taft anayesa kukopa Dr. Jacobs.
  
  "Ayi, adadziwa kuti ndizotheka," adatero Kasper, "ndipo ndichifukwa chake adayesa kuwononga Njoka Yowopsa. Chitsiru iwe!
  
  "Penyani mawu anu, Yakobo! Ndidzapirira zambiri, koma zoyipazi sizikhala ndi ine kwa nthawi yayitali, "adatero Taft. Nkhope yake inasanduka yofiyira ndipo dothi linakuta m"makona a mkamwa mwake. "Nthawi zonse titha kufunsa wina kuti amalize equation ya Einstein, Terrible Serpent, kwa ife. Musaganize kuti simungawonongedwe, abwenzi. "
  
  Dr. Jacobs ankawopa kuganiza za Hule wa Taft, Bessler, kupotoza ntchito yake. Taft sanatchule Perdue, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti anali asanaphunzire kuti Perdue anali atapeza kale Njoka Yowopsya. Taft ndi Order of the Black Sun atadziwa za izi, Jacobs atha kukhala wodalirika, ndipo sakanatha kuthamangitsidwa mpaka kalekale.
  
  "Chabwino," adausa moyo, akuyang'ana kukhutira kowawa kwa Taft. "Ndibwerera ku ntchitoyo, koma ulendo uno sindikufuna zinthu zaumunthu. Izi ndizolemera kwambiri pa chikumbumtima changa, ndipo sindisamala zomwe inu kapena Lamuloli mukuganiza. Ndili ndi makhalidwe abwino."
  
  
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  Ndipo clamp imakhazikika
  
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sam, ndimaganiza kuti waphedwa pankhondo. Munakhala kuti m"dzina la zinthu zonse zopatulika? Perdue anakwiya kwambiri ataona mtolankhani wamtali, wolimba mtima ataimirira pakhomo pake. Perdue anali adakali m'chisonkhezero cha sedative yake yaposachedwa, koma anali kukhutiritsa mokwanira. Anakhala tsonga pakama. "Kodi mwabweretsa zojambulidwa kuchokera ku The Lost City? Ndiyenera kuyamba kukonza equation."
  
  "Bwana, khalani chete, chabwino?" Sam anakwinya nkhope. "Ndakhala ndikudutsa kugahena ndikubwerera chifukwa cha vuto lanuli, kotero kuti 'hi' mwaulemu ndizovuta kwambiri zomwe mungachite."
  
  Charles akadakhala ndi umunthu wowoneka bwino, akadatulutsa kale maso ake. M"malomwake, anaumirira maganizo ake, ndipo panthawi imodzimodziyo anakopeka ndi amuna aŵiri aŵiriwo nthaŵi zambiri achimwemwe. Onse awiri anasanduka oipa mwamatsenga! Perdue wakhala wamisala wopenga kuyambira pomwe adabwera kunyumba, ndipo Sam Cleave wakhala wodzikuza. Charles anawerengera molondola kuti amuna onsewa anali ndi vuto lalikulu m'maganizo ndipo sanasonyeze zizindikiro za thanzi labwino kapena kugona.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna china chilichonse, bwana?" Iye analimba mtima kufunsa abwana ake, koma chodabwitsa n"chakuti Perdue anali wodekha.
  
  "Ayi, zikomo, Charles. Kodi mungatseke chitseko kumbuyo kwanuko?" Perdue anafunsa mwaulemu.
  
  "Ndithu, bwana," anayankha motero Charles.
  
  Chitseko chitangotsekedwa, Perdue ndi Sam adayang'anizana kwambiri. Zonse zomwe anamva mwachinsinsi cha chipinda chogona cha Perdue chinali kuyimba kwa mbalame zomwe zimakhala mumtengo waukulu wa paini kunja ndipo Charles akukambirana mapepala atsopano ndi Lillian zitseko zingapo pansi pa msewu.
  
  "Ndiye muli bwanji?" - Perdue adafunsa, akuchita chiwonetsero choyamba chaulemu. Sam anaseka. Anatsegula chikwama chake cha kamera ndikutulutsa hard drive yakunja kuseri kwa Canon yake. Anazigwetsera m"chifuwa cha Perdue n"kunena kuti, "Tisamadzipusitse ndi zinthu zabwino. Ndizo zonse zomwe mukufuna kwa ine, ndipo moona, ndine wokondwa kuchotsa kaseti yamagazi yamagazi kamodzi kokha."
  
  Perdue anaseka, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Zikomo, Sam," anamwetulira mnzakeyo. Koma zoona zake n'zakuti, n'chifukwa chiyani mwasangalala chonchi? Ndikukumbukira mumati mukufuna kuyisintha kukhala zolemba za Wildlife Society kapena china chake. "
  
  Sam anavomereza kuti: "Zimenezi ndi zimene ndinakonza poyamba, koma ndatopa nazo. Ndinabedwa ndi munthu wamisala, kugwetsa galimoto yanga, ndipo pamapeto pake ndinataya mnzanga wapamtima wapamtima, m"nthaŵi ya masiku atatu, mnzanga. Malinga ndi positi yake yomaliza, ndidabera imelo yake, "adatero Sam, "malinga ndi izi, anali pachinthu chachikulu."
  
  "Wamkulu?" Perdue adafunsa uku akuvala pang'onopang'ono kuseri kwa chinsalu chake chachikale cha rosewood.
  
  "Ndi mathero aakulu a dziko," Sam anavomereza motero.
  
  Perdue anasuzumira pa chosema chokongoletsedwacho. Ankawoneka ngati meerkat wotsogola atayimirira. "NDI? Kodi iye anati chiyani? Nanga nkhani imeneyi ndi yotani ndi wamisala?
  
  "Aa, nkhani yatalika," Sam anaumirirabe, akuvutikabe ndi vutolo. "Apolisi azindifunafuna chifukwa ndidayimitsa galimoto yanga masana ... m'galimoto ndikuthamangitsa Old Town, ndikuyika anthu pachiwopsezo ndi zinthu monga choncho."
  
  "Oh my God, Sam, vuto lake ndi chani? Mwamupatsa slip?" - Perdue anafunsa, akubuula pamene amakoka zovala zake.
  
  "Monga ndidanenera, ndi nkhani yayitali, koma choyamba ndiyenera kumaliza ntchito yomwe mnzanga wakale ku The Post anali kugwira," adatero Sam. Maso ake ananyowa, koma anapitiriza kulankhula. "Kodi mudamvapo za Aidan Glaston?"
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu. Mwinamwake iye analiwona dzinali kwinakwake, koma silinatanthauze kalikonse kwa iye. Sam anadandaula kuti: "Anamupha. Masiku awiri apitawa adapezeka kuchipinda komwe mkonzi wake adamutumiza kuti akalembetse kuti akachite opaleshoni ku Castlemilk. Panali munthu wina yemwe mwina amamudziwa, kalembedwe kake kakuwombera. Aidan analumikizika ngati nkhumba yolusa, Perdue. "
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sam. Pepani kwambiri kumva izi, "Perdue adamvera chisoni. "Mukutenga malo ake pa mission?"
  
  Monga momwe Sam ankayembekezera, Perdue anali wotanganidwa kwambiri kuti ayambe kugwira ntchito pa equation mwamsanga momwe angathere moti anaiwala kufunsa za misala yomwe inkafuna Sam. Zikadakhala zovuta kufotokoza munthawi yochepa chonchi ndikuyika pachiwopsezo chopatula Purdue. Iye sakanafuna kudziwa kuti ntchito imene ankafuna kuiyambitsa inali kuonedwa ngati chida chowonongera. Zachidziwikire, akadayiyika kuti ifikire ku paranoia kapena kusokoneza mwadala kwa Sam, ndiye mtolankhaniyo adazisiya momwe zilili.
  
  "Ndinalankhula ndi mkonzi wake ndipo akunditumiza ku Belgium ku msonkhano wachinsinsi uwu wobisika ngati nkhani ya mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa. Aidan ankaganiza kuti chinali chivundikiro cha chinthu choipa, ndipo Meya wa Oban ndi mmodzi wa iwo, "Sam anafotokoza mwachidule. Iye ankadziwa kuti Perdue sanali kulabadira kwambiri izo mulimonse. Sam anayimirira ndikutseka kamera yake ya kamera, akuyang'ana pa disc yomwe adasiya ku Perdue. Mimba yake inanjenjemera ataiyang'ana itagona, akuwopseza mwakachetechete, koma m'matumbo ake analibe kukhulupirika popanda mfundo zotsimikizira. Zomwe akanatha kuchita ndikuyembekeza kuti George Masters adalakwitsa komanso kuti, Sam, sanangopereka kutha kwa anthu m'manja mwa wizard of physics.
  
  
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  Sam adatsitsimuka kuchoka ku Reichtisousis. Zinali zachilendo chifukwa inali ngati nyumba yake yachiwiri. Chinachake chokhudza equation mu tepi ya kanema yomwe adapatsa Perdue chinamupangitsa kumva nseru. Anangokumana ndi zimenezi kangapo m"moyo wake, ndipo nthaŵi zambiri zinali pambuyo pochita zolakwa kapena pamene ananamiza bwenzi lake lochedwa Patricia. Panthawiyi zinthu zinkaoneka ngati zakuda kwambiri, zomveka bwino, koma iye anatsutsa chikumbumtima chake.
  
  Perdue anali wokoma mtima kubwereketsa Sam 4x4 mpaka atapeza mawilo atsopano. Galimoto yake yakale inali yopanda inshuwaransi chifukwa Sam ankakonda kubisala ku mbiri ya anthu ndi ma seva otsika kwambiri poopa kuti Black Sun ikhoza kukhala ndi chidwi. Ndi iko komwe, mwina apolisi angamuthamangitse ngati angamupeze. Zinali vumbulutso kuti galimoto yake, yochokera kwa bwenzi lakufa la kusukulu, silinalembetse dzina lake.
  
  Unali madzulo. Sam anayenda monyadira kupita ku Nissan yayikulu ndipo, akuimba muluzu ngati nkhandwe, ndikudina batani la immobilizer. Nyaliyo idawala kawiri ndikuzimitsa asanamve kutseka kwapakati. Mayi wina wokongola anatuluka m"mitengomo n"kulowera chakukhomo la nyumbayo. Anali ndi thumba lachipatala, koma anali kuvala zovala wamba. Pamene ankadutsa, iye anamwetulira kuti: "Kodi imeneyo inali mluzu kwa ine?"
  
  Sam sankadziwa kuti atani. Akadakana, mwina akanamumenya mbama ndipo akananama. Ngati angakane izi, akanakhala wosadziwika, wophikidwa mu makina. Sam anali woganiza mwachangu, adayima ngati chitsiru atakweza dzanja lake.
  
  "Ndiwe Sam Cleave?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  Bingo!
  
  "Inde, ndiyenera kukhala ine," iye anasangalala. "Ndipo ndinu ndani?"
  
  Mtsikana uja anapita kwa Sam ndikupukuta kumwetulira kumaso kwake. "Mwamubweretsera chojambulira chomwe anapempha, a Cleave? Nanunso? Ndikukhulupirira, chifukwa thanzi lake lidayamba kufookera pomwe mudatenga nthawi kuti mumufikire. "
  
  M'maganizo mwake, mkwiyo wake wadzidzidzi unapitirira zomwe analoledwa. Nthawi zambiri ankaona akazi olimba mtima ngati ntchito yosangalatsa, koma posachedwapa zovutazo zinamupangitsa kuti asakhale womvera.
  
  "Ndikhululukire doll, koma ndiwe ndani kuti undiuze?" Sam adabweza kukoma mtima. "Kutengera zomwe ndikuwona pano ndi kachikwama kanu kakang'ono, ndinu wogwira ntchito yosamalira kunyumba, namwino wabwino kwambiri, ndipo sindinu m'modzi mwa odziwana nawo kwa nthawi yayitali a Purdue." Adatsegula chitseko chakumbali ya driver. "Tsopano, bwanji osadumpha izi ndikuchita zomwe walipidwa kuchita, hei? Kapena mumavala zovala za namwino pamaulendo apadera amenewo?"
  
  "Mwaswera bwanji?" - adadandaula, koma Sam sanamve kupitiriza. Chitonthozo chapamwamba cha kanyumba ka 4x4 chinali chabwino kwambiri pakuletsa mawu, kumachepetsa mawu ake osamveka bwino. Anayatsa injini ya galimotoyo ndikusangalala ndi moyo wapamwamba asanabwerere moopsa pafupi ndi mlendo wokhumudwa ndi thumba lachipatala.
  
  Akuseka ngati mwana wamwano, Sam anagwedeza alonda pachipata, ndikusiya Reichtishusis kumbuyo kwake. Pamene akuyenda mumsewu wokhotakhota wopita ku Edinburgh, foni yake inalira. Anali a Janice Noble, mkonzi wa Edinburgh Post, kumuuza za malo osonkhanira ku Belgium komwe amakumana ndi mtolankhani wake wakumaloko. Kufuma apo ŵakamutolera ku limoza la mabokosi ghapayekha mu nyumba yakutowa ya La Monnaie kuti wasange chimanyikwiro chikuru chomene.
  
  "Chonde samalani, Bambo Cleave," anatero pomalizira pake. "Tikiti yanu ya pandege yatumizidwa kwa inu ndi imelo."
  
  "Zikomo, Abiti Noble," Sam anayankha. "Ndidzakhalako mkati mwa tsiku lotsatira. Tifika kumapeto kwa izi. "
  
  Sam atangodula foni, Nina adamuyimbira. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m"masiku angapo, iye anasangalala kumva munthu wina akunena zimenezi. "Moni Wokongola!" - adapereka moni.
  
  "Sam, ukadali woledzera?" - linali yankho lake loyamba.
  
  "Am, ayi," anayankha mwachidwi. "Ndangokondwa kumva kuchokera kwa inu. Izi ndi zonse."
  
  "O, chabwino," iye anatero. "Tamverani, ndikufunika kulankhula nanu. Mwina mungakumane nane kwinakwake?"
  
  "Mu Oban? Ndikuchokadi mdziko muno," adatero Sam.
  
  "Ayi, ndinachoka ku Oban usiku watha. M'malo mwake, izi ndi zomwe ndikufuna kulankhula nanu. Ndili ku Radisson Blu pa Royal Mile, "adatero, akumveka mopanda phokoso. Ndi miyezo ya Nina Gould, "knackered" amatanthauza kuti chinachake chachikulu chachitika. Sizinali zophweka kumukwiyitsa.
  
  "Chabwino, fufuzani. Ndidzakunyamula ndipo tikambilane kunyumba kwanga ine ndikulongedza katundu wanga. Izi zikumveka bwanji?" Anapereka lingaliro.
  
  "Kuyerekeza nthawi yofika?" - iye anafunsa. Sam anadziwa kuti china chake chinali kumuvutitsa Nina ngati sanavutike kumufunsa zing'onozing'ono. Ngati anafunsa mwachindunji za nthawi yoti afike, anali atatsimikiza kale kuvomera.
  
  "Ndikhala komweko mkati mwa mphindi makumi atatu chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magalimoto," adatsimikizira, akuyang'ana wotchi ya digito pa dashboard.
  
  "Zikomo, Sam," anatero mofooketsa zomwe zinamuchititsa mantha. Kenako anapita. Ulendo wonse wopita ku hotelo yake, Sam ankangoona ngati watsekeredwa m"goli lalikulu. Tsoka loipa la Aidan wosauka, komanso malingaliro ake okhudza McFadden, Perdue's mercurial moods, ndi maganizo a George Masters osamasuka kwa Sam, zinangowonjezera nkhawa yomwe anali nayo tsopano kwa Nina. Ankadera nkhawa kwambiri za moyo wake moti sanazindikire pamene ankadutsa misewu yodutsa mumzinda wa Edinburgh. Patapita mphindi zingapo anafika ku hotelo ya Nina.
  
  Anamuzindikira nthawi yomweyo. Nsapato ndi jeans zinamupangitsa kuti aziwoneka ngati nyenyezi ya rock kuposa wolemba mbiri yakale, koma blazer ya suede yokhala ndi tapered ndi pashmina scarf inafewetsa mawonekedwe pang'ono, mokwanira kuti awoneke ngati wovuta kwambiri monga momwe analili. Ziribe kanthu momwe iye anavala motsogola, izo sizinawombole nkhope yake yotopa. Kaŵirikaŵiri wokongola ngakhale mwa miyezo ya chilengedwe, maso aakulu, akuda a wolemba mbiriyo anali atasiya kunyezimira.
  
  Anali ndi zambiri zoti amuuze Sam ndipo anali ndi nthawi yochepa yoti achite. Sanachedwe kungolowa mgalimoto muja ndikuyamba kuchita bizinesi. "Hi Sam. Kodi ndigona m"nyumba mwanu usiku pamene Inu Mulungu akudziwa kumene?"
  
  "Inde," anayankha motero. "Nanenso ndasangalala kukuwonani."
  
  Zinali zodabwitsa kuti tsiku limodzi Sam adakumananso ndi abwenzi ake apamtima onse, ndipo onse adamupatsa moni mopanda chidwi komanso kutopa ndi zowawa zapadziko lonse lapansi.
  
  
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  Lighthouse usiku wowopsa
  
  
  Mopanda khalidwe, Nina sananene chilichonse panjira yopita ku nyumba ya Sam. Anangokhala phee, n"kumayang"ana pawindo lagalimoto, osaona chilichonse. Kuti akhazikike mtima pansi, Sam anayatsa wailesi ya m'deralo kuti athetse batalo. Anali kuvutika kufunsa Nina chifukwa chimene anathaŵira Oban, ngati kwa masiku oŵerengeka chabe, chifukwa ankadziŵa kuti anali ndi pangano loti azikaphunzitsa pa koleji ya kumeneko kwa miyezi ina sikisi. Komabe, malinga ndi zimene mkaziyo anachita, anaona kuti ndi bwino kuti panopa asalowe m"bizinesi ya munthu wina.
  
  Atafika kunyumba ya Sam, Nina analowa mkati ndikukhala pa sofa yomwe Sam ankakonda kwambiri, yomwe Bruich nthawi zambiri amakhala. Sanachite mopupuluma, koma Sam adayamba kusonkhanitsa chilichonse chomwe angafune pagulu lalitali lanzeru. Poyembekezera kuti Nina akalongosola vuto lake, sanamkakamize. Iye ankadziwa kuti ankadziwa kuti posachedwapa anyamuka pa ntchito yake, choncho ngati ali ndi chonena ankafunika kuchinena.
  
  "Ndikasamba," iye anatero pamene akudutsa pafupi naye. "Ngati mukufuna kuyankhula, ingobwerani."
  
  Iye anali atangotsitsa kumene buluku lake kuti agwere pansi pa madzi ofunda pamene anawona mthunzi wa Nina ukudutsa pagalasi lake. Anakhala pachivundikiro cha chimbudzi, ndikumusiya akuchita bizinesi yake yochapira, osanena mawu amodzi mwanthabwala kapena monyoza, monga momwe amachitira.
  
  Iye anati: "Anapha Bambo Hemming okalamba, Sam. Ankatha kumuona atagwada pachimbudzi, manja ake atapinda pakati pa mawondo ake, mutu wake uli pansi chifukwa chokhumudwa. Sam anaganiza kuti khalidwe la Hemming linali munthu wochokera ku ubwana wa Nina.
  
  "Mnzako?" Adafunsa mokweza mawu monyalanyazidwa ndi mvula yomwe idagwa.
  
  "Inde, titero. Nzika yotchuka ya Oban kuyambira 400 BC, mukudziwa? "- anayankha mophweka.
  
  "Pepani, chikondi," Sam adatero. "Muyenera kuti mumamukonda kwambiri kuti muvutike kwambiri." Kenako panatulukira Sam kuti wanena kuti munthu wapha mkuluyo.
  
  "Ayi, iye anali wongodziŵana naye, koma tinakambitsirana kangapo," iye anafotokoza motero.
  
  "Tadikirani, adamupha ndani? Ndipo ukudziwa bwanji kuti anaphedwa? Sam anafunsa mosaleza mtima. Zinamveka mowopsa ngati tsogolo la Aidan. Mwangozi?
  
  "Rottweiler woyipa wa McFadden adamupha, Sam. Iye anati: "Anapha munthu wachikulire yemwe anali wofooka kwambiri pamaso panga. Sam anamva chifuwa chake chikugunda mosawoneka. Kudzidzimuka kunamudutsa.
  
  "Pamaso panu? Zikutanthauza kuti...?" - adayamba pomwe Nina adalowa naye mkusamba. Zinali zodabwitsa komanso zowononga kwambiri atawona thupi lake lamaliseche. Panali patatha nthawi yaitali asamuone chonchi, koma ulendo uno sizinali zachigololo ngakhale pang"ono. Ndipotu Sam mtima unasweka ataona mabala a m"chiuno ndi m"nthiti. Kenako anaona zilonda za m"chifuwa ndi m"mbuyo mwake ndipo anasoka moopsa mabala a mpeni m"kati mwa kolala yake yakumanzere ndi pansi pa mkono wake wakumanzere, zochitidwa ndi namwino wopuma pantchito amene analonjeza kuti sadzauza aliyense.
  
  "Yesu Khristu!" - iye squealed. Mtima wake unkagunda ndipo chimene ankaganiza chinali kumugwira n"kumukumbatira mwamphamvu. Iye sanalire, ndipo izo zinamuwopsya iye. "Kodi iyi inali ntchito ya Rottweiler wake?" - adafunsa mu tsitsi lake lonyowa, akupitiriza kupsompsona pamwamba pa mutu wake.
  
  "Dzina lake, mwa njira, ndi Nkhandwe, ngati Wolfgang," adalankhula m'mitsinje yamadzi ofunda akuyenda pansi pachifuwa chake chokhala ndi minofu. "Anangobwera n"kuukira Mr Hemming, koma ndinamva phokoso kuchokera m"chipinda cham"mwamba momwe ndinkamubweretsera chofunda china. Pamene ndinatsika," iye anapsa mtima, "anali atamukoka pampando wake ndi kumponya mutu wake m"moto wamoto. Mulungu! Iye alibe mwayi! "
  
  "Ndiye anakuukirani?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, adayesera kuti iziwoneke ngati ngozi. Wolfe adandigwetsera pansi masitepe, koma nditadzuka, adangogwiritsa ntchito njanji yanga yotenthetsera pomwe ndikuyesera kuthawa, "adatero, akupuma. "Pamapeto pake, anangondibaya ndi mpeni n"kundisiya ndikutuluka magazi.
  
  Sam analibe mawu oti zinthu ziyende bwino. Anali ndi mafunso miliyoni okhudza apolisi, okhudza thupi la bambo wokalambayo, momwe adafikira ku Edinburgh, koma zonse zikanayenera kudikirira. Tsopano anafunika kumulimbitsa mtima n"kumukumbutsa kuti ali bwinobwino, ndipo ankafuna kuti apitirizebe kutero.
  
  McFadden, mwangosokoneza anthu olakwika, adaganiza. Tsopano anali ndi umboni wakuti McFadden analidi kumbuyo kwa kuphedwa kwa Aidan. Zinatsimikiziranso kuti McFadden anali, pambuyo pake, membala wa Order of the Black Sun. Nthawi ya ulendo wake wopita ku Belgium inali kutha. Anapukuta misozi yake n"kunena kuti: "Dziumitsa, koma usavalebe. Ndijambula zithunzi za kuvulala kwako ndipo udzabwera nane ku Belgium. Sindidzakusiyani kwa mphindi imodzi mpaka nditadzivula ndekha ndekha munthu wachinyengoyu."
  
  Panthawiyi Nina sanachite zionetsero. Anamulola Sam kuti azilamulira. Panalibe kukaikira ngakhale kamodzi m"maganizo mwake kuti anali wobwezera. M'mutu mwake, pamene Canon ya Sam ikuwunikira zinsinsi zake, adamvabe Bambo Hemming akumuchenjeza kuti waikidwa chizindikiro. Komabe, ankamupulumutsanso, ngakhale ankadziwa mtundu wa nkhumba imene ankadya.
  
  Atakhala ndi umboni wokwanira ndipo onse awiri adavala, adamukonzera kapu ya Horlicks kuti amutenthetse asananyamuke.
  
  "Kodi uli ndi pasipoti?" Anamufunsa iye.
  
  "Inde," iye anatero, "kodi muli ndi mankhwala oletsa ululu?"
  
  "Ndine bwenzi la Dave Perdue," iye anayankha mwaulemu, "ndithudi ndili ndi mankhwala oletsa ululu."
  
  Nina sanachite kuseka, ndipo linali dalitso m'makutu a Sam kumva kumasuka kwake.
  
  
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  Paulendo wopita ku Brussels, adasinthanitsa zidziwitso zofunika zomwe zidasonkhanitsidwa padera sabata yatha. Sam anafunikira kuunikira zowona chifukwa chimene anadzimva kukhala ndi thayo la kutenga gawo la Aidan Glaston kotero kuti Nina amvetse chimene chinafunikira kuchitidwa. Anagawana naye mavuto ake omwe adakumana nawo ndi George Masters komanso kukayikira komwe anali nako ponena za Perdue kukhala ndi Dread Serpent.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, n"zosadabwitsa kuti mukuwoneka ngati imfa yatenthedwa," iye pomalizira pake anatero. "Palibe chokhumudwitsa. Ndikutsimikiza kuti nanenso ndimaoneka ngati wachabechabe. Ndikumva ngati wopanda pake. "
  
  Anamukwinya ma curls ake akuda ndi kupsompsona kachisi wake. "Palibe chokhumudwitsa, wokondedwa wanga. Koma inde, ukuwoneka ngati wopusa. "
  
  Anamugwedeza mofatsa ndi chigongono chake, monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse akamalankhula mawu ankhanza ngati nthabwala, koma, ndithudi, sakanatha kumumenya mwamphamvu. Sam anaseka ndikumugwira dzanja. "Tangotsala ndi maola ochepera aŵiri kuti tifike ku Belgium. Pumulani ndikupumula, chabwino? Mapiritsi amene ndakupatsawo ndi odabwitsa, uona."
  
  "Uyenera kudziwa njira yabwino yolimbikitsira mtsikana," adaseka, akuponya mutu wake pampando wapampando.
  
  "Sindikufuna mankhwala. Mbalame ngati zopiringizika zazitali komanso ndevu zazitali kwambiri," anadzitamandira, akuyendetsa zala zake pang"onopang"ono m"patsaya ndi nsagwada. "Ndiwe wamwayi kuti ndakukomera mtima. Ichi ndi chifukwa chokha chomwe ndimakhalabe mbeta, ndikudikirira kuti ubwerere m"maganizo."
  
  Sam sanamve mawu achipongwe aja. Pamene anayang"ana Nina, anali m"tulo tofa nato, wotopa ndi gehena imene anayenera kudutsamo. Zinali zabwino kuona kuti wapuma pang'ono, iye anaganiza.
  
  "Mizere yanga yabwino nthawi zonse imagwera m'makutu ogontha," adatero ndikuwerama kuti agwire matsinzi angapo.
  
  
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  Pandora anatsegula
  
  
  Zinthu zasintha mu Reichtisusis, koma osati zabwinoko. Ngakhale kuti Perdue anali wodekha komanso wokoma mtima kwa antchito ake, mliri wina unatambasula khosi lake. Kukhalapo kwa kusokoneza mu ndege ziwiri.
  
  "David ali kuti?" Adafunsa mwachidwi mlongo Hearst pomwe Charles adatsegula chitseko.
  
  Wopereka chikho wa Perdue anali chithunzi cha kudziletsa, ndipo ngakhale anafunika kuluma milomo yake.
  
  "Ali ku laboratory, madam, koma sakuyembekezera inu," anayankha motero.
  
  Iye anati: "Adzasangalala kundiona. Ngati akukayikira za ine, muloleni andiuze yekha.
  
  Charles, komabe, adatsatira namwino wodzikuzayo kulowa mchipinda cha makompyuta cha Purdue. Khomo la chipindacho linali lotseguka pang'ono, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Perdue anali wotanganidwa koma osatsekedwa kwa anthu. Ma seva akuda ndi ma chrome adatalikirana kuchokera kukhoma kupita kukhoma, nyali zothwanima zikuthwanima ngati kugunda kwamtima pang'ono m'mabokosi awo opukutidwa a plexiglass ndi mapulasitiki.
  
  "Bwana, Mlongo Hearst anafika mosadziŵika. Akunena kuti mukufuna kumuwona?" Charles adawonetsa chidani chake mokweza mawu.
  
  "Zikomo, Charles," abwana ake anafuula ndi phokoso lalikulu la makinawo. Perdue anakhala pakona yakutali ya chipindacho, atavala mahedifoni kuti atseke phokoso la chipindacho. Anali atakhala pa desiki lalikulu. Panali ma laputopu anayi pamenepo, olumikizidwa ndi olumikizidwa ku bokosi lina lalikulu. Korona woyera wa Perdue wa tsitsi lakuda, lopindika, lopindika linanyamuka kuchokera kuseri kwa zivindikiro zamakompyuta. Linali loweruka Jane kulibe. Monga Lillian ndi Charles, ngakhale Jane adayamba kukhumudwa pang'ono ndi kupezeka kwa nesi.
  
  Ogwira ntchito atatu amakhulupirira kuti samangoyang'anira Purdue, ngakhale samadziwa za chidwi chake pa sayansi. Zinkamveka kuti mwamuna wolemera ali ndi chidwi chofuna kumumasula ku umasiye kuti asamatsutse zinyalala za anthu ena tsiku lonse ndi imfa. Inde, pokhala akatswiri omwe anali, sanamunenepo mlandu pamaso pa Perdue.
  
  "Muli bwanji David?" Adafunsa choncho Sister Hurst.
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Lilith, zikomo," adamwetulira. "Bwerani mudzawone."
  
  Analumphira pambali pa tebulo lake ndikupeza zomwe wakhala akuwonongera nthawi yake posachedwapa. Pa zenera lililonse, namwinoyo adawona mawerengero osiyanasiyana omwe adazindikira.
  
  "Equation? Koma n"cifukwa ciani zimasintha? Izi ndi za chiyani?" - adafunsa, akutsamira dala pafupi ndi mabiliyoniyo kuti amununkhire. Perdue anali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi mapulogalamu ake, koma sananyalanyaze kunyengerera akazi.
  
  "Sindikutsimikizabe mpaka pulogalamuyi itandiuza," adatero monyadira.
  
  "Uku ndi kulongosola kosamveka bwino. Kodi ukudziwa zomwe zikuphatikiza?" anafunsa, kuyesera kuti amvetse kusintha kwa zowonera.
  
  "Zimakhulupirira kuti zinalembedwa ndi Albert Einstein nthawi ina pa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, pamene ankakhala ku Germany, mukudziwa," Perdue anafotokoza mokondwera. Iye anati: "Zinkaganiziridwa kuti zawonongedwa, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo zakhala nthano chabe m"zasayansi."
  
  "O, ndipo mwaulula," anagwedeza mutu, akuwoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi kwambiri. "Ndipo ichi ndi chiyani?" Analoza kompyuta ina, makina akale kwambiri omwe Perdue ankagwirapo. Zinalumikizidwa ndi ma laputopu ndi seva imodzi, koma chida chokha chomwe amalembapo mwachangu.
  
  "Pano ndili wotanganidwa kulemba pulogalamu yoti ndiichotse," adatero. "Iyenera kulembedwanso nthawi zonse malinga ndi zomwe zimachokera ku gwero lolowera. Ma algorithm a chipangizochi pamapeto pake adzandithandiza kukhazikitsa mtundu wa equation, koma pakadali pano zikuwoneka ngati chiphunzitso china cha quantum mechanics. "
  
  Pokwinya mozama, Lilith Hearst adaphunzira kwanthawi yayitali chophimba chachitatu. Anayang'ana Perdue. "Kuwerengera kumeneko kukuwoneka kuti kukuyimira mphamvu ya atomiki. Mwazindikira?"
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, ndinu wamtengo wapatali," Perdue anamwetulira, maso ake akuthwanima ndi chidziwitso chake. "Ukunena zoona. Zimangolavula zambiri zomwe zimandibwezeranso kumtundu wina wa kugunda komwe kumatulutsa mphamvu yeniyeni ya atomiki. "
  
  "Zikumveka zoopsa," iye anatero. "Zimandikumbutsa za CERN supercollider ndi zomwe akuyesera kuti akwaniritse ndi kuthamangitsa tinthu."
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndizo makamaka zomwe Einstein adapeza, koma, monga mu pepala la 1905, adawona kuti chidziwitsochi ndi chowononga kwambiri kwa opusa ovala yunifolomu ndi suti. Ichi ndichifukwa chake adawona kuti ndizowopsa kufalitsa, "adatero Perdue.
  
  Iye anayika dzanja lake pa phewa lake. "Komano sunavale yunifolomu kapena suti pano, David?" iye anatsinzina.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," adayankha, akumiranso pampando wake ndi kubuula kokwanira.
  
  Foni inaitana pachipinda cholandirira alendo. Foni yanyumba yakunyumbayo nthawi zambiri amayankhidwa ndi Jane kapena Charles, koma anali panja ndipo anali panja ndi munthu wotumiza zinthu. Matelefoni angapo adayikidwa m'malo onse , omwe ambiri amatha kuyankhidwa paliponse mnyumbamo. Jane nawonso anali akulira koma ofesi yake inali patali.
  
  "Ndikupeza," Lilith anatero.
  
  "Ndiwe mlendo, ukudziwa," Perdue adamukumbutsa mwachikondi.
  
  "Iya pa? Mulungu, David, ndakhala kuno kwambiri posachedwapa moti ndikudabwa kuti simunandipatseko chipinda," analozera motero, akudutsa pakhomo mwamsanga ndikukwera masitepe opita kuchipinda choyamba. Perdue sanamve kalikonse chifukwa cha phokoso logontha.
  
  "Moni?" - adayankha, akuwonetsetsa kuti sanadzizindikiritse.
  
  Mawu achimuna adayankha, akumveka achilendo. Anali ndi katchulidwe kamphamvu ka Chidatchi, koma amamumvetsa. "Kodi ndingalankhule ndi David Perdue, chonde? Ndizofunika kwambiri."
  
  "Pakali pano sakupezeka. Ndipotu pa msonkhano. Kodi ndimupatse uthenga kuti mwina akuimbireni akamaliza? " anafunsa akutenga cholembera pa desiki yake kuti alembe pa kapepala kakang'ono ka mauthenga.
  
  "Uyu ndi Dr. Casper Jacobs," munthuyo anadziulula yekha. "Chonde funsani Bambo Perdue kuti andiyimbireni mwachangu."
  
  Anamupatsa nambala yake ndikubwereza kuyimba mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Ingomuuzani kuti ikukhudza Njoka Yowopsa. Ndikudziwa kuti sizikumveka, koma amvetsetsa zomwe ndikunena," adatero Jacobs.
  
  "Belgium? Nambala yanu yoyamba," adafunsa.
  
  "Izo nzoona," iye anatsimikizira. "Zikomo kwambiri".
  
  "Palibe vuto," iye anatero. "Bayi".
  
  Anang'amba chinsalu chapamwamba ndikubwerera ku Perdue.
  
  "Anali ndani ameneyo?" anafunsa.
  
  "Nambala yolakwika," iye ananyengerera. "Ndinayenera kufotokoza katatu kuti iyi si situdiyo ya Tracy Yoga komanso kuti tatseka," iye anaseka, akulowetsa pepalalo m"thumba.
  
  "Ichi ndi choyamba," Perdue adaseka. "Sitinakhalepo pamndandandawo. Ndimakonda kukhala ndi mbiri yotsika. "
  
  "Izi ndi zabwino. Nthawi zonse ndimanena kuti anthu amene sadziwa dzina langa ndikayankha foni yanga ya kunyumba asayese n"komwe kundipusitsa," anaseka moseka. "Tsopano bwererani kumapulogalamu anu ndikupatseni chakumwa."
  
  Dr. Casper Jacobs atalephera kufika kwa David Perdue kuti amuchenjeze za equation, adayenera kuvomereza kuti ngakhale kuyesa kunamupangitsa kumva bwino. Tsoka ilo, kusintha pang'ono kwa khalidwe sikunatenge nthawi.
  
  "Unali kulankhula ndi ndani? Mukudziwa mafoni saloledwa kuderali, eti Jacobs? "- Zelda Bessler wonyansa adamuwuza kumbuyo kwa Casper. Anatembenukira kwa iye ndi mawu achipongwe. "Ameneyo ndi Dr. Jacobs wako, Bessler. Panopa ndikuyang"anira ntchito imeneyi."
  
  Iye sakanakhoza kuzikana izo. Clifton Taft adalongosola mwachindunji mgwirizano wa mapangidwe okonzedwanso omwe angaike Dr. Casper Jacobs kuti aziyang'anira ntchito yomanga chombo chofunikira pakuyesera. Ndi iye yekha amene amamvetsetsa malingaliro ozungulira zomwe Order ikuyesera kukwaniritsa potengera mfundo ya Einstein, kotero adapatsidwanso gawo la engineering. M"kanthaŵi kochepa chombocho chinayenera kumalizidwa. Cholemera kwambiri komanso chofulumira, chinthu chatsopanocho chiyenera kukhala chachikulu kwambiri kuposa choyambiriracho, chomwe chinavulaza wasayansi ndikupangitsa Jacobs kutalikirana ndi ntchitoyi.
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji kuno pafakitale, Dr. Jacobs?" - kunabwera mawu okopa a Clifton Taft, omwe Casper amadana nawo kwambiri. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tili pa nthawi."
  
  Zelda Bessler anasunga manja ake m'matumba a chovala chake choyera cha labu ndikugwedeza pang'ono chithunzi chake kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja ndi kubwereranso. Ankawoneka ngati kamwana kasukulu kopusa komwe kakuyesera kukopa chidwi chapamtima, ndipo zidamupweteka Jacobs. Anamwetulira Taft. Akadapanda kuthera nthawi yayitali pafoni, mwina akanatha kuchita zambiri.
  
  "Ndikudziwa mokwanira za kuyesera uku kuti ndiziyimba mafoni nthawi ndi nthawi," Casper adamwalira. "Ndili ndi moyo kunja kwa chinsinsi ichi chomwe mumakhala, Bessler."
  
  "O," anamutengera iye. "Ndimakonda kuthandizira ..." Anayang'ana mokopeka kwa tycoon ya ku America, "kampani yomwe ili ndi mphamvu zapamwamba."
  
  Mano akulu a Taft anatuluka pansi pa milomo yake, koma sanayankhepo pa mfundo yake. "Zowona, Dr. Jacobs," adatero, akugwira dzanja la Casper mopepuka ndikumusuntha kuti Zelda Bessler asamve, "tikuyenda bwanji ndi kapangidwe ka zipolopolo?"
  
  "Ukudziwa, Cliff, ndimadana ndi zomwe umazitcha choncho," adatero Casper.
  
  "Koma ndi mmene zilili. Kuti tiwonjezere zotsatira za kuyesa kwaposachedwa, tidzafunika chinthu chomwe chimayenda pa liwiro la chipolopolo, ndi kufalikira kofanana kwa kulemera ndi liwiro kuti tikwaniritse ntchitoyi, "Taft adamukumbutsa pamene amuna awiriwa adachoka. Bessler wokhumudwa. Malo omangawo anali ku Meerdalwood, dera la nkhalango kum"maŵa kwa Brussels. Famuyo, yomwe ili pafamu ya Tuft, inali ndi ngalande yapansi panthaka yomwe inamalizidwa zaka zingapo zapitazo. Ochepa mwa asayansi omwe adabweretsedwa ndi boma lovomerezeka ndi mayunivesite omwe adawonapo mobisa, koma zidalipo.
  
  "Ndatsala pang'ono kumaliza, Cliff," adatero Casper. "Chomwe chatsala kuti chiwerengedwe ndi kulemera kwake komwe ndikukufuna kwa inu. Kumbukirani, kuti kuyesako kukhale kopambana, muyenera kundipatsa kulemera kwake kwa chombocho, kapena 'chipolopolo' monga mukunenera. Ndipo, Cliff, iyenera kukhala yolondola pa gramu, apo ayi palibe genius equation yomwe ingandithandize kuyichotsa. "
  
  Clifton Taft adamwetulira mowawa. Mofanana ndi munthu amene watsala pang"ono kuuza mnzake wapamtima nkhani yoipa kwambiri, iye anadzudzula kukhosi kwake chifukwa chachisoni chomwe chinali pa nkhope yake yonyansayo.
  
  "Chani? Kodi mungandipatseko kapena chiyani?" Casper adakakamiza.
  
  "Ndikupatsani izi posachedwa msonkhano wa mawa ku Brussels," adatero Taft.
  
  "Mukutanthauza msonkhano wapadziko lonse wankhani?" Anafunsa Kasper. "Sindikufuna ndale".
  
  "Umu ndi momwe ziyenera kukhalira, bwanawe," Taft anadandaula ngati nkhalamba yauve. "Mwa anthu onse, inu ndi amene mukutenga nawo mbali potsogolera kuyeseraku. Mawa International Atomic Energy Agency ikumana ndi veto yapadziko lonse lapansi pa NPT. "
  
  "NPT?" Casper anakwinya nkhope. Ankaganiza kuti kutenga nawo mbali mu ntchitoyi kunali koyesera, koma NPT inali nkhani ya ndale.
  
  "Mgwirizano Wosachulukitsa, bwanawe. Geez, simukuvutikira kufufuza komwe ntchito yanu idzapite mutasindikiza zotsatira zanu, sichoncho? Wa ku America adaseka, akusewera Casper kumbuyo. "Onse omwe atenga nawo mbali pantchitoyi akuyenera kuyimira Lamuloli mawa madzulo, koma tikufuna inu pano kuti muyang'anire magawo omaliza."
  
  "Kodi atsogoleri adziko awa amadziwa za Dongosololi?" -Casper adafunsa mongoyerekeza.
  
  "Dongosolo la Black Sun lili paliponse, mzanga. Ndilo mphamvu yamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse kuyambira nthawi ya Ufumu wa Roma, koma ndi anthu apamwamba okha omwe amadziwa. Tili ndi anthu omwe ali ndi maudindo apamwamba m'maiko onse a NPT. Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, a m'banja lachifumu, alangizi a Purezidenti ndi opanga zisankho, "adatero Taft kulota. "Ngakhale mameya omwe amatithandiza kuchita zinthu m"matauni. Lowani nawo. Monga wokonza gawo lathu lotsatira lamphamvu, muli ndi ufulu wosangalala ndi zofunkha, Casper. "
  
  Mutu wa Casper udazungulira chifukwa chopeza izi. Mtima wake unagunda pansi pa chovala chake cha labu, koma adasunga malo ake ndikugwedeza mutu kugwirizana. "Yang'anani ndi chidwi!" adadzitsimikizira yekha. "Wow, ndasangalatsidwa. Zikuwoneka kuti tsopano ndikupeza ulemu wondiyenera," adadzitamandira, ndipo Taft adakhulupirira mawu aliwonse.
  
  "Mzimu wotani! Tsopano konzekerani zonse kuti manambala okhawo omwe tikuyenera kuyamba ndi omwe awerengedwe, chabwino?" Taft anabangula mosangalala. Anasiya Casper kuti agwirizane ndi Bessler mumsewu, kumusiya Casper atadabwa ndi kusokonezeka, koma chinthu chimodzi anali wotsimikiza. Anayenera kulumikizana ndi David Perdue kapena amayenera kuwononga ntchito yake.
  
  
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  Casper adathamangira kunyumba kwake ndikutseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake. Atatha kusintha kawiri anali atatopa kwambiri, koma panalibe nthawi yotopa. Nthawi inali kumupeza, ndipo sanathebe kulankhula ndi Perdue. Wofufuza wanzeruyo anali ndi chitetezo chodalirika, ndipo nthawi zambiri ankabisidwa kuti asamuone. Kuyankhulana kwake kwakukulu kumayendetsedwa ndi wothandizira wake, koma uyu anali mayi yemwe Casper ankaganiza kuti amalankhula naye pamene amalankhula ndi Lilith Hearst.
  
  Kugogoda pachitseko kudapangitsa mtima wake kuyima kwakanthawi.
  
  "Ndine!" - adamva kuchokera kumbali ina ya chitseko, mawu omwe adadontha kumwamba pang'ono mumtsuko wa zinyalala zomwe analimo.
  
  "Olga!" - iye exhaled, mwamsanga anatsegula chitseko ndi kumukokera mkati.
  
  "Wow, ukunena chiyani tsopano?" - adafunsa, akupsompsona mwachidwi. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ubwera kudzandiona madzulo, koma sunayankhe aliyense wa mafoni anga tsiku lonse."
  
  Mwaulemu komanso mawu ake ofatsa, Olga wokondekayo anapitiriza kukamba za kunyalanyazidwa ndipo anapiye ena amangokhalira kunena zachabechabe zomwe bwenzi lake latsopanolo sakanatha kuvutika nazo kapena kudziimba mlandu. Anamugwira mwamphamvu n"kumukhazika pampando. Chifukwa chake, Casper adamukumbutsa momwe amamukondera ndi kupsompsona kwenikweni, koma pambuyo pake inali nthawi yomufotokozera zonse. Nthawi zonse ankamvetsa zimene ankafuna kunena, choncho ankadziwa kuti angamukhulupirire pa nkhani yofunika kwambiri imeneyi.
  
  "Kodi ndingakhulupirire ndi zinsinsi zachinsinsi, wokondedwa?" Adanong'oneza mwaukali m'khutu.
  
  "Ndithudi. Chinachake chikukupangitsa misala ndipo ndikufuna undiuze za izo, ukudziwa? "- iye anati. "Sindikufuna kuti pakhale zinsinsi pakati pathu."
  
  "Zodabwitsa!" - adafuula. "Zodabwitsa. Tawonani, ndimakukondani misala, koma ntchito yanga ikudya kwambiri. " Anagwedeza mutu modekha kwinaku akupitiriza. "Ndizisunga mosavuta. Ndinali ndikuyesera kuyesa mwachinsinsi kwambiri, ndikupanga chipinda chokhala ngati chipolopolo choyesera, chabwino? Yatsala pang"ono kutha, ndipo ndangophunzira kumene lero," iye anamezera mate, "kuti zimene ndakhala ndikuchita zatsala pang"ono kugwiritsiridwa ntchito pa zolinga zoipa kwambiri. Ndiyenera kuchoka m'dziko lino ndikusowa, mwamvetsa?"
  
  "Chani?" - iye squealed.
  
  "Mukukumbukira bulu yemwe anakhala pakhonde langa tsiku lija titachokera ku ukwati? Iye akutsogolera ntchito yoipa, ndipo, ndipo ndikuganiza... Ndikuganiza kuti akukonzekera kupha gulu la atsogoleri a dziko pamsonkhano, "adalongosola mwamsanga. "Zatengedwa ndi munthu yekhayo amene angathe kumasulira equation yolondola. Olga, akugwira ntchito pakali pano kunyumba kwake ku Scotland, azindikira zosintha posachedwa! Izi zikachitika, bulu yemwe ndimamugwirira ntchito (tsopano Olga ndi Casper's code ya Tuft) adzagwiritsa ntchito equation ku chipangizo chomwe ndidawapangira. Kasper adagwedeza mutu, ndikudabwa chifukwa chomwe adafunikira kusiira zonse izi kwa wophika buledi wokongola, koma adamudziwa Olga kwakanthawi kochepa. Iye mwiniyo anali ndi zinsinsi zingapo.
  
  "Chilema," iye anatero mosabisa.
  
  "Chani?" Iye anakwinya.
  
  "Kupereka dziko langa. Sangakugwireni pamenepo, "adabwerezanso. "Ndine wochokera ku Belarus. Mchimwene wanga ndi katswiri wa physics ku Physico-Technical Institute, amagwira ntchito m"madera omwe inuyo muli nawo. Mwina akhoza kukuthandizani?"
  
  Casper anamva zachilendo. Mantha adakhalapo, koma kumveka bwino kunakokoloka. Anakhala kaye kaye kwa mphindi imodzi kapena kuposerapo, kuyesa kukonza zonse pamodzi ndi chidziwitso chodabwitsa chokhudza banja la wokondedwa wake watsopano. Anakhala chete kuti aganizire, akusisita manja ake ndi nsonga zake. Linali lingaliro labwino, iye ankaganiza, ngati akanatha kuthawa Taft asanazindikire. Kodi ndimotani mmene wasayansi wamkulu wa ntchitoyo akanangochoka popanda aliyense kuzindikira?
  
  "Bwanji?" - adawonetsa kukayikira kwake. "Ndingachoke bwanji?"
  
  "Mukupita kukagwira ntchito. Mumawononga makope onse a ntchito yanu ndikutenga zolemba zawo zonse. Ndikudziwa izi chifukwa amalume adachita zaka zambiri zapitazo," adatero.
  
  "Kodi aliponso?" Anafunsa Kasper.
  
  "WHO?"
  
  "Amalume ako," anayankha motero.
  
  Anapukusa mutu wake mosanyinyirika. "Ayi. Iye wamwalira. Anamupha atapeza kuti wawononga sitimayo."
  
  "Chani? "anafuula motero, mwamsanga anatembenuzanso maganizo ake pa nkhani ya amalume ake amene anamwalira. Ndipotu, malinga ndi zomwe ananena, amalume ake anamwalira chifukwa cha zomwe Casper ankafuna kuyesa.
  
  "Kuyesa kwa sitima ya mizimu," adadandaula. "Amalume anga anachita pafupifupi mofanana ndi inu. Iye anali membala wa Russian Secret Physical Society. Adachita izi potumiza sitima kudzera pa chotchinga mawu, kapena chotchinga liwiro, kapena chilichonse. " Olga anaseka chifukwa cha kulephera kwake. Iye sankadziwa chilichonse chokhudza sayansi, choncho zinali zovuta kuti afotokoze molondola zimene amalume ake ndi anzake anachita.
  
  "Kenako?" Casper adakakamiza. "Train yatani?"
  
  "Iwo amati amayenera kutumiza teleport kapena kupita ku gawo lina ... Casper, ine sindikudziwa kalikonse za zinthu izi. Ukundipangitsa kukhala opusa kwambiri pano," adadula mawu ake ndi chowiringula, koma Casper adamvetsetsa.
  
  "Siukuwoneka wopusa, wokondedwa. Sindisamala kuti unene bwanji, bola ndili ndi lingaliro," anamunyengerera, akumwetulira kwa nthawi yoyamba. Iye sanalidi wopusa. Olga ankaona kuti kumwetulira kwa wokondedwa wake kunali kovutirapo.
  
  "Amalume anga ananena kuti sitimayo inali yamphamvu kwambiri, moti ingasokoneze malo opangira magetsi pano ndi kuyambitsa kuphulika kapena chinachake. Ndiye anthu onse padziko lapansi......adzafa?" ananjenjemera, kufuna chivomerezo chake. "Amati anzake akuyesetsabe kuti izi zitheke pogwiritsa ntchito njanji zosiyidwa." Sanali wotsimikiza kuti athetse bwanji chibwenzi chake, koma Casper anali wokondwa.
  
  Casper adamukulunga manja ake ndikumukokera mmwamba, ndikumugwira mlengalenga kuchokera pansi pomwe amampsompsona pankhope pake. Olga sanadzimvenso wopusa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, sindinasangalalepo kumva za kutha kwa anthu," iye anaseka motero. "Wokondedwa, wafotokoza ndendende zomwe ndikulimbana nazo pano. Ndiko kulondola, ndiyenera kukafika kufakitale. Kenako ndiyenera kutembenukira kwa atolankhani. Ayi! Ndiyenera kulumikizana ndi atolankhani ku Edinburgh. Inde!" - anapitiriza, kutembenuza zikwizikwi za zinthu zofunika kwambiri m'maganizo mwake. "Tawonani, ndikapeza nyuzipepala za Edinburgh kuti zifalitse izi, sizidzaulula Order and Experiment, koma David Perdue amva za izi ndikuyimitsa ntchito yake pa equation ya Einstein!"
  
  Ngakhale kuti Casper anali ndi mantha ndi zomwe zinali zisanachitike, adamvanso kuti ali ndi ufulu. Potsirizira pake, akanakhala ndi Olga popanda kumubisa kuti asatengere otsatira oipa. Ntchito yake sikanasokonezedwa, ndipo dzina lake silikanagwirizana ndi nkhanza zapadziko lonse.
  
  Pomwe Olga adamupangira tiyi, Casper adagwira laputopu yake ndikuyang'ana 'Olemba Ofufuza Opambana a Edinburgh'. Mwa maulalo onse omwe adaperekedwa, ndipo panali ambiri, dzina limodzi lidadziwika kwambiri, ndipo munthu uyu anali wosavuta kulumikizana naye.
  
  "Sam Cleave," Casper adawerengera Olga mokweza. "Ndi mtolankhani wochita kafukufuku wopambana mphoto, wokondedwa. Amakhala ku Edinburgh ndipo amagwira ntchito pawokha, koma ankagwira ntchito ku manyuzipepala angapo akumaloko... m'mbuyomu..."
  
  "Mpaka chiyani? Mukundipangitsa chidwi. Lankhulani!" Adayitana ali kukhitchini yotseguka.
  
  Casper adamwetulira. "Ndimamva ngati mkazi wapakati, Olga."
  
  Anayamba kuseka. Zimakhala ngati mukudziwa momwe zimakhalira. Inu munachitadi monga mmodzi wa iwo. Ndizo zowona. Bwanji watero, wokondedwa wanga?"
  
  "Zomvera zambiri nthawi imodzi. Ndikufuna kuseka ndi kulira ndi kukuwa," iye anaseka, akuwoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa momwe amachitira miniti yapitayo. "Sam Cleave, munthu amene ndikufuna kumuuza nkhaniyi? Ingoganizani? Ndi mlembi wodziwika komanso wofufuza yemwe adatenga nawo gawo pamaulendo angapo motsogozedwa ndi David yekhayo yemwe amangopeka Perdue!
  
  "Ndindani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Mwamuna yemwe ali ndi equation yowopsa yomwe sindingathe kufikira," adatero Casper. "Ndikayenera kuuza mtolankhani za mapulani achinyengo, ndani kuposa munthu amene amadziwa munthu yemwe ali ndi equation ya Einstein?"
  
  "Wangwiro!" - adafuula. Casper ataimba nambala ya Sam, zinasintha mwa iye. Iye sankasamala kuti kuthaŵa kukanakhala koopsa chotani. Iye anali wokonzeka kuteteza udindo wake.
  
  
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  Kuyeza
  
  
  Yafika nthawi yoti asonkhane omwe akuchita nawo gawo lalikulu muulamuliro wamagetsi padziko lonse lapansi kuti asonkhane ku Brussels. Hon. Mwambowu udachitidwa ndi Lance McFadden pomwe adagwira nawo ntchito ku ofesi ya International Atomic Energy Agency ku United Kingdom atangotsala pang'ono kuchita kampeni ya meya wa Oban.
  
  "Otsatira 100 pa 100 aliwonse, bwana," Wolfe adauza McFadden pomwe amawona nthumwi zikukhala pampando wawo wokongola wa La Monnaie Opera House. "Tikungoyembekezera Clifton Taft kuti awonekere, bwana. Akakhala pano, titha kuyamba," adapuma modabwitsa, "m"malo mwake."
  
  McFadden anali atavala bwino Lamlungu. Chiyambireni kucheza ndi Taft ndi Order, adadziwa bwino chuma, ngakhale sichinamubweretsere kalasi. Iye anatembenuza mutu wake mwakachetechete ndikunong"oneza kuti: "Kulinganiza kwapambana? Ndiyenera kufikitsa izi kwa bambo wathu Jacobs mawa. Ngati alibe masikelo enieni a okwera onse, kuyesako sikungagwire ntchito. "
  
  "Mpando uliwonse womwe umafunira woyimilirayo umakhala ndi masensa omwe amatha kudziwa kulemera kwake kwa thupi lake," adatero Wolf. "Masensa apangidwa kuti azitha kuyeza ngakhale zida zoonda kwambiri molondola kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito umisiri watsopano, wotsogola wasayansi." Chigawenga chonyansacho chinaseka. "Ndipo inu muzikonda izo, bwana. Tekinoloje iyi idapangidwa ndikupangidwa ndi David Perdue yekhayo. "
  
  McFadden adachita mantha atamva dzina la wofufuza wanzeruyo. "Mulungu wanga! Zoona? Ukunena zoona, Nkhandwe. Ndimakonda zoseketsa mu izi. Ndikudabwa kuti ali bwanji pambuyo pa ngozi yomwe anachita ku New Zealand. "
  
  "Mwachiwonekere adapeza Dread Serpent, bwana. Pakadali pano mphekeserazo sizinatsimikizidwe, koma podziwa Perdue, mwina adazipeza, "adatero Wolf. Kwa McFadden, zonse zinali zodziwika bwino komanso zowopsa.
  
  "Yesu Khristu, Nkhandwe, tiyenera kupeza izi kuchokera kwa iye! Ngati titazindikira za Njoka Yowopsa, titha kuyigwiritsa ntchito poyesera popanda kupyola misampha yonseyi, "adatero McFadden, akuwoneka odabwitsidwa ndi izi. "Kodi adamaliza equation? Ndinkaona kuti ndi nthano chabe."
  
  "Anthu ambiri ankaganiza choncho mpaka anaitana awiri mwa omuthandizira ake kuti amuthandize kupeza. Malinga ndi zomwe ndauzidwa, akugwira ntchito molimbika kuti athetse vuto la magawo omwe akusowa, koma sanawathetsebe, "anatero Wolf. Zikuoneka kuti anali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi zimenezi moti sankagonanso.
  
  "Kodi tingamvetse? Sangatipatse, ndipo kuyambira pomwe mudathetsa zinthu ndi bwenzi lake laling'ono, Dr. Gould, tili ndi bwenzi lake locheperapo loti anganene za izi. Sam Cleave sangalowe. Ndiye munthu womaliza yemwe ndingamudalire kuti apereke Perdue, "ananong'oneza McFadden pamene nthumwi za boma zinkacheza chapansipansi. A Wolf asanayankhe, mkulu wachikazi wa EU Council yemwe amayang'anira zomwe zikuchitika adamusokoneza.
  
  "Pepani, bwana," adatero kwa McFadden, "ndi 8 koloko."
  
  "Zikomo, zikomo," kumwetulira kwabodza kwa McFadden kunamunyengerera. "Zingakhale zabwino mutandidziwitsa."
  
  Anayang'ananso Nkhandwe pamene ankachoka pabwalo kupita pabwalo kuti akalankhule nawo omwe anali nawo pamsonkhanowo. Mpando uliwonse wokhala ndi membala wokangalika wa International Atomic Energy Agency, komanso mayiko omwe ali mu NPT, amatumiza deta ku kompyuta ya Black Sun ku Meerdalwood.
  
  Pamene Dr. Casper Jacobs anali kusonkhanitsa ntchito yake yofunika, kuchotsa deta yake momwe angathere, chidziwitsocho chinafika pa seva. Anadandaula kuti wamaliza chombo choyesera. Osachepera atha kupotoza equation yomwe adapanga, mofanana ndi equation ya Einstein, koma ndikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa.
  
  Monga Einstein, adayenera kusankha ngati angalole kuti luso lake ligwiritsidwe ntchito pazachipongwe kapena kuti asalole kuti ntchito yake iphedwe. Anasankha chomalizacho ndipo, akuyang'anitsitsa makamera achitetezo omwe adayikidwa, adanamizira kugwira ntchito. M'malo mwake, katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo anali kunamiza mawerengedwe ake kuti awononge kuyesako. Casper ankadziona kuti ndi wolakwa kwambiri moti anali atamanga kale chombo chachikulu cha cylindrical. Maluso ake sakanamulolanso kutumikira Taft ndi chipembedzo chake chosayera.
  
  Casper ankafuna kumwetulira pamene mizere yomaliza ya equation yake inasinthidwa kuti avomerezedwe koma osagwira ntchito. Adawona manambala akutumizidwa kuchokera ku Opera House, koma adanyalanyaza. Podzafika nthawi yomwe Taft, McFadden ndi ena abwera kudzayambitsa kuyesako, zidzakhala zitapita kale.
  
  Koma munthu m'modzi wosimidwa yemwe sanamuwerengerepo pakuthawa kwake anali Zelda Bessler. Anamuyang"ana ali m"kachipinda kena kakutali komwe kunali mkati mwa dera lalikulu limene ngalawayo inkadikirira. Monga mphaka, adadzipatsa nthawi, ndikumulola kuti achite chilichonse chomwe akuganiza kuti atha. Zelda anamwetulira. M'chiuno mwake munali piritsi lolumikizidwa ndi nsanja yolumikizirana pakati pa ogwira ntchito a Order of the Black Sun. Popanda phokoso losonyeza kukhalapo kwake, adalemba "Detain Olga ndikumuyika pa Valkyrie" ndipo adatumiza uthenga kwa ogwira ntchito a Wolf ku Bruges.
  
  Dr. Casper Jacobs adadziyesa wolimbikira ntchito pa paradigm yoyesera, osadziwa kuti bwenzi lake latsala pang'ono kudziwika kudziko lake. Foni yake inaitana. Poyang'ana kukhumudwa ndi nkhawa yadzidzidzi, adayimilira mwachangu ndikupita kuchipinda cha abambowo. Iyi inali foni yomwe amadikirira.
  
  "Sam?" - adanong'oneza, kuwonetsetsa kuti zogulira zonse m'chimbudzi zidali zaulere. Anauza Sam Cleave za kuyesa komwe kukubwera, koma ngakhale Sam sakanatha kupeza Perdue pafoni kuti asinthe malingaliro ake pa equation. Pamene Casper ankayang'ana zinyalala za zipangizo zomvetsera, anapitiriza. "Kodi muli pompo?"
  
  "Inde," Sam adanong'oneza kumbali ina ya mzere. "Ndili m'bwalo la Opera House kuti ndizitha kumvetsera bwino, koma mpaka pano sindikuwona cholakwika chilichonse kuti ndinene. Msonkhanowu ukungoyamba kumene, koma ... "
  
  "Chani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" Anafunsa Kasper.
  
  "Dikirani," adatero Sam mokwiya. "Kodi mukudziwa chilichonse chokhudza ulendo wa sitima kupita ku Siberia?"
  
  Casper adakwinya nkhope mosokonezeka. "Chani? Ayi, palibe chonga icho. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Mkulu wa chitetezo ku Russia adanenapo kanthu zaulendo wopita ku Moscow lero," adatero Sam, koma Kasper sanamve chilichonse chotere kuchokera kwa Taft kapena Bessler. Sam anawonjezera kuti: "Ndili ndi pulogalamu yomwe ndinaba m"kaundula. Momwe ndikumvera, uwu ndi msonkhano wamasiku atatu. Lero ali ndi nkhani yosiyirana pano, ndiye mawa m'mawa anyamuka payekha kupita ku Moscow kukakwera sitima yapamwamba yotchedwa Valkyrie. sukudziwa kalikonse za izi?"
  
  "Chabwino, Sam, ndilibe ulamuliro wambiri pano, ukudziwa?" Casper adalankhula mwakachetechete momwe angathere. M'modzi mwa akatswiri adabwera kudzatulutsa mpweya, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti macheza otere asatheke. "Ndiyenera kupita, wokondedwa. Lasagna adzakhala wabwino. "Ndimakukondani," adatero ndikudula foni. Katswiriyo anangomwetulira mwaukali kwinaku akusisima, osadziŵa kwenikweni zomwe woyang"anira ntchitoyo anali kukambirana. Casper anatuluka m"chimbudzi ndipo sanasangalale ndi funso la Sam Cleave lokhudza kukwera sitima kupita ku Siberia.
  
  "Inenso ndimakukonda, wokondedwa," Sam adanenanso kumbali yake, koma fizikiki anali atadula kale foni. Anayesa kuyimba nambala ya satelayiti ya Perdue, kutengera akaunti ya bilionea, koma ngakhale palibe amene adayankha. Ziribe kanthu momwe adayesetsera, Perdue ankawoneka kuti akutha padziko lapansi, ndipo izi zinamuvutitsa Sam kuposa mantha. Komabe, panalibe njira yoti abwerere ku Edinburgh tsopano, ndipo Nina akutsagana naye, mwachiwonekere sakanatha kumutumiza kuti akawonenso Perdue.
  
  Kwa kanthawi kochepa, Sam adaganiza zotumiza Masters, koma popeza adakanabe kuwona mtima kwa munthuyo popereka equation kwa Perdue, adakayikira kuti Masters angakhale okonzeka kumuthandiza. Atakhala m'bokosi lomwe adakumana ndi Abiti Noble adamukonzera, Sam adaganiza za ntchito yonse. Anatsala pang'ono kuti asiye Purdue kuti asamalize Einstein Equation kusiyana ndi kutsata tsoka lomwe likubwera lokonzedwa ndi Black Sun ndi otsatira ake apamwamba.
  
  Sam anali wosweka pakati pa maudindo ake, anali omwazikana kwambiri ndi kugonja chifukwa cha kupsyinjika. Anayenera kuteteza Nina. Anayenera kuyimitsa tsoka lomwe lingathe kuchitika padziko lonse lapansi. Anayenera kuyimitsa Purdue kuti amalize masamu ake. Mtolankhani nthawi zambiri sankataya mtima, koma nthawi ino analibe chochita. Anayenera kufunsa Masters. Munthu wodulidwayo ndiye chiyembekezo chake chokha choyimitsa Purdue.
  
  Adazifunsa ngati Dr. Jacobs adakozekera zonse zoti asamukire ku Belarus koma funso lomwe Sam adatha kulipezabe atakumana ndi Jacobs kuti adye chakudya chamadzulo. Pakalipano adayenera kudziwa zambiri za ulendo wopita ku Moscow, kumene oimira msonkhanowo adzakwera sitima. Kuchokera pazokambirana pambuyo pa msonkhano wovomerezeka, Sam adazindikira kuti masiku awiri otsatira adzayendera malo osiyanasiyana opangira zida za nyukiliya ku Russia omwe akupangabe mphamvu za nyukiliya.
  
  "Ndiye maiko a NPT ndi International Atomic Energy Agency akupita kukayesa magetsi?" Sam analankhula mu recorder yake. "Sindikuwonabe komwe chiwopsezocho chingasinthe kukhala tsoka. Ndikapeza Masters ayimitse Perdue, zilibe kanthu komwe Black Sun imabisa zida zake. Popanda kugwirizana kwa Einstein, zonsezi zikanakhala zopanda phindu."
  
  Anatuluka mwakachetechete, akuyenda m"mipando yamipando yopita kumene anazimitsidwa magetsi. Palibe amene akanatha kumuwona kuchokera m"gawo lowala kwambiri lomwe linali m"munsimu, mmene munali piringupiringu. Sam anayenera kunyamula Nina, kuyitana Masters, kukumana ndi Jacobs, ndiyeno kuonetsetsa kuti ali pa sitimayo. Kuchokera munzeru zake, Sam adamva za bwalo la ndege lachinsinsi lotchedwa Koschey Strip, lomwe lili pamtunda wa makilomita angapo kuchokera ku Moscow, kumene nthumwizo zinkayenera kutera tsiku lotsatira masana. Kuchokera kumeneko adzatengedwera ku Valkyrie, sitima yapamwamba ya Trans-Siberia, paulendo wapamwamba wopita ku Novosibirsk.
  
  Sam anali ndi zinthu miliyoni m'maganizo mwake, koma chinthu choyamba chimene anafunika kuchita chinali kubwerera kwa Nina kuti awone ngati ali bwino. Ankadziwa kuti asapeputse chikoka cha anthu ngati Wolfe ndi McFadden, makamaka atazindikira kuti mkazi yemwe adamusiya kuti wamwalira anali wamoyo kwambiri ndipo akhoza kuwakhudza.
  
  Sam atatuluka pachitseko cha Scene 3, kudzera pachipinda chakumbuyo chakumbuyo, adalandilidwa ndi usiku wozizira, wodzaza ndi kusatsimikizika komanso kuwopseza m'mlengalenga. Iye anakokera thukuta mwamphamvu kutsogolo, ndi mabatani pa mpango. Podzibisa, mwamsanga anawoloka malo oimikako magalimoto kumbuyo kumene nthaŵi zambiri magalimoto onyamula zovala ndi onyamula katundu ankafika. Usiku wowala mwezi, Sam ankawoneka ngati mthunzi, koma ankamva ngati mzimu. Anatopa, koma sanaloledwe kupuma. Panali zambiri zoti achite kuti akwere sitimayo mawa masana kuti asakhalenso ndi nthawi kapena kugona bwino.
  
  M'makumbukiro ake, adawona thupi lomenyedwa la Nina, zochitikazo zidabwerezedwa kangapo. Mwazi wake unawira chifukwa cha kupanda chilungamo kwake, ndipo anali ndi chiyembekezo chakuti Wulf adzakhala m"sitimayo.
  
  
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  Mathithi a Yeriko
  
  
  Monga wamisala, Perdue nthawi zonse ankasintha ndondomeko ya pulogalamu yake kuti igwirizane ndi zomwe alowetsa. Pakalipano zinali zopambana, koma panali zosintha zina zomwe sizikanatha kuzithetsa, kumusiya akuyang'anitsitsa galimoto yake yakale. Atagona kutsogolo kwa kompyuta yakale, anayamba kudzipatula. Lilith Hearst yekha ndiye adaloledwa 'kuvutitsa' Perdue. Chifukwa chakuti ankatha kufotokoza zotulukapo zake, iye ankasangalala ndi maulendo ake, pamene antchito ake mwachionekere sankamvetsa bwino za gawo lofunikira kuti apereke mayankho ogwira mtima monga mmene iye ankachitira.
  
  "Ndiyamba kukonzekera chakudya chamadzulo posachedwa, bwana," Lillian anamukumbutsa motero. Nthawi zambiri, akamamupatsa chakudya chotere, abwana ake atsitsi lasiliva, okondwa amamupatsa mbale zosiyanasiyana zoti asankhe. Tsopano zikuwoneka kuti zonse zomwe ankafuna kuyang'ana zinali zolemba zina pakompyuta yake.
  
  "Zikomo, Lily," Perdue anatero kulibe.
  
  Anafunsa monyinyirika kuti amveketse. "Ndipo ndikonze chiyani, bwana?"
  
  Perdue anamunyalanyaza kwa masekondi angapo, akuwerenga zenera mosamala. Anayang'ana manambala ovina omwe amawonekera m'magalasi ake, kudikira yankho. Pomalizira pake, anausa moyo n"kumuyang"ana.
  
  "Am, mphika wotentha ungakhale wabwino, Lily. Mwina mumphika wotentha wa Lancashire, malinga ngati muli ndi mwanawankhosa. Lilith amakonda nkhosa. Iye anandiuza kuti: "Anamwetulira, koma sanachotse maso ake pakompyuta.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kuti ndimuphikire chakudya chomwe amachikonda kwambiri, bwana?" Adafunsa choncho Lillian akuona kuti sangakonde yankho lake. Iye sanali kulakwitsa. Perdue anayang'ananso mmwamba, akuyang'anitsitsa pa magalasi ake.
  
  "Inde, Lily. Abwera kudzadya nane usikuuno ndipo ndikufuna kuti muphike mphika waku Lancashire. Zikomo," anabwereza motero moipidwa.
  
  "Inde, bwana," Lillian anabwerera m"mbuyo mwaulemu. Kawirikawiri woyang'anira nyumbayo anali ndi ufulu wa maganizo ake, koma kuyambira pamene namwinoyo adakankhira mu Reichtisussis, Perdue sanamvere malangizo a wina aliyense koma ake. "Ndiye, chakudya chamadzulo ndi seveni?"
  
  "Inde, zikomo, Lily. Tsopano chonde, kodi mungandilole kuti ndibwerere kuntchito?" iye anapempha. Lillian sanayankhe. Anangogwedezera mutu ndikutuluka mu chipinda cha seva, kuyesera kuti asapite patali. Lilian, monga Nina, anali msungwana wa ku Scotland wa pasukulu yakale ya atsikana. Azimayiwa sanazolowere kuchitidwa ngati nzika zachiwiri, ndipo popeza Lillian anali mtsogoleri wa ogwira ntchito ku Reichtisusi, adakhumudwa kwambiri ndi khalidwe laposachedwa la Perdue. Belu la pakhomo pa zitseko zazikulu linalira. Podutsa Charles pamene amawoloka malo ofikira alendo kuti atsegule chitseko, iye anati mwakachetechete, "Ndi bulu."
  
  Chodabwitsa, woperekera chikho ngati android adayankha mwachisawawa, "Ndikudziwa."
  
  Apa sanamudzudzule Lillian kamba kolankhula momasuka za alendowo. Ichi chinali chizindikiro chotsimikizirika cha mavuto. Ngati woperekera chikho wakumbuyo, waulemu mopambanitsa adagwirizana ndi kuluma kwa Lilith Hearst, panali chifukwa chochita mantha. Anatsegula chitseko, ndipo Lilian, akumvetsera kudzichepetsa kwanthawi zonse kwa wolowayo, adalakalaka atayikapo poizoni m'boti la Lancashire gravy. Komabe ankakonda abwana ake kwambiri moti sakanatha kudziika pachiswe.
  
  Pamene Lillian ankakonzekera chakudya chamadzulo kukhitchini, Lilith anapita ku chipinda cha seva cha Perdue ngati kuti malowo ndi ake. Anatsika masitepe mokoma mtima, atavala diresi yokopa komanso shawl. Anavala zodzoladzola ndikukokera tsitsi lake mu bun kuti awonetsere ndolo zochititsa chidwi za suti zomwe zinkagwedezeka pansi pa makutu ake pamene akuyenda.
  
  Perdue anasangalala ataona namwino wachinyamata akulowa m'chipindamo. Usikuuno adawoneka mosiyana ndi nthawi zonse. M"malo mwa jeans ndi nsapato za ballet, iye ankavala masitonkeni ndi zidendene.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, ukuwoneka wodabwitsa, wokondedwa wanga," iye anamwetulira.
  
  "Zikomo," iye anatsinzina. "Ndinaitanidwa ku mwambo wa tayi yakuda ku koleji yanga. Ndikuwopa kuti ndinalibe nthawi yoti ndisinthe chifukwa ndinabwera kuno kuchokera pamlanduwu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala kuti ndasintha pang'ono chakudya chamadzulo. "
  
  "Palibe vuto!" - iye anafuula, kupesa tsitsi lake kumbuyo mwachidule kuti akonze yekha pang'ono. Anali atavala cardigan yonyansa komanso thalauza ladzulo, lomwe silinagwirizane ndi moccasins kuti litonthozedwe. "Ndimaona ngati ndiyenera kupepesa chifukwa chooneka wotopa kwambiri . Ndikuwopa kuti ndataya nthawi, monga momwe mungaganizire."
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Kodi mwapita patsogolo? - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ndatero. Zochititsa chidwi," anadzitama motero. "Pofika mawa, kapena mwina usikuuno, ndikhala ndikutha kuthetsa equation iyi."
  
  "Kenako?" - adafunsa atakhala pansi moyang'anana naye. Perdue adasangalatsidwa kwakanthawi ndi unyamata wake komanso kukongola kwake. Kwa iye panalibe wina wabwino kuposa Nina wamng'ono, ndi kukongola kwake kuthengo ndi gehena m'maso mwake. Komabe, namwinoyo anali ndi khungu lopanda chilema komanso thupi lopyapyala lomwe lingathe kusungidwa ali wamng'ono, ndipo poyang'ana ndi thupi lake usikuuno, adzalandira mwayi.
  
  Chowiringula chake chokhudza kavalidwe kake chinali bodza, koma sanathe kufotokoza izi ndi chowonadi. Lilith sakanatha kumuuza Perdue kuti adapita kukamunyengerera popanda kuvomereza kuti akufunafuna wokonda wolemera. Ngakhalenso sakanatha kuvomereza kuti amafuna kumulimbikitsa nthawi yayitali kuti amube luso lake, aziwerengera zomwe ali nazo, ndikumenya nkhondo yobwerera ku gulu lasayansi.
  
  
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  Nthawi ya 9 koloko Lillian adalengeza kuti chakudya chamadzulo chakonzeka.
  
  "Monga mwapempha, bwana, chakudya chamadzulo chimaperekedwa m'chipinda chachikulu chodyera," adalengeza, osayang'ananso mbali ya namwino yemwe amapukuta milomo yake.
  
  "Zikomo, Lily," anayankha, akumveka ngati Perdue wakale. Kubwerera kwake kumakhalidwe ake akale, osangalatsa pamaso pa Lilith Hearst adanyansidwa ndi woyang'anira nyumbayo.
  
  Zinali zoonekeratu kwa Lilith kuti cholinga chake chinalibe mawonekedwe omveka bwino a anthu ake pakuwunika zolinga zake. Kusayanjanitsika kwake ndi kukhalapo kwakeko kunali kodabwitsa ngakhale kwa iye. Lilith adatsimikizira bwino kuti luso ndi kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru ndi mitundu iwiri yosiyana kwambiri yanzeru. Komabe, zimenezo zinali zochepa mwa nkhaŵa zake pakali pano. Perdue adadya kuchokera m'manja mwake ndipo adachoka kuti apeze zomwe adzagwiritse ntchito kuti apambane pa ntchito yake.
  
  Ngakhale kuti Perdue anali ataledzera ndi kukongola kwa Lilith, kuchenjera kwake, ndi chilakolako cha kugonana, sanazindikire kuti mtundu wina wa kuledzera unayambitsidwa kuti atsimikizire kuti akutsatira. Pansi pa chipinda choyamba cha Reichtisussis, Einstein's Equation inamalizidwa kotheratu, zomwe zinali zotsatira zoipa za kulakwitsa kwa mastermind. Pachifukwa ichi, Einstein ndi Perdue adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi akazi omwe nzeru zawo zinali zochepa kwambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu aziganiza kuti ngakhale amuna ochenjera kwambiri adachepetsedwa kukhala opusa podalira akazi olakwika. Izi zinali choncho chifukwa cha zikalata zowopsa zomwe akazi anatola omwe ankawaona kuti ndi osavulaza.
  
  Lillian anachotsedwa madzulo, ndikusiya Charles yekha kuti ayeretse Perdue ndi mlendo wake atamaliza kudya. Wopereka chikho wolangidwayo anachita ngati kuti palibe chimene chinachitika, ngakhale pamene Perdue ndi namwino adalowa mu chikhumbo champhamvu chapakati pa chipinda chogona. Charles adapumira mozama. Iye ananyalanyaza mapeto a mgwirizano woopsa womwe ankadziwa kuti posachedwapa udzawononga bwana wake, komabe sanayerekeze kulowererapo.
  
  Izi zinali zochititsa manyazi kwa woperekera chikho wokhulupirika amene anagwira ntchito ku Perdue kwa zaka zambiri. Perdue sanafune kumva kalikonse ponena za zotsutsa za Lilith Hearst, ndipo ogwira ntchito m'nyumbamo ankayenera kuyang'ana pamene amamuchititsa khungu pang'onopang'ono tsiku ndi tsiku. Tsopano ubalewu wafika pamlingo wina, kusiya Charles, Lillian, Jane ndi ena onse omwe Perdue akugwira ntchito ali ndi mantha chifukwa cha tsogolo lawo. Sam Cleave ndi Nina Gould sanakumbukirenso. Iwo anali kuwala ndi kulimbikitsa moyo wachinsinsi wa Purdue, ndipo anthu a mabiliyoniyo ankawakonda.
  
  Pamene malingaliro a Charles anali odzazidwa ndi kukayikira ndi mantha, pamene Perdue anali kapolo chifukwa cha zosangalatsa, Dread Serpent anakhala ndi moyo pansi mu chipinda cha seva. Mwachetechete, kotero kuti palibe amene akanatha kuona kapena kumva, inalengeza mapeto ake.
  
  Pam'maŵa wakuya, wamdimawu, nyali za m'nyumbayi zinazima, zomwe zinatsalirabe. Nyumba yonse yaikulu inali chete, kupatulapo kulira kwa mphepo kunja kwa makoma akale. Pamasitepe akuluakulu anamveka kugogoda koopsa. Miyendo yowonda ya Lilith sinasiyiretu kalikonse koma kupumira pa kapeti wokhuthala pomwe amatsikira pansanjika yoyamba. Mthunzi wake unkayenda mofulumira m"makoma okwera a khonde lalikulu mpaka kufika m"munsi, kumene masevawo ankangong"ung"udza mosalekeza.
  
  Sanayatse nyale, koma adagwiritsa ntchito chophimba cha foni yake kuti awunikire kupita patebulo pomwe galimoto ya Perdue idayimitsidwa. Lilith adamva ngati mwana m'mawa wa Khrisimasi, akufunitsitsa kudziwa ngati zomwe akufunazo zidachitika kale, ndipo sanakhumudwe. Anagwira galimoto yowunikira pakati pa zala zake ndikuyiyika mu doko la USB la kompyuta yake yakale, koma posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti David Perdue sanali wopusa.
  
  Alamu inalira, ndipo pa zenera mzere woyamba wa equation unayamba kudzichotsa.
  
  "O Yesu, ayi!" - adadandaula mumdima. Anayenera kuganiza mofulumira. Lilith adaloweza mzere wachiwiri uku akudina kamera ya foni yake ndikujambula gawo loyamba lisanachotsedwenso. Kenako adalowa mu seva yachiwiri yomwe Perdue anali kugwiritsa ntchito ngati zosunga zobwezeretsera ndikubweza equation yonse asanasamutsire ku chipangizo chake. Ngakhale ali ndi luso lonse laukadaulo, Lilith sanadziwe komwe angayimitse alamu ndipo adayang'ana momwe equation ikudzichotsa pang'onopang'ono.
  
  "Pepani, David," anausa moyo.
  
  Podziwa kuti sangadzuke mpaka m'mawa wotsatira, adanyengerera kagawo kakang'ono pakati pa Omega Server ndi Kappa Server. Izi zinayambitsa moto wawung'ono wamagetsi, wokwanira kusungunula mawaya ndikuletsa makina okhudzidwa, asanazimitse moto ndi kansalu kuchokera ku mpando wa Purdue. Lilith anazindikila kuti chitetezo cha pa geti posachedwela kulandila chenjezo kuchokera ku alamu ya mkati mwa nyumbayi kudzera ku office yawo. Chakumapeto kwa chipinda choyamba, adamva alonda akuyesa kudzutsa Charles ndikugogoda chitseko.
  
  Tsoka ilo, Charles adagona mbali ina ya nyumba mnyumba mwake pafupi ndi khitchini yaying'ono yanyumbayo. Sanamve alamu ya chipinda cha seva yoyambitsidwa ndi sensa ya doko la USB. Lilith adatseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake ndikutsika kunjira yakumbuyo komwe kumapita kuchipinda chachikulu chosungiramo zinthu. Mtima wake unayamba kugunda kwambiri pamene adamva amuna achitetezo a First Division akudzutsa Charles ndikupita kuchipinda cha Perdue. Chipangizo chachiwiri chinapita molunjika kumene kunali alamu.
  
  "Tapeza chifukwa!" adawamva akukuwa pomwe Charles ndi ena adathamangira kutsika kutsika nawo.
  
  "Wangwiro," iye anapuma. Atasokonezeka ndi malo amoto wamagetsi, amuna ofuulawo sanathe kuona pamene Lilith anathamangira kuchipinda cha Perdue. Atapezeka kuti ali pabedi ndi katswiri wosazindikira, Lilith adalowa mu chipangizo chake chotumizira foni ndikuyimba nambala yolumikizira mwachangu. "Mwachangu," adanong'oneza mwachangu pomwe foni idatsegula chinsalu. "Mofulumira kuposa pamenepo, chifukwa cha zabwino."
  
  Mawu a Charles anamveka bwino pamene ankayandikira kuchipinda kwa Perdue ndi amuna angapo. Lilith adaluma milomo yake pomwe amadikirira kuti Einstein Equation amalize kutsitsa patsamba la Meerdaalwoud.
  
  "Bwana!" Mwadzidzidzi Charles adabangula, akumenyetsa chitseko. "Mwadzuka?"
  
  Perdue anali chikomokere ndipo sanayankhe, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri azipereka zongopeka mumsewu. Lilith amatha kuona mithunzi ya mapazi awo pansi pa chitseko, koma kutsitsa kunalibe komaliza. Apanso woperekera chikhoyo anagogoda pachitseko. Lilith adayika foni pansi pa tebulo lakumbali kwa bedi kuti apitilize kufalitsa kwinaku akukulunga chinsalu cha satin pathupi pake.
  
  Akupita kuchitseko, anafuula kuti: "Dikirani, gwirani!
  
  Anatsegula chitseko, akuoneka wokwiya. "Kodi m'dzina la zonse zomwe zili zopatulika ndi chiyani?" - iye anafota. "Khalani chete! Davide akugona."
  
  "Agona bwanji zonsezi?" Adafunsa mokalipa Charles. Popeza Perdue anali atakomoka, sayenera kusonyeza ulemu kwa mkazi wosautsayo. "Munatani naye?" - adamulalatira, akumkankhira pambali kuti adziwe momwe abwana ake alili.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Adakuwa, kunyalanyaza dala mbali ina ya chinsalucho kuti asokoneze alonda ndi ntchafu zake. Chomukhumudwitsa n"chakuti anali otanganidwa kwambiri ndi ntchito yawo ndipo ankamutsekera m"kona mpaka wopereka chikhoyo anawayankha.
  
  "Ali moyo," adatero, akuyang'ana Lilith mochenjera. "Zoledzeretsa kwambiri, ndizofanana nazo."
  
  "Tinamwa kwambiri," iye anadzichinjiriza mwaukali. "Kodi sangasangalale pang'ono, Charles?"
  
  "Inu, madam, simunabwere kudzasangalatsa Bambo Perdue," Charles adayankha motero. "Mwakwaniritsa cholinga chanu pano, tichitireni zabwino tonsefe ndipo mubwerere ku rectum yomwe idakuthamangitsani."
  
  Pansi pa tebulo la m'mphepete mwa bedi, kapamwamba kokwezako kumawonetsa kukwaniritsidwa kwa 100%. The Order of the Black Sun inapeza Dread Serpent mu ulemerero wake wonse.
  
  
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  Patatu
  
  
  Sam atawayitana Masters, palibe yankho. Nina adagona pabedi pawiri mu chipinda chawo cha hotelo, adakomoka chifukwa chamankhwala amphamvu. Anali ndi mankhwala ophera ululu chifukwa cha ululu wa mikwingwirima ndi stitch, zomwe zinaperekedwa mokoma mtima ndi namwino wopuma pantchito yemwe adamuthandiza kusoka zingwe ku Oban. Sam anali atatopa, koma mlingo wake wa adrenaline unakana kuchepa. Mu kuwala kofooka kwa nyali kuchokera kumbali ya Nina, anakhala pansi, atagwira foni pakati pa mawondo ake ndi manja ake, ndi kuganiza. Adakakamiza kuyimbanso, akuyembekeza kuti Masters atenga.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, zikuwoneka ngati aliyense adakwera rocket yoopsa ndipo akupita kumwezi," adaseka mwakachetechete momwe angathere. Mosakayikira kuti sanafike ku Perdue kapena Masters, Sam adaganiza zomuyitana Dr. Jacobs akuyembekeza kuti mwina amupeza kale Perdue. Kuti achepetse nkhawa, Sam anakweza pang'ono voliyumu ya TV. Nina anaisiya kuti igone chakumbuyo, koma idasintha kuchoka ku kanema wa kanema kupita ku Channel 8 kuti ikakhale nkhani yapadziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Nkhaniyi inali yodzaza ndi nkhani zochepa chabe zazinthu zomwe zinalibe ntchito pamavuto a Sam pamene ankayendayenda m'chipindamo, akuyimba nambala imodzi ndi ina. Analinganiza ndi Abiti Noble ku Post kuti amugulire matikiti kuti iye ndi Nina apite ku Moscow m"maŵa, akumatchula Nina monga mlangizi wake wa mbiri pa ntchitoyo. Abiti Noble ankadziwa bwino mbiri ya nyenyezi ya Dr. Nina Gould, komanso mbiri ya dzina lake m'magulu a maphunziro. Akanakhala wolamulira pa lipoti la Sam Cleave.
  
  Foni ya Sam inaitana zomwe zinamupangitsa kuti azizimuka. Panthawiyo, malingaliro ambiri adabwera ndikuganizira kuti angakhale ndani komanso momwe zinthu zingakhalire. Dzina la Dr Jacobs lidawala pa foni yake.
  
  "Dr Jacobs? Kodi tingasamutsire chakudya kuhotelo kuno m'malo mokhala kwanu?" Sam anatero nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Ndinu amatsenga, Mr. Cleave?" Anafunsa Casper Jacobs.
  
  "W-chifukwa? Chani?" Sam anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Ndikufuna ndikulangizeni inu ndi Dr. Gould kuti musabwere kunyumba kwanga usikuuno chifukwa ndikukhulupirira kuti ndathamangitsidwa. Kukumana nane pamalo ano kungakhale kovulaza, ndiye ndikupita ku hotelo yanu nthawi yomweyo, "wasayansiyo adauza Sam, akulankhula mawuwo mwachangu kwambiri kotero kuti Sam sadathe kudziwa.
  
  "Inde, Dr. Gould ndi wamisala pang'ono, koma mukungofunika kuti ndifotokoze mwachidule tsatanetsatane wa nkhani yanga," Sam anamutsimikizira. Chomwe chinkamuwawa kwambiri Sam ndi momwe amalankhula Casper. Ankaoneka odabwa. Mawu ake ananjenjemera, kusokonezedwa ndi mpweya wovuta.
  
  "Ndikupita pompano, ndi Sam, chonde onetsetsani kuti palibe amene akukutsatirani. Angakhale akuyang'ana chipinda chanu cha hotelo. Tikuwonani mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, "adatero Kasper. Kuitana kunatha, kumusiya Sam asokonezeka.
  
  Sam anasamba mwachangu. Atamaliza adakhala pakama kuti amange nsapato zake. Anaona chinthu chodziwika bwino pa TV.
  
  Nthumwi zochokera ku China, France, Russia, United Kingdom ndi United States zachoka ku bwalo la opera la La Monnaie ku Brussels kuti liimirire mpaka mawa," adatero uthengawo. "Msonkhano wa Atomic Energy Summit upitilira m'sitima yapamtunda yomwe ikhala ndi zokambirana zina zonse, popita kumalo opangira zida zanyukiliya ku Novosibirsk, Russia."
  
  "Chabwino," Sam anadandaula. "Pali zambiri zochepa momwe mungathere papulatifomu yomwe nonse mumakwera, Hei McFadden? Koma ndikupezani, ndipo tidzakhala pa sitimayo. Ndipo ndipeza Wolf pamtima pang'ono. "
  
  Sam atamaliza adatenga foni yake ndikutuluka. Anayang'ana Nina komaliza asanatseke chitseko kumbuyo kwake. Kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja, m"khondemo munalibe kanthu. Sam adaona kuti palibe amene adatuluka mchipinda chilichonse pomwe amapita kuchipinda chokwera. Ankadikirira Dr. Jacobs m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, ali wokonzeka kulemba zonse zonyansa za chifukwa chake anathawira ku Belarus mofulumira.
  
  Akusuta ndudu panja pa khomo lalikulu la hoteloyo, Sam anaona mwamuna wina atavala malaya akubwera kwa iye akuoneka mochititsa mantha. Ankawoneka woopsa, tsitsi lake litapesekera kumbuyo ngati kazitape wochokera ku masewera osangalatsa a zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri.
  
  Pazinthu zonse, pokhala wosakonzekera, Sam adaganiza pamene adakumana ndi munthu wankhanzayo. Dziwani nokha. Pezani mfuti zatsopano.
  
  Dzanja la munthu linatuluka m"thumba la malaya ake. Sam anaponya ndudu yake pambali ndikukonzekera kuthawa chipolopolocho. Koma m"manja mwake munthuyo anali atagwira chinthu chofanana ndi hard drive yakunja. Anafika pafupi ndikumugwira mtolankhani uja pa kolala. Maso ake anali akhungu komanso anyowa.
  
  "Sam?" - iye anapumira. "Sam, adatenga Olga wanga!"
  
  Sam anakweza manja ake mmwamba ndikudzuma, "Dr. Jacobs?"
  
  "Inde, ndi ine, Sam. Ndakuchezerani pa Google kuti muwone momwe mumawonekera kuti ndikudziweni usikuuno. Mulungu wanga, adatenga Olga wanga ndipo sindikudziwa komwe ali! Adzamupha ndikapanda kubwerera kumalo amene ndinamangako ngalawayo!"
  
  "Dikirani," Sam nthawi yomweyo anasiya kupsa mtima kwa Casper, "ndi kumvetsera kwa ine. Muyenera kudekha, mukudziwa? sizikuthandiza. " Sam anayang'ana pozungulira, akuwunika malo ake. "Makamaka pamene mungakope chidwi chosafunika."
  
  M'misewu yonyowayo, akuthwanima pansi pa nyali zotumbululuka za m'misewuyo, ankangoyang'ana mayendedwe onse kuti awone amene akuyang'ana. Ndi anthu ochepa amene anatchera khutu kwa munthu wankhawa yemwe anali pafupi ndi Sam, koma oyenda pansi ochepa, makamaka maanja oyenda pansi, amawayang'ana mwachangu asanapitirize kukambirana.
  
  "Tabwerani, a Dr. Jacobs, tilowe m"katimo tikamwe kachasu," anatero Sam, akulowetsa munthu wonjenjemerayo modekha pazitseko za galasi lotsetsereka. "Kapena, kwa inu, angapo."
  
  Anakhala pansi pa bala la lesitilanti ya hoteloyo. Zowala zing'onozing'ono zomwe zimayikidwa padenga zimapanga mlengalenga mu kukhazikitsidwa, ndipo nyimbo zofewa za piyano zimadzaza malo odyera. Kung'ung'udza kwachete kunatsagana ndi kung'ung'udza kwa zida pomwe Sam amajambula zomwe adakumana nazo ndi Dr. Jacobs. Kasper adamuuza zonse za Njoka Yoyipa komanso sayansi yeniyeni yomwe idakhudzidwa ndizovuta izi, zomwe Einstein adaganiza kuti ndi bwino kuzichotsa. Pomaliza, ataulula zinsinsi zonse za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Clifton Taft, komwe zolengedwa zonyansa za Order zidasungidwa, adayamba kulira. Chifukwa chokhumudwa, Casper Jacobs sanathe kudziletsa.
  
  "Ndipo chotero, nditabwerera kunyumba, Olga kulibe," iye ananunkhiza, akupukuta maso ake ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake, kuyesera kuti asawonekere. Mtolankhani wankhalweyo mwachifundo anaimitsa kujambula pa kompyuta yake ya laputopu ndi kusisita msana wa munthu akulirayo kawiri. Sam analingalira momwe zingakhalire kukhala bwenzi la Nina, monga momwe adachitira nthawi zambiri m'mbuyomo, ndikulingalira kubwerera kwawo kuti apeze kuti Black Sun yamutenga.
  
  "Yesu, Casper, pepani, bwanawe," ananong"oneza motero, akulozera munthu amene ankagulitsa mowa kuti adzaze magalasi ndi Jack Daniels. "Timupeza posachedwapa, chabwino? Ndikukulonjezani, sangamuchitire kalikonse mpaka atakupezani. Munasokoneza mapulani awo ndipo wina akudziwa. Wina waulamuliro. Anamutenga kuti akubwezereni, kuti akuvutitseni. Izi ndi zomwe amachita. "
  
  "Sindikudziwa komwe angakhale," a Kasper adalira, ndikuyika nkhope yake m'manja mwake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti amupha kale.
  
  "Usatero, wamva?" Sam anamuyimitsa ndi kukhudzika mtima. "Ndakuuzani kumene. Tonse tikudziwa kuti Order ndi yotani. Iwo ndi gulu la otayika kwambiri, Casper, ndipo njira zawo ndi zosakhwima m'chilengedwe. Iwo ndi ovutitsa, ndipo inu, mwa anthu onse, muyenera kudziwa zimenezi."
  
  Casper adagwedeza mutu wake mopanda chiyembekezo, mayendedwe ake adachepa chifukwa chachisoni, pomwe Sam adaponya galasi m'manja mwake ndikuti, "Imwani ichi." Muyenera kuchepetsa misempha yanu. Tamverani, mungafike bwanji ku Russia?
  
  "W-chiyani?" Anafunsa Kasper. "Ndiyenera kupeza chibwenzi changa. Ku gehena ndi sitima ndi nthumwi. Sindisamala, onse akhoza kufa bola nditapeza Olga. "
  
  Sam anapumira. Casper akanakhala kuti ali kwachinsinsi kunyumba kwake, Sam akanamumenya mbama ngati munthu wouma khosi. "Tandiyang"anani, Dr. Jacobs," iye anaseka, atatopa kwambiri moti sakanathanso kumukakamiza. Casper adayang'ana Sam ndi maso otuluka magazi. "Ukuganiza kuti anamutengera kuti? Mukuganiza kuti akufuna kukutengerani kuti? Ganizilani! Ganizirani izi, chifukwa cha Mulungu!"
  
  "Mukudziwa yankho lake, sichoncho?" Casper anaganiza. "Ndikudziwa zomwe mukuganiza. Ndine wanzeru kwambiri ndipo sindingathe kuzizindikira, koma Sam, sindingathe kuganiza pakali pano. Panopa ndikungofuna wina wondiganizira kuti ndipeze njira ina. "
  
  Sam anadziwa momwe zinalili. M"mbuyomo anali ndi maganizo otere chifukwa palibe amene anamuyankha. Uwu unali mwayi wake wothandiza Casper Jacobs kupeza njira yake. "Ndili wotsimikiza kuti akumutenga pa sitima yapamtunda ya ku Siberia limodzi ndi nthumwi, Kasper."
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani angachite zimenezi? Ayenera kuyang'ana kwambiri pakuyesera," adatero Kasper.
  
  "Kodi simukumvetsa?" Sam anafotokoza. "Aliyense m"sitimayi ndi woopsa. Apaulendo osankhikawa amapanga zisankho pankhani yofufuza ndi kukulitsa mphamvu ya nyukiliya. Maiko omwe ali ndi mphamvu za veto okha, kodi mwazindikira? Akuluakulu a Atomic Energy Agency nawonso ndi cholepheretsa Black Sun chifukwa amawongolera kasamalidwe kaopereka mphamvu za nyukiliya. "
  
  "Uwu ndi nkhani zandale zambiri, Sam," Casper adabuula uku akukhuthula Jackpot yake. "Ingondiuzani zoyambira chifukwa ndaledzera kale."
  
  "Olga adzakhala pa Valkyrie chifukwa akufuna kuti mubwere kudzamufunafuna. Ngati simumupulumutsa, Casper," Sam ananong"oneza motero, koma mawu ake anali ochititsa mantha, "amwalira limodzi ndi nthumwi zonse za m"sitima yoopsa ija! Kuchokera pa zomwe ndikudziwa za Lamuloli, ali kale ndi anthu omwe angalowe m'malo mwa akuluakulu omwe anamwalira, kusamutsa ulamuliro wa mayiko aulamuliro ku Dongosolo la Black Sun monyengerera kuti asinthe ulamuliro wandale. Ndipo zonsezi zikhala zovomerezeka!"
  
  Casper anali wefuwefu ngati galu m'chipululu. Ngakhale kuti ankamwa zakumwa zotani, ankakhala wopanda kanthu komanso waludzu. Mosazindikira, adakhala wosewera wamkulu pamasewera omwe sanafune kukhala nawo.
  
  "Ndikhoza kukwera ndege usikuuno," adatero Sam. Atachita chidwi, Sam anasisita Casper kumbuyo.
  
  "Munthu wabwino!" - adatero. "Tsopano nditumiza izi ku Purdue kudzera pa imelo yotetezeka. Kumufunsa kuti asiye kugwira ntchito pa equation kungakhale kuyembekezera pang'ono, koma osachepera ndi kuwerenga kwanu ndi deta pa hard drive, akhoza kudziwonera yekha zomwe zikuchitika. Ndikukhulupirira kuti amvetsetsa kuti ndi chidole cha adani ake.
  
  "Bwanji ngati atalandidwa?" Casper anaganiza. Nditayesa kumuimbira foni, mayi wina adayankha ndipo mwachiwonekere sanamuuzeko.
  
  "Jane?" Sam anafunsa. "Kodi izi zinali nthawi yantchito?"
  
  "Ayi, pambuyo pa maola," Casper adavomereza. "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Nditani," Sam adapumira, ndikukumbukira namwino wolumala komanso vuto lake, makamaka Sam atamupatsa Pardue equation. "Mwina ukulondola, Casper. Mulungu wanga, mungakhale otsimikiza za izo, ngati mutaziganizira."
  
  Pomwepo, Sam adaganiza zotumizanso zambiri za Abiti Noble ku Edinburgh Post, ngati seva ya imelo ya Purdue itabedwa.
  
  "Sindikupita kunyumba, Sam," adatero Casper.
  
  "Inde, simungabwerere. Mwina akuwona kapena akungofuna nthawi," Sam adavomereza. "Lembani apa, ndipo mawa tonse atatu tidzapita kukapulumutsa Olga. Ndani akudziwa, nthawi yomweyo titha kuimba mlandu Taft ndi McFadden pamaso pa dziko lonse lapansi ndikuwafafaniza chifukwa chotinyoza. "
  
  
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  Raichtishow ndi misozi
  
  
  Perdue adadzuka, ndikukumbukira pang'ono ululu wa opaleshoniyo. Kumero kwake kunali ngati sandpaper ndipo mutu wake unkalemera toni. Kuwala kwa masana kunasefedwa pansalu ndikumugunda pakati pa maso. Akudumpha ali maliseche kuchokera pabedi, mwadzidzidzi adakumbukira mozama usiku wokondana ndi Lilith Hearst, koma adakankhira pambali kuti ayang'ane masana omvetsa chisoni omwe amafunikira kuchotsa maso ake osawuka.
  
  Pamene ankaphimba kuwalako ndi nsalu zotchinga, anatembenuka n"kupeza kuti mtsikanayo wokongolayo akugonabe mbali ina ya bedi lake. Asanamuone pamenepo Charles anagogoda chapansipansi. Perdue anatsegula chitseko.
  
  "Mwaswera bwanji bwana," iye anatero.
  
  "M'mawa wabwino, Charles," Perdue adapumira, atagwira mutu wake. Anamva kuti akukakamizidwa, ndipo m'pamene anazindikira kuti amawopa thandizo. Koma tsopano nthawi inali itachedwa kuti achitepo kanthu pa nkhaniyi, moti ankakhala ngati palibe chovuta pakati pa iye ndi Charles. Wopereka chikho wake, yemwe anali katswiri, nayenso ananyalanyaza mfundo imeneyi.
  
  "Kodi ndingalankhule nanu, bwana?" Adafunsa choncho Charles. "Zowona, mukangokonzeka."
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu, koma anadabwa kuona Lillian kumbuyo, yemwenso ankawoneka wakuda nkhawa. Manja a Perdue mwachangu adathamangira ku nkhonya yake. Charles ankawoneka kuti akuyang'ana m'chipinda cha Lilith wogonayo ndikunong'oneza mbuye wake kuti: "Bwana, chonde musawuze Abiti Hearst kuti inu ndi ine pali zoti tikambirane."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" - Perdue adanong'oneza. M"mawa uno anamva kuti chinachake sichili bwino m"nyumba mwake, ndipo chinsinsi chake chinali kupempha kuti chiululidwe.
  
  "David," kubuula kwamphamvu kunabwera kuchokera mumdima wofewa wa m"chipinda chake chogona. Bwerera ukagone.
  
  "Bwana, ndikupemphani," Charles anayesa kubwereza mwamsanga, koma Perdue anatseka chitseko pamaso pake. Wokhumudwa komanso wokwiya pang'ono, Charles adayang'anitsitsa Lillian, yemwenso anali ndi nkhawa. Sananene kalikonse, koma ankadziwa kuti nayenso amamva chimodzimodzi. Popanda mawu, woperekera chikho ndi wogwira ntchito m'nyumba adatsika masitepe kupita kukhitchini, komwe amakakambirana za sitepe yotsatira pa ntchito yawo motsogoleredwa ndi David Perdue.
  
  Kubweretsa chitetezo chinali chitsimikiziro chodziwikiratu cha zomwe adanena, koma mpaka Perdue adatha kudzichotsa kwa wonyengerera woyipayo, sakanatha kuyankha mlandu wawo. Usiku umene alamu analira, Charles anapatsidwa ntchito yolumikizirana ndi banja lake mpaka Perdue anazindikiranso. Kampani yachitetezo idangodikirira kuti imve kuchokera kwa iye, ndipo amayenera kuyimba foni kuti awonetse Perdue kanema wakuyesera kuwononga. Kaya zinali mawaya oyipa zinali zokayikitsa kuti Purdue amakonza ukadaulo wake, ndipo Charles adafuna kumveketsa bwino.
  
  Pamwamba, Perdue adagubuduzanso mu udzu ndi chidole chake chatsopano.
  
  "Kodi tiyenera kuwononga izi?" Lillian anaseka.
  
  "Ndingakonde, Lillian, koma mwatsoka ndimakonda kwambiri ntchito yanga," Charles adadandaula. "Kodi ndingakupangireni kapu ya tiyi?"
  
  "Zingakhale zabwino kwambiri, wokondedwa wanga," anabuula atakhala pansi patebulo laling"ono la m"khitchini. "Titani ngati amukwatira?"
  
  Charles anatsala pang'ono kugwetsa makapu ake adothi poganiza. Milomo yake inkanjenjemera mwakachetechete. Lillian anali asanamuonepo chonchi. Kudekha ndi kudziletsa kunakhala kochititsa mantha mwadzidzidzi. Charles adayang'ana pawindo, maso ake akupeza chitonthozo pamitengo yobiriwira yaminda yokongola ya Reichtisousis.
  
  "Sitingalole zimenezi," iye anayankha mowona mtima.
  
  "Mwina tingaitanire Dr. Gould kuti abwere kudzam"kumbutsa zimene akufunadi," Lillian analingalira motero. "Kupatula apo, Nina adzakankha Lilith ..."
  
  "Ndiye umafuna undione?" Mawu a Perdue anaumitsa magazi a Lillian mwadzidzidzi. Adachewuka kwambiri ndipo adawona abwana ake atayima pakhomo. Iye ankawoneka woipa, koma iye anali wokhutiritsa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, bwana," iye anati, "Kodi ndingakupezereni mankhwala oletsa ululu?"
  
  "Ayi," iye anayankha, "koma ndingayamikire kagawo kakang"ono ka tositi yowuma ndi khofi wakuda wotsekemera." Ichi ndiye vuto lalikulu kwambiri lomwe ndidakhalapo nalo."
  
  "Mulibe vuto lopumira, bwana," anatero Charles. "Monga momwe ndikudziŵira, kumwa pang"ono kumene mwamwa sikungathe kukuchititsani chikomokere m"njira yoti simungathe kutsitsimuka ngakhale panthaŵi ya alamu yausiku."
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Perdue anakwiyira woperekera chikho.
  
  "Ali kuti?" Adafunsa molunjika Charles. Kamvekedwe kake kanali kolimba, pafupifupi konyoza, ndipo kwa Perdue chinali chizindikiro chotsimikizika kuti panali vuto.
  
  "Mu shawa. Chifukwa chiyani?" Perdue anayankha. "Ndinamuuza kuti nditaya m'chimbudzi chapansi chifukwa ndimamva nseru."
  
  "Chabwino bwana," Lillian anayamikira abwana ake pamene akuyatsa toast.
  
  Perdue ankangomuyang'ana ngati wopusa. "Ndinakhumudwa chifukwa ndimamva nseru, Lily. Mumaganiza chiyani? Ukuganiza kuti ndingamunamize kuti ndingochirikiza chiwembu chakochi?
  
  Charles adapumira mokweza ndi mantha chifukwa chonyalanyaza nthawi zonse za Purdue. Lillian nayenso adakhumudwa ndi izi, koma adayenera kukhala chete Perdue asanaganize zochotsa antchito ake chifukwa chokayikira. "Ayi," adauza Perdue. "Ndimangosewera".
  
  "Musaganize kuti sindimayang'ana zomwe zikuchitika m'nyumba mwanga," Perdue anachenjeza. "Nonse mwanena momveka bwino kangapo kuti simukuvomereza kuti Lilith akhale pano, koma mukuyiwala chinthu chimodzi. Ine ndine mwini nyumba iyi, ndipo ndikudziwa zonse zimene zimachitika pakati pa makoma amenewa."
  
  "Pokhapokha mukatuluka ku Rohypnol pomwe alonda anu ndi ogwira ntchito yokonza akuyenera kukhala ndi vuto la moto m'nyumba mwanu," adatero Charles. Lillian adamusisita pamkono chifukwa cha mawu awa, koma nthawi idachedwa. Zipata za kusefukira kwa kukhulupirika kwa wopereka chikho zinali zitaphwanyidwa. Nkhope ya Perdue inasanduka phulusa, ngakhalenso kuposa maonekedwe ake otumbululuka kale. "Ndipepese chifukwa chonena mosapita m'mbali, bwana, koma sindidzangokhala chete pamene anthu ena apamwamba akulowa m'malo anga antchito ndi kunyumba kuti awononge abwana anga." Charles adadabwa ndi kukwiya kwake monga woyang'anira nyumba ndi Perdue. Wopereka chikhoyo anayang'ana kudabwa kwa Lillian ndipo anadandaula kuti: "Ndalama, paundi, Lily."
  
  "Sindingathe," anadandaula motero. "Ndikufuna ntchito iyi."
  
  Perdue anadabwa kwambiri ndi chipongwe cha Charles moti anasowa chonena. Wopereka chikhoyo anapatsa Perdue mawonekedwe osayanjanitsika ndipo anawonjezera kuti: "Pepani kunena izi, bwana, koma sindingalole kuti mayiyu apitirize kuika moyo wanu pachiswe."
  
  Perdue anaimirira, akumva ngati wagundidwa ndi nyundo, koma anali ndi zonena. "Mwaswera bwanji? Inu simunganene zimenezi!" - adabingulira wopereka chikho.
  
  "Iye akungoganizira za ubwino wanu, bwana," Lillian anayesera, akugwedeza manja ake mwaulemu.
  
  "Khala chete, Lillian," amuna onse aŵiriwo anam"bwebweta nthawi imodzi, zimene zinam"chititsa chipwirikiti. Wosamalira m'nyumba wokoma mtimayo adathamangira kukhomo lakumbuyo popanda kuvutikira kuti akwaniritse zomwe abwana ake adalamula.
  
  "Tawonani zomwe mwadzipangira nokha, Charles," Perdue adaseka.
  
  "Sizinali zochita zanga, bwana. Chifukwa cha mikangano yonseyi ndi kumbuyo kwanu, "adauza Perdue. Perdue anayang'ana mmbuyo. Lilith anayima pamenepo, akuoneka ngati kagalu kokhomedwa. Kuwongolera kwake kwamalingaliro a Perdue kunalibe malire. Ankawoneka wopweteka kwambiri komanso wofooka kwambiri, akugwedeza mutu wake.
  
  "Pepani, David. Ndinayesetsa kuwasangalatsa, koma zikuoneka kuti sakufuna kukuonani osangalala. Ndinyamuka mu mphindi makumi atatu. Ingondisiyani nditenge zinthu zanga," adatero akutembenuka kuti azipita.
  
  "Usasunthe, Lilith!" Perdue analamula. Anayang'ana Charles, maso ake abuluu akulasa woperekera chikho ndi kukhumudwa komanso kuwawa. Charles anali atafika pomaliza. "Iye ... kapena ife ... bwana."
  
  
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  Ndikupempha chifundo
  
  
  Nina anamva ngati mkazi watsopano atagona kwa maola khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri m'chipinda cha hotelo cha Sam. Koma Sam anali atatopa kwambiri moti tulo sanagone ndi maso. Zinsinsi za Dr. Jacobs zitawululidwa, adakhulupirira kuti dziko lapansi likupita kutsoka, mosasamala kanthu za momwe anthu abwino adayesera kuletsa nkhanza za zitsiru zodzikonda monga Taft ndi McFadden. Ankayembekezera kuti sanalakwitse za Olga. Zinamutengera maola ambiri kuti atsimikizire Casper Jacobs kuti panali chiyembekezo, ndipo Sam amawopa nthawi yongopeka pomwe apeza thupi la Olga.
  
  Adalumikizana ndi Casper mumsewu wapansi pake.
  
  "Mwagona bwanji Dr Jacobs?" Anafunsa Nina. "Ndiyenera kupepesa chifukwa chosakhala pansi usiku watha."
  
  "Ayi, chonde osadandaula, Dr. Gould," anamwetulira. "Sam adandisamalira ndi kuchereza kwanga ku Scotland pomwe ndimayenera kukupatsani inu nonse awiri ku Belgian. Pambuyo pa kachasu wochuluka kwambiri kunali kosavuta kugona, ngakhale kuti nyanja ya tulo inali yodzaza ndi zilombo."
  
  "Ndikumvetsa," anatero Sam.
  
  "Usadandaule, Sam, ndikuthandizani mpaka kumapeto," anamutonthoza, akuyendetsa dzanja lake m"tsitsi lake lakuda lomwe linali lophwanyika. Simunamete m'mawa uno.
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti ku Siberia kungaoneke movutirapo," iye ananjenjemera pamene akuloŵa m"chikwerecho. "Kuphatikiza apo, zipangitsa nkhope yanga kukhala yofunda ... komanso kusazindikirika."
  
  "Lingaliro labwino," Casper adavomereza mopepuka.
  
  "Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani tikafika ku Moscow, Sam?" Anafunsa ali phee muli phee Nina.
  
  "Ndikuuzani m"ndege. Kwangotsala maola atatu kupita ku Russia, "adayankha. Maso ake akuda adayang'ana pa kamera yachitetezo cha elevator. "Sindingathe kuyika pachiwopsezo chowerenga milomo."
  
  Anatsatira kuyang'ana kwake ndikugwedeza mutu. "Inde".
  
  Kasper adasilira nyimbo yachilengedwe ya anzawo awiri aku Scotland, koma zidangomukumbutsa za Olga ndi tsoka lomwe mwina adakumana nalo kale. Sanadikire kuti adutse pamtunda waku Russia, ngakhale atatengedwa kupita kumalo olakwika, monga momwe Sam Cleave adaganizira. Malingana ngati akanatha kubwezera ndi Taft, yemwe anali mbali yofunika kwambiri ya msonkhano kudutsa Siberia.
  
  "Akugwiritsa ntchito bwalo la ndege liti?" Anafunsa Nina. "Sindingayerekeze kuti angagwiritse ntchito Domodedovo kwa anthu ofunikira ngati awa."
  
  "Izi ndi zolakwika. Amagwiritsa ntchito bwalo la ndege lapadera kumpoto chakumadzulo kotchedwa Koschey, "adatero Sam. "Ndinamva ku nyumba ya zisudzo nditalowa mozemba, mukukumbukira? Ndi yachinsinsi ya m'modzi mwa mamembala aku Russia a International Atomic Energy Agency.
  
  "Izi zikumveka zokayikitsa," Nina adadandaula.
  
  "Ndizowona," adatsimikizira Casper. "Mamembala ambiri a bungweli, monganso ndi United Nations ndi European Union, nthumwi za Bilderberg ... onsewo ndi okhulupirika ku Order of the Black Sun. Anthu amatchula za New World Order, koma palibe amene akuzindikira kuti gulu loipa kwambiri likugwira ntchito. Monga chiwanda, zimatengera mabungwe odziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi awa ndikuwagwiritsa ntchito ngati mbuzi zothamangira asanakwere zombo zawo pambuyo pake. "
  
  "Fanizo losangalatsa," adatero Nina.
  
  "Zoona zake n"zakuti," Sam anavomereza motero. "Pali china chake chakuda chokhudza Black Sun, china choposa ulamuliro wapadziko lonse lapansi komanso ulamuliro wapamwamba. Imakhala yongoyerekeza mwachilengedwe, pogwiritsa ntchito sayansi kupita patsogolo. "
  
  "Zimakupangitsani kudabwa," Casper anawonjezera pamene zitseko za elevator zinatsegulidwa, "kuti gulu lozikika mozama ndi lopindulitsa chotero silingathe kuwononga."
  
  "Inde, koma tipitiliza kukula kumaliseche awo ngati kachilombo kolimba bola titha kuwapangitsa kuyabwa ndi kuyaka," Sam adamwetulira ndikunyodola, kuwasiya awiriwo ali m'maso.
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa cha zimenezo, Sam," Nina akuseka, kuyesera kudziletsa. "Kulankhula zofananira zosangalatsa!"
  
  Anakwera taxi kupita ku bwalo la ndege ndipo akuyembekeza kuti afika kumalo ochitira ndege zachinsinsi kuti akakwere sitima. Sam anayesa kuyitana Perdue komaliza, koma mkazi wina atayankha, adadziwa kuti Dr. Jacobs anali wolondola. Anamuyang'ana Casper Jacobs mosonyeza kuti ali ndi nkhawa.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani?" Anafunsa Kasper.
  
  Maso a Sam adatsinzina. "Sinali Jane. Ndikudziwa bwino mawu a wothandizira Perdue. Sindikudziwa chomwe chikuchitika, koma ndikuwopa kuti Perdue akugwidwa. Kaya akudziwa kapena ayi zilibe kanthu. Ndikuyitananso Masters. Wina apite kukawona zomwe zikuchitika ku Reichtisusis. " Pamene amadikirira m'chipinda chochezera ndege, Sam adayimbanso nambala ya George Masters. Anayika foni pa speaker kuti Nina amve pomwe Casper amapita kukatenga khofi kumakina ogulitsa. Sam anadabwa George kuyankha kuitana uku ndi tulo.
  
  "Mabwana?" Adafuwula Sam. "Zisiyeni! Uyu ndi Sam Cleave. Munali kuti?"
  
  "Ndikufuna iwe," Masters adayankha mwamphamvu, mwadzidzidzi adayamba kunyengerera pang'ono. "Munapatsa Purdue equation ya f--- nditakuuzani mosatsimikizika kuti musatero."
  
  Nina anamvetsera mwatcheru ndi maso ake ali otseguka. Ndi milomo yake yokha anati: "Zikuwoneka ngati wakwiya kwambiri!"
  
  "Taonani, ndikudziwa," Sam anayamba chowiringula chake, "koma kufufuza komwe ndinachita pankhaniyi sikunatchule kalikonse kowopsa monga momwe munandiuza."
  
  "Kafukufuku wako ndi wopanda pake, bwanawe," adatero George. "Kodi munaganizadi kuti chiwonongeko chimenechi n"chosavuta kufika kwa aliyense? Bwanji, mumaganiza kuti mungapeze izi pa Wikipedia? A? Ndi okhawo a ife amene tikudziwa, ife tikudziwa chimene icho chingakhoze kuchita. Tsopano wapita ndikuwononga chilichonse, mwana wanzeru!
  
  "Taonani, Masters, ndili ndi njira yoletsera kuti zisagwiritsidwe ntchito," adatero Sam. "Ukhoza kupita kunyumba kwa Perdue monga nthumwi yanga ndi kumufotokozera izi. Chabwino, ngati mungamutulutsemo. "
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ndikuchifuna?" Masters adasewera molimbika.
  
  "Chifukwa mukufuna kuyimitsa, sichoncho?" Sam anayesa kukambirana ndi munthu wovulazidwayo. "Eya, mwagwetsa galimoto yanga ndikundigwira. Ndinganene kuti uli ndi ngongole kwa ine."
  
  "Chitani zonyansa zako, Sam. Ndidayesa kukuchenjezani, ndipo mudatsutsa Kudziwa kwanga. Kodi mukufuna kumuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito equation ya Einstein? Chitani nokha, ngati mumamukonda kwambiri, "adatero a Masters.
  
  "Ndili kunja, apo ayi ndikanachita zimenezi," Sam anafotokoza motero. "Chonde, ambuye. Ingomuyang'anani."
  
  "Muli kuti?" Anafunsa Masters akuoneka kuti sakulabadira pempho la Sam.
  
  "Belgium, chifukwa chiyani?" Adayankha choncho Sam.
  
  "Ndingofuna kudziwa komwe uli kuti ndikupeze," adatero Sam moopseza. Pamawu awa, maso a Nina adafutukuka kwambiri. Maso ake abulauni akuthwanima pansi pa tsinya lake. Anayang'ana Casper yemwe anaima pafupi ndi galimotoyo, nkhope yake ili ndi nkhawa.
  
  "Ambuye, mutha kugwetsa mphepo mwa ine izi zikangotha," Sam adayesa kukambirana ndi wasayansi wokwiya. "Ndiponyanso nkhonya zingapo kuti ziwoneke ngati ziwiri, koma chifukwa cha chikondi cha Mulungu, chonde pitani ku Reichtisousis ndipo mukauze achitetezo pachipata kuti apereke mwana wanu wamkazi ku Inverness. "
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Ambuye anabangula, akuseka kwambiri. Sam anamwetulira mwakachetechete pamene Nina akuwonetsa kusokonezeka kwake ndi mawonekedwe ake opusa, oseketsa kwambiri.
  
  "Ingowauza zimenezo," Sam anabwereza motero. "Adzakulandira ndikumuuza Perdue kuti ndiwe bwenzi langa."
  
  "Ndiye bwanji?" - adanyoza wong'ung'udza wosapiririka.
  
  "Chilichonse chomwe mungachite kuti mumupatse chinthu chowopsa cha Dread Serpent," Sam adanyoza. "Ndipo kumbukirani izi. Ali ndi mkazi yemwe akuganiza kuti amamulamulira. Dzina lake ndi Lilith Hearst, namwino yemwe ali ndi vuto la Mulungu. "
  
  Masters anakhala chete wakufa.
  
  "Hey, mukundimva? Musamulole kuti asokoneze zokambirana zanu ndi Perdue..." Sam anapitiriza. Adasokonezedwa ndi mayankho a Masters mosayembekezera. "Lilith Hearst? Wati Lilith Hearst?"
  
  "Inde, anali namwino wa Purdue, koma zikuwoneka kuti amapeza mzimu wapamtima mwa iye chifukwa amagawana chikondi cha sayansi," Sam adamuuza. Nina anazindikira phokoso limene amisiri anali kupanga mbali ina ya mzerewo. Unali mkokomo wa munthu wothedwa nzeru kukumbukira kutha koipa. Kumeneku kunali phokoso la kusokonezeka maganizo, komwe kunalibe vuto.
  
  "Mabwana, uyu ndi Nina, mnzake wa Sam," adatero mwadzidzidzi, akugwira dzanja la Sam kuti agwire foni. "Kodi mukumudziwa?"
  
  Sam ankawoneka wosokonezeka, koma chifukwa chakuti analibe chidziwitso chachikazi cha Nina pa nkhaniyi. Masters adakoka mpweya kwambiri kenako ndikutulutsa pang'onopang'ono. "Ndimamudziwa. Anachita nawo zoyeserera zomwe zidandipangitsa kuti ndiziwoneka ngati ndikumenya Freddy Krueger, Dr. Gould."
  
  Sam anamva mantha akuwomba pachifuwa chake. Sanadziwe kuti Lilith Hearst analidi wasayansi kumbuyo kwa makoma a labotale yachipatala. Nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti mkaziyo anali woopsa kwambiri kuposa mmene ankaganizira.
  
  "Chabwino, mwana," Sam adamudula mawu, akumenya chitsulo chikatentha, "komanso chifukwa choyendera ndikuwonetsa Perdue zomwe bwenzi lake latsopano lingachite."
  
  
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  Nonse kukwera!
  
  
  
  Koschey Aerodrome, Moscow - maola 7 pambuyo pake
  
  
  Nthumwi za pamsonkhanowo zitafika pabwalo la ndege la Koschey kunja kwa mzinda wa Moscow, madzulo sanali oipa kwambiri, koma kunada msanga. Aliyense adapitako ku Russia, koma sizinachitikepo malipoti osatopa ndi malingaliro awo pa sitima yapamtunda yoyenda, komwe ndalama zimangogula chakudya chabwino kwambiri ndi malo ogona. Atatuluka m'majeti achinsinsi, alendo adakwera papulatifomu yosalala ya simenti yomwe imatsogolera ku nyumba yosavuta koma yapamwamba - njanji ya Koschey.
  
  "Amuna ndi akazi," anamwetulira Clifton Taft, akutenga malo ake kutsogolo kwa khomo, "Ndikufuna kukulandirani ku Russia m'malo mwa mnzanga komanso mwiniwake wa Trans-Siberian Valkyrie, Bambo Wolf Kretchoff!"
  
  Kuwomba m"manja kogonthetsa m"makutu kwa gulu lolemekezekalo kunasonyeza kuyamikira kwawo lingaliro loyambirira. Oimira ambiri adanenapo kale kuti akufuna kuti zokambiranazi zichitike m'malo osangalatsa kwambiri, ndipo izi zitha kukwaniritsidwa. Nkhandwe inatuluka n"kupita kumalo aang"ono omwe anali pakhomo pomwe aliyense ankadikirira kuti afotokoze.
  
  "Anzanga ndi anzanga odabwitsa," iye analalikira motero momvekera bwino, "ndimwaŵi wanga waukulu ndi mwaŵi wanga kuti kampani yanga, Kretchoff Security Conglomerate, ichititsa msonkhano wa chaka chino m"sitima yathu. Kampani yanga, pamodzi ndi Tuft Industries, yakhala ikugwira ntchitoyi kwa zaka zinayi zapitazi, ndipo pamapeto pake nyimbo zatsopanozi zikugwiritsidwa ntchito.
  
  Chifukwa chochita chidwi ndi chidwi ndi kulankhula bwino kwa wamalonda uja, nthumwizo zinayambanso kuwomba m"manja. Atabisidwa m'chipinda chakutali cha nyumbayo, anthu atatu adagwada mumdima, akumvetsera. Nina anakwiya kwambiri atamva mawu a Wolfe, akukumbukirabe nkhonya zake zaudani. Iye kapena Sam sakanakhulupirira kuti wachifwamba wamba anali nzika yolemera. Kwa iwo, anali chabe galu wa McFadden.
  
  "Koschei Strip yakhala malo anga okhazikika kwazaka zingapo kuchokera pomwe ndidagula malowa, ndipo lero ndili ndi chisangalalo chovumbulutsa siteshoni yathu yapamwamba kwambiri," adapitilizabe. "Chonde nditsatireni." Ndi mawu amenewa anadutsa pazitseko, akutsatiridwa ndi Taft ndi McFadden, kutsatiridwa ndi nthumwizo zikungoyendayenda ndi mawu aulemu m"zinenero zawo. Iwo anayenda mozungulira malo ang'onoang'ono koma apamwamba, akuyamikira zomangamanga zowonongeka mu mzimu wa bwalo la Krutitsky. Mipanda itatu yopita ku nsanja idamangidwa mwanjira ya Baroque yokhala ndi zokometsera zamphamvu zamakedzana zomwe zimatengera nyengo yoyipa.
  
  "Zodabwitsa," McFadden adakomoka, akufunitsitsa kuti amve. Nkhandwe inangomwetulira pamene inkatsogolera gululo pazitseko zakunja papulatifomu, koma isanachoke, inatembenukanso kuti ilankhule.
  
  "Ndipo tsopano, pomaliza, madona ndi madona a Nuclear Renewable Energy Summit," adakuwa, "ndikufuna kukupatsirani chisangalalo chomaliza. Kumbuyo kwanga kuli chinthu china champhamvu champhamvu pakufunafuna kwathu ungwiro kosatha. Chonde bwerani mundiperekeze paulendo wake waukazi."
  
  Mkulu wa Chirasha anawatsogolera papulatifomu.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti sadziwa Chingelezi," woimira United Kingdom anauza mnzake wogwira naye ntchito, "koma ndikudabwa ngati ankafuna kutcha sitimayi "force majeure" kapena mwina sanamvetse bwino mawuwa kuti amatanthauza chinthu champhamvu?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ankatanthauza zachiŵirizo," anatero wina mwaulemu. "Ndimayamikira kuti amalankhula Chingelezi nkomwe. Kodi sizimakukwiyitsani ngati pali "amapasa olumikizana" ali paliponse kuti awamasulire?"
  
  "Zowonadi," inavomereza motero nthumwi yoyamba.
  
  Sitimayo inali kudikirira pansi pa kansalu kochindikala. Palibe amene ankadziwa mmene chikaonekera, koma tikaona kukula kwake, n"zosakayikitsa kuti zikanatengera injiniya wanzeru kuti awupange.
  
  "Tsopano tinkafuna kukhalabe ndi chikhumbo, choncho tinapanga galimoto yodabwitsayi mofanana ndi chitsanzo chakale cha TE, pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya nyukiliya yochokera ku thorium kuti tigwiritse ntchito injini m'malo mwa nthunzi," anamwetulira monyadira. "Ndi njira yabwino iti yolimbikitsira tsogolo lamtsogolo panthawi yosiyirana yokhudzana ndi njira zatsopano zogulira magetsi?"
  
  Sam, Nina ndi Casper anabisala kuseri kwa mzere womaliza wa oimira. Pakutchulidwa za chikhalidwe cha mafuta a sitima, asayansi ena adawoneka mwamanyazi pang'ono, koma sanayese kutsutsa. Casper adakhalabe ndi nkhawa.
  
  "Chani?" Anafunsa motsitsa mawu. "Chavuta ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Mphamvu ya nyukiliya yochokera ku Thorium," Casper adayankha, akuwoneka wamantha kwambiri. "Zoyipa izi ndizambiri, anzanga. Pankhani ya mphamvu zapadziko lonse lapansi, njira ina ya thorium ikuyang'aniridwa. Momwe ndikudziwira, mafuta oterowo sanapangidwe kuti agwiritse ntchito ngati amenewa," adalongosola mofatsa.
  
  "Kodi idzaphulika?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, chabwino ... mukuwona, sizowonongeka monga, titi, plutonium, koma popeza ili ndi mphamvu yopangira mphamvu zamphamvu kwambiri, ndikukhudzidwa pang'ono ndi kuthamanga komwe tikuwona pano," Iye anafotokoza.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - Sam adanong'oneza, nkhope yake yobisika ndi hood yake. "Sitima zikuyenera kuyenda mwachangu, sichoncho?"
  
  Kasper anayesa kuwafotokozera, koma ankadziwa kuti akatswiri a sayansi ya zakuthambo okha ndi ena otere angamvetse zomwe zinkamudetsa nkhawa. "Taonani, ngati ili locomotive...ndi...ndi injini ya nthunzi. Zili ngati kuyika injini ya Ferrari mu stroller ya ana."
  
  "Oh shit," Sam anatero. "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani akatswiri awo asayansi sanawone izi pomwe amamanga chinthu choyipa?"
  
  "Ukudziwa momwe Black Sun ilili, Sam," Casper adakumbutsa mnzake watsopano. "Samasamala za chitetezo bola atakhala ndi dick wamkulu."
  
  "Eya, ungadalire zimenezo," Sam anavomereza motero.
  
  "Pepani ine!" Nina mwadzidzidzi anadzuma ndi kunong'ona koopsa.
  
  Sam anamuyang'ana motalika. "Tsopano? Tsopano mwandipatsa kusankha?"
  
  Kasper adaseka, akumwetulira kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira pomwe Olga adamwalira, koma Nina anali wotsimikiza kwambiri. Anapuma mozama ndikufinya maso ake, monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse akayang'ana zenizeni m'mutu mwake.
  
  "Munati injiniyo ndi injini ya nthunzi ya TE?" Adafunsa motele Casper. Adavomereza motsimikiza. "Kodi mukudziwa kuti TE ndi chiyani?" - adafunsa amunawo. Anayang'ana kwakanthawi ndikupukusa mitu. Nina anali kuwapatsa phunziro la mbiri yakale lofulumira lomwe lingafotokoze zambiri. "Iwo adasankhidwa kukhala TE atakhala katundu waku Russia pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse," adatero. "Panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, zidapangidwa ngati Kriegslokomotiven, 'malo oyendetsa nkhondo'. Adapanga unyinji wawo, kutembenuza mitundu ya DRG 50 kukhala DRB 52s, koma nkhondo itatha adatengedwa kukhala eni ake m'maiko ngati Russia, Romania ndi Norway.
  
  "Nazi psycho," Sam adadandaula. "Ndipo ndimaganiza kuti tinali ndi mavuto kale. Tsopano tiyenera kupeza Olga pamene tikudandaula za mphamvu ya nyukiliya pansi pa abulu athu. Zisiyeni."
  
  "Monga nthawi zakale, hey Sam?" Nina anamwetulira. "Pamene iwe unali mtolankhani wosasamala wofufuza."
  
  "Inde," adaseka, "ndisanakhale wofufuza mosasamala ndi Purdue."
  
  "O Mulungu," Casper adabuula atamva dzina la Perdue. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti akukhulupirira lipoti lanu lokhudza Njoka Yowopsa, Sam."
  
  "Achita kapena satero," Sam anagwedeza mutu. "Tinachita zonse zomwe tingathe kumbali yathu. Tsopano tiyenera kukwera sitimayi ndikupeza Olga. Izi ziyenera kukhala zomwe timasamala mpaka atatetezedwa. "
  
  Papulatifomu, nthumwi zochita chidwi zinakondwera ndi kutsegulidwa kwa sitima yapamtunda yatsopano, yooneka ngati yakale. Anali makina abwino kwambiri, ngakhale kuti mkuwa watsopano ndi chitsulo zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zochititsa chidwi, zomwe zinabwereka mzimu wake.
  
  "Kodi unakwanitsa bwanji kutilowetsa m'derali mosavuta, Sam?" - anafunsa Casper. "Pokhala m'gulu lodziwika bwino lachitetezo la gulu loipa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi la zigawenga, mungaganize kuti zingakhale zovuta kufika kuno."
  
  Sam anamwetulira. Nina anadziwa mawonekedwe amenewo. "O Mulungu, mwachita chiyani?"
  
  "Anyamatawa atikokera," Sam anayankha moseka.
  
  "Chani?" Casper adanong'oneza mwachidwi.
  
  Nina anayang'ana Casper. "Mafia aku Russia, Dr. Jacobs." Adalankhula ngati mayi wokwiya yemwe adazindikiranso kuti mwana wawo adabwerezanso zachiwembucho. Nthaŵi zambiri m"mbuyomo, Sam ankaseŵera ndi anthu oipa pabwalopo kuti apeze zinthu zosaloledwa, ndipo Nina sanasiye kumuuza kuti achite zimenezo. Maso ake akuda anamulasa ndi kudzudzula mwakachetechete, koma anamwetulira mwachibwana.
  
  "Hei, ukufunika wothandizana naye ngati ameneyo polimbana ndi zitsiru za Nazi izi," anam"kumbutsa motero. "Ana aamuna a gulu lachitetezo la GULAG ndi achifwamba. M'dziko lomwe tikukhalamo, ndikadaganiza kuti mukadayamikira pofika pano kuti kupukuta ace wakuda kwambiri kumapambana masewerawo. Pankhani ya maufumu oipa, palibe kuchita zinthu mwachilungamo. Pali choipa chokha ndi choipa kwambiri. Zimapindulitsa kukhala ndi lipenga m'manja mwako."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," iye anatero. "Simuyenera kukankhira onse a Martin Luther King pa ine. Ndikungoganiza kuti kukhala ndi ngongole ku Bratva ndi lingaliro loipa. "
  
  "Mukudziwa bwanji kuti sindinawalipire?" adaseka.
  
  Nina adaponya maso ake. "O, bwerani. Munawalonjeza chiyani?"
  
  Casper adakhala ngati akufuna kumva yankho. Onse ndi Nina adatsamira patebulo ndikudikirira yankho la Sam. Pozengereza chifukwa cha chiwerewere cha yankho lake, Sam adadziwa kuti akuyenera kuvomerezana ndi anzake. "Ndinawalonjeza zomwe amafuna. Mtsogoleri wa mpikisano wawo. "
  
  "Ndiloleni ndiganizire," adatero Casper. "Mdani wawo ndi Mmbulu uja, sichoncho?"
  
  Nkhope ya Nina idadetsedwa atatchulidwa za chigawengacho, koma adaluma lilime.
  
  "Inde, amafunikira mtsogoleri wa mpikisano wawo, ndipo pambuyo pa zomwe adachita kwa Nina, ndidzachita chilichonse kuti ndipeze njira yanga," Sam adavomereza. Nina anaona kudzipereka kwake, koma kanthu kena ka mawu ake osankha anam"khudza mtima.
  
  "Tadikirani kaye," ananong"oneza motero. "Mukutanthauza kuti akufuna mutu wake weniweni?"
  
  Sam anaseka pamene Casper akusisita mbali ina ya Nina. "Inde, akufuna kuti awonongedwe ndikuwoneka ngati m'modzi mwa omwe adachita nawo. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndine mtolankhani wodzichepetsa," adamwetulira mopanda pake, "koma ndakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira ndi anthu ngati amenewo kuti ndidziwe momwe ndingakhazikitsire munthu."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sam," Nina anausa moyo. "Mumakhala ngati iwo kuposa momwe mukuganizira."
  
  "Ndikugwirizana naye, Nina," adatero Kasper. "Pantchito iyi, sitingakwanitse kusewera motsatira malamulo. Sitingathe ngakhale kusunga zikhulupiriro zathu pakadali pano. Anthu ngati amenewa amene amafuna kuvulaza anthu osalakwa kuti apeze phindu sayenera kudalitsidwa mwanzeru.
  
  "Inde! Ndizo ndendende zomwe ndikutanthauza," adatero Sam.
  
  "Sindikutsutsa konse," Nina anatsutsa motero. "Zomwe ndikunena ndizakuti tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti tisamayanjane ndi anthu ngati a Bratva chifukwa tili ndi mdani wamba."
  
  "Zimenezo n"zoona, koma sitidzatero," anamutsimikizira motero. "Mukudziwa kuti nthawi zonse timadziwa komwe tili mu dongosolo la zinthu. Ineyo pandekha, ndimakonda lingaliro lakuti 'simukuseka ine, sindimakusekani'. Ndipo ndikhalabe nazo nthawi yonse yomwe ndingathe. "
  
  "Ayi!" Casper anawachenjeza. "Zikuoneka ngati akhala pansi. Tichite chiyani?"
  
  "Dikirani," Sam adayimitsa wasayansi wosaleza mtima uja. "Mmodzi mwa otsogolera nsanja ndi Bratva. Iye adzatipatsa chizindikiro."
  
  Zinatenga nthawi kuti olemekezeka akwere sitima yapamtunda yokhala ndi chithumwa chake chakale padziko lonse lapansi. Kuchokera ku injini, monga kuchokera ku sitima wamba ya nthunzi, mitambo yoyera ya nthunzi inawonekera, yotulutsidwa ndi chitoliro chachitsulo. Nina adatenga kamphindi kuti asangalale ndi kukongola kwake asanayambe kumvetsera chizindikiro. Aliyense atakwera, Taft ndi Nkhandwe anasinthana kunong'ona kwachidule komwe kunatha ndi kuseka. Kenako anayang"ana wotchi yawo n"kudutsa pakhomo lomaliza la ngolo yachiwiri.
  
  Munthu wojintcha wovala yunifolomu anagwada pansi kuti amange nsapato yake.
  
  "Ndizomwezo!" Sam anawatsimikizira anzake. "Ichi ndi chizindikiro chathu. Tiyenera kudutsa pakhomo pomwe amamanga nsapato yake. Tiyeni!"
  
  Pansi pa mdima wamdima wausiku, atatuwa adanyamuka kuti apulumutse Olga ndikusokoneza chilichonse chomwe Black Sun ikukonzekera oimira padziko lonse lapansi omwe adangowalanda mofunitsitsa.
  
  
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  Temberero la Lilith
  
  
  George Masters anadabwa ndi kamangidwe kochititsa chidwi kamene kanali pamwamba pa msewu pamene anaimitsa galimoto yake ndi kuyimitsa kumene alonda a Reichtisousis anamuuza. Usiku unali wodekha pamene mwezi wathunthu unkasuzumira m"mitambo yodutsa. M'mphepete mwa khomo lalikulu lolowera kumaloko, mitengo yayitali idagwedezeka ndi mphepo, ngati kuyitana dziko kuti likhale chete. Masters anamva mtendere wachilendo wosakanikirana ndi mantha omwe anali kukula.
  
  Kudziwa kuti Lilith Hearst anali mkati kunangowonjezera chikhumbo chake chofuna kuwukira. Panthawiyi, chitetezo chinali chitadziwitsa Perdue kuti Masters anali akupita kale. Pothamangira masitepe a nsangalabwi pabwalo lalikulu, Masters adayang'ana kwambiri ntchito yomwe anali nayo. Iye anali asanakhalepo wokambirana bwino, koma ichi chikanakhala chiyeso chenicheni cha zokambirana zake. Mosakayikira Lilith adzachitapo kanthu ndi chipwirikiti, iye anaganiza, popeza anali ndi malingaliro akuti iye wamwalira.
  
  Atatsegula chitseko, Masters anadabwa kuona bilionea wamtali, wowonda kwambiri. Korona wake woyera anali wodziwika bwino, koma momwe alili panopa panalibenso zina zomwe zimafanana ndi zithunzi zomwe zili m'ma tabloids ndi maphwando achifundo. Perdue anali ndi nkhope yamwala, pomwe adadziwika kuti anali wokondwa komanso waulemu wocheza ndi anthu. Ngati Masters sankadziwa kuti Perdue ankawoneka bwanji, akanatha kuganiza kuti munthu amene anali patsogolo pake anali doppelgänger kuchokera kumdima. Zinkawoneka zachilendo kwa Masters kuti mwiniwake wa malowa adzatsegula chitseko chake, ndipo Perdue nthawi zonse anali wozindikira mokwanira kuti awerenge mawu ake.
  
  "Ndili pakati pa operekera chikho," Perdue anatero mosaleza mtima.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, dzina langa ndi George Masters," Masters adadziwonetsa yekha. "Sam Cleave wandituma kuti ndikupatseni meseji."
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani? Uthenga, ndi chiyani?" - Perdue adafunsa mwamphamvu. "Pakadali pano ndili wotanganidwa kwambiri ndikukonzanso chiphunzitsocho, ndipo ndili ndi nthawi yochepa yomaliza, ngati simusamala."
  
  "Zowonadi, ndizomwe ndabwera kudzakambirana," Masters adayankha mwachangu. "Ndiyenera kukupatsani chidziwitso cha ... chabwino, ... Njoka Yowopsya."
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Perdue adadzuka ku chibwibwi, ndipo kuyang'ana kwake kunagwera mlendo yemwe anali ndi chipewa chachikulu komanso malaya aatali. "Mukudziwa bwanji za Njoka Yowopsya?"
  
  "Ndiloleni ndifotokoze," Masters anachonderera. "Mkati".
  
  Monyinyirika, Perdue anayang'ana mozungulira malo olandirira alendo kuti atsimikize kuti ali yekha. Iye anali wofulumira kupulumutsa zomwe zinatsala pa theka-kuchotsedwa equation, koma ankafunikanso kudziwa zambiri momwe angathere za izo. Anapita pambali. "Lowani, Bambo Masters." Perdue analoza kumanzere, kumene chitseko chachitali cha chipinda chodyeramo chapamwamba chinkawonekera. M"katimo munali kutentha kwa moto m"mbale. Phokoso lake long'ambika linali lokhalo m'nyumbamo, zomwe zinapatsa malowa mpweya wovuta kwambiri.
  
  "Burande?" Perdue adafunsa mlendo wake.
  
  "Zikomo, inde," Masters anayankha. Perdue ankafuna kuti avule chipewa chake, koma sankadziwa momwe angamufunse kuti achite. Anathira chakumwa chija ndikuwapempha Masters kukhala pansi. Monga ngati Masters angaone kuti ndizosayenera, adaganiza zopepesa chifukwa cha chovala chake.
  
  "Ndingofuna kukupemphani kuti mundikhululukire khalidwe langa, Bambo Perdue, koma ndiyenera kuvala chipewa chimenechi nthaŵi zonse," iye anafotokoza motero. "Osachepera pagulu."
  
  "Ndingafunse chifukwa chiyani?" Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndingonena kuti ndinachita ngozi zaka zingapo zapitazo zomwe zinandipangitsa kukhala wosakongola," adatero Masters. "Koma ngati ndi chitonthozo chilichonse, ndili ndi umunthu wodabwitsa."
  
  Perdue anaseka. Zinali zosayembekezereka komanso zodabwitsa. Masters, ndithudi, sakanakhoza kumwetulira.
  
  "Ndifika pamfundoyi, Bambo Perdue," adatero Masters. "Kupeza kwanu kwa Dread Serpent sichinsinsi pakati pa asayansi, ndipo ndikunong'oneza bondo kukudziwitsani kuti nkhaniyi yafika pachimake choyipa kwambiri cha anthu osankhika mobisa."
  
  Perdue anakwiya. "Bwanji? Ine ndi Sam ndife tokha amene tili ndi nkhaniyo."
  
  "Sindikuwopa, Bambo Perdue," Masters adadandaula. Monga momwe Sam adapempha, munthu wotenthedwayo adakwiya komanso kusaleza mtima kuti apitirizebe kukhala ndi David Perdue. "Kuchokera pamene munabwerera kuchokera ku Lost City, munthu wina waulutsa nkhanizo ku malo angapo obisika komanso amalonda apamwamba."
  
  "Izi ndi zopusa," Perdue adaseka. "Sindinalankhulepo m'tulo kuyambira opareshoni, ndipo Sam safunikira chisamaliro."
  
  "Ayi, ndikuvomereza. Koma paja munagonekedwa mchipatala munalinso ena, sichoncho? Masters adanenanso.
  
  "Achipatala okha," Perdue anayankha. "Dr. Patel sadziwa tanthauzo la equation ya Einstein. Bamboyo amangochita maopaleshoni okonzanso zinthu komanso biology ya anthu."
  
  "Nanga bwanji ma nurse?" Anafunsa dala, uku akuseweretsa bubu ndikumwetsa burande. Amatha kuona maso a Perdue ali olimba pamene ankaganizira izi. Perdue anagwedeza mutu wake pang'onopang'ono mbali ndi mbali pamene mavuto a antchito ake ndi wokondedwa wake watsopano adawonekera mkati mwake.
  
  "Ayi, izi sizingakhale," adaganiza. 'Lilith ali kumbali yanga.' Koma liwu lina linatuluka m"kulingalira kwake. Zinamukumbutsa mochokera pansi pa mtima za alamu yomwe sanamve usiku watha, momwe likulu la chitetezo lidaganizira kuti mkazi adawoneka mumdima pa kujambula kwawo, komanso kuti adamwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Munalibe wina aliyense mnyumbamo kupatula Charles ndi Lillian, ndipo sanaphunzirepo kanthu kuchokera pazomwe zili mu equation.
  
  Ali mkati molingalira, nsonga ina inamuvutitsanso, makamaka chifukwa chomveka bwino tsopano kuti panali kukayikira za wokondedwa wake Lilith. Mtima wake unamupempha kuti anyalanyaze umboniwo, koma kuganiza kwake kunagonjetsa malingaliro ake kotero kuti asakhale ndi maganizo omasuka.
  
  "Mwina namwino," iye anang"ung"udza.
  
  Mawu ake anadula m"chipindamo muli chete. "Sumakhulupirira zachabechabe izi, David," Lilith adachita mantha, ndikuseweranso wozunzidwayo.
  
  "Sindinanene kuti ndimakhulupirira, wokondedwa," adamuwongolera.
  
  "Koma munaganizapo," iye anatero, akumamveka kuti wakhumudwa. Maso ake anayang'ana kwa mlendo yemwe anali pa sofa, kubisala chipewa ndi chovala. "Ndipo ndani?"
  
  "Chonde, Lilith, ndikuyesera kulankhula ndi mlendo wanga ndekha," Perdue adamuuza molimba mtima.
  
  "Chabwino, ngati mukufuna kulola alendo kuti alowe m"nyumba mwanu amene angakhale akazitape a gulu limene mukubisalako, limenelo ndi vuto lanu," anadzudzula mopanda nzeru.
  
  "Chabwino, ndi zomwe ndimachita," Perdue adayankha mwachangu. "Pajatu, sichomwe chakubweretsa kunyumba kwanga?"
  
  Masters ankalakalaka akanatha kumwetulira. Pambuyo pa zomwe a Hearsts ndi anzawo adamuchitira pafakitale yamankhwala ya Taft, adayenera kuyikidwa m'manda ali moyo, osatchulanso kumenyedwa ndi fano la mwamuna wake.
  
  "Sindikukhulupirira kuti wangonena zimenezi, David," anafuula motero. "Sindingavomereze izi kuchokera kwa munthu wachifwamba wovala ngalande yemwe amabwera kuno kudzakuipitsani. Mwamuuza kuti muli ndi ntchito yoti muchite?"
  
  Perdue adayang'ana Lilith modabwitsa. "Ndi bwenzi la Sam, wokondedwa wanga, ndipo ndikadali mwini nyumbayi, ndikakukumbutse?"
  
  "Mwini nyumbayi? Ndizoseketsa chifukwa antchito anu sakanathanso kupirira khalidwe lanu losayembekezereka!" - adatero monyoza. Lilith anatsamira kuti ayang'ane pa Perdue pa mwamuna yemwe anali mu chipewa, yemwe ankamuda chifukwa cha kusokoneza kwake. "Ine sindikudziwa yemwe inu muli, bwana, koma inu kulibwino muchoke. Mukusokoneza ntchito ya Davide."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ukudandaula kuti ndamaliza ntchito yanga, wokondedwa wanga?" - Perdue adamufunsa modekha. Kumwetulira kofowoka kunawopseza kuti kudzaonekera pankhope yake. "Mukadziwa bwino kuti equation idamalizidwa mausiku atatu apitawa."
  
  "Sindikudziwa kalikonse kotere," anatsutsa motero. Lilith anakwiya kwambiri chifukwa cha zifukwazo, makamaka chifukwa zinali zoona ndipo ankawopa kuti watsala pang'ono kugonjetsa chikondi cha David Perdue. "Kodi mabodza onsewa mumawatenga kuti?"
  
  "Makamera achitetezo samanama," adatero, akusungabe mawu.
  
  "Sakuwonetsa chilichonse koma mthunzi wosuntha ndipo umadziwa!" - adadziteteza mwamphamvu. Chisoni chake chinayamba kugwetsa misozi, poyembekezera kuseŵera khadi lachifundo, koma sizinaphule kanthu. "Antchito anu achitetezo ali limodzi ndi antchito apakhomo! Kodi inu simukuziwona izo? Zowona, iwo adzanena kuti ndine. "
  
  Perdue adayimilira ndikudzithira mowa wina ndi mlendo wake. "Kodi inunso mungakonde izi, wokondedwa wanga?" Adafunsa motele Lilith. Anakuwa mokwiya.
  
  Perdue anawonjezera kuti: "Kodi asayansi ndi amalonda owopsa angadziwe bwanji kuti ndinapeza equation ya Einstein mu The Lost City? N'chifukwa chiyani munaumirira kuti ndikwaniritse? Mwagawana deta yosakwanira ndi anzanu ndichifukwa chake mukundikakamiza kuti ndikwaniritsenso. Popanda yankho zimakhala zopanda ntchito. Muyenera kutumiza zidutswa zingapo zomalizazo kuti zigwire ntchito. "
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," Masters adalankhula kwa nthawi yoyamba.
  
  "Inu! Khalani chete! - iye squealed.
  
  Perdue nthawi zambiri sankalola kuti aliyense azikalirira alendo ake, koma ankadziwa kuti chidani chake chinali chizindikiro chakuti adalandiridwa. Ambuye adanyamuka pampando wake. Anachotsa chipewa chake mosamala mu nyali yamagetsi, pamene kuwala kwa poyatsira moto kunapangitsa kuti mawonekedwe ake awonekere. Maso a Perdue adachita mantha kwambiri ataona munthu wovulalayo. Zolankhula zake zinkasonyeza kale kuti anali wopunduka, koma ankaoneka woipa kwambiri kuposa mmene ankayembekezera.
  
  Lilith Hearst anasiya, koma nkhope ya mwamunayo inali yolakwika kwambiri moti sanamuzindikire. Perdue adamulola munthuyo kuti agwire nthawiyi chifukwa anali ndi chidwi kwambiri.
  
  "Kumbukirani, Lilith, chomera chamankhwala cha Taft ku Washington, D.C.," Masters adadandaula.
  
  Anapukusa mutu chifukwa cha mantha, poganiza kuti kukana zimenezo sikunanene. Zikumbukiro za iye ndi Phillip kuyika chombocho zidabwerera ngati zipeni zikubaya pachipumi. Anagwada n"kugwila mutu wake n"kutseka maso ake.
  
  "Chikuchitika ndi chiyani, George?" Perdue adafunsa Masters.
  
  "O Mulungu, ayi, izi sizingatheke!" Lilith analira kwinaku akuphimba nkhope yake ndi manja ake. "George Masters! George Masters wamwalira!
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani munaganiza kuti ngati simunakonze zoti ndikaziotcha? Inu ndi Clifton Taft, Phillip ndi anthu ena osowa pokhala munagwiritsa ntchito chiphunzitso cha katswiri wa sayansi ya ku Belgian ndi chiyembekezo chakuti mutha kudzitamandira, hule iwe! Masters adakoka pomwe amayandikira Lilith wamantha.
  
  "Sitinadziwe! Sizikanayenera kuyaka chonchi!" adayesa kutsutsa koma adapukusa mutu.
  
  "Ayi, ngakhale mphunzitsi wa sayansi pasukulu ya pulayimale akudziwa kuti kuthamanga koteroko kungachititse kuti sitimayo iyambe kuyaka pa liwiro lalikulu chonchi," Masters adamukalipira. "Ndiye mwayesa zomwe mukufuna kuyesa tsopano, koma nthawi ino mukuchita pamlingo waukulu kwambiri, sichoncho?"
  
  "Dikirani," Perdue adayimitsa vumbulutso. "Kodi sikelo yake ndi yayikulu bwanji? Kodi iwo anachita chiyani?"
  
  Masters anayang'ana Perdue, maso ake ozama akuwala kuchokera pansi pa mphumi yake. Chiseko chaukali chinatuluka pampata womwe unatsala pakamwa pake.
  
  "Lilith ndi Philip Hearst adathandizidwa ndi Clifton Taft kuti agwiritse ntchito equation motengera Dire Serpent yodziwika bwino pakuyesa. Ndinagwira ntchito ndi katswiri ngati inu, munthu wotchedwa Casper Jacobs," adatero pang"onopang"ono. "Anapeza kuti Dr. Jacobs anathetsa equation ya Einstein, osati yodziwika bwino, koma yothekera kowopsa mu physics."
  
  "Njoka yoopsa," anadandaula Perdue.
  
  "Izi," iye anakayikira ngati angamutchule zomwe ankafuna, "mkaziyo ndi anzake anam"chotsera Jacobs udindo wake. Anandigwiritsa ntchito monga munthu woyesera, podziwa kuti kuyesako kudzandipha. Liŵiro lodutsa pachotchingacho linawononga mphamvu ya magetsi pamalowo, kuchititsa kuphulika kwakukulu, kundisiyira utsi ndi mnofu wosungunuka!"
  
  Anamugwira Lilith patsitsi. "Ndiyang"aneni tsopano!"
  
  Anatulutsa Glock m'thumba la jekete lake ndikuwombera Masters osasoweka m'mutu asanapite ku Perdue.
  
  
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  Sitima Yachigawenga
  
  
  Nthumwizo zinali zomasuka pa sitima yapamtunda ya ku Trans-Siberia. Ulendo wa masiku awiri unalonjeza zamtengo wapatali zofanana ndi hotelo iliyonse yapamwamba padziko lapansi, kupatulapo mwayi wa dziwe, womwe palibe amene angayamikire m'dzinja la Russia. Chipinda chilichonse chachikulu chinali ndi bedi lalikulu la mfumukazi, minibar, bafa laumwini ndi chotenthetsera.
  
  Zinalengezedwa kuti chifukwa cha mapangidwe a sitimayi, sipadzakhala ma cellular kapena intaneti ku mzinda wa Tyumen.
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena, Taft adayesetsa kwambiri kulowa mkati," McFadden adaseka mwansanje. Anagwira galasi lake la shampeni ndikuphunzira zamkati mwa sitima, Nkhandwe pambali pake. Posakhalitsa Taft adalowa nawo. Ankawoneka wolunjika koma womasuka.
  
  "Kodi mwamvapo kalikonse kuchokera kwa Zelda Bessler?" Anafunsa Nkhandwe.
  
  "Ayi," Nkhandwe inayankha uku ikugwedeza mutu. "Koma akuti Jacobs adathawa ku Brussels titatenga Olga. Munthu wamantha kwambiri mwina ankaganiza kuti anali wotsatira ... amayenera kutuluka. Chinthu chabwino kwambiri n"chakuti akuganiza kuti akachoka ndi ntchito yake amatisiya opanda kanthu."
  
  "Inde, ndikudziwa," waku America wonyansayo adadandaula. "Mwina akuyesera kukhala ngwazi ndikubwera kudzamupulumutsa." Adasunga kuseka kwawo kuti agwirizane ndi mawonekedwe awo ngati mamembala a bungwe lapadziko lonse lapansi, McFadden adafunsa Wolfe, "By the way, ali kuti?"
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti?" Nkhandwe inaseka. "Iye si chitsiru. Adzadziwa kumene angayang"ane."
  
  Taft sanakonde zovutazo. Dr. Jacobs anali munthu wozindikira kwambiri ngakhale anali wosadziwa. Iye sanakayikire kuti wasayansi wa kukopa kwake angayesere kutsata bwenzi lake.
  
  "Tikangofika ku Tyumen, ntchitoyi iyamba kuchitika," Taft adauza amuna ena awiri. "Tiyenera kukhala ndi Casper Jacobs m'sitimayi kuti amwalire pamodzi ndi nthumwi zina. Miyezo yomwe adapangira sitimayi idatengera kulemera kwa sitimayi, kusiya kulemera konse kwa inu, ine ndi Bessler.
  
  "Ali kuti?" McFadden adafunsa akuyang'ana mozungulira adapeza kuti akusowa paphwando lalikulu.
  
  "Ali m'chipinda choyang'anira sitima, akuyembekezera zomwe Hearst ali nazo," adatero Taft mwakachetechete momwe angathere. "Tikangopeza equation yotsalayo, polojekitiyi imatsekedwa. Tikunyamuka pamene tinaima ku Tyumen pamene nthumwizo zikuyendera makina opangira magetsi mumzindawu ndi kumvetsera nkhani zawo zopanda pake." Wolf adafufuza alendo omwe ali m'sitimayi pomwe Taft adakonza dongosolo la McFadden yemwe anali wosazindikira. "Pofika nthawi yomwe sitimayo ikupita ku tawuni yotsatira, ayenera kuzindikira kuti tanyamuka ... ndipo kukanakhala kuchedwa kwambiri."
  
  "Ndipo mukufuna kuti Jacobs akhale m'sitima ndi otenga nawo mbali pa zokambirana," adatero McFadden.
  
  "Ndizowona," Taft adatsimikizira. "Iye amadziwa zonse, ndipo anali kupita kuchipululu. Mulungu akudziwa zimene zikanachitikira kulimbikira kwathu akadalengeza poyera zimene tikuchita."
  
  "Ndimomwene," adavomereza McFadden. Anatembenukira kumbuyo pang'ono kwa Wolfe kuti alankhule ndi Taft motsitsa mawu. Nkhandwe inadzikhululukira kuti iwone chitetezo cha galimoto yodyeramo nthumwiyo. McFadden anakokera Taft pambali.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti si nthawi yoyenera, koma ndipeza liti ..." adayankha movutikira, "gawo lachiwiri?" Ndakuchotserani otsutsa ku Oban kuti ndigwirizane ndi lingalirolo. kuti muyike imodzi pamenepo kuchokera ku ma reactor anu."
  
  "Kodi mukufuna ndalama zambiri kale?" Taft anakwiya. "Ndathandizira kale chisankho chanu ndikusamutsa ma euro miliyoni asanu ndi atatu oyamba ku akaunti yanu yakunyanja."
  
  McFadden anagwedezeka, akuwoneka wamanyazi kwambiri. "Ndikungofuna kuphatikiza zokonda zanga ku Singapore ndi Norway, mukudziwa, ngati zingachitike."
  
  "Basi ngati bwanji?" Taft anafunsa mosaleza mtima.
  
  "Izi ndizovuta zandale. Ndikungofuna inshuwaransi. Ukonde wachitetezo, "adatero McFadden.
  
  "McFadden, mudzalandira ndalama ntchitoyi ikamalizidwa. Pokhapokha omwe amapanga zisankho padziko lonse lapansi m'maiko a NPT ndi anthu a IAEA afika kumapeto komvetsa chisoni ku Novosibirsk pomwe makabati awo sangakhale ndi chochita koma kusankha omwe adzawalowa m'malo, "adatero Taft. "Atsogoleri onse omwe alipo pano ndi omwe akufuna kukhala nduna ndi mamembala a Black Sun. Akalumbiritsidwa, tidzakhala ndi ufulu wodzilamulira, ndipo pokhapokha mutalandira gawo lanu lachiwiri ngati woimira chinsinsi cha Order. "
  
  "Ndiye, muyimitsa sitimayi?" McFadden adafunsidwa. Ankatanthauza zochepa kwambiri kwa Taft ndi chithunzi chake chachikulu chomwe sichinali choyenera kuyankhula. Komabe, McFadden atadziwa zambiri, adataya kwambiri, ndipo izi zidalimbitsa Taft pamipira yake. Taft anakumbatira woweruza wosafunika komanso meya.
  
  "Kunja kwa Novosibirsk, tsidya lina lake, kumapeto kwa njanjiyi, pali phiri lalikulu lomangidwa ndi abwenzi a Wolf," Taft anafotokoza mochititsa chidwi kwambiri, popeza meya wa Oban anali munthu wamba. "Amapangidwa ndi miyala ndi ayezi, koma mkati mwake muli kapisozi wamkulu yemwe amalumikizana ndikukhala ndi mphamvu ya atomiki yosayerekezeka yopangidwa ndi kuphulika kwa chotchingacho. Capacitor iyi idzagwira mphamvu yopangidwa. "
  
  "Monga riyakitala," adatero McFadden.
  
  Taft anadandaula. "Inde, ndi zimenezo. Tapanga ma module ofanana m'maiko angapo padziko lonse lapansi. Zomwe timafunikira ndi chinthu cholemera kwambiri choyenda mothamanga kwambiri kuti chiwononge chotchinga ichi. Tikangowona mtundu wa mphamvu za nyukiliya zomwe sitimayi ikuyendetsa sitimayi, tidzadziwa komwe tingasinthire zombo zina kuti zigwire bwino ntchito."
  
  "Adzakhalanso ndi okwera?" Adafunsa mwachidwi McFadden.
  
  Nkhandwe inabwera kumbuyo kwake n"kuseka kuti: "Ayi, izi basi."
  
  
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  Kumbuyo kwa ngolo yachiwiri, anthu atatu oyenda pansi anadikirira mpaka chakudya chamadzulo chinatha kuti ayambe kufufuza Olga. Panali kale mochedwa kwambiri, koma alendo owonongekawo adakhala ndi nthawi yowonjezereka akumwa pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo.
  
  "Ndikuzizira," Nina anadandaula motero m"kunong"ona konjenjemera. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti tingakhale ndi chinachake chofunda?"
  
  Casper ankasuzumira kuseri kwa chitseko mphindi zingapo zilizonse. Iye anaika maganizo ake onse pa kupeza Olga moti sankazizira kapena njala, koma anamvetsa kuti wolemba mbiri wokongolayo ankazizidwa. Sam anasisita manja ake. "Ndiyenera kupeza Dima, mnyamata wathu wa ku Bratva. Ndikukhulupirira kuti akhoza kutipatsa chinachake."
  
  "Ndipita ndikamutenge," adatero Casper.
  
  "Ayi!" Adatelo Sam uku akutulutsa dzanja lake. "Amakudziwani ndi maso, Casper. Ndinu openga? Ndipita".
  
  Sam ananyamuka kukamupeza Dima kondakitala wabodza yemwe adakwera nawo sitima. Anamupeza ali m'bwalo lachiwiri, akulowetsa chala chake mu stroganoff ya ng'ombe kumbuyo kwa wophika. Anthu onse ogwira ntchito pa sitimayi sankadziwa zomwe zinkakonzedwa. Iwo ankaganiza kuti Sam anali mlendo wovala bwino kwambiri.
  
  "Hey bwana, titha kutenga botolo la khofi?" Sam anamufunsa Dima.
  
  Mnyamata wa ku Bratva anaseka. "Ndi Russia. Vodka imakhala yotentha kuposa khofi. "
  
  Kuphulika kwa chiseko pakati pa ophika ndi operekera zakudya kunapangitsa Sam kumwetulira. "Inde, koma khofi imakuthandizani kugona."
  
  "Ndichifukwa chake mkazi alipo," Dima adayang'ana. Apanso ogwira ntchitowo anakuwa ndi kuseka ndi kuvomereza. Mwamwayi, Wolf Kretchoff anatulukira pakhomo linalake, n"kutsekereza aliyense pamene ankabwerera ku ntchito zawo zapakhomo. Zinali zothamanga kwambiri kuti Sam athawire mbali inayo, ndipo adawona kuti Wolfe adamuwona. M"zaka zake zonse monga mtolankhani wofufuza, anaphunzira kusachita mantha chipolopolo choyamba chisanawuluke. Sam adawona chigawenga chomwe chili ndi hedgehog komanso maso owuma chikumuyandikira.
  
  "Ndinu ndani?" - adafunsa Sam.
  
  "Dinani," Sam anayankha mofulumira.
  
  "Pasi yako ili kuti?" Nkhandwe inkafuna kudziwa.
  
  "M'chipinda cha nthumwi yathu," Sam anayankha, akunamizira kuti Wolfe ayenera kuti ankadziwa ndondomekoyi.
  
  "M'dziko liti?"
  
  "Ku United Kingdom," Sam anatero molimba mtima pamene maso ake akupyoza chilombocho ndipo sanadikire kukumana yekha kwinakwake m"sitimayo. Mtima wake unadumpha pamene iye ndi Wulf akuyang'anizana, koma Sam sanachite mantha, koma chidani chokha. "Bwanji gale yanu ilibe zida zoperekera khofi mwachangu, Bambo Kretchoff? Iyenera kukhala sitima yapamwamba kwambiri. "
  
  "Kodi mumagwira ntchito pawailesi yakanema kapena m'magazini ya azimayi, ntchito yowerengera anthu?" Nkhandweyo inamuseka Sam, pomwe zomwe zinkamveka mozungulira amuna awiriwa kunali kuombera kwa mipeni ndi mapoto.
  
  "Ndikadachita zimenezo, simungauzidwe bwino," anatero Sam mosapita m"mbali.
  
  Dima anaima pa chitofu, kuwoloka manja ake pachifuwa, kuyang'ana chitukuko cha zochitika. Analamulidwa kuti atsogolere Sam ndi abwenzi ake motetezeka kudera la Siberia, koma kuti asasokoneze kapena kuwomba chivundikiro chake. Komabe, adanyoza Wolf Kretchoff, monga adachitira onse m'mutu wake. Pamapeto pake, Nkhandwe inangotembenuka n"kuyenda chapakhomo lomwe Dima anaima. Atangochoka ndipo aliyense adamasuka, Dima adayang'ana Sam, akutulutsa mpweya ndi mpumulo waukulu. "Tsopano mukufuna vodka?"
  
  
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  Onse atanyamuka, sitimayo inkawalitsidwa ndi nyali za m"kanjira kakang"onoko. Casper anali kukonzekera kudumpha, ndipo Sam anali kumangirira chimodzi mwazokonda zake zatsopano, kolala ya rabara yokhala ndi kamera yomangidwamo yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito podumphira pansi, koma Perdue adamukonzera bwino. Itha kutumiza zojambulidwa zonse ku seva yodziyimira payokha yomwe Perdue adakhazikitsa kuti izi zitheke. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, ankasunga zinthu zojambulidwazo pa memory card yaing"ono. Izi zidamulepheretsa Sam kuti agwidwe akujambula pomwe sayenera kuchita.
  
  Nina anapatsidwa ntchito yolondera chisacho ndipo ankalankhulana ndi Sam kudzera pa tabuleti yolumikizidwa ndi wotchi yake. Kasper adawona kulumikizidwa konse ndi kulumikizana, kusintha ndi kukonzekera, pomwe sitimayo inkangong'ung'udza mwakachetechete. Anapukusa mutu. "Damn, nonse mukuwoneka ngati china kuchokera ku MI6."
  
  Sam ndi Nina adaseka ndikuyang'anizana ndi chisangalalo choyipa. Nina ananong'oneza, "Mawu amenewo ndi owopsa kuposa momwe mukuganizira, Casper."
  
  "Chabwino, ndifufuza m'chipinda cha injini ndi mbali yakutsogolo, ndipo iwe usamalire magalimoto ndi ngalawa, Casper," Sam analangiza. Kasper sanasamale kuti ndi mbali iti ya sitima yomwe adayamba kufufuzako, bola atamupeza Olga. Pamene Nina amayang'anira malo awo osinthira, Sam ndi Casper adasunthira patsogolo mpaka adakafika pangolo yoyamba, pomwe adasiyana.
  
  Sam anadutsa m'chipindacho pakati pa phokoso la sitimayo. Sanakonde lingaliro la mayendedwe osagwedezeka munjira yofananira yomwe adachita m'masiku akale, pomwe mawilo achitsulo adagwirabe zolumikizana m'mayendedwe. Atafika m"chipinda chodyeramo, anaona kuti pazitseko ziwiri za m"mwambamo munali kuwala kochepa kwambiri.
  
  'Chipinda cha injini. Kodi angakhalepo?" Anadzifunsa kupitiriza. Khungu lake linali lozizira ngakhale pansi pa zovala zake, zomwe zinali zachilendo chifukwa sitima yonse inali yosamalidwa bwino. kukwawa khungu.
  
  Mosamala kwambiri, Sam anatsegula ndi kudutsa khomo loyamba, ndikulowa mu gawo la ogwira ntchito okha kutsogolo kwa injini. Idatutuma ngati sitima yakale, ndipo Sam adapeza kuti ikutsitsimula modabwitsa. Anamva mawu m'chipinda cha injini, zomwe zinadzutsa chibadwa chake kuti afufuze.
  
  "Chonde, Zelda, sungakhale wopanda vuto," Taft adauza mayiyo m'chipinda chowongolera. Sam adayika kamera yake kumalo ena ojambulira kuti akwaniritse mawonekedwe ndi mawu.
  
  "Amatenga nthawi yayitali," adadandaula motero Bessler. "Hurst akuyenera kukhala m'modzi mwa abwino kwambiri, ndipo takwera, ndipo akufunikabe kutumiza manambala omaliza."
  
  "Kumbukirani, adatiuza kuti Purdue akumaliza momwe timalankhulira," adatero Taft. "Tatsala pang'ono kufika ku Tyumen. Kenako tingatuluke n"kumaonerera patali. Malingana ngati mukulitsa chiwongolero cha hypersonic gulu litabwerera kuntchito, tikhoza kuyang'anira zina zonse. "
  
  "Ayi, sitingathe, Clifton!" - iye anafota. "Kunena zoona. Mpaka Hurst anditumizira yankho ndi kusintha komaliza, sindingathe kukonza liwiro. Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani ngati sitingathe kukhazikitsa mathamangitsidwe onse asanabwerere m'gawo loyipa? Mwina tingangowapatsa kukwera sitima yabwino kupita ku Novosibirsk? Usakhale chitsiru. "
  
  Mpweya wa Sam unagwira mumdima. 'Kuthamangira ku liwiro la hypersonic? Yesu Khristu, izi zidzapha aliyense, osatchulanso za momwe zimakhudzira, tikatha njanji!" liwu lake lamkati linachenjeza. Masters anali olondola, Sam anaganiza. Anathamangira kumbuyo kwa sitima, akuyankhula. Ananong'oneza bondo kuti: "Nina. Casper." "Tiyenera kumupeza Olga tsopano!
  
  
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  Kuwola
  
  
  Magalasi ndi mabotolo anaphulika pamwamba pa mutu wa Perdue pamene Lilith anatsegula moto. Anachita kubisala kuseri kwa motowo kwa nthawi yayitali chifukwa anali kutali kwambiri ndi Lilith kuti amugonjetse asanakoke chiwombankhanga. Tsopano iye anabwerera ku ngodya. Anatenga botolo la tequila ndi kugwedeza botolo lotsegulalo kotero kuti zomwe zinali mkati mwake zinamwaza pa kauntala. Adatenga choyatsira mthumba chomwe amayatsa moto pamoto ndikuyatsa mowa kuti asokoneze Lilith.
  
  Nthawi yomwe malawi amoto adayaka motsatira kauntala, adalumpha ndikumugunda. Purdue sinali yachangu ngati kale, chifukwa cha kuwonongeka komwe kudachitika chifukwa cha kudula kwake kwatsopano. Mwamwayi kwa iye, iye sanali wowomberedwa bwino pamene zigaza zinali chabe mainchesi kutali ndi iye ndipo anamumva iye kuwombera ena atatu. Utsi unatuluka pa counter pamene Perdue anaukira Lilith, kuyesera kuti amulande mfutiyo.
  
  Ndipo ndinkayesetsa kukuthandizani kuti muyambenso kuchita chidwi ndi sayansi!" - adalira mokakamizidwa ndi kulimbana. "Tsopano mwangotsimikizira kuti ndinu wakupha munthu wopanda pake, monga mmene mwamunayu ananenera!"
  
  Iye anagwada Perdue. Magazi adatuluka m'mphuno ndi m'mphuno mwake, kusakaniza ndi magazi a Masters pansi. Iye anasisita, "Zomwe umayenera kuchita ndikumalizanso equation, koma umayenera kundipereka chifukwa chokhulupirira mlendo! Ndinu woipa monga momwe Filipo adanena pamene adamwalira! Ankadziwa kuti ndinu munthu wodzikonda amene amaika zinthu zofunika kwambiri pa zinthu zakale ndiponso kulanda chuma cha mayiko ena osati kudera nkhawa anthu amene amakusirirani."
  
  Perdue anaganiza kuti asakhalenso ndi mlandu.
  
  "Taonani kumene kusamalira anthu kwandibweretsera, Lilith!" - adatsutsa, kumugwetsa pansi. Magazi a Masters adakakamira zovala ndi miyendo yake ngati kuti wapha mnzakeyo, ndipo adakuwa poganiza. "Ndiwe namwino," Perdue adafuula, kuyesera kuponya dzanja lake lamfuti pansi. "Ndi magazi basi eti? Imwani mankhwala anu owopsa!
  
  Lilith sanasewere mwachilungamo. Ndi mphamvu zake zonse adakanikizira zipsera zatsopano za Perdue, zomwe zidamupangitsa kulira mopwetekedwa mtima. Pakhomo, adamva chitetezo chikuyesera kutsegula, akufuula dzina la Perdue pamene alamu yamoto inalira. Lilith adasiya lingaliro lakupha Perdue, ndikusankha kuthawa. Koma asanakwere masitepe kupita kuchipinda cha seva kuti akatengenso deta yomaliza yomwe idakhazikika pamakina akale. Anawalemba mu cholembera cha Perdue ndipo anathamangira kuchipinda chake chogona kuti akatenge thumba lake ndi zipangizo zoyankhulirana.
  
  Pansi, chitetezo chinagunda pakhomo, koma Perdue ankafuna kumugwira ali komweko. Akawatsegulira chitseko, Lilith akanakhala ndi nthawi yothawa. Thupi lake lonse linkawawa ndi kutentha chifukwa cha kuukira kwa mkaziyo, iye anakwera masitepe mofulumira kuti akamugwire.
  
  Perdue anathamangira kwa iye pakhomo la msewu wamdima. Zikuwoneka ngati wayambana ndi wotchera udzu, Lilith adaloza Glockyo molunjika kwa iye. "Ndachedwa kwambiri, David. Ndangopereka gawo lomaliza la equation ya Einstein kwa anzanga a ku Russia."
  
  Chala chake chinayamba kulimba, ulendo uno sanamupatse njira yothawira. Anamuwerengera zipolopolo ndipo anali adakali ndi theka lachipande. Perdue sanafune kuthera mphindi zake zomaliza kudzidzudzula chifukwa cha zofooka zake zazikulu. Analibe kothawira popeza makoma onse awiri a korido adamuzungulira mbali zonse ziwiri ndipo achitetezo anali akungomenyabe zitseko. Zenera linaphwanyidwa pansi ndipo anamva kuti chipangizocho chikuphulika m'nyumba.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati nthawi yakwana yoti ndichoke," adamwetulira ndi mano osweka.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake kunawoneka munthu wamtali mumithunzi, kugunda kwake kutera pansi pa chigaza chake. Lilith adagwa nthawi yomweyo, ndikuwulula kuti Perdue ndiye womuwukira. "Inde, madam, ndingayerekeze kunena kuti nthawi yakwana kuti muchite izi," adatero woperekera chikho wokhwima.
  
  Perdue adayimba mosangalala komanso kupumula. Mawondo ake adagundana, koma Charles adamugwira nthawi yake. "Charles, ndiwe wowoneka bwino," Perdue anadandaula pamene woperekera chikho chake akuyatsa nyali kuti amuthandize pabedi. "Mukutani kuno?"
  
  Anakhala pansi Perdue ndikumuyang'ana ngati wapenga. "Chabwino, bwana, ndimakhala kuno."
  
  Perdue anali atatopa ndi ululu, nyumba yake inkanunkhiza ngati ng'anjo, ndipo chipinda chodyeramo chinali chokongoletsedwa ndi munthu wakufa, komabe anaseka ndi chisangalalo.
  
  "Tinamva kuwombera," Charles anafotokoza motero. "Ndinabwera kudzatenga zinthu zanga m"nyumba yanga. Popeza chitetezo sichikanatha kulowa mkati, ndinalowa kukhitchini, monga nthawi zonse. Ndidakali ndi kiyi wanga, mwaona?"
  
  Perdue anali wokondwa kwambiri, koma adafunikira kutenga chipangizo chopatsira Lilith asanakomoke. "Charles, ungatenge chikwama chake kuti ubwere nacho kuno?" Sindikufuna kuti apolisi amubwezere akangofika kuno.
  
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha woperekera chikhoyo, ngati kuti sanachokepo.
  
  
  makumi atatu
  Chisokonezo, Gawo I
  
  
  Kuzizira kwa m'maŵa ku Siberia kunali helo wapadera. Panalibe kutentha kumene Nina, Sam ndi Casper anali kubisala. Zinali ngati kachipinda kakang'ono ka zida ndi nsalu zowonjezera, ngakhale kuti Valkyrie inali kuyandikira tsoka ndipo sankasowa kusungirako zinthu zotonthoza. Nina anali kunjenjemera mwaukali, akusisita manja ake ovala magolovesi pamodzi. Poyembekezera kuti amupeza Olga, anadikira kuti Sam ndi Casper abwerere. Kumbali ina, iye ankadziwa kuti ngati angamupeze, zingachititse chipwirikiti.
  
  Zomwe Sam adapereka zidamuwopsyeza Nina mpaka kufa. Pambuyo pa zoopsa zonse zomwe adakumana nazo paulendo wa Purdue, sanafune kuganiza zokumana ndi kuphulika kwa nyukiliya ku Russia. Anali akubwerera, akufufuza m'galimoto yodyeramo ndi ngalawa. Kasper adayang'ana zipinda zopanda kanthu, koma amakayikira kwambiri kuti Olga amasungidwa ndi m'modzi mwa anthu oyipa kwambiri m'sitimamo.
  
  Kumapeto kwa ngolo yoyamba anaima kutsogolo kwa chipinda cha Taft. Sam adanena kuti akuwona Taft ndi Bessler m'chipinda cha injini, chomwe chinkawoneka ngati nthawi yabwino kuti Casper ayang'ane malo opanda kanthu a Taft. Ataika khutu lake kuchitseko, anamvetsera. Panalibe phokoso kupatulapo kulira kwa sitima ndi ma heaters. Inde, chipindacho chinali chokhoma pamene ankafuna kutsegula chitseko. Casper adayang'ana mapanelo omwe anali pafupi ndi chitseko kuti apeze polowera kuchipindacho. Anakokera chitsulo chotchinga m"mphepete mwa khomo, koma chinali champhamvu kwambiri.
  
  Chinachake chinachititsa chidwi chake pansi pa tsambalo, zomwe zinachititsa kuti msana wake ukhale woziziritsa. Casper adachita mantha atazindikira kuti titaniyamu pansi ndi kapangidwe kake. Chinachake chinagogoda m"chipindacho, n"kumukakamiza kuti apeze njira yolowera.
  
  Ganizirani ndi mutu wanu. Ndiwe mainjiniya," adadziuza yekha.
  
  Ngati zinali zimene ankaganiza, ndiye kuti ankadziwa kutsegula chitsekocho. Mwamsanga anakwawira m"chipinda chakumbuyo kumene Nina anali, akumayembekezera kupeza chimene anafunikira pakati pa zida.
  
  "O, Casper, undiyambitsa matenda a mtima!" Ananong'oneza Nina uku akutulukira kuseri kwa chitseko. "Sam ali kuti?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," iye anayankha mofulumira, akuwoneka wankhawa kotheratu. "Nina, chonde ndipezereko chinthu chonga maginito. Mofulumira Chonde ".
  
  Chifukwa cha kuumirira kwake, adazindikira kuti panalibe nthawi yofunsa mafunso, motero adayamba kusanthula mabokosi a mapanelo ndi mashelefu kufunafuna maginito. "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti mu sitimayi munali maginito?" - adamufunsa.
  
  Kupuma kwake kunafulumira pamene ankafufuza. "Sitimayi imayenda ndi mphamvu ya maginito yomwe imatulutsidwa ndi njanji. Payenera kukhala zidutswa za cobalt kapena chitsulo pano.
  
  "Zikuwoneka bwanji?" ankafuna kudziwa atagwira chinachake m'manja mwake.
  
  "Ayi, ndi kampopi chabe," adatero. "Fufuzani chinthu china chotopetsa. Inu mukudziwa momwe maginito amawonekera. Zinthu zamtundu uwu, koma zazikulu. "
  
  "Ngati chonchi?" - adafunsa, akuyambitsa kusaleza mtima kwake, koma amangoyesa kuthandiza. Casper akusisima adavomerezana naye ndikuyang'ana zomwe adali nazo. Ananyamula diski yotuwa m'manja mwake.
  
  "Ndina!" - adafuula. "Inde! Ndi zangwiro!"
  
  Kupsompsona patsaya kunamupatsa mphoto Nina chifukwa chopeza njira yopita kuchipinda cha Taft, ndipo asanadziwe, Casper anali kunja kwa chitseko. Anagunda Sam mumdima, amuna onse akukuwa mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Mukutani?" Adafunsa mwachangu Sam.
  
  "Ndigwiritsa ntchito izi kuti ndilowe m'chipinda cha Taft, Sam. Ndikukhulupirira kuti anali ndi Olga pamenepo, "Casper adathamanga, kuyesera kukankha Sam, koma Sam adamutsekereza.
  
  "Simungathe kupita kumeneko tsopano. Wangobwerera kuchipinda chake, Casper. Izi ndi zomwe zinandipangitsa kuti ndibwerere kuno. Bwererani mkati ndi Nina," analamula motero, akuyang"ana m"mbali mwawo. Munthu wina anali kuyandikira, munthu wamkulu ndi wochititsa chidwi.
  
  "Sam, ndiyenera kumutenga," Casper adabuula.
  
  "Eya, ndipo utero, koma taganiza ndi mutu wako, bwanawe," Sam anayankha, mopanda ulemu akukankhira Casper m'chipinda chosungiramo zinthu. "Simungathe kukafika ali komweko."
  
  "Ndingathe. Ndingomupha ndikumutenga, "anadandaula motero wasayansi wokhumudwa, akugwira zotheka mosasamala.
  
  Khalani chete ndi kumasuka. Sapita kulikonse mpaka mawa. Osachepera tili ndi lingaliro komwe iye ali, koma pakali pano tiyenera kutseka gehena. Nkhandwe ikubwera," Sam anatero mwaukali. Kachiŵirinso, kutchulidwa kwa dzina lake kunapangitsa Nina kumva kudwala. Atatuwo anaunjikana ndi kukhala osasunthika mumdima, akumamvetsera kuguba kwa Nkhandwe, ikuyang"ana panjira. Anagwedezeka n"kukaima kutsogolo kwa chitseko chawo. Sam, Casper ndi Nina adagwira mpweya. Wolff anaseweretsa chobowola pakhomo pomwe ankabisala ndipo iwo anayesetsa kuti apeze, koma anatseka chitseko mwamphamvu n"kuchoka.
  
  "Tituluka bwanji?" Nina kulira. "Ichi si chipinda chomwe chingatsegulidwe kuchokera mkati! Alibe chotchinga!"
  
  "Osadandaula," anatero Casper. "Titha kutsegula chitseko ichi ngati ndikutsegula chitseko cha Taft."
  
  "Mothandizidwa ndi maginito," Nina anayankha motero.
  
  Sam anasokonezeka. "Ndiwuzeni".
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mukulondola kuti titsike sitimayi posachedwa, Sam," adatero Casper. "Mwaona, si sitima kwenikweni. Ndimazindikira kapangidwe kake chifukwa ... ndidamanga. Iyi ndiye sitima yomwe ndidagwirapo ntchito ya Commission! Ichi ndi chotengera choyesera chomwe adakonza kuti agwiritse ntchito kuti aphwanye chotchingacho pogwiritsa ntchito liwiro, kulemera komanso kuthamanga. Pamene ndinayesera kulowa m'chipinda cha Taft, ndinapeza mapepala apansi, mapepala a maginito, omwe ndinawayika pa sitimayo pamalo omanga a Meerdalwood. Uyu ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu wa kuyesa komwe kunalakwika zaka zingapo zapitazo, chifukwa chake ndinasiya ntchitoyi ndikulemba Taft. "
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Nina adachita mantha. "Kodi uku ndi kuyesa?"
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomera. Tsopano zonse zamveka. "A masters adalongosola kuti agwiritsa ntchito equation ya Einstein, yopezedwa ndi Purdue ku The Lost City, kuti apititse patsogolo sitimayi - sitimayi - kupita ku liwiro la hypersonic kuti asinthe kukula kwake?"
  
  Casper adapumira ndi mtima wosweka. "Ndipo ndinamanga. Iwo ali ndi gawo lomwe lidzagwire mphamvu ya atomiki yomwe yawonongedwa pamalo okhudzidwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito ngati capacitor. Alipo ambiri a iwo m"maiko angapo, kuphatikizapo kwanuko, Nina."
  
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake adagwiritsa ntchito McFadden," adazindikira. "Pepani ine."
  
  "Tiyenera kudikirira mpaka m'mawa," Sam adanyoza. "Taft ndi achifwamba ake adatera ku Tyumen, komwe nthumwi zidzayendera malo opangira magetsi ku Tyumen. Chomwe chikuchititsa n"chakuti sabwereranso ku nthumwi. Pambuyo pa Tyumen, sitimayi imayenda molunjika kumapiri kudutsa Novosibirsk, ikuthamanga sekondi iliyonse.
  
  
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  Tsiku lotsatira, usiku wozizira ndi tulo tating'ono, atatu stowaways anamva Valkyrie akulowa siteshoni ku Tyumen. Pa intercom, Bessler analengeza kuti: "Madona ndi madona, talandiridwa ku kuyendera kwathu koyamba, mzinda wa Tyumen."
  
  Sam anakumbatira Nina mwamphamvu, kuyesera kuti amutenthetse. Anadzilimbikitsa ndi kupuma pang'ono ndikuyang'ana anzake. "Mphindi ya chowonadi, anthu. Onse akangotsika m"sitima, aliyense wa ife adzatenga chipinda chake n"kuyang"ana Olga."
  
  "Ndidathyola maginito mzidutswa zitatu kuti tikafike komwe tikuyenera kupita," adatero Kasper.
  
  "Ingodekhani mukakumana ndi operekera zakudya kapena antchito ena. Sakudziwa kuti sitili m"gulu loimba," Sam analangiza motero. "Pitani. Tili ndi nthawi yopitilira ola limodzi. "
  
  Atatuwo adagawanika, akusuntha sitepe ndi sitepe kudutsa sitima yosasuntha kuti apeze Olga. Sam adadabwa kuti Masters adakwaniritsa bwanji ntchito yake komanso ngati adakwanitsa kutsimikizira Perdue kuti asamalize equation. Ali mkati mofufuza m"zipinda zogona, pansi pa mabanki ndi matebulo, anamva phokoso m"bwalo la ngalawa pamene anali kukonzekera kunyamuka. Kusintha kwawo kunathera pa sitimayi.
  
  Casper anapitiriza ndi ndondomeko yake yolowera m'chipinda cha Taft, ndipo ndondomeko yake yachiwiri inali yoletsa nthumwi kuti zisakwerenso sitima. Pogwiritsa ntchito maginito, adalowa m'chipindacho. Casper atalowa mchipindamo, adatulutsa kulira kwamantha komwe Sam ndi Nina adamva. Pabedi adawona Olga, womangidwa ndi unyolo komanso wankhanza. Choipa kwambiri n"chakuti anaona Nkhandwe itakhala naye pakama.
  
  "Hey Jacobs," Nkhandwe inaseka movutikira. "Ndinali kukudikirani."
  
  Casper sanadziwe choti achite. Ankaganiza kuti Nkhandwe inatsagana ndi anzakewo, ndipo kumuona atakhala pafupi ndi Olga kunali koopsa. Ndi kuseka koyipa, Nkhandwe inathamangira kutsogolo ndikugwira Casper. Kukuwa kwa Olga kunali kosamveka, koma analimbana kwambiri ndi zoletsa moti khungu lake linang"ambika. Kukwapula kwa Casper kunali kopanda ntchito polimbana ndi chitsulo cha bandit. Sam ndi Nina anathamangira m"kholamo kuti akamuthandize.
  
  Nkhandwe itaona Nina, maso ake anangoti zii. "Inu! Ndinakupha."
  
  "Fuck iwe, ndiwe wopusa!" Nina adamutsutsa, akumatalikirana naye. Anamusokoneza mpaka Sam achitepo kanthu. Ndi mphamvu zonse, Sam adamenya bondo la Wolfe, ndikuliphwanya pamabondo. Ndi mkokomo wa ululu komanso ukali, Nkhandwe inamira, n"kusiya nkhope yake ili chitsegule kuti Sam agwetse nkhonya zake. Wachifwambayo anali atazolowera kumenyana ndipo anamuwombera Sam maulendo angapo.
  
  "Mumasuleni n"kutsika sitima yoopsayi! Tsopano!" Nina anakuwa Casper.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuthandiza Sam," adatero, koma wolemba mbiri wankhanzayo adagwira dzanja lake ndikumukankhira kwa Olga.
  
  "Awirinu mukapanda kutsika sitimayi, zonse zikhala pachabe, Dr. Jacobs!" Nina anakuwa. Casper adadziwa kuti akunena zoona. Panalibe nthawi yotsutsana kapena kuganizira za njira zina. Anamasula chibwenzi chake kwinaku Nkhandwe ikuyika bondo lolimba m'mimba mwa Sam. Nina anayesa kupeza china choti amugwetse, koma mwamwayi Dima, wolumikizana ndi Bratva, adalumikizana naye. Podziwa zambiri za nkhondo yapafupi, Dima anapha Wolf mwamsanga, kupulumutsa Sam ku nkhonya ina kumaso.
  
  Kasper adachita Olga wovulala kwambiri ndikuyang'ananso Nina asanatsike mu Valkyrie. Wolemba mbiriyo adawapsompsona ndikuwawuza kuti achoke asanatulukire mchipindamo. Anayenera kupita ndi Olga kuchipatala, ndikumafunsa anthu odutsa kumene chipatala chapafupi chinali. Nthawi yomweyo iwo anapereka chithandizo kwa banja lovulalalo, koma patali ndi nthumwizo zinali kubwerera.
  
  Zelda Bessler adalandira kutumiza komwe Lilith Hearst adatumiza asanamenyedwe ndi woperekera chikho ku Reichtisusis ndipo chowerengera pa injini chidayamba. Magetsi ofiira owala pansi pa gululo adawonetsa kuyatsa kwa chipangizo chowongolera kutali chomwe Clifton Taft adachita. Iye anamva gululo likubwerera m"sitimayo n"kupita kuseri kwa sitimayo kuti asiye. Atamva phokoso kuchipinda kwa Taft, adayesa kudutsa, koma Dima adamuletsa.
  
  "Mukhala!" - adafuula. "Bwererani kuchipinda chowongolera ndikuzimitsa!"
  
  Zelda Bessler adadabwa kwakanthawi, koma zomwe msilikali wa Bratva sankadziwa kuti anali ndi zida, monga iye. Ndipo anamtsegulira moto, nang'amba pamimba pace kukhala nyama zofiira; Nina anali chete kuti asakopeke. Sam anali atakomoka pansi, monganso Wolf, koma Bessler anayenera kugwira chikepe ndi kuganiza kuti akufa.
  
  Nina anayesa kuti Sam azindikire. Iye anali wamphamvu, koma panalibe njira imene akanatha kukwanitsira. Anachita mantha kwambiri atamva kuti sitimayo ikuyamba kuyenda ndipo chilengezo chojambulidwa chinachokera kwa okamba nkhani. "Amayi ndi abambo, talandiridwanso ku Valkyrie." Kuyendera kwathu kotsatira kudzachitika mumzinda wa Novosibirsk."
  
  
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  Njira zowongolera
  
  
  Apolisi atachoka ku malo a Reichtisusis ndi George Masters m'thumba la thupi ndi Lilith Hearst m'matangadza, Perdue anadutsa m'malo osokonezeka a malo ake olandirira alendo komanso zipinda zodyeramo ndi zodyeramo. Anayesa kuwonongeka kwa malowo ndi mabowo a zipolopolo m'makoma ake a rosewood ndi mipando. Iye anayang"ana madontho a magazi omwe anali pa zolembera zake zodula za ku Perisiya ndi makapeti. Kukonza kapamwamba kopsereza ndi kuwonongeka kwa denga kunkayenera kutenga nthawi.
  
  "Tea, bwana?" Charles adafunsa, koma Perdue adawoneka ngati gehena pamapazi ake. Perdue anayenda mwakachetechete kupita ku chipinda chake cha seva. "Ndikufuna tiyi, zikomo, Charles." Kuyang'ana kwa Perdue kunakopeka ndi chithunzi cha Lillian atayima pakhomo lakhitchini, akumwetulira. "Hi Lily."
  
  "Moni, Bambo Perdue," adakondwera, okondwa kudziwa kuti ali bwino.
  
  Perdue adalowa m'chipinda chamdima cham'chipinda chofunda, chong'ung'udza chodzaza ndi zida zamagetsi, komwe adamva kukhala kwawo. Anayang'ana zizindikiro za kuwononga dala mawaya ake ndikupukusa mutu. Ndipo amadabwa chifukwa chake ndimakhala wosakwatiwa.
  
  Adaganiza zoyang'ana mauthengawo kudzera pa seva zake zachinsinsi ndipo adadzidzimuka atapeza nkhani zakuda komanso zowopsa kuchokera kwa Sam, ngakhale kunali mochedwa pang'ono. Maso a Perdue adayang'ana mawu a George Masters, chidziwitso chochokera kwa Dr. Casper Jacobs, ndi zokambirana zonse zomwe Sam adachita naye za ndondomeko yachinsinsi yopha nthumwizo. Perdue anakumbukira kuti Sam akupita ku Belgium, koma palibe chomwe chamveka kuchokera kwa iye kuyambira pamenepo.
  
  Charles adabweretsa tiyi. Fungo la Earl Grey mu fungo lotentha la mafani a makompyuta linali kumwamba kwa Perdue. "Sindingapepese mokwanira, Charles," adauza woperekera chikho yemwe adapulumutsa moyo wake. "Ndili ndi manyazi kuti ndimakopeka mosavuta komanso momwe ndimachitira, zonse chifukwa cha mkazi wonyansa."
  
  "Ndipo chifukwa cha kufooka kwa kugonana kwa nthawi yayitali," Charles adaseka mwaukali. Perdue anachita kuseka pamene thupi lake likuwawa. "Zonse zili bwino bwana. Bola zonse zikhala bwino. "
  
  "Zidzakhala choncho," Perdue anamwetulira, akugwira dzanja lagalasi la Charles. "Kodi ukudziwa kuti idabwera liti, kapena a Cleave adayimba foni?"
  
  "Mwatsoka, ayi, bwana," anayankha wopereka chikho.
  
  "Dr. Gould?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, bwana," Charles anayankha. "Palibe mawu. Jane abweranso mawa zikathandiza."
  
  Perdue adayang'ana pa chipangizo chake cha satellite, imelo, ndi foni yam'manja ndipo adapeza kuti zonse zidadzazidwa ndi mafoni omwe adaphonya kuchokera kwa Sam Cleave. Pamene Charles adachoka m'chipindacho, Perdue anali kugwedezeka. Kuchuluka kwa chipwirikiti chomwe chinabwera chifukwa chotengeka mtima ndi equation ya Einstein chinali cholakwa, ndipo adayenera kuyamba kuyeretsa nyumba, titero kunena kwake.
  
  Pa desiki lake panali zomwe zinali mu chikwama cha Lilith. Adapereka chikwama chake chomwe chidasecha kale kupolisi. Pakati pa zipangizo zamakono zomwe ananyamula, adapeza transmitter yake. Ataona kuti equation yomalizidwa yatumizidwa ku Russia, mtima wa Perdue unayima.
  
  "Holy shit!" - adapuma.
  
  Perdue nthawi yomweyo adalumpha. Anangomwa tiyi mwachangu ndikuthamangira ku seva ina yomwe imatha kuthandizira kutumiza kwa satellite. Manja ake ananjenjemera akuthamanga. Kulumikizanako kutangokhazikitsidwa, Perdue adayamba kulemba code ngati wamisala, akuzungulira njira yowonekera kuti ayang'ane malo a wolandira. Nthawi yomweyo, idatsata chipangizo chakutali chomwe chimayang'anira chinthu chomwe equationyo idatumizidwako.
  
  "Kodi mukufuna kusewera masewera ankhondo?" anafunsa. "Ndiloleni ndikukumbutseni yemwe mukuchita naye."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pamene Clifton Taft ndi antchito ake mopanda chipiriro adamwa martinis ndikudikirira mwachidwi zotsatira za kulephera kwawo kopindulitsa, limozine yawo inalowera kumpoto chakum'mawa ku Tomsk. Zelda anali ndi transmitter yomwe imayang'anira maloko a Valkyrie ndikukumana ndi data.
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji?" Taft anafunsa.
  
  "Kuthamanga kuli pa cholinga. Ayenera kukhala akuyandikira Mach 1 pafupifupi mphindi makumi awiri, "adatero Zelda mopusa. "Zikuwoneka kuti Hearst adachita ntchito yake. Wolf adatenga gulu lake?"
  
  "Palibe lingaliro," adatero McFadden. "Ndinayesa kumuimbira foni, koma foni yake inali yozimitsa. Kunena zowona, ndine wokondwa kuti sindichita nayenso. Ukadayenera kuwona zomwe adachita kwa Dr. Gould. Ine pafupifupi, pafupifupi, ndinamumvera chisoni iye."
  
  "Iye anachita mbali yake. Mwina anapita kunyumba kuti akasewere wowaona," Taft anakuwa ndi kuseka kolakwika. "Ndili m'njira, ndinawona Jacobs ali m'sitima usiku watha, akugwedeza chitseko cha chipinda changa."
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye wasamalidwanso," adatero Bessler, wokondwa kutenga malo ake monga woyang'anira polojekiti.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Panthawiyi, m'ngalawa ya Valkyrie, Nina anali kuyesera kudzutsa Sam. Iye ankamva kuti sitimayo ikuthamanga kwambiri. Thupi lake siliname, likumva mphamvu ya G-mphamvu ya sitima yothamanga. Panja panjira, anamva kung"ung"udza kosokonezeka kwa nthumwi za mayiko. Nawonso adamva kugwedezeka kwa sitimayo ndipo, pokhala opanda bwalo kapena bala pafupi, adayamba kukayikira tycoon ya ku America ndi omwe anali nawo.
  
  "Iwo kulibe. Ndinaona," anamva woimira United States akuuza enawo.
  
  "Mwina atsala?" nthumwi yaku China idapereka lingaliro.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani anayiwala kukwera sitima yawo?" - wina adapereka. Penapake m'ngolo yotsatira wina anayamba kusanza. Nina sanafune kuchititsa mantha pofotokoza momwe zinthu zilili, koma zingakhale bwino kusiyana ndi kuwasiya onse kuganiza ndikupenga.
  
  Akuyang'ana pakhomo, Nina anapempha mkulu wa bungwe la Atomic Energy Agency kuti apite naye. Anatseka kumbuyo kwake kuti bamboyo asaone chikomokere cha Wolf Kretchoff.
  
  "Bwana, dzina langa ndine Dr. Gould waku Scotland. Ndikhoza kukuuzani zomwe zikuchitika, koma ndikufuna kuti mukhale chete, mwamva? "- anayamba.
  
  "Ndi chani?" - anafunsa mokweza.
  
  "Mvetserani mosamala. Ine sindine mdani wanu, koma ndikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika ndipo ndikufunika kuti mukambirane ndi nthumwizo ndikufotokozera pamene ndikuyesera kuthetsa vutoli," adatero iye. Mwapang"onopang"ono komanso modekha, anauza mwamunayo nkhaniyo. Amatha kumuwona akuyamba kuchita mantha, koma adasunga kamvekedwe kake kukhala kabata komanso wowongolera momwe angathere. Nkhope yake inasanduka imvi, koma anakhalabe wodekha. Akugwedeza Nina, ananyamuka kukalankhula ndi ena.
  
  Anathamangira kuchipinda ndikuyesa kumudzutsa Sam.
  
  "Sam! Dzukani, chifukwa cha Khristu! Ndikukufuna!" Adasisima uku akumumenya mbama Sam kuyesera kuti asatope kuti mwina angamumenye. "Sam! Ife tifa. Ndikufuna kampani! "
  
  "Ndidzakusungani," adatero Nkhandwe monyodola. Anadzuka kuchokera ku nkhonya yomwe Dima adamuchitira, ndipo anali wokondwa kuona msilikali wakufa wakufa pansi pa machira, pomwe Nina anali kugwada pa Sam.
  
  "Mulungu, Sam, ngati pakhala nthawi yabwino yodzuka, ndi tsopano," iye anang"ung"udza, akumumenya mbama kumaso. Kuseka kwa Nkhandwe kunayambitsa mantha enieni mwa Nina, kumupangitsa kukumbukira nkhanza zake kwa iye. Anakwawa pabedi, nkhope yake ili ndi magazi komanso yachiwerewere.
  
  "Mukufuna zambiri?" anasekelera, magazi akuoneka m'mano. "Ndikukupangitsani kukuwa kwambiri nthawi ino, eti?" Anaseka kwambiri.
  
  Zinali zoonekeratu kuti Sam samamuyankha. Nina mwakachetechete anafikira khanjali ya Dima ya mainchesi khumi, mpeni wakuthwa wokongola kwambiri ndi wakupha womwe unali m"bokosi m"manja mwake. Kamodzi m"mphamvu zake, anadzimva kukhala ndi chidaliro chowonjezereka, ndipo Nina sanachite mantha kuvomereza mwa iyemwini kuti anayamikira mwaŵi wa kubwezera.
  
  "Zikomo, Dima," anadandaula pamene maso ake adagwera pa chilombocho.
  
  Chimene sankayembekezera chinali kumuukira mwadzidzidzi. Thupi lake lalikulu linatsamira m'mphepete mwa bedi kuti limuphwanye, koma Nina anachitapo kanthu mwamsanga. Atagubuduzika, anazemba chiwembucho n"kudikirira kuti agwe pansi. Nina anatulutsa mpeni, akulozera pakhosi pake, akubaya wachifwamba wa ku Russia mu suti yodula. Nsaluyo inalowa kukhosi kwake n"kudutsa mmenemo. Anamva nsonga ya chitsulocho ikutulutsa msana wake, ndikudula msana.
  
  Wopusa, Nina sanathenso kupirira. Valkyrie anathamanganso pang'ono, akukankhira ndulu kuchokera mwa iye ndi kukhosi kwake. "Sam!" adakuwa mpaka mawu ake adatuluka. Zinalibe kanthu chifukwa nthumwi zomwe zinali m"galimoto yodyeramo zinalinso zokwiya. Sam anadzuka, maso ake akuvina mu sockets. "Dzukani, mayi wa ng"ombe!" - iye anakuwa.
  
  "Ndadzuka!" ananjenjemera, akubuula.
  
  "Sam, tiyenera kupita kuchipinda cha injini tsopano!" - adanunkhiza, akulira modzidzimuka pambuyo pa mayeso ake atsopano ndi Wulf. Sam adakhala tsono kuti amukumbatire ndipo adawona magazi akutuluka m'khosi mwa chilombocho.
  
  "Ndamupeza, Sam," iye anakuwa.
  
  Anamwetulira kuti: "Sindikanachita ntchito yabwinoko."
  
  Akununkhiza, Nina anaimirira ndi kuwongola zovala zake. "Chipinda cha injini!" Sam anatero. "Awa ndi malo okhawo omwe amalandirira alendo, ndikutsimikiza." Mwamsanga anatsuka ndikuumitsa manja awo mu beseni ndikuthamangira kutsogolo kwa Valkyrie. Pamene Nina anadutsa pafupi ndi nthumwizo, anayesa kuwakhazika mtima pansi, ngakhale kuti anali wotsimikiza kuti onse akupita ku Gehena.
  
  Atafika m"chipinda cha injini, anayang"ana mosamalitsa nyali zothwanima ndi zowongolera.
  
  "Palibe chilichonse mwa izi chomwe chikukhudzana ndi kuyendetsa sitimayi," Sam adakuwa mokhumudwa. Adatulutsa foni yake mthumba. "Mulungu, sindikukhulupirira kuti izi zikugwirabe ntchito," iye anatero, kuyesera kupeza chizindikiro. Sitimayo inathamanganso kwambiri, ndipo kukuwa kunadzaza m"mabotiwo.
  
  "Sungathe kukuwa, Sam," iye anakwinya nkhope. "Inu mukudziwa".
  
  "Sindikuyitana," adakhosomola chifukwa cha liwiro. "Posachedwapa sitidzatha kusuntha. Pamenepo mafupa athu adzayamba kusweka."
  
  Anayang'ana cham'mbali. "Sindikufunika kumva izi."
  
  Adayika nambala mufoni yake, code yomwe Perdue adamupatsa, kuti alumikizane ndi satelayiti yolondolera, yomwe idasowa kukonza kuti igwire ntchito. "Chonde, Mulungu, lolani Purdue aone izi."
  
  "Zokayikitsa," anatero Nina.
  
  Anamuyang'ana motsimikiza. "Mwayi wathu wokhawo."
  
  
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  Chisokonezo, Gawo II
  
  
  
  Chipatala cha Railway Clinical - Novosibirsk
  
  
  Olga adakali mu vuto lalikulu, koma adatulutsidwa m'chipinda cha anthu odwala mwakayakaya, akuchira m'chipinda chayekha cholipiridwa ndi Casper Jacobs, yemwe adatsalira pafupi ndi bedi lake. Nthawi ndi nthawi ankatsitsimuka n"kulankhula pang"ono, kenako n"kugonanso.
  
  Anakwiya kwambiri ndi mfundo yakuti Sam ndi Nina anayenera kulipira chifukwa cha utumiki wake ku Black Sun. Izi sizinangomukwiyitsa, komanso zinamukwiyitsa kwambiri kuti American slug Taft adatha kupulumuka tsoka lomwe linali pafupi ndikukondwerera ndi Zelda Bessler komanso kuti McFadden wotayika waku Scotland. Koma chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti apite patsogolo chinali kudziwa kuti Wolf Kretchoff sakanatha kuchita zomwe adachita Olga ndi Nina.
  
  Poganiza mopenga, wasayansi wodandaulayo anayesa kupeza njira yochitira chinachake. Koma chosangalatsa n'chakuti iye anaganiza kuti zonse sizinataye . Anamuyitana Perdue, monga nthawi yoyamba, pamene ankayesetsa kuti amufikire, nthawi ino Perdue anayankha.
  
  "Mulungu wanga! Sindikukhulupirira kuti ndakupezani," adatero Casper.
  
  "Ndikuopa kuti ndasokonezedwa pang'ono," Perdue anayankha. "Ndi Dr. Jacobs uyu?"
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji?" Anafunsa Kasper.
  
  "Ndikuwona nambala yanu pa satellite tracker yanga. Muli ndi Sam? anafunsa Perdue.
  
  "Ayi, koma ndichifukwa chake ndikuyimba," adayankha Casper. Anafotokoza zonse kwa Perdue, mpaka kumene iye ndi Olga anayenera kutsika sitima, ndipo sankadziwa kumene Taft ndi abwenzi ake akupita. "Komabe, ndikukhulupirira kuti Zelda Bessler ali ndi chiwongolero chakutali kwa mapanelo owongolera a Valkyrie," adatero Casper Perdue.
  
  Biliyoniyo adamwetulira ataona kuthwanima kwa sewero la kompyuta yake. "Ndiye, izi ndi zomwe?"
  
  "Uli ndi udindo?" -Casper adafuula mosangalala. "Bambo Perdue, mungandipatseko kachidindo aka?"
  
  Purdue adaphunzira powerenga malingaliro a Dr. Jacobs kuti bamboyo anali wanzeru mwa iye yekha. "Kodi muli ndi cholembera?" Perdue adaseka, akumva ngati munthu wake wakale. Anasinthanso mkhalidwewo, osakhudzidwa ndi luso lake ndi luntha, monga momwe zinalili kale. Anayang'ana chizindikiro kuchokera ku chipangizo chakutali cha Bessler ndikupatsa Casper Jacobs nambala yolondolera. "Ndiye mutani?" - adafunsa Casper.
  
  "Ndigwiritsa ntchito kuyesa kolephera kuti nditsimikizire kuthetseratu," anayankha Casper mozizira. "Ndisanapite. Chonde fulumirani ngati mungathe kuchita chilichonse kuti mufooketse maginito a Valkyrie, Bambo Perdue. Anzako posachedwa alowa m'malo owopsa omwe sadzabwereranso."
  
  "Zabwino, wachikulire," Perdue adatsanzikana ndi mnzake watsopano. Nthawi yomweyo analumikiza chizindikiro cha sitima yoyenda, kwinaku akulowetsa njanji yomwe inali kudutsamo. Anali kupita ku mphambano ya mumzinda wa Polskaya, kumene, malinga ndi kuwerengetsa, amayenera kukwera kufika pa Mach 3.
  
  "Moni?" - adamva kuchokera kwa wokamba nkhani wolumikizidwa ndi njira yake yolumikizirana.
  
  "Sam!" - Perdue adafuula.
  
  "Purdue! Tithandizeni!" - adafuula kudzera mwa wokamba nkhani. "Nina anakomoka. Anthu ambiri m"sitimayo amakhala ndi imodzi. Ndikuyamba kuona msanga, ndipo zikuoneka ngati ng"anjo yamoto muno!"
  
  "Tamverani, Sam!" - Perdue adafuula ndi mawu ake. "Ndikuyang'ananso zamakanika a njanji pamene tikulankhula. Dikirani mphindi zina zitatu. Valkyrie ikangosintha njira, imataya m'badwo wake wa maginito ndikuchepetsa!
  
  "Yesu Khristu! Mphindi zitatu? Tikhala titasangalala nthawi imeneyo! " Sam anakuwa.
  
  "Mphindi zitatu, Sam! Gwiritsitsani!" Perdue anakuwa. Pakhomo la chipinda cha seva, Charles ndi Lillian adabwera kudzawona chomwe chimayambitsa kubangulako. Iwo ankadziwa bwino kuposa kufunsa kapena kusokoneza, koma ankamvetsera sewerolo ali chapatali, akuoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri. "Zowonadi, kusintha njanji kumakhala ndi chiopsezo cha kugundana, koma pakali pano sindikuwona masitima ena," adauza antchito ake awiri. Lillian anapemphera. Charles anameza mate.
  
  Ali m'sitimayo, Sam anapuma mpweya, osapeza chitonthozo m'malo oundana omwe anasungunuka pamene Valkyrie ankadutsa. Ananyamula Nina kuti amutsitsimutse, koma thupi lake linali lolemera ngati gudumu la mawilo 16 ndipo sanathe kusuntha. "Mach 3 m'masekondi angapo. Tonse tafa.
  
  Chizindikiro cha Polskaya chinawonekera kutsogolo kwa sitimayo ndikuwadutsa m'kuphethira kwa diso. Sam anagwira mpweya wake, akumva kulemera kwa thupi lake kukukwera mofulumira. Sanaonenso kalikonse, mwadzidzidzi anamva kulira kwa switch ya njanji. The Valkyrie ankawoneka kuti wasokonekera chifukwa cha kusweka kwadzidzidzi mu mphamvu ya maginito ku njira yachibadwa, koma Sam anagwiritsitsa kwa Nina. Chisokonezo chinali chachikulu kwambiri ndipo matupi a Sam ndi Nina adaponyedwa muzipangizo za chipindacho.
  
  Pamene Sam ankawopa, atayenda mtunda winanso, Valkyrie inayamba kusokoneza. Iye ankangothamanga kwambiri moti sankathanso kuyenda m"njanji, koma pa nthawiyi anali atatsika kwambiri moti ankathamanga kwambiri moti n"kutsika kwambiri. Analimbitsa kulimba mtima kwake ndikukumbatira thupi la Nina lachikomokere kwa iyemwini, ndikuphimba mutu wake ndi manja ake. Mng'alu wowoneka bwino wotsatiridwa, wotsatiridwa ndi chombo chogwidwa ndi mdierekezi chikugwedezeka ndi liwiro lochititsa chidwi. Kuphulika kogonthetsa m'makutu kunapinda makinawo pakati, kugwetsa mbale pansi panja.
  
  Sam atadzuka m'mbali mwa njanji, lingaliro lake loyamba linali loti atulutse anthu onse m'menemo mafuta asanathe. Pambuyo pake, anali mafuta a nyukiliya, iye anaganiza. Sam sanali katswiri pa minerals yomwe inali yovuta kwambiri, koma sanafune kutenga mwayi ndi thorium. Komabe, anapeza kuti thupi lake linali litalephera kusuntha ngakhale inchi imodzi. Atakhala mmenemo m"chipale chofewa cha ku Siberia, anazindikira mmene ankadzionera. Thupi lake likadali lolemera tani imodzi ndipo mphindi yapitayo anali atawotchedwa wamoyo, koma tsopano anali ozizira.
  
  Anthu ena otsala a m"gululo anakwawa pang"onopang"ono pa chipale chofeŵacho. Sam ataona Nina pang'onopang'ono anabwerera m'maganizo mwake ndikuyesa kumwetulira. Maso ake akuda adachita kunjenjemera pamene adamuyang'ana. "Sam?"
  
  "Inde, wokondedwa wanga," iye anakhosomola ndikumwetulira. "Pambuyo pa zonse, kuli Mulungu."
  
  Iye anamwetulira ndi kuyang'ana kumwamba imvi pamwamba pa mutu wake, exhaling ndi mpumulo ndi ululu. Moyamikira, iye anati, "Zikomo, Perdue."
  
  
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  Chiwombolo
  
  
  
  Edinburgh - masabata atatu pambuyo pake
  
  
  Nina adalandira chithandizo kuchipatala choyenera pambuyo poti iye ndi anthu ena omwe adapulumuka adakwera ndege ndi kuvulala kwake konse. Zinamutengera iye ndi Sam milungu itatu kuti abwerere ku Edinburgh, komwe malo awo oyamba anali Reichtisousis. Purdue, poyesa kuyanjananso ndi abwenzi ake, adakonza zoti kampani yayikulu yodyeramo ichitire chakudya chamadzulo kuti athe kusangalala ndi alendo ake.
  
  Wodziwika chifukwa chodziwikiratu, Perdue adapereka chitsanzo pamene adayitana womusamalira komanso woperekera chikho ku chakudya chamadzulo. Sam ndi Nina anali adakali akuda ndi abuluu, koma anali otetezeka.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti toast ili bwino," adatero, akukweza galasi lake lachampagne. "Kwa akapolo anga ogwira ntchito molimbika komanso okhulupirika nthawi zonse, Lily ndi Charles."
  
  Lily anaseka uku Charles akungoyang'ana nkhope yake. Anamukankha m"nthiti. "Smile".
  
  "Kale wopereka chikho, nthaŵi zonse wopereka chikho, Lillian wokondedwa wanga," iye anayankha modabwitsa, kuchititsa ena kuseka.
  
  "Ndi bwenzi langa David," Sam adayankha. Msiyeni alandire chithandizo m"chipatala kokha ndi kusiya chisamaliro chapanyumba kwamuyaya!"
  
  "Ameni," Perdue anavomera, ali maso.
  
  Mwa njira, kodi sitinaphonye kalikonse panthawi yomwe timachira ku Novosibirsk?" - Nina anafunsa ndi pakamwa modzaza caviar ndi masikono amchere.
  
  "Sindikusamala," Sam anakweza mutu ndikumeza shampeni yake kuti awonjezere kachasu wake.
  
  "Mutha kupeza izi zosangalatsa," Perdue adawatsimikizira ndi kuthwanima m'diso. "Zinali m"nkhani pambuyo pa malipoti a imfa ndi kuvulala pa ngozi ya sitima. Ndinalemba izi tsiku lina mutagonekedwa kuchipatala kumeneko. Bwerani mudzawone."
  
  Anatembenukira ku skrini ya laputopu yomwe Perdue anali nayo pa kauntala yoyakabe. Nina adadzuma ndikumukodola Sam ataona mtolankhani yemweyo yemwe amalengeza pa sitima yapamtunda yomwe adamulembera Sam. Icho chinali ndi mawu ang'onoang'ono.
  
  "Atanena kuti sitima yapamtunda inapha achinyamata awiri m'sitima zopanda anthu masabata angapo apitawo, mtolankhaniyu akubweretseraninso zomwe simukuziganizira."
  
  Kumbuyo kwa mkaziyo, kumbuyoko, kunali mzinda wa ku Russia wotchedwa Tomsk.
  
  Matupi osokonezeka a Clifton Taft wa ku America, wasayansi waku Belgian Dr. Zelda Bessler ndi woimira meya waku Scotland a Hon. Dzulo Lance McFadden adapezeka pamanjanji apamtunda. Anthu am'deralo adanenanso kuti awona locomotive ikuwoneka ngati palibe paliponse, pomwe ogula atatu akuti akuyenda m'mphepete mwa njanji itasweka.
  
  "Magetsi amagetsi amachita izi," Perdue adaseka ali pamalo ake pa kauntala.
  
  Meya wa Tomsk, Vladimir Nelidov, adatsutsa tsokalo, koma adalongosola kuti mawonekedwe a sitimayo yotchedwa ghost adangochitika chifukwa cha sitimayo yomwe idadutsa mu chipale chofewa chomwe chinagwa dzulo. Iye adanenetsa kuti palibe chodabwitsa pazochitika zowopsazi ndikuti idangokhala ngozi yomvetsa chisoni chifukwa chosawoneka bwino.
  
  Perdue anazimitsa ndikupukusa mutu, akumwetulira.
  
  "Zikuwoneka kuti Dr. Jacobs adapempha thandizo la amalume ake a Olga omwe anamwalira ku Russian Secret Physical Society," Perdue anaseka, pokumbukira kuti Kasper adanena za kuyesa kolephera kwa physics pa zokambirana za Sam.
  
  Nina adamwa sherry yake. "Ndikanakonda ndikanapepesa, koma sinditero. Kodi izi zimandipangitsa kukhala munthu woyipa?"
  
  "Ayi," Sam anayankha. "Ndiwe woyera mtima, woyera yemwe umalandira mphatso kuchokera ku gulu lachigawenga la Russia chifukwa chopha mdani wawo wamkulu ndi lupanga losauka." Mawu ake anachititsa kuseka kwambiri kuposa mmene iye ankaganizira.
  
  "Koma zonse ndikusangalala kuti Dr. Jacobs tsopano ali ku Belarus, kutali ndi mimbulu ya akuluakulu a Nazi," Perdue adadandaula. Anayang'ana Sam ndi Nina. "Mulungu akudziwa kuti adachitapo kanthu kambirimbiri pomwe adandiyitana, apo ayi sindikanadziwa kuti muli pachiwopsezo."
  
  "Osadziletsa, Perdue," Nina anamkumbutsa motero. "Ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe adakuchenjezani, koma mudapanga chisankho chofunikira kuti mukhululukire kulakwa kwanu."
  
  Iye anati: "Wayankha."
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Preston W. Mwana
  Chigoba cha ku Babulo
  
  
  Kodi tanthauzo la kumverera kuli kuti pamene palibe nkhope?
  
  Kodi Wakhungu amangoyendayenda kuti pamene kuli mdima wokha ndi maenje ndi opanda kanthu?
  
  Kodi Mtima umalankhula kuti osatulutsa lilime lake ku milomo yake kuti atsanzike?
  
  Kodi fungo lokoma la maluwa ndi mpweya wa wokonda kuli kuti pamene fungo la mabodza palibe?
  
  Ndikuuzani bwanji?
  
  Ndikuuzani bwanji?
  
  Kodi akubisa chiyani kumbuyo kwa masks awo?
  
  Pamene nkhope zawo zabisika ndipo mawu awo akukakamizidwa?
  
  Kodi iwo akugwira Kumwamba?
  
  Kapena ali ndi Gahena?
  
   - Masque de Babel (cha m'ma 1682 - Versailles)
  
  
   Mutu 1 - Munthu Woyaka
  
  
  Nina anaphethira kwambiri.
  
  Maso ake anamvetsera ma synapses ake pamene tulo tating'ono ting'onoting'ono mu REM tulo, kumusiya iye m'gulu lankhanza la chikumbumtima chake. Magetsi anali kuyatsa m'chipinda chapadera chachipatala cha yunivesite ya Heidelberg usiku wakufa, kumene Dr. Nina Gould anagonekedwa m'chipatala kuti athetse, ngati n'kotheka, zotsatira zoipa za matenda a radiation. Kufikira tsopano, zakhala zovuta kudziŵa mmene mlandu wake unalili wovuta, popeza mwamuna amene anatsagana naye sanafotokoze molondola mlingo wa kuwonekera kwake. Chopambana chimene akanatha kunena chinali chakuti anampeza akungoyendayenda m"ngalande za pansi pa nthaka za ku Chernobyl kwa maola otalikirapo kuposa mmene chamoyo chilichonse chingachire.
  
  "Sanatiuze zonse," Namwino Barken adatsimikizira gulu lake laling'ono la antchito, "koma ndinali ndi chikayikiro chapadera kuti sichinali ngakhale theka la zomwe Dr. Gould anayenera kudutsa kumeneko asananene kuti anali nazo. ndamupeza." Anapumula ndikupumira. Tsoka ilo, posamumanga pamlandu womwe tilibe umboni, tidayenera kumusiya kuti athane ndi zomwe tinali nazo.
  
  Chisoni chokakamizika chinaseweredwa pankhope za ophunzirawo, koma iwo anali kungobisa kutopa kwa usiku motengera akatswiri. Magazi awo aang'ono ankayimba ufulu wa pub kumene gululo nthawi zambiri linkasonkhana pambuyo pa kusinthana kwawo pamodzi, kapena kukumbatirana ndi okondedwa awo panthawiyi yausiku. Mlongo Barken anali ndi kuleza mtima pang'ono chifukwa cha kusatsimikizika kwawo ndipo adaphonya kucheza ndi anzawo, komwe amatha kusinthana zigamulo zowona, zomveka ndi omwe ali oyenerera komanso okonda zachipatala.
  
  M"maso mwake munali diso lotutumuka limodzi ndi limodzi pamene ankakamba za matenda a Dr. Gould. Ngodya zopendekeka za milomo yake yopyapyala zinatembenukira pansi, kusonyeza kusakondwa kumene nthaŵi zambiri ankasonyeza chifukwa cha mawu ake aukali ndi apansipansi akamalankhula. Kupatula kukhala msilikali wakale wachipatala cha ku Germany chotsatiridwa ku yunivesite ya Heidelberg, ankadziwikanso kuti ndi katswiri wodziwa matenda. Zinali zodabwitsa kwa ogwira nawo ntchito kuti sanavutike kupititsa patsogolo ntchito yake pokhala dokotala kapena ngakhale mlangizi wanthawi zonse.
  
  "Kodi mikhalidwe yake ndi yotani, Mlongo Barken?" - anafunsa namwino wamng'onoyo, akugwedeza mlongo wake ndi chiwonetsero chake cha chidwi chenicheni. Bwana wathanzi, wazaka makumi asanu zakubadwa adatenga mphindi imodzi kuti ayankhe, akuwoneka wokondwa kufunsidwa funso m'malo moyang'ana chikomokere chamasewera omwe ali ndi mutu usiku wonse.
  
  "Chabwino, ndizo zonse zomwe tidapeza kuchokera kwa njonda yaku Germany yomwe idabwera naye kuno, Namwino Marx. Sitinapeze umboni uliwonse wosonyeza chimene chinayambitsa matenda ake kusiyapo zimene bamboyo anatiuza." Adapumira mokhumudwa chifukwa chosowa chidziwitso chokhudza matenda a Dr. Gould. "Chomwe ndinganene n"chakuti akuwoneka kuti wapulumutsidwa pa nthawi yake kuti alandire chithandizo. Ngakhale ali ndi zizindikiro zonse zakupha poizoni, thupi lake likuwoneka kuti likutha kuthana nalo bwino ...
  
  Mlongo Marx anagwedeza mutu, kunyalanyaza zimene anzake akumuchitira. Zimenezi zinamuchititsa chidwi. Pambuyo pake, adamva zambiri za Nina Gould kuchokera kwa amayi ake. Poyamba, momwe amakambira za iye, adaganiza kuti amayi ake amamudziwa wolemba mbiri wocheperako waku Scotland. Komabe, sizinatengere Marlene Marks wophunzira zachipatala kuti adziwe kuti amayi ake ankangowerenga magazini ndi mabuku awiri ofalitsidwa ndi Gould. Chifukwa chake, Nina Gould anali munthu wotchuka mnyumba mwake.
  
  Kodi awa anali ena mwa maulendo achinsinsi omwe wolemba mbiri yakale adachita, monga omwe adawakhudza pang'ono m'mabuku ake? Marlene nthawi zambiri ankadabwa chifukwa chimene Dr. Gould sanalembe zambiri za ulendo wake ndi wofufuza wotchuka wa Edinburgh ndi woyambitsa David Perdue, koma m'malo mwake amatchula maulendo angapo. Ndiye panali mgwirizano wodziwika bwino ndi mtolankhani wofufuza wotchuka padziko lonse Sam Cleave, amene Dr Gould analemba. Amayi Marlene sanangolankhula za Nina monga bwenzi la banja, komanso adalankhula za moyo wake ngati kuti wolemba mbiri wodabwitsa anali sewero loyenda sopo.
  
  Zinangotsala pang'ono kuti amayi a Marlene ayambe kuwerenga mabuku okhudza Sam Cleave kapena omwe amafalitsidwa ndi iyemwini, pokhapokha ataphunzira zambiri za zipinda zina mu nyumba yaikulu ya Gould. Zinali chifukwa cha misala yonseyi kuti namwinoyo adasunga chinsinsi kukhala kwa Gould ku Heidelberg, powopa kuti amayi ake aguba kulowera chakumadzulo kwa chipatala cha m'zaka za zana la 14 kutsutsa kumangidwa kwake kapena zina zotero. Izi zinapangitsa Marlene kumwetulira yekha, koma pangozi yoti Mlongo Barken akwiyitse mosamalitsa, anabisa zosangalatsa zake.
  
  Gulu la ophunzira azachipatala silinadziwe za anthu ovulala omwe akuyandikira chipinda chodzidzimutsa chomwe chili pansi. Pansi pa mapazi awo, gulu la anthu ochita zinthu mwadongosolo komanso anamwino ausiku linazungulira mnyamata wina yemwe anali kukuwa yemwe anakana kumangidwa m"chingwe.
  
  "Chonde bwana, muyenera kusiya kukuwa!" - namwino wamkulu pantchitoyo adapempha bamboyo, kutsekereza njira yake yaukali yowononga ndi thupi lake lalikulu. Maso ake adayang'ana m'modzi mwa ochita bwino, wokhala ndi jekeseni wa succinylcholine, mobisa akuyandikira munthu yemwe adawotchedwa. Kuwona kowopsa kwa munthu wolirayo kunapangitsa antchito awiri atsopanowo kutsamwitsidwa, osagwira movutikira pomwe amadikirira kuti namwino wamkulu afuule lamulo lotsatira. Komabe, kwa ambiri aiwo, zinali zochitika zamantha, ngakhale kuti chilichonse chinali chosiyana. Mwachitsanzo, anali asanakhalepo ndi munthu yemwe wapsa ndi moto atathamangitsidwa m'chipinda chodzidzimutsa, osasiyapo kuti utsi utuluke mwa iye pamene ankagwedezeka, ndikutaya zidutswa za mnofu pachifuwa ndi pamimba panjira.
  
  Masekondi makumi atatu ndi asanu adawoneka ngati maola awiri kwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala aku Germany osokonezeka. Mayi wamkuluyo atangotsekereza munthu wakeyo ndi mutu ndi pachifuwa zakuda, kukuwa kunasiya mwadzidzidzi, m'malo mwake ndi kupuma kwa mpweya.
  
  "Kutupa kwa ma airways!" adabangula ndi mawu amphamvu omwe amamveka mchipinda chodzidzimutsa. "Intubation, nthawi yomweyo!"
  
  Namwino wachimuna wogwadayo anathamangira kutsogolo, akulowetsa singanoyo pakhungu lophwanyika la munthu yemwe anali kupuma mpweya, akukankhira plunger mosakayikira. Anagwedezeka pamene syringe imalowa m'mphuno ya wodwala wosaukayo, koma zinayenera kuchitika.
  
  "Mulungu! Fungo limeneli ndi lonyansa! "- m'modzi mwa anamwino adapumira pansi, ndikutembenukira kwa mnzake, yemwe adavomera. Anaphimba nkhope zawo ndi manja awo kwa kamphindi kuti apume pamene kununkha kwa nyama yophika kunkawawononga mphamvu zawo. Sizinali akatswiri kwenikweni, koma iwo anali anthu basi.
  
  "Mutengereni ku OR B!" - adabingula dona wamphamvu kwa ndodo yake. "Schnell! Akupita ku kumangidwa kwa mtima, anthu! Sunthani!" Anayika chigoba cha okosijeni pa wodwala wogwedezekayo pamene kugwirizana kwake kunachepa. Palibe amene adawona munthu wamtali wamtali atavala chijasi chakuda akutsata njira yake. Mthunzi wake wautali, wautali unadetsa galasi losakhudzidwa la chitseko pamene anaima, kuyang'ana mtembo wofuka ukuchotsedwa. Maso ake obiriwira ankawalira kuchokera pansi pa nsonga ya chipewa chake, ndipo milomo yake youma inaseka mogonja.
  
  Ndi chipwirikiti chonse cha m"chipinda chodzidzimutsa, iye anadziŵa kuti sakawonekera, ndipo anazembera pazitseko kukachezera chipinda chosungiramo zinthu pansanjika yoyamba, mapazi angapo kuchokera pa chipinda chodikiriramo. Atafika m"chipinda chosungiramo zinthu, anapeŵa kuonekera mwa kupeŵa kuwala kwa nyali zing"onozing"ono zapadenga pamwamba pa mabenchi. Popeza kuti kunali pakati pausiku, mwina sipakakhala ogwira ntchito zachipatala mchipinda chotsekeramo, choncho adatenga zokolopa zingapo ndikupita kosamba. M"nyumba ina imene munali mdima, bambo wina wachikulire anavula zovala zake.
  
  Pansi pa timagetsi tating'onoting'ono tozungulira pamwamba pake, mawonekedwe ake afupa, owoneka ngati ufa adawonekera mu chithunzithunzi cha plexiglass. Wowoneka bwino komanso wowonda, miyendo yake yayitali idasiya suti yake ndikuvala yunifomu yake ya thonje. Kupuma kwake kolemera kunatuluka movutikira pamene akuyenda, akutsanzira robot yovala pakhungu la android ikupopera madzi amadzimadzi kudzera m'magulu ake panthawi iliyonse. Pamene adachotsa fedora yake kuti alowe m'malo mwake ndi kapu, chigaza chake chosawoneka bwino chinamunyoza mu chithunzi chagalasi cha plexiglass. Mbali ya kuwalako inagogomezera kung"ambika kulikonse ndi kutuluka kwa chigaza chake, koma mutu wake unapendekeka monga momwe akanathera pamene ankayesera pa chipewacho. Sanafune kuyang"anizana ndi cholakwa chake chachikulu koposa, kuipa kwake kwamphamvu koposa-kupanda nkhope kwake.
  
  Pankhope yake yaumunthu, maso ake okha ndi omwe ankawoneka, opangidwa bwino, koma osungulumwa mwachibadwa. Mkuluyo sakanatha kupirira kunyozeka kwa kunyozedwa kwa malingaliro ake, pamene masaya ake adapanga nkhope yake yopanda mawonekedwe. Pakati pa milomo yake yotsala pang'ono kulibe komanso pamwamba pa kamwa yake yochepa panalibe kutseguka, ndipo ting'onoting'ono tiwiri ting'onoting'ono tomwe tinkakhala ngati mphuno. Chinthu chomaliza cha kudzibisa kwake kwanzeru chikanakhala chigoba cha opaleshoni, kukwaniritsa chinyengo chake.
  
  Analoŵetsa suti yake m"chipinda chakutali kwambiri cha khoma lakum"maŵa ndi kutseka chitseko chopapatiza, iye anawongolera kaimidwe kake.
  
  "Chokani," iye anang"ung"udza.
  
  Anapukusa mutu. Ayi, chilankhulo chake chinali cholakwika. Anakonza kukhosi kwake n"kuima kaye kuti atole maganizo ake. "Inde." Ayi. Apanso. "Ah, wopindika," adatero momveka bwino ndikumvera mawu ake otuwa. Katchulidwe kake kanali pafupi; panatsala chimodzi kapena ziwiri zina.
  
  "Chokani," iye anatero momvekera bwino ndi mofuula pamene chitseko cha chipinda chosungiramo zinthu chinali kutsegulidwa. Mochedwa kwambiri. Anagwira mpweya kunena mawuwo.
  
  "Abend, Herr Doctor," wadongosolo adalowa ndikumwetulira, akulowa m'chipinda china kuti akagwiritse ntchito makoko. "Ndi chani?"
  
  "Giblets, giblets," mkuluyo anayankha mwachangu, akukondwera ndi kuiwala kwa namwinoyo. Anakonza kukhosi kwake n"kupita kuchitseko. Unali mochedwa ndipo anali adakali ndi bizinesi yosamalizidwa ndi kubwera kwatsopano kotentha.
  
  Pochita manyazi ndi njira yachinyama imene anagwiritsa ntchito polondolera mnyamata yemwe anamutsatira m"chipinda changozi, anawerama mutu wake n"kununkhiza mpweya. Fungo lodziwika bwino limeneli linamupangitsa kuti amutsatire ngati nsomba ya shaki yomwe ikungotsatira magazi m'madzi. Sanalabadire moni waulemu wa ogwira ntchito, oyeretsa ndi madotolo ausiku. Mapazi ake ovalawo ankayenda mwakachetechete masitepe ndi sitepe pamene ankamvera fungo loŵaŵa la mnofu wotentha ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo toyambitsa matenda amene analowa m"mphuno mwake mwamphamvu kwambiri.
  
  "Zimmer 4," adadandaula mphuno yake ikupita ku T-junction ya makonde. Amamwetulira - ngati akanatha. Thupi lake lowonda linkazembera m"khonde la malo amene anawotchedwa kupita kumene mnyamatayo ankalangidwa. Ali kuseri kwa chipindacho, ankamva mawu a dokotala ndi anamwino akulengeza za mwayi woti wodwalayo apulumuke.
  
  "Adzakhalabe ndi moyo, ngakhale kuli tero," anatero dokotala wachimuna momvera chisoni, "sindikuganiza kuti adzatha kusunga mawonekedwe a nkhope yake-mawonekedwe, inde, koma kamvedwe kake ka kununkhiza ndi kakomedwe kake kadzakhala kowonongeka kotheratu."
  
  "Kodi akadali ndi nkhope pansi pa zonsezi, Doctor?" - namwino anafunsa mwakachetechete.
  
  "Inde, koma n'zokayikitsa, popeza kuwonongeka kwa khungu kudzachititsa kuti mawonekedwe ake ... bwino ... awonongeke kwambiri pamaso pake. Mphuno yake siituluka , ndi milomo yake," anazengereza, pomvera chisoni mnyamata wokongolayo amene anali ndi laisensi yoyendetsa galimoto yosasungidwa bwino m"chikwama choyaka moto, "anasowa. Mwana wosauka. Anali asanakwanitse zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndipo izi zidamuchitikira.
  
  Adokotala anagwedeza mutu mosazindikira. "Chonde, Sabina, perekani mankhwala oletsa ululu m"mitsempha ndi kuyamba kulowetsa madzimadzi nthaŵi yomweyo."
  
  "Inde, adokotala." Adapumira m'mwamba ndikuthandiza mnzakeyo kutolera bandeji. "Ayenera kuvala chigoba kwa moyo wake wonse," adatero, osalankhula ndi aliyense. Anayikokera pafupi ndi ngolo, atanyamula mabandeji osabala komanso mankhwala a saline. Sanazindikire kukhalapo kwa mlendoyo akusuzumira mumsewu ndi kuwulula chandamale chake kupyolera mu mng'alu wotseka pang'onopang'ono wa pakhomo. Liwu limodzi lokha linamuthawa mwakachetechete.
  
  "Mask".
  
  
  Mutu 2 - Perdue Kidnapping
  
  
  Pokhala wosakhazikika pang'ono, Sam adangoyendayenda m'minda yayikulu yanyumba ina pafupi ndi Dundee pansi pa thambo laku Scottish. Ndi iko komwe, kodi panali zamoyo zina? Komabe, anali kumva bwino mumtima mwake. Chopanda kanthu. Zambiri zinali zitamuchitikira iye ndi anzake posachedwapa moti zinali zodabwitsa kuti ndisamaganize chilichonse kuti asinthe. Sam adabwera kuchokera ku Kazakhstan sabata yapitayo ndipo sanawone Nina kapena Perdue kuyambira pomwe adabwerera ku Edinburgh.
  
  Anauzidwa kuti Nina anavulala kwambiri chifukwa cha kuwala kwa dzuwa ndipo anagonekedwa m"chipatala m"chipatala ku Germany. Atatumiza mnzake wina watsopano Detlef Holzer kuti akamupeze, anakhala ku Kazakhstan kwa masiku angapo ndipo sanathe kumva chilichonse chokhudza matenda a Nina. Zikuoneka kuti Dave Perdue adapezekanso pamalo omwewo monga Nina, koma adagonjetsedwa ndi Detlef chifukwa cha khalidwe lake laukali modabwitsa. Koma mpaka pano uku kunalinso kulingalira bwino.
  
  Perdue adalumikizana ndi Sam dzulo lake kuti amudziwitse za kumangidwa kwake ku Sinclair Medical Research Center. Sinclair Medical Research Center, yothandizidwa ndi Renegade Brigade, inali mnzake wachinsinsi wa Perdue pankhondo yapitayi yolimbana ndi Order of the Black Sun. Zinachitika kuti bungweli linali ndi anthu omwe kale anali a Black Sun; ampatuko, titero kunena kwake, kuchokera ku chikhulupiriro chimene Sam anakhalanso membala wake zaka zingapo m"mbuyomo. Zochita zake kwa iwo zinali zochepa, chifukwa kufunikira kwawo kwanzeru kunali kwapang'onopang'ono. Monga mtolankhani wanzeru komanso wogwira mtima wofufuza, Sam Cleave anali wofunika kwambiri kwa Brigade pankhaniyi.
  
  Kupatulapo womalizayo, anali ndi ufulu wochita momwe amafunira ndikudzipangira yekha ntchito yake nthawi iliyonse yomwe akufuna. Atatopa kuchita chilichonse chotopetsa monga ntchito yake yaposachedwa, Sam adaganiza zokhala ndi nthawi yopita ku Perdue kumalo opulumukirako amisala omwe wofufuza yemwe adayenderapo nthawiyi.
  
  Panali zochepa kwambiri zokhudza kukhazikitsidwa kwa Sinclair, koma Sam anali ndi mphuno chifukwa cha fungo la nyama pansi pa chivindikiro. Pamene ankayandikira malowo, anaona kuti mazenera anali ndi mipiringidzo m"mbali zonse za nsanjika zinayi zansanjika zinayi zimene nyumbayo inmadzitamandira.
  
  "Ndikuyesa kuti muli m'modzi mwa zipinda izi, Hei Perdue?" Sam anaseka yekhayekha kwinaku akuyenda kulowera pakhomo lalikulu la nyumba yolusayo yomwe inali ndi makoma oyera kwambiri. Kuzizira kunadutsa m'thupi la Sam pamene ankalowa m'chipinda cholandirira alendo. "O Mulungu wanga, Hotel California ikuchita ngati Stanley Much?"
  
  "Mwadzuka bwanji," wolandira alendo wa tsitsi lofiira adalonjera Sam. Kumwetulira kwake kunali kochokera pansi pa mtima. Maonekedwe ake olimba, akuda adamusangalatsa nthawi yomweyo, ngakhale anali wamkulu mokwanira kukhala mchimwene wake wamkulu kapena amalume ake okalamba kwambiri.
  
  "Inde, nzoona, mtsikana," Sam anavomereza mwachikondi. "Ndabwera kudzawona David Perdue."
  
  Iye anakwiya: "Ndiye maluwa awa ndi andani, bwana?"
  
  Sam anangoyang'ana maso ndikutsitsa dzanja lake lamanja pansi kuti abise kakonzedwe ka maluwa pansi pa kauntala. "Shh, osamuuza. Iye amadana ndi carnations. "
  
  "Aa," adachita chibwibwi mokayikira kwambiri, "ali m'chipinda chachitatu, chansanjika ziwiri, chipinda 309."
  
  "Tha," Sam adaseka ndikuyimba muluzu uku akuyenda kupita ku masitepe olembedwa oyera ndi obiriwira, "Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 4," mwaulesi akugwedeza maluwa ake pamene akukwera. Pagalasi adasangalatsidwa kwambiri ndi kuyang'ana kosuntha kwa mtsikana wosokonezeka yemwe anali kuyesabe kumvetsetsa chomwe maluwawo anali.
  
  "Eya, monga ndimaganizira," Sam anang'ung'udza akupeza njira yolowera kumanja kwa malo otsetsereka, pomwe chikwangwani chobiriwira ndi choyera chinalembedwa kuti "Ward 3." "Ndi malo openga okhala ndi mipiringidzo ndipo Perdue ndiye meya."
  
  Ndipotu malo amenewa sanali ngati chipatala. Zinkawoneka ngati kusonkhana kwa maofesi azachipatala ndi machitidwe m'malo ogulitsira ambiri, koma Sam adayenera kuvomereza kuti adapeza kuti kusowa kwamisala komwe kumayembekezereka kukusokoneza pang'ono. Palibe paliponse pamene adawonapo anthu ovala zovala zoyera zakuchipatala kapena njinga za olumala akunyamula anthu akufa komanso owopsa. Ngakhale ogwira ntchito zachipatala, omwe ankangowazindikira ndi malaya awo oyera, ankawoneka odekha komanso osasamala.
  
  Iwo anagwedeza mutu n"kumulonjera mwachisangalalo pamene anali kuwadutsa, osafunsa ngakhale funso limodzi la maluwa amene anagwira m"manja mwake. Kuvomereza kumeneku kunangochotsa nthabwala za Sam, ndipo adaponya maluwawo m'chidebe chapafupi chapafupi asanafike m'chipinda chomwe adapatsidwa. Ndithu chitseko chinali chitatsekedwa poti chinali chotchinga koma Sam anadabwa ataona kuti chinali chosakhoma. Chodabwitsa kwambiri chinali mkati mwa chipindacho.
  
  Kupatula zenera limodzi lotchingidwa bwino ndi mipando iwiri yapamwamba kwambiri, panalibenso china chilichonse kupatula kapeti. Maso ake akuda adayang'ana chipinda chachilendo. Inalibe bedi komanso chinsinsi cha bafa ya en-suite. Perdue anakhala ndi nsana wake kwa Sam, akuyang'ana pawindo.
  
  "Ndiwe wokondwa kwambiri kuti wabwera, nkhalamba," anatero m"mawu achimwemwe omwewo, olemera kuposa Mulungu amene nthaŵi zambiri ankalankhula ndi alendo panyumba yake yaikulu.
  
  "Chisangalalo changa," Sam adayankha, akuyesabe kuthetsa vuto la mipando. Perdue anatembenuka kuti ayang'ane naye, akuwoneka wathanzi komanso womasuka.
  
  "Khala pansi," adapempha mtolankhani wodabwa, yemwe, poyang'ana nkhope yake, anali kuyang'ana chipinda cha nsikidzi kapena mabomba obisika. Sam anakhala pansi. "Ndiye," Perdue adayamba, "maluwa anga ali kuti?"
  
  Sam anaponya maso ake kwa Perdue. "Ndimaganiza kuti ndili ndi mphamvu zolamulira?"
  
  Perdue adawoneka kuti sanadabwe ndi zomwe Sam adanena, zomwe onse amazidziwa koma palibe chomwe adachithandizira. "Ayi, ndinakuona ukuyenda m"kanjira uli nacho m"manja, mosakayikira unagula kuti undichititse manyazi mwanjira ina.
  
  "Mulungu, mukundidziwa bwino kwambiri," anatero Sam. "Koma iwe ukuwona bwanji chilichonse kumbuyo kwachitetezo chambiri pano? Ndinaona kuti zipinda za akaidi zinali zosakhoma. Nanga bwanji kukutsekera ngati akutsekera zitseko?"
  
  Perdue anamwetulira, kuseka, ndikupukusa mutu. "O, sikutilepheretsa kuthawa, Sam. Izi zili choncho kuti tisadumphe. " Kwa nthawi yoyamba, mawu a Perdue ankamveka owawa komanso oipa. Sam anamva nkhawa ya nzakeyo ikubwera pomwe kudziletsa kunayamba kuyenda. Zinapezeka kuti kukhazikika kwa Perdue kunali chigoba chabe kuseri kwa kusakhutira kosagwirizana uku.
  
  "Kodi mumakonda kuchita zinthu ngati izi?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  Perdue anagwedezeka. "Sindikudziwa, Master Cleve. Mphindi imodzi zonse zili bwino, ndipo yotsatira ndibwerera m"thanki ya nsomba yoopsayi, ndikulakalaka nditamira mofulumira kuposa momwe nsomba inky ingameze ubongo wanga."
  
  Mawu a Perdue anasintha nthawi yomweyo kuchoka ku utsiru wansangala mpaka kukhumudwa koopsa kodzala ndi kudziimba mlandu komanso kuda nkhawa. Sam analimba mtima kuyika dzanja lake paphewa la Perdue, osadziwa kuti mabiliyoniyo angatani. Koma Perdue sanachite kalikonse popeza dzanja la Sam lidakhazika mtima pansi chisokonezo chake.
  
  "Kodi ndi zimene mukuchita kuno? Kodi mukuyesera kuti musinthe malingaliro omwe a Nazi adakupatsirani? " Sam anamufunsa mopanda mantha. "Koma ndizabwino, Purdue. Kodi chithandizo chikuyenda bwanji? M"njira zambiri umaoneka ngati wekha."
  
  "Zoona?" Perdue adaseka. "Sam, ukudziwa kuti ndi chiyani osakudziwa? Ndizoipa kuposa kudziwa, ndikukutsimikizirani. Koma ndazindikira kuti kudziwa kumabala chiwanda chosiyana ndi kuiwala zochita za munthu."
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Sam anakwinya nkhope. "Monga ndikumvetsetsa, zikumbukiro zina zenizeni zabwerera; zomwe sunakumbukire kale?"
  
  Maso a buluu otumbululuka a Perdue adayang'ana kutsogolo kumlengalenga kudzera m'magalasi omveka bwino a magalasi ake pamene ankaganizira maganizo a Sam asanafotokoze. Iye ankawoneka ngati wopenga chifukwa cha mdima wa nyengo ya mitambo yomwe inkadutsa pawindo. Zala zake zazitali zowonda zinali zojambulidwa pampando wamtengo wapampando uku akungoti mbwee. Sam anaona kuti ndi bwino kuti asinthe nkhani pompano.
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani kulibe bedi?" - anafuula, akuyang'ana mozungulira pafupi ndi chipinda chopanda kanthu.
  
  "Sindigona".
  
  Ndizo zonse.
  
  Izi ndizo zonse zomwe Perdue anayenera kunena pankhaniyi. Kusalongosola kwake kunamudetsa nkhawa Sam chifukwa zinali zosemphana ndi momwe munthuyo adasaina. Nthawi zambiri amataya zonse zoyenera kapena zolepheretsa ndikulavula nkhani yayikulu yodzaza ndi chiyani, chifukwa chiyani komanso ndani. Tsopano iye anali wokhutitsidwa ndi zoona zake zokha, kotero Sam sanafufuze kuti Perdue afotokoze, koma chifukwa ankafunadi kudziwa. "Mukudziwa kuti izi sizingatheke, pokhapokha ngati mukufuna kufa ndi psychosis."
  
  Maonekedwe a Perdue adamupangitsa kuti azizizira msana wa Sam. Chinali chinachake pakati pa misala ndi chisangalalo changwiro; mawonekedwe a chilombo chakuthengo chikudyetsedwa, ngati Sam akanatha kuganiza. Tsitsi lake lofiirira la mchere ndi tsabola linali lowoneka bwino kwambiri monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse, atakulungidwa ndi zingwe zazitali zolekanitsa ndi zipsera zake zotuwa. Sam anajambula Perdue tsitsi lake litagwedezeka m'madzi akusamba, kuyang'ana kwa buluu wotumbululuka kuchokera kwa alonda pamene adamupeza akutafuna khutu la wina. Chomwe chinkamudetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndi mmene zinthu zinalili mwadzidzidzi chifukwa cha mmene mnzakeyo analili. Mawu a Perdue adamuchotsa Sam m'malingaliro ake onyansa.
  
  "Ndipo ukuganiza kuti tambala wakale uja wakhala apa kutsogolo kwako ndi chiyani?" Perdue adaseka, akuwoneka wamanyazi chifukwa cha kumwetulira kwake komwe amayesera kuti apitirizebe kusangalala. "Izi ndi momwe psychosis imawonekera, osati nkhanza za ku Hollywood zomwe anthu amachita mopambanitsa, pomwe anthu amang'amba tsitsi lawo ndikulemba mayina awo mwachipongwe pamakoma. Ndi chinthu chachete, khansa yokwawa yachete yomwe imakupangitsani kuti musamaganizirenso zomwe muyenera kuchita kuti mukhale ndi moyo. Wasiyidwa wekha ndi malingaliro ndi zochitika zako, osaganizira za chakudya..." Anayang"ana m"mbuyo pa kapeti wopanda kanthu komwe kama bedi limayenera kukhala, "...kugona. Poyamba thupi langa linali lolimba chifukwa cha chitsenderezo cha mtendere. Sam, ukadandiwona. Nditathedwa nzeru ndi kutopa, ndinakomoka pansi." Adasendera pafupi ndi Sam. Mtolankhaniyo adachita mantha kumva mafuta onunkhira azachipatala ndi ndudu zakale pa mpweya wa Perdue.
  
  "Purdue ..."
  
  "Ayi, ayi, munafunsa. Tsopano wamvetsera, chabwino?" Perdue anaumirira monong'ona. "Sindinagone kwa masiku opitirira anayi molunjika, ndipo ukudziwa chiyani? Ndikumva bwino! Ndikutanthauza, yang'anani pa ine. Kodi sindikuwoneka ngati chithunzi cha thanzi?"
  
  "Ndizimene zikundivutitsa mnzanga," Sam anagwedezeka, akukanda kuseri kwa mutu wake. Perdue anaseka. Sikunali kuseka kopenga, koma kuseka kotukuka, kodekha. Perdue adameza chisangalalo chake ndikunong'oneza, "Mukudziwa zomwe ndikuganiza?"
  
  "Kuti sindili kuno?" Sam anaganiza. "Mulungu akudziwa, malo opusa komanso otopetsawa angandipangitse kukayikira zenizeni."
  
  "Ayi. Ayi. Ndikuganiza kuti Black Sun itandisokoneza ubongo mwanjira ina idandichotsa kufunikira kwanga kugona. Ayenera kuti anakonzanso ubongo wanga ... anatsegula ... mphamvu zakale zomwe anagwiritsa ntchito pa asilikali apamwamba pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse kuti asandutse anthu kukhala nyama. Iwo sanagwe pamene iwo anawomberedwa, Sam. Adapitilizabe, kupitilirabe ndi kupitilira ... "
  
  "Pezani izi. Ndikukutulutsani pano, "adatero Sam.
  
  "Sindinachedwebe, Sam. Ndiloleni ndikhale ndikuwalola kuti athetse makhalidwe oipawa, "Perdue anaumirira, kuyesera kuti awoneke bwino komanso athanzi, ngakhale kuti zonse zomwe ankafuna kuchita zinali kuchoka ku bungwe ndikuthawira kunyumba kwake ku Reichtisussis.
  
  "Ukunena choncho," Sam adamugwedeza ndi mawu anzeru, "koma sizomwe ukutanthauza."
  
  Anamutulutsa Perdue pampando wake. Biliyoniyo adamwetulira mpulumutsi wake, akuwoneka wokondwa. "Mukadali ndi mphamvu yolamulira malingaliro anu."
  
  
  Mutu 3 - Chithunzi ndi mawu oipa
  
  
  Nina adadzuka, osamva bwino, koma akuwona bwino zomwe adazungulira. Aka kanali koyamba kuti adzuke popanda kudzutsidwa ndi mawu a nesi kapena dotolo yemwe adayesedwa kuti apereke mlingo pa nthawi yopanda umulungu. Nthawi zonse ankachita chidwi ndi mmene anamwino ankadzutsira odwala kuti aziwapatsa "chogona" pa maola opanda pake, nthaŵi zambiri pakati pa 2 ndi 5 koloko m"mawa. Lingaliro la machitidwe oterolo linamuzemba kotheratu, ndipo sanabise kukwiyitsidwa kwake ndi utsiru wotero, mosasamala kanthu za mafotokozedwe operekedwa pa izo. Thupi lake linkawawa chifukwa cha kulemera koopsa kwa poizoniyu, koma anayesa kupirira kwa nthaŵi yonse imene akanatha.
  
  Zinamupumula, adamva kuchokera kwa dokotala yemwe anali pantchito kuti zilonda zapakhungu zimachira pakapita nthawi, komanso kuti mawonekedwe omwe adakumana nawo ku Chernobyl anali ochepa modabwitsa kudera lowopsa ngatilo. Mseru unkamuvutitsa tsiku ndi tsiku, mpaka maantibayotiki atatha, koma vuto lake lotulutsa magazi linali lodetsa nkhawa kwambiri.
  
  Nina anamvetsa nkhawa yake yakuwonongeka kwa dongosolo lake la autoimmune, koma panali zipsera zokulirapo kwa iye, m'malingaliro ndi m'thupi. Sanathe kukhazikika bwino kuyambira pomwe adamasulidwa ku tunnel. Sizinadziwike ngati izi zidayamba chifukwa cha kusowa kwa masomphenya kwa nthawi yayitali chifukwa cha maola omwe amakhala pafupi ndi mdima wathunthu, kapena ngati zinalinso zotsatira za kuwonetseredwa kwa mafunde akale a nyukiliya. Ngakhale zinali choncho, kupwetekedwa mtima kwake kunali koipitsitsa kuposa ululu wakuthupi ndi matuza a khungu lake.
  
  Analota maloto owopsa a Perdue akumusaka mumdima. Pokumbukira zinthu zazing'ono, maloto ake adamukumbutsa za kubuula komwe angapange ataseka moyipa kwinakwake mumdima wamdima wa dziko la Ukraine momwe adatsekeredwa pamodzi. Kupyolera mu mzere wina wa IV, zolimbitsa thupi zidasunga malingaliro ake m'maloto, zomwe zimamulepheretsa kudzuka kwathunthu kuti athawe. Anali kuzunzika kwachidziwitso komwe sakanatha kuyankhula kwa anthu oganiza bwino zasayansi omwe amangoganizira zochepetsera matenda ake amthupi. Analibe nthawi yoti awononge misala yomwe inali kuyandikira.
  
  Kunja kwa zenera, chiwopsezo chotuwa cha mbandakucha chinawoneka, ngakhale kuti dziko lonse lomuzungulira linali litagonabe. Anamva mosamveka bwino mamvekedwe apansi ndi manong'onong'ono akusinthirana pakati pa ogwira ntchito zachipatala, zomwe zidatsatiridwa ndi kugwedezeka kwachilendo kwa makapu a tiyi ndi masitovu a khofi. Zinakumbutsa Nina za m"bandakucha patchuthi cha sukulu pamene anali kamtsikana ku Oban. Makolo ake ndi bambo ake amake ananong'oneza chimodzimodzi pamene ankanyamula zipangizo zawo za msasa ulendo wopita kwa Hebrides. Anali osamala kuti asadzutse Nina wachichepere pamene anali kulongedza magalimoto, ndipo pamapeto pake m"pamene bambo ake analoŵa m"chipinda chake mozemba, kumukulunga ndi mabulangete ngati mpukutu wa galu wotentha, ndi kupita naye kunja kukuzizira kwa m"maŵa kukamgoneka. pampando wakumbuyo.
  
  Chinali chikumbukiro chosangalatsa chimene tsopano anabwererako kwakanthaŵi mofananamo. Anamwino awiri adalowa m'chipinda chake kuti ayang'ane IV yake ndikusintha mapepala pabedi lopanda kanthu lomwe linali moyang'anizana naye. Ngakhale kuti analankhula ndi mawu abata, Nina anatha kugwiritsira ntchito chidziŵitso chake cha Chijeremani kumvetsera, mofanana ndi m"maŵa umenewo pamene banja lake linaganiza kuti anali mtulo tofa nato. Mwa kukhala wosasunthika ndi kupuma mozama m"mphuno mwake, Nina anakhoza kunyenga namwino wapantchitoyo kukhulupirira kuti anali m"tulo tofa nato.
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji?" -Namwinoyo adafunsa abwana ake akukunkhuniza chinsalu chakale chomwe adatenga pamatiresi opanda kanthu.
  
  "Zizindikiro zake zili bwino," mlongo wamkuluyo anayankha mwakachetechete.
  
  "Mfundo yanga inali yoti amayenera kumuyika Flamazine yambiri pakhungu lake asanamuveke chigobacho. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikulondola kunena izi. Dr. Hilt analibe chifukwa chondiluma mutu," namwinoyo anadandaula ponena za chochitikacho, chimene Nina akukhulupirira kuti anakambitsirana asanabwere kudzamwona.
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti ndikugwirizana nanu pankhaniyi, koma muyenera kukumbukira kuti simungathe kukayikira chithandizo kapena mlingo woperekedwa - kapena woperekedwa - ndi madokotala odziwa bwino ntchito, Marlene. Ingodzisungirani nokha matenda anu mpaka mutapeza malo olimba pazakudya pano, chabwino? "- mlongo wonenepa adalangiza wantchito wake.
  
  "Kodi akhala akugona pabedi ili akatuluka ku ICU, Namwino Barken?" Adafunsa mwachidwi. "Pano? Ndi Dr. Gould?
  
  "Inde. Kulekeranji? Iyi si Middle Ages kapena sukulu ya pulayimale, wokondedwa wanga. Mukudziwa, tili ndi ma ward a amuna omwe ali ndi zikhalidwe zapadera. Namwino Barken adamwetulira pang'ono pomwe amadzudzula namwino yemwe amamudziwa kuti amamukonda Dr. Nina Gould. Nina anaganiza za izo. Kodi ndi ndani amene akukonzekera kukhala ndi ine yemwe ayenera kusamala kwambiri?
  
  "Taonani, Dr. Gould wakwinya tsinya," anatero Namwino Barken, osadziŵa kuti zimenezi zinali chifukwa cha kuipidwa kwa Nina posakhalitsa kukhala ndi mnzawo wosayenera. Maganizo odzuka mwakachetechete ankamulamulira. "Kuyenera kukhala kupweteka kwamutu komwe kumakhudzana ndi ma radiation. Zosauka." Inde! Ndinaganiza. Mutu ukundipha, mwa njira. Ma painkiller anu ndi abwino kuphwando, koma samachita chinthu choyipa pakuwukira kutsogolo kwa lobe, mukudziwa?
  
  Dzanja lake lamphamvu, lozizira mwadzidzidzi linafinya dzanja la Nina, kuchititsa mantha kupyolera mu thupi lotentha la wolemba mbiriyo, lomwe linali lokhudzidwa kale ndi kutentha. Mosadziŵa, maso aakulu akuda a Nina anatseguka.
  
  "Yesu Khristu, mkazi! Kodi mukufuna kung'amba khungu langa ndi chikhadabo chozizira?" iye anakuwa. Kuwala kwa ululu kunapyoza dongosolo lamanjenje la Nina, ndipo yankho lake logontha linagwetsa anamwino onse m"chibwibwibwibwi.
  
  "Dr. Gould!" Mlongo Barken anafuula modabwa m"Chingelezi chabwino kwambiri. "Ndine wachisoni! Mukuyembekezeredwa kuti musangalale. " Kumbali ina ya holoyo, namwino wachichepere anali kumwetulira kuchokera m"khutu mpaka kumakutu.
  
  Pozindikira kuti anali atangopereka chabe chizoloŵezi chake m"njira yamwano koposa, Nina anaganiza zoseŵerera mkholeyo kubisa manyazi ake. Nthawi yomweyo adagwira mutu wake, akubuula pang'ono. "Zolimbikitsa? Ululuwo umadula ma painkiller onse. Ndikupepesa chifukwa chakuopsezani, koma ... khungu langa likuyaka moto, "anaimba Nina. namwino wina anayandikira bedi lake mwachidwi, akumwetulirabe ngati fani yemwe wapeza siteji.
  
  "Nurse Marks, mungakhale okoma mtima kwambiri kuti mubweretsere Dr. Gould china chake chothandizira mutu wake?" - Sister Barken adafunsa. "Bitte," adatero mokweza pang'ono kuti asokoneze Marlene Marks wachichepere pakukonzekera kwake kopusa.
  
  "Ee, inde, mlongo," anayankha motero, monyinyirika povomera ntchito yake asanadumphe m"chipindacho.
  
  "Mtsikana wokoma," Nina anatero.
  
  "Pepani. Iye kwenikweni ndi amayi ake - iwo amakukondani akulu anu. Iwo amadziwa zonse za maulendo anu, ndi zina mwa zinthu zimene munalemba za chidwi kwathunthu Namwino Marks. Choncho chonde musanyalanyaze kumuyang"ana," Mlongo Barken anafotokoza mwachikondi.
  
  Nina anafika mpaka pomwe anasokonezedwa ndi kagalu yemwe akungotuluka mkamwa atavala yunifolomu yachipatala yemwe anali pafupi kubwera. "Ndani akagona pamenepo? Aliyense amene ndikumudziwa?"
  
  Mlongo Barken anapukusa mutu. "Sindikuganiza kuti akuyenera kudziwa kuti iye ndi ndani," adanong'oneza motero. "Mwaukadaulo, ndilibe ufulu wogawana nawo, koma popeza mukhala mchipinda chimodzi ndi wodwala watsopano ..."
  
  "Guten Morgen, mlongo," anatero mwamuna wapakhomo. Mawu ake anasokonezedwa ndi chigoba cha opaleshoni, koma Nina anatha kudziwa kuti katchulidwe kake sikanali kachijeremani kwenikweni.
  
  "Pepani, Dr. Gould," Namwino Barken anatero pamene akuyenda kuti akalankhule ndi munthu wamtaliyo. Nina anamvetsera mwatcheru. Panthaŵi yatulo imeneyi, m"chipindamo munali mwakachetechete, zimene zinapangitsa kumvetsera kukhala kosavuta, makamaka pamene Nina anatseka maso ake.
  
  Dokotala anafunsa Namwino Barken za mnyamata yemwe anabweretsedwa usiku wapitawo komanso chifukwa chake wodwalayo sanalinso m'gulu lomwe Nina anatcha 'Ward 4'. Mimba yake inapindika m"mafupa pamene mlongo wake anafunsa dokotala ndipo iye anayankha moopseza.
  
  "Sister, ngati simundipatsa zomwe ndikufuna, wina amwalira musanayimbire chitetezo. Ndikukutsimikizirani zimenezi."
  
  Mpweya wa Nina unagwira. Kodi iye ankati achite chiyani? Ngakhale kuti maso ake anali otseguka, ankavutika kuona bwinobwino, choncho kuyesa kuloweza mbali zake kunali kopanda ntchito. Chinthu chabwino kuchita chinali kungonamizira kuti samamva Chijeremani komanso kuti sanamve chilichonse.
  
  "Ayi. Kodi mukuganiza kuti aka ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti munthu wina yemwe sakhala ndi vuto lodzidzimutsa ayese kundiopseza pazaka zanga makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri monga dokotala? Tuluka, kapena ndikumenyetsa ndekha," Mlongo Barken anaopseza. Pambuyo pake, mlongoyo sananene kalikonse, koma Nina anazindikira mkangano waukulu, pambuyo pake panali chete chete. Anayerekeza kutembenuza mutu wake. Pakhomo, khoma la mayiyo linaima, koma mlendoyo anasowa.
  
  "Zinali zophweka," Nina anatero pansi pa mpweya wake, koma adasewera wosayankhula chifukwa cha aliyense. "Kodi uyu ndi dokotala wanga?"
  
  "Ayi, wokondedwa wanga," Mlongo Barken anayankha. "Ndipo chonde, mukamuwonanso, mundidziwitse kapena wogwira ntchito wina aliyense nthawi yomweyo." Anawoneka wokwiya kwambiri, koma sanasonyeze mantha pamene adakumananso ndi Nina pafupi ndi bedi lake. "Ayenera kupereka wodwala watsopano mkati mwa tsiku lotsatira. Iwo akhazikitsa mkhalidwe wake pakali pano. Koma musadandaule, iye wangokhala chete. Iye sadzakhala chopinga kwa inu."
  
  "Ndikhala mndende kuno mpaka liti?" Anafunsa Nina. "Ndipo musalankhule mpaka nditakhala bwino. "
  
  Namwino Barken adaseka. "Inu mundiuze ine, Dr. Gould. Mwadabwitsa aliyense ndi kuthekera kwanu kolimbana ndi matenda ndikuwonetsa mphamvu zamachiritso zam'malire. Kodi ndinu mtundu wina wa vampire?
  
  Kuseka kwa nesiyo kunali koyenera. Nina anasangalala kudziŵa kuti panalibe anthu amene anadabwa pang"ono. Koma chimene sakanatha kuuza ngakhale anthu omasuka kwambiri chinali chakuti kuchiritsa kwake kwauzimu kunali chifukwa cha kuthiridwa mwazi kumene analandira zaka zambiri zapitazo. Pazipata za imfa, Nina anapulumutsidwa ndi mwazi wa mdani woipa makamaka, otsalira enieni a zoyesayesa za Himmler kupanga munthu wamkulu, chida chozizwitsa. Dzina lake linali Lyta, ndipo anali chilombo chokhala ndi magazi amphamvu kwambiri.
  
  "Mwina chiwonongekocho sichinali chachikulu monga momwe madokotala ankaganizira poyamba," anayankha Nina. "Kupatula apo, ngati ndichiritsa bwino kwambiri, ndikhala wakhungu chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Mlongo Barken mosamala anaika dzanja lake pamphumi pa Nina. "Ichi chikhoza kungokhala chizindikiro cha kusakwanira kwa electrolyte kapena kuchuluka kwa insulin, wokondedwa wanga. Ndikukhulupirira kuti masomphenya anu awonekera posachedwa. Osadandaula. Mukapitiriza mmene mulili panopa, mutulukamo posachedwa."
  
  Nina ankayembekeza kuti lingaliro la mayiyo linali lolondola chifukwa ankafunika kupeza Sam ndikufunsa za Perdue. Anafunikanso foni yatsopano. Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, anali kungoyang'ana nkhani za Perdue, chifukwa mwina anali wotchuka kwambiri kuti apange nkhani ku Germany. Ngakhale kuti anayesera kumupha, iye ankayembekezera kuti ali bwino-kulikonse kumene iye anali.
  
  "Munthu amene wandibweretsa kuno ... akuti abweranso?" Nina adafunsa za Detlef Holzer, mnzanga yemwe adamuvulaza asanamupulumutse ku Purdue ndi mitsempha ya diabolical pansi pa Reactor 4 yodziwika bwino ku Chernobyl.
  
  "Ayi, sitinamvepo za iye chiyambire pamenepo," anavomereza motero Mlongo Barken. "Sanali chibwenzi changa pamlingo uliwonse, sichoncho?
  
  Nina adamwetulira, akukumbukira mlonda wokoma, wochedwa pang'onopang'ono yemwe adamuthandiza, Sam ndi Perdue kupeza malo otchuka a Amber Chipinda chilichonse chisanawonongeke ku Ukraine. "Osati mnyamata," iye anamwetulira poona chithunzi chosaoneka bwino cha mlongo wake woyamwitsa. "Mwamuna".
  
  
  Mutu 4 - Chithumwa
  
  
  "Muli bwanji Nina?" - Perdue adafunsa Sam pamene adachoka m'chipindamo opanda bedi ndi malaya a Perdue ndi sutikesi yaying'ono ngati katundu.
  
  "Detlef Holzer adamulowetsa m'chipatala ku Heidelberg. Ndikukonzekera kudzamuona pakangotha mlungu umodzi kapena kuposerapo, "ananong'oneza Sam, akuyang'ana panjira. "Ndibwino kuti Detlef akudziwa kukhululukira, apo ayi bulu wako akanakhala akungoyendayenda ku Pripyat."
  
  Poyang'ana kumanzere ndi kumanja, Sam adaloza mnzakeyo kuti amutsatire kumanja komwe amalowera kumtunda. Iwo anamva mawu akukambitsirana akumatera. Atazengereza kwakanthawi, Sam anaima ndikunamizira kuti akukambilana pa foni.
  
  "Iwo si nthumwi za Satana, Sam. Tabwerani, "Perdue adaseka, ndikumukoka Sam ndikudutsa alonda awiri omwe amacheza nkhani zazing'ono. "Sakudziwa kuti ndine wodwala. Monga akudziwa, ndiwe wodwala wanga.
  
  "Bambo Perdue!" mayi wina adakuwa kumbuyo, akusokoneza mawu a Perdue.
  
  "Pitirizani kuyenda," anatero Perdue.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Sam anaseka mokweza mawu. "Akuganiza kuti ndine wodwala wanu, mukukumbukira?"
  
  "Sam! Chifukwa cha Mulungu, pitirizani, "Perdue anaumirira, akungosekedwa pang'ono ndi mawu achibwana a Sam.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, chonde imani pompano. Ndiyenera kusinthana nanu mawu ochepa," mayiyo anabwerezabwereza. Iye anayima ndi kuusa moyo wogonja ndipo anatembenuka kuyang'anizana ndi dona wokongolayo. Sam anakonza kukhosi kwake. "Chonde ndiuzeni kuti uyu ndi dokotala wanu, Perdue. Chifukwa ... chabwino, akhoza kundisokoneza maganizo tsiku lililonse. "
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti wachita kale," Perdue anang'ung'udza, akuyang'ana kwambiri mnzake.
  
  "Sindinasangalale nazo," anamwetulira, pokumana ndi Sam.
  
  "Mungakondwe Muta?" - Sam anafunsa, akulandira chigongono champhamvu kuchokera kwa Perdue.
  
  "Pepani?" - adafunsa, ndikulowa nawo.
  
  "Ndi wamanyazi pang'ono," Perdue ananama. "Ndikuopa kuti angaphunzire kulankhula mokweza. Ayenera kuwoneka wamwano, Melissa. Ndine wachisoni."
  
  "Melissa Argyle." Adamwetulira kwinaku akuzidziwitsa Sam.
  
  "Sam Cleave," adatero mophweka, kuyang'anitsitsa zizindikiro zachinsinsi za Perdue pamphepete mwake. "Ndiwe chiyani, nyumba yophera ubongo ya Bambo Perdue ..."?
  
  "...kuchiritsa psychologist?" Sam anafunsa akutsekera maganizo ake bwinobwino.
  
  Anamwetulira mwamanyazi komanso moseketsa. "Ayi! Ayi. Ndikanakonda ndikanakhala ndi mphamvu zoterozo. Ine ndine mkulu wa antchito kuno ku Sinclair kuyambira pamene Ella anapita kutchuthi cha amayi."
  
  "Ndiye mukuchoka pakadutsa miyezi itatu?" Sam ananamizira kumva chisoni.
  
  "Ndikuchita mantha," anayankha motero. "Koma zonse zikhala bwino. Ndili ndi udindo wothandizira ku yunivesite ya Edinburgh monga wothandizira kapena mlangizi wa Dean of Psychology. "
  
  "Kodi ukumva izi, Perdue?" Sam adasilira kwambiri. "Ali ku Fort Edinburgh! Ndi dziko laling'ono. Ndimapitanso kumalo ano, koma makamaka kuti ndimve zambiri pophunzira ntchito zanga."
  
  "Eya," Perdue anamwetulira. "Ndikudziwa komwe ali - ali pantchito."
  
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndani anandipatsa udindo umenewu?" adakomoka ndikumuyang'ana Perdue ndikumukonda kwambiri. Sam sakanatha kusiya mwayi wochita zoipa.
  
  "O, iye anatero? Wachipongwe wakale iwe, Dave! Kuthandiza asayansi aluso, oyambilira ntchito kupeza maudindo, ngakhale simunatchulidwe kapena chilichonse chonga icho. Kodi ndiye wabwino kwambiri, Melissa?" Sam adayamika mnzakeyo osamunyenga Perdue ngakhale pang'ono, koma Melissa adatsimikiza za kuwona mtima kwake.
  
  "Ndili ndi ngongole zambiri kwa Bambo Perdue," iye analira. Ndikukhulupirira kuti akudziwa momwe ndimayamikirira. Ndipotu anandipatsa cholembera ichi." Anathamangira kumbuyo kwa cholembera chake kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja pamwamba pa milomo yake yakuda yapinki pomwe amangokopana mosazindikira, maloko ake achikasu osaphimba nsonga zamabele zolimba zomwe zimawonekera kudzera mu cardigan yake ya beige.
  
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti Pen amayamikiranso khama lanu," Sam anatero mosabisa.
  
  Perdue adasanduka imvi, akukuwa m'maganizo kuti Sam atseke. Nthawi yomweyo blonde adasiya kuyamwa chiboliboli atazindikira zomwe akuchita. "Mukutanthauza chiyani, Bambo Cleave?" - adafunsa mwaukali. Sam sanachite mantha.
  
  "Ndikutanthauza, Pen angayamikire kuti mukufufuza Bambo Perdue mumphindi zochepa," Sam anamwetulira molimba mtima. Perdue sanakhulupirire. Sam anali busy kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake lachilendo pa Melissa kuti achite zomwe akufuna, adadziwa nthawi yomweyo. Poyesera kuti asamwetulire ndi kulimba mtima kwa mtolankhaniyo, iye anakhalabe ndi nkhope yosangalatsa.
  
  "Ndithudi," iye anasangalala. "Ingondilolani nditenge mapepala otulutsira ndipo ndidzakumana nanu nonse pamalo olandirira alendo pakatha mphindi khumi."
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri, Melissa," Sam adamuyitana pambuyo pake akutsika masitepe.
  
  Pang'onopang'ono mutu wake unatembenuka kuti awone mawonekedwe achilendo a Perdue.
  
  "Ndiwe wosalakwa, Sam Cleave," adadzudzula.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Ndikumbutseni kuti ndikugulireni Ferrari ya Khrisimasi," adaseka. "Koma choyamba timwa mpaka Hogmanay ndi kupitirira!"
  
  "Chikondwerero cha Rocktober chinali sabata yatha, simukudziwa?" Adatelo Sam mowona mtima pomwe awiriwa adatsikira kumalo olandirira alendo pachipinda choyamba.
  
  "Inde".
  
  Kuseri kwa tebulo lakutsogolo, mtsikana wokhumudwa Sam adasokonezeka adamuyang'ananso. Perdue sanafunikire kufunsa. Ankangoganizira masewera amaganizo omwe Sam ayenera kuti ankasewera ndi mtsikana wosaukayo. "Mukudziwa kuti mukamagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zanu kuchita zoyipa, milungu imachotsa kwa inu, sichoncho?" Adafunsa choncho Sam.
  
  "Koma sindiwagwiritsa ntchito poipa. Ndikuchotsa mnzanga wakale pano, "Sam adadziteteza.
  
  "Osati ine, Sam. Akazi, "Perdue adakonza zomwe Sam adadziwa kale kuti akutanthauza. "Yang"anani pa nkhope zawo. Mwachitapo kanthu."
  
  "Palibe anganong'oneze bondo, mwatsoka. Mwina ndingodzilola ndekha chidwi chachikazi mothandizidwa ndi milungu, huh?" Sam anayesa kumvera chisoni Perdue, koma sanapeze chilichonse koma kunjenjemera kwamanjenje.
  
  "Tiyeni tichokeko kaye, wachikulire," anakumbutsa Sam.
  
  "Ha, mawu osankhidwa bwino, bwana. Tawonani, pali Melissa, "adamwetulira moyipa Perdue. "Kodi adapeza bwanji Caran d'Ache uyu? Ndi milomo yapinki ija?"
  
  "Iye ali m'modzi mwa mapulogalamu anga opindula, Sam, monga momwe amachitira atsikana ena ambiri ... ndi amuna, zidziwike," Perdue adadziteteza mopanda chiyembekezo, podziwa bwino kuti Sam akusewera.
  
  "Eya, zomwe mumakonda sizikukhudzana ndi ine," Sam anatengera chitsanzo chake.
  
  Melissa atasaina mapepala omasulidwa a Perdue, sanachedwe kufika pa galimoto ya Sam kumbali ina ya munda waukulu wa botanical womwe unazungulira nyumbayo. Monga anyamata awiri omwe akudumpha kalasi, adathamangira kuchoka pa malo okhazikika.
  
  "Uli ndi mipira, Sam Cleave. Ndikukuthokozani, "Perdue adaseka pomwe amadutsa chitetezo ndi zikalata zomasulidwa.
  
  "Ndimakhulupirira. Tiyeni titsimikizire, "Sam adaseka uku akulowa mgalimoto. Kulankhula kwachipongwe kwa Perdue kunamupangitsa kuti apereke malo obisika omwe anali nawo m'maganizo. "Kumadzulo kwa North Berwick tikupita ... ku mzinda wamatenti amowa ... ndipo tidzakhala mu kilt!"
  
  
  Mutu 5 - Wobisika Marduk
  
  
  Popanda mawindo komanso monyowa, m'chipinda chapansicho munagona mwakachetechete kudikirira mthunzi wokwawa womwe umayenda m'mphepete mwa khoma, ndikutsika pamasitepe. Mofanana ndi mthunzi weniweni, munthu amene anauponyayo anasuntha mwakachetechete, n"kuthamangira kumalo okhawo opanda anthu kuti akabisale kwa nthawi yaitali asanasinthe. Chimphona chotopacho chinakonzekera mosamalitsa zomwe zidzachitike m'maganizo mwake, koma sichinali kunyalanyaza zenizeni - adayenera kukhala pansi kwa masiku osachepera awiri.
  
  Chigamulo chaposachedwapa chinapangidwa pambuyo popenda mosamalitsa ndandanda ya antchito pansanjika yachiŵiri, pamene woyang"anira anakhoma ndandanda ya ntchito ya mlungu ndi mlungu pa bolodi la zidziwitso m"chipinda cha antchito. M'chikalata chokongola cha Excel, adawona dzina la namwino wolimbikira komanso tsatanetsatane. Sanafunenso kukumana naye, ndipo anangotsala ndi masiku awiri oti agwire ntchitoyo, zomwe zinamusiya kuti asachitire mwina koma kungokhala yekhayekha m"chipinda chotenthetsera chamoto choyaka mocheperako, ndi madzi oyenda okha oti amusangalatse.
  
  Anaganiza zolephera bwanji. Koma pomalizira pake, kufika kwa woyendetsa ndege Olaf Lanhagen, yemwe mpaka posachedwapa adatumikira mu gulu la Luftwaffe ku B-man airbase, kunali koyenera kuyembekezera. Nkhalamba yobisalirayo sinalole woyendetsa wovulalayo kukhalabe ndi moyo zivute zitani. Zimene mnyamatayo akanachita ngati akanapanda kumuletsa zinali zoopsa kwambiri. Kudikirira kwanthawi yayitali kumayambira mlenje wodulidwa, yemwe ndi wodekha, yemwe tsopano akubisala m'matumbo a chipatala cha Heidelberg.
  
  M'manja mwake adagwira chigoba cha opaleshoni chomwe adangovula, akumaganizira kuti zikanakhala bwanji kuyenda pakati pa anthu osaphimba kumaso kwake. Koma pambuyo pa kulingalira koteroko kunadza kunyozetsa kotheratu kwa chikhumbo. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti sangakhale womasuka kuyenda masana popanda chigoba, pokhapokha chifukwa cha zovuta zomwe zingamuchititse.
  
  Wamaliseche.
  
  Amamva maliseche, wosabereka, ngakhale nkhope yake inali yosaoneka bwanji, ngati akanatha kuulula chilema chake ku dziko. Ndipo adadzifunsa kuti zitha bwanji kuwoneka ngati wabwinobwino atakhala mumdima wabata kum'mawa kwa chipinda chapansi. Ngakhale atakhala kuti alibe chilema chakukula komanso kukhala ndi nkhope yovomerezeka, amadzimva kukhala wosatetezeka komanso wowonekera kwambiri. M"chenicheni, chikhumbo chokha chimene akanatha kupulumutsa ku lingaliro limeneli chinali mwaŵi wa kulankhula kolondola. Ayi, anasintha maganizo ake. Kukhala wokhoza kuyankhula sikukanakhala chinthu chokha chimene chingamusangalatse; chisangalalo cha kumwetulira pakokha chingakhale ngati kulota loto losamvetsetseka.
  
  Kenako anadzipinda ndi bulangete losautsa la bafuta wa bedi lobedwa mwachilolezo cha ochapa zovala. Anapinda zofunda zamagazi, zokhala ngati thonje zomwe adazipeza m'modzi mwa madengu a canvas kuti azitsekereza pakati pa thupi lake lopanda mafuta ndi pansi lolimba. Ndi iko komwe, mafupa ake otuluka anasiya mikwingwirima pakhungu lake ngakhale pa matiresi ofewa kwambiri, koma chithokomiro chake chinkamlepheretsa kupeza minyewa yofewa ya m"madzi imene ingam"thandize kukhala bwino.
  
  Matenda ake aubwana anangowonjezera chilema chake chobadwa nacho, n"kumusandutsa chilombo chomva ululu. Koma linali temberero lake kuti lifanane ndi madalitso a kukhala chimene iye anali, iye anadzitsimikizira yekha. Peter Marduk anapeza izi kukhala zovuta kuvomereza poyamba, koma atapeza malo ake padziko lapansi, cholinga chake chinadziwika. Kudulidwa, kaya kwakuthupi kapena kwauzimu, kunayenera kuloŵa m"malo udindo wake woperekedwa ndi Mlengi wankhanza amene anam"lenga.
  
  Tsiku lina linadutsa ndipo anakhalabe osadziŵika, lomwe linali luso lake lalikulu pazochitika zake zonse. Peter Marduk, ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu, anagoneka mutu wake pa chinsalu chonunkha kuti agone kwinaku akudikirira kuti tsiku lina lidutse pa iye. Fungo lake silinamuvutitse. Malingaliro ake anali osankha mopambanitsa; limodzi la madalitso amene anatembereredwa nawo pamene sanapeze mphuno. Akafuna kutsatira kanunkhidwe kake, ankamva ngati shaki. Kumbali ina, anali ndi luso logwiritsa ntchito mosiyana. Izi n"zimene anachita tsopano.
  
  Atazimitsa kanunkhiridwe kake, anagwedeza makutu ake, kumvetsera kulira kulikonse kosamveka pamene akugona. Mwamwayi, patatha masiku opitirira aŵiri ali maso, nkhalambayo inatseka maso ake-maso ake abwinobwino. Ali chapatali amangomva mawilo akungoloko akunjenjemera chifukwa cha chakudya chamadzulo ku Ward B nthawi yoyendera isanayambe. Kukomoka kunam'chititsa wakhungu ndi kukomoka, akumayembekezera tulo topanda maloto mpaka ntchito yakeyo inam'pangitsa kuti ayambenso kugwira ntchito.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Ndatopa kwambiri," Nina anauza Mlongo Marx. Namwino wachinyamatayo anali pa ntchito yausiku. Kuyambira pomwe anakumana ndi Dr. Nina Gould kwa masiku awiri apitawa, adasiya makhalidwe ake okondana kwambiri ndikuwonetsa chifundo chambiri kwa wolemba mbiri wodwala.
  
  "Kutopa ndi mbali ya nthendayo, Dr. Gould," anatero Nina mwachifundo, akumawongolera mapilo ake.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, koma sindinatope chonchi kuyambira pamene anandilandira. Anandipatsa mankhwala oziziritsa?
  
  "Ndiwone," anatero Mlongo Marks. Iye anakoka Nina mbiri zachipatala kuchokera kagawo pa phazi la bedi ndipo pang'onopang'ono anatembenuza masamba. Maso ake abuluu adayang'ana mankhwala omwe amaperekedwa maola khumi ndi awiri apitawa, kenako adapukusa mutu wake pang'onopang'ono. "Ayi, Dr. Gould. Sindikuwona chilichonse pano kupatula mankhwala apakhungu mu IV yanu. Inde, palibe sedatives. Kodi mukugona?"
  
  Marlene Marks mokoma mtima anatenga dzanja la Nina ndikuyang'ana zizindikiro zake zofunika. "Kugunda kwako kwafooka ndithu. Ndiloleni ndikuonereni kuthamanga kwa magazi anu."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, ndikumva ngati sindingathe kukweza manja anga, Mlongo Marx," Nina anausa moyo kwambiri. "Zikumveka ngati..." Iye analibe njira yabwino yofunsira, koma poyang"ana zizindikirozo, anamva ngati afunikira kutero. "Kodi mudakhalapo Roofie'd?"
  
  Poyang'ana nkhawa pang'ono kuti Nina akudziwa momwe zimakhalira kukhala pansi pa chikoka cha Rohypnol, namwinoyo adagwedezanso mutu wake. "Ayi, koma ndili ndi lingaliro labwino lomwe mankhwala onga awa amachitira ku minyewa yapakati. Kodi izi ndi zomwe mukumva?"
  
  Nina anagwedeza mutu, tsopano akulephera kutsegula maso ake. Namwino Marks anachita mantha kuona kuti magazi a Nina anali otsika kwambiri, akutsika kwambiri m"njira yosiyana kotheratu ndi zimene ankayembekezera poyamba. "Thupi langa liri ngati nkhwangwa, Marlene," Nina anadandaula mwakachetechete.
  
  "Dikirani, Dr. Gould," namwinoyo anatero mwachangu, akuyesa kulankhula mwamphamvu ndi mokweza kuti Nina adzutse maganizo ake pamene ankathamanga kukayitana anzake. Mmodzi mwa iwo anali Dr. Eduard Fritz, dokotala amene anachiritsa mnyamata wina anavomereza mausiku aŵiri pambuyo pa kupsa kwa digiri yachiwiri.
  
  "Dr. Fritz!" Namwino Marks adayitana momveka bwino zomwe sizingawopsyeze odwala ena, koma zingapereke chithandizo chachangu kwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala. " Kuthamanga kwa magazi kwa Dr. Gould kukutsika mofulumira ndipo ndikuyesetsa kuti asamangokhalira tcheru!"
  
  Gululo linathamangira kwa Nina ndikutseka makatani. Owonerera adadabwa kwambiri ndi zomwe ogwira ntchitoyo adachita kwa mayi wamng'ono yemwe akukhala m'chipinda chachiwiri yekha. Sipanakhalepo izi panthawi yochezera kwa nthawi yayitali , ndipo alendo ambiri ndi odwala amadikirira kuti atsimikizire kuti wodwalayo ali bwino.
  
  "Izi zikuwoneka ngati zina za Grey's Anatomy," Mlongo Marks anamva mlendo akuuza mwamuna wake pamene ankathamanga ndi mankhwala omwe Dr. Fritz anapempha. Koma zomwe Marks ankasamala nazo zinali kubweretsa Dr. Gould asanagweretu. Patadutsa mphindi makumi awiri analekanitsanso makataniwo, akumayankhula monong"ona. Mwa maonekedwe a nkhope zawo, odutsawo anadziŵa kuti mkhalidwe wa wodwalayo wakhazikika ndipo wabwerera m"mikhalidwe yachisangalalo yomwe nthaŵi zambiri imagwirizanitsidwa ndi nthaŵi yausiku m"chipatala.
  
  "Tikuthokoza Mulungu chifukwa choti tinamupulumutsa," anatero Mlongo Marks atatsamira pa desiki lakutsogolo kuti amwe khofi. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono alendo anayamba kutuluka mu ward muja kutsanzikana ndi okondedwa awo omwe anali kundende mpaka mawa. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono tinjira tinakhala chete pamene mapazi ndi mamvekedwe osamveka amazimiririka kukhala opanda pake. Kwa ogwira ntchito ambiri kunali mpumulo kukhala ndi nthawi yopuma pang'ono masewera omaliza amadzulo asanafike.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino kwambiri, Mlongo Marx," Dr. Fritz anamwetulira. Mwamunayo sankamwetulira kawirikawiri, ngakhale panthaŵi zabwino kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, adadziwa kuti mawu ake adzalandirika.
  
  "Zikomo adokotala," anayankha modzichepetsa.
  
  "Zowonadi, mukadapanda kuyankha nthawi yomweyo, tikadataya Dr. Gould usikuuno. Ndikuwopa kuti matenda ake ndi oopsa kwambiri kuposa momwe biology yake imasonyezera. Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndinasokonezeka ndi izi. Mukunena kuti masomphenya ake adawonongeka? "
  
  "Inde adokotala. Anadandaula kuti maso ake anali osawona bwino mpaka usiku watha pamene adagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti 'khungu'. Koma sindinathe kumpatsa uphungu uliwonse, popeza sindidziŵa chimene chingayambitse zimenezi, kupatulapo kufooka kwa chitetezo cha m"thupi koonekeratu," anatero Mlongo Marks.
  
  "Ndi zimene ndimakukondani, Marlene," iye anatero. Sanali kumwetulira, koma mawu ake anali aulemu. "Iwe ukudziwa malo ako. Simumadzinamizira kuti ndinu dokotala ndipo musalole kuuza odwala zomwe mukuganiza kuti zikuwavutitsa. Inu muzisiyira akatswiri, ndipo ndi chinthu chabwino. Ndi mtima wotere, mudzapita kutali ndikuyang"anirani."
  
  Poyembekezera kuti Dr. Hilt sanafotokoze khalidwe lake lakale, Marlene anangomwetulira, koma mtima wake unayamba kugunda kwambiri ndi kunyadira chivomerezo cha Dr. Fritz. Iye anali mmodzi wa akatswiri kutsogolera m'munda wa diagnostics yotakata sipekitiramu, kuphimba zosiyanasiyana zachipatala, koma pa nthawi yomweyo anakhalabe dokotala wodzichepetsa ndi mlangizi. Poganizira zimene anachita pa ntchito yake, Dr. Fritz anali wamng"ono. M'zaka zake zoyambilira, anali kale wolemba zolemba zingapo zopambana mphoto ndipo adaphunzitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi panthawi yasabata yake. Malingaliro ake adayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi asayansi ambiri azachipatala, makamaka anamwino wamba monga Marlene Marks, omwe anali atangomaliza kumene maphunziro ake.
  
  Zinali zoona. Marlene adadziwa malo ake pafupi ndi iye. Ziribe kanthu momwe mawu a Dr. Fritz amamvekera mwachipongwe kapena okonda kugonana, iye ankadziwa zomwe ankatanthauza. Komabe, panali antchito ena ambiri achikazi omwe sakanamvetsetsa tanthauzo lake bwino lomwe. Kwa iwo, mphamvu zake zinali zadyera, kaya iye anali woyenera kulamulira kapena ayi. Iwo amamuwona ngati wonyansa ponse pa ntchito komanso pakati pa anthu, nthawi zambiri amakambirana za kugonana kwake. Koma sanawalabadira. Iye ankangonena zoonekeratu. Amadziwa bwino ndipo sanali oyenerera kuti adziwe matenda nthawi yomweyo. Chotero, iwo analibe kuyenera kwa kufotokoza malingaliro awo, makamaka pamene iye anakakamizika kutero moyenera.
  
  "Marx, wowona wamoyo," adatero m'modzi mwa ochita dongosolo, akudutsa.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" Adafunsa ali m'maso. Nthawi zambiri ankapemphera kuti achite zinazake usiku, koma Marlene anali atavutika kale ndi nkhawa kwa usiku umodzi.
  
  "Tisamutsa Freddy Krueger kwa mayi wa Chernobyl," adayankha, ndikumulozera kuti ayambe kukonza bedi kuti asamuke.
  
  "Ee, sonyeza ulemu munthu wosauka, chitsiru iwe," anatero kwa munthu wadongosolo, yemwe anangoseka kudzudzula kwake. "Ndi mwana wa winawake, mukudziwa!"
  
  Anatsegula bedi la munthu watsopanoyo kwa kuwala kofooka, kosungulumwa pamwamba pa bedi. Kukokera kumbuyo mabulangete ndi pepala pamwamba kotero iwo anapanga makona atatu mwaukhondo, ngati kwa kamphindi, Marlene anadabwa za tsoka la mnyamata wosauka amene anataya mbali zake zambiri, osatchulanso luso lake chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwambiri mitsempha. Dr. Gould anasamukira kudera lamdima la chipindacho pamtunda wa mamita angapo, akunamizira kuti wapuma bwino kuti asinthe.
  
  Anapereka wodwala watsopanoyo popanda kusokoneza pang'ono ndikumupititsa ku bedi latsopano, akuyamikira kuti sanadzuke ku zomwe mosakayika zikanakhala zowawa zosapiririka panthawi yomwe ankamugwira. Iwo ananyamuka mwakachetechete atangokhazikika, pamene m"chipinda chapansi anali akugona tulo tofa nato, kusonyeza chiwopsezo chimene chinali pafupi.
  
  
  Mutu 6 - Mavuto mu Luftwaffe
  
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Schmidt! Ndine wamkulu, woyang'anira wa Luftwaffe command! Harold Meyer anakuwa mu mphindi yachilendo ya kutaya mphamvu. "Atolankhaniwa afuna kudziwa chifukwa chomwe woyendetsa yemwe adasowa adagwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwa ndege zathu zankhondo popanda chilolezo kuchokera ku ofesi yanga kapena Bundeswehr Joint Operations Command! Ndipo tsopano ndikuphunzira kuti fuselage idapezeka ndi anthu athu - ndikubisika?"
  
  Gerhard Schmidt, wachiwiri wamkulu kwambiri, adagwedezeka ndikuyang'ana nkhope yofiira ya abwana ake. Lieutenant General Harold Mayer sanali wolephera kuwongolera malingaliro ake. Zimene zinachitikira Schmidt zinali zachilendo kwambiri, koma anamvetsa chifukwa chake Meyer anachita mmene anachitira. Imeneyi inali nkhani yaikulu kwambiri, ndipo sipanapite nthaŵi yaitali kuti mtolankhani wina wanthabwala atapeza chowonadi chokhudza woyendetsa ndegeyo amene anathawa, munthu amene anathaŵa yekha m"ndege imodzi ya ndalama za mayuro miliyoni imodzi.
  
  "Kodi woyendetsa Lö Venhagen wapezeka?" anafunsa Schmidt, wapolisi wopanda mwayi woti aikidwe, kumuuza nkhani yodabwitsayi.
  
  "Ayi. Palibe mtembo womwe unapezeka pamalowo, zomwe zimatipangitsa kukhulupirira kuti akadali moyo, "anayankha Schmidt moganizira. "Komanso uyenera kuganizira kuti akanatha kufa pangoziyo. Kuphulikako kukanawononga thupi lake, Harold.
  
  "Nkhani zonse za "zitheka" komanso "zikhoza" ndi zimene zimandidetsa nkhawa kwambiri. Chimene chikundidetsa nkhawa n"chakuti n"kukayikakayika kuti n"chiyani chinatsatira nkhani yonseyi, osatchulanso zoti m"magulu athu ena muli anthu. kwa nthawi yoyamba mu ntchito yanga, ndikumva nkhawa, "Mayer adavomereza, potsirizira pake anakhala pansi kwa kamphindi kuti aganizire pang'ono. Anakweza mutu wake mwadzidzidzi, akuyang'ana m'maso mwa Schmidt ndi maso ake achitsulo, koma anayang'ana patsogolo. kuposa nkhope ya wantchito wake Mphindi inadutsa Meyer asanasankhe chomaliza. "Schmidt..."
  
  "Inde, bwana?" Schmidt adayankha mwachangu, akufuna kudziwa momwe mkulu wankhondoyo angawapulumutsire onse ku manyazi.
  
  "Tenga amuna atatu amene umawakhulupirira. Ndikufuna anthu anzeru omwe ali ndi ubongo komanso opusa, mzanga. Amuna ngati inu. Ayenera kumvetsetsa vuto lomwe tilili. Izi ndizovuta za PR zomwe zikuyembekezera kuchitika. Ine-ndipo mwina nanunso-ndikhoza kuthamangitsidwa ngati zimene bulu wamng"onoyu wakwanitsa kuchita m"mphuno mwathu zituluka," adatero Meyer, akusiyanso mutu.
  
  "Ndipo mukufuna kuti timufufuze?" - Anafunsa Schmidt.
  
  "Inde. Ndipo mukudziwa choti muchite mukachipeza. Gwiritsani ntchito nzeru zanu. Ngati mukufuna, mufunseni mafunso kuti mudziwe chomwe misala idamupangitsa kukhala wolimba mtima mopusa - mukudziwa zomwe anali zolinga," adatero Mayer. Anaweramira kutsogolo, atatsamira chibwano chake pamanja opindika. "Koma Schmidt, ngati amapuma molakwika, mutulutse. Kupatula apo, ndife asirikali, osati ma nanny kapena akatswiri amisala. Ubwino wa gulu la Luftwaffe ndiwofunika kwambiri kuposa chitsiru chimodzi chokhala ndi zotsimikizira, mukudziwa? "
  
  "Ndithu," Schmidt adavomereza. Sanali kungosangalatsa abwana ake, anali ndi maganizo omwewo moona mtima. Awiriwo adadutsa zaka zambiri akuyesedwa ndi kuphunzitsidwa mu German Air Corps, kuti asawonongeke ndi woyendetsa ndege wina. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, Schmidt anasangalala mobisa ndi ntchito imene anapatsidwa. Iye anamenya manja ake m"ntchafu zake n"kuimirira. "Okonzeka. Ndipatseni masiku atatu kuti ndisonkhanitse atatu anga, ndipo pambuyo pake tidzakuuzani tsiku ndi tsiku."
  
  Meyer anagwedeza mutu, mwadzidzidzi akumva mpumulo chifukwa chogwirizana ndi munthu wamaganizo ofanana. Schmidt anavala chipewa chake napereka sawatcha mwamwambo, akumwetulira. "Ndiko kuti, ngati zingatitengere nthawi yayitali kuti tithetse vutoli."
  
  "Tiyeni tiyembekezere kuti uthenga woyamba ukhala womaliza," adatero Meyer.
  
  "Tidzalumikizana," analonjeza motero Schmidt pamene ankatuluka mu ofesiyo, n"kumusiya Meyer akumva mpumulo.
  
  
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  Schmidt atasankha amuna ake atatu, adawafotokozera mwachidule za opaleshoni yachinsinsi. Ayenera kubisa zambiri zokhudza ntchitoyi kwa wina aliyense, kuphatikizapo mabanja awo ndi anzawo. Mwanzeru kwambiri, msilikaliyo anaonetsetsa kuti anyamata ake amvetsetsa kuti kukondera kwambiri kunali njira ya mishoni. Anasankha amuna atatu ofatsa, anzeru a magulu osiyanasiyana ankhondo. Ndizo zonse zomwe ankafunikira. Sanavutike ndi tsatanetsatane.
  
  "Ndiye abwana, mukuvomera kapena kukana?" Kenako anafunsa ali pabwalo lake lomwe linali pansanja ya simenti pamalo okonzerako. Nkhope yake yaukali ndi kutonthola pambuyo pake zinasonyeza kuti ntchitoyo inali yaikulu. "Tiyeni anyamata, uku si kufunsira ukwati! Inde kapena Ayi! Ndi ntchito yosavuta - kupeza ndi kuwononga mbewa mu nkhokwe yathu ya tirigu, anyamata."
  
  "Ndili mkati".
  
  "Ah, danke Himmelfarb! Ndinadziwa kuti ndinasankha mwamuna woyenera pamene ndinakusankhani, "anatero Schmidt, pogwiritsa ntchito reverse psychology kukankhira ena awiriwo. Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa chisonkhezero cha anzake, m"kupita kwa nthaŵi anapeza chipambano. Posakhalitsa, imp watsitsi lofiira dzina lake Kol adagunda zidendene zake mwanjira yake yodzionetsera. Mwachibadwa, mwamuna womalizira, Werner, anayenera kugonja. Anali wonyinyirika, koma chifukwa chakuti anakonza zoti azisewera pang'ono ku Dillenburg kwa masiku atatu otsatira, ndipo ulendo wochepa wa Schmidt unasokoneza mapulani ake.
  
  "Tiyeni titenge kanyansi kakang"ono aka," iye anatero mosalabadira. "Ndidamumenya kawiri pa blackjack mwezi watha ndipo ali ndi ngongole ya € 137."
  
  Anzake awiri adaseka. Schmidt anasangalala.
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa chodzipereka nthawi yanu komanso zomwe mwakumana nazo, anyamata. Ndiroleni ndipeze zambiri usikuuno ndipo maoda anu oyamba ndikhala okonzeka pofika Lachiwiri. Kuthamangitsidwa."
  
  
  Mutu 7 - Kukumana ndi Wakupha
  
  
  Kuyang'ana kozizira, kwakuda kwa maso osasunthika amikanda kunakumana ndi Nina pamene pang'onopang'ono anatuluka m'tulo tosangalatsa. Panthawiyi sanavutike ndi maloto owopsa, komabe, adadzuka kuchokera m'maso owopsa awa. Anachita mantha pamene ana amdima omwe anali m'maso mwake amagazi adakhala zenizeni zomwe ankaganiza kuti watayika m'maloto ake.
  
  O Mulungu, iye analankhula pa kumuwona iye.
  
  Anayankha ndi kumwetulira ngati panali minofu ya nkhope yake yotsala, koma chimene ankangoona chinali kutsinzina kwa maso povomereza mwaubwenzi. Anagwedeza mutu mwaulemu.
  
  "Moni," Nina anadzikakamiza kunena, ngakhale kuti sanali wofunitsitsa kulankhula. Anadzida yekha kaamba ka kukhala chete akuyembekeza kuti wodwalayo wasowa chonena, kungoti angotsala yekha. Pajatu ankangomupatsa moni mwaulemu. Anachita mantha kwambiri, anayankha monong'ona. "Moni. Pepani ndakuopsezani. Ndinangoganiza kuti sindidzadzukanso."
  
  Panthawiyi Nina anamwetulira popanda kukakamiza makhalidwe. "Ndine Nina."
  
  "Ndasangalala kukudziwani, Nina. Pepani...ndikovuta kuyankhula," anapepesa.
  
  "Osadandaula. Osalankhula ngati zikupweteka."
  
  "Ndikufuna zipweteke. Koma nkhope yanga inachita dzanzi. Zimakhala ngati. "...
  
  Anapuma mozama, ndipo Nina anaona chisoni chachikulu m"maso mwake akuda. Mwadzidzidzi mtima unawawa chifundo ndi munthu wakhungu losungunuka uja, koma tsopano sanayerekeze kuyankhula. Ankafuna kuti amalize zimene ankafuna kunena.
  
  "Zimamveka ngati ndavala nkhope ya munthu wina." Analimbana ndi mawu ake, maganizo ake ali m'chipwirikiti. "Chikopa chakufa ichi. Kungoti dzanzi, ngati mukhudza nkhope ya munthu wina, mukudziwa? Zili ngati chigoba."
  
  Pamene analankhula, Nina analingalira kuzunzika kwake, ndipo ichi chinampangitsa iye kusiya kuipa kwake kwakale pamene anafuna kuti iye akhale chete kaamba ka chitonthozo chake. Analingalira zonse zimene anamuuza ndipo anadziika m"malo mwake. Ziyenera kukhala zoyipa bwanji! Koma mosasamala kanthu za zenizeni za kuvutika kwake ndi zophophonya zosapeŵeka, iye anafuna kukhalabe ndi kamvekedwe kabwino.
  
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti zikhala bwino, makamaka ndi mankhwala amene amatipatsa," iye anadandaula motero. "Ndikudabwa ndikumva matako anga ali pampando wa chimbudzi."
  
  Maso ake adatsinzina ndikugwederanso, ndipo mkokomo wake udatuluka m'khosi mwake, zomwe adadziwa tsopano kuti ndi kuseka, ngakhale kuti nkhope yake yonse inalibe chizindikiro. "Monga pamene mukugona padzanja lanu," anawonjezera motero.
  
  Nina analoza kwa iye ndi chilolezo chotsimikizika. "Chabwino".
  
  M'chipinda chachipatala munali piringupiringu pozungulira abwenzi awiri atsopanowa, kupanga maulendo a m'mawa ndikupereka mathire a chakudya cham'mawa. Nina adadabwa komwe Namwino Barken anali, koma sananene kanthu pamene Dr. Fritz adalowa m'chipindamo, akutsatiridwa ndi alendo awiri ovala zaluso ndi Nurse Marks pafupi ndi zidendene zawo. Alendowo anapezeka kuti anali oyang"anira chipatala, mwamuna mmodzi ndi mkazi mmodzi.
  
  "Moni, Dr. Gould," Dr. Fritz anamwetulira, koma adatsogolera gulu lake kwa wodwala wina. Mlongo Marx anamwetulira mwamsanga Nina asanabwerere ku ntchito yake. Anajambula makatani obiriwira obiriwira ndipo amamva ogwira ntchito akuyankhula ndi wodwala watsopanoyo mopanda phokoso, mwina chifukwa cha iye.
  
  Nina anakwinya nkhope ndi kunyansidwa ndi mafunso awo osaleka. Munthu wosaukayo sankatha kutchula bwino mawu ake! Komabe, anatha kumva mokwanira kudziŵa kuti wodwalayo sangakumbukire dzina lake ndipo chinthu chokha chimene anakumbukira asanawotchere moto chinali kuwuluka.
  
  "Koma wabwera ukuthamangirabe kuno ukuyaka moto!" - Dokotala Fritz adamudziwitsa.
  
  "Sindikukumbukira zimenezo," mwamunayo anayankha.
  
  Nina anatseka maso ake ofowoka kuti anole makutu ake. Anamva adokotala akunena kuti, "Namwino wanga anatenga chikwama chako pamene ukugonekedwa. Kuchokera pazomwe titha kudziwa kuchokera ku zotsalira zamoto, muli ndi zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri zakubadwa kuchokera ku Dillenburg. Tsoka ilo, dzina lanu lomwe lili pakhadilo lawonongeka, kotero sitingadziwe kuti ndinu ndani kapena kuti tizilumikizana ndi ndani pazamankhwala anu ndi zina zotero.O, Mulungu wanga! Iwo sanapulumutse moyo wake movutikira, ndipo kukambirana koyamba ndi iye kunali kokhudza ndalama zochepa! Nthawi zambiri!
  
  "I-ine sindikudziwa dzina langa ndi ndani, Doctor. Ndikudziwa pang'ono zomwe zidandichitikira." Panali kupuma kwa nthaŵi yaitali, ndipo Nina sanamve kalikonse mpaka makataniwo analekanitsidwanso ndipo akuluakulu a boma aŵiriwo anatuluka. Pamene ankadutsa, Nina anadabwa kumva wina akunena kwa mnzake kuti, "Ifenso sitingathe kufalitsa chithunzithunzi cha nkhanizo. Alibe nkhope yamagazi yomwe imadziwika. "
  
  Iye sakanachitira mwina koma kumuteteza. "Ayi!"
  
  Monga ma sycophants abwino, adayima ndikumwetulira mokoma kwa wasayansi wotchuka, koma zomwe adanena zidapukuta kumwetulira kwabodza pankhope zawo. "Koma munthu uyu ali ndi nkhope imodzi, osati ziwiri. Savvy?"
  
  Popanda kunena chilichonse, ogulitsa zolembera aŵiriwo mwamanyazi anachoka pamene Nina akuwayang"ana ndi nsidze yokwezeka. Adalankhula monyadira, ndikuwonjeza mwakachetechete kuti: "Ndipo mu Chijeremani chabwino, mabulu."
  
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti chinali Chijeremani chochititsa chidwi, makamaka kwa waku Scotland." Dr. Fritz anamwetulira pamene ankalemba mufayilo ya antchito a mnyamatayo. Wodwala woyaka komanso Namwino Marks adavomereza kulimba mtima kwa wolemba mbiri yakaleyo ndi chala chachikulu, zomwe zidapangitsa Nina kumva ngati wakalenso.
  
  Nina anaitanira Mlongo Marks pafupi, akumatsimikizira kuti mtsikanayo akudziwa kuti ali ndi kanthu kena kochenjera kakuti agawireko. Dr. Fritz anayang'ana amayi awiriwo, akumakayikira kuti pali nkhani ina yomwe ayenera kuuzidwa.
  
  "Amayi, sindikhala motalika. Ndiloleni ndingopangitsa wodwala wathu kukhala womasuka. Potembenukira kwa wodwala woyakayo, adati, "Bwenzi langa, tikuyenera kukuwuzani dzina pakadali pano, simukuganiza choncho?"
  
  "Nanga bwanji Sam?" - wodwala ananena.
  
  Mimba ya Nina idafutukuka. Ndikufunikabe kulankhulana ndi Sam. Kapenanso Detlef basi.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Dr. Gould?" - anafunsa Marlene.
  
  "Hmm, sindikudziwa kuti ndiuze ndaninso kapena ngati n"koyenera, koma," anadandaula mochokera pansi pa mtima, "ndikuganiza kuti ndikusiya kuona!"
  
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti wangokhala ma radia ..." Marlene anayesa, koma Nina adagwira dzanja lake mwamphamvu potsutsa.
  
  "Tamverani! Ngati wogwira ntchito winanso pachipatalachi agwiritsa ntchito ma radiation ngati chowiringula m'malo mochita zinazake pa maso anga, ndiyambitsa chipolowe. Ukundimvetsa?" Anasisima mopanda chipiriro. "Chonde. CHONDE. Chitanipo kanthu pa maso anga. Kuyendera. Chirichonse. Ndikukuuzani, ndikuchita khungu, pamene Mlongo Barken ananditsimikizira kuti ndinali kupeza bwino!"
  
  Dr. Fritz anamvetsera kudandaula kwa Nina. Anaika cholembera m'thumba mwake ndipo, ndi diso lolimbikitsa kwa wodwala yemwe tsopano akumutcha Sam, anamusiya.
  
  "Dr. Gould, mukuwona nkhope yanga kapena mutu wanga?"
  
  "Onse awiri, koma sindingathe kudziwa mtundu wa maso anu, mwachitsanzo. M'mbuyomu, zonse zinali zosawoneka bwino, koma tsopano zimakhala zosatheka kuwona chilichonse chotalikirapo kuposa kutalika kwa mkono," anayankha Nina. "Ndinkatha kuona..." Sanafune kutchula wodwala watsopanoyo dzina limene anasankha, koma anayenera kutero: "Maso a Sam, ngakhale mtundu wa pinki wa maso ake oyera; Dokotala. Izi zinali kwenikweni ola lapitalo. Tsopano sindingathe kuzindikira kalikonse."
  
  "Namwino Barken anakuuzani zowona," iye anatero, akutulutsa cholembera chopepuka ndi kulekanitsa zikope za Nina ndi golofu wake wamanzere. "Mumachiritsa mwachangu, pafupifupi mosakhala bwino." Anaweramitsa nkhope yake yotsala pang'ono kuoneka ngati yosabereka kuti aone ngati ana asukulu akewo anatani atadzuma.
  
  "Ndikukuwonani!" - adafuula. "Ndimakuonani bwino ngati masana. Cholakwika chilichonse. Ngakhale ziputu za pankhope panu zimene zikutuluka m"mabowo anu."
  
  Atadabwa, anayang'ana namwino wa mbali ina ya bedi la Nina. Nkhope yake inali yodzaza ndi nkhawa. "Tiyesa magazi mawa lero. Sister Marx, ndikonzereni zotsatila mawa."
  
  "Kodi Mlongo Barken ali kuti?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Sali pa ntchito mpaka Lachisanu, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti namwino wodalirika ngati Abiti Marks atha kuzisamalira, sichoncho?" Namwino wachinyamatayo anagwedeza mutu mwachidwi.
  
  
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  Maola ochezera madzulo atatha, ambiri mwa ogwira ntchito anali otanganidwa kukonza odwala kuti agone, koma Dr. Fritz anali atapatsa Dr. Nina Gould mankhwala oziziritsa kukhosi kuti atsimikize kuti akugona mokwanira. Anali wokhumudwa tsiku lonse, akuchita mosiyana ndi masiku onse chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa maso. Mosiyana ndi umunthu wake, anali wosungika komanso wokwiya pang'ono, monga momwe amayembekezera. Nyaliyo itazima, iye anali m"tulo tofa nato.
  
  Pofika 3:20 a.m., ngakhale kukambitsirana kosasunthika pakati pa anamwino ogwira ntchito usiku kunatha, onse akulimbana ndi kunyong"onyeka kosiyanasiyana ndi mphamvu yachete. Namwino Marks adagwira ntchito yowonjezereka, amawononga nthawi yake yaulere pazama TV. Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti adaletsedwa mwaukadaulo kufalitsa chivomerezo cha ngwazi yake, Dr. Gould. Adali wotsimikiza kuti zipangitsa anthu okonda mbiri komanso okonda Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse pakati pa abwenzi ake apa intaneti kukhala ansanje, koma tsoka, adayenera kusunga yekha nkhani yodabwitsa.
  
  Mkokomo wodumphira pang'ono wamayendedwe othamanga udamveka mumsewu Marlene asanayang'ane mmwamba kuti awone m'modzi mwa anamwino achipinda choyamba akuthamangira kusiteshoni ya anamwino. Mlonda wopanda pakeyo anamthamangira. Amuna onse awiri anali ndi nkhope zodabwa kwambiri, ndipo anaitana anamwino aja kuti atseke asanafike kwa iwo.
  
  Atapuma, amuna awiriwo anaima pakhomo la ofesi, kumene Marlene ndi namwino wina anali kuyembekezera kufotokozera khalidwe lawo lachilendo.
  
  "Pamenepo," woyang"anira nyumbayo anayamba choyamba, "pali munthu woloŵerera pansanjika yoyamba, ndipo akukwera pothaŵa moto pamene tikukambitsirana."
  
  "Choncho, imbani chitetezo," Marlene adanong'oneza, akudabwa ndi kulephera kwawo kuthana ndi chiwopsezo chachitetezo. "Ngati mukuganiza kuti wina akuwopseza antchito ndi odwala, dziwani kuti ..."
  
  "Tamvera, wokondedwa!" Wadongosolo anatsamira molunjika kwa mtsikanayo, akumanong'oneza monyoza m'khutu mwake mwakachetechete momwe akanathera. "Apolisi onse awiri afa!"
  
  Woyang"anira nyumbayo anagwedeza mutu mwaukali. "Izi ndi Zow! Itanani apolisi. Tsopano! Asanabwere kuno!"
  
  "Nanga bwanji ogwira ntchito pansanjika yachiwiri?" Adafunsa movutikira kuti apeze line yochokera kwa wolandila alendo. Amuna awiri aja anagwedeza mutu. Marlene adachita mantha kupeza switch ikulira mosalekeza. Izi zikutanthauza kuti mwina panali mafoni ambiri oti azitha kuyankha kapena makinawo anali olakwika.
  
  "Sindingathe kugwira mizere yayikulu!" - adanong'oneza mosalekeza. "Mulungu wanga! Palibe amene akudziwa kuti pali mavuto. Tiyenera kuwachenjeza!" Marlene adagwiritsa ntchito foni yake kuyimbira Dr. Hilt pafoni yake. "Dokotala Mphamvu?" Anatero, maso ake ali tcheru pamene anthu omwe anali ndi nkhawa ankangoyang'ana chithunzi chomwe adachiwona chikubwera pothawa moto.
  
  "Adzakwiya kuti mwamuyimbira pa foni yake," wolamulirayo anachenjeza motero.
  
  "Ndani amasamala? Mpaka atafika kwa iye, Victor! " Namwino wina anadandaula. Anatsatira zomwezo, pogwiritsa ntchito foni yake kuti ayimbire apolisi akumaloko pomwe Marlene adayimbanso nambala ya Dr. Hilt.
  
  "Sakuyankha," iye anapuma. "Amayimba, koma palibe voicemail."
  
  "Zodabwitsa! Ndipo mafoni athu ali m'malo otsekera! " wadongosolo, Victor, anali kukwiya mopanda chiyembekezo, akuthamangitsa zala zokhumudwa m'tsitsi lake. Chakumapeto, anamva namwino wina akulankhula ndi apolisi. Adayika foni pachifuwa mwadongosolo.
  
  "Pano!" - iye anaumirira. "Awuzeni mwatsatanetsatane. Atumiza magalimoto awiri. "
  
  Victor anafotokoza mmene zinthu zinalili kwa woyendetsa ngoziyo, amene anatumiza magalimoto oyendera. Kenako adakhala pamzere pomwe adapitilizabe kudziwa zambiri kuchokera kwa iye ndikuziwulutsa pawailesi yamagalimoto oyendera pomwe amathamangira kuchipatala cha Heidelberg.
  
  
  Chaputala 8 - Ndizosangalatsa komanso masewera mpaka ...
  
  
  "Zigzag! Ndikufuna chotsutsa! " anabangula mayi wina wonenepa kwambiri pamene Sam anayamba kuthawa patebulopo. Perdue anali ataledzera kwambiri kuti asasamale pamene ankayang'ana Sam akuyesera kuti apambane kubetcha komwe mtsikana wolimba wokhala ndi mpeni sakanakhoza kumubaya. Pozungulira iwo, omwe amamwa mowa pafupi adapanga gulu laling'ono la anthu okondwerera ndi kubetcha, onse omwe amadziwa talente ya Big Morag yokhala ndi masamba. Onse anali akulira ndi kufuna kupindula ndi kulimba mtima kolakwika kwa chitsiru ichi chochokera ku Edinburgh.
  
  Mahemawo anayatsidwa ndi nyali yachikondwerero, kuchititsa mithunzi ya zidakwa zogwedezeka zomwe zikuimba mochokera pansi pamtima nyimbo za gulu lachimbale. Kusanada n"komwe, koma thambo lolemera ndi la mitambo linkaonetsa kuwala kwabwalo lalikulu la pansi. M"mphepete mwa mtsinje wokhotakhota umene umayenda m"mphepete mwa makondewo, anthu angapo ankapalasa mabwato, akusangalala ndi mafunde akuthwanima a madzi ozungulira. Ana anali kusewera pansi pa mitengo pafupi ndi malo oimika magalimoto.
  
  Sam anamva lupanga loyamba likudutsa paphewa lake.
  
  "Uwu!" - adafuula mwangozi. "Ndinatsala pang'ono kutayikira mphuno yanga pamenepo!"
  
  Anamva akukuwa amayi ndi abambo akumukweza chifukwa cha phokoso la mafani a Morag akuimba dzina lake. Kwinakwake mukupengako, Sam anamva kagulu kakang"ono ka anthu akuimba kuti: "Iphani munthu wamba! Ipha vampu!
  
  Panalibe chithandizo chochokera ku Perdue, ngakhale pamene Sam adatembenukira kwa kanthawi kuti awone komwe Maura adasintha cholinga chake. Atavala tartan ya banja lake pa kilt yake, Perdue adayenda modutsa pamalo oimika magalimoto opita kuchipinda chochezera.
  
  "Wopereka," Sam anatero mwamwano. Anangomwetuliranso pang'ono pomwe Mora adakweza dzanja lake lonyada kuti asamalire omaliza mwa mipeni itatu. "Oo iai!" - Sam anafuula ndipo, poponya chikhocho pambali, anathamangira kuphiri pafupi ndi mtsinje.
  
  Pamene ankawopa, kuledzera kwake kunagwira ntchito ziwiri - kuchititsa manyazi, ndiyeno mphamvu yotsatizana yosaulula bulu wa makoswe. Kusokonekera kwake potembenuka kunam"chititsa kulephera kuima bwino, ndipo atangodumpha kamodzi kokha, phazi lake linagunda kumbuyo kwa bondo lake lina, n"kumugwetsera pa udzu wonyowa ndi dothi ndi phokoso. Chigaza cha Sam chinagunda mwala wobisika m'mizere yayitali yobiriwira, ndipo kung'anima kowala kunamubaya ubongo wake. Maso ake adalowanso m'malo mwake, koma adatsitsimuka nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Liwiro la kugwa kwake linapangitsa kuti chombo chake cholemera chiwulukire kutsogolo pamene thupi lake linaima mwadzidzidzi. Pamsana wake wapansi amamva chitsimikiziro choyipa cha zovala zake zopindika. Ngati izo sizinali zokwanira kutsimikizira zoopsa zomwe zinatsatira, mpweya wabwino pa matako ake unachita chinyengo.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga! Osatinso," anabuula chifukwa cha fungo la dothi ndi manyowa pamene chiseko chobangula cha khamu la anthu chikumkalipira. "Kumbali ina," iye anadzilankhula yekha pamene anakhala pansi, "Sindidzakumbukira izi m"maŵa. Kulondola! Zilibe kanthu."
  
  Koma iye anali mtolankhani woopsa, kuiwala kukumbukira kuti nyali zowala zomwe nthawi zina zinkamuchititsa khungu patali pang'ono zimatanthawuza kuti ngakhale atayiwala za vutolo, zithunzizo zidzalamulira. Kwa kanthawi Sam anangokhala phee, kulakalaka akadakhala achikhalidwe chowawa; chisoni kuti sindinavale panty kapena thong! Pakamwa mopanda mano Morag anali atasegula ndi kuseka kwinaku akuzandima pafupi kuti anene.
  
  "Osadandaula, wokondedwa! iye anaseka. "Awa si omwe tidawaona koyamba!"
  
  Mukuthamanga kumodzi, mtsikana wamphamvuyo adamukweza kumapazi ake. Sam anali ataledzera kwambiri komanso ali ndi nseru kuti athane naye pomwe amamuvula zovala zake ndikumugwira pomwe amamulipira.
  
  "Ayi! Eh, dona..." anapunthwa ndi mawu ake. Mikono yake inkachita kunjenjemera ngati flamingo yoledzeretsedwa ndi mankhwala pofuna kuti akhazikikenso mtima. "Yang'anani manja anu pamenepo!"
  
  "Sam! Sam!" - anamva kuchokera kwinakwake mkati mwa kuwira kwankhanza kunyozedwa ndi malikhweru akuchokera mu hema lalikulu imvi.
  
  "Purdu?" - adayitana, kufunafuna chikho chake pa kapinga wandiweyani, wonyansa.
  
  "Sam! Tiyeni tizipita, tiyenera kupita! Sam! Leka kupusa ndi mtsikana wonenepa uja!" Perdue anazandima kutsogolo, akung'ung'udza mosadziwika bwino akuyandikira.
  
  "Ukuwona chiyani?" Morag adakuwa poyankha chipongwecho. Atakwinya, adachoka kwa Sam kuti amupatse Perdue chidwi chake chonse.
  
  
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  "Izi pang'ono za izo, mzanga?" adafunsa Perdue.
  
  Sam ndi Perdue adalowa mu clubhouse pamapazi osakhazikika anthu ambiri atachoka kale mipando yawo, adaganiza zotuluka panja ndikuyang'ana odya moto panthawi ya ng'oma.
  
  "Inde! Ice kwa tonsefe," Sam anakuwa atagwira mutu pomwe mwala unakhudza. Perdue strutted pafupi naye, kukweza dzanja lake kuyitanitsa awiri meads pamene iwo ankasamalira mabala awo.
  
  "Mulungu wanga, mkazi uyu akugunda ngati Mike Tyson," adatero Perdue, akukankhira paketi ya ayezi ku nsidze yake yakumanja, pomwe kuwombera koyamba kwa Morag kumasonyeza kusakondwera ndi mawu ake. Kugunda kwachiwiri kunagwera pansi pa cheekbone yake yakumanzere, ndipo Perdue sakanachitira mwina koma kusangalatsidwa pang'ono ndi kuphatikiza.
  
  "Chabwino, amaponya mipeni ngati munthu wachibwana," Sam adayikamo, atagwira galasi m'manja mwake.
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti sanafune kukumenya, sichoncho?" - bartender adakumbutsa Sam. Analingalira kwa kanthaŵi ndi kutsutsa kuti: "Koma ndiye kuti ndi chitsiru kupanga kubetcherana koteroko. Ndabweza ndalama zanga kawiri."
  
  "Inde, koma adabetcherana ndi mwayi wopitilira kanayi, mnyamata!" A bartender anaseka chamntima. "Sanapeze mbiri imeneyi pokhala wopusa, eti?"
  
  "Ha!" - Perdue anafuula, maso ake akuyang'ana pa TV kuseri kwa bala. Ichi chinali chifukwa chomwe adabwera kudzafuna Sam poyambirira. Zomwe adaziwona m'nkhaniyi zidawoneka ngati zodetsa nkhawa, ndipo adafuna kukhala pamenepo mpaka nkhaniyo ibwerezedwe kuti amuwonetse Sam.
  
  Pa ola lotsatira, ndendende zimene ankayembekezera zinaonekera pa sikirini. Anaweramira kutsogolo, akugwetsa magalasi angapo pa kauntala. "Taonani!" - adafuula. "Taona, Sam! Kodi Nina wathu wokondedwa sali m"chipatala tsopano?"
  
  Sam adawonera mtolankhaniyu amakamba za sewero lomwe lidachitika pachipatala chodziwika bwino maola angapo apitawo. Nthawi yomweyo izi zidamudetsa nkhawa. Anthu awiriwa anayang'anana modandaula.
  
  "Tiyenera kupita kukamtenga, Sam," Perdue anaumirira.
  
  "Ndikadapanda kumwa, ndikadapita pompano, koma sitingathe kupita ku Germany mdziko muno," adatero Sam.
  
  "Palibe vuto, bwenzi langa," Perdue anamwetulira mwachizolowezi chake chankhanza. Anakweza galasi lake ndikumwa mowa womaliza. "Ndili ndi ndege ya private komanso gulu lomwe limatha kutitengera komweko tikamagona. Monga momwe ndingakonde kuwulukiranso kuchipululu ku Detlef, tikulankhula za Nina."
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomera. "Sindikufuna kuti akhale kumeneko usiku wina. Osati ngati ndingathe kukuthandizani. "
  
  Perdue ndi Sam adachoka ku phwandolo ndi nkhope zawo zopanda pake komanso atatopa ndi mabala ndi zipsera, adatsimikiza mtima kuchotsa mitu yawo ndikuthandizira gawo lina lachitatu la mgwirizano wawo.
  
  Pamene usiku unagwa pagombe la Scotland, iwo anasiya njira yosangalala pambuyo pawo, kumvetsera kulira kwa zikwama za bagpipes kuzimiririka. Ichi chinali chizindikiro cha zochitika zazikulu kwambiri, pamene kusasamala kwawo kwakanthawi ndi zosangalatsa zikanapereka njira yopulumutsira mwamsanga Dr. Nina Gould, yemwe adagawana malo ndi wakupha wochuluka.
  
  
  Mutu 9 - Kufuula kwa Munthu Wopanda nkhope
  
  
  Nina anachita mantha kwambiri. Anagona kwambiri m"maŵa ndi masana, koma Dr. Fritz anamutengera kuchipinda choyezerako mayeso kuti akamuyezetse maso apolisi atangowalola kuti aziyendayenda. Pansanja yapansi pankakhala alonda kwambiri apolisi ndi kampani yachitetezo ya m"deralo, yomwe inapereka nsembe amuna ake awiri usiku. Chipinda chachiwiri chinali chotsekedwa kwa aliyense amene sanatsekedwe m"ndendemo kapena kwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala.
  
  "Ndiwe mwamwayi kuti unagona misala yonseyi, Dr. Gould," Namwino Marks anauza Nina pamene anabwera kudzamuona madzulo amenewo.
  
  "Sindikudziwa zomwe zinachitika, kwenikweni. Kodi panali anthu achitetezo omwe adaphedwa ndi wachiwembu?" Nina anakwinya nkhope. "Izi ndi zomwe ndimatha kuzindikira kuchokera ku tizidutswa tambiri timene timakambitsirana. Palibe amene akanandiuza zomwe zinali kuchitikadi."
  
  Marlene adayang'ana pozungulira kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe amene adamuwona akuuza Nina mwatsatanetsatane.
  
  "Sitiyenera kuopseza odwala ndi chidziŵitso chochuluka, Dr. Gould," iye anatero pansi, akunamizira kuona zizindikiro zofunika za Nina. "Koma dzulo usiku m"modzi wa otiyeretsa anaona wina akupha mmodzi wa apolisiwo. N"zoona kuti sanadikire kuti awone kuti ndi ndani."
  
  "Kodi adagwira wolowa?" Anafunsa ali serious.
  
  Namwinoyo anapukusa mutu. "Ndichifukwa chake malo ano ali kwaokha. Akufufuza m"chipatala aliyense amene saloledwa kukhala pano, koma sanapeze mwayi mpaka pano."
  
  "Zitheka bwanji izi? Ayenera kuti anazemba apolisi asanabwere," anatero Nina.
  
  "Ifenso timaganiza choncho. Sindikumvetsa zomwe amafunafuna zomwe zidawononga amuna awiri," adatero Marlene. Anapuma mozama ndipo anaganiza zosintha nkhaniyo. "Masomphenya anu ali bwanji lero? Zabwino?"
  
  "Chimodzimodzinso," Nina anayankha mosalabadira. Mwachionekere anali ndi zinthu zina m"maganizo mwake.
  
  "Poganizira momwe zakhalira pano, zotsatira zanu zitenga nthawi yayitali. Koma tikadziwa, titha kuyamba chithandizo. "
  
  "Ndimadana nazo. Ndimakhala ndi tulo nthawi zonse, ndipo tsopano sinditha kuona zambiri za anthu amene ndimakumana nawo," anadandaula motero Nina. "Mukudziwa, ndikufunika kulumikizana ndi anzanga ndi abale anga kuti ndiwadziwitse kuti ndili bwino. Sindingakhale pano mpaka kalekale.
  
  "Ndamva, Dr. Gould," Marlene anamvera chisoni, akuyang"ana m"mbuyo wodwala wake wina amene anali moyang"anizana ndi Nina, amene anali kugwedezeka pakama pake. "Ndiye ndikuwone Sam."
  
  Pamene Namwino Marks anayandikira munthu amene anapsa ndi motoyo, Nina anayang"ana pamene anatsegula maso ake ndi kuyang"ana pamwamba padenga, monga ngati akuwona chinachake chimene sakanatha kuchiwona. Kenako chikhumbo chachisoni chinabwera pa iye ndipo anadzinong'oneza yekha.
  
  "Sam".
  
  Kuyang'ana kwa Nina kukhutiritsa chidwi chake pamene amawona Wodwala Sam akukweza dzanja lake ndikufinya dzanja la Namwino Marks, koma sanawone mawonekedwe ake. Khungu lofiira la Nina, lowonongeka ndi mpweya wapoizoni wa Chernobyl, linali pafupifupi litachira. Koma ankaonabe ngati akufa. Mseru ndi chizungulire zinali zofala, pamene zizindikiro zake zofunika zinkangosonyeza kusintha. Kwa munthu wachidwi ndi wolimbikira ngati wolemba mbiri wa ku Scotland, zofooka zoterozo zinali zosavomerezeka ndipo zinamukhumudwitsa kwambiri.
  
  Anamva manong'onong'ono Mlongo Marx asanagwedeze mutu, kukana zonse zomwe anafunsa. Kenako namwinoyo adasiyana ndi wodwalayo ndikuchokapo osayang'ana Nina. Wodwalayo, komabe, adayang'ana Nina. Ndizo zonse zomwe iye ankakhoza kuziwona. Koma sankadziwa chifukwa chake. Mwakutero, iye anayimirira kwa iye.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Sam?"
  
  Sanayang"ane kumbali, koma anakhala phee, ngati akuyembekezera kuti mayiyo aiwala kuti walankhula naye. Poyesa kukhala tsonga, anabuula ndi ululu ndipo anagweranso pamtsamiro. Anapumira motopa. Nina anaganiza zomusiya yekha, koma mawu ake achipongwe anasokoneza bata, ndipo anafuna kuti azimusamalira.
  
  "I-ukudziwa ... umadziwa ... munthu yemwe akumufunayo?" - adachita chibwibwi. "Mukudziwa? Mlendo wosaitanidwa?"
  
  "Inde," anayankha motero.
  
  "Akunditsatira. Iye akundifuna ine, Nina. A-ndi madzulo ano... abwera kudzandipha," iye anatero monjenjemera ndi mawu olakwika. Zimene ananena zinachititsa magazi a Nina kuzirala, chifukwa sankayembekezera kuti chigawengacho chikafuna chinachake pafupi naye. "Ndina?" Adalimbikira kuyankha.
  
  "Mukutsimikiza?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndine," iye anatsimikizira motero, ku mantha ake.
  
  "Tamverani, mwadziwa bwanji kuti ndi ndani? Mwamuwona pano? Mwaziwona ndi maso anu? Chifukwa ngati sunatero, ndiye kuti ukungochita mantha, bwenzi langa," adatero, akuyembekeza kuti amuthandize kuganizira zomwe wamuyesa ndikumvetsetsa bwino. Ankayembekezeranso kuti analakwitsa chifukwa sakanatha kubisala kwa wakupha. Anaona mawilo ake akuzungulira poganizira mawu ake. "Ndipo chinthu chinanso," anawonjezera kuti, "ngati simukukumbukira kuti ndinu ndani kapena zimene zinakuchitikirani, mumadziwa bwanji kuti mdani wina wopanda vuto lililonse akukusakani?"
  
  Nina sankadziwa, koma mawu ake osankhidwa anasintha zotsatira zonse zomwe mnyamatayo adakumana nazo - zikumbukirozo zinabweranso. M"maso mwake munachita mantha ndi mantha pamene ankalankhula, akumubaya ndi maso ake akuda kwambiri moti ankatha kuona ngakhale ndi diso lofooka.
  
  "Sam?" - iye anafunsa. "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Mein Gott, Nina!" - iye anapumira. Kumeneku kunali kukuwa, koma kuwonongeka kwa zingwe zapakamwa zake kunachititsa kuti mawuwo asakhalenso kunong'ona. "Wopanda nkhope, ukunena! Nkhope yoyipa - yopanda nkhope! Anali... Nina, munthu amene anandiwotcha...!"
  
  "Inde? Nanga bwanji iye? " anaumirirabe ngakhale kuti ankadziwa zimene ankafuna kunena. Amangofuna zambiri ngati angazipeze.
  
  "Munthu amene anayesa kundipha...analibe nkhope!" - anakuwa wodwala mantha. Ngati akanatha kulira, akanalira n"kumakumbukira za munthu woipa amene anamusakaza masewerawo usiku umenewo. "Anandigwira ndikundiwotcha!"
  
  "Namwino!" Nina anakuwa. "Nesi! Winawake! Chonde, thandizani!"
  
  Anamwino awiri anabwera akuthamanga ndi nkhope zawo zodabwa. Nina analoza wodwala wokhumudwayo nati: "Anangokumbukira kuukira kwake. Chonde mupatseni chinachake chomuchititsa mantha!"
  
  Anathamangira kumuthandiza ndikutseka makatani, ndikumupatsa mankhwala oziziritsa mtima kuti akhazikike. Nina anamva kuopsezedwa ndi ulesi wake, koma anayesa kuthetsa yekha chithunzithunzi chachilendocho. Kodi anali wotsimikiza? Kodi anali wogwirizana mokwanira kuti atsimikize zolondola chotero, kapena kodi anatsimikiza zonse? Iye ankakayikira kuti anali wosaona mtima. Ndipotu mwamunayo sakanatha kusuntha yekha kapena kulankhula chiganizo popanda kuvutikira. Iye sakanachita misala chotero akanapanda kukhulupirira kuti kusakhoza kwake kuchita zimenezo kukanamutayitsa moyo wake.
  
  "Mulungu, ndikanakonda Sam akanakhala pano kuti andithandize kuganiza," anadandaula motero maganizo ake akupempha tulo. "Ngakhale Perdue angabwere ngati akanatha kuletsa kundipha nthawi ino." Nthaŵi ya chakudya chamadzulo inali itatsala pang"ono kukwana, ndipo popeza kuti palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anali kuyembekezera alendo, Nina anali womasuka kugona ngati akufuna. Kapena anaganiza choncho.
  
  Dr. Fritz anamwetulira pamene ankalowa. "Dr. Gould, ndangobwera kuti ndidzakupatseni china chake chothandizira vuto lanu lamaso."
  
  "Damn," iye anang"ung"udza. "Hello, Doctor. Mukundipatsa chiyani?
  
  "Ndi njira yokhayo yochepetsera kutsekeka kwa ma capillaries m'maso mwanu. Ndili ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti masomphenya anu akuwonongeka chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa magazi m'dera lamaso. Ngati muli ndi vuto lililonse usiku, mutha kulumikizana ndi Dr. Hilt. Akhalanso pa ntchito usikuuno ndipo ndikulumikizana m'mawa, chabwino?"
  
  "Chabwino, Doctor," adavomera, akuyang'ana akubaya mankhwala osadziwika m'manja mwake. "Kodi muli ndi zotsatira za mayeso?"
  
  Dr. Fritz poyamba anachita ngati sanamumve, koma Nina anabwereza funso lake. Sanamuyang"ane, mwachionekere anaika maganizo ake pa zimene anali kuchita. "Tikambirana mawa, Dr. Gould. Ndiyenera kukhala nditapeza zotsatira kuchokera ku lab pofika nthawi imeneyo. " Pomaliza anamuyang'ana molephera kulimba mtima, koma sanafune kupitiriza kukambirana. Pa nthawiyi n"kuti mnzake amene ankakhala naye atadekha n"kukhala chete. "Usiku wabwino, wokondedwa Nina." Anamwetulira mwamakhalidwe abwino ndipo anagwira dzanja la Nina asanatseke chikwatucho ndikuchiyikanso kuphazi kwa bedi.
  
  "Usiku wabwino," iye anang"ung"udza pamene mankhwalawo akugwira ntchito, akudodometsa maganizo ake.
  
  
  Mutu 10 - Escape from Safety
  
  
  Chala chaching'ono chinagwedeza mkono wa Nina, zomwe zinamupangitsa kudzuka koopsa. Mwachidwi, adakankhira dzanja lake kumalo okhudzidwa, mwadzidzidzi adagwira dzanja pansi pa chikhatho chake, zomwe zinamuwopsyeza kuti afe. Maso ake osakwanira anatsegula kwambiri kuti awone amene amalankhula naye, koma kupatulapo madontho akuda pansi pa nsidze za chigoba chapulasitiki, sankawona nkhope.
  
  "Ine! Shh," nkhope yopanda kanthuyo inapempha ndi kaphokoso kofewa. Anali m"chipinda chake, ataima pafupi ndi bedi lake atavala chovala choyera chachipatala. Machubuwo anachotsedwa m"manja mwake, n"kusiya zizindikiro za ulusi wofiira kwambiri zitapukutidwa pakhungu loyera lopanda kanthu.
  
  "W-chabwino bwanji?" iye anakwinya nkhope. "Serious?"
  
  "Tamverani, Nina. Ingokhala chete chete ndipo undimvere," ananong"oneza motero, akugwada pansi pang"ono kotero kuti thupi lake linabisidwa pakhomo la chipinda choyandikana ndi bedi la Nina. Mutu wokha unakwezedwa kuti alankhule m"khutu lake. "Munthu amene ndinakuuzani uja akubwera kudzanditenga. Ndiyenera kupeza malo achinsinsi mpaka atachoka.
  
  Koma anali watsoka. Nina analedzeredwa ndi mankhwala mpaka kukomoka, ndipo sanasamale kwambiri za tsogolo lake. Anangogwedeza mutu mpaka maso ake oyandama atabisikanso ndi zivindikiro zolemera. Anapumira mokhumudwa ndipo anayang'ana uku ndi uku, kupuma kwake kunali kofulumira panthawiyi. Inde, kupezeka kwa apolisi kunateteza odwala, koma kunena zoona, alonda okhala ndi zida sanapulumutse ngakhale anthu omwe anawalemba ntchito, ngakhale amene anali opanda zida!
  
  Zikanakhala bwino, Wodwala Sam anaganiza, ngati akanabisala m'malo moika pangozi kuthawa. Akanapezeka, akanatha kuthana ndi womuukirayo moyenerera, ndipo mwachiyembekezo Dr. Gould sakadakumana ndi ziwawa zilizonse. Kumva kwa Nina kwasintha kwambiri kuyambira pamene anayamba kufooka; Zinamuthandiza kuti amvetsere kugwedezeka kwa mapazi a mnzawo yemwe ankakhala naye limodzi. Mapazi ake amodzi ndi amodzi adachoka kwa iye, koma osati pakama pake. Anapitirizabe kugona ndi kugona, koma maso ake anali otseka.
  
  Posakhalitsa, ululu wodabwitsa unamera kuseri kwa nsonga zamaso za Nina, kufalikira ngati duwa la ululu mu ubongo wake. Kulumikizana kwa minyewa kunazindikiritsa zolandilira zake ndi kugawanika kwa migraine komwe kunayambitsa, ndipo Nina analira mokweza m'tulo. Mwadzidzidzi, mutu womwe ukukula pang'onopang'ono unadzaza m'maso mwake ndikupangitsa mphumi yake kumva kutentha.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - iye anakuwa. "Mutu wanga! Mutu wanga ukundipha!"
  
  Kukuwa kwake kunamveka ngakhale kuti kunali chete usiku womwe unali m'chipindamo, ndipo mwamsanga anachititsa kuti achipatala amumvetsere. Zala zakunjenjemera za Nina pamapeto pake zidapeza batani ladzidzidzi, ndipo adalisindikiza kangapo, kuyitanitsa namwino wausiku kuti amuthandize. Namwino watsopano anathamanga, watsopano kuchokera ku sukulu.
  
  "Dr. Gould? Dr. Gould, muli bwino? Chavuta ndi chiyani, wokondedwa? "anafunsa.
  
  "M-God..." Nina anachita chibwibwi, mosasamala kanthu za kusokonezeka maganizo kochititsidwa ndi mankhwala, "mutu wanga wagawanika ndi ululu!" Tsopano wakhala pamaso panga ndipo ukundipha. Mulungu wanga! Ndikumva ngati chigaza changa chikung"ambika."
  
  "Ndipita kukatenga Dr. Hilt. Anangotuluka m"chipinda chochitira opaleshoni. Ingopumulani. Iye adzakhala pomwepo, Dr. Gould." Namwinoyo anatembenuka ndikufulumira kukafuna thandizo.
  
  "Zikomo," Nina anausa moyo, atazunzika ndi ululu woopsa, mosakayikira chifukwa cha maso ake. Anayang'ana kwa kanthawi kuti amuone Sam, wodwala, koma adasowa. Nina anakwinya nkhope. Ndikanalumbira kuti analankhula nane ndili mtulo. Anaganiziranso kwambiri. Ayi. Ine ndiyenera kuti ndinazilota izo.
  
  "Dr. Gould?"
  
  "Inde? Pepani, sindikuwona," iye anapepesa.
  
  "Dokotala wa ku Efeso ali ndi ine. Potembenukira kwa dokotalayo, iye anati: "Pepani, ndikungofunika kuthamangira m"chipinda china kwa mphindi imodzi kuti ndikathandize Frau Mittag kuvala nsalu za bedi lake."
  
  "Zoona, mlongo. Chonde tenga nthawi yako," adayankha adokotala. Nina anamva kuwala kwa mapazi a namwino. Anayang'ana Dr. Hilt ndikumuuza madandaulo ake enieni. Mosiyana ndi Dr. Fritz, yemwe anali wokangalika komanso wokonda kutulukira matenda mwamsanga, Dr. Hilt anali womvetsera bwino. Anadikirira Nina kuti afotokoze bwinobwino momwe mutu unakhalira kumbuyo kwa maso ake asanayankhe.
  
  "Dr. Gould? Kodi mungandiyang'ane bwino?" anafunsa. "Kupweteka kwamutu nthawi zambiri kumakhudzana ndi khungu lomwe likubwera, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Ayi," iye anatero mwachisoni. "Ukhungu umenewu ukuwoneka kuti ukukulirakulira tsiku lililonse, ndipo Dr. Kodi mungandipatseko china chake cha ululuwu? Zatsala pang'ono kupirira."
  
  Anachotsa chigoba chake cha opaleshoni kuti alankhule bwino. "Zowona, wokondedwa wanga."
  
  Anamuwona akuweramitsa mutu wake, akuyang'ana pabedi la Sam. "Wodwala winayo ali kuti?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," iye ananjenjemera. "Mwina anapita kuchimbudzi. Ndikukumbukira kuti anauza Namwino Marks kuti analibe cholinga chogwiritsa ntchito poto."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani sagwiritsa ntchito chimbudzi pano?" dokotala anafunsa, koma Nina anali kudwala kwambiri ndi malipoti onena za mnzawo wokhala naye pamene anafunikira chithandizo chothetsa mutu wake wogawanika.
  
  "Sindikudziwa!" - adamuwombera. "Tamverani, mungandipatseko kanthu chifukwa cha ululuwu?"
  
  Sanasangalale ngakhale pang"ono ndi kamvekedwe kake, koma anapumira m"mwamba n"kupumira. "Dr. Gould, mukumubisa munthu amene mumagona naye?"
  
  Funsolo linali lopanda nzeru komanso lopanda ntchito. Nina adakwiya kwambiri ndi funso lake lopusa. "Inde. Iye ali penapake mchipinda. Mapointi 20 ngati mungandigulire mankhwala ochepetsa ululu musanawapeze!"
  
  "Uyenera kundiuza kumene iye ali, Dr. Gould, apo ayi umwalira usikuuno," iye anatero mosabisa.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe wamisalatu?" - iye squealed. "Ukundiwopseza kwambiri?" Nina ankaona kuti chinachake sichili bwino, koma sanathe kukuwa. Anamuyang'ana ndi maso akuphethira, zala zake zikusakasaka batani lofiira lomwe linali pabedi pafupi ndi iye, kwinaku akumayang'anitsitsa nkhope yake yopanda kanthu. Mthunzi wake wosawoneka bwino unakweza batani loyimbira kuti awone. "Mukuyang'ana izi?"
  
  "O Mulungu," Nina nthaŵi yomweyo anayamba kulira, kutseka mphuno ndi pakamwa ndi manja ake pamene anazindikira kuti tsopano anali kukumbukira liwu limenelo. Mutu wake unkagunda ndipo khungu lake linkayaka, koma sanayerekeze kusuntha.
  
  "Ali kuti?" ananong'ona momveka. "Ndiuze kapena ufa."
  
  "Sindikudziwa, chabwino?" mawu ake ananjenjemera pang'onopang'ono pansi pa manja ake. "Sindikudziwa. Nthawi yonseyi ndinali nditagona. Mulungu wanga, kodi ine ndine mlonda wake?
  
  Munthu wamtaliyo anayankha kuti, "Ukunena za Kaini kuchokera m"Baibulo. Ndiuze, Dr. Gould, kodi ndiwe wachipembedzo?"
  
  "Zaka iwe!" - iye anakuwa.
  
  "Aa, wosakhulupirira Mulungu," iye anatero molingalira. "Palibe osakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu m"mabowo a nkhandwe. Awa ndi mawu enanso - mwina omwe ali oyenera kwambiri kwa inu panthawi ino yobwezeretsedwa komaliza, mukakumana ndi imfa yanu m'manja mwa amene mukufuna kuti mukhale ndi mulungu wake."
  
  "Siwe Dr. Hilt," namwinoyo anatero kumbuyo kwake. Mawu ake anamveka ngati funso, lodzala ndi kusakhulupirira ndi kuzindikira. Kenako anamuchotsa kumapazi ake ndi liwiro lokongola kwambiri moti Nina analibe ngakhale nthawi yoyamikira kufupika kwa zomwe anachita. Pamene namwinoyo anagwa, manja ake anatulutsa chiwaya chogona. Anatsetsereka pamalo opukutidwa ndi ngozi yogonthetsa m'khutu yomwe nthawi yomweyo inakopa chidwi cha ogwira ntchito usiku wapasiteshoni ya anamwino.
  
  Mwamwayi, apolisi anayamba kukuwa m"kholamo. Nina ankayembekezera kuti agwira wonyengayo m"chipinda chake, koma m"malo mwake anathamangira pakhomo pake.
  
  "Pita! Patsogolo! Patsogolo! Ali pansanjika yachiwiri! Mumuyang'ane mu pharmacy! Mofulumira!" - mkuluyo anafuula.
  
  "Chani?" Nina anakwinya nkhope. Sanakhulupirire. Zomwe adatha kupanga ndi chithunzi cha charlatan chomwe chikubwera mwachangu kwa iye, ndipo monga momwe adachitira namwino wosaukayo, adamumenya mwamphamvu kumutu. Patapita nthawi pang'ono, anamva ululu wosaneneka asanalowe mumtsinje wakuda wosaiwalika. Mutu wake tsopano unayamba kuyenda. Kumenyedwa kwa kachisi wake kunamuphunzitsanso za ululu wina. Tsopano anali atatupa kwambiri moti diso lake lakumanja linkaoneka laling"ono. Namwino wausikuyo anali atagonabe pansi pafupi ndi iye, koma Nina analibe nthawi. Anayenera kutuluka muno mlendo wowopsayo asanabwerere kwa iye, makamaka popeza amamudziwa bwino.
  
  Anagwiranso batani lolendewera loyimbira, koma mutu wa chipangizocho unadulidwa. "Damn," adabuula, akutsitsa bwino miyendo yake pakama. Zomwe amawona zinali zolemba zosavuta za zinthu ndi anthu. Panalibe chizindikiro chodziwikiratu kapena cholinga pomwe samawona nkhope zawo.
  
  "Zopanda! Sam ndi Perdue ali kuti ndikawafuna? Kodi nthawi zonse ndimakhala bwanji m"zoipa zimenezi?" anasisima theka mwa kukhumudwa ndi mantha pamene akuyenda, akuyang'ana njira yodzimasula yekha ku machubu omwe anali m'manja mwake ndikudutsa mulu wa amayi omwe anali pafupi ndi miyendo yake yosakhazikika. Zimene apolisi anachitazi zinakopa chidwi cha anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito usiku, ndipo Nina anaona kuti chipinda chachitatucho chinali chopanda phokoso mochititsa mantha, kupatulapo mawu osonyeza mmene nyengo ya pa wailesi yakanema inalili komanso odwala awiri akunong"onezana m"chipinda china. Izi zinamupangitsa kuti apeze zovala zake ndi kuvala bwino momwe akanathera mumdima womwe ukukula chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa masomphenya ake komwe kungamusiye posachedwa. Atavala, n"kusunga nsapato zake m"manja kuti asamukayikire akatuluka, anazemba n"kubwerera patebulo lapafupi ndi bedi la Sam n"kutsegula kabati yake. Chikwama chake choyaka moto chinali chidakali mkati. Analowetsamo khadi lalayisensi mkati, ndikulilowetsa m'thumba lakumbuyo la jeans yake.
  
  Anayamba kuda nkhawa ndi kumene mnzawoyo amakhala, mkhalidwe wake, ndiponso koposa zonse, ngati pempho lakelo linali lenileni. Mpaka pano, iye ankaona kuti ndi maloto chabe, koma chifukwa choti analibe maloto, anayamba kuganizira kaŵirikaŵiri za ulendo wake wa usikuwo. Mulimonse mmene zinalili, tsopano anafunika kuthawa wonyengayo. Apolisi sakanatha kupereka chitetezo ku chiwopsezo chopanda pake. Iwo anali akutsatira kale anthu omwe ankawakayikira ndipo palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene anali atawonadi munthu amene wachititsa. Njira yokhayo yomwe Nina adadziwira yemwe anali ndi udindo inali kudzera mu khalidwe lake loipa kwa iye ndi Mlongo Barken.
  
  "Oo iai!" - iye anati, kusiya akufa m'mayendedwe ake, pafupifupi kumapeto kwa korido woyera. "Mlongo Barken. Ndiyenera kumuchenjeza." Koma Nina anadziŵa kuti kupempha namwino wonenepayo kudzachenjeza ogwira ntchitoyo kuti akuzemba. Panalibe chikaiko kuti iwo sakalola zimenezi. Ganizirani, ganizani, ganizani! Nina adadzitsimikizira yekha, atayima osasunthika ndikuzengereza . Iye ankadziwa chimene iye ankayenera kuchita. Zinali zosasangalatsa, koma inali njira yokha yotulukira.
  
  Pobwerera m"chipinda chake chamdima, akugwiritsira ntchito kokha kuwala kochokera m"kholamo kumawalira pansi ponyezimira, Nina anayamba kuvula namwino wausiku. Mwamwayi kwa wolemba mbiri wamng'onoyo, namwinoyo anali wamkulu kwambiri kwa iye.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni. Kwenikweni, ndine amene," Nina ananong"ona, akuvula yunifolomu ya udokotala ya mayiyo ndi kuvala pa zovala zake. Podzimva kukhala woipa kwambiri ndi zimene anali kuchita kwa mkazi wosaukayo, khalidwe lotayirira la Nina linam"chititsa kuponya zovala zake zogona pa namwinoyo. Ndi iko komwe, mayiyo anali atavala zovala zake zamkati pansi pozizira. Mpatseni bun, Nina, iye anaganiza moyang'ana kachiwiri. Ayi, ndiko kupusa. Ingochotsani zopusa pano! Koma thupi losayenda la namwinoyo linkaoneka kuti likumuitana. Mwinamwake chisoni cha Nina chinachititsa kuti magazi atuluke m"mphuno mwake, mwazi umene unapanga chithaphwi chomata, chakuda pansi pa nkhope yake. Tilibe nthawi! "Ku gehena ndi ichi," Nina analingalira mokweza ndi kutembenuza dona wokomokayo kamodzi kotero kuti zofundazo zinakulungidwa kuzungulira thupi lake ndi kumchinjiriza iye ku kuuma kwa pansi.
  
  Monga namwino, Nina akanatha kulepheretsa apolisiwo ndikutuluka asanazindikire kuti akuvutika kupeza masitepe ndi zitseko. Atafika pansanjika yoyamba, anamva apolisi awiri akulankhula za munthu wina amene anaphedwa.
  
  "Ndikanakonda ndikanakhala kuno," anatero mmodzi. "Ndikadamugwira mwana wachigololo uja."
  
  "Zowona, zonse zimachitika tisanayambe kusintha. Tsopano tikukakamizika kusunga ana otsala," anadandaulanso wina.
  
  "Nthaŵi ino wovulazidwayo anali dokotala wantchito yausiku," ananong"oneza woyamba. Mwina Dr Hilt?
  
  "Anapeza dotoloyu atang"ambika chigamba kumaso, monga momwe mlonda uja anachitira usiku watha," iye anawonjezera motero.
  
  "Kusamuka msanga?" - mmodzi wa apolisi anafunsa Nina pamene ankadutsa. Anapuma pang'ono ndikupanga Chijeremani chake momwe angathere.
  
  "Inde, mitsempha yanga sinathe kupirira kupha. "Ndinakomoka ndipo ndinagunda kumaso," iye anang"ung"udza msangamsanga, akuyesa kumva chogwirira chitseko.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndikutengereni izi," anatero munthu wina ndikutsegula chitseko kuti asonyeze chifundo chawo.
  
  "Usiku wabwino, mlongo," wapolisiyo anatero kwa Nina.
  
  "Danke sh ön," adamwetulira, akumva mpweya wozizira wausiku pankhope pake, akulimbana ndi mutu ndikuyesa kuti asagwere pansi.
  
  "Usiku wabwino kwa inunso, Dokotala ... Efeso, sichoncho?" - wapolisi anafunsa kumbuyo kwa Nina pakhomo. Magazi anazizira m"mitsempha yake, koma anakhalabe wokhulupirika.
  
  "Ndi zolondola. "Usiku wabwino, njonda," mwamunayo anatero mwansangala. "Khalani otetezeka!"
  
  
  Mutu 11 - Mwana wa Margaret
  
  
  "Sam Cleave ndiye mwamuna wa izi, bwana. Ndilumikizana naye."
  
  "Sitingakwanitse kugula Sam Cleve," Duncan Gradwell anayankha mwamsanga. Iye anali atatsala pang'ono kusuta fodya, koma atamva kuti ndege yankhondo yomenyera nkhondo ku Germany inagwa pawaya pakompyuta yake, inafuna kuti achitepo kanthu mwamsanga komanso mwamsanga.
  
  "Ndi mnzanga wakale. "Ndi ... kupotoza mkono wake," anamva Margaret akunena. "Monga ndidanenera, ndilumikizana naye. Tinagwira ntchito limodzi zaka zambiri zapitazo pamene ndinkathandiza bwenzi lake Patricia ndi ntchito yake yoyamba monga katswiri."
  
  "Kodi uyu ndi mtsikana yemwe adawomberedwa kutsogolo kwake ndi mfuti ija yemwe adamuvumbulutsa?" Gradwell anafunsa mopanda chifundo. Margaret anagwetsa mutu ndikuyankha mwapang'onopang'ono. "Nzosadabwitsa kuti anazolowera kwambiri botololo m"zaka zotsatira," anadandaula motero Gradwell.
  
  Margaret sakanatha kuseka ndi izi. "Chabwino, bwana, Sam Cleave sanafune kumunyengerera kwambiri kuti ayamwe pakhosi la botolo. Osati Patricia, kapena pambuyo ... zomwe zinachitika.
  
  "O! Ndiye tandiuzeni, iyeyo ndi wosakhazikika kuti atiuze nkhani imeneyi? - anafunsa Gradwell.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Gradwell. Sam Cleave samangokhala wosasamala, amadziwika kuti ali ndi malingaliro opotoka pang'ono," adatero ndikumwetulira modekha. "Mtolankhani ndiye mtundu womwe mukufuna kuti awulule zomwe gulu la Germany Luftwaffe likuchita. Ndikukhulupirira kuti chancellor wawo asangalala kumva za izi, makamaka pano. "
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," Margaret anatsimikizira motero, akugwedeza manja ake patsogolo pake pamene anaima pamaso pa desiki la mkonzi wake. "Ndilankhulana naye nthawi yomweyo ndikuwona ngati angalole kuti achepetse ndalama zolipirira bwenzi lake lakale."
  
  "Ndiyenera kuyembekezera!" Chibwano chapawiri cha Gradwell chinanjenjemera pamene mawu ake amakwera. "Munthu uyu tsopano ndi wolemba wotchuka, kotero ndikukhulupirira kuti maulendo openga awa omwe amapita ndi chitsiru cholemera ichi sichofunikira."
  
  "Chitsiru cholemera" Gradwell adamutcha kuti David Perdue. Gradwell wakulitsa kupanda ulemu kwa Perdue m'zaka zaposachedwa chifukwa mabiliyoniyo amadana ndi mnzake wa Gradwell. Mnzake yemwe akumufunsayo, Pulofesa Frank Matlock wa ku yunivesite ya Edinburgh, adakakamizika kusiya ntchito yake ngati mkulu wa dipatimenti pamilandu yapamwamba ya Brixton Tower a Purdue atasiya zopereka zake mowolowa manja ku dipatimentiyo. Mwachibadwa, panali mkwiyo pa kutengeka kwachikondi kwa Perdue ndi chidole chomwe ankachikonda kwambiri Matlock, chinthu cha misogynistic injunctions ndi kusungidwa kwake, Dr. Nina Gould.
  
  Mfundo yakuti iyi inali mbiri yakale, yoyenera zaka khumi ndi theka za "madzi pansi pa mlatho," sizinapange kusiyana kwa Gradwell wokwiya. Tsopano adatsogolera Edinburgh Post, udindo womwe adapeza chifukwa cholimbikira komanso kusewera mwachilungamo, patatha zaka zambiri Sam Cleave atachoka m'maholo afumbi a pepala.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Gradwell," anayankha mwaulemu Margaret. "Ndidzafika, koma bwanji ngati sindingathe kupota?"
  
  "M'milungu iwiri, mbiri ya dziko idzapangidwa, Margaret," Gradwell anaseka ngati wogwirira pa Halloween. "Pakangotha sabata imodzi, dziko lapansi lidzawonera kuchokera ku The Hague pomwe Middle East ndi Europe zisayina pangano lamtendere lotsimikizira kutha kwa ziwawa zonse pakati pa mayiko awiriwa. Chiwopsezo chodziwikiratu pazochitika izi ndi ndege yaposachedwa ya woyendetsa ndege waku Dutch Ben Griesman, mukukumbukira?
  
  "Inde, bwana". Analuma milomo, akudziwa bwino lomwe amapita ndi izi, koma adakana kumukwiyitsa pomudula mawu. "Analowa m'bwalo la ndege zaku Iraq ndikubera ndege."
  
  "Ndi zoona! Ndipo idagwera ku likulu la CIA, ndikupanga chinthu chovuta chomwe chikuchitika. Monga mukudziwira, Middle East mwachiwonekere idatumiza munthu kuti abwezere powononga bwalo la ndege la Germany! - adafuula. "Tsopano ndiuzeninso chifukwa chomwe Sam Cleave wosasamala komanso wanzeru sangalumphe mwayi wolowa nawo nkhaniyi."
  
  "Posachedwa," adamwetulira mwamanyazi, akumva zowawa kwambiri kuti ayang'ane abwana ake akugwetsa mate pomwe amalankhula mokhudzika ndi zomwe zikuchitika. "Ndikuyenera kupita. Ndani akudziwa kumene iye ali tsopano? Ndiyenera kuyimbira aliyense nthawi yomweyo. "
  
  "Ndi zoona!" Gradwell adakuwa akumutsatira akulunjika kuofesi yake yaying'ono. "Fulumirani kuti Cleve atiuze za izi chitsiru china chodana ndi mtendere chisanadzetse kudzipha ndi Nkhondo Yachitatu Yapadziko Lonse!"
  
  Margaret sanayang"ane n"komwe kwa anzake pamene ankawathamangira, koma ankadziwa kuti onse ankaseka zinthu zosangalatsa zimene Duncan Gradwell ananena. Mawu ake osankhidwa anali nthabwala mkati. Margaret nthawi zambiri ankaseka kwambiri pamene mkonzi wakale wa ntchito zisanu ndi imodzi zam'mbuyomu anayamba kuda nkhawa ndi nkhaniyo, koma tsopano sanayerekeze. Nanga bwanji atamuona akuseka pa ntchito imene ankaiona kuti ndi yofunika kwambiri? Tangoganizani ukali wake atamuwona akumwetulira kumawonekera m'magalasi akuluakulu a muofesi yake?
  
  Margaret anayembekezera mwachidwi kulankhulanso ndi Sam wachichepere. Kumbali ina, sanali Sam wachichepere kwa nthawi yayitali. Koma kwa iye, nthawi zonse adzakhala mtolankhani wosokonekera, wokangalika kwambiri amene amaulula kupanda chilungamo kulikonse kumene angathe. Anali wophunzira wa Margaret m'nthawi ya Edinburgh Post yapitayi, pamene dziko linali lidakali m'chipwirikiti cha ufulu wa anthu ndipo anthu okonda kusamala ankafuna kuchepetsa ufulu wa munthu aliyense. Mkhalidwe wasintha kwambiri chiyambire pamene bungwe la Organization of World Unity linalanda ulamuliro wa ndale wa mayiko angapo omwe kale anali a EU, ndipo madera angapo a ku South America anapatukana ndi amene kale anali maboma a Dziko Lachitatu.
  
  Margaret sanali wokonda zachikazi mwanjira iliyonse, koma bungwe la Organization of World Unity, lotsogozedwa kwambiri ndi akazi, linasonyeza kusiyana kwakukulu m"njira imene anayendetsera ndi kuthetsa mikangano ya ndale. Nkhondo sinalinso kuyanjidwa ndi maboma olamulidwa ndi amuna. Kutsogola pakuthana ndi mavuto, kupanga ndi kukhathamiritsa kwazinthu zatheka kudzera muzopereka zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso njira zoyendetsera ndalama.
  
  Banki Yadziko Lonse idatsogozedwa ndi wapampando wa bungwe lomwe linakhazikitsidwa kuti Council for International Tolerance, Pulofesa Martha Sloan. Anali kazembe wakale waku Poland ku England, yemwe adapambana zisankho zomaliza kuti azilamulira mgwirizano watsopano wamayiko. Cholinga chachikulu cha Bungweli chinali kuthetsa ziwopsezo zankhondo pomaliza mapangano ogwirizana m'malo mwa uchigawenga ndi kulowererapo. Malonda anali ofunika kwambiri kuposa udani wandale, pulofesa. Sloan nthawi zonse amagawana nawo zolankhula zake. M'malo mwake, yakhala mfundo yogwirizana naye muzofalitsa zonse.
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kutaya ana athu zikwizikwi kuti tikhutiritse umbombo wa okalamba ochepa amene ali ndi mphamvu pamene nkhondo sidzawakhudza?" anamveka akulengeza kutangotsala masiku ochepa kuti asankhidwe m"chipambano chachikulu. "N'chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kusokoneza chuma ndi kuwononga khama la omanga ndi omanga? Kapena kuwononga nyumba ndi kupha anthu osalakwa pamene akuluakulu ankhondo amakono amapindula ndi zowawa zathu ndi kudula magazi athu? Achinyamata odzipereka kuti awononge chiwonongeko chosatha ndi misala yopititsidwa ndi atsogoleri ofooka omwe amalamulira tsogolo lanu. Makolo anataya ana awo, akazi awo otayika, abale ndi alongo achotsedwa kwa ife chifukwa cha kulephera kwa amuna achikulire ndi oipidwa kuthetsa mikangano?"
  
  Ndi tsitsi lake lakuda loluka ndi siginecha yake ya velveti yomwe imagwirizana ndi suti iliyonse yomwe amavala, mtsogoleri wamng'ono, wachikoka adadodometsa dziko lonse ndi machiritso ake owoneka ngati ophweka a machitidwe owononga a zipembedzo ndi ndale. M'malo mwake, nthawi ina adanyozedwa ndi chitsutso chake cha boma chifukwa cholengeza kuti mzimu wa Masewera a Olimpiki wasanduka chinthu chinanso chopanda ndalama.
  
  Anaumirira kuti iyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazifukwa zomwezo zomwe zinapangidwira - mpikisano wamtendere umene wopambana amatsimikiziridwa popanda nsembe. "N'chifukwa chiyani sitingathe kuyambitsa nkhondo pa chessboard kapena pa bwalo la tennis? Ngakhale kulimbana mkono pakati pa mayiko awiri akhoza kudziwa amene apite, chifukwa cha kumwamba! Ndilo lingaliro lomwelo, popanda mabiliyoni omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zankhondo kapena miyoyo yosawerengeka yowonongedwa ndi ovulala pakati pa asilikali oyenda pansi omwe alibe chochita ndi zomwe zachitika posachedwa. Anthuwa amaphana popanda chifukwa china chilichonse kupatula lamulo! Ngati inu, abwenzi anga, simungathe kupita kwa munthu wina mumsewu ndikumuwombera m'mutu popanda chisoni kapena kupwetekedwa m'maganizo," adafunsa papulatifomu yake ku Minsk nthawi yapitayo, "chifukwa chiyani mumakakamiza ana anu, abale, alongo, ndi alongo anu ndi alongo anu. okwatirana amachita zimenezi povotera ankhanza akalewa amene amapitiriza nkhanzazi? Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Margaret sanasamale ngati mabungwe atsopanowo adatsutsidwa chifukwa cha zomwe otsutsa adatcha kukwera kwaulamuliro kwachikazi kapena kulanda mobisa kwa nthumwi za Wokana Kristu. Angachirikize wolamulira aliyense amene angatsutse kuphedwa kopanda nzeru kwa anthu ambiri m"dzina la mphamvu, umbombo ndi ziphuphu. Kwenikweni, Margaret Crosby adathandizira Sloane chifukwa dziko lakhala lovuta kwambiri kuyambira pomwe adatenga ulamuliro. Zophimba zamdima zimene zinali zobisika zaka mazana ambiri za udani tsopano zinachotsedwa mwachindunji, kutsegula njira yolankhulirana pakati pa maiko osayambukiridwa. ukapolo ukanathetsedwa. Kukonda munthu payekha kuli ndi mbali yaikulu m"dziko latsopanoli. Uniformity ndi zovala zovomerezeka. Malamulowa amazikidwa pa mfundo za sayansi. Ufulu umakhudzana ndi umunthu, ulemu ndi kulanga munthu. Izi zidzalemeretsa aliyense wa ife m"maganizo ndi m"thupi ndi kutilola kukhala obala zipatso, kukhala okhoza pa zimene timachita. Ndipo pamene tikulitsa luso lathu pa zimene timacita, tidzaphunzila kukhala odzicepetsa. Kudzichepetsa kumabwera ubwenzi.
  
  Zolankhula za Martha Sloan zidaseweredwa pakompyuta yakuofesi ya Margaret pomwe amafufuza nambala yomaliza yomwe adayimbira Sam Cleve. Anali okondwa kuyankhulanso naye pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi ndipo sadachitire mwina koma kuseka pang'ono pomwe amaimba nambala yake. Mkokomo woyamba utamveka, Margaret anadodometsedwa ndi chithunzi chogwedezeka cha mnzake wachimuna kunja kwa zenera lake. Khoma. Anagwedeza manja ake mwamphamvu kuti akope chidwi chake, akuloza wotchi yake ndi sewero lathyathyathya la kompyuta yake.
  
  "Mukunena za chiyani?" anafunsa motero, akuyembekeza kuti luso lake lotha kuŵerenga milomo linali loposa luso lake lolankhula ndi manja. "Ndili pa foni!"
  
  Foni ya Sam Cleave inapita ku voicemail, Margaret anadula foniyo kuti atsegule chitseko kuti amve zomwe mlembiyo akunena. Akutsegula chitseko ndi mkwiyo wa mdierekezi, anakuwa , "Kodi m"dzina la Mulungu n"chiyani chili chofunika kwambiri, Gary? Ndikuyesera kulumikizana ndi Sam Cleave."
  
  "Zowona zake!" - Gary adafuula. "Penyani nkhani. Iye ali pa nkhani, kale ku Germany, kuchipatala ku Heidelberg, kumene, malinga ndi mtolankhani, munthu amene anagwa ndege German anali!
  
  
  Mutu 12 - Kudzipangira nokha
  
  
  Margaret anathamangira ku ofesi yake ndikusintha tchanelo kukhala SKY International. Popanda kuchotsa maso ake pachithunzichi, adadutsa pakati pa alendo omwe anali kumbuyo kuti awone ngati angamuzindikire mnzake wakale. Chidwi chake chinali pa ntchitoyi kotero kuti sanazindikire zomwe mtolankhaniyo ananena. Apa ndi apo mawu adadutsa kusakanikirana kwa mfundo, kugunda ubongo wake pamalo oyenera kukumbukira nkhani yonse.
  
  "Akuluakulu sanagwirebe munthu yemwe wapha apolisi awiri masiku atatu apitawa komanso wakupha wina usiku watha. Mbiri ya womwalirayo idziwika pofufuza kafukufuku wa Wiesloch Criminal Investigation Department ku Heidelberg Directorate. Margaret mwadzidzidzi adawona Sam pakati pa owonera kumbuyo kwa zikwangwani ndi zotchinga. "Oh my God, boy, wasintha bwanji mu..." anavala magalasi ake ndikuwerama kuti awone bwino. Anayankha movomereza, "Ndiwe chiguduli chokongola kwambiri tsopano popeza ndiwe mwamuna, huh?" Wasintha bwanji! Tsitsi lake lakuda tsopano linakula pansi pa mapewa ake, nsonga zake zitakwera mopanda tsankho, zomwe zinampangitsa kukhala wovuta kwambiri.
  
  Anali atavala chovala chakuda chachikopa komanso nsapato. Chokutidwa mozungulira kolala yake chinali mpango wobiriwira wa cashmere womwe unkakongoletsa mawonekedwe ake amdima komanso zovala zakuda zofanana. M'maŵa wotuwa wa ku Germany, iye anadutsa m'khamulo kuti awone bwino. Margaret anamuona akulankhula ndi wapolisi uja, yemwe anapukusa mutu pa zimene Sam ankanena.
  
  "Mwina kuyesa kulowa mkati, huh, wokondedwa?" Margaret ananyengerera pang'ono. "Chabwino, simunasinthe kwambiri, sichoncho?"
  
  Kumbuyo kwake, anazindikira mwamuna wina, yemwe ankamuona kaŵirikaŵiri pamisonkhano ya atolankhani ndiponso zithunzi zochititsa chidwi za maphwando aku yunivesite zotumizidwa ndi mkonzi wa zosangalatsa kupita kumalo okonzerako nkhani kuti akapeze nkhani. Bambo wamtali, watsitsi loyera, adatsamira kutsogolo kuti awone bwino zomwe zidali pafupi ndi Sam Cleave. Anavalanso bwino lomwe. Magalasi ake analowetsa m'thumba lachijasi chakutsogolo. Manja ake anangokhala obisika m"matumba a thalauza pamene ankayendayenda. Anaona blazer wake wakuda waku Italiya wodulira ubweya wophimba chomwe akuganiza kuti chinali chida chobisika.
  
  "David Perdue," adalengeza mwakachetechete pomwe zochitikazo zinkaseweredwa m'matembenuzidwe ang'onoang'ono kumbuyo kwa magalasi ake. Maso ake adachoka pansaluyo kwakanthawi kuti ayang'ane mozungulira ofesi yotseguka kuti atsimikizire kuti Gradwell sanasunthe. Apa n"kuti ali phee akuyang"ana nkhani imene anam"bweretsera. Margaret anaseka ndi kuyang'ana pa sikirini yosanja ndi nsoni. "Mwachiwonekere simunawone kuti Cleve akadali bwenzi ndi Dave Perdue, sichoncho?" iye anaseka.
  
  "Odwala awiri ati asowa kuyambira m'mawa uno, ndipo mneneri wa apolisi ..."
  
  "Chani?" Margaret anakwinya nkhope. Iye anali atamva kale izi. Apa m"pamene anaganiza zotsitsimula makutu ake n"kumamvetsera nkhaniyo.
  
  "... apolisi sadziwa kuti odwala awiri angatuluke bwanji m'nyumba yomwe ili ndi njira imodzi yotulukira, yotuluka yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi apolisi maola makumi awiri ndi anayi patsiku. Izi zidapangitsa kuti akuluakulu aboma ndi oyang'anira zipatala akhulupirire kuti odwala awiri, Nina Gould ndi wovulala yemwe adawotcha yemwe amadziwika kuti "Sam," atha kukhalabe mkati mwanyumbayo. Komabe, chifukwa chomwe athawira sichikudziwika."
  
  "Koma Sam ali kunja kwa nyumbayi, zitsiru," Margaret anakwinya nkhope, atasokonezeka kwambiri ndi uthengawo. Ankadziwa bwino za ubale wa Sam Cleave ndi Nina Gould, yemwe adakumana naye mwachidule pambuyo pa phunziro la njira za nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse isanayambe, zomwe zimawoneka mu ndale zamakono, "Nina wosauka. Kodi chinachitika n"chiyani chinawabweretsa kumalo oyaka moto? Mulungu wanga. Koma Sam.... "...
  
  Margaret anagwedeza mutu ndi kunyambita milomo yake ndi nsonga ya lilime lake, monga momwe ankachitira nthawi zonse pamene ankafuna kuthetsa vuto. Palibe chomwe chidamveka apa; ngakhale kuzimiririka kwa odwala kudzera zotchinga za apolisi, kapena imfa yodabwitsa ya antchito atatu, palibe amene adawona wokayikirayo, komanso chodabwitsa kwambiri - chifukwa cha chisokonezo chomwe chinabwera chifukwa chakuti wodwala wina wa Nina anali "Sam", pomwe Sam anali kuyimirira. kunja pakati pa owonerera ... poyang'ana koyamba.
  
  Kulingalira kozama kwa mnzake wakale wa Sam kudalowa ndipo adakhalanso pampando wake, ndikuwona Sam akutuluka kunja ndi gulu lonse la anthu. Anagwira zala zake ndikuyang'ana kutsogolo mopanda kanthu, osalabadira malipoti akusintha.
  
  "Powonekera," iye anabwereza mobwerezabwereza, kumasulira mafotokozedwe ake m"njira zosiyanasiyana. "Pamaso pa aliyense ..."
  
  Margaret analumphira mmwamba, ndikugwetsa kapu ya tiyi yopanda kanthu ndi imodzi mwa mphotho zake zosindikizira zomwe zinali m'mphepete mwa desiki yake. Adachita chidwi ndi zomwe adachita mwadzidzidzi, zomwe zidamulimbikitsanso kuti alankhule ndi Sam. Iye ankafuna kumvetsa nkhani yonseyi mwatsatanetsatane. Chifukwa cha chisokonezo chomwe anali nacho, adazindikira kuti payenera kuti panali zidutswa zingapo zazithunzi zomwe analibe, zidutswa zomwe Sam Cleave yekha ndi amene akanatha kudzimana chifukwa chofunafuna chowonadi chatsopano. Kulekeranji? Angasangalale kokha ngati wina wa malingaliro ake oganiza bwino amuthandiza kuthetsa chinsinsi cha kutha kwa Nina.
  
  Zingakhale zamanyazi ngati wolemba mbiri wamng'ono wokongolayo akadagwidwabe m'nyumbayi ndi wakuba kapena munthu wamisala. Zinthu ngati zimenezo zinali pafupifupi chitsimikizo cha mbiri yoipa, ndipo sanafune kuti ifike potero ngati akanatha kuithandiza.
  
  "Bambo Gradwell, ndikupatula mlungu umodzi kuti ndidzalembe nkhani ku Germany. Chonde konzani nthawi yoti ndisakhalepo," adatero mokwiya, akutsegula chitseko cha Gradwell, akuvalabe malaya ake mwachangu.
  
  "M'dzina la zinthu zonse zopatulika ukunena chiyani, Margaret?" - Gradwell adafuula. Anatembenuka pampando wake.
  
  "Sam Cleave ali ku Germany, Bambo Gradwell," analengeza mosangalala.
  
  "Chabwino! Kenako mutha kumudziwitsa za nkhani yomwe wabwera kale," adakuwa.
  
  "Ayi, simukumvetsa. Sizokhazo, Bambo Gradwell, pali zambiri! Zikuoneka ngati Dr. Nina Gould ali komwekonso," anamuuza motero, achita manyazi pamene ankathamanga kukamanga lamba wake. "Ndipo tsopano akuluakulu anena kuti wasowa."
  
  Margaret anatenga kamphindi kuti agwire mpweya wake ndikuwona zomwe abwana ake akuganiza. Anamuyang'ana mwachidwi kwa sekondi imodzi. Kenako anafuula kuti, "Kodi iwe ukutani kuno? Pitani mukatenge Cleve. Tiyeni tiwulule a Kraut wina asanadumphe m'makina odzipha amagazi!
  
  
  Mutu 13 - Alendo Atatu ndi Wolemba Mbiri Wosowa
  
  
  "Akuti chiyani, Sam?" - Perdue adafunsa mwakachetechete pomwe Sam adalumikizana naye.
  
  "Amati odwala awiri asowa kuyambira m'mawa uno," Sam adayankha modzichepetsa pomwe awiriwa adachoka pagulu la anthu kukakambirana zomwe akufuna.
  
  "Tiyenera kutulutsa Nina asanakhalenso chandamale cha nyamayi," Perdue anaumirira, kachidindo kakang'ono kamene kanagwidwa mokhota pakati pa mano ake akutsogolo momwe amaganizira.
  
  "Tachedwa kwambiri, Perdue," Sam adalengeza ndi mawu achipongwe. Anaima n"kuyang"ana kumwamba pamwamba pa mutu wake, ngati kuti akufunafuna thandizo kuchokera kwa mphamvu inayake yapamwamba. Maso a buluu a Perdue ankamuyang'anitsitsa mofunsa mafunso, koma Sam ankamva ngati mwala watsekeredwa m'mimba mwake. Kenako anapuma mozama n"kunena kuti: "Nina wasowa."
  
  Perdue sanazindikire izi nthawi yomweyo, mwina chifukwa chinali chinthu chomaliza chomwe ankafuna kumva ... Pambuyo pa nkhani ya imfa yake, ndithudi. Nthawi yomweyo atangotuluka m'mawu ake, Perdue adayang'ana Sam ndikuwonetsa kukhudzidwa kwambiri. "Gwiritsani ntchito kuwongolera malingaliro anu kuti mudziwe zambiri. Tabwerani, munandigwiritsa ntchito kundichotsa ku Sinclair. " adatsimikiza Sam, Koma mnzakeyo adangopukusa mutu. "Sam? Izi ndi za mayi yemwe tonse tili," iye monyinyirika anagwiritsa ntchito liwu limene anali nalo m"maganizo ndipo m"malo mwake analoŵa m"malo ndi "kukonda."
  
  "Sindingathe," anadandaula motero Sam. Anawoneka wokhumudwa pakuvomera, koma panalibe chifukwa chopitirizira chinyengocho. Sizingakhale zabwino kwa ego yake ndipo sizingakhale zabwino kwa aliyense womuzungulira. "Ndinataya ... izi ... luso," adavutika.
  
  Aka kanali koyamba kuti Sam anene mokweza kuyambira tchuthi cha ku Scotland, ndipo zidamuvuta. "Ndataya, Perdue. Nditapunthwa pamapazi anga amagazi ndikuthawa Giantess Greta, kapena dzina lake, mutu wanga udagunda mwala ndipo, chabwino, "adapumira ndikupangitsa Perdue kuwoneka wolakwa kwambiri. "Pepani bambo. Koma ndinataya zimene ndikanatha kuchita. Mulungu, pamene ndinali naye, ndinaganiza kuti linali temberero loipa - chinachake chimene chinali kupangitsa moyo wanga kukhala womvetsa chisoni. Tsopano popeza ndilibe... Tsopano popeza ndikuchifunadi, ndikanafuna sichikanatha."
  
  "Zabwino," Perdue adabuula, dzanja lake likuyendayenda pamphumi pake ndi pansi pa tsitsi lake kuti lilowe mu tsitsi lake loyera. "Chabwino, tiyeni tiganizire. Taganizirani izi. Tapulumuka moyipa kuposa izi popanda kuthandizidwa ndi chinyengo chilichonse chamatsenga, sichoncho?
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomera, akumamvabe ngati wafooketsa mbali yake.
  
  "Chotero tidzangogwiritsa ntchito njira zakale kuti tipeze Nina," Perdue anatero, kuyesetsa kuyesetsa kuvala malingaliro ake anthawi zonse akuti "musanene kuti mukufa".
  
  "Bwanji ngati akadalipo?" Sam anawononga zonyenga zonse. "Amati palibe njira yomwe akanatulukamo, ndiye akuganiza kuti akadali mkati mwanyumbayi."
  
  Wapolisi yemwe amalankhula naye sanamuuze Sam kuti namwino adadandaula kuti adaukiridwa usiku watha - namwino yemwe adatengedwa yunifolomu yachipatala asanadzuke pansi m'chipindacho, atakulungidwa ndi zofunda.
  
  "Ndiye tiyenera kulowa. Palibe chifukwa chofufuzira ku Germany konse ngati sitinayang'ane bwino gawo loyambirira ndi madera ozungulira, "Perdue adawonetsa. Maso ake anaona kuyandikira kwa akuluakulu amene anatumidwawo komanso asilikali oteteza ovala yunifolomu. Pogwiritsa ntchito tabuleti yake, adalemba mobisa zomwe zidachitika, kulowa pansi kunja kwa nyumbayo, komanso mawonekedwe ake olowera ndi potuluka.
  
  "Zabwino," adatero Sam, akuwongolera nkhope yake ndikudziwonetsa ngati wosalakwa. Anatulutsa paketi ya ndudu kuti imuthandize kuganiza bwino. Kuyatsa chigoba chake choyamba kunali ngati kugwirana chanza ndi mnzako wakale. Sam adakoka utsi ndipo nthawi yomweyo adamva mtendere, kuyang'ana, ngati wabwerera m'mbuyo kuti awone chithunzi chachikulu. Mwamwayi, adawonanso galimoto ya SKY International News ndi azibambo atatu owoneka mokayikitsa ali pafupi nayo. Pazifukwa zina zimawoneka ngati zachilendo, koma sanathe kudziwa.
  
  Akuyang'ana Perdue, Sam adawona wopanga tsitsi loyera akuyenda ndi piritsi yake, akuisuntha pang'onopang'ono kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere kuti agwire mawonekedwe.
  
  "Purdue," Sam anatero ndi milomo yotsatiridwa, "fulumira kupita kumanzere. Pa van. Pali zigawenga zitatu zokayikitsa pavan. Kodi mukuwaona?
  
  Perdue adachita monga momwe Sam adanenera ndikutsitsa amuna atatu azaka zoyambirira za makumi atatu, momwe angadziwire. Sam anali wolondola. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti iwo kulibe kuti awone chomwe chipolowecho chinali. M"malo mwake, onse anayang"ana mawotchi awo nthawi imodzi, n"kuika manja awo pa mabataniwo. Ali mkati modikira, mmodzi wa iwo analankhula.
  
  "Akugwirizanitsa mawotchi awo," Perdue anatero, osasuntha milomo yake.
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomereza chifukwa cha utsi wautali umene unamuthandiza kuona mosaoneka bwino. "Ukuganiza bwanji, bomba?"
  
  "N'zosakayikitsa," Perdue adafa, mawu ake akumveka ngati mphunzitsi wosokonezedwa pamene adagwira chimango chojambula pa amunawo. "Iwo sangakhale pafupi chotero."
  
  "Pokhapokha ngati akufuna kudzipha," Sam adayankha motero. Perdue anayang'ana pa magalasi ake okhala ndi mikombero yagolide, akugwirabe chojambulacho m'malo mwake.
  
  "Ndiye sakanayenera kugwirizanitsa mawotchi awo, sichoncho?" - adatero mopanda chipiriro. Sam anayenera kugonja. Perdue anali wolondola. Anayenera kukhalapo monga oonerera, koma kaamba ka chiyani? Anatulutsanso ndudu ina osamaliza ngakhale yoyamba.
  
  "Kususuka ndi tchimo la imfa, mukumvetsa," Perdue adaseka, koma Sam sanamumvere. Kenako anasiya ndudu yake n'kuyamba ulendo wopita kwa amuna atatu aja, Perdue asanayambe kuchitapo kanthu. Chijeremani chake chinali choyipa, kotero nthawi ino adaganiza zosewera yekha. Mwinamwake ngati akanaganiza kuti iye anali mlendo wopusa, sakanafuna kugawana nawo.
  
  "Moni, mabwana," Sam analonjera mwansangala, atanyamula ndudu pakati pa milomo yake. "Ndikuganiza kuti ulibe kuwala?"
  
  Sanayembekezere izi. Anangoyang'ana mothedwa nzeru ndi mlendo amene anaima pamenepo, akuseka ndi kuwoneka wopusa ndi ndudu yake yosayatsa.
  
  "Mkazi wanga anapita ku nkhomaliro ndi amayi ena omwe anali paulendo ndipo anatenga choyatsira changa ndi iye." Sam adabwera ndi chowiringula poyang'ana mawonekedwe awo ndi zovala zawo. Kupatula apo, udali udindo wa mtolankhani.
  
  Wogulitsa tsitsi lofiira analankhula ndi anzake m"Chijeremani. Mumupatse iye kuunika chifukwa cha Mulungu. Taonani mmene akuonekera ." Awiri enawo adaseka movomerezana, ndipo m'modzi adapita kutsogolo ndikuponya moto kwa Sam. Sam tsopano anazindikira kuti zododometsa zake sizinaphule kanthu chifukwa onse atatu anali akuyang'anitsitsa kuchipatala. "Inde, Werner!" - mmodzi wa iwo mwadzidzidzi anafuula.
  
  Namwino wina wachichepere anatuluka potulukamo yemwe anali kulondera ndi apolisi ndikulozera mmodzi wa iwo kuti abwere. Anasinthana mawu pang'ono ndi alonda awiri omwe anali pakhomo ndipo anagwedeza mutu mokondwa.
  
  "Kol," mwamuna watsitsi lakuda adamenya dzanja la munthu watsitsi lofiira ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake.
  
  "Kodi ndi Himmelfarb?" Kohl adatsutsa ndipo moto wofulumira unayambika, womwe unakhazikitsidwa mwamsanga pakati pa atatuwo.
  
  "Koma! Sofort! " munthu wolamulira watsitsi lakuda uja anabwereza mosalekeza.
  
  M'mutu mwa Sam, mawuwa adavuta kuti alowe m'mawu ake, koma adangoganiza kuti mawu oyamba ndi dzina lomaliza la mnyamatayo. Mawu otsatirawa adaganiza kuti ndichite mwachangu, koma sanali wotsimikiza.
  
  "O, mkazi wake nayenso amalamula," Sam adasewera mosasamala, akusuta fodya. "Changa sichikoma ..."
  
  Franz Himmelfarb, mogwedeza mutu kuchokera kwa mnzake, Dieter Werner, nthawi yomweyo adasokoneza Sam. "Tamvera bwenzi, susamala? Ndife oyang'anira ntchito omwe tikuyesera kuti tigwirizane ndi unyinji, ndipo mukupangitsa zinthu kukhala zovuta kwa ife. Ntchito yathu ndikuwonetsetsa kuti wakupha m'chipatala asatuluke mosadziwika, ndipo kuti tichite izi, sitiyenera kusokonezedwa tikamagwira ntchito yathu. "
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Ndine wachisoni. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndinu zitsiru zomwe zikungoyembekezera kuba gasi pagalimoto yankhani. Unkawoneka ngati munthu," Sam anayankha monyoza dala. Anatembenuka n"kuchokapo osanyalanyaza phokoso la wina atagwira mnzake. Sam anayang'ana mmbuyo ndipo adawawona akumuyang'ana, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuti apite mofulumira ku nyumba ya Perdue. Komabe, sanagwirizane ndi mnzakeyo ndipo adapewa kucheza naye ngati afisi atatuwo akufunafuna nkhosa yakuda kuti asankhe. Perdue ankadziwa zomwe Sam ankachita. Maso akuda a Sam adatuluka pang'ono pomwe kuyang'ana kwawo kudakumana ndi chifunga cham'mawa, ndipo adalankhula mobisa kuti Perdue asakambirane naye.
  
  Perdue anaganiza zobwerera ku galimoto yobwereka ndi ena angapo, omwe adachoka pamalopo kuti abwerere ku tsiku lawo pamene Sam adatsalira. Komano iye analowa m"gulu la anthu a m"derali omwe anadzipereka kuthandiza apolisi kuti asamachite zinthu zokayikitsa. Chinali chabe chivundikiro chake kuti ayang'ane pa anyamata atatu achinyengo a Boy Scouts omwe amavala malaya awo a flannel ndi zowombera mphepo. Sam adamuyitana Perdue kuchokera pamalo ake.
  
  "Inde?" Mawu a Perdue adabwera kudzera pafoni momveka bwino.
  
  "Mawotchi a asitikali, onse ndi amphesa omwewo. Anyamatawa ndi a usilikali," adatero maso ake akuyang"ana m"chipindamo kuti asaonekere. "Ndipo chinthu chimodzi chinanso, mayina. Kohl, Werner ndi ... uh ..." sanakumbukire lachitatu.
  
  "Inde?" Perdue adadina batani, ndikulemba mayina mufayilo ya asitikali aku Germany mu U.S. Department of Defense Archives.
  
  "Damn," Sam adachita tsinya, akudandaula chifukwa chosakumbukira bwino. "Ndi dzina lalitali."
  
  "Izo, bwenzi langa, sizingandithandize," Perdue anatsanzira.
  
  "Ndikudziwa! Ndikudziwa, chifukwa cha Mulungu!" Sam anakwiya. Iye anadziona kuti alibe mphamvu mwachilendo tsopano popeza kuti luso limene anali nalo poyamba linatsutsidwa ndipo linali lochepa. Chifukwa cha chidani chake chatsopano sichinali kutayika kwa luso lake lamatsenga, koma kukhumudwa kwake chifukwa cholephera kuchita nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi monga momwe adachitira ali wamng'ono. "Kumwamba. Ndikuganiza kuti ili ndi chochita ndi kumwamba. Mulungu, ndiyenera kugwiritsira ntchito Chijeremani changa - ndi kukumbukira kwanga koopsa."
  
  "Mwina Engel?" Perdue anayesa kuthandiza.
  
  "Ayi, mwachidule," Sam anatsutsa. Maso ake anayang"ana m"nyumbayo, mpaka kumwamba, n"kutsika kumene kunali asilikali atatu achijeremani. Sam adachita mantha. Iwo anasowa.
  
  "Himmelfarb?" Perdue anazindikira.
  
  "Inde, uyu ndi yemweyo! Dzinalo ndilo! Sam anafuula momasuka, koma tsopano anali ndi nkhawa. "Apita. Iwo apita, Perdue. Zopusa! Ndimangomutaya kulikonse eti? Ndinkatha kuthamangitsa chimphepo chamkuntho!"
  
  Perdue anali chete, akuyang'ana zomwe adazipeza pozembera mafayilo achinsinsi otsekedwa kuchokera ku chitonthozo cha galimoto yake, pamene Sam adayima mumlengalenga wozizira wa m'mawa, akudikirira chinachake chimene sankachimvetsa.
  
  "Anyamatawa akuwoneka ngati akangaude," Sam adabuula, akuyang'ana anthuwo ndi maso ake obisika pansi pa zikwapu zake. Amakuopsezani inu mukuwayang'ana, koma zimakhala zovuta kwambiri ngati simukudziwa kumene apita.
  
  "Sam," Perdue adalankhula mwadzidzidzi, akumaliza mtolankhaniyo, yemwe adatsimikiza kuti akutsatiridwa, akukonzekera kubisalira. "Onse ndi oyendetsa ndege ku Germany Luftwaffe, Leo 2 unit."
  
  "Ndipo zikutanthauza chiyani? Kodi ndi oyendetsa ndege? -Sam anafunsa. Anatsala pang"ono kukhumudwa.
  
  "Osati kwenikweni. Iwo ndi apadera kwambiri, "Perdue anafotokoza. "Bwererani mgalimoto. Mufuna kumva izi pawiri rum ndi ayezi. "
  
  
  Mutu 14 - Zipolowe ku Mannheim
  
  
  Nina anadzuka pampando, akumva ngati kuti wina wamuika mwala m"chigaza chake ndipo anangokankhira pambali ubongo wake kuti upweteke. Anatsegula maso ake monyinyirika. Zingakhale zovuta kwambiri kuti azindikire kuti anali wakhungu, koma zingakhale zosemphana ndi chilengedwe kuti . Analola kuti zikope zake ziziyenda bwino n"kugawanika. Palibe chimene chinasintha kuyambira dzulo, ndipo anayamikira kwambiri.
  
  Toast ndi khofi zidapachikika pabalaza pomwe adamasuka atayenda nthawi yayitali ndi mnzake wakuchipatala 'Sam' samakumbukirabe dzina lake ndipo samazolowerabe kumutcha kuti Sam. kuti , kuwonjezera pa zosagwirizana zonse m'malingaliro ake, mpaka pano wamuthandiza kuti asadziwike ndi akuluakulu aboma, omwe angasangalale kumutumizanso kuchipatala komwe wamisalayo anali atabwera kale kudzapereka moni.
  
  Anakhala tsiku lonse lapitalo akuyenda wapansi, kuyesera kukafika ku Mannheim kusanade. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anali ndi zikalata zilizonse kapena ndalama pa iwo, chotero Nina anayenera kusewera khadi lachifundo kuti awanyamule onse aŵiri kuchokera ku Mannheim kupita ku Dillenburg kumpoto kwa kumeneko. Tsoka ilo, dona wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri Nina anali kuyesera kutsimikizira kuganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kuti alendo awiriwo adye, kusamba madzi otentha ndi kugona bwino. Ndipo ndichifukwa chake adagona pabedi usiku wonse, akuchereza amphaka awiri akulu ndi pilo lopetedwa bwino lomwe limamveka ngati sinamoni wakuda.Mulungu ndiyenera kulumikizana ndi Sam. Sam wanga adazikumbutsa atakhala pansi. Msana wake wapansi unalowa mphete pamodzi ndi chiuno chake, ndipo Nina anamva ngati nkhalamba yodzaza ndi ululu. Maso ake sanafooke, komabe zinali zovuta kuti azichita zinthu bwinobwino akakhala kuti sakuona. Kuphatikiza apo, iye ndi mnzake watsopano adabisala kuti asazindikiridwe ngati odwala awiri omwe adasowa kuchipatala ku Heidelberg. Zimenezi zinali zovuta makamaka kwa Nina, popeza kuti nthaŵi zambiri ankanamizira kuti khungu lake silinapweteke ndiponso kuti alibe malungo.
  
  "M'mawa wabwino!" - adatero mbuye wokoma mtima pakhomo. Ali ndi spatula m'dzanja limodzi, anafunsa m'mawu achijeremani kuti: "Kodi ungafune mazira pa tositi yako, Schatz?"
  
  Nina anagwedezera mutu ndi kumwetulira kwachisoni, akudabwa ngati akuwoneka woipa kwambiri monga momwe amamvera. Asanafunse kumene bafayo inali, mayiyo anali atasowanso m"khitchini ya mtundu wa laimu, mmene fungo la margarine linalumikizana ndi fungo lonunkhira bwino lomwe linali kupita ku mphuno yakuthwa ya Nina. Mwadzidzidzi kudatulukira kwa iye. Sam Wina ali kuti?
  
  Anakumbukira mmene mayi wa m"nyumbamo anapatsa aliyense wa iwo sofa kuti agone usiku wathawo, koma sofa yake inalibe. Sizinali kuti iye sanatonthozedwe kukhala yekha kwa kanthawi, koma ankadziwa bwino derali kuposa iye ndipo ankatumikirabe ngati maso ake. Nina anali atavalabe jinzi ndi malaya ake kuchokera kuchipatala, atataya yunifolomu yake yachipatala kunja kwa chipatala cha Heidelberg mwamsanga pamene maso ambiri anawasiya.
  
  Nthawi yonse yomwe amagawana ndi Sam winayo, Nina sanadziwike kuti angadutse bwanji kwa Dr. Hilt asanatuluke kuchipatala pambuyo pake. Zoonadi, apolisi omwe anali alonda ayenera kuti ankadziwa kuti munthu yemwe anali ndi nkhope yopsereza sakanakhala dokotala mochedwa, ngakhale kuti anabisala kwambiri komanso dzina lake. Inde, analibe njira yodziwira mawonekedwe ake mumkhalidwe womwe masomphenya ake anali.
  
  Nina anakoka manja ake pamwamba pa manja ake ofiira, akumva nseru ikugwira thupi lake.
  
  "Chimbudzi?" adakwanitsa kukuwa kuseri kwa chitseko chakukhitchini asanathamangire kanjira kakang'ono komwe adaloza mayi yemwe anali ndi spatula. Atangofika pachitseko, mafunde a zokokomoka anagudubuzika Nina, ndipo mwamsanga anamenyetsa chitseko kuti adzichotse. Sizinali chinsinsi kuti acute radiation syndrome ndi yomwe idayambitsa matenda ake am'mimba, koma kusowa kwa chithandizo cha izi ndi zizindikiro zina kunangowonjezera vuto lake.
  
  Pamene amasanza mochulukira, Nina mwamantha adatuluka kubafa ndikulunjika pasofa pomwe amagona. Vuto lina linali loti asamagwire khoma poyenda. M"kanyumba kakang"onoko, Nina anazindikira kuti m"zipinda zonse munalibe anthu. Chitsiru! Anachita tsinya, atagwidwa ndi malungo omwe ankakula kwambiri moti sanathenso kulimbana nawo. Chifukwa cha kusokonekera kwa maso ake owonongeka, adalimbikira kuti afikire chinthu chopindika, chomwe amayembekezera kuti ndi sofa yayikulu. Mapazi opanda kanthu a Nina adakokera pamphasa pomwe mayiyo adakhota pakona kuti amubweretsere chakudya cham'mawa.
  
  "ZA! Ine Gott!" -anakuwa ndi mantha ataona thupi la mlendo wake likukomoka. Mbuye wa nyumbayo mwamsanga anaika thireyi patebulo ndi kuthamangira ku thandizo la Nina. "My dear, uli bwino?"
  
  Nina sanathe kumuuza kuti ali m'chipatala. M"chenicheni, iye sanathe kunena kalikonse kwa iye. Akuzungulira mu chigaza chake, ubongo wake unkachita kulira ndipo kupuma kwake kunamveka ngati chitseko cha uvuni wotseguka. Maso ake adabwerera m'mutu mwake pamene adatsimphina m'manja mwa mayiyo. Posakhalitsa, Nina anabwerera m"maganizo mwake, nkhope yake ikuoneka youndana chifukwa cha mitsinje ya thukuta. Anali ndi nsalu yochapira pachipumi ndipo anamva kusuntha kovutirapo m"chuuno mwake komwe kunamudetsa nkhawa ndipo anakakamizika kukhala molunjika. Mphaka wosayanjanitsikayo anakumana naye pamene dzanja lake linagwira thupi laubweya ndipo nthawi yomweyo linasiya pambuyo pake. "O," zinali zonse Nina akanakhoza kuzifinyira, ndipo iye anagonanso pansi.
  
  "Mukupeza bwanji?" Adafunsa mayiyo.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuti ndikudwala chifukwa cha kuzizira kuno m"dziko lachilendo," Nina anadandaula mwakachetechete kuchirikiza chinyengo chake. Inde, ndendende, mawu ake amkati adatengera. Mtsikana wina wa ku Scotsman adachoka ku autumn waku Germany. Lingaliro labwino!
  
  Kenako mwini wakeyo analankhula mawu agolide. "Liebchen, pali amene ndimuimbire kuti abwere kudzakutenga? Mwamuna? Banja?" Nkhope ya Nina yonyowa, yotuwa inawala ndi chiyembekezo. "Inde chonde!"
  
  "Mnzako kuno sanatsanzike m"mawa uno. Nditanyamuka kuti ndikulowetseni awiri mtauni, iye sanapezeke. Kodi munayambana awiri?"
  
  "Ayi, akuti akuthamangira kunyumba kwa mchimwene wake. Mwinamwake iye anaganiza kuti ndidzamchirikiza iye akudwala," Nina anayankha ndipo anazindikira kuti lingaliro lakelo mwinamwake linali lolondola kotheratu. Pamene awiriwa adakhala tsiku lonse akuyenda mumsewu wakumidzi kunja kwa Heidelberg, sanayandikire kwenikweni. Koma anamuuza zonse zimene ankakumbukira zokhudza dzina lake. Panthawiyo, Nina adapeza kukumbukira kwa Sam wina modabwitsa, koma sanafune kugwedeza bwato pamene adadalira kwambiri chitsogozo chake ndi kulolera.
  
  Anakumbukira kuti anali atavaladi chinsalu choyera chachitali, koma kunali kosatheka kumuona nkhope yake ngakhale adakali nayo. Chomwe chinam'kwiyitsa pang'ono chinali kusachita mantha akamamuwona akamamufunsa njira kapena akamacheza ndi ena. Zoonadi, akawona munthu yemwe nkhope yake ndi thunthu lake zasanduka taffy, anthu angamvekere kapena kufuula mawu achisoni? Koma anachita zinthu mopepuka, osasonyeza kuti anali ndi nkhawa ndi mabala atsopano a munthuyo.
  
  "Chachitika ndi chiyani pafoni yako?" - donayo adamufunsa - funso labwino kwambiri, lomwe Nina adayankha mosavutikira ndi bodza lodziwika bwino.
  
  "Andibera. Chikwama changa chokhala ndi foni yanga, ndalama, chilichonse. Zasowa. Ndikuganiza kuti iwo ankadziwa kuti ndinali mlendo ndipo ankandilunjika," Nina anafotokoza motero, akutenga foni ya mkaziyo ndi kugwedeza mutu m"chiyamikiro. Adayimba nambala yomwe amakumbukira bwino. Pamene foni inalira kumbali ina ya mzere, inapatsa Nina kuphulika kwa mphamvu ndi kutentha pang'ono m'mimba mwake.
  
  "Kugawanika." Mulungu wanga, mawu okoma chotani nanga, Nina analingalira, akudzimva kukhala wosungika modzidzimutsa kuposa mmene anamvera m"nthaŵi yaitali. Kodi panatha nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti amve mawu a bwenzi lake lakale, wokondana naye komanso wogwira naye ntchito mwa apo ndi apo? Mtima wake unalumpha. Nina sanawonepo Sam kuyambira pomwe adabedwa ndi Order of the Black Sun pomwe anali paulendo wofunafuna malo otchuka a 18th century Amber Room ku Poland pafupifupi miyezi iwiri yapitayo.
  
  "S-Sam?" - anafunsa, pafupifupi kuseka.
  
  "Ndina?" iye anakuwa. "Ine? Ndi iweyo?"
  
  "Inde. Zikukuyenderani bwanji?" adamwetulira mokomoka. Thupi lonse linkamuwawa moti ankalephera kukhala.
  
  "Yesu Kristu, Nina! Muli kuti? Kodi muli pachiwopsezo? Adafunsa mosimidwa chifukwa cha phokoso lolemera la galimoto yomwe ikuyenda.
  
  "Ndili moyo, Sam. Komabe, ayi. Koma ndine wotetezeka. Ndili ndi mayi wina ku Mannheim, kuno ku Germany. Sam? Kodi mungabwere kudzanditenga?" mawu ake anasweka. Pempholi linamufika pamtima Sam. Mkazi wolimba mtima, wanzeru komanso wodziimira wotere sangapemphe chipulumutso ngati kamwana.
  
  "Ndithu ndibwera kudzakutengerani! Mannheim ndi mtunda waufupi kuchokera pomwe ndili. Ndipatseni adilesi ndipo tibwera kudzakutengani," adatero Sam mosangalala. "O Mulungu wanga, simukudziwa momwe tasangalalira kuti zonse zili bwino ndi inu!"
  
  "Kodi tonse tikutanthauza chiyani?" - iye anafunsa. "Ndipo chifukwa chiyani muli ku Germany?"
  
  "Kuti ndikuperekezeni kunyumba kuchipatala, mwachibadwa. Tinaona pa nkhani kuti kumene Detlef anakusiyani kunali kugahena koyera. Ndipo titafika kuno, munalibe! Sindingakhulupirire, "adatero, kuseka kwake kodzaza ndi mpumulo.
  
  "Ndikupatsani mayi wokondedwa amene anandipatsa adiresi. Tikuwona posachedwa, chabwino?" Anayankha mopumira kwambiri ndipo anapereka foni kwa mwini wakeyo asanagone tulo tofa nato.
  
  Pamene Sam adanena kuti 'ife', anali ndi malingaliro oipa kuti amatanthauza kuti adapulumutsa Perdue ku khola lolemekezeka lomwe adatsekeredwa m'ndende Detlef atamuwombera m'magazi ozizira ku Chernobyl. Koma ndi matenda omwe adasokoneza dongosolo lake monga chilango chochokera kwa mulungu wa morphine yemwe adasiyidwa pambuyo pake, sanasamale pakalipano. Chomwe ankafuna chinali kuthawira m'manja mwa zomwe zimamuyembekezera.
  
  Iye ankangomvabe mayiyo akufotokoza mmene nyumbayo inalili pamene anachoka ku utsogoleri n"kugona tulo tofa nato.
  
  
  Mutu 15 - Mankhwala Oyipa
  
  
  Mlongo Barken anakhala pa chikopa chochindikala cha mpando wakale wa ofesi, zigongono zake zili pa maondo ake. Pansi pa kung'ung'udza kwa nyali ya fulorosenti, manja ake anali m'mbali mwa mutu wake pamene akumvetsera nkhani ya wolandira alendo za imfa ya Dr. Hilt. Namwino wina wonenepa kwambiri analira dokotala yemwe anadziŵana naye kwa miyezi isanu ndi iŵiri yokha. Anali naye paubwenzi wolimba, koma anali mkazi wachifundo amene anamva chisoni kwambiri ndi imfa ya mwamunayo.
  
  "Maliro ndi mawa," anatero wolandira alendoyo asanachoke mu ofesiyo.
  
  "Ndidaziwona m'nkhani, mukudziwa, zakupha. Dr. Fritz anandiuza kuti ndisabwere pokhapokha ngati pakufunika kutero. Sanafune kuti inenso ndikhale pachiwopsezo, "adauza wantchito wake, Namwino Marks. "Marlene, uyenera kupempha kusintha. Sindingathenso kuda nkhawa za iwe nthawi iliyonse yomwe sindikhala pa ntchito. "
  
  "Osadandaula za ine, Mlongo Barken," Marlene Marks anamwetulira, akumpatsa imodzi mwa makapu a supu yanthaŵi yomweyo imene anaphika. "Ndikuganiza kuti amene adachita izi ayenera kuti anali ndi chifukwa chapadera, mukudziwa? Monga chandamale chomwe chinalipo kale. "
  
  "Simukuganiza ...?" Maso a Nurse Barken anali pa Nurse Marks.
  
  "Dr. Gould," Mlongo Marks anatsimikizira mantha a mlongo wake. "Ndikuganiza kuti anali winawake amene ankafuna kumubera, ndipo tsopano popeza amutenga," iye anadandaula motero, "ngozi ya ogwira ntchito ndi odwala yatha. Ndikutanthauza, ndikubetcha kuti anthu osauka omwe adamwalira adangomaliza chifukwa adalowa m'njira ya wakuphayo, mukudziwa? N"kutheka kuti anayesetsa kumuletsa."
  
  "Ndikumvetsa chiphunzitsochi, wokondedwa, koma bwanji 'Sam' woleza mtima akusowa?" - anafunsa Mlongo Barken. Anatha kuona kuchokera m'mawu a Marlene kuti namwino wachinyamatayo anali asanaganizirepo za izi. Anadya supu yake mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kwambiri kuti anatenga Dr. Gould," anadandaula motero Marlene. Anali kudwala kwambiri ndipo maso ake anali kukulirakulira, mayi wosauka. Kumbali ina, mayi anga anakwiya kwambiri atamva zoti Dr. Gould anabedwa. Anakwiya kuti nthawi yonseyi anali m"manja mwanga popanda ine kumuuza."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Mlongo Barken anamumvera chisoni. "Ayenera kuti anakupatsa gehena. Mayiyu ndamuona atakhumudwa ndipo amandichititsa mantha."
  
  Awiriwo adalimba mtima kuseka mumkhalidwe wamdimawu. Dr. Fritz analowa mu ofesi ya namwinoyo pansanjika yachitatu ndi chikwatu m"manja mwake. Nkhope yake inali yoopsa, ndipo nthawi yomweyo inathetsa chisangalalo chawo chochepa. Chinachake chofanana ndi chisoni kapena kukhumudwa chinaonekera m"maso mwake pamene ankadzipangira kapu ya khofi.
  
  "Guten Morgen, Dr. Fritz," namwino wachinyamatayo adanena kuti athetse chete phokoso losasangalatsa.
  
  Sanamuyankhe. Mlongo Barken anadabwa ndi mwano wakewo ndipo anagwiritsa ntchito mawu ake aulamuliro kukakamiza mwamunayo kuti asamaonekere, n"kunena moni womwewo, koma mokweza ma decibel ochepa chabe. Dr. Fritz analumpha, kutulutsa chikomokere chake chosinkhasinkha.
  
  "Pepani amayi," iye anadzuma. "M'mawa wabwino. "Mwadzuka bwanji," iye anagwedeza mutu kwa aliyense, akupukuta chikhatho chake chotuluka thukuta pajasi lake asanasonkhezere khofi.
  
  Zinali zosiyana kwambiri ndi Dr. Fritz kuchita motero. Kwa amayi ambiri omwe adakumana naye, anali yankho la makampani azachipatala ku Germany kwa George Clooney. Chithumwa chake chinali champhamvu, choposa luso lake la udokotala. Ndipo apa iye anayima, mu ofesi yonyozeka pansanjika yachitatu, ndi thukuta palmu ndi maonekedwe achipepeso amene anasokoneza madona onse.
  
  Mlongo Barken ndi Mlongo Marx anasinthanitsa tsinya mwakachetechete msilikali wankhanzayo asanaimirire kuti atsuke chikho chake." Dr. Fritz, chakukhumudwitsani ndi chiyani? Ine ndi Nurse Marks tikudzipereka kuti tipeze aliyense amene akukwiyitsani ndi kumuchitira mphesa yaulere ya barium enema yokhala ndi tiyi wanga wapadera wa Chai ... kuchokera ku tiyi!
  
  Namwino Marks sanachitire mwina koma kutsamwitsidwa ndi supu chifukwa cha kuseka mosayembekezereka, ngakhale kuti sankadziwa kuti dokotalayo atani. Maso ake aakulu ankayang"anitsitsa abwana akewo mwachipongwe, ndipo nsagwada zake zinagwa modabwa. Mlongo Barken sanadabwe nazo. Anali womasuka kugwiritsa ntchito nthabwala kuti adziwe zambiri, ngakhale zaumwini komanso zamalingaliro kwambiri.
  
  Dr. Fritz anamwetulira ndikupukusa mutu. Anakonda njira imeneyi, ngakhale kuti zimene ankabisala sizinali zoyenera kuchita nthabwala.
  
  "Monga momwe ndimayamikirira kulimba mtima kwanu, Mlongo Barken, chifukwa chachisoni changa sichinali munthu ngati tsogolo la munthu," adatero m'mawu ake otukuka kwambiri.
  
  "Ndifunse ndani?" Mlongo Barken anali kufunsa.
  
  "Zowonadi, ndikuumirira," anayankha motero. "Nonse munam"chitira Dr. Gould, chotero kukakhala koyenera ngati mutadziŵa zotsatira za mayeso a Nina."
  
  Manja onse a Marlene adadzuka mwakachetechete kumaso kwake, akutseka pakamwa pake ndi mphuno posonyeza kuyembekezera. Mlongo Barken anamvetsa zimene Mlongo Marx ananena, chifukwa nayenso sanamvetsere nkhaniyo. Kupatula apo, ngati Dr. Fritz anali mu kuwira kwa bata kwa dziko, izo zimayenera kukhala zabwino.
  
  "Ndizomvetsa chisoni, makamaka atachira msanga poyambirira," adayamba, akugwira chikwatucho mwamphamvu. "Mayeso akusonyeza kutsika kwakukulu m"magazi ake. Kuwonongeka kwa selo kunali koopsa kwambiri kwa nthawi yomwe adatenga kuti alandire chithandizo. "
  
  "O, Yesu wokoma," Marlene adafuula m'manja mwake. Misozi inadzaza m"maso mwake, koma nkhope ya Mlongo Barken sinasinthebe zimene anaphunzitsidwa kuvomereza nkhani zoipa.
  
  Chopanda kanthu.
  
  "Tikuyang'ana level yanji?" - Sister Barken adafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, matumbo ake ndi mapapu ake akuwoneka kuti akukumana ndi vuto la khansa yomwe ikukula, koma palinso zowonetsa kuti wavulala pang'ono m'mitsempha, zomwe mwina ndizomwe zidapangitsa kuti asawone bwino, Namwino Barken. Anangomuyezetsa, choncho sindidzatha kudziwa bwinobwino mpaka nditamuyezanso."
  
  Ali chapansipansi Namwino Marks atamva nkhaniyo anasisima mwakachetechete koma anayesetsa kuyesetsa kuti adzikoka kuti asamukhudze wodwalayo. Iye ankadziwa kuti kunali kopanda nzeru kulirira wodwala, koma ameneyu sanali wodwala aliyense. Anali Dr. Nina Gould, kudzoza kwake ndi kumudziwa yemwe anali ndi malo ofewa.
  
  "Ndikungokhulupirira kuti titha kumupeza posachedwa kuti tibwererenso zinthu zisanaipire kuposa momwe ziyenera kukhalira. Sitingathe kutaya chiyembekezo chotero, ngakhale," iye anatero, akuyang"ana pansi namwino wachichepereyo, akulira, "ndikovuta kukhalabe ndi chiyembekezo."
  
  "Dr. Fritz, mkulu wa asilikali a ku Germany akutumiza munthu kuti adzakambirane nanu nthawi ina lero," wothandizira Dr. Fritz adalengeza pakhomo. Analibe nthaŵi yofunsa chifukwa chimene Mlongo Marx anali kulira, popeza anali kufulumira kubwerera ku ofesi yaing"ono ya Dr. Fritz, imene anali kuyang"anira.
  
  "WHO?" - adafunsa, chidaliro chake chikubwerera.
  
  "Amati dzina lake ndi Werner. Dieter Werner wochokera ku German Air Force. Izi zikukhudza munthu yemwe adawotchedwa yemwe adasowa mchipatala. Ndayang'ana - ali ndi chilolezo chankhondo kukhala pano m'malo mwa Lieutenant General Harold Mayer." Amanena zonse ndi mpweya umodzi.
  
  "Sindikudziwanso choti ndinene kwa anthu amenewa," Dr. Fritz anadandaula motero. "Iwo sangathe kudziyika okha zinthu, ndipo tsopano amabwera ndikuwononga nthawi yanga ..." ndipo adachoka, akung'ung'udza mwaukali. Wothandizira wake anayang'ananso kwa anamwino awiri aja asanathamangire bwana wake.
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani?" Mlongo Barken anapumira. "Ndine wokondwa kuti sindiri m"makhalidwe a dokotala wosauka. Bwerani, Mlongo Marx. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichite masewera athu. " Anabwereranso ku ukali wake wanthaŵi zonse, kusonyeza kuti nthaŵi yogwira ntchito yayamba. Ndipo ndi mkwiyo wake wanthawi zonse , anawonjezera kuti: "Ndipo pukutani maso anu, chifukwa cha Mulungu, Marlene, odwala asanaganize kuti ndinu okwera ngati iwowo!
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Patapita maola angapo, Mlongo Marks anapuma. Anali atangochoka kumene m"chipinda cha amayi oyembekezera, kumene ankagwira ntchito ya maola awiri tsiku lililonse. Anamwino awiri anthawi zonse ochokera ku chipatala cha amayi adatenga tchuthi chachifundo kutsatira kuphana kwaposachedwa, kotero kuti gululo linali lochepa pang'ono. Ali mu ofesi ya namwinoyo, anachotsa kulemera kwa miyendo yake yomwe inali kupweteka ndikumvetsera kumveka bwino kwa ketulo.
  
  Pamene ankadikirira, miyendo ingapo ya nyali zonyezimira inaunikira tebulo ndi mipando kutsogolo kwa firiji yaing"onoyo n"kumupangitsa kuyang"ana mizere yoyera ya mipandoyo. Chifukwa cha kutopa kwake, zinamukumbutsa za nkhani yomvetsa chisoni ya m"mbuyomo. Pomwepo, pamtunda wosalala wa desiki loyera, amawonabe fayilo ya Dr. Nina Gould, ili momwemo ngati khadi lina lililonse lomwe angawerenge. Ichi chokha chinali ndi fungo lake. Adatulutsa fungo lonyansa laonda lomwe lidamuzimitsa Nurse Marks mpaka adadzuka kumaloto owopsa ndikugwedezeka kwadzanja kwake. Anatsala pang'ono kugwetsa kapu yake ya tiyi pansi polimba, koma adayigwira nthawi yake, pogwiritsa ntchito ma adrenaline omwe amawumphira.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - adanong'oneza ndi mantha, akugwira mwamphamvu kapu yadothi. Kuyang'ana kwake kunagwera pamalo opanda kanthu patebulo, pomwe palibe chikwatu ngakhale chimodzi chomwe chidawoneka. Zomwe zinamupangitsa kumva bwino kwambiri, zinali zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri chifukwa cha kugwedezeka kwake kumene, koma ankalakalaka kuti zikanakhalanso chimodzimodzi ndi nkhani yeniyeni imene inali m"magaziniyo. N"chifukwa chiyani zimenezi zingakhalenso zoposa maloto oipa? Nina wosauka!
  
  Marlene Marks anamvanso m"maso mwake, koma nthaŵi ino sizinali chifukwa cha mkhalidwe wa Nina. Izi zinali choncho chifukwa sankadziwa ngati wolemba mbiri wokongola wa tsitsi lakudayo anali ndi moyo, osasiyapo komwe munthu woipa wamtima wamwala uyu adamutengera.
  
  
  Mutu 16 - Msonkhano wosangalatsa / gawo losasangalatsa
  
  
  "Mnzanga wakale ku Edinburgh Post, Margaret Crosby, wangoyitana kumene," Sam adagawana, akuyang'anabe foni yake mwachidwi atangolowa mgalimoto yobwereka ndi Perdue. "Akubwera kuno kudzandiitana kuti ndikhale wolemba nawo kafukufuku wokhudza kulowererapo kwa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Laku Germany pamwambo wina."
  
  "Ikumveka ngati nkhani yabwino. Inu muyenera kuchita izo, bambo wachikulire. Ndikuwona chiwembu chapadziko lonse lapansi pano, koma sindine munthu wofalitsa nkhani," adatero Perdue akulunjika kumalo osakhalitsa a Nina.
  
  Sam ndi Perdue ataima kutsogolo kwa nyumba yomwe adawalozera, malowa adawoneka owopsa. Ngakhale kuti nyumba yaing"onoyo inali itapakidwa penti posachedwa, dimbalo linali losaoneka bwino. Kusiyanitsa pakati pawo kunapangitsa kuti nyumbayo ikhale yodziwika bwino. Minga inazungulira makoma a beige kunja kwa denga lakuda. Matchipu a utoto wotuwa wa pinki pa chumuni ankasonyeza kuti anali atawonongeka asanapake penti. Utsi udakwera kuchokera pamenepo ngati chinjoka chaulesi chotuwa, cholumikizana ndi mitambo yozizira ya monochrome ya tsiku la mitambo.
  
  Nyumbayo inaima kumapeto kwa kamsewu kakang"ono pafupi ndi nyanja, zomwe zinangowonjezera kusungulumwa kwa malowo. Pamene amuna awiriwa amatuluka mgalimoto, Sam anaona kuti nsalu za pawindo limodzi zikugwedezeka.
  
  "Tapezeka," Sam adauza mnzakeyo. Perdue anagwedeza mutu, thupi lake lalitali lidakwera pamwamba pa chitseko cha galimoto. Tsitsi lake labulauni linkayenda ndi kamphepo kayeziyezi kamene kankaoneka ngati khomo lakumaso likutseguka pang"ono. Nkhope yolemera, yachifundo inayang'ana kunja kuseri kwa chitseko.
  
  "Frau Bauer?" Perdue anafunsa ali mbali ina ya galimotoyo.
  
  "Herr Cleve?" Anamwetulira.
  
  Perdue adaloza kwa Sam ndikumwetulira.
  
  "Pita, Sam. Sindikuganiza kuti Nina akuyenera kukhala pachibwenzi nthawi yomweyo, ukudziwa?" Sam anamvetsa. Mnzakeyo anali wolondola. Pamapeto pake, iye ndi Nina sanasudzulane pazifukwa zabwino kwambiri, zomwe Perdue ankamuzembera mumdima ndikuwopseza kumupha ndi zonsezo.
  
  Pamene Sam ankadumpha masitepe akukhonde kupita pomwe mayiyo adatsegula chitseko, adangolakalaka atakhalako pang'ono. Mkati mwa nyumbayo munamva fungo laumulungu, fungo losakanizika la maluwa, khofi, ndi kukumbukira kofoka kwa zomwe mwina zinali toast ya ku France maola angapo apitawo.
  
  "Zikomo," adatero kwa Frau Bauer.
  
  "Ali pano mbali ina. Wagona chichokereni tikulankhula pa foni," adatero Sam, mopanda manyazi akuyang"ana maonekedwe ake oipa. Zinam"pangitsa kukhala wodetsedwa wogwiriridwa m"ndende, koma Sam anasumika maganizo ake pa Nina. Kawonekedwe kake kakang'ono kanapindika pansi pa mulu wa mabulangete, ena mwa iwo anasanduka amphaka pamene iye anawakokera iwo mmbuyo kuti awulule nkhope ya Nina.
  
  Sam sanawonetse koma anadabwa kuona kuti amaoneka oyipa. Milomo yake inali ya buluu motsutsana ndi nkhope yake yotumbululuka, tsitsi lake linamamatira ku makachisi ake pamene amapuma mwamawu.
  
  "Kodi ndi wosuta?" - anafunsa Frau Bauer. "Mapapo ake akumveka moyipa. Sanandilole kuti ndiyimbire kuchipatala inu musanamuwone. Ndiwayimbire tsopano?"
  
  "Ayi," Sam anatero mofulumira. Pa foni, Frau Bauer anamuuza za mwamuna amene anatsagana ndi Nina, ndipo Sam anaganiza kuti anali munthu wina amene anasowa m"chipatala. "Nina," anatero mwakachetechete, akuyendetsa nsonga zake pamwamba pa mutu wake ndikubwereza dzina lake mokweza pang'ono nthawi iliyonse. Kenako maso ake anatseguka ndipo anamwetulira, "Sam." Yesu! M"maso mwake munali chiyani?
  
  "Hello, wokongola," anayankha motero, akupsompsona pachipumi. "Wadziwa bwanji kuti ndine?"
  
  "Mukunama?" - adanena pang'onopang'ono. "Mawu anu amalembedwa m'maganizo mwanga ... monga fungo lanu."
  
  "Fungo langa?" anafunsa.
  
  "Marlboro ndi malingaliro," adaseka. "Mulungu, ndingaphe chifukwa cha ndudu pompano."
  
  Frau Bauer adatsamwitsidwa ndi tiyi. Sam adaseka. Nina anatsokomola.
  
  "Tinali ndi nkhawa kwambiri, wokondedwa," adatero Sam. "Tiyeni tipite nawe kuchipatala. Chonde."
  
  Maso owonongeka a Nina adatseguka. "Ayi".
  
  "Zonse zakhazikika pamenepo." Iye anayesa kunyenga iye, koma Nina analibe chirichonse cha izo.
  
  "Sindine wopusa, Sam. Ndinatsatira nkhani kuchokera pano. Sanamugwirebe mwana wachigololo uja, ndipo titamaliza kulankhula anandiuza momveka bwino kuti ndikusewera mbali yolakwika ya mpanda," iye anakuwa mopupuluma.
  
  "Chabwino. Khalani pansi pang'ono ndikundiuza tanthauzo lake, chifukwa kwa ine zikuwoneka ngati munalumikizana mwachindunji ndi wakuphayo, "Sam adayankha, kuyesera kuti mawu ake asakhalenso ndi mantha omwe amamva ndi zomwe akunena.
  
  "Tiyi kapena khofi, Herr Cleve?" - mbuye wokoma mtima anafunsa mwamsanga.
  
  "Doro amapanga tiyi wabwino kwambiri wa sinamoni, Sam. Yesani," anatero Nina motopa.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu mwachikondi, ndikutumiza mayi wachijeremani wosaleza mtima kukhitchini. Ankadandaula kuti Perdue atakhala m'galimoto panthawi yomwe akanatha kufika pansi pa zomwe Nina akukumana nazo. Nina anagonanso, atagonedwa ndi nkhondo ya Bundesliga pawailesi yakanema. Poda nkhawa ndi moyo wake ali pakati pa achinyamata, Sam adatumizira Perdue uthenga.
  
  Iye ndi wamakani monga ife timaganizira.
  
  Wodwala wakufa. Malingaliro aliwonse?
  
  Anapumira, akumayembekezera malingaliro aliwonse amomwe angapititsire Nina kuchipatala kuuma mtima kwake kusanaphe. Mwachibadwa, kukakamiza kopanda chiwawa kunali njira yokhayo yothanirana ndi munthu yemwe anali wamanyazi komanso wokwiya pa dziko lapansi, koma ankawopa kuti izi zidzakankhira Nina kutali, makamaka ku Perdue. Kamvekedwe ka foni yake kamasokoneza wowonera TV, ndikudzutsa Nina. Sam anayang'ana pansi pomwe amabisa foni yake.
  
  Mukufuna chipatala china?
  
  Kupanda kutero, amugwetseni ndi sherry yolipitsidwa.
  
  Pomaliza, Sam adazindikira kuti Perdue akuseka. Choyamba, komabe, chinali lingaliro labwino. Uthenga woyamba utangomaliza, wina unabwera.
  
  Universitätsklinikum Mannheim.
  
  Theresienkrankenhaus.
  
  Pamphumi pa Nina panaoneka tsinya lakuya. "Kodi phokoso losalekeza limeneli n"chiyani?" - adadandaula kudzera m'nyumba yosangalatsa ya malungo ake. "Ikani izi! Mulungu wanga..."
  
  Sam anazimitsa foni yake kuti akhazikike mtima pansi mayi wokhumudwa uja yemwe amafuna kumupulumutsa. Frau Bauer adabwera ndi tray. "Pepani, Frau Bauer," Sam anapepesa mwakachetechete. "Tichotsa tsitsi lanu m'mphindi zochepa."
  
  "Usachite misala," analankhula mokweza mawu ake. "Osathamanga. Onetsetsani kuti Nina afika kuchipatala posachedwa. Ndikuganiza kuti akuwoneka oyipa. "
  
  "Danke," Sam anayankha. Anamwa tiyi, kuyesera kuti asapse pakamwa. Nina anali kulondola. Chakumwa chotentha chinali pafupi ndi ambrosia monga momwe angaganizire.
  
  "Ndina?" Sam analimba mtimanso. "Tiyenera kuchoka muno. Mnzako wakuchipatala wakutaya, ndiye sindimamukhulupirira. Akabweranso ndi anzake ochepa, tikhala m"mavuto."
  
  Nina anatsegula maso ake. Sam anamva chisoni chikumudutsa pamene ankayang'ana kuseri kwa nkhope yake. "Sindibwerera."
  
  "Ayi, ayi, simuyenera kutero," adatsimikizira. "Tikutengerani kuchipatala chakuno ku Mannheim, chikondi."
  
  "Ayi, Sam!" - iye anapempha. Chifuwa chake chinkagwedezeka kwambiri pamene manja ake ankayesa kumva tsitsi la nkhope lomwe linali kumuvutitsa. Zala zowonda za Nina zinali zopindikira kumbuyo kwa mutu wake pamene amayesa mobwerezabwereza kuchotsa mapindikidwe omata, akumakwiya kwambiri nthaŵi iliyonse pamene analephera. Sam adamuchitira izi kwinaku akuyang'ana nkhope yake yomwe amamuganizira. "Bwanji sindingapite kunyumba? Chifukwa chiyani sindingathe kulandira chithandizo kuchipatala ku Edinburgh?"
  
  Nina mwadzidzidzi anadzuma ndikugwira mpweya wake, mphuno zake zikuyenda pang'ono. Frau Bauer anayima pakhomo ndi mlendo yemwe adamutsatira.
  
  "Mutha".
  
  "Purdue!" Nina anatsamwitsidwa, kuyesera kumeza ndi youma pakhosi.
  
  "Mutha kutengedwera kuchipatala chomwe mwasankha ku Edinburgh, Nina. Tingokutengerani kuchipatala chapafupi chapafupi kuti mukhazikitse matenda anu. Akamaliza, ine ndi Sam tikutumiza kunyumba nthawi yomweyo. Ndikukulonjezani, "Perdue adamuuza.
  
  Anayesetsa kulankhula mofewa komanso momveka bwino kuti asasokoneze minyewa yake. Mawu ake anali odzala ndi mawu otsimikiza mtima. Perdue adadziwa kuti amayenera kumupatsa zomwe akufuna popanda kuyankhula za Heidelberg ambiri.
  
  "Mukuti chiyani, chikondi?" Sam anamwetulira, akusisita tsitsi lake. "Simukufuna kufera ku Germany, sichoncho?" Anayang'ana m'mwamba mopepesa kwa mlendo wa ku Germany, koma anangomwetulira ndikumugwedeza.
  
  "Mwafuna kundipha!" Nina anabuma kwinakwake momuzungulira. Iye ankakhoza kumva pamene iye anayima poyamba, koma mawu a Perdue anagwedezeka pamene iye analankhula, kotero iye anadumpha mulimonse.
  
  "Anakonzedwa, Nina, kuti atsatire malamulo a chitsiru cha Black Sun. Tiye, ukudziwa kuti Perdue sangakupweteke dala, "Sam anayesa, koma anali kupuma movutikira. Sanathe kudziwa ngati Nina anali wokwiya kapena wamantha, koma manja ake anagwedezeka mopenga mpaka anapeza dzanja la Sam. Anam'mamatira, maso ake oyera ngati mkaka akuthamanga uku ndi uku.
  
  "Chonde, Mulungu, musalole kuti ikhale Purdue," adatero.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu wake mokhumudwa pamene Perdue ankatuluka m'nyumba. Panalibe kukaikira kuti nthaŵi ino ndemanga ya Nina inamupweteka kwambiri. Frau Bauer anayang'ana mwachifundo pamene mwamuna wamtali, watsitsi labwino akuchoka. Kenako, Sam anaganiza zomudzutsa Nina.
  
  "Tiyeni," iye anatero, akugwira mofatsa thupi lake losalimba.
  
  "Siyani zofunda. Nditha kuluka zambiri, "adamwetulira Frau Bauer.
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri. Munali wothandiza kwambiri," Sam anauza woperekera zakudyayo, kunyamula Nina ndi kupita naye ku galimoto. Nkhope ya Perdue inali yosavuta komanso yopanda mawu pamene Sam ankanyamula Nina wogona m'galimoto.
  
  "Ndiko kulondola, walowa," Sam adalengeza mopepuka, kuyesera kutonthoza Perdue osagwetsa misozi. "Ndikuganiza kuti tifunika kubwerera ku Heidelberg kukatenga fayilo yake kwa dokotala wakale ataloledwa ku Mannheim."
  
  "Ukhoza kupita. Ndibwerera ku Edinburgh titangomaliza kuthana ndi Nina. " Mawu a Perdue anasiya dzenje kwa Sam.
  
  Sam adachita tsinzi, adadabwa. "Koma mwati mukamunyamukire ku chipatala komweko." Anamvetsetsa kukhumudwa kwa Perdue, koma sayenera kusewera ndi moyo wa Nina.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zomwe ndanena, Sam," adatero mokweza. Maonekedwe opanda kanthu anabwerera; mawonekedwe omwewo adapereka Sinclair pomwe adamuuza Sam kuti sangamuthandize. Perdue anayambitsa galimoto. "Ndikudziwanso zomwe ananena."
  
  
  Mutu 17 - Mayesero Awiri
  
  
  Mu ofesi yapamwamba pa chipinda chachisanu, Dr. Fritz anakumana ndi nthumwi yolemekezeka ya Tactical Air Force Base 34 Büchel m'malo mwa Supreme Commander wa Luftwaffe, yemwe pakali pano akuzunzidwa ndi atolankhani komanso banja la woyendetsa ndege yemwe adasowa.
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chondiona popanda chenjezo, Dr. Fritz," anatero Werner mwachifundo, akumatula zida zachipatala ndi chikoka chake. "Lieutenant General anandipempha kuti ndibwere chifukwa panopa ndi wodzala ndi maulendo ndi ziwopsezo zalamulo, zomwe ndikutsimikiza kuti mungayamikire."
  
  "Inde. Chonde khalani pansi, Bambo Werner," Dr. Fritz anatero mwamphamvu. "Monga ndikutsimikiza kuti mungayamikire, ndimakhalanso ndi nthawi yotanganidwa chifukwa ndimayenera kusamalira odwala omwe ali ndi vuto lalikulu komanso osadwala popanda kusokoneza ntchito yanga ya tsiku ndi tsiku."
  
  Akulira, Werner anakhala pansi, osokonezeka osati kokha ndi maonekedwe a dokotala, komanso chifukwa cha kusafuna kumuwona. Komabe, ponena za mishoni, zinthu zoterozo sizinam"vutitse Werner ngakhale pang"ono. Anali komweko kuti adziwe zambiri za woyendetsa ndege Lö Venhagen komanso kukula kwa kuvulala kwake. Dr. Fritz sakanachitira mwina koma kumuthandiza kupeza wovulalayo, makamaka ponamizira kuti akufuna kusangalatsa banja lake. Zoonadi, iye anali masewera achilungamo.
  
  Chomwe Werner sanawunikirenso chinali chakuti mkuluyo sankakhulupirira zipatala zokwanira kuti angovomereza zomwezo. Iye anabisa mosamalitsa mfundo yakuti pamene anali kuphunzira ndi Dr. Fritz pansanjika yachisanu, anzake aŵiri anali kusesa m"nyumbamo ndi chisa cha mano abwino chokonzekera bwino kuti pakhale choloŵa m"malo. Aliyense anafufuza malo padera, kukwera ndege imodzi yothawa moto ndi kutsika kwina. Iwo ankadziwa kuti anali ndi nthawi yokwanira yoti amalize kufufuza Werner asanamalize kufunsa dokotala wamkulu. Atatsimikiza kuti Lö Venhagen palibe kuchipatala, akanatha kukulitsa kufufuza kwawo kumalo ena otheka.
  
  Atangomaliza kudya kadzutsa, Dr. Fritz adafunsa Werner funso lovuta kwambiri.
  
  "Lieutenant Werner, ngati ndingatero," mawu ake anapotozedwa ndi mawu achipongwe. "Zinatheka bwanji kuti mkulu wa gulu lanu asabwere kudzalankhula nane za nkhaniyi? Ndikuganiza kuti tisiye kuyankhula zopanda pake, iwe ndi ine. Tonse tikudziwa chifukwa chake Schmidt atsatira woyendetsa wachichepere, koma izi zikukukhudzani bwanji? "
  
  "Malamulo. Ndine woimira chabe, Dr. Fritz. Koma lipoti langa lidzasonyeza molondola mmene munatithandizira mwamsanga," anayankha Werner mwamphamvu. Koma zoona zake n"zakuti, iye sankadziwa chifukwa chimene mkulu wake, Kaputeni Gerhard Schmidt, ankamutumiza limodzi ndi om"thandiza kuti ayendetse woyendetsa ndegeyo. Atatuwo ananena kuti akufuna kuwononga woyendetsa ndegeyo chifukwa chakuti anachititsa manyazi Luftwaffe pamene inagunda mmodzi wa asilikali awo okwera mtengo kwambiri a Tornado. "Tikangopeza zomwe tikufuna," iye anatero mwamwano, "tonse tidzalandira mphotho ya zimenezo."
  
  "Chigobacho sichake," Dr. Fritz anatero mwamwano. "Pita ukamuwuze Schmidt, pita mnyamata."
  
  Nkhope ya Werner inasanduka imvi. Anadzazidwa ndi ukali, koma sanalipo kuti aphwasule wachipatala. Chitonzo choipitsitsa cha dokotalayo chinali kuyitanira kunkhondo kosatsutsika, komwe Werner adalemba m'maganizo mwake pamndandanda wake woti achite mtsogolo. Koma tsopano anaika maganizo ake pa chidziŵitso chokoma chimenechi chimene Captain Schmidt sanachiŵerengere.
  
  "Ndimuwuza zimenezo ndendende, bwana." Maso a Werner owoneka bwino, otsinzina anaboola Dr. Fritz. Pankhope ya woyendetsa ndegeyo panamveka chinyontho pamene kugwedeza kwa mbale komanso macheza a ogwira ntchito pachipatalachi akukwiyitsa mawu awo okhudza nkhondo yachinsinsi. "Chigobachi chikangopezeka, ndikuyitanirani ku mwambowu." Apanso Werner anasuzumira, kuyesera kuika mawu ofunika kwambiri amene kunali kosatheka kutsata tanthauzo lake.
  
  Dr. Fritz anaseka kwambiri. Anamenya tebulo mosangalala. "Mwambo?"
  
  Werner anali ndi mantha kwakanthawi kuti wawononga sewerolo, koma izi zidapindulitsa chidwi chake. "Kodi anakuuzani izi? Ayi! Kodi anakuuzani kuti mukufunikira mwambo kuti mutenge mawonekedwe a munthu wozunzidwa? O mwana wanga!" Dr. Fritz anafwenkha, akupukuta misozi yachisangalalo m"makona a maso ake.
  
  Werner anasangalala ndi kudzikuza kwa dokotalayo, choncho anapezerapo mwayi poika maganizo ake pambali ndi kuvomereza kuti anapusitsidwa. Powoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri, iye anapitiriza kuyankha kuti: "Kodi anandinamiza?" Mawu ake anali osamveka, ngakhale pang'ono chabe.
  
  "Zoonadi, Lieutenant. Chigoba cha ku Babulo si chamwambo. Schmidt akukunyengeni kuti akulepheretseni kupindula ndi izi. Kunena zoona, ichi ndi chinthu chamtengo wapatali kwambiri kwa amene akufunafuna ndalama zambiri," Dr. Fritz anagawana nawo mosavuta.
  
  Ngati ndi yofunika kwambiri, n"chifukwa chiyani munaibweza ku Lövenhagen?" Werner anayang'ana mozama.
  
  Dr. Fritz anamuyang'ana modabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Löwenhagen. LöVenhagen ndi ndani?
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pamene Namwino Marks anali kuyeretsa zinyalala zachipatala zomwe zinatsala kuchokera kumagulu ake, phokoso lopanda phokoso la telefoni yolira pa siteshoni ya anamwino inamugwira mtima. Ndi kubuula koopsa, adathamangira kukatsegula, popeza palibe m'modzi mwa anzake omwe adamaliza ndi odwala awo. Awa anali malo olandirira alendo pansanjika yoyamba.
  
  "Marlene, wina pano akufuna kuonana ndi Dr. Fritz, koma palibe amene akuyankha muofesi yake," adatero mlembiyo. "Iye akuti ndizofunika kwambiri ndipo miyoyo imadalira izi. Kodi mungandilumikizane ndi dokotala?"
  
  "Hmm, iye kulibe. Ndikanayenera kupita kukamufunafuna. Akunena za chiyani?"
  
  Wolandira alendo anayankha mopanda phokoso kuti: "Iye akuumirira kuti ngati saonana ndi Dr. Fritz, Nina Gould adzafa."
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Sister Marx adachita mantha. "Ali ndi Nina?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa. "Anangonena kuti dzina lake ndi...
  
  Thupi la Namwino Marks linachita dzanzi. Adrenaline anamupititsa patsogolo, ndipo anagwedeza dzanja lake kuti akope chidwi cha mlonda wa pansanjika yachitatu. Anabwera akuthamanga kuchokera kumbali yakutali ya kanjira, atanyamula chikwama chake, akudutsa makasitomala ndi antchito pansi paukhondo womwe unkawonetsa kusinkhasinkha kwake.
  
  "Chabwino, umuuze kuti ndibwera kudzamutenga ndikupita naye kwa Dr. Fritz," Mlongo Marx anatero. Atadula foniyo, anauza wapolisiyo kuti, "Pansipa pali bambo wina, m"modzi mwa odwala awiriwa. Akuti ayenera kuwonana ndi Dr. Fritz kapena wodwala wina yemwe wasowayo amwalira. Ndikufuna kuti upite nane kuti ukamugwire."
  
  Mlondayo anamasula lamba la chikwama chake podina ndi kugwedeza mutu. "Kumvetsetsa. Koma iwe ukhale kumbuyo kwanga." Adawulutsa gulu lake kuti agwira munthu yemwe angamuganizire ndipo adatsata Nurse Marks kulowa muchipinda chodikirira. Marlene anamva kuthamanga kwa mtima wake, akuchita mantha koma okondwa ndi zomwe zikuchitika. Akadakhala kuti adagwira nawo ntchito yomanga munthu yemwe adabedwa Dr. Gould, akanakhala ngwazi.
  
  Atatsatiridwa ndi apolisi ena awiri, Nurse Marks ndi wapolisi wina wachitetezo adatsika masitepe kupita kuchipinda choyamba. Atafika pamalo otsikira ndikukhota pakona, Namwino Marks adasuzumira mwachidwi kudutsa mkuluyo kuti awone wodwala woyaka yemwe amamudziwa bwino. Koma sanaonekenso.
  
  "Nurse, munthu uyu ndindani?" Adafunsa choncho mkulu uja uku ena awiri akukonzekereratu kuchoka pamalopo. Sister Marx anangopukusa mutu. "Sindi... sindimamuwona." Maso ake ankayang'anitsitsa mwamuna aliyense amene anali m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, koma panalibe aliyense wopsa kumaso kapena pachifuwa. "Izi sizingakhale zoona," iye anatero. "Dikirani, ndikuuzeni dzina lake." Atayima pakati pa anthu onse m"chipinda cholandirira alendo ndi malo odikirira, Namwino Marks anayima naitana, "Sam! Kodi mungapite nane kukawonana ndi Dr. Fritz, chonde?"
  
  Wolandira alendoyo ananjenjemera, akuyang"ana Marlene, nati, "Kodi iwe ukuchita chiyani? Ali pompano! Analoza mwamuna wokongola, watsitsi lakuda, wovala chijasi chanzeru akudikirira pa kauntala. Nthawi yomweyo anamuyandikira akumwetulira. Apolisi aja anatulutsa mfuti zawo ndikumuyimitsa Sam. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, omvera adagwira mpweya; ena anasowa m'ngodya.
  
  "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Sindiwe Sam," Mlongo Marx anakwinya nkhope yake.
  
  "Sister, ndi kidnapper kapena ayi?" - m'modzi mwa apolisi adafunsa mosaleza mtima.
  
  "Chani?" Adafuula mokweza tsinya. "Ndine Sam Cleave, ndikuyang'ana Dr. Fritz."
  
  "Kodi muli ndi Dr. Nina Gould?" Anafunsa mkulu uja.
  
  Ali mkati mokambirana, namwinoyo anadzuma. Sam Cleave, apa kutsogolo kwake.
  
  "Inde," Sam anayamba kutero, koma asanalankhulenso mawu ena, anakweza mfuti zawo molunjika kwa iye. "Koma sindinamube! Yesu! Chotsani zida zanu, zitsiru inu!
  
  "Imeneyo si njira yabwino yolankhulira ndi munthu wazamalamulo mwana wanga," wapolisi wina anakumbutsa Sam.
  
  "Pepani," Sam anatero mwamsanga. "Chabwino? Pepani, koma muyenera kundimvera. Nina ndi mnzanga ndipo panopa akulandira chithandizo ku Mannheim pachipatala cha Theresien. Amafuna fayilo kapena fayilo yake, chilichonse, ndipo adanditumiza kwa dokotala wake wamkulu kuti akamve zambiri. Ndizomwezo! Ndizo zonse zomwe ndadzera pano, mukudziwa?"
  
  "ID," mlondayo anafunsa motero. "Pang'onopang'ono".
  
  Sam adapewa kuseka zomwe wapolisiyo adachita mu makanema a FBI, kungoganiza kuti apambana. Anatsegula bwinobwino chibano cha malaya ake n"kutulutsa pasipoti yake.
  
  "Ngati chonchi. Sam Cleave. Mukuona? Namwino Marks adatuluka kuseri kwa mkulu uja, natambasula dzanja lake kwa Sam mopepesa.
  
  "Pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamvanako," adatero Sam ndipo anabwerezanso chimodzimodzi kwa apolisiwo. "Mwaona, wodwala wina yemwe adasowa ndi Dr. Gould adatchedwanso Sam. Mwachionekere, nthawi yomweyo ndinaganiza kuti ndi Sam amene ankafuna kuonana ndi dokotala. Ndipo pamene ananena kuti Dr. Gould akhoza kufa..."
  
  "Inde, inde, tapeza chithunzicho, Mlongo Marx," mlondayo anausa moyo, akunyamula mfuti yake. Awiri enawo adakhumudwitsidwa chimodzimodzi, koma sanachitire mwina koma kutengera zomwezo.
  
  
  Chaputala 18 - Kutulutsidwa
  
  
  "Nawenso," Sam anaseka pamene ziyeneretso zake zinabwezedwa kwa iye. Namwino wachitsikana uja anakweza dzanja lake lotseguka kuthokoza pamene akuchoka, akudzimvera chisoni kwambiri.
  
  "Bambo Cleave, ndimwayi kukumana nanu." Anamwetulira uku akumugwira chanza Sam.
  
  "Ndiyimbireni Sam," iye anam"bwebweta, akumuyang"ana dala m"maso. Kuphatikiza apo, wothandizira atha kuthandiza ntchito yake; osati kokha pakupeza fayilo ya Nina, komanso pofika m"munsi mwa zochitika zaposachedwapa m"chipatala ndipo mwinamwake ngakhale pabwalo la ndege ku Büchel.
  
  "Pepani kwambiri kuti ndinalakwitsa chonchi. Wodwala wina yemwe adasowa naye ndi Sam," adalongosola.
  
  "Inde, wokondedwa wanga, ndinazipezanso nthawi ina. Osafunikira kupepesa. Kunali kulakwa kwenikweni." Anakwera chikepe kupita kunsanjika yachisanu. Kulakwitsa komwe kunangotsala pang'ono kutaya moyo wanga woyipa!
  
  Ali mu elevator yokhala ndi akatswiri awiri a x-ray komanso Namwino Wachidwi Marks, Sam adatulutsa zovutazo m'maganizo mwake. Anamuyang"ana mwakachetechete. Kwa kamphindi kakang'ono, Sam ankafuna kuopseza amayi a ku Germany ndi ndemanga za momwe adawonera filimu yolaula ya Swedish ikuyamba mofanana. Zitseko za chipinda chachiwiri zinatsegulidwa ndipo Sam adawona chikwangwani choyera pakhoma la kanjira kamene kanalembedwa kuti "X-Rays 1 ndi 2" m'zilembo zofiira. Akatswiri awiri a X-ray adatulutsa mpweya kwa nthawi yoyamba atangotuluka mu elevator. Sam anamva kuseka kwawo kukutha pomwe zitseko zasiliva zidatsekanso.
  
  Namwino Marks anali atanyonyomala kumaso ndipo maso ake adangoyang'ana pansi zomwe zidapangitsa mtolankhaniyo kuti amuchotse m'chisokonezo chake. Anatulutsa mpweya wambiri, kuyang'ana kuwala pamwamba pawo. "Ndiye, Mlongo Marks, Dr. Fritz ndi katswiri wa radiology?"
  
  Maonekedwe ake anawongoka nthawi yomweyo, ngati msilikali wokhulupirika. Podziwa mmene Sam ankadziwira thupi, anadziwa kuti namwinoyo anali ndi ulemu wosafa kapena kufunitsitsa kwa dokotalayo. "Ayi, koma ndi dotolo wakale yemwe amalankhula pamisonkhano yazachipatala padziko lonse lapansi pamitu ingapo yasayansi. Ndiroleni ndikuuzeni - amadziwa pang'ono za matenda aliwonse, pomwe madotolo ena amagwira ntchito imodzi yokha ndipo samadziwa chilichonse chokhudza ena onse. Iye ankasamalira bwino kwambiri Dr. Gould. Mungakhale otsimikiza. M'malo mwake, ndiye yekhayo amene adagwira ... "
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Mlongo Marx anameza mawu ake, moti anangotsala pang'ono kupereka nkhani yoopsa imene inamudabwitsa m'mawa umenewo.
  
  "Chani?" - adafunsa mwachilengedwe.
  
  "Zomwe ndimafuna kunena ndizakuti chilichonse chomwe chikuvutitsa Dr. Gould, Dr. Fritz adzachisamalira," adatero, akukweza milomo yake. "O! Pitani!" anamwetulira, akukondwera ndi kufika kwawo kwanthawi yake pa Flond Fifth.
  
  Anatsogolera Sam kupita ku gulu la oyang'anira nsanjika yachisanu, kudutsa ofesi yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi chipinda cha tiyi. Pamene akuyenda, Sam nthawi ndi nthawi ankasilira mawonedwe a mazenera ofanana omwe ali pafupi ndi holo yoyera ngati chipale chofewa. Nthaŵi zonse khomalo likatsegula zenera lotchingidwa ndi katani, dzuŵa linkaŵala ndi kutenthetsa nkhope ya Sam, zomwe zinkachititsa kuti Sam aziona malo oyandikana nawo ngati mbalame. Anadabwa komwe Purdue anali. Anamusiya Sam mgalimoto ija nakwera taxi kupita ku airport osafotokoza zambiri. Chinthu chinanso ndi chakuti Sam adanyamula zinthu zomwe sizinathetsedwe mkati mwa moyo wake mpaka adapeza nthawi yothana nazo.
  
  "Dr. Fritz ayenera kuti adamaliza kuyankhulana kwake," Namwino Marks adauza Sam pamene adayandikira chitseko chotsekedwa. Iye anafotokoza mwachidule mmene mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force anatumiza nthumwi kuti akalankhule ndi Dr. Fritz za wodwala yemwe ankakhala m'chipinda chimodzi ndi Nina. Sam anaganiza choncho. Kodi izi ndizabwino bwanji? Anthu onse amene ndikufunika kuwaona onse ali pansi pa denga limodzi. Zili ngati malo ophatikizika azidziwitso zaupandu. Takulandirani kumsika wakatangale!
  
  Malinga ndi malipoti, Mlongo Marks anagogoda katatu n"kutsegula. Lieutenant Werner anali atatsala pang'ono kunyamuka ndipo sanawonekere kuti sanadabwe ngakhale pang'ono kumuwona namwinoyo, koma adazindikira Sam kuchokera pagalimoto yankhaniyo. Funso linadutsa pamphumi pa Werner, koma Mlongo Marx anaima, ndipo mtundu wonse unachoka kumaso kwake.
  
  "Marlene?" Werner anafunsa ndi maso achidwi. "Chavuta ndi chiyani mwana?"
  
  Anayima osasunthika, ali ndi mantha, pamene funde la mantha linamugonjetsa pang"onopang"ono. Maso ake anawerenga dzina lachijasi choyera cha Dr. Fritz, koma anagwedeza mutu, ali wodabwa. Werner anapita kwa iye n"kumenyetsa nkhope yake pamene ankakonzekera kukuwa. Sam ankadziwa kuti pali chinachake chimene chikuchitika, koma popeza sankadziwa aliyense mwa anthuwa, zinali zosadziwika bwino.
  
  "Marlene!" Werner anafuula kuti amuthandize kuzindikira. Marlene Marks adalola kuti mawu ake abwerere ndipo adakulira munthu wovala chovalacho. "Sindiwe Dr. Fritz! Sindiwe Dr. Fritz!"
  
  Werner asanamvetse bwinobwino zimene zinkachitika, wonyengayo analumphira kutsogolo n"kulanda mfuti ya Werner m"chikwama chake. Koma Sam adachitapo kanthu mwachangu ndikuthamangira kutsogolo kuti akankhire Werner kuchoka panjira, kuletsa wachigawenga woyipayo kuti adzikonzekere. Namwino Marks anatuluka mu ofesi muja akumapempha thandizo kwa alonda.
  
  Akuyang'anitsitsa pawindo lagalasi lomwe linali m'zitseko ziwiri za chipindacho, m'modzi mwa apolisi omwe adayitana kale ndi Namwino Marks adayesa kupanga chithunzi chomwe chikuthamangira iye ndi mnzakeyo.
  
  "Mukudziwa, Klaus," adaseka mnzakeyo, "Polly Paranoid wabwerera."
  
  "Mulungu wabwino, koma amasuntha, sichoncho?" - mkulu wina adanena.
  
  "Akuliranso nkhandwe. Taonani, sizili ngati tili ndi zambiri zoti tichite pakusintha uku kapena china chilichonse, koma kukhumudwa sizinthu zomwe ndikuganiza kuchita, mukudziwa? "- anayankha mkulu woyamba.
  
  "Mlongo Marx!" - anafuula mkulu wachiwiri. "Tikuwopseza ndani tsopano?"
  
  Marlene njiwa mwamsanga, ankafika m'manja mwake, kumumamatira ndi zikhadabo zake.
  
  "Ofesi ya Dokotala Fritz! Patsogolo! Choka, chifukwa cha Mulungu!" anakuwa pamene anthu anayamba kuyang'ana.
  
  Namwino Marks atayamba kukoka dzanja la bamboyo, kumukokera ku ofesi ya Dr. Apanso anathamangira kuseri kwa kanjira kameneko, osaoneka ndi nesiyo akuwakuwa kuti agwire chomwe amachitcha kuti chilombo.Ngakhale anali osokonezeka, anatsatira phokoso la mkangano womwe unali patsogolo pake ndipo posakhalitsa anazindikira chifukwa chomwe namwino wachinyamatayo adayitana. wonyenga chilombo.
  
  Sam Cleave anali kalikiliki kukambilana ndi mkulu uja, nthawi zonse amalowera pakhomo. Werner anakhala pansi, akunjenjemera ndi kuzingidwa ndi zidutswa za magalasi ndi mbale zingapo za impso zomwe zinasweka pambuyo poti wonyengayo adamugwetsa chikomokere ndi poto ndi kugwetsa kabati kakang'ono komwe Dr. Fritz ankasunga mbale za Petri ndi zinthu zina zosweka.
  
  "Amayi a Mulungu, tawonani chinthu ichi!" - Mmodzi wa apolisi adafuulira mnzake pomwe adaganiza zogwetsa chigawenga chomwe chikuwoneka kuti sichingagonjetsedwe pomutsamira ndi matupi awo. Sam sanatuluke njira pomwe apolisi awiri adamugonjetsera chigawenga chija ndi malaya oyera. Chipumi cha Sam chinali chokongoletsedwa ndi nthimbi zofiira zomwe zinajambula mokongola mawonekedwe a masaya ake. Pafupi ndi iye, Werner anagwira kumbuyo kwa mutu wake kumene sitimayo inali itamudyera chigaza mopweteka.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndifunika zosoka," Werner adauza Namwino Marks pomwe amaloŵa pakhomo lolowera muofesi mosamala. Mutsitsi lake lakuda munali zotupa zamagazi momwe munali bala lakuya. Sam anayang'ana pamene apolisiwo akuletsa munthu wowoneka wachilendoyo, kumuopseza kuti amupha, mpaka pamene adagonja. Ma bums ena awiri omwe Sam adawawona ndi Werner pafupi ndi galimoto yankhani adawonekeranso.
  
  "Hey, mlendo akutani kuno?" - Kol adafunsa ataona Sam.
  
  "Iye si mlendo," Mlongo Marx anadzichinjiriza, atagwira mutu wa Werner. "Uyu ndi mtolankhani wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi!"
  
  "Zoona?" Kol anafunsa moona mtima. "Wokondedwa". Ndipo anatambasula dzanja lake kuti amukokere Sam aimirire. Himmelfarb anangopukusa mutu, akubwerera kuti apatse aliyense malo oti asamuke. Apolisi adamanga munthu uja koma adalangizidwa kuti akuluakulu a Air Force ali ndi mphamvu pamlanduwo.
  
  "Nditi tipereke kwa inu," mkuluyo anavomereza motero kwa Werner ndi anyamata ake. "Tiyeni tingokonza zolemba zathu kuti aperekedwe m'manja mwa usilikali."
  
  "Zikomo, mkulu. Ingothana nazo zonse kuno ku office. Sitikufuna anthu komanso odwala kuti achitenso mantha, "adalangiza Werner.
  
  Apolisi ndi alonda anamutengera pambali bamboyo pamene Nurse Marks ankagwira ntchito yake, ngakhale iye sakufuna, kumanga mabala ndi mikwingwirima ya mkuluyo. Anali wotsimikiza kuti nkhope yowopsyayo ingathe kusokoneza maloto a amuna odziwika kwambiri. Sikuti anali wonyansa, koma kusowa kwake kwa mawonekedwe kunamupangitsa kukhala wonyansa. Mukuya kwa moyo wake, adamva chisoni chachilendo chosakanizidwa ndi kunyansidwa pamene adachotsa zipsera zake zomwe zidatsala pang'ono kutuluka ndi mowa.
  
  Maso ake anali opangidwa mwangwiro, ngati sanali okongola mu chikhalidwe chawo chachilendo. Komabe, zimawoneka ngati kuti nkhope yake yonse idaperekedwa nsembe chifukwa cha khalidwe lawo. Chigaza chake chinali chosafanana ndipo mphuno yake inkaoneka ngati palibe. Koma ndi pakamwa pake padakhudza Marlene.
  
  "Iwe ukudwala microstomia," adatero kwa iye.
  
  "Minor systemic sclerosis, inde, imayambitsa kam"kamwa kakang"ono," iye anayankha mwachisawawa, ngati kuti analipo kuti akapime magazi. Komabe, mawu ake adaperekedwa bwino ndipo kalankhulidwe kake ka Chijeremani kunali kopanda cholakwika pakadali pano.
  
  "Matenda aliwonse asanachitike?" - iye anafunsa. Lidali funso lopusa, koma akanapanda kukambirana naye nkhani zing'onozing'ono za mankhwala, akanamukankhira kutali kwambiri. Kulankhula naye kunali ngati kulankhula ndi Patient Sam pamene anali komweko-kukambitsirana kwanzeru ndi chilombo chokhutiritsa.
  
  "Ayi," yankho lake linali lokha, akulephera kukhala wonyoza chifukwa chakuti anadzivutitsa kufunsa. Mamvekedwe ake anali osalakwa, ngati kuti akuvomereza zoyezetsa zake zachipatala pomwe azibambo akucheza chamseri.
  
  "Dzina lako ndani, bwanawe?" - mmodzi wa apolisi adamufunsa mokweza.
  
  "Marduk. Peter Marduk," anayankha motero.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe Mjeremani?" - Anafunsa Werner. "Mulungu, mwandipusitsa."
  
  Marduk akadakonda kumwetulira pa kuyamikira kosayenera kwa Chijeremani chake, koma minofu yokhuthala yomwe inali pakamwa pake inamulepheretsa mwayi umenewo.
  
  "Zikalata zodziwikiratu," wapolisiyo anakuwa, akusisitabe milomo yake yotupa chifukwa chovulala mwangozi panthawi yomangidwa. Marduk pang'onopang'ono analowetsa m'thumba la jekete pansi pa chijasi choyera cha Dr. Fritz. "Ndiyenera kulemba mawu ake pamarekodi athu, Lieutenant."
  
  Werner anagwedeza mutu kuvomereza. Anapatsidwa ntchito yoyang'anira ndi kupha LöVenhagen, komanso osamanga munthu wachikulire yemwe ankadziyesa ngati dokotala. Komabe, tsopano kuti Werner wauzidwa chifukwa Schmidt anali kwenikweni pambuyo L & # 246; Venhagen, atha kupindula kwambiri ndi chidziwitso chochulukirapo kuchokera kwa Marduk.
  
  "Ndiye Dr. Fritz wafanso?" Mlongo Marks anafunsa mwakachetechete kwinaku akuwerama kuti atseke chodula chakuya kuchokera pazitsulo za wotchi ya Sam Cleve.
  
  "Ayi".
  
  Mtima wake unalumpha. "Mukutanthauza chiyani? Ukananamizira kukhala mu ofesi yake, ukanamupha kaye."
  
  "Iyi si nthano ya kamtsikana kokhumudwitsa kovala shawl yofiyira ndi agogo ake, wokondedwa wanga," mkuluyo adadandaula. "Pokhapokha ngati ndi mtundu womwe agogo akadali ndi moyo m'mimba mwa nkhandwe."
  
  
  Mutu 19 - Chiwonetsero cha ku Babulo
  
  
  "Tamupeza! Ali bwino. Ndangokomoka ndikutseka pakamwa! " - mmodzi wa apolisi adalengeza pamene adapeza Dr. Fritz. Anali ndendende pamene Marduk anawauza kuti ayang'ane. Iwo sakanakhoza kugwira Marduk popanda umboni weniweni wakuti iye anachita kupha Precious Nights, kotero Marduk anasiya malo ake.
  
  Wonyengayo anaumirira kuti adangomugonjetsa dokotalayo ndipo adatenga fomu yake kuti atuluke m'chipatala popanda kukayikira. Koma kusankhidwa kwa Werner kunamudabwitsa, ndikumukakamiza kuti atenge mbaliyo kwa nthawi yayitali, "... mpaka Namwino Marx adasokoneza mapulani anga," adadandaula, akugwedeza mapewa ake kuti agonjetse.
  
  Patangotha mphindi zochepa kapitawo wa apolisi woyang'anira dipatimenti ya apolisi ku Karlsruhe atawonekera, mawu achidule a Marduk anamalizidwa. Iwo akanangomuimba mlandu wamilandu yaing"ono monga yachiwembu chaching"ono.
  
  "Lieutenant, apolisi akamaliza, ndiyenera kumasula womangidwayo musanamutenge," Namwino Marks adauza Werner pamaso pa apolisi. "Iyi ndi njira yakuchipatala. Kupanda kutero, a Luftwaffe atha kuvutika ndi malamulo. "
  
  Atangoyamba kufotokoza nkhaniyo, inakhala yofunika m"thupi. Mayi wina analowa mu ofesiyo atanyamula chikwama chachikopa chowoneka bwino m'manja mwake, atavala zovala zamakampani. "Mwaswera bwanji," analankhula motero apolisi molimba mtima koma mwachifundo. "Miriam Inkley, Woimira Malamulo ku UK, World Bank Germany. Ndamva kuti nkhani yovutayi yabwera kwa inu, Captain?"
  
  Wapolisiyo anagwirizana ndi loya uja. "Inde, ndi choncho, madam. Komabe, tikukhalabe ndi mlandu wopha munthu ndipo asitikali akungonena kuti ndife amene timamuganizira yekha. Izi zimabweretsa vuto. "
  
  "Osadandaula, Captain. Tiyeni, tikambirane za ntchito yogwirizana ya Air Force Criminal Investigation Unit ndi Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ya Karlsruhe m"chipinda china," anatero mayi wokhwima mwauzimu wa ku Britain. "Mutha kutsimikizira tsatanetsatane ngati akwaniritsa kafukufuku wanu ndi WUO. Ngati sichoncho, titha kukonza msonkhano wamtsogolo kuti tithetse madandaulo anu."
  
  "Ayi, chonde ndiloleni ndiwone zomwe W.U.O. Mpaka tukamulecesye jwalakwejo. Sindikusamala za nkhani zofalitsa nkhani, koma chilungamo kwa mabanja a anthu atatuwa," anamveka motero mkulu wa apolisiwo pamene awiriwa akutuluka mumsewu. Apolisi aja anatsanzika ndikumutsatira atanyamula zikalata mmanja mwawo.
  
  "Ndiye, VVO ikudziwanso kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo adachita nawo zobisika za PR?" Nurse Marks anali ndi nkhawa. "Izi ndizovuta kwambiri. Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi sizisokoneza mgwirizano waukulu womwe asayina posachedwa. "
  
  "Ayi, WUO sakudziwa kalikonse za izi," adatero Sam. Anamanga bandeji zake zotuluka magazi ndi bandeji wosabala. "M'malo mwake, ndife tokha omwe tikudziwa za woyendetsa ndege yemwe wathawa ndipo, mwachiyembekezo posachedwapa, zifukwa zomwe amathamangira." Sam anayang'ana Marduk, yemwe anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza.
  
  "Koma ..." Marlene Marks anayesa kutsutsa, akulozera pakhomo lopanda kanthu lomwe loya waku Britain anali atangowauza zina.
  
  "Dzina lake ndi Margaret. Anangokupulumutsani ku milandu yambiri yomwe ikanachedwetsa kusaka kwanu pang'ono, "adatero Sam. "Ndi mtolankhani wa nyuzipepala yaku Scottish."
  
  "Chotero, bwenzi lako," anatero Werner.
  
  "Inde," Sam adatsimikiza. Kol ankawoneka wodabwitsidwa, monga nthawi zonse.
  
  "Zodabwitsa!" Mlongo Marx anagwira manja ake. "Kodi alipo amene amati ali? Bambo Marduk amasewera Dr. Fritz. Ndipo Bambo Cleave amasewera alendo. Mtolankhani uyu ndi loya wa World Bank. Palibe amene amasonyeza kuti iwo ndi ndani kwenikweni! Zili ngati nkhani ya m"Baibulo imene palibe amene ankatha kulankhula zinenero za mnzake ndipo panali chisokonezo chonsechi."
  
  "Babulo," panadza kuyankha pamodzi kwa amunawo.
  
  "Inde!" - Adadula zala zake. "Nonse mumalankhula zilankhulo zosiyanasiyana, ndipo ofesiyi ndi Nsanja ya Babele."
  
  "Osaiwala kuti ukunamizira kuti suli pachibwenzi ndi mkulu wa asilikali kuno," Sam anamuimitsa, akukweza chala chake cha mlozera mwachipongwe.
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  Sam anangoweramitsa mutu, kukana ngakhale kukopa chidwi chake paubwenzi ndikusisita pakati pawo. Mlongo Marx anachita manyazi pamene Werner anamuyang"ana.
  
  "Ndiye pali gulu la inu omwe mumadzinamizira kuti ndinu maofesala obisala, pamene kwenikweni ndinu oyendetsa ndege odziwika bwino a gulu lankhondo la Germany Luftwaffe, monga nyama yomwe mukusaka Mulungu akudziwa chifukwa chake," Sam adadula chinyengo chawo.
  
  "Ndakuuzani kuti anali mtolankhani wanzeru wofufuza," Marlene ananong'oneza Werner.
  
  "Ndipo iwe," Sam anatero, akumutsekereza Dr. Fritz yemwe adadabwabe. "Mukukwana pati?"
  
  "Ndikulumbira kuti sindimadziwa!" - adavomereza Dr. Fritz. "Anangondipempha kuti ndimusungire. Ndiye ndidamuuza komwe ndidayiyika kuti mwina sindili pantchito akatuluka! Koma ndikulumbira kuti sindimadziwa kuti chinthu ichi chingachite izi! Mulungu wanga, ndinatsala pang"ono kupenga powona izi...
  
  Werner ndi azibambo ake, pamodzi ndi Sam ndi Namwino Marks, anadabwa kwambiri ndi kubwebweta kosagwirizana kwa dokotalayo. Marduk yekha ndiye ankaoneka kuti ankadziwa zimene zinkachitika, koma anakhalabe wodekha ataona misala ikuchitika mu ofesi ya dokotalayo.
  
  "Chabwino, ndasokonezeka kwambiri. Bwanji abale?" Adatero Sam uku akukanikizira dzanja lake lomangidwa pambali pake. Onse anagwedeza mutu m'makwaya ogontha otsutsa kung'ung'udza.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti yafika nthaŵi yoti tifotokoze zimene zingatithandize tonsefe kuulula zolinga zenizeni za wina ndi mnzake," anatero Werner. M"kupita kwa nthawi, tikhoza kuthandizana pa zochita zathu zosiyanasiyana m"malo molimbana wina ndi mnzake."
  
  "Munthu wanzeru," Marduk analoŵererapo.
  
  "Ndiyenera kupanga kuzungulira kwanga komaliza," Marlene adadandaula. "Ndikapanda kubwera, Namwino Barken adziwa kuti pali chinachake chimene chikuchitika. Undidzaza mawa, darling?"
  
  "Nditero," ananama Werner. Kenako anamupsompsona asanatsegule chitseko. Anayang'ana m'mbuyo a Peter Marduk yemwe anali wodabwitsa ndipo anamwetulira mokoma mtima.
  
  Chitseko chitangotsekedwa, anthu omwe anali mu ofesi ya Dr. Panalibe Alefa mmodzi yekha, koma aliyense ankadziwa chinachake chimene wina analibe chidziwitso. Posakhalitsa Sam anayamba.
  
  "Tiyeni tichite izi mwachangu, chabwino? Ndili ndi bizinesi yofulumira kwambiri yoti ndichite izi zikatha. Dr. Fritz, ndikufuna kuti mutumize zotsatira za mayeso a Dr. Nina Gould ku Mannheim tisanafotokoze zomwe munalakwitsa," Sam analamula dokotalayo.
  
  "Ine? Kodi Dr. Nina Gould ali moyo?" Adafunsa mwaulemu uku akupumira mmwamba ndikudutsa ngati Mkatolika wabwino uja. "Izi ndi nkhani zabwino kwambiri!"
  
  "Mkazi wamng'ono? Tsitsi lakuda ndi maso ngati moto wa helo?" Marduk anamufunsa Sam.
  
  "Inde, akanakhala iye, mosakayikira!" Sam anamwetulira.
  
  "Ndikuwopa kuti iye sanandimvetsenso kupezeka kwanga kuno," anatero Marduk, akuwoneka wodandaula. Iye anaganiza kuti asalankhulepo zoti amamumenya mbama mtsikana wosaukayo atachita zoipa. Koma atamuuza kuti amwalira, anangotanthauza kuti Löwenhagen anali womasuka komanso woopsa, zomwe analibe nthawi yoti afotokoze pakali pano.
  
  "Zonse zili bwino. Ali ngati tsabola wotentha pafupifupi pafupifupi aliyense," Sam anayankha Dr. Chikalatacho ndi zinthu zoyipazo chitangowunikidwa, adafunsa Sam kuti amutumizire imelo ya dokotala wa Nina ku Mannheim. Sam adamupatsa khadi yokhala ndi zonse ndipo adayika pulasitala pamphumi pake. Akuyang'ana Marduk, yemwe anaduladula, koma mkuluyo ananamizira kuti sanaone.
  
  "Kumeneko," Dr. Fritz anatulutsa mpweya mozama ndi mozama, ndipo mtima wake unakhala pansi chifukwa chakuti wodwala wakeyo akadali ndi moyo. "Ndimasangalala kwambiri kuti ali moyo. Kuti wachoka bwanji muno osaona bwino, sindidzadziwa."
  
  "Mnzanuyo anam"tengera njira yonse yotulukira, dokotala," Marduk anamuunikira. "Mukudziwa mwana wamba yemwe mudamupatsa chigoba kuti avale nkhope za anthu omwe adawapha m'dzina ladyera?"
  
  "Sindimadziwa!" - Dr. Fritz adayamba kukwiya, akadali okwiya ndi mkuluyo chifukwa cha kupweteka kwa mutu komwe adadwala.
  
  "Hey Ayi!" Werner anasiya mkanganowo. "Tabwera kuti tithetse vutoli, osati kuti zinthu ziipireipire! Chifukwa chake, choyamba ndikufuna kudziwa zomwe - adalozera Marduk - kukhudzidwa ndi Löwenhagen. Ife tinatumizidwa kuti tikamugwire iye, ndipo ndizo zonse zomwe tikudziwa. Ndiye nditakufunsani mafunso, chigoba chonsechi chinatuluka. "
  
  "Monga ndinakuuzani kale, sindikudziwa kuti LöVenhagen ndi ndani," Marduk anaumirirabe.
  
  "Woyendetsa ndege yemwe adawononga ndegeyo ndi Olaf LöVenhagen," adatero Himmelfarb. "Anawotchedwa pangoziyi, koma mwanjira ina adapulumuka ndipo adapita kuchipatala."
  
  Panali kupuma kwa nthawi yayitali. Aliyense anali kuyembekezera Marduk kuti afotokoze chifukwa chake anali kuthamangira Lövenhagen poyamba. Mkuluyo ankadziwa kuti akawauza chifukwa chimene amathamangitsira mnyamatayo, ayeneranso kuulula chifukwa chimene anamuwotcha. Marduk anapuma mozama n"kuyamba kuunikira kusamvetsetsana kwa chisa cha khwangwala.
  
  Iye anati: "Ndinkaona kuti munthu amene ndinkamuthamangitsa pamoto woyaka moto wa ndege ya Tornado anali woyendetsa ndege dzina lake Neumand.
  
  "Neumand? Izi sizingakhale zoona. Neumand ali patchuthi, mwina ataya ndalama zomaliza za banja lawo m'kanjira kam'mbuyo," Himmelfarb adaseka. Kohl ndi Werner anagwedeza mutu kuvomereza.
  
  "Chabwino, ndinamutsatira kuchokera pamalo angoziwo. Ndinamuthamangitsa chifukwa anali ndi chigoba. Nditaona chigobacho, ndinayenera kuchiwononga. Anali wakuba, wakuba wamba, ndikukuuzani! Ndipo zimene anaba zinali zamphamvu kwambiri moti munthu wopusa ngati ameneyo sangazigwire! Chifukwa chake ndidayenera kumuletsa njira yokhayo yoletsa Wovala Chovala," Marduk anatero mwankhawa.
  
  "Camouflage?" - Anafunsa Kohl. "Amuna, zikumveka ngati munthu woyipa wa kanema wowopsa." Anamwetulira, akusisita Himmelfarb paphewa.
  
  "Kula," Himmelfarb adadandaula.
  
  "Wodzibisa ndi amene amaoneka ngati wina pogwiritsa ntchito chigoba cha ku Babulo. Ichi ndi chigoba chomwe mnzako woyipayo adavula ndi Dr. Gould," Marduk adalongosola, koma onse adawona kuti sakufuna kufotokoza zambiri.
  
  "Pitirizani," Sam adabwebweta, akuyembekeza kuti zomwe akufotokozerazo zingakhale zolakwika. "Kodi kupha masquerader?"
  
  "Ndi moto," Marduk anayankha, pafupifupi mofulumira kwambiri. Sam anangoona kuti akungofuna kuzichotsa pachifuwa chake. "Tamverani, kwa masiku ano, zonsezi ndi nthano za akazi akale. sindiyembekeza kuti aliyense wa inu angamvetse.
  
  "Osamvera," Werner adachotsa nkhawazo. "Ndikufuna kudziwa momwe zimatheka kuvala chigoba ndikusandutsa nkhope yanga kukhala ya wina. Nanga bwanji za izi ngakhale zomveka?"
  
  "Ndikhulupirireni, Lieutenant. Ndaona zinthu zimene anthu amangowerenga m"nthano, choncho sindikanafulumira kuzikana kuti n"zopanda nzeru," adatero Sam. "Zambiri mwazinthu zopanda pake zomwe ndidazinyozapo, ndapeza kuti ndizovomerezeka mwasayansi, mukangochotsa zokongoletsa zomwe zawonjezeredwa kwazaka zambiri kuti chinthu chothandiza chiwoneke ngati chopeka."
  
  Marduk anagwedeza mutu, woyamikira kuti wina anali ndi mwayi woti amvetsere kwa iye. Iye ankayang'anitsitsa anthu amene ankamumvetsera pamene ankawerenga zimene iwowo ankanena, n'kumadzifunsa ngati avutike.
  
  Koma adayenera kuchita zinthu mopupuluma chifukwa mphotho yake idamulepheretsa kuchita bizinesi yoyipa kwambiri mzaka zaposachedwa - kuyambitsa Nkhondo Yachitatu Yadziko Lonse.
  
  
  Mutu 20 - Choonadi Chodabwitsa
  
  
  Dr. Fritz anakhala chete nthawi yonseyi, koma pa nthawiyi anaona kuti ayenera kuwonjezerapo kanthu pa zokambiranazo. Kutsitsa maso ake padzanja lomwe lili m'chiuno mwake, adachitira umboni zachilendo za chigobacho. "Wodwalayo atabwera, ali ndi chisoni chonse, adandipempha kuti ndimusungire chigobacho. Sindinaganize kalikonse za izo poyamba, mukudziwa? Ndinkaona kuti chinali chamtengo wapatali kwa iye ndipo mwina chinali chinthu chokhacho chimene anapulumutsa pa moto wa nyumba kapena chinachake."
  
  Iye anawayang"ana, modabwa ndi mantha. Kenako anaika maganizo ake pa Marduk, ngati kuti akuona kuti m"pofunika kuti amvetse chifukwa chimene anachitira ngati sakuona zimene iyeyo anaona.
  
  "Panthaŵi ina, nditaiika pansi nkhaniyi, titero kunena kwake, kuti ndizitha kusamalira wodwala wanga. Minofu ina yakufa imene inang"ambika paphewa lake inakakamira pa gulovu yanga; Ndinayenera kuigwedeza kuti ndipitirize kugwira ntchito. " Tsopano anali kupuma movutikira. "Koma zina zidalowa mkati mwa chigoba, ndipo ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu ..."
  
  Dr. Fritz anapukusa mutu, akuchita manyazi kuti afotokoze mawu owopsa komanso opusa.
  
  "Awuzeni! Uwawuze iwo, mu dzina la woyera mtima! Ayenera kudziwa kuti sindine wopenga! - mkuluyo anafuula. Mawu ake anali onjenjemera komanso odekha chifukwa mawonekedwe a pakamwa pake ankavuta kulankhula, koma mawu ake ankalowa m"makutu mwa aliyense amene analipo ngati kuombera kwa bingu.
  
  "Ndiyenera kumaliza ntchito yanga. Zidziwike, nthawi ndidakali nayo," Dr. Fritz anayesa kusintha nkhaniyo, koma palibe amene anasuntha minofu kuti imuthandize. Zinsinsi za Dr. Fritz zinagwedezeka pamene anasintha maganizo ake.
  
  "Pamene... Dr. Fritz anapeza kuti sanakhulupirire mawu akeake, komabe anakumbukira kuti zimenezi n"zimene zinachitikadi! Nkhope za oyendetsa ndege atatuwo zinakhala zitawuma chifukwa chosakhulupirira. Komabe, panalibe chidziwitso chotsutsa kapena kudabwa pankhope za Sam Cleave ndi Marduk. "Mkati mwa chigobacho chinakhala ... nkhope, basi," adapuma kwambiri, "kungopindika. Ndinadziuza ndekha kuti nthawi yayitali yogwira ntchito komanso mawonekedwe a chigobacho zimandichitira nthabwala zankhanza, koma chopukutira chamagazicho chitangochotsedwa, nkhopeyo idasowa.
  
  Palibe amene ananena kalikonse. Amuna ena zinawavuta kukhulupirira, pamene ena anayesa kupanga njira zothekera zimene zikanachitikira. Marduk adaganiza kuti tsopano ikhala nthawi yabwino kuti awonjezere china chake chodabwitsa kwa Dokotala, koma nthawi ino perekani izi kuchokera kumalingaliro asayansi. "Umu ndi momwe zimakhalira. Chigoba cha ku Babulo chimagwiritsa ntchito njira yoopsa kwambiri, pogwiritsa ntchito minofu ya munthu wakufa kuti atenge majini omwe ali nawo, ndiyeno kuumba nkhope ya munthuyo ngati chigoba."
  
  "Yesu!" Werner anatero. Anayang'ana pamene Himmelfarb akuthamangira pa iye, akulunjika kuchimbudzi cha chipindacho. "Eya, sindikukuimba mlandu, Corporal."
  
  "Abwana, ndikukumbutseni kuti ndili ndi dipatimenti yoyang'anira." Dr. Fritz anabwereza mawu ake oyambirira.
  
  "Pali ... chinanso," Marduk adalowererapo, akukweza pang'onopang'ono dzanja lake la mafupa kuti atsindike mfundo yake.
  
  "O, chabwino," Sam anamwetulira mwachipongwe, ndikukonza kukhosi kwake.
  
  Marduk sanamumvere ndipo anaika malamulo enanso osalembedwa. "Masker akangotenga mawonekedwe a nkhope ya woperekayo, chigobacho chimatha kuchotsedwa ndi moto. Moto wokha ndi umene ungauchotse pankhope ya Woumba." Kenako anawonjezera kuti, "ndicho chifukwa chake ndimayenera kuchita zomwe ndidachita."
  
  Himmelfarb sakanatha kupiriranso. "Kwa Mulungu, ndine woyendetsa ndege. Zoyipa za mumbo-jumbo izi sizili za ine. Izi zonse zikumveka ngati Hannibal Lecter kwa ine. Ndikupita anzanga."
  
  "Wapatsidwa ntchito, Himmelfarb," Werner adatero mwaukali, koma corporal waku Schleswig airbase adachoka pamasewera, zivute zitani.
  
  "Ndikudziwa izi, Lieutenant!" - adafuula. "Ndipo ndidzasonyeza kusakhutira kwanga kwa mkulu wathu wolemekezeka, kuti musadzakudzudzuleni chifukwa cha khalidwe langa." Anapumira, akupukuta mphumi yake yonyowa, yotuwa. "Pepani anyamata, koma izi sindingathe kuzipirira. Zabwino zonse, kwenikweni. Ndiyimbireni mukafuna woyendetsa ndege. Ndizo zonse zomwe ine ndiri. Anatuluka n"kutseka chitseko.
  
  "Thanzi lako, mnyamata," Sam anatsanzika. Kenako anafika kwa Marduk ndi funso limodzi lovutitsa maganizo limene linamuvutitsa maganizo kuyambira pamene anafotokozera zimenezi. "Marduk, ndili ndi vuto ndi kena kake pano. Ndiuzeni, chingachitike ndi chiyani ngati munthu angovala chigoba popanda kuchita chilichonse ndi nyama yakufayo?
  
  "Palibe".
  
  Panali nyimbo yokhumudwitsa pakati pa ena. Ankayembekezera malamulo ena opangidwa ndi masewerawa, Marduk anazindikira, koma analibe cholinga chopanga chilichonse chosangalatsa. Anangogwedeza mutu.
  
  "Palibe chikuchitika?" Kohl anadabwa kwambiri. "Kodi suli kufa imfa yowawa kapena kusimidwa mpaka kufa? Mumavala chigoba ndipo palibe chomwe chimachitika. " Chigoba cha Babeloni." Babeloni
  
  "Palibe chomwe chikuchitika mwana wanga. Ndi chigoba chabe. N"chifukwa chake ndi anthu ochepa chabe amene amadziwa za mphamvu zake zoipa," anayankha Marduk.
  
  "Ndi wakupha bwanji," Kohl adadandaula.
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye ngati muvala chigoba ndipo nkhope yanu ikhala ya wina - ndipo osawotchedwa ndi munthu wamisala wopenga ngati inu - mudzakhalabe ndi nkhope ya wina mpaka kalekale?" - Anafunsa Werner.
  
  "Ah, chabwino!" - Sam adadandaula, akuchita chidwi ndi zonsezi. Akadakhala kuti anali wachinyamata, akadakhala akutafuna cholembera chake ndikumalemba manotsi ngati wopenga pofika pano, koma Sam anali mtolankhani wakale wakale, wokhoza kuloweza mfundo zosawerengeka kwinaku akumvetsera. Zimenezo, ndipo anajambula mobisa makambitsirano onse kuchokera pa tepi chojambulira m"thumba mwake.
  
  "Ukhala wakhungu," anayankha Marduk mwamanyazi. Kenako umakhala ngati nyama yachiwewe n"kufa.
  
  Ndipo kachiwiri mluzi wodabwitsa unadutsa pakati pawo. Kuseka pang'ono kapena ziwiri zinatsatira. Mmodzi anali Dr. Fritz. Panthaŵiyi anazindikira kuti kunalibe ntchito kuyesa kutaya gululo, ndipo kuwonjezera apo, tsopano anayamba kuchita chidwi.
  
  "Aa, Bambo Marduk, mukuwoneka kuti muli ndi yankho lokonzeka pachilichonse, sichoncho?" Dr. Fritz anapukusa mutu wake moseketsa.
  
  "Inde, zili choncho, dokotala wanga wokondedwa," anavomereza motero Marduk. "Ndili ndi zaka pafupifupi makumi asanu ndi atatu, ndipo ndakhala ndikuyang"anira izi ndi zinthu zina zotsalira kuyambira ndili mnyamata wa zaka khumi ndi zisanu. Panopa sindimadziwa malamulowo, koma mwatsoka ndawaona akugwira ntchito nthawi zambiri."
  
  Dr. Fritz mwadzidzidzi anadzimva wopusa chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwake ndipo zinawonekera pa nkhope yake. "Landilani kupepesa kwanga".
  
  "Ndamva, Dr. Fritz. Amuna nthawi zonse amafulumira kutsutsa zinthu zomwe sangathe kuziletsa ngati zamisala. Koma zikafika pamachitidwe awo opanda pake ndi njira zawo zopusa zochitira zinthu, akhoza kukupatsirani pafupifupi mafotokozedwe aliwonse otsimikizira zimenezo," mkuluyo anatero movutikira.
  
  Dokotalayo anatha kuona kuti minyewa yochepa imene inali m"kamwa mwake inali kulepheretsa munthuyo kupitiriza kulankhula.
  
  "Hmm, pali chifukwa chilichonse chomwe anthu ovala chigoba amakhala akhungu ndikusiya malingaliro?" Kohl adafunsa funso lake loyamba lochokera pansi pamtima.
  
  "Gawo ili lakhalabe nthano komanso nthano, mwana wanga," Marduk adanyoza. "Ndaona izi zikuchitika kangapo m"zaka zapitazi. Anthu ambiri omwe adagwiritsa ntchito chigobacho pazinthu zoyipa samadziwa zomwe zingawachitikire akadzabwezera. Mofanana ndi chikhumbo chilichonse choipa kapena chikhumbo chilichonse chimene munthu amapeza, pali mtengo wake wolipira. Koma anthu saphunzira. Mphamvu ndi za milungu. Kudzichepetsa ndi kwa amuna."
  
  Werner anawerengera zonsezi m"mutu mwake. "Ndiloleni ndifotokoze mwachidule," iye anatero. "Mukavala chigoba ngati chobisalira, sizowopsa komanso zopanda ntchito."
  
  "Inde," anayankha Marduk, akutsitsa chibwano chake ndi kuphethira pang"onopang"ono.
  
  "Ndipo ngati inu muchotsa khungu lina pa chandamale chakufa ndi kuchiyika mkati mwa chigoba, ndiyeno nkuchiyika icho pa nkhope yanu...Mulungu, kungomva mawu amenewo kumandidwalitsa ine...Nkhope yanu imakhala nkhope ya munthu ameneyo. chabwino?"
  
  "Keke ina ya Team Werner." Sam anamwetulira ndikuloza Marduk akugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Koma ndiye uyenera kuuwotcha ndi moto kapena kuuvala ndi kuchita khungu usanachite misala kotheratu," Werner anakwinya nkhope yake, akusumika maganizo pa kutenga abakha ake motsatizana.
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," anatero Marduk.
  
  Dr. Fritz analinso ndi funso limodzi. "Kodi alipo amene anadziŵapo mmene angapeŵere chimodzi mwa zinthu zimenezi, a Marduk? Kodi pali wina amene anamasula chigoba popanda kuchita khungu kapena kufa pamoto?"
  
  "Kodi LöVenhagen adachita bwanji? Anachiyikanso kuti atenge nkhope ya Dr. Hilt ndikutuluka mchipatala! Kodi anachita bwanji zimenezi? -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Motowo unamutengera nthawi yoyamba, Sam. Anangokhala ndi mwayi wopulumuka. Chikopa ndiye njira yokhayo yopewera tsogolo la Mask of Babel, "adatero Marduk, akumveka kuti alibe chidwi. Zinakhala mbali yofunika kwambiri ya kukhalapo kwake kotero kuti anatopa kubwereza mfundo zakale zomwezo.
  
  "Ichi ... khungu?" Sam anadandaula.
  
  "Ndicho chimodzimodzi. Kwenikweni, ili ndi khungu la chigoba cha Babele. Iyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pa nkhope ya Masker mu nthawi kuti ibise kusakanikirana kwa nkhope ya Masker ndi chigoba. Koma munthu wathu wosauka, wokhumudwitsidwa sadziwa za izi. Posachedwapa azindikira kulakwa kwake, ngati sanazindikire," anayankha Marduk. "Kaŵirikaŵiri khungu limatenga masiku atatu kapena anayi, choncho kulikonse kumene ali, ndikukhulupirira kuti sakuyendetsa galimoto."
  
  "Amuchita bwino. Chitsiru!" Kol anapanga grimace.
  
  "Sindinavomereze zambiri," anatero Dr. Fritz. "Koma abambo, ndikuyenera kukupemphani kuti muchokepo asanamve zaulemu wathu wochuluka pano."
  
  Zimene Dr. Fritz anasangalala nazo, ulendo uno onse anavomera. Anatenga malaya awo ndikukonzeka pang'onopang'ono kutuluka muofesi. Ndi kuvomereza ndi mawu omaliza otsanzikana, oyendetsa ndege a Air Force adachoka, ndikusiya Marduk ali m'ndende kuti awonetsedwe. Anaganiza zokumana ndi Sam pang'ono. Ndi kusintha kwatsopano kumeneku komanso kusanja kofunikira pa mfundo zosokoneza, iwo ankafuna kuganiziranso za udindo wawo mu dongosolo lalikulu la zinthu.
  
  Sam ndi Margaret anakumana kumalo odyera ku hotelo yake pamene Marduk ndi oyendetsa ndege awiriwa akupita ku airbase kuti akauze Schmidt. Tsopano Werner adadziwa kuti Marduk amadziwa wamkulu wake malinga ndi zomwe adakambirana m'mbuyomu, koma sanadziwebe chifukwa chake Schmidt amasunga chidziwitso chokhudza chigoba chowopsacho. Inde, chinali chinthu chamtengo wapatali, koma ndi udindo wake m'gulu lofunika kwambiri monga Luftwaffe ya ku Germany, Werner ankakhulupirira kuti payenera kukhala chifukwa cha ndale chomwe Schmidt anasaka chigoba cha Babele.
  
  "Kodi mumuuza chiyani mkulu wanu za ine?" - Marduk adafunsa anyamata awiri omwe amatsagana nawo pamene akuyenda kupita ku jeep ya Werner.
  
  "Sindikutsimikiza kuti tingamuuze za inu. Kuchokera pa zomwe ndikulingalira apa, zingakhale bwino mutatithandiza kupeza L öVenhagen ndikusunga kukhalapo kwanu mwachinsinsi, Bambo Marduk. Kaputeni Schmidt akamadziwa pang'ono za inu komanso kutengapo mbali kwanu, ndibwino," adatero Werner.
  
  "Tikuwona m'munsi!" - Kohl adafuula kuchokera pamagalimoto anayi kutali ndi ife, akutsegula galimoto yake.
  
  Werner anagwedeza mutu. "Kumbukirani, Marduk kulibe ndipo sitinapezebe Lövenhagen, sichoncho?"
  
  "Kumvetsetsa!" Kol adavomereza dongosololi ndi moni pang'ono komanso kuseka kwaunyamata. Analowa mgalimoto yake ndikumapita pomwe kuwala kwamadzulo kunawalira mumsewu. Dzuwa linali litatsala pang"ono kulowa ndipo anafika pa tsiku lachiŵiri lakusaka kwawo, kuthabe tsikuli osapambana.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyambe kuyang'ana oyendetsa ndege akhungu?" Werner anafunsa moona mtima kotheratu, mosasamala kanthu kuti pempho lakelo linali lopusa chotani nanga. "Leli ndi tsiku lachitatu kuyambira pomwe Löwenhagen adagwiritsa ntchito chigobacho kuthawa m'chipatala, ndiye akuyenera kukhala ndi vuto la maso."
  
  "Zimenezo n"zoona," anayankha Marduk. "Ngati thupi lake lili lamphamvu, osati chifukwa cha madzi osamba amene ndamupatsa, angatengere nthawi kuti ayambe kuona. Ndicho chifukwa chake a Kumadzulo sanamvetse miyambo yakale ya Mesopotamiya ndi Babulo ndipo ankationa kuti ndife ampatuko ndi nyama zokhetsa magazi. Pamene mafumu ndi atsogoleri akale ankawotcha akhungu m"kati mwa kuphedwa kwa ufiti, sikunali chifukwa cha nkhanza za chinenezo chabodza. Zambiri mwa milanduyi ndizomwe zidapangitsa kuti chigoba cha Babel chigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chinyengo chawo. "
  
  "Zambiri mwa zitsanzo izi?" Werner anafunsa ali ndi nsidze yokweza nsidze pamene ankayatsa moto wa Jeep, akuwoneka wokayikira njira zomwe zili pamwambazi.
  
  Marduk anadandaula kuti: "Chabwino, aliyense amalakwitsa, mwana wanga. Ndibwino kukhala otetezeka kusiyana ndi chisoni. "
  
  
  Mutu 21 - Chinsinsi cha Neumann ndi LöVenhagen
  
  
  Atatopa komanso kumva chisoni, Olaf Lanhagen anakhala pansi m"kanyumba kena pafupi ndi Darmstadt. Panali patatha masiku aŵiri kuchokera pamene anasiya Nina kunyumba ya Frau Bauer, koma sanathe kukwanitsa kukokera mnzake pamodzi naye pa ntchito yachinsinsi yoteroyo, makamaka imene inkafunika kutsogozedwa ngati bulu. Iye ankayembekezera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama za Dr. Hilt pogulira chakudya. Anaganizanso zotaya foni yake ngati angamupeze. Pakali pano akuluakulu a boma ayenera kuti anazindikira kuti iye ndi amene anapha anthu kuchipatala, chifukwa chake sanalamulire galimoto ya Hilt kuti ipite kwa Captain Schmidt, yemwe anali pa airbase ya Schleswig panthawiyo.
  
  Adaganiza zopanga mwayi pogwiritsa ntchito foni ya Hilt kuyimba kamodzi. Izi mwina zikanamuyika iye pamalo ovuta ndi Schmidt, popeza mafoni a m'manja amatha kuyang'aniridwa, koma analibe njira ina. Popeza kuti chitetezo chake chinali pachiwopsezo komanso ntchito yake itasokonekera kwambiri , adayenera kugwiritsa ntchito njira zowopsa kwambiri zolumikizirana kuti alumikizane ndi munthu yemwe adamutumiza ku mishoniyo.
  
  "Pilsner Wina, bwana?" - woperekera zakudyayo anafunsa mwadzidzidzi, zomwe zinapangitsa mtima wa Löwenhagen kugunda kwambiri. Anayang'ana woperekera zakudyayo motopa kwambiri m'mawu ake.
  
  "Inde zikomo". Mwamsanga anasintha maganizo ake. "Dikirani, ayi. Ndikufuna schnapps, chonde. Ndi chakudya."
  
  "Muyenera kutenga china chake pa menyu, bwana. Wakonda chilichonse pamenepo?" Adafunsa mopanda chidwi waiter uja.
  
  "Ingondibweretserani chakudya cham'madzi," Lövenhagen adadandaula mokwiya.
  
  Woperekera zakudyayo anaseka, "Bwana, monga mukuonera, sitimapatsa nsomba zam"nyanja. Chonde itanitsani mbale yomwe tikugulitsani."
  
  Ngati Löwenhagen sanadikire msonkhano wofunikira, kapena ngati sanafooke chifukwa cha njala, akanatha kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wovala nkhope ya Hilt kuti aphwanye chigaza cha chitsiru chija. "Ndiye ingondibweretsera nyamayo. Mulungu wanga! Basi, sindikudziwa, ndidabwitseni!" - woyendetsa ndegeyo anakuwa mokwiya.
  
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha woperekera zakudyayo yemwe anali wodabwa kwambiri, n"kusonkhanitsa mwamsanga zakudya ndi galasi la mowa.
  
  "Ndipo musaiwale za schnapps poyamba!" - adafuula pambuyo pa chitsiru mu apuloni, yemwe anali kupita kukhitchini kudzera pa matebulo ndi alendo omwe ali ndi maso. Löwenhagen anawanyengerera ndipo anatulutsa chinachake chomwe chinkamveka ngati kulira kwapansi komwe kumachokera mkati mwa mmero wake. Poda nkhawa ndi munthu wowopsayo, anthu ena adachoka pamalopo pomwe ena adakambirana nawo zamanjenje.
  
  Mtsikana wina wokongola woperekera zakudya analimba mtima kumubweretsera chakumwa kuti azikomera mnzake yemwe anali ndi mantha. (Woperekera zakudyayo anali kudzilimbitsa m"khichini, akukonzekera kuyang"anizana ndi kasitomala wokwiyayo mwamsanga chakudya chake chikakonzeka.) Iye anamwetulira mwamantha, naika pansi galasilo nalengeza kuti, "Schnapps for you, bwana."
  
  "Zikomo," zonse zimene iye analankhula, zinamdabwitsa.
  
  Löwenhagen, wazaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri, adakhala akuganizira za tsogolo lake pakuyatsa kosangalatsa kwa malo ogulitsira pomwe dzuŵa limatuluka kunja, ndikupangitsa mazenera kukhala mdima. Nyimbozo zinamveka mokweza pang'ono pamene khamu la madzulo likulowa mkati ngati denga likutuluka monyinyirika. Ali mkati modikira chakudya chake, anaitanitsa zakumwa zoledzeretsa zisanu, ndipo pamene helo woziziritsa wa mowawo unawotcha mnofu wake wovulalawo, analingalira za mmene anafikira pamenepa.
  
  M"moyo wake anali asanaganizepo kuti adzakhala wakupha munthu wopanda chifundo, wakupha munthu kuti apeze phindu, ngakhale pamene anali wamng"ono. Amuna ambiri amatsitsa ndi ukalamba, kusandulika nkhumba zopanda chifundo chifukwa cha lonjezo lopeza ndalama. Osati iye. Monga woyendetsa ndege zankhondo, ankadziwa kuti tsiku lina adzapha anthu ambiri kunkhondo, koma kudzakhala chifukwa cha dziko lake.
  
  Kuteteza Germany ndi zolinga za Banki Yadziko Lonse za dziko latsopano inali ntchito yake yoyamba ndi chikhumbo chake. Kutenga moyo kwa cholinga ichi chinali chizoloŵezi chofala, koma tsopano iye anali kuchita ulendo wamagazi kuti akwaniritse zikhumbo za mkulu wa Luftwaffe, zomwe zinalibe kanthu kochita ndi ufulu wa Germany kapena ubwino wa dziko. Ndipotu tsopano anachita zosiyana. Zimenezi zinam'fooketsa kwambiri mofanana ndi kufooka kwa maso ndi khalidwe lake loipitsitsa.
  
  Chimene chinamuvutitsa maganizo kwambiri chinali mmene Neumand anakuwa pamene LöVenhagen anamuwotcha nthawi yoyamba. Captain Schmidt adalemba ganyu LöVenhagen chifukwa cha zomwe mkulu wa asilikaliyo adanena kuti ndi ntchito yachinsinsi kwambiri. Izi zadza pomwe gulu lawo lankhondo latumiza posachedwapa pafupi ndi mzinda wa Mosul, Iraq.
  
  Kuchokera pazomwe mkuluyo adauza LöVenhagen, zikuwoneka kuti Flieger Neumann adatumizidwa ndi Schmidt kuti akatenge zotsalira zakale zomwe zidabisika m'gulu lachinsinsi pomwe anali ku Iraq panthawi yaposachedwa kwambiri yakuphulitsa mabomba komwe kumayang'ana ku World Bank makamaka ofesi ya CIA komweko. Neumand, yemwe poyamba anali wachifwamba, anali ndi luso lotha kuthyola m"nyumba ya munthu wolemera wotolera zinthu ndi kuba Chigoba cha ku Babele.
  
  Anapatsidwa chithunzi cha chinthu chopyapyala chopyapyala chooneka ngati chigaza, ndipo mothandizidwa ndi iye anatha kuba chinthucho m"bokosi lamkuwa limene ankagonamo. Patangopita nthawi yochepa atakoka bwino, Neumand anabwerera ku Germany ndi zolanda zomwe adapeza kwa Schmidt, koma Schmidt sanadalire zofooka za amuna omwe adawasankha kuchita ntchito yake yonyansa. Neuand anali wokonda kutchova njuga. Madzulo ake oyamba kubwerera, adatenga chigobacho kupita naye kumalo omwe ankakonda kwambiri kutchova njuga, chakudya chakumbuyo ku Dillenburg.
  
  Sikuti adangochita mosasamala kwambiri ponyamula zinthu zamtengo wapatali, zobedwa kulikonse, komanso adakwiyitsa Captain Schmidt posapereka chigobacho mwanzeru komanso mwachangu monga momwe adalembedwera. Atamva kuti gulu lankhondo labwerera ndikupeza kulibe kwa Neumand, Schmidt nthawi yomweyo adalumikizana ndi anthu omwe adathamangitsidwa m'malo ake am'mbuyo am'mlengalenga kuti atenge zotsalirazo kuchokera ku Neumand mwanjira iliyonse.
  
  Poganizira za usiku umenewo, LöVenhagen ankadana kwambiri ndi Captain Schmidt m"maganizo mwake. Anachititsa kuvulala kosafunika. Iye ndiye anayambitsa kupanda chilungamo chifukwa cha umbombo. Anali chifukwa chake Löwenhagen sadzakhalanso ndi maonekedwe ake abwino, ndipo uwu unali mlandu wosakhululukidwa kwambiri umene umbombo wa mkulu wa asilikali unachititsa pa moyo wa Löwenhagen, zomwe zinatsala.
  
  Chophimbacho chinali chokongola mokwanira, koma kwa LöVenhagen kutayika kwa umunthu wake kudadula kwambiri kuposa kuvulala kulikonse komwe kungachite. Pamwamba pa zimenezo, maso ake anayamba kufooka moti ankalephera ngakhale kuwerenga menyu yoitanitsa chakudya. Chitonzocho chinali choipitsitsa kuposa kusapeza bwino ndi kulumala. Anamwetsa schnapps ndikukweza zala zake pamwamba pamutu pake, kufuna zambiri.
  
  M'mutu mwake, amamva mawu zikwizikwi akukankhira wina mlandu kwa wina aliyense chifukwa cha zosankha zake zolakwika, ndipo malingaliro ake amkati adasiyidwa chifukwa zonse zidalakwika mwachangu. Anakumbukira usiku womwe adalandira chigobacho, ndi momwe Neumand anakana kupereka zinthu zomwe adapeza movutikira. Anatsatira njira ya Neumand yopita kumalo otchova njuga pansi pa masitepe a kalabu yausiku. Kumeneko anadikira nthaŵi yoyenera, akumaoneka ngati munthu wina wapaphwando amene nthaŵi zambiri amapita kumalo amenewa.
  
  Itangotsala pang'ono 1 koloko, Neumand anali atataya zonse ndipo tsopano akukumana ndi zovuta ziwiri kapena zopanda kanthu.
  
  "Ndikulipirani ma euro 1,000 ngati mutandilola kusunga chigobachi ngati chitsimikizo," adatero Löwenhagen.
  
  "Mukunena zowona?" Neumand adaseka ataledzera. "Zoyipa izi ndi zamtengo wapatali kuwirikiza nthawi miliyoni!" Anasunga chigobacho kuti aliyense aone, koma mwamwayi kuledzera kwake kudapangitsa kuti gulu lokayikitsa lomwe anali nalo likaikire kuwona mtima kwake pankhaniyi. Löwenhagen sakanawalola kuti aganizire kawiri za izo, choncho anachitapo kanthu mwamsanga.
  
  "Pakadali pano, ndikusewerani chigoba chopusa. Ndikhoza kukubwezerani bulu wanu. " Adanena izi mokweza kwambiri, akuyembekeza kutsimikizira ena kuti akungofuna kupeza chigobacho kuti amukakamize mnzake kubwerera kwawo. Ndizabwino kuti mbiri yachinyengo ya Lövenhagen idakulitsa luso lake lachinyengo. Anali wonyengerera kwambiri pochita zachinyengo, khalidwe limene nthawi zambiri linkamupindulitsa. Mpaka pano, pamene adatsimikiza tsogolo lake.
  
  Chigobacho chinakhala pakati pa tebulo lozungulira, atazunguliridwa ndi amuna atatu. Lö Venhagen sakanatha kutsutsa pomwe wosewera wina akufuna kuchitapo kanthu. Bamboyo anali woyendetsa njinga wamba, msilikali wosavuta wa phazi mu dongosolo lake, koma zingakhale zokayikitsa kumukana kuti apite ku masewera a poker mu dzenje la anthu lomwe limadziwika ndi zinyalala zapafupi kulikonse.
  
  Ngakhale ndi luso lake ngati wachinyengo, LöVenhagen adapeza kuti sakanatha kunyenga chigoba kuchokera kwa mlendo yemwe amasewera chizindikiro cha Gremium chakuda ndi choyera pakhosi lachikopa.
  
  "Black Seven ikulamulira, zigawenga!" - wanjinga wamkulu adabangula pomwe LöVenhagen adapinda ndipo dzanja la Neumann likuwonetsa ma jacks atatu opanda mphamvu. Neumand anali ataledzera kwambiri kuti ayese kubwezera chigobacho, ngakhale kuti anali wokhumudwa kwambiri ndi kutaya kwake.
  
  "O Yesu! O Yesu wokoma, andipha! Adzandipha!" - ndizo zonse zomwe Neumand anganene, akugwedeza mutu wake wowerama m'manja mwake. Anakhala ndikubuula mpaka gulu lotsatira lomwe likufuna kutenga tebulo linamuuza kuti apite ku banki. Neumann anachoka, akung'ung'udza chinachake pansi pa mpweya wake ngati wamisala, koma kachiwiri chinanenedwa kuti chinali choledzera, ndipo iwo omwe adawachotsa panjira adatenga njirayo. Lövenhagen adatsatira Neumann, osadziwa za chikhalidwe cha esoteric , zomwe woyendetsa njingayo anali kugwedezeka m'manja kwinakwake kutsogolo. Woyendetsa njingayo adayima kwakanthawi, akudzitamandira kwa gulu la atsikana kuti chigoba cha chigaza chidzawoneka chonyansa pansi pa chisoti cha gulu lankhondo la Germany. Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti Neumand anali atatsatiradi woyendetsa njingayo kulowa m"dzenje lakuda la konkire kumene mizere yanjinga zamoto zinkawala mu kuwala kotuwa kwa nyali zakutsogolo zomwe sizinafike kwenikweni pamalo oimikapo magalimoto.
  
  Modekha anayang"ana pamene Neumand akutulutsa mfuti, n"kutuluka mumithunzimo ndi kuwombera njingayo kunkhope yopanda kanthu. Kuwombera kwamfuti sikunali kwachilendo m"madera amenewa a mzindawo, ngakhale kuti anthu ena anachenjeza anthu ena apanjinga. Posakhalitsa, zojambulajambula zawo zinawonekera m"mphepete mwa dzenje loimikapo magalimoto, koma iwo anali adakali kutali kwambiri kuti asawone chimene chinachitika.
  
  Pochita chidwi ndi zimene anaona, Lövenhagen anaona mwambo woipa kwambiri wodula nyama ya munthu wakufa ndi mpeni wake. Neumand adatsitsa chinsalu chotuluka magazi chija pansi pa chigobacho ndikuyamba kumuvula mwachangu ndi zala zake zomwe zidaledzera. Modabwa komanso ali ndi maso, LöVenhagen nthawi yomweyo anazindikira chinsinsi cha Babel Mask. Tsopano adadziwa chifukwa chake Schmidt anali wofunitsitsa kuyika manja ake pa iye.
  
  Mu chikhalidwe chake chatsopano, Neumand adagubuduza mtembowo m'mabini a zinyalala mamita ochepa kuchokera pagalimoto yomaliza mumdima, kenako adakwera njinga yamoto ya bamboyo. Patatha masiku anayi, Neuman anatenga chigobacho ndikubisala. LöVenhagen adamupeza kunja kwa malo ku Schleswig, komwe amabisala ku mkwiyo wa Schmidt. Neumand amawonekabe ngati woyendetsa njinga, wokhala ndi magalasi adzuwa ndi jinzi zonyansa, koma adasiya mitundu ya kalabu ndi njinga. Mtsogoleri wa Mannheim ku Gremium anali kufunafuna munthu wonyenga, ndipo sikunali koyenera kuopsa. Neumand atakumana ndi Lövenhagen, anali kuseka ngati wamisala, akung'ung'udza mosagwirizana ndi zomwe zinkamveka ngati chilankhulo chakale cha Chiarabu.
  
  Kenako anatola mpeni uja n"kuyesa kudzicheka nkhope yake.
  
  
  Mutu 22 - Kuuka kwa Mulungu Wakhungu
  
  
  "Ndiye mwamaliza kulumikizana." Mawu adadutsa m'thupi la Lövenhagen kuchokera kumbuyo kwa phewa lake lakumanzere. Nthawi yomweyo analingalira mdierekezi, ndipo sanali patali ndi choonadi.
  
  "Captain Schmidt," adavomereza, koma pazifukwa zodziwikiratu sanayime ndikupereka sawatcha. "Mundikhululukire chifukwa chosachita bwino. Mwaona, ndavala nkhope ya munthu wina.
  
  "Muthu. "Jack Daniels, chonde," Schmidt adauza woperekera zakudya asanafike patebulo ndi mbale za Lövenhagen.
  
  "Imitsani mbale kaye, bwanawe!" Lowenhagen anafuula, zomwe zinapangitsa munthu wosokonezekayo kuti amvere. Woyang"anira lesitilantiyo anaima chapafupi, akudikirira cholakwa china asanapemphe wolakwayo kuti achoke.
  
  "Tsopano ndikuwona kuti mwazindikira zomwe chigobacho chimachita," Schmidt adang'ung'udza pansi ndikuweramitsa mutu kuti awone ngati pali wina amene akumva.
  
  "Ndidawona zomwe adachita usiku womwe Neumand adamugwiritsa ntchito kuti adziphe. "Lövenhagen adati mwakachetechete, akumapumira pakati pa kulumidwa ndikumeza theka loyamba la nyama ngati nyama.
  
  "Ndiye mukuti titani tsopano? Nditumizireni ndalama ngati Neuman adachitira?" - anafunsa Schmidt, kuyesera kupeza nthawi. Iye ankadziwa bwino kuti chotsaliracho chinatengedwa kwa amene ankachigwiritsa ntchito.
  
  "Blackmail iwe?" Löwenhagen anakuwa ndi nyama yapinki yodzaza m'kamwa mwake yotsekeka pakati pa mano ake. "Kodi ukundinyengerera? Ndikufuna kuyivula, kaputeni. Mukaonana ndi dokotala wa opaleshoni kuti amuchotse."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Posachedwa ndamva kuti mwapsa kwambiri. Ndikanaganiza kuti ukanafuna kusunga nkhope ya dokotala wothamanga m"malo mwa kusungunuka kwa mnofu kumene kunali nkhope yako," mkulu wa asilikaliyo anayankha mwaukali. Anayang'ana modabwa pamene Löwenhagen ankavutikira kudula nyama yake, akugwedeza maso ake omwe anali ofooka kuti apeze m'mphepete mwake.
  
  "Zaka iwe!" -Lowenhagen adalumbira. Sanawone bwino nkhope ya Schmidt, koma adamva chikhumbo chachikulu cholowetsa choboolera chanyama m'maso mwake ndikuyembekeza zabwino. "Ndikufuna kuyivula ndisanakhale mileme wamisala ... r-mad... fuck..."
  
  "Kodi izi ndi zomwe zidachitikira Neuman?" - Schmidt adasokoneza, kuthandiza wachinyamata wogwira ntchitoyo kupanga chiganizo chake. "Kodi chinachitika ndi chiyani, Lövenhagen? Chifukwa cha fiti ya juga ya chitsiru ichi, ndikutha kumvetsetsa cholinga chake chosunga zomwe zili zanga moyenera. Chomwe chimandidodometsa ndi chifukwa chake umafuna kundibisira izi kwa nthawi yayitali musanandiuze."
  
  Ndikanati ndikupatse iwe tsiku lotsatira nditamutenga ku Neuand, koma usiku womwewo ndinadzipeza ndekha, kaputeni wanga wokondedwa. Lövenhagen tsopano anali kulowetsa zidutswa za nyama mkamwa mwake. Chifukwa cha mantha, anthu omwe anali pafupi nawo anayamba kuyang"ana ndi kunong"ona.
  
  "Pepani, mbuyanga," bwanayo anatero mwaulemu ndi mawu abata.
  
  Koma Lövenhagen sanalole kumvetsera. Anaponya khadi lakuda la American Express patebulo nati, "Tamverani, tibweretsereni botolo la tequila ndipo ndidzachitira zitsiru zamphuno zonsezi ngati zisiya kundiyang"ana choncho!"
  
  Ena mwa omutsatira omwe anali pa pool table anasangalala. Anthu ena onse anabwerera ku ntchito yawo.
  
  "Osadandaula, tikunyamuka posachedwa. Ingotengerani aliyense zakumwa zawo ndikumulola mnzanga amalize, chabwino?" Schmidt analungamitsa mkhalidwe wawo wamakono m"njira yake yopatulika kuposa inu yotukuka. Izi zinapangitsa bwanayo kukhala ndi chidwi kwa mphindi zingapo.
  
  "Tsopano ndiuzeni zidachitika bwanji kuti mudakhala ndi chigoba changa m'boma, komwe aliyense akanatha kuchitenga," adanong'oneza Schmidt. Anabweretsa botolo la tequila, ndipo anathira ma shoti awiri.
  
  Löwenhagen anameza movutikira kwambiri. Mowa mwachiwonekere sunali wothandiza kuchepetsa ululu wa kuvulala kwake mkati, koma anali ndi njala. Anauza mkulu wa asilikaliyo zimene zinachitika, makamaka kuti asamanyozeke m"malo mongopereka zifukwa. Zochitika zonse zomwe zidamukwiyitsa m'mbuyomu zidabwerezedwanso pomwe adauza Schmidt chilichonse, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti apeze Neumand akulankhula malilime ngati munthu wanjinga.
  
  "Aarabu? Ndizosasangalatsa, "adavomereza Schmidt. "Zimene munamva zinali m"Chiakadi? Zodabwitsa! "
  
  "Ndani amasamala?" Lowenhagen anakuwa.
  
  "Ndiye? Chigobachi mwachipeza bwanji kwa iye?" - anafunsa Schmidt, pafupifupi kumwetulira pa mfundo zosangalatsa za mbiri.
  
  "Sindinkadziwa momwe ndingabwezere chigobacho. Ndikutanthauza, apa anali ndi nkhope yotukuka bwino komanso osapeza chigoba chomwe chinali pansi pake. Mulungu wanga, mverani mau anga; Zonse ndi zowopsa komanso zowopsa! "
  
  "Pitirizani," anaumirirabe Schmidt.
  
  "Ndidamufunsa mwachindunji kuti ndingamuthandize bwanji kuvula chigoba chake, mukudziwa? Koma iye... iye..." Lövenhagen anaseka ngati woledzera chifukwa cha kupanda pake kwa mawu ake omwe. "Captain, wandiluma! Monga galu wosochera, mwana wapathengoyo anabangula pamene ndinali kuyandikira, ndipo ndikulankhulabe, mwana wa damayo anandiluma paphewa. Anang'amba chidutswa chonse! Mulungu! Kodi ndimayenera kuganiza chiyani? Ndinangoyamba kumumenya ndi chitoliro choyamba chachitsulo chimene ndinapeza pafupi."
  
  "Ndiye watani? Kodi amalankhulabe Chiakadi?" - anafunsa mkulu wa asilikali, kuwatsanulira wina.
  
  "Anayamba kuthamanga ndiye ndinamuthamangitsa. Chotsatira chake, tinadutsa mbali ya kummawa kwa Schleswig, kumene, momwe tingapezere, ife timadziwa? "- adati kwa Schmidt, yemwe nayenso adavomera kuti: "Inde, ndikudziwa malo awa, kuseri kwa nyumba yosungiramo nyumbayo."
  
  "Ndi zolondola. Tinathamanga kupyola mu izi, Captain, ngati mileme yotuluka kugahena. Ndikutanthauza kuti ndinali wokonzeka kumupha. Ndinkamva kuwawa kwambiri, ndikutuluka magazi, ndinatopa naye atandithawa kwa nthawi yayitali. Ndikulumbira, ndinali wokonzeka kuphwanya mutu wake wosweka kukhala zidutswa kuti ndibweze chigobacho, mukudziwa? " Lowenhagen anabangula mwakachetechete, momveka bwino.
  
  "Inde Inde. Pitirizani." Schmidt anaumirira kuti amve mathero a nkhaniyi asanagonjetsedwe ndi misala yopwetekayo.
  
  Mbale yake itadetsedwa komanso yopanda kanthu, Lövenhagen adalankhula mwachangu, makonsonanti ake amamveka momveka bwino. "Sindinkadziwa zomwe amafuna kuchita, koma mwina ankadziwa kuvula chigoba kapena zina zotero. Ndinamuthamangitsa mpaka kukafika kumalo osungiramo malo, kenako tinali tokha. Ndinamva alonda akukuwa kunja kwa nyumbayo. Ndikukayika kuti adamuzindikira Neuman tsopano kuti anali ndi nkhope ya munthu wina, sichoncho?
  
  "Ndi pamene adagwira womenyayo?" - Anafunsa Schmidt. "Kodi izi ndi zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ndege iwonongeke?"
  
  Maso a Löwenhagen anali akhungu kwambiri panthawiyi, koma amatha kusiyanitsa pakati pa mithunzi ndi matupi olimba. Mbalame yachikasu imapanga irises, mtundu wa maso a mkango, koma anapitiriza kulankhula, akugwedeza Schmidt m'malo ndi maso ake akhungu pamene adatsitsa mawu ake ndikugwedeza mutu wake pang'ono. "Mulungu wanga, Captain Schmidt, momwe adakudani."
  
  Narcissism inalepheretsa Schmidt kuganiza za malingaliro omwe ali m'mawu a L & # 246; Venhagen, koma kulingalira bwino kunamupangitsa kumva kuti wadetsedwa pang'ono - pomwe mzimu wake umayenera kugunda. "Ndithudi anachitadi zimenezo," iye anauza wantchito wake wosaonayo. "Ndine amene ndinamudziwitsa za chigobacho. Koma iye sankayenera kudziwa zimene ankachita, ngakhale kumugwiritsa ntchito yekha. Chitsiru chinabweretsa izi pa iye yekha. Monga momwe unachitira."
  
  "Ine ..." Löwenhagen adathamangira kutsogolo mwaukali mkati mwa mbale ndikugubuduza magalasi, "ndinangogwiritsa ntchito izi kuti mutenge magazi anu amtengo wapatali m'chipatala ndikupatseni inu, mitundu yosayamika!"
  
  Schmidt ankadziwa kuti Löwenhagen wamaliza ntchito yake, ndipo kusamvera kwake sikunalinso chifukwa chodetsa nkhawa kwambiri. Komabe, anali atatsala pang'ono kumwalira, choncho Schmidt anamulola kuti ayambe kupsa mtima. "Iye anakuda iwe monga ine ndimakuda iwe! Neuand adanong'oneza bondo kuti adatenga nawo gawo pamalingaliro anu oyipa otumiza gulu lodzipha ku Baghdad ndi The Hague. "
  
  Schmidt adamva kuti mtima wake udadumpha pakutchulidwa za dongosolo lake lachinsinsi, koma nkhope yake idakhalabe yolimba, kubisa nkhawa zonse kumbuyo kwa mawu olimba.
  
  "Atatchula dzina lanu, Schmidt, anapereka sawatcha ndi kunena kuti adzakuchezerani pa ntchito yanu yaing'ono yodzipha." Mawu a LöVenhagen adasokoneza kumwetulira kwake. "Anaima pamenepo n"kuseka ngati nyama yopenga, n"kumalira momasuka kuti anali ndani. Atavalabe ngati njinga yakufa, adalunjika kundege. Ndisanamufikire, alonda analowa. Ndinangothawa kuti ndisamangidwe. Nditangotuluka kumene, ndinakwera galimoto yanga n"kuthamangira ku Büchel kukayesa kukuchenjezani. Foni yanu yam'manja yazimitsidwa."
  
  "Ndipo m'pamene adagwetsa ndege pafupi ndi malo athu," Schmidt adagwedeza mutu. "Kodi ndifotokoze bwanji nkhani yowona kwa Lieutenant General Meyer? Ankaganiza kuti uku kunali kuukira kovomerezeka pambuyo pa zomwe chitsiru cha Chidatchi chija chinachita ku Iraq. "
  
  "Neumand anali woyendetsa ndege woyamba. Chifukwa chomwe adaphonya chandamale - inu - ndizomvetsa chisoni ngati chinsinsi," Löwenhagen adakwiya. Silhouette ya Schmidt yokha ikuwonetsa kukhalapo kwake pafupi ndi iye.
  
  "Anaphonya chifukwa, monga iwe, mwana wanga, anali wakhungu," anatero Schmidt, akusangalala ndi kupambana kwake pa omwe akanatha kumuululira. "Koma simunachidziwe eti? Popeza kuti Neumand ankavala magalasi adzuwa, simunkadziwa za vuto lake la maso. Apo ayi, inu simukanagwiritsa ntchito Chigoba cha Babele, sichoncho?
  
  "Ayi, sindikanatero," anatero LöVenhagen, akudzimva kuti wagonja mpaka kufika powira. "Koma ndikadadziwa kuti mungatumize munthu kuti adzandiwotcha ndikubweza chigobacho. Nditayendetsa galimoto kupita pamalo a ngozi, ndidapeza mabwinja a Neumand atamwazika kutali ndi fuselage. Chigobacho chinali chitachotsedwa m"chigaza chake chopsa, chotero ndinachitenga kuti ndibwerere kwa mkulu wanga wokondedwa, amene ndinaganiza kuti ndingamukhulupirire." Panthawiyi, maso ake achikasu adachita khungu. "Koma mwachita kale zimenezo, sichoncho?"
  
  "Mukulankhula za chiyani?" adamva Schmidt akunena pafupi ndi iye, koma adachita chinyengo cha mkulu wa asilikali.
  
  Munatumiza munthu pambuyo panga. Anandipeza ndi chigoba changa pamalo a ngoziyo ndipo anandithamangitsa mpaka ku Heidelberg mpaka galimoto yanga inatha mafuta! "Lövenhagen anafuula. "Koma anali ndi mpweya wokwanira tonsefe, Schmidt. Ndisanamuone akubwera, anandithira mafuta ndi kundiwotcha! Zomwe ndikanatha kuchita ndi kuthamangira kuchipatala, chomwe chili patali masitepe awiri, ndikumayembekezerabe kuti motowo sungathe kupirira mwinanso kuzimitsa ndikuthawa. Koma ayi, idangokulirakulirabe, ndikumeza khungu langa, milomo ndi miyendo mpaka zidawoneka ngati ndikukuwa kudzera m'thupi langa! Kodi mukudziwa momwe zimakhalira kumva mtima wanu ukuphulika chifukwa cha fungo la thupi lanu lomwe likuyaka ngati steak pa grill? IWE?" - adakuwa wotsogolera ndi mawu oipa a munthu wakufa.
  
  Pamene manejala adathamangira patebulo lawo, Schmidt adakweza dzanja lake mosasamala.
  
  "Tikunyamuka. Tikunyamuka. Ingosamutsirani ku kirediti kadi," analamula motero Schmidt, podziŵa kuti posachedwapa Dr. Hilt adzapezeka atafanso, ndipo mawu ake a pa kirediti kadi akasonyeza kuti anakhala ndi moyo kwa masiku angapo kuposa mmene ananenera poyamba.
  
  "Bwerani, LöVenhagen," adatero Schmidt molimbikira. "Ndikudziwa momwe tingachotsere chigobachi pankhope pako. Ngakhale sindikudziwa momwe ndingasinthire khungu. "
  
  Anapita ndi mnzake uja ku bar komwe anasaina lisiti. Pamene amachoka, Schmidt anabweza khadi la ngongole m"thumba la Lövenhagen. Onse ogwira ntchito ndi alendo adapumira m'malo. Woperekera zakudya watsoka, yemwe sanalandire chenjezo, adadula lilime lake nati, "Zikomo Mulungu! Ndikukhulupirira kuti aka ndi nthawi yomaliza kumuona."
  
  
  Mutu 23 - Kupha
  
  
  Marduk anayang'ana wotchi ndi kakona kakang'ono pa nkhope yake ndi mapepala a deti omwe adayikidwa kuti asonyeze kuti ndi October 28th. Zala zake zidagunda kauntala pomwe amadikirira wolandila alendo ku Swanwasser Hotel, komwe Sam Cleave ndi bwenzi lake losamvetsetseka anali kukhalanso.
  
  "Ndi zimenezotu, Bambo Marduk. Takulandirani ku Germany," mkuluyo anamwetulira mokoma mtima n"kubweza pasipoti ya Marduk. Maso ake anali pa nkhope yake kwa nthawi yayitali. Izi zidapangitsa kuti mkuluyo adzifunse ngati ndi chifukwa cha nkhope yake yachilendo kapena zitupa zake zidalemba dziko la Iraq ngati dziko lomwe adachokera.
  
  "Vielen Dank," anayankha motero. Akanatha kumwetulira.
  
  Atalowa kuchipinda kwake, adatsika kukakumana ndi Sam ndi Margaret m'mundamo. Iwo anali atamudikirira kale pamene anatuluka n"kupita ku bwalo loyang"anizana ndi thamanda. Munthu wina wamng'ono, wovala bwino kwambiri anatsatira Marduk chapatali, koma nkhalambayo inali yochenjera kwambiri moti sankadziwa.
  
  Sam anakonza bwino kukhosi kwake, koma Marduk ananena kuti, "Ndamuwona."
  
  "Zowona ukudziwa," Sam adadzilankhula yekha, akugwedeza mutu wake kwa Margaret. Iye anayang'ana pa mlendoyo ndipo anabweza pang'ono, koma anabisa izo kuti asamuone. Marduk anatembenuka kuti ayang'ane munthu amene ankamutsatira uja, kwa nthawi yaitali ndithu kuti aone momwe zinthu zinalili. Bamboyo anamwetulira mopepesa ndipo anazimiririka pakhonde.
  
  "Awona pasipoti yochokera ku Iraq ndipo amataya ubongo wawo," adakuwa mokwiya, atakhala pansi.
  
  "Bambo Marduk, uyu ndi Margaret Crosby wochokera ku Edinburgh Post," Sam adawafotokozera.
  
  "Ndasangalala kukudziwani, madam," anatero Marduk, pogwiritsa ntchito mutu wake waulemu m"malo momwetulira.
  
  "Nanunso, Bambo Marduk," anayankha mokoma mtima Margaret. Ndizosangalatsa kukumana ndi munthu wodziwa zambiri komanso amene wayenda bwino ngati inuyo." Kodi ankakondana kwambiri ndi Marduk?" Sam anadabwa ataona akugwirana chanza.
  
  "Ndipo ukudziwa bwanji izi?" - Marduk adafunsa modabwa.
  
  Sam anatenga chida chake chojambulira.
  
  "Ah, zonse zomwe zidachitika muofesi ya adotolo zidalembedwa." Anamuyang'ana monyanyira mtolankhani wofufuza.
  
  "Usadandaule, Marduk," Sam anatero, n"cholinga choti asiye nkhawa zonse. "Izi ndi za ine ndi iwo amene atithandiza kupeza Chigoba cha Babele. Monga mukudziwira, Abiti Crosby, yemwe ali pano, wachita kale mbali yake kuti atichotsere kwa mkulu wa apolisi.
  
  "Inde, atolankhani ena ali ndi malingaliro abwino osankha zomwe dziko liyenera kudziwa ... chabwino, zomwe dziko silingafune kudziwa. Chigoba cha Babele ndi luso lake likugwera m'gulu lachiwiri. Mumakhulupirira kuti ndine wanzeru," Margaret analonjeza Marduk.
  
  Chifaniziro chake chinamuchititsa chidwi. Spister waku Britain wakhala akukonda chilichonse chachilendo komanso chachilendo. Sanali woyipa kwambiri monga momwe ogwira ntchito pachipatala cha Heidelberg adamufotokozera. Inde, n"zoonekeratu kuti anali wopunduka malinga ndi mfundo za makhalidwe abwino, koma nkhope yake inangowonjezera umunthu wake wochititsa chidwi.
  
  "Ndi mpumulo kudziŵa, madam," anausa moyo.
  
  Anayankha mwamsanga kuti: "Chonde, ndiimbireni Margaret." Inde, pali kukopana kwachinyamata kuno, Sam anaganiza motero.
  
  "Chotero, pitirizani ku nkhani yaposachedwapa," Sam anaduladula mawu, akumapitiriza kukambitsirana kwakukulu. "Tiyambira kuti kuyang'ana munthu wa LöVenhagen uyu?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti timuchotse pamasewera. Malinga ndi Lieutenant Werner, munthu yemwe adagula Chigoba cha Babel ndi German Luftwaffe Captain Schmidt. Ndidauza Lieutenant Werner kuti adzinamizire kuti adapereka lipoti ndikubera chigoba ku Schmidt mawa masana. Ngati sindimva kuchokera kwa Werner panthawiyo, tiyenera kuganiza zoyipitsitsa. Pankhaniyi, ine ndekha ndiyenera kulowa pansi ndikusinthanitsa mawu ochepa ndi Schmidt. Iye ndi amene anayambitsa ntchito yopengayi, ndipo adzafuna kuti akadzasaina pangano lalikulu la mtendere, adzalandira."
  
  "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti adziwonetsa ngati komiti yosayina ya Meso-Arab?" Margaret anafunsa, akumagwiritsira ntchito bwino mawu atsopano a Middle East pambuyo pa kugwirizana kwa maiko ang"onoang"ono ozungulira pansi pa boma limodzi.
  
  "Pali zotheka miliyoni, Mada ... Margaret," Marduk anafotokoza. "Atha kuchita mwakufuna kwake, koma samalankhula Chiarabu, ndiye kuti anthu a Commissioner azidziwa kuti ndi wamatsenga. Nthawi zonse, kulephera kulamulira malingaliro a anthu ambiri. Tangoganizani mmene ndikanapewera zonsezi mosavuta ndikanakhalabe ndi maganizo amenewa, Sam anadzidandaulira yekha.
  
  Kamvekedwe wamba ka Marduk anapitiriza. "Atha kutenga mawonekedwe a munthu wosadziwika ndikupha Commissioner. Anathanso kutumiza woyendetsa ndege wina wodzipha m"nyumbayo. Zikuoneka kuti zavuta kwambiri masiku ano."
  
  "Kodi panalibe gulu lankhondo la Nazi limene linachita zimenezi m"Nkhondo Yadziko II?" Anafunsa Margaret uku akuyika dzanja lake pamphumi pa Sam.
  
  "Aa, sindikudziwa. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Tikadadziwa momwe adapezera oyendetsa ndegewa kuti adzipereke pa ntchitoyi, titha kudziwa momwe Schmidt adakonzera kukonza zinthu ngati izi. Ndikhoza kukhala kutali ndi choonadi, koma kodi sitiyenera kufufuza mwayi umenewu? Mwinanso Dr. Gould angatithandize."
  
  "Pakadali pano ali kuchipatala ku Mannheim," adatero Sam.
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji?" Marduk anafunsa, akudziimbabe mlandu chifukwa chomumenya.
  
  "Sindinamuonepo chiyambire pamene anabwera kwa ine. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinabwera kudzaonana ndi Dr. Fritz poyamba," Sam anayankha. "Koma mukulondola. Nditha kuwona ngati atha kutithandiza - ngati akudziwa. Mulungu, ine ndikuyembekeza iwo akhoza kumuthandiza iye. Anali woipa nthawi yomaliza imene ndinamuona."
  
  "Ndiyeno ndinganene kuti kuchezerako kuli kofunika pazifukwa zingapo. Nanga bwanji Lieutenant Werner ndi mnzake Kohl?" - Marduk adafunsa, akumwa khofi.
  
  Foni ya Margaret inaitana. "Uyu ndiye wothandizira wanga." Anamwetulira monyadira.
  
  "Kodi muli ndi wothandizira?" Sam adaseka. "Kuyambira liti?" Adayankha monong"ona Sam asanayankhe foni. "Ndili ndi wondibisalira yemwe amakonda mawailesi apolisi komanso mizere yotseka, mwana wanga." Anayankha foniyo ndi maso, n'kudutsa pa kapinga wonyezimira bwino, wounikira ndi nyali za m'munda.
  
  "Ndiye, wowononga," Sam adang'ung'udza ndikuseka.
  
  "Schmidt akakhala ndi chigoba, m'modzi wa ife adzayenera kumugwira, a Cleave," adatero Marduk. "Ndikuvoterani kuti muwononge khoma pamene ndikudikirira mobisalira. Inu zichotseni izo. Kupatula apo, ndi nkhope iyi sindingathe kufika pansi. "
  
  Sam adamwa chimera chake chimodzi ndikulingalira. "Tikadadziwa zomwe akufuna kumuchitira. Mwachionekere, iye mwini ayenera kudziŵa za kuwopsa kwa kuvala. Ndikuganiza kuti alemba ganyu wina kuti awononge kusaina kontrakiti. "
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," Marduk anayamba, koma Margaret anathamanga kutuluka m"dimba lachikondi ali ndi mantha aakulu pankhope pake.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Anakuwa mwakachetechete. "O Mulungu wanga, Sam! Simungakhulupirire izi! Agogo a Margaret anagwedezeka chifukwa cha changu chake pamene adawoloka kapinga kupita patebulo.
  
  "Chani? Ichi ndi chiyani?" Sam anakwinya nkhope, akudumpha pampando wake kuti amugwire asanagwere pakhonde lamwala.
  
  M"maso muli gwaa, Margaret anayang"ana amuna anzake aŵiri. Ankalephera kupuma. Pamene ankapitiriza kupuma, anafuula kuti, "Pulofesa Martha Sloane waphedwa kumene!"
  
  "Yesu Khristu!" Sam analira mutu uli mmanja. "Tsopano tatopa. Mukuzindikira kuti iyi ndi Nkhondo Yachitatu Yapadziko Lonse!
  
  "Ndikudziwa! Nanga tingatani? Mgwirizanowu sutanthauza kanthu tsopano, "adatsimikiza Margaret.
  
  "Zidziwitso zako wazitenga kuti, Margaret? Kodi pali wina amene watengapo udindo?" - Marduk adafunsa mwanzeru momwe angathere.
  
  "Magwero anga ndi mnzanga wapabanja. Zambiri zake zonse zimakhala zolondola. Amabisala m'malo otetezedwa achinsinsi ndipo amatha mphindi iliyonse yatsiku lake akuyang'ana ... "
  
  "...kuba," Sam anawongolera.
  
  Iye anayang'ana pa iye. "Amayang'ana malo achitetezo ndi mabungwe achinsinsi. Umu ndi momwe ndimadziwira nkhani apolisi asanaitanidwe ku zochitika zaupandu kapena zochitika, "adavomereza. "Mphindi zochepa zapitazo, nditawoloka mzere wofiira wachitetezo chachinsinsi cha Dunbar, adalandira lipoti. Sanayimbirenso apolisi akomweko kapena woweruza milandu, koma atidziwitsa momwe Sloan anaphedwa. "
  
  "Ndiye sinaulukirebe?" Adafuwula Sam mwachangu.
  
  "Ayi, koma zatsala pang"ono kuchitika, mosakaikira. Kampani yachitetezo ndi apolisi apereka malipoti tisanamalize kumwa zakumwa zathu. " M"maso mwake munatuluka misozi. "Uwu ukubwera mwayi wathu wa dziko latsopano. O Mulungu wanga, amayenera kuwononga chilichonse, sichoncho?
  
  "Zoonadi, wokondedwa wanga Margaret," anatero Marduk, modekha monga kale. "Izi ndi zomwe anthu amachita bwino kwambiri. Chiwonongeko cha chirichonse chosalamulirika ndi kulenga. Koma tilibe nthawi ya filosofi tsopano. Ndili ndi lingaliro, ngakhale lakutali kwambiri. "
  
  "Chabwino, tiribe kalikonse," Margaret anadandaula motero. "Choncho khala mlendo wathu, Peter."
  
  "Bwanji tikadachititsa khungu dziko?" - anafunsa Marduk.
  
  "Kodi mumakonda chigoba chanu ichi?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Tamverani!" - Marduk adalamula, akuwonetsa zizindikiro zoyamba za kutengeka ndikukakamiza Sam kuti abisenso lilime lake la cheeky kumbuyo kwa milomo yopukutidwa. "Bwanji tikadachita zomwe atolankhani amachita tsiku lililonse, koma mosiyana? Kodi pali njira yoletsa kufalikira kwa malipoti ndikuyika dziko mumdima? Mwanjira iyi tidzakhala ndi nthawi yoti tipeze yankho ndikuwonetsetsa kuti msonkhano ku The Hague ukuchitika. Mwamwayi , titha kupewa tsoka lomwe mosakayikira tikukumana nalo tsopano. "
  
  "Sindikudziwa, Marduk," Sam anatero, akuvutika maganizo. "Mtolankhani aliyense yemwe akufuna kukhala mtolankhani padziko lonse lapansi akufuna kuti akhale mlembi wawailesi yawo mdziko lawo. Iyi ndi nkhani yaikulu. Abale athu a mimba sangasiye chakudya chokoma choterocho chifukwa cholemekeza dziko kapena miyezo ya makhalidwe abwino."
  
  Margaret nayenso anagwedeza mutu, kutsimikizira vumbulutso loyipa la Sam. "Tikadangoyika chigobachi kwa munthu yemwe akuwoneka ngati Sloane ... kuti asayine mgwirizano."
  
  "Chabwino, ngati sitingathe kuletsa zombo zambiri kutera pagombe, tifunikira kuchotsa nyanja yomwe zikuyenda," Marduk anawonjezera motero.
  
  Sam anamwetulira, kusangalala ndi maganizo olakwika a mkuluyu. Anamvetsetsa, pamene Margaret anali wosokonezeka, ndipo nkhope yake inatsimikizira kusokonezeka kwake. "Mukutanthauza kuti ngati malipoti atuluka, titseke zofalitsa zomwe amagwiritsa ntchito kuti anene?"
  
  "Chabwino," Marduk adagwedeza mutu, monga nthawi zonse. "Mmene tingapitire."
  
  "Monga pa dziko lobiriwira la Mulungu...?" Margaret anafunsa.
  
  "Ndimakondanso lingaliro la Margaret," adatero Marduk. "Tikayika manja athu pachigoba, titha kupusitsa dziko kuti likhulupirire kuti malipoti okhudza kuphedwa kwa Prof. Sloane ndi chinyengo. Ndipo titha kutumiza wabodza wathu kuti asaine chikalatacho. "
  
  "Ndi ntchito yayikulu, koma ndikuganiza kuti ndikudziwa yemwe angakhale wamisala kuti athetse izi," adatero Sam. Anatenga foni yake ndikusindikiza kalata pa speed dial. Anadikira kamphindi, kenako nkhope yake inayamba kukhazikika.
  
  "Hey Purdue!"
  
  
  Mutu 24 - Nkhope ina ya Schmidt
  
  
  "Mwamasuka ndi ntchito ku LöVenhagen, Lieutenant," adatero Schmidt mwamphamvu.
  
  "Ndiye mwamupeza bwana uja amene tikumufunayo? Chabwino! Munamupeza bwanji? - Werner adafunsa.
  
  "Ndikuuzani, Lieutenant Werner, kokha chifukwa chakuti ndimakulemekezani kwambiri ndiponso chifukwa munavomera kundithandiza kupeza chigawenga chimenechi," Schmidt anayankha, akukumbutsa Werner za "kufunikira kwake kudziŵa" malire ake. "Zinali zodabwitsa surreal, kwenikweni. Mnzanuyo anandiimbira foni kundiuza kuti abwera ndi Lövenhagen ola limodzi lapitalo."
  
  "Mnzanga?" Werner adakwinya, koma adasewera gawo lake motsimikiza.
  
  "Inde. Ndani akanaganiza kuti Kohl adzakhala ndi mphamvu zomanga aliyense, hey? Koma ndikukuuzani izi mokhumudwa kwambiri, "Schmidt anayerekezera chisoni chake, ndipo zochita zake zinali zoonekeratu kwa wapansi wake. "Pamene Kohl ankabweretsa Lövenhagen, anachita ngozi yoopsa yomwe inapha onse awiri."
  
  "Chani?" - adadandaula Werner. "Chonde ndiuzeni kuti izi si zoona!"
  
  Nkhope yake inasintha kwambiri atamva nkhaniyo, yomwe ankadziwa kuti inali yodzaza ndi mabodza. Mfundo yakuti Kohl adachoka pamalo oimika magalimoto pafupi ndi mphindi zochepa asanakhalepo inali umboni wa kubisala. Kohl sakanakwanitsa zonsezi munthawi yochepa yomwe Werner adafika. Koma Werner sanabisike chilichonse. Chida chokha cha Werner chinali kutseka maso a Schmidt kuti amadziwa zonse zokhudzana ndi zolinga zogwira L. öVenhagen, chigoba ndi bodza lonyansa la imfa ya Kohl. Inde, nzeru zankhondo.
  
  Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, Werner anadabwa kwambiri ndi imfa ya Kohl. Khalidwe lake lokhumudwa komanso kukhumudwa kwake zinali zenizeni pamene adagweranso pampando wake muofesi ya Schmidt. Pofuna kupaka mchere m'mabala ake, Schmidt ankasewera mtsogoleri wolapa ndi kumupatsa tiyi watsopano kuti achepetse mantha a mbiri yoipayo.
  
  "Mukudziwa, sindichita mantha ndikaganizira zimene Lö Venhagen ayenera kuti anachita kuti abweretse tsokalo," iye anauza Werner, akuyenda mozungulira tebulo lake. "Poor Kohl. Kodi mukudziwa mmene zimandiwawa kwambiri poganiza kuti woyendetsa ndege wabwino chonchi yemwe ali ndi tsogolo labwino chonchi anataya moyo wake chifukwa cha dongosolo langa logwira munthu wankhanza komanso wachinyengo ngati Löwenhagen?"
  
  Chibwano cha Werner chinagwira, koma adayenera kusunga chigoba chake mpaka nthawi itakwana kuti aulule zomwe amadziwa. Ndi mawu akunjenjemera, adaganiza zosewera wozunzidwayo kuti adziwe zambiri. "Bwana, chonde musandiwuze kuti Himmelfarb adagawana nawo tsokali?"
  
  "Ayi ayi. Osadandaula za Himmelfarb. Anandipempha kuti ndimuchotse pa ntchitoyo chifukwa sakanapirira. Ndikuganiza kuti ndine wokondwa kukhala ndi wina ngati inu pansi pa ulamuliro wanga, Lieutenant, "Schmidt mochenjera anadandaula ali kuseri kwa mpando wa Werner. "Ndiwe wekha amene sunandikhumudwitse."
  
  Werner anali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa ngati Schmidt adakwanitsa kutenga chigobacho, ndipo ngati ndi choncho, adachisunga kuti. Komabe, ili linali yankho limodzi limene sakanangofunsa. Ichi chinali chinachake chimene akanayenera kuzizonda.
  
  "Zikomo, bwana," anayankha Werner. "Ngati mukufuna china chilichonse, ingofunsani."
  
  "Ndi machitidwe otere omwe amapanga ngwazi, Lieutenant!" - Schmidt adayimba m'milomo yake yokhuthala ngati thukuta likuyenda m'masaya mwake. "Pofuna kuti dziko lanu likhale labwino komanso kuti mukhale ndi ufulu wonyamula zida zankhondo, nthawi zina mumafunika kusiya zinthu zazikulu. Nthawi zina kupereka moyo wanu kuti mupulumutse zikwi za anthu omwe mumawateteza ndi gawo lakukhala ngwazi, ngwazi yomwe Germany ingakumbukire monga mesiya wa njira zakale komanso munthu amene adadzipereka yekha kuti asunge ukulu ndi ufulu wa dziko lake. "
  
  Werner sanakonde kumene izi zinkapita, koma sakanatha kuchita zinthu mopupuluma popanda kuika pachiswe. "Sindinavomereze zambiri, Captain Schmidt. Muyenera kudziwa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti palibe munthu amene amafika paudindo womwe mudapeza ngati mwana wopanda msana. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tsiku lina ndidzatsatira mapazi ako."
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ukhoza, Lieutenant. Ndipo mukulondola. Ndadzipereka kwambiri. Agogo anga anaphedwa pomenyana ndi a British ku Palestine. Bambo anga anamwalira poteteza Chancellor wa ku Germany panthawi yankhondo yofuna kumupha," iye anateteza. "Koma ndikuuza chinthu chimodzi, Lieutenant. Ndikasiya cholowa, ana anga aamuna ndi adzukulu amandikumbukira monga nkhani yabwino yofotokozera anthu osawadziwa. Ayi, ndidzakumbukiridwa chifukwa cha kusintha kwa dziko lathu lapansi, ndidzakumbukiridwa ndi Ajeremani onse ndipo motero ndi zikhalidwe za dziko ndi mibadwo." Hitler mochuluka? Werner anaganiza za izi, koma adavomereza mabodza a Schmidt ndi chithandizo chabodza. "Chabwino, bwana! Sindinavomereze zambiri. "
  
  Kenako adawona chizindikiro pa mphete ya Schmidt, mphete yomwe Werner adaganiza kuti ndi mphete yachinkhoswe. Patsinde lagolide lathyathyathya limene anaika nsonga ya chala chake pa nsonga ya chala chake analembedwa chizindikiro cha gulu limene amati latha, chizindikiro cha Order of the Black Sun. Anaziwonapo izi m'nyumba ya amalume ake tsiku lomwe adathandizira azakhali ake aakazi kugulitsa mabuku onse a malemu mwamuna wake pamalo ogulitsa pabwalo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 80s. Chizindikirocho chinam'chititsa chidwi, koma azakhali ake aakazi adachita chidwi atafunsa ngati angapeze bukulo.
  
  Iye sanaganizirenso za izo mpaka anazindikira chizindikiro pa mphete Schmidt. Funso lokhala wosazindikira linakhala lovuta kwa Werner chifukwa ankafunitsitsa kudziwa zomwe Schmidt ankachita atavala chizindikiro chomwe azakhali ake okonda dziko lawo sankafuna kuti adziwe.
  
  "Izi n"zochititsa chidwi, bwana," anatero Werner mosadzifunira, osaganizira n"komwe zotsatira za pempho lakelo.
  
  "Chani?" - Schmidt adafunsa, kusokoneza zolankhula zake zazikulu.
  
  "mphete yanu, captain. Zimawoneka ngati chuma chakale kapena mtundu wina wa chithumwa chachinsinsi chokhala ndi mphamvu zazikulu, monga m'makanema! Werner anatero mosangalala, akuyimba mpheteyo ngati kuti inali ntchito yokongola. M'malo mwake, Werner anali ndi chidwi kwambiri kotero kuti sanachite mantha kufunsa za chizindikiro kapena mphete. Mwina Schmidt ankakhulupirira kuti lieutenant wake anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi kunyada kwake, koma anasankha kuti asamangokhalira kukhudzidwa ndi Lamuloli.
  
  "O, abambo anga adandipatsa izi ndili ndi zaka khumi ndi zitatu," Schmidt adalongosola mosapita m'mbali, akuyang'ana mizere yabwino, yabwino pa mphete yomwe sanayivule.
  
  "Chovala chabanja? Zikuoneka zokongola kwambiri," Werner ananyengerera mkulu wake, koma sanathe kumupangitsa munthuyo kuti anene za nkhaniyi. Mwadzidzidzi, foni yam'manja ya Werner inalira, ndikusokoneza ubale pakati pa amuna awiriwa ndi chowonadi. "Pepani, captain."
  
  "Zachabechabe," anayankha Schmidt, akuzikana ndi mtima wonse. "Pakali pano simuli pa ntchito."
  
  Werner anayang"ana pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo akutuluka panja kuti amupatseko chinsinsi.
  
  "Moni?"
  
  Anali Marlene. "Dieter! Dieter, anapha Dr. Fritz!" anakuwa momveka ngati dziwe losambira kapena malo osambiramo opanda kanthu.
  
  "Dikirani, pang"onopang"ono, wokondedwa! WHO? Ndipo liti?" Werner anafunsa chibwenzi chake.
  
  "Mphindi ziwiri zapitazo! J-y-monga th-izo...mu bata, chifukwa cha Mulungu! Pamaso panga! - iye anakuwa hysterically.
  
  Lieutenant Dieter Werner adamva kuti m'mimba mwake mukugwedezeka atamva phokoso la kulira kwa wokondedwa wake. Mwanjira ina, chizindikiro choipa chimenecho pa mphete ya Schmidt chinali chithunzithunzi cha zomwe zidzachitike posachedwa. Zinkawoneka kwa Werner kuti kusilira kwake mpheteyo kunabweretsa tsoka pa iye. Modabwitsa anali pafupi ndi choonadi.
  
  "Ndiwe chiyani ... Marlene! Tamverani!" adayesetsa kumupempha kuti amuuze zambiri.
  
  Schmidt adamva mawu a Werner akukwera. Moda nkhawa, pang'onopang'ono analowanso muofesi muja uku akumuyang'ana mofunsa mkulu uja.
  
  "Muli kuti? Zidachitika kuti? Mu chipatala?" adamuumiriza, koma sanagwirizane.
  
  "Ayi! Ayi, Dieter! Himmelfarb wangowombera Dr. Fritz m'mutu. O Yesu! Ndifera kuno!" analira mokhumudwa chifukwa cha malo owopsa, omwe amamveka malo omwe sanakakamize kuulula.
  
  "Marlene, uli kuti?" - adafuula.
  
  Foni inatha ndikudina. Schmidt adayimabe wodabwitsidwa pamaso pa Werner, kudikirira yankho. Nkhope ya Werner inasanduka yotumbululuka pamene ankabwezera foni m"thumba mwake.
  
  "Ndikupempha chikhululuko, bwana. Ndikuyenera kupita. Chinachake chowopsa chachitika ku chipatalako," adauza mkulu wakeyo uku akutembenuka kuti azinyamuka.
  
  "Sali m'chipatala, Lieutenant," Schmidt adatero mowuma. Werner anaima, koma sanacheuke. Poona mawu a mkulu wa asilikaliyo, ankayembekezera kuti mfuti ya msilikaliyo idzalozedwe kumbuyo kwa mutu wake, ndipo anapatsa Schmidt ulemu wokhala naye maso ndi maso pamene ankakoka mfutiyo.
  
  "Himmelfarb wangopha Dr. Fritz," Werner anatero osatembenukira kwa wapolisiyo.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Dieter," adavomereza Schmidt. "Ndinamuuza. Kodi ukudziwa chifukwa chake amachita zonse zomwe ndimamuuza?"
  
  "Chibwenzi chachikondi?" Werner adaseka, ndipo pamapeto pake adasiya kusilira kwake kwabodza.
  
  "Ha! Ayi, chikondi ndi cha ofatsa mumzimu. Kugonjetsa kokha kumene ndikukondwera nako ndiko kulamulira kwa maganizo ofatsa, "anatero Schmidt.
  
  "Himmelfarb ndi wamantha. Tonse tinkadziwa zimenezi kuyambira pachiyambi. Amazembera abulu a aliyense amene angamuteteze kapena kumuthandiza, chifukwa ndi mwana wagalu wopanda nzeru komanso wosinja," adatero Werner, akunyoza msilikaliyo momunyoza kuchokera pansi pa mtima zomwe nthawi zonse amabisa chifukwa chaulemu.
  
  "N"zoonadi, Lieutenant," woyendetsa ndegeyo anavomera. Mpweya wake wotentha unakhudza kumbuyo kwa khosi la Werner pamene adatsamira pafupi naye movutikira. "Ndicho chifukwa chake, mosiyana ndi anthu onga inu ndi akufa ena amene mudzawagwirizana nawo posachedwapa, iye amachita zimene amachita," Babulo.
  
  Thupi la Werner linadzazidwa ndi ukali ndi chidani, umunthu wake wonse unadzazidwa ndi kugwiritsidwa mwala ndi kudera nkhaŵa kwakukulu kwa Marlene wake. "Ndipo chiyani? Womberani kale! - adatero monyoza.
  
  Schmidt adaseka kumbuyo kwake. "Khalani pansi, Lieutenant."
  
  Monyinyirika, Werner anamvera. Sanachitire mwina, zomwe zinakwiyitsa munthu woganiza momasuka ngati iye. Iye anayang"ana pamene msilikali wodzikuzayo anakhala pansi, akumuwalira dala mphete yake kuti Werner aone. "Himmelfarb, monga mukunenera, amatsatira malangizo anga chifukwa satha kulimba mtima kuti atsutse zomwe amakhulupirira. Komabe, amagwira ntchito imene ndimamutuma, ndipo sindiyenera kumupempha, kumuyang"anira, kapena kuopseza okondedwa ake. Komano inu, mbali ina, scrotum yanu ndi yayikulu kwambiri kuti ipindule inu nokha. Osandilakwitsa, ndimasilira munthu yemwe amadziganizira yekha, koma mukamaponya gawo lanu ndi otsutsa - mdani - mumakhala wachinyengo. Himmelfarb adandiuza chilichonse, Lieutenant, "adavomereza Schmidt ndikuusa moyo kwambiri.
  
  "Mwinamwake ndinu akhungu kwambiri moti simungakhoze kuwona chimene iye ali wachiwembu," anatero Werner moyankha motero.
  
  "Wachiwembu kumanja kwenikweni ndi ngwazi. Koma tiyeni tisiye zokonda zanga pambali pano. Ndikupatsa mwayi kuti udziwombole, Lieutenant Werner. Kutsogolera gulu la ndege zankhondo, mudzakhala ndi mwayi wowulutsa Tornado yanu molunjika kuchipinda cha CIA ku Iraq kuti muwonetsetse kuti akudziwa momwe dziko likumvera za kukhalapo kwawo. "
  
  "Izi n"zosamveka!" Werner adatsutsa. "Anakakamira kumbali yawo yoletsa kumenyana ndipo adagwirizana kuti ayambe kukambirana zamalonda ...!"
  
  "Blah blah blah!" Schmidt anaseka ndikupukusa mutu. "Tonse timadziwa zipolopolo za ndale, bwenzi langa. Ichi ndi chinyengo. Ngakhale zikanakhala kuti sizikanakhala choncho, dziko likanakhala lotani pamene Germany ndi ng"ombe ina m"khola?" Mphete yake inanyezimira pakuwala kwa nyali ya pa desiki lake pamene ankafika pakona. "Ndife atsogoleri, apainiya, amphamvu ndi onyada, Lieutenant! WUO ndi CITE ndi gulu la agalu omwe akufuna kuwononga Germany! Amafuna kutiponya m"khola limodzi ndi nyama zina zophera. Ine ndinati "palibe njira yopusa!"
  
  "Ndi mgwirizano, bwana," Werner anayesa, koma anakwiyitsa woyendetsa.
  
  "Mgwirizano? O, o, kodi "mgwirizano" umatanthauza Union of Soviet Socialist Republics m"nthaŵi zakutali zimenezo?" Anakhala patebulo lake kutsogolo kwa Werner, ndikutsitsa mutu wake mpaka pamlingo wa lieutenant. "Palibe malo okulirapo m'madzi am'madzi, bwenzi langa. Ndipo Germany sangachite bwino mu kalabu yaing'ono yoluka momwe aliyense amacheza ndi kupereka mphatso pa tiyi. Dzukani! Amatilepheretsa kufanana ndikudula mipira yathu, bwenzi langa! Mutithandiza kuthetsa nkhanzazi... kuponderezana."
  
  "Bwanji ndikakana?" Werner anafunsa mopusa.
  
  "Himmelfarb adzakhala ndi mwayi wokhala yekha ndi Marlene wokondedwa," Schmidt anamwetulira. "Kupatula apo, ndakhazikitsa kale njira yomenyera bulu wabwino, monga amanenera. Ntchito zambiri zachitika kale. Tithokoze m'modzi mwa ma drones anga odalirika omwe akuchita ntchito yawo monga adandilamulira," Schmidt adafuulira Werner, "hule Sloane watuluka mumasewera mpaka kalekale. Izi zokha ziyenera kupangitsa dziko lapansi kukhala ndi chiwonetsero, huh? "
  
  "Chani? Professor Sloan? Werner adachita mantha.
  
  Schmidt adatsimikizira nkhaniyi poyendetsa nsonga ya chala chake pakhosi pake. Anaseka monyadira n"kukhala pa desiki lake. "Ndiye, Lieutenant Werner, kodi ife-mwina Marlene-timadalira inu?
  
  
  Mutu 25 - Ulendo wa Nina wopita ku Babulo
  
  
  Pamene Nina anadzuka ku tulo ta malungo ndi ululu, anadzipeza ali m"chipatala chosiyana kwambiri. Bedi lake, ngakhale kuti linali lotha kusintha mofanana ndi mabedi a m"chipatala, linali lotakasuka komanso lophimbidwa ndi nsalu za m"nyengo yozizira. Zinali ndi zina mwazojambula zomwe amakonda mu chokoleti, bulauni ndi taupe. Makomawo anali okongoletsedwa ndi zojambula zakale zamtundu wa Da Vinci, ndipo m"chipinda chachipatala munalibe zikumbutso za ma IV, ma syringe, mabeseni kapena zida zilizonse zochititsa manyazi zomwe Nina amadana nazo.
  
  Panali batani la belu lomwe anakakamizika kukanikiza chifukwa anali wowuma kwambiri ndipo samatha kufikira madzi pafupi ndi bedi. Mwina akanatha, koma khungu lake linkawawa ngati kuzizira kwa ubongo ndi mphezi, zomwe zinamulepheretsa kugwira ntchitoyo. Patangopita mphindi pang'ono ataliza belu, namwino wina wowoneka bwino wovala zovala wamba adalowa pakhomo.
  
  "Moni, Dr. Gould," analonjera mwansangala ndi mawu abata. "Mukupeza bwanji?"
  
  "Ndikumva chisoni kwambiri. Ndikufunadi kutero," Nina adadzifinyira. Sanazindikire n"komwe kuti akhoza kuonanso bwinobwino mpaka anamwa theka la tambula lalitali la madzi olimba m"kamwa limodzi. Atamwa kukhuta kwake, Nina anatsamira mmbuyo pa bedi lofewa, lofunda ndi kuyang"ana mozungulira chipindacho, pomalizira pake anaimitsa kuyang"ana kwake pa namwinoyo akumwetulira.
  
  "Ndikuonanso bwino lomwe," anadandaula motero Nina. Akadamwetulira ngati sadachite manyazi. "Am, ndili kuti? Simulankhula-kapena kuyang"ana-Chijeremani konse."
  
  Namwinoyo anaseka. "Ayi, Dr. Gould. Ndine wochokera ku Jamaica koma ndimakhala kuno ku Kirkwall monga wothandizira nthawi zonse. Ndalembedwa ntchito kuti ndizikakuyang"anirani mtsogolo muno, koma pali dokotala amene akugwira ntchito molimbika ndi anzake kuti akuchiritseni."
  
  "Sangathe. Auzeni kuti asiye," Nina anatero mokhumudwa. "Ndili ndi khansa. Anandiuza ku Mannheim pamene chipatala cha Heidelberg chinatumiza zotsatira zanga.
  
  "Chabwino, ine sindine dokotala, ndiye sindingathe kukuuzani chilichonse chimene simuchidziwa. Koma chimene ndingakuuzeni n"chakuti asayansi ena salengeza zimene atulukira kapena sapereka chilolezo kwa mankhwala awo poopa kunyalanyazidwa ndi makampani opanga mankhwala. Ndizo zonse ndinena mpaka mutalankhulana ndi Dr. Kate," analangiza namwinoyo.
  
  "Dr. Kate? Ichi ndi chipatala chake?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ayi, madam. Dr. Keith ndi katswiri wa zachipatala amene walembedwa ntchito kuti azingoganizira za matenda anu okha. Ndipo iyi ndi chipatala chaching'ono pagombe la Kirkwall. Ndi ya Edinburgh-based Scorpio Majorus Holdings. Ochepa okha akudziwa za izi. " Anamwetulira Nina. "Tsopano ndiroleni ndingotenga zizindikiro zanu zofunika kwambiri ndikuwona ngati tingakupezeni bwino, ndiyeno...kodi mungakonde chakudya? Kapena nseru sikuthabe?
  
  "Ayi," Nina anayankha mofulumira, koma kenaka anatulutsa mpweya ndi kumwetulira pa zimene anaziyembekezera kwanthaŵi yaitali. "Ayi, sindikumva kudwala mwanjira iliyonse. Kunena zoona, ndikufa ndi njala." Nina anamwetulira wryly, kotero kuti aggravate ululu kumbuyo diaphragm ndi pakati pa mapapo. "Tandiuza ndafika bwanji kuno?"
  
  "Bambo David Perdue wakuyendetsani pano kuchokera ku Germany kuti mukalandire chithandizo chapadera m'malo otetezeka," namwinoyo anauza Nina pamene akuyang'ana maso ake ndi tochi yogwira dzanja. Nina mopepuka anagwira dzanja la nesi.
  
  "Dikirani, kodi Purdue ali pano?" Adafunsa modabwa pang'ono.
  
  "Ayi, madam. Anandipempha kuti ndikufotokozereni kupepesa kwake. Mwinamwake chifukwa chakuti sindinali pano kaamba ka iwe," namwinoyo anauza Nina." Inde, mwinamwake chifukwa chakuti anayesera kudula mutu wanga wosakanika mumdima, Nina anadzilingalira yekha.
  
  "Koma amayenera kujowina Mr. Cleave ku Germany kumsonkhano wamagulu ena, kotero ndikuwopa kuti pakadali pano mukungokhala nafe, gulu lanu la akatswiri azachipatala," namwino wopyapyala wakhungu lakuda adayankha. . Nina adakopeka ndi mawonekedwe ake okongola komanso katchulidwe kake kodabwitsa, pakati pa olemekezeka aku London ndi Rasta ".Mr. Cleve akubwera kudzakuchezerani m'masiku atatu otsatira, ndiye pali nkhope imodzi yodziwika yoti muyembekezere, sichoncho? "
  
  "Inde, nzowonadi," Nina anagwedeza mutu, wokhutitsidwa ndi nkhani imeneyi.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Tsiku lotsatira, Nina anamva bwino ndithu, ngakhale kuti maso ake anali asanapezebe mphamvu ngati kadzidzi. Pakhungu lake panalibe kupsa kapena kupweteka, ndipo kupuma kwake kunali kosavuta. Anali ndi malungo amodzi okha dzulo lake, koma adachoka mwamsanga atapatsidwa madzi obiriwira obiriwira omwe Dr. Keith adaseka kuti adagwiritsa ntchito pa Hulk asanakhale wotchuka. Nina adakondwera kwambiri ndi nthabwala ndi ukatswiri wa gululo, yemwe adaphatikiza bwino komanso sayansi yamankhwala kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino.
  
  "Ndiye, kodi ndizowona zomwe akunena za steroids?" Sam anamwetulira ali pakhomo.
  
  "Inde ndi zoona. Zonse izi. Ukadawona momwe mipira yanga idasinthira kukhala zoumba zoumba! - adaseka ndikudabwa komweko pankhope pake, zomwe zidapangitsa Sam kuseka kwambiri.
  
  Posafuna kumugwira kapena kumupweteka, anangopsompsona pamwamba pa mutu wake mofewa, akumva fungo la shampu yatsopano m"tsitsi lake. "Ndizosangalatsa kukuwona, wokondedwa wanga," adanong'oneza. "Ndiponso masaya awa akuwala. Tsopano tingodikirira kuti mphuno yako inyowe ndipo ukhala wokonzeka kupita. "
  
  Nina ankavutika kuseka, koma kumwetulira kwake kunalibe. Sam anatenga dzanja lake ndikuyang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. Panali maluwa aakulu omwe ankawakonda kwambiri atamangidwa ndi riboni yobiriwira ya emarodi. Sam anapeza izi modabwitsa kwambiri.
  
  "Amandiuza kuti ndi gawo chabe la décor, kusintha maluwa mlungu uliwonse ndi zina zotero," adatero Nina, "koma ndikudziwa kuti aku Purdue."
  
  Sam sanafune kugwedeza bwato pakati pa Nina ndi Perdue, makamaka pamene adafunikirabe chithandizo chomwe Perdue yekha angamupatse. Kumbali inayi, adadziwa kuti Perdue sakanatha kulamulira zomwe adayesera kuchita kwa Nina m'mipando yakuda yakuda pansi pa Chernobyl. "Chabwino, ndinayesa kukubweretserani kuwala kwa mwezi, koma antchito anu akulanda," iye anagwedeza mutu. "Oledzera, ambiri a iwo. Samalani ndi namwino wachigololo. Amanjenjemera akamamwa.
  
  Nina adaseka limodzi ndi Sam, koma adaganiza kuti adamva za khansa yake ndipo anali kuyesera kuti amusangalatse ndi kumwa mopambanitsa kwachabechabe. Popeza kuti sanafune kutengamo mbali m"mikhalidwe yopweteka imeneyi, anasintha nkhaniyo.
  
  "N'chiyani chikuchitika ku Germany?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Zoseketsa uyenera kufunsa zimenezo, Nina," iye anakonza kukhosi kwake ndi kutulutsa chojambulira chake m"thumba.
  
  "Oooh, zolaula za audio?" iye nthabwala.
  
  Sam anadziimba mlandu chifukwa cha zolinga zake, koma anaonetsa nkhope yachisoni ndi kulongosola kuti, "Tikufunadi kuthandizidwa ndi chidziŵitso chochepa chokhudza gulu lankhondo lodzipha la Nazi limene mwachionekere linawononga milatho ina . . .
  
  "Inde, 200kg," adalowerera asanapitirize. "Malinga ndi mphekesera, adawononga milatho khumi ndi isanu ndi iwiri kuti aletse kuwoloka kwa asitikali aku Soviet. Koma malinga ndi magwero anga, izi ndizongopeka. Ndimangodziwa za KG 200 chifukwa m"chaka changa chachiwiri nditamaliza maphunziro ndidalemba nkhani yokhudza kukonda kwambiri dziko lako pamishoni zodzipha."
  
  "200 KG kwenikweni ndi chiyani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Kampfgeschwader 200," adatero monyinyirika pang'ono, akuloza madzi a zipatso omwe anali patebulo kumbuyo kwa Sam. Anamupatsa galasi lija ndipo anangomwetulira pang'ono muudzu. "Anapatsidwa ntchito yoyendetsa bomba ..." adayesa kukumbukira dzinalo, akuyang'ana pamwamba pa denga, "... adayitana, uh, ndikuganiza ... Reichenberg, monga ndikukumbukira. Koma kenako anadzadziwika kuti gulu lankhondo la Leonidas. Chifukwa chiyani? Onse anafa ndipo apita."
  
  "Inde, zimenezo nzowona, koma mukudziŵa mmene nthaŵi zonse timakhalira kugwera m"zinthu zimene ziyenera kukhala zakufa ndi kupita," anakumbutsa motero Nina. Iye sakanakhoza kutsutsana nazo izo. Ngati pali chilichonse, adadziwanso Sam ndi Perdue kuti dziko lakale ndi amatsenga ake anali amoyo komanso amakono.
  
  "Chonde, Sam, usandiuze kuti tikuyang'anizana ndi gulu lankhondo lodzipha la Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse lomwe likuwulukabe Focke-Wulfs ku Berlin," adatero, akupumira ndikutseka maso ake chifukwa cha mantha.
  
  "Aa, ayi," anayamba kumufotokozera zinthu zopenga za masiku angapo apitawa, "koma mukukumbukira woyendetsa ndege uja amene anathawa m"chipatala?"
  
  "Inde," anayankha motero mwachilendo.
  
  "Kodi mukudziwa mmene ankaonekera pamene inu nonse munali pa ulendo wanu?" Sam anafunsa kuti adziwe bwinobwino kuti abwelela patali bwanji asanayambe kumuzaza zonse zomwe zinkachitika.
  
  "Sindinathe kumuwona. Poyamba, pamene apolisi anamutcha iye Dr. Hilt, ine ndimaganiza kuti iye anali chilombo chija, inu mukudziwa, chimene chinali kuzembera mnansi wanga. Koma ndidazindikira kuti anali munthu wosauka yemwe adawotchedwa, mwina akuwoneka ngati dotolo wakufa," adafotokozera Sam.
  
  Anapuma mozama n"kulakalaka atakoka ndudu yake asanamuuze Nina kuti akuyendadi ndi munthu wakupha anthu amene anapha anthu a nkhandwe amene anangopulumutsa moyo wake chifukwa anali wakhungu ngati mileme ndipo sakanamulozera.
  
  "Kodi adanenapo chilichonse chokhudza mask?" Sam ankafuna kusiya nkhaniyo modekha, akuyembekeza kuti amadziwa za Chigoba cha Babele. Koma anali wotsimikiza kuti LöVenhagen sangagawane mwangozi chinsinsi chotere.
  
  "Chani? Chigoba? Kodi chigoba chake chomwe amamuveka chili bwanji kuti apewe kuipitsidwa ndi minofu?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, chikondi," Sam anayankha, ali wokonzeka kutulutsa zonse zomwe anali nazo. "Chotsalira chakale. Chigoba cha ku Babulo. Wanenanso izi?"
  
  "Ayi, sanatchulepo chilichonse chokhudza chigoba china chilichonse kupatulapo chija chimene anamupaka pankhope atadzola mankhwala opha tizilombo," Nina analongosola motero, koma tsinya lake linakula. "Chifukwa cha Khristu! Kodi mundiuza kuti izi ndi za chiyani kapena ayi? Siyani kufunsa mafunso ndipo musiye kusewera ndi chinthu chomwe muli nacho m'manja mwanu kuti ndimve kuti talowanso zoyipa."
  
  "Ndimakukonda, Nina," Sam anaseka. Iye ayenera kuti anali kuchira. Nzeru zamtunduwu zinali za wolemba mbiri wabwino, wachigololo, wokwiya yemwe amamukonda kwambiri. "Chabwino, choyamba, ndikuuzeni mayina a anthu omwe ali ndi mawuwa komanso udindo wawo pankhaniyi."
  
  "Chabwino, pita," iye anatero, akuwoneka kuti ali wolunjika, "O Mulungu, ichi chikhala chosokoneza ubongo, choncho ingofunsani ngati pali chirichonse chimene simukuchimvetsa..."
  
  "Sam!" - adafuula.
  
  "Chabwino. Konzekerani. Takulandirani ku Babulo."
  
  
  Mutu 26 - Zithunzi za Nkhope
  
  
  Mosawoneka bwino, ndi njenjete zakufa m"mimba mwa zoikapo nyali zochindikala za magalasi, Lieutenant Dieter Werner anatsagana ndi Captain Schmidt kumene anayenera kumva nkhani ya zochitika za masiku aŵiri otsatira. Tsiku losaina panganoli, October 31, linali kuyandikira, ndipo dongosolo la Schmidt linali litatsala pang"ono kukwaniritsidwa.
  
  Iye anauza gulu lakelo za malo ochitirako misonkhano yokonzekera kuukira kumene iye anali mmisiri wake-chipinda chapansi panthaka nthaŵi ina imene amuna a SS m"deralo ankagwiritsira ntchito kusunga mabanja awo m"nthaŵi zachiwembu chophulitsa mabomba cha mayiko a mayiko a m"mayiko ogwirizana. Anati asonyeze mtsogoleri wake wosankhidwa malo otentha kumene akanatha kuthandizira kuwukira.
  
  Werner sanamvepo kalikonse kuchokera kwa Marlene wokondedwa wake kuyambira pomwe adayimba foni, yomwe idawulula maguluwo ndi omwe adatenga nawo gawo. Foni yake inalandidwa kuti asachenjeze aliyense, ndipo Schmidt ankamuyang'anira usana wonse.
  
  "Sikutali," Schmidt adamuuza mosaleza mtima pomwe adatembenukira kwa nthawi ya zana kukhala kanjira kakang'ono komwe kamawoneka kofanana ndi ena onse. Komabe, Werner anayesa kupeza zinthu zapadera kumene akanatha. Potsirizira pake anafika pachitseko chotetezedwa chokhala ndi chitetezo chokhala ndi makiyi a manambala. Zala za Schmidt zinali zothamanga kwambiri kuti Werner akumbukire code. Patapita mphindi zingapo, chitseko chochindikala chachitsulo chinatsegulidwa ndi kutseguka ndi phokoso logontha.
  
  "Lowani, Lieutenant," Schmidt adapempha.
  
  Pamene chitseko chinatsekedwa kumbuyo kwawo, Schmidt anayatsa kuwala koyera pamwamba pamutu pogwiritsa ntchito lever pakhoma. Magetsiwo ankawala msangamsanga kangapo asanakhalebe ndi kuunikira mkati mwa chipindacho. Werner anadabwa kwambiri.
  
  Zida zoyankhulirana zinali m'makona a chipindacho. Manambala a digito ofiira ndi obiriwira ankawala motsatizana ndi mapanelo omwe ali pakati pa masikirini awiri athyathyathya apakompyuta okhala ndi kiyibodi imodzi pakati pawo. Pa zenera lakumanja, Werner adawona chithunzi cha malo omwe adamenyedwako, likulu la CIA ku Mosul, Iraq. Kumanzere kwa seweroli kunali chowunikira cha satelayiti chofanana.
  
  Koma ndi ena omwe anali m'chipindamo omwe adauza Werner kuti Schmidt anali wamkulu kwambiri.
  
  "Ndinkadziwa kuti umadziwa za chigoba cha ku Babulo ndi kapangidwe kake ngakhale usanabwere kudzandiuza, kotero izi zimandipulumutsa nthawi kuti ndifotokoze ndi kufotokoza "mphamvu zamatsenga" zonse zomwe ili nazo," anatero Schmidt. . "Chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwa sayansi yam'manja, ndikudziwa kuti chigobacho sichamatsenga kwenikweni, koma sindiri ndi chidwi ndi momwe chimagwirira ntchito, zomwe zimangochita."
  
  "Ali kuti?" - Werner adafunsa, akunamizira kuti wasangalatsidwa ndi zotsalirazo. "Sindinaziwonepo izi? Kodi ndivala?
  
  "Ayi, bwenzi langa," Schmidt anamwetulira. "Ndichita".
  
  "Ndi ndani? Pamodzi ndi Prof. Sloan wamwalira, sipadzakhala chifukwa choti mutenge mawonekedwe a aliyense wokhudzana ndi mgwirizanowu. "
  
  "Si ntchito yanu yomwe ndikuwonetsa," Schmidt adayankha.
  
  "Koma ukudziwa zomwe zichitike," Werner adatero, akuyembekeza kuletsa Schmidt kuti adzitengere yekha chigobacho ndikuchipereka kwa Marduk. Koma Schmidt anali ndi zolinga zina.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira, koma pali china chake chomwe chingachotse chigobacho popanda chochitika. Amatchedwa Khungu. Tsoka ilo Neumand sanavutike kutenga chowonjezera chofunikira kwambirichi pomwe adaba chigoba, chitsiru! Chifukwa chake, ndidatumiza Himmelfarb kuti aphwanye mlengalenga ndikutera panjira yobisika yomwe imadutsa kumpoto kwa Nineve. Ayenera kupeza khungu mkati mwa masiku awiri otsatirawa kuti ndithe kuchotsa chigoba chisanachitike ..." adanyoza, "zosapeŵeka.
  
  "Atalephera bwanji?" - adafunsa Werner, akudabwa ndi chiopsezo chomwe Schmidt adatenga.
  
  "Sadzakukhumudwitsani. Ali ndi makonzedwe apamalopo komanso. "...
  
  "Pepani, kaputeni, koma zidakhalapo kwa inu kuti Himmelfarb angakutembenukireni? Iye amadziwa kufunika kwa chigoba cha ku Babulo. Kodi suopa kuti adzakupha chifukwa cha ichi?" - Werner adafunsa.
  
  Schmidt anayatsa nyali moyang'anizana ndi chipinda chomwe adayima. Mukuwala kwake, Werner adalandilidwa ndi khoma lodzaza ndi masks ofanana. Atasintha chipindacho kukhala chofanana ndi manda, masks ooneka ngati zigaza anapachikidwa pakhoma.
  
  "Himmelfarb samadziwa yemwe ali weniweni, koma ine ndikudziwa. Akudziwa kuti sanganene chigobacho pokhapokha atatenga mwayi ndikundichotsa nkhope yanga, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti wachita bwino, ndinyamula mfuti kumutu kwa mwana wake mpaka ku Berlin. " Schmidt adaseka, akusilira zithunzi zomwe zidali pakhoma.
  
  "Mudachita zonsezi kuti musokoneze aliyense amene angafune kubera chigoba chanu? Wanzeru! Werner anatero moona mtima. Anawoloka manja ake pachifuwa chake, anayenda pang"onopang"ono pakhoma, kuyesera kuti apeze kusiyana kulikonse pakati pawo, koma zinali zosatheka.
  
  "O, sindinawapange, Dieter." Schmidt anasiya kaye narcissism yake kwakanthawi. "Awa anali kuyesa zofaniziridwa ndi asayansi ndi olinganiza a Order of the Black Sun nthawi ina mu 1943. Chigoba cha ku Babulo chinapezedwa ndi Renatus of the Order pamene anatumizidwa ku Middle East pa kampeni.
  
  "Renatus?" - Anafunsa Werner, yemwe sankadziwa za udindo wa bungwe lachinsinsi, monga anthu ochepa kwambiri.
  
  "Mtsogoleri," adatero Schmidt. "Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, atazindikira zomwe zinali zotheka, Himmler nthawi yomweyo adalamula kuti masks khumi ndi awiri ofananawo apangidwe mwanjira yofananira ndikuyesa nawo mugulu la Leonidas kuchokera ku KG 200. Iwo amayenera kuukira magulu awiri apadera a Red Army ndikulowa mkati. gulu lawo, kudzipereka okha chifukwa cha asilikali a Soviet."
  
  "Kodi awa ndi masks omwewo?" Werner anadabwa kwambiri.
  
  Schmidt anagwedeza mutu. "Inde, onse khumi ndi awiri a iwo. Koma zinakhala zolephera. Asayansi omwe adapanganso chigoba cha ku Babeloni adasokonekera kapena, sindikudziwa mwatsatanetsatane, "adatero. "M'malo mwake, oyendetsa ndege adakhala psychopathic, kudzipha ndikugwetsa magalimoto awo m'misasa yamagulu osiyanasiyana a Soviet m'malo momaliza ntchitoyo. Himmler ndi Hitler sanasamale chifukwa inali ntchito yolephera. Chifukwa chake, gulu la Leonidas lalowa m'mbiri monga gulu lokhalo la Nazi kamikaze m'mbiri."
  
  Werner adachita zonse, kuyesera kupanga njira yopewera tsoka lomwelo kwinaku akupusitsa Schmidt kuti aleke kudikira kwakanthawi. Koma kunena zoona, patsala masiku awiri kuti dongosololi likwaniritsidwe, ndipo sikungakhale kotheka kuletsa tsoka tsopano. Amadziwa woyendetsa ndege waku Palestine wochokera ku Air Force flying core. Ngati adatha kulumikizana naye, atha kumuletsa Himmelfarb kuti asachoke mumlengalenga waku Iraq. Izi zingamulole kuti aziyang'ana kwambiri pakuwononga Schmidt patsiku losaina.
  
  Mawailesi anayamba kunjenjemera, ndipo malo ofiira aakulu anaonekera pamapu a malo.
  
  "O! Ndife pano! - Schmidt adafuula mosangalala.
  
  "WHO?" - Werner adafunsa mwachidwi. Schmidt adamusisita kumbuyo ndikupita naye ku zowonera.
  
  "Ife bwenzi langa. Ntchito "Mkango 2". Mukuwona malo awa? Uku ndikuwunika kwa satellite kwa maofesi a CIA ku Baghdad. Kutsimikizira kwa omwe ndikuwadikirira kudzawonetsa kutsekereza ku The Hague ndi Berlin motsatana. Tikakhala ndi onse atatu, gulu lanu lidzawulukira ku Baghdad pomwe magulu ena awiri a gulu lanu amaukira mizinda iwiriyi. "
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Werner anang'ung'udza, akuyang'ana batani lofiira lomwe likugwedezeka. "N"chifukwa chiyani mizinda itatu iyi? Ndikupeza The Hague - msonkhano uyenera kuchitikira kumeneko. Ndipo Baghdad imadzilankhula yokha, koma chifukwa chiyani Berlin? Kodi mukukonzekera maiko awiriwa kuti athane nawo?
  
  "Ndi chifukwa chake ndakusankha kukhala mkulu wa asilikali, Lieutenant. Ndiwe katswiri mwachilengedwe, "anatero Schmidt mwachipambano.
  
  Sipikala ya intercom yokwezedwa pakhoma ya mkuluyo inadina, ndipo mawu akuthwa, omvetsa chisoni amvekere mchipinda chonsecho. Amuna onse aŵiriwo mwachibadwa anatseka m"makutu, akunjenjemera mpaka phokosolo linatha.
  
  "Captain Schmidt, uyu ndiye mlonda wa Kilo. Pano pali mayi wina amene akufuna kukuwonani pamodzi ndi wothandizira wake. Zikalatazi zikuwonetsa kuti ndi Miriam Inkley, woimira zamalamulo ku Britain ku World Bank ku Germany, adatero mawu a mlonda pachipata.
  
  "Tsopano? Popanda kupangana? Schmidt anakuwa. "Muwuze kuti asokere. Ndine wotanganidwa!"
  
  "O, sindingachite zimenezo, bwana," Werner anatsutsa mokhutiritsa kuti Schmidt akhulupirire kuti anali wakufa. M"mawu apansipansi anauza woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti: "Ndamva kuti amagwira ntchito kwa Lieutenant General Meyer. Mwina ndi za kuphana komwe LöVenhagen ndi atolankhani akuyesera kutipangitsa kuti tiziwoneka oyipa. "
  
  "Mulungu akudziwa, ndilibe nthawi ya izi!" - anayankha. "Bweretsani ku ofesi yanga!"
  
  "Ndikuperekezeni bwana? Kapena ukufuna kuti ndisaonekere?" - Werner adafunsa monyengerera.
  
  "Ayi, muyenera kubwera nane," adatero Schmidt. Iye ankanyansidwa ndi kusokonezedwa, koma Werner anakumbukira dzina la mayi amene anawathandiza kusokoneza pamene ankafunika kuchotsa apolisi. Ndiye Sam Cleave ndi Marduk ayenera kukhala pano. Ndiyenera kupeza Marlene, koma bwanji? Pamene Werner ankathamangira ku ofesi ndi mkulu wake, iye anagwedeza ubongo wake, kuyesa kupeza komwe angasunge Marlene ndi momwe angachokere ku Schmidt mosadziwika.
  
  "Fulumirani, Lieutenant," Schmidt adalamula. Zizindikiro zonse za kunyada kwake ndi chiyembekezo chake chachimwemwe zinali zitapita tsopano, ndipo anali atabwerera m"machitidwe ankhanza. "Tilibe nthawi yowononga." Werner anakayikira ngati angogonjetsa woyendetsa ndegeyo n"kulowa m"chipindacho. Zingakhale zophweka pakali pano. Anali pakati pa bwalo lachitetezo ndi tsinde, mobisa, kumene palibe amene akanamva kulira kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo . Kumbali ina, atafika pamalopo, adadziwa kuti mnzake wa Sam Cleave anali pamwamba ndipo Marduk mwina adadziwa kale kuti Werner ali m'mavuto.
  
  Komabe, ngati angagonjetse mtsogoleriyo, onse atha kuwululidwa. Chinali chosankha chovuta. M'mbuyomu, Werner nthawi zambiri ankadziona kuti ndi wokayikakayika chifukwa choti zosankha zinalipo zochepa, koma panthawiyi zinali zambiri, ndipo chilichonse chinali ndi zotsatira zovuta. Kusadziwa kuti mbali iti yomwe inali chigoba chenicheni cha ku Babulo kunalinso vuto lenileni, ndipo nthawi inali kutha - kwa dziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Mofulumira kwambiri, Werner asanasankhe pakati pa ubwino ndi kuipa kwa mkhalidwewo, aŵiriwo anafika pa masitepe a nyumba ina ya maofesi. Werner anakwera masitepe pafupi ndi Schmidt, ndi oyendetsa ndege mwachisawawa kapena ogwira ntchito yoyang'anira omwe amapereka moni kapena kupereka sawatcha. Tengani nthawi yanu. Onani mipata yomwe imapezeka koyamba, Werner adadziwuza yekha. Koma Marlene! Kodi tingamupeze bwanji?
  
  "Ingosewerani ndi chilichonse chomwe ndikunena, Werner," Schmidt adatero akukukuta mano atayandikira ofesi, pomwe Werner adawona mtolankhani wachikazi ndi Marduk akudikirira masks awo. Kwa kamphindi kakang'ono adamvanso kuti ali womasuka, ngati kuti pali chiyembekezo choti afuule ndikugonjetsera womuyang'anira, koma Werner adadziwa kuti adayenera kudikirira.
  
  Kusinthana koyang'ana pakati pa Marduk, Margaret ndi Werner kunali kuvomereza kwachangu, kobisika kutali ndi malingaliro a Captain Schmidt. Margaret adadziwonetsa yekha ndi Marduk ngati maloya awiri oyendetsa ndege odziwa zambiri zandale.
  
  "Chonde khalani pampando," anatero Schmidt, akunamizira kukhala waulemu. Anayesetsa kuti asayang'ane nkhalamba yodabwitsa yomwe inatsagana ndi mayi wokhwimitsa zinthu.
  
  "Zikomo," anatero Margaret. "Tidafunadi kulankhula ndi wamkulu wa Luftwaffe, koma alonda anu adanena kuti Lieutenant General Meyer ali kunja kwa dziko."
  
  Adalankhula motukwana motele mwachikoka komanso ndi cholinga chofuna kumukwiyitsa kaputeniyo pang'ono. Werner anaima moimirira pambali pa tebulo, kuyesera kuti asaseke.
  
  
  Mutu 27 - Susa kapena Nkhondo
  
  
  Maso a Nina anatsekeredwa pa a Sam pamene ankamvetsera mbali yomaliza ya nyimboyo. Panthawi ina, ankawopa kuti wasiya kupuma pamene akumvetsera, kukwinya, kusinkhasinkha, kugwedezeka, ndikugwedeza mutu wake pambali pa nyimbo yonseyi. Zitatha, ankangomuyang'ana. Panali tchanelo chankhani chomwe chikuseweredwa pa TV ya Nina kumbuyo, koma palibe mawu.
  
  "Zisiyeni!" - iye mwadzidzidzi anafuula. Manja ake anali ataphimbidwa ndi singano ndi machubu a tsikulo, apo ayi akanawakwirira m"tsitsi modabwa. "Kodi mukundiuza kuti mnyamata yemwe ndimaganiza kuti ndi Jack the Ripper anali Gandalf the Gray, komanso kuti mnzanga yemwe amagona nane m'chipinda chimodzi ndikuyenda nane anali wakupha wankhanza?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani sanandiphenso?" Nina anaganiza mokweza.
  
  "Kusaona kwako kunapulumutsa moyo wako," Sam anamuuza motero. 13Koma inu nokha munali munthu wosapenya nkhope yace ya wina, cingakhale cisomo canu copulumutsa; sunali chiwopsezo kwa iye."
  
  "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndingakhale wosangalala kukhala wakhungu. Yesu! Kodi mungaganizire zomwe zingandichitikire? Ndiye onse ali kuti tsopano?"
  
  Sam anakonza kukhosi kwake, khalidwe limene Nina anali ataphunzira tsopano linatanthauza kuti sanali womasuka ndi zimene ankafuna kufotokoza , zomwe zikanamveka ngati zopenga.
  
  "O, mulungu wanga," anafuulanso motero.
  
  "Tamverani, zonsezi ndi zowopsa. Perdue ali otanganidwa kusonkhanitsa magulu achiwembu mumzinda uliwonse waukulu kuti asokoneze zowulutsa pa satellite ndi ma wayilesi. Akufuna kuletsa nkhani za imfa ya Sloan kuti zisafalikire mwachangu, "Sam adalongosola, osakhala ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu cha dongosolo la Perdue loletsa ma TV padziko lonse lapansi. Komabe, akuyembekeza kuti izi zidzalephereka kwambiri, makamaka ndi maukonde ambiri azondi azondi ndi akatswiri omwe Perdue anali nawo pafupi. "Margaret, mawu a mkazi amene munamva, akali ku Germany tsopano. Werner amayenera kudziwitsa Marduk atakwanitsa kubweza chigobacho ku Schmidt popanda Schmidt kudziwa, koma pofika tsiku lomwe adanenedwa palibe chomwe chidamveka kwa iye.
  
  "Ndiye wamwalira," Nina ananjenjemera.
  
  "Sizofunikira. Zimangotanthauza kuti adalephera kupeza chigobacho, "adatero Sam. "Sindikudziwa ngati Kohl angamuthandize kupeza, koma ndikuganiza kuti akuwoneka pang'ono. Koma popeza Marduk sanamve kalikonse kuchokera kwa Werner, anapita ndi Margaret ku Base B üchel kuti akawone zimene zinali kuchitika."
  
  "Uzani Perdue kuti afulumizitse ntchito yake pawailesi yakanema," Nina adauza Sam.
  
  "Ndikutsimikiza kuti akuyenda mwachangu momwe angathere."
  
  "Osathamanga mokwanira," iye anatsutsa, akugwedeza mutu wake ku TV. Sam adatembenuka kuti apeze kuti network yayikulu yoyamba idalandira lipoti loti anthu a Perdue akuyesera kuyimitsa.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - Sam adadandaula.
  
  "Izi sizigwira ntchito, Sam," anavomereza motero Nina. "Palibe wofalitsa nkhani amene angasamale ngati ayambitsa nkhondo ina yapadziko lonse pofalitsa nkhani za imfa ya Pulofesa Sloane. Inu mukudziwa momwe iwo alili! Anthu osasamala, aumbombo. Nthawi zambiri. Amakonda kutamandidwa chifukwa cha miseche m"malo moganizira zotsatirapo zake."
  
  "Ndikulakalaka ena mwa manyuzipepala akulu ndi zikwangwani zapa social media zinganene kuti izi ndi zabodza," adatero Sam, mokhumudwa. "Zingakhale kuti 'adatero, adatero' motalika mokwanira kuti aletse kuyitana kwenikweni kwankhondo.
  
  Chithunzi cha pa TV chinasowa mwadzidzidzi ndipo mavidiyo angapo a nyimbo a 80 adawonekera. Sam ndi Nina ankadabwa ngati iyi inali ntchito ya owononga, omwe panthawiyi amagwiritsa ntchito chilichonse chomwe angathe kuti achedwetse malipoti ambiri.
  
  "Sam," anatero nthawi yomweyo mofewa komanso mowona mtima. "Zimene Marduk adakuwuzani za khungu lomwe limachotsa chigoba - ali nacho?"
  
  Analibe yankho. Pa nthawiyo, iye sanaganize kuti afunse Marduk zambiri za nkhaniyi.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Sam anayankha. "Koma sindingaike pachiwopsezo chomuimbira foni ya Margaret pakali pano. Ndani akudziwa komwe ali kuseri kwa mizere ya adani, mukudziwa? Kungakhale kusuntha kopenga komwe kungawononge chilichonse. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndikungodabwa," adatero.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - adayenera kufunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, munanena kuti Margaret anali ndi lingaliro la winawake wogwiritsa ntchito chigoba kuti awoneke ngati Pulofesa Sloan, ngakhale kungosaina pangano lamtendere, sichoncho?" Nina anandiuza.
  
  "Inde, adatero," adatsimikiza.
  
  Nina anausa moyo kwambiri, akumalingalira za chimene adzatumikira. Pamapeto pake, zingakhale zabwino kwambiri kuposa ubwino wake wokha.
  
  "Kodi Margaret angatilumikizitse ku ofesi ya Sloane?" Anafunsa ngati akuyitanitsa pizza.
  
  "Purdue akhoza. Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Tiyeni tikonze msonkhano. Mawa lake ndi Halowini, Sam. Limodzi mwa masiku opambana kwambiri m'mbiri yaposachedwa, ndipo sitingalole kuti izi zisokonezedwe. Ngati Bambo Marduk angatibweretsere chigobacho," anafotokoza motero, koma Sam anayamba kugwedeza mutu mwamphamvu.
  
  "Ayi! Palibe njira yomwe ndingalole kuti uchite izi, Nina," anadandaula mokwiya.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndimalize!" - adakuwa mokweza momwe thupi lake lovulala limatha kupirira. "Ndichita, Sam! Ichi ndi chisankho changa ndipo thupi langa ndiye tsogolo langa! "
  
  "Zoona?" iye anakuwa. "Nanga bwanji anthu omwe muwasiye ngati sitingathe kuchotsa chigoba asanakuchotseni?"
  
  "Ndikapanda kutero, Sam? Kodi dziko lonse lapansi likulowa mu Nkhondo Yachitatu Yapadziko Lonse? Moyo wa munthu m'modzi ... kapena ana adziko lapansi akuwukiridwanso ndi ndege? Abambo ndi abale abwereranso kunkhondo, ndipo Mulungu akudziwa kuti agwiritsanso ntchito zipangizo zamakono panthawiyi!" Mapapu a Nina anagwira ntchito mowonjezereka kuti afinyize mawuwo.
  
  Sam anangopukusa mutu. Sanafune kuvomereza kuti chinali chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe angachite. Ngati akanakhala mkazi wina aliyense, koma osati Nina.
  
  "Bwera, Cleve, ukudziwa kuti iyi ndi njira yokha yopulumukira," adatero namwinoyo akuthamangira mkati.
  
  "Dr. Gould, simungakhale okwiya kwambiri. Chonde chokani, Bambo Cleave," anafunsa motero. Nina sanafune kuchita mwano kwa ogwira ntchito zachipatala, koma panalibe njira yomwe akanasiya nkhaniyi.
  
  "Hannah, chonde tilekerere kukambitsiranaku," Nina anachonderera motero.
  
  "Iwe ukulephera kupuma, Dr. Gould. Simukuloledwa kukwiyitsidwa chotero ndi kupangitsa kugunda kwa mtima wanu kudutsa padenga," Hannah anadzudzula motero.
  
  "Ndamva," Nina anayankha mwamsanga, akumamveketsa mawu ake abwino. "koma chonde ingondipatsani ine ndi Sam mphindi zochepa."
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani pa TV?" Hana anafunsa modabwa ndi kusokonezedwa kosalekeza kwa pawailesiyi komanso zithunzi zopotoka. "Ndipempha anthu okonza kuti awone mlongoti wathu." Atanena zimenezo, anatuluka m"chipindacho, akumayang"ana Nina komaliza kuti akope chidwi ndi zimene ananena. Anayankha mokweza mutu.
  
  "Zabwino kukonza mlongoti," Sam anamwetulira.
  
  "Purdue ali kuti?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ndinakuuzani chomwecho. Iye ali wotanganidwa kulumikiza ma satelayiti oyendetsedwa ndi makampani ake a maambulera ndi njira zakutali za gulu lake lachinsinsi."
  
  Ndikutanthauza, ali kuti? Ali ku Edinburgh? Ali ku Germany?
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Ndiyankheni!" - adafunsa, akukwinya.
  
  "Simunamufune kulikonse pafupi ndi inu, ndiye sakhala kutali." Tsopano zatuluka. Adanena izi poteteza Purdue kwa Nina. "Akumva chisoni kwambiri ndi zomwe zidachitika ku Chernobyl ndipo mudamuchitira zinthu zopanda pake ku Mannheim. Mumayembekezera chiyani?
  
  "Wait, chiyani?" - adamukwiyira Sam. "Anafuna kundipha! Kodi mukumvetsa mmene kusakhulupirirana kukukulira?"
  
  "Inde, ndikukhulupirira! Ndimakhulupirira. Ndipo sungani liwu lanu pansi Mlongo Betty asanabwerenso. Ndimadziŵa mmene zimakhalira kutaya mtima pamene moyo wanga uli pangozi ndi anthu amene ndinkawakhulupirira. Simungakhulupirire kuti anafuna kukupwetekani mwadala, Nina. Chifukwa cha Khristu, amakukondani!"
  
  Anaima, koma kunali kuchedwa. Nina adalandidwa zida, zivute zitani, koma Sam adanong'oneza bondo kale mawu ake. Chinthu chomaliza chomwe anafunikira kuti amukumbutse nacho chinali kufunafuna kosalekeza kwa Perdue pazokonda zake. Malingaliro ake, Sam anali kale wocheperapo kwa Perdue m'njira zambiri. Perdue anali katswiri wokhala ndi chithumwa chofanana, kudzidalira kukhala wolemera, kutengera katundu, malo, ndi matekinoloje apamwamba kwambiri. Anali ndi mbiri yabwino monga wofufuza, wothandiza anthu komanso woyambitsa.
  
  Zonse zomwe Sam anali nazo zinali Mphotho ya Pulitzer ndi mphotho zina zingapo ndi zolemekezeka. Kupatula mabuku atatu ndi ndalama zochepa zochokera ku Purdue kusaka chuma, Sam anali ndi nyumba ya penthouse ndi mphaka.
  
  "Tayankhani funso langa," anangolankhula mophweka, ataona kuti Sam akumva kupweteka m"maso kuti mwina amuluza. "Ndikulonjeza kuti ndidzachita bwino ngati Perdue angandithandize kulankhulana ndi likulu la WUO."
  
  "Sitikudziwa ngati Marduk ali ndi chigoba," Sam anali akugwira udzu kuti aletse Nina kupita patsogolo.
  
  "Izi nzodabwitsa. Ngakhale sitikudziwa zowona, tithanso kukonza zondiyimira pa WUO posaina kuti Prof. Anthu a Sloan amatha kukonza zinthu ndi chitetezo molingana. "Kupatula apo," adausa moyo, "kambala kakang'ono kamawoneka ndi nkhope ya Sloane kapena wopanda, kungakhale kosavuta kunena kuti malipotiwo ndi abodza, sichoncho?"
  
  "Purdue ili mu Reichtisussis momwe timalankhulira," Sam adavomereza. "Ndilankhula naye ndikumuuza za zomwe wafunsira."
  
  "Zikomo," iye anayankha modekha pamene TV inasintha tchanelo kupita ku tchanelo, n"kuima kaye pang"onopang"ono pamawu oyesera. Zinayima mwadzidzidzi pa wailesi yapadziko lonse, yomwe inali isanathebe mphamvu. Maso a Nina anali atayang'ana pazenera. Ananyalanyaza kachetechete ka Sam pakadali pano.
  
  "Sam, tawonani!" - adafuula ndikukweza dzanja lake movutikira kuloza TV. Sam anatembenuka. Mtolankhani adawonekera ndi maikolofoni yake muofesi ya CIA ku The Hague kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Kwezani voliyumu!" Adatelo Sam uku akugwira remote ndikudina mabatani angapo olakwika asanakweze voliyumu ngati kukulitsa mipiringidzo yobiriwira pawonekedwe lapamwamba. Pamene ankamva zimene ankanena, n"kuti atangolankhula ziganizo zitatu zokha.
  
  "...kuno ku The Hague kutsatira malipoti okhudza kuphedwa kwa Pulofesa Martha Sloane dzulo kunyumba yake ya tchuthi ku Cardiff. Atolankhani sanathe kutsimikizira malipoti awa chifukwa woyimilira pulofesa sanapezeke kuti ayankhepo kanthu. "
  
  "Chabwino, iwo sanatsimikizirebe zenizeni," anatero Nina. Kupitiliza kwa lipoti lochokera ku studio, pomwe wofalitsa nkhani adawonjezera zambiri zachitukuko china.
  
  Komabe, poganizira za msonkhano wamtendere womwe ukubwera pakati pa mayiko a Meso-Arabia ndi World Bank, ofesi ya mtsogoleri wa Meso-Arabia, Sultan Yunus ibn Mekkan, adalengeza kusintha kwa dongosolo.
  
  "Inde, tsopano zikuyamba. Nkhondo yoopsa, "Sam adabuula, atakhala ndikumvetsera mwachidwi.
  
  "Nyumba ya Oyimilira ya Meso-Arabi idasintha pangano kuti lisayinidwe mumzinda wa Susa, Meso-Arabia, kutsatira kuwopseza moyo wa Sultan ndi bungweli."
  
  Nina anapuma mozama. "Ndiye tsopano ndi Susa kapena nkhondo. Tsopano kodi mukuganizabe kuti kuvala kwanga Chigoba cha Babele sikungathetseretu tsogolo la dziko lonse lapansi?"
  
  
  Mutu 28 - Kuperekedwa kwa Marduk
  
  
  Werner anadziŵa kuti sanaloledwe kutuluka mu ofesiyo pamene Schmidt anali kulankhula ndi alendo, koma anafunikira kudziŵa kumene Marlene anasungidwa. Ngati angalumikizane ndi Sam, mtolankhaniyo atha kugwiritsa ntchito omwe amacheza nawo kuti apeze zomwe adayimba pafoni ya Werner. Anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi nkhani zamalamulo zomwe zidatuluka mwaluso m'kamwa mwa mtolankhani waku Britain, pomwe adanyenga Schmidt kuti awoneke ngati loya wochokera ku likulu la WUO.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Marduk anasokoneza zokambiranazo. "Pepani, Captain Schmidt, koma ndingagwiritse ntchito chipinda cha amuna anu? Tinali ofulumira kwambiri kuti tifike pamalo anu chifukwa cha zochitika zomwe zikukula mofulumira zomwe ndikuvomereza kuti ndinanyalanyaza chikhodzodzo changa. "
  
  Schmidt anali wothandiza kwambiri. Sanafune kudzipangitsa kuti aziwoneka woyipa pamaso pa VO popeza pakadali pano amawongolera maziko ake ndi akuluakulu ake. Mpaka pamene adatenga mphamvu zake zamoto, adayenera kumvera ndi kupsompsona bulu monga momwe amafunikira kuti asunge maonekedwe.
  
  "Ndithu! Inde," Schmidt anayankha. "Lieutenant Werner, kodi mungaperekeze mlendo wathu kuchipinda cha amuna? Ndipo osayiwala kufunsa ... Marlene ... za kuloledwa ku Block B, chabwino?
  
  "Inde, bwana," anayankha Werner. "Chonde mubwere nane, bwana."
  
  "Zikomo, Lieutenant. Mukudziwa, mukadzafika msinkhu wanga, kupita kuchimbudzi nthawi zonse kumakhala kokakamizika komanso kotalika. Samalira unyamata wako.
  
  Schmidt ndi Margaret anaseka mawu a Marduk pamene Werner ankatsatira mapazi a Marduk. Anazindikira chenjezo losawoneka bwino la Schmidt loti moyo wa Marlene ukhala pachiwopsezo ngati Werner ayesa chilichonse chomwe iye sachiwona. Iwo adachoka muofesiyo pang'onopang'ono kuti agogomeze chiwembu chogula nthawi yambiri. Atatuluka m'makutu, Werner anamkokera pambali Marduk.
  
  "Bambo Marduk, chonde, muyenera kundithandiza," ananong"oneza motero.
  
  "N"chifukwa chake ndili pano. Kulephera kwanu kundilankhulana ndi ine komanso chenjezo losabisika kwambiri lochokera kwa mkulu wanu kwasiya," anayankha Marduk. Werner anayang"ana mwamuna wokalambayo mogomera. Zinali zodabwitsa kuti Marduk anali wozindikira, makamaka kwa munthu wamsinkhu wake.
  
  "Mulungu wanga, ndimakonda anthu ozindikira," anatero Werner pomalizira pake.
  
  "Inenso, mwana. Inenso. Ndipo pazomwezi, kodi mwapeza komwe amasunga Chigoba cha Babele? "- anafunsa. Werner anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Koma choyamba tiyenera kuonetsetsa kuti palibe," adatero Marduk. "Odwala anu ali kuti?"
  
  Werner sanadziŵe zimene mkuluyo anali kuchita, koma panthaŵiyi anali ataphunzira kubisa mafunso ake ndi kuwona zochitika. "Pano".
  
  Mphindi khumi pambuyo pake, amuna awiriwo adayimilira kutsogolo kwa kiyibodi ya digito ya cell pomwe Schmidt adasunga maloto ake opotoka a Nazi ndi kukumbukira. Marduk anayang'ana pakhomo ndi makiyi. Atayang"anitsitsa, anazindikira kuti kulowa m"katimo kungakhale kovuta kwambiri kuposa mmene ankaganizira poyamba.
  
  "Ili ndi gawo losunga zobwezeretsera lomwe limachenjeza ngati wina asokoneza zamagetsi," a Marduk adauza mkuluyo. "Uyenera kupita kukamusokoneza."
  
  "Chani? sindingathe! Werner ananong"ona n"kukuwa nthawi yomweyo.
  
  Marduk anamunyenga ndi bata lake losatha. "Kulekeranji?"
  
  Werner sananene chilichonse. Akhoza kusokoneza Schmidt mosavuta, makamaka pamaso pa dona. Schmidt sakanachita mkangano za iye m'gulu lawo. Werner anayenera kuvomereza kuti iyi inali njira yokhayo yopezera chigobacho.
  
  "Mukudziwa bwanji kuti ndi mask?" pomaliza anafunsa Marduk.
  
  Mkuluyo sanavutike nkomwe kuyankha. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti, monga wosunga chigobacho, akanachizindikira paliponse. Chomwe anayenera kuchita ndi kutembenuza mutu wake ndi kuyang'ana pa mkulu wa asilikali uja. "Tsok-tsok-tsok."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," Werner anavomereza kuti linali funso lopusa. "Kodi ndingagwiritse ntchito foni yanu? Ndiyenera kumufunsa Sam Cleave kuti azitsatira nambala yanga."
  
  "ZA! Ndikhululukireni mwana wanga. Ndilibe imodzi. Mukakwera m'chipinda cham'mwamba, gwiritsani ntchito foni ya Margaret kuti mulankhule ndi Sam. Kenako pangani vuto lenileni. Nenani "moto".
  
  "Ndithudi. Moto. Zinthu zanu, "adatero Werner.
  
  Ponyalanyaza zimene mnyamatayo ananena, Marduk anafotokoza zonse zimene anakonza. "Ndikangomva alamu, ndimatsegula makiyi. Woyang'anira wanu sangachitire mwina koma kusamuka mnyumbamo. Iye alibe nthawi yoti abwere kuno. Ndikumana nawe ndi Margaret panja, choncho onetsetsani kuti mumakhala naye nthawi zonse. "
  
  "Ndamva," adatero Werner. "Kodi Margaret ali ndi nambala ya Sam?"
  
  "Iwo ali, monga amanenera, "trauchle mapasa" kapena zina zotero," Marduk anakwinya tsinya, "koma komabe, inde, ali ndi nambala yake. Tsopano pita ukachite zinthu zako. Ndidikirira chizindikiro cha chipwirikiti. Panali nthabwala m'mawu ake, koma nkhope ya Werner inali yodzaza ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi zomwe anali atatsala pang'ono kuchita.
  
  Ngakhale Marduk ndi Werner adadzipezera okha alibi m'chipinda cha odwala chifukwa chokhalapo kwa nthawi yayitali, kupezeka kwa dera losunga zobwezeretsera kunafunikira dongosolo latsopano. Komabe, Werner anaigwiritsa ntchito kupanga nkhani yomveka ngati atafika kuofesiyo kuti apeze kuti Schmidt anali atachenjeza kale zachitetezo.
  
  Kumbali ina yochokera pakona pomwe khomo lolowera kumalo osungiramo odwala adalembedwa, Werner adalowa m'chipinda chosungiramo zinthu zakale. Kuwononga bwino kunali kofunikira osati kupulumutsa Marlene, komanso kupulumutsa dziko lapansi kunkhondo yatsopano.
  
  
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  M"kanjira kakang"ono kamene kali kunja kwa khonde, Marduk anadikira kuti alamu imveke. Pokhala ndi nkhawa, adayesedwa kuyesa kusewera ndi kiyibodi, koma adakana kutero kuti Werner asamagwire msanga. Marduk sanaganizepo kuti kuba kwa Chigoba cha Babele kungayambitse chidani chowonekera chotere. Nthawi zambiri adatha kuchotsa mwachangu komanso mwachinsinsi akuba a chigoba, kubwerera ku Mosul ndi chotsaliracho popanda chopinga chachikulu.
  
  Popeza kuti ndale zinali zovuta kwambiri ndipo cholinga chakuba kwaposachedwapa chinali kulamulira dziko lonse, Marduk ankakhulupirira kuti zinthu sizingayende bwino. Iye anali asanalowe m"nyumba za anthu ena, kunyenga anthu, ngakhale kuonetsa nkhope yake! Tsopano anadzimva ngati nthumwi ya boma-ndi gulu, osati mocheperapo. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wake, adakondwera kulandiridwa mu timu, koma sanali mtundu - kapena msinkhu - wazinthu zoterezi. Magetsi ofiira pamwamba pa bwaloli adayamba kung'anima ngati alamu yowonekera, yopanda phokoso. Marduk adagwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chake chaukadaulo kupitilira chigamba chomwe adazindikira, koma adadziwa kuti izi zitha kutumiza chenjezo kwa Schmidt popanda mawu achinsinsi. Chitseko chinatsegulidwa, ndikumuululira chipinda chogona chodzaza ndi zinthu zakale za Nazi ndi zida zolumikizirana. Koma Marduk sanapezeke china chilichonse kupatula chigoba, chotsalira chowononga kwambiri kuposa zonse.
  
  Monga momwe Werner adamuuzira, adapeza kuti khomalo linali lopachikidwa ndi masks khumi ndi atatu, chilichonse chinali chofanana ndi chigoba cha ku Babulo cholondola modabwitsa. Marduk sananyalanyaze kuyimba kwa intercom komwe kunatsatira kuti atuluke pamene amafufuza chilichonse. M"modzim"modzi ankawapenda ndi kuyang"ana kwake kochititsa kaso, wokonda kusanthula mwatsatanetsatane ndi mphamvu ya chilombo cholusa. Chigoba chilichonse chinali chofanana ndi chotsatira: chophimba chopyapyala chooneka ngati chigaza chokhala ndi mkati mwamdima wofiira wodzaza ndi zinthu zophatikizika zopangidwa ndi mfiti za sayansi kuchokera ku nthawi yozizira komanso yankhanza zomwe sizikanaloledwa kubwereza.
  
  Marduk anazindikira chizindikiro chotembereredwa cha asayansi awa, chomwe chinakongoletsa khoma kumbuyo kwa teknoloji yamagetsi ndi mauthenga a satana.
  
  Adaseka moseka: "Order of the Black Sun. Yakwana nthawi yoti mupitirire malire athu. "
  
  Marduk anatenga chigoba chenichenicho ndikuchiyika pansi pa malaya ake, ndikumangirira zipi thumba lalikulu lamkati. Anafunika kufulumira kujowina Margaret ndipo, mwachiyembekezo, Werner, ngati mnyamatayo anali asanawombedwe kale. Asanatulukire mu kuwala kofiira kwa simenti yotuwa ya mumpanda wapansi panthaka, Marduk anayima kaye kuti ayang'anenso chipinda chonyansacho.
  
  "Chabwino, tsopano ndabwera," iye anaumira mwamphamvu, akufinya chitoliro chachitsulo chochokera m"kabati ndi manja onse aŵiri. M'zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zokha, Peter Marduk adawononga magetsi a bunker pamodzi ndi makompyuta omwe Schmidt adagwiritsa ntchito kuti atchule malo omwe angawononge. Kutha kwa magetsi sikunali kokha ku bunker, koma kwenikweni kulumikizidwa ndi nyumba yoyendetsa ndege. Ku Büchel Air Base kunali kuzimitsidwa kotheratu, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ogwira ntchito asokonezeke.
  
  Dziko litawona lipoti la pawailesi yakanema la ganizo la Sultan Yunus ibn Makkan losintha malo amene pangano la mtendere linasaina, chigwirizano cha onse chinali chakuti nkhondo yapadziko lonse yayandikira. Pomwe akuti kuphedwa kwa Prof. Martha Sloan sanadziwikebe, idakali chifukwa chodetsa nkhawa nzika zonse ndi asitikali padziko lonse lapansi. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, magulu awiri omenyana kosatha anali pafupi kukhazikitsa mtendere, ndipo chochitikacho chinayambitsa, makamaka, mantha pakati pa owonera ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Nkhawa zotere ndi kusokonezeka maganizo kotereku kunali kofala paliponse, kotero kuti kuzima kwa magetsi pa airbase pomwe woyendetsa ndege wosadziwika anagunda ndege yankhondo masiku angapo m'mbuyomo kudachititsa mantha. Marduk nthawi zonse ankakonda chipwirikiti chomwe chimabwera chifukwa cha anthu akupondaponda. Chisokonezo nthaŵi zonse chinkapatsa mkhalidwewo mkhalidwe wina wa kusayeruzika ndi kusalabadira malamulo, ndipo zimenezi zinam"tumikira bwino m"chikhumbo chake choyendayenda mosadziŵika.
  
  Anatsika masitepe opita ku bwalo kumene nyumba za asilikali ndi nyumba zoyang'anira zinkasonkhana. Nyali ndi asilikali oyendetsa majenereta ankaunikira malo ozungulira ndi kuwala kwachikasu komwe kumalowa m'kona iliyonse yofikira mpweya. Zigawo zokha za holo yodyeramo zinali mdima, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti Marduk adutse pachipata chachiŵiri.
  
  Pobwerera kumalo opunduka pang'onopang'ono, Marduk adadutsa m'gulu la asilikali omwe ankathamanga, kumene Schmidt anafuula kuti oyendetsa ndege akhale okonzeka ndipo ogwira ntchito zachitetezo atseke pansi. Posakhalitsa Marduk anafika kwa mlonda wa pachipata, amene anali woyamba kulengeza za kufika kwake ndi Margaret. Pooneka ngati wachisoni, mkuluyo anafunsa mlonda yemwe anali wothedwa nzeru kuti, "Kodi chikuchitika n"chiyani? Ndasokera! Mungathandize? Mnzangayo adandisiya ndipo ... "
  
  "Inde, inde, ndikukumbukira. Chonde ingodikirani pafupi ndi galimoto yanu bwana," mlondayo anatero.
  
  Marduk anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza. Anayang'ananso mozungulira. "Ndiye wamuwona akudutsa apa?"
  
  "Ayi, bwana! Chonde ingodikirani mgalimoto yanu! "- mlondayo anafuula, akumvetsera kulamula mu ma alarms ndi zowunikira.
  
  "CHABWINO. Tiwonana," Marduk anayankha, akulunjika ku galimoto ya Margaret, akuyembekeza kuti akamupeza kumeneko. Chigobacho chinakanikizira pachifuwa chake chodziwika bwino kwinaku akuthamangira kugalimoto. Marduk anadzimva kukhala waphindu, ngakhale anali pamtendere, pamene anakwera m"galimoto yobwereka ya Margaret ndi makiyi amene anam"landa.
  
  Pamene ankayendetsa galimoto, ataona mliriwo pagalasi lakumbuyo, Marduk anamva kuti moyo wake wakwezeka, mpumulo waukulu moti tsopano akanatha kubwerera kudziko lakwawo ndi chigoba chimene anapeza. Zomwe dziko lidachita ndi maulamuliro ake omwe akugwa nthawi zonse komanso masewera amphamvu zinalibe kanthu kwa iye. Ponena za iye, ngati mtundu wa anthu ukanakhala wodzikuza kwambiri ndi wodzazidwa ndi chilakolako cha mphamvu kotero kuti ngakhale chiyembekezo cha mgwirizano chinasanduka kusasamala, mwinamwake kutha kunali kochedwa.
  
  
  Mutu 29 - Purdue Tab Yakhazikitsidwa
  
  
  Perdue sankafuna kulankhula ndi Nina pamasom"pamaso, choncho anakhalabe m"nyumba yake yaikulu ya Reichtisoussis. Kuchoka pamenepo, adakonza zoletsa zofalitsa zomwe Sam adapempha. Koma wofufuzayo sakanatha kukhala wodandaula pamiyendo chabe chifukwa chakuti wokondedwa wake wakale ndi bwenzi Nina adamupewa. Ndipotu, Perdue anali ndi zolinga zakezake za vuto lomwe linali pafupi lomwe linayamba kuonekera pa Halloween.
  
  Pomwe maukonde ake obera, akatswiri owulutsa komanso omenyera ufulu wachigawenga atalumikizidwa ndi block media, anali womasuka kuyambitsa mapulani ake. Ntchito yake inalepheretsedwa ndi mavuto aumwini, koma anaphunzira kuti asalole maganizo ake kusokoneza ntchito zambiri zogwirika. Akufufuza nkhani yachiwiri, atazunguliridwa ndi cheke ndi zikalata zoyendera, adalandira chenjezo la Skype. Anali Sam.
  
  "Zikuyenda bwanji ku Casa Purdue m'mawa uno?" -Sam anafunsa. Mawu ake anali osangalatsa, koma nkhope yake inali yoopsa kwambiri. Ngati ikanakhala foni yosavuta, Perdue akanaganiza kuti Sam ndiye chitsanzo cha chisangalalo.
  
  "Wamkulu Scott, Sam," Perdue anakakamizika kufuula pamene adawona maso amagazi a mtolankhani ndi katundu wake. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndine amene sindimagonanso. Mukuwoneka wotopa m'njira yowopsa kwambiri. Ndi Nina uyu?
  
  "O, nthaŵi zonse ndi Nina, bwenzi langa," Sam anayankha motero, akuusa moyo, "koma osati kokha m"njira imene kaŵirikaŵiri amandichititsa misala. Nthawi ino anaikweza pamlingo winanso."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Perdue anang'ung'udza, akudzikonzekeretsa yekha kuti amve nkhaniyi, akumwa khofi wakuda yemwe adasokonekera kwambiri chifukwa cha kutentha. Anasisima atamva kukoma kwa mchenga, koma anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri ndi foni ya Sam.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti panopo simukufuna kuchita chilichonse chokhudza iye, koma ndikuyenera kukupemphani kuti mundithandize kulingalira za zomwe akufuna," adatero Sam.
  
  "Kodi muli ku Kirkwall tsopano?" anafunsa Perdue.
  
  "Inde, koma osati motalika. Kodi munamvera nyimbo imene ndinakutumizirani?" Sam anafunsa motopa.
  
  "Ndinatero. Ndi mwamtheradi mesmerizing. Kodi musindikiza izi ku Edinburgh Post? Ndikukhulupirira kuti Margaret Crosby anakuvutitsani nditachoka ku Germany. Perdue adaseka, akudzizunza mosadziwa ndi kumwa kwina kwa caffeine. "Bluff!"
  
  "Ndinaganiza," Sam anayankha. "Ngati zinali zakuphana m'chipatala cha Heidelberg kapena katangale mu Luftwaffe mkulu, inde. Imeneyi ingakhale sitepe yabwino yosunga mbiri yanga. Koma tsopano ichi ndi chofunika chachiŵiri. Chifukwa chimene ndimafunsa ngati mwaphunzira zinsinsi za chigobacho ndi chakuti Nina amafuna kuvala."
  
  Maso a Perdue adayang'anizana ndi kuwala kwa chinsalu, kusanduka imvi pamene akuyang'anitsitsa chithunzi cha Sam. "Ndine wachisoni?" adatero mosatekeseka.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Anakufunsani kuti mulumikizane ndi WUO ndikufunsa anthu a Sloane kuti akonze ... mgwirizano wina, "Sam anafotokoza mokhumudwa. "Tsopano ndikudziwa kuti wakwiyira iye ndi chilichonse ..."
  
  "Sindikukwiyira iye, Sam. Ndikungofunika kudzipatula kwa iye chifukwa cha tonsefe - iye ndi wanga. Koma sindimangokhala chete mwachibwana chifukwa chongofuna kupuma kwa winawake. Ndimaonabe kuti Nina bwenzi langa. Ndipo inu, pa nkhani imeneyo. Kotero chirichonse chimene inu nonse mumandifunira ine, chochepa chimene ine ndingakhoze kuchita ndikumvetsera, "Perdue anauza bwenzi lake. "Nthawi zonse ndimatha kukana ngati ndikuganiza kuti ndizovuta."
  
  "Zikomo, Perdue," Sam anapumira mwamtendere. "O, zikomo Mulungu, uli ndi zifukwa zabwinoko kuposa zomwe ali nazo."
  
  "Chifukwa chake akufuna kuti ndigwiritse ntchito kulumikizana kwanga ndi pulofesa. Boma lazachuma la Sloan likukokera zingwe, sichoncho? "- anafunsa bilionea.
  
  "Chabwino," Sam adayankha.
  
  "Kenako? Kodi akudziwa kuti Sultan wapempha kuti asinthe malo?" - Perdue anafunsa, akutenga chikho chake, koma pozindikira m'kupita kwa nthawi kuti sanafune zomwe zinali mmenemo.
  
  "Iye akudziwa. Koma akufunitsitsa kutenga nkhope ya Sloane kuti asaine panganoli, ngakhale pakati pa Babulo wakale. Vuto ndikupeza chikopacho kuti uchotse," adatero Sam.
  
  "Ingofunsani munthu wa Marduk pa tepiyo, Sam. Ndimaganiza kuti nonse mukulumikizana?"
  
  Sam adawoneka okhumudwa. "Wapita, Purdue. Adakonza zolowera ku Buechel Air Base ndi Margaret Crosby kuti atenge chigobacho kwa Captain Schmidt. Lieutenant Werner nayenso amayenera kutero, koma sanapambane..." Sam anakhala kaye phee kwa nthawi yaitali, ngati kuti akufunika kufinya mawu otsatirawa. "Chifukwa chake sitikudziwa momwe tingamupezere Marduk kuti abwereke chigoba kuti asaine panganoli."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Perdue anafuula. Atakhala chete pang"ono anafunsa kuti: "Kodi Marduk anachoka bwanji pamalopo?"
  
  "Anabwereka galimoto ya Margaret. Lieutenant Werner amayenera kuthawa pamalopo ndi Marduk ndi Margaret atalandira chigobacho, koma adangowasiya pamenepo ndikupita nawo ... Sam anamvetsetsa nthawi yomweyo. "Ndiwe genius! Nditumizireni zambiri zake kuti nanunso mufufuze zomwe zili mgalimotomo."
  
  "Nthawi zonse zaukadaulo, tambala wakale," adadzitamandira Perdue. "Tekinoloje ndi dongosolo lamanjenje la Mulungu."
  
  "Ndizotheka," Sam adavomereza. "Awa ndi masamba azidziwitso ... Ndipo tsopano ndikudziwa zonsezi chifukwa Werner adandiimbira foni mphindi zosakwana 20 zapitazo, ndikufunsanso thandizo lanu." Atanena zonsezi, Sam sakanatha kugwedeza zolakwa zomwe adamva chifukwa choyika zambiri pa Perdue pambuyo poti kuyesetsa kwake kudatsutsidwa mopanda ulemu ndi Nina Gould.
  
  Perdue anadabwa, ngati chirichonse. "Dikirani kaye, Sam. Ndiloleni nditenge zolemba ndi cholembera changa."
  
  "Mukusunga zigoli?" -Sam anafunsa. "Ngati sichoncho, ndikuganiza muyenera. Ndikumva chisoni, bambo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndipo mukuwoneka ngati mukumveka. Palibe cholakwa, "adatero Perdue.
  
  "Dave, ukhoza kunditcha zinyalala za galu pompano ndipo sindisamala. Chonde ndiuzeni kuti mungathe kutithandiza pa izi," anapempha motero Sam. Maso ake akuluakulu akuda ankaoneka ogwa pansi ndipo tsitsi lake linali lopanda mdima.
  
  "Ndiye ndichite chiyani kwa Lieutenant?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Atabwerera ku maziko, adamva kuti Schmidt adatumiza Himmelfarb, m'modzi mwa amuna omwe ali mufilimuyi "Defector," kuti agwire ndikugwira bwenzi lake. Ndipo tiyenera kumusamalira chifukwa anali namwino wa Nina ku Heidelberg," Sam anafotokoza.
  
  "Chabwino, ndikulozera bwenzi la lieutenant, dzina lake ndani?" Perdue anafunsa cholembera m'manja.
  
  "Marlene. Marlene Marks. Anamukakamiza kuti amuimbire foni Werner atapha dokotala yemwe amamuthandiza. Njira yokhayo yomwe tingamupezere ndikutsata foni yake pafoni yake. "
  
  "Kumvetsetsa. Adzatumiza uthengawo kwa iye. Nditumizireni nambala yake."
  
  Pa screen Sam anali akupukusa mutu. "Ayi, Schmidt ali ndi nambala yake ya foni. Ndikukutumizirani nambala yake, koma simungathe kumupeza kumeneko, Perdue. "
  
  "O gehena, zedi. Kenako ndidzakutumizirani. Akayitana, mutha kumupatsa. Chabwino, ndilole ndigwire ntchitozi ndipo ndibwera kwa inu posachedwa. "
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri, Perdue," Sam anatero, akuwoneka wotopa koma woyamikira.
  
  "Palibe vuto, Sam. Ndipsompsoneni Mkwiyo ndipo yesetsani kuti musatulutse maso anu. " Perdue anamwetulira pamene Sam akumuseka monyoza asanazimiririke m'kuphethira kwa diso mumdima. Perdue anali akumwetulira chinsalu chitatha.
  
  
  Mutu 30 - Njira Zosimidwa
  
  
  Ngakhale kuti ma satelayiti owulutsa pawayilesi anali otsika kwambiri, panalibe ma wayilesi ndi mawebusayiti ena a intaneti omwe amatha kuwononga dziko lapansi ndi mliri wakusatsimikizika komanso kukokomeza. Pazambiri zotsala zapa TV zomwe zinali zisanatsekedwe, anthu adanenanso za mantha omwe adachitika chifukwa cha ndale zomwe zikuchitika, komanso mauthenga akupha komanso ziwopsezo za Nkhondo Yachitatu Yapadziko Lonse.
  
  Chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa ma seva m'malo akuluakulu a dziko lapansi, anthu kulikonse mwachibadwa amafika pamaganizo oipa kwambiri. Malinga ndi malipoti ena, intaneti ikuwukiridwa ndi gulu lamphamvu la chilichonse kuchokera kwa alendo omwe atsala pang'ono kulanda Dziko lapansi mpaka Kubweranso Kwachiwiri. Ena mwamalingaliro ocheperako amaganiza kuti FBI ndi yomwe idayambitsa, mwanjira ina akukhulupirira kuti zinali zothandiza kuti nzeru zadziko 'zipangitse intaneti kuti iwonongeke'. Ndipo kotero nzika za dziko lililonse zidatengera zonse zomwe zidatsala kuwonetsa kusakhutira kwawo - misewu.
  
  Mizinda ikuluikulu inali m"chipwirikiti, ndipo maholo a m"tauni anayenera kuyankha chifukwa cha chiletso cha mauthenga, chimene sakanatha. Ali pamwamba pa nsanja ya World Bank ku London, Lisa wothedwa nzeru anayang"ana pansi pa mzinda wodzaza ndi mikangano. Lisa Gordon anali wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri wa bungwe lomwe linali litangotaya mtsogoleri wawo.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, tawonani izi," adauza wothandizira ake pomwe adatsamira pawindo lagalasi la ofesi yake yansanjika 22. "Anthu ndi oipa kuposa nyama zakuthengo akakhala opanda atsogoleri, aphunzitsi, kapena woimira aliyense wovomerezeka. Mwazindikira?"
  
  Iye anayang"ana chifwambacho ali chapatali ndithu, komabe anakhumba kuti alankhule zomveka pa zonsezo. "Chikhazikitso ndi utsogoleri m"maiko zikangogwedezeka ngakhale pang"ono, nzika zimaganiza kuti chiwonongeko ndicho njira yokhayo. Sindinathe kumvetsa izi. Pali zikhulupiriro zosiyanasiyana, zobadwa ndi zitsiru ndi ankhanza." Anapukusa mutu. "Tonse timalankhula zilankhulo zosiyanasiyana ndipo nthawi imodzi timayesetsa kukhalira limodzi. Mulungu atidalitse. Uyu ndiye Babulo weniweni.
  
  "Dr. Gordon, kazembe wa Mesoarabia ali pamzere wa 4. Akufunika chitsimikiziro kuti Pulofesa Sloane alandilidwe mawa kunyumba ya Sultan ku Susa, "adatero wothandizira. "Kodi ndiyenerabe kupereka chifukwa choti akudwala?"
  
  Lisa anatembenuka kuyang'anizana ndi wothandizira wake. "Tsopano ndadziŵa chifukwa chake Martha ankadandaula kuti ayenera kupanga zosankha zonse. Auzeni kuti adzakhalapo. Sindidzawombera ntchito yopeza movutikira panobe. Ngakhale nditapita kumeneko kukapempha mtendere, sindidzaulola kuti upite chifukwa cha uchigawenga."
  
  "Dr. Gordon, pali njonda pa mzere wanu waukulu. Ali ndi ganizo lofunika kwambiri kwa ife lokhudza mgwirizano wamtendere," adatero mlembiyo, akusuzumira kuseri kwa chitseko.
  
  "Haley, ukudziwa kuti sitilandira mafoni kuchokera kwa anthu kuno," Lisa anadzudzula motero.
  
  "Akuti dzina lake ndi David Perdue," mlembiyo anawonjezera monyinyirika.
  
  Lisa anatembenuka mwamphamvu. "Mulumikizeni padesiki yanga nthawi yomweyo, chonde."
  
  Atamva malingaliro a Purdue kuti agwiritse ntchito chinyengo kuti atenge malo a Prof. Sloane, Lisa anali wodabwitsa kwambiri. Inde, sanaphatikizepo kugwiritsa ntchito mopusa kwa chigoba kuti atenge nkhope ya mkazi. Zimenezo zingakhale zowopsya kwambiri. Komabe, lingaliro loti alowe m'malo linadabwitsa Lisa Gordon.
  
  "A Perdue, monga momwe ife ku WUO Britain timayamikirira kuwolowa manja kwanu ku gulu lathu, muyenera kumvetsetsa kuti kuchita izi kungakhale kwachinyengo komanso kosayenera. Ndipo, monga ndikutsimikiza kuti mukumvetsa, izi ndi njira zomwe timatsutsa. Zimenezi zingatipangitse kukhala achinyengo."
  
  "Inde nditero," Perdue anayankha. "Koma taganizirani izi, Dr. Gordon. Kodi ndinu okonzeka kukhotetsa malamulo mpaka pati kuti mukwaniritse mtendere? Pano pali mayi wodwala - ndipo simunagwiritse ntchito matenda ngati mbuzi yopulumutsira kuti musatsimikize za imfa ya Marita? Ndipo dona uyu, yemwe amafanana modabwitsa ndi Martha, akufuna kusocheretsa anthu oyenera kwa mphindi chabe m'mbiri kuti akhazikitse bungwe lanu m'nthambi zake.
  
  "Ndi-ndiyenera ... ndikuganiza, Bambo Perdue," adachita chibwibwi, koma sanathe kupanga malingaliro ake.
  
  "Kulibwino ufulumire, Dr. Gordon," Perdue anamukumbutsa. "Kusaina kudzachitika mawa, kudziko lina, ndipo nthawi yatha."
  
  "Ndikulumikizani ndikangolankhula ndi alangizi athu," adauza Perdue. Lisa ankadziwa mkati kuti iyi ndiyo njira yabwino yothetsera; ayi, ndicho chinthu chokhacho. Zosankhazo zingakhale zodula kwambiri, ndipo amayenera kuwunika mosamalitsa makhalidwe ake ndi ubwino wa onse. Unalidi mpikisano. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, Lisa anadziŵa kuti ngati atapezeka kuti akukonza zachinyengo zoterozo, adzaimbidwa mlandu ndipo mwina adzaimbidwa mlandu woukira boma. Kubera ndi chinthu chimodzi, koma kukhala wodziwa nawo zandale zotere, sangaweruzidwe ngati kuphedwa pagulu.
  
  "Kodi mukadali pano, Bambo Perdue?" anafuula modzidzimutsa, akuyang'ana foni yomwe inali pa desiki yake ngati kuti nkhope yake ikuwonekera.
  
  "Ndine. Kodi ndikonzekere?" Adafunsa mwansangala.
  
  "Inde," anatsimikizira mwamphamvu. "Ndipo izi siziyenera kuwonekera, mukumvetsa?"
  
  "Dokotala wanga wokondedwa Gordon. Ndimaganiza kuti mumandidziwa bwino kuposa pamenepo, "Perdue adayankha. "Nditumiza Dr. Nina Gould ndi mlonda ku Susa pa jeti yanga yachinsinsi. Oyendetsa ndege anga agwiritse ntchito chilolezo cha WUO malinga ngati wokwerayo ndi pulofesa. Sloan."
  
  Atatha kukambirana, Lisa anapeza khalidwe lake pakati pa mpumulo ndi mantha. Anayenda mozungulira ofesi yake, mapewa akugwa ndipo manja atapinda mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake, akuganizira zomwe wangovomera. M"maganizo mwake anafufuza zifukwa zake zonse, kuonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali ndi zifukwa zomveka ngati chinyengocho chikaululika. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, anali wokondwa chifukwa cha kuchedwa kwa ma TV ndi kuzima kwa magetsi kosalekeza, osadziwa kuti ali m'gulu la anthu omwe ali ndi udindo.
  
  
  Mutu 31 - Kodi mungavale nkhope ya ndani?
  
  
  Lieutenant Dieter Werner anali wodekha, wamantha, komabe ali wokondwa kwambiri. Adalumikizana ndi Sam Cleve kuchokera pa foni yolipiriratu yomwe adapeza akuthawa bwalo lamlengalenga, lodziwika kuti Schmidt ndi wothawa. Sam anali atamupatsa ma coordinates a Marlene omaliza kuyimba ndipo akuyembekeza kuti akadali komweko.
  
  "Berlin? Zikomo kwambiri, Sam! "... - adatero Werner, ataima usiku wozizira wa Mannheim kutali ndi anthu pamalo opangira mafuta komwe amadzaza galimoto ya mchimwene wake. Anapempha mchimwene wake kuti amubwereke galimoto yake, popeza apolisi ankhondo adzakhala akufunafuna jeep yake kuyambira pamene inathawa m'manja mwa Schmidt.
  
  "Ndiyimbireni mukangomupeza, Dieter," Sam adatero. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ali moyo ndipo ali bwino."
  
  "Ndidzatero, ndikulonjeza. Ndipo muuze Perdue miliyoni zikomo pomupeza, "adauza Sam asanadule.
  
  Komabe, Werner sanakhulupirire chinyengo cha Marduk. Iye sanasangalale nazo ngakhale kuganiza kuti angakhulupirire munthu yemwe anamupusitsa atamufunsa kuchipatala.
  
  Koma tsopano anafunika kuyendetsa galimoto mwamphamvu momwe akanathera kuti akafike ku fakitale yotchedwa Kleinschaft Inc. kunja kwa Berlin, kumene Marlene wake ankasungidwa. Ndi mtunda uliwonse umene ankayendetsa, ankapemphera kuti asavulale, kapena akhale ndi moyo. M'chiuno mwake munali mfuti yake, Makarov, yomwe adalandira ngati mphatso kuchokera kwa mchimwene wake pa tsiku lake lobadwa la makumi awiri ndi zisanu. Anali wokonzeka kwa Himmelfarb ngati wamantha akadali ndi minyewa yoyimirira ndikumenya nkhondo akakumana ndi msilikali weniweni.
  
  
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  Panthawiyi, Sam anathandiza Nina kukonzekera ulendo wopita ku Susa, Iraq. Anayenera kufika kumeneko tsiku lotsatira, ndipo Perdue anali atakonzekera kale ndegeyo atalandira kuwala kobiriwira kochenjera kwambiri kuchokera kwa wothandizira wamkulu wa Air Force, Dr. Lisa Gordon.
  
  "Kodi mumanjenjemera?" Sam anafunsa Nina akutuluka mchipindamo, atavala zokongola komanso odzikongoletsa bwino, monga momwe amachitira pulofesa. Sloan. "O Mulungu wanga, mukuwoneka ngati iye ... Ndikadapanda kukudziwani."
  
  "Ndimanjenjemera kwambiri, koma ndimangodziuza zinthu ziwiri. Ndi za ubwino wa dziko lapansi, ndipo zidzangotenga mphindi khumi ndi zisanu ndisanathe," adavomereza. "Ndinamva kuti akusewera khadi yodwala iye kulibe. Chabwino, ali ndi lingaliro limodzi. "
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti suyenera kuchita izi, wokondedwa," adamuuza nthawi yomaliza.
  
  "O, Sam," iye anausa moyo. "Ndiwe wopanda pake, ngakhale utataya."
  
  "Ndikuwona kuti simukuvutitsidwa ngakhale pang'ono ndi mpikisano wanu, ngakhale mwanzeru," adatero, akumuchotsa chikwamacho. "Bwerani, galimotoyo ikuyembekezera kutitengera ku bwalo la ndege. M"maola oŵerengeka mudzaloŵa m"mbiri."
  
  "Kodi tidzakumana ndi anthu ake ku London kapena ku Iraq?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Perdue adati adzakumana nafe ku msonkhano wa CIA ku Susa. Kumeneko mudzakhala ndi nthawi ndi wolowa m'malo weniweni wa WUO reins, Dr. Lisa Gordon. Tsopano kumbukirani, Nina, Lisa Gordon ndi yekhayo amene akudziwa kuti ndinu ndani komanso zomwe timachita, chabwino? Osapunthwa," iye anatero uku akutuluka mwapang"onopang"ono n"kulowa mu nkhungu yoyera yomwe inkayandama mumpweya wozizirawo.
  
  "Kumvetsetsa. Ukuda nkhawa kwambiri," iye anabwebweta, akukonza mpango wake. "Mwa njira, womanga wamkulu ali kuti?"
  
  Sam anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Perdue, Sam, Perdue ali kuti?" - adabwereza pomwe adanyamuka.
  
  "Nthawi yomaliza yomwe ndidalankhula naye, anali kunyumba, koma ndi Purdue, nthawi zonse amachita zinazake." Anamwetulira n"kugwetsa. "Mukupeza bwanji?"
  
  "Maso anga ali pafupifupi achira. Mukudziwa, nditamvetsera tepiyo ndipo Bambo Marduk ananena kuti anthu ovala zophimba nkhope ayamba khungu, ndinadzifunsa ngati n"zimene ayenera kuti ankaziganizira usiku umene anadzandiyendera kuchipatala. Mwina ankaganiza kuti ndine Sa...Lövenhagen...
  
  Sizinali kutali monga momwe zimamvekera, Sam adaganiza. Ndipotu izi zikhoza kukhala choncho. Nina adamuuza kuti Marduk adamufunsa ngati akubisa mnzakeyo, kotero izi zitha kukhala lingaliro lenileni la Peter Marduk. Nina anatsamira mutu wake pa phewa la Sam ndipo movutikira anatsamira mbali kuti amufikire motsika mokwanira.
  
  "Mukadatani?" - adafunsa mwadzidzidzi pansi pa phokoso losamveka la galimotoyo. "Mukanatani ngati mutavala nkhope ya wina aliyense?"
  
  "Sindinaganizire nkomwe," iye anavomereza motero. "Ndikuganiza kuti zimatengera."
  
  "Kuvala?"
  
  Sam anaseka moseka Sam kuti: "Zimatengera nthawi yomwe ndingasunge nkhope ya munthuyu.
  
  "Kwa tsiku limodzi lokha, koma simuyenera kuwapha kapena kufa kumapeto kwa sabata. Umangopeza nkhope zawo kwa tsiku limodzi, ndipo pambuyo pa maola makumi awiri ndi anayi imatuluka ndipo iwe uli nayonso yako," iye ananong"oneza mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kunena kuti ndikanadzitengera kukhala munthu wofunika kwambiri ndikuti ndingachite zabwino," Sam anayamba, akumalingalira mmene ayenera kukhala wowona mtima. "Ndiyenera kukhala Purdue, ndikuganiza."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani umafuna kukhala Purdue?" Nina anafunsa atakhala pansi, o, chabwino. Tsopano mwachita, Sam anaganiza. Anaganizira zifukwa zenizeni zomwe adasankhira Purdue, koma zonsezi zinali zifukwa zomwe sanafune kuwulula kwa Nina.
  
  "Sam! Chifukwa chiyani Purdue? " anaumirirabe.
  
  "Ali ndi chilichonse," adayankha poyamba, koma adangokhala chete ndikutchera khutu, motero Sam adalongosola. "Purdue akhoza kuchita chilichonse. Iye ndi wodziwika kwambiri kuti angakhale woyera mtima wachifundo, koma wofunitsitsa kukhala wopanda aliyense. Iye ndi wanzeru moti angathe kupanga makina odabwitsa ndi zipangizo zamakono zomwe zingasinthe sayansi ya zamankhwala ndi luso lazopangapanga, koma ndi wodzichepetsa kwambiri moti sangakwanitse kuchita zimenezi n"kupanga phindu. Pogwiritsa ntchito luntha lake, mbiri yake, kulumikizana kwake ndi ndalama zake, amatha kukwaniritsa chilichonse. Ndikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito nkhope yake kuti ndikwaniritse zolinga zanga zapamwamba zimene maganizo anga osavuta, chuma chochepa, ndi kupanda pake ndikhoza kuzikwaniritsa."
  
  Amayembekeza kuwunikiranso movutikira za zomwe amaika patsogolo zopotoka komanso zolinga zomwe adaziyika molakwika, koma m'malo mwake Nina adatsamira ndikumpsompsona kwambiri. Mtima wa Sam unanjenjemera ndi zomwe sanayembekezere, koma mawu ake adawawawa.
  
  "Sungani nkhope yanu, Sam. Muli ndi chinthu chokhacho chomwe Perdue akufuna, chinthu chokhacho chomwe luso lake lonse, ndalama ndi chikoka chake sizidzamubweretsera kanthu. "
  
  
  Mutu 32 - Malingaliro a Shadow
  
  
  Peter Marduk sanasamale za zomwe zikuchitika mozungulira iye. Anazoloŵera anthu kuchita zinthu ngati amisala, akuthamanga mothamanga ngati masitima apamtunda pamene chinachake chopanda mphamvu chikuwakumbutsa za kuchepa kwa mphamvu zomwe anali nazo. Ndi manja ake m'matumba a malaya ake ndi kuyang'ana mosamala pansi pa fedora yake, adadutsa pakati pa alendo omwe adachita mantha pabwalo la ndege. Ambiri a iwo anali kupita kunyumba zawo ngati ntchito zonse zitatsekedwa m'dziko lonselo. Anapulumuka nkhondo zitatu. Pamapeto pake, zonse zinali zowongoka ndikuyenda kudera lina la dziko lapansi. Iye ankadziwa kuti nkhondoyo sidzatha. Izi zitha kungopangitsa kuti asamukire kudera lina. M'malingaliro ake, dziko lapansi linali chinyengo chopangidwa ndi iwo omwe atopa kumenyera zomwe anali nazo kapena kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti apambane mikangano. Kugwirizana kunali nthano chabe, yopangidwa ndi amantha ndi otengeka maganizo achipembedzo amene ankayembekezera kuti mwa kuika chikhulupiriro chawo adzalandira ulemu wa ngwazi.
  
  "Ndege yanu yachedwa, Bambo Marduk," kalaliki wopitako anamuuza motero. "Tikuyembekeza kuti maulendo onse apandege achedwa chifukwa chazomwe zachitika posachedwa. Ndege zipezeka mawa m'mawa basi"
  
  "Palibe vuto. Ndidikire, "adatero, kunyalanyaza kuwunika kwake mawonekedwe achilendo a nkhope yake, kapena kusowa kwake. Peter Marduk, panthawiyi, adaganiza zopumula m'chipinda chake cha hotelo. Anali wokalamba kwambiri ndipo thupi lake lafupa kwambiri moti silingathe kukhala kwa nthawi yaitali. Izi zikanakhala zokwanira ndege yobwerera kunyumba. Adalowa mu Hotel Cologne Bonn ndikuyitanitsa chakudya chamadzulo kudzera muntchito yakuchipinda. Chiyembekezo cha tulo toyenerera bwino usiku popanda kuda nkhawa ndi chigoba kapena kudzipinda pansi kudikirira wakuba wakupha kunali kusintha kosangalatsa kwa mafupa ake akale otopa.
  
  Pamene chitseko chamagetsi chinkatseka kumbuyo kwake, maso amphamvu a Marduk anaona chithunzi chitakhala pampando. Sanafune kuwala kochuluka, koma dzanja lake lamanja linatsekereza nkhope ya chigaza chake pansi pa chovala chake. Sizinali zovuta kuganiza kuti wowukirayo wabwera kudzatenga chotsaliracho.
  
  "Mudzandipha kaye," anatero Marduk modekha, ndipo ankatanthauza mawu onse.
  
  "Chokhumba ichi ndingathe kuchita, Bambo Marduk. Ndimakonda kuchita izi mwachangu ngati simukugwirizana ndi zomwe ndikufuna," adatero.
  
  Chifukwa cha Mulungu, ndimve zopempha zanu kuti ndigone. Sindinakhalepo ndi mtendere kuyambira pamene mtundu wina wachinyengo unamubera kunyumba kwanga," Marduk anadandaula motero.
  
  "Khalani pansi chonde. Mpumulo. Ndikhoza kuchoka pano popanda vuto ndikusiyani mugone, kapena ndikhoza kukupeputsiraniko mpaka kalekale ndikuchoka kuno ndi zomwe ndadzera," adatero wolowererayo.
  
  "O, mukuganiza choncho?" Mkuluyo anaseka.
  
  "Ndikutsimikizira zimenezi," winayo anamuuza mosapita m"mbali.
  
  "Bwenzi langa, ukudziwanso mofanana ndi wina aliyense amene amadza pa chigoba cha Babele. Ndipo izo palibe. Mwachititsidwa khungu ndi umbombo wanu, zokhumba zanu, kubwezera kwanu ... china chilichonse chomwe mungafune kugwiritsa ntchito nkhope ya wina. Akhungu! Inu nonse!" Anapumira, akugwera pansi bwino pakama mumdima.
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chake chigoba chimachititsa khungu Wovala?" - adatsata funso la mlendo.
  
  "Inde, ndikukhulupirira kuti mlengi wake anaikamo mawu ophiphiritsa," anayankha Marduk, akuvula nsapato zake.
  
  "Nanga bwanji misala?" - mlendo wosaitanidwa adafunsanso.
  
  "Mwana wanga, ukhoza kufunsa zambiri za chotsalirachi monga momwe ukufunira usandiphe ndi kuchitenga, koma sufika kulikonse nacho. Idzakuphani kapena aliyense amene munganyengerere kuvala, koma tsogolo la Masker silingasinthidwe, "Marduk adalangiza.
  
  "Ndiko kuti, osati popanda khungu," wowukirayo anafotokoza.
  
  "Osati popanda khungu," Marduk anavomereza m'mawu odekha okhudzana ndi kufa. "Ndi zolondola. Ndipo ndikafa, simudzadziwa komwe ungapeze Khungu. Kupatula apo, sizimagwira ntchito zokha, ndiye tangosiya mwana wanga. Pita usiya chigobacho kwa amantha ndi achinyengo. "
  
  "Kodi mungagulitse izi?"
  
  Marduk sanakhulupirire zimene ankamva. Anayamba kuseka mosangalala kwambiri moti m"chipindamo munali ngati kulira momvetsa chisoni kwa munthu wozunzidwa. Silhouette sinasunthike, nayonso sinachitepo kanthu ndipo sanavomereze kugonjetsedwa. Iye ankangoyembekezera.
  
  Waku Iraq wakaleyo adakhala pansi ndikuyatsa nyali zapafupi ndi bedi. Pampando padakhala munthu wamtali, wowonda wa tsitsi loyera ndi maso opepuka abuluu. Anagwira .44 Magnum mwamphamvu m'dzanja lake lamanzere, akuloza molunjika pamtima pa mkuluyo.
  
  "Tonse tikudziwa tsopano kuti kugwiritsa ntchito khungu kuchokera kumaso a wopereka kumasintha nkhope ya masker," adatero Perdue. "Koma ndikudziwa..." Iye anawerama kuti alankhule mofatsa, mochititsa mantha kwambiri, "kuti mphoto yeniyeni ndi theka lina la ndalamazo. Ndikhoza kukuwombera pamtima ndikutenga chigoba chako, koma chomwe ndikusowa kwambiri ndi khungu lako. "
  
  Modabwa kwambiri, Peter Marduk anayang"anitsitsa munthu yekhayo amene anaulula chinsinsi cha Mask of Babele. Atazizira m'malo mwake, adayang'ana Mzunguyo ndi mfuti yayikulu, atakhala moleza mtima.
  
  "Mtengo wake ndi chiyani?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Simungagule chigoba, ndipo simungathe kugula khungu langa!" Marduk anafuula mwamantha.
  
  "Osagula. "Kubwereka," Perdue adamuwongolera, ndikusokoneza wokalambayo.
  
  "Kodi wapenga?" Marduk anakwinya nkhope. Limeneli linali funso loona mtima kwa bambo wina amene sankamvetsa zolinga zake.
  
  "Pogwiritsa ntchito chigoba chanu kwa sabata imodzi ndikuchotsa khungu kumaso kuti muchotse mkati mwa tsiku loyamba, ndikulipirirani khungu lonse ndikumanganso nkhope," Perdue adapereka.
  
  Marduk anadabwa kwambiri. Ndinasowa chonena. Iye ankafuna kuseka kupusa kwenikweni kwa chiganizocho ndi kuseka mfundo zachitsiru za munthuyo, koma pamene iye anatembenuza chiganizocho m"maganizo mwake, m"pamenenso chinam"patsa tanthauzo lalikulu.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani sabata?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndikufuna kuphunzira zasayansi," Perdue adayankha.
  
  "A Nazi nawonso anayesa kuchita zimenezi. Analephera momvetsa chisoni!" - mkuluyo adaseka.
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu. "Cholinga changa ndi chidwi chenicheni. Monga wosonkhanitsa zinthu zakale komanso wophunzira, ndikungofuna kudziwa ... momwe. Ndimakonda nkhope yanga momwe ilili ndipo ndili ndi chikhumbo chachilendo choti ndisafe ndi dementia."
  
  "Bwanji tsiku loyamba?" - anafunsa mkuluyo, kudabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Mawa bwenzi lapamtima liyenera kuoneka lofunika kwambiri. Kuti ali wokonzeka kuyika izi pachiwopsezo kuli ndi mbiri yakale pakukhazikitsa mtendere kwakanthawi pakati pa adani awiri anthawi yayitali, "Perdue adalongosola, akutsitsa mbiya yamfuti yake.
  
  "Dr. Nina Gould," Marduk anazindikira motero, polankhula dzina lake mwaulemu.
  
  Perdue, wokondwa kuti Marduk amadziwa, adapitiliza kuti: "Ngati dziko likudziwa kuti Prof. Sloane anaphedwadi, sangakhulupirire chowonadi: kuti anaphedwa pa lamulo la mkulu wa boma la Germany kuti apange Meso-Arabia. Inu mukudziwa izo. Iwo adzakhala osaona choonadi. Amangowona zomwe masks awo amalola - zithunzi zazing'ono zamabinocular za chithunzi chachikulu. Bambo Marduk, ndili ndi maganizo otsimikiza mtima kwambiri."
  
  Atalingalira pang"ono, mkuluyo anadzuma. "Koma ndipita nawe."
  
  "Sindingafune mwanjira ina," Perdue anamwetulira. "Pano".
  
  Anaponya pangano lolembedwa patebulo, kufotokoza mfundo ndi nthawi ya "chinthu" chomwe sichinatchulidwepo kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe amene angadziwe za chigobacho motere.
  
  "Contract?" Marduk anatero. "Serious, mwana?"
  
  "Sindingakhale wakupha, koma ndine wamalonda," Perdue anamwetulira. "Saina pangano lathu ili kuti tipume ndithu. Osachepera pano.
  
  
  Mutu 33 - Kuyanjananso kwa Yuda
  
  
  Sam ndi Nina anakhala m"chipinda chotetezedwa kwambiri, patangotsala ola limodzi kuti akumane ndi Sultan. Ankawoneka kuti sali bwino, koma Sam sanafune kudziwa. Komabe, malinga ndi ogwira ntchito ku Mannheim, kutenthedwa kwa ma radiation kwa Nina sikunali kochititsa kuti aphedwe. Mpweya wake unkamveka ngati akufuna kuukoka, ndipo maso ake adakhala ngati amkaka, koma khungu lake linali litachira. Sam sanali dokotala, koma anawona kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika, ponse paŵiri pa thanzi la Nina ndi m"kudzisunga kwake.
  
  "Mwina sungathe kundigwira kupuma pafupi ndi iwe, hey?" adasewera.
  
  "Mukufunsa chifukwa chiyani?" adakwinya nkhope yake uku akukonza mkanda wake wa velvet kuti ufanane ndi zithunzi za Sloan zoperekedwa ndi Lisa Gordon. Zina mwa izo zinali zitsanzo zochititsa manyazi zomwe Gordon sanafune kudziwa, ngakhale pamene mkulu wa maliro a Sloane analamulidwa kuti apereke izi kudzera mu lamulo lokayikitsa la khothi lochokera ku Scorpio Majorus Holdings.
  
  "Simusutanso, choncho mpweya wanga wa fodya uyenera kuti ukuchititsa misala," iye anafunsa motero.
  
  "Ayi," anayankha motero, "mawu okwiyitsa amene amatuluka ndi mpweya woterowo."
  
  "Professor Sloane?" mawu achikazi omveka kwambiri adayitana kumbali ina ya chitseko. Sam anagwada Nina mopweteka, kuyiwala kuti anali wofooka. Anatambasula manja ake mopepesa. "Ndine wachisoni!"
  
  "Inde?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Mayiyo anati: "Anthu amene mukuyenda nawo ayenera kukhala pano pasanathe ola limodzi.
  
  "O, zikomo," Nina anayankha. Adanong'oneza Sam. "Zotsatira zanga. Awa ayenera kukhala oimira a Sloan. "
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Komanso, pali njonda ziwiri pano zomwe zimati ndi gawo la chitetezo chanu pamodzi ndi a Cleve," adatero mayiyo. "Kodi mukuyembekezera Bambo Marduk ndi Bambo Kilt?"
  
  Sam anaseka, koma anadziletsa, natseka pakamwa pake ndi dzanja lake: "Kilt, Nina. Iyenera kukhala Purdue, pazifukwa zomwe ndimakana kugawana nawo. "
  
  Iye anayankha kuti: "Ndikuchita mantha kwambiri ndi zimenezi ndipo anatembenukira kwa mayiyo kuti: "Ndithudi, Yasmin. Ndinali kuwayembekezera. Pamenepo..."
  
  Awiriwo adalowa mchipindacho, akukankhira pambali alonda a Arabu amphamvu kuti alowe.
  
  "...anachedwa!"
  
  Chitseko chinatseka kumbuyo kwawo. Panalibe mwambo uliwonse, popeza Nina sanaiwale kumenyedwa kumene analandira m"chipatala cha Heidelberg, ndipo Sam sanaiwale kuti Marduk sanawakhulupirire. Perdue anainyamula ndipo nthawi yomweyo anaidula.
  
  "Tiyeni, ana. Titha kupanga gulu titasintha mbiri ndikupewa kumangidwa, chabwino?"
  
  Iwo anavomera monyinyirika. Nina analepheretsa maso ake ku Perdue, osamupatsa mpata wokonza chirichonse.
  
  "Margaret, Peter ali kuti?" Sam anamufunsa Marduk. Mkuluyo anasuntha mosamasuka. Iye sakanatha kunena zoona, ngakhale kuti iwo anayenera kudana naye chifukwa cha zimenezo.
  
  "Ife," iye anausa moyo, "tinagawanikana. Sindinamupezenso mkulu wa asilikaliyo, choncho ndinaganiza zosiya ntchito yonseyo. Ndinalakwitsa kungochoka, koma muyenera kumvetsa. Ndatopa kwambiri kulondera chigoba ichi, ndikuthamangira omwe adachitenga. Palibe amene anayenera kudziŵa zimenezo, koma wofufuza wina wa Nazi amene anali kuphunzira Talmud ya ku Babulo anapeza malemba akale ochokera ku Mesopotamiya, ndipo Chigobacho chinadziwika." Marduk adatulutsa chigoba chake ndikuchiyika pakuwala pakati pawo. Ndikanakonda ndikanangomusiya kamodzi basi.
  
  Mawu achifundo anawonekera pankhope ya Nina, kukulitsa maonekedwe ake otopa kale. Zinali zosavuta kunena kuti anali asanachire, koma anayesetsa kubisa nkhawa zawo.
  
  "Ndinamuyimbira kuhotelo. Sanabwerenso kapena kupitako," adatero Sam. "Ngati chilichonse chingamuchitikire, Marduk, ndikulumbira kwa Khristu, ine ndekha..."
  
  "Tiyenera kuchita izi. Tsopano!" Nina anawatulutsa m"mawu awo aukali ndi mawu akuti: "Ndisanade nkhawa."
  
  "Ayenera kudzisintha pamaso pa Dr. Gordon ndi maprofesa ena onse. Anthu a Sloan akubwera, ndiye tipanga bwanji izi? " Sam anafunsa mkulu uja. Poyankha, Marduk adangopatsa Nina chigobacho. Iye sakanatha kudikira kuti aigwire, kotero iye anaichotsa kwa iye. Zomwe ankakumbukira n"zakuti anayenera kuchita zimenezi kuti apulumutse pangano la mtendere. Komabe, iye anali kufa, choncho ngati kuchotsa sikunagwire ntchito, tsiku lake lomalizira likhoza kupitirira miyezi yochepa.
  
  Poyang'ana mkati mwa chigobacho, Nina anagwedezeka ndi misozi yomwe inachititsa kuti maso ake asamve bwino.
  
  "Ndikuchita mantha," ananong"oneza.
  
  "Tikudziwa, chikondi," Sam anatero mofatsa, "koma sitikulolani kuti mufe chonchi." ...
  
  Nina anali atazindikira kale kuti sakudziwa za khansayo, koma mawu omwe Sam anasankha anali osakonzekera. Ndi nkhope yodekha, yotsimikiza mtima, Nina anatola chidebe chomwe munali zithunzi za Sloan ndikugwiritsa ntchito zomangira kuti achotse zomwe zinali mkatimo. Onse analola kuti ntchitoyo isanachitike kusokoneza chonyansacho pamene ankawona pamene chidutswa cha khungu la thupi la Martha Sloan chinagwera mkati mwa chigoba.
  
  Atachita chidwi kwambiri, Sam ndi Perdue adadzikakamiza kuti awone zomwe zidzachitike. Marduk anangoyang'ana koloko yomwe inali pakhoma. Mkati mwa chigobacho, minofuyo idasweka nthawi yomweyo, ndipo pamwamba pake pomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala yamtundu wa fupa, chigobacho chidakhala ndi utoto wofiyira womwe umawoneka ngati wamoyo. Timadzi tating'onoting'ono tinkayenda pamwamba.
  
  "Osataya nthawi, apo ayi idzatha," Marduk anachenjeza.
  
  Mpweya wa Nina unagwira. "Halowini yabwino," adatero ndikubisa nkhope yake kuseri kwa chigoba chake ndi grimace yowawa.
  
  Perdue ndi Sam anadikirira mwachidwi kuti aone kuphulika kwa gehena kwa minofu ya nkhope, kutuluka kwachiwawa kwa glands ndi kupindika khungu, koma anakhumudwa ndi zomwe ankayembekezera. Nina adasisima pang'ono pomwe manja ake adatulutsa chigobacho, ndikuchisiya kumaso. Palibe zambiri zomwe zidachitika kupatula zomwe adachita.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, izi ndi zowopsya! Izi zimandichititsa misala!" anachita mantha, koma Marduk anabwera n"kukhala pafupi naye kuti amuthandize.
  
  "Khazikani mtima pansi. Zomwe mukumva ndikuphatikizana kwa maselo, Nina. Ndikukhulupirira kuti idzayaka pang'ono chifukwa cha kukondoweza kwa mathero a minyewa, koma muyenera kuilola kuti iwonekere, "adatero.
  
  Pamene Sam ndi Perdue ankayang'ana, chigoba chopyapyalacho chinangosokoneza kapangidwe kake kuti chifanane ndi nkhope ya Nina mpaka chinamira bwino pansi pa khungu lake. Mawonekedwe a Nina osasiyanitsidwa bwino adasinthidwa kukhala a Marita mpaka mkazi yemwe anali patsogolo pawo adakhala kopi yeniyeni ya yomwe ili pachithunzipa.
  
  "Palibe vuto," Sam adadabwa, akuyang'ana. Malingaliro a Perdue adadodometsedwa ndi mawonekedwe a mamolekyu a kusintha konse pa mlingo wa mankhwala ndi zamoyo.
  
  "Zili bwino kuposa nthano za sayansi," Perdue anadandaula, akuwerama kuti ayang'ane kwambiri nkhope ya Nina. "N'zochititsa chidwi."
  
  "Zamwano komanso zowopsa. Musaiwale zimenezo," Nina anatero mosamalitsa, akumayika nkhope ya mkazi winayo mosadziŵa bwino.
  
  "Ndi Halowini pambuyo pake, wokondedwa," Sam anamwetulira. "Ingoyerekeza kuti ndiwe wabwino kwambiri kuvala Martha Sloan." Perdue anagwedeza mutu ndi kuseka pang"ono, koma anali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndi chozizwitsa cha sayansi chimene anali kuchitira umboni kuti achite china chirichonse.
  
  "Chikopa chili kuti?" - adafunsa ndi milomo ya Marita. "Chonde undiuze kuti uli nayo pano."
  
  Perdue akanayenera kumuyankha, kaya adawona chete wailesi yapagulu kapena ayi.
  
  "Ndili ndi khungu, Nina. Osadera nkhawa izi. Mgwirizano ukangosainidwa..." anaima kaye n"kumulola kuti alembe zimene anasowekapo.
  
  Posakhalitsa izi Prof. Amuna a Sloane afika. Dr. Lisa Gordon anali atatsala pang'ono kutha, koma anabisala bwino chifukwa cha ukatswiri wake. Adauza achibale ake a Sloan kuti akudwala ndipo adauza antchito ake zomwezo. Chifukwa cha vuto lomwe limakhudza mapapo ndi mmero, sangathe kuyankhula, komabe adzakhalapo kuti asindikize mgwirizano ndi Mesoarabia.
  
  Potsogolera kagulu kakang'ono ka atolankhani, maloya ndi alonda, adalunjika pagawo lolembedwa "Olemekezeka Paulendo Wapadera" ali ndi mfundo m'mimba mwake. Panangotsala mphindi zochepa kuti nkhani yosiyirana ya mbiriyakale iyambe, ndipo anayenera kuonetsetsa kuti zonse zikuyenda monga momwe anakonzera. Polowa m"chipinda chimene Nina anali kuyembekezera ndi anzake, Lisa anapitirizabe kuseŵera kwake.
  
  "Martha, ndachita mantha kwambiri!" - adafuula ataona mkazi yemwe anali wofanana kwambiri ndi Sloane. Nina anangomwetulira. Monga momwe Lisa anapempha, sanaloledwe kulankhula; adayenera kukhala ndi moyo pamaso pa anthu a Sloane.
  
  "Tisiyeni kwa miniti, chabwino?" Lisa anauza gulu lake. Atangotseka chitseko, maganizo ake onse anasintha. Nkhope yake inagwa poona nkhope ya mkazi yemwe akanalumbira kuti anali mnzake komanso mnzake. "Zoyipa, Bambo Perdue, simukuseka!"
  
  Perdue anamwetulira mwamtima. "Nthawi zonse ndimasangalala kukuwonani, Dr. Gordon."
  
  Lisa anayenda Nina m"zoyambira zimene zinali zofunika, mmene angavomerezere zotsatsa, ndi zina zotero. Kenako panabwera mbali yomwe inkamuvutitsa kwambiri Lisa.
  
  "Dr. Gould, ndikukhulupirira kuti mwakhala mukuyesera kupanga siginecha yake?" Lisa anafunsa mwakachetechete kwambiri.
  
  "Ndatero. Ndikuganiza kuti ndakwanitsa, koma chifukwa cha matenda manja anga sakhazikika pang"ono kuposa masiku onse," anayankha Nina.
  
  "Izi nzodabwitsa. Tidaonetsetsa kuti aliyense akudziwa kuti Martha akudwala kwambiri komanso kuti amanjenjemera pang'ono polandira chithandizo," adatero Lisa. "Izi zingathandize kufotokoza kupatuka kulikonse kwa siginecha kotero kuti, ndi chithandizo cha Mulungu, tingathe kuchotsa zimenezi popanda vuto."
  
  Oimira kuchokera kumaofesi a atolankhani a owulutsa onse akuluakulu analipo mu chipinda cha media ku Susa, makamaka popeza makina onse a satelayiti ndi masiteshoni anali atabwezeretsedwa mozizwitsa kuyambira 2:15 am tsiku limenelo.
  
  Pamene Prof. Sloane adachoka pakhonde kuti alowe m'chipinda cha msonkhano ndi Sultan, makamera nthawi yomweyo adatembenukira kwa iye. Kuwala kwa makamera aatali atali-tanthauzo lapamwamba kunapanga kuwala kowala pankhope ndi zovala za atsogoleri operekezedwa. Atakhumudwa, amuna atatu amene anali ndi udindo pa umoyo wa Nina anaima n'kumayang'ana zonse zimene zinkachitika pamoniti m'chipinda chosungiramo zinthu.
  
  "Akhala bwino," Sam anatero. "Adayesereranso mawu a Sloane ngati angayankhe mafunso aliwonse." Anayang'ana Marduk. "Ndipo izi zikangotha, iwe ndi ine tipita kukasaka Margaret Crosby. Sindisamala zomwe uyenera kuchita kapena komwe uyenera kupita. "
  
  "Mwana wanga, samala kamvekedwe kako," anayankha motero Marduk. "Kumbukirani kuti popanda ine, Nina wokondedwa sangathe kukonzanso chithunzi chake kapena kupulumutsa moyo wake kwa nthawi yayitali."
  
  Perdue anakankhira Sam kuti abwereze kuyitana kwaubwenzi. Foni ya Sam inaitana zomwe zinasokoneza mkhalidwe wa mchipindamo.
  
  "Uyu ndi Margaret," Sam adalengeza, akuyang'ana Marduk.
  
  "Mwaona? Ali bwino," anayankha Marduk mosalabadira.
  
  Sam atayankha, sanali mawu a Margaret pamzere.
  
  "Sam Cleave, ndikuganiza?" Schmidt adasisita, akutsitsa mawu ake. Nthawi yomweyo Sam anayitana wokamba nkhani kuti ena amve.
  
  "Inde, Margaret ali kuti?" Adafunsa choncho Sam osataya nthawi ndi zomwe adayimbayo.
  
  "Imeneyo si nkhawa yako pakali pano. Mukuda nkhawa ndi komwe angakhale ngati simutsatira, "anatero Schmidt. "Muwuzeni hule wachinyengo uja ndi Sultan kuti asiye ntchito yake, apo ayi mawa mutha kukankha hule wina wachinyengo."
  
  Marduk adawoneka odabwa. Sanaganizepo kuti zochita zake zingabweretse ku imfa ya dona wokongola, koma tsopano zachitikadi. Dzanja lake linaphimba theka lakumunsi la nkhope yake pamene ankamvetsera Margaret akukuwa chapansipansi.
  
  "Kodi ukuonera patali?" Sam adakwiyitsa Schmidt. "Chifukwa ngati mufika kulikonse kumene ndingathe, sindidzakupatsani chisangalalo choponya chipolopolo m"chigaza chanu cha Nazi."
  
  Schmidt adaseka ndi chidwi chodzikuza. "Kodi uchita chiyani, mnyamata wamapepala? Lembani nkhani yosonyeza kusakhutira kwanu, kunyoza a Luftwaffe."
  
  "Tsekani," Sam anayankha. Maso ake akuda anakumana ndi Perdue. Popanda mawu, mabiliyoniyo adamvetsetsa. Atagwira tabuleti m'manja mwake, adalowa mwakachetechete nambala yachitetezo ndikupitilira kuyang'ana momwe foni ya Margaret ilili padziko lonse lapansi pomwe Sam adalimbana ndi mkuluyo. "Ndichita zomwe ndingachite bwino kwambiri. Ndikuululirani. Kuposa wina aliyense, mudzavula chigoba cha wannabe wonyansa, wokonda mphamvu yemwe muli. Simudzakhala Meyer, bwanawe. Lieutenant General ndi mtsogoleri wa Luftwaffe, ndipo mbiri yake idzaonetsetsa kuti dziko lapansi liri ndi malingaliro apamwamba a asilikali a Germany, osati opanda mphamvu omwe akuganiza kuti akhoza kusokoneza dziko lapansi. "
  
  Perdue anamwetulira. Sam anadziwa kuti wapeza mkulu wankhanza.
  
  "Sloane akusayina kontrakitala iyi momwe tikulankhulira, ndiye zoyesayesa zanu zilibe phindu. Ngakhale mutapha aliyense amene mwamugwira, sizingasinthe lamulo loti ligwire ntchito musananyamule mfuti," Sam anavutitsa Schmidt, akupemphera mobisa kwa Mulungu kuti Margaret asamulipire chifukwa cha chipongwe chake.
  
  
  Mutu 34 - Margaret's Risky Sensation
  
  
  Margaret adawona mwamantha pomwe mnzake Sam Cleave adakwiyitsa womugwira. Anamangirira pampando ali chizungulire chifukwa cha mankhwala omwe anamugonjetsera. Margaret sankadziwa kumene anali, koma malinga ndi mmene Chijeremani anamva, sanali munthu yekhayo amene anagwidwa pano. Pafupi naye panali mulu wa zida zamakono zomwe Schmidt adalanda kwa omwe adamugwira. Pamene mkulu wa katangale uja ankangothamanga n"kumakangana, Margaret anayamba kuchita zinthu zachibwana.
  
  Ali kamtsikana kakang"ono ku Glasgow, ankakonda kuopseza ana ena mwa kuwadula zala ndi mapewa kuti azisangalala. N"zoona kuti kuyambira nthawi imeneyo ankadwala nyamakazi pang"ono m"malo olumikizira mafupa ake akuluakulu, koma anali wotsimikiza kuti angagwiritsebe ntchito zala zake. Patangotsala mphindi zochepa kuti amuimbire foni Sam Cleave, Schmidt adatumiza Himmelfarb kuti akawone sutikesi yomwe adabwera nayo. Anamutenga kuchokera ku airbase bunker, yomwe inatsala pang'ono kuwonongedwa ndi owukirawo. Sanaone dzanja lamanzere la Margaret likutuluka m"dzanja ndi kukatenga foni ya m"manja imene inali ya Werner pamene anali mkaidi ku Büchel Air Base.
  
  Atakweza khosi lake kuti awone bwino, anatambasula dzanja lake kuti atenge foni, koma inali yoti siikupezeka. Poyesera kuti asaphonye mwayi wake wokhawo wolankhulirana, Margaret anagwedeza mpando wake nthawi iliyonse Schmidt akuseka. Posakhalitsa anayandikira kwambiri moti nsonga zake zala zinali kutsala pang'ono kugwira pulasitiki ndi rabara ya pachikuto cha foniyo.
  
  Schmidt anali atamaliza kupereka chitsimikiziro chake kwa Sam, ndipo tsopano zomwe adayenera kuchita ndikuwonera zomwe zikuchitika asanasaine mgwirizano. Anayang'ana wotchi yake, akuoneka kuti samasamala za Margaret popeza adawonetsedwa kuti ndi wamphamvu.
  
  "Himmelfarb!" - Schmidt adafuula. "Bweretsani anthu. Tili ndi nthawi yochepa".
  
  Oyendetsa ndege asanu ndi mmodzi, ovala ndi okonzeka kupita, adalowa m'chipindamo mwakachetechete. Oyang'anira a Schmidt adawonetsa mamapu amtundu womwewo monga kale, koma popeza chiwonongekocho chinasiya Marduk mu bunker, Schmidt adayenera kuchita ndi zofunikira.
  
  "Bwana!" Himmelfarb ndi oyendetsa ndege ena anafuula pamene akuyenda pakati pa Schmidt ndi Margaret.
  
  "Tilibe nthawi yophulitsa mabwalo amlengalenga aku Germany omwe alembedwa pano," adatero Schmidt. "Kusaina panganoli kukuwoneka kuti sikungalephereke, koma tiwona kuti atsatira mgwirizano wawo mpaka liti pamene gulu lathu lankhondo, monga gawo la Operation Leo 2, lidzaphulitsa likulu la Air Force ku Baghdad ndi nyumba yachifumu ku Susa."
  
  Adagwedeza mutu kwa Himmelfarb, yemwe adatulutsa pachifuwa masks a Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse. M"modzi-m"modzi anapatsa amuna onse chigoba.
  
  "Chifukwa chake pano, pa thireyi iyi, tili ndi minofu yosungidwa ya woyendetsa wolephera Olaf LöVenhagen. Ikani chitsanzo chimodzi pamunthu aliyense mkati mwa chigoba chilichonse, "adalamula. Mofanana ndi makina, oyendetsa ndege ovala mofanana anachita monga ananenera. Schmidt ankaona mmene mwamuna aliyense ankachitira ntchito zake asanapereke lamulo lotsatira. "Tsopano kumbukirani kuti oyendetsa ndege anzanu ochokera ku Bü chel yayamba kale ntchito yake ku Iraq, kotero gawo loyamba la Operation Leo 2 latha. Ntchito yanu ndikumaliza gawo lachiwiri. "
  
  Anayang'ana pazithunzi, akubweretsa kuulutsidwa kwapamtima kwa kusaina pangano ku Susa. "Chifukwa chake, ana aku Germany, valani zobvala zanu ndikudikirira kuyitanitsa kwanga. Nthawi yomwe izi zichitika pazenera langa pano, ndidziwa kuti anyamata athu aphulitsa zolinga zathu ku Susa ndi Baghdad. Kenako ndikupatsani dongosolo ndikuyambitsa gawo 2 - kuwonongedwa kwa mabwalo amlengalenga a Büchel, Norvenich ndi Schleswig. Nonse mukudziwa zolinga zanu."
  
  "Inde, bwana!" - adayankha mogwirizana.
  
  "Chabwino. Nthawi ina ndikayamba kupha munthu wodzilungamitsa ngati Sloane, ndiyenera kuchita ndekha. Masiku ano otchedwa snipers ndi zamanyazi, "anadandaula Schmidt ataona oyendetsa ndege akutuluka m'chipindamo. Anali kupita kumalo osungiramo ndege komwe amabisala ndege zomwe zidachotsedwa m'malo osiyanasiyana amlengalenga omwe Schmidt amawatsogolera.
  
  
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  Kunja kwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, munthu wina amadziunjikira pansi pa madenga amthunzi a malo oimikapo magalimoto omwe ali kunja kwa bwalo lalikulu la fakitale lomwe lawonongeka kunja kwa Berlin. Mwamsanga anasamuka kuchoka m"nyumba ina kupita ku ina, akumasoŵa m"nyumba iliyonse kuti awone ngati kuli munthu. Anali atafika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri wa mpheroyo pamene anaona oyendetsa ndege angapo akulunjika ku nyumba imodzi imene inaima molimbana ndi chitsulo cha dzimbiri ndi makoma akale a njerwa zofiira zofiirira. Zinkawoneka zachilendo komanso zachilendo chifukwa cha shimmer ya silvery ya zinthu zatsopano zachitsulo zomwe zinapangidwira.
  
  Lieutenant Werner adapuma pang'onopang'ono akuyang'ana theka la asilikali a Lövenhagen akukambirana za ntchito yomwe idzayambe m'mphindi zochepa. Iye ankadziwa kuti Schmidt anamusankha kuti agwire ntchito imeneyi, yofuna kudzipha mogwirizana ndi gulu la Leonidas la Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse. Atatchula za anthu ena oguba ku Baghdad, mtima wa Werner unaima. Anathamangira komwe ankayembekezera kuti palibe amene angamumve ndipo anayimba, nthawi yonseyi akuyang'ana malo ake.
  
  "Hello, Sam?"
  
  
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  Ali muofesi, Margaret ananamizira kugona, kuyesera kuti aone ngati pangano lasainidwa kale. Anayenera kutero chifukwa, malinga ndi kupulumuka pang'onopang'ono ndi zomwe adakumana nazo ndi usilikali panthawi ya ntchito yake, adaphunzira kuti mgwirizano utangopangidwa kwinakwake, anthu anayamba kufa. Sizinali kutchedwa 'kupeza zopezera zofunika pa moyo' pachabe, ndipo iye ankadziwa izo. Margaret anadabwa mmene akanadzitetezera kwa msilikali wodziŵa ntchito ndi mtsogoleri wankhondo atamangirira dzanja lake kumbuyo-m"chenicheni.
  
  Schmidt anapsa mtima ndi mkwiyo, akugwedeza nsapato yake nthawi zonse, akudikirira mwachidwi kuti kuphulika kwake kuchitike. Anatenganso wotchi yake. Pakuwerengera kwake komaliza, mphindi zina khumi. Anaganiza kuti zikanakhala bwino bwanji ngati angawone nyumba yachifumu ikuphulika pamaso pa UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ndi Sultan wa Mesoarabia, asanatumize ziwanda zake zakumaloko kuti zichite zomwe akuti adani aphulitsa ndege za Luftwaffe pobwezera. Woyendetsa sitimayo ankangoyang"ana zimene zinkachitikazo, akupumira mwamphamvu ndi kusonyeza kunyoza kwake nthawi iliyonse imene inkadutsa.
  
  "Taona hule uyu!" adaseka pomwe Sloan akuonetsedwa akubweza mawu ake pomwe uthenga womwewo unkawonekera kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere pa sikirini ya CNN. "Ndikufuna chigoba changa! Nthawi yomwe ndidzabweza, ndidzakhala iwe, Meyer! " Margaret adayang'ana Inspector wa 16 kapena wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo laku Germany, koma kulibe - osati muofesi yomwe adasungidwa.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo anangoona kuti panja pa khomo mukuyenda. Mwadzidzidzi maso ake anatuluka pamene anazindikira mkulu wa asilikaliyo. Anamupempha kuti atonthole n"kupitiriza kusewera possum. Schmidt anali ndi zonena za chithunzi chilichonse chomwe adawona pazakudya zapankhani.
  
  "Sangalalani ndi mphindi zanu zomaliza. Meyer akangotenga udindo wophulitsa mabomba ku Iraq, nditaya mawonekedwe ake. Ndiye tiyeni tiwone zomwe ungachite ndi loto lako la inki lonyowali! adaseka. Ali mkati mokalipa, sanazindikire mkulu wa asilikali yemwe ankalowa mozemba kuti amugonjetse. Werner anakwawira pakhoma, kumene kunali mthunzi, koma anayenera kuyenda mamita asanu ndi limodzi abwino mu kuwala koyera fulorosenti asanafike ku Schmidt.
  
  Margaret anaganiza zowathandiza. Akudzikankhira pambali mwamphamvu, mwadzidzidzi anagwada n"kumenya mwamphamvu mkono wake ndi ntchafu yake. Anakuwa mochititsa mantha kwambiri zomwe zinachititsa Schmidt kunjenjemera kwambiri.
  
  "Yesu! Mukutani?" Anakuwa Margaret, atatsala pang'ono kuyika nsapato yake pachifuwa. Koma sanachite changu kuzembera thupi lomwe likuwulukira kwa iye ndikugwera patebulo kumbuyo kwake. Werner adagunda kaputeni, nthawi yomweyo akumenya chibakera chake mu apulo wa Schmidt's Adam. Mkulu woyipayo anayesa kusasunthika, koma Werner sanafune kutenga mwayi uliwonse chifukwa cha kulimba kwa msilikaliyo.
  
  Kuwomba kwinanso kofulumira kwa kachisi ndi thako la mfuti kunamaliza ntchitoyo, ndipo kapitawoyo anagwa pansi. Pamene Werner anachotsa zida za mkulu wa asilikali, Margaret anali ataima kale, akuyesa kuchotsa mwendo wampando pansi pa thupi lake ndi mkono wake. Anathamangira kukamuthandiza.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu kuti mwabwera, Lieutenant!" - Anatulutsa mpweya wambiri atamutulutsa. "Marlene ali m'chipinda cha abambo, womangidwa ndi radiator. Anamupopa modzaza ndi chloroform kotero kuti sangathe kuthawa nafe."
  
  "Zoona?" nkhope yake inawala. "Ali moyo ndipo ali bwino?"
  
  Margaret anagwedeza mutu.
  
  Werner anayang'ana uku ndi uku. "Tikamanga nkhumba iyi, ndikufuna kuti ubwere nane mwamsanga," anamuuza motero.
  
  "Mukufuna Marlene?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, kuwononga nyumbayo kuti Schmidt asatumizenso mavu ake kuti alume," adayankha. "Akungodikira maoda. Koma popanda omenyera nkhondo amatha kuchita zoyipa, sichoncho? "
  
  Margaret anamwetulira. "Ngati titha kuchita izi, kodi ndingakutchuleni za Edinburgh Post?"
  
  "Mukandithandiza, mudzafunsidwa mafunso okhudza fiasco yonseyi," iye anaseka.
  
  
  Mutu 35 - Chinyengo
  
  
  Pamene Nina anaika dzanja lake lonyowa pa lamulolo, zinamuchitikira mmene zolemba zake zingakhudzire pa kapepala kakang"ono kameneka. Mtima wake unadumphadumpha pamene adayang'ana Sultan komaliza asanasaine autograph yake pamzere. Mumphindi pang'ono, pokumana ndi maso ake akuda, adamva kuti ndi waubwenzi weniweni komanso kukoma mtima kwenikweni.
  
  "Pitiriza, Professor," anamulimbikitsa, akuphethira pang"onopang"ono monga chizindikiro cha chidaliro.
  
  Nina anayenera kunamizira kuti akuyesezanso kusaina, apo ayi akanakhala wamantha kwambiri kuti akonze. Pamene cholembera cha ballpoint chinali kutsetsereka pansi pa chitsogozo chake, Nina anamva kuti mtima wake ukugunda mofulumira. Iwo ankangomuyembekezera. Dziko lonse linagwira mpweya wake, kuyembekezera kuti amalize kusaina. Iye sakanakhala wolemekezeka kwambiri padziko lapansi, ngakhale mphindi ino ikanabadwa mwachinyengo.
  
  Nthawi yomwe adayika nsonga ya cholembera chake padontho lomaliza la autograph yake, dziko lidakondwera. Anthu amene analipo anaomba m"manja n"kuimirira. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, anthu mamiliyoni ambiri amene amaonerera wailesi yakanemayo anapemphera kuti palibe choipa chingachitike. Nina anayang'ana mmwamba kwa Sultan wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zitatu. Anamugwira chanza modekha, akumuyang'ana mozama m'maso.
  
  "Aliyense amene muli," iye anatero, "zikomo pochita izi."
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani? "Mumandidziŵa," Nina anafunsa motero akumwetulira kosangalatsa, ngakhale kuti kwenikweni anali kuchita mantha kuululidwa. "Ndine Pulofesa Sloan."
  
  "Ayi, simuli choncho. Pulofesa Sloan anali ndi maso abuluu akuda kwambiri. Koma uli ndi maso okongola Achiarabu, ngati onykisi m'mphete yanga yachifumu . Zili ngati kuti munthu wina wagwira maso a nyalugwe ndi kuwaika kumaso." Makwinya anapangika m"maso mwake ndipo ndevu zake zinkalephera kubisa kumwetulira kwake.
  
  "Chonde, chisomo chanu ..." anachonderera, akuyang"anira mawonekedwe ake chifukwa cha omvera.
  
  "Aliyense yemwe ndiwe," adayankhula pa iye, "chigoba chomwe mumavala sichilibe kanthu kwa ine." Sitikufotokozedwa ndi masks athu, koma ndi zomwe timachita nawo. Zomwe wachita pano ndi zofunika kwa ine, ukudziwa?"
  
  Nina anameza mate. Ankafuna kulira, koma zimenezo zikanaipitsa mbiri ya Sloane. Sultan adamutsogolera ku podium ndikunong'oneza m'khutu kuti: "Kumbukira wokondedwa wanga, chofunikira kwambiri ndi chomwe timayimira, osati momwe timawonekera."
  
  Pakufuula koyimirira, komwe kunatenga mphindi zoposa khumi, Nina anamenyera kuti akhalebe pa mapazi ake, akugwira mwamphamvu ku dzanja la Sultan. Anayenda mpaka pamaikolofoni pomwe amakana kuyankhula, ndipo pang'onopang'ono zonse zidatha mpaka kukondwa kwapang'onopang'ono kapena kuwomba m'manja. Mpaka anayamba kuyankhula. Nina anayesa kumveketsa mawu ake kuti akhale osamvetsetseka, koma anali ndi chilengezo choti alengeze. Zinaganiza kuti anali ndi maola ochepa chabe oti avale nkhope ya munthu wina ndikuchita nawo zinthu zothandiza. Panalibe chonena, koma anamwetulira n"kunena kuti: "Madona ndi mabwana, alendo olemekezeka ndi mabwenzi athu onse padziko lonse lapansi. Kudwala kwanga kumandivuta kulankhula ndi kulankhula, choncho ndizichita zimenezi mwamsanga. Chifukwa cha zovuta za thanzi langa, ndikufuna kusiya ntchito pagulu. "...
  
  Muholo yongoyembekezera ya m"nyumba yachifumu ya ku Susa munali chipwirikiti chochokera kwa oonerera odabwa, koma onse analemekeza chigamulo cha mtsogoleriyo. Adatsogolera gulu lake komanso dziko lamakono munyengo yaukadaulo wotsogola, kuchita bwino komanso kuwongolera popanda kuchotsa aliyense payekhapayekha kapena nzeru. Analemekezedwa chifukwa cha izi, ziribe kanthu zomwe adasankha kuchita ndi ntchito yake.
  
  "... koma ndikukhulupirira kuti zoyesayesa zanga zonse zidzapitirizidwa bwino ndi wolowa m'malo wanga komanso Commissioner watsopano wa World Health Organisation, Dr. Lisa Gordon. Zinali zosangalatsa kutumikira anthu..." Nina anapitiriza kutsirizitsa chilengezocho pamene Marduk anali kumuyembekezera m"chipinda chosungiramo zinthu.
  
  "Mulungu wanga, Dr. Gould, ndiwedi kazembe weniweni," iye anatero, akumuyang"ana. Sam ndi Perdue adanyamuka mwachangu atalandira foni yochokera kwa Werner.
  
  
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  Werner adatumizira Sam meseji yofotokoza za chiwopsezo chomwe chikubwera. Ndi Perdue kudzuka kwawo, adathamangira kwa alonda achifumu ndikuwonetsa chizindikiritso chawo kuti alankhule ndi mkulu wa mapiko a Meso-Arab, Lieutenant Jenebel Abdi.
  
  "Madamu, tili ndi chidziwitso chachangu kuchokera kwa bwenzi lanu, Lieutenant Dieter Werner," Sam adatero kwa mayi wogundayo wazaka zake chakumapeto kwa makumi atatu.
  
  "O, Ditty," iye anagwedeza mutu mwaulesi, osaonekanso kuti anachita chidwi ndi anthu amisala awiri a ku Scots.
  
  "Anandipempha kuti ndikupatseni code iyi. Kutumiza mosaloledwa kwa omenyera nkhondo aku Germany kuli pafupifupi makilomita makumi awiri kuchokera ku mzinda wa Susa ndi makilomita makumi asanu kuchokera ku Baghdad! Sam anayankhula mopanda mpumulo ngati mwana wasukulu yemwe ali ndi uthenga wachangu kwa mkulu wa sukulu. "Akufuna kudzipha kuti awononge likulu la CIA ndi nyumba yachifumuyi motsogozedwa ndi Captain Gerhard Schmidt."
  
  Lieutenant Abdi nthawi yomweyo adalamula amuna ake ndikulamula mapiko ake kuti agwirizane naye m'malo obisika m'chipululu kuti akonzekere kuwukira. Adayang'ana nambala yomwe Werner adatumiza ndikugwedeza mutu kuvomereza chenjezo lake. "Schmidt, si?" - iye grinned. "Ndimadana ndi Kraut woyipa uyu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Werner ang'amba mipira yake. " Anagwirana chanza ndi Perdue ndi Sam, "Ndiyenera kuvala masuti anga. Zikomo potichenjeza."
  
  "Dikirani," Perdue adakwiya, "kodi mukuchita nawo zagalu?"
  
  Lieutenant anamwetulira ndikusisita. "Ndithu! Mukamuwonanso wachikulire Dieter, mufunseni chifukwa chake amanditcha 'Jenny Jihad' kusukulu yophunzitsa zapandege."
  
  "Ha!" Sam anaseka pamene akuthamanga ndi gulu lake kuti adzikonzekeretse ndi kuthetsa vuto lililonse lomwe likubwera ndi tsankho lalikulu. Khodi yoperekedwa ndi Werner idawatsogolera ku zisa ziwiri zofananira komwe magulu a Leo 2s amawulukira.
  
  "Tinaphonya kusaina Nina," anadandaula motero Sam.
  
  "Zonse zili bwino. Zikhala pa njira iliyonse yankhani yomwe mungaganizire posachedwa, "Perdue adatsimikiza, akusisita Sam kumbuyo. "Sindikufuna kumveka ngati wodabwitsa, koma ndiyenera kufikitsa Nina ndi Marduk ku Reichtisusis mkati," iye anayang"ana pa wotchi yake ndipo mwamsanga anaŵerengera maola, nthaŵi yoyenda, ndi nthaŵi yodutsa, "m"maola asanu ndi limodzi otsatira.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tipite mwana wachiwerewereyo asanabwerenso," Sam anadandaula. "Zachidziwikire, mudalembera chiyani kwa Werner ndikulankhula ndi Jihadist Jenny?"
  
  
  Mutu 36 - Kulimbana
  
  
  Atamasula Marlene yemwe anali atakomoka ndi kumunyamula mofulumira komanso mwakachetechete kupyola mpanda wothyoka kupita ku galimotoyo, Margaret sanasangalale pamene ankadutsa m"chipinda chosungiramo nyumbayo ndi Lieutenant Werner. Ali chapatali, amamva oyendetsa ndege akuyamba kudandaula pamene akudikirira malamulo ochokera kwa Schmidt.
  
  "Kodi titenge bwanji mbalame zankhondo zisanu ndi imodzi zonga F-16 m'mphindi zosakwana khumi, Lieutenant?" Margaret ananong'oneza pamene iwo akutsetsereka pansi pa gulu lomasuka.
  
  Werner adaseka. "Schatz, wakhala ukusewera masewera a pakompyuta ambiri a ku America." Iye ananjenjemera mwaukali pamene anam"patsa chida chachikulu chachitsulo.
  
  "Sadzatha kunyamuka popanda matayala, Frau Crosby," Werner analangiza. "Chonde wonongani matayala kuti aphulike bwino akangodutsa mzere womwewo. Ndili ndi dongosolo losunga zobwezeretsera, mtunda wautali. "
  
  Mu ofesi, Captain Schmidt anadzuka chifukwa cha mdima wonyezimira chifukwa cha mphamvu yamphamvu. Anamangidwa pampando womwewo womwe Margaret adakhalamo ndipo chitseko chidatsekedwa, ndikumusunga m'malo mwake. Mamonitor adasiyidwa kuti ayang'ane, zomwe zidamupangitsa misala mpaka kuchita misala. Maso akutchire a Schmidt adangowonetsa kulephera kwake pomwe nkhani zomwe zidawonekera pazenera zake zidapereka umboni woti panganoli lidasainidwa bwino komanso kuti kuwukira kwaposachedwa kwa ndege kudalepheretsedwa ndi zochita zachangu za Mesorabian Air Force.
  
  "Yesu Khristu! Ayi! Inu simukanakhoza kudziwa! Kodi akanadziwa bwanji? Analira ngati kamwana, akumapotokola mawondo ake kuyesera kumenya mpando mokwiya kwambiri. Maso ake okhetsa magazi anali ataundana kudzera pamphumi yake yothimbirira magazi. "Werner!"
  
  
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  Pamalo osungiramo malo, Werner adagwiritsa ntchito foni yake ngati chipangizo cholozera pa satelayiti ya GPS kuti apeze malowo. Margaret anayesetsa kuboola matayala a ndegeyo.
  
  "Ndimadziona kukhala wopusa kwenikweni kuchita zinthu zakale zapasukulu zimenezi, Lieutenant," iye ananong"oneza motero.
  
  "Ndiye muyenera kusiya kuchita izi," Schmidt adamuuza kuchokera pakhomo la nyumbayo, akumuloza mfuti. Sanathe kumuwona Werner atagwada pamaso pa Mvula yamkuntho, ndikulembapo kanthu mufoni yake. Margaret anakweza manja ake kuti apereke, koma Schmidt anamuwombera zipolopolo ziwiri ndipo anagwa pansi.
  
  Kufuula malamulo awo, Schmidt potsiriza anayamba gawo lachiwiri la ndondomeko yake yachiwembu, ngati chifukwa cha kubwezera. Atavala zigoba zosagwira ntchito, amuna ake anakwera ndege zawo. Werner anatulukira kutsogolo kwa galimoto imodzi, atanyamula foni yake m"manja. Schmidt anayima kumbuyo kwa ndegeyo, akuyenda pang'onopang'ono pamene ikuwombera Werner wopanda zida. Koma sanaganizire za udindo wa Werner, kapena kumene amatsogolera Schmidt. Zipolopolozo zinawombera pa chassis. Pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo anayambitsa injini ya jet, chowotcha chamoto chomwe anachiyambitsa chinatumiza lirime lamoto pankhope ya Captain Schmidt.
  
  Kuyang'ana pansi zomwe zidatsala pakhungu ndi mano omwe anali pankhope ya Schmidt, Werner adamulavulira. "Tsopano ulibe ngakhale nkhope ya chigoba chako chakufa, nkhumba."
  
  Werner adadina batani lobiriwira pa foni yake ndikuyiyika pansi. Mwachangu adanyamula mtolankhani wovulala uja paphewa pake ndikumutengera mgalimoto. Kuchokera ku Iraq, Purdue adalandira chizindikirocho ndipo adawombera mtengo wa satellite kuti agwirizane ndi chipangizo chomwe akulozera, mwamsanga kukweza kutentha mkati mwa hangar. Zotsatira zake zinali zofulumira komanso zotentha.
  
  
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  Pa madzulo a Halowini, dziko lapansi linkakondwerera popanda kudziwa kuti kuvala kwawo ndi kuvala zigoba kunali koyenera. Ndege yachinsinsi ya Perdue idawuluka kuchokera ku Susa ndi chilolezo chapadera komanso kuperekeza asitikali kuchokera mumlengalenga wawo kuti atsimikizire chitetezo. Atakwera, Nina, Sam, Marduk ndi Perdue adadya chakudya chamadzulo akupita ku Edinburgh. Panali gulu laling'ono lapadera lomwe likuyembekezera kuti lichotse Nina mwamsanga.
  
  Wailesi yakanema yapa TV inawapangitsa kuti aziwadziwa bwino pamene nkhanizo zinkachitika.
  
  "Ngozi yodabwitsa yomwe idachitika pachigayo chosiyidwa chazitsulo pafupi ndi Berlin idapha anthu angapo oyendetsa ndege zankhondo zaku Germany, kuphatikiza Wachiwiri kwa Commander Captain Gerhard Schmidt ndi Commander-in-Chief of the German Luftwaffe, Lieutenant General Harold Meyer. Sizikudziwikabe kuti zinthu zokayikitsa zinali zotani..."
  
  Sam, Nina ndi Marduk ankadabwa kuti Werner anali kuti komanso ngati anakwanitsa kutuluka ndi Marlene ndi Margaret m"kupita kwa nthawi.
  
  "Kumuimbira Werner sikungakhale kothandiza. Bambo uyu amadutsa pafoni ngati akudutsa zovala zamkati," adatero Sam. "Tiyenera kudikirira kuti tiwone ngati akulankhula nafe, sichoncho, Perdue?"
  
  Koma Perdue sanamvere. Anagona chagada pampando wotsamirayo, mutu wake utapendekekera cham"mbali, piritsi lake lodalirika lili pamimba ndipo manja atapindapo.
  
  Sam anamwetulira, "Taonani izi. Munthu amene sagona tulo amapuma."
  
  Pa piritsi, Sam amatha kuona kuti Perdue akulankhula ndi Werner, akuyankha funso la Sam usiku womwewo. Anapukusa mutu. "Genius".
  
  
  Mutu 37
  
  
  Patatha masiku awiri, Nina adabweza nkhope yake ndipo anali kuchira pamalo abwino a Kirkwall komwe adakhalako kale. Dermis ya nkhope ya Marduk inayenera kuchotsedwa ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito pa chithunzi cha pulofesa. Sloan, kusungunula tinthu tating'onoting'ono mpaka Chigoba cha Babele chidakhala (chokalamba)nso. Mosasamala kanthu za mmene kachitidweko kanali koopsa, Nina anali wokondwa kukhalanso ndi nkhope yakeyake. Atakhalabe wosangalala kwambiri ndi chinsinsi cha khansa chomwe adagawana ndi achipatala, adagona pomwe Sam adapita kukatenga khofi.
  
  Mkuluyo nayenso anachira bwino, akumagona pabedi panjira yofanana ndi ya Nina. M"chipatalachi sanafunikire kugona pamasamba amagazi ndi tarps, zomwe anali kuyamika kosatha.
  
  "Ukuwoneka bwino, Peter," Perdue adamwetulira, akuyang'ana kupita patsogolo kwa Marduk. "Ukhoza kupita kwanu posachedwa."
  
  "Ndi chigoba changa," Marduk adamukumbutsa.
  
  Perdue anati: "Zoonadi. Ndi chigoba chako."
  
  Sam adabwera kudzapereka moni. "Ndinali ndi Nina basi. Iye akuchirabe ku nyengo, koma ali wokondwa kwambiri kukhalanso iyemwini. Zimakupangitsani kuganiza, sichoncho? Nthawi zina, kuti mukwaniritse bwino, nkhope yabwino kwambiri yovala ndi yanu. "
  
  "Wanzeru kwambiri," Marduk adaseka. Koma tsopano ndine wodzikuza chifukwa ndimatha kumwetulira komanso kuseka nthawi zonse.
  
  Kuseka kwawo kunadzaza gawo laling'ono lachipatala chokhacho.
  
  "Ndiye kuti nthawi yonseyi munali wokhometsa ndalama amene anabedwa chigoba cha ku Babulo?" Sam anafunsa, mosangalatsidwa ndi kuzindikira kuti Peter Marduk anali wokhometsa miliyoni wa zotsalira zomwe Neumand adabera Mask of Babel.
  
  "Izi ndi zachilendo?" Adafunsa choncho Sam.
  
  "Pang'ono. Nthawi zambiri, otolera olemera amatumiza ofufuza achinsinsi ndi magulu a akatswiri okonzanso zinthu kuti akatenge zinthu zawo. "
  
  "Koma ndiye kuti anthu ochulukirapo angadziwe zomwe chida ichi chimachita. Sindingathe kutenga chiopsezo chimenecho. Munaona zimene zinachitika pamene amuna awiri okha anadziŵa za luso lake. Tangoganizirani zimene zingachitike ngati dziko litadziwa zoona zake za zinthu zakalezi. Zinthu zina zimakhala zobisika ... ndi masks, ngati mungafune. "
  
  "Sindinavomereze zambiri," Perdue adavomereza. Izi zinakhudzana ndi malingaliro ake achinsinsi ponena za kudzipatula kwa Nina, koma anaganiza zobisala kutali ndi dziko lakunja.
  
  "Ndili wokondwa kumva kuti Margaret wokondedwa anapulumuka pamene anawomberedwa ndi mfuti," anatero Marduk.
  
  Sam ankaoneka wonyadira kwambiri atamutchula. "Kodi mungakhulupirire kuti adzalandira Mphotho ya Pulitzer yopereka lipoti lofufuza?"
  
  "Uyenera kuvalanso chigobacho, mwana wanga," adatero Perdue moona mtima.
  
  "Ayi, osati nthawi ino. Zonse adazijambula pa foni yam'manja ya Werner yomwe adalandidwa! Kuchokera ku mbali yomwe Schmidt adafotokozera malamulo kwa amuna ake, mpaka pomwe amavomereza kuti adakonza zoti aphedwe ku Sloane, ngakhale kuti panthawiyo sankadziwa ngati adamwaliradi. Margaret tsopano amadziwika chifukwa cha zoopsa zomwe adachita kuti awulule chiwembucho komanso kuphedwa kwa Meyer, ndi zina zotero. Zachidziwikire, adazizungulira mosamala kuti asatchule za chinthu choyipa kapena oyendetsa ndege omwe adasanduka amisala odzipha angasokoneze madzi, mukudziwa? "
  
  "Ndikuthokoza kuti anaganiza zobisa nditamusiya kumeneko. Mulungu wanga, ndimaganiza chiyani? Marduk anabuula.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kukhala mtolankhani wodziwika bwino kungathandize, Peter," Sam adamutonthoza. "Kupatula apo, mukadapanda kumusiya kumeneko, sakadakhala ndi zithunzi zonse zomwe zamupangitsa kutchuka pano."
  
  "Komabe, ndili ndi ngongole kwa iye ndi mkulu wa asilikaliyo," anayankha Marduk. "Next All Hallows Eve, kuti tikumbukire ulendo wathu, ndichita chochitika chachikulu ndipo adzakhala alendo olemekezeka. Koma ziyenera kusungidwa kutali ndi zomwe ndasonkhanitsa ... zingochitika. "
  
  "Zodabwitsa!" - Perdue adafuula. "Tikhoza kumutenga ku malo anga. Mutu ukhala wanji?"
  
  Marduk anaganiza kaye kenako anamwetulira ndi pakamwa pake.
  
  "Chabwino, mpira wamasquerade, inde."
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Preston W. Mwana
  Chinsinsi cha Chipinda cha Amber
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
  
  Zilumba za Åland, Nyanja ya Baltic - February
  
  
  Teemu Koivusaari anali atadzaza manja ndi katundu wosaloledwa ndi boma yemwe ankafuna kuzembetsa, koma atakwanitsa kupeza wogula, zonse zinali zoyenerera. Panali patatha miyezi isanu ndi umodzi chichokereni ku Helsinki kukagwirizana ndi anzake aŵiri ku Åland Islands, kumene anali kuchita bizinesi yopindulitsa ya miyala yachinyengo yachinyengo. Anapereka chilichonse kuchokera ku cubic zirconia kupita ku galasi la buluu ngati diamondi ndi tanzanite, nthawi zina amadutsa - mwaluso kwambiri - zitsulo zoyambira ngati siliva ndi platinamu kwa osachita chidwi.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani kuti pali zambiri?" Teemu anafunsa womuthandizira wake, wosula siliva wachinyengo ku Africa dzina lake Mula.
  
  "Ndikufuna kilogalamu ina kuti ndikwaniritse dongosolo la Minsk, Teemu. "Ndinakuuza za izi dzulo," anadandaula motero Mula. "Mukudziwa, ndiyenera kuthana ndi makasitomala mukamachita chinyengo. Ndikuyembekeza kilo ina pofika Lachisanu, apo ayi mutha kubwerera ku Sweden. "
  
  "Finland".
  
  "Chani?" Mula anakwinya.
  
  "Ndine wochokera ku Finland, osati Sweden," Teemu anadzudzula mnzake.
  
  Mula atapambana, anaimirira patebulo, atavalabe magalasi ake okhuthala, odulira. "Ndani amasamala komwe ukuchokera?" Magalasiwo anakulitsa maso ake kukhala ngati diso la nsomba, chipsepsecho chikulira ndi kuseka. "Bwanji, bwana. Ndibweretsereni amber wochulukira, ndikufuna zida zambiri zopangira ma emerald. Wogula uyu adzakhala ali pano kumapeto kwa sabata, choncho sunthani bulu wanu!
  
  Akuseka mokweza, Teemu wowondayo anatuluka mufakitale yobisika yomwe ankathamanga.
  
  "Ayi! Tomi! Tifunika kukafika kugombe kuti tikagwirenso nsomba ina, mnzanga," iye anauza mnzake wachitatu, yemwe anali wotanganidwa kukambirana ndi atsikana aŵiri a ku Latvia patchuthi.
  
  "Tsopano?" Tomi analira. "Osati pano!"
  
  "Mukupita kuti?" Adafunsa motele mtsikanayo.
  
  "Aa, tiyenera," iye anazengereza, akuyang"ana mnzakeyo momvetsa chisoni. "China chake chiyenera kuchitika."
  
  "Zoona? Umagwira ntchito yanji?" - adafunsa, akunyambita kola yemwe adatayika pachala chake. Tomi anayang'ana mmbuyo kwa Teemu ndi maso ake atatembenuzika m'chilakolako, mobisa akumupempha kuti asiye ntchito yake panopa kuti onse apeze chigoba. Teemu anamwetulira atsikanawo.
  
  "Ndife miyala yamtengo wapatali," iye anadzitama motero. Nthawi yomweyo atsikanawo anachita chidwi kwambiri ndipo anayamba kulankhula mosangalala m"chinenero chawo. Anagwirana manja. Monyodola, anapempha anyamata aŵiriwo kuti apite nawo. Teemu anapukusa mutu wake mwachisoni nanong"oneza Tomi kuti: "Palibe mmene tingawatengere!"
  
  "Tiyeni! Sangakhale wamkulu kuposa khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Asonyezeni zina mwa diamondi zathu ndipo adzatipatsa chilichonse chimene tingafune!" Tomy anabuma m'khutu la bwenzi lake.
  
  Teemu anayang'ana ana amphaka okongolawo ndipo zinangomutengera masekondi awiri kuti ayankhe, "Chabwino, tiyeni tizipita."
  
  Ndi chisangalalo, Tomi ndi atsikanawo adalowa kumpando wakumbuyo wa Fiat yakale ndipo awiriwo adayenda mozungulira chilumbacho kuti asadziwike pomwe amanyamula miyala yamtengo wapatali, amber ndi mankhwala omwe adabedwa kuti apange chuma chawo chabodza. Panali kabizinesi kakang'ono padoko la kumaloko komwe, mwa zina, inkagulitsa kunja kwa siliva nitrate ndi fumbi lagolide.
  
  Mwiniwake wokhotakhotayo, woyendetsa ngalawa wakale wa ku Estonia, ankakonda kuthandiza achifwamba atatuwo kuti afikire magawo awo ndi kuwadziwitsa makasitomala omwe angakhale nawo kuti agawane nawo mowolowa manja. Pamene ankatuluka m"galimoto yaing"onoyo, anamuona akuthamanga n"kumawadutsa, akufuula mwachidwi kuti: "Pitani anyamata! Zafika! Zili pano ndipo pompano!"
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, lero ali mumkhalidwe wopenga," Tomi anausa moyo.
  
  "Ndi chiyani pano?" Adafunsa motele mtsikanayo.
  
  Mkuluyo mwachangu adayang'ana pozungulira: "Sitima yapamadzi!"
  
  "O Mulungu, osati izi kachiwiri!" Teemu anabuula. "Tamverani! Tiyenera kukambirana nanu zinthu zina!"
  
  Bizinesi yatsala pang'ono kukhala! - mkuluyo adafuula, akulowera m'mphepete mwa madoko. "Koma sitimayo idzazimiririka."
  
  Anathamanga pambuyo pake, odabwa ndi kayendedwe kake kofulumira. Atamugwira, aliyense anaima kuti apume. Linali tsiku la mvula ndipo mphepo ya m"nyanja yozizira kwambiri inawaziziritsa kwambiri pamene mphepo yamkuntho imayandikira. Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi, mphezi zinkang"anima m"mwamba, zikutsagana ndi mabingu akutali. Nthawi zonse mphezi ikadutsa m"mitambo, achinyamatawo ankangobwerera m"mbuyo pang"ono, koma chidwi chawo chinawaposa.
  
  "Tamverani tsopano. Taonani," mkuluyo anatero ndi chisangalalo, akuloza tsinde lomwe linali kumanzere.
  
  "Chani? Mukuwona chiyani?" Adatelo Teemu akugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Palibe amene akudziwa za sitima yapamadzi imeneyi koma ine," woyendetsa panyanja wopumayo anauza atsikana achichepere okhala ndi chithumwa cha dziko lakale ndi kuthwanima m"diso lake. Iwo ankaoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi, choncho anawauza za maonekedwe ake. "Ndimaziwona pa radar yanga, koma nthawi zina zimazimiririka, zimangokhala," adatero ndi mawu osamvetsetseka, "zimangosowa!"
  
  "Sindikuwona chilichonse," adatero Tomi. "Tiyeni tibwerere."
  
  Mkuluyo anayang'ana wotchi yake. "Posachedwa! Posachedwapa! Osapita. Ingodikirani."
  
  Mkokomo wabingu unapangitsa atsikanawo kunjenjemera ndipo adapezeka kuti ali mmanja mwa achinyamata awiri, zomwe zidasintha nthawi yomweyo kukhala mvula yamkuntho yolandirika kwambiri. Atsikanawo, akukumbatirana wina ndi mzake, adayang'ana modabwa pamene kutentha kwa maginito kunawonekera mwadzidzidzi pamwamba pa mafunde. Uta wa ngalawa yomira unatuluka m"menemo, wosaoneka bwino pamwamba pa madzi.
  
  "Mwaona?" - mkuluyo anafuula. "Mwaona? Mafunde akuyenda pang'onopang'ono, choncho nthawi ino mudzatha kuona chombo chosiyidwa ndi mulunguchi!"
  
  Anyamata amene anali kumbuyo kwake anadabwa kwambiri ndi zimene anaona. Tomy anatulutsa foni yake kuti ajambule chithunzi cha chochitikacho, koma mphenzi yamphamvu kwambiri inawomba kuchokera mumitambo, kuwapangitsa onse kuchita mantha. Osati kokha kuti sanagwire zochitikazo, komanso sanawone mphezi ikuwombana ndi magetsi amagetsi ozungulira sitimayo, zomwe zinayambitsa chiwombankhanga cha gehena chomwe chinatsala pang'ono kuphulika makutu awo.
  
  "Yesu Khristu! Mwamva zimenezo? Teemu anakuwa chifukwa cha mphepo yozizira kwambiri. "Tiyeni tichokemo tisanaphedwe!"
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - anafuula msungwana wokhumudwa ndikuloza madzi.
  
  Mkuluyo anakwawira kufupi ndi m"mphepete mwa botiyo kuti afufuze. "Munthu uyu! Tabwerani, ndithandizeni kumutulutsa, anyamata!
  
  "Akuoneka kuti wafa," anatero Tomi ndi nkhope yamantha.
  
  "Zachabechabe," mkuluyo sanagwirizane nazo. "Akuyandama m"mwamba ndipo masaya ake ndi ofiira. Ndithandizeni, odekha inu!
  
  Anyamatawo anamuthandiza kukoka thupi lopunduka la munthuyo pa mafunde amphamvu kuti asagwere pa boti kapena kuti amire. Analinyamula n"kubwerera nalo kumalo ogwirira ntchito a nkhalambayo n"kuliika patebulo la ntchito lomwe linali kuseri kumene mkuluyo ankasungunula thonje kuti auumbire. Atatsimikiza kuti mlendoyo alidi ndi moyo, mkuluyo anamufunditsa chofunda n"kumusiya mpaka anamaliza ntchito yake ndi anyamata awiri aja. Chipinda chakumbuyo chinali chofunda mosangalatsa pambuyo posungunula. Potsirizira pake, anapita ku kanyumba kawo kakang"ono ndi anzawo aŵiri ndipo anasiya mkuluyo kuti asankhe tsogolo la mlendoyo.
  
  
  Mutu 1
  
  
  
  Edinburgh, Scotland - Ogasiti
  
  
  Kumwamba pamwamba pa akangaudewo kunasanduka otumbululuka, ndipo dzuwa lofooka linkawawaza chilichonse chozungulira. Mofanana ndi chithunzi chochokera m"magalasi osonyeza zinthu zoipa, nyamazo zinkaoneka zosakhazikika ndipo anawo anakhala chete. Sam ankangoyendayenda mopanda cholinga pakati pa zoyala za silika ndi thonje zomwe zinkapachikidwa kwinakwake komwe sakanatha kuziyika. Ngakhale atakweza maso n"kuyang"ana m"mwamba, sanaone nsonga zomangira nsaluyo, opanda nsaru, opanda ulusi, kapena zochirikizira zamatabwa. Iwo ankaoneka kuti akulendewera pa mbedza yosaoneka m"mlengalenga, akugwedezeka ndi mphepo yomwe iye yekha amakhoza kuimva.
  
  Palibe wina aliyense amene amamudutsa mumsewu yemwe ankawoneka kuti akukumana ndi fumbi lonyamula mchenga wa m'chipululu. Zovala zawo ndi mipendero ya masiketi awo aatali zinkangogwedezeka chifukwa cha kusuntha kwa miyendo yawo pamene akuyenda, osati kuchokera ku mphepo, yomwe nthawi ndi nthawi inkasokoneza kupuma kwake ndikuponyera tsitsi lake lakuda pamaso pake. Kumero kwake kunali kouma ndipo m"mimba mwake munali kutentha chifukwa cha masiku opanda chakudya. Anali kupita kuchitsime chomwe chinali pakati pa bwalo la mzinda, kumene anthu onse a m"tauniyo ankasonkhana pamasiku a msika komanso kuti aphunzire nkhani za sabata yapitayi.
  
  "Mulungu, ndimadana ndi Lamlungu kuno," Sam anadandaula modzifunira. "Ndimadana ndi makamu awa. Ndikanabwera masiku awiri apitawo pamene kunali bata."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani sunachite?" - adamva funso la Nina kuchokera kuseri kwa phewa lake lakumanzere.
  
  "Chifukwa sindinamve ludzu pamenepo, Nina. Palibe chifukwa chobwera kudzamwa mowa ngati mulibe ludzu," adatero. "Anthu sadzapeza madzi m"chitsime mpaka atawafuna, simukudziwa?"
  
  "Sindinachite. Pepani. Koma ndizodabwitsa, simukuganiza?" - iye anati.
  
  "Chani?" anakwinyakwinya pamene mchenga wogwa unamubaya m"maso ndi kuumitsa ng"anjo zake zamisozi.
  
  "Kuti aliyense amwe m"chitsime kupatula iwe," anayankha motero.
  
  "Mwanjira yanji? Chifukwa chiyani watero?" Sam adadziwombera moziteteza. Palibe amene angamwe mpaka atauma. Kulibe madzi."
  
  "Kuno kulibe madzi. Kwa ena, ndizochuluka, "adaseka.
  
  Sam anakwiya kuti Nina analibe chidwi ndi kuvutika kwake. Kuwonjezera apo, iye anapitirizabe kumukwiyitsa. "Mwina ndi chifukwa chakuti suli wa pano, Sam. Nthawi zonse umalowerera m'chilichonse ndipo pamapeto pake umatulutsa udzu waufupi kwambiri, zomwe zingakhale zabwino mukadakhala kuti simunavutikepo. "
  
  "Tamverani! Uli ndi..." adayamba kuyankha, adangozindikira kuti Nina adamusiya. "Ine! Nina! Kuzimiririka sikungakuthandizeni kupambana mkanganowu!"
  
  Panthawiyi, Sam anali atafika pachitsime chamchere chomwe chinatopa ndi anthu omwe anasonkhana pamenepo. Palibenso wina amene anali ndi ludzu, koma onse anayima ngati khoma, kutsekereza kabowo komwe Sam ankamva kuponyedwa kwa madzi mumdima womwe unali pansi pake.
  
  "Ndikhululukireni," iye anang"ung"udza, kuwasuntha mmodzimmodzi kuti ayang"ane m"mphepete. Mkati mwa chitsimecho, madziwo anali a buluu woderapo ngakhale kuti m"kati mwake munali mdima wandiweyani. Kuwala kochokera kumwamba kunasintha kukhala nyenyezi zoyera zonyezimira pamalo otsetsereka pomwe Sam amafuna kuti alume.
  
  "Chonde, mungandipatseko madzi akumwa?" sanalankhule ndi aliyense. "Chonde! Ndili ndi ludzu kwambiri! Madzi ali pompano, komabe sindingathe kuwafika.
  
  Sam anatambasula dzanja lake momwe angathere, koma inchi iliyonse mkono wake unkapita patsogolo, madzi ankawoneka ngati akucheperachepera, kusunga mtunda wake, potsirizira pake amatsika kuposa poyamba.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga!" - anafuula mokwiya. "Mukunama?" Anayambiranso kuyang'ana anthu osawadziwa, omwe anali osadetsedwa ndi chimphepo chamchenga chosatha ndi kuuma kwake. "Ndikufuna chingwe. Kodi alipo amene ali ndi chingwe?
  
  Kumwamba kunayamba kupepuka. Sam anayang'ana m'mwamba poyang'ana kuwala kwa dzuwa komwe kunachokera kudzuwa, komwe kumasokoneza kuzungulira kwabwino kwa nyenyeziyo.
  
  "Kuthwanima padzuwa," iye anadandaula modabwa. "Nzosadabwitsa kuti ndikutentha kwambiri ndi ludzu. Anthu inu simungamve bwanji kutentha kosaneneka?"
  
  Kumero kwake kunali kouma moti mawu awiri omalizirawo sanatuluke, ndipo ankamveka ngati kung"ung"udza kosamvetsetseka. Sam ankayembekezera kuti dzuŵa lotentha silidzawumitsa chitsimecho, mpaka atamwa chakumwa. Mumdima wa kuthedwa nzeru kwake, anayamba kuchita zachiwawa. Ngati palibe amene ankamvetsera kwa munthu waulemu, mwina akanaganizira za mavuto ake ngati achita zinthu zosayenera.
  
  Mwankhalwe akuponya mbiya ndi kuswa mbiya pamene amapita, Sam analira kapu ndi chingwe; chilichonse chimene chikanamuthandiza kutunga madzi. Kuperewera kwa madzi m'mimba mwake kumakhala ngati asidi. Sam anamva kuwawa koopsa kwa thupi lake lonse, ngati kuti chiwalo chilichonse cha m'thupi mwake chinali ndi matuza ndi dzuwa. Anagwada pansi, akukuwa ngati banshee mopweteka kwambiri, atagwira mchenga wachikasu wosasunthika ndi zala zong'ung'udza pamene asidi akuthamangira kukhosi kwake.
  
  Iye anawagwira akakolo, koma iwo anangomenya mwachisawawa mkono wake, osamulabadira kwenikweni. Sam analira ndi ululu. Kupyolera mu maso opapatiza, pazifukwa zina akadali odzazidwa ndi mchenga, iye anayang'ana kumwamba. Kunalibe dzuwa kapena mitambo. Chomwe ankangoona chinali chigoba chagalasi kuchokera m"chizimezime mpaka m"mwamba. Anthu onse amene anali naye anaimirira ndi mantha chifukwa cha thambolo, ali chisanu ndi chidwi, pamaso pa phokoso lalikulu linawachititsa khungu - onse kupatula Sam.
  
  Mphepo ya imfa yosaoneka inayenda kuchokera kumwamba pansi pa dome ndikusintha nzika zina zonse kukhala phulusa.
  
  "Ambuye, ayi!" Sam analira ataona kutha kwawo koopsa. Anafuna kuchotsa manja ake m"maso mwake, koma sanasunthe. "Ndisiye manja anga! Ndiloleni ndikhale wakhungu! Ndiloleni ndikhale wakhungu!"
  
  "Atatu..."
  
  "Awiri..."
  
  "Mmodzi".
  
  Kuphulika kwina, ngati kugunda kwa chiwonongeko, kunamveka m'makutu mwa Sam pamene maso ake adatsegula. Mtima wake unkagunda mosatonthozeka pamene ankayang"ana zinthu zonse zimene zinkamuzungulira ali ndi maso akuthwa modzaza ndi mantha. Panali pilo woonda pansi pa mutu wake ndipo manja ake anali omangidwa mofewa, kuyesa mphamvu ya chingwe chopepuka.
  
  "Chabwino, tsopano ndili ndi chingwe," Sam anatero akuyang"ana m"manja mwake.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kuyitanira kwa chingwe kunali chifukwa chakuti chikumbumtima chanu chinakumbutsidwa za malire," adatero adokotala.
  
  "Ayi, ndinafunikira chingwe kuti nditenge madzi pachitsime," Sam adatsutsa chiphunzitsocho pamene katswiri wa zamaganizo adamasula manja ake.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Munandiuza zonse m"njira, Bambo Cleave."
  
  Dr. Simon Helberg anali msilikali wazaka makumi anayi wa sayansi ndi chidwi chapadera cha malingaliro ndi zidule zake. Parapsychology, psychiatry, neurobiology ndi, oddly mokwanira, luso lapadera kwa extrasensory kuzindikira anawongolera bwato munthu wokalamba. Dr. Helberg, amene anthu ambiri amamuona kuti ndi wonyenga komanso wochititsa manyazi asayansi, sanalole kuti mbiri yake yoipitsidwa isokoneze ntchito yake m"njira iliyonse. Katswiri wasayansi wodana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso wanthanthi yongodzipatula, Helberg ankakonda kwambiri chidziŵitso ndi zochita za nthanthi zimene anthu ambiri amaziona ngati nthano.
  
  "Sam, bwanji ukuganiza kuti sunafe mu "kugunda" pamene wina aliyense anafa? Chinakusiyanitsa ndi chiyani ndi ena?" - adafunsa Sam, atakhala pansi pa tebulo la khofi kutsogolo kwa sofa, pomwe mtolankhaniyo adagonabe.
  
  Sam adamunyoza ngati mwana. "Chabwino, zikuwonekeratu, sichoncho? Onse anali a fuko, chikhalidwe ndi dziko lofanana. Ndinali mlendo kotheratu."
  
  "Inde, Sam, koma sizingakukhululukireni kuti mukuvutika ndi tsoka la mumlengalenga, sichoncho?" - Dr. Helberg anaganiza. Monga kadzidzi wokalamba wanzeru, munthu wonenepa, wadazi anayang'ana Sam ndi maso ake aakulu abuluu. Magalasi ake adakhala pansi pa mlatho wa mphuno yake kotero kuti Sam adawona kufunika kowakankhira mmwamba asanagwe kunsonga ya mphuno ya dotolo. Koma analetsa maganizo ake kuti aganizire mfundo zimene mkuluyo ananena.
  
  "Inde, ndikudziwa," iye anavomereza motero. Maso akulu akuda a Sam adayang'ana pansi pomwe malingaliro ake amafunafuna yankho lomveka. "Ndikuganiza kuti zinali chifukwa anali masomphenya anga ndipo anthu amenewo anali owonjezera pa siteji. Zinali mbali ya nkhani yomwe ndimayang'ana," adachita tsinya, osatsimikiza za malingaliro ake.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndizomveka. Komabe, iwo analipo pa chifukwa. Apo ayi simukawona wina aliyense kumeneko. Mwinamwake munafunikira iwo kuti amvetsetse zotulukapo za chisonkhezero cha imfa," anatero dokotalayo.
  
  Sam anakhala tsonga ndikuyendetsa dzanja lake m'tsitsi. Anapumira, "Dokotala, zili bwanji? Ndikutanthauza kuti, pali kusiyana kotani pakati pa kuwona anthu akugwa ndikungowona kuphulika?"
  
  "Zosavuta," anayankha dokotala. "Kusiyana kwake ndi gawo laumunthu. Ndikanapanda kuona nkhanza za imfa yawo, sikukanakhala kuphulika. Sichingakhale china koma chochitika. Komabe, kupezeka ndi kutayika kwa moyo waumunthu kumapangidwa kuti zikhazikitse pa inu malingaliro kapena chikhalidwe cha masomphenya anu. Muyenera kuganiza za chiwonongeko monga kutaya moyo, osati tsoka lopanda chivulazo chokha."
  
  "Sindinaledzere chifukwa cha izi," Sam anabuula, akugwedeza mutu wake.
  
  Dr. Helberg anaseka ndikumenya mwendo wake. Iye anayika manja ake m"mawondo ake n"kukakamirabe kuti aimirire, akusekabe pamene ankapita kukathimitsa chojambulira chake. Sam anavomera kuti magawo ake alembedwe pofuna chidwi cha kafukufuku wa adotolo wokhudza mawonetseredwe a psychosomatic a zokumana nazo zoopsa - zokumana nazo zochokera kuzinthu zamphamvu kapena zauzimu, zopusa monga momwe zingamvekere.
  
  "Kwa Poncho kapena kwa Olmega?" Dr. Helberg anaseka pamene ankaulula mowa wake wobisidwa mwanzeru.
  
  Sam anadabwa. "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndiwe womwa tequila, Doc."
  
  "Ndinam"konda kwambiri pamene ndinakhala ku Guatemala kwa zaka zingapo. Nthawi ina m'zaka za makumi asanu ndi awiri ndidapereka mtima wanga ku South America, ndipo mukudziwa chifukwa chake? " Dr. Helberg anamwetulira pamene ankathira zipolopolozo.
  
  "Ayi, ndiuze," Sam anaumirira.
  
  Ndinatengeka ndi maganizo amenewa," adatero dokotalayo. Ndipo ataona mawonekedwe odabwitsa a Sam, adalongosola. "Ndinafunika kudziŵa chimene chinayambitsa chipwirikiti chimenechi chimene anthu nthaŵi zambiri amachitcha chipembedzo, mwana wanga. Lingaliro lamphamvu chotero, limene linagonjetsa anthu ambiri m"nthaŵi zambiri, koma silinapereke zifukwa zomveka zokhalirako popanda mphamvu za anthu pa ena, linalidi chifukwa chabwino chofufuzira."
  
  "Anaphedwa!" Adatelo Sam uku akukweza galasi lake kuti akumane ndi ma psychatry ake. "Inenso ndidachita chidwi ndi izi. Osati chipembedzo chokha, komanso njira zosavomerezeka ndi ziphunzitso zopanda nzeru kotheratu zimene zinaika unyinji waukapolo ngati kuti zinali pafupifupi...."
  
  "Zauzimu?" Anafunsa Dr. Helberg uku akukweza nsidze imodzi.
  
  "Esoteric," ndikuganiza kuti akanakhala mawu abwinoko," Sam anatero, akumaliza kuwombera kwake ndi kukomoka chifukwa cha kuwawa kosasangalatsa kwa chakumwa choyera. "Kodi ukutsimikiza kuti ndi tequila?" anapuma kaye, akupuma.
  
  Ponyalanyaza funso laling'ono la Sam, Dr. Helberg anapitirizabe kukambirana. "Mitu ya Esoteric imaphimba zochitika zomwe umanena, mwana wanga. Zauzimu ndi esoteric theosophy. Mwina mukunena masomphenya anu aposachedwa ngati amodzi mwa zinsinsi zododometsa izi?
  
  "Ayi. Ndimawawona ngati maloto, palibenso china. N"zokayikitsa kuti angaimire kupondereza anthu ambiri monga mmene chipembedzo chimachitira. Taonani, ndine wa chikhulupiriro chauzimu kapena kudalira nzeru zapamwamba," Sam anafotokoza. "Sindikutsimikiza kuti milungu imeneyi ingasangalale kapena kukopeka ndi pemphero kuti ipatse anthu zimene akufuna. Chilichonse chidzakhala momwe chidzakhalire. N"zokayikitsa kuti chilichonse chakhalapo chifukwa cha chisoni cha munthu wopempha Mulungu."
  
  "Ndiye, ukukhulupirira kuti zomwe zichitike zidzachitika mosasamala kanthu za kulowererapo kulikonse kwauzimu?" dotolo adamufunsa Sam uku akudinda batani lolemba mwachinsinsi. "Ndiye mukuti tsogolo lathu ladziwika kale."
  
  "Inde," Sam adayankha. "Ndipo tamaliza."
  
  
  Mutu 2
  
  
  Calm wabwereranso ku Berlin pambuyo pa kuphana kwaposachedwa. Akuluakulu angapo, mamembala a Bundesrat ndi akatswiri azachuma osiyanasiyana akhala akuzunzidwa ndi kuphana komwe sikunathetsedwe ndi bungwe kapena munthu aliyense. Zinali zododometsa zomwe dzikolo silinakumanepo nazo m'mbuyomu, chifukwa zifukwa zomwe zidawukirazo zinali zosayerekezeka. Amuna ndi akazi omwe adawukiridwawo anali ofanana pang'ono kuposa kukhala olemera kapena odziwika bwino, ngakhale makamaka m'zandale kapena m'mabizinesi ndi azachuma ku Germany.
  
  Zotulutsa atolankhani sizinatsimikizire chilichonse, ndipo atolankhani ochokera padziko lonse lapansi adakhamukira ku Germany kuti akapeze lipoti lachinsinsi kwinakwake mumzinda wa Berlin.
  
  "Tikukhulupirira kuti iyi inali ntchito ya bungwe," wolankhulira unduna Gabi Holzer adauza atolankhani polankhula ndi Bundestag, nyumba yamalamulo yaku Germany. "Chifukwa chomwe timakhulupirira izi ndichifukwa panali anthu opitilira m'modzi omwe adakhudzidwa ndi imfayi."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani izi? N"chifukwa chiyani mukutsimikiza kuti imeneyi si ntchito ya munthu mmodzi, Frau Holzer?" mtolankhani wina anafunsa.
  
  Anazengereza, akubuula mwamantha. "Zoonadi, uku ndi kungoyerekeza chabe. Komabe, tikukhulupirira kuti ambiri akukhudzidwa chifukwa cha njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kupha nzika zapamwambazi.
  
  "Elite?"
  
  "Wow, osankhika, akuti!"
  
  Mawu ofuula ochokera kwa atolankhani angapo ndi owonera adabwereza mawu omwe sanasankhidwe mokwiya, pomwe Gaby Holzer adayesa kukonza mawu ake.
  
  "Chonde! Chonde ndiloleni ndikufotokozereni..." Anayesa kunenanso mawu ena koma khamu la anthu lomwe linali panjapo linali likubangula kale mokwiya. Mitu yankhaniyo idapangidwa kuti iwonetse ndemanga yoyipayi moyipa kuposa momwe amafunira. Atakwanitsa kukhazika mtima pansi atolankhani omwe anali patsogolo pake, adawafotokozera mawu omwe amasankha momveka bwino momwe angathere, movutikira chifukwa Chingelezi sichinali champhamvu kwambiri.
  
  "Amayi ndi madona atolankhani zapadziko lonse lapansi, ndikupepesa chifukwa cha kusamvetsetsana. Ndikuwopa kuti ndaphonya - English yanga, chabwino... M-my apologies," iye anatero, achita chibwibwi pang"ono, ndipo anapuma mozama kuti mtima ukhale pansi. "Monga nonse mukudziwira, zoyipa izi zidachitikira anthu otchuka komanso otchuka mdziko muno. Ngakhale kuti zolingazi zinkaoneka kuti sizikufanana kwenikweni ndipo sizinkayenda n"komwe, tili ndi zifukwa zokhulupirira kuti chuma chawo komanso ndale chinali chokhudzana ndi zolinga za omwe adawaukirawo."
  
  Izi zinali pafupifupi mwezi wapitawo. Panali masabata angapo ovuta kuchokera pamene Gabi Holzer anayenera kuthana ndi atolankhani ndi malingaliro awo a vulture, koma adamvabe kudwala m'mimba mwake pamene ankaganiza za misonkhano ya atolankhani. Chiyambireni mlungu umenewo kuukirako kunasiya, koma mu Berlin monse ndi m"dziko lonselo munali mtendere wamdima, wosatsimikizirika, wodzala ndi mantha.
  
  "Ankayembekezera chiyani?" - anafunsa mwamuna wake.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Detlef, ndikudziwa," adaseka, akuyang'ana pawindo la chipinda chake. Gabi anavula kwa nthawi yayitali, yotentha. "Koma zomwe palibe amene amamvetsetsa kunja kwa ntchito yanga ndikuti ndiyenera kukhala waukazembe. Ine sindingakhoze kungonena chinachake monga "Tikuganiza kuti ndi bwino ndalama zigawenga hackers mu cahoots ndi shadowy kalabu ya eni nthaka zoipa akungoyembekezera kugwetsa boma Germany," ndingathe? " adachita tsinya kwinaku akufuna kuvula bra.
  
  Mwamuna wake anabwera kudzamupulumutsa ndikutsegula, ndikuvula kenaka ndikumasula siketi yake ya pensulo ya beige. Idafika pamapazi ake pa kapeti wokhuthala, wofewa ndipo adatuluka, atavalabe nsapato zake za Gucci. Mwamuna wake anapsompsona khosi lake ndikutsamira chibwano chake paphewa lake pomwe amawona magetsi amzinda akuyenda munyanja yamdima. "Kodi izi ndi zomwe zikuchitikadi?" Adafunsa mokhala phee milomo yake ikuyang'ana kolala.
  
  "Ndikuganiza inde. Abwana anga ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa onse amaganiza chimodzimodzi. Pali zambiri zomwe sitinaulule kwa atolankhani za omwe adazunzidwa. Izi ndi zowopsa zomwe zimatiuza kuti si ntchito ya munthu m'modzi," adatero.
  
  "Zowonadi zotani? Kodi akubisira anthu chiyani? "Anafunsa akumugwira mabere. Gabi anatembenuka n"kuyang"ana Detlef mwaukali.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe kazitape? Kodi mumagwira ntchito ndani, Herr Holzer? Mukufuna kundinyengerera kuti mudziwe zambiri? adamukokera, akumkankhira kumbuyo. Maloko ake a blonde adavina msana wake wopanda kanthu pomwe amamutsatira masitepe aliwonse pomwe amabwerera.
  
  "Ayi, ayi, ndikungochita chidwi ndi ntchito yako, wokondedwa," iye anadandaula mofatsa ndipo anagwa chagada pakama pawo. Detlef womangidwa mwamphamvu anali ndi umunthu wosiyana kotheratu ndi thupi lake. "Sindinafune kukufunsani mafunso."
  
  Gabi anaima n"kuponya maso ake. "Um Gottes walola!"
  
  "Ndatani?" - adafunsa mopepesa.
  
  "Detlef, ndikudziwa kuti siwe kazitape! Mukadasewera nawo. Nenani zinthu monga, "Ndabwera kudzatenga zambiri kwa inu pa mtengo uliwonse" kapena "Ngati simundiuza chilichonse, ndikugwedezani!" kapena china chilichonse chimene chingabwere m"mutu mwanu. wokongola kwambiri? - adalira, akumenya bedi ndi chidendene chake chakuthwa pakati pa miyendo yake.
  
  Anachita mantha pafupi ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ya banja lake, ataundana.
  
  "Uuu!" Gabi adaseka ndikuchotsa phazi lake. "Ndiyatsire ndudu, chonde."
  
  "Zoonadi, wokondedwa," anayankha mwachisoni.
  
  Gaby anayatsa mipopi yosambira kuti madzi atenthetse panthawiyi. Anavula kabudula wake nalowa kuchipinda kukasuta. Detlef adakhalanso pansi, kuyang'ana mkazi wake wodabwitsa. Iye sanali wamtali kwambiri, koma mu zidendenezo iye anakwera pamwamba pake, mulungu wamkazi wa tsitsi lopiringizika ndi Karelia akuyaka pakati pa milomo yake yofiira.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Kasinoyo anali chifaniziro cha moyo wapamwamba kwambiri ndipo amalola makasitomala apamwamba kwambiri, olemera komanso otchuka kukumbatirana ndi chipwirikiti chake. MGM Grand idayima modabwitsa pamawonekedwe ake aazure omwe adakumbutsa Dave Perdue za kunyanja ya Caribbean, koma sikunali komaliza kwa woyambitsa mabiliyoniyo. Anayang'ana mmbuyo kwa oyendetsa galimoto ndi antchito, omwe adatsazikana, atagwira mwamphamvu nsonga yawo ya $ 500. Limousine yakuda yosadziwika bwino inamunyamula ndikupita naye ku msewu wapafupi, kumene ogwira ntchito pa ndege ya Purdue ankayembekezera kubwera kwake.
  
  "Mpaka pano, Bambo Perdue?" - anafunsa mkulu woyendetsa ndege, ndikumuperekeza kumpando wake. "Mwezi? Kapena lamba wa Orion?
  
  Perdue adaseka naye.
  
  "Prime Denmark, chonde, James," Perdue adalamula.
  
  "Nthawi yomweyo, bwana," iye anatero. Anali ndi chinthu chomwe amachikonda kwambiri antchito ake - nthabwala. Luso lake ndi chuma chosatha sichinasinthe mfundo yakuti Dave Perdue anali, koposa zonse, munthu woseketsa komanso wolimba mtima. Popeza ankathera nthawi yambiri akugwira ntchito kwinakwake pazifukwa zina, anaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito nthawi yake yopuma kuyenda. M'malo mwake, adapita ku Copenhagen kukachita zinthu zachi Danish.
  
  Perdue anali atatopa. Sanayime kwa maola opitilira 36 molunjika kuyambira pomwe adapanga jenereta ya laser ndi gulu la abwenzi ochokera ku British Institute of Engineering and Technology. Pamene ndege yake yachinsinsi idanyamuka, adakhala pansi ndipo adaganiza zogona koyenera pambuyo pa Las Vegas ndi moyo wake wopenga usiku.
  
  Monga nthawi zonse pamene ankayenda yekha, Perdue anasiya chophimba chapansi kuti amukhazikitse mtima pansi ndikugona chifukwa chotopa. Nthawi zina inali gofu, nthawi zina kriketi; nthawi zina zopelekedwa zachilengedwe, koma nthawi zonse amasankha chinthu chosafunika kuti apatse malingaliro ake mpumulo. Wotchi yomwe ili pamwamba pa chinsaluyo inasonyeza hafu pasiti sikisi pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo anamupatsa chakudya chamadzulo kuti agone ali ndi mimba.
  
  Kupyolera mu tulo, Perdue anamva mawu amodzi a mtolankhani wa nkhani komanso mkangano wotsatira wakupha womwe unakhudza ndale. Pamene ankakangana pa TV yotsika kwambiri, Perdue anagona mosangalala, osasamala za Ajeremani odabwa mu studio. Nthawi ndi nthawi nkhawa zinkamufikitsa m"maganizo mwake, koma posakhalitsa anagonanso.
  
  Malo anayi opangira mafuta m'njira anam'patsa nthawi yotambasula miyendo yake pakati pa kagonedwe. Pakati pa Dublin ndi Copenhagen anali atagona maola awiri omalizira ali m"tulo tofa nato.
  
  Zinkawoneka ngati umuyaya unali utadutsa pamene Perdue adadzuka chifukwa cha kunyengerera mofatsa kwa woyendetsa ndege.
  
  "Bambo Perdue? Bwana, tili ndi vuto pang'ono," adatero. Atamva mawu amenewa, maso ake anangoti psuu.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani? Vuto ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa ali chizungulire.
  
  "Tinakanizidwa kuloŵa m"ndege ya ku Denmark kapena ku Germany, bwana. Mwina titumizidwe ku Helsinki?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani tinali kuno..." anang"ung"udza uku akusisita nkhope yake. "Chabwino, ndithana nazo. Zikomo wokondedwa ". Ndi zimenezo, Perdue anathamangira kwa oyendetsa ndege kuti adziwe chomwe chinali vuto.
  
  "Sanatifotokozere mwatsatanetsatane bwana. Zomwe anatiuza zinali kuti ID yathu yolembetsa idasindikizidwa ku Germany ndi Denmark! " woyendetsa ndegeyo anafotokoza, akuwoneka wodabwa ngati Perdue. "Chomwe sindikumvetsa n"chakuti ndidapempha chilolezo chija ndipo chidandilandira, koma pano tikuuzidwa kuti sitingathe kutera.
  
  "Blacklisted for chani?" Perdue anakwiya.
  
  "Izi zikuwoneka ngati zopanda pake kwa ine, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo adayankha.
  
  "Ndikuvomereza ndi mtima wonse, Stan," Perdue anayankha. "Chabwino, tili ndi mafuta okwanira kuti tipite kwinakwake? Ndikonzekera."
  
  "Tili ndi mafuta, bwana, koma osakwanira kuyika pachiwopsezo kwambiri," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero.
  
  "Yesani Billord. Ngati satilola kulowa, pita kumpoto. Titha kutera ku Sweden mpaka titakonza izi, "adalamula oyendetsa ake.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa, bwana."
  
  "Kuwongolera magalimoto apa ndege kachiwiri, bwana," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero mwadzidzidzi. "Mvetserani".
  
  "Akutitumiza ku Berlin, Bambo Perdue. Tichite chiyani?" - anafunsa woyendetsa ndegeyo.
  
  "Kodi chinanso tingatani? Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kupitirizabe nazo pakadali pano, "Perdue adawerengera. Iye anaitana woyendetsa ndegeyo n'kumupempha kuti amupatseko madzi oundana awiri, mowa womwe ankaukonda kwambiri pamene zinthu sizikuyenda bwino.
  
  Atafika pabwalo la ndege la Dietrich lomwe lili kunja kwa Berlin, Perdue adakonzekera madandaulo omwe adafuna kukapereka kwa akuluakulu a boma ku Copenhagen. Gulu lake lazamalamulo silikanatha kupita ku mzinda wa Germany posachedwapa, choncho anaitana ofesi ya kazembe wa ku Britain kuti akonze msonkhano ndi woimira boma.
  
  Osati munthu waukali wamoto, Perdue adakwiya chifukwa chadzidzidzi chomwe chimatchedwa blacklisting ya jet yake yapadera. Kwa moyo wanga, sanamvetsetse chifukwa chake atha kulembedwa. Zinali zoseketsa.
  
  Tsiku lotsatira adalowa ku ambassy ya United Kingdom.
  
  "Masana abwino, dzina langa ndine David Perdue. Ndili ndi nthawi yokumana ndi Bambo Ben Carrington, "Perdue adauza mlembi m'malo osintha kwambiri a ambassy ku Wilhelmstrasse.
  
  "Moni, Bambo Perdue," anamwetulira mwansangala. "Ndikuperekezeni ku ofesi yake nthawi yomweyo. Anali kuyembekezera kukumana nawe."
  
  "Zikomo," Perdue anayankha, wamanyazi komanso wokwiya kuti adzikakamize kumwetulira kwa mlembi.
  
  Zitseko za ofesi ya woimira Britain zinali zotsegula pamene wolandira alendo amalowetsa Perdue mkati. Mayi wina anakhala patebulo ndi nsana wake kuchitseko, kucheza ndi Carrington.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, ndikukhulupirira," adamwetulira Carrington, akukwera pampando wake kuti apereke moni kwa mlendo wake wa ku Scotland.
  
  "Ndizowona," Perdue adatsimikizira. "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, Bambo Carrington."
  
  Carrington adaloza kwa mayi yemwe adakhala. "Ndinalankhula ndi nthumwi ya German International Press Bureau kuti atithandize."
  
  "Bambo Perdue," mayi wodabwitsayo anamwetulira, "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikhoza kukuthandizani." Gaby Holzer. Ndakondwa kukumana nanu".
  
  
  Mutu 3
  
  
  Gaby Holzer, Ben Carrington ndi Dave Perdue adakambirana za chiletso chosayembekezereka chotsika pa tiyi muofesi.
  
  "Ndiyenera kukutsimikizirani, Herr Perdue, kuti izi sizinachitikepo. Dipatimenti yathu ya zamalamulo, limodzinso ndi anthu a a Carrington, afufuza bwinobwino mbiri yanu pa chilichonse chimene chingachititse kuti munene motere, koma sitinapezepo kalikonse m"zolemba zanu zimene zingafotokoze za kukana kulowa mu Denmark ndi Germany." - Gabi anatero.
  
  "Zikomo Mulungu chifukwa cha Chaim ndi Todd!" Perdue anaganiza motero Gabi atatchula za mbiri yake: "Akadadziŵa kuti ndi malamulo angati amene ndinaswa pofufuza, akananditsekera pakali pano."
  
  Jessica Haim ndi Harry Todd sanali ofufuza zamakompyuta a Purdue, onse omwe anali akatswiri odzitetezera pakompyuta omwe adalembedwa ntchito ndi iye. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi udindo pamafayilo achitsanzo a Sam, Nina ndi Perdue, Chaim ndi Todd sanachite nawo zachinyengo zilizonse zachuma. Chuma cha Purdue chomwe chinali chokwanira. Komanso sanali anthu aumbombo. Monga momwe zinalili ndi Sam Cleave ndi Nina Gould, Perdue adadzizungulira ndi anthu oona mtima komanso abwino. Kaŵirikaŵiri iwo anali kuchita zinthu kunja kwa lamulo, inde, koma anali kutali ndi zigawenga wamba, ndipo chimenecho chinali chinthu chimene olamulira ambiri ndi akhalidwe labwino sakanatha kuchimvetsa.
  
  Dzuwa la m'mawa wotuwa kwambiri likuyenda pakhungu la ofesi ya Carrington, Perdue adakoka chikho chake chachiwiri cha Earl Grey. Kukongola kwa blonde kwa mkazi waku Germany kunali kopatsa mphamvu, koma analibe chikoka kapena mawonekedwe omwe amayembekezera. M"malo mwake, ankaoneka kuti ankafunadi kudziwa mfundo zake.
  
  "Ndiuzeni, Bambo Perdue, kodi munayamba mwakhalapo ndi ndale za ku Denmark kapena mabungwe azachuma?" Gabi anamufunsa.
  
  "Inde, ndachita malonda ambiri ku Denmark. Koma sindimayenda m"magulu andale. Ndine wokonda kwambiri maphunziro. Nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zakale, kafukufuku, ndalama zamaphunziro apamwamba, koma ndimakhala kutali ndi ndale. Chifukwa chiyani?" Anamufunsa iye.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani mukuganiza kuti izi ndi zofunika, Mayi Holzer?" - Carrington adafunsa, akuwoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi.
  
  "Chabwino, izo ziri zowonekeratu, Bambo Carrington. Ngati Bambo Perdue alibe mbiri yaupandu, ayenera kuwopseza maikowa, kuphatikiza anga, mwanjira ina, "adauza woimira Britain molimba mtima. "Ngati chifukwa chake sichinakhazikike pamlandu, ndiye kuti chikugwirizana ndi mbiri yake monga wochita bizinesi. Tonse timadziwa za chuma chake komanso mbiri yake ngati munthu wotchuka. "
  
  "Ndamva," adatero Carrington. "M'mawu ena, chifukwa choti wachita nawo maulendo ambirimbiri ndipo amadziwika kuti ndi wothandiza anthu amamupangitsa kukhala woopsa ku boma lanu?" Carrington anaseka. "Izi ndi zopusa, madam."
  
  "Dikirani, kodi mukunena kuti zomwe ndagulitsa m'maiko ena mwina zapangitsa mayiko ena kukayikira zolinga zanga?" Perdue anakwiya.
  
  "Ayi," anayankha modekha. "Osati mayiko, Bambo Perdue. Mabungwe."
  
  "Ndatayika," Carrington anagwedeza mutu wake.
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndifotokoze. Sindikunena kuti izi zikukhudza dziko langa kapena lina lililonse. Monga inu, ndikungolingalira, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti inu, Bambo Perdue, mwina mosadziwa munalowa mkangano pakati pa ... "anaima kaye kuti apeze mawu oyenerera a Chingerezi, "... ziwalo zina?
  
  "Matupi? Kodi mumakonda mabungwe?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, ndendende," iye anatero. "Mwina ndalama zomwe muli nazo m"mabungwe osiyanasiyana a m"mayiko osiyanasiyana zachititsa kuti muzidana ndi mabungwe amene amatsutsa amene mukuchita nawo. Nkhani ngati izi zitha kufalikira mosavuta padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mukhale oletsedwa kumayiko ena; osati ndi maboma a mayikowa, koma ndi munthu amene ali ndi mphamvu pa zomangamanga za mayikowa. "
  
  Purdue wapereka lingaliro lozama ili. Mayi wachijeremani anali wolondola. M'malo mwake, anali wolondola kuposa momwe angadziwire. Iye anali atagwidwa kale ndi makampani omwe ankaganiza kuti zopanga zake ndi zovomerezeka zake zingakhale zamtengo wapatali kwa iwo, koma ankawopa kuti kutsutsa kwawo kungapereke malonda abwino. Maganizo amenewa nthawi zambiri ankachititsa ukazitape m'mafakitale ndi kunyalanyazidwa kwa malonda zomwe zinawalepheretsa kuchita bizinesi ndi mabungwe ake apadziko lonse.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza, Bambo Perdue. Izi zimamveka bwino chifukwa chokhalapo kwanu m'magulu amphamvu mumakampani asayansi," Carrington adavomereza. "Koma momwe mukudziwira, Akazi a Holzer, ndiye kuti uku sikuletsedwa kulowa? Izi sizochokera ku boma la Germany, sichoncho? "
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," iye anatsimikizira. "Bambo Perdue alibe vuto lililonse ndi boma la Germany ... kapena Denmark, ndikuganiza. Ndikuganiza kuti zachitika mobisa kwambiri, ah, pansi-" iye anayesa kupeza mawu oyenera.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chinsinsi? Mabungwe achinsinsi? - Anagwedeza Perdue, akuyembekeza kuti adatanthauzira molakwika Chingerezi chake chosauka.
  
  "Ndi zolondola. Magulu apansipansi omwe akufuna kuti mukhale kutali ndi iwo. Kodi pali chilichonse chomwe mukuchita chomwe chingasokoneze mpikisano?" Adafunsa motele Perdue.
  
  "Ayi," anayankha mwamsanga. Kunena zoona, ndinapuma pang"ono. Panopa ndili patchuthi."
  
  "Izi ndi zosokoneza kwambiri!" - Carrington anafuula, akugwedeza mutu wake moseketsa.
  
  "Choncho kukhumudwa, Bambo Carrington," Perdue anamwetulira. "Chabwino, ndikudziwa kuti ndilibe vuto lililonse ndi lamulo. Ndithana ndi izi ndi anthu anga. "
  
  "Chabwino. Kenako tidakambirana momwe tingathere, poganizira zochepa zomwe tili nazo pazochitika zachilendozi, "adamaliza Carrington. "Komabe, mopanda mbiri, Mayi Holzer," iye anatembenukira kwa nthumwi yokongola ya ku Germany.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Carrington," iye anamwetulira.
  
  "Tsiku lina pa CNN mudayimilira mwalamulo chancellor pankhani yakupha, koma simunawulule chifukwa chake," adafunsa mokhudzidwa kwambiri. "Kodi pali cholakwika chilichonse chomwe atolankhani sayenera kudziwa?"
  
  Ankawoneka wosamasuka kwambiri, akuvutika kuti apitirizebe ntchito yake. "Ndikuchita mantha," iye anayang"ana amuna onse aŵiri ndi mawu amantha, "izi ndi zachinsinsi kwambiri."
  
  "M'mawu ena, inde," Perdue anafunsa. Anayandikira Gaby Holzer mosamala komanso mwaulemu wodekha ndipo adakhala pafupi naye. "Madamu, mwina izi zikugwirizana ndi zomwe zachitika posachedwa pazandale komanso zachikhalidwe?"
  
  Panalinso mawu amenewo.
  
  Carrington anayang'ana chidwi kwathunthu pamene ankayembekezera yankho lake. Ndi manja akunjenjemera, adatsanulira tiyi wochulukirapo, akuika chidwi chake chonse pa mgwirizano wa Germany.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti aliyense ali ndi chiphunzitso chake, koma monga wolankhulira, ndilibe ufulu wofotokozera maganizo anga, Bambo Perdue. Inu mukudziwa izo. Ukuganiza bwanji kuti ndikambirane nkhaniyi ndi munthu wamba?" Anapumira.
  
  "Chifukwa ndimadandaula pamene zinsinsi zikufalikira ku boma, wokondedwa wanga," Perdue anayankha.
  
  "Iyi ndi nkhani yaku Germany," iye anatero mosapita m"mbali. Gabi anayang'ana ku Carrington. "Kodi ndingasute pa khonde lako?"
  
  "Ndithudi," iye anavomereza motero ndipo anaimirira kuti atsegule zitseko zagalasi zokongola zomwe zinachokera ku ofesi yake kupita kukhonde lokongola loyang"anizana ndi Wilhelmstrasse.
  
  "Ndikuwona mzinda wonse kuchokera pano," anatero, akuyatsa ndudu yake yaitali, yopyapyala. "Kuno munthu ankatha kulankhula momasuka, kutali ndi makoma amene angakhale ndi makutu. Chinachake chikubwera, njonda, "adauza Carrington ndi Perdue pomwe amamuzungulira kuti asangalale ndikuwona. "Ndipo ichi ndi chiwanda chakale chomwe chadzuka; mpikisano woyiwalika kalekale... Ayi, osati mpikisano. Zili ngati mkangano pakati pa magulu amene ankaganiziridwa kuti afa kalekale, koma ali maso ndipo akonzeka kumenya nkhondo."
  
  Perdue ndi Carrington adayang'ana mwachangu asanazindikire uthenga wonse wa Gabi. Sanawayang'ane konse, koma anayankhula, akupuma utsi wochepa thupi pakati pa zala zake. "Chancellor wathu adagwidwa kuphana kusanayambe."
  
  Anthu onse awiri anadabwa ndi bomba lomwe Gabi anali atangowagwetsera. Sikuti amangogawana zinsinsi, koma adangovomereza kuti wamkulu wa boma la Germany wasowa. Kunkamveka ngati kuukira boma, koma kunkamveka ngati kuti kunachitika mdima wandiweyani.
  
  "Koma zinali zoposa mwezi wapitawo, mwina woposa!" Carrington anafuula.
  
  Gabi anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Ndipo chifukwa chiyani izi sizinawonekere poyera?" - Perdue anafunsa. "Zingakhale zothandiza kwambiri kuchenjeza mayiko onse oyandikana nawo chiwembu choterechi chisanafalikire ku Europe konse."
  
  "Ayi, izi ziyenera kusungidwa mwachinsinsi, Bambo Perdue," iye sanagwirizane nazo. Anatembenuka kuyang'anizana ndi bilioneayo ndi maso omwe amatsindika kuzama kwa mawu ake. "Kodi mukuganiza kuti n"chifukwa chiyani anthuwa, anthu apamwambawa, anaphedwa? Zonsezi zinali mbali ya ultimatum. Anthu amene ankachititsa zimenezi ankaopseza kuti akupha nzika za dziko la Germany mpaka zitapeza zimene ankafuna. Chifukwa chokha chomwe Chancellor wathu akadali ndi moyo ndichifukwa tikukwaniritsa zomwe akufuna," adawauza. "Koma tikayandikira nthawi yomalizayi ndipo Federal Intelligence Service sinapereke zomwe akufuna, dziko lathu lidzakhala ...," adaseka momvetsa chisoni, "... pansi pa utsogoleri watsopano."
  
  "Mulungu Wabwino!" Carrington anatero pansi pa mpweya wake. "Tiyenera kuchita nawo MI6, ndipo-"
  
  "Ayi," adatero Perdue. "Simungaike pachiwopsezo chopanga chiwonetsero chachikulu chapagulu ichi, a Carrington. Izi zikatuluka, Chancellor amwalira usiku usanada. Zomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndikufunsa wina kuti afufuze komwe zidachitikazi. "
  
  "Akufuna chiyani ku Germany?" Carrington anali kuwedza.
  
  "Sindikudziwa gawo ili," Gaby adadandaula, akuwuzira utsi mumlengalenga. "Chomwe ndikudziwa ndichakuti ili ndi gulu lolemera kwambiri lomwe lili ndi zinthu zopanda malire, ndipo zomwe akufuna sizongoyerekeza kulamulira dziko lapansi."
  
  "Mukuganiza titani nazo?" - Carrington anafunsa, akutsamira pa njanji kuyang'ana Perdue ndi Gabi pa nthawi yomweyo. Mphepoyo inagwetsa tsitsi lake la imvi lowonda, lowongoka pamene ankayembekezera zimene akufuna. "Sitingadziwitse aliyense za izi. Izi zikadziwika kwa anthu, chipwirikiti chikanafalikira ku Ulaya konse, ndipo ndili wotsimikiza kuti chingakhale chilango cha imfa kwa Chancellor wanu."
  
  Ali pakhomo, mlembi wa Carrington anamupempha kuti asayine chikalata chosagwirizana ndi visa, ndipo Perdue ndi Gabi anasiya chete. Aliyense analingalira za udindo wawo pankhaniyi, ngakhale kuti sinali ntchito yawo. Iwo anali chabe nzika ziŵiri zabwino za dziko zofunafuna kuthandiza kulimbana ndi mizimu yamdima imene inathetsa mwankhanza miyoyo yosalakwa pofunafuna umbombo ndi mphamvu.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, ndimadana nazo kuvomereza," adatero, akuyang'ana mofulumira kuti awone ngati wowalandirayo adakali wotanganidwa. "Koma ineyo ndi amene ndinakonza zoti ndege yanu isayendenso."
  
  "Chani?" Perdue anatero. Maso ake otumbululuka anali odzaza ndi mafunso pamene ankayang"ana mayiyo modabwa. "N'chifukwa chiyani mukuchita?"
  
  Iye anati: "Ndikudziwa kuti ndiwe ndani. "Ndinkadziwa kuti simungalole kuthamangitsidwa mu ndege ya ku Danish, ndipo ndinapempha ena - tiyeni tiwatchule owathandiza - kuti awononge kayendetsedwe ka ndege kuti akutumize ku Berlin. Ndinadziwa kuti ndikanakhala munthu amene Bambo Carrington angamuyitane pa nkhaniyi. Ndidayenera kukumana nanu mwaudindo. Anthu akuwona, mwawona. "
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Mayi Holzer," Perdue anakwinya nkhope yake, akuwayang"ana mokhudzidwa kwambiri. "Ndithu munakumana ndi vuto lalikulu kuti mundilankhule, ndiye mukufuna chiyani kwa ine?"
  
  "Mtolankhani wopambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer uyu ndi mnzako pazovuta zanu zonse," adayamba.
  
  "Sam Cleave?"
  
  "Sam Cleave," adabwereza, kumasuka kuti akudziwa yemwe amatanthauza. "Ayenera kufufuza za kubedwa ndi kuwukira kwa anthu olemera ndi amphamvu. Ayenera kudziwa zomwe akufuna. Ine sindingathe kuwaululira iwo."
  
  "Koma ukudziwa chimene chikuchitika," iye anatero. Adagwedeza mutu pomwe Carrington adalumikizana nawo.
  
  "Chotero," anatero Carrington, "kodi munauza wina aliyense muofesi yanu za malingaliro anu, Akazi a Holzer?"
  
  "Ndasunga zambiri, inde, koma, mukudziwa," adatero.
  
  "Wanzeru," anatero Carrington, akumveka kuti achita chidwi kwambiri.
  
  Gabi anawonjezera motsimikiza. "Mukudziwa, sindiyenera kudziwa kalikonse, koma sindikugona. Ndimakonda kuchita zinthu ngati izi, zomwe zingakhudze moyo wa anthu a ku Germany ndi wina aliyense, pankhaniyi, ndi bizinesi yanga. "
  
  "Ndizokonda kwambiri dziko lanu, Mayi Holzer," Carrington anatero.
  
  Anakankhira mlomo wa silencer pansagwada yake ndikutulutsa ubongo wake Perdue asanaphethire. Pamene thupi la Gabi lophwanyidwa linagwa pamwamba pa njanji yomwe Carrington adamuponyera, Perdue mwamsanga anagonjetsedwa ndi alonda awiri a ambassy, omwe adamugwetsa chikomokere.
  
  
  Mutu 4
  
  
  Nina analuma pakamwa pa chitolirocho, kuopa kuti mwina sangapume bwino. Sam anaumirira kuti kunalibe kupuma kosayenera, kuti amangopuma pamalo olakwika-monga pansi pa madzi. Madzi oyera, abata anakuta thupi lake loyandama pamene ankapita patsogolo pa thanthwelo, akuyembekeza kuti sadzaphwanyidwa ndi shaki kapena cholengedwa china chilichonse cha m"nyanja chimene chikakhala ndi tsiku loipa.
  
  Pansi pake, miyala ya korali yokhotakhota inakongoletsa pansi pa nyanja ya nyanja yotumbululuka ndi yopanda kanthu, ndikuikulitsa ndi mitundu yowala ndi yokongola yamithunzi yomwe Nina sanadziŵe nkomwe. Mitundu yambiri ya nsomba inagwirizana naye m"kufufuza kwake, zikumadutsa njira yake ndi kusuntha mofulumira zimene zinam"chititsa mantha pang"ono.
  
  'Bwanji ngati chinachake chikubisika pakati pa masukulu oipawa n'kubwera kwa ine?' Nina anayamba kuchita mantha, "Bwanji ngati ndikuthamangitsidwa ndi kraken kapena chinachake pakali pano, ndipo nsomba zonse zikuthamanga choncho chifukwa zikufuna kuthawa?"
  
  Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa adrenaline komwe kunabwera chifukwa cha kutengeka maganizo kwake, Nina anakankha mofulumira, akukankhira manja ake mwamphamvu m'mbali mwake ndikudutsa miyala ikuluikulu yomaliza kuti afike pamwamba. Kumbuyo kwake, tinthu tating'onoting'ono tomwe timatulutsa timadzi tasiliva tinkasonyeza mmene akupita patsogolo, ndipo timipira tating'ono tonyezimira tinaphulika kuchokera kumapeto kwa chubu chake.
  
  Nina anatulukira pamwamba pomwe anamva kuti chifuwa ndi miyendo yayamba kutentha. Ndi tsitsi lake lonyowa alipeta kumbuyo, maso ake abulauni ankawoneka aakulu kwambiri. Mapazi ake anakhudza pansi pa mchenga ndipo anayamba kubwerera kumphepete mwa nyanja pakati pa mapiri opangidwa ndi miyala. Molimba mtima, analimbana ndi mafunde, atagwira magalasi m'manja.
  
  Mafunde anayamba kumbuyo kwake, ndipo ino ndi nthawi yoopsa kwambiri kukhala m"madzi akumeneko. Mwamwayi, dzuwa linazimiririka kuseri kwa mitambo yosonkhanitsa, koma kunali kochedwa. Inali nthaŵi yoyamba kwa Nina kukhala m"nyengo yotentha ya dziko lapansi, ndipo anali kuvutika kale chifukwa cha nyengoyo. Ululu m'mapewa ake unkamulanga nthawi iliyonse pamene madzi amagunda khungu lake lofiira. Mphuno yake inali itayamba kale kutuluka chifukwa cha kutentha kwadzuwa dzulo lake.
  
  "O Mulungu, ndingafike kale kumadzi ozama!" - Adaseka mothedwa nzeru chifukwa cha kugunda kosalekeza kwa mafunde ndi utsi wapanyanja womwe udaphimba thupi lake lofiyira ndi mafunde amchere. Madziwo atayamba kufika m"chiuno mpaka m"mawondo, anafulumira kukapeza malo obisalapo omwe anali pafupi kwambiri, omwe, monga momwe zinalili, anali gombe la nyanja.
  
  Mnyamata aliyense ndi mwamuna aliyense yemwe iye adawoloka adatembenuka kuti awone kukongola kwapang'ono komwe kukuyenda pamchenga. Nsidze zakuda za Nina, zowoneka bwino pamwamba pa maso ake akuluakulu akuda, zimangogogomezera khungu lake lopangidwa ndi nsangalabwi, ngakhale kuti tsopano anali wonyezimira kwambiri. Nthawi yomweyo maso onse adagwera pamakona atatu obiriwira a emarodi omwe samaphimba mbali zonse za thupi lake zomwe amuna amalakalaka kwambiri. Maonekedwe a Nina sanali abwino ayi, koma ndi momwe amanyamulira ndi zomwe zidapangitsa ena kumusilira ndikumulakalaka.
  
  "Mwamuona munthu amene ndinali naye m'mawa uno?" - adafunsa mnyamata wa bartender, yemwe anali atavala malaya amaluwa opanda mabatani.
  
  "Munthu amene ali ndi lens obsessive?" Anamufunsa iye. Nina anachita kumwetulira ndi kugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Inde. Zimenezi zikanakhala ndendende zimene ndikuyembekezera," iye anagwetsa maso. Anatenga mkanjo wake woyera wa thonje pampando wapakona pomwe adausiya ndikuchikoka pamutu pake.
  
  "Sindinamuwone iye kwa nthawi yayitali, amayi. Nthawi yomaliza ndinamuona akupita kukakumana ndi akulu a mudzi woyandikana nawo kuti adziwe za chikhalidwe chawo kapena zina zake," adaonjeza mkuluyo. "Kodi mudzamwa?"
  
  "Am, munganditumizire bilu?" - adakonda.
  
  "Ndithu! Zikhala chiyani?" adamwetulira.
  
  "Sherry," Nina anaganiza motero. Iye ankakayikira kuti akanakhala ndi chakumwa chilichonse. "Ndi."
  
  Tsikulo linakhala lozizira kwambiri pamene mafunde anabweretsa nkhungu yamchere yomwe inakhazikika pamphepete mwa nyanja. Nina anamwa chakumwa chake, atagwira magalasi ake pamene maso ake akuyang'ana malo ake. Makasitomala ambiri anali atachoka, kupatulapo gulu la ophunzira a ku Italy omwe anali ataledzera mbali ina ya bar, ndi alendo aŵiri omwe anali mwakachetechete akudya zakumwa zawo pa bar.
  
  Atamaliza sherry yake, Nina anazindikira kuti nyanja yayandikira kwambiri ndipo dzuŵa linali kuloŵa mwamsanga.
  
  "Kodi pali mphepo yamkuntho kapena chinachake?" Adafunsa motele.
  
  "Sindikuganiza choncho. Kulibe mitambo yokwanira pamenepo," anayankha motero akuwerama kuti ayang"ane m"mwamba kuchokera pansi pa denga la udzu. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti nyengo yozizira ibwera posachedwa."
  
  Nina anaseka maganizowo.
  
  "Ndipo izi zitha kukhala bwanji?" iye anaseka. Ataona kudodometsedwa kwa bartender, adamuuza chifukwa chake adapeza lingaliro lawo lozizira kukhala loseketsa. "O, ndine wochokera ku Scotland, mwaona?"
  
  "O!" - iye anaseka. "Kodi! Ndichifukwa chake ukumveka ngati Billy Connelly! Ndipo chifukwa chiyani iwe," iye anakwinya tsinya mwachifundo, kulabadira kwambiri khungu lake lofiyira, "walephera pankhondo ndi dzuwa pa tsiku lanu loyamba kuno.
  
  "Inde," Nina anavomereza motero, akudandaula mogonja pamene anapendanso manja ake. "Bali amandida."
  
  Anaseka ndikupukusa mutu. "Ayi! Bali amakonda kukongola. Bali amakonda kukongola! " Adakuwa ndikulowa pansi pa kauntala, adangotulukira ali ndi botolo la sherry. Anamuthira galasi lina. "Potengera kukhazikitsidwa, kuyamikira kuchokera ku Bali."
  
  "Zikomo," Nina anamwetulira.
  
  Kupumula kumene anapezako kunamuthandizadi. Sipanakhalepo nthawi imodzi kuchokera pamene iye ndi Sam anafika masiku aŵiri apitawo anapsa mtima, koma, ndithudi, pamene anatemberera dzuwa lomwe linamuwomba. Ali kutali ndi ku Scotland, kutali ndi kwawo ku Oban, ankaona kuti mafunso ozama sangamufike. Makamaka kuno, kumene Equator anali kumpoto kwake m"malo mwa kum"mwera, nthaŵi ino anadzimva kukhala wosafikirika ndi mtundu uliwonse wa zinthu wamba kapena zazikulu.
  
  Bali adamubisa bwinobwino. Nina anasangalala ndi zachilendozo, mmene zisumbuzo zinaliri zosiyana ndi za ku Ulaya, ngakhale kuti ankadana ndi dzuŵa ndi mafunde a kutentha kosalekeza amene anasandutsa khosi lake kukhala chipululu ndi kupanga lilime lake kumamatira ku denga la kamwa yake. Osati kuti anali ndi kalikonse kobisalira, koma Nina anafunikira kusintha kwa mawonekedwe kuti apindule. Pokhapokha m"pamene adzakhala bwino akadzabwerera kwawo.
  
  Atamva kuti Sam ali moyo ndi kumuwonanso, wophunzira wotopayo nthawi yomweyo adaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito bwino ntchito yake, popeza adadziwa kuti sanamusiye. Momwe iye, Reichtisusis, adatuluka mumithunzi ku malo a Dave Perdue adamuphunzitsa kuyamikira zomwe zilipo osati zina. Pamene ankaganiza kuti wafa, anamvetsa tanthauzo la mapeto ndi chisoni ndipo analumbira kuti sadzamvanso ululu umenewo-kuwawa kwa kusadziwa. Kusakhalapo kwake m"moyo wake kunakhutiritsa Nina kuti amamkonda Sam, ngakhale kuti sakanatha kudzilingalira kukhala woloŵetsedwa m"unansi waukulu ndi iye.
  
  Sam anali wosiyana m"njira zina masiku amenewo. Mwachibadwa akanatero, atabedwa m"ngalawa yauchiwanda ya Nazi imene inaika moyo wake m"ndende mu ukonde wake wodabwitsa wa physics yosayera. Zinatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti aponyedwe kuchokera ku wormhole kupita ku wormhole sizinali zomveka, koma chinthu chimodzi chinali chodziwika bwino - chinasintha maganizo a mtolankhani wotchuka padziko lonse pa zosaneneka.
  
  Nina anamvetsera kukambitsirana kwa alendowo kumayamba kuchepa, akumadabwa kuti Sam ankatani. Kukhala ndi kamera yake ndi iye kunangomkhutiritsa kuti adzakhala atapita kwa kanthaŵi, mwinamwake akusochera mu kukongola kwa zisumbu ndi kusasunga mbiri ya nthaŵi.
  
  "Gawo lomaliza," wogulitsa batala anamwetulira n"kumuuza kuti amuthire chakumwa china.
  
  "Ayi, zikomo. Pamimba yopanda kanthu, mankhwalawa ndi ofanana ndi Rohypnol, "adaseka. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikuyitanira tsiku limodzi."
  
  Anatsika pampando wake wa bala, n"kutenga zida zake zochitira snorkeling, n"kuziika paphewa pake, n"kutsanzikana ndi ogwira ntchito m"bawayo. Panalibe chizindikiro choti ali m'chipinda chomwe amagawana ndi Sam mpaka pano, zomwe zimayembekezereka, koma Nina sanachite mantha kuti Sam wachoka. Anadzipangira kapu ya tiyi ndikudikirira, akuyang'ana panja kudzera pa chitseko chachikulu chagalasi chotsetsereka pomwe makatani oyera opyapyala amawuluka mumphepo yam'nyanja.
  
  "Sindingathe," anadandaula motero. "Kodi anthu angakhale bwanji chonchi? Ambuye, ndikupenga."
  
  Nina anatseka mazenera, anavala mathalauza onyamula katundu a khaki, nsapato zoyenda pansi, ndi kulongedza kachikwama kake kakang"ono ndi mpeni wa penki, kampasi, chopukutira, ndi botolo la madzi abwino. Potsimikiza mtima, adalunjika kudera lomwe lili ndi nkhalango zambiri kuseri kwa malo ochezeramo, komwe njira yopita kumudzi wina. Poyamba, msewu wamchenga wokulirapowo unkadutsa m"tchalitchi chokongola kwambiri cha mitengo ya m"nkhalango, chodzaza ndi mbalame zokongola komanso mitsinje yowala bwino. Kwa mphindi zingapo mbalamezo zinali kulira movutirapo, koma m"kupita kwa nthaŵi kulirako kunatha, ngati kuti kunali kumidzi kumene anatuluka kumene.
  
  Kutsogolo kwake, njirayo inkafika paphiripo, ndipo zomera zinali zochepa kwambiri. Nina anazindikira kuti mbalamezo zinasiyidwa ndipo tsopano anali kudutsa pamalo abata mochititsa mantha. Chapatali, ankamva mawu a anthu akukangana koopsa, akumveka m"dera lafulati lomwe linali m"mphepete mwa phiri limene anaima. Pafupi ndi mudzi waung"onowo, akazi analira ndi kuchita mantha pamene amuna a fuko anali kudzichinjiriza mwa kukalipirana. Mkati mwa zonsezi, mwamuna mmodzi anali atakhala pamchenga - mlendo wosaitanidwa.
  
  "Sam!" - Nina anadabwa. "Sam?"
  
  Anayamba kutsika phirilo kupita kumalo komwe amakhala. Kununkhira kwamoto ndi nyama kunadzaza mpweya pamene akuyenda pafupi, kuyang'anitsitsa Sam. Anakhala chopingasa miyendo ndi dzanja lake lamanja pamwamba pa mutu wa munthu winayo, akubwereza mawu amodzi mobwerezabwereza m"chinenero chachilendo. Zosokonezazo zinamuchititsa mantha Nina, koma Sam anali bwenzi lake ndipo ankayembekezera kuti aone mmene zinthu zinalili patsogolo pa gululo lisanakhale chiwawa.
  
  "Moni!" - adatero, akupita kukatikati. Anthu a m"mudziwo anachitapo kanthu ndi chidani chowonekera, nthaŵi yomweyo akufuula Nina ndi kugwedeza manja awo mwaukali kuti amuthamangitse. Atatambasula manja ake, anayesetsa kusonyeza kuti sanali mdani.
  
  "Sindinabwere kudzachititsa vuto lililonse. Uyu," analoza kwa Sam, "ndi mnzanga." Nditenga, chabwino? Chabwino?" Nina anagwada pansi, kusonyeza kugonjera kwa thupi pamene akupita kwa Sam.
  
  "Sam," adatero, akumutambasulira dzanja lake. "Mulungu wanga! Sam, vuto lako ndi chani?"
  
  Maso ake adalowanso m'malo mwake pomwe amabwereza mawu amodzi mobwerezabwereza.
  
  "Kalihasa! Kalihasa!"
  
  "Sam! Zodabwitsa, Sam, dzuka, dala! Adzatipha chifukwa cha inu!" - iye anakuwa.
  
  "Simungamudzutse," mwamuna amene ayenera kuti anali mtsogoleri wa fuko anauza Nina.
  
  "Kulekeranji?" Iye anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Chifukwa wafa."
  
  
  Mutu 5
  
  
  Nina anamva tsitsi lake likuima chifukwa cha kutentha kwa tsikulo. Kumwamba pamwamba pa mudziwo kunasanduka chikasu chotuwa, kukumbukira mlengalenga wa Atherton yemwe anali ndi pakati pomwe adapitako ali mwana pamvula yamkuntho.
  
  Adachita tsinzini mosakhulupirira, akuyang'ana bwana wake mwaukali. "Iye sanafe. Ali ndi moyo ndipo akupuma ... pomwe pano! Akuti chiyani?"
  
  Mkuluyo anapumira ngati kuti waonapo zochitika zomwezo kambirimbiri m"moyo wake.
  
  "Kalihasa. Iye akulamula munthu amene ali m"manja mwake kuti afe m"dzina lake."
  
  Mwamuna wina pafupi ndi Sam anayamba kunjenjemera, koma anthu okwiyawo sanachitepo kanthu kuti athandize mnzawoyo. Nina adamugwedeza Sam mwamphamvu, koma abwana adamukoka ndi alamu.
  
  "Chani?" - adamukuwa. "Ndisiya izi! Ndiloleni ndipite!"
  
  "Milungu yakufayo ikulankhula. Uyenera kumvera," anachenjeza motero.
  
  "Kodi mwapenga nonse?" - iye anakuwa, kuponya manja ake mu mlengalenga. "Sam!" Nina adachita mantha kwambiri, koma adangodzikumbutsa kuti Sam ndi Sam wake ndipo adayenera kumuletsa kupha mbadwayo. Amfumu anamugwira dzanja kuti asalowerere. Kugwira kwake kunali kolimba mopanda chibadwa kwa nkhalamba yooneka yofooka ngati imeneyi.
  
  Pamchenga pamaso pa Sam, mbadwayo adakuwa momvetsa chisoni pamene Sam akupitiriza kubwereza nyimbo yake yopanda malamulo. Magazi adatuluka pamphuno mwa Sam ndikugwera pachifuwa ndi ntchafu zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu ammudzi anene modzidzimutsa. Azimayiwo analira ndipo ana anakuwa, kugwetsa misozi Nina. Akugwedeza mutu wake mwamphamvu, wolemba mbiri wa ku Scotland anakuwa modzidzimutsa, kusonkhanitsa mphamvu zake. Anathamangira kutsogolo ndi mphamvu zake zonse, akumamasuka m'manja mwa mtsogoleriyo.
  
  Atadzazidwa ndi ukali ndi mantha, Nina anathamangira kwa Sam ali ndi botolo lamadzi m'manja mwake, akutsatiridwa ndi anthu atatu a m'mudzimo omwe anatumizidwa kuti akamuletse. Koma anali wothamanga kwambiri. Atafika kwa Sam anamuthira madzi kumaso ndi kumutu. Anathyoka phewa lake pamene amuna a m'mudzimo adamugwira, mphamvu yawo inali yochuluka kwambiri kwa thupi lake laling'ono.
  
  Maso a Sam anatseka pamene madontho amadzi akutsika pachipumi. Kuimba kwake kunatha nthawi yomweyo, ndipo mbadwa imene inali patsogolo pake inapulumutsidwa ku chizunzo chake. Atatopa ndi kulira, anagudubuzika pamchenga, akuitana milungu yake ndi kuyamika chifundo chake.
  
  "Tandilekeni!" Nina anakuwa, akumenya mmodzi wa amunawo ndi dzanja lake labwino. Anamumenya mwamphamvu kumaso, n"kumugwetsera pamchenga.
  
  Chotsani mneneri wanu woipa muno! Wowukira Nina anafuula mokweza mawu, akukweza chibakera, koma mfumuyo inamuletsa kuti asapitirize chiwawa. Amuna enawo anadzuka pansi pa lamulo lake nasiya Nina ndi Sam okha, koma asanalavule oloŵererawo pamene anali kudutsa.
  
  "Sam? Sam!" - Nina anakuwa. Mawu ake ananjenjemera ndi mantha komanso ukali atagwira nkhope yake m'manja. Anagwira dzanja lake lovulala mopweteka pachifuwa, kuyesera kumukoka Sam yemwe anali wonjenjemera kuti aimirire. "Yesu Khristu, Sam! Imilirani!"
  
  Koyamba Sam anaphethira. Anachita tsinya pamene chisokonezo chikumuzungulira.
  
  "Ndina?" adabuula. "Mukutani kuno? Mwandipeza bwanji?"
  
  "Taonani, ingonyamukani ndikutuluka muno anthuwa asanawakazike mabulu athu otuwa kuti tidye, chabwino?" - iye anati pansi pa mpweya wake. "Chonde. Chonde Sam!"
  
  Anayang"ana mnzake wokongola. Ankaoneka odabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Kodi bala pankhope pako ndi chiyani? Nina. Hei! Kodi alipo..." anazindikira kuti ali pakati pa khamu la anthu lomwe linali kukula mofulumira, "...
  
  "Osachita nkhanza tsopano. Tiyeni tingochotsa zonyansazo. Tsopano," ananong"oneza mofulumirirapo.
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," iye anang"ung"udza mosamvekera, adakali wothedwa nzeru. Maso ake anayang"ana uku ndi uku pamene akuyang"ana owonerera olavulira, amene anafuula mwachipongwe ndi kusonyeza manja kuti amuthamangitse iye ndi Nina. "Ambuye, vuto lawo ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Ndifotokoza zonse ngati titulukamo tili amoyo," Nina anadzuma ndi chisoni ndi mantha, akukokera thupi losakhazikika la Sam pamwamba pa phirilo.
  
  Anayenda mofulumira monga momwe akanathera, koma kuvulala kwa Nina kunamulepheretsa kuthawa.
  
  "Sindingathe, Sam. Pitirizanibe," anakuwa motero.
  
  Ayi ndithu. Ndikuthandizeni," anayankha movutikira kumva m"mimba mwake.
  
  "Mukutani?" iye anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Ndikuyesera kukulunga manja anga m'chiuno mwako kuti ndikukokere, chikondi," adapumira.
  
  "Simuli pafupi nkomwe. Ndili pompano," anabuula, koma kenako china chake chinam"chitikira. Akugwedeza chikhatho chake chotseguka pamaso pa nkhope ya Sam, Nina adawona kuti adatsata kayendetsedwe kake. "Sam? Mwawona?"
  
  Anaphethira mwachangu ndikuwoneka wokhumudwa. "Pang'ono. Ndikukuwonani, koma ndizovuta kudziwa mtunda. Malingaliro anga akuya atha, Nina. "
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tingobwerera kumalo achisangalalo. Tikakhala otetezeka m"chipindamo, tingathe kudziŵa chimene chinakuchitikirani," adatero momvera chisoni. Nina adagwira dzanja la Sam ndikuperekeza onse awiri kubwerera ku hotel kuja. Akuyang'aniridwa ndi alendo ndi antchito, Nina ndi Sam anathamangira kuchipinda chawo. Atalowa m"nyumba, anatseka chitseko.
  
  "Pita ukagone, Sam," iye anatero.
  
  "Osati mpaka titakupezani dokotala kuti akuchiritseni mkangano woyipawo," adatero.
  
  "Ndiye ukuona bwanji chilonda cha pankhope yanga?" anafunsa akuyang'ana nambala yomwe inali m'buku la mafoni a m'hotela.
  
  "Ndakuona, Nina," iye anausa moyo. "Sindingakuuzeni kuti zonse zili patali bwanji ndi ine. Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti zimenezi n"zokhumudwitsa kwambiri kuposa kulephera kuona ngati mungakhulupirire."
  
  "Inde. "Inde," anayankha motero, akuimba foni ya taxi. Anaitanitsa galimoto kuchipinda chapafupi chapafupi. "Samba mwachangu, Sam. Tiyenera kupeza ngati masomphenya anu awonongeka kotheratu-ndiko kuti, atangowabwezeranso m"makofi ozungulira."
  
  "Kodi phewa lako latha?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Inde," anayankha motero. "Zinatuluka pamene adandigwira kuti anditeteze kwa inu."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Ukapanga chani kuti akufuna kunditeteza kwa iwe? " anamwetulira pang"ono ndi chisangalalo, koma anatha kuona kuti Nina akubisira tsatanetsatane wake.
  
  "Ndinati ndikudzutseni ndipo akuwoneka kuti sakufuna kuti nditero, basi," iye anatero.
  
  "Ndi zomwe ndikufuna kudziwa. Ndinagona? Kodi ndakomoka?" Adafunsa mowona mtima uku akumuyang'ana.
  
  "Sindikudziwa, Sam," iye anatero mosatsimikiza.
  
  "Nina," iye anayesa kufufuza.
  
  "Muli ndi zochepa," adayang'ana wotchi yomwe ili pafupi ndi bedi, "mphindi makumi awiri kuti ndikasambe ndikukonzekera kukwera taxi yathu."
  
  "Chabwino," Sam anavomera, akuimirira kuti apite kosamba, akuyenda pang"onopang"ono m"mphepete mwa bedi ndi tebulo. "Koma awa si mathero. Tikabweranso mudzandiuza zonse, kuphatikizapo zimene mukundibisira."
  
  Ku chipatala, ogwira ntchito zachipatala omwe anali pantchito adasamalira phewa la Nina.
  
  "Mukufuna chakudya?" - adafunsa dokotala wozindikira waku Indonesia. Adakumbutsa Nina za m'modzi mwa otsogolera achichepere aku Hollywood omwe akubwera ndi mawonekedwe ake akuda komanso umunthu wanzeru.
  
  "Mwina nurse wako?" Sam analowelerapo ndikumusiya namwino uja ali wodabwa.
  
  "Musamumvere iye. Sangachite kalikonse pankhaniyi, "Nina anayang'ana namwino wodabwa, yemwe anali ndi zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri. Mtsikanayo adakakamiza kumwetulira, kuyang'ana mosatsimikizika kwa munthu wokongola yemwe adabwera kuchipinda chodzidzimutsa ndi Nina. "Ndipo ndimaluma amuna okha."
  
  "Chabwino kudziŵa," dokotala wachikokayo anamwetulira. "Mwapanga bwanji izi? Ndipo musanene kuti mwachita khama."
  
  "Ndinagwa ndikuyenda," Nina anayankha mosatekeseka.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tizipita. Mwakonzeka?" - anafunsa dokotala.
  
  "Ayi," iye anadandaula kwa mphindi pang"ono dokotala asanamukokere mkono wake ndi mphamvu imene inachititsa kuti minofu yake ithe. Nina anakuwa mopwetekedwa mtima pamene minyewa yoyaka moto ndi ulusi wotambasuka wa minyewa unachititsa kuti paphewa pake pakhale kupweteka koopsa. Sam anaimirira kuti apite kwa iye, koma namwinoyo anamukankha modekha.
  
  "Zonse zatha! "Zatheka," adokotala anamulimbikitsa. "Zonse zabwerera mwakale, chabwino? Idzayaka kwa tsiku lina kapena awiri, koma kenako idzakhala bwino. Sungani izi mu legeni. Palibe magalimoto ambiri mwezi wamawa, ndiye osayenda. "
  
  "Mulungu! Kwa kanthawi ndimaganiza kuti ukung'amba mkono wanga wosauka!" Nina anakwinya nkhope. Pamphumi pake panali kunyezimira ndi thukuta ndipo khungu lake lakuda linali lozizira kwambiri pamene Sam ankapita kuti amugwire dzanja.
  
  "Kodi muli bwino?" anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, ndine golide," adatero, koma nkhope yake idanenanso nkhani ina. "Tsopano tikuyenera kuyang'ana masomphenya anu."
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi maso anu, bwana?" - anafunsa dokotala wachikoka.
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye mfundo yonse. Sindikudziwa. Ine...," iye anayang"ana Nina mokayikitsa kwa kamphindi, "mukudziwa, ndinagona mumsewu ndikuwotha dzuwa. Ndipo nditadzuka, ndinali ndi vuto loyang'ana mtunda wa zinthu. "
  
  Adotolo adamuyang'ana Sam, maso ake samachoka kwa Sam, ngati samakhulupirira ngakhale mawu omwe adalankhula mlendoyo. Anasesa mthumba lake lajasi kuti apeze cholembera chake cha tochi ndikugwedeza mutu. "Mukuti munagona mukuwotha dzuwa. Kodi mumawotera ndi malaya? Palibe mzere wonyezimira pachifuwa chanu, ndipo pokhapokha mutawonetsa kuwala kwa dzuwa ndi khungu lanu lotumbululuka, mzanga waku Scotland, palibe zosonyeza kuti nkhani yanu ndi yowona.
  
  "Sindikuganiza kuti n"chifukwa chiyani anali kugona, Doc," Nina anadziikira kumbuyo.
  
  Anayang'ana kamoto kakang'ono ndi maso akulu akuda. "Zowona, izo zimapanga kusiyana konse, amayi. Pokhapokha ngati ndidziŵa kumene iye anali ndi kwa nthaŵi yaitali bwanji, zimene anakumana nazo, ndi zina zotero, m"pamene ndingathe kudziŵa chimene chinayambitsa vutolo."
  
  "Unaphunzira kuti?" Sam anafunsa mopanda mutu.
  
  "Ndinamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite ya Cornell ndi zaka zinayi ku yunivesite ya Peking, bwana. Ndinkagwira ntchito pa pulogalamu ya mbuye wanga ku Stanford, koma ndinayenera kuisokoneza kuti ndibwere kudzathandiza pa kusefukira kwa madzi mu 2014 ku Brunei, "adalongosola, powerenga maso a Sam.
  
  "Ndipo mwabisidwa pamalo aang"ono ngati awa? Ndinganene kuti ndi zachisoni," adatero Sam.
  
  "Banja langa lili pano, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndikomwe luso langa limafunikira kwambiri," adatero dotolo wachichepereyo, akumamveketsa mawu ake opepuka komanso aumwini chifukwa ankafuna kukhazikitsa ubale wapamtima ndi munthu wa ku Scotland, makamaka popeza ankakayikira kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika. Kungakhale kosatheka kukambitsirana mozama ponena za mkhalidwe wotero ndi ngakhale anthu omasuka kwambiri.
  
  "Bambo Cleave, bwanji osabwera nane ku ofesi yanga kuti tikalankhule mwamseri," anatero dokotalayo ndi mawu aakulu amene anadetsa nkhaŵa Nina.
  
  "Kodi Nina angabwere nafe?" Sam anafunsa. "Ndikufuna kuti azikhala nane tikamakambirana zamseri za thanzi langa."
  
  "Chabwino kwambiri," anatero adokotala, ndipo anamuperekeza kukalowa m"kachipinda kakang"ono kuchokera pa kanjira kakang"ono ka wodiyo. Nina adayang'ana Sam, koma adawoneka wodekha. M"malo osabala, Nina anamva nseru. Adotolo anatseka chitseko n"kuwayang"ana motalikirapo.
  
  "Mwina munali kumudzi pafupi ndi gombe?" adawafunsa.
  
  "Inde," Sam anatero. "Kodi awa ndi matenda am'deralo?"
  
  "Ndiko komwe mwavulala, madam?" Anatembenukira kwa Nina ali ndi mantha. Anatsimikizira ndi kugwedeza mutu, akuwoneka wamanyazi ndi bodza lake losalongosoka kale.
  
  "Kodi ndi matenda kapena chinachake, dokotala?" Sam anakakamira kuyankha. "Kodi anthu awa ali ndi matenda enaake ...?"
  
  Adotolo anapumira kwambiri. "Bambo Cleave, kodi mumakhulupirira zauzimu?"
  
  
  Mutu 6
  
  
  Perdue anadzuka m"chimene chinkaoneka ngati mufiriji kapena bokosi lamaliro lopangidwa kuti asunge mtembo. Maso ake sanali kuona chilichonse patsogolo pake. Mdima ndi zii zinali ngati kuzizira komwe kumatentha khungu lake lamaliseche. Dzanja lake lamanzere linapita kudzanja lamanja, koma anapeza wotchi yachotsedwa. Mpweya uliwonse unkamveka ngati ululu kwambiri pamene ankatsamwa mpweya wozizira wochokera kwinakwake mumdima. Apa m"pamene Perdue anatulukira kuti anali maliseche.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga! Chonde musandiuze kuti ndagona pa slab m'malo ena osungiramo mitembo. Chonde musandiuze kuti ndakhala ndikulakwitsa!" anapempha mau ake amkati. "Khala bata, Davide. Khalani chete mpaka mutadziwa zomwe zikuchitika. Osachita mantha msanga. Mantha amangophimba malingaliro. Mantha amangophimba malingaliro.
  
  Mosamala anasuntha manja ake pansi pa thupi lake ndikuwathamangitsa m'mbali mwake kuti amve zomwe zinali pansi.
  
  "Atlas".
  
  'Kodi ili lingakhale bokosi lamaliro?' "Zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti sanatsekerezedwe m'bokosi lamaliro kapena m'firiji yosungiramo mitembo. Komabe, kudziŵa zimenezo sikunamutonthoze.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi bata linasweka poyandikira mapazi.
  
  "Kodi ichi ndi chipulumutso changa?" Kapena imfa yanga?"
  
  Perdue anamvetsera mwatcheru, kumenyana ndi chilakolako cha hyperventilate. Palibe mawu omwe anadzaza chipindacho, koma mapazi osaleka. Mtima wake unayamba kugunda koopsa ndi malingaliro ambiri oti akanakhala-komwe angakhale. Kusinthako kunatembenuka ndipo kuwala koyera kunachititsa khungu Perdue, kuluma maso ake.
  
  "Ndi uyu," adamva mawu achimuna okwera kwambiri omwe adamukumbutsa za Liberace. "Mbuye ndi Mpulumutsi wanga."
  
  Perdue sanathe kutsegula maso ake. Ngakhale m'zikope zotsekedwa, kuwala kunalowa m'chigaza chake.
  
  "Tenga nthawi yako, Ger Perdue," analangiza motero mawu amphamvu a ku Berlin. "Maso ako akuyenera kuwongolera kaye, apo ayi ukhala wakhungu, wokondedwa. Ndipo ife sitikufuna zimenezo. Ndiwe wamtengo wapatali kwambiri."
  
  Mosagwirizana ndi Dave Perdue, adasankha kuyankha momveka bwino kuti "Fuck you."
  
  Munthuyo anaseka mawu ake otukwana, omwe ankamveka ngati oseketsa. Kuwomba m"manja kunafika m"makutu mwa Perdue ndipo ananjenjemera.
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani ndili maliseche? Sindimagwedezeka monga choncho, bwanawe, "Perdue adatha kunena.
  
  "O, ugwedezeka ngakhale titakukankhira bwanji, wokondedwa wanga. Mudzawona. Kukana kumawononga kwambiri thanzi. Kugwirizana ndikofunikira monga mpweya, monga momwe mudzadziwira posachedwa. Ndine mbuye wako, Klaus, ndipo uli maliseche pazifukwa zosavuta zomwe amuna amaliseche amasavuta kuwawona akathawa. Mukuona, palibe chifukwa chokuletsani mukakhala maliseche. Ndimakhulupirira njira zosavuta koma zothandiza," bamboyo anafotokoza motero.
  
  Perdue anakakamiza maso ake kuti azolowere malo owala. Mosiyana ndi maganizo onse amene ankabwera m"mutu mwake atagona mumdima, chipinda chimene anamutsekera chinali chachikulu komanso chapamwamba. Zinamukumbutsa za kukongoletsa kwa tchalitchi cha Glamis Castle kudziko lakwawo, Scotland. Denga ndi makomawo anali okongoletsedwa ndi zithunzi za m"nthawi ya Renaissance, zopakidwa utoto wonyezimira wamafuta m"mafelemu opangidwa ndi golide. Miyendo yagolide yomwe inkapachikidwa padenga komanso mazenera agalasi othimbirira anakongoletsa mawindo agalasi omwe amasuzumira kuseri kwa chinsalu chofiirira chakuya.
  
  Potsirizira pake maso ake adapeza munthu yemwe adangomva mawu okha mpaka nthawi imeneyo, ndipo adawoneka mofanana ndi momwe Perdue ankamuganizira. Osati wamtali kwambiri, wowonda komanso wovala motsogola, Klaus anayima mwachidwi, manja ake atapinda bwino patsogolo pake. Akamwetulira, m"masaya mwake munatuluka zidindo zakuya, ndipo maso ake akuda, amikanda nthawi zina ankaoneka ngati akuwala chifukwa cha kuwalako. Perdue anaona kuti Klaus ankavala tsitsi lake m'njira yomwe inamukumbutsa za Hitler - mbali yamdima, yofupikitsa kwambiri kuchokera pamwamba pa khutu mpaka pansi. Koma nkhope yake inali yometedwa bwino, ndipo panalibe chizindikiro cha tsitsi lonyansa la m"mphuno mwake limene mtsogoleri wachiŵanda wa Nazi ankaseŵera nalo.
  
  Kodi ndingavale liti? Perdue anafunsa, kuyesera kukhala aulemu momwe ndingathere. "Ndine wozizira kwambiri."
  
  "Ndikuopa kuti simungathe. Muli pano, mudzakhala wamaliseche komanso - maso a Klaus adaphunzira za Perdue wamtali, wowonda komanso wokondwa mopanda manyazi - zolinga zokongola. "
  
  "Popanda zovala, ndidzazizira mpaka kufa! Izi ndi zopusa!" Perdue anatsutsa.
  
  "Chonde dziletseni, Herr Perdue," Klaus anayankha modekha. "Malamulo ndi malamulo. Komabe, kutentha kumayatsidwa ndikangoyitanitsa kuti igwirizane ndi chitonthozo chanu. Tinaziziritsa chipindacho kuti tingodzutsa."
  
  "Kodi mungangondidzutsa mwachikale?" Perdue adaseka.
  
  "Njira yachikale ndi iti? Kodi ndikutchula dzina lanu? Kumwa madzi? Kutumiza mphaka wanu yemwe mumamukonda kuti akusisiteni nkhope yanu? Chonde. Iyi ndi kachisi wa milungu yoyipa, wokondedwa wanga. Inde, sitili anthu okoma mtima komanso osangalatsa," adatero Klaus ndi mawu ozizira omwe sagwirizana ndi nkhope yake yomwetulira komanso maso ake owala.
  
  Miyendo ya Perdue inali kugwedezeka ndipo mawere ake anali olimba chifukwa cha kuzizira pamene anaima pafupi ndi tebulo lophimbidwa ndi silika lomwe linali ngati bedi lake kuyambira pamene anabweretsedwa kuno. Manja ake anaphimba umuna wake, kusonyeza kuchepa kwa kutentha kwa thupi lake ndi mtundu wofiirira wa zikhadabo ndi milomo yake.
  
  "Zoona!" Klaus analamula. Iye anasintha n"kunena kuti: "M"mphindi zochepa mudzakhala omasuka, ndikulonjezani."
  
  "Zikomo," Perdue adachita chibwibwi ndi mano akung'ung'udza.
  
  "Mutha kukhala pansi ngati mukufuna, koma simudzaloledwa kutuluka m"chipindachi kufikira mutaperekezedwa-kapena kuchitidwa-malinga ndi kugwirizana kwanu," Klaus anamuuza motero.
  
  "Za izo," adatero Perdue. "Ndili kuti? Kachisi? Ndipo mukufuna chiyani kwa ine?
  
  "Pang'onopang'ono!" Klaus anafuula ndikumwetulira kwakukulu, akuwomba m'manja. "Mukungofuna kulowa mwatsatanetsatane. Khazikani mtima pansi."
  
  Perdue anamva kukhumudwa kwake kukukulirakulira. "Tamverani, Klaus, sindine mlendo wabwino kwambiri! Sindinabwere kudzakuchezerani, ndipo sindinabwere kudzakusangalatsani. Ndikufuna kudziwa mwatsatanetsatane kuti tithe kumaliza bizinesi yathu yatsoka ndipo ndipite kunyumba! Mukuganiza kuti ndili bwino nditakhala pano nditavala suti yanga yobadwa, ndikudumphadumpha ngati nyama yochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi!
  
  Kumwetulira kwa Klaus kunatha msanga. Perdue atamaliza tirade yake, munthu woondayo adamuyang'ana osasuntha. Perdue ankayembekezera kuti mfundo yake inafika kwa munthu wonyansa yemwe ankasewera naye masewera pa limodzi la masiku ake omwe sanali abwino.
  
  "Wamaliza, David?" Klaus anafunsa ndi mawu apansipansi, oipa omwe sankamveka. Maso ake akuda adayang'ana mwachindunji kwa Perdue pamene adatsitsa chibwano chake ndikugwedeza zala zake. "Ndiloleni ndikufotokozereni zinazake. Simuli mlendo pano, mukulondola; inunso sindinu mbuye. Kuno mulibe mphamvu chifukwa pano muli maliseche, kutanthauza kuti mulibe mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito kompyuta, zipangizo zamakono kapena ma kirediti kadi ochitira zamatsenga."
  
  Klaus pang'onopang'ono anayandikira Perdue, kupitiriza kufotokoza kwake. "Kuno sudzakhala ndi chilolezo chofunsa mafunso kapena kukhala ndi maganizo. Mudzamvera kapena kufa, ndipo mudzachita mosakayikira, kodi ndadzifotokozera momveka bwino?"
  
  "Zowoneka bwino," Perdue adayankha.
  
  "Chifukwa chokha chomwe ndimakulemekezani chifukwa chakuti munali Renatus wa Order of the Black Sun," adatero Perdue pamene adamuzungulira. Klaus adawonetsa kunyoza kotheratu kwa wogwidwa wake. "Ngakhale kuti munali mfumu yoipa, munthu wachinyengo amene anasankha kuwononga Black Sun m"malo mowagwiritsa ntchito kulamulira Babulo watsopano."
  
  "Sindinalembepo fomu yofunsira udindowu!" anachonderera mlandu wake, koma Klaus anapitiriza kulankhula ngati kuti mawu a Perdue anali ming'oma ya nkhuni za chipindacho.
  
  "Munali ndi chilombo champhamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, Renatus, ndipo mudaganiza zomuchitira nkhanza, kumuchitira nkhanza komanso kutsala pang'ono kuwononga mphamvu ndi nzeru kwazaka zambiri," adatero Klaus. "Ichi chikanakhala chikonzero chanu kuyambira pachiyambi, ndikadakuyamikani. Izi zikuwonetsa luso lachinyengo. Koma ngati wachita zimenezi chifukwa choopa ulamuliro, bwenzi langa, ndiwe wopanda pake."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani mukuteteza Order of the Black Sun? Kodi ndinu m'modzi mwa omwe amawakonda? Kodi adakulonjezani malo mu chipinda chawo chachifumu atawononga dziko lapansi? Ngati mumawakhulupirira, ndiye kuti ndinu chitsiru chapadera," adatero Perdue. Anamva kuti khungu lake likumasuka pansi pa kutentha kofewa kwa kutentha kwa m'chipindamo.
  
  Klaus adaseka, akumwetulira mowawa atayima kutsogolo kwa Perdue.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti dzina lachitsiru limatengera cholinga chamasewera, sichoncho? Kwa inu, ndine wopusa amene amafuna mphamvu mwanjira iliyonse yofunikira. Kwa ine ndiwe chitsiru pochitaya," adatero.
  
  "Tamverani, mukufuna chiyani?" Purdue anali wokwiya.
  
  Anayenda pawindo ndikukokera katani pambali. Kuseri kwa chinsalu chotchinga, choyikidwa mu chimango chamatabwa, panali kiyibodi. Klaus adayang'ana kumbuyo ku Perdue asanagwiritse ntchito.
  
  Iye anati: "Munabweretsedwa kuno kuti mudzakonzekeredwe kuti mudzakhalenso ndi cholinga. Tikufuna chotsalira chapadera, David, ndipo mudzatipeza. Ndipo mukufuna kudziwa gawo losangalatsa kwambiri?"
  
  Tsopano anamwetulira monga poyamba. Perdue sananene kanthu. Anasankha kuwononga nthawi yake ndikugwiritsa ntchito luso lake loyang'anitsitsa kuti apeze njira yotulukira munthu wamisalayo atachoka. Panthawiyi, sanafunenso kusangalatsa Klaus, koma adangoyenda nawo.
  
  Klaus anati: "Chabwino n"chakuti mudzafuna kutitumikira.
  
  "Relic iyi ndi chiyani?" Perdue anafunsa akunamizira kufuna kudziwa.
  
  "O, china chake chapadera, chapadera kwambiri kuposa Spear of Destiny!" - adawulula. "Panthaŵi ina yotchedwa Chozizwitsa Chachisanu ndi Chitatu cha Dziko, David wokondedwa wanga, inatayika mkati mwa Nkhondo Yadziko Yachiŵiri ndi gulu loipa kwambiri limene linafalikira Kum"maŵa kwa Yuropu ngati mliri wa kapezi. Chifukwa cha kusokonezedwa kwawo, iye wasowa kwa ife, ndipo tikufuna kuti abwerere. Tikufuna kuti mbali zonse za kachisiyu zisonkhanitsidwe ndi kubwezeretsedwa ku kukongola kwake zakale kuti zikongoletse holo yaikulu ya kachisiyu mu ulemerero wake wagolide."
  
  Perdue anatsamwitsidwa. Zomwe Klaus ankatanthauza zinali zosamveka komanso zosatheka, koma zinali zofanana ndi Black Sun.
  
  "Kodi mukuyembekezera mwachidwi kupeza Chipinda cha Amber?" - Perdue anafunsa modabwa. "Inawonongedwa ndi zigawenga za ndege za ku Britain ndipo sizinafike ku Königsberg! Iye kulibenso. Zidutswa zake zokha ndi zomwe zimamwazikana pansi pa nyanja ndi pansi pa maziko a mabwinja akale omwe anawonongedwa mu 1944. Lingaliro lopusa ili!"
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tiwone ngati tingasinthe maganizo ako pankhaniyi," Klaus anamwetulira.
  
  Anatembenuka kuti alowetse code pa keypad. Kunamveka phokoso lalikulu, koma Perdue sanawone zachilendo mpaka zojambula zokongola zapadenga ndi makoma zidakhala zinsalu zawo. Perdue anazindikira kuti zonsezi zinali chinyengo champhamvu.
  
  Mawonekedwe amkati mwamafelemu anali ophimbidwa ndi zowonera za LED, zomwe zimatha kusintha mawonekedwe ngati mazenera kukhala cyberverse. Ngakhale mazenera anali zithunzi chabe pazithunzi zathyathyathya. Mwadzidzidzi, chizindikiro chowopsya cha Black Sun chinawonekera pa zowunikira zonse musanasinthe chithunzi chimodzi chachikulu chomwe chinafalikira pazithunzi zonse. Palibe chotsalira cha chipinda choyambirira. Perdue sanalinso m'chipinda chapamwamba cha nyumbayi. Iye anayima mkati mwa phanga la moto, ndipo ngakhale ankadziwa kuti zinali zongoyerekeza, iye sakanakhoza kukana kusapeza bwino kwa kutentha kwa kukwera.
  
  
  Mutu 7
  
  
  Kuwala kwa buluu kuchokera pa TV kunapangitsa kuti chipindacho chikhale chakuda kwambiri. Pamakoma a chipindacho, kayendetsedwe ka nkhani kumapanga unyinji wa maonekedwe ndi mithunzi yakuda ndi yabuluu, yonyezimira ngati mphezi ndipo ndikuwunikira kwakanthawi zokongoletsa pamatebulo. Palibe chomwe chinali pomwe chimayenera kukhala. Kumene mashelefu agalasi a buffet anali atanyamula magalasi ndi mbale, munali phanga lopanda kanthu mkati mwake. Zidutswa zazikulu, zosongoka za mbale zosweka zinamwazikana pansi pamaso pake, limodzinso ndi pamwamba pa kabatiyo.
  
  Madontho a magazi adadetsa tchipisi tamatabwa ndi matayala apansi, kusanduka mdima mu nyali ya TV. Anthu omwe anali pachithunzipa ankaoneka kuti sakulankhula ndi aliyense. Munalibe owonerera m"chipindamo, ngakhale kuti wina analipo. Pa sofa, phiri logona la munthu linadzaza mipando yonse itatu, komanso malo opumira mikono. Zofunda zake zinagwera pansi, zomwe zinamusiya kuti azizizira usiku, koma sanasamale.
  
  Kuyambira pamene mkazi wake anaphedwa, Detlef sanamvepo kanthu. Sikuti kutengeka mtima kwake kunamusiya, komanso mphamvu zake zinakhala dzanzi. Detlef sanafune kumva kalikonse koma chisoni ndi kulira. Khungu lake linali lozizira, lozizira kwambiri moti linapsa, koma mkazi wamasiyeyo anamva dzanzi pamene mabulangete ake anavundukuka ndi kuwunjika pa kapeti.
  
  Nsapato zake zinali zidakali m'mphepete mwa bedi lomwe adaziponyera dzulo lake. Detlef sanapirire ngati atawatenga, chifukwa ndiye kuti achokadi. Zidindo za zala za Gabi zinali zidakali pa lamba wachikopa, dothi lochokera ku soles linali lidakalipo, ndipo atagwira nsapatozo adamva. Ngati atawayika m'chipinda chosungiramo, zizindikiro za mphindi zake zomaliza ndi Gabi zikanatayika kwamuyaya.
  
  Khungu lake linali litasenda kuchoka m"mikono yake yosweka, ndipo tsopano cholembacho chinaphimba mnofu waiwisiwo. Nayenso Detlef sanamve. Anangomva kuzizira kokha, kumene kunachepetsa ululu wa chiwawa chake ndi mabala amene anasiya ndi m"mbali mwake. N"zoona kuti ankadziwa kuti mawa lake adzamva zilonda zoluma, koma panopa ankangofuna kugona basi. Pamene adagona, adamuwona m'maloto ake. Iye sakanayenera kukumana ndi zenizeni. M"maloto angabisike kuti mkazi wake wamwalira.
  
  "Uyu ndi Holly Darryl wochokera pamalo a chochitika chonyansa chimene chachitika m"maŵa uno ku ofesi ya kazembe wa Britain ku Berlin," anatero mtolankhani wa ku America wachibwibwi pa wailesi yakanema. 'Ndiko komwe Ben Carrington wa Embassy ya ku Britain adawona kudzipha koopsa kwa Gabi Holzer, woimira Ofesi ya Chancellor wa Germany. Mungakumbukire Akazi a Holzer monga wolankhulira amene analankhula ndi atolankhani ponena za kuphedwa kwaposachedwa kwa ndale ndi andalama ku Berlin, zomwe atolankhani tsopano akuzitcha kuti "Midas Offensive." Magwero akuti palibe chomveka bwino chomwe Akazi a Holzer adadzipha atathandizira pakufufuza zakupha. Zidzadziwikiratu ngati atha kukhala chandamale cha omwe adamupha kapena mwina adalumikizidwa nawo. "
  
  Detlef anakuwa, akugona tulo chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwa atolankhani, zomwe zinasonyeza kuti mkazi wake angakhale ndi chochita ndi kuphako. Sanathe kusankha kuti ndi mabodza ati awiriwa omwe adamukwiyitsa kwambiri - kudzipha komwe akuganiza kuti adzipha kapena kupotoza kopanda pake kwakuchitapo kanthu. Atakhumudwa ndi maganizo olakwika a atolankhani odziwa zonse, Detlef anayamba kudana kwambiri ndi anthu amene amanyoza mkazi wake padziko lonse.
  
  Detlef Holzer sanali wamantha, koma anali wosungulumwa kwambiri. N"kutheka kuti analeredwa bwino kapenanso umunthu wake, koma nthawi zonse ankavutika pakati pa anthu. Kudzikayikira nthawi zonse kunali mtanda wake, ngakhale ali mwana. Sakanatha kuganiza kuti anali wofunikira kuti akhale ndi malingaliro akeake, ndipo ngakhale mwamuna wazaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu, wokwatiwa ndi mkazi wodabwitsa yemwe amadziwika ku Germany konse, Detlef anali wofunitsitsa kusiya.
  
  Akadakhala kuti sanaphunzire zambiri zankhondo m'gulu lankhondo, sakadakumana ndi Gabi. Pa zisankho za 2009, panali ziwawa zofala chifukwa cha mphekesera za katangale, zomwe zidayambitsa zionetsero komanso kunyanyala zokamba za ofuna kupikisana nawo m'malo ena ku Germany. Gabi, mwa ena, adachita bwino polemba ntchito chitetezo chaumwini. Atakumana koyamba ndi mlonda wake, nthawi yomweyo adayamba kumukonda. Kodi zikanatheka bwanji kuti asakonde chiphona chofewa, chofatsa ngati Detlef?
  
  Sanamvetsetse zomwe amawona mwa iye, koma zonsezo zinali mbali ya kudzidalira kwake, kotero Gaby adaphunzira kupeputsa kudzichepetsa kwake. Sanakakamize kuti awonekere pagulu pambuyo pa mgwirizano wake pomwe alonda ake adatha. Mkazi wake analemekeza kutsetsereka kwa lilime lake mwangozi, ngakhale m"chipinda chogona. Anali wosiyana kotheratu pankhani ya kudziletsa, koma anapeza malo omasuka apakati.
  
  Tsopano wapita ndipo watsala yekha. Kumulakalaka kunamulemala mtima, ndipo anali kulira kosaleka m"malo opatulika a sofa. Uwiri unkalamulira maganizo ake. Ankachita chilichonse chimene akanatha kuti adziwe amene anapha mkazi wake, koma choyamba anafunika kuthana ndi zopinga zimene anadziikira. Ili linali gawo lovuta kwambiri, koma Gabi anali woyenerera chilungamo ndipo amangofunika kupeza njira yodzidalira.
  
  
  Mutu 8
  
  
  Sam ndi Nina sanadziwe momwe angayankhire funso la dokotala. Poganizira zonse zomwe adaziwona paulendo wawo wapaulendo, adayenera kuvomereza kuti pali zochitika zosafotokozedwa. Ngakhale kuti zambiri zomwe anakumana nazo zinganenedwe kuti zinachokera ku fizikisi yovuta ndi mfundo za sayansi zosadziŵika, iwo anali omasuka ku mafotokozedwe ena.
  
  "Mukufunsa chifukwa chiyani?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Ndifunikira kutsimikizira kuti inuyo kapena mkazi wa kuno simungaganize kuti ndine chitsiru chokhulupirira malodza pa zimene ndikufuna kukuuzani," dokotala wachichepereyo anavomereza motero. Maso ake anayang"ana uku ndi uku pakati pawo. Anali wodetsa nkhaŵa kwambiri, koma sanali wotsimikiza ngati ayenera kukhulupirira anthu osawadziŵa mokwanira kuti awafotokozere chiphunzitso chodziŵikiratu ngati chimenechi.
  
  "Timakhala omasuka kwambiri pankhani imeneyi, Dokotala," Nina anamtsimikizira motero. "Mukhoza kutiuza. Kunena zoona, tadzionera tokha zinthu zachilendo. Pali zochepa zomwe zimadabwitsa ine ndi Sam. "
  
  "Chimodzimodzinso," anawonjezera Sam ndi kuseka kwachibwana.
  
  Adatenga nthawi Doctor kuti adziwe momwe angafikire chiphunzitso chake kwa Sam. Nkhope yake inasonyeza kukhudzidwa. Atatsuka khosi lake, adagawana zomwe akuganiza kuti Sam akuyenera kudziwa.
  
  "Anthu a m"mudzi umene munapitako anakumana ndi zinthu zachilendo zaka mazana angapo zapitazo. Iyi ndi nkhani yomwe yakhala ikuperekedwa pakamwa kwa zaka mazana ambiri, kotero sindikutsimikiza kuti nkhani yoyambirira yatsala bwanji munthano yamasiku ano," adatero. " Amafotokoza za mwala umene kamnyamata anatola n"kuubweretsa kumudzi kuti akapereke kwa mfumu. Koma popeza mwalawo unkaoneka wachilendo, akuluwo ankaganiza kuti ndi diso la mulungu, choncho anautseka poopa kuti anthu ena angawaone. Mwachidule, aliyense m"mudzimo anafa patatha masiku atatu chifukwa anachititsa khungu mulunguyo ndipo iye anawakwiyira."
  
  "Ndipo mukuganiza kuti vuto langa la masomphenya likukhudzana ndi nkhaniyi?" Sam anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Taonani, ndikudziwa izi zikumveka ngati zamisala. Ndikhulupirireni, ndikudziwa mmene zikumvekera, koma ndimvereni," mnyamatayo anaumirirabe. "Zomwe ndikuganiza ndizocheperako zachipatala komanso kutsamira kwambiri ...
  
  "Strand side?" Anafunsa Nina. Panali kukayikira m'mawu ake.
  
  "Dikirani tsopano," Sam anatero. "Pitirizani. Kodi izi zikukhudzana bwanji ndi masomphenya anga?"
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti chinachake chinakuchitikirani kumeneko, Bambo Cleave; chinachake chimene simungachikumbukire," anatero adokotala. "Ndikuuzani chifukwa chake. Popeza kuti makolo a fuko limeneli anachititsa khungu mulunguyo, ndiye kuti m"mudzi mwawo munthu wokhala ndi mulungu yekha ndi amene angachite khungu."
  
  Onse atatu adakhala chete chete pomwe Sam ndi Nina akuyang'ana dokotala modabwitsa kwambiri. Iye sankadziwa momwe angafotokozere zomwe ankafuna kunena, makamaka chifukwa zinali zopusa komanso zosokoneza.
  
  "M"mawu ena," Nina mwapang"onopang"ono anayamba kutsimikizira kuti amvetsetsa zonse molondola, "mukufuna kutiuza kuti mumakhulupirira nthano ya akazi akale, sichoncho? Kotero izi ziribe kanthu kochita ndi yankho. Wangofuna kutiuza kuti wagwa m"chinyalala chopengachi."
  
  "Nina," Sam anakwinya tsinya, osasangalala kuti anali kuchita mwadzidzi.
  
  "Sam, munthu uyu akukuuzani kuti muli mulungu mwa inu. Tsopano ine ndine wodzikonda ndipo ndimatha ngakhale kuchita narcissism apa ndi apo, koma chifukwa cha Khristu simungakhulupirire kuti zopanda pake! "- adamuchenjeza. "O Mulungu wanga, zili ngati kunena kuti ngati khutu lanu likupweteka ku Amazon, ndinu gawo la unicorn."
  
  Kunyozedwa kwa mlendoyo kunali kwamphamvu kwambiri komanso kwamwano, zomwe zinakakamiza dokotala wachinyamata kuti aulule matenda ake. Kamodzi maso ndi maso ndi Sam, adatembenukira kumbuyo kwa Nina kuti asamumvere poyankha kunyoza kwake chifukwa cha luntha lake. "Taonani, ndikudziwa momwe izi zikumveka. Koma inu, Bambo Cleave, munadutsa kutentha koopsa kwambiri kupyolera mu organon-visus yanu mu nthawi yochepa, ndipo ngakhale izi zikanapangitsa mutu wanu kuphulika, chifukwa chake munangowonongeka pang'ono pa lens ndi retina!
  
  Anayang'ana Nina. "Awa anali maziko a chidziwitso changa cha matenda. Chitani zomwe mungafune, koma ndizodabwitsa kwambiri kuti musanene chilichonse kupatula zauzimu. "
  
  Sam anadabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Choncho ichi ndi chifukwa cha masomphenya anga openga," Sam adadzilankhula yekha.
  
  "Kutentha kwakukulu kwachititsa kuti ng'ala ikhale yaing'ono, koma izi zikhoza kuchotsedwa ndi ophthalmologist aliyense mutangobwerera kunyumba," adatero dokotala.
  
  Ndizofunikira kudziwa kuti anali Nina yemwe adamulimbikitsa kuyang'ana mbali ina ya matenda ake. Ndi ulemu waukulu ndi chidwi m'mawu ake, Nina anafunsa dokotala za vuto la masomphenya a Sam kuchokera ku mfundo ya esoteric. Poyamba monyinyirika kuyankha funso lake, iye anavomera kugawana ndi Nina lingaliro lake lachindunji cha zimene zinachitika.
  
  "Chomwe ndinganene n"chakuti maso a a Cleave anali kutenthedwa ngati mphezi ndipo anatuluka osawonongeka pang"ono. Izi zokha ndizosautsa. Koma ukadziwa nkhani za anthu akumudzi ngati ine, umakumbukira zinthu, makamaka ngati mulungu wakhungu wokwiya yemwe anapha mudzi wonse ndi moto wakumwamba," adatero dotoloyo.
  
  "Mphenzi," anatero Nina. "Ndichifukwa chake adanenetsa kuti Sam wamwalira pomwe maso ake adabweza m'chigaza. Dokotala, anali ndi khunyu nditamupeza. "
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti sikunangobwera chifukwa cha mphamvu yamagetsi?" Anafunsa adotolo.
  
  Nina anadandaula kuti: "Mwinamwake."
  
  "Sindikukumbukira chilichonse mwa izi. Nditadzuka, chomwe ndimakumbukira chinali chakuti ndinali wotentha, wosawona komanso wosokonezeka kwambiri, "Sam adavomereza, mphuno yake ili ndi chisokonezo. "Ndikudziwa pang'ono kuposa momwe mudandiuza zonsezi, Doc."
  
  "Palibe chilichonse mwa izi chomwe chimayenera kukhala njira yothetsera vuto lanu, a Cleave. Koma sizinali zodabwitsa, choncho ndinafunika kukupatsani chidziŵitso chowonjezereka cha zimene zikanakuchitikirani," mnyamatayo anawauza motero. "Taonani, sindikudziwa chomwe chinapangitsa kuti akale akale..." anayang"ana mayi wokayikayo limodzi ndi Sam, osafuna kumupangitsanso kuti amunyoze. "Sindikudziwa kuti n"chiyani chinakuchititsani kuwoloka mitsinje ya milungu, a Cleave, koma ndikanakhala inuyo, ndikanasunga chinsinsi n"kupempha sing"anga kapena asing"anga."
  
  Sam anaseka. Nina sanaone kuti zinali zoseketsa m"pang"ono pomwe, koma anagwira lilime lake ponena za zinthu zosokoneza kwambiri zimene anawona Sam akuchita atamupeza.
  
  "Ndiye ine ndagwidwa ndi mulungu wakale? O Ambuye Yesu!" Sam anaseka.
  
  Dokotala ndi Nina anayang'anizana ndipo mgwirizano wachete unabuka pakati pawo.
  
  "Musaiwale, Sam, kuti m"nthaŵi zakale mphamvu za m"chilengedwe zimene tsopano zingathe kufotokozedwa ndi sayansi zinkatchedwa milungu. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi zomwe adotolo akuyesera kuti amveke bwino apa. Itani zomwe mukufuna, koma palibe kukayika kuti chinachake chachilendo kwambiri chikuchitika kwa inu. Masomphenya oyamba, ndipo tsopano izi," Nina anafotokoza.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, wokondedwa," Sam adamulimbikitsa, akuseka. "Ndikudziwa. Zimangomveka ngati wamisala kwambiri. Pafupifupi wopenga ngati kuyenda kwa nthawi kapena mphutsi zopangidwa ndi anthu, mukudziwa? Tsopano kudzera mukumwetulira kwake adawoneka wowawa komanso wosweka.
  
  Adotolo anamukwiyira Nina atamutchula Sam za ulendo wa nthawi, koma anangopukusa mutu monyanyira ndikuzisula. Ziribe kanthu kuti dokotalayo amakhulupirira mochuluka bwanji mu zodabwitsa ndi zodabwitsa, iye sakanatha kumufotokozera kuti wodwala wake wamwamuna kwa miyezi ingapo yowopsya anali woyendetsa sitimayo wosadziwika wa sitima ya Nazi yomwe inaphwanya malamulo onse a physics posachedwapa. Zinthu zina sizinapangidwe kuti zigawidwe.
  
  "Chabwino, dokotala, zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha chithandizo chanu chachipatala - komanso chachinsinsi," Nina anamwetulira. "Pamapeto pake, mwakhala thandizo lalikulu kuposa momwe mungadziwire."
  
  "Zikomo, Abiti Gould," dokotala wachichepereyo anamwetulira, "pomaliza pondikhulupirira. Takulandirani nonsenu. Chonde dzisamalire, chabwino?"
  
  "Inde, ndife ofatsa kuposa hule ..."
  
  "Sam!" - Nina adamusokoneza. "Ndikuganiza kuti ukufunika kupuma." Adadzutsa nsidze chifukwa cha chisangalalo cha azibambo onsewa akuseka izi kwinaku akutsazikana ndikutuluka muofesi ya dotolo.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Madzulo atsiku limenelo, atatha kusamba koyenerera ndi chithandizo cha kuvulala kwawo, a Scots awiriwa adagona. Mumdimawo, iwo anamvetsera phokoso la nyanja pafupi pamene Sam anakokera Nina pafupi.
  
  "Sam! Ayi! " anatsutsa motero.
  
  "Ndatani?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Dzanja langa! Sindingagone chammbali, mukukumbukira? Imayaka ngati gehena, ndipo imamveka ngati fupa likugwedezeka m"diso," anadandaula motero.
  
  Anakhala chete kwakanthawi kwinaku akuvutika kuti atenge malo ake pakama.
  
  "Ukhoza kugona chagada, sichoncho?" adangocheza naye moseweretsa.
  
  "Inde," Nina anayankha, "koma dzanja langa lili pa chifuwa changa, chotero pepani, Jack."
  
  "Mabele anu basi eti? Masewera ena onse ndi abwino?" adaseka.
  
  Nina anasisima, koma chimene Sam sankadziwa n"chakuti akumwetulira mumdima. Pambuyo popuma pang'ono, kamvekedwe kake kamakhala kokulirapo, koma momasuka.
  
  "Nina, ndidatani mutandipeza?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndakuuzani," iye anadzichinjiriza.
  
  "Ayi, munandifotokozera mwachidule," iye anakana yankho lake. "Ndinaona momwe munakanira m"chipatala mutauza adokotala momwe munandipezera. Chabwino, nditha kukhala wopusa nthawi zina, koma ndikadali mtolankhani wabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndinagonjetsa kulimbana kwa zigawenga ku Kazakhstan ndipo ndinatsatira njira yopita ku gulu la zigawenga lobisala panthawi ya nkhondo zankhanza ku Bogota, mwana. Ndikudziwa chilankhulo cha thupi ndipo ndimadziwa pamene magwero akubisira chinachake kwa ine. "
  
  Anapumira. "Zingakuthandizeni bwanji kudziwa zambiri? Sitikudziwabe zomwe zikukuchitikirani. Hehe, sitikudziwa n"komwe zimene zinakuchitikirani tsiku limene munazimiririka m"ngalawa ya DKM Geheimnis.
  
  "Ndamva. Ndikudziwa, koma zimandikhudza, choncho ndiyenera kudziwa. Ayi, ndili ndi ufulu wodziwa," iye anatsutsa. "Uyenera kundiuza kuti ndikhale ndi chithunzi chonse, wokondedwa wanga. Ndiye ndikhoza kuyika ziwiri ndi ziwiri palimodzi, mukudziwa? Ndipamenenso ndidzadziwa chochita. Ngati pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndaphunzira monga mtolankhani, ndi chakuti theka la chidziwitso ... koma ngakhale 99% ya chidziwitso nthawi zina sichikwanira kuti awononge chigawenga. Tsatanetsatane iliyonse ndiyofunikira; mfundo iliyonse iyenera kuunika chiganizo chisanafike."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," adamudula mawu. "Ndikumvetsa. Sindikufuna kuti muzikumana ndi zochulukira mukangobwerera, mukudziwa? Wadutsamo zambiri ndikupirira modabwitsa muzonsezi, zivute zitani, wokondedwa. Zomwe ndikuyesera kuchita ndikukuchotserani zoyipa zina mpaka mutakhala okonzeka kuthana nazo. "
  
  Sam anatsamira mutu wake pamimba youmbika bwino ya Nina, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuseka. Sanathe kukhazika mutu wake pachifuwa chifukwa cha gulaye, motero anakulunga dzanja lake pantchafu yake ndikulowetsa dzanja lake pansi pa kamsana kakang'ono ka msana wake. Zinkamveka ngati maluwa a satin. Anamva dzanja laulere la Nina likupumula patsitsi lake lakuda lakuda pomwe adamugwira pamenepo ndipo adayamba kuyankhula.
  
  Kwa mphindi zopitirira makumi awiri, Sam anamvetsera kwa Nina akulankhula za zonse zomwe zinachitika, osaphonya mwatsatanetsatane. Atamuuza za mbadwayo komanso mawu odabwitsa omwe Sam amalankhula mawu m'chinenero chosamvetsetseka, adamva kuti zala zake zikugwedezeka pakhungu lake. Kupatula apo, Sam anachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri yofotokozera vuto lake lowopsa, koma palibe yemwe adagona mpaka dzuwa litatuluka.
  
  
  Mutu 9
  
  
  Kugogoda kosalekeza pachitseko chakumaso kunapangitsa Detlef Holtzer kukhala wokhumudwa komanso wokwiya. Patapita masiku atatu mkazi wake anaphedwa, koma mosiyana ndi mmene ankayembekezera, maganizo ake anangowonjezereka. Nthawi zonse mtolankhani wina akagogoda pachitseko chake, amanjenjemera. Mithunzi ya ubwana wake inatuluka m"zikumbukiro zake; nthawi zamdima zija zosiyidwa zomwe zidamunyansitsa kumva phokoso la munthu akugogoda pachitseko.
  
  "Tandilekeni!" - adafuula, osalabadira woyimbayo.
  
  "Bambo Holzer, uyu ndi Hein Müller wochokera kunyumba yamaliro. Kampani ya inshuwaransi ya mkazi wanu yandilumikizana nane kuti ndikufotokozereni zinthu zina asanayambe ... "
  
  "Kodi ndinu ogontha? Ndati tuluka!" - kulavulira wamasiye watsoka. Mawu ake anali kunjenjemera chifukwa cha mowa. Iye anali pafupi kusweka kotheratu. "Ndikufuna kuwunika thupi! Anaphedwa! Ndikukuuzani, adaphedwa! Sindimuika m"manda mpaka atafufuza!"
  
  Ziribe kanthu kuti ndani anafika pakhomo pake, Detlef anawakana kulowa. Mkati mwa nyumbayo, munthu wodzipatula anali wochepa mosadziwika bwino. Anasiya kudya ndipo anangotsala pang'ono kusuntha kuchoka pa sofa, pomwe nsapato za Gaby zidamupangitsa kuti asamuke.
  
  "Ndimupeza, Gabi. Osadandaula wokondedwa. Ndimupeza ndikutaya mtembo wake kuthanthwe," anakuwa mwakachetechete, akugwedezeka ndi diso lake litaundana. Detlef sanathenso kupirira chisoni. Anayimilira n"kuzungulira m"nyumbamo, n"kumalowera kumene kunali mazenera amdimawo. Ndi chala chake cha mlozera, anang"amba ngodya ya matumba a zinyalala omwe anajambula pagalasi. Panja pa nyumba yake panali magalimoto awiri ataima, koma panalibe anthu.
  
  "Muli kuti?" - adayimba mwakachetechete. Thukuta linatuluka pamphumi pake ndipo linkatuluka m"maso akuyaka moto, lofiira chifukwa chosowa tulo. Thupi lake lalikulu linali litachepa mapaundi angapo kuchokera pamene anasiya kudya, koma anali adakali munthu. Barefoot, atavala thalauza ndi malaya okwinya a manja aatali atalendewera pa lamba wake, anaima kudikirira kuti wina awonekere pamagalimotowo. "Ndikudziwa kuti muli pano. Ndikudziwa kuti uli pakhomo panga, mbewa zing"onozing"ono," anasisima pamene ankaimba mawu amenewa. "Mbewa, mbewa! Mukufuna kulowa m'nyumba mwanga?"
  
  Anadikira, koma palibe amene anagogoda pakhomo pake, zomwe zinali zotsitsimula kwambiri, ngakhale kuti sanadalirebe bata. Iye anachita mantha ndi kugogoda kumeneku, komwe kunamveka m"makutu mwake ngati chigwa chomenyetsa. Ali wachichepere, atate wake, chidakwa chotchova njuga, anamsiya panyumba ali yekha pamene anali kuthaŵa obwereketsa ngongole ndi ogulitsa mabuku. Detlef wachichepere anabisala mkati, akutseka makataniwo pamene mimbulu inali pakhomo. Kugogoda pachitseko kunali kofanana ndi kuukira kotheratu kwa kamnyamatako, ndipo mtima wake unkagunda mkati mwake, ali ndi mantha ndi zomwe zingachitike akalowa.
  
  Kuwonjezera pa kugogoda, amuna okwiya ankamuopseza ndi kumutemberera.
  
  Ndikudziwa kuti mulipo, zonyansa! Tsegula chitseko, apo ayi nditenthe nyumba yako!" iwo anafuula motero. Wina anali kuponya njerwa pamazenera, pamene wachinyamatayo anakhala ali pakona ya chipinda chake chogona, atatsekereza makutu ake. anapeza mwana wake akugwetsa misozi, koma anangoseka ndikumutchula mnyamata wofooka.
  
  Mpaka pano, Detlef anasangalala kwambiri atagogoda pakhomo pa munthu wina, ngakhale kuti ankadziwa kuti anthu amene ankamuyimbirawo anali opanda vuto ndipo analibe zolinga zoipa. Koma tsopano? Tsopano iwo anali kugogodanso pakhomo pake. Iwo ankamufuna iye. Iwo anali ngati amuna okwiya kunja kwa zaka zake zaunyamata, akumaumirira kuti atuluke. Detlef ankaona kuti watsekeredwa m"mavuto. Ankachita mantha. Zinalibe kanthu chifukwa chimene anadzera. Zoona zake n"zakuti iwo anayesa kum"tulutsa m"malo ake obisalamo, ndipo ichi chinali mchitidwe wankhondo wolimbana ndi chisoni cha mwamuna wamasiyeyo.
  
  Mopanda chifukwa chomveka, iye analowa m"khitchini n"kutenga mpeni woyimitsa m"kabati. Anali kudziŵa bwino lomwe zimene anali kuchita, koma analephera kudziletsa. Misozi inadzaza m"maso mwake pamene ankakwirira mpeniwo pakhungu lake, osati mozama kwambiri, koma mozama kwambiri. Iye sankadziwa chimene chinamulimbikitsa kuchita zimenezi, koma ankadziwa kuti ayenera kutero. Mogwirizana ndi mawu akuda omwe anali m'mutu mwake, Detlef anasuntha mpeniwo mainchesi angapo kuchokera mbali ina ya mkono wake kupita mbali ina. Zinaluma ngati pepala lalikulu lodulidwa, koma linali lopiririka. Pamene ankanyamula mpeni uja, ankangoona magazi akutuluka mwakachetechete pamzere umene anajambulawo. Pamene chingwe chaching'ono chofiiracho chinazimiririka pakhungu lake loyera, iye anapuma kwambiri.
  
  Kwa nthawi yoyamba kuchokera pamene Gabi anamwalira, Detlef anakhala pamtendere. Mtima wake unayenda pang'onopang'ono mpaka kukhazikika ndipo nkhawa zake zinali zitalephereka - pakadali pano. Kudekha kwa kumasulidwa kunamusangalatsa, kumpangitsa iye kuyamikira mpeniwo. Anayang"ana zimene anachita kwa kanthaŵi, koma mosasamala kanthu za kutsutsa kwa kampasi yake ya makhalidwe abwino, iye sanadziimbe mlandu. Ndipotu ankaona kuti wakwanitsa.
  
  "Ndimakukonda, Gabi," ananong"ona. "Ndimakukondani. Ili ndi lumbiro la magazi kwa iwe mwana wanga.
  
  Anakulunga dzanja lake m"nsalu yochapira n"kutsuka mpeniwo, koma m"malo moubweza, anauika m"thumba.
  
  "Iwe ingokhala kumene uli," ananong"oneza mpeniwo. "Ukhalepo ndikakufuna. Ndinu otetezeka. Ndikumva bwino ndikakhala nanu." Detlef ankamwetulira momvetsa chisoni pamene ankasangalala ndi bata ladzidzimutsa limene linamugwera. Zinkakhala ngati kuti kudzicheka kwamuchotsa m"maganizo mwake moti anadzidalira moti anachita khama kuti apeze amene anapha mkazi wakeyo pofufuza mwachidwi.
  
  Detlef anayenda pa galasi losweka la kabati, osasamala kuti asokonezedwe. Ululuwo unali umodzi chabe wa ululu wochuluka pamwamba pa zomwe anali kukumana nazo kale, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ziwoneke ngati zazing'ono.
  
  Popeza anali atangodziŵa kumene kuti sayenera kudzicheka kuti amve bwino, anadziŵanso kuti ayenera kupeza kope la malemu mkazi wake. Gabi anali wachikale pankhaniyi. Iye ankakhulupirira zolemba zakuthupi ndi makalendala. Ngakhale adagwiritsa ntchito foni yake kuti amukumbutse za nthawi yokumana, adalembanso zonse, chizoloŵezi cholandirika tsopano chomwe chikanatha kumuwuza omwe angamuphe.
  
  Poyang'ana m'madirowa ake, adadziwa zomwe akufuna.
  
  "O Mulungu, ndikhulupirira kuti munalibe m"chikwama chanu, mwana," iye anang"ung"udza pamene akupitiriza kufufuza mwachidwi. "Chifukwa ali ndi chikwama chako ndipo sandibwezera mpaka nditatuluka pakhomo kuti ndikalankhule nawo, ukudziwa?" Adapitiliza kucheza ndi Gaby ngati akumvetsera, udali mwayi wa anthu osungulumwa kuti asachite misala, zomwe adaphunzira powonera amayi ake akuzunzidwa pomwe adapirira gehena yomwe adakumana nayo pomwe adakwatiwa.
  
  "Gabi, ndikufuna thandizo lako, mwana wanga," anabuula motero Detlef. Anakhala pampando wa chipinda chaching'ono chomwe Gaby ankagwiritsa ntchito ngati ofesi yake. Ndimayang'ana mabuku atamwazikana paliponse ndi bokosi lake la ndudu lakale pashelefu yachiwiri ya kabati yamatabwa yomwe amagwiritsira ntchito mafayilo ake. Detlef anapuma mozama n"kudzikoka. "Mukayika kuti diary yanu yazantchito?" Adafunsa motsitsa mawu pomwe malingaliro ake amathamangira zotheka zonse.
  
  "Payenera kukhala pali malo ena oti mufikeko mosavuta," iye anakwinya tsinya, akulingalira mozama. Adayimilira ndikunamizira kuti ndi ofesi yake. "Nkuti kumene kungakhale koyenera?" Anakhala pa desk yake, moyang'anizana ndi kompyuta yake. Pa desiki lake panali kalendala, koma munalibe. "Ndikuganiza kuti simungalembe izi chifukwa siziyenera kuwonedwa ndi aliyense," adatero, akusuntha mozungulira zinthu zomwe zili pa tebulo.
  
  Ananyamula zolembera ndi chotsegulira zilembo mu kapu yadothi yokhala ndi chizindikiro cha gulu lake lakale la kupalasa. Mbale yosalalayo inali ndi ma drive angapo ndi tinthu tating'ono monga zomangira tsitsi, nsangalabwi ndi mphete ziwiri zomwe sanavalepo chifukwa zinali zazikulu kwambiri. Kumanzere, pafupi ndi mwendo wake desiki nyali, anagona lotseguka phukusi la mmero lozenges. Palibe diary.
  
  Detlef anagwidwa ndi chisoni chifukwa cha chisoni chifukwa chosapeza buku lachikopa lakuda. Piyano ya Gabi inayima pakona yakumanja kwa chipindacho, koma mabuku kumeneko anali ndi nyimbo zokha. Anamva mvula ikugwa panja, zomwe zinali zofanana ndi zomwe anali nazo.
  
  "Gabi, ndingakuthandize chilichonse?" - adapuma. Foni yomwe inali mu kabati ya Gabi inalira ndikumuwopsa kwambiri. Iye ankadziwa bwino kuposa kutenga m'manja mwake. Anali iwo. Awa anali alenje, otsutsa. Awa anali anthu omwewo omwe amawona mkazi wake ngati wofooka wofuna kudzipha. "Ayi!" - anafuula, akunjenjemera ndi ukali. Detlef anatenga sitandi yachitsulo pa shelefu n"kuiponya pa foni. Mabuku olemera adagwetsa foni pa kabati ndi mphamvu yayikulu, ndikuyisiya itasweka pansi. Maso ake ofiira, otuwa, anayang"ana mwachisilira kachipangizo koswekako, kenaka anasamukira ku kabati, komwe anaiwononga ndi chotengera cholemera cha mabuku.
  
  Detlef anamwetulira.
  
  Pachipinda adapezamo buku lakuda la Gabi. Nthawi yonseyi adagona pansi pa foni, obisika kuti asamuwone. Anapita kukatenga bukulo, akuseka mwamisala. "Mwana, ndiwe wabwino koposa! Munali inuyo? A? "analankhula mwachikondi, natsegula bukulo. "Kodi mwangondiimbira foni? Kodi mumafuna kuti ndiliwone bukulo? Ndikudziwa kuti munatero."
  
  Anayang'ana mopanda chipiriro, kuyang'ana zomwe adalemba za tsiku lomwe anamwalira masiku awiri apitawo.
  
  "Mwaona ndani? Ndani adakuwonani komaliza kupatula chitsiru cha ku Britain? Tiyeni tiwone".
  
  Ndi magazi owuma pansi pa chikhadabo chake, iye anayendetsa chala chake cha mlozera kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi, akusanthula mosamalitsa cholowa chilichonse.
  
  "Ndikungofuna kuona yemwe unali naye pamaso pako..." Anameza mate. "Amati wamwalira m'mawa uno."
  
  
  8.00 - Kukumana ndi oimira anzeru
  
  9.30 - Maluwa a Margot, Nkhani ya ChD
  
  10.00 - Ofesi ya David Perdue Ben Carrington yokhudzana ndi ndege ya Milla
  
  11.00 - Kazembe amakumbukira Kirill
  
  12.00 - Pangani nthawi yokumana ndi dokotala wamano Detlef
  
  
  Dzanja la Detlef linapita kukamwa kwake. "Dno likuwawa latha, ukudziwa, Gabi?" Misozi yake inalephera kuŵerenga mawu amene ankafuna kuŵerenga, ndipo anatseka bukhulo, kuligwira mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake, ndipo anagwa mulu wachisoni, akusisima. Kupyolera m"mazenera amdimawo ankatha kuona mphezi. Ofesi yaing'ono ya Gaby tsopano inali itatsala pang'ono mdima. Anangokhala n"kulira mpaka maso ake anauma. Chisonicho chinali chachikulu, koma adayenera kudzikoka pamodzi.
  
  Ofesi ya Carrington, anaganiza. Malo omaliza omwe adapitako anali ofesi ya Carrington. Anauza atolankhani kuti analipo atamwalira. Panali zinanso pa kujambula uku. Mwachangu anatsegula bukhulo ndikuyatsa chosinthira pa nyali ya pa desiki kuti athe kuwona bwino. Detlef anadabwa kwambiri: "Milla ndi ndani?" anaganiza mokweza. "David Perdue ndi ndani?"
  
  Zala zake zinkalephera kuyenda mofulumira pamene ankabwerera ku mndandanda wa anthu omwe amacheza nawo, atalemba pa chivundikiro chamkati cha bukhu lake. Panalibe kalikonse ka 'Milla', koma pansi pa tsambalo panali adiresi ya bizinesi ina ya Perdue. Nthawi yomweyo Detlef analowa pa intaneti kuti aone kuti munthu ameneyu anali ndani.Atawerenga gawo la About, Detlef adadina pa Contact tab. namwetulira.
  
  "Gotcha!"
  
  
  Mutu 10
  
  
  Perdue anatseka maso ake. Pokana kufunitsitsa kuona zomwe ziwonetserozo zikuwonetsa, adatseka maso ake ndikunyalanyaza maphokoso omwe amamveka kuchokera pamasipika anayi m'makona. Chimene sakanatha kuchinyalanyaza chinali kutentha kokwera kumene kunali kuwonjezeka pang"onopang"ono. Thupi lake linali kutuluka thukuta chifukwa cha kutentha, koma anayesetsa kutsatira lamulo la mayi ake losachita mantha. Nthawi zonse ankati Zen ndiye yankho.
  
  Nthawi yomwe mumachita mantha, mumakhala wa iwo. Mukachita mantha, malingaliro anu adzakhulupirira ndipo zochitika zonse zadzidzidzi zidzagwira ntchito. "Khala bata kapena ukhala wopenga," adadzilankhula mobwereza bwereza, atayima osasunthika. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, Perdue ankagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo chachikale chomwe ankayembekezera kuti ubongo wake ukhoza kugwa. thupi lake, koma sanafune.
  
  Phokoso lozungulira lidasokoneza malingaliro ake kuti akhulupirire kuti zonse zinali zenizeni. Pokhapokha podziletsa kuti asayang'ane zowonera zomwe Perdue angalepheretse ubongo wake kuphatikiza malingaliro ndikuwasintha kukhala zenizeni. M'maphunziro ake a zoyambira za NLP m'chilimwe cha 2007, adaphunzira njira zochepa zamaganizidwe kuti athe kumvetsetsa ndi kulingalira. Sanaganizepo kuti moyo wake ungadalire zimenezo.
  
  Kwa maola angapo, phokoso logontha linamveka kuchokera kumbali zonse. Kukuwa kwa ana ochitiridwa nkhanza kunayamba kumveka kulira kwa mfuti kusanakhale kumenyana kosalekeza kwachitsulo pazitsulo. Phokoso la nyundo pa anvil pang'onopang'ono linasandulika kukhala maula omveka a kugonana asanamizidwe ndi kulira kwa makanda osindikizira akumenyedwa mpaka kufa. Zojambulazo zinkaseweredwa mosalekeza kwa nthawi yayitali kotero kuti Perdue amatha kuneneratu kuti ndi mawu ati omwe angatsatire zomwe zilipo.
  
  Pochita mantha, mabiliyoniyo posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti phokoso loopsyalo silinamunyansirenso. M"malomwake, anazindikira kuti ndime zina zinkamusangalatsa, pamene zina zinkamudetsa nkhawa. Chifukwa chakuti anakana kukhala pansi, miyendo yake inayamba kuwawa ndipo msana wake unali kumupha, koma pansi panayambanso kutentha. Pokumbukira tebulo lomwe lingakhale pothawirapo, Perdue anatsegula maso ake kuti ayang'ane, koma pamene adatseka maso ake, adachotsa, ndikusiya kuti asapite.
  
  "Mukufuna kundipha kale?" - iye anafuula, kulumpha kuchokera phazi lina kuti apereke miyendo yopuma kuchokera scalding otentha pamwamba pa pansi. "Mukufuna chiyani kuchokera kwa ine?"
  
  Koma palibe amene adamuyankha. Maola asanu ndi limodzi pambuyo pake, Perdue anali atatopa. Pansi sinkatentha, koma kunali kokwanira kuwotcha mapazi ake ngati angayese kuwatsitsa kwa mphindi imodzi yokha. Chomwe chinali choyipa kwambiri kuposa kutentha komanso kufunikira kosuntha nthawi zonse ndikuti chojambulidwacho chimangokhalira kusewera mosalekeza. Nthawi ndi nthawi ankangotsegula maso ake kuti awone zomwe zinasintha panthawiyi. Tebulo litazimiririka, palibe chinanso chomwe chinasintha. Kwa iye, mfundo imeneyi inali yosautsa kuposa njira ina.
  
  Mapazi a Perdue anayamba kutuluka magazi pamene matuza a m"miyendo yake anaphulika, koma sanalole kuti ayime ngakhale kwa kamphindi.
  
  "O Yesu! Chonde siyani izi! Chonde! Ndichita zomwe ukufuna!" - adafuula. Kuyesa kusataya sikunalinso mwayi. Kupanda kutero sakanagula konse lingaliro lakuti iye anavutika mokwanira kukhulupirira mu kupambana kwa ntchito yawo. "Klaus! Klaus, chifukwa cha Mulungu, chonde auzeni kuti asiye!"
  
  Koma Klaus sanayankhe ndipo sanasiye kuzunzikako. Nyimbo yonyansayi idasewera mozungulira mpaka Perdue adakuwa. Ngakhale kumveka kwa mawu ake omwe kunabweretsa mpumulo poyerekeza ndi mawu obwerezabwereza. Sipanatenge nthawi kuti mawu ake amveke.
  
  "Wachita bwino, chitsiru!" adayankhula mopanda phokoso. "Tsopano sungathe kuyimba thandizo ndipo ulibe ngakhale mawu oti usiye." Miyendo yake inali yolimba chifukwa cha kulemera kwake, koma ankaopa kugwa pansi. Posachedwapa sadzathanso kuchitapo kanthu. Akulira ngati khanda, Perdue anachonderera. "Chifundo. Chonde."
  
  Mwadzidzidzi zowonera zidada, ndikusiya Purdue mumdima wandiweyani. Phokosolo linaleka nthawi yomweyo, n"kusiya makutu ake akulira mwakachetechete. Pansi pankatenthabe, koma patangopita masekondi angapo panazizira, zomwe zinamulola kukhala pansi. Mapazi ake anagunda ndi ululu wosaneneka, ndipo minofu yonse ya m"thupi mwake inkagwedezeka ndi kunjenjemera.
  
  "O, zikomo Mulungu," iye ananong"ona, akuyamikira kuti chizunzocho chinatha. Anapukuta misozi yake ndi kuseri kwa dzanja lake ndipo sanazindikire kuti thukuta likumuyaka m'maso. Chete chinali chachikulu. Potsirizira pake anatha kumva kugunda kwa mtima wake, kumene kunali kufulumira chifukwa cha kupsinjikako. Perdue anapuma mozama, kusangalala ndi dalitso la kuiwalika.
  
  Koma Klaus sanatanthauze kuiwalika kwa Purdue.
  
  Patangotha mphindi zisanu ndendende, zowonera zidayatsidwanso ndipo kukuwa koyamba kudachokera kwa olankhula. Perdue anamva kusweka mtima kwake. Anagwedeza mutu mosakhulupirira, akumvanso pansi kutentha ndipo maso ake adadzaza ndi kutaya mtima.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - adang'ung'udza, akulanga khosi lake poyesa kufuula. "Ndiwe mwana wanji? Bwanji osaonetsa nkhope yako, mwana wa hule iwe!" Mawu ake - ngakhale akanamveka - akanagwera m'makutu osamva chifukwa Klaus kunalibe. Ndipotu panalibe munthu. Makina ozunzirako adayikidwa pa timer kuti atseke motalika kokwanira kuti Perdue akhazikitse chiyembekezo chake, njira yabwino kwambiri yanthawi ya Nazi yolimbikitsira kuzunzika m'maganizo.
  
  Osadalira chiyembekezo. Zimakhala zachidule monganso zankhanza.
  
  Perdue atadzuka, adabwereranso m'chipinda chapamwamba chapamwamba chokhala ndi zojambula zamafuta ndi mawindo agalasi. Kwa kanthawi iye ankaganiza kuti zonsezi zinali zoopsa, koma kenako anamva kuwawa koopsa kwa matuza ophulika. Sanatha kuona bwinobwino popeza anatenga magalasi ake pamodzi ndi zovala zake, koma maso ake anali abwino moti ankatha kuona tsatanetsatane wa denga-osati zojambulazo, koma mafelemu.
  
  Maso ake anali owuma chifukwa cha misozi yomvetsa chisoni yomwe adatulutsa, koma sizinali kanthu poyerekeza ndi mutu wosweka womwe anali kudwala chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mawu. Pamene ankayesa kusuntha miyendo yake, adapeza kuti minofu yake ikugwira bwino kuposa momwe ankayembekezera. Pomaliza, Perdue anayang'ana pansi pamapazi ake, akuwopa zomwe angawone. Monga momwe amayembekezeredwa, zala zake ndi m"mbali mwake munali matuza ophulika ndi mwazi wouma.
  
  "Osadandaula za izi, Herr Perdue. Ndikulonjeza kuti simudzakakamizidwa kuima pa iwo kwa tsiku linanso," mawu achipongwe anatuluka m"mwamba kuchokera kutsogolo kwa chitseko. "Munagona ngati akufa, koma ndi nthawi yoti mudzuke. Kugona maola atatu ndi okwanira."
  
  "Klaus," Perdue adaseka.
  
  Munthu wowonda pang"onopang"ono anayenda molunjika patebulo limene Perdue anali atatsamira ndi makapu awiri a khofi m"manja mwake. Atayesedwa kuti aponyedwe mumtsuko wa mbewa wa ku Germany, Perdue anaganiza zokana chilakolako chothetsa ludzu lake lalikulu. Anakhala tsonga n"kulanda kapu kwa womuzunzayo, koma anapeza kuti inalibe kanthu. Pokwiya, Perdue anagwetsera pansi kapuyo ndipo inasweka.
  
  "Uyenera kuyang'anitsitsa mkwiyo wako, Herr Perdue," Klaus adalangiza ndi mawu ake achimwemwe, omwe ankamveka ngati akunyoza kuposa kudabwa.
  
  "Ndizo zomwe akufuna, Dave. Amafuna kuti uzichita ngati nyama, "Perdue anadziganizira yekha. "Musawalole kuti apambane."
  
  "Ukuyembekezera chiyani kwa ine, Klaus?" Perdue adausa moyo, ndikukopa chidwi cha anthu a ku Germany. "Mukanakhala inu mukanatani? Ndiuzeni. Ndikutsimikizira kuti udzachitanso chimodzimodzi. "
  
  "O! Kodi mawu anu anachitika ndi chiyani? Kodi mungafune madzi?" Klaus anafunsa mwachikondi.
  
  "Ndiye ungandikanenso?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Mwina. Koma mwina ayi. Bwanji osayesa? Adayankha.
  
  "Masewera a Mind" Purdue ankadziwa bwino malamulo a masewerawa. Bzalani chisokonezo ndikusiya mdani wanu akudzifunsa ngati angayembekezere chilango kapena mphotho.
  
  "Kodi ndingamwe madzi chonde," Pardue anayesa. Ndi iko komwe, iye analibe kanthu kotaya.
  
  "Wasser!" Klaus anakuwa. Anapatsa Perdue kumwetulira kwachikondi komwe kunali ndi zowona za mtembo wopanda milomo pamene mayiyo anabweretsa chotengera cholimba chamadzi oyera, oyera. Ngati Perdue adatha kuima, akanathawira kukakumana naye theka, koma adayenera kumudikirira. Klaus anayika chikho chopanda kanthu chomwe anali nacho pafupi ndi Perdue ndikuthira madzi.
  
  "Chabwino mudagula makapu awiri," Perdue adasokoneza.
  
  "Ndabweretsa makapu awiri pazifukwa ziwiri. Ndinkaganiza kuti muthyola imodzi mwa izo. Chifukwa chake, ndidadziwa kuti mungafunike wachiwiri kuti mumwe madzi omwe mungapemphe, "adalongosola pomwe Perdue adagwira botolo kuti apite kumadzi.
  
  Poyamba osalabadira chikhocho, anakankhira khosi la botololo pakati pa milomo yake mwamphamvu kotero kuti chidebe cholemeracho chinagunda mano ake. Koma Klaus adachitenga ndikumupatsa Perdue chikho. Atangomwa makapu awiri Perdue adapuma.
  
  "Mmodzi? Chonde," anachonderera Klaus.
  
  "Linanso, koma tikambirana," adauza wogwidwa wakeyo ndikudzazanso mtsuko wake.
  
  "Klaus," Perdue adapuma, akumwa mpaka dontho lomaliza. "Kodi mungangondiuza zomwe mukufuna kwa ine? Wandibweretseranji kuno?"
  
  Klaus adapumira ndikutulutsa maso ake. "Tinakumanapo ndi zimenezi kale. Simuyenera kufunsa mafunso." Anabweza botolo kwa mayiyo ndipo anatuluka m"chipindamo.
  
  "Sindingathe bwanji? Ndiuzeni chifukwa chake ndikuzunzidwa, "Perdue anachonderera.
  
  "Simukuzunzidwa," Klaus anaumirirabe. "Mukubwezeretsedwa. Pamene mudalumikizana koyamba ndi Lamuloli, kunali kutiyesa ndi Sacred Spear yanu yomwe inu ndi anzanu munapeza, mukukumbukira? Munaitana mamembala onse apamwamba a Black Sun kumsonkhano wachinsinsi pa Deep Sea One kuti muwonetsere zomwe mwatsalira, sichoncho? "
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu. Zinali zoona. Anagwiritsa ntchito chotsaliracho ngati mwayi wodzisangalatsa yekha ndi Order kuti achite bizinesi.
  
  "Mukasewera nafe nthawi imeneyo, mamembala athu anali pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Koma ndikutsimikiza kuti munali ndi zolinga zabwino, ngakhale mutachokapo ndi zotsalirazo ngati wamantha, kuwasiya kuti akumane ndi tsogolo lawo madzi atalowa, "adatero Klaus mwachidwi. "Tikufuna kuti mukhalenso munthu ameneyo; kuti mugwire nafe ntchito kuti tipeze zomwe tikufuna kuti tonse tichite bwino. Ndi nzeru zanu ndi chuma chanu, mungakhale munthu woyenera, kotero ife tikuti ... kusintha maganizo anu. "
  
  "Ngati mukufuna Spear of Destiny, ndidzakhala wokondwa kukupatsani kuti musinthe ufulu wanga," Pardue adapereka, ndipo amatanthawuza mawu aliwonse.
  
  "Ndili ndi Himmel! David, kodi sunamve?" Klaus anafuula mokhumudwa ndi achinyamata. "Titha kukhala ndi chilichonse chomwe tikufuna! Tikufuna kuti mubwerere kwa ife, koma mukupereka mgwirizano ndipo mukufuna kukambirana. Izi sizochita bizinesi. Limeneli ndi phunziro lachitsanzo ndipo tikangokhutira kuti mwakonzeka mudzaloledwa kutuluka m"chipinda chino."
  
  Klaus anayang'ana wotchi yake. Anayimilira kuti achoke, koma Perdue anayesa kumugwira molimba mtima.
  
  "Am, ndingapatseko madzi ena chonde?" - iye anapumira.
  
  Popanda kuima kapena kuyang"ana m"mbuyo, Klaus anafuula kuti: "Wasser!"
  
  Atatseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake, silinda yaikulu yokhala ndi utali wozungulira pafupifupi kukula kwa chipindacho inatsika kuchokera padenga.
  
  "O Mulungu, bwanji tsopano?" Perdue anakuwa mwamantha kwinaku akugunda pansi. Denga lapakati linagwedezeka kumbali ndikuyamba kutulutsa mtsinje wamadzi mu silinda, kukhetsa zilonda za Perdue, thupi lamaliseche ndikugwedeza kufuula kwake.
  
  Chimene chinamuchititsa mantha kwambiri kuposa kuopa kufa m"madzi chinali kuzindikira kuti sanali kufuna kupha.
  
  
  Mutu 11
  
  
  Nina anamaliza kulongedza katundu wake Sam akusamba komaliza. Anayenera kufika pabwalo la ndege mu ola limodzi, akupita ku Edinburgh.
  
  "Kodi mwamaliza, Sam?" Anafunsa mokweza mawu, akutuluka kubafa.
  
  "Inde, ndangokwapulidwa thovu pa matakonso. Ndituluka tsopano!" - anayankha.
  
  Nina anaseka ndikupukusa mutu. Foni yomwe inali mchikwama chake inaitana. Popanda kuyang'ana pa skrini, adayankha.
  
  "Moni".
  
  "Moni, Dr. Gould?" Adafunsa motele bambo uja.
  
  "Ndiye ameneyo. Ndikulankhula ndi ndani? iye anakwinya nkhope. Amatchulidwa ndi mutu wake, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti anali wabizinesi kapena mtundu wina wa inshuwaransi.
  
  "Dzina langa ndine Detlef," mwamunayo anadzidziŵitsa yekha ndi kalankhulidwe kamphamvu ka Chijeremani. "Nambala yanu inaperekedwa kwa ine ndi mmodzi wa othandizira a Mr. David Perdue. Kwenikweni ndikuyesera kuti ndimupeze."
  
  "Ndiye bwanji sanakupatseni nambala yake?" Anafunsa mosaleza mtima Nina.
  
  "Chifukwa sadziwa kumene ali, Dr. Gould," anayankha modekha, mwamantha. "Anandiuza kuti ukudziwa?"
  
  Nina anadabwa. Izo sizinali zomveka. Perdue sanachoke pakuwona kwa wothandizira wake. Mwina antchito ake ena, koma osati wothandizira wake. Chinsinsi, makamaka ndi chikhalidwe chake chopupuluma komanso chokonda, chinali chakuti m'modzi mwa anyamata ake amadziwa komwe akupita ngati china chake chalakwika.
  
  "Tamvera, Det-Detlef? Chabwino?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Inde, amayi," iye anatero.
  
  "Ndipatseni mphindi zingapo kuti ndimupeze ndikuyimbirani, chabwino? Chonde ndipatseni nambala yanu."
  
  Nina sanakhulupirire woimbayo. Perdue sakanatha kutha monga choncho, kotero adaganiza kuti anali wamalonda wamdima akuyesera kupeza nambala ya Perdue pomunyenga. Anamupatsa nambala yake ndipo adadula. Atayitana nyumba yaikulu ya Perdue, wothandizira wake anayankha.
  
  "O, moni, Nina," mkaziyo anam'patsa moni, atamva mawu odziwika bwino a wolemba mbiri wokongola yemwe Perdue ankakonda kucheza naye nthawi zonse.
  
  "Tamverani, kodi mlendo adakuitanani kuti mulankhule ndi Dave?" Anafunsa Nina. Yankho lake linamudabwitsa.
  
  "Inde, adayimba mphindi zingapo zapitazo, ndikufunsa Bambo Perdue. Koma kunena zoona, sindinamvepo kalikonse kwa iye lero. Mwina anapita kumapeto kwa sabata? iye anaganiza.
  
  "Sanakufunseni ngati akupita kulikonse?" Nina anakankhira. Izi zinamuvutitsa maganizo.
  
  "Ndidakhala naye ku Las Vegas kwakanthawi, koma Lachitatu amapita ku Copenhagen. Panali hotelo yapamwamba yomwe amafuna kukacheza, koma ndizomwe ndikudziwa," adatero. "Kodi tizidandaula?"
  
  Nina anapumira kwambiri. "Sindikufuna kuyambitsa mantha, koma kutsimikizira, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Anayenda pa ndege yake?" Nina ankafuna kudziwa. Zimenezi zikanamupatsa mpata woti ayambe kufufuzako. Atalandira chitsimikiziro kuchokera kwa wothandizira wake, Nina anamuthokoza ndipo anamaliza kuyimba kuti ayese kuyimbira Perdue pafoni yake. Palibe. Anathamangira kuchitseko cha bafa ndikulowa mkati, adapeza Sam atangomanga thaulo m'chiuno mwake.
  
  "Ayi! Mukadafuna kusewera, mukadatero ndisanadziyeretse," adaseka.
  
  Ponyalanyaza nthabwala zake, Nina anadandaula kuti, "Ndikuganiza kuti Perdue angakhale m"mavuto. Sindikudziwa ngati ili ndi vuto la mtundu wa Hangover 2 kapena vuto lenileni, koma pali cholakwika. "
  
  "Mwanjira yanji?" -Sam adafunsa, akumutsatira kuchipinda kuti avale. Anamuuza za woyimba chinsinsi komanso kuti wothandizira Perdue sanamvepo kuchokera kwa iye.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti mwamuimbira foni yake?" Sam anatero.
  
  "Samazimitsa foni. Mukudziwa, ali ndi mawu oseketsa omwe amavomereza mauthenga okhala ndi nthabwala za sayansi kapena zomwe amayankha, koma sanafe, sichoncho? "- iye anati. "Pamene ndinamuyimbira panalibe kanthu."
  
  "Ndi zachilendo," iye anavomereza motero. "Koma tiye tipite kaye kwathu, ndipo tikapeze zonse. Hoteloyi adapitako ku Norway.. "
  
  "Denmark," iye anamuwongolera.
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Mwina akungosangalala basi. Ili ndilo tchuthi loyamba la 'anthu wamba' mu - chabwino, kwamuyaya - mukudziwa, mtundu umene alibe anthu omwe akufuna kumupha ndi zinthu monga choncho, "adatero.
  
  Chinachake sichikuwoneka bwino. Ndingoyimbira woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti nditsimikize," adatero.
  
  "Zodabwitsa. Koma sitingathe kuphonya ndege yathu, ndiye nyamula katundu wako tizipita," adatero akumusisita paphewa.
  
  Nina anaiwala za mwamuna yemwe adamuwonetsa kuti Perdue wasowa, makamaka chifukwa ankayesa kudziwa komwe wokondedwa wake wakale angakhale. Atakwera ndege onse awiri anazimitsa mafoni awo.
  
  Pamene Detlef anayesa kulankhulanso ndi Nina, anakumana ndi vuto linanso, lomwe linamkwiyitsa kwambiri ndipo nthaŵi yomweyo anaganiza kuti akuseŵeredwa. Ngati mkazi wa Perdue akufuna kuti amuteteze pothawa mkazi wamasiye wa Perdue yemwe adapha, Detlef ankaganiza kuti ayenera kuchita zomwe akufuna kuti apewe.
  
  Ali penapake muofesi yaing'ono ya Gabi adamva phokoso losisima. Poyamba Detlef ananyalanyaza ngati phokoso lachilendo, koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono linasanduka phokoso lopanda phokoso. Mkazi wamasiyeyo anamvetsera kuti adziwe kumene kunamveka phokosolo. Zinkamveka ngati munthu akusintha matchanelo pawailesi, ndipo nthawi ndi nthawi ankamveka mawu achipongwe, akung"ung"udza mosadziwika bwino, koma osaimba nyimbo. Detlef anasuntha mwakachetechete kulowera kumene phokoso loyera linali likukulirakulira.
  
  Kenako, anayang'ana pansi potulukira mpweya pamwamba pa chipindacho. Theka linabisidwa ndi makatani, koma panalibe kukayika kuti phokoso linachokera kumeneko. Poona kufunika kothetsa chinsinsi, Detlef anapita kukatenga bokosi lake la zida.
  
  
  Mutu 12
  
  
  Pobwerera ku Edinburgh, Sam anapeza kuti kunali kovuta kukhazika mtima pansi Nina. Ankada nkhawa ndi Perdue, makamaka popeza sakanatha kugwiritsa ntchito foni yake paulendo wautali. Polephera kuyimba foni antchito ake kuti atsimikizire komwe ali, analibe mpumulo kwambiri pakuthawika kwake.
  
  "Palibe chimene tingachite pakali pano, Nina," Sam anatero. "Ingogonani kapena chinachake mpaka titsike. Nthawi imathamanga ukagona," iye anagwetsa maso.
  
  Anamuonetsa mawonekedwe ake amodzi, amodzi mwa mawonekedwe omwe adamuwonetsa pomwe panali mboni zochulukira pa chilichonse chakuthupi.
  
  "Tamverani, timuimbira foni woyendetsa ndegeyo tikangofika. Mpaka pamenepo, mutha kumasuka, "adatero. Nina anadziŵa kuti anali wolondola, koma sanadziŵe kuti chinachake sichili bwino.
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti sindigona. Ndikadandaula, sindingathe kugwira bwino ntchito mpaka nditamaliza," anang"ung"udza, akupinda manja ake, atawerama, ndi kutseka maso ake kuti asakumane ndi Sam. Nayenso anapalasa katundu wake, kufunafuna chochita.
  
  "Mtedza! Shh, osawauza ogwira ntchito m"ndege," ananong"oneza Nina, koma iye ananyalanyaza zoyesayesa zake za nthabwala, anasonyeza kachikwama kakang"ono ka mtedza ndikuchigwedeza. Atatseka maso ake, anaona kuti ndi bwino kumusiya yekha. "Eya, mwina uyenera kupumako."
  
  Sananene kalikonse. Mumdima wa dziko lotsekedwa, Nina adadabwa ngati wokondedwa wake wakale ndi bwenzi lake adayiwala kulankhulana ndi wothandizira wake, monga momwe Sam adanenera. Zikadakhala choncho, pakadakhala zambiri zoti tikambirane ndi Purdue panjira. Sanakonde kuda nkhawa ndi zinthu zomwe zingawoneke ngati zazing'ono, makamaka chifukwa chokonda kusanthula mopambanitsa. Nthawi ndi nthawi, chipwirikiti cha ndegecho chinkamugwetsa tulo tochepa. Nina sanazindikire kuti anali kugona nthawi yayitali bwanji. Zinkawoneka ngati zadutsa mphindi, koma zinapitirira mpaka ola limodzi.
  
  Sam anamenyetsa dzanja lake pa mkono wake pomwe zala zake zinali m'mphepete mwa armrest. Nthawi yomweyo, Nina anatsegula maso ake kuti ayang'ane mnzake, koma nthawi ino sanali wopusa. Panalibenso zododometsa zomwe zikanamuchititsa mantha. Koma kenako Nina anadabwa kwambiri kuona Sam ali wotopa, mofanana ndi chikomokere chimene anaona m"mudzimo masiku angapo apitawo.
  
  "Mulungu! Sam!" - Iye anati pansi pa mpweya wake, kuyesera kuti asakope chidwi panopa. Anagwira dzanja lake ndi dzanja lake lina, kuyesera kumumasula, koma anali wamphamvu kwambiri. "Sam!" - iye anafinya kunja. "Sam, dzuka!" Anayesa kulankhula mwakachetechete, koma kugwedezeka kwake kunayamba kukopa chidwi.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi iye?" - anafunsa mayi wonenepa wochokera kutsidya lina la chilumbacho.
  
  "Chonde, ingotipatsani kamphindi," Nina anayankha motero mwaubwenzi momwe akanathera. Maso ake anatseguka, osasunthika komanso kulibe. "O Mulungu, ayi!" Anabuula mokweza pang'ono nthawiyi pomwe kusimidwa kumamuzungulira, kuopa zomwe zingachitike. Nina anakumbukira zimene zinachitikira munthu amene anamugwira pamene anakomoka komaliza.
  
  "Pepani, amayi," wogwira ntchito m"ndegeyo anadodometsa kulimbana kwa Nina. "Kodi pali vuto?" Koma atafunsa, wogwira ntchito m"ndegeyo anaona maso akunjenjemera a Sam akuyang"ana padenga." "Oh shit," analankhula modzidzimutsa asanapite pa intercom kukafunsa ngati pakati pa okwerawo panali dokotala. Kulikonse anthu anatembenuka kuti awone chomwe chinali phokosolo; ena adakuwa ndipo ena amasokoneza zokambirana zawo.
  
  Pamene Nina akuyang'ana, pakamwa pa Sam adatsegula ndikutseka momveka bwino. "Oo Mulungu wanga! Osalankhula. Chonde osalankhula, "adapempha, akumuyang'ana. "Sam! Uyenera kudzuka!"
  
  Kudutsa m'mitambo ya malingaliro ake, Sam amamva mawu ake akuchonderera kuchokera kutali. Anayendanso pafupi naye ku chitsime, koma ulendo uno dziko linali lofiira. Kumwamba kunali kofiira ndipo nthaka inali yakuda lalanje, ngati fumbi la njerwa pansi pa mapazi ake. Sanathe kumuwona Nina, ngakhale kuti m"masomphenya ake anadziŵa kuti analipo.
  
  Sam atafika pachitsime sanapemphe kapu koma panali kapu yopanda kanthu pakhoma lophwasuka. Anatsamiranso kutsogolo kuti ayang'ane m'chitsime. Kutsogolo kwake anaona mkatikati mwa cylindrical mkati mwakuya, koma panthawiyi madziwo sanali akuya pansi, mumithunzi. Pansi pake panali chitsime chodzaza ndi madzi oyera.
  
  "Chonde, thandizani! Iye amandivuta!" Sam anamva Nina akukuwa kuchokera kwinakwake kutali.
  
  Pansi pa chitsime, Sam adamuwona Perdue akukwera.
  
  "Purdu?" Sam anakwinya nkhope. "Mukuchita chiyani m'chitsime?"
  
  Perdue adapuma mpweya pomwe nkhope yake ikuwoneka movutikira. Anamuyandikira Sam madzi akusefukira, akuoneka wamantha. Asheni ndi wotaya mtima, nkhope yake idasokonezeka ndipo manja ake adamamatira kumakoma a chitsime. Milomo ya Perdue inali ya buluu ndipo anali ndi zozungulira zakuda pansi pa maso ake. Sam ankatha kuona kuti bwenzi lake linali maliseche m'madzi othamanga, koma pamene adafikira kuti apulumutse Perdue, madziwo adatsika kwambiri.
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti satha kupuma. Kodi ali ndi mphumu? liwu lina lachimuna linachokera kumalo omwewo monga a Nina.
  
  Sam anayang'ana uku ndi uku, koma anali yekha m'chipululu chofiira. Chapatali, ankatha kuona nyumba yakale yomwe yawonongeka, yofanana ndi nyumba yopangira magetsi. Mithunzi yakuda inkakhala kuseri kwa zipinda zinayi kapena zisanu za mawindo opanda kanthu. Palibe utsi umene unatuluka pansanjazo, ndipo udzu waukulu unamera kuchokera m"zipupazo kudzera m"ming"alu ndi m"ming"alu yopangidwa ndi zaka zambiri zimene anthu anazisiya. Kuchokera kwinakwake kutali, kuchokera pansi pamtima, amamva kung'ung'udza kosalekeza. Phokosolo linakula, pang"ono chabe, mpaka anazindikira kuti ndi mtundu wina wa jenereta.
  
  "Tiyenera kutsegulira njira yake yoloweramo! Kokerani mutu wake kwa ine!" adamvanso mawu amunthuyo, koma Sam anayesa kutulutsanso phokoso lina, phokoso lomwe limayandikira lomwe lidakulirakulira, ndikulanda chipululu chonsecho mpaka nthaka idayamba kunjenjemera.
  
  "Purdue!" - iye anafuula, kuyesera kamodzinso kupulumutsa bwenzi lake. Pamene anayang"ananso m"chitsimemo, munali opanda kanthu kupatulapo chizindikiro chojambulidwa patsinde lonyowa, lodetsedwa. Iye ankadziwanso bwino zimenezi. Bwalo lakuda lokhala ndi kuwala kowoneka bwino, kofanana ndi mikwingwirima ya mphezi, limagona mwakachetechete pansi pa silinda, ngati kangaude akubisalira. Sam adachita mantha. "Order of the Black Sun".
  
  "Sam! Sam ukundimva? - Nina anaumirira, mawu ake akuyandikira kuchokera mumpweya wafumbi wa malo achipululu. Kung'ung'udza kwa mafakitale kunakula mpaka kufika pamlingo wogontha, ndiyeno chikhumbo chomwecho chimene adachiwona pansi pa hypnosis chinalasa mlengalenga. Pa nthawiyi panalibenso munthu wina woti adzawotche pansi. Sam anakuwa pamene mafunde amphamvu akumuyandikira, kukakamiza mpweya wotentha m'mphuno ndi mkamwa mwake. Pamene adakumana naye, adabedwa munthawi yake.
  
  "Ndi uyu!" - liwu lachimuna lovomereza lidamveka pomwe Sam adadzuka pansi mundime yomwe adayikidwa kuti amutsitsimutse mwadzidzidzi. Nkhope yake inali yozizira ndi yonyowa pansi pa dzanja lofatsa la Nina, ndipo pamwamba pake panayima Mmwenye wazaka zapakati, akumwetulira.
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri, dokotala!" Nina adamwetulira Mmwenye uja. Anayang'ana pansi Sam. "Honey, ukumva bwanji?"
  
  "Zikhala ngati ndikumira," Sam anakwanitsa kukuwa, akumva kutentha kumachoka m'maso mwake. "Zomwe zachitika?"
  
  "Osadandaula nazo tsopano, chabwino?" - adamutsimikizira, akuwoneka wokondwa komanso wokondwa kumuwona. Iye anadzuka n"kukhala, atakwiya ndi anthu amene anali kumuyang"anitsitsa, koma sanathe kuwadzudzula chifukwa cholabadira zimenezi, si choncho?
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, ndikumva ngati ndameza galoni imodzi yamadzi pamalo amodzi," anadandaula motero Nina pamene anam"thandiza kukhala tsonga.
  
  "Kungakhale kulakwa kwanga, Sam," Nina anavomereza motero. "Ndinakhala ngati... ndakuponyeranso madzi kumaso. Zikuoneka kuti zikuthandizani kudzuka."
  
  Akupukuta nkhope yake, Sam anamuyang'ana. "Osati ngati zindimiza!"
  
  "Sizinafike ngakhale pafupi ndi milomo yako," adaseka. "Sindine wopusa."
  
  Sam anapumira mozama ndipo anaganiza zoti asachite makani. Maso aakulu akuda a Nina sanachokepo, ngati kuti akuyesera kumvetsetsa zomwe anali kuganiza. Ndipo iye ankadabwa kwenikweni, koma anamupatsa mphindi zochepa kuti achire. Zimene apaulendo enawo anamumva akung"ung"udza zinali kwa iwo mawu achipongwe chabe a munthu amene akugwidwa ndi khunyu, koma Nina anamvetsetsa bwino lomwe mawuwo. Zinamusokoneza kwambiri koma anamupatsa kamphindi Sam asanayambe kumufunsa ngati akukumbukira zomwe anaona ali pansi pa madzi.
  
  "Ukukumbukira zomwe wawona?" - adafunsa mosasamala, atakhala wovutitsidwa ndi kusaleza mtima kwake. Sam anamuyang'ana, akuwoneka odabwa poyamba. Atalingalira pang"ono, anatsegula pakamwa pake kuti alankhule, koma anakhala chete mpaka anatha kulinganiza. M'malo mwake, adakumbukira bwino zonse za vumbulutsoli kuposa nthawi yomwe Dr. Helberg adamugoneka. Posafuna kuchititsa Nina kuda nkhaŵa kwambiri, anafewetsa yankho lake pang"ono.
  
  "Ndinaziwonanso bwino. Ndipo nthawi iyi thambo ndi dziko lapansi sizinali zachikasu, koma zofiira. O, ndipo nthawi inonso sindinazunguliridwa ndi anthu, "adatero m'mawu ake osasangalatsa.
  
  "Izi ndi zonse?" Anafunsa akudziwa kuti ambiri akusiya.
  
  "M"chenicheni, inde," anayankha motero. Atapuma kwa nthaŵi yaitali, analankhula mwachisawawa kwa Nina, "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kutsatira malingaliro anu ponena za Purdue."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - iye anafunsa. Nina adadziwa kuti Sam adawonapo chifukwa adanena dzina la Perdue pamene adakomoka, koma tsopano akusewera wosayankhula.
  
  "Ndikungoganiza kuti muli ndi chifukwa chabwino chodziŵira kumene iye ali. Zonsezi zikundinunkhiza ngati vuto," adatero.
  
  "Chabwino. Ndine wokondwa kuti potsiriza mukumvetsa zachangu. Mwinamwake tsopano mudzasiya kundinyengerera kuti ndipumule," iye anakamba ulaliki wake wachidule wa uthenga wabwino wakuti "Ndinakuuzani-chotero". Nina anasuntha pampando wake pamene chilengezo chinafika pa intercom ya ndegeyo kuti atsala pang"ono kutera. Zinali zosasangalatsa komanso ulendo wautali, ndipo Sam ankayembekezera kuti Perdue akadali moyo.
  
  Atachoka pabwalo la ndege, adaganiza zodya chakudya chamadzulo asanabwerere ku nyumba ya Sam ku South Side.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuyimbira woyendetsa ndege wa Purdue. Ndipatseni miniti musanakwere taxi, chabwino?" Anamuuza Sam. Anagwedeza mutu n'kupitiriza, atanyamula ndudu ziwiri pakati pa milomo yake kuti aziyatsa. Sam adachita bwino kwambiri kubisira Nina nkhawa zake. Anayenda mozungulira mozungulira, akulankhula ndi woyendetsa ndegeyo, ndipo mwachisawawa anam"patsa ndudu imodzi pamene ankadutsa kutsogolo kwake.
  
  Akuyamwa ndudu ndikudziyesa kuti akuyang'ana dzuŵa likulowa pamwamba pa mlengalenga wa Edinburgh, Sam adathamangira muzochitika za masomphenya ake, kufunafuna zizindikiro za komwe Perdue angakhale akuchitikira. Chakumapeto, ankamva mawu a Nina akunjenjemera ndi nkhani iliyonse imene ankalandira pafoni. Malingana ndi zomwe adaphunzira kuchokera kwa woyendetsa ndege wa Perdue, Sam ankafuna kuti ayambe pamalo omwe Perdue adawonekera komaliza.
  
  Ndinamva bwino kusutanso nditadziletsa kwa maola angapo. Ngakhale kumva koopsa kwa kumira m'madzi komwe anali nako m'mbuyomo sikunali kokwanira kumulepheretsa kutulutsa poizoni wochiritsa. Nina anaika foni mchikwama chake, atanyamula ndudu pakati pa milomo yake. Anawoneka osangalala kotheratu pamene ankayenda mofulumira kwa iye.
  
  "Tiyimbireni taxi," adatero. "Tiyenera kupita ku kazembe waku Germany asanatseke."
  
  
  Mutu 13
  
  
  Kuphulika kwa minofu kunalepheretsa Perdue kugwiritsa ntchito manja ake kuti asasunthike, ndikuwopseza kuti amumiza pansi pa madzi. Anasambira kwa maola angapo m"madzi ozizira a thanki ya cylindrical, akuvutika ndi tulo tofa nato komanso kuchita zinthu mwapang"onopang"ono.
  
  "Chizunzo china chomvetsa chisoni cha Nazi?" iye anaganiza. 'Chonde Mulungu, ingondisiyani ndife msanga. Sindingathenso kupitiriza.
  
  Malingaliro awa sanakokomezedwe kapena kubadwa chifukwa chodzimvera chisoni, koma anali kudzipenda kolondola. Thupi lake linali ndi njala, kusowa zakudya zonse ndi kukakamizidwa kudziteteza. Chinthu chimodzi chokha chasintha kuchokera pamene chipindacho chinaunikira maola awiri apitawo. Mtundu wa madziwo udasanduka chikasu chowawa, chomwe Perdue adazindikira kuti ali ndi mkodzo.
  
  "Nditulutseni!" - anafuula kangapo panthawi ya bata. Mawu ake anali achikoka komanso opanda mphamvu, akunjenjemera chifukwa cha kuzizira komwe kunamuzizira mpaka kufupa. Ngakhale kuti madziwo anali atasiya kuyenda kalekale, anali pangozi yoti amire ngati akanasiya kuponya miyendo yake. Pansi pa mapazi ake okhala ndi matuza panali silinda yodzaza madzi pafupifupi mamita 15. Sakanatha kuima ngati ziwalo zake zinali zotopa kwambiri. Sanachitirenso mwina koma kupitiriza, apo ayi akanafadi imfa yowawa kwambiri.
  
  Kudzera m'madzi, Perdue adawona kugunda mphindi iliyonse. Izi zitachitika, thupi lake linagwedezeka, koma silinamuvulaze, zomwe zinamupangitsa kuganiza kuti anali kutuluka pang'onopang'ono kuti apitirize kugwira ntchito yake. Ngakhale mumkhalidwe wake wachisoni anapeza izi zachilendo. Akadafuna kumuwombera ndi magetsi, akanatha kuchita kale. Mwinamwake, iye anaganiza, iwo ankafuna kumuzunza iye mwa kudutsa mafunde amagetsi m"madzi, koma iwo analingalira molakwa mphamvu ya magetsi.
  
  Masomphenya opotoka analowa m"maganizo mwake wotopa. Ubongo wake sunathe kuthandizira kusuntha kwa miyendo yake, kutopa chifukwa cha kusowa tulo ndi zakudya.
  
  "Usasiye kusambira," iye anapitiriza kuuwuza ubongo wake, osadziŵa ngati akulankhula mokweza kapena ngati mawu amene amamvawo akuchokera m"maganizo mwake. Atayang"ana pansi, anachita mantha kwambiri ataona chisa cha nyama zogwedera ngati sikwidi m"madzi amene anali pansi pake. Akukuwa chifukwa choopa njala yawo, anayesa kudzikoka pagalasi loterera la dziwelo, koma popanda chilichonse choti agwire palibe kuthawa.
  
  Tenti imodzi inafika kwa iye, zomwe zinachititsa kuti mabiliyoniyo asokonezeke. Anamva mphirayo ikuzungulira mwendo wake asanamukokere pansi pa thanki ya cylindrical. Madzi anadzaza m"mapapo ake ndipo chifuwa chake chinapsa pamene ankayang"ana pamwamba komaliza. Kuyang'ana pansi zomwe zinkamuyembekezera zinali zochititsa mantha kwambiri.
  
  "Pa imfa zonse zomwe ndimadziganizira ndekha, sindikanaganiza kuti ndidzakhala chonchi! Monga momwe alpha rune asanduka phulusa," maganizo ake osokonezeka ankavutika kuti aganizire bwino. Atataya ndi kuchita mantha mpaka kufa, Perdue anasiya kuganiza, kupanga, ngakhale kupalasa. Thupi lake lolemera, lopunduka linamira pansi pa thanki, pamene maso ake otsegula sanawone kalikonse koma madzi achikasu pamene kugunda kwake kunamuwombanso.
  
  
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  "Zinali pafupi," anatero Klaus mokondwera. Perdue atatsegula maso ake, anali atagona pabedi m'chipinda chomwe chiyenera kuti chinali malo ogona. Chilichonse, kuyambira makoma mpaka nsalu, chinali chofanana ndi madzi a gehena omwe anali atangomira kumene.
  
  "Koma ngati ndimira ..." adayesa kumvetsetsa zochitika zachilendozo.
  
  "Ndiye, mukuganiza kuti mwakonzeka kukwaniritsa udindo wanu ku Order, Herr Perdue?" Claus anafunsa. Anakhala atavala mwaukhondo atavala suti yonyezimira ya mabere awiri, yophatikizidwa ndi taye ya amber.
  
  Kwa Mulungu, ingosewerani nthawi ino! Ingosewera ndi ine, David. Palibe zonyansa nthawi ino. Mpatseni zomwe akufuna. Mutha kukhala woyipa pambuyo pake mukakhala mfulu," adadziuza motsimikiza.
  
  "Ndine. Ndine wokonzeka kulandira malangizo aliwonse, "adatero Perdue. Zikope zogwedera zidabisa zomwe adawona mchipinda chomwe analimo pomwe amasakaza malowa ndi maso kuti adziwe komwe anali.
  
  "Simukumveka wokhutiritsa," Klaus anatero mowuma. Manja ake anali atagwirana pakati pa ntchafu zake, ngati akuwotha kapena kuyankhula ndi thupi la mtsikana wa kusekondale. Perdue ankadana naye ndi mawu ake onyansa achijeremani, operekedwa ndi mawu omveka bwino a debutante, koma anayenera kuyesetsa kuti asamukhumudwitse munthuyo.
  
  "Ndiwuzeni ndipo muwona momwe ndiliri," Perdue adang'ung'udza, akupumira kwambiri. "Mukufuna Chipinda cha Amber. Ndidzamuchotsa pampumulo wake womaliza ndi kumubwezera kuno."
  
  Klaus anamwetulira kuti: "Sukudziwa komwe kuli mnzanga. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti mukuyesa kudziwa komwe tili."
  
  "Nanga bwanji...?" Perdue adayamba, koma psyche yake idamukumbutsa mwachangu kuti sayenera kufunsa mafunso. "Ndiyenera kudziwa poyika izi."
  
  Adzakuuzani komwe mungamutengere mukangomutenga. Iyi ikhala mphatso yanu kwa Black Sun, "adatero Klaus. "Inu, mukumvetsa kuti, mwachibadwa, simudzakhalanso Renat chifukwa chakusakhulupirika kwanu."
  
  "Ndizomveka," Perdue adavomereza.
  
  "Koma pali zambiri ku ntchito yanu, wokondedwa wanga Herr Perdue. Mukuyembekezeredwa kuchotsa anzako akale a Sam Cleave komanso Dr. Gould yemwe amanyansidwa bwino musanalankhule nawo ku European Union Assembly, "adatero Klaus.
  
  Perdue anali ndi nkhope yowongoka ndikugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Oimira athu ku EU akonza msonkhano wadzidzidzi wa Council of the European Union ku Brussels ndikuyitanitsa atolankhani apadziko lonse lapansi, pomwe mudzalengeza mwachidule m'malo mwathu," adatero Klaus.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndipeza zambiri nthawi ikakwana," adatero Perdue ndipo Klaus adagwedeza mutu. "Chabwino. Ndikoka zingwe zofunika kuti ndiyambe kusaka ku Königsberg pompano. "
  
  "Itanitsani Gould ndi Cleve kuti abwere nanu, chabwino?" Klaus anafuula. "Mbalame ziwiri, monga zimanenera."
  
  "Sewero la ana," Perdue anamwetulira, adakali ndi mphamvu ya mankhwala a hallucinogenic omwe adawameza m'madzi atatha usiku kutentha. "Ndipatseni ... miyezi iwiri."
  
  Klaus adaponya mutu wake kumbuyo ndikuseka ngati mayi wokalamba, akulira mokondwera. Anagwedezeka uku ndi uku mpaka anapumanso. "Wokondedwa wanga, uchita mu masabata awiri."
  
  "Izi sizingatheke!" - Perdue adafuula, kuyesera kuti asamveke ngati adani. "Kungokonza zofufuza ngati izi kumatenga milungu ingapo kukonzekera."
  
  "Izi ndi Zow. Ndikudziwa. Koma tili ndi ndandanda yomwe yakhwimitsidwa kwambiri chifukwa chakuchedwa konse komwe takhala nako chifukwa chamalingaliro anu osasangalatsa," adadandaula motero woukira waku Germany. "Ndipo kutsutsa kwathu mosakayikira kudzazindikira dongosolo lathu lamasewera ndikupita patsogolo kulikonse komwe tikupita ku chuma chawo chobisika."
  
  Perdue anali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa yemwe adayambitsa mikanganoyi, koma sanayerekeze kufunsa. Iye ankaopa kuti zimenezi zikhoza kuchititsa kuti munthu amene anamugwirayo ayambenso kumuzunza mwankhanza.
  
  "Tsopano lolani kaye miyendo iyi ichiritse ndipo tidzaonetsetsa kuti mupita kunyumba pakadutsa masiku asanu ndi limodzi. Palibe chifukwa choti ndikutumizireni zinthu ngati ...?" Klaus anaseka, "Kodi inu English mumachitcha chiyani? Ndi olumala?"
  
  Perdue adamwetulira mosasamala, kukhumudwa kwenikweni kuti amayenera kukhala ngakhale ola limodzi, osasiyapo sabata. Pakali pano anali ataphunzira kungovomereza kuti asakhumudwitse Klaus kuti amuponyenso m'dzenje la octopus. Mjeremaniyo anaimirira natuluka m"chipindacho, akumafuula kuti: "Sangalalani ndi pudding yanu!"
  
  Perdue adayang'ana custard yokoma kwambiri yomwe adamupatsa ali m'chipatala, koma adamva ngati kudya njerwa. Atataya mapaundi angapo pambuyo pa masiku a njala m'chipinda chozunzirako, Perdue anali ndi vuto lodziletsa kudya.
  
  Iye samachidziwa icho, koma chipinda chake chinali chimodzi mwa atatu mu phiko lawo lachipatala.
  
  Klaus atachoka, Perdue anayang'ana pozungulira, kuyesera kupeza chinachake chomwe sichinali chachikasu kapena amber mumtundu. Zinali zovuta kuti adziwe ngati anali madzi achikasu opweteka omwe anatsala pang'ono kumira omwe ankachititsa kuti maso ake aone chilichonse chopangidwa ndi amber. Ndiko kulongosola kokha komwe anali nako chifukwa chomwe amawonera mitundu yachilendoyi paliponse.
  
  Klaus adatsika mumsewu wautali kupita komwe achitetezo ake amadikirira malangizo oti amube. Ili linali dongosolo lake lalikulu ndipo linayenera kukwaniritsidwa mpaka kufika pa ungwiro. Klaus Kemper anali Freemason wa m'badwo wachitatu wochokera ku Hesse-Kassel, yemwe analeredwa ndi malingaliro a bungwe la Black Sun. Agogo ake aamuna anali a Hauptsturmführer Karl Kemper, wamkulu wa Gulu la Kleist Panzer pa nthawi ya Prague Offensive mu 1945.
  
  Kuyambira ali wamng'ono, bambo ake adaphunzitsa Klaus kukhala mtsogoleri komanso kuchita bwino pa chilichonse chimene ankachita. Panalibe malo olakwika mu fuko la Kemper, ndipo abambo ake okondwa kwambiri nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito njira zopanda chifundo kukakamiza ziphunzitso zake. Pogwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha abambo ake, Klaus mwamsanga anazindikira kuti chikoka chingakhale choopsa ngati malo odyera a Molotov. Nthawi zambiri ankaona bambo ake ndi agogo ake akuopseza anthu odziimira okha komanso amphamvu mpaka kufika powalankhula ndi manja komanso mawu.
  
  Tsiku lina, Klaus ankafuna mphamvu yoteroyo, popeza thupi lake lochepa thupi silingamupangitse kukhala mpikisano wabwino muzojambula zachimuna. Popeza kuti analibe maseŵera othamanga kapena nyonga, zinali zachibadwa kwa iye kudziloŵetsa m"chidziŵitso chachikulu cha dziko ndi luso la kulankhula. Ndi luso looneka ngati lochepa limeneli, Klaus wamng"ono anatha kuonjezera udindo wake mkati mwa Order of the Black Sun nthawi ndi nthawi pambuyo pa 1946 mpaka atapeza udindo wapamwamba wa wokonzanso wamkulu wa bungwe. Klaus Kemper sanangopeza chithandizo chochuluka ku bungweli m'magulu a maphunziro, ndale komanso zachuma, koma pofika chaka cha 2013 adadzikhazikitsanso ngati m'modzi mwa otsogolera ntchito zingapo zachinsinsi za Black Sun.
  
  Ntchito yomwe adapangana nayo tsopano, komanso yomwe adakopa anthu ambiri odziwika bwino m'miyezi yaposachedwa, ingakhale kupambana kwake kopambana. M"chenicheni, ngati zonse zikanapita monga momwe anakonzera, Klaus akanadzitengera yekha malo apamwamba m"Dongosolo-la Renatus. Pambuyo pake, iye adzakhala mmisiri wa ulamuliro wa dziko, koma kuti zonse zichitike, anafunika kukongola Baroque chuma, amene poyamba anakometsa nyumba ya Mfumu Peter Wamkulu.
  
  Ponyalanyaza kusokonezeka kwa anzake pa nkhani ya chuma chimene ankafuna kupeza, Klaus ankadziwa kuti munthu wofufuza zinthu zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse ndi amene angamubwezere chumacho. David Perdue, woyambitsa wanzeru, wokonda mabiliyoni, komanso wokonda maphunziro achifundo, anali ndi zonse zomwe Kemper ankafuna kuti apeze zinthu zakale zosadziwika bwino. Zinali zamanyazi kwambiri kuti sakanatha kuvutitsa Scot kuti adzipereke, ngakhale Perdue adaganiza kuti Kemper akhoza kupusitsidwa ndi kumvera kwake mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Ali m"chipinda cholandirira alendo, anyamata ake anam"patsa moni mwaulemu pamene ankachoka. Klaus anagwedeza mutu wake mokhumudwa pamene ankadutsa pafupi nawo.
  
  "Ndidzabweranso mawa," anawauza motero.
  
  "Protocol ya David Perdue, bwana?" - anafunsa mutu.
  
  Klaus anatuluka m"dera lopanda kanthu lozungulira malo awo okhala kum"mwera kwa Kazakhstan ndipo anayankha mosapita m"mbali kuti: "Mupheni."
  
  
  Mutu 14
  
  
  Ku kazembe wa Germany, Sam ndi Nina analankhula ndi kazembe wa Britain ku Berlin. Anapeza kuti Perdue anali ndi nthawi yokumana ndi Ben Carrington ndi malemu Gaby Holzer masiku angapo m'mbuyomo, koma ndizo zonse zomwe ankadziwa.
  
  Anayenera kubwerera kwawo popeza kuti lero kunali kutseka, koma anali ndi zokwanira kuti apitirize. Uwu unali mwayi wa Sam Cleave. Monga mtolankhani wofufuza yemwe adapambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer, adadziwa bwino momwe angapezere chidziwitso chomwe amafunikira popanda kuponya miyala m'dziwe lomwe lilimo.
  
  "Ndikudabwa chifukwa chimene anafunikira kukumana ndi mkazi ameneyu Gabi," Nina anatero, akudzaza mkamwa mwake ndi makeke. Amati azidya ndi chokoleti chotentha, koma anali ndi njala ndipo ketuloyo inkatenga nthawi yayitali kuti itenthe.
  
  "Ndikawone ndikangoyatsa laputopu yanga," Sam adayankha uku akuponya chikwama chake pampando asanatenge katundu wake kupita kuchipinda chochapira. "Ndipangirenso chokoleti chotentha, chonde!"
  
  "Inde," anamwetulira, akupukuta zinyenyeswazi m"kamwa mwake. Ali yekhayekha kwa kanthaŵi m"khichini, Nina sanachitire mwina koma kukumbukira chochitika chochititsa mantha m"ndege ikuwulukira kunyumba. Ngati angapeze njira yodziwira kukomoka kwa Sam, zingakhale zothandiza kwambiri, kuchepetsa mwayi wowopsa nthawi ina pomwe sangakhale ndi mwayi wokhala ndi dokotala pafupi. Nanga zikachitika ali okha?
  
  'Bwanji ngati zimenezi zitachitika pogonana?' Nina anaganiza za izo, akumayamikira mwayi wowopsya koma wosangalatsa. "Tangoganizani zomwe akanachita ngati atagwiritsa ntchito mphamvuzo kudzera mu chinthu china osati dzanja lake?" Anayamba kuseka ndi zithunzi zoseketsa zomwe zinali m'maganizo mwake. "Kumeneko kungalungamitse kulira kwakuti "O Mulungu wanga!" sichoncho?" Pothamangira m"mikhalidwe yopusa yamtundu uliwonse m"mutu mwake, Nina sanathe kuleka kuseka. Iye ankadziwa kuti sizinali zoseketsa konse, koma izo zinangopatsa wolemba mbiri malingaliro ena osakhala achilendo ndipo anapeza mpumulo wanthabwala mmenemo.
  
  "Zoseketsa ndi chiyani?" Sam anamwetulira akulowa ku kitchen kukatenga kapu ya ambrosia.
  
  Nina anagwedeza mutu kuti asiye, koma anali kunjenjemera ndi kuseka, akupuma pakati pa kuseka.
  
  "Palibe," iye anaseka. "Katuni chabe m'mutu mwanga za ndodo ya mphezi. Ziyiwaleni".
  
  "Chabwino," iye anaseka. Anazikonda pamene Nina anaseka. Osati kokha kuti anali ndi kuseka kwanyimbo komwe anthu amapeza kuti kumapatsirana, komanso nthawi zambiri anali wokwiya kwambiri komanso wokwiya. Tsoka ilo, zakhala zachilendo kumuwona akuseka moona mtima.
  
  Sam anayika laputopu yake kuti alumikizane ndi rauta yake yapakompyuta kuti ikhale yothamanga kwambiri kuposa chida chake chopanda zingwe.
  
  "Potsirizira pake, ndinayenera kulola Perdue kundipanga kukhala mmodzi wa ma modemu awo opanda zingwe," iye anadandaula. "Zinthu zimenezi zimalosera zam"tsogolo."
  
  "Kodi muli ndi makeke ena?" adamuyitana ali kukhitchini kwinaku akumumva akutsegula ndi kutseka zitseko za kabati paliponse pofufuza.
  
  "Ayi, koma mnansi wanga adandiphikira makeke a chokoleti cha oatmeal. Yang'anani, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti akadali abwino. Yang'anani mumtsuko wa pafiriji," adalangiza.
  
  "Anawagwira! Ndi!"
  
  Sam anatsegula kufufuza kwa Gabi Holtzer ndipo nthawi yomweyo anapeza chinthu chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti azikayikira kwambiri.
  
  "Ine! Simungakhulupirire izi, "adatero, akuyang'ana nkhani zambiri komanso nkhani za imfa ya mneneri wa unduna waku Germany. "Mzimayiyu ankagwira ntchito ku boma la Germany kalelo, akuchita zakupha izi. Mukukumbukira kuphana ku Berlin ndi Hamburg ndi malo ena ochepa tisanapite kutchuthi?
  
  "Inde, mosamveka. Ndiye bwanji za iye?" Anafunsa Nina atakhala pampando wa sofa ndi kapu yake ndi makeke.
  
  "Anakumana ndi Perdue ku British High Commission ku Berlin, ndipo adapeza izi: tsiku lomwe adanena kuti adadzipha," adatsindika mawu awiri omaliza mu chisokonezo chake. "Linali tsiku lomwelo Perdue anakumana ndi munthu uyu wa Carrington."
  
  "Iyo inali nthaŵi yomaliza kumuona aliyense," anatero Nina. "Chifukwa chake Perdue adasowa tsiku lomwelo adakumana ndi mzimayi yemwe adadzipha posakhalitsa. Izi ndi zachiwembu, sichoncho?
  
  "Zikuoneka kuti munthu yekhayo amene sanafe kapena kusowa pamsonkhanowo ndi Ben Carrington," Sam anawonjezera. Anayang'ana chithunzi cha munthu wa ku Britain pa skrini kuti akumbukire nkhope yake. "Ndikufuna kuyankhula nawe, mwana wanga."
  
  "Monga momwe ndikumvera, mawa tikupita kummwera," Nina analingalira motero.
  
  "Inde, ndiye kuti, tikangopita ku Reichtisusis," adatero Sam. "Sizingakhale zopweteka kutsimikiza kuti sanafike kunyumba."
  
  "Ndinamuimbira foni mobwerezabwereza. Zazimitsa, palibe mawu, palibe, "adabwereza.
  
  "Kodi mkazi wakufayu adalumikizidwa bwanji ndi Purdue?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Woyendetsa ndegeyo adati Perdue akufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake ndege yake yopita ku Copenhagen idaletsedwa kulowa. Popeza anali woimira boma la Germany, anaitanidwa ku ofesi ya kazembe wa ku Britain kuti akakambirane chifukwa chake zimenezi zinachitika," Nina anatero. "Koma zonse zomwe captain ankadziwa. Aka kanali komaliza kulankhulana, choncho oyendetsa ndege akadali ku Berlin. "
  
  "Yesu. Ndiyenera kuvomereza, ndikukhumudwa kwambiri ndi izi, "Sam adavomereza.
  
  "Potsiriza ukuvomereza," iye anayankha motero. "Unanenapo zinazake utagwidwa ndi khunyu, Sam. Ndipo chinthucho chikutanthauza zinthu zamphepo zamkuntho. "
  
  "Chani?" - anafunsa.
  
  Anadyanso kekeyo. "Black Sun".
  
  Pankhope pa Sam panaoneka ngati maso ake akuyang'ana pansi. "Damn it, ndinayiwala gawo lija," iye anatero mwakachetechete. "Tsopano ndikukumbukira."
  
  "Mwaziwona kuti izi?" Anafunsa mosapita m'mbali, podziwa za kuopsa kwa chizindikirocho komanso kuthekera kwake kosintha zokambirana kukhala zokumbukira zoyipa.
  
  "Pansi pa chitsime," iye anatero. "Ndinali kuganiza. Mwina ndilankhule ndi Dr. Helberg za masomphenyawa. Adzadziwa kumasulira."
  
  "Mukadali pamenepo, mufunseni maganizo ake pa nkhani ya ng"ala yochititsa maso. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ichi ndi chinthu chatsopano chomwe sangathe kufotokoza, "adatero molimba mtima.
  
  "Simumakhulupirira za psychology, sichoncho?" Sam anapumira.
  
  "Ayi, Sam, sindikudziwa. Sizingatheke kuti machitidwe enaake amakwanira kuzindikira anthu osiyanasiyana mofanana," anatsutsa motero. "Iye amadziwa zochepa za psychology kuposa inu. Chidziwitso chake chimachokera pa kafukufuku ndi malingaliro a ma farts ena akale, ndipo mukupitiriza kukhulupirira zoyesayesa zake zomwe sizinapambane kuti apange malingaliro akeake. "
  
  "Ndingadziwe bwanji zambiri kuposa iye?" adamubwezanso.
  
  "Chifukwa umakhalira moyo, chitsiru! Mumakumana ndi zochitika izi, pomwe amatha kungolingalira. Mpaka amve, kumva ndi kuziwona momwe mukuchitira, palibe njira ku gehena yemwe angayambe kumvetsetsa zomwe tikukumana nazo! Nina anakuwa. Anakhumudwitsidwa naye kwambiri komanso chidaliro chake chopanda nzeru mwa Dr. Helberg.
  
  "Ndipo kodi, m'malingaliro anu oyenerera, tikuchita chiyani, wokondedwa?" Adafunsa mwachipongwe. "Kodi zimenezi ndi zochokera m"buku lanu la mbiri yakale? O inde, Mulungu. Tsopano ndikukumbukira! Inu mukhoza kukhulupirira izo."
  
  "Helberg ndi psychologist! Zomwe akudziwa ndi zomwe gulu la zitsiru za psychopathic zawonetsa mu kafukufuku wina kutengera mikhalidwe yomwe siinali pafupi ndi gawo lachilendo lomwe mwakumana nalo, wokondedwa wanga! Dzuka, dala! Chilichonse chomwe chili cholakwika ndi inu sikuti ndi psychosomatic. Chinachake chakunja ndikuwongolera masomphenya anu. Chinachake chanzeru ndikuwongolera cortex yaubongo," adalongosola malingaliro ake.
  
  "Chifukwa amalankhula kudzera mwa ine?" adamwetulira mwachipongwe. "Chonde dziwani kuti zonse zomwe zanenedwa pano zikuyimira zomwe ndikudziwa kale, zomwe zili kale m'malingaliro mwanga."
  
  "Kenako fotokozani kutenthaku," adayankha mwachangu, ndikupunthwitsa Sam.
  
  "Mwachiwonekere ubongo wanga umalamuliranso kutentha kwa thupi langa. "Chimodzimodzi," iye anatsutsa, popanda kusonyeza kukayikira kwake.
  
  Nina anaseka monyoza. "Kutentha kwa thupi lako - sindisamala momwe ukuganiza kuti ndiwe wotentha, Playboy - sungathe kufika kutentha kwa mphezi. Ndipo izi ndi zomwe adotolo adatola ku Bali, mukukumbukira? Maso anu amalowetsa magetsi ochuluka kwambiri kotero kuti "mutu wanu ukuphulika," mukukumbukira?
  
  Sam sanayankhe.
  
  "Ndipo chinthu chinanso," adapitiliza kupambana kwake pamawu, "kugodomalitsa kumanenedwa kuti kumayambitsa kuchulukitsitsa kwamphamvu kwamagetsi amtundu wina muubongo, wanzeru!" Chilichonse chomwe chikukunyengererani chikukutumizirani mphamvu yamagetsi yodabwitsa kudzera mwa inu, Sam. Kodi simukuwona kuti zomwe zikukuchitikirani sizongopeka chabe za psychology?"
  
  "Ndiye mukuganiza chiyani?" - adafuula. "Shaman? Electroshock therapy? Paintball? Colonoscopy?
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Anaponya maso ake. "Palibe amene amalankhula nawe. Mukudziwa? Uthane ndi zoyipa izi wekha. Pitani mukawone charlatanyo ndikumulola kuti asankhe ubongo wanu pang'ono mpaka mutakhala mbuli monga iye. Uwu usakhale ulendo wautali kwa inu!"
  
  Ndi mawu amenewa anathamanga kutuluka m"chipindacho n"kumenyetsa chitseko. Akanakhala ndi galimoto kumeneko, akanangopita kunyumba kwa Oban, koma anangogona usiku wonse. Sam ankadziwa bwino kuposa kusokoneza Nina atakwiya, choncho adagona pabedi usiku wonse.
  
  Ringtone yokhumudwitsa ya foni yake idadzutsa Nina m'mawa mwake. Anadzuka m"tulo tofa nato topanda maloto amene anali aufupi kwambiri, n"kukhala tsonga pakama. Foni inali kulira penapake mchikwama chake koma sanaipeze nthawi yoti ayiyankhe.
  
  "Chabwino, dala," iye anang'ung'udza kupyolera mu ubweya wa thonje wa malingaliro ake ogalamuka. Movutikira kwambiri ndi zodzoladzola zake, makiyi, ndi mankhwala onunkhiritsa, kenako anatulutsa foni yake, koma foni inali itatha.
  
  Nina anasisima akuyang'ana wotchi yake. Nthawi inali itakwana 11:30 am ndipo Sam anamulola kugona.
  
  "Zabwino. Wandikwiyitsa kale lero," anakalipira Sam kulibe. "Zingakhale bwino mutagona nokha." Atatuluka m"chipindacho anazindikira kuti Sam wapita. Akuyenda cha ku ketulo, adayang'ana pa foni yake. Maso ake samangoyang'ana, koma adatsimikizabe kuti nambalayo samaidziwa. Anakanikizanso kuyimbanso.
  
  "Ofesi ya Dr. Helberg," mlembiyo anayankha.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Nina analingalira motero. 'Anapita kumeneko.' Koma iye sanachite mantha ngati analakwitsa. "Moni, uyu ndi Dr. Gould. Ndangoimbira foni pa nambala iyi?"
  
  "Dr. Gould?" mayiyo anabwereza mosangalala. "Inde! Inde, tinayesa kukuthandizani. Izi ndi za Bambo Cleve. Ndizotheka kodi...?"
  
  "Ali bwino?" Anafuula motero.
  
  "Kodi mungabwere ku ma office athu ...?"
  
  "Ndakufunsani funso!" Nina sanathe kupirira. "Chonde ingondiuzani ngati ali bwino kaye!"
  
  "Sitikudziwa, Dr. Gould," mayiyo anayankha monyinyirika.
  
  "Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani?" Nina anali wotenthedwa maganizo, mkwiyo wake unakula chifukwa chodera nkhaŵa za mkhalidwe wa Sam. Anamva phokoso kumbuyo.
  
  "Chabwino, amayi, zikuwoneka kuti ...
  
  
  Mutu 15
  
  
  Detlef anang'amba matabwa a pansi pomwe panali polowera, koma atalowetsa mutu wa screwdriver mu dzenje lachiwiri la screwdriver, nyumba yonseyo idalowa m'khoma momwe idayikidwa. Kugunda kwakukulu kunamudzidzimutsa ndipo anagwa chagada n"kudzigwetsa ndi mapazi ake kukhoma. Atakhala pansi n"kumayang"anitsitsa, khomalo linayamba kulowera cham"mbali ngati chitseko chotsetsereka.
  
  "Chani...?" adakweza maso ake, atatsamira manja ake pomwe adakhala pansi. Khomo lidalowera komwe ankaganiza kuti ndi nyumba yawo yoyandikana nayo, koma m'malo mwake chipinda chamdimacho chidakhala chobisika pafupi ndi ofesi ya Gabi ndicholinga chomwe adachipeza posachedwa. Anadzuka n"kuyamba kupukuta thalauza ndi malaya ake. Pamene chitseko chamdima chinamudikirira, sanafune kungolowa mkati, chifukwa maphunziro ake adamuphunzitsa kuti asathamangire mosasamala kumalo osadziwika-opanda chida.
  
  Detlef anapita kukatenga Glock wake ndi tochi, mwina chipinda chosadziwika chinali chokonzedwa kapena kukhala ndi alamu. Izi ndi zomwe ankadziwa bwino kwambiri - kuphwanya chitetezo ndi ndondomeko yotsutsa kupha anthu. Molondola kwambiri, analozetsa mbiyayo mumdima, ndikuwongolera kugunda kwa mtima wake kuti athe kuwombera bwino ngati kuli kofunikira. Koma kugunda kokhazikika sikunathe kuchepetsa chisangalalo kapena kuthamanga kwa adrenaline. Detlef anamvanso ngati mmene zinalili kale pamene ankalowa m"chipindacho, n"kumaona malo ozungulira m"katimo ndi kuyang"anitsitsa m"katimo kuti aone ngati pali zida zilizonse zosonyeza zizindikiro kapena zoyatsira.
  
  Koma chomwe chinamukhumudwitsa n"chakuti chinali chipinda chabe, ngakhale kuti zimene zinali m"katimo zinali zosasangalatsa.
  
  "Chitsiru," anadzitemberera ataona switch yamagetsi yokhazikika pafupi ndi chimango cha chitseko mkati. Anayatsa kuti aone bwinobwino chipindacho. Chipinda chawayilesi cha Gaby chidawunikiridwa ndi babu limodzi lomwe linali padenga. Iye ankadziwa kuti inali yake chifukwa milomo yake ya blackcurrant inkaima pafupi ndi imodzi ya ndudu zake. Imodzi mwa ma cardigans ake inali idakali kumbuyo kwa mpando wawung'ono wa muofesi, ndipo Detlef anafunikanso kuthana ndi chisoni choona zinthu za mkazi wake.
  
  Ananyamula cardigan yofewa ya cashmere ndikukokera fungo lake mozama asanayibwezere kuti ayang'ane zida. Chipindacho chinali ndi matebulo anayi. Mmodzi pomwe mpando wake udayima, ena awiri mbali yake, ndipo wina pafupi ndi chitseko pomwe amasunga zolemba zambiri zomwe zimawoneka ngati zikwatu - sanathe kudziwa nthawi yomweyo. Chifukwa chamanyazi cha babu, Detlef anaona ngati wabwerera m'mbuyo. Fungo lonyansa lomwe linamukumbutsa za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zodzaza chipindacho ndi makoma a simenti opanda utoto.
  
  "Wow, wokondedwa, ndikadaganiza kuti mwa anthu onse mutapachika mapepala apambuyo ndi magalasi angapo," adauza mkazi wake uku akuyang'ana mozungulira chipinda cha wailesi. "Izi ndi zomwe mwakhala mukuchita nthawi zonse; anakongoletsa zonse."
  
  Malowa adamukumbutsa za ndende kapena chipinda chofunsa mafunso mufilimu yakale ya akazitape. Pa desiki yake panali contraption yofanana ndi wailesi ya CB, koma zinali zosiyana mwanjira ina. Pokhala mbuli wathunthu pamalankhulidwe achikale apawailesi, Detlef adayang'ana zosinthira. Panali chosinthira chachitsulo chotulukira kumunsi chakumanja, kotero iye anayesa. Mwadzidzidzi, tizitsulo tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tinayatsa, singano zawo zikukwera ndi kutsika ngati stigma imayimitsidwa ndi wokamba nkhani.
  
  Detlef anayang'ana zipangizo zina. "Zikuwoneka zovuta kwambiri kuti sizingadziwike popanda kukhala wasayansi wa rocket," adatero. "Kodi zonsezi zikutanthauza chiyani, Gabi?" - anafunsa, ataona bolodi lalikulu la khwangwala lomwe lili pamwamba pa tebulo pomwe panali mapepala ambiri. Atapanikizidwa pagululo, adawona zolemba zingapo zokhuza kuphana zomwe Gabi amafufuza popanda akuluakulu ake kudziwa. Adalemba 'MILLA' pambali ndi cholembera chofiyira.
  
  "Milla ndi ndani, mwana?" Adanong'oneza. Anakumbukira zomwe Milla adalemba mu diary yake panthawi yomweyi ndi amuna awiri omwe analipo pa imfa yake. "Ndiyenera kudziwa. Ndikofunikira".
  
  Koma chimene ankangomva ndi kulira kwa mluzu komwe kunkabwera pa wailesi. Maso ake anayang'ana pansi pa bolodi, pamene chinachake chowala ndi chonyezimira chinamukopa chidwi. Zithunzi ziwiri zamitundu yonse zidawonetsa chipinda chachifumucho chowoneka bwino. "Aaa," Detlef anang"ung"udza, atadabwa kwambiri ndi mwatsatanetsatane komanso ntchito yocholoŵana imene inkakongoletsa makoma a chipinda chapamwambacho. Mphepete mwa amber ndi golidi inkapanga zizindikiro zokongola ndi zowoneka bwino, zomangika m'makona ndi tizithunzi ting'onoting'ono ta akerubi ndi milungu yaikazi.
  
  "Ndi ndalama zokwana $143 miliyoni? Mulungu, Gabi, ukudziwa kuti ichi ndi chiyani? anang'ung'udza pamene akuwerenga zambiri za zojambulajambula zomwe zinatayika zomwe zimatchedwa Amber Room. "Munatani ndi chipindachi? Inu muyenera kuti munali nacho chinachake chochita nazo; Apo ayi palibe chilichonse cha izi chikanakhala pano, sichoncho?
  
  Zolemba zonse zakupha zinali ndi zolemba zomwe zikuwonetsa kuthekera kuti Chipinda cha Amber chinali ndi chochita nacho. Pansi pa mawu akuti 'MILLA', Detlef adapeza mapu a Russia ndi malire ake ndi Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan ndi Lithuania. Pamwamba pa dera la Kazakh steppe ndi Kharkov, Ukraine, panali manambala olembedwa mu cholembera chofiira, koma analibe chidziwitso. kupanga, monga nambala ya foni kapena ma coordinates: Zikuoneka kuti mwangozi, Gaby analemba manambala a manambala awiri awa pamapu omwe anakhoma pakhoma.
  
  Chomwe chinamuchititsa chidwi chinali chinthu chofunika kwambiri chomwe chinali pakona ya bolodi. Pa kansalu kofiirira komwe kanali ndi mzere wabuluu wakuda pakati panali mendulo yokhala ndi mawu achirasha. Detlef anachichotsa mosamala ndikuchikhomerera pa veti yake pansi pa malaya ake.
  
  "Kodi iwe wadzilowetsa mu chiyani, wokondedwa?" - adanong'oneza mkazi wake. Anajambula zithunzi zingapo ndi kamera ya foni yake ya m"manja n"kupanga kavidiyo kakang"ono ka m"chipindacho ndi zimene zili m"kati mwake. "Ndidziwa zomwe zikukukhudzani komanso kuti Perdue munali pachibwenzi, Gabi," adalumbira. "Ndikapeza abwenzi ake amene adzandiuza kumene ali, apo ayi adzafa."
  
  Mwadzidzidzi, phokoso la static linabwera kuchokera pawailesi yokhazikika pa desiki la Gabi, kuopseza Detlef theka kuti aphedwe. Anatsamira patebulo lodzala ndi mapepala, akulikankha mwamphamvu kotero kuti zikwatu zina zinaterereka ndi kubalalika pansi.
  
  "Mulungu! Moyo wanga wopusa! " - anakuwa, akugwira pachifuwa. Masingano ofiira aja anali kulumpha kumanzere ndi kumanja mwamsanga. Izi zidakumbutsa Detlef za makina akale a hi-fi, omwe amawonetsa kuchuluka kapena kumveka bwino kwa media zomwe zikuseweredwa pa iwo. Chifukwa cha kusokonezedwako, adamva mawu akutuluka ndikuzimiririka. Atayang'anitsitsa, adazindikira kuti sikunali kuwulutsa, koma kuyimba. Detlef anakhala pampando wa malemu mkazi wake n"kumamvetsera mwatcheru. Anali mau a mkazi olankhula mau amodzi panthawi imodzi. Atakwinya tsinya, anawerama. Nthawi yomweyo maso ake anatuluka. Panali mawu odziwika pamenepo omwe adawazindikira.
  
  "Gabi!"
  
  Anakhala tsonga mwatcheru, osadziŵa chochita. Mkaziyo anapitirizabe kuyitana mkazi wake m"Chirasha; anatha kunena, koma osalankhula chinenerocho. Chifukwa chofunitsitsa kulankhula naye, Detlef anatsegula msakatuli wa foni yake kuti awone mawailesi akale komanso mmene amawalamulira. Chifukwa cha misala yake, zala zake zazikulu zinkalowa nthawi zonse kufufuzako ndi zolakwika, zomwe zinam'chititsa kutaya mtima kosaneneka.
  
  "Zopanda! Osati "kulumikizana ndi membala"! " adadandaula pomwe zotsatira zingapo zolaula zidawonekera pafoni yake. Nkhope yake inali kunyezimira ndi thukuta akuthamangira kukafuna thandizo logwiritsa ntchito chipangizo chakale cholumikizirana. "Dikirani! Dikirani!" Adakuwa motele muwayilesi uku mawu amunthu wamayi akuitana Gabi kuti ayankhe. "Ndiyembekezereni! Uh, damn!
  
  Atakwiya ndi zotsatira zosakhutiritsa za kufufuza kwake pa Google, Detlef anatenga bukhu lochindikala lafumbi ndi kuliponya pa wailesi. Chitsulocho chinamasuka pang"ono, ndipo chubucho chinagwa patebulo, chikulendewera pa chingwe. "Zaka iwe!" - iye squealed, wodzaza ndi kukhumudwa chifukwa cholephera kulamulira chipangizocho.
  
  Pawailesi panamveka phokoso lamphamvu ndipo liwu lachimuna lomveka bwino lachi Russia linachokera kwa wokamba nkhaniyo. "Nawenso, bro."
  
  Detlef anadabwa kwambiri. Adalumpha nkupita pomwe adayika chipangizocho. Anagwira maikolofoni yogwedezeka yomwe adangolimbana nayo ndi bukhulo ndikuinyamula mosatekeseka. Pachipangizocho panalibe batani loyatsa wailesiyi, choncho Detlef anangoyamba kulankhula.
  
  "Moni? Hei! Moni?" Adaitana maso ake akungoyang'ana uku ndi chiyembekezo chofuna kumuyankha. Dzanja lake lina linapumira mofewa pa transmitter. Kwa nthawi ndithu, phokoso lokhalo linali lokhazikika. Kenako kung'ung'udza kwa ma tchanelo omwe amasinthidwa m'malo osiyanasiyana kudadzaza chipinda chaching'ono, chowopsa pomwe wokhalamo yekha amadikirira mwachiyembekezo.
  
  Pamapeto pake, Detlef anayenera kuvomereza kuti wagonjetsedwa. Chifukwa chothedwa nzeru, anapukusa mutu. "Chonde yankhulani?" - adabuula mu Chingerezi, pozindikira kuti Chirasha kumbali ina ya mzere mwina samalankhula Chijeremani. "Chonde? Sindikudziwa momwe ndingagwirire ndi chinthu ichi. Ndiyenera kukudziwitsa kuti Gabi ndi mkazi wanga."
  
  Mawu a mayi wina anamveka kuchokera kwa wolankhulayo. Detlef anakwiya. "Ndi Milla uyu? Ndiwe Milla?
  
  Mosafuna pang"ono, mayiyo anayankha kuti, "Gabi ali kuti?"
  
  "Wamwalira," adayankha, kenako adadabwa mokweza za ndondomekoyi. "Kodi ndinene 'mapeto'?"
  
  "Ayi, ndikufalitsa kwachinsinsi kwa L-band pogwiritsa ntchito matalikidwe a matalikidwe monga mafunde onyamula," adamutsimikizira mu Chingerezi chosweka, ngakhale kuti ankadziwa bwino mawu a malonda ake.
  
  "Chani?" Detlef analankhula mosokonekera kwambiri pa nkhani yomwe sankaidziwa bwinobwino.
  
  Anapumira. "Kukambiranaku kuli ngati kucheza patelefoni. Inu mukuti. Ndimalankhula. Palibe chifukwa choti "ndamaliza."
  
  Detlef anamasuka atamva zimenezi. "Bwanji!"
  
  "Yankhulani mokweza. Sindikukumvani movutikira. Gabi ali kuti? " anabwerezanso, osamva yankho lake lapitalo bwinobwino.
  
  Detlef anaona kuti n"zovuta kubwereza nkhanizo. "Mkazi wanga ... Gabi wafa."
  
  Kwa nthawi yayitali panalibe yankho, koma kugwedezeka kwakutali kwa static. Kenako munthuyo anaonekeranso. "Ukunama".
  
  "Ayi ayi. Ayi! sindikunama. Mkazi wanga anaphedwa masiku anayi apitawo," iye anadziteteza mwanzeru. "Yang"anani pa Intaneti! Onani CNN! "
  
  "Dzina lako," anatero mwamunayo. "Limenelo si dzina lako lenileni. Chinachake chomwe chimakuzindikiritsani. Pakati pa iwe ndi Milla basi."
  
  Detlef sanaganizire n"komwe zimenezi. "Mwamuna".
  
  Kung'amba.
  
  Wokondedwa.
  
  Detlef amadana ndi phokoso lopanda phokoso la phokoso loyera ndi mpweya wakufa. Anadzimva wopanda kanthu, yekhayekha komanso wokhumudwa chifukwa chakusowa kwa chidziwitso - mwanjira yomwe idamufotokozera.
  
  "Mwamuna. Sinthani chowulutsira ku 1549 MHz. Dikirani Metallica. Dziwani manambala. Gwiritsani ntchito GPS yanu ndipo muzipita Lachinayi," bamboyo analangiza motero.
  
  Dinani
  
  Kudinako kudamveka m"makutu mwa Detlef ngati kulira kwamfuti, kumusiya ali wothedwa nzeru komanso wosokonezeka. Ataima modabwa, anazizira ndi manja ake atatambasula. "Bwanji?"
  
  Mwadzidzidzi analimbikitsidwa ndi malangizo amene ankafuna kuti awaiwale.
  
  "Bwererani! Moni?" - adafuula mokweza mawu, koma a Russia adachoka. Anaponya manja ake m"mwamba, akubuma mokhumudwa. "Fifitini makumi anayi kudza zisanu ndi zinayi," iye anatero. "Fifitini makumi anayi kudza zisanu ndi zinayi. Kumbukirani izi!" Mwachangu anafufuza nambala yomwe inali pa chizindikiro choyimba. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono akutembenuza kapu, anapeza malo osonyezedwa.
  
  "Ndiye bwanji tsopano?" - adadandaula. Anali ndi cholembera ndi pepala lokonzekera manambala, koma samadziwa kuti zinali zotani kudikirira Metallica. "Bwanji ngati ili code sindingathe kuimasulira? Nanga bwanji ngati sindikumvetsa uthengawo?" - anachita mantha.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi wailesiyi inayamba kuulutsa nyimbo. Iye anazindikira Metallica, koma iye sankaidziwa nyimboyo. Phokosolo linazimiririka pang"onopang"ono pamene mawu a mkazi anayamba kuŵerenga ma code a digito, ndipo Detlef anawalemba. Nyimboyo itayambiranso, adatsimikiza kuti kuwulutsa kwatha. Atatsamira pampando wake, anapumira mpweya wautali. Iye anachita chidwi, koma maphunziro ake anamuchenjezanso kuti sangakhulupirire aliyense amene sakumudziwa.
  
  Ngati mkazi wake adaphedwa ndi anthu omwe amacheza nawo, akanatha kukhala Milla ndi mnzake. Mpaka atadziwa zowona, sakanangotsatira malangizo awo.
  
  Ankayenera kuti apeze mbuzi yoti ayendere.
  
  
  Mutu 16
  
  
  Nina analowa mu ofesi ya Dr. Helberg. M"chipinda chodikiriramo munali mulibe, kupatulapo mlembi yemwe ankaoneka ngati phulusa. Monga ngati akudziŵa Nina, nthaŵi yomweyo analoza zitseko zotsekedwa. Kumbuyo kwawo ankamva mawu a munthu akulankhula mwadala komanso modekha.
  
  "Chonde. Ingolowani," mlembiyo analoza Nina, amene anapanikizidwa kukhoma chifukwa cha mantha.
  
  "Alonda ali kuti?" Anafunsa mwakachetechete.
  
  "Anachoka pamene Bambo Cleave anayamba kuyendayenda," adatero. "Aliyense anathawa muno. Kumbali ina, ndi zowawitsa zonse zomwe zadzetsa izi, tikhala ndi zambiri zoti tichite m'tsogolomu, "adatero.
  
  Nina adalowa kuchipinda komwe adangomva dotolo akulankhula. Iye anayamikira kuti sanamve "Sam wina" akulankhula pamene ankakankhira chopukusira pakhomo. Anadutsa pakhomo lolowera m'chipindacho, chomwe chinkawalitsidwa kokha ndi kuwala kosowa kwa dzuwa la masana kumasefa ndi magalasi otsekedwa. Katswiri wa zamaganizo anamuwona, koma anapitiriza kulankhula pamene wodwala wake akuyandama molunjika, mainchesi kuchokera pansi. Zinali zochititsa mantha, koma Nina anayenera kukhala wodekha ndi kupenda vutolo mwanzeru.
  
  Dr. Helberg adalimbikitsa Sam kuti abwerere kuchokera ku gawoli, koma atagwira zala zake kuti amudzutse Sam, palibe chomwe chinachitika. Anagwedeza mutu wake Nina, kusonyeza kusokonezeka kwake. Anamuyang'ana Sam yemwe mutu wake udagwetsedwera kumbuyo ndipo maso ake otuwa ngati amkaka ali phee.
  
  "Ndinayesa kum"tulutsa mmenemo kwa pafupifupi theka la ola," ananong"oneza motero Nina. "Anandiuza kuti mwamuona kale ali muno kawiri. Kodi mukudziwa zomwe zikuchitika?
  
  Anagwedeza mutu pang'onopang'ono, koma adaganiza zopezerapo mwayi. Nina anatulutsa foni yake ya m"manja m"thumba la jekete lake ndi kukanikiza batani lojambulira kuti ajambule vidiyo zimene zinali kuchitika. Anachinyamula mosamala kuti thupi lonse la Sam likhazikike asanalankhule.
  
  Atapeza kulimba mtima, Nina anapuma mozama n"kunena kuti: "Kalihasa."
  
  Dr. Helberg anakwinya tsinya ndikunyodola. "Ichi ndi chiyani?" - adamufunsa ndi milomo yake yokha.
  
  Anatambasula dzanja lake kumupempha kuti akhale chete asananene mokweza. "Kalihasa!"
  
  Sam pakamwa anatsegula, accommodating mawu Nina mantha kwambiri. Mawuwa adatuluka mwa Sam koma sanali mawu ake kapena milomo yake. Katswiri wa zamaganizo ndi wolemba mbiri adayang'ana mwamantha pazochitika zowopsya.
  
  "Kalihasa!" - anati liwu mu kola wa indeterminate jenda. "Chombocho ndi chachikale. Sitimayo imakhalapo kawirikawiri. "
  
  Nina kapena Dr. Helberg sanadziwe zomwe mawuwo anali kunena kupatulapo kunena za Sam, koma katswiri wa zamaganizo adamuuza kuti apitirize kuti adziwe za matenda a Sam. Iye anagwedezeka, kuyang'ana dokotala, osadziwa choti anene. Panali mwayi wochepa woti chinthuchi chikhoza kuyankhulidwa kapena kulingalira.
  
  "Kalihasa," Nina anayankhula mwamantha. "Ndinu ndani?"
  
  "Ndikudziwa," inayankha.
  
  "Ndiwe cholengedwa chotani?" Adafunsa mobwereza zomwe akuganiza kuti ndi kusamvetsetsana kwa mawuwo.
  
  "Chikumbumtima," anayankha motero. "Maganizo anu alakwika."
  
  Dr. Helberg anasangalala kwambiri atazindikira kuti chinyamachi chimatha kulankhulana. Nina anayesetsa kuti asatengeke.
  
  "Mukufuna chiyani?" Anafunsa molimba mtima pang'ono.
  
  "Ziripo," izo zinatero.
  
  Kumanzere kwake, dokotala wowoneka bwino, wonenepa wamisala anali kudabwa kwambiri, akuchita chidwi kwambiri ndi zomwe zikuchitika.
  
  "Ndi anthu?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Kapolo," anawonjezera motero pamene anali kuyankhula.
  
  "Kuti mugwire ngalawayo ukapolo?" Nina anafunsa, ataphunzira kupanga mafunso ake.
  
  "Chombocho ndi chachikale."
  
  "Ndinu mulungu?" - adanena popanda kuganiza.
  
  "Ndinu mulungu?" zidachitikanso.
  
  Nina adapumira mokwiya. Dokotalayo anamuuza kuti apitirize, koma anakhumudwa. Atakwinya tsinya ndi kuwerama milomo yake, anauza dokotalayo kuti: "Izi zikungobwereza zimene ndikunena."
  
  "Ili si yankho. "Akufunsa," liwulo linayankha, modabwa.
  
  "Ine sindine Mulungu," iye anayankha modzichepetsa.
  
  "Ndichifukwa chake ndilipo," idayankha mwachangu.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi, Dr. Helberg anagwa pansi n"kuyamba kunjenjemera ngati munthu wa m"mudzimo. Nina anachita mantha, koma anapitiriza kulemba amuna onsewa.
  
  "Ayi!" - iye anakuwa. "Imani! Ilekeni tsopano!"
  
  "Ndinu mulungu?" - idafunsa.
  
  "Ayi!" - iye anakuwa. "Lekani kumupha! Pompano!"
  
  "Ndinu mulungu?" - adamufunsanso, pamene katswiri wa zamaganizo wosauka adakwiyitsidwa ndi ululu.
  
  Adakuwa mwamphamvu ngati njira yomaliza asanayambe kuyang'ananso mtsuko wamadzi. "Inde! Ndine Mulungu!"
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Sam anagwa pansi ndipo Dr. Helberg anasiya kukuwa. Nina anathamanga kukawaona onse awiri.
  
  "Pepani!" - adayitana mlembi pamalo olandirira alendo. "Kodi mungabwere kuno kudzandithandiza chonde?"
  
  Palibe amene anabwera. Polingalira kuti mkaziyo wachoka monga enawo, Nina anatsegula chitseko cha chipinda chodikirira. Secretary anali atakhala pa sofa mu chipinda chodikirira mfuti ya mlonda m'manja mwake. Pamapazi ake panali wapolisi yemwe anaphedwa, atawomberedwa kumbuyo kwa mutu. Nina anabwerera kumbuyo pang'ono, osafuna kuika pachiswe tsogolo lomwelo. Mwamsanga anathandiza Dr. Helberg kukhala tsonga chifukwa cha zowawa zake, ndikumanong'oneza kuti asamveke. Atatsitsimuka, anapita kwa Sam kuti amuone ngati ali bwanji.
  
  "Sam, ukundimva?" - adanong'oneza.
  
  "Inde," anabuula motero, "koma ndikuona kukhala wodabwitsa. Kodi iyi inali nthawi ina yamisala? Nthawi ino sindimadziwa, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Mukuganiza chiyani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ndinkadziwa muzinthu zonsezi ndipo zinkakhala ngati ndikutha kulamulira zomwe zinkandidutsa. Mkangano umenewo ndi inu pakali pano. Nina, ndinali ine. Awa anali malingaliro anga omwe adatuluka pang'onopang'ono ndikumveka ngati atengedwa kuchokera mufilimu yowopsya! Ndipo mukuganiza chiyani? "ananong"ona moumirira kwambiri.
  
  "Chani?"
  
  "Ndikuchimvabe chikuyenda mkati mwanga," iye anavomereza motero, atagwira mapewa ake. "Dokota?" Sam anaturuka ataona zomwe misala yake inapanga dotoloyo.
  
  "Shh," Nina anamlimbikitsa ndi kuloza kuchitseko. "Tamvera, Sam. Ndikufuna kuti mundiyesere kena kake. Kodi mungayesere kugwiritsa ntchito ... mbali ina ... kusokoneza zolinga za wina?"
  
  "Ayi, sindikuganiza choncho," adatero. "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Tamverani, Sam, mwangowongolera mmene ubongo wa Dr. Helberg umagwirira ntchito," iye anaumirirabe. "Inu munachita izi kwa iye. Munachita izi poyendetsa ntchito yamagetsi mu ubongo wake, kotero muyenera kuchita izi ndi wolandira alendo. Ngati simuchita zimenezi," Nina anachenjeza motero, "adzatipha tonse m"mphindi imodzi."
  
  "Sindikudziwa zomwe ukunena, koma chabwino, ndiyesera," Sam adavomereza ndikupunthwa. Atayang'ana pakona ndipo adawona mayi atakhala pampando akusuta fodya, atanyamula mfuti ya wapolisi m'dzanja lake lina. Sam anayang'ananso Dr. Helberg, "Dzina lake ndani?"
  
  "Elma," anayankha dokotala.
  
  "Elma?" Pamene Sam anaimba pakona, chinachake chinachitika chimene anali asanachizindikire. Atamva dzina lake, ubongo wake udakula, ndipo nthawi yomweyo adalumikizana ndi Sam. Mphamvu yamagetsi yofooka inadutsa mwa iye ngati mafunde, koma sizinali zowawa. M"maganizo ankaona ngati kuti Sam wamangidwa ndi zingwe zosaoneka. Iye sankadziwa ngati angalankhule naye mokweza n"kumuuza kuti atayitse mfutiyo kapena angoganiza.
  
  Sam anaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito njira imodzimodziyo imene anakumbukira kuti anaigwiritsa ntchito atagwidwa ndi mphamvu yachilendo m"mbuyomo. Pongoganizira za Elma, anamutumizira lamulo loti akulolera m"maganizo mwake. Pomwe amalumikizana ndi iye, Sam adamva kuti malingaliro ake akulumikizana ndi iye.
  
  "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" - Dr. Helberg adafunsa Nina, koma adamuchotsa kwa Sam ndikunong'oneza kuti akhale chete ndikudikirira. Onse awiri adayang'ana chapatali pomwe maso a Sam adalowa m'mutu mwake.
  
  "O, Ambuye wokondedwa, ayi! Osatinso!" - Dr. Helberg adabuula pansi pa mpweya wake.
  
  "Chete! Ndikuganiza kuti Sam ndiye akuwongolera nthawi ino, "adaganiza, akuyembekeza nyenyezi zomwe anali nazo mwayi kuti anali wolondola m'malingaliro ake.
  
  "Mwina ndicho chifukwa chake sindinakhoze kumuchotsamo," Dr. Helberg anamuuza iye. "Kupatula apo, sikunali mkhalidwe wogodomalitsa. Anali malingaliro ake, ongokulitsa! "
  
  Nina anayenera kuvomereza kuti imeneyi inali mfundo yochititsa chidwi ndiponso yomveka yochokera kwa dokotala wa zamaganizo amene poyamba sankamulemekeza kwenikweni.
  
  Elma anayimirira ndikuponya chida pakati pa chipinda chodikirira. Kenako analowa muofesi ya dotolo uja atanyamula fodya m"manja. Nina ndi Dr. Helberg adangomuona, koma zonse zomwe adachita ndikumwetulira Sam ndikumupatsa ndudu yake.
  
  "Kodi ndingakupatseni zomwezo, Dr. Gould?" iye anamwetulira. "Ndatsala ena awiri m"chikwama changa."
  
  "Ayi, zikomo," Nina anayankha.
  
  Nina anadabwa kwambiri. Kodi mkazi amene wangopha mwamuna mopanda mantha anamupatsadi ndudu? Sam adayang'ana Nina ndikumwetulira kodzitama, komwe adangopukusa mutu ndikupumira. Elma anapita kutsogolo n"kukayitana apolisi.
  
  "Moni, ndikufuna ndinene za kupha munthu ku ofesi ya Dr. Helberg ku Old Town ..." adatero.
  
  "Zoyipa, Sam!" - Nina anadabwa.
  
  "Ndikudziwa bwino?" anamwetulira, koma akuwoneka wamantha pang'ono ndi zomwe anapezazo. "Doc, uyenera kubwera ndi nkhani ina kuti imveke bwino kupolisi. Sindinathenso kuchita chilichonse mwazazaza zomwe anachita m"chipinda chodikiriramo."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Sam," Dr. Helberg anagwedeza mutu. "Munali mukupusitsidwa pamene izi zidachitika. Koma tonse tikudziwa kuti sanali kulamulira maganizo ake, ndipo zimenezi zimandidetsa nkhawa. Kodi ndingamulole bwanji kukhala m"ndende moyo wake wonse chifukwa cha mlandu umene sanapalamule?"
  
  "Ndiri wotsimikiza kuti mungachitire umboni kukhazikika kwake m"maganizo ndipo mwinamwake kubwera ndi malongosoledwe osonyeza kuti anali m"chizimbwizimbwi kapena chinachake," Nina analingalira motero. Foni yake inaitana ndipo anapita pawindo kukayankha kwinaku Sam ndi Dr. Helberg akuonerera zochita za Elma kuti asathawe.
  
  "Zoona zake n"zakuti, amene ankakulamulirani, Sam, ankafuna kukuphani, kaya ndi mthandizi wanga kapena ine," anachenjeza motero Dr. Helberg. "Tsopano popeza kuli bwino kuganiza kuti mphamvuyi ndi yomwe mumadziwa, ndikukupemphani kuti musamalire zolinga zanu kapena malingaliro anu, apo ayi mukhoza kupha amene mumamukonda."
  
  Nina mwadzidzidzi anataya mpweya wake, kotero kuti amuna onsewo anayang'ana pa iye. Anawoneka odabwa. "Ndi Purdue!"
  
  
  Mutu 17
  
  
  Sam ndi Nina anachoka mu ofesi ya Dr. Helberg apolisi asanabwere. Iwo sankadziwa zimene katswiri wa zamaganizo akanauza akuluakulu a boma, koma anali ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri zoti aganizire pakali pano.
  
  "Kodi ananena kuti ali kuti?" Adafunsa choncho Sam uku akulunjika kugalimoto ya Sam.
  
  "Anasungidwa mumsasa woyendetsedwa ndi ... iye anaseka.
  
  "Black Sun, mwangozi?" Sam adasewera nawo.
  
  "Bingo! Ndipo adandipatsa manambala angapo kuti ndilowe mu chimodzi mwa zida zake ku Reichtisusis. Mtundu wina wa chipangizo chanzeru, chofanana ndi makina a Enigma," adamuuza.
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa kuti izi ndi zotani?" Adafunsa motele akupita ku Perdue estate.
  
  "Inde. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi chipani cha Nazi pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse polankhulana. Kwenikweni, awa ndi makina osindikizira a electromechanical rotary encryption," Nina anafotokoza.
  
  "Ndipo ukudziwa momwe ungagwiritsire ntchito izi?" Sam ankafuna kudziwa chifukwa ankadziwa kuti adzathedwa nzeru poyesa kupeza ma code ovuta. Nthawi ina adayesa kulemba kachidindo ka pulogalamu yamapulogalamu ndipo pamapeto pake adapanga pulogalamu yomwe sinachite kalikonse koma kupanga ma umlauts ndi thovu lokhazikika.
  
  "Perdue adandipatsa manambala kuti ndiike pakompyuta, adati atipatsa komwe ali," adayankha, akuyang'ana zomwe zimawoneka ngati zopanda pake zomwe adalemba.
  
  "Ndikudabwa kuti adafika bwanji pafoni," Sam adatero akuyandikira phiri lomwe malo akuluakulu a Perdue adayang'anizana ndi msewu wokhotakhota. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sadzapezeka pomwe akuyembekezera kuti tifike kwa iye."
  
  "Ayi bola ngati ali otetezeka. Anandiuza kuti alonda analamulidwa kuti amuphe, koma anatha kuthawa m"chipinda chimene anamusungiramo. Zikuoneka kuti akubisala m"chipinda cha makompyuta ndipo wazembera mauthenga awo kuti atiyimbire," anafotokoza motero.
  
  "Ha! Sukulu yakale! Wachita bwino, tambala wakale! Sam adaseka luso la Perdue.
  
  Iwo adakokera mumsewu wa nyumba ya Perdue. Alonda aja ankadziwa anzawo apamtima a bwana wawo ndipo anawabayibitsa mwachikondi pamene ankatsegula chipata chachikulu chakuda. Wothandizira Perdue anakumana nawo pakhomo.
  
  "Kodi mwawapeza a Perdue?" - iye anafunsa. "O, zikomo Mulungu!"
  
  "Inde, tikuyenera kupita kuchipinda chake chamagetsi chonde. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri, "Sam adafunsa, ndipo adathamangira kuchipinda chapansi chomwe Perdue adachisandutsa kukhala imodzi mwamatchalitchi ake opatulika omwe adatulukira. Kumbali ina anasunga zonse zomwe anali kugwirabe ntchito, ndipo mbali inayo panali zonse zomwe anamaliza koma zinalibe patenti. Kwa aliyense amene sanakhale ndi moyo ndi kupuma uinjiniya kapena anali wocheperako mwaukadaulo, inali mawaya osasunthika ndi zida, zowunikira ndi zida.
  
  "Damn, tawonani zonyansa zonse izi! Kodi tingachipeze bwanji chinthuchi pano?" Sam anali ndi nkhawa. Manja ake anathamangira m"mbali mwa mutu wake pamene ankasanthula malowo kuti apeze chimene Nina anachilongosola kukhala mtundu wina wa taipi. "Sindikuwona chilichonse chotere pano."
  
  "Inenso," anaumira mtima. "Ingondithandizani kuyang'ananso makabati, chonde, Sam."
  
  "Ndikuyembekeza kuti mukudziwa momwe mungagwirire ndi chinthu ichi, kapena Perdue adzakhala mbiri," adamuuza pamene adatsegula zitseko za chipinda choyamba, osanyalanyaza nthabwala zilizonse zomwe angachite ponena za pun ya mawu ake.
  
  "Ndi kafukufuku amene ndinachita pa imodzi mwa mapepala anga omaliza maphunziro mu 2004, ndiyenera kudziwa, musadandaule," Nina anatero, akufufuza makabati angapo omwe anaima mizere ku khoma lakum'mawa.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndachipeza," iye anatero mwachisawawa. Kuchokera ku loko yankhondo yakale yobiriwira, Sam adatulutsa taipi yopunthika ndikuikweza ngati chikho. "Ndi izi?"
  
  "Inde ndi zimenezo!" - adafuula. "Chabwino, ikani izi apa."
  
  Nina anachotsa desiki laling'ono lija ndikutulutsa mpando patebulo lina kukhala kutsogolo kwake. Anatulutsa pepala la manambala omwe Perdue adamupatsa ndikulowa ntchito. Pamene Nina anali kulunjika pa mlanduwo, Sam anali kuganiza za zochitika zaposachedwapa, kuyesera kuzimvetsa. Ngati iye akanakhoza kupangitsa anthu kumvera malamulo ake, izo zikanasintha kotheratu moyo wake, koma chinachake chokhudza matalente ake atsopano abwino ndi gulu lonse la nyali zofiira pamutu pake.
  
  "Pepani, Dr. Gould," mmodzi wa ogwira ntchito zapakhomo a Perdue adayitana pakhomo. "Pali njonda ina yomwe ikufuna kukuwonani. Akuti analankhula nanu pafoni masiku angapo apitawo ponena za Bambo Perdue."
  
  "Oo iai!" Nina anali kulira. "Ndinamuyiwalatu za mnyamata ameneyu! Sam, munthu yemwe adatichenjeza kuti Perdue wasowa? Ayenera kukhala iyeyo. Damn, adzakhumudwa. "
  
  "Komabe, akuoneka kuti ndi wabwino," anatero wantchitoyo.
  
  "Ndipita kukalankhula naye. Dzina lake ndi ndani?" Sam anamufunsa.
  
  "Holzer," anayankha motero. "Detlef Holzer."
  
  "Nina, Holzer ndi dzina lomaliza la mkazi yemwe adamwalira ku kazembe, sichoncho?" anafunsa. Anangogwedezera mutu ndipo mwadzidzidzi anakumbukira dzina la bamboyo pamakambirano a foni, pomwe Sam anali atatchula.
  
  Sam anamusiya Nina kuti achite bizinezi yake ndipo anayimirira kulankhula ndi mlendoyo. Atalowa m"chipinda cholandirira alendo, anadabwa kuona munthu womangidwa mwamphamvu akumwa tiyi mwaluso chonchi.
  
  "Bambo Holzer?" Sam anamwetulira, akutulutsa dzanja lake. "Sam Cleave. Ndine bwenzi la Dr. Gould ndi Bambo Perdue. Ndingakuthandizeni bwanji?"
  
  Detlef anamwetulira mwansangala ndi kugwira chanza cha Sam. "Ndasangalala kukudziwani, a Cleave. Hmm, ali kuti Dr. Gould? Zikuwoneka kuti aliyense amene ndimayesetsa kulankhula naye amasowa ndipo wina alowa m"malo mwake."
  
  "Iye wangotengeka ndi ntchitoyi pompano, koma wafika. O, ndipo ndikupepesa kuti sanakuyitaneni, koma zikuwoneka kuti munatha kupeza malo a Bambo Perdue mosavuta, "Sam adanena pamene adakhala pansi.
  
  "Mwamupeza? Ndifunikadi kulankhula naye za mkazi wanga," anatero Detlef akuseweretsa makhadi ndi Sam. Sam adamuyang'ana mochita chidwi.
  
  Kodi ndingafunse kuti Bambo Perdue anali ndi chiyani ndi mkazi wako?" Kodi anali mabwenzi apabizinesi? Sam ankadziwa bwino kuti anakumana mu ofesi ya Carrington kukambirana za chiletso ankafika, koma poyamba ankafuna kukumana ndi mlendo.
  
  "Ayi, kwenikweni, ndinkafuna kumufunsa mafunso angapo okhudza mmene imfa ya mkazi wanga inachitikira. Mukuona, Bambo Cleave, ndikudziwa kuti sanadziphe. Bambo Perdue analipo pamene anaphedwa. Mukumvetsa komwe ndikupita ndi izi?" - adafunsa Sam molimba mtima.
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti Perdue adapha mkazi wanu," Sam adatsimikizira.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira," anayankha Detlef.
  
  "Ndipo mwabwera kudzabwezera?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Kodi zingakhale zovuta kwambiri?" - adatsutsa chimphona cha Germany. "Iye anali munthu womaliza kuona Gabi ali moyo. Ndikanataninso kuno?"
  
  Mkhalidwe pakati pawo unayamba kuvuta, koma Sam anayesa kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru ndi kukhala aulemu.
  
  "Bambo Holzer, ndimamudziwa Dave Perdue. Iye si wakupha ayi. Munthu uyu ndi woyambitsa komanso wofufuza yemwe amangokonda zotsalira zakale. Kodi ukuganiza kuti angapindule bwanji ndi imfa ya mkazi wako?" Sam adafunsa za luso lake la utolankhani.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti amayesa kuwulula anthu omwe adapha anthu ku Germany, komanso kuti zinali zokhudzana ndi Amber Room, yomwe idatayika pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Kenako anapita kukakumana ndi David Perdue ndipo anamwalira. Kodi simukuganiza kuti ndizokayikitsa pang'ono? - adafunsa Sam molunjika.
  
  "Ndikutha kumvetsetsa momwe mudafikira izi, Bambo Holzer, koma Gaby atamwalira, Perdue adasowa ..."
  
  "Ndiyo mfundo yake. Kodi wakuphayo sangayese kuthawa kuti asagwidwe?" Detlef adamudula mawu. Sam anayenera kuvomereza kuti mwamunayo anali ndi chifukwa chomveka chokayikira Perdue kupha mkazi wake.
  
  "Chabwino, ndikuwuzani," Sam adayankha mwaukazembe, "tikapeza ..."
  
  "Sam! Sindingathe kundiuza mawu onse. Ziganizo ziwiri zomaliza za Perdue zimanena za Amber Room ndi Red Army! Nina anafuula, akuthamanga masitepe kupita ku Mezzanine.
  
  "Uyu ndi Dr. Gould, sichoncho?" Detlef anamufunsa Sam. "Ndimamva mawu ake pafoni. Ndiuzeni, Bambo Cleave, ali ndi chiyani ndi David Perdue?
  
  "Ndine mnzanga komanso mnzanga. Ndimamulangiza za mbiri yakale paulendo wawo, a Holzer," anayankha funso lake mwamphamvu.
  
  "Ndizosangalatsa kukumana nanu maso ndi maso, Dr. Gould," Detlef anamwetulira mwaukali. "Tsopano ndiuzeni, Bambo Cleave, bwanji mkazi wanga anali kufufuza chinthu chofanana kwambiri ndi nkhani zomwe Dr. Gould anali kunena?" Ndipo onse awiri amadziwa David Perdue, ndiye bwanji osandiuza zimenezo. ndiyenera kuganiza?"
  
  Nina ndi Sam anasinthana nkhonya. Zinkaoneka ngati mlendo wawo akuphonya zidutswa za chithunzi chawo.
  
  "Bambo Holzer, mukunena zinthu ziti?" Sam anafunsa. "Mukadatithandiza kudziwa izi, titha kupeza Perdue, ndiye, ndikulonjeza, mutha kumufunsa chilichonse chomwe mungafune."
  
  "Popanda kumupha, ndithudi," Nina anawonjezera, kugwirizana ndi amuna aŵiri pamipando ya velvet m"chipinda chochezera.
  
  "Mkazi wanga anafufuza za kuphedwa kwa achuma ndi ndale ku Berlin. Koma atamwalira, ndinapeza chipinda - chipinda cha wailesi, ndikuganiza - ndipo ndinapeza nkhani za kuphedwa ndi zolemba zambiri za Amber Room, zomwe zinaperekedwa kwa Tsar Peter Wamkulu ndi Mfumu Frederick William Woyamba wa Prussia, " adatero Detlef. "Gabi ankadziwa kuti pali mgwirizano pakati pawo, koma ndiyenera kulankhula ndi David Perdue kuti ndidziwe chomwe chiri."
  
  "Chabwino, pali njira yolankhulirana naye, Bambo Holzer," Nina ananjenjemera. "Ndikuganiza kuti zomwe mukufuna zitha kupezeka m'mawu ake aposachedwa ndi ife."
  
  "Ndiye ukudziwa kumene iye ali!" - iye anakuwa.
  
  "Ayi, tinangolandira uthenga umenewu, ndipo tifunikira kumveketsa bwino mawu onse tisanapite kukam"landitsa kwa anthu amene anamubera," Nina anafotokoza motero kwa mlendo wamanthayo. "Ngati sitingathe kumasulira uthenga wake, sindikudziwa momwe ndingawupezere."
  
  "M'malo mwake, ndi chiyani mu uthenga wonse womwe udatha kumasulira?" Sam anamufunsa mwachidwi.
  
  Anapumira, atasokonezekabe ndi mawu opanda pake. Limanena za 'Ankhondo' ndi 'Steppe', mwina dera lamapiri? Kenako limati 'fufuzani Chipinda cha Amber kapena mufe' ndipo chinthu china chokha chimene ndinapeza chinali zizindikiro zambiri za m'kalembedwe ndi nyenyezi. Sindikudziwa kuti galimoto yake ili bwino."
  
  Detlef anaganizira mfundo imeneyi. "Taonani izi," anatero mwadzidzidzi, akulowetsa m"thumba la jekete lake. Sam adadziteteza, koma mlendoyo adangotulutsa foni yake. Anapenyerera zithunzizo ndikuwawonetsa zomwe zinali m'chipinda chobisika. "Mmodzi mwa magwero anga adandipatsa zida zomwe ndingapeze anthu omwe Gabi amawopseza kuti awawulula. Mukuwona manambala awa? Ziyikeni mgalimoto yanu muone zomwe zikuchita."
  
  Anabwerera m'chipinda chapansi cha nyumba yakale yomwe Nina ankagwira ntchito ndi makina a Enigma. Zithunzi za Detlef zinali zomveka bwino komanso zoyandikira kwambiri kusiyanitsa chilichonse. Pamaola aŵiri otsatira, Nina analemba manambalawo limodzi ndi limodzi. Pomaliza, adasindikiza mawu ogwirizana ndi ma code.
  
  "Tsopano uwu si uthenga wa Purdue; uthenga uwu wachokera pa manambala a makadi a Gabi," Nina anafotokoza asanawerenge zotsatira zake. "Choyamba, akuti 'Black vs. Red pa Kazakh Steppe', kenako 'radiation khola' ndi mitundu iwiri yomaliza ya 'Mind Control' ndi 'Ancient Orgasm'."
  
  Sam anakweza nsidze. "Orgasm yakale?"
  
  "Uuh! Sindinalankhule molakwika. Ndi 'chamoyo chakale,' "adachita chibwibwi, zomwe Detlef ndi Sam adakondwera nazo. "Choncho, 'Steppe' imatchulidwa ndi Gabi ndi Perdue, ndipo ndizomwe zimatsimikizira kuti ndi malowa.
  
  Sam anayang'ana Detlef. "Ndiye mwabwera kuchokera ku Germany kuti mudzapeze wakupha Gabi. Nanga bwanji ulendo wopita kumapiri a Kazakh?"
  
  
  Mutu 18
  
  
  Miyendo ya Perdue imapwetekabe kwambiri. Masitepe onse amene ankayenda anali ngati akuyenda pa misomali yomwe inkafika m"makakolo. Izi zinapangitsa kuti asamavale nsapato, koma ankadziwa kuti ayenera kutero ngati akufuna kuthawa kundende yake. Klaus atachoka kuchipatala, Perdue nthawi yomweyo anachotsa IV m'manja mwake ndikuyamba kuyang'ana kuti awone ngati miyendo yake inali yolimba kuti athe kuthandizira kulemera kwake. Sanakhulupirire ngakhale pang"ono kuti akufuna kudzakwatirana naye m"masiku angapo otsatira. Anayembekezera mazunzo atsopano amene akanapundula thupi ndi maganizo ake.
  
  Ndi chidwi chake chaukadaulo, Perdue adadziwa kuti amatha kugwiritsa ntchito zida zawo zolumikizirana, komanso njira zilizonse zowongolera ndi chitetezo zomwe amagwiritsa ntchito. Lamulo la Black Sun linali bungwe lodzilamulira lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito zabwino zokhazokha pofuna kuteteza zofuna zake, koma Dave Perdue anali katswiri yemwe amangomuopa. Anatha kuwongolera luso lililonse la mainjiniya ake popanda khama lalikulu.
  
  Anakhala pakama kenako mosamala anatsetserekera chammbali kuti pang'onopang'ono azikakamizika zilonda zake. Popambana, Perdue anayesa kunyalanyaza ululu wopweteka chifukwa cha kutentha kwake kwa digiri yachiwiri. Sanafune kuti adziwike pamene sanathe kuyenda kapena kuthamanga, apo ayi akanatha.
  
  Pamene Klaus adafotokozera amuna ake asananyamuke, wogwidwawo anali atadutsa kale m'mabwalo akuluakulu, ndikupanga mapu amalingaliro kuti akonzekere kuthawa kwake. Pansanjika yachitatu, pamene anatsekeredwa, analoŵa m"mbali mwa khoma lakumpoto kuti apeze mapeto a kanjirako, popeza ankaganiza kuti payenera kukhala masitepe owuluka pamenepo. Sanadabwe kwambiri kuona kuti mpanda wonsewo unali wozungulira komanso kuti makoma akunja anali opangidwa ndi zitsulo zachitsulo ndi zitsulo zolimba zomangika ndi zitsulo zazikulu zolimba.
  
  "Ichi chikuwoneka ngati chombo chowopsa," iye anadzilingalira yekha, akuyang"ana pa kamangidwe ka nyumba yachifumu ya ku Kazakh ya Black Sun. Pakati pa nyumbayo panalibe kanthu, malo aakulu omwe magalimoto akuluakulu kapena ndege zikanakhoza kusungidwa kapena kumangidwa. Kumbali zonse, dongosolo lachitsulo linapereka zipinda khumi za maofesi, ma seva, zipinda zofunsa mafunso, malo odyera ndi okhalamo, zipinda zodyeramo ndi ma laboratories. Perdue anasangalala ndi mmene nyumbayi inkayendera magetsi komanso zipangizo zasayansi, koma anafunika kupitiriza kuyenda.
  
  Anadutsa m'njira zamdima za ng'anjo za olumala ndi malo ochitiramo fumbi, kufunafuna njira yotulukira kapena chipangizo china choyankhulirana chomwe angagwiritse ntchito kuti apemphe thandizo. Anapeza mpumulo, anapeza chipinda chakale choyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka ndege zomwe zinkawoneka kuti sizinagwiritsidwe ntchito kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  "Mwinamwake anali m"gulu la zida zina zoyambitsa zida za Cold War," iye anakwinya tsinya, akuyang"ana zida za m"chipinda cha makona anayi. Akuyang"anitsitsa kalirole wakale yemwe anatenga mu labu yopanda kanthu, analumikiza chipangizo chokhacho chimene anachizindikira. "Zikuwoneka ngati mtundu wamagetsi wamagetsi a Morse code transmitter," adatero, akugwada pansi kuti apeze chingwe cholumikizira pakhoma. Makinawa anangopangidwa kuti aziulutsa katsatidwe ka manambala, choncho anafunika kuyesetsa kukumbukira maphunziro amene anaphunzitsidwa kalekale asanakhale ku Wolfenstein zaka zambiri zapitazo.
  
  Pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizochi ndi kuloza tinyanga zake kumene ankaganiza kuti kumpoto kunali kumpoto, Perdue anapeza chipangizo chotumizira mauthenga chomwe chimagwira ntchito ngati chipangizo cha telegraph koma chimatha kugwirizanitsa ndi ma satellite a geostationary telecommunications okhala ndi zizindikiro zolondola. Ndi makinawa amatha kusintha mawu kukhala ofanana manambala ndikugwiritsa ntchito Atbash cipher kuphatikiza ndi masamu coding system. "Binary ikhala yothamanga kwambiri," adakwiya pomwe chida chachikale chikupitilirabe kutayika chifukwa cha kuzimitsidwa kwakanthawi kochepa chifukwa cha kusinthasintha kwa magetsi.
  
  Pamene Perdue pomalizira pake anapatsa Nina zidziwitso zofunikira zothetsera vutoli pamakina ake a Enigma, adalowa mu dongosolo lakale kuti akhazikitse kulumikizana ndi njira yolumikizirana. Sizinali zophweka kuyesa kutchula nambala yafoni ngati imeneyo, koma anayenera kuyesa. Iyi inali njira yokhayo yomwe akanatha kutumizira manambala kwa Nina ndi zenera la makumi awiri lachiwiri la kutumiza kwa wothandizira, koma chodabwitsa, adapambana.
  
  Sipanapite nthawi yaitali kuti amve amuna a Kemper akuthamanga kuzungulira linga lachitsulo ndi konkire, akumufunafuna. Mitsempha yake inali patali, ngakhale kuti anatha kuyimba foni mwadzidzidzi. Iye ankadziwa kuti pakanatengera masiku angapo kuti apezeke, choncho anali ndi nthawi yowawa kwambiri. Perdue ankaopa kuti akamupeza, chilangocho chidzakhala chimene iye sadzachira.
  
  Thupi lake likadali likuwawa, anathaŵira m"thamanda lamadzi la pansi pa nthaka lopanda anthu lomwe linali kuseri kwa zitseko zachitsulo zokhoma zokhala ndi ulusi komanso dzimbiri. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti palibe amene anakhalako kwa zaka zambiri, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ikhale malo abwino obisalamo othawa ovulala.
  
  Perdue adabisidwa bwino, akuyembekezera kupulumutsidwa, kotero kuti sanazindikire kuti nyumbayi idawukiridwa patatha masiku awiri. Nina adalumikizana ndi Chaim ndi Todd, akatswiri a makompyuta a Purdue, kuti atseke gridi yamagetsi m'deralo. Anawapatsa ma coordinates omwe Detlef analandira kuchokera kwa Milla atatsegula manambala. Pogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitsochi, ma Scots awiriwa adawononga magetsi komanso njira yayikulu yolumikizirana ndi makinawo ndipo zidasokoneza zida zonse monga ma laputopu ndi mafoni am'manja mkati mwa mtunda wa mailosi awiri kuzungulira Black Sun Fortress.
  
  Sam ndi Detlef anazemba pakhomo lalikulu popanda kuwazindikira, pogwiritsa ntchito njira imene anaikonza asanaulukire m"dera lachipululu la Kazakhstan ndi helikoputala. Adapempha thandizo ku kampani ya Purdue yaku Poland, PoleTech Air & Transit Services. Pamene amunawo ankaukira mzindawo, Nina anadikirira m"ngalawayo limodzi ndi woyendetsa ndege wophunzitsidwa za usilikali, akuyang"ana malo ozungulirawo ndi zithunzithunzi za infrared kuti aone kayendedwe koipa.
  
  Detlef anali ndi zida zake za Glock, mipeni iwiri yosaka ndi imodzi mwa zibonga zake ziwiri zokulitsa. Anapereka winayo kwa Sam. Mtolankhani, nayenso, anatenga Makarov ake ndi mabomba anayi a utsi. Iwo anadutsa pakhomo lalikulu, kuyembekezera kuti matalala a zipolopolo mumdima, koma anapunthwa pa matupi angapo atabalalika pansi mumsewu.
  
  "Nchiyani chikuchitika?" Adanong'oneza Sam. "Anthu awa amagwira ntchito kuno. Ndani akanawapha?
  
  "Kuchokera m"zimene ndinamva, Ajeremani ameneŵa amadzipha okha kuti akwezedwe pantchito," anayankha Detlef mwakachetechete, akulozetsa tochi yake kwa akufa amene ali pansi. "Pali pafupifupi makumi awiri a iwo. Tamverani!"
  
  Sam anaima ndikumvetsera. Iwo ankamva chipwirikiti chomwe chinayamba chifukwa cha kuzima kwa magetsi pansanjika zina za nyumbayo. Anayenda mosamalitsa kukwera masitepe oyamba. Zinali zoopsa kwambiri kupatukana m"bwalo lalikulu ngati limeneli popanda kudziwa za zida kapena chiwerengero cha okhalamo. Anayenda mosamalitsa mwadongosolo limodzi, zida zili zokonzeka, kuyatsa njira ndi miuni yawo.
  
  "Tiyeni tikhulupirire kuti satizindikira mwamsanga kuti ndife olowa," adatero Sam.
  
  Detlef anamwetulira. "Chabwino. Tiyeni tizingoyenda."
  
  "Inde," Sam anatero. Iwo ankangoona nyali zong"anima za ena mwa omwe anali m"ngalawamo akuthamangira kuchipinda cha jenereta. "Oo iai! Detlef, aziyatsa jenereta!"
  
  "Sumuka! Sunthani!" Detlef adalamula wothandizira wake ndikumugwira malaya. Anamukoka naye Sam kuti adutse achitetezo aja asadafike kuchipinda cha generator. Kutsatira ma orbs owala, Sam ndi Detlef adakokera zida zawo, kukonzekera zosapeweka. Pamene ankathamanga, Detlef anafunsa Sam kuti, "Kodi munaphapo aliyense?"
  
  "Inde, koma osati mwadala," Sam anayankha.
  
  "Chabwino, tsopano uyenera kutero-ndi tsankho lalikulu!" - adatero German wamtali. "Palibe mercy. Kapena sitidzatulukamo amoyo."
  
  "Ndakupezani!" Sam adalonjeza pomwe adakumana maso ndi maso ndi azibambo anayi oyamba osapitilira mamita atatu kuchokera pakhomo. Amunawo sankadziwa kuti zifaniziro ziwiri zomwe zinkabwera kuchokera mbali ina zinali zigawenga mpaka chipolopolo choyamba chinaphwanya chigaza cha munthu woyamba.
  
  Sam anasisima atamva kutentha kwa ubongo ndi magazi kukhudza nkhope yake, koma analunjika kwa munthu wachiwiri pamzere, yemwe mosadumphadumpha adakoka mfuti ndikumupha. Wakufayo adagwa pa mapazi a Sam atagwada kuti atenge mfuti yake. Iye analunjika pa amuna amene anali kuyandikira, ndipo anayamba kuwawombera ndi kuvulaza ena awiri. Detlef anawombera amuna asanu ndi mmodzi omwe anawombera bwino kwambiri pakati pawo asanapitirize kumenyana ndi zolinga ziwiri za Sam, ndikulowetsa chipolopolo pamutu uliwonse.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, Sam," akumwetulira wa ku Germany. "Iwe umasuta eti?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira, chifukwa chiyani?" - Sam anafunsa, akupukuta nyansi zamagazi zomwe zinali m'nkhope ndi m'khutu. "Ndipatseni choyatsira chanu," mnzakeyo anatero ali pakhomo. Adaponya Detlef Zippo wake asanalowe muchipinda cha jenereta ndikuyatsa matanki amafuta. Pobwerera, anazimitsa injini ndi zipolopolo zingapo zolunjika bwino.
  
  Perdue anamva misala kuchokera pamalo ake obisalamo ndipo adalunjika pakhomo lalikulu, koma chifukwa ndi njira yokhayo yomwe ankadziwa. Akupunduka kwambiri, pogwiritsa ntchito dzanja limodzi pakhoma kuti amutsogolere mumdima, Perdue anakwera pang'onopang'ono masitepe adzidzidzi kulowa m'chipinda cham'chipinda choyamba.
  
  Zitseko zinali zotseguka, ndipo mu kuwala kochepa komwe kunagwera m'chipindacho, iye anaponda mosamala matupi aja mpaka anafikira mpweya wolandirira wa mpweya wofunda, wowuma wa malo a m'chipululu kunja. Akulira moyamikira ndi mantha, Perdue anathamangira kwa helikopita, akugwedeza manja ake, kupemphera kwa Mulungu kuti si mdani.
  
  Nina adalumpha mgalimoto ndikuthamangira kwa iye. "Purdue! Purdue! Kodi muli bwino? Bwerani kuno!" - adafuula, akuyandikira kwa iye. Perdue anayang'ana mmwamba pa wolemba mbiri wokongola. Anakuwa mu transmitter yake, ndikuwuza Sam ndi Detlef kuti anali ndi Perdue. Pamene Perdue adagwa m'manja mwake, adagwa, ndikumukokera naye pamchenga.
  
  "Sindinadikire kuti ndimvenso kukhudza kwako, Nina," iye anapuma. "Mwadutsamo."
  
  "Ndimachita zimenezi nthaŵi zonse," anamwetulira n"kunyamula mnzake wotopayo m"manja mwake mpaka enawo anafika. Anakwera helikoputala n"kuwulukira chakumadzulo, kumene anali ndi nyumba zotetezeka m"mphepete mwa nyanja ya Aral.
  
  
  Mutu 19
  
  
  "Tiyenera kupeza Chipinda cha Amber, apo ayi Order ipeza. Ndikofunikira kuti timupeze asanamupeze, chifukwa nthawi ino adzagwetsa maboma adziko lapansi ndikuyambitsa ziwawa pamlingo wopha anthu ambiri, "analimbikira Perdue.
  
  Adazungulira pamoto kuseri kwa nyumba yomwe Sam adachita lendi ku Aral. Inali kanyumba kokhala ndi zipinda zitatu zogona zomwe zinalibe theka la zinthu zomwe gulu lidazolowera m'maiko Oyamba. Koma anali wosawoneka bwino komanso wamanyazi, ndipo amatha kupuma pamenepo, mpaka Perdue akumva bwino. Panthawiyi Sam amayenera kuyang'anitsitsa Detlef kuti awonetsetse kuti wamasiyeyo sakukalipa ndikupha mabiliyoniyo asanagwirizane ndi imfa ya Gabi.
  
  "Tidzafikako mukangomva bwino, Perdue," adatero Sam. "Tsopano tikungokhala pansi ndikupumula."
  
  Tsitsi la Nina, lolukidwa, linatuluka pansi pa kapu yake yolukidwa pamene amayatsa ndudu ina. Chenjezo la Purdue, lomwe linali lodziwika bwino, silinawoneke ngati vuto kwa iye chifukwa cha momwe amamvera dziko posachedwapa. Sikunali kutsutsana kwambiri ndi munthu wonga mulungu mu moyo wa Sam zomwe zidamupangitsa kukhala wopanda chidwi. Iye ankangodziwa zambiri za zolakwa za anthu mobwerezabwereza komanso kulephera kokhazikika kwa dziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Aral inali doko la asodzi ndi tawuni yapadoko Nyanja yayikulu ya Aral itatsala pang'ono kuuma, kusiya chipululu chopanda kanthu ngati cholowa. Nina anali wachisoni kuti madzi ambiri okongola kwambiri anali ataphwa ndi kuzimiririka chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kwa anthu. Nthaŵi zina, pamene ankadzimva kuti alibe mphwayi, ankadzifunsa ngati dzikoli silingakhale malo abwino ngati anthu sakanapha chilichonse chimene chili mmenemo, kuphatikizapo iwowo.
  
  Anthu ankamukumbutsa za makanda amene anawasiya akusamalidwa ndi chulu. Iwo analibe nzeru kapena kudzichepetsa kuti azindikire kuti iwo anali mbali ya dziko ndipo sanali ndi thayo la dzikoli. Modzikuza ndi mopanda udindo, anachulukana ngati mphemvu, osaganiza kuti m"malo mopha dziko lapansi kuti akhutiritse chiŵerengero chawo ndi zosowa zawo, akanayenera kuletsa kukula kwa anthu awo. Nina anakhumudwa kuti anthu, monga gulu, anakana kuona kuti kupanga anthu ochepa okhala ndi luntha lapamwamba kungapangitse dziko logwira ntchito kwambiri popanda kuwononga kukongola konse chifukwa cha umbombo ndi moyo wawo wosasamala.
  
  Atataya mtima, Nina anasuta ndudu pafupi ndi moto. Malingaliro ndi malingaliro omwe samayenera kukhala nawo adalowa m'maganizo mwake, momwe zinalili bwino kubisa nkhani zonyansa. Analingalira zolinga za chipani cha Nazi ndipo anapeza kuti ena mwa malingaliro ooneka ngati ankhanza ameneŵa kwenikweni analidi njira zothetsera mavuto ambiri amene anagwetsa pansi dziko m"nthaŵi yamakono.
  
  Mwachibadwa, iye ankanyansidwa ndi kuphana kwa mafuko, nkhanza ndi kuponderezana. Koma pamapeto pake, adavomereza kuti, kumlingo wina, kuchotseratu ma genetic ofooka ndikuyambitsa njira zoletsa kubereka mwa kuletsa kubadwa kwa ana awiri m'banja sizinali zowopsa. Zimenezi zikanachepetsa chiwerengero cha anthu, motero kusunga nkhalango ndi minda m"malo modula nkhalango mosalekeza kuti kumange malo okhalamo anthu ambiri.
  
  Pamene ankayang"ana pansi pa kuthawira kwawo ku Nyanja ya Aral, Nina analira m"maganizo zinthu zonsezi. Malo okongola, omwe kale anali odzaza ndi zamoyo, aphwa ndi kufota pansi pa mapazi a anthu.
  
  Ayi, sanavomereze zochita za Ulamuliro Wachitatu, koma luso lake ndi dongosolo lake zinali zosatsutsika. "Zikanakhala kuti lero pakanakhala anthu okhwima mwauzimu chonchi komanso amalimbikira kwambiri amene akufuna kusintha dziko kuti likhale labwino," iye anausa moyo n"kumaliza kusuta ndudu yake yomaliza. 'Tangoganizani dziko limene munthu ngati uyu sanali kupondereza anthu, koma anasiya mabungwe ankhanza. Mmenemo, m"malo mowononga zikhalidwe, iwo akanawononga ubongo wa mawailesi ndipo ife tonse tikanakhala bwino. Ndipo tsopano padzakhala nyanja yonyansa pano yodyetsa anthu. "
  
  Anaponya ndudu pamoto. Maso ake adamuyang'ana Perdue, koma adanamizira kuti sakuvutitsidwa ndi chidwi chake. Mwina ndi mithunzi yovina yamoto yomwe inachititsa kuti nkhope yake yofooka ioneke yoopsa, koma iye sanasangalale nazo.
  
  "Mukudziwa bwanji koyambira kuyang'ana?" - Adafunsa Detlef. "Ndinawerenga kuti Chipinda cha Amber chinawonongeka panthawi yankhondo. Kodi anthuwa akuyembekezera kuti mwamatsenga upangitse chinthu chomwe sichikupezekanso?"
  
  Perdue ankawoneka wokhudzidwa mtima, koma enawo ankaganiza kuti ndi chifukwa cha zowawa zake ndi Klaus Kemper. "Amati akadalipo. Ndipo ngati sitidzawatsogolera pachimenechi, ndithu, Atigonjetsa mpaka kalekale."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Anafunsa Nina. "Ndi chiyani champhamvu chokhudza Chipinda cha Amber - ngati chilipobe?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa, Nina. Sanafotokoze mwatsatanetsatane, koma adawonetsa kuti ali ndi mphamvu zosatsutsika, "adatero Perdue. "Zomwe ili nazo kapena kuchita, sindikudziwa. Ndikungodziwa kuti ndizowopsa - monga momwe zimachitikira ndi zinthu zokongola kwambiri. "
  
  Sam ankatha kuona kuti mawuwa ankapita kwa Nina, koma mawu a Perdue sanali achikondi kapena achifundo. Ngati iye sanalakwitse, izo zinkamveka ngati zaudani. Sam adadabwa kuti Perdue amamva bwanji kuti Nina amathera nthawi yochuluka ndi iye, ndipo zinkawoneka ngati zowawa kwambiri kwa mabiliyoni ambiri.
  
  "Anali kuti komaliza?" Detlef anafunsa Nina. "Ndiwe wolemba mbiri. Kodi mukudziwa kumene a Nazi akanamutengera iye akanapanda kuwonongedwa?"
  
  "Ndimadziŵa kokha zimene zinalembedwa m"mabuku a mbiri yakale, Detlef," iye anavomereza motero, "koma nthaŵi zina pamakhala mfundo zobisika mwatsatanetsatane zimene zimatipatsa chidziŵitso."
  
  "Ndipo mabuku anu a mbiri yakale amati chiyani?" - anafunsa mwaubwenzi, akunamizira kuti anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi kuyitana kwa Nina.
  
  Anapumira ndikugwedezeka, akukumbukira nthano ya Amber Room yolembedwa m'mabuku ake. "Chipinda cha Amber chinapangidwa ku Prussia kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1700, Detlef. Inapangidwa ndi mapanelo a amber ndi zokutira zagolide za masamba ndi zozokotedwa zokhala ndi magalasi kumbuyo kwake kuti iwoneke bwino kwambiri ikafika pa kuwala kwake."
  
  "Zinali za ndani?" Adafunsa moluma mkate wopangira kunyumba.
  
  "Mfumu yapanthaŵiyo inali Frederick William Woyamba, koma anapereka Chipinda cha Amber kwa Mfumu ya Russia Peter Wamkulu monga mphatso. Koma ndizo zabwino, "adatero. Ngakhale kuti inali ya mfumu, inakulitsidwa kangapo! Tangoganizirani kufunika kwake ngakhale pamenepo!"
  
  "Kuchokera kwa mfumu?" Sam anamufunsa.
  
  "Inde. Iwo amati atamaliza kukulitsa chipindacho, munali matani 6 a amber. Chotero, monga mwa nthaŵi zonse, anthu aku Russia adzipezera mbiri chifukwa cha kukonda kwawo ukulu." iye anaseka. Koma kenako anabedwa ndi gulu la Nazi mkati mwa Nkhondo Yadziko II."
  
  "Ndithudi," anadandaula motero Detlef.
  
  "Ndipo anachisunga kuti?" Sam ankafuna kudziwa. Nina anapukusa mutu.
  
  "Zotsalazo anazitengera ku Königsberg kuti akazikonzenso, ndipo kenako anaziika pachionetsero cha anthu kumeneko. Koma... si zokhazo," Nina anapitiriza, akulandira kapu ya vinyo wofiira kuchokera kwa Sam. "Amakhulupirira kuti kumeneko idawonongedwa kamodzi kokha ndi zida zankhondo za Allied pomwe nyumbayi idaphulitsidwa ndi bomba mu 1944. Zolembedwa zina zimasonyeza kuti Ufumu Wachitatu utagwa mu 1945 ndipo asilikali a Red Army analanda mzinda wa Königsberg, a chipani cha Nazi anali atatenga kale mabwinja a nyumba ya Amber Room n"kuwazembetsa m"sitima yonyamula anthu ku Gdynia kuti akaitulutse ku Königsberg."
  
  "Anapita kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. - Perdue adafunsa mwachidwi. Iye ankadziwa kale zambiri za zomwe Nina adapereka, koma mpaka pa gawo limene Amber Room inawonongedwa ndi Allied airstrikes.
  
  Nina anagwedezeka. "Palibe amene akudziwa. Ena amanena kuti sitimayo inagwedezeka ndi sitima yapamadzi ya Soviet ndipo chipinda cha Amber chinatayika panyanja. Koma zoona zake n"zakuti palibe amene akudziwa."
  
  "Mukangolingalira," Sam anam"tsutsa mwachifundo, "kutengera zimene mukudziŵa ponena za mkhalidwe wamba panthaŵi yankhondo." Mukuganiza kuti chinachitika n"chiyani?"
  
  Nina anali ndi malingaliro akeake pa zomwe anachita ndi zomwe sanakhulupirire, malinga ndi zolembedwa. "Sindikudziwa, Sam. Sindikhulupirira nkhani ya torpedo. Izi zikumveka mochulukira ngati nkhani yachikuto yoletsa aliyense kuyiyang'ana. Koma kachiwiri," iye anadandaula motero, "sindidziŵa chimene chikanachitika." Ndikhala woonamtima; Ndikukhulupirira kuti a Russia analanda chipani cha Nazi, koma osati motere." Anaseka movutitsa ndikugwedezanso.
  
  Maso a buluu a Perdue ankayang'anitsitsa moto womwe unali patsogolo pake. Analingalira zotulukapo zothekera za nkhani ya Nina, limodzinso ndi zimene anadziŵa ponena za zimene zinachitika ku Gdansk Bay panthaŵi imodzimodziyo. Iye anatuluka mu mkhalidwe wake wozizira.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tiyenera kutengera chikhulupiriro," adalengeza. "Ndikupangira kuyambira pomwe sitima ikuyenera kuti idamira, kuti ndingoyambira. Ndani akudziwa, mwina tipezako zokuthandizani."
  
  "Mukutanthauza kuti diving?" Detlef anatero.
  
  "Zolondola," Perdue adatsimikizira.
  
  Detlef anapukusa mutu wake kuti: "Sindimadziŵika m"madzi. Ayi zikomo!"
  
  "Bwerani, munthu wachikulire!" Sam anamwetulira, akumumenya Detlef pang'onopang'ono kumsana. "Mutha kupunthwa pamoto wamoto, koma simungathe kusambira nafe?"
  
  "Ndimadana ndi madzi," anatero Mjeremaniyo. "Ndikhoza kusambira. sindikudziwa. Madzi amandisokoneza kwambiri."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi mwakumana ndi vuto loyipa?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Monga momwe ndikudziwira, ayi, koma mwina ndidadzikakamiza kuiwala zomwe zidandipangitsa kunyoza kusambira," adavomereza.
  
  "Zilibe kanthu," adatero Perdue. "Mwina mungafune kutiyang'ana chifukwa sitingapeze zilolezo zoyenera zodumphira kumeneko. Kodi tingadalire inu pa izi?"
  
  Detlef anayang"ana Perdue kwautali, mwaukali zomwe zinapangitsa Sam ndi Nina kuoneka kukhala ochita mantha ndi okonzeka kuloŵererapo, koma iye anangoyankha kuti, "Ndikhoza kutero."
  
  Panatsala pang"ono kuti pakati pausiku. Iwo ankayembekezera nyama yowotcha ndi nsomba kuti zikonzekere, ndipo phokoso loziziritsa mtima la motolo linawagoneka, n"kumawapatsa mpumulo ku mavuto awo.
  
  "David, ndiuze za bizinesi yomwe unali nayo ndi Gaby Holzer," Detlef anaumirira mwadzidzidzi, pomalizira pake anachita zosapeŵeka.
  
  Perdue anakwinya nkhope, atadabwa ndi pempho lachilendo la mlendo yemwe ankaganiza kuti ndi wothandizira payekha. "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Anafunsa German.
  
  "Detlef," Sam anachenjeza mokoma mtima, akulangiza wamasiyeyo kuti asamade nkhawa. "Ukukumbukira mgwirizano, sichoncho?"
  
  Mtima wa Nina unalumpha. Anali akuyembekezera zimenezi usiku wonse. Detlef sanalankhule mofatsa, koma anabwereza funso lake mopanda mantha.
  
  "Ndikufuna kuti mundiuze za ubale wanu ndi Gaby Holzer ku kazembe waku Britain ku Berlin patsiku la imfa yake," adatero mofatsa zomwe zidasokoneza kwambiri.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" - Perdue adafunsa, akukwiyitsa Detlef ndi kuzemba kwake.
  
  "Dave, uyu ndi Detlef Holzer," Sam adatero, akuyembekeza kuti mawu oyambawo afotokoze kuumirira kwa Germany. "Ayi, anali mwamuna wa Gabi Holzer, ndipo amakufunani kuti mumuuze zomwe zinachitika tsiku limenelo." Sam ananena mwadala mawu ake m'njira yokumbutsa Detlef kuti Perdue anali ndi ufulu wodzinenera kuti ndi wosalakwa.
  
  "Pepani kwambiri chifukwa cha imfa yanu!" Perdue anayankha pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo. "O Mulungu wanga, zimenezo zinali zoopsa!" Zinali zoonekeratu kuti Perdue sanali bodza. Misozi inagwetsa misozi pamene ankakumbukira nthawi zomalizazo asanabedwe.
  
  Detlef ananena kuti: "Oulutsa nkhani amati anadzipha. "Ndikudziwa Gabi wanga. Iye sakanakhoza konse ..."
  
  Perdue adayang'ana wamasiyeyo ndi maso ali otseguka. "Sanadziphe, Detlef. Anaphedwa pamaso panga!"
  
  "Ndani adachita?" Detlef anabangula. Anali wokhudzidwa komanso wosakhazikika, pokhala pafupi kwambiri ndi vumbulutso lomwe wakhala akulifunafuna nthawi yonseyi. "Anamupha ndani?"
  
  Perdue anaganiza kamphindi ndipo anayang'ana munthu wokhumudwa uja. "Sindingathe kukumbukira."
  
  
  Mutu 20
  
  
  Pambuyo pa masiku aŵiri akuchira m"kanyumba kakang"ono, gululo linauyamba ulendo wopita kugombe la Poland. Nkhani ya Perdue ndi Detlef inkaoneka kuti sinathe, koma ankagwirizana kwambiri. Perdue anali ndi ngongole ya Detlef kuposa kungotulukira kuti imfa ya Gabi sinali vuto lake, makamaka popeza Detlef ankakayikirabe kuti Perdue wasiya kukumbukira. Ngakhale Sam ndi Nina ankadabwa ngati zinali zotheka kuti Perdue anali ndi mlandu wa imfa ya nthumwi mosadziwa, koma sakanatha kuweruza chinachake chomwe sankadziwa.
  
  Mwachitsanzo, Sam anayesa kuoneka bwino ndi luso lake latsopano loloŵa m"maganizo a ena, koma sanathe kutero. Iye ankayembekezera mobisa kuti wataya mphatso yosafunidwa imene anapatsidwa.
  
  Anaganiza zotsatira dongosolo lawo. Kutsegula Chipinda cha Amber sikungalepheretse zoyesayesa za Black Sun yoyipa, komanso kumabweretsa phindu lalikulu lazachuma. Komabe, kufunika kopeza chipinda chachikulu kunali chinsinsi kwa onse. Payenera kukhala zambiri ku Chipinda cha Amber kuposa chuma kapena mbiri. Mwa izi, Black Sun inali ndi zokwanira zake zokha.
  
  Nina anali ndi mnzake wakale wa payunivesite amene tsopano anakwatiwa ndi wamalonda wolemera wokhala ku Warsaw.
  
  "Ndikuyimbira foni kamodzi, anyamata," anadzitamandira kwa amuna atatuwo. "Mmodzi! Ndidatipatsa mwayi wokhala ku Gdynia kwaulere kwa masiku anayi, komanso bwato labwino kwambiri losodza kuti tifufuze pang'ono zalamulo. "
  
  Sam anagwedeza tsitsi lake mwamasewera. "Ndiwe nyama yochititsa chidwi, Dr. Gould! Kodi ali ndi kachasu?
  
  "Ndivomereza, nditha kupha bourbon pompano," Perdue adamwetulira. "Kodi mukudzipha poizoni ndi chiyani, Bambo Holzer?"
  
  Detlef anadandaula kuti: "Chilichonse chimene chingagwiritsidwe ntchito pa opaleshoni."
  
  "Munthu wabwino! Sam, tiyenera kutenga zina za izi, bwanawe. Kodi ungachite izi? " - Perdue adafunsa mopanda chipiriro. "Ndilola wondithandizira kuti asamutsire ndalama pakangopita mphindi zochepa kuti tipeze zomwe tikufuna. Boti-kodi ndi la mnzakoyo?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ndi ya mwamuna wachikulire amene tinakhala naye," anayankha motero.
  
  "Kodi angakayikire zomwe tichite kumeneko?" Sam anali ndi nkhawa.
  
  "Ayi. Akuti ndi wosambira wachikulire, msodzi komanso wojambula zithunzi yemwe anasamukira ku Gdynia nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse itangotha kuchokera ku Novosibirsk. Zikuoneka kuti sanalandirepo ngakhale nyenyezi imodzi yagolide chifukwa cha khalidwe labwino," Nina anaseka.
  
  "Chabwino! Ndiye adzalowamo, "Perdue adaseka.
  
  Atagula chakudya ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa kuti akapereke kwa wolandira alendowo, gululo linapita kumalo amene Nina analandira kuchokera kwa mnzake wakale. Detlef anapita kusitolo ina yogulitsira zinthu zopangira zipangizo za m"deralo ndipo anagulanso wailesi yaing"ono ndi mabatire ake. Mawayilesi ang'onoang'ono osavuta oterowo anali ovuta kupeza m'mizinda yamakono kwambiri, koma adapeza imodzi pafupi ndi malo ogulitsira nyambo za nsomba pamsewu womaliza asanafike kunyumba kwawo kwakanthawi.
  
  Bwaloli linali lotchingidwa mwampanda ndi waya wamingaminga womangirira pamitengo yosongoka. Bwalo la kuseri kwa mpandawo munali makamaka udzu wautali ndi zomera zazikulu zosasamalidwa. Kuchokera pachipata chachitsulo chong'ambika mpaka pamasitepe opita kumtunda, njira yopapatiza yopita ku kanyumba kakang'ono kamatabwa kokhala ndi mipesa. Mwamuna wokalambayo anali kuwayembekezera pakhonde, akumaoneka monga momwe Nina anam"ganizira. Maso aakulu akuda kusiyana ndi imvi ndi ndevu. Anali ndi mimba yaikulu komanso nkhope yodzaza ndi zipsera zomwe zinkamuchititsa mantha, koma anali waubwenzi.
  
  "Moni!" Anaitana pamene anali kudutsa pachipata.
  
  "Mulungu, ndikuyembekeza kuti amalankhula Chingerezi," Perdue anadandaula.
  
  "Kapena Chijeremani," Detlef anavomereza motero.
  
  "Moni! Takubweretserani kanthu," Nina anamwetulira, akumpatsa botolo la mowa wamphamvu, ndipo mwamuna wachikulireyo anawomba m"manja mosangalala.
  
  "Ndikuwona kuti tidzagwirizana kwambiri!" - anafuula mokondwera.
  
  "Ndinu Bambo Marinesco?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Kirill! Ndiyimbireni Kirill, chonde. Ndipo chonde lowani. Ndilibe nyumba yaikulu kapena chakudya chabwino kwambiri, koma kuno n"kofunda komanso kosangalatsa," anapepesa. Atawadziwikitsa, anawagawira msuzi wa masamba omwe ankaphika tsiku lonselo.
  
  "Tikatha chakudya, ndikutengerani kuti mukawone ngalawa, chabwino?" Kirill adanenanso.
  
  "Zodabwitsa!" Perdue anayankha. "Ndikufuna kuwona zomwe muli nazo m'nyumba ya boti iyi."
  
  Anapereka supuyo ndi mkate wophikidwa kumene, womwe mwamsanga unakhala mbale yomwe Sam ankakonda kwambiri. Anadzithandiza yekha kagawo kakang'ono. "Kodi mkazi wako adaphika izi?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, ndachita. Ndine wophika mkate wabwino, sichoncho? Kirill anaseka. "Mkazi wanga anandiphunzitsa. Tsopano wafa."
  
  "Inenso," anatero Detlef. "Zinachitika posachedwapa."
  
  "Pepani kumva izi," adatero Kirill. "Sindikuganiza kuti akazi athu amatisiya. Amakhala ndi nthawi kuti ativutitse tikakumana ndi mavuto. "
  
  Nina anasangalala ataona mmene Detlef anamwetulira Kirill kuti: "Nanenso ndikuganiza choncho!"
  
  "Kodi ungafune bwato langa kuti ndidumphire?" Adafunsa motele mwiniwake uja akusintha nkhani kamba ka mlendo wakeyo. Iye ankadziwa ululu umene munthu angapirire akakumana ndi tsokali, ndipo sankatha kulankhula za zimenezi kwa nthawi yaitali.
  
  "Inde, tikufuna kupita kukasambira, koma siziyenera kupitilira tsiku limodzi kapena awiri," Perdue adamuuza.
  
  "Mu Bay of Gdansk? M'munda wanji?" Kirill anali kufunsidwa. Linali ngalawa yake ndipo iye anali kuyiyika izo, kotero iwo sakanakhoza kukana iye ziwalozo.
  
  "Kudera lomwe Wilhelm Gustloff adamira mu 1945," adatero Perdue.
  
  Nina ndi Sam anayang'ana kuyang'ana, kuyembekezera kuti mkuluyo sakakayikira kalikonse. Detlef sanasamale kuti ndani akudziwa. Chomwe ankafuna chinali kudziwa gawo la Amber Room pa imfa ya mkazi wake komanso zomwe zinali zofunika kwambiri kwa chipani cha Nazi chachilendo. Pagome la chakudya munali bata pang'ono.
  
  Kirill adawayang'ana onse, mmodzimmodzi. Maso ake anabowola chitetezo ndi zolinga zawo pamene ankaziphunzira ndi kuseka komwe kungatanthauze chilichonse. Anakonza kukhosi kwake.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Funso la liwu limodzi lidawasokoneza onse. Iwo ankayembekezera kuti ayesetse kutsutsa kapena kudzudzula m'deralo, koma kuphweka kwake kunali kosatheka kumvetsa. Nina anayang'ana Perdue ndikunyoza, "Muwuze."
  
  "Tikuyang'ana zotsalira za zinthu zakale zomwe zinali m'sitimayo," Perdue adauza Cyril, pogwiritsa ntchito malongosoledwe ambiri momwe angathere.
  
  "Chipinda cha Amber?" - Anaseka, atagwira supuniyo m'manja mwake. "Inunso?"
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "O mwana wanga! Anthu ambiri akhala akuyang"ana chinthu choipa chimenechi kwa zaka zambiri, koma onse abwerera ali okhumudwa!" - iye grinned.
  
  "Ndiye ukunena kuti kulibe?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Ndiuzeni, Bambo Perdue, Bambo Cleave ndi anzanga ena pano," Kirill anamwetulira, "mukufuna chiyani kuchokera ku Amber Room, huh? Ndalama? Ulemerero? Pitani kunyumba. Zinthu zina zokongola siziyenera kutembereredwa."
  
  Perdue ndi Nina adayang'ana wina ndi mzake, adadabwa ndi kufanana kwa mawu pakati pa chenjezo la munthu wakale ndi kumverera kwa Perdue.
  
  "Themberero?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani ukufufuza izi?" Anafunsanso. "Mukufuna kutani?"
  
  "Mkazi wanga anaphedwa chifukwa cha zimenezi," Detlef analoŵererapo mwadzidzidzi. "Ngati aliyense amene adatsatira chuma ichi adalolera kumupha chifukwa cha izi, ndikufuna ndidziwone ndekha." Maso ake anamuyang'ana Perdue m'malo mwake.
  
  Kirill anakwinya nkhope. "Kodi mkazi wako anali wotani ndi izi?"
  
  "Adafufuza zakupha ku Berlin chifukwa anali ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti kupha kunachitika ndi gulu lachinsinsi lomwe linkafufuza Chipinda cha Amber. Koma adaphedwa asanamalize kufufuza kwake, "masiyeyo adauza Kirill.
  
  Akupotoza manja ake, mwiniwakeyo adapuma mozama. "Chifukwa chake simukufuna izi chifukwa cha ndalama kapena kutchuka. Chabwino. Kenako ndikuuzani kumene Wilhelm Gustloff anamira ndipo mungodzionera nokha, koma ndikukhulupirira kuti musiya zachabechabezi."
  
  Popanda mawu kapena kufotokoza, anaimirira n"kutuluka m"chipindacho.
  
  "Chimenecho chinali chiyani?" Sam anafufuza. Amadziwa zambiri kuposa momwe amafunira kuvomereza. Akubisa chinachake."
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji zimenezo?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  Sam anaoneka wamanyazi pang'ono. "Ndimangomva m'matumbo." Anayang'ana Nina asanaimirire pampando wake kuti akatenge mbale ya supu kukhitchini. Iye ankadziwa chimene maonekedwe ake ankatanthauza. Ayenera kuti anapeza chinachake m"maganizo mwa nkhalambayo.
  
  "Pepani," anatero kwa Perdue ndi Detlef ndi kutsatira Sam. Anayimilira pakhomo lolowera m'mundamo, akuyang'ana Kirill akupita kunyumba ya boathouse kuti akawone mafuta. Nina anaika dzanja lake pa phewa lake. "Sam?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Mukuwona chiyani?" - adapha nsomba ndi chidwi.
  
  "Palibe. Iye amadziwa chinthu chofunika kwambiri, koma ndi chikhalidwe cha utolankhani. Ndikulumbira kuti izi sizikukhudzana ndi zatsopanozi, "adamuuza mwakachetechete. "Ndikufuna kufunsa mwachindunji, koma sindikufuna kumukakamiza, ukudziwa?"
  
  "Ndikudziwa. N"chifukwa chake ndimufunsa," adatero molimba mtima.
  
  "Ayi! Nina! Bwererani kuno," anafuula motero, koma iye anaumirira. Podziwa Nina, Sam ankadziwa bwino lomwe kuti sakanatha kumuletsa tsopano. M'malo mwake, adaganiza zobwerera mkati kuti aletse Detlef kuti asaphe Perdue. Sam anakhumudwa pamene ankayandikira tebulo la chakudya chamadzulo, koma anapeza Perdue akuyang'ana zithunzi zomwe zinali pa foni ya Detlef.
  
  "Iwo anali ma code a digito," Detlef anafotokoza. "Tsopano taonani izi."
  
  Amuna onse awiri adasisima pamene Detlef adakulitsa chithunzi chomwe adajambula cha tsamba la diary pomwe adapeza dzina la Perdue. "Mulungu wanga!" Perdue anatero modabwa. "Sam, bwera udzawone izi."
  
  Pamsonkhano wapakati pa Perdue ndi Carrington, kujambula kunapangidwa ponena za 'Kirill'.
  
  "Kodi ndikungopeza mizukwa paliponse kapena zonsezi zitha kukhala tsamba limodzi lalikulu lachiwembu?" Detlef anamufunsa Sam.
  
  "Sindingakuuzeni zowona, Detlef, koma ndikumvanso kuti amadziwa za Amber Room," Sam adawauza zomwe amkakayikira. "Zinthu zomwe sitiyenera kuzidziwa."
  
  "Ali kuti Nina?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ndimacheza ndi munthu wachikulire. Kungopeza mabwenzi ngati tikufuna kudziwa zambiri," Sam adamulimbitsa mtima. Ngati buku la Gabi lili ndi dzina lake, tiyenera kudziwa chifukwa chake.
  
  "Ndivomereza," anatero Detlef.
  
  Nina ndi Kirill adalowa m'khitchini, akuseka chinthu chopusa chomwe amamuuza. Anzake atatu aja anaimirira kuti aone ngati walandira chidziŵitso china, koma mokhumudwa, Nina anapukusa mutu mobisa.
  
  "Ndi zomwezo," adatero Sam. "Ndimuledzeretsa. Tiyeni tiwone momwe amabisala akamavula mawere ake."
  
  "Mukam'patsa vodka yaku Russia, sangaledzere, Sam," Detlef anamwetulira. "Zidzangomupangitsa kukhala wosangalala komanso waphokoso. Ndi nthawi yanji tsopano?"
  
  "Pafupifupi 9pm. Bwanji, uli ndi tsiku?" Sam adaseka.
  
  "Zowonadi, nditero," anayankha monyadira. "Dzina lake ndi Milla."
  
  Pochita chidwi ndi yankho la Detlef, Sam anafunsa kuti, "Kodi mukufuna kuti tonsefe tichite zimenezi?
  
  "Mila?" Kirill mwadzidzidzi anakuwa, akusanduka wotumbululuka. "Mukudziwa bwanji Milla?"
  
  
  Mutu 21
  
  
  "Kodi ukumudziwanso Milla?" Detlef adachita mantha. "Mkazi wanga ankalankhula naye pafupifupi tsiku lililonse, ndipo mkazi wanga atamwalira, ndinapeza chipinda chake cha wailesi. Kumeneko ndi kumene Milla analankhula nane ndipo anandiuza mmene ndingamupezere pogwiritsa ntchito wailesi ya shortwave."
  
  Nina, Perdue ndi Sam anakhala akumvetsera zonsezi, osadziwa zomwe zinali kuchitika pakati pa Kirill ndi Detlef. Pamene anali kumvetsera, anathira vinyo ndi vodka n"kudikira.
  
  "Mkazi wako anali ndani?" Kirill anafunsa mosaleza mtima.
  
  "Gabi Holzer," Detlef anayankha, mawu ake akunjenjemerabe pamene ankatchula dzina lake.
  
  "Gabi! Gabi anali mnzanga wa ku Berlin!" - anafuula mkuluyo. "Iye wakhala akugwira nafe ntchito kuyambira pamene agogo ake anasiya zikalata zokhudza Opaleshoni Hannibal! O Mulungu, zoyipa zake! Zachisoni kwambiri, zolakwika. " Wa ku Russia uja anakweza botolo lake n"kukuwa kuti: "Za Gabi! Mwana wamkazi waku Germany komanso woteteza ufulu! "
  
  Onse anagwirizana ndi kumwa kwa ngwazi yomwe inagwayo, koma Detlef sanathe kumvetsa mawuwo. M"maso mwake munagwetsa misozi, ndipo pachifuwa chinkawawa chifukwa cha chisoni cha mkazi wake. Mawu sanathe kufotokoza momwe adamusowa, koma masaya ake onyowa adanena zonse. Ngakhale Kirill anali ndi maso okhetsa magazi pomwe amapereka msonkho kwa mnzake yemwe adagwa. Atatha kuwombera kangapo kotsatizana ka vodka ndi Purdue bourbon, waku Russia adakhumudwa pomwe adauza wamasiye Gabi momwe mkazi wake ndi waku Russia wakale adakumana.
  
  Nina adawachitira chifundo amuna onse awiri pamene ankawayang'ana akufotokoza nkhani zokoma za mkazi wapadera yemwe amamudziwa ndi kumukonda. Zinamupangitsa kudabwa ngati Perdue ndi Sam angalemekeze kukumbukira kwake mokondwa atapita.
  
  "Anzanga," Kirill anabangula mwachisoni ndi kuledzera, akutaya mpando wake kutali pamene anaimirira ndi kumenyetsa manja ake patebulo, nataya zotsalira za supu ya Detlef, "Ndikuuzani zimene muyenera kudziwa. Inu," iye anatero mwachibwibwi, "ndinu ogwirizana nawo pamoto waufulu. Sitingawalole kuti agwiritse ntchito kachilomboka kupondereza ana athu kapena ifeyo!" Anamaliza mawu odabwitsawa ndi mfuu zankhondo zosamvetsetseka zaku Russia zomwe zidamveka zokwiya motsimikiza.
  
  "Tiuze," Perdue analimbikitsa Cyril, akukweza galasi lake. "Tiuzeni momwe Chipinda cha Amber chikuwopseza ufulu wathu. Kodi tiziwononga kapena tingochotsa omwe akufuna kuzipeza ndi zolinga zoyipa?"
  
  "Zisiyeni pamene zili! Kirill anakuwa. "Anthu wamba sangafike kumeneko! Magulu amenewo - tinkadziwa momwe iwo anali oipa. Makolo athu anatiuza! Inde! Pachiyambi kwenikweni anatiuza mmene kukongola koipa kumeneku kunawapangitsa kupha abale awo, mabwenzi awo. Iwo anatiuza mmene Amayi a ku Russia anatsala pang"ono kugonjera chifuniro cha agalu a Nazi, ndipo tinalumbira kuti sitidzachilola kupezeka!"
  
  Sam anayamba kudera nkhawa maganizo a Chirasha aja akuwoneka kuti ali ndi nkhani zingapo zophatikizidwa kukhala imodzi. Anayang'ana kwambiri pa mphamvu yonjenjemera yomwe inkayenda mu ubongo wake, ndikuyitcha mokoma mtima, akuyembekeza kuti sizingatenge mphamvu monga momwe zinalili kale. Mwadala, adalumikizana ndi malingaliro a munthu wokalambayo ndikupanga cholumikizira chamalingaliro pomwe enawo akuyang'ana.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Sam adati: "Kirill, tiuze za Operation Hannibal."
  
  Nina, Perdue ndi Detlef anatembenuka ndi kuyang'ana Sam modabwa. Pempho la Sam nthawi yomweyo linaletsa Russian. Sipanapite mphindi imodzi kuti asiye kulankhula, anakhala pansi n"kupinda manja. "Ntchito ya Hannibal inali pafupi kutulutsa asilikali a Germany panyanja kuti achoke ku Red Army yomwe posachedwapa idzakhalapo kuti iwononge abulu awo a Nazi," mkuluyo anaseka. "Anakwera Wilhelm Gustloff pomwe pano ku Gdynia ndikupita ku Kiel. Iwo adauzidwa kuti alowetsenso mapanelo a m'chipinda chowalacho. Chabwino, chatsala chiyani kwa iye. Koma!" anafuula motero, chiuno chake chikugwedezeka pang"ono pamene akupitiriza, "Koma anachikweza mwachinsinsi m"chombo choperekeza Gustloff, bwato la torpedo Löwe." Ukudziwa chifukwa chake?"
  
  Gululo linakhala modzidzimutsa, kuyankha kokha atafunsidwa. "Ayi, chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  Kirill anaseka mokondwera. "Chifukwa chakuti ena a "Ajeremani" padoko la Gdynia anali Chirasha, limodzinso ndi ogwira ntchito m"boti loperekeza la torpedo! Iwo anadzibisa ngati asilikali a Nazi ndipo analanda Amber Room. Koma zimakhala bwino kwambiri! " Ankawoneka osangalala ndi chilichonse chomwe adamuuza, pomwe Sam adamusunga panjira yaubongo kwa nthawi yayitali momwe angathere. "Kodi mumadziwa kuti a Wilhelm Gustloff adalandira uthenga pawailesi pomwe kaputeni wawo wopusa adawatulutsa m'madzi?"
  
  "Panalembedwa chiyani pamenepo?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Iye anati: "Izi zinawachenjeza kuti gulu lina lachijeremani la ku Germany likuyandikira, choncho woyendetsa sitima ya Gustloff anayatsa nyale za sitimayo kuti zisawombane.
  
  Detlef anamaliza motero:
  
  Mkulu uja analoza ku German ndikumwetulira. "Chabwino! Sitima yapamadzi yaku Soviet S-13 idaphulitsa sitimayo ndikuyimiza - popanda Chipinda cha Amber."
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji zimenezo? Simunakwanitse kukhalapo, Kirill. Mwina mwawerenga nkhani yosangalatsa yomwe wina adalemba, "Perdue adakana. Nina anakwinya nkhope, napatsa Perdue chidzudzulo chosaneneka chifukwa choganizira mopambanitsa munthu wokalambayo.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zonsezi, Bambo Perdue, chifukwa kapitawo wa S-13 anali Captain Alexander Marinesko," adatero Kirill. "Bambo anga!"
  
  Nsagwada za Nina zidagwa.
  
  Kumwetulira kudawonekera pankhope pake chifukwa anali pamaso pa munthu wodziwa zinsinsi za malo a Amber Room. Inali nthawi yapadera kwambiri kwa iye kukhala pagulu la mbiri yakale. Koma Kirill anali asanamalize. "Akadawona sitimayo mosavuta ngati sikunali uthenga wosadziwika bwino wawayilesi wouza woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti gulu la anthu aku Germany likuyandikira, sichoncho?"
  
  "Koma ndani watumiza uthengawu? Kodi iwo anadziwapo?" - Adafunsa Detlef.
  
  "Palibe amene anadziwapo. Anthu okhawo omwe amadziwa ndi omwe adachita nawo dongosolo lachinsinsi, "adatero Kirill. "Amuna ngati bambo anga. Uthenga wa pawailesi umenewu unachokera kwa anzake, Bambo Holzer, ndi anzathu. Uthenga wawailesiwu watumizidwa ndi Milla."
  
  "Izi sizingatheke!" Detlef anakana vumbulutsolo, lomwe linawasiya onse ali odabwa. "Ndinali kulankhula ndi Milla pa wailesi usiku umene ndinapeza chipinda cha wailesi cha mkazi wanga. Palibe chifukwa choti aliyense amene anali kuchita nawo nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse akadali ndi moyo, ngakhale kuulutsa wailesi yakanema imeneyi."
  
  "Ukunena zoona, Detlef, ngati Milla akanakhala munthu," adatero Kirill. Tsopano anapitiriza kuulula zinsinsi zake, zomwe zinakondweretsa Nina ndi anzake. Koma Sam anali kulephera kulamulira Chirasha, atatopa ndi kuyesayesa kwakukulu kwamalingaliro.
  
  "Ndiye Milla ndindani?" Anafunsa mwachangu Nina, pozindikira kuti Sam watsala pang'ono kulephera kulamulira mwamuna wachikulireyo, koma Kirill anakomoka asananene zambiri, ndipo popanda Sam kusunga ubongo wake, palibe chomwe chingamupangitse munthu woledzera kulankhula. Nina anadandaula mokhumudwa, koma Detlef sanakhudzidwe ndi mawu a nkhalambayo. Analinganiza kuti adzamvetsere zowulutsa pambuyo pake ndipo akuyembekeza kuti zidzawunikira zoopsa zomwe zinali mu chipinda cha Amber.
  
  Sam adapuma pang'ono kuti ayambirenso kuyang'ana komanso mphamvu, koma Perdue adayang'ana patebulo. Zinali kuwoneka ngati kusakhulupirira zomwe zinapangitsa Sam kukhala womasuka kwambiri. Sanafune kuti Perdue adziwe kuti amatha kusintha malingaliro a anthu. Zikanamupangitsa kuti azikayikira kwambiri, ndipo sanafune zimenezo.
  
  "Watopa, Sam?" Perdue anafunsa popanda udani kapena kukayikira.
  
  "Damn kutopa," iye anayankha. "Ndipo vodka sithandizanso."
  
  "Nanenso ndigona," anatero Detlef. "Ndikuganiza kuti sipadzakhala kuvina kulikonse? Zingakhale zabwino!"
  
  "Ngati titha kudzutsa mbuye wathu, titha kudziwa zomwe zidachitika pa bwato loperekeza," Perdue adaseka. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti watha, mpaka usiku wonse."
  
  Detlef anadzitsekera m"chipinda chake chakumapeto kwa kanjirako. Chinali chaching"ono kwambiri pa zonse, moyandikana ndi chipinda chogona chomwe chinali cha Nina. Perdue ndi Sam anayenera kugawana chipinda china pafupi ndi chipinda chochezera, kotero kuti Detlef sakanawasokoneza.
  
  Anayatsa wailesi ya transistor ndikuyamba kuyimba pang'onopang'ono, kuyang'ana nambala yafupipafupi pansi pa muvi wosuntha. Inali yokhoza ma FM, AM ndi shortwave, koma Detlef ankadziwa komwe angayimbe. Chiyambireni kutulukira chipinda cholumikizira mwachinsinsi cha mkazi wake, iye ankakonda phokoso la mafunde opanda kanthu a wailesi. Mwanjira ina zomwe zingatheke patsogolo pake zidamukhazika mtima pansi. Mosazindikira, izi zinam"patsa chidaliro chakuti sanali yekha; kuti mu ether yaikulu ya mlengalenga wakumwamba pali zobisika za moyo ndi ogwirizana ambiri. Unapangitsa kukhala kotheka kwa chirichonse chotheka kukhalapo ngati mmodzi yekha ndi wokhoterera kutero.
  
  Kugogoda pachitseko kunamupangitsa kulumpha. "Scheisse!" Monyinyirika anazimitsa wailesi kuti atsegule chitseko. Anali Nina.
  
  "Sam ndi Perdue akumwa ndipo sindigona," adanong'oneza. "Kodi ndingamvetsere nanu pulogalamu ya Milla? Ndinabweretsa cholembera ndi pepala."
  
  Detlef anali wosangalala kwambiri. "Zoona, lowani. Ndinkangoyesa kupeza siteshoni yoyenera. Pali nyimbo zambiri zomwe zimamveka mofanana, koma ndikudziwa nyimbo zake. "
  
  "Kodi kuno kuli nyimbo?" - iye anafunsa. "Kodi akuimba nyimbo?"
  
  Anagwedeza mutu. "Mmodzi yekha, pachiyambi. Iyenera kukhala mtundu wina wa chikhomo, "adatero. "Ndikuganiza kuti tchanelochi chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zosiyanasiyana, ndipo akamawulutsa anthu ngati Gabi, pamakhala nyimbo yapadera yomwe imatidziwitsa kuti manambalawa ndi athu."
  
  "Mulungu! Sayansi yonse, "anasilira Nina. "Kumeneko kuli zinthu zambiri zimene dziko silikuzidziwa n"komwe! Zili ngati chilengedwe chonse chodzaza ndi ntchito zobisika komanso zolinga zinazake. "
  
  Anamuyang'ana ndi maso akuda, koma mawu ake anali odekha. "Zowopsa, sichoncho?"
  
  "Inde," anavomera. "Ndipo wosungulumwa."
  
  "Ndili wosungulumwa, inde," Detlef anabwerezanso kunena zakukhosi kwake. Iye anayang'ana pa wolemba mbiri wokongolayo ndi chikhumbo ndi chidwi. Iye sanali ngati Gabi. Sanafanane ndi Gabi, koma ankawoneka kuti amamudziwa mwa njira yakeyake. Mwina zinali chifukwa chakuti anali ndi maganizo ofanana ponena za dziko, kapena mwina chifukwa chakuti miyoyo yawo inali yokha. Nina anadzimva kukhala wosakhazikika pang"ono chifukwa cha maonekedwe ake opanda chimwemwe, koma anapulumutsidwa ndi kung"ambika kwadzidzidzi kwa wokamba nkhani, kumene kunampangitsa kulumpha.
  
  "Tamverani, Nina!" - adanong'oneza. "Zikuyamba".
  
  Nyimbo zinayamba kuyimba, zobisika kwinakwake kutali, kunja kwachabechabe, zomwe zinamizidwa ndi kugwedezeka kwamphamvu komanso kuyimba mluzu. Nina anaseka, mosangalatsidwa ndi nyimbo yomwe anaizindikira.
  
  "Metallica? Zoona?" anagwedeza mutu.
  
  Detlef anasangalala kumva kuti ankadziwa zimenezi. "Inde! Koma kodi izi zikugwirizana bwanji ndi manambala? Ndinali kugwedeza ubongo wanga kuti ndidziwe chifukwa chake anasankha nyimboyi. "
  
  Nina anamwetulira. "Nyimboyi imatchedwa 'Sweet Amber,' Detlef."
  
  "O!" - adafuula. "Tsopano zamveka!"
  
  Ali mkati moseka nyimboyo, Milla anayamba kuulutsa.
  
  "Avereji yamtengo wapatali 85-45-98-12-74-55-68-16..."
  
  Nina analemba zonse.
  
  "Geneva 48-66-27-99-67-39 ..."
  
  "Yehova 30-59-69-21-23 ..."
  
  "Mwamuna..."
  
  "Wamasiye! Ndine! Izi ndi za ine!" - adanong'oneza mokweza ndi chisangalalo.
  
  Nina analemba manambala otsatirawa. "87-46-88-37-68..."
  
  Pamene nyimbo yoyamba ya mphindi 20 inatha ndipo nyimboyo inatha, Nina anapatsa Detlef manambala omwe analemba. "Kodi muli ndi malingaliro oti muchite pa izi?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa kuti ndi ndani komanso momwe amagwirira ntchito. Ndimangowalemba ndikusunga. Tinawagwiritsa ntchito kuti tipeze malo a msasa umene Perdue ankachitira, mukukumbukira? Koma sindikudziwabe tanthauzo lake," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito makina a Purdue. Ndabweretsa izi. Ili mu sutikesi yanga, "adatero Nina. "Ngati uthengawu ndi wanu makamaka, tiyenera kuumasulira pompano."
  
  
  Mutu 22
  
  
  "Izi ndi zodabwitsa kwambiri!" Nina anasangalala ndi zimene anapeza. Amunawo adakwera ngalawa ndi Kirill, ndipo adakhala mnyumbamo kuti afufuze, monga adawauza. Kunena zoona, Nina anali wotanganidwa kuwerenga manambala amene Detlef analandira kwa Milla usiku wathawo. Wolemba mbiriyo anali ndi malingaliro a m'matumbo kuti Milla amadziwa komwe Detlef anali bwino kuti amupatse chidziwitso chofunikira komanso chofunikira, koma pakadali pano zidawathandiza bwino.
  
  Patadutsa theka la tsiku amunawo asanabwere ndi nkhani zoseketsa za usodzi, koma onse anali ofunitsitsa kupitiriza ulendo wawo akapeza chochita. Sam sanathe kukhazikitsa kugwirizana kwina ndi malingaliro a nkhalambayo, koma sanauze Nina kuti luso lachilendo linayamba kumusiya posachedwa.
  
  "Mwapeza chiyani?" - Sam anafunsa, akuvula juzi lake ndi chipewa choviikidwa ndi splashes. Detlef ndi Perdue anamutsatira, akuoneka otopa. Masiku ano Kirill adawapangitsa kuti azipeza ndalama pomuthandiza pamanetiweki ndi kukonza injini, koma amasangalala kumvetsera nkhani zake zosangalatsa. Tsoka ilo, panalibe zinsinsi za mbiriyakale mu iliyonse ya nkhanizi. Anawauza kuti apite kwawo pamene iye anakatenga nsomba zake kumsika wina wapafupi ndi madoko.
  
  Simungakhulupirire izi! - adamwetulira, akuyendayenda pa laputopu yake. "Programu ya siteshoni ya Numbers imene ine ndi Detlef tinamvetsera inatipatsa chinthu chapadera. Sindikudziwa momwe amachitira komanso sindisamala, "adapitilizabe kumuzungulira, "koma adasintha nyimboyo kukhala ma code a digito!"
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Perdue adafunsa, adachita chidwi kuti adabwera ndi kompyuta yake ya Enigma ngati angafune. "Ndi kutembenuka kophweka. Kodi mumakonda kubisa? Monga zambiri za fayilo ya mp3, Nina, "anamwetulira. "Palibe chatsopano pakugwiritsa ntchito deta kumasulira encoding kukhala audio."
  
  "Koma nambala? Manambala olondola, palibenso china. Palibe zolemba kapena chinyengo monga momwe mumachitira mukalemba mapulogalamu, "adatero. "Tawonani, ndine mbuli pankhani yaukadaulo, koma sindinamvepo za manambala otsatizana omwe amapanga nyimbo."
  
  "Inenso," anavomereza motero Sam. "Komanso, inenso sindine geek kwenikweni."
  
  "Zonsezi nzabwino, koma ndikuganiza kuti chofunikira kwambiri apa ndi zomwe nyimboyo ikunena," adatero Detlef.
  
  "Iyi ndi wailesi yomwe idatumizidwa pawailesi yaku Russia; Ndikuganiza. Mugawoli mudzamva wowonetsa TV akufunsa mwamuna, koma sindilankhula Chirasha..." Adachita tsinya. "Kirill ali kuti?"
  
  "Tili m'njira," Perdue anatero mofatsa. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzafunikira kuti titanthauzire."
  
  "Inde, kuyankhulana kumapitilira kwa mphindi pafupifupi 15 kusanasokonezedwe ndi phokoso lomwe lidatsala pang'ono kuphulitsa makutu anga," adatero. "Detlef, Milla amafuna kuti umve izi pazifukwa zina. Tiyenera kukumbukira izi. Izi zitha kukhala zofunika kwambiri kuti mudziwe komwe kuli Amber Room. "
  
  "Kufuula kwakukulu kumeneko," Kirill adangong'ung'udza mwadzidzidzi akudutsa pakhomo lakumaso ndi matumba awiri ndi botolo la mowa ali m'manja mwake, "ndiko kulowererapo kwankhondo."
  
  "Munthu yekhayo amene tikufuna kumuwona," anamwetulira Perdue, akuyenda kuti akathandize Russian wakale ndi zikwama zake. "Nina ali ndi pulogalamu ya pawailesi ya Chirasha. Kodi mungakonde kutimasulira izi?"
  
  "Ndithu! Inde, "Kirill adadandaula. "Ndiloleni ndimve. O, ndipo unditsanulire chinachake choti ndimwe mmenemo, chonde."
  
  Pamene Perdue anamvera, Nina ankaimba nyimbo pa laputopu yake. Chifukwa cha khalidwe losajambula bwino, zinkamveka zofanana kwambiri ndi ziwonetsero zakale. Amatha kusiyanitsa mawu awiri achimuna. Mmodzi ankafunsa mafunso, ndipo winayo anapereka mayankho aatali. Panali kugwedezekabe pa kujambula, ndipo mawu a amuna awiriwa amazimiririka nthawi ndi nthawi, koma kenako amabwerera mokweza kuposa poyamba.
  
  "Uku si kuyankhulana, abwenzi," Kirill adauza gululo mphindi yoyamba yomvetsera. "Mukufunsa mafunso".
  
  Mtima wa Nina unadumphadumpha. "Kodi iyi ndi original?"
  
  Sam adalankhula ndi manja kumbuyo kwa Kirill ndikufunsa Nina kuti asanene chilichonse, koma adikire. Mkuluyo anamvetsera mwatcheru mawu aliwonse, nkhope yake inali yachisoni. Nthawi ndi nthawi ankapukusa mutu wake pang"onopang"ono, kusinkhasinkha zimene anamva ndi mawu omvetsa chisoni. Perdue, Nina ndi Sam anali kufa kuti adziwe zomwe amunawo akukamba.
  
  Kudikirira Kirill kuti amalize kumvetsera kunawapangitsa onse kukhala pa tenterhooks, koma amayenera kukhala chete kuti amve phokoso la kujambula.
  
  "Anyamata, samalani ndi kung'ung'udza," Nina anachenjeza ataona chowerengera chikufika kumapeto kwa kopanira. Onse adakonzekera izi, ndipo adachita zoyenera. Izi zinagawanitsa mlengalenga ndi kufuula kwamphamvu komwe kunatenga masekondi angapo. Thupi la Kirill linagwedezeka chifukwa cha phokoso. Anatembenuka kuyang'ana gululo.
  
  "Kuwombera kumamveka pamenepo. Mwamva zimenezo? "anafunsa mwachidwi.
  
  "Ayi. Liti?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Paphokoso loopsali, dzina la munthu ndi mfuti zimamveka. Sindikudziwa ngati kuwomberako kunali kubisa kuwomberako kapena kuti zidangochitika mwangozi, koma kuwomberako kudachokera pamfuti, "adatero.
  
  "Wow, makutu akulu," adatero Perdue. "Palibe aliyense wa ife amene anamva."
  
  "Si mphekesera zabwino, Bambo Perdue. Kumvetsera kophunzitsidwa. Makutu anga anaphunzitsidwa kumva phokoso ndi mauthenga obisika, chifukwa cha zaka zambiri ndikugwira ntchito pa wailesi, "Kirill adadzitamandira, akumwetulira ndikuloza khutu lake.
  
  "Koma kuwomberako kuyenera kuti kunali kokweza kwambiri moti kumamveka ngakhale ndi makutu osaphunzitsidwa," adatero Perdue. "Kachiwirinso, zimatengera zomwe mukukambirana. Izi ziyenera kutiuza ngati izi ndi zofunika. "
  
  "Inde, chonde tiuzeni zomwe ananena, Kirill," Sam anapempha motero.
  
  Kirill adatulutsa galasi lake ndikuyeretsa kukhosi kwake. "Uku ndikufunsana pakati pa msilikali wa Red Army ndi mkaidi wa Gulag, kotero ziyenera kuti zinalembedwa pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Third Reich. Ndikumva dzina la munthu likufuula panja asanayambe kuwombera. "
  
  "Gulu?" - Adafunsa Detlef.
  
  "Akaidi ankhondo. Asilikali a Soviet omwe adagwidwa ndi Wehrmacht adalamulidwa ndi Stalin kuti adziphe atagwidwa. Iwo omwe sanadziphe - monga munthu yemwe adafunsidwa muvidiyo yanu - adawonedwa ngati achiwembu a Red Army," adatero.
  
  "Ndiye udziphe wekha kapena ankhondo ako achite?" Sam adafotokoza. "Anyamata awa sangagwire nthawi yopuma."
  
  "Zowona," Kirill adavomereza. "Palibe kugonja. Mwamuna uyu, wofufuza, ndi mkulu, ndipo Gulag, monga akunena, akuchokera ku 4th Ukraine Front. Kotero, muzokambirana izi, msilikali wa ku Ukraine ndi mmodzi mwa amuna atatu omwe anapulumuka ..., - Kirill sanadziwe mawu, koma anatambasula manja ake, - ... akumira mosadziwika bwino pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Latvia. Akuti adapeza chuma chomwe gulu la Nazi Kriegsmarine limayenera kutenga. "
  
  "Chuma. Mapanelo akuchokera ku Amber Room, ndikukhulupirira, "Perdue adawonjezera.
  
  "Ziyenera kukhala. Akuti mbale ndi mapanelo zidasweka?" Kirill ankalankhula Chingelezi movutikira.
  
  "Wosalimba," Nina anamwetulira. "Ndikukumbukira kuti adanena kuti magulu oyambirirawo anali atakhala opanda ukalamba pofika 1944, pamene adaphwanyidwa ndi gulu la German Nord."
  
  "Inde," Kirill anayankha. "Amalankhula za momwe adapusitsira antchito a Wilhelm Gustloff ndikubera mapanelo amber kuti awonetsetse kuti aku Germany satenga mapanelo. Koma akuti china chake chidalakwika paulendo wopita ku Latvia, komwe mafoni amadikirira kuti awatenge. Nyala yophwasukayo inatulutsa zomwe zidalowa m'mutu mwawo - ayi, mutu wa woyendetsa. "
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Perdue adakhumudwa. "N"chiyani chinalowa m"mutu mwake? Akuti?"
  
  "Sizingakhale zomveka kwa inu, koma akunena kuti munali chinachake mu buluu, chotsekeredwa mmenemo kwa zaka mazana ambiri ndi zaka zambiri. Ine ndikuganiza iye akukamba za tizilombo. Izi zidamveka m'khutu la captain. Palibe amene anamuwonanso, chifukwa anali wamng'ono kwambiri, ngati midge, "Kirill anafotokoza nkhani ya msilikaliyo.
  
  "Yesu," Sam anadandaula motero.
  
  "Munthu uyu akunena kuti pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo anatembenuza maso ake kukhala oyera, anthu onse anachita zinthu zoipa?"
  
  Kirill anakwinya nkhope, poganizira mawu ake. Kenako anagwedeza mutu, atakhutira kuti zimene ananena msilikaliyo zinali zolondola. Nina anayang'ana pa Sam. Anaoneka odabwa koma osanena kalikonse.
  
  "Akuti adachita chiyani?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Onse anayamba kuganiza ngati munthu mmodzi. Iwo anali ndi ubongo umodzi, iye akutero. Pamene woyendetsa sitimayo anawauza kuti amire, onse anatuluka m"sinjiro ya sitimayo ndipo, mosaoneka ngati kuwadetsa nkhaŵa, analumphira m"madzi ndi kumira pafupi ndi gombe," anatero wachikulire wa ku Russia.
  
  "Kuwongolera malingaliro," Sam adatsimikizira. "Ichi ndichifukwa chake Hitler adafuna kuti Amber Room abwerere ku Germany panthawi ya Opaleshoni Hannibal. Ndi kulamulira maganizo koteroko, adzatha kugonjetsa dziko lonse popanda kuchita khama!"
  
  "Koma wadziwa bwanji?" Detlef ankafuna kudziwa.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti Ufumu wa Third Reich unakwanitsa bwanji kusandutsa amuna ndi akazi a ku Germany zikwi makumi ambiri, amakhalidwe abwino, kukhala asilikali a Nazi?" Nina adatsutsa. "Kodi munayamba mwadzifunsapo kuti n"chifukwa chiyani asilikali amenewa anali oipa kwambiri komanso ankhanza mosatsutsika pamene ankavala mayunifolomu amenewa?" Mawu ake anamveka m"maganizo mwa anzakewo. "Taganizirani za nkhanza zimene Detlef amachitira ngakhale ana aang"ono. Zikwi ndi masauzande a chipani cha Nazi anali ndi lingaliro lomwelo, mlingo womwewo wa nkhanza, kuchita malamulo awo onyansa popanda kukayikira, monga Zombies osokonezeka ubongo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Hitler ndi Himmler adapeza zamoyo zakalezi panthawi imodzi mwazoyeserera za Himmler.
  
  Amunawo anavomera, akuwoneka odabwa ndi chitukuko chatsopanocho.
  
  "Zimenezi n"zomveka," anatero Detlef, akusisita chibwano chake n"kumaganizira za kuwonongeka kwa makhalidwe a asilikali a Nazi.
  
  "Nthawi zonse tinkaganiza kuti adasokonezedwa ndi mabodza," Kirill adauza alendo ake, "koma panali mwambo wochuluka pamenepo. Mlingo waumodzi uwu si wachibadwa. Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndichifukwa chiyani ndinatcha Chipinda cha Amber kukhala temberero usiku watha?"
  
  "Dikirani," Nina anakwinya nkhope, "kodi umadziwa za izi?"
  
  Kirill adayankha pakuwoneka kwake konyozeka ndikuwoneka kowopsa. "Inde! Kodi mukuganiza kuti takhala tikuchita chiyani zaka zonsezi ndi masiteshoni athu a digito? Timatumiza ma code padziko lonse lapansi kuti tichenjeze ogwirizana nawo, kugawana nzeru za aliyense amene angayese kuwagwiritsa ntchito motsutsana ndi anthu. Tikudziwa za nsikidzi zomwe zidatsekeredwa mu amber chifukwa munthu wina wapampando wa Nazi adazigwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi abambo anga ndi kampani yawo patatha chaka chiwonongeko cha Gustloff."
  
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake mumafuna kutilepheretsa kuyang'ana izi," adatero Perdue. "Ndamva tsopano".
  
  "Ndiye, ndizomwe msilikali adauza wofufuzayo?" Sam anafunsa mkulu uja.
  
  "Amamufunsa kuti zidatheka bwanji kuti apulumuke kulamula kwa kaputeni, kenako amayankha kuti kapitawo sakanatha kuyandikira kwa iye, chifukwa chake sanamvepo lamuloli," adatero Kirill.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani sanabwere kwa iye?" Perdue anafunsa, akulemba mfundo m'kabuku kakang'ono.
  
  "Salankhula. Kungoti captain sangakhale naye mchipinda chimodzi. Mwina ndi chifukwa chake amawomberedwa gawo lisanathe, mwina chifukwa cha dzina la munthuyo amene amafuula. Akuganiza kuti akubisa zambiri, ndiye amamupha, "adatero Kirill. "Ndikuganiza kuti mwina inali ma radiation."
  
  "Radiation ya chiyani? Monga ndikudziwira, kunalibe zida zanyukiliya ku Russia panthawiyo, "adatero Nina, akudzithira mowa wambiri wa Kirill ndi vinyo wake. "Kodi ndingasute pano?"
  
  "Zoonadi," iye anamwetulira. Kenako anamuyankha funso lake. "Mphenzi yoyamba. Mukuona, bomba loyamba la atomiki linaphulitsidwa pa mapiri a Kazakh mu 1949, koma chimene palibe amene angakuuzeni n"chakuti kuyesa kwa nyukiliya kwakhala kukuchitika kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m"ma 1930. Ndikuganiza kuti msilikali wa ku Ukraine ameneyu ankakhala ku Kazakhstan asanalembedwe usilikali wa Red Army, koma," iye anadandaula mopanda chidwi, "ndikhoza kulakwa."
  
  "Kodi akufuula dzina lanji kumbuyo msilikaliyo asanaphedwe?" - Perdue adafunsa mosayembekezereka. Zinangomuchitikira kuti sakudziwa kuti wowomberayo ndi ndani.
  
  "PA!" -Kirill adaseka. Inde, ukhoza kumva wina akukuwa, ngati akufuna kumuletsa. Iye mofewa anatsanzira kukuwa. "Msasa!"
  
  
  Mutu 23
  
  
  Perdue anamva mantha atagwira mkati mwake atamva mawu a dzinalo. Panalibe chimene akanachita nazo. "Pepani," anapepesa ndipo anathamangira kuchimbudzi. Atagwada, Perdue anasanza zomwe zili m'mimba mwake. Izi zinamudabwitsa. Sanamve kudwala Kirill asanatchule dzina lodziwika bwino, koma tsopano thupi lake lonse linali kunjenjemera chifukwa cha mawu owopseza.
  
  Pamene ena ankaseka Perdue kuti atha kuletsa zakumwa zake, adagwidwa ndi nseru ya m'mimba mpaka kufika povutika maganizo. Thukuta ndi kutentha thupi, iye anagwira chimbudzi kwa lotsatira mosapeŵeka kuyeretsa.
  
  "Kirill, ungandiuze za izi?" - Adafunsa Detlef. "Ndidapeza izi m'chipinda cholumikizirana cha Gabi ndi chidziwitso chake chonse chokhudza Chipinda cha Amber." Anayimilira ndikumasula mabatani a malaya ake, ndikuwulula mendulo yomwe adapanikizidwa pa vest yake. Anachichotsa ndikuchipereka kwa Kirill, yemwe adawoneka kuti wachita chidwi.
  
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" Nina anamwetulira.
  
  "Iyi ndi mendulo yapadera yomwe idaperekedwa kwa asitikali omwe adatenga nawo gawo pakumasulidwa kwa Prague, mnzanga," adatero Kirill ndi mphuno. "Mwatenga izi kuzinthu za Gabi? Ankawoneka kuti akudziwa zambiri za Chipinda cha Amber ndi Zokhumudwitsa za Prague. Izi ndizochitika zodabwitsa, huh?"
  
  "Zomwe zachitika?"
  
  "Msirikali yemwe adawomberedwa pavidiyoyi adachita nawo Zokhumudwitsa za Prague, komwe ndi komwe kumachokera mendulo iyi," adatero mosangalala. "Chifukwa gulu lomwe adatumikiramo, 4th Ukraine Front, idachita nawo ntchito yomasula Prague m'manja mwa Nazi."
  
  "M'zonse zomwe tikudziwa, zikadachokera kwa msilikali yemweyo," adatero Sam.
  
  "Zingakhale zosautsa komanso zodabwitsa panthawi imodzimodzi," Detlef adavomereza mokondwera. "Ilibe dzina pamenepo, kapena sichoncho?"
  
  "Ayi, pepani," anatero mwiniwake. "Ngakhale zikanakhala zosangalatsa Gabi akadalandira mendulo kuchokera kwa mbadwa ya msilikaliyu pamene ankafufuza zakusowa kwa Amber Room." Anamwetulira mwachisoni, akumkumbukira mwachikondi.
  
  "Munamutcha womenyera ufulu," Nina anatero mosadziŵika, akutsamira mutu wake pachibakera. "Uku ndikulongosola kwabwino kwa munthu yemwe akuyesera kuwulula gulu lomwe likufuna kulanda dziko lonse lapansi."
  
  "Kulondola ndendende, Nina," iye anayankha motero.
  
  Sam anapita kukawona chomwe chinali cholakwika ndi Perdue.
  
  "Ee, tambala wakale. Kodi muli bwino?" Anafunsa akuyang'ana pansi pa thupi logwada la Perdue. Panalibe choyankha, ndipo palibe phokoso la nseru lomwe linamveka kuchokera kwa munthu yemwe anatsamira kuchimbudzi. "Purdu?" Sam anapita kutsogolo ndikumukokera Perdue paphewa, koma adangomupeza ali wofooka komanso wosayankha. Poyamba Sam ankaganiza kuti bwenzi lake latha, koma pamene Sam adayang'ana zizindikiro zake zofunika, adapeza kuti Perdue anali ndi mantha aakulu.
  
  Poyesera kumudzutsa, Sam anapitiriza kumutcha dzina lake, koma Perdue sanayankhe m'manja mwake. "Purdue," Sam adayitana mwamphamvu komanso mokweza ndipo adamva kunjenjemera kumbuyo kwa malingaliro ake. Mwadzidzidzi mphamvu zidayenda ndipo adamva kuti ali ndi mphamvu. "Perdue, dzuka," Sam analamula, kukhazikitsa mgwirizano ndi maganizo a Perdue, koma analephera kumudzutsa. Anayesa izi katatu, nthawi iliyonse akuwonjezera maganizo ake ndi zolinga zake, koma sizinaphule kanthu. "Sindikumvetsa izi. Ziyenera kugwira ntchito mukamamva chonchi! "
  
  "Detlef!" Sam anaimba. "Kodi mungandithandize pano chonde?"
  
  Mjeremani wamtali uja anathamangira m"khola kupita komwe anamva kukuwa kwa Sam.
  
  "Ndithandizeni kumunyamula kuti akagone," Sam anabuula, kuyesera kukweza Perdue kumapazi ake. Mothandizidwa ndi Detlef, anamugoneka Perdue n"kuyamba kufufuza kuti adziwe chimene chinamuvuta.
  
  "Izi nzodabwitsa," anatero Nina. "Sanali woledzera. Sanali kuoneka kudwala kapena chirichonse. Chinachitika ndi chiyani?
  
  "Anangotaya mtima," Sam anadandaula. "Koma sindinathe kum"dzutsa nkomwe," iye anauza Nina, akuvumbula kuti anagwiritsira ntchito luso lake latsopano, "mosasamala kanthu za chimene ndinayesera."
  
  "Ichi ndi chifukwa chodetsa nkhawa," adatsimikizira uthenga wake.
  
  "Zonse zayaka moto. Zikuwoneka ngati chakudya chakupha," adatero Detlef, koma mwiniwakeyo adangowayang'ana. "Pepani, Kirill. Sindimafuna kunyoza kuphika kwanu. Koma zizindikiro zake zimawoneka chonchi. "
  
  Kuyang'ana Perdue ola lililonse ndikuyesera kumudzutsa kunalibe kanthu. Iwo anadabwa ndi kuukira kwadzidzidzi kwa malungo ndi nseru kumene iye anali kudwala.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale zovuta mochedwa chifukwa cha zomwe zinamuchitikira m'dzenje la njoka momwe adazunzidwa," Nina ananong'oneza Sam atakhala pabedi la Perdue. "Sitikudziwa zomwe adachita naye. Bwanji ngati amubaya ndi mtundu wina wa poizoni kapena, Mulungu asalole, kachilombo koyambitsa matenda?"
  
  Sam anayankha kuti: "Sanadziwe kuti athawa. "N'chifukwa chiyani amamusunga m'chipinda cha odwala ngati akufuna kuti adwale?"
  
  "Mwina kuti atipatsire tikamupulumutsa?" - Ananong'oneza mwachangu, maso ake akulu a bulauni odzaza ndi mantha. "Ndi zida zobisika, Sam. Kodi mungadabwe?
  
  Sam anavomera. Panalibe chimene akanalola kuti anthuwa amve. Black Sun inali ndi mphamvu zopanda malire zowononga komanso luntha loyipa loyenera kuchita izi.
  
  Detlef anali m"chipinda chake, n"kumatenga zimene Milla anatumiza pa telefoni. Mawu a mzimayi anawerenga manambala monyanyira, osamvetseka chifukwa choti anthu sanawalandire bwino panja pa khomo la chipinda cha Detlef kumusi kwa Sam ndi Nina. Kirill adayenera kutseka nkhokwe yake ndikuyendetsa galimoto yake asanayambe chakudya chamadzulo. Alendo ake amayenera kunyamuka mawa, komabe adayenera kuwatsimikizira kuti asapitirize kusaka Amber Room. Potsirizira pake, palibe chimene akanachita ngati iwo, monga ena ambiri, anaumirira kufunafuna mabwinja a chozizwitsa chakuphacho.
  
  Atapukuta mphumi ya Perdue ndi nsalu yonyowa pochapira kuti achepetse malungo ake omwe anali akali kukwera, Nina anapita kukaonana ndi Detlef pamene Sam ankasamba. Anagogoda modekha.
  
  "Lowa, Nina," anayankha motero Detlef.
  
  "Wadziwa bwanji kuti ndine?" Adafunsa akumwetulira mwansangala.
  
  "Palibe amene amaona izi kukhala zosangalatsa ngati inu, kupatula ine, inde," adatero. "Masiku ano ndalandira uthenga kuchokera kwa munthu wina wapasiteshoni. Anandiuza kuti tidzafa ngati tipitirizabe kufunafuna Nyumba ya Amber, Nina."
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti munalemba manambala molondola?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, osati manambala. Onani." Anamuwonetsa foni yake yam'manja. Uthenga udatumizidwa kuchokera pa nambala yosawerengeka yokhala ndi ulalo wopita kusiteshoni. "Ndinamvetsera wailesiyi ndipo anandiuza kuti ndisiye - m'Chingelezi chosavuta."
  
  "Anakuopsezani?" Iye anakwinya nkhope. "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti palibe amene akukuvutitsani?"
  
  "Kodi anganditumizire bwanji meseji ndi ma frequency aku wayilesi ndikulankhula nane kumeneko?" adatsutsa.
  
  "Ayi, sindikutanthauza zimenezo. Mukudziwa bwanji kuti ndi Milla? Pali masiteshoni ambiri otere omwe amwazikana padziko lonse lapansi, Detlef. Samalani ndi anthu amene mumacheza nawo," anachenjeza motero.
  
  "Mukunena zowona. Sindinaganizepo za izi, "adavomereza. "Ndinali wofunitsitsa kusunga zomwe Gabi ankakonda, zomwe ankakonda, mukudziwa? Zandipangitsa kukhala wakhungu ku ngozi, ndipo nthawi zina...
  
  "Chabwino, uyenera kusamala, wamasiye. Dziko limadalira inu," Nina anasisita, akusisita dzanja lake molimbikitsa.
  
  Detlef anamva kuti mawu ake anali ndi cholinga. "Ndimakonda," iye anaseka.
  
  "Chani?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Dzina ili ndi wamasiye. Zikumveka ngati ngwazi, si choncho?" iye anali kudzitamandira.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndizabwino kwambiri, ngakhale mawuwa akutanthauza zachisoni. Zikutanthauza chinthu chokhumudwitsa, "adatero.
  
  "N"zoona," iye anagwedeza mutu, "koma ndi amene ine ndiri tsopano, mukudziwa? Kukhala wamasiye ndiye kuti ndikadali mwamuna wa Gabi, ukudziwa?"
  
  Nina ankakonda mmene Detlef ankaonera zinthu. Atadutsa gehena ya imfa yake, adakwanitsabe kutenga dzina lake lachisoni ndikulisintha kukhala ode. "Izi ndizabwino kwambiri, wamasiye."
  
  "O, mwa njira, awa ndi manambala ochokera ku siteshoni yeniyeni, kuchokera ku Milla lero," adatero, akumupatsa Nina pepala. "Muzimvetsetsa izi. Ndine woyipa pa chilichonse chomwe chilibe choyambitsa. "
  
  "Chabwino, koma ndikuganiza kuti uchotse foni yako," Nina adalangiza. Ngati ali ndi nambala yanu, akhoza kutifufuza, ndipo ndikukhumudwa kwambiri ndi uthenga umene munalandira. Tisawaloze kwa ife, chabwino? sindikufuna kudzuka nditafa."
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti anthu ngati awa amatha kutipeza osatsata mafoni athu, sichoncho?" anadzudzula, akulandira kunyezimira kolimba kuchokera kwa wolemba mbiri wokongola. "Chabwino. Nditaya."
  
  "Ndiye tsopano wina akutiwopseza kudzera pa mameseji?" Adatelo Perdue uku akungotsamira pakhomo.
  
  "Purdue!" Nina anakuwa ndikuthamangira kutsogolo kukamukumbatira mwachimwemwe. "Ndine wokondwa kuti mwadzuka. Chinachitika ndi chiyani?
  
  "Uyenera kutaya foni yako, Detlef. Anthu amene anapha mkazi wanu akhoza kukhala amene anakulumikizani," adatero mkazi wamasiyeyo. Nina anadzimva kukhala wosiyidwa pang"ono ndi kufunitsitsa kwake. Anachoka mwamsanga. "Chitani momwe mukufunira."
  
  "Ndithu, anthu awa ndi ndani?" Detlef adaseka. Perdue sanali bwenzi lake. Sanakonde kuuzidwa ndi munthu yemwe amamuganizira kuti wapha mkazi wake. Iye analibebe yankho lenileni la amene anapha mkazi wake, kotero kuti iye anali kumvana kokha chifukwa cha Nina ndi Sam-pakali pano.
  
  "Sam ali kuti?" Anafunsa Nina, uku akumusokoneza cockfight yomwe inali moŵa.
  
  "Mu shawa," Perdue anayankha mosalabadira. Nina sanakonde maganizo ake, koma anazoloŵera kukhala pakati pa mipikisano ya testosterone-fuelled pissing, ngakhale kuti sizikutanthauza kuti ankakonda. "Iyi iyenera kukhala shawa yayitali kwambiri yomwe adakhalapo," adaseka, akukankhira Perdue kuti apite kunjira. Anapita kukhitchini kukaphika khofi kuti muchepetse mkhalidwe wachisoniwo. "Kodi wasamba kale, Sam?" Adaseka akudutsa kubafa komwe adamva madzi akugunda ma tiles. "Izi zidzatengera munthu wokalamba madzi ake otentha." Nina anayamba kumasulira ma code atsopano kwinaku akusangalala ndi khofi yemwe wakhala akulakalaka kwa ola limodzi.
  
  "Yesu Khristu!" - adafuula mwadzidzidzi. Anapunthwanso ku khoma ndi kutseka pakamwa pake pakuwona. Maondo ake anagundana ndipo anakomoka pang"onopang"ono. Maso ake anazizira, anangoyang'ana Chirasha wakale, yemwe anakhala pampando wake womwe ankaukonda. Patebulo kutsogolo kwake panayima galasi lake lodzaza ndi mowa wamphamvu, akudikirira m'mapiko ake, ndipo pafupi ndi iye anapumula dzanja lake lamagazi, akugwirabe chitsamba cha galasi losweka lomwe adadula nalo kukhosi kwake.
  
  Perdue ndi Detlef anathamanga, okonzeka kumenyana. Anayang'anizana ndi zochitika zowopsya ndipo adayima modabwa mpaka Sam adalowa nawo kuchokera ku bafa.
  
  Pamene manthawo anayamba, Nina anayamba kunjenjemera mwaukali, akulira chifukwa cha chochitika chonyansa chimene chiyenera kuti chinachitika ali m"chipinda cha Detlef. Sam atavala chopukutira chokha anafika kwa mkulu uja mwachidwi. Anaphunzira mosamala momwe dzanja la Kirill lilili komanso momwe balalo lakuya lilili pamwamba pa mmero wake. Mikhalidweyo inali yogwirizana ndi kudzipha; iye ankayenera kuti avomereze izo. Anayang'ana amuna awiri aja. Panalibe chikayikiro m"maso mwake, koma panali chenjezo lakuda pamenepo limene linasonkhezera Nina kumdodometsa.
  
  "Sam, ukangovala, ungandithandize kukonzeke?" - adafunsa, akununkhiza pamene adanyamuka.
  
  "Inde".
  
  
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  Atasamalira thupi la Kirill ndikumukulunga ndi zofunda pabedi lake, mlengalenga mnyumbamo munadzaza ndi kupsinjika ndi chisoni. Nina anakhala patebulo, akugwetsabe misozi nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi chifukwa cha imfa ya Mrasha wakale wokondedwayo. Kutsogolo kwake kunali galimoto ya Perdue ndi laputopu yake, pomwe anali kumasulira pang'onopang'ono mawerengero a Detlef. Khofi wake unali wozizira ndipo ngakhale paketi yake ya ndudu inali isanakhudzidwe.
  
  Perdue adapita kwa iye ndikumukokera mokoma mtima ndikumukumbatira mwachifundo. "Pepani, wokondedwa. Ndikudziwa kuti umamukonda mkuluyu." Nina sananene kalikonse. Perdue anakanikizira tsaya lake pang'onopang'ono, ndipo zomwe amangoganiza ndi momwe kutentha kwake kunabwerera mwakale. Pansi pa chivundikiro cha tsitsi lake, iye ananong"oneza kuti: "Samalani ndi Chijeremani uyu, chonde wokondedwa wanga. Amawoneka ngati wosewera wabwino kwambiri, koma ndi waku Germany. Ukuwona komwe ndikupita ndi izi?"
  
  Nina adachita mantha. Maso ake anakumana ndi Perdue uku akukwinya ndi kufuna kufotokoza mwakachetechete. Anapumira n"kuyang"ana uku ndi uku kuti atsimikize kuti ali okha.
  
  "Iye watsimikiza mtima kusunga foni yake ya m"manja. Simudziwa chilichonse chokhudza iye kupatula kutenga nawo gawo pakufufuza kwakupha ku Berlin. Monga tikudziwira, iye akhoza kukhala wamkulu. Akhoza kukhala amene anapha mkazi wake atazindikira kuti akusewera mbali ya adani," iye analongosola mofatsa.
  
  "Mwamuona akumupha?" Ku kazembeyo? anafunsa ndi mawu okwiya kwambiri, "Wakuthandizani Perdue. Pakanapanda iye, ine ndi Sam sitikanadziwa kuti mwasowa. Pakadapanda Detlef, sitikadadziwa komwe. kuti mupeze Kazakh Black Sun Hole." kuti ndikupulumutseni."
  
  Perdue anamwetulira. Maonekedwe a nkhope yake ankasonyeza chipambano chake. "Ndizimene ndikufuna kunena, wokondedwa wanga. Ndi msampha. Osamangotsatira malangizo ake onse. Wadziwa bwanji kuti sanakutsogolere iwe ndi Sam kwa ine? Mwina mukanandipeza; amayenera kunditulutsa. Kodi zonsezi ndi gawo la pulani yayikulu?"
  
  Nina sanafune kukhulupirira. Apa ankalimbikitsa Detlef kuti asayang'ane zoopsa chifukwa cha chikhumbo, koma anali kuchita chimodzimodzi! Panalibe kukayikira kuti Perdue anali wolondola, koma sankatha kumvetsa kuti akhoza kuperekedwa.
  
  "Black Sun nthawi zambiri imakhala yachijeremani," Perdue anapitiriza kunong'oneza pamene akuyang'ana msewu. "Ali ndi anthu awo kulikonse. Ndipo ndani omwe akufuna kuwononga kwambiri padziko lapansi? Ine, iwe ndi Sam. Ndi njira yabwino iti yotibweretsera tonse pamodzi kuti tipeze chuma chomwe sichingachitike kuposa kuponya wothandizira pawiri Black Sun ngati wozunzidwa? Wozunzidwa yemwe ali ndi mayankho onse amakhala ngati ... woipa."
  
  "Kodi wakwanitsa kumasulira zambiri, Nina?" - Detlef adafunsa, akubwera kuchokera mumsewu ndikugwedeza malaya ake.
  
  Perdue ankamuyang"anitsitsa, akusisita tsitsi lake komaliza asanapite kukhitchini kukamwa chakumwa. Nina anafunika kusamala ndi kuseŵera naye mpaka atadziŵa mwanjira inayake ngati Detlef akuseŵera timu yolakwika. "Tatsala pang"ono kukonzekera," anamuuza motero, akubisa kukayikira kulikonse kumene anali nako. "Ndikungokhulupirira kuti tipeza chidziwitso chokwanira kuti tipeze china chake chothandiza. Nanga bwanji ngati uthengawu suli wokhudza malo a Amber Room?
  
  "Osadandaula. Ngati ndi choncho, tidzaukira Order molunjika. Sangalalani ndi Amber Room, "adatero. Anatsimikiza kuti asakhale kutali ndi Perdue, osachepera kupeŵa kukhala naye yekha. Awiriwo sanagwirizanenso . Sam anali patali ndipo nthawi yambiri amakhala yekha mchipinda chake, ndikusiya Nina akudzimva yekha.
  
  "Tiyenera kuchoka posachedwapa," Nina analingalira motero mokweza kuti aliyense amve. "Ndikumasulira mawuwa, ndiyeno tifunika kugunda mseu wina asanatipeze. Tilumikizana ndi akuluakulu am'deralo zokhudzana ndi thupi la Kirill tikangofika patali ndi pano. "
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," anatero Perdue, atayimirira pakhomo pomwe ankayang'ana dzuwa likulowa. "Tikangofika ku Amber Room, zimakhala bwino."
  
  "Malinga ngati tipeza chidziwitso choyenera," Nina anawonjezera, akulemba mzere wotsatira.
  
  "Sam ali kuti?" anafunsa Perdue.
  
  "Anapita kuchipinda chake titachotsa zonyansa za Kirill," Detlef anayankha.
  
  Perdue ankafuna kulankhula ndi Sam za zomwe ankakayikira. Malingana ngati Nina akanatha kuchititsa Detlef kukhala wotanganidwa, amathanso kuchenjeza Sam. Anagogoda pachitseko koma sanayankhe. Perdue anagogoda mokweza kuti amudzutse Sam ngati akugona. "Mkazi Cleve! Ino si nthawi yochedwa. Tiyenera kukonzekera mwamsanga!"
  
  "Ndamva," Nina anatero. Detlef anabwera kudzadya naye patebulo, ali wofunitsitsa kuti aone zomwe Milla adzanene.
  
  "Akuti chiyani?" - anafunsa, atakhala pansi pa mpando pafupi Nina.
  
  "Mwina izi zikuwoneka ngati zogwirizanitsa? Mukuona? "anatero, ndikumupatsa kapepala. Pamene ankayang"ana zimenezi, Nina anadzifunsa kuti angatani ngati ataona kuti walemba uthenga wabodza, n"cholinga choti angoona ngati akudziwa kale chilichonse. Iye anapeka uthengawo, kuyembekezera kuti iye kukayikira ntchito yake. Ndiye akanadziwa ngati akutsogolera gululo ndi manambala ake.
  
  "Sam wapita!" Perdue anakuwa.
  
  "Sizingatheke!" Nina anayankha mokuwa, akudikira yankho la Detlef.
  
  "Ayi, adachokadi," Perdue adalumphira atafufuza m'nyumba yonse. "Ndinayang"ana paliponse. Ndinayang'ananso kunja. Sam anapita."
  
  Foni ya Detlef inalira.
  
  "Ikani pa speaker, champ," Perdue adaumirira. Ndi chisoni chobwezera, Detlef anamvera.
  
  "Holzer," anayankha motero.
  
  Iwo ankamva foni ikuperekedwa kwa munthu wina pamene azibambowo ankalankhula chapansipansi. Nina anakhumudwa kuti sanathe kumaliza mayeso ake aang'ono a Chijeremani.
  
  Uthenga woona wochokera kwa Milla, umene anauzindikira, unali ndi zambiri osati manambala kapena ma kugwirizana. Izi zinali zosokoneza kwambiri. Pamene ankamvetsera foniyo, anabisa kapepala kamene kanali ndi uthenga woyambirira m"zala zake zowonda. Poyamba idati 'Tajfel ist Gekommen', kenako 'facility' refuge ndi 'kulumikizana kofunikira'. Gawo lomaliza linangoti 'Pripyat, 1955'.
  
  Kupyolera mu choyankhulira cha foni iwo anamva liwu lodziwika bwino, kutsimikizira mantha awo oipitsitsa.
  
  "Nina, osalabadira zomwe akunena! Ndikhoza kupulumuka izi!"
  
  "Sam!" - iye squealed.
  
  Iwo adamva chipwirikiti pomwe Sam adalangidwa ndi omwe adamugwira chifukwa chamwano wake. Chakumapeto, bambo wina anafunsa Sam kuti anene zimene wauzidwa.
  
  "Chipinda cha Amber chili mu sarcophagus," Sam adachita chibwibwi, akulavula magazi chifukwa cha nkhonya yomwe adangolandira. "Muli ndi maola 48 kuti amubweze kapena aphe Chancellor waku Germany. Ndipo ...
  
  "WHO? Sam, ndani?" Adafunsa mwachangu Detlef.
  
  "Si chinsinsi amene, bwenzi langa," Nina anamuuza iye mosapita m"mbali.
  
  "Kodi tipereka izi kwa ndani?" Perdue analowererapo. "Kuti ndi liti?"
  
  "Mudzalandira malangizo pambuyo pake," anatero mwamunayo. "A Germany amadziwa komwe angamvetsere."
  
  Kuitana kunatha mwadzidzidzi. "O Mulungu wanga," Nina anabuula m"manja mwake, akuphimba nkhope yake ndi manja ake. "Unali wolondola, Perdue. Milla ndi amene wachititsa zonsezi. "
  
  Iwo anayang'ana pa Detlef.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti ineyo ndi amene ndinachititsa zimenezi?" - adadziteteza. "Ndinu openga?"
  
  "Ndinu amene mwatipatsa malangizo onse mpaka pano, a Holzer - mocheperapo, kutengera zomwe Milla adatumiza. "Black Sun" itumiza malangizo athu kudzera munjira yomweyo. Chitani mawerengedwe ovuta! " - Nina anafuula, atagwidwa ndi Perdue kuti asawononge German wamkulu.
  
  "Sindinadziwe kalikonse za izi! Ndikulumbira! Ndinali kuyang'ana Purdue kuti ndipeze malongosoledwe a momwe mkazi wanga anafera, chifukwa cha Mulungu! Cholinga changa chinali kungopeza wakupha mkazi wanga, osati izi! Ndipo iye wayima apo pomwe, Wokondedwa, apo pomwe ndi iwe. Ukumubisirabe, pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi, ndipo nthawi yonseyi umadziwa kuti anapha Gabi," Detlef anakuwa mwaukali. Nkhope yake inasanduka yofiira ndipo milomo yake inkanjenjemera ndi ukali pamene iye analozetsa Glock wake kwa iwo, kutsegula moto.
  
  Perdue adagwira Nina ndikumukokera pansi naye. "Kuchimbudzi, Nina! Patsogolo! Patsogolo!"
  
  "Ukanena kuti ndinakuuzani zimenezi, ndikulumbira kuti ndidzakuphani!" - adamukalipira pomwe amamukankhira kutsogolo, movutikira kuthawa zipolopolo zolunjika bwino.
  
  "Sindidzatero, ndikulonjeza. Ingosunthani! Ali pa ife!" - Perdue anapempha pamene iwo anawoloka pakhomo la bafa. Mthunzi wa Detlef, waukulu kuseri kwa khoma la mpanda, unasunthira kwa iwo mwachangu. Anamenya chitseko cha bafa ndikuchitseka monganso kuwombera kwina, kugunda zitsulo zachitseko.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, atipha," Nina ananjenjemera, akuyang"ana m"bokosi lothandizira chithandizo choyamba ngati akuthwa chilichonse chimene angagwiritse ntchito pamene Detlef mosapeŵeka anatulukira pakhomo. Anapeza lumo lachitsulo ndikuliyika mthumba lakumbuyo.
  
  "Yesani zenera," adatero Perdue, akupukuta nkhope yake.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani?" - iye anafunsa. Perdue anayang'ananso kudwala, akutuluka thukuta kwambiri ndipo atagwira chogwirira cha bafa. "O Mulungu, osati kachiwiri."
  
  "Liwu lija, Nina. Munthu pa foni. Ndikuganiza kuti ndinamuzindikira. Dzina lake ndi Kemper. Pamene ananena dzina pa kaundula wanu, ndinamva monga momwe ine ndikumverera tsopano. Ndipo nditamva mawu a bambo uja pa foni ya Sam, nseru yowopsa idandigwiranso, "adavomereza, akupuma mwaukali.
  
  "Kodi ukuganiza kuti mawu awa amapangidwa ndi mawu a winawake?" Adafunsa mwachangu uku akukanikizira tsaya pansi kuyang'ana pansi pa chitseko.
  
  "Sindikudziwa, koma ndikuganiza choncho," Perdue adayankha, akulimbana ndi kusaiwalika kwakukulu.
  
  "Pali wina waima kutsogolo kwa chitseko," ananong"oneza motero. "Purdue, uyenera kukhala osangalala. Iye ali pakhomo. Tiyenera kudutsa pawindo. Kodi ukuganiza kuti ukhoza?"
  
  Anapukusa mutu. "Ndatopa kwambiri," iye anabwebweta. "Uyenera kutuluka ... uh, kuchokera pano ..."
  
  Perdue anayankhula mosaziwika, uku akugwada kuchimbudzi atatambasula manja ake.
  
  "Sindingakusiyeni pano!" - adatsutsa. Perdue anasanza mpaka anafooka kwambiri kuti akhale pansi. Kutsogolo kwa chitseko kunali chete mokayikitsa. Nina ankaganiza kuti German psychotic angadikire moleza mtima kuti atuluke kuti athe kuwawombera. Iye anali adakali kutsogolo kwa chitseko, choncho anayatsa mipopi ya bafa kuti asabise mayendedwe ake. Anatembenuza mipopi yonseyo kenako n"kutsegula zenera mosamalitsa. Nina moleza mtima anamasula mipiringidzo ndi tsamba la lumo, mmodzimmodzi, mpaka anatha kuchotsa contraption. Izi zinali zovuta. Nina anabuula, akupotoza chiuno chake kuti achepetse, koma adapeza manja a Perdue atakwezedwa kuti amuthandize. Iye anatsitsa mipiringidzo, kukhala ngati munthu wake wakale kachiwiri. Iye anadabwa kotheratu ndi matsenga odabwitsawa, amene anadwala kwambiri, koma iye anamasulidwa posakhalitsa.
  
  "Mukumva bwino?" anafunsa. Anagwedeza mutu ndi mpumulo, koma Nina anawona kuti kutentha thupi kosalekeza ndi kusanza kunali kumuchotsa madzi m"thupi mwamsanga. Maso ake ankawoneka otopa komanso nkhope yake inali yotuwa, koma anachita ndi kuyankhula monga nthawi zonse. Perdue anathandiza Nina kukwera pawindo ndipo analumphira paudzu panja. Thupi lake lalitali linagwa movutikira m"kanjira kakang"ono kwambiri asanadumphe pansi pafupi ndi iye.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi, mthunzi wa Detlef unawagwera.
  
  Pamene Nina anayang"ana pa chiwopsezo chachikulucho, mtima wake unatsala pang"ono kuima. Popanda kuganiza, analumpha n"kumubaya ndi lumo m"chuuno. Perdue anagwetsa Glock m'manja mwake ndikuitenga, koma bawutiyo inali yodzaza, kuwonetsa magazini yopanda kanthu. Munthu wamkuluyo anagwira Nina m'manja mwake, akuseka kuyesa kwa Perdue kulephera kumuwombera. Nina adatulutsa lumo ndikumumenyanso. Diso la Detlef linaphulika pamene ankaponya zingwe zotsekekazo m"mphako mwake.
  
  "Tiyeni, Nina!" Perdue anakuwa, kutaya chida chopanda ntchito. "Asanadzuke. Zikuyendabe!"
  
  "Inde?" - iye grinned. "Ndikhoza kusintha izi!"
  
  Koma Perdue anamukoka ndipo iwo anathawira ku mzinda, kusiya zinthu zawo.
  
  
  Mutu 25
  
  
  Sam anapunthwa kumbuyo kwa wankhanza wooneka ngati mafupa. Pansi pa nsidze yake yakumanja, magazi anali kuyenderera kunsi kwa nsidze yake ndikudetsa malaya ake. Achifwambawo anamugwira m"manja, akumukokera ku ngalawa yaikulu imene inkayenda pamadzi a Gulf of Gdynia.
  
  "Bambo Cleave, ndikuyembekeza kuti mudzatsatira malamulo athu onse, apo ayi anzanuwo adzaimbidwa mlandu wa imfa ya Chancellor wa ku Germany," womugwirayo anamuuza motero.
  
  "Ulibe chilichonse chowapachika!" Sam anatsutsa. "Kupatula apo, ngati amasewera m'manja mwanu, tonse tifa. Tikudziwa momwe zolinga za Order zilili zonyansa. "
  
  "Ndipo apa ndimaganiza kuti mumadziwa luso ndi luso la Order. Kupusa bwanji kwa ine. Chonde musandipangitse kugwiritsa ntchito anzanu ngati chitsanzo kuti ndikuwonetseni kuti ndife olimba mtima, "adatero Klaus monyoza. Iye anatembenukira kwa anthu ake. "Mukwezeni. Tiyenera kupita ".
  
  Sam adaganiza zokhala ndi nthawi yake asanayese kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake latsopano. Ankafuna kuti apume kaye kuti atsimikizire kuti sizingamulepheretsenso. Anamukokera padoko ndi kukankhira m'ngalawamo yosokonekera.
  
  "Bweretsani iye!" - mmodzi wa amuna analamula.
  
  "Tidzaonana tikafika kumene tikupita, a Cleve," anatero Klaus mwachibadwa.
  
  'Mulungu, ndabweranso m'sitima yapamadzi ya Nazi!' Sam anadandaula chifukwa cha zimene zinamuchitikira, koma maganizo ake sanasinthe n"kumati: "Tsopano ndiwagawanitsa ubongo n"kuwapangitsa kuti aziphana." Chodabwitsa n"chakuti, iye ankadziona kuti ndi wamphamvu kwambiri pamene maganizo ake anali olakwika. kunjenjemera kwamphamvu muubongo wake kunakhala, "kukadali komweko," adamwetulira.
  
  Iye anali atazolowera kumverera kwa tiziromboti. Kudziwa kuti sichinali china koma tizilombo kuchokera ku unyamata wa dziko lapansi sikunapange kusiyana kwa Sam. Zimenezi zinam"patsa mphamvu zazikulu za maganizo, mwina kugwiritsira ntchito maluso ena amene anaiwalika kalekale kapena amene adzakulitsidwa m"tsogolo. Mwinamwake, iye ankaganiza kuti chinali chamoyo chomwe chinasinthidwa mwapadera kuti chiphe, mofanana ndi chibadwa cha chilombo. Izi zitha kukhala kuti zidapatutsa mphamvu kuchokera kumagulu ena a ubongo wamakono, ndikuzitsogolera ku chibadwa choyambirira chamatsenga; ndipo popeza kuti chibadwa chimenechi chinathandiza kupulumuka, cholinga chake sichinali kuzunza, koma kugonjetsa ndi kupha.
  
  Asanakankhire mtolankhani womenyedwayo m'nyumba yomwe adasungira mkaidi wawo, amuna awiri omwe adagwira Sam adamuvula maliseche. Mosiyana ndi Dave Perdue, Sam sanakane. M"malo mwake, anathera nthaŵiyo m"maganizo mwake kutsekereza zonse zimene ankachita. Anyani awiri a ku Germany omwe anamuvula anali achilendo, ndipo kuchokera ku Chijeremani chaching'ono chomwe iye ankamva, iwo anali kubetcherana kuti zitenge nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti mpikisano wa ku Scotland usweke.
  
  "Nthawi zambiri kukhala chete ndi gawo loipa la kutsika," bambo wadazi anamwetulira pamene amakokera mabokosi a Sam mpaka akakolo ake.
  
  "Mtsikana wanga wamkazi amachita zimenezi asanapse mtima," wowondayo anatero. "100 euros, kuti pofika mawa azikhala akulira ngati bulu."
  
  Chigawenga chadazicho chinamuyang'anitsitsa Sam, chitayima pafupi naye mosamasuka. "Mwalowamo. Ndikunena kuti akuyesera kuthawa tisanafike ku Latvia.
  
  Amuna awiriwa anaseka pamene akusiya wogwidwawo ali maliseche, atavala zovala komanso atapsa mtima. Atatseka chitseko, Sam anakhalabe chete kwa kanthawi. Iye sankadziwa chifukwa chake. Sanafune kusuntha, ngakhale kuti maganizo ake sanali osokonezeka. Mkati mwake ankadzimva kukhala wamphamvu, wokhoza komanso wamphamvu, koma anayima pomwepo kuti angowunika momwe zinthu zilili. Kusuntha koyamba kunali maso ake kuyang'ana chipinda chomwe adamusiya.
  
  Kanyumba komuzungulira kunali kosangalatsa, monga amayembekezera kuchokera kuzizira komanso eni ake owerengera. Makoma achitsulo amtundu wa kirimu olumikizidwa pa ngodya zinayi zokhomedwa ndi kuzizira, pansi popanda pansi. Panalibe bedi, chimbudzi, zenera. Chitseko chokha, chokhoma m"mbali mofanana ndi makoma. Panali babu limodzi lokha, lounikira mocheperako m'chipindacho, ndikumusiya ali ndi mphamvu zochepa.
  
  Sam sanasamale zakusowa dala zododometsa, chifukwa chomwe chimayenera kukhala njira yozunzirako mwachilolezo cha Kemper chinali mwayi wolandirika kwa yemwe adamugwira kuti aganizire mozama za malingaliro ake. Chitsulocho chinali chozizira, ndipo Sam amayenera kuyima usiku wonse kapena kuzizira matako ake. Anakhala pansi, osaganizira kwambiri za vuto lake, osachita chidwi ndi kuzizira kwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Ku gehena ndi chirichonse," iye anadzilankhula yekha. "Ndine Scottish, zitsiru inu. Mukuganiza kuti timavala chiyani pansi pa malaya athu patsiku labwinobwino? Kuzizira pansi pa maliseche ake kunalidi kosasangalatsa, koma kosalekeza, ndipo ndi zomwe zinkafunika apa. Sam analakalaka patakhala chosinthira pamwamba pake kuti azimitse magetsi. Kuwalako kunasokoneza kusinkhasinkha kwake. Pamene bwato linkagwedezeka pansi pake, adatseka maso ake, kuyesera kuchotsa mutu wopweteka komanso kupsa m'mafupa ake pamene chikopa chinang'ambika pamene ankamenyana ndi om'gwira.
  
  Pang'onopang'ono, chimodzi ndi chimodzi, Sam adatulutsa zokhumudwitsa zazing'ono ngati kupweteka komanso kuzizira, ndikulowa pang'onopang'ono m'malingaliro amphamvu mpaka adamva kuti chigaza chake chikukulirakulira, ngati nyongolotsi yosakhazikika yomwe ikudzuka pakati pa chigaza chake. Mphepo yodziŵika bwino inadutsa muubongo wake, ndipo ina inaloŵa m"msana wake monga madontho a adrenaline. Anamva mboni za m'maso mwake zikutentha ngati mphenzi yodabwitsa inadzaza m'mutu mwake. Sam anamwetulira.
  
  M'maganizo mwake munapanga chotchinga pamene amayesa kuyang'ana pa Klaus Kemper. Sanafunikire kumupeza m"ngalawamo bola atatchula dzina lake. Patapita nthawi yomwe inkaoneka ngati ola limodzi, sanathebe kulamulira wankhanza yemwe anali pafupi, kumusiya Sam ali wofooka ndi kutuluka thukuta kwambiri. Kukhumudwa kunasokoneza kudziletsa kwake komanso chiyembekezo chake cha kuyesa, koma anapitirizabe kuyesetsa. Kenako, anagwira ntchito kwambiri moti anakomoka.
  
  Sam atafika, mchipindamo munali mdima, zomwe zidamusiya osazindikira momwe alili. Ngakhale anaumitsa maso molimba bwanji, sanaone kalikonse mu mdimawo. Pamapeto pake, Sam anayamba kukayikira za misala yake.
  
  "Kodi ndikulota?" anadzifunsa motero atatambasulira dzanja lake kutsogolo kwake, nsonga zake zosakhutitsidwa. Koma sanathe kutero, chifukwa chakuti mnzakeyo atayamba kulamulira, Sam nthawi zambiri ankangoyang'ana nsalu yopyapyala yooneka ngati yopyapyala. zinapezeka kuti zinali zovuta, ndipo palibe chimene chinatulukapo kupatulapo mawu akutali a kukambitsirana koopsa ndi kuseka kwakukulu kwa ena.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi, mofanana ndi kugunda kwa mphezi, kuona kwake kwa malo ake kunazimiririka, kuchititsa kuti akumbukire bwino lomwe mpaka pano. Sam anakwinya nkhope, akukumbukira momwe adagonera patebulo pansi pa nyali zonyansa zomwe zidawunikira momvetsa chisoni mumsonkhanowo. Anakumbukira kutentha kwakukulu komwe adakumana nako m'malo ang'onoang'ono ogwirira ntchito odzaza ndi zida ndi zotengera. Asanaone zambiri, kukumbukira kwake kunayambitsa kumverera kwina komwe malingaliro ake adasankha kuyiwala.
  
  Ululu waukulu unadzaza khutu lake lamkati pamene anali kugona mumdima, malo otentha. Dontho la mtengo wamtengowo linatuluka mumgolo womwe unali pamwamba pake, ndipo nkhope yake inasowa. Pansi pa mbiyayo, moto wawukulu unang'ambika m'masomphenya ogwedezeka a kukumbukira kwake. Kunali gwero la kutentha koopsa. Mkati mwa khutu lake, mbola yakuthwa inamupangitsa kukuwa ndi ululu pamene madzi achikasu akugwera patebulo pafupi ndi mutu wake.
  
  Mpweya wa Sam unamugwira pakhosi pomwe kuzindikira kudabwera mmutu mwake. 'Amber! Chamoyocho chinatsekeredwa mu amber, yomwe inasungunuka ndi mwana wapathengo wakaleyo! Ndithudi! Pamene chinasungunuka, cholengedwa chamagazicho chinatha kuthawa momasuka. Ngakhale, pambuyo pa zaka zonsezi, iye ayenera kuti wafa. Ndikutanthauza kuti madontho a mtengo wakale sakhala olira!' Sam anatsutsana ndi logic yake. Izi zidachitika ali chikomokere atavala bulangete m'chipinda chogwirira ntchito - dera la Kalihasa - pomwe anali kuchira ku zovuta zake pa sitima yotembereredwa ya DKM Geheimnis itamutaya kunja.
  
  Kuchokera pamenepo, ndi chisokonezo chonse ndi zowawa, zinthu zinada. Koma Sam anakumbukira gogo uja yemwe anathamangira kukaletsa madzi achikasu aja kuti asatsanuke. Adakumbukiranso kuti mkulu uja adamufunsa ngati adathamangitsidwa ku Gahena komanso kuti ndi ndani. Sam adayankha nthawi yomweyo "Purdue" ku funso la mkuluyo, wowoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa kulumikizana kwenikweni, ndipo patatha masiku awiri adapezeka ali panjira yopita kumalo ena achinsinsi.
  
  Kumeneko ndi kumene Sam adachira pang'onopang'ono komanso movutikira pansi pa chisamaliro ndi sayansi yachipatala ya gulu la Purdue lomwe linasankhidwa ndi manja mpaka atakonzeka kulowa nawo Purdue ku Reichtisusis. Kwa chisangalalo chake, kunali komweko kuti adalumikizananso ndi Nina, wokondedwa wake ndi chinthu chomwe amamenyana nthawi zonse ndi Perdue kwa zaka zambiri.
  
  Masomphenya onse adangotenga masekondi makumi awiri okha, koma Sam adamva ngati akukumbukira chilichonse munthawi yeniyeni - ngati lingaliro la nthawi lidakhalapo mumalingaliro opotoka awa. Tikayang"ana pa zimene ankakumbukirazi, maganizo a Sam anabwerera mwakale. Pakati pa maiko awiriwa akuyendayenda m'malingaliro ndi zenizeni zakuthupi, zomverera zake zidasintha ngati zingwe zomwe zimasinthira mafunde osinthasintha.
  
  Anali atabwerera m'chipindamo, maso ake akhungu ndi otuwa atagwidwa ndi nyali yowala kwambiri. Sam anagona chagada, akunjenjemera chifukwa chozizira pansi. Kuyambira pamapewa mpaka ana a ng"ombe, khungu langa linali ladzanzi chifukwa cha kutentha kosalekeza kwa chitsulocho. Mapazi anayandikira chipinda chomwe analimo, koma Sam adaganiza zosewera possum, atakhumudwanso chifukwa cholephera kuitana mulungu wokwiya wa entomo momwe amatchulira.
  
  "A Cleave, ndili ndi maphunziro okwanira kuti ndidziwe ngati wina akunama. Simulinso ofooka ngati ine," anatero Klaus mosasamala. "Komabe, ndikudziwanso zomwe mukuyesera kuchita, ndipo ndiyenera kunena, ndimasilira kulimba mtima kwanu."
  
  Sam anali ndi chidwi. Mosasunthika, iye anafunsa kuti: "O, tandiuza, nkhalamba. Klaus sanasangalale ndi kutsanzira kwachipongwe komwe Sam Cleave ankakonda kunyoza luso lake lodziwika bwino lachikazi. Zibakera zake zinangotsala pang"ono kufota chifukwa choti mtolankhaniyu wachita chipongwe, koma anali katswiri wodziletsa ndipo ankadzisunga bwino. "Munayesa kuwongolera malingaliro anga. Mwina, kapena mumangofuna kukhalabe m'malingaliro mwanga ngati kukumbukira kosasangalatsa kwa bwenzi lakale. "
  
  "Monga umadziwa kuti mtsikana ndi chiyani," Sam anadandaula mosangalala. Ankayembekezera kumenyedwa ndi nthiti kapena kumenyedwa kumutu, koma palibe chimene chinachitika.
  
  Pokana zoyesayesa za Sam kufuna kubwezera, Klaus anafotokoza kuti, "Ndikudziwa kuti muli ndi Kalihasa, a Cleve. Ndine wokondwa kuti mumandiona ngati chiwopsezo chachikulu chogwiritsa ntchito izi motsutsana nane, koma ndikuyenera kukupemphani kuti muyambe kuchita zinthu zodekha." Atangotsala pang"ono kunyamuka, Klaus anamwetulira Sam kuti: "Chonde sungani mphatso yanu yapadera ya...
  
  
  Mutu 26
  
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti Pripyat ili pafupi ndi maola khumi ndi anayi, sichoncho?" Nina adadziwitsa Perdue pomwe amazembera garaja ya Kirill. "Osatchulanso mfundo yoti Detlef angakhale adakali pano, monga momwe mungaganizire chifukwa chakuti mtembo wake suli pamalo enieni pamene ndinamumenya komaliza, si choncho?"
  
  "Nina, wokondedwa wanga," Perdue anatero kwa iye mwakachetechete, "chikhulupiriro chako chili kuti? Kulikonso, ali kuti wafiti wopusa uja yemwe nthawi zambiri umatembenukira kukakhala zovuta? Ndikhulupirire. Ndikudziwa momwe ndingachitire. Tikamupulumutsa bwanji Sam?"
  
  "Ndichifukwa cha Sam? Mukutsimikiza kuti si chifukwa cha Chipinda cha Amber?" - adamuyitana. Perdue sanayenere kuyankha mlandu wake.
  
  "Sindimakonda izi," anang'ung'udza, akukwera pafupi ndi Perdue, akuyang'ana m'mphepete mwa nyumba ndi bwalo lomwe adapulumuka mwapang'onopang'ono pasanathe maola awiri m'mbuyomo. "Ndili ndi malingaliro oyipa kuti akadalipo."
  
  Perdue analowera pafupi ndi khomo la garaja la Cyril, mapepala awiri achitsulo osasunthika ndi waya ndi mahinji. Zitsekozo zinali zolumikizidwa ndi loko pa unyolo wokhuthala wa dzimbiri, wokhala ndi mpata wa mainchesi angapo kuchokera pamalo opindika pang'ono a khomo lakumanja. Kuseri kwa mng"alu wa m"nkhokwe munali mdima. Perdue anayesa kuona ngati angathe kuthyola kholalo, koma kuphulika koopsa kunamupangitsa kuti asiye kuyesa kusokoneza mkazi wina wamasiye wakupha.
  
  "Ili ndi lingaliro loipa," Nina anaumirira, pang'onopang'ono kutaya mtima ndi Perdue.
  
  "Ndazindikira," adatero kulibe. M"maganizo mwake anaika dzanja lake pa ntchafu yake kuti amumvetsere. "Nina, ndiwe mkazi wamng'ono kwambiri."
  
  "Zikomo pozindikira," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti mutha kuyika thupi lanu pakati pa zitseko?" Adafunsa mowona mtima. Anakweza nsidze imodzi, namuyang'ana, osanena kanthu. Kunena zowona, amalingalira izi, popeza kuti nthawi inali kutha ndipo anali ndi mtunda wautali woti ayende kuti akafike komwe akupita. Kenako anatulutsa mpweya n'kutseka maso ake n'kuyamba kumva chisoni ndi zimene ankafuna kuchita.
  
  "Ndinadziŵa kuti ndikhoza kudalira inu," anamwetulira.
  
  "Khalani chete!" - adamuwombera, akugwedeza milomo yake mokwiya komanso kulunjika kwambiri. Nina adapita patsogolo kupyola udzu wamtali ndi zitsamba zaminga, zomwe minga yake inaboola nsalu yokhuthala ya jeans yake. Ananjenjemera, kutemberera, ndikung'ung'udza kudzera pachitseko chazitseko ziwiri mpaka adafika pansi pa chopinga chomwe chidayima pakati pake ndi Volvo yomenya ya Kirill. Ndi maso ake, Nina anayeza kukula kwa kusiyana kwamdima pakati pa zitseko, akugwedeza mutu ku Perdue.
  
  "Patsogolo! Ubwera," iye analankhula kwa iye, akusuzumira kuseri kwa namsongole kuti awonere Detlef. Kuchokera pamalo ake owoneka bwino amawona bwino nyumbayo komanso makamaka zenera la bafa. Komabe, ubwino wake unalinso temberero, chifukwa zinatanthauza kuti palibe amene akanatha kuwayang"ana ali kunyumba. Detlef ankatha kuwaona mosavuta monga mmene ankamuonera, ndipo n"chifukwa chake anafunika kuchita changu.
  
  "O Mulungu," Nina ananong"oneza motero, akukankhira manja ake ndi mapewa pakati pa zitseko, akumanjenjemera m"mphepete mwa chitseko chokhotakhota chimene chinam"gwetsa msana pamene akudutsa. "Ambuye, kuli bwino kuti sindinapite njira ina," iye anadandaula mwakachetechete. "Chitini cha tuna chija chingandichotsere chinthu choyipa kwambiri!" Anachita tsinya mochulukirachulukira pamene ntchafu yake imakokera pamiyala ting'onoting'ono yosongoka, kutsatiridwa ndi zikhatho zake zomwe zidawonongeka chimodzimodzi.
  
  Maso akuthwa a Perdue adakhalabe panyumbapo, koma sanamve kapena kuwona chilichonse chomwe chingamudziwitse. Mtima wake unali kugunda kwambiri poganizira za chigawenga chakupha chotuluka pakhomo lakuseri kwa chisakasacho, koma ankadalira Nina kuti awatulutse muvuto lomwe anali nalo. Kumbali inayi, adawopa kuti mwina makiyi agalimoto ya Kirill sangakhale akuyatsa. Atamva phokoso la unyolo, adawona chiuno ndi mawondo a Nina akulowa mumpata, ndiyeno nsapato zake zidazimiririka mumdima. Tsoka ilo, si iye yekha amene anamva phokosolo.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, chikondi," iye ananong"ona, akumwetulira.
  
  Atangolowa mkati, Nina anasangalala kwambiri kuti chitseko cha galimoto chimene anafuna kuchitsegula chinali chosakhoma, koma posapita nthawi anakhumudwa kwambiri atazindikira kuti makiyiwo sanali m"malo alionse amene anthu owombera mfutiwo anawauza.
  
  "Bwanji," iye anatero, akufufuza zida zophera nsomba, zitini zamowa, ndi zinthu zina zingapo zimene cholinga chake sichinkafuna n"komwe kuziganizira. "Makiyi ako ali kuti, Kirill? Kodi asitikali openga akale a ku Russia amasunga kuti makiyi awo agalimoto owopsa kupatula m'matumba awo?"
  
  Kunja, Perdue anamva chitseko cha kukhitchini chikutsekedwa. Monga momwe amawopa, Detlef anatulukira pakona. Perdue anagona pa udzu, akumaganiza kuti Detlef watulukira panja pa zinthu zazing"ono. Koma chimphona cha ku Germany chinapitirizabe kuyenda molunjika ku garaja, kumene Nina mwachiwonekere anali ndi vuto lopeza makiyi a galimoto yake. Mutu wake unali utakulungidwa mu mtundu wina wa nsalu zamagazi, zomwe zinaphimba diso lake, limene Nina analasa ndi lumo. Podziwa kuti Detlef amadana naye, Perdue anaganiza zomusokoneza kuchoka kwa Nina.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti alibe mfuti yoopsayo," Perdue anadandaula pamene adalumphira m'maso ndikupita kumalo osungiramo ngalawa, omwe anali kutali kwambiri. Posakhalitsa, anamva kulira kwamfuti, kumva kugwedezeka kwamphamvu paphewa lake ndipo kwinanso kumadutsa khutu lake. "Zopusa!" - iye squealed pamene iye anapunthwa, koma analumpha ndi kupitiriza kuyenda.
  
  Nina anamva kuwombera. Poyesetsa kuti asachite mantha, anagwira kampeni kakang'ono kamene kanali pansi kuseri kwa mpando wapaulendo, pomwe zida zophera nsombazo zinali zitasanjidwa.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti palibe kuwombera kumeneku komwe kunapha bwenzi langa wakale Detlef, kapena ndikusenda matako ndi katola kakang"ono kameneka," iye anatero mosangalala, akuyatsa nyali zapadenga la galimotoyo ndi kuŵerama kuti afikire mawaya apansi pa chiwongolero. Analibe cholinga chobwezeretsanso chibwenzi chake chakale ndi Dave Perdue, koma anali m'modzi mwa abwenzi ake apamtima ndipo amamukonda, ngakhale kuti nthawi zonse amamupangitsa kukhala pachiwopsezo.
  
  Asanafike kunyumba ya boathouse, Perdue anazindikira kuti dzanja lake linali pamoto. Magazi ofunda anatsika m"chigongono ndi m"dzanja lake pamene anali kuthamangira pobisalira nyumbayo, koma pamene adatha kuyang"ana m"mbuyo, chodabwitsa china chodetsa nkhaŵa chinamuyembekezera. Detlef sanamutsatire ngakhale pang"ono. Posadzionanso ngati woika moyo pachiswe, Detlef ananyamula Glock yake n"kulunjika ku garaja yosokonekera.
  
  "Ayi ayi!" Perdue adachita mantha. Komabe, ankadziwa kuti Detlef sadzatha kufikira Nina kudzera pampata wapakati pa zitseko zokhoma ndi tcheni. Kukula kwake kochititsa chidwi kunali ndi zopinga zake, ndipo kunapulumutsa moyo wa Nina wang'ono ndi wankhawa, yemwe anali m'kati mwake, akuyatsa mawaya a galimotoyo ndi manja akutuluka thukuta ndipo pafupifupi mopanda kuwala.
  
  Atakhumudwa komanso kuwawa, Perdue ankangoyang'ana mosowa chochita pamene Detlef ankayang'ana loko ndi tcheni kuti awone ngati pali winawake amene akanathyola. 'Mwina akuganiza kuti ndili ndekha. Mulungu, ndikhulupirira, Perdue anaganiza choncho. Pamene Mjeremani anali kugwira ntchito yotsegula chitseko cha garage, Perdue anazemba m"nyumba kuti atenge zinthu zawo zambiri monga momwe akanatha kunyamula. Mtolankhani wakuchipinda pampando pafupi ndi bedi Pachikwama cha Chijeremani Perdue adatenga ndalama ndi khadi la ngongole la AMEX.
  
  Ngati Detlef ankakhulupirira kuti Perdue anasiya Nina mumzindawo ndipo akabwerera kukamaliza nkhondoyo naye, zingakhale bwino; mabiliyoniyo ankayembekeza pamene akuwona Mjeremani akusinkhasinkha momwe zinthu zilili pawindo lakhitchini. Perdue anamva kuti dzanja lake lachita dzanzi mpaka zala zake ndipo kutayika kwa magazi kunamuchititsa chizungulire, choncho anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zomwe anali nazo kuti abwerere ku nyumba ya ngalawayo.
  
  "Fulumirani Nina," ananong"oneza motero, akuvula magalasi ake kuti ayeretse ndi kupukuta thukuta la nkhope yake ndi malaya ake. Kuti Perdue apumule, Mjeremani adaganiza kuti asayese zopanda pake kuti alowe m'galimoto, makamaka chifukwa analibe makiyi a padlock. Pamene ankavala magalasi ake, anaona Detlef akupita kumene kunali iye. "Abwera kudzaonetsetsa kuti ndafa!"
  
  Kumbuyo kwa mkazi wamasiye wamkuluyo, phokoso la moto linkamveka usiku wonse. Detlef anatembenuka n"kubwerera m"galimotomo mofulumira, akujambula mfuti yake. Perdue anali wotsimikiza mtima kuti Detlef asakhale ndi Nina, ngakhale zitamuwonongera moyo wake. Anatulukanso muudzu ndi kukuwa, koma Detlef sanamumvere pamene galimotoyo inkafuna kunyamukanso.
  
  "Osamumiza, Nina!" Perdue anangofuula pamene manja aakulu a Detlef anatseka unyolowo ndi kuyamba kukankha zitseko. Sindikanapereka unyolo. Zinali zofewa komanso zochindikala, zodalirika kwambiri kuposa zitseko zachitsulo zosalimba. Kunja kwa zitseko, injiniyo inabangulanso, koma inafa patapita nthaŵi. Tsopano phokoso lokhalo mumlengalenga wamadzulo ndilo phokoso la zitseko zomwe zikugwedezeka pansi pa mphamvu yaukali ya belu la Germany. Kukhetsa misozi kwachitsulo kunakuwa pamene Detlef ankang'amba zoikamo zonse, ndikung'amba zitseko za mahinji awo osalimba.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Perdue anabuula, kuyesera mwachidwi kupulumutsa Nina wake wokondedwa, koma analibe mphamvu yothamanga. Iye ankawona zitseko zikuwulukira padera ngati masamba akugwa mumtengo pamene injini ikulira kumoyo kachiwiri. Ikuwonjezeka, Volvo idalira pansi pa phazi la Nina ndikuthamangira kutsogolo pomwe Detlef adaponya khomo lachiwiri pambali.
  
  "Zikomo bwanawe!" Anatero Nina uku akukankha accelerator ndikutulutsa clutch ija.
  
  Perdue anangoona chimango cha Detlef chikugwa pamene galimoto yakaleyo inamugunda mothamanga kwambiri, n"kumaponyera thupi lake mapazi angapo cham"mbali chifukwa cha liwiro lake. Mphepete mwa boxy, yonyansa yofiirira inadumphira pa udzu wamatope, ikupita kumene Perdue anamuyimitsa. Nina anatsegula chitseko chokwera pamene galimotoyo inatsala pang"ono kuyimitsidwa, motalika kokwanira kuti Perdue adzigwetse pampando asanatuluke mumsewu.
  
  "Kodi muli bwino? Purdue! Kodi muli bwino? Anakumenya kuti?" - adapitiriza kukuwa, akufuula pa injini yothamanga.
  
  "Ndikhala bwino, wokondedwa wanga," Perdue anamwetulira mwamanyazi, akufinya dzanja lake. "Ndizamwayi kuti chipolopolo chachiwiri sichinandimenye m'chigaza."
  
  "Ndi dalitso kuti ndinaphunzira kuyatsa galimoto kuti ndisangalatse anthu ambiri aku Glasgow pamene ndinali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri!" - anawonjezera monyadira. "Purdue!"
  
  "Ingopitirizabe kuyendetsa galimoto, Nina," iye anayankha motero. "Tiwolotseni malire ndi Ukraine mwachangu momwe tingathere."
  
  "Kungoganiza kuti galimoto ya Kirill ingathe kuyenda ulendowu," adadandaula, akuyang'ana geji yamafuta, yomwe idawopseza kuti ipitilira kuchuluka kwamafuta. Perdue anasonyeza khadi la ngongole la Detlef ndipo anamwetulira chifukwa cha ululu wake pamene Nina anayamba kuseka mopambana.
  
  "Ndipatseni zimenezo!" iye anamwetulira. "Ndipumulaniko. Ndikugulirani bandeji tikangofika kutauni ina. Kuchokera pamenepo, sitidzaima mpaka titafika pafupi ndi Cauldron ya Mdyerekezi ndikubweretsa Sam."
  
  Perdue sanamvetse gawo lomalizalo. Iye anali atagona kale.
  
  
  Mutu 27
  
  
  Ku Riga, ku Latvia, Klaus ndi gulu lake laling"ono anaima padoko ulendo wotsatira. Panali nthawi yochepa yokonzekera zonse zogula ndi kunyamula mapanelo kuchokera ku Amber Room. Panalibe nthawi yochuluka yotaya, ndipo Kemper anali munthu wosaleza mtima kwambiri. Adakuwa kulamula pasitepe pomwe Sam akumvera kuchokera kundende yake yachitsulo. Kusankha kwa mawu kwa Kemper kunavutitsa Sam mpaka kumapeto - mng'oma - lingalirolo lidamugwedeza, koma makamaka chifukwa samadziwa zomwe Kemper anali kuchita, ndipo ichi chinali chifukwa chokwanira cha kusokonezeka maganizo.
  
  Sam anayenera kugonja; iye anachita mantha. Zomveka komanso zosavuta, chithunzi ndi kudzilemekeza pambali, anali ndi mantha ndi zomwe zikubwera. Mogwirizana ndi mfundo zochepa zimene anapatsidwa, iye anadzimva kale kuti anayenera kupulumutsidwa panthaŵiyi. Nthaŵi zambiri asanathe kuthawa chimene ankaopa kuti ndi imfa yotsimikizika, koma ulendo uno zinali zosiyana.
  
  "Simungathe kugonja, Cleve," adadzidzudzula yekha, akutuluka m'dzenje la kupsinjika maganizo komanso opanda chiyembekezo. 'Kupusa kumeneku si kwa anthu ngati inu. Ndi vuto lanji lomwe lingakhale pamwamba pa sitima yapamtunda yomwe mwatsekeredwamo? Kodi ali ndi lingaliro laling'ono la zomwe mudadutsamo pamene adayenda ulendo wake wamoto kudutsa misampha yakuthupi imodzimodzi mobwerezabwereza?' Koma Sam atalingalira pang"ono za maphunziro ake, posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti sakanatha kukumbukira zimene zinachitika pa DKM Geheimnis ali m"ndende kumeneko. Chimene anakumbukira chinali kutaya mtima kwakukulu kumene kunabweretsa mkati mwa moyo wake, chotsalira chokha cha zochitika zonse zomwe amazimvabe.
  
  Pamwamba pake ankamva anthu akutsitsa katundu wolemera m"galimoto inayake yaikulu yonyamula katundu. Ngati Sam samadziwa bwino, akanaganiza kuti ndi thanki. Masitepe mwachangu adayandikira chitseko chachipinda chake.
  
  "Ndili pano kapena ayi," adadziwuza yekha, alimba mtima kuyesa kuthawa. Ngati akanatha kusokoneza anthu amene anamudzera, akanatha kusiya ngalawayo mosadziwika bwino. Maloko adadina kuchokera kunja. Mtima wake unayamba kugunda kwambiri pamene ankakonzekera kulumpha. Pamene chitseko chinatsegulidwa, Klaus Kemper mwiniyo anaima pamenepo, akumwetulira. Sam anathamangira kutsogolo kukagwira kidnapper yonyansayo. Klaus adati: "24-58-68-91."
  
  Kuukira kwa Sam kunayima nthawi yomweyo ndipo adagwa pansi pamapazi a cholinga chake. Manyazi ndi ukali zinadutsa pamphumi pa Sam, koma ngakhale atayesetsa bwanji, sanathe kusuntha ngakhale minofu imodzi. Chomwe amamva pamwamba pa thupi lake lamaliseche ndi lophwanyika chinali kuombera kopambana kwa munthu wowopsa yemwe anali ndi chidziwitso chakupha.
  
  "Ndikuuza chiyani, Bambo Cleave," anatero Kemper ndi mawu abata. "Popeza wasonyeza kutsimikiza mtima kwambiri, ndikuuzani zomwe zangochitika kumene kwa inu. Koma!" iye ankasamalira ngati mphunzitsi wamtsogolo wochitira chifundo wophunzira wolakwa. "Koma ... muyenera kuvomereza kuti musandipatse chifukwa chinanso chodandaulira za kuyesa kwanu kosalekeza komanso kopusa kuti muthawe gulu langa. Tiyeni tingoyitcha ... ulemu wa akatswiri. Udzasiya khalidwe lako lachibwana ndipo ine ndidzakupatsa mafunso kwa zaka zambiri."
  
  "Ndine wachisoni. Sindimafunsa nkhumba," adatero Sam. "Anthu ngati iwe sangatchulidwe chilichonse kuchokera kwa ine, choncho zikomo."
  
  "Kachiwirinso, ndili pano, ndikukupatsani mpata wina woti muganizirenso za khalidwe lanu loipa," Klaus anabwerezanso kulira. " Mwachidule, ndisinthani chilolezo chanu kuti mudziwe zomwe ndili nazo ndekha. Atolankhani inu simumalakalaka...mukuti chani? Zomverera? "
  
  Sam anagwira lilime lake; osati chifukwa anali wouma khosi, koma chifukwa anaganiza za ganizoli pang'ono. 'Zingavulaze bwanji kupangitsa chitsiru kukhulupirira kuti ndiwe wakhalidwe labwino?' Wakali kukonzya kukujaya. Mutha kudziwa zambiri zachinsinsi chomwe mwakhala mukufunitsitsa kuthetsa, adaganiza.Kupatula apo, kuli bwino kuposa kumangoyendayenda ndi zikwama zanu kuti aliyense akuwoneni pomwe mdani wanu akukumenyani. Ingotengani izi pakadali pano. ."
  
  "Ndikabweza zovala zanga, muli ndi malonda. Ngakhale ndikuganiza kuti ukuyenera kulangidwa chifukwa choyang'ana zomwe ulibe nazo zambiri, ndimakonda kuvala mathalauza kuzizira kotereku, "Sam adatengera chitsanzo chake.
  
  Klaus adazolowera kunyoza mtolankhani nthawi zonse, kotero kuti sanakhumudwenso. Atangozindikira kuti kuponderezana ndi mawu ndi chitetezo cha Sam Cleve, zinali zosavuta kuzilola kuti ziwonongeke, ngati sizikubwezera. "Ndithudi. Ndikulola kuti uziimba mlandu chifukwa chozizira, "adayankha motero, akuloza maliseche a Sam momveka bwino.
  
  Posayamikira zotsatira za kubwezera kwake, Kemper anatembenuka ndikupempha kuti zovala za Sam zibwezedwe kwa iye. Analoledwa kuyeretsa, kuvala ndi kujowina Kemper mu SUV yake. Kuchokera ku Riga, amadutsa malire awiri kulowera ku Ukraine, kutsatiridwa ndi galimoto yaikulu yankhondo yonyamula chidebe chomwe chinapangidwa kuti chinyamule mapanelo amtengo wapatali a Amber Room, omwe amayenera kutengedwa ndi othandizira a Sam.
  
  "Zochititsa chidwi," Sam adatero kwa Kemper pomwe amalumikizana ndi wamkulu wa Black Sun padoko labwato. Kemper adawona kusamutsidwa kwa chidebe chachikulu cha plexiglass, choyendetsedwa ndi ma hydraulic levers, kuchokera pa sitima yapamadzi yopita kunyanja yaku Poland kupita kugalimoto yayikulu yonyamula katundu. "Ndi galimoto yanji iyi?" - adafunsa, akuyang'ana galimoto yayikulu yosakanizidwa, ikuyenda pambali pake.
  
  "Ichi ndiye chitsanzo cha Enric Hübsch, mainjiniya waluso kuchokera m'magulu athu," adatero Kemper, motsagana ndi Sam. "Tidatengera galimoto yopangidwa ku America ya Ford XM656 kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960. Komabe, m'mawonekedwe a ku Germany, tapanga bwino kwambiri pokulitsa kapangidwe kake koyambilira ndi kuwonjezereka kwa 10 mita m'malo apulatifomu ndi chitsulo cholimba chomangika pama axles, mukudziwa?"
  
  Womanga msasayo monyadira analoza malo amene anali pamwamba pa matayala a ng"ombe, oikidwa awiriawiri m"utali wonse wa galimotoyo. "Kutalikirana kwa magudumu kumawerengeredwa mochenjera kuti athandizire kulemera kwake kwa chidebecho, chokhala ndi mawonekedwe omwe amapewa kugunda kosalephereka komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha tanki yamadzi yosunthika, motero kukhazikika galimotoyo ikuyendetsa."
  
  "Kodi aquarium yaikulu ndi chiyani kwenikweni?" -Sam adafunsa akuyang'ana bokosi lalikulu lamadzi likukwezedwa kumbuyo kwa chilombo chonyamula katundu cha gulu lankhondo. Kunja kwa plexiglass yokhuthala, yopanda zipolopolo kunalumikizidwa kumakona anayi aliwonse ndi mbale zamkuwa zopindika. Madzi ankayenda momasuka m"zipinda zopapatiza khumi ndi ziŵiri, zomwe zinalinso ndi mkuwa.
  
  Mipata yomwe inali m"lifupi mwake mwa kyubuyo inakonzedwa kotero kuti thabwa limodzi la amber likhoza kuikidwa mu lirilonse la iwo ndi kusungidwa mosiyana ndi lina. Pamene Kemper anafotokoza za contraption ndi cholinga chake, Sam sakanachitira mwina koma kudabwa mochedwa za zomwe zinachitika pakhomo la nyumba yake m'sitima ola lapitalo. Anali wofunitsitsa kukumbutsa Kemper kuti aulule zomwe adalonjeza, koma pakadali pano adafewetsa ubale wawo wosokonekera posewera nawo.
  
  "Kodi m'madzi muli mankhwala enaake?" Anafunsa Kemper.
  
  "Ayi, madzi okha," mkulu wa asilikali a ku Germany anayankha mosapita m"mbali.
  
  Sam anadandaula kuti: "Nanga madzi osavutawa ndi a chiyani? Kodi izi zikuchita chiyani pamapanelo a Chipinda cha Amber?"
  
  Kemper anamwetulira. "Ganizirani ngati cholepheretsa."
  
  Sam anakumana ndi maso ake ndipo anafunsa mwachisawawa, "Kuchotsa, tinene, dzombe lochokera mumng'oma wina?"
  
  "Ndizosangalatsa bwanji," Kemper adayankha, akuwoloka manja ake molimba mtima pamene amunawo adateteza chidebecho ndi chingwe ndi nsalu. "Koma simunalakwe ayi, a Cleave. Uku ndi kusamala chabe. Sindiika moyo wanga pachiswe pokhapokha ngati ndili ndi njira zina zazikulu."
  
  "Tazindikira," Sam anagwedeza mutu modabwitsa.
  
  Anayang'ana limodzi pamene amuna a Kemper amamaliza kukweza, palibe amene ankakambirana. Pansi pamtima, Sam ankafuna kuti alowe m'maganizo a Kemper, koma osati kuti sankatha kuwerenga maganizo, koma munthu wa Nazi PR ankadziwa kale chinsinsi cha Sam-ndipo mwachiwonekere china chake chinali choti ayambe. Kungakhale kosafunikira kupenyerera. Chinachake chodabwitsa chinamukhudza Sam pa momwe gulu laling'onolo limagwirira ntchito. Panalibe mbuye wachindunji, koma munthu aliyense ankasuntha ngati kuti akutsogoleredwa ndi malamulo enieni kuti atsimikizire kuti ntchito zawo zinkachitika bwino komanso kutha nthawi imodzi. Zinali zachilendo momwe amasunthira mwachangu, moyenera komanso popanda kusinthana mawu.
  
  "Bwerani, Bambo Cleve," anaumirira motero Kemper. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tizipita. Tiyenera kuwoloka mayiko awiri komanso nthawi yochepa. Ndi katundu wofewa chonchi, sitidzatha kuwoloka malo a ku Latvia ndi ku Belarus m"maola ochepera 16."
  
  "Oyera! Tikhala otopa bwanji?" - Sam anafuula, atatopa kale ndi chiyembekezo. "Ndilibe ngakhale magazini. Ndiponso, paulendo wautali woterowo, mwinamwake ndinakhoza kuŵerenga Baibulo lonse!"
  
  Kemper anaseka, akuwomba m'manja mwachimwemwe pamene iwo anakwera mu beige SUV. "Kuwerenga izi tsopano kungakhale kutaya nthawi. Zingakhale ngati kuwerenga nthano zamakono kuti mudziwe mbiri ya chitukuko cha Mayan!"
  
  Anasamukira kumbuyo kwa galimotoyo, yomwe inali kuyembekezera kutsogolo kwa galimotoyo kuti iwalondolere njira yachiwiri yopita kumalire a Latvia ndi Belarus. Pamene ankanyamuka mothamanga ngati nkhono, m"kati mwa galimotoyo munayamba kudzaza mpweya wozizirira kuti kutentha kwa masana kuchepe, komanso nyimbo zofewa za classic.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala za Mozart," adatero Kemper mwaulemu.
  
  "Ayi," Sam anavomera mwambowo. "Ngakhale inenso ndine wothandizira ABBA."
  
  Apanso, Kemper adasangalatsidwa kwambiri ndi kusayanjanitsika kwa Sam. "Zoona? Ukusewera!"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Sam anaumirirabe. "Mukudziwa, pali china chake chomwe sichingatsutsidwe ndi retro pop yaku Sweden yomwe ili pafupi kufa."
  
  "Ngati mukunena choncho," Kemper adanyoza. Adatenga lingalirolo, koma sanafulumire kukhutiritsa chidwi cha Sam Cleave pankhaniyi. Iye ankadziwa bwino lomwe kuti mtolankhaniyo anadabwa kwambiri ndi thupi lake lomwe silinali kuyembekezera pa chiwembucho. Mfundo inanso imene anamubisira Sam inali nkhani zokhudza Calihas ndi tsogolo limene anamuyembekezera.
  
  Akuyenda kudera lonse la Latvia, amuna awiriwa sanalankhule movutikira. Kemper adatsegula laputopu yake, ndikujambula malo abwino a zolinga zosadziwika zomwe Sam sakanatha kuziwona. Koma adadziwa kuti ziyenera kukhala zonyansa - ndipo ziyenera kuphatikizapo udindo wake mu zolinga zoyipa za mkulu woyipayo. Kumbali yake, Sam sanafunse mafunso ofunikira omwe anali m'maganizo mwake, adaganiza zokhala ndi nthawi yopumula. Kupatula apo, anali wotsimikiza kuti sadzakhalanso ndi mwayi wochitanso posachedwa.
  
  Atawoloka malire ndi Belarus, zonse zidasintha. Kemper adapatsa Sam chakumwa choyamba kuyambira pomwe adachoka ku Riga, kuyesa kupirira kwa thupi komanso kufuna kwa mtolankhani wofufuza yemwe amalemekezedwa kwambiri ku United Kingdom. Sam anavomera mosavuta, akulandira chitini chomata cha Coca-Cola. Kemper nayenso anamwa, kutsimikizira Sam kuti adanyengedwa kuti amwe chakumwa chowonjezera shuga.
  
  "Mtendere!" Sam adatero asanagwetse gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a chitini mumkokomo umodzi waukulu, akusangalala ndi kukoma kwachakumwacho. Zachidziwikire, Kemper ankamwa zake mosalekeza, kukhalabe wodekha nthawi zonse. "Klaus," Sam mwadzidzidzi anatembenukira kwa womugwira. Tsopano popeza ludzu lake linathetsedwa, analimba mtima. "Ziwerengero zikunyenga, ngati mukufuna."
  
  Kemper adadziwa kuti akuyenera kumufotokozera Sam. Kupatula apo, mtolankhani waku Scotland sakhala ndi moyo tsiku lotsatira, ndipo anali wololera. N"zomvetsa chisoni kuti anali woti akumane ndi mapeto ake podzipha.
  
  
  Mutu 28
  
  
  Paulendo wopita ku Pripyat, Nina adayendetsa galimotoyo kwa maola angapo atadzaza tanki ya Volvo ku Wloclawek. Anagwiritsa ntchito kirediti kadi ya Detlef kugulira Perdue zida zochiritsira chilonda pamkono wake. Kupeza pharmacy mumzinda wosadziwika kunali koyenera, koma kunali kofunikira.
  
  Ngakhale kuti ogwidwa a Sam adamuwongolera iye ndi Perdue ku sarcophagus ku Chernobyl - chipinda cha maliro a Reactor 4 woipa - adakumbukira uthenga wawailesi kuchokera ku Milla. Inatchula za Pripyat 1955, mawu omwe sanafewedwe kuyambira pomwe adalemba. Mwanjira ina idawonekera pakati pa mawu ena, ngati kuti idawala ndi lonjezo. Inayenera kuululidwa, ndipo chotero Nina anathera maola angapo apitawo akuyesa kuvumbula tanthauzo lake.
  
  Sanadziwe chilichonse chofunikira ponena za tawuni ya 1955 yomwe inali ku Exclusion Zone ndipo adasamutsidwa pambuyo pa ngozi ya reactor. M'malo mwake, adakayikira kuti Pripyat adachitapo nawo chilichonse chofunikira asanasamuke mu 1986. Mawu amenewo anavutitsa kwambiri wolemba mbiriyo mpaka pamene anayang"ana wotchi yake kuti aone kuti wayendetsa galimoto kwautali wotani ndipo anazindikira kuti 1955 mwina ankanena za nthawi osati deti.
  
  Poyamba iye ankaganiza kuti amenewo mwina ndiwo malire ake, koma ndizo zonse zomwe anali nazo. Akafika ku Pripyat pofika 8 koloko madzulo, n"zokayikitsa kuti sakanakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira yoti agone bwino usiku, zomwe zinali zoopsa kwambiri chifukwa cha kutopa kumene anali nako kale.
  
  Zinali zochititsa mantha komanso zosungulumwa pamsewu wamdima wodutsa ku Belarus pamene Perdue ankawombera tulo tomwe timayambitsa antidol pampando wokwera pafupi naye. Chomwe chinamupangitsa kuti apitilize kukhulupilira kuti atha kumupulumutsabe Sam ngati sapunthwa. Wotchi yaying'ono ya digito pa dashboard ya galimoto yakale ya Kirill idawonetsa nthawi mumtundu wobiriwira wowopsa.
  
  02:14
  
  Thupi lake linkawawa kwambiri moti anatopa kwambiri, koma anaika ndudu m"kamwa mwake, n"kuuyatsa, n"kupuma pang"onopang"ono kuti mapapu ake athe kufa pang"onopang"ono. Inali imodzi mwa malingaliro ake omwe ankawakonda kwambiri. Kutsitsa zenera kunali lingaliro labwino. Kuwomba koopsa kwamphepo wozizira wausiku kunamutsitsimutsa pang"ono, ngakhale kuti anakhumba kuti akanakhala ndi botolo la caffeine wamphamvu kuti amusunge bwino.
  
  Kuchokera kumtunda wozungulira, wobisika mumdima kumbali zonse za msewu wopanda anthu, iye ankamva fungo la dziko lapansi. Pa konkire yotuwa yomwe imalowera kumalire a dziko la Poland ndi Ukraine, galimotoyo inaimba nyimbo yachisoni ndi matayala a rabara omwe anatha.
  
  "Mulungu, uku kumveka ngati purigatoriyo," anadandaula motero, akumaponyera ndudu yake yomwe anaithera panja panja. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti wailesi yanu ikugwira ntchito, Kirill."
  
  Nina atalamula, chobowolacho chinatembenuka ndikungodina pang'ono, ndipo kuwala kocheperako kunalengeza kuti pawailesi pali moyo. "Hell inde!" anamwetulira, maso ake otopa akuyang'ana mumsewu pamene dzanja lake linatembenuzanso chitsulo china, kufunafuna siteshoni yabwino yoti amvetsere. Panali wailesi ya FM yomwe idaulutsidwa kudzera mwa wokamba nkhani yekhayo m'galimoto, yemwe adayikidwa pakhomo lagalimoto yake. Koma Nina sanali wosankha usikuuno. Anafunikira kwambiri kampani, kampani iliyonse, kuti achepetse kukhumudwa kwake komwe kunkakula mofulumira.
  
  Nthawi zambiri, Perdue anali chikomokere ndipo amayenera kupanga zosankha. Iwo ankapita ku tauni ya Chelm, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 25 kuchokera kumalire ndi Ukraine, ndipo anagona m"nyumba pang"ono. Malingana ngati afika kumalire ndi 14:00, Nina anali ndi chidaliro kuti adzakhala ku Pripyat panthawi yoikika. Chodetsa nkhawa chake chinali momwe angapitire ku tauni ya mizimu yokhala ndi malo oyang'aniridwa paliponse ku Exclusion Zone yozungulira Chernobyl, koma sanadziwe kuti Milla anali ndi abwenzi ngakhale m'misasa yovuta kwambiri ya oiwalika.
  
  
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  Atagona maola angapo mu motelo ya banja losaiwalika ku Chelm, Nina wotsitsimulidwa ndi Perdue wansangala anadutsa msewu wodutsa malire kuchokera ku Poland, kupita ku Ukraine. Inangotsala pang'ono 1:00 pm atafika ku Kovel, pafupifupi maola 5 kuchokera komwe amapita.
  
  "Tawonani, ndikudziwa kuti sindinakhalepo ndekha paulendo wambiri, koma mukutsimikiza kuti sitiyenera kungopita ku Sarcophagus iyi m'malo mothamangitsa michira yathu ku Pripyat?" Perdue anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa nkhawa yanu, koma ndikuona kuti uthenga umenewu ndi wofunika. Iye anayankha kuti: "Musandifunse kuti ndikufotokozereni kapena kumvetsa tanthauzo lake, koma tiyenera kumvetsa chifukwa chake Milla anatchula zimenezi."
  
  Perdue ankawoneka wodabwa. "Mukumvetsa kuti kufalitsa kwa Milla kumachokera ku Order, eti?" Sanakhulupirire kuti Nina anaganiza zosewera m'manja mwa adani. Ngakhale kuti ankamukhulupirira, sanathe kumvetsa maganizo ake pankhaniyi.
  
  Anamuyang'ana mwachidwi. "Ndinakuuzani kuti sindingathe kufotokoza. Basi..." anazengereza, akukaikira maganizo ake, "... trust me. Ngati tikhala ndi zovuta, ndikhala woyamba kuvomereza kuti ndalakwitsa, koma china chake chokhudza nthawi yawayilesiyi chimakhala chosiyana. "
  
  "Chidziwitso cha Akazi, sichoncho?" adaseka. "Ndikanalola kuti Detlef andiwombera m'mutu ku Gdynia."
  
  "Jeez, Perdue, kodi ungakhale wothandizira pang'ono?" iye anakwinya nkhope. "Osaiwala momwe tidaloweramo poyamba. Ine ndi Sam tinayeneranso kukuthandizani pamene munalowa m"mavuto ndi anthu ankhanza aja kwa nthawi ya 100!"
  
  "Ndilibe chochita ndi izi, wokondedwa wanga!" - adamunyoza. "Hule uyu ndi achiwembu ake anandizembera pamene ndinali kuchita bizinesi yangayanga, kuyesa kupita kutchuthi ku Copenhagen, chifukwa cha Mulungu!"
  
  Nina sanakhulupirire makutu ake. Perdue anali pambali pake, akuchita ngati mlendo wamanjenje yemwe anali asanakumanepo naye. Zedi, adakokedwa ku mlandu wa Amber Room ndi othandizira omwe samuyang'anira, koma anali asanaphulikepo motero. Atanyansidwa ndi bata lolimbalo, Nina anayatsa wailesiyo ndi kutsitsa voliyumuyo kuti alole kukhalapo kwachitatu, mokondwera kwambiri m"galimotomo. Sananene chilichonse pambuyo pake, ndikusiya Perdue akukwiya pamene amayesa kulingalira za chisankho chake chopusa.
  
  Iwo anali atangodutsa m"tauni yaing"ono ya Sarny pamene nyimbo za pa wailesi zinayamba kuzimiririka mkati ndi kunja. Perdue ananyalanyaza kusintha kwadzidzidzi, kuyang'ana pawindo pa malo osadabwitsa. Nthawi zambiri kusokoneza koteroko kumakwiyitsa Nina, koma sanayerekeze kuzimitsa wailesi ndikudzilowetsa mu chete Perdue. Pamene inkapitirira, inakula kwambiri mpaka kufika polephera kuinyalanyaza. Nyimbo yodziwika bwino, yomwe idamveka komaliza pawayilesi yafupipafupi ku Gdynia, idachokera kwa wokamba nkhani yemwe anali pafupi naye, kuzindikiritsa wailesi yomwe ikubwera.
  
  "Mila?" Nina anang'ung'udza, mantha mwatheka, theka okondwa.
  
  Ngakhale nkhope yamwala ya Perdue inakhala yosangalala pamene ankamvetsera modabwa komanso kuchita mantha ndi nyimbo yomwe inkayamba kuzimiririka pang'onopang'ono. Anayang'anana mokayikitsa pamene static inadzaza mafunde. Nina adayang'ana pafupipafupi. Iye anati: "Si mmene amachitira nthawi zonse.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Adafunsa momveka ngati iyeyo kale. "Kodi uku si komwe umakhazikikako?" Adafunsa akuloza muvi womwe udali chapatali ndithu ndi pomwe Detlef amauyika nthawi zambiri kuti ungoyimba manambala. Nina anagwedeza mutu, zomwe zinapangitsa Perdue kuchita chidwi kwambiri.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani ziyenera kukhala zosiyana ...?" anafuna kufunsa, koma malongosoledwewo anadza kwa iye pamene Perdue anayankha kuti, "Chifukwa akubisala."
  
  "Inde, ndi zomwe ndikuganiza. Koma chifukwa chiyani?" - adadodoma.
  
  "Mvetserani," iye anakuwa mosangalala, akudikirira kuti amve.
  
  Liwu la mkaziyo linkamveka ngati likukakamira, koma ngakhale. "Mwamuna".
  
  "Uyu ndi Detlef!" Nina anauza Perdue. "Amapereka kwa Detlef."
  
  Titapuma pang'ono, mawu osamvekawo anapitiriza kuti: "Woodpecker, eyiti makumi atatu." Panali kugunda mokweza kuchokera kwa wokamba nkhani ndipo mmalo mwa kufalitsa komaliza kunali phokoso loyera komanso lokhazikika. Atadabwa, Nina ndi Perdue anasinkhasinkha zomwe zinali zitangochitika mwangozi pamene mawayilesi akuwulutsa pawailesi yam'deralo.
  
  "Kodi Woodpecker ndi chiyani? Ndikukhulupirira kuti akufuna kuti tifikeko hafu pasiti eyiti," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Inde, uthenga woti tipite ku Pripyat unali 755, choncho anasamutsa malowo ndikusintha nthawi kuti akafike kumeneko. Tsopano sipanachedwe kwambiri kuposa kale, kotero, monga ndikumvera, Woodpecker sali kutali ndi Pripyat, "anatero Nina.
  
  "Mulungu, ndikanakonda ndikanakhala ndi foni! Kodi muli ndi foni yanu?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndingathe - ngati idakali m'chikwama changa cha laputopu, mwaiba m'nyumba ya Kirill," adayankha, akuyang'ana m'mbuyo pa chikwama cha zip pampando wakumbuyo . Perdue anabwerera m"mbuyo ndikusesa m"thumba lakutsogolo la chikwama chake, akumasakasaka pakati pa kope lake, zolembera, ndi magalasi.
  
  "Kumvetsetsa!" - iye anamwetulira. "Tsopano ndikukhulupirira kuti yalipitsidwa."
  
  "Umu ndi momwe ziyenera kukhalira," adatero, akusuzumira kuti awone. Izi zikhale zokwanira kwa maola awiri otsatirawa. Pitirizani. Pezani chigoba chathu, bambo wachikulire."
  
  "Potero," adayankha, akufufuza pa intaneti chilichonse chokhala ndi dzina lofananira pafupi. Anali akuyandikira mofulumira ku Pripyat pamene dzuŵa la masana linkawalitsa malo athyathyathya a bulauni-otuwa, kuwasandutsa zimphona zakuda zowopsya za pyloni.
  
  "Amenewa ndi malingaliro oipa," anatero Nina pamene maso ake anayang"ana m"malo. "Tawonani, Purdue, awa ndi manda a sayansi ya Soviet. Mutha kumva kuwala kotayika mumlengalenga. "
  
  "Umenewu uyenera kukhala ukuyankhula, Nina," adaseka, akuseka wolemba mbiri, yemwe anali wokondwa kuti Perdue wakale wabwerera. "Ndikumvetsetsa".
  
  "Tikupita kuti?" anafunsa.
  
  "Kumwera kwa Pripyat, kulowera ku Chernobyl," adatero mwachisawawa. Nina anakweza nsidze, kusonyeza kukayika kwake kukaona dothi lowononga ndi loopsa chotero la ku Ukraine. Koma pamapeto pake anadziwa kuti ayenera kupita. Kupatula apo, analipo kale - adayipitsidwa ndi zotsalira za zinthu zotulutsa ma radio zomwe zidasiyidwa pambuyo pa 1986. Perdue adayang'ana mapu pa foni yake. "Pitirizani ku Pripyat. Chomwe chimatchedwa "Russian Woodpecker" chili m'nkhalango yozungulira," adatero, akutsamira pampando wake kuti ayang'ane mmwamba. "Usiku ubwera posachedwa, wokondedwa wanga. Nayenso azizizira."
  
  "Kodi chopala nkhuni cha ku Russia ndi chiyani? Kodi ndikuyang'ana mbalame yayikulu yodzaza mabowo m'misewu yapafupi kapena chinachake?" iye anaseka.
  
  "Ndizotsalira za Nkhondo Yozizira. Dzina lakutchulidwa limachokera ... mudzayamikira izi ... kusokoneza kwachinsinsi kwawailesi komwe kunasokoneza mauthenga ku Ulaya mu 80s, "adagawana nawo.
  
  "Zodabwitsa za wailesi," adatero, akugwedeza mutu. "Zimandipangitsa kudzifunsa ngati tikusinthidwa tsiku lililonse ndi ma frequency obisika, odzaza ndi malingaliro ndi mabodza, mukudziwa? Popanda lingaliro lakuti malingaliro athu amatha kupangidwa ndi mauthenga a subliminal ... "
  
  "Pano!" - adafuula mwadzidzidzi. "Bwalo lankhondo lachinsinsi lomwe gulu lankhondo la Soviet limatulutsa pafupifupi zaka 30 zapitazo. Ankatchedwa Duga-3, chizindikiro chapamwamba kwambiri cha radar chomwe ankachigwiritsa ntchito pozindikira kuopsa kwa mizinga yomwe ingachitike.
  
  Kuchokera ku Pripyat masomphenya owopsa, olodza komanso owopsa, adawonekera bwino. Atakwera mwakachetechete pamwamba pa nsonga za nkhalango zowala ndi dzuŵa likuloŵa, mzere wansanja zachitsulo zofananazo unadutsa pabwalo lankhondo losiyidwa. "Mwina ukulondola, Nina. Yang'anani kukula kwake kwakukulu. Ma transmitter pano amatha kuwongolera mafunde a wailesi mosavuta kuti asinthe momwe anthu amaganizira, "adatero, pochita mantha ndi khoma lowopsa lazitsulo zachitsulo.
  
  Nina anayang'ana wotchi yake ya digito. "Yatsala pang'ono."
  
  
  Mutu 29
  
  
  Kudera lonse la Red Forest munali mitengo yambiri ya paini yomwe imamera kuchokera ku dothi lomwe linaphimba manda a nkhalango yakaleyo. Chifukwa cha ngozi ya Chernobyl, zomera zakale zinaphwanyidwa ndi kukwiriridwa. Tawny-wofiira paini mafupa pansi wandiweyani wosanjikiza dothi anabala mbadwo watsopano anabzala ndi akuluakulu. Nyali imodzi ya Volvo, yowala kwambiri kumanja, idawunikira mitengo ikuluikulu yamitengo yakufa ya Red Forest pomwe Nina adakokera pachipata chachitsulo chowonongeka polowera kumalo osiyidwa. Wojambula wobiriwira komanso wokongoletsedwa ndi nyenyezi za Soviet, zipata ziwirizo zinali zotsamira, zomwe sizinagwiridwe ndi mpanda wozungulira wamatabwa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, izi ndi zokhumudwitsa!" Nina anazindikira, akutsamira pa chiwongolero kuti ayang'ane bwino malo omwe samawoneka bwino.
  
  "Ndikudabwa komwe tiyenera kupita," adatero Perdue, kuyang'ana zizindikiro za moyo. Zizindikiro zokha za moyo, komabe, zidabwera mu mawonekedwe a nyama zakuthengo zochuluka modabwitsa, monga nswala ndi ma beaver, omwe Perdue adawona panjira yolowera pakhomo.
  
  "Tiyeni tilowemo tidikire. Ndimawapatsa mphindi 30 zochulukirapo, ndiye kuti timachoka mumsampha wa imfayi, "anatero Nina. Galimotoyo inkayenda pang'onopang'ono, ikukwawa m'mphepete mwa makoma ocheperako pomwe mabodza anthawi ya Soviet adasiyanitsidwa ndi miyala yakugwa. Mu usiku wopanda moyo ku gulu lankhondo la Duga-3, kumveka kokha kwa matayala kumamveka.
  
  "Nina," Perdue anatero mwakachetechete.
  
  "Inde?" Adayankha mochita chidwi ndi Willys Jeep yomwe idasiyidwa.
  
  "Ndina!" - iye ananena mokweza, kuyang'ana kutsogolo. Anamenya mabuleki.
  
  "Holy shit!" Adakuwa kwambiri pomwe grille yagalimotoyo idayima kutalikirana ndi kukongola kwa Balkan wamtali wowonda atavala nsapato ndi diresi yoyera. "Akuchita chiyani pakati pa msewu?" Maso a buluu owala a mkaziyo anaboola kuyang"ana kwakuda kwa Nina kupyolera mu kuwala kwa nyali za galimoto. Anawakodola ndi dzanja lake pang'ono, natembenuka kuti awaonetse njira.
  
  "Sindimukhulupirira," Nina ananong"oneza motero.
  
  "Nina, tabwera. Iwo akutiyembekezera. Ife tiri kale m'madzi akuya. Tisadikire mayiyo, "anamwetulira ataona momwe wolemba mbiri wokongola uja anali kulira. "Bwerani." Linali lingaliro lako." Anamuyang'ana maso momulimbikitsa ndipo anatuluka m'galimotomo. Nina anayika chikwama chake cha laputopu paphewa pake ndikumutsatira Perdue. Mtsikana wa blonde uja sananene kalikonse akumutsatira , akumayang'anizana nthawi ndi nthawi kuti awathandize. Potsirizira pake, Nina anavomereza nafunsa kuti, "Kodi ndiwe Milla?"
  
  "Ayi," mayiyo anayankha mwachisawawa, osatembenuka. Iwo anakwera masitepe aŵiri okwera m"chimene chinkawoneka ngati malo odyera akale, okhala ndi kuwala koyera kowawalira pakhomo. Anatsegula chitseko ndikuchigwira kwa Nina ndi Perdue, omwe adalowa monyinyirika, akumuyang'anitsitsa.
  
  "Uyu ndi Milla," adauza alendo aku Scottish, akutuluka kuti awulule amuna asanu ndi akazi awiri atakhala mozungulira ndi ma laputopu. "Izi zikuyimira Leonid Leopoldt Alpha Military Index.
  
  Aliyense anali ndi kalembedwe kake ndi cholinga chake, mosinthana kukhala pagawo limodzi lowongolera pamawayilesi awo. "Ndine Elena. Awa ndi anzanga," iye anafotokoza momveka bwino katchulidwe kake ka ku Serbia. "Ndiwe wamasiye?"
  
  "Inde, ndi iyeyo," Nina anayankha Perdue asanachite zimenezo. "Ndine mnzake, Dr. Gould. Ukhoza kunditcha Nina, ndipo uyu ndi Dave."
  
  "Tinkayembekezera kuti mubwera. Pali zoti ndikuchenjezeni," adatero m"modzi mwa anthu a bwalolo.
  
  "Za chiyani?" Anatero pansi pake.
  
  M"modzi mwa azimayiwo anali atakhala m"kanyumba kakutali komwe ankayang"anira zinthu ndipo sankamva zimene ankakambirana. "Ayi, sitisokoneza kufalitsa kwake. Osadandaula, "anamwetulira Elena. "Uyu ndi Yuri. Ndi wochokera ku Kyiv. "
  
  Yuri anakweza dzanja lake popereka moni, koma anapitiriza ntchito yake. Onse anali osakwana zaka 35, koma onse anali ndi tattoo yofanana - nyenyezi yomwe Nina ndi Perdue adayiwona kunja kwa chipata, ndi zolemba za Chirasha pansi pake.
  
  "Inki yabwino," Nina anatero movomereza, akulozera zimene Elena anali nazo pakhosi pake. "Izi zikuti chiyani?"
  
  Iye anamwetulira mwamanyazi kuti: "Ilo limati Red Army 1985...um, "Red Army" ndi tsiku lobadwa." Tonsefe tili ndi chaka chathu chobadwa pafupi ndi nyenyezi zathu." Mawu ake anali ngati silika, kugogomezera kamvekedwe ka mawu ake akuti. zinamupangitsa kukhala wokongola kwambiri kuposa kukongola kwake kokha.
  
  "Dzina ili lili m"chidule cha Milla," anafunsa Nina, "Leonid ndi ndani...?"
  
  Elena anayankha mwamsanga. "Leonid Leopoldt anali msilikali wa ku Ukraine wobadwira ku Germany panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse ndipo anapulumuka pamene anthu ambiri adadzipha pomira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Latvia. Leonid anapha kapitawoyo ndipo analankhula ndi mkulu wa sitima yapamadzi, Alexander Marinesko, pa wailesi."
  
  Perdue adagwedeza Nina: "Marinesco anali abambo a Kirill, mukukumbukira?"
  
  Nina anagwedeza mutu, kufuna kumva zambiri kuchokera kwa Elena.
  
  "Anthu a Marinesko adatenga zidutswa za chipinda cha amber ndikuzibisa pamene Leonid adatumizidwa ku Gulag. Ali m'chipinda chofunsa mafunso cha Red Army, adawomberedwa ndikuphedwa ndi nkhumba ya SS Karl Kemper. Chinyengo cha Nazi ichi sichinayenera kukhala pamalo a Red Army! Elena anakwiya mwaulemu, akuwoneka wokhumudwa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Purdue!" Ananong'oneza Nina. "Leonid anali msilikali pa kujambula! Detlef wapachika mendulo pachifuwa chake."
  
  "Ndiye simuli ogwirizana ndi Order of the Black Sun?" - Perdue anafunsa moona mtima. Poyang"anizana ndi ziwonetsero zaudani kwambiri, gulu lonselo linam"dzudzula ndi kumtukwana. Iye sanalankhule malilime, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti zimene iwo anachita sizinali zabwino.
  
  "Kukhala wamasiye sikutanthauza kukwiyitsidwa," anawonjezera motero Nina. "Hmm, wothandizira wosadziwika adamuuza kuti mawayilesi anu akuchokera ku Black Sun high command. Koma tanamizidwa ndi anthu ambiri, choncho sitikudziwa kwenikweni chimene chikuchitika. Mukuwona, sitikudziwa yemwe amatumikira. "
  
  Mawu a Nina adagwirizana ndi kuvomereza kwa gulu la Milla. Nthawi yomweyo iwo anavomereza zimene ananena, choncho analimba mtima kufunsa funso lovuta kwambiri. "Koma kodi Red Army sinathetsedwa koyambirira kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi? Kapena ndi kungosonyeza kukhulupirika kwako?"
  
  Funso la Nina linayankhidwa ndi munthu wogontha wazaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu. "Kodi Lamulo la Black Sun silinaphwanyike pambuyo podzipha Hitler?"
  
  "Ayi, mibadwo yotsatira ya otsatira ikugwirabe ntchito," Perdue anayankha.
  
  "Ndi zimenezo," anatero mwamunayo. "Red Army ikulimbanabe ndi chipani cha Nazi; awa okha ndi ogwira ntchito m'badwo watsopano akumenya nkhondo yakale. Red ndi Black."
  
  "Ndi Misha uyu," Elena adalowererapo mwaulemu kwa anthu osawadziwa.
  
  "Tonse taphunzitsidwa usilikali, monga makolo athu ndi abambo awo, koma tikulimbana ndi chida choopsa kwambiri cha dziko latsopano - luso lazofalitsa," analalikira Misha. Iye anali mtsogoleri. "Milla ndiye Tsar Bomba watsopano, mwana!"
  
  Mfuu zachipambano zinamveka pagulu. Atadabwa ndi kudabwa, Perdue anayang'ana Nina yemwe akumwetulira nanong'oneza kuti, "Kodi Tsar Bomba ndi chiyani, ndingafunse?"
  
  Iye anati: "M"mbiri yonse ya anthu, zida zanyukiliya zamphamvu kwambiri zokha zaphulika. "H bomba; Ndikukhulupirira kuti idayesedwa nthawi ina muzaka za makumi asanu ndi limodzi. "
  
  "Awa ndi anyamata abwino," adatero Perdue akusewera, kuonetsetsa kuti mawu ake asamveke. Nina anaseka ndikugwedeza mutu. "Ndili wokondwa kuti sitili kumbuyo kwa adani pano."
  
  Gululo litadekha, Elena anapatsa Perdue ndi Nina khofi wakuda, amene onse analandira moyamikira. Unali ulendo wautali kwambiri, osatchulapo za kupsyinjika maganizo kwa zimene anali kulimbana nazo.
  
  "Elena, tili ndi mafunso okhudza Milla ndi kulumikizana kwake ndi zotsalira za Amber Room," Perdue adafunsa mwaulemu. "Tiyenera kupeza ntchito zaluso, kapena zomwe zatsala, mawa usiku usanachitike."
  
  "Ayi! Ayi, ayi!" Misha adatsutsa poyera. Anamulamula Elena kuti asamukire pambali pa sofa ndipo anakhala moyang'anizana ndi alendo omwe anauzidwa zabodza. "Palibe amene adzatenge Chipinda cha Amber kumanda ake! Ayi! Ngati mukufuna kuchita izi, tikuyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwamphamvu motsutsana nanu. "
  
  Elena anayesa kumukhazika mtima pansi pamene ena anaimirira ndikuzungulira malo ang'onoang'ono omwe Misha ndi alendo akukhala. Nina anatenga dzanja la Perdue pamene onse anatulutsa zida zawo. Kudina kowopsa kwa nyundo zomwe akuchotsedwa zidatsimikizira kuti Milla anali wowopsa.
  
  "Chabwino, pumulani. Tiyeni tikambirane njira ina, zivute zitani," adatero Perdue.
  
  Mawu ofewa a Elena anali oyamba kuyankha. "Taonani, nthaŵi yomaliza imene munthu anaba mbali ya chithunzichi, Ulamuliro Wachitatu unatsala pang"ono kuwononga ufulu wa anthu onse."
  
  "Bwanji?" - Perdue anafunsa. Inde, iye anali ndi lingaliro, koma iye sakanatha kuzindikira chiwopsezo chenicheni chobisika mmenemo. Zomwe Nina ankafuna zinali kunyamula mfuti zazikulu kuti azitha kumasuka, koma mamembala a Milla sanasunthe.
  
  Misha asanalowe m'malo ena, Elena adamupempha kuti adikire ndi imodzi mwamafunde owopsa a dzanja lake. Anausa moyo n"kupitiriza kuti: "Nyumba yomwe ankapanga chipinda choyambiriracho inali ya ku Balkan."
  
  "Tikudziwa za chamoyo chakale - Calihas - chomwe chinali mkati mwa amber," Nina adadukiza mofatsa.
  
  "Ndipo ukudziwa zomwe amachita?" Misha sakanatha kupirira.
  
  "Inde," anatsimikizira Nina.
  
  "Ndiye n'chifukwa chiyani ukufuna kuwapatsa? Ndinu openga? Anthu openga inu! Inu, Kumadzulo, ndi umbombo wanu! Mahule andalama nonsenu !" Misha anakuwa kwa Nina ndi Perdue mwaukali wosalamulirika. "Aombeni," iye anauza gulu lake.
  
  Nina anaponya manja ake mmwamba ndi mantha. "Ayi! Chonde mverani! Tikufuna kuwononga mapanelo a amber kamodzi, koma sitikudziwa momwe tingachitire. Tamverani, Misha," adatembenukira kwa iye ndikuchonderera kuti amvetsere, "mnzathu ... mzathu ... akusungidwa ndi Order, ndipo amupha ngati sitipereka Amber Room pofika mawa. . Chifukwa chake, ine ndi mkazi wamasiye tili muzambiri, zakuya! Ukundimvetsa?"
  
  Perdue adakhumudwa ndi kuopsa kwa dzina la Nina kwa Misha yemwe anali wopsya mtima.
  
  "Nina, ndikukumbutseni kuti mnyamata amene mukumukalipira kwambiri ali ndi miyambi yathu," adatero Perdue, akukokera malaya a Nina.
  
  "Ayi, Purdue!" Anakana, kuponya dzanja lake pambali. "Ife tiri pakati. Sitili a Red Army kapena a Black Sun, koma tikuopsezedwa ndi mbali zonse ziwiri, ndipo timakakamizika kukhala zigawenga zawo, kuchita zonyansazo ndikuyesera kuti tisaphedwe!
  
  Elena anakhala mwakachetechete akuvomereza, akudikirira kuti Misha azindikire zovuta za alendowo. Mayi amene ankaulutsa nkhani nthawi yonseyi anatuluka m"nyumbamo n"kumayang"anitsitsa anthu amene sankawadziwa aja atakhala m"chipinda chodyeramo komanso gulu lake lonse, atanyamula zida zake mokonzeka. Pautali wopitirira mapazi asanu ndi limodzi mainchesi atatu, watsitsi lakuda la ku Ukraine ankawoneka mochititsa mantha. Ma dreadlocks ake adasefukira pamapewa ake pomwe amalowera komweko. Elena adamuuza Nina ndi Perdue mwachisawawa kuti: "Uyu ndiye katswiri wathu wa zida zophulika, Natasha. Iye ndi msilikali wakale wa asilikali apadera komanso mbadwa ya Leonid Leopold. "
  
  "Awa ndi ndani?" - Natasha anafunsa mwamphamvu.
  
  "Wamasiye," Misha adayankha, akuyendayenda uku ndi uku, kusinkhasinkha zomwe Nina wanena posachedwa.
  
  "Ah, wamasiye. Gabi anali mnzathu," adayankha uku akupukusa mutu. "Imfa yake idataya kwambiri ufulu wadziko lapansi."
  
  "Inde, zinali," Perdue adavomereza, osatha kuchotsa maso ake pakubwera kumene. Elena anauza Natasha za vuto lomwe alendowo anakumana nalo, ndipo mkazi wofanana ndi Amazon anayankha kuti: "Misha, tiyenera kuwathandiza."
  
  "Tikulimbana ndi data, ndi chidziwitso, osati ndi moto," Misha adamukumbutsa.
  
  "Kodi chinali chidziwitso ndi zambiri zomwe zidayimitsa wapolisi waku America uja yemwe anayesa kuthandiza Black Sun kupeza Chipinda cha Amber nthawi yomaliza ya Cold War?" - adamufunsa. "Ayi, moto waku Soviet adamuyimitsa ku West Germany."
  
  "Ndife achifwamba, osati zigawenga!" - adatsutsa.
  
  "Kodi awa anali achiwembu omwe adawononga chiwopsezo cha Chernobyl Calihas mu 1986? Ayi, Misha, anali zigawenga! - iye anatsutsa. "Tsopano tili ndi vuto ilinso, ndipo tikhala nalo bola ngati Chipinda cha Amber chilipo. Kodi mungatani Black Sun ikapambana? Kodi mutumiza manambala otsatizana kuti asokoneze malingaliro a anthu ochepa omwe azimverabe wailesi kwa moyo wawo wonse pomwe chipani cha Nazi chikulanda dziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kugodomalitsa komanso kuwongolera malingaliro? "
  
  "Tsoka la Chernobyl silinangochitika mwangozi?" Perdue anafunsa mwachisawawa, koma maso akuchenjeza a Milla adamuletsa. Ngakhale Nina sanakhulupirire funso lake losayenera. Zikuoneka kuti Nina ndi Perdue anali atangoyambitsa chisa cha mavu owopsa kwambiri m'mbiri yonse, ndipo Black Sun inali pafupi kupeza chifukwa chake kufiira kuli mtundu wa magazi.
  
  
  Mutu 30
  
  
  Sam anaganiza za Nina pamene ankadikira kuti Kemper abwerere mgalimoto. Woyang'anira yemwe ankawayendetsa anatsalira kumbuyo kwa gudumu, ndikusiya injiniyo ikuyenda. Ngakhale Sam adatha kuthawa gorilla atavala suti yakuda, kunalibe kothawira. Kumbali zonse kuchokera kwa iwo, kutambasula mpaka momwe maso amawonera, malowa ankafanana ndi mawonekedwe omwe amadziwika bwino kwambiri. Ndipotu, anali masomphenya odziwika bwino.
  
  Zofanana modabwitsa ndi malingaliro a Sam omwe adapangidwa ndi hypnosis panthawi yomwe anali ndi Dr. Helberg, malo athyathyathya, opanda mawonekedwe okhala ndi madambo opanda mitundu adamusokoneza. Ndibwino kuti Kemper adamusiya yekha kwakanthawi kuti athe kukonza zomwe zidachitikazo mpaka sizikumuwopsyezanso. Koma m'mene ankayang'anitsitsa, kumvetsera, ndi kuyang'ana malo kuti azolowere, Sam anazindikira kuti zimamuchititsa mantha kwambiri.
  
  Akuyenda movutikira pampando wake, sakanachitira mwina koma kukumbukira loto la chitsime ndi malo opanda kanthu pamaso pa chisonkhezero chowononga chomwe chinawunikira mlengalenga ndikuwononga mitundu. Tanthauzo la zomwe poyamba sizinali kanthu koma kuwonetsetsa kwapang'onopang'ono kwa vuto lomwe linachitiridwa umboni lidakhala, kuopsa kwa Sam, ulosi.
  
  Ulosi? Ine?" Adadabwa ndi kupusa kwa ganizoli. Koma kenako kukumbukira kwina kudakhazikika m'chidziwitso chake, ngati kachidutswa kena kakang'ono. Malingaliro ake adaulula mawu omwe adalemba ali m'manja mwake, kubwerera m'mbuyo. mudzi wa pachilumbachi; mawu, amene woukira Nina anamkuwa.
  
  Chotsani mneneri wanu woipa muno!
  
  Chotsani mneneri wanu woipa muno!
  
  Chotsani mneneri wanu woipa muno!
  
  Sam anachita mantha.
  
  Ndikanati ndisanamve zimenezi panthawiyo?' anagwedeza ubongo wake, akuiŵala kulingalira kuti zimenezo ndi mmene maganizo alili ndi maluso ake onse odabwitsa: 'Ananditcha ine mneneri?' Pale, adameza molimba pamene zonse zidasonkhana - masomphenya a malo enieni ndi chiwonongeko cha mtundu wonse pansi pa thambo la amber.
  
  Kemper anadzidzimutsa Sam atatsegula chitseko kuti abwerere. Kudina modzidzimutsa kwa loko yapakati, kutsatiridwa ndi kudina kwakukulu kwa chogwiriracho, kudabwera pomwe Sam adakumbukira chikoka chachikulu chomwe chidachitika mdziko lonselo.
  
  "Entschuldigung, Herr Cleve," Kemper anapepesa pamene Sam anali kunjenjemera ndi mantha, atagwira pachifuwa. Komabe, izi zinapangitsa kuti wankhanzayo aseke. "N'chifukwa chiyani ukuchita mantha?"
  
  "Kungochita mantha ndi anzanga," Sam anadandaula motero.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sadzakukhumudwitsani," Klaus anayesa kukhala wachifundo.
  
  "Kodi pali vuto ndi katundu?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Vuto laling'ono chabe ndi sensa ya gasi, koma tsopano yakonzedwa," Kemper anayankha mozama. "Ndiye, umafuna kudziwa momwe kutsatizana kwa manambala kunalepheretsa kundiukira kwanu, sichoncho?"
  
  "Inde. Zinali zodabwitsa, koma chochititsa chidwi kwambiri chinali chakuti zinangondikhudza ine. Amuna omwe anali nawe sanawonetsere kuti akupusitsa, "Sam adasilira, akudzikonda Klaus ngati kuti amamukonda kwambiri. Iyi inali njira yomwe Sam Cleave adagwiritsapo ntchito nthawi zambiri m'mbuyomu pofufuza kuti awulule zigawenga.
  
  "Nachi chinsinsi," Klaus anamwetulira monyengerera, akugwedeza manja ake pang'onopang'ono ndikudzaza ndi kunyada. "Sizochuluka kwambiri za manambala, koma za kuphatikiza kwa manambala. Masamu, monga mukudziwa, ndi chilankhulo cha Chilengedwe chomwe. Manambala amalamulira chilichonse chomwe chilipo, kaya pama cell, geometrically, physics, chemical compounds kapena kwina kulikonse. Ndilo chinsinsi chosinthira zonse - monga kompyuta mkati mwa gawo linalake la ubongo wanu, mukudziwa?"
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu. Analingalira kwakanthaŵi ndi kuyankha kuti: "Chotero, ichi chiri chinachake chonga mawu ongopeka a makina osamvetsetseka a zamoyo."
  
  Kemper anawombera m'manja. Kwenikweni. "Izi ndi fanizo lolondola kwambiri, a Cleave! Sindikanatha kuzifotokoza bwino ndekha. Umo ndi momwe zimagwirira ntchito. Pogwiritsa ntchito maunyolo osakanikirana, ndizotheka kukulitsa gawo lachikoka, makamaka kufupikitsa ma receptor a ubongo. Tsopano, ngati muwonjezera mphamvu yamagetsi pakuchita izi, "Kemper adadziwonetsera kuti ndi wamkulu, "zidzawonjezera mphamvu ya lingaliro kakhumi."
  
  "Ndiye pogwiritsa ntchito magetsi, mutha kuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa data yomwe mumagaya? Kapena ndi kukulitsa luso la wonyengayo kulamulira anthu oposa mmodzi panthaŵi imodzi?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Pitiriza kuyankhula, dobber," Sam adaganiza kumbuyo kwamasewera ake mwaluso. 'Ndipo mphoto ikupita kwa ... Samson Cleave chifukwa cha ntchito yake monga mtolankhani wachidwi wolodzedwa ndi munthu wanzeru!' Sam, yemwe anali wapadera kwambiri pamasewera ake, adalemba zonse zomwe msilikali waku Germany adatulutsa.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti chinali chiyani chomwe Adolf Hitler anachita atatenga mphamvu pa anthu osagwira ntchito ku Wehrmacht mu 1935?" - adafunsa Sam mwachipongwe. "Anayambitsa kulanga anthu ambiri, kumenyana bwino ndi kukhulupirika kosasunthika kuti akhazikitse malingaliro a SS pogwiritsa ntchito mapulogalamu osadziwika."
  
  Ndi kukoma kwakukulu, Sam adafunsa funso lomwe lidabwera m'mutu mwake atangonena mawu a Kemper. "Kodi Hitler anali ndi Kalihas?"
  
  "Amber Room itakhazikika mu Berlin City Palace, mbuye waku Germany waku Bavaria ..." Kemper adaseka, kuyesera kukumbukira dzina la bamboyo. "Aa, ayi, sindikukumbukira - adaitanidwa kuti agwirizane ndi amisiri a ku Russia kuti abwezeretsenso chinthucho chikaperekedwa kwa Peter Wamkulu, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Inde," Sam anayankha mosavuta.
  
  "Malinga ndi nthano, pamene ankakonza pulani yatsopano ya chipinda chokonzedwanso ku Catherine Palace, 'adafuna' zidutswa zitatu za amber, mukudziwa, chifukwa cha mavuto ake," Kemper adayang'anitsitsa Sam.
  
  "Simungamuimbe mlandu kwenikweni," Sam anatero.
  
  "Ayi, munthu angamunene bwanji pazimenezi? Ndikuvomereza. Komabe, anagulitsa chinthu chimodzi. Awiri enawo ankawopedwa kuti ananyengedwa ndi mkazi wake ndipo nawonso anagulitsidwa. Komabe, izi zikuwoneka kuti sizinali zowona, ndipo mkazi wotchulidwayo adakhala membala wakale wa matriarchal wa gulu lamagazi yemwe anakumana ndi Hitler wowoneka bwino zaka mazana ambiri pambuyo pake.
  
  Kemper anali kusangalala ndi nkhani yake, kupha nthawi yopita kupha Sam, koma mtolankhaniyo adamvetsera kwambiri nkhaniyo. "Anapatsira mbadwa zake zidutswa ziŵiri zotsala za amber kuchokera m"Chipinda choyambirira cha Amber, ndipo mapeto ake sanapite kwa wina aliyense koma Johann Dietrich Eckart! Izi zitha kukhala ngozi bwanji?"
  
  "Pepani, Klaus," Sam anapepesa mwaukali, "koma chidziŵitso changa cha mbiri ya chinenero cha Chijeremani n"chochititsa manyazi. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndimasunga Nina. "
  
  "Ha! Kuti mudziwe mbiri yakale basi?" Klaus adaseka. "Ndikukayika. Koma ndiroleni ndifotokoze. Eckart, munthu wophunzira kwambiri komanso wolemba ndakatulo wongopeka, ndiye anachititsa chidwi cha Hitler ndi zamatsenga. Timakayikira kuti ndi Eckart amene adapeza mphamvu ya Kalihasa, ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito chodabwitsa ichi pamene adasonkhanitsa mamembala oyambirira a Black Sun. Ndipo, zowonadi, wochita nawo bwino kwambiri yemwe adatha kugwiritsa ntchito mwachangu mwayi wosatsutsika kuti asinthe kawonedwe kadziko ka anthu ... "
  
  "...anali Adolf Hitler. Tsopano ndamva, "Sam adalemba zomwe zidasowekapo, akuwoneka ngati chithumwa kuti anyenge womugwira. "Kalihasa adapatsa Hitler kuthekera kosintha anthu kukhala ma drones. Izi zikufotokozera chifukwa chake unyinji wa anthu ku Germany wa Nazi anali kwakukulukulu ndi malingaliro ofanana... mayendedwe oyendera limodzi ndi mkhalidwe wonyansa wachibadwa, wankhanza woterewu. "
  
  Klaus adamwetulira Sam mokoma mtima. "Zopanda ulemu ... Ndimakonda."
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti mungathe," anatero Sam. "Zonse ndi zosangalatsa, mukudziwa? Koma unadziwa bwanji zonsezi?"
  
  "Abambo anga," Kemper anayankha mosapita m'mbali. Adachita chidwi ndi Sam ngati munthu wodziwika bwino ndi manyazi ake. "Karl Kemper."
  
  "Kemper ndi dzina lomwe linatuluka mu kanema wa Nina," Sam adakumbukira. 'Iye anali ndi mlandu wa imfa ya msilikali wa Red Army m'chipinda chofunsa mafunso. Tsopano chododometsa chimabwera palimodzi. Anayang"ana mwachidwi m"maso mwa chilombo chija chinaima kutsogolo kwake chili m"kafelemu kakang"ono. Sindidikirira kukuwonani mukutsamwitsidwa, Sam adaganiza motero akupereka chisamaliro chonse chomwe adachifuna. 'Sindingakhulupirire kuti ndikumwa ndi munthu wopha anthu. Ndikanakonda nditavina paphulusa lako, zinyalala za Nazi iwe!" Malingaliro omwe adawonekera mu mzimu wa Sam adawoneka ngati achilendo ndipo adasiyana ndi umunthu wake, ndipo zidamudetsa nkhawa. ndi chiwawa choyambirira, koma adayenera kuvomereza kuti zinthu zoyipa zomwe anali kuziganizira sizinali zokokomeza.
  
  "Ndiuze, Klaus, cholinga cha kupha anthu ku Berlin chinali chiyani?" Sam anawonjezera zomwe zimatchedwa kuyankhulana kwapadera pa kapu ya whisky yabwino. "Mantha? Nkhawa za anthu? Nthaŵi zonse ndinkaganiza kuti iyi inali njira yanu yongokonzekeretsa unyinji kaamba ka kuyambika kwa dongosolo latsopano ladongosolo ndi mwambo. Ndinali woyandikana chotani nanga! Tinayenera kubetcherana."
  
  Kemper adawoneka ngati nyenyezi atamva za njira yatsopano yomwe mtolankhani wofufuzayo akuyenda, koma sanataye chilichonse poulula zolinga zake kwa akufa omwe akuyenda.
  
  Iye anayankha kuti: "Ndi pulogalamu yosavuta kwambiri. "Chifukwa Chancellor waku Germany ali m'manja mwathu, tili ndi mwayi. Kuphedwa kwa nzika zapamwamba, zomwe makamaka zimayang'anira bwino zandale ndi zachuma m'dzikolo, zikutsimikizira kuti tikudziwa ndipo, ndithudi, sitizengereza kuchita zomwe tikuwopseza."
  
  "Ndiye mudawasankha potengera udindo wawo wapamwamba?" Sam anangofunsa.
  
  "Izinso, Bambo Cleave. Koma cholinga chathu chilichonse chinali ndi ndalama zambiri padziko lapansi kuposa ndalama ndi mphamvu, "adatero Kemper, ngakhale samawoneka wofunitsitsa kugawana nawo zomwe ndalamazo zinali. Sipanapite nthawi mpaka Sam ananamizira kuti wataya chidwi pongogwedeza mutu ndikuyamba kuyang'ana pawindo pa malo omwe anali kunja komwe Kemper anakakamizika kumuuza. "Chilichonse mwa zolingazi zomwe zimawoneka kuti zangochitika mwachisawawa kwenikweni anali aku Germany omwe akuthandiza anzathu amasiku ano a Red Army kubisa malo ndi kubisa kukhalapo kwa Amber Room, chopinga chimodzi chokha chomwe chidathandiza kwambiri pakufuna kwa Black Sun kusaka mwaluso koyambirira. Bambo anga adaphunzira okha kuchokera kwa Leopold - wachinyengo waku Russia - kuti chotsaliracho chinalandidwa ndi Red Army ndipo sanapite pansi ndi Wilhelm Gustloff, yemwe anali Milla, monga momwe nthano imachitira. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, mamembala ena a Black Sun, atasintha malingaliro awo okhudza ulamuliro wa dziko lapansi, atisiya. Kodi inu mukukhulupirira izo? Mbadwa za Aryans, zamphamvu komanso zanzeru, zidaganiza zosiya Dongosololi. Koma kusakhulupirika kwakukulu kunali kuthandiza zigawenga za ku Soviet Union kubisa Chipinda cha Amber, ngakhale kupereka ndalama zogwirira ntchito yachinsinsi mu 1986 yowononga matabwa asanu ndi limodzi mwa khumi otsala a amber okhala ndi Kalihasa!"
  
  Sam anakwiya. "Dikirani dikirani. Mukunena chiyani za 1986? Kodi theka la Chipinda cha Amber chawonongeka?"
  
  "Inde, chifukwa cha anthu osankhika omwe anamwalira posachedwa omwe adapereka ndalama ku Milla pa Operation Homeland, Chernobyl tsopano ndi manda a theka la zinthu zabwino kwambiri," Kemper adaseka, akukukuta zibakera. "Koma nthawi ino tiwawononga - tiwawononge pamodzi ndi anzawo komanso aliyense amene amatifunsa."
  
  "Bwanji?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  Kemper anaseka, kudabwa kuti wina wozindikira ngati Sam Cleave samamvetsetsa zomwe zikuchitika. "Chabwino, tili nanu, Bambo Cleave. Ndiwe Hitler watsopano wa Black Sun ... ndi cholengedwa chapadera ichi chomwe chimadya ubongo wako. "
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Sam adachita mantha. "Mukuganiza kuti ndikwaniritse bwanji cholinga chanu?"
  
  "Maganizo ako ali ndi kuthekera kosokoneza unyinji, mzanga. Monga Führer, mudzatha kugonjetsa Milla ndi mabungwe ena onse monga iwo - ngakhale maboma. Achita zina zonse, "adatero Kemper.
  
  "Nanga bwanji anzanga?" - Sam anafunsa, ali ndi mantha ndi chiyembekezo chotsegulira.
  
  "Zilibe kanthu. Mukadzapanga mphamvu za Kalihasa padziko lonse lapansi, thupi lidzakhala litatenga ubongo wanu wambiri," adatero Kemper Sam akumuyang'ana modabwa kwambiri. "Zikatero kapena kuwonjezeka kwachilendo kwamagetsi kumasokoneza ubongo wanu. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, mudzalowa m'mbiri ngati ngwazi ya Order. "
  
  
  Mutu 31
  
  
  "Apatseni golide wonyansa. Golide posachedwapa adzakhala wopanda pake pokhapokha atapeza njira yosinthira zachabechabe ndi kachulukidwe kukhala malingaliro enieni opulumuka, "Natasha adanyoza anzake. Alendo a Milla adakhala mozungulira tebulo lalikulu limodzi ndi gulu la zigawenga zomwe Perdue adapeza tsopano kuti ndi anthu omwe amalumikizana modabwitsa ndi Gabi ndi kayendetsedwe ka ndege. Anali Marco, m'modzi mwa mamembala abata kwambiri a Milla, omwe adadutsa kuwongolera kwa mpweya ku Copenhagen ndikuuza oyendetsa ndege a Purdue kuti asinthe njira yopita ku Berlin, koma Purdue sanafune kuyimba chivundikiro cha dzina la Detlef la "Widower" kuti aulule yemwe iye analidi. anali-palibe .
  
  "Sindidziŵa chimene golide ali nacho pa pulaniyo," anadandaula motero Nina Perdue mkati mwa mkangano ndi anthu a ku Russia.
  
  "Zambiri za mapepala a amber amene adakalipo akali ndi zoikamo golide ndi mafelemu m"malo mwake, Dr. Gould," Elena anafotokoza motero, kupangitsa Nina kudzimva kukhala wopusa chifukwa chodandaula mokweza kwambiri.
  
  "Inde!" - Misha adalowererapo. "Golide uyu ndi wofunika kwambiri kwa anthu oyenera."
  
  "Kodi ndiwe nkhumba ya capitalist tsopano?" Anafunsa Yuri. "Ndalama ndi zopanda ntchito. Khulupirirani zambiri, chidziwitso ndi zinthu zothandiza. Timawapatsa golide. Ndani amasamala? Tikufuna golide kuti tiwanyenge kuti akhulupirire kuti abwenzi a Gabi alibe chilichonse. "
  
  Elena anati: "Kuposa pamenepo, timagwiritsa ntchito zosemasema zagolide poika isotopu. Zomwe timafunikira ndi chothandizira komanso magetsi okwanira kuti atenthetse poto. "
  
  "Isotope? Kodi ndiwe wasayansi, Elena?" Perdue amasangalatsidwa.
  
  "Katswiri wa sayansi ya zida za nyukiliya, kalasi ya 2014," Natasha adadzitamandira ndikumwetulira za bwenzi lake labwino.
  
  "Zopusa!" Nina anasangalala, anachita chidwi ndi nzeru zobisika mwa mkazi wokongolayo. Anayang'ana Perdue ndikumugwedeza. "Malo awa ndi Valhalla wa sapiosexual, Hei?"
  
  Perdue adakweza nsidze zake modabwitsa pazomwe Nina akuganiza. Mwadzidzidzi, kukambitsirana koopsa pakati pa achifwamba a Red Army kunasokonezedwa ndi kugunda kwakukulu komwe kunawapangitsa onse kuzizira poyembekezera. Iwo anadikira, kumvetsera mwatcheru. Kuchokera pa ma speaker okhala ndi khoma a malo owulutsira mawu, kulira kwa siginecha yomwe ikubwera idalengeza chinthu chowopsa.
  
  "Guten Tag, ine Kameraden."
  
  "O Mulungu, ndi Kemper kachiwiri," Natasha adafuula.
  
  Perdue ankamva kupweteka m'mimba. Kumveka kwa mawu a munthuyo kunamuchititsa chizungulire, koma anaugwira kuti athandize gululo.
  
  "Tifika ku Chernobyl mu maola awiri," adatero Kemper. "Ili ndi chenjezo lanu loyamba komanso lokhalo loti tikuyembekeza kuti ETA yathu ichotse Chipinda cha Amber ku sarcophagus. Kukanika kutsatira kumabweretsa ..." adadziseka yekha ndipo adaganiza zosiya zikhalidwezo, "... chabwino, zipangitsa kuti Chancellor waku Germany ndi Sam Cleave aphedwe, pambuyo pake tidzatulutsa mpweya wa mitsempha mu. Moscow, London ndi Seoul nthawi yomweyo. David Perdue adzatenga nawo mbali pazandale zathu zambiri, choncho musayese kutitsutsa. Zwei Stunden. Wiedersehen."
  
  Kudina kunadukiza pamalopo ndipo chete kudagwa pamalo odyeramo ngati bulangeti logonja.
  
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake tidayenera kusintha malo. Akhala akubera ma frequency athu owulutsa kwa mwezi umodzi tsopano. Potumiza ziwerengero zosiyana ndi zathu, amakakamiza anthu kudzipha okha ndi ena kudzera mu malingaliro a subliminal. Tsopano tikuyenera kuthamangira pamalo amizukwa a Duga-3, "adatero Natasha.
  
  Perdue adamezera mwamphamvu pamene kutentha kwake kumakwera. Poyesa kuti asasokoneze msonkhanowo, anaika manja ake oziziritsa ndi oziziritsa pampando mbali zonse za iye. Nthawi yomweyo Nina anazindikira kuti chinachake sichili bwino.
  
  "Purdu?" - iye anafunsa. 'Kodi ukudwalanso?'
  
  Anamwetulira mofowoka n"kuchipukuta ndi kugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Sakuwoneka bwino," adatero Misha. "Infection? Kodi muli pano kwanthawi yayitali bwanji? Kuposa tsiku limodzi?"
  
  "Ayi," Nina anayankha. "Kwa maola ochepa chabe. Koma wakhala akudwala kwa masiku awiri."
  
  "Osadandaula, anthu," Perdue adalankhula molimba mtima, akulankhulabe mwansangala. "Zimapita pambuyo pake."
  
  "Ndiye?" Elena anafunsa.
  
  Perdue anaimirira, nkhope yake yotuwa pamene ankafuna kudzikoka pamodzi, koma anakankhira thupi lake lophwanyika kuchitseko, akuthamangira kufuna kukankhira.
  
  "Zitatha izi," Nina anausa moyo.
  
  "Chipinda cha amuna chili pansi," anatero Marco mwachisawawa, akuyang"ana mlendo wake akutsika mofulumira. "Chakumwa kapena mitsempha?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Onse awiri. Black Sun inamuzunza kwa masiku angapo bwenzi lathu Sam asanapite kuti akamutulutse. Ndikuganiza kuti kuvulalako kumamukhudzabe," anafotokoza motero. "Anamusunga m'linga lawo kumapiri a Kazakh ndi kumuzunza popanda kupuma."
  
  Azimayiwo ankaoneka opanda chidwi ngati amuna. Mwachiwonekere chizunzo chinali chozikika mozama kwambiri m"zaka zawo zamakedzana zankhondo ndi zomvetsa chisoni kotero kuti zinaperekedwa m"kukambitsirana. Nthawi yomweyo mawonekedwe opanda kanthu pankhope ya Misha adawala ndikupangitsa mawonekedwe ake. "Doctor Gould, kodi muli ndi ma coordinates a malo ano? Izi ... linga ku Kazakhstan?"
  
  "Inde," anayankha Nina. "Ndi momwe tinamupezera poyamba."
  
  Munthu waukaliyo anatambasulira dzanja lake kwa iye, ndipo Nina mwamsanga anasegula m"chikwama cha zip-top chakutsogolo kuti apeze pepala limene anajambulapo mu ofesi ya Dr. Helberg tsiku limenelo. Adapatsa Misha manambala ojambulidwa komanso zambiri.
  
  Choncho, mauthenga oyambirira amene Detlef anatibweretsera ku Edinburgh sanatumizidwe ndi Milla. Apo ayi, iwo akanadziwa za malo ovuta, "Anaganiza Nina, koma adazisunga yekha. Mbali ina, Milla anamutcha 'The Widower'. Iwonso, nthawi yomweyo anamuzindikira mwamuna wa Gabi. 'Manja ake. adapumula tsitsi lake lakuda, logwedezeka uku akukweza mutu wake mmwamba ndikuyika zigongono zake patebulo ngati mwana wasukulu wotopa, zidamufikira kuti Gabi - ndiye Detlef - nayenso adasokeretsedwa ndi kusokoneza kwa Order pamawayilesi, ngati "O Mulungu wanga, ndiyenera kupepesa kwa Detlef. Ndikukhulupirira kuti anapulumuka pa chochitika chaching'ono cha Volvo. Ndikukhulupirira?"
  
  Perdue anali atatuluka kwa nthawi yayitali, koma zinali zofunika kwambiri kuti apange dongosolo nthawi yawo isanathe. Anayang'ana akatswiri a ku Russia akukambirana mwachidwi nkhani inayake m'chinenero chawo, koma sanadandaule. Zinamveka zokongola kwa iye, ndipo kuchokera ku kamvekedwe kawo ankaganiza kuti lingaliro la Misha linali lomveka.
  
  Atangoyambanso kuda nkhawa za tsogolo la Sam, Misha ndi Elena anakumana naye kuti amufotokozere za dongosololi. Otsalawo adatsatira Natasha m'chipindamo, ndipo Nina adawamva akugunda pamasitepe achitsulo, ngati pobowola moto.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti uli ndi plan. Chonde ndiuzeni kuti muli ndi dongosolo. Nthawi yathu yatsala pang'ono kutha ndipo sindikuganiza kuti ndingathe kupirira. Akapha Sam, ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, ndipereka moyo wanga kuti ndiwawononge," adadandaula mokhumudwa.
  
  "Izi ndi zofiira," Elena anamwetulira.
  
  "Inde, tili ndi dongosolo. Dongosolo labwino, "adatero Misha. Ankaoneka ngati wachimwemwe.
  
  "Zodabwitsa!" Nina anamwetulira, ngakhale kuti ankaonekabe wokhumudwa. "Ndi plan yanji?"
  
  Misha adalengeza molimba mtima kuti: "Tikuwapatsa Chipinda cha Amber."
  
  Kumwetulira kwa Nina kunatha.
  
  "Wabweranso?" iye anaphethira mofulumira, mwaukali mwa theka, kufuna kumva kufotokoza kwake. "Kodi ndiyenera kuyembekezera zambiri, zogwirizana ndi mapeto anu? Chifukwa ngati ndi dongosolo lanu, ndasiya kudalira nzeru zanga za Soviet Union. "
  
  Iwo anaseka mopanda chidwi. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti iwo sanali kusamala maganizo a Wazungu; osakwanira ngakhale kuthamangira kuchotsa kukayikira kwake. Nina anapinda manja ake pachifuwa chake. Malingaliro a Perdue akudwala nthawi zonse komanso kugonjera kwa Sam nthawi zonse komanso kusapezeka kwake kunakwiyitsa wolemba mbiri wa brash. Elena anazindikira kukhumudwa kwake ndipo molimba mtima anagwira dzanja lake.
  
  "Sitidzasokoneza zomwe a Black Sun amadzinenera ku Amber Room kapena zosonkhanitsira, koma tikupatsani chilichonse chomwe mungafune kuti muthane nazo. Chabwino?" - anati kwa Nina.
  
  "Kodi simutithandiza kuti Sam abwerere?" Nina adachita mantha. Anafuna kugwetsa misozi. Pambuyo pa zonsezi, adakanidwa ndi ogwirizana okha omwe amawaganizira kuti ali nawo motsutsana ndi Kemper. Mwina a Red Army sanali amphamvu monga momwe amanenera mbiri yawo, adaganiza mokhumudwa kwambiri mumtima mwake. "Ndiye iweyo uthandiza chani kwenikweni?" - adawotcha.
  
  Maso a Misha adadetsedwa ndi kusalolera. "Tamverani, sitiyenera kukuthandizani. Timaulutsa zambiri, osati kumenya nkhondo zanu. "
  
  "N"zachidziŵikire," iye anaseka. "Ndiye chitani tsopano?"
  
  "Iwe ndi Mkazi Wamasiye mutenge zidutswa zotsalira za Chipinda cha Amber. Yuri adzakulemberani ganyu munthu wokhala ndi ngolo yolemera ndi midadada kwa inu," Elena anayesa kumveketsa kwambiri. "Natasha ndi Marco pakali pano ali mu gawo la riyakitala la Medvedka sublevel. Ndikamuthandiza Marco poyizoni posachedwa.
  
  "Ine?" Nina anagwedezeka.
  
  Misha adaloza kwa Elena. "Ndizimene amazitcha maelementi a mankhwala amene amaika m"mabomba. Ine ndikuganiza iwo akuyesera kukhala oseketsa. Mwachitsanzo, poika poizoni m"thupi ndi vinyo, amawononga zinthu ndi mankhwala kapena chinthu china."
  
  Elena adamupsompsona ndikudzikhululukira kuti alowe nawo m'chipinda chapansi chachinsinsi cha obereketsa othamanga, gawo la gulu lalikulu lankhondo lomwe kale linkagwiritsidwa ntchito posungira zida. Arc-3 anali amodzi mwa malo atatu omwe Milla amasamukirako nthawi ndi nthawi chaka chilichonse kuti asagwidwe kapena kuzindikiridwa, ndipo gululo likusintha mwachinsinsi malo awo onse kukhala maziko ogwirira ntchito.
  
  "Poizoniyo akakonzeka, tidzakupatsani zidazo, koma muyenera kukonzekera zida zanu pamalo a Vault," adatero Misha.
  
  "Kodi iyi ndi sarcophagus?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Inde."
  
  "Koma cheza cha kumeneko chidzandipha," Nina anadandaula motero.
  
  "Simudzakhala mu malo a Vault. Mu 1996, amalume anga ndi agogo anga anasamutsa mbale kuchokera ku Amber Room kupita ku chitsime chakale pafupi ndi malo a Vault, koma kumene chitsimecho chili ndi malo, malo ambiri. Sichilumikizidwa ndi reactor 4 konse, ndiye muyenera kukhala bwino, "adafotokoza.
  
  "Mulungu, izi zindidula khungu," adadandaula, akuganizira mozama kusiya bizinesi yonse ndikusiya Perdue ndi Sam ku tsogolo lawo. Misha adaseka kukhumudwa kwa mayi wina waku Western yemwe adawonongeka ndikupukusa mutu. "Ndani angandiwonetse momwe ndingaphikire izi?" - Nina potsiriza anafunsa, poganiza kuti sakufuna kuti anthu a ku Russia aganizire kuti Scots ndi ofooka.
  
  "Natasha ndi katswiri wazophulika. Elena ndi katswiri wazowopsa za mankhwala. Adzakuuzani momwe mungasandutsire Chipinda cha Amber kukhala bokosi, "anamwetulira Misha. "Chinthu chimodzi, Dr. Gould," adapitilizabe mopanda tsankho, mosagwirizana ndi chikhalidwe chake chaulamuliro. "Chonde gwirani zitsulo ndi zida zodzitetezera ndipo yesetsani kuti musapume osatseka pakamwa. Ndipo mukawapatsa chotsaliracho, khalani kutali. Mtunda wautali, chabwino?"
  
  "Chabwino," Nina anayankha, akuyamikira nkhaŵa yake. Iyi inali mbali yake yomwe anali asanasangalalepo kuyiwona mpaka pano. Iye anali munthu wokhwima. "Misha?"
  
  "Inde?"
  
  Mu mtima wonse adapempha kuti adziwe. "Ndipanga chida chanji kuno?"
  
  Iye sanayankhe, choncho anafufuzanso pang'ono.
  
  "Ndiyenera kukhala kutali bwanji nditapatsa Kemper Chipinda cha Amber?" - adafuna kudziwa.
  
  Misha anaphethira kangapo, akuyang'ana mozama m'maso akuda a mkazi wokongolayo. Anakonza kukhosi kwake ndipo analangiza kuti: "Chokani m"dzikoli."
  
  
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  Pamene Perdue anadzuka pansi pa chimbudzi, malaya ake anali odetsedwa ndi ndulu ndi malovu. Mwamanyazi, anayesetsa kulichapa ndi sopo wa m"manja ndi madzi ozizira m"sinki. Atayeretsa pang'ono, adayang'ana momwe nsaluyo ilili pagalasi. "Zili ngati sizinachitike," iye akumwetulira, wokondwa ndi zoyesayesa zake.
  
  Atalowa m'chipinda chodyeramo, adapeza Nina atavekedwa ndi Elena ndi Misha.
  
  "Nthawi yako," Nina anadandaula motero. "Ndikuwona kuti wadwalanso matenda ena."
  
  Iye anati: "Zinali zachiwawa. "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?"
  
  "Tikhala tikuyika zovala za Dr. Gould ndi zida zolimbana ndi radiation mukapita kuchipinda cha Amber," Elena adamuuza.
  
  "Izi nzoseketsa, Nina," iye anadandaula motero. "Ndimakana kuvala zonsezi. Monga ngati ntchito yathu sinalepheretsedwe ndi nthawi yomaliza, tsopano muyenera kuchita zinthu zopanda pake komanso zowononga nthawi kuti muchedwetsenso nthawi yayitali? "
  
  Nina anakwinya nkhope. Zinkawoneka ngati Perdue wabwereranso ku bulu wonyezimira yemwe adamenyana naye m'galimoto, ndipo sakanatha kupirira zofuna zake zachibwana. "Kodi mungafune kuti mipira yanu ithe mawa?" - adatero monyoza poyankha. Apo ayi, kuli bwino kutenga chikho; kutsogolera."
  
  "Kula, Dr. Gould," adatero.
  
  "Milingo ya radiation yatsala pang'ono kufa paulendo wawung'ono uwu, Dave. Ndikukhulupirira kuti muli ndi zipewa zambiri za baseball kuti tsitsi lanu lisapeŵeke lomwe mudzavutike nalo m'masabata angapo. "
  
  Ankhondo aku Soviet adaseka mwakachetechete kuseketsa kwa Nina pamene akukhazikitsa zida zake zomaliza zolimbitsidwa ndi lead. Elena anam'patsa chigoba chachipatala kuti atseke pakamwa pake akamatsika pachitsime, ndi chisoti chokwerera ngati zitheka.
  
  Atatha kuyang'ana pansi kwa kamphindi, Perdue adawalola kuti amuveke choncho asanatsatire Nina kupita kumene Natasha anali wokonzeka kuwathandiza kunkhondo. Marco anali atawakonzera zida zodulira bwino za kachikwama ka pensulo, komanso malangizo amomwe angavekerere amber mugalasi lopyapyala lomwe adapanga pamwambo woterowo.
  
  "Anthu inu, mukutsimikiza kuti titha kuchita bizinesi yapaderayi pakanthawi kochepa?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Dr. Gould akuti ndiwe wotulukira zinthu," Marco anayankha motero. "Monga ngati kugwira ntchito ndi zamagetsi. Gwiritsani ntchito zida zofikira ndikusintha. Ikani zidutswa zachitsulo pa pepala la amber kuti zibise ngati zoyika zagolide ndi kuziphimba ndi zophimba. Gwiritsani ntchito zowonera pamakona ndi BOOM! Chipinda cha Amber, cholimbikitsidwa ndi imfa kuti athe kupita nacho kunyumba. "
  
  "Sindikumvetsetsabe tanthauzo lake," anadandaula motero Nina. "N"chifukwa chiyani tikuchita zimenezi? Misha adandiwuza kuti tikuyenera kukhala kutali, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ndi bomba, sichoncho? "
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," adatero Natasha.
  
  "Koma ndi gulu chabe la mafelemu ndi mphete zasiliva zonyansa. Zikuwoneka ngati zomwe agogo anga amakanika amasunga m'bwalo lazakudya," adabuula. Poyamba Perdue anasonyeza chidwi ndi ntchito yawo pamene anaona zinyalala zooneka ngati zitsulo zoipitsidwa kapena siliva.
  
  "Mariya, Mayi wa Mulungu! Ine!" - adatuluka mwaulemu, akuyang'ana Natasha wodzaza ndi kutsutsidwa komanso kudabwa. "Anthu inu mwapenga!"
  
  "Chani? Ichi ndi chiyani?" - iye anafunsa. Onse anayang"ana maso ake, osadetsedwa ndi chiweruzo chake chochita mantha. Pakamwa pa Perdue anakhalabe otseguka mosakhulupirira pamene anatembenukira kwa Nina ndi chinthu chimodzi m'manja mwake. "Iyi ndi plutonium yamtundu wa zida. Akutitumiza kuti tisandutse Chipinda cha Amber kukhala bomba la nyukiliya!
  
  Iwo sanakane mawu ake ndipo sanawonekere kuchita mantha. Nina anasowa chonena.
  
  "Izi ndi Zow?" - iye anafunsa. Elena anayang'ana pansi ndipo Natasha anagwedeza mutu monyadira.
  
  "Sizingaphulika pamene ukugwira m'manja mwako, Nina," Natasha anafotokoza modekha. "Ingopangitsani kuti iziwoneka ngati zojambulajambula ndikuphimba mapanelo ndi galasi la Marco. Kenako perekani kwa Kemper. "
  
  "Plutonium imayaka ikakumana ndi mpweya wonyowa kapena madzi," Pardue adagubuduza, poganizira zazinthu zonse za chinthucho. "Ngati tchipisi zokutira kapena kuwonekera, pangakhale zotsatira zoyipa."
  
  "Choncho usachite mantha," Natasha anafuula mokondwera. "Tsopano tiyeni, muli ndi maola osakwana awiri kuti muwonetse alendo athu zomwe tapeza."
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Patangodutsa mphindi makumi awiri pang'ono, Perdue ndi Nina adatsitsidwa m'chitsime chamwala chobisika, chodzaza ndi udzu ndi tchire kwazaka zambiri. Miyalayo yagwa ngati mmene Iron Curtain yakale inachitira, umboni wa nthaŵi yakale ya umisiri wamakono ndi wamakono, wosiyidwa ndi kusiyidwa kuti awole pambuyo pa Chernobyl.
  
  Elena anakumbutsa Nina kuti: "Inu muli kutali ndi malo achitetezo aja, koma phemani m"mphuno mwanu.
  
  "Tikafika bwanji pachitsimechi? Gulu lililonse limalemera kuposa galimoto yanu! Perdue anatero.
  
  "Pali njanji pano," Misha anakuwa m'dzenje lamdima. "Njirazo zimapita kuholo ya Chipinda cha Amber, komwe agogo anga aamuna ndi amalume anga anasamutsa zidutswazo kumalo obisika. Mutha kuzitsitsa ndi zingwe pangolo yamigodi ndi kuzigudubuza apa, pomwe Yuri adzazikweza.
  
  Nina anawapatsa chala chachikulu pamene amayang'ana maulendo ake olankhulana ndi Misha kuti alumikizane ndi aliyense wa iwo ngati ali ndi mafunso ali pansi pa makina owopsa a Chernobyl.
  
  "Chabwino! Tithetse izi, Nina, "adatero Perdue.
  
  Anauyamba mumdima wozizira kwambiri ataika tochi pa zipewa zawo. Unyinji wakuda mumdimawo unakhala makina amigodi omwe Misha adanena, ndipo adakweza mapepala a Marco pa izo pogwiritsa ntchito zida, akukankhira makinawo pamene amapita.
  
  "Kusagwirizana pang'ono," adatero Perdue. Koma ndikanakhala chimodzimodzi ndikanakhala kuti ndakhala ndi dzimbiri mumdima kwa zaka zoposa makumi awiri.
  
  Kuwala kwawo kunazimiririka mamita angapo patsogolo pawo, kukuta mdima wandiweyani. Tinthu ting"onoting"ono tambirimbiri tinayandama m"mlengalenga ndi kuvina pamaso pa chezacho m"malo opanda phokoso a ngalande ya pansi pa nthaka.
  
  "Bwanji tikabwerako nkutseka chitsime?" Nina mwadzidzidzi anati.
  
  "Tipeza njira. Takumana ndi zovuta kwambiri kuposa izi m'mbuyomu, "adatsimikizira.
  
  "Pali phee mochititsa mantha kuno," iye anaumirirabe mokhumudwa. "Kalekale kunali madzi kumusi kuno. Ndikudabwa kuti ndi anthu angati amene amira m"chitsimechi kapena kufa chifukwa cha kuwala kwa dzuwa pamene akuthaŵira pansi pano."
  
  "Nina," anali zonse zomwe ananena kuti amugwedeze kuti achoke m'kusalabadira kwake.
  
  "Pepani," Ninanong"oneza motero. "Ndikuchita mantha ngati gehena."
  
  "Izi sizili ngati iwe," adatero Perdue mumlengalenga wowundana womwe umapangitsa kuti mawu ake asamveke. "Mumangoopa matenda kapena zotsatira za poizoni wa poizoni, zomwe zimayambitsa kufa pang'onopang'ono. N"chifukwa chake malowa amakuchititsani mantha."
  
  Nina anayang'ana pa iye mwachidwi mu kuwala kwamdima kwa nyali yake. "Zikomo, David."
  
  Atayenda pang'ono, nkhope yake inasintha. Anali kuyang'ana chinachake kumanja kwake, koma Nina anali wotsimikiza kuti sanafune kudziwa chomwe chinali. Pamene Perdue anaima, mitundu yonse ya zochitika zowopsya zinakhudza Nina.
  
  "Taonani," iye anamwetulira, akumugwira dzanja kumtembenuza kuti ayang"ane ndi chuma chochititsa chidwi chimene chinabisidwa pansi pa fumbi ndi zinyalala zaka zambiri. "N"zokongola kwambiri ngati mmene zinalili m"nthawi imene Mfumu ya Prussia inali nayo."
  
  Pamene Nina ankawunikira masilabu achikasu, golidi ndi amber zinagwirizana kuti zikhale magalasi okongola a kukongola kotayika kwa zaka mazana ambiri zapitazo. Zithunzi zogoba kwambiri zomwe zinkakongoletsa mafelemu ndi tizidutswa ta galasilo zinkagogomezera chiyero cha amber.
  
  "Kuganiza kuti mulungu woipa akugona pompano," iye ananong"oneza motero.
  
  "Chigawo cha zomwe zikuwoneka ngati zophatikizika, Nina, yang'anani," adatero Perdue. "Chitsanzochi, chaching'ono kwambiri chomwe sichinali chowoneka bwino, chidayang'aniridwa ndi magalasi a Purdue, ndikuchikulitsa.
  
  "Wokondedwa Mulungu, kodi sindiwe mwana wapathengo," iye anatero. "Zimawoneka ngati nkhanu kapena nkhupakupa, koma mutu wake uli ndi nkhope yaumunthu."
  
  "O Mulungu, zimenezo zikumveka zonyansa," Nina ananjenjemera ndi maganizowo.
  
  "Bwerani mudzawone," Perdue adapempha, akukonzekera zomwe angayankhe. Anayika galasi lakumanzere la magalasi ake pamalo ena akuda pamtengo wonyezimira wosakhudzidwa. Nina adatsamira kuti amuyang'ane.
  
  "Kodi mu dzina la Jupiter's gonads ndi chiyani?" adachita mantha ndi nkhope yodabwa. "Ndikulumbira kuti ndidziwombera ndekha ngati chinthu chowopsyachi chidzalowa mu ubongo wanga. Mulungu wanga, mungaganize ngati Sam akanadziwa momwe Kalihassa wake amawonekera?"
  
  "Polankhula za Sam, ndikuganiza kuti tifulumire kukapereka chumachi kwa a Nazi. Nanga mukuti bwanji? Perdue anaumirira.
  
  "Inde".
  
  Atamaliza kulimbitsa mwamphamvu zingwe zazikuluzikuluzi ndi zitsulo ndikuzisindikiza mosamala kuseri kwa filimu yoteteza monga momwe adalangizira, Perdue ndi Nina adagubuduza mapanelo amodzi ndi amodzi mpaka pansi pakamwa pa chitsime.
  
  "Taonani, mukuona? Onse apita. Palibe munthu pamenepo, "adadandaula.
  
  Iye anamwetulira kuti: "Osatseka pakhomo. "Sitingayembekezere kuti azikhala kumeneko tsiku lonse, sichoncho?"
  
  "Sindikulingalira ayi," iye anausa moyo. "Ndine wokondwa kuti tafika pachitsime. Ndikhulupirireni, ndakhala ndi manda owopsa awa. "
  
  Ali chapatali ankamva phokoso lalikulu la injiniyo. Magalimoto oyenda pang'onopang'ono mumsewu wapafupi anali kuyandikira pafupi ndi chitsimecho. Yuri ndi msuweni wake anayamba kukweza ma slabs. Ngakhale kuti ukonde wonyamula katundu unali wosavuta m'sitimayo, zinali zowononga nthawi. Anthu awiri aku Russia ndi anthu anayi am'deralo adathandizira Perdue kutambasula ukonde pa slabs iliyonse, yomwe akuyembekeza kuti idzayesedwa kuti ikweze kuposa 400kg panthawi imodzi.
  
  "N"zokayikitsa," Nina anadandaula motero. Anaima chapatali, mkati mwa ngalandeyo. Claustrophobia yake inali kumukulira, koma sanafune kumulepheretsa. Pamene azibambowo ankanena maganizo awo ndi kuwerengera nthawi, wailesi yake ya mbali ziwiri inalandira uthengawo.
  
  "Nina, bwera. Zatha, "adatero Elena kudzera m'mawu otsika omwe Nina adawazolowera.
  
  "Ichi ndi chipinda cholandirira alendo cha Nina. Ndatha," anayankha motero.
  
  "Nina, tichoka Chipinda cha Amber chikatulutsidwa, chabwino?" Elena anachenjeza. "Ndikufuna kuti musade nkhawa ndikuganiza kuti tangothawa, koma tikuyenera kuchoka asanafike ku Arc 3."
  
  "Ayi!" Nina anakuwa. "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Zikhala zakupha ngati tikumana pabwalo limodzi. Inu mukudziwa". Misha anamuyankha. "Tsopano musade nkhawa. Tidzalumikizana. Samalani ndipo mukhale ndi ulendo wabwino."
  
  Mtima wa Nina unakhala pansi. "Chonde, musapite". M'moyo wake anali asanamvepo mawu osungulumwa kwambiri.
  
  "Mobwerezabwereza".
  
  Anamva phokoso lakuthwa pamene Perdue akutsuka fumbi pa zovala zake ndikuyendetsa manja ake pansi pa thalauza kuti achotse dothi. Anayang"ana uku ndi uku kufuna Nina, ndipo pamene maso ake anampeza, anam"mwetulira mwansangala, ndi mokhutiritsidwa.
  
  "Ndachita, Dr. Gould!" anali wosangalala.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi, kuwombera kunamveka pamwamba pawo, zomwe zinapangitsa Perdue kudumphira mumdima. Nina anakuwa kuti atetezeke, koma anakwawira mbali ina ya ngalandeyo, kumusiya ali womasuka kuti ali bwino.
  
  "Yuri ndi omuthandizira ake aphedwa!" - adamva mawu a Kemper pachitsime.
  
  "Sam ali kuti?" Nina anakuwa pamene kuwala kugwera pansi ngati gehena yakumwamba.
  
  "Bambo Cleave anali atamwa mowa kwambiri ... koma ... zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha mgwirizano wanu, David! O, ndi Dr. Gould, chonde landirani kupepesa kwanga moona mtima popeza izi zikhala mphindi zanu zomaliza zowawa padziko lapansi. Moni!"
  
  "Zaka iwe!" Nina anakuwa. "Tikuwona posachedwa, mwana wapathengo! Posachedwapa!"
  
  Pamene ankatulutsa ukali wake wa mawu kwa Mjeremani yemwe ankamwetulira, amuna ake anayamba kutseka pakamwa pa chitsimecho ndi simenti yokhuthala, kuchititsa mdima ngalandeyo. Nina ankatha kumva Klaus Kemper akutchula manambala modekha m"mawu otsika, pafupifupi mofanana ndi mmene amamvekera pa wailesi.
  
  Pamene mthunziwo unazimiririka pang"onopang"ono, iye anayang"ana Perdue, ndipo mwa mantha ake, maso ake owumitsidwa anali kuyang"ana pa Kemper ali mu ukapolo wodziŵika. M'miyezi yomaliza ya kuwala kocheperako, Nina adawona nkhope ya Perdue ikugwedezeka kukhala chilakolako chonyansa ndi choipa pamene akuyang'ana molunjika kwa iye.
  
  
  Mutu 33
  
  
  Kemper atalandira chuma chake chochuluka, analamula asilikali ake kuti apite ku Kazakhstan. Anali kubwerera kudera la Black Sun ndi chiyembekezo chawo choyamba chakulamulira dziko lonse lapansi, dongosolo lawo latsala pang'ono kutha.
  
  "Kodi nonsenu asanu ndi mmodzi muli m"madzi?" Anafunsa antchito ake.
  
  "Inde, bwana".
  
  "Uwu ndi utomoni wakale wa amber. Ndizosalimba mokwanira kuti zikaphwanyidwa, zitsanzo zomwe zili mkati zimathawa, ndiyeno tidzakhala m'mavuto akulu. Ayenera kukhala pansi pamadzi mpaka titafika pamalo ovuta, abambo! Kemper anakuwa asanapite ku galimoto yake yapamwamba.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani madzi, mkulu?" - anafunsa mmodzi wa anthu ake.
  
  "Chifukwa amadana ndi madzi. Kumeneko sangakhale ndi chikoka chilichonse ndipo amadana nazo, kusandutsa malowa kukhala ndende yabwino momwe angasungidwe popanda mantha, "adatero. Ndi mawu amenewa, analowa m"galimotomo, ndipo magalimoto awiriwo ananyamuka pang"onopang"ono, n"kusiya Chernobyl kukhala bwinja kwambiri kuposa mmene zinalili kale.
  
  
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  Sam anali adakali ndi mphamvu ya ufa, womwe unasiya zotsalira zoyera pansi pa galasi lake la whisky lopanda kanthu. Kemper sanamumvere. M"malo ake atsopano osangalatsa monga mwiniwake osati kokha wa zodabwitsa zakale za dziko, komanso pa khomo la kulamulira dziko latsopano likudzalo, iye sanazindikire nkomwe mtolankhaniyo. Kukuwa kwa Nina kunkamvekabe m"maganizo mwake, monga nyimbo zokoma ku mtima wake wovunda.
  
  Kugwiritsa ntchito Perdue ngati nyambo kumawoneka kuti kumapindulitsa pamapeto pake. Kwa nthawi ndithu, Kemper sankadziwa ngati njira zowonongeka za ubongo zinali zopambana, koma pamene Perdue adagwiritsa ntchito bwino zipangizo zoyankhulirana zomwe Kemper adamusiyira kuti afufuze, adadziwa kuti Cleve ndi Gould posachedwa adzagwidwa muukonde. Kusakhulupirika kopanda kulola Cleve kupita kwa Nina pambuyo pa kulimbikira kwake konse kunali kosangalatsa kwa Kemper. Tsopano wamanga malekezero omasuka omwe palibe mkulu wina wa Black Sun adakwanitsa.
  
  Dave Perdue, wopandukira Renatus, tsopano anasiyidwa kuti avunde pansi pa nthaka yosiyidwa ndi Mulungu ya Chernobyl yotembereredwa, posakhalitsa kupha kabulu kakang'ono kokhumudwitsa kamene kankauzira Perdue kuwononga Dongosolo. Ndipo Sam Cleave ...
  
  Kemper anayang'ana Cleve. Iye mwini anali kupita kumadzi. Ndipo Kemper akamukonzekeretsa, atenga gawo lofunikira ngati kulumikizana kwabwino kwa Order. Kupatula apo, kodi dziko lingapeze bwanji cholakwika chilichonse choperekedwa ndi mtolankhani wofufuza yemwe adapambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer yemwe adavumbulutsa zida zamfuti ndikutsitsa magulu aupandu? Ndi Sam monga chidole chake chawailesi, Kemper amatha kulengeza chilichonse chomwe angafune kudziko lapansi pomwe akukulitsa Kalihasa yake kuti azilamulira makontinenti onse. Ndipo mphamvu ya mulungu wamng"onoyo ikatha, adzatumiza ena angapo kuti akalowe m"malo mwake.
  
  Zinthu zinali kuyenda bwino kwa Kemper ndi Order yake. Pomalizira pake, zopinga za ku Scotland zinachotsedwa ndipo njira yake inali yoonekeratu kuti apange masinthidwe ofunikira amene Himmler analephera. Ndi zonsezi, Kemper sakanachitira mwina koma kudabwa momwe zinthu zinaliri pakati pa wolemba mbiri wachigololo ndi wokondedwa wake wakale.
  
  
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  Nina ankamva kugunda kwa mtima wake, ndipo sizinali zobvuta, kuyerekeza ndi mmene zimagudumira m"thupi lake pamene makutu ake anali atakanika ngakhale phokoso laling"ono. Perdue anali chete ndipo sankadziwa komwe angakhale, koma adasuntha mofulumira momwe angathere, akuyatsa magetsi kuti asamuwone. Iye anachita chimodzimodzi.
  
  "O Yesu wokoma, ali kuti?" anaganiza atakhala pansi pafupi ndi pomwe panali Chipinda cha Amber. Pakamwa pake panauma ndipo ankalakalaka atapumula, koma sinali nthawi yoti apeze chitonthozo kapena chakudya. Atatsala pang"ono kufika, anamva kung"ambika kwa timiyala ting"onoting"ono zingapo, ndipo zimenezi zinachititsa kuti atuluke mokweza. "Zopusa!" Nina anafuna kumletsa, koma polingalira maso ake agalasi, anakaikira kuti chirichonse chimene iye ananena chingachitike. 'Ikulunjika kwa ine, ndimamva phokoso likuyandikira nthawi zonse!'
  
  Anakhala mobisa pafupi ndi Reactor 4 kwa maola opitilira atatu tsopano, ndipo adayamba kumva zotsatira zake. Anayamba kumva nseru, pamene mutu waching"alang"ala unatsala pang"ono kumulepheretsa kumvetsera. Koma posachedwapa ngozi yafika pa wolemba mbiri m"njira zosiyanasiyana. Tsopano iye anali chandamale cha malingaliro osokonezeka maganizo, opangidwa ndi maganizo owopsa kwambiri kuti amuphe. Kuphedwa ndi mnzako kungakhale koipa kwambiri kuposa kuthawa mlendo wamisala kapena mercenary pa ntchito. Anali Dave! Dave Perdue, bwenzi lake lakale komanso wokondedwa wakale.
  
  Popanda chenjezo, thupi lake linagwedezeka ndipo anagwada pansi pa nthaka yozizira, yolimba ndi kusanza. Kukomoka kulikonse kudayamba kukulirakulira mpaka adayamba kulira. Nina analibe njira yochitira zimenezi mwakachetechete, ndipo anali wotsimikiza kuti Perdue amulondola mosavuta ndi phokoso limene anali kuyambitsa. Iye anali kutuluka thukuta kwambiri, ndipo lamba wa tochi yemwe anamumanga m"mutu mwake inkachititsa kuyabwa kowawa kwambiri, choncho anazula tsitsi lake. Chifukwa cha mantha, iye analoza kuwalako pansi mainchesi angapo kuchokera pansi ndikuyatsa. Mtandawo unafalikira pang'onopang'ono pansi ndikuyang'ana malo ake.
  
  Perdue sanapezeke. Mwadzidzidzi, ndodo yaikulu yachitsulo inalumphira kumaso kwake kuchokera mumdima umene unali patsogolo pake. Anamumenya paphewa, zomwe zinamupangitsa kukuwa mopweteka kwambiri. "Purdue! Imani! Yesu Khristu! Kodi mundipha chifukwa cha chitsiru cha Nazi? Dzuka, mayi wopusa!
  
  Nina anazimitsa nyaliyo, akuwefumira ngati msaki wotopa. Atagwada pansi, adayesa kunyalanyaza mutu waching'alang'ala womwe unkagunda chigaza chake pamene ankapondereza chiphuphu china. Mapazi a Perdue adamuyandikira mumdima, osakhudzidwa ndi kulira kwake kwachete. Zala zadzanzi za Nina zinayambana ndi wailesi ya mbali ziwiri yomwe inali pa iye.
  
  Zisiyeni apa. Yatseni mokweza kenaka muthamangire mbali ina," anadziuza motero, koma liwu lina lamkati linali lotsutsa zimenezo. , kumene kunali zinyalala.
  
  Chotsatiracho chinali lingaliro lotheka. Anagwira miyala yodzaza manja ndikudikirira chizindikiro cha malo ake. Mdima unamuphimba ngati bulangete lochindikala, koma chomwe chidamukwiyitsa kwambiri ndi fumbi lomwe limayaka mphuno akamapuma. Mumdimawo, anamva chinachake chikuyenda. Nina anatulutsira miyala yodzaza manja pamaso pake kuti amuponye iye asanadutse kumanzere, akumenyetsa mwala wotuluka umene unamugunda ngati lole. Ndi kuusa moyo wotsindikitsidwa, anagwa pansi mosatekeseka.
  
  Pamene chikomokere chinaika moyo wake pachiswe, anamva mphamvu zambiri ndipo anakwawira pansi ndi maondo ndi zigongono. Mofanana ndi chimfine choopsa, kuwalako kunayamba kukhudza thupi lake. Ziphuphu zinkayenda pakhungu lake, mutu wake unkamulemera ngati mtovu. Chipumi chake chinawawa chifukwa cha kukhudzidwa kwake pamene ankayesa kuyambiranso.
  
  "Hei, Nina," iye ananong"oneza, mainchesi kuchokera pathupi lake lonjenjemera, kupangitsa mtima wake kudumpha ndi mantha. Kuwala kowala kwa Perdue kunamuchititsa khungu kwa kanthawi pamene ankamuyang'ana pa nkhope yake. "Ndidakupezani".
  
  
  Maola 30 pambuyo pake - Shalkar, Kazakhstan
  
  
  Sam anakwiya koma sanayerekeze kudzetsa vuto mpaka ndondomeko yake yothawira inatheka. Atadzuka kuti adzipeza akadali m'manja mwa Kemper ndi Order, galimoto yomwe inali patsogolo pawo inali kukwawa mosalekeza mumsewu womvetsa chisoni, wopanda anthu. Panthawi imeneyo anali atadutsa kale Saratov ndi kudutsa malire a Kazakhstan. Nthawi inali itachedwa kuti atuluke. Iwo anayenda kwa pafupifupi maola 24 kuchokera kumene Nina ndi Perdue anali, kupangitsa kukhala kosatheka kwa iye kungolumphira kunja ndi kuthamangira ku Chernobyl kapena Pripyat.
  
  "Chakudya cham"mawa, a Cleve," anatero Kemper. "Tiyenera kusunga mphamvu zanu."
  
  "Ayi, zikomo," Sam adayankha. "Ndagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo sabata ino."
  
  "O, bwerani!" Adayankha modekha Kemper. "Uli ngati wachinyamata amene akung"ung"udza. Ndipo ndinkaganiza kuti PMS ndi vuto la akazi. Ndidakuchitirani mankhwala osokoneza bongo, apo ayi mukanathawa ndi anzanu ndikuphedwa. Muyenera kuyamikira kuti muli ndi moyo." Ananyamula sangweji yokulungidwa imene anagula m"sitolo ina m"tauni ina imene ankadutsamo.
  
  "Kodi munawapha?" Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Bwana, tifunikira kuthira mafuta m"galimotoyo ku Shalkar posachedwa," dalaivalayo analengeza motero.
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri, Dirk. Motalika bwanji?" Adafunsa motele driver.
  
  "Mphindi khumi mpaka titafika," adauza Kemper.
  
  "Chabwino". Anamuyang'ana Sam ndipo kumwetulira koyipa kudawonekera pankhope pake. "Ukadayenera kukhala pamenepo!" Kemper anaseka mosangalala. "O, ndikudziwa kuti munalipo, koma ndikutanthauza, mukadawona!"
  
  Sam anali kukhumudwa kwambiri ndi mawu aliwonse omwe mwana wamba waku Germany amalavulira. Minofu iliyonse pankhope ya Kemper inalimbikitsa chidani cha Sam, ndipo manja onse adabweretsa mtolankhaniyo ku mkwiyo weniweni. 'Dikirani. Ingodikirani pang'ono.
  
  "Nina wanu tsopano akuwola pansi pa zero zero-radioactive reactor-4." Kemper analankhula mosangalala kwambiri. "Bulu wake wachigololo ali ndi matuza komanso akuwola tikamalankhula. Ndani akudziwa zomwe Perdue adachita kwa iye! Koma ngakhale atakhala ndi moyo kwanthawi yayitali, njala ndi matenda a radiation zitha kuwathetsa. "
  
  Dikirani! Posafunikira. Osati pano.
  
  Sam ankadziwa kuti Kemper angateteze maganizo ake ku chikoka cha Sam, komanso kuti kuyesa kumulamulira sikungowononga mphamvu zake, koma kungakhale kopanda phindu. Iwo anafika ku Shalkar, tauni yaing"ono yoyandikana ndi nyanja yomwe ili m"kati mwa chipululu chafulati. Malo opangira mafuta m'mphepete mwa msewu waukulu adayika magalimoto.
  
  - Tsopano.
  
  Sam ankadziwa kuti ngakhale sakanatha kusokoneza maganizo a Kemper, mkulu wa asilikaliyo angakhale wosavuta kugonjetsa thupi. Maso akuda a Sam mwachangu adayang'ana mipando yakutsogolo, chopondapo, ndi zinthu zomwe zidagona pampando womwe Camper amafikirako. Chiwopsezo chokha cha Sam chinali Taser pafupi ndi Kemper, koma gulu la Highland Ferry Boxing Club limaphunzitsa wachinyamata Sam Cleave kuti kudzidzimutsa komanso kuthamanga kwa lipenga.
  
  Anapuma mozama n"kuyamba kutengera maganizo a dalaivalayo. Gorilla wamkuluyo anali ndi luso lakuthupi, koma maganizo ake anali ngati maswiti a thonje kuyerekeza ndi batire yomwe Sam anali atanyamula m"chigaza chake. Sipanadutse ngakhale mphindi imodzi kuti Sam ayambe kulamulira ubongo wa Dirk ndipo anaganiza zopanduka. Chigawenga chovala suticho chinatsika mgalimoto.
  
  "Kuti f...?" Kemper adayamba, koma nkhope yake yaukazi idathetsedwa ndi nkhonya yophunzitsidwa bwino yolimbana ndi ufulu. Asanaganize zogwira mfuti yododometsa, Klaus Kemper adamenyedwanso ndi nyundo - ndi zina zingapo - mpaka nkhope yake idawonongeka ndi mikwingwirima yotupa ndi magazi.
  
  Atalamula Sam, dalaivala anatulutsa mfuti ndikuyamba kuombera anthu ogwira ntchito m'galimoto yaikulu ija. Sam anatenga foni ya Kemper ndikutuluka pampando wakumbuyo, ndikupita kumalo akutali pafupi ndi nyanja yomwe adadutsa polowera mtawuni. M"chipwirikiti chomwe chinatsatira, apolisi a m"deralo anafika mofulumira kudzagwira wowomberayo. Atapeza munthu womenyedwa pampando wakumbuyo, anaganiza kuti ndi zimene Dirk anachita. Pamene ankafuna kuti agwire Dirk, adawombera mlengalenga.
  
  Sam anayang'ana mndandanda wa anthu omwe ankalankhula ndi wankhanzayo, ndipo anatsimikiza mtima kuyimba foni mwachangu asanataya foni yake kuti asamupeze. Dzina limene ankafuna linkaonekera pandandandapo, ndipo sakanachitira mwina koma kugwiritsira ntchito nkhonya yake kuti achite zimenezo. Anayimba nambala ija ndikudikirira mwankhawa, akuyatsa ndudu, itayankha.
  
  "Detlef! Uyu ndi Sam."
  
  
  Mutu 34
  
  
  Nina anali asanamuwone Perdue kuyambira pomwe adamumenya m'kachisi ndi wailesi yake yanjira ziwiri dzulo lake. Komabe, sanadziŵe kuti papita nthaŵi yaitali bwanji, koma chifukwa cha kuipa kwake, anadziŵa kuti papita nthaŵi ndithu. Pakhungu lake panali matuza ang'onoang'ono, ndipo minyewa yake yotupayo inachititsa kuti asakhudze chilichonse. Patsiku lapitalo, adayesa kulankhulana ndi Milla kangapo, koma chitsiru Perdue adasokoneza mawaya ndikumusiya ndi chipangizo chomwe chingapangitse phokoso loyera.
  
  "Chimodzi chokha! Ingondipatsani tchanelo chimodzi, zinyalala iwe," analira mwakachetechete mokhumudwa pamene ankangodina batani la nkhani mosalekeza. Kungoti phokoso lachizungu lidapitilira. "Mabatire anga atha posachedwa," iye anang"ung"udza. "Milla, bwera. Chonde. Aliyense? Chonde lowani!" Kumero kwake kunapsa ndipo lilime linali lotupa, koma anagwirabe. "O Mulungu wanga, anthu okhawo omwe ndingakumane nawo ndi phokoso loyera ndi mizukwa!" - adakuwa mokhumudwa, akung'amba mmero wake. Koma Nina sanasamalenso.
  
  Fungo la ammonia, malasha ndi imfa zinamukumbutsa kuti gehena inali pafupi kuposa mpweya wake womaliza. "Tiyeni! Anthu akufa! Akufa, aku Ukraine, anthu akufa aku Russia! Red Dead, lowani! TSIRIZA!"
  
  Atataya mopanda chiyembekezo mkati mwa Chernobyl, kulira kwake kodabwitsa kunamvekanso kudzera m'dongosolo lachinsinsi lomwe dziko lapansi linali litayiwala zaka makumi angapo zapitazo. Zonse zinali zopanda tanthauzo m'mutu mwake. Zokumbukira zinayamba kuzimiririka pamodzi ndi zolinga za m"tsogolo, n"kukhala maloto oipa. Nina anali kutaya malingaliro ake mofulumira kuposa momwe anali kutaya moyo wake, kotero iye ankangokhalira kuseka.
  
  "Sindinakuphani?" - Anamva chiwopsezo chodziwika bwino mumdima wandiweyani.
  
  "Purdu?" iye anapumira.
  
  "Inde".
  
  Iye ankakhoza kumumva kulira kwake, koma anataya mphamvu zonse m"miyendo yake. Kusuntha kapena kuthawa sikunalinso njira yochitira, chotero Nina anatseka maso ake ndi kuvomereza kutha kwa ululu wake. Chitoliro chachitsulocho chinagwera pamutu pake, koma mutu wake waching"alang"ala unali utachititsa dzanzi chigaza chake, motero magazi ofundawo ankangowakomera kumaso. Kugunda kwina kunali kuyembekezera, koma sikunabwere. Zikope za Nina zinalemera, koma kwakanthaŵi anaona kuwala kopenga kwa magetsi ndipo anamva phokoso lachiwawa.
  
  Anagona pamenepo, kuyembekezera kufa, koma anamva Perdue akuthamangira mumdima ngati mphemvu kuti achoke kwa munthu yemwe anaima kutali ndi kuwala kwake. Anatsamira Nina, akumunyamula mwachikondi m"manja mwake. Kukhudza kwake kunamupweteka khungu lake la matuza, koma iye sanasamale. Theka ali maso, theka alibe moyo, Nina anamva iye akumunyamula iye kulunjika kuwala kowala pamwamba pa mutu wake. Zinamukumbutsa za nkhani za anthu akufa amene anaona kuwala koyera kochokera kumwamba, koma m"kuyera koopsa kwa masana kunja kwa pakamwa pa chitsime, Nina anazindikira mpulumutsi wake.
  
  "Wamasiye," iye anausa moyo.
  
  "Moni, wokondedwa," iye anamwetulira. Dzanja lake lophwanyika linasisita thumba la m"maso mwake lomwe linali lopanda kanthu pomwe anamubaya, ndipo anayamba kulira. "Osadandaula," iye anatero. "Ndinataya chikondi cha moyo wanga. Diso liribe kanthu kuyerekeza ndi ichi."
  
  Pamene adamupatsa madzi abwino kunja, adalongosola kuti Sam adamuyitana, osadziwa kuti salinso naye ndi Perdue. Sam anali otetezeka, koma anapempha Detlef kuti amupeze iye ndi Perdue. Detlef anagwiritsa ntchito maphunziro ake a chitetezo ndi kuyang'anira kuti azitha kulumikiza mauthenga a pawailesi atatu kuchokera pa foni ya Nina ya Volvo mpaka pamene anatha kudziwa komwe ali ku Chernobyl.
  
  "Milla adabweranso pa intaneti, ndipo ndidagwiritsa ntchito a Kirill's BW kuwadziwitsa kuti Sam anali otetezeka kutali ndi Kemper ndi malo ake," adamuwuza pomwe amamunyamula m'manja mwake. Nina anamwetulira kupyolera mu milomo yosweka, nkhope yake yafumbi yophimbidwa ndi mikwingwirima, matuza ndi misozi.
  
  "Wamasiye," iye anatambasula mawuwo ndi lilime lotupa.
  
  "Inde?"
  
  Nina anali wokonzeka kukomoka, koma anadzikakamiza kupepesa. Pepani kuti ndagwiritsa ntchito makhadi anu a ngongole.
  
  
  Kazakh steppe - patatha maola 24
  
  
  Kemper ankakondabe nkhope yake yosaoneka bwino, koma sankalira. Chipinda cha Amber, chosinthidwa mokongola kukhala aquarium yokhala ndi zokongoletsedwa zagolide komanso zowoneka bwino zachikasu chowoneka bwino pamwamba pamitengo. Inali nyanja yochititsa chidwi yomwe ili mkatikati mwa linga lake la m'chipululu, pafupifupi mamita 50 m'mimba mwake ndi mamita 70 mu msinkhu, poyerekeza ndi aquarium Perdue yomwe inasungidwa mu nthawi yake kumeneko. Chovala bwino monga nthawi zonse, chilombo chotsogolacho chinamwa champagne pamene chimadikirira kuti omuthandizira ake ofufuza adzilekanitse chamoyo choyamba kuti chibzalidwe muubongo wake.
  
  Patsiku lachiwiri, chimphepo chinawomba pamtundu wa Black Sun. Inali mvula yamkuntho yodabwitsa, yosazolowereka pa nthawi imeneyi ya chaka, koma mphenzi imene inkawomba nthawi ndi nthawi inali yamphamvu komanso yamphamvu. Kemper anakweza maso ake kumwamba ndikumwetulira. "Tsopano ndine Mulungu."
  
  Chapatali, ndege yonyamula katundu ya Misha Svechin ya Il 76-MD idawonekera m'mitambo yolusa. Ndege yolemera matani 93 inadutsa chifukwa cha chipwirikiti komanso kusintha kwa mafunde. Sam Cleave ndi Marco Strenski anali m'bwalo kuti Misha akhale kampani. Zobisika ndi zotetezedwa m'matumbo a ndegeyo zinali migolo makumi atatu yazitsulo za sodium, zopaka mafuta kuti zisagwirizane ndi mpweya kapena madzi-pakali pano. Chinthu chosasunthika kwambiri, chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chowongolera kutentha ndi choziziritsa, chinali ndi zinthu ziwiri zosasangalatsa. Inayaka itakumana ndi mpweya. Inaphulika itakumana ndi madzi.
  
  "Pano! Apa m'munsimu. Simungaphonye izi, "Sam adauza Misha pomwe gulu la Black Sun lidawonekera. "Ngakhale aquarium yake itakhala kutali, mvula iyi itichitira chilichonse."
  
  "Ndiko kulondola, comrade!" Marco anaseka. "Sindinaonepo zimenezi zikuchitidwa pamlingo waukulu m"mbuyomo. Pokhapokha mu labotale yokhala ndi kachulukidwe kakang'ono ka sodium mu beaker. Iwonetsedwa pa YouTube. " Marco nthawi zonse amajambula chilichonse chomwe angafune. M'malo mwake, anali ndi mavidiyo angapo okayikitsa pa hard drive yake omwe adajambulidwa kuchipinda chake.
  
  Iwo anayenda mozungulira linga. Sam ananjenjemera ndi kung'anima kulikonse kwa mphezi, akuyembekeza kuti siigunda ndege, koma a Soviet openga amawoneka opanda mantha komanso achimwemwe. "Kodi ng"oma zidzathyola denga lachitsulo ili?" Adafunsa motele Marco koma Misha adangoponya maso.
  
  Pakubwerera kwina, Sam ndi Marco amachotsa ng'oma imodzi ndi imodzi, ndikukankhira kunja kwa ndegeyo kuti agwe molimba komanso mwachangu padenga la nyumbayo. Chitsulo chosasunthikacho chimatenga masekondi angapo chikakhudzana ndi madzi kuti chiyatse ndi kuphulika, kuwononga chophimba chotetezera pa mbale za Amber Room ndikuwonetsa plutonium ku kutentha kwa kuphulika.
  
  Pamene adagwetsa migolo khumi yoyambirira, denga lomwe linali pakati pa linga lofanana ndi UFO linagwa, ndikuwulula thanki pakati pa bwalo.
  
  "Ngati chonchi! Titengereni ena onse pa thanki, ndiyeno tiyenera kuchotsa gehena muno mwachangu! Misha anakuwa. Anayang'ana pansi pa amuna omwe ankathawa ndipo anamva Sam akunena kuti, "Ndikanakonda ndikanawona nkhope ya Kemper komaliza."
  
  Akuseka, Marco anayang'ana pansi pamene sodium yosungunukayo inayamba kuwunjikana. "Izi ndi za Yuri, hule wa Nazi!"
  
  Misha anatenga chilombo chachikulu chachitsulocho mpaka momwe akanathera mu nthawi yochepa yomwe anali nayo kuti athe kutera makilomita mazana angapo kumpoto kwa malo okhudzidwa. Iye sanafune kukhala mumlengalenga pamene bomba linaphulika. Iwo anafika patangodutsa mphindi 20 ku Kazaly. Ali m"dothi lolimba la Kazakh anayang"ana m"chizimezime moŵa m"manja mwawo.
  
  Sam ankakhulupirira kuti Nina akadali moyo. Ankayembekeza kuti Detlef adatha kumupeza komanso kuti sanaphe Perdue pambuyo poti Sam anafotokoza kuti Carrington adawombera Gabi ali m'maganizo a Kemper.
  
  Kumwamba kumtunda kwa dziko la Kazakhstan kunali kwachikasu pamene Sam ankayang'ana malo opanda kanthu, akuwomba mphepo yamkuntho, monga momwe amaonera. Sanadziwe kuti chitsime chomwe adachiwona Perdue chinali chofunikira, osati pa gawo la Kazakhstan la zomwe Sam adakumana nazo. Pomaliza, ulosi womaliza unakwaniritsidwa.
  
  Mphenzi inagunda madzi mu thanki ya Amber Room, ndikuyatsa zonse zomwe zinali mkatimo. Mphamvu ya kuphulika kwa thermonuclear inawononga chilichonse chomwe chinali mkati mwake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti thupi la Calihas liwonongeke-kwamuyaya. Pamene kuwala kowala kunasandulika kugunda komwe kunagwedeza mlengalenga, Misha, Sam ndi Marco anayang'ana pamene mtambo wa bowa unafika kwa milungu ya zakuthambo mu kukongola kochititsa mantha.
  
  Sam anakweza mowa wake. "Kuperekedwa kwa Nina."
  
  
  TSIRIZA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Preston W. Mwana
  Ma diamondi a Mfumu Solomo
  
  
  Komanso ndi Preston William Child
  
  
  Wolfenstein Ice Station
  
  nyanja yakuya
  
  Dzuwa lakuda limatuluka
  
  Kufufuza kwa Valhalla
  
  Golide wa Nazi
  
  Chiwembu cha Black Sun
  
  Mipukutu ya Atlantis
  
  Laibulale ya Mabuku Oletsedwa
  
  Manda a Odin
  
  Kuyesera kwa Tesla
  
  Chinsinsi chachisanu ndi chiwiri
  
  Medusa Stone
  
  Chipinda cha Amber
  
  Chigoba cha ku Babulo
  
  Kasupe wa Unyamata
  
  Mtsinje wa Hercules
  
  Sakani Chuma Chotayika
  
  
  Ndakatulo
  
  
  
  "Twinkle, twinkle, nyenyezi yaying'ono,
  
  Ndine wofunitsitsa kudziwa kuti ndinu ndani!
  
  Chokwera kwambiri padziko lapansi
  
  Monga diamondi m'mwamba.
  
  
  Dzuwa lotentha likamalowa.
  
  Pamene palibe chowala pa iye,
  
  Kenako mukuwonetsa kuthwanima kwanu pang'ono
  
  Amakhala akuthwanima ndi kunjenjemera usiku wonse.
  
  
  Ndiye wapaulendo mumdima
  
  Zikomo chifukwa champhamvu yanu yaying'ono,
  
  Ankawona bwanji koti apite,
  
  Ngati simunagwedezeke chonchi?
  
  
  Mumlengalenga wakuda wabuluu mumagwira,
  
  Nthawi zambiri amasuzumira makatani anga,
  
  Kwa inu, osatseka maso anu,
  
  Mpaka dzuwa litatuluka kumwamba.
  
  
  Monga chowala chanu chowala komanso chaching'ono
  
  Amaunikira wapaulendo mumdima.
  
  Ngakhale sindikudziwa kuti ndinu ndani
  
  Kuthwanima, kuthwanima, nyenyezi yaying'ono."
  
  
  - Jane Taylor (No The Star, 1806)
  
  
  1
  Yatayika ku nyumba yowunikira
  
  
  Reichtisus inali yowala kwambiri kuposa momwe Dave Perdue angakumbukire. Zinsanja zazikulu za nyumba yayikulu yomwe adakhalamo kwazaka zopitilira makumi awiri, zitatu mwachiwerengero, zidatambasulidwa kuthambo lopanda dziko la Edinburgh, ngati kulumikiza malowo ndi kumwamba. Korona woyera wa Perdue wa tsitsi anasuntha mu mpweya wamtendere wa madzulo pamene anatseka chitseko cha galimoto ndikuyenda pang'onopang'ono njira yonse yopita pakhomo pake.
  
  Popanda kulabadira za kampani yomwe anali kusunga kapena kutenga katundu wake, maso ake anayang'ananso nyumba yake. Miyezi yambiri yadutsa kuchokera pamene adakakamizika kusiya chitetezo chake. Chitetezo chawo.
  
  "Hmm, sunandichotsenso ndodo yanga, sichoncho, Patrick?" Adafunsa mowona mtima.
  
  Pafupi naye, Wothandizira Wapadera Patrick Smith, mlenje wakale wa Perdue komanso wothandizana naye kuchokera ku British Secret Service, adausa moyo ndikupempha amuna ake kuti atseke zipata zanyumba usiku. "Tinazisunga kwa ife, Davide; Osadandaula, "adayankha modekha, mozama. "Koma adakana kudziwa kapena kulowererapo pazochitika zanu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti sanasokoneze kafukufuku wa mkulu wathu wokhudza kusungirako zinthu zakale zachipembedzo ndi zamtengo wapatali m"gawo lanu."
  
  "Ndimomwene," Perdue adavomereza mwamphamvu. "Anthuwa ndi ondisamalira m"nyumba, osati anzanga. Ngakhale iwo saloledwa kudziŵa zimene ndikugwira ntchito, kumene ziphaso zanga zomwe ndikuyembekezera zili, kapena kumene ndimayenda ndikakhala pabizinesi."
  
  "Inde, inde, tatsimikiza za izi. Tamvera David popeza ndimakutsata mayendedwe ako ndikuyika anthu panjira yako..." adayamba, koma Perdue adamuyang'ana kwambiri.
  
  "Kuchokera pamene wanditembenukira Sam?" Adalimbana ndi Patrick.
  
  Mpweya wa Patrick unamugwira kukhosi, sanathe kuyankha mopepesa moyenerera zomwe zidachitika pakati pa awiriwa. "Ndikuchita mantha kuti ankaona kuti ubwenzi wathu ndi wofunika kwambiri kuposa mmene ndinkaganizira. Sindinafune kuti zinthu zisokonezeke pakati pa iwe ndi Sam pa izi. Uyenera kundikhulupirira," Patrick anafotokoza.
  
  Inali chisankho chake chodzipatula kwa bwenzi lake laubwana, Sam Cleave, chifukwa cha chitetezo cha banja lake. Kupatukanaku kunali kowawa komanso kofunikira kwa Patrick, yemwe Sam anamutcha mwachikondi Paddy, koma kulumikizana kwa Sam ndi Dave Perdue kunakokera banja la wothandizira MI6 m'dziko lowopsa losaka zotsalira kuchokera ku Third Reich ndikuwopseza kwenikweni. Sam adakakamizika kusiya kukondedwa ndi kampani ya Perdue posinthana ndi mgwirizano wa Patrick kachiwiri, kutembenuza Sam kukhala mole yemwe adasindikiza tsogolo la Perdue paulendo wawo kuti akapeze Vault of Hercules. Koma Sam pamapeto pake adatsimikizira kukhulupirika kwake kwa Perdue pothandiza bilioneayo kunamizira imfa yake kuti apewe kugwidwa ndi Patrick ndi MI6, kusunga chizoloŵezi cha Patrick chothandizira kupeza Perdue.
  
  Ataulula udindo wake kwa Patrick Smith kuti apulumutsidwe ku Order of the Black Sun, Perdue adavomera kuti aimbidwe mlandu chifukwa cha zolakwa zakale zomwe boma la Ethiopia linaimbidwa ndi kuba kope la Likasa la Pangano ku Axum. Zomwe MI6 inkafuna ndi katundu wa Perdue zinali zopitirira ngakhale kumvetsetsa kwa Patrick Smith, monga bungwe la boma lidagwira Reichtisousis posakhalitsa mwiniwakeyo atamwalira.
  
  Kunali kokha panthaŵi yachidule yachidule yokonzekera kumvetsera kwakukulu kwa bwalo lamilandu pamene Perdue anatha kusonkhanitsa madontho a ziphuphu zimene anagawana ndi Patrick mwachidaliro panthaŵi yomweyo pamene anayang"anizana ndi chowonadi chonyansacho.
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti MI6 imayang'aniridwa ndi Order of the Black Sun, David?" -Patrick adafunsa motsitsa mawu, kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu ake sakumva.
  
  "Ndabetcha mbiri yanga, chuma changa ndi moyo wanga pamenepo, Patrick," Perdue adayankha chimodzimodzi. "Ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, bungwe lanu likuyang'aniridwa ndi wamisala."
  
  Pamene ankakwera masitepe akutsogolo kwa nyumba ya Perdue, khomo lakumaso linatseguka. Ogwira ntchito kunyumba ya Purdue adayima pakhomo ndi nkhope zowawa, kulandila kubwerera kwa mbuye wawo. Iwo mokoma mtima ananyalanyaza kuwonongeka koopsa kwa maonekedwe a Perdue pambuyo pa sabata ya njala m'chipinda chozunzirako cha Black Sun matriarch, ndipo adasunga zodabwitsa zawo chinsinsi, zobisika pansi pa khungu lawo.
  
  "Tinalowa m"chipinda chosungiramo zinthu, bwana. Ndipo bala yanu idabedwa titamwa mwamwayi, "atero a Johnny, m'modzi mwa oyang'anira malo a Purdue komanso waku Ireland pachimake.
  
  "Sindingafune mwanjira ina, Johnny." Perdue anamwetulira pamene amalowa mkati mkati mwa chipwirikiti chachangu cha anthu ake. "Tiyeni tikhulupirire kuti ndikhoza kubwezeretsanso zinthuzo nthawi yomweyo."
  
  Kupereka moni kwa antchito ake kunangotenga kamphindi popeza anali ochepa, koma kudzipereka kwawo kunali ngati kukoma kokoma kochokera ku maluwa a jasmine. Anthu ochepa muutumiki wake anali ngati achibale, onse amaganizo ofanana, ndipo ankasirira mtima ngati Perdue chifukwa cha kulimba mtima ndi kufunafuna chidziŵitso kosalekeza. Koma munthu amene ankafuna kwambiri kumuona kunalibe.
  
  "O, Lily, Charles ali kuti?" Perdue adafunsa Lillian, wophika wake komanso miseche yamkati. "Chonde musandiuze kuti wasiya ntchito.
  
  Perdue sakanatha kuulula kwa Patrick kuti woperekera chikho wake Charles ndiye amene adachenjeza Perdue kuti MI6 ikufuna kumugwira. Izi zitha kusokoneza chikhulupiriro chakuti palibe antchito a Wrichtisousis omwe akuchita nawo bizinesi ya Purdue. Hardy Butler nayenso anali ndi udindo wokonzekera kumasulidwa kwa mwamuna yemwe anagwidwa ukapolo ndi Sicilian Mafia panthawi ya Hercules Expedition, kusonyeza luso la Charles kuti apite kupyola ntchito yake. Anatsimikizira Perdue, Sam, ndi Dr. Nina Gould kuti anali wothandiza kwambiri kuposa kungosita malaya olondola ankhondo ndi kuloweza pa kalendala ya Purdue tsiku lililonse.
  
  "Adapita kwa masiku angapo bwana," Lily anafotokoza ndi nkhope yachisoni.
  
  "Wayitana apolisi?" - Perdue adafunsa mozama. "Ndinamuuza kuti abwere kudzakhala panyumba. Amakhala kuti?"
  
  "Simungathe kutuluka, David," Patrick anamukumbutsa motero. "Kumbukirani, mudakali pa ukaidi wosachoka panyumba kufikira msonkhano wathu Lolemba. Ndiwona ngati ndingayime pafupi ndi malo ake pobwerera kunyumba, chabwino?"
  
  "Zikomo, Patrick," Perdue adagwedeza mutu. "Lillian akupatsirani adilesi yake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti akhoza kukuuzani zonse zomwe muyenera kudziwa, mpaka kukula kwa nsapato yake," adatero, akumuyang"ana Lily. "Usiku wabwino nonse. Ndikuganiza kuti ndipuma msanga. Ndinasowa bedi langa."
  
  Mbuye wamtali, wowonda, Raichtisusis anakwera pansanjika yachitatu. Sanasonyeze kuti anali ndi mantha pobwerera kunyumba kwake, koma amuna a MI6 ndi antchito ake adatopa pambuyo pa mwezi wovuta kwambiri pa thupi ndi malingaliro ake. Koma pamene Perdue anatseka chitseko chake chogona ndikuyenda kupita kuzitseko za khonde kumbali ina ya bedi, mawondo ake anagwedezeka. Mosatha kuwona misozi yodetsa masaya ake, adafikira zogwirira, zoyenera - chopinga chadzimbiri chomwe nthawi zonse amayenera kutembenuza.
  
  Perdue anatsegula zitseko ndikugwedezeka chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa mpweya wozizira wa Scottish womwe unamudzaza ndi moyo, moyo weniweni; moyo umene dziko la makolo ake likanatha kupereka. Posilira munda waukuluwu wokhala ndi udzu wabwino kwambiri, nyumba zakale komanso nyanja yakutali, Perdue analira maso ake ku mitengo ikuluikulu, mitengo yamitengo ndi mitengo ya paini yomwe imayang'anira bwalo lake. Kulira kwake mwakachetechete ndi kupuma kovutirapo kunatayika chifukwa cha phokoso la nsonga zawo pamene mphepo inkawagwedezera.
  
  Anagwada pansi, kulola gehena mu mtima mwake, kuzunzika koopsa komwe adakumana nako posachedwa, kumuwononga. Akunjenjemera, anakankhira manja ake pachifuwa pamene zonse zikutuluka, osagwedezeka kuti asakope chidwi cha anthu. Sanaganizire kalikonse, ngakhale za Nina. Sananene kapena kuganiza kapena kupanga mapulani kapena kudabwa. Pansi pa denga lalitali la malo akale aakulu, mwiniwake anagwedezeka ndi kulira kwa ola labwino, akungomva. Perdue anakana mikangano yonse yolingalira ndikusankha malingaliro okha. Chilichonse chinayenda monga mwachizolowezi, ndikuchotsa masabata angapo apitawo pamoyo wake.
  
  Maso ake abuluu opepuka adatseguka movutikira chifukwa cha zivundikiro zotupa; anali atavula kale magalasi ake. Kuchita dzanzi kokoma kwa kuyeretsedwako kunamusisita pamene kulira kwake kunacheperapo ndikukhala wosamveka. Mitambo yakumwamba inakhululukira kunyezimira kochepa kwachete. Koma chinyontho m"maso mwake pamene iye anayang"ana kumwamba kwa usiku chinatembenuza nyenyezi iriyonse kukhala kuwala kochititsa khungu, cheza chawo chachitali chikudumpha m"malo amene misozi m"maso mwake inkatambasula mosakhala mwachibadwa.
  
  Nyenyezi yoombera inakopa chidwi chake. Iwo anasesa pamwamba pa thambo lakumwamba mu chipwirikiti chachete, akugwera m"njira yosadziwika, koma kuiŵalika kosatha. Perdue anadabwa ndi zimene anaonazo. Ngakhale kuti anali ataionapo nthaŵi zambiri m"mbuyomo, aka kanali koyamba kuti azindikire njira yodabwitsa imene nyenyeziyo inafera. Koma sikuti inalidi nyenyezi, sichoncho? Iye ankaganiza kuti ukali ndi kugwa kwamoto zinali tsogolo la Lusifara - momwe iye anawotchera ndi kufuula pa njira yake pansi, kuwononga, osati kulenga ndipo potsirizira pake kufa yekha, kumene iwo amene ankayang'ana kugwa mosasamala anazindikira kuti ndi imfa ina yachete.
  
  Maso ake adamutsatira polowera m'chipinda china cha amorphous ku North Sea mpaka mchira wake udasiya thambo lopanda utoto, ndikubwerera momwemo. Atamva chisoni chachikulu, Perdue ankadziwa zomwe milungu inali kumuuza. Iyenso anagwa kuchokera pamwamba pa amuna amphamvu, nasanduka fumbi atakhulupirira molakwa chimwemwe chake kukhala chamuyaya. Kale anali asanakhalepo munthu yemwe adakhalapo, munthu yemwe sanali ngati Dave Perdue yemwe amamudziwa. Iye anali mlendo mu thupi lake lomwe, kale nyenyezi yowala koma inasanduka malo abata omwe sanazindikirenso. Chomwe amayembekezera chinali ulemu wa anthu ochepa omwe adayang'ana kumwamba kuti amuwone akugwa, kuti angotenga mphindi chabe pamoyo wawo kuti asangalatse kugwa kwake.
  
  "Ndikudabwa kuti ndiwe ndani," iye anatero mofatsa, mosadzifunira, ndikutseka maso ake.
  
  
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  Kuponda pa njoka
  
  
  "Nditha kuchita, koma ndifunika chinthu chodziwika bwino komanso chosowa kwambiri," Abdul Raya adauza mtundu wake. "Ndipo ndidzazifuna masiku anai akudza; apo ayi ndiyenera kuthetsa mgwirizano wathu. Mwaona madam, pali makasitomala ena akundidikirira."
  
  "Kodi akupereka fees pafupi ndi yanga?" Mayi adafunsa Abdul. "Chifukwa kuchuluka kwamtunduwu sikophweka kumenya kapena kukwanitsa, mukudziwa."
  
  "Ngati mungandilole kukhala wolimba mtima chonchi, madam," anamwetulira wonyenga wakhungu lakuda, "poyerekeza, malipiro anu adzawonedwa ngati mphotho."
  
  Mayiyo anam"menya mbama, n"kumusiya kuti akhutiritsidwe kwambiri kuti akakakamizika kumvera. Anadziwa kuti kulakwa kwake kunali chizindikiro chabwino ndipo kungamusiye kuti awonongeke kuti apeze zomwe ankafuna pamene ankamunyengerera kuti akhulupirire kuti ali ndi makasitomala omwe amalipira kwambiri akuyembekezera kubwera ku Belgium. Koma Abdul sananyengedwe kwathunthu za luso lake podzitamandira, chifukwa matalente omwe adabisala pazizindikiro zake anali lingaliro lowononga kwambiri kuti amvetsetse. Izi azigwira pafupi ndi chifuwa chake, kumbuyo kwa mtima wake, mpaka nthawi yotsegula.
  
  Sanachoke pambuyo pa kuphulika kwake m'chipinda chamdima cha nyumba yake yapamwamba, koma anakhalabe ngati kuti palibe chimene chinachitika, atatsamira chigongono chake pa chovalacho mumdima wofiira, wosweka ndi zojambula zamafuta mu mafelemu agolide ndi zakale ziwiri zosema zapamwamba. matebulo a mitengo ya thundu ndi paini pakhomo la chipindacho. Moto pansi pa mwinjiro wake unang'ambika ndi changu, koma Abdul sanamvetsere kutentha kosalekeza komwe kunatentha mwendo wake.
  
  "Ndiye mukufuna ziti?" mayi uja anaseka uku akubwerera atangotuluka mchipindamo akupsa mtima. M"dzanja lake lopangidwa ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali, anali ndi kabuku kokongola kwambiri, kokonzeka kulemba zopempha za katswiri wa alchemist. Iye anali mmodzi mwa anthu aŵiri okha amene anawapeza bwino. Tsoka ilo kwa Abdul, anthu ambiri apamwamba a ku Ulaya anali ndi luso lofufuza khalidwe ndipo mwamsanga anamutumiza panjira. Kumbali ina, anthu onga Madame Chantal anali mikhole yosavuta chifukwa cha khalidwe limodzi limene anthu onga iye ankafunikira kwa ozunzidwawo - khalidwe la anthu amene nthaŵi zonse anali kuvutika ndi mchenga: kutaya mtima.
  
  Kwa iye, iye anali chabe wosula zitsulo zamtengo wapatali, woyeretsa zidutswa zokongola ndi zapadera za golidi ndi siliva, miyala yawo yamtengo wapatali yopangidwa mwaluso kwambiri. Madame Chantal sankadziwa kuti nayenso anali munthu wachinyengo, koma kukoma kwake kosakhutitsidwa ndi zinthu zapamwamba komanso zopambanitsa kunamuchititsa khungu kuti asaone vumbulutso lililonse lomwe mwina adaloleza mwangozi kutulutsa chigoba chake.
  
  Popendekera kumanzere mwaluso kwambiri, iye analemba miyala yamtengo wapatali imene anafunikira kuti amalize ntchito imene anam"lembera. Analemba ndi dzanja la calligrapher, koma kalembedwe kake kanali koyipa. Komabe, chifukwa chofunitsitsa kuposa anzawo, Madame Chantal achita chilichonse chomwe chingatheke kuti akwaniritse zomwe zidali pamndandanda wake. Atamaliza, adayang'ana mndandandawo. Atakwinya tsinya mozama kwambiri m'mithunzi yowoneka bwino yamoto, Madame Chantal adapuma mozama ndikuyang'ana munthu wamtali yemwe adamukumbutsa za yoga kapena gulu lina lachipembedzo lachinsinsi.
  
  "Muzifuna liti?" - adafunsa mokweza. "Ndipo mwamuna wanga sayenera kudziwa. Tikumanenso kuno chifukwa sakufuna kubwera kudera lino la malo.
  
  "Ndiyenera kukhala ku Belgium pasanathe sabata imodzi, madam, ndipo nthawi imeneyo ndiyenera kukwaniritsa zomwe mwalamula. Tilibe nthawi yochuluka, kutanthauza kuti ndidzafuna diamondi zimenezi mwamsanga mukangoziika m"chikwama chanu," anamwetulira chapansipansi. Maso ake opanda kanthu anali kuyang'ana pa iye pamene milomo yake imanong'ona mokoma. Madame Chantal sakanachitira mwina koma kuigwirizanitsa ndi njoka ya m"chipululu, ikudumpha lilime lake pamene nkhope yake inali ya miyala.
  
  Kukakamiza-kukakamiza. Ndi chimene chimatchedwa. Iye ankadana ndi mbuye wachilendo uyu, yemwenso ankati ndi wamatsenga wokongola, koma pazifukwa zina sanathe kumutsutsa. Wolemekezeka wa ku France sakanatha kuchotsa maso ake pa Abdul pamene sanali kuyang'ana, ngakhale kuti amanyansidwa naye m'njira iliyonse. Mwanjira ina, chikhalidwe chake chonyansa, kung'ung'udza kwachinyama ndi zala zosakhala ngati zikhadabo zidamusangalatsa mpaka kutengeka mtima.
  
  Iye anaima m"kuunika kwamoto, akumaponya mthunzi wochititsa mantha umene unali pafupi ndi chifaniziro chake pakhoma. Mphuno yokhota pankhope yake ya mafupa inachititsa kuti aoneke ngati mbalame-mwinamwake kambalanga kakang"ono. Maso akuda a Abdul anali obisika pansi pa nsidze zopanda tsitsi, m'miyendo yakuya yomwe inangopangitsa kuti masaya ake awonekere kwambiri. Wowoneka bwino komanso wonyezimira, tsitsi lake lakuda linakokedwanso kumchira wa ponytail, ndipo ndolo yaing'ono yaing'ono ya ndolo inakongoletsa khutu lake lakumanzere.
  
  Ankamva fungo la zofukiza ndi zonunkhira, ndipo akamalankhula kapena kumwetulira, mzere wa milomo yake yakuda unathyoledwa ndi mano angwiro. Madame Chantal adapeza kununkhira kwake kwakukulu; iye samakhoza kudziwa ngati iye anali Farao kapena Fantasm. Iye anali wotsimikiza za chinthu chimodzi: wamatsenga ndi alchemist anali ndi kukhalapo kodabwitsa, popanda ngakhale kukweza mawu ake kapena kusonyeza kuti akusuntha dzanja lake. Izi zidamuwopseza ndikuwonjezera kunyansidwa kwachilendo komwe adamva kwa iye.
  
  "Celeste?" anadabwa kwambiri atawerenga dzina lodziwika bwino papepala limene anamupatsa. Nkhope yake imasonyeza nkhawa imene anali nayo polandira mwala. Akuthwanima ngati mwala wonyezimira pamoto, Madame Chantal adayang'ana m'maso mwa Abdul. "Bambo Raya, sindingathe. Mwamuna wanga anavomera kupereka "Celeste" ku Louvre. Poyesa kuwongolera cholakwa chake, ngakhale kulingalira kuti angam"pezere chimene iye ankafuna, iye anayang"ana pansi nati, "Ndikhozadi kupirira ziŵiri zinazo, koma osati iyi."
  
  Abdul sanawonetse kukhudzika ndi vutolo. Pang'onopang'ono akuyendetsa dzanja lake pankhope yake, iye anamwetulira mwakachetechete. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwasintha maganizo, madam. Ndi mwayi kwa akazi ngati inu kugwira ntchito za akuluakulu m"manja mwanu." Pamene zala zake zopindika mokongola zinkachititsa mthunzi pakhungu lake lokongola, mkuluyo anamva kuti nkhope yake ikuthamanga kwambiri chifukwa cha madzi oundana. Mwachangu akupukuta nkhope yake, yomwe idazizira, adatsuka kukhosi kwake ndikudzikoka. Ngati atafooka tsopano, amamutaya m'nyanja ya alendo.
  
  "Bwerani pakadutsa masiku awiri. Tikumane pano pa balaza. Wothandizira wanga akukudziwani ndipo akudikirirani, "adatero, akugwedezekabe ndi malingaliro oyipa omwe adawonekera pankhope yake kwakanthawi. "Ndipeza Celeste, Bambo Raya, koma ndiyenera kukhala ndi vuto langa."
  
  Abdul sananenenso kanthu. Iye sankasowa izo.
  
  
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  Kukhudza kwachifundo
  
  
  Pamene Perdue adadzuka tsiku lotsatira, adamva ngati zopanda pake, zosavuta komanso zosavuta. M"chenicheni, sanakumbukire nthaŵi yomaliza imene analira moona mtima, ndipo ngakhale kuti anamva kupepuka pambuyo pa kuyeretsedwako, maso ake anali otukumuka ndi kuyaka. Kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe amene akudziwa chomwe chinayambitsa matenda ake, Perdue adamwa gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a botolo la Southern Moonshine lomwe ankasunga pakati pa mabuku ake owopsya pa alumali pafupi ndi zenera.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, munthu wachikulire, ukuwoneka bwino ngati woponderezedwa," Perdue adabuula, akuyang'ana chithunzi chake pagalasi losambira. "Kodi zonsezi zinachitika bwanji? Osandiwuza, ayi, "adatero. Pamene ankachoka pagalasi kuti atsegule madzi osambira, anapitiriza kuyankhula ngati nkhalamba yofooka. Zokwanira monga thupi lake linkawoneka kuti lakalamba zaka zana usiku umodzi. "Ndikudziwa. Ndikudziwa momwe zidachitikira. Munadya zakudya zolakwika, mukumayembekezera kuti m"mimba mwanu mungazoloŵere poizoniyo, koma m"malo mwake munamwa poizoni."
  
  Zovala zake zidamugwera ngati kuti sakuzidziwa thupi lake, atakumbatira miyendo yake asanatuluke mulu wansalu zomwe zidakhalako kuyambira pomwe adataya kulemera kwake m'dzenje lanyumba ya "Amayi". Pansi pa mtsinje wa madzi ofunda, Perdue anapemphera popanda chipembedzo, ndi chiyamiko popanda chikhulupiriro ndi chisoni chachikulu kwa onse amene sankadziwa wapamwamba wa mipope m'nyumba. Atabatizidwa m"madzi akusamba, iye anayeretsa maganizo ake kuchotsa zothodwetsa zimene zinam"kumbutsa kuti kuvutika kwake m"manja mwa Joseph Karsten kunali kutali, ngakhale kuti ankaseŵera makhadi ake mwapang"onopang"ono ndi mwatcheru. M"malingaliro ake, Oblivion anali wonyozeka chifukwa chinali pothaŵirapo panthaŵi yamavuto, ndipo anafuna kumva kuti kuiwalikako kukugwera pa iye.
  
  Mogwirizana ndi tsoka lake mochedwa, Perdue, komabe, sanasangalale nazo kwa nthawi yayitali kugogoda pakhomo kunasokoneza chithandizo chake.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" adayitana mluzu wa madzi.
  
  "Kadzutsa wanu, bwana," anamva kuchokera kumbali ina ya chitseko. Perdue adachita mantha ndikusiya mkwiyo wake wosayankhula ndi woyimbirayo.
  
  "Charles?" anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, bwana?" Adayankha choncho Charles.
  
  Perdue anamwetulira, ndipo anasangalala kumvanso liwu lodziwika bwino la woperekera chikho wake, liwu lomwe analiphonya kwambiri pamene anali kulingalira za imfa yake m"ndende; mawu amene ankaganiza kuti sadzamvanso. Popanda kuganiza kawiri, bilionea wokhumudwayo adalumpha kunja kwa shawa yake ndikutsegula chitseko. Wankhole wosokonezeka kwambiri anaima ndi nkhope yodzidzimuka pamene abwana ake anali maliseche akumukumbatira.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, munthu wachikulire, ndimaganiza kuti wasowa!" Perdue anamwetulira, ndikumasula munthuyo kuti agwire chanza chake. Mwamwayi, Charles anali katswiri womvetsa chisoni, kunyalanyaza zikwama za Purdue ndikukhalabe ndi khalidwe lopanda pake lomwe a British akhala akudzitamandira nalo.
  
  "Ndinangochokapo pang'ono, bwana. Zonse zili bwino tsopano, zikomo, "adatsimikizira Charles Perdue. "Kodi mungakonde kudyera m'chipinda chanu kapena pansi ndi," adagwedeza pang'ono, "anthu a MI6?"
  
  "Ndithu kuno. Zikomo, Charles, "Perdue adayankha, pozindikira kuti akugwiranabe chanza ndi munthu yemwe anali ndi zodzikongoletsera zachifumu.
  
  Charles adavomera. "Zabwino kwambiri, bwana."
  
  Pamene Perdue adabwerera kuchipinda chosambira kuti akamete ndikuchotsa zikwama zonyansazo pamaso pake, woperekera chikho adatuluka m'chipinda chogona, akuseka mobisa pokumbukira zomwe abwana ake anachita mokondwera, ali maliseche. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zabwino kuphonya, adaganiza, ngakhale mpaka pano.
  
  "Wati chiyani?" - Lily adafunsa pomwe Charles adalowa kukhitchini. Malowa ankamva fungo la buledi wophikidwa kumene ndi mazira ophwanyidwa, mopambanitsa ndi fungo la khofi wosefa. Wophika mutu wokongola koma wachidwi adagwedeza manja ake pansi pa chopukutira chakhitchini ndipo adayang'ana woperekera chikho, kudikirira yankho.
  
  "Lillian," adadandaula poyamba, atakwiya monga mwachizolowezi ndi chidwi chake. Koma kenako anazindikira kuti nayenso anamusowa mwini nyumbayo ndipo anali ndi ufulu wodzifunsa kuti mawu oyamba amene bamboyo anamuuza Charles anali otani. Ndemanga iyi, yomwe idapangidwa mwachangu m'mutu mwake, idafewetsa kuyang'ana kwake.
  
  "Wasangalala kwambiri kubweranso," anatero Charles mwamwambo.
  
  "Ndi zomwe ananena?" - adafunsa mwachikondi.
  
  Charles anapezerapo mwayi pa nthawiyi. "Palibe mawu ochuluka, ngakhale kuti manja ake ndi mawonekedwe ake amawonetsa chisangalalo chake." Anayesetsa kuti asaseke mawu akeake, omveka bwino kuti afotokoze zoona ndi zongopeka.
  
  "O, izi ndizabwino," adamwetulira, akupita ku buffet kuti akatenge mbale ya Perdue. "Mazira ndi soseji ndiye?"
  
  Mopanda khalidwe kwa woperekera chikhoyo, iye anayamba kuseka, chomwe chinali kusintha kwabwino kuchokera ku khalidwe lake laukali. Atasokonezeka pang'ono, koma akumwetulira chifukwa cha zomwe anachitazi, adayimilira kudikirira kuti amutsimikizire chakudya cham'mawa pomwe woperekera chikhoyo adayamba kuseka.
  
  "Ndizitenga ngati inde," iye anaseka. "Mulungu wanga, mwana wanga, chinachake chodabwitsa chiyenera kuti chachitika kuti usiye kuuma kwako." Anatulutsa mbale ndikuyika patebulo. "Taonani inu! Ungolola kuti zonse ziziyenda."
  
  Charles anasekera kuwirikiza kawiri, akutsamira pankhokwe yokhala ndi matailosi pafupi ndi chitofu chachitsulo chomwe chinali pakona ya chitseko chakumbuyo. "Pepani, Lillian, koma sindingathe kulankhula za zomwe zinachitika. Zingakhale zopanda ulemu, mukumvetsa. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa," adamwetulira, ndikukonza soseji ndi mazira okanda pafupi ndi tositi yofewa ya Purdue. "N"zoona kuti ndikulakalaka nditadziwa zimene zinachitika, koma ulendo uno ndingosangalala kukuonani mukuseka. Ndizokwanira kupanga tsiku langa. "
  
  Atamva kumasuka kuti ulendo uno gogo uja adagonja kumukakamiza kuti adziwe zambiri, Charles adamusisita paphewa ndikudzikoka. Anabweretsa thireyi n"kuikapo chakudyacho, n"kumuthandiza khofi, ndipo pomalizira pake anatenga nyuzipepalayo kuti akwere naye Perdue m"mwamba. Pofunitsitsa kuti atalikitse kusamvana kwa Charles pa umunthu, Lily anayenera kusiya kutchulanso zomwe zidamuneneza pamene amachoka kukhitchini. Iye ankawopa kuti iye angagwetse thireyi, ndipo iye analondola. Izi zidakali m'maganizo mwake, Charles akanasiya chipwirikiti akamukumbutsa.
  
  Pansanja yoyamba ya nyumbayo, a Secret Service pawns anasefukira Reichtisousis ndi kupezeka kwawo. Charles analibe kalikonse kotsutsana ndi anthu omwe amagwira ntchito yaukazitape ambiri, koma zokhala kumeneko zidawapangitsa kukhala zigawenga zosaloledwa zothandizidwa ndi ufumu wabodza. Iwo analibe ufulu wopezekapo, ndipo ngakhale amangotsatira malamulo, ogwira ntchitowo sakanatha kupirira masewero awo ang'onoang'ono komanso ang'onoang'ono pamene adayikidwa kuti aziyang'anitsitsa wofufuza wa mabiliyoni, akuchita ngati ndi mbava wamba. .
  
  Sindikumvetsabe momwe nzeru zankhondo zingagwiritsire ntchito nyumbayi pamene kulibe chiwopsezo cha nkhondo chapadziko lonse chokhala pano, Charles adaganiza motero akunyamula thireyi kupita kuchipinda cha Perdue. Ndipo komabe adadziwa kuti kuti zonsezi zivomerezedwe ndi boma, payenera kukhala chifukwa china choyipa - lingaliro lowopsa kwambiri. Panafunikanso kuti pakhale zina zambiri, ndipo ankayenera kuzimvetsa, ngakhale atapezanso chidziŵitso kuchokera kwa mlamu wakeyo. Charles adapulumutsa Perdue nthawi yomaliza yomwe adatenga mlamu wake pa mawu ake. Iye ananena kuti mlamu wakeyo angapatse wopereka chikhoyo zina zingapo ngati akanafuna kudziwa tanthauzo lake.
  
  "Hey Charlie, wadzuka kale?" - m'modzi wa opareshoni adafunsa mokondwera.
  
  Charles sanamumvere. Ngati akanayenera kuyankha aliyense, sangakhale wina koma Special Agent Smith. Pakali pano anali ndi chidaliro kuti bwana wake wakhazikitsa mgwirizano wamphamvu ndi wothandizira woyang'anira. Atafika pakhomo la Perdue, zosangalatsa zonse zinamusiya ndipo anabwerera kumoyo wake wokhazikika komanso womvera.
  
  "Chakudya chanu cham"mawa, bwana," anatero pakhomo.
  
  Perdue anatsegula chitseko mosiyana kwambiri. Atavala mokwanira ma chinos, ma Moschino loafers ndi malaya oyera okhala ndi batani pansi ndi manja atakulungidwa mpaka m'zigongono, adayankhira chitseko cha woperekera chikho wake. Charles atalowa, adamva Perdue akutseka chitseko mwachangu.
  
  "Ndiyenera kulankhula nawe, Charles," anaumirira ndi mawu apansipansi. "Kodi pali wina amene anakutsatirani kuno?"
  
  "Ayi, bwana, monga ndikudziwira, ayi," Charles adayankha moona mtima, ndikuyika thireyi patebulo la oak la Perdue pomwe nthawi zina amasangalala ndi brandy madzulo. Adawongola jekete lake ndikupinda manja kutsogolo kwake. "Ndingakuchitireni chiyani bwana?"
  
  Perdue ankawoneka wankhanza m'maso, ngakhale kuti thupi lake limasonyeza kuti anali wosasamala komanso wokopa. Ngakhale atayesetsa bwanji kuoneka waulemu ndi wodzidalira, iye sakananyenga woperekera chikho wakeyo. Charles adadziwa Purdue mpaka kalekale. Anamuona m"njira zambiri kwa zaka zambiri, kuyambira kukwiya koopsa ndi zopinga za sayansi mpaka ku chisangalalo ndi kunyada m"manja mwa akazi ambiri olemera. Anatha kuona kuti china chake chikuvutitsa Perdue, china kuposa kungomva kumene kukubwera.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti ndi inu amene munauza Dr. Gould kuti Secret Service ikandimanga, ndipo ndikukuthokozani ndi mtima wanga wonse pomuchenjeza, koma ndiyenera kudziwa, Charles," adatero mwachangu monong'onezana mwamphamvu . "Ndiyenera kudziwa momwe unadziwira izi chifukwa pali zambiri kuposa izo. Pali zambiri kuposa izi, ndipo ndiyenera kudziwa chilichonse ndi chilichonse chomwe MI6 ikukonzekera kuchita pambuyo pake. "
  
  Charles anamvetsetsa kukhudzika kwa pempho la abwana ake, koma panthawi imodzimodziyo adakhumudwa kwambiri ndi pempholi. "Ndikuona," anatero mwamanyazi kwambiri. "Chabwino, ndinangomva mwangozi. Ndikacheza ndi Vivian, mlongo wanga, mwamuna wake anangokhala ngati...anavomereza. Iye ankadziwa kuti ndinali mu utumiki wa Reichtisusis, koma mwachiwonekere anamva mnzake wa m"nthambi ina ya boma la Britain akunena kuti MI6 yapatsidwa chilolezo chonse kuti ikutsatireni, bwana. M"malo mwake, ndikuganiza kuti panthaŵiyo sanalingalire nkomwe.
  
  "Zowona sanachite izo. Izi ndi zopusa. Ndimakonda Scottish malinga ndi dziko. Ngakhale nditakhala nawo m'zochitika zankhondo, MI5 ikamakoka zingwe. Ubale wapadziko lonse lapansi ndiwolemetsa kwambiri pa izi, ndikukuuzani, ndipo zimandidetsa nkhawa, "Perdue adawonetsa. "Charles, ndikufuna kuti undilumikizire mlamu wako."
  
  Charles anayankha mwamsanga kuti: "Ndi ulemu wonse, bwana, ngati simusamala, kuli bwino ndisaloŵetse banja langa pankhaniyi. Ndikunong'oneza bondo chigamulochi bwana, koma kunena zowona, ndikuwopa mlongo wanga. Ndayamba kudandaula kuti anakwatiwa ndi mwamuna yemwe ali ndi zibwenzi ku Secret Service ndipo ndi woyang'anira chabe. Kuwakokera m'chikondwerero chapadziko lonse lapansi chotere..." Iye ananjenjemera modziimba mlandu, akudzimva chisoni chifukwa cha kuwona mtima kwake komwe. Ankayembekeza kuti Perdue angayamikirebe luso lake monga woperekera chikho komanso osamuwombera chifukwa cha kusamvera.
  
  "Ndamva," Perdue adayankha mofooka, akuchoka kwa Charles kuti ayang'ane pazitseko za khonde pomwe panali bata lokongola la m'mawa wa Edinburgh.
  
  "Pepani, Bambo Perdue," anatero Charles.
  
  "Ayi, Charles, ndikumvetsetsa. Ndikukhulupirira, ndikhulupirireni. Ndi zinthu zoopsa zingati zomwe zachitikira anzanga apamtima chifukwa chochita nawo ntchito zanga? Ndikumvetsetsa bwino zotsatira za kundigwirira ntchito , "Perdue adalongosola, akumveka opanda chiyembekezo popanda cholinga chochitira chifundo. Iye anamvadi mtolo wa liwongo. Poyesera kukhala wachifundo pamene anakanidwa mwaulemu, Perdue anatembenuka ndi kumwetulira. "Zowona, Charles. Ndikumvetsadi. Chonde ndidziwitseni kuti Special Agent Smith adzafika liti?"
  
  "Zowona, bwana," Charles adayankha, akugwetsa chibwano chake mwamphamvu. Anatuluka m'chipindamo akumva ngati wachinyengo, ndipo poyang'ana maonekedwe a maofesala ndi othandizira omwe anali m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, adawonedwa ngati mmodzi.
  
  
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  Doctor mu
  
  
  Wothandizira Wapadera Patrick Smith adayendera Purdue pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo pazomwe Smith adauza akuluakulu ake kuti adakumana ndi dokotala. Poganizira zimene anakumana nazo m"nyumba ya mkulu wa chipani cha Nazi wotchedwa Amayi, khoti lachiweruzo linalola Perdue kulandira chithandizo chamankhwala pamene anali m"manja mwa Secret Intelligence Service kwakanthaŵi.
  
  Panali azibambo atatu omwe anali pa ntchito yawo, osawerengera awiri omwe anali kunja kwa geti, ndipo Charles anali otanganidwa ndi ntchito zapakhomo, kudyetsa mkwiyo wake nawo. Komabe, anali wokoma mtima kwambiri mwaulemu wake kwa Smith chifukwa chothandizidwa ndi Purdue. Charles anatsegula chitseko kwa dotolo pamene belu la pakhomo linalira.
  
  "Ngakhale dokotala wosauka ayenera kufufuzidwa," anadandaula Perdue, atayimirira pamwamba pa masitepe ndikutsamira kwambiri panjanji kuti amuthandize.
  
  "Mnyamatayo akuwoneka wofooka, eti?" - mmodzi mwa amunawo adanong'oneza mnzake. Taonani momwe maso ake alili otupa!
  
  "Ndipo chofiira," anawonjezera wina, akugwedeza mutu wake. "Sindikuganiza kuti akhala bwino."
  
  "Anyamata, chonde fulumirani," Mtumiki Wapadera Smith adanena mokweza, kuwakumbutsa za ntchito yawo. "Dokotala ali ndi ola limodzi ndi Bambo Perdue, choncho pitirirani."
  
  "Inde, bwana," iwo anaimba mogwirizana pamene ankamaliza kufufuza zachipatala.
  
  Atamaliza ndi dotoloyo, Patrick anamuperekeza kumtunda komwe Perdue ndi woperekera chikho wake ankadikirira. Kumeneko Patrick anatenga mlonda pamwamba pa masitepe.
  
  "Kodi pali china chilichonse, bwana?" - Charles adafunsa pamene dokotala adamutsegulira chitseko cha chipinda cha Perdue.
  
  "Ayi, zikomo, Charles. Mutha kupita, "Perdue adayankha mokweza Charles asanatseke chitseko. Charles adadzimvabe wolakwa kwambiri chifukwa chosiya bwana wake, koma zikuwoneka kuti Perdue anali wowona mtima pakumvetsetsa kwake.
  
  Mu ofesi yaumwini ya Perdue, iye ndi dokotala anadikirira, osalankhula kapena kusuntha, kwa kamphindi, akumvetsera zosokoneza zilizonse kunja kwa khomo. Panalibe phokoso la mkangano, ndipo kudzera m"zibowo zobisika zomwe zinali ndi khoma la Purdue, ankatha kuona kuti palibe amene ankamvetsera.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndiyenera kupewa kunena zachibwana za ma puns azachipatala kuti ndikulitse nthabwala zanu, munthu wachikulire, kuti mukhalebe ndikhalidwe. Zidziwike, uku ndi kusokoneza koopsa kwa luso langa lalikulu," adatero dotolo akuyika kabati yake yamankhwala pansi. "Kodi ukudziwa momwe ndinamenyera kuti Dr. Beach andibwereke sutikesi yake yakale?"
  
  "Yamwani, Sam," adatero Perdue, akumwetulira mwansangala pamene mtolankhaniyo akugwedeza kumbuyo kwa magalasi akuda omwe sanali ake. "Linali lingaliro lanu kuti muwoneke ngati Dr. Beach. Mwa njira, mpulumutsi wanga ali bwanji?"
  
  Gulu lopulumutsa la Purdue linali ndi anthu awiri omwe ankadziwa wokondedwa wake Dr. Nina Gould, wansembe wachikatolika komanso dokotala wamkulu wochokera ku Oban, Scotland. Awiriwo adadzitengera okha kuti apulumutse Perdue ku imfa yankhanza m'chipinda chapansi cha Yvette Wolf woipa, membala woyamba wa Order of the Black Sun yemwe amadziwika kuti Amayi kwa abwenzi ake a fascist.
  
  "Akuyenda bwino, ngakhale amawawa pang"ono pambuyo pokumana ndi inu ndi Atate Harper m"nyumba ya helo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zomwe zidamupangitsa kukhala choncho zingamupangitse kukhala wodziwika bwino, koma akukana kuwunikira," Sam adanyoza. "Mtumiki nayenso wasangalala nazo, ndipo zimangopangitsa kuti mipira yanga imveke, mukudziwa."
  
  Perdue adaseka. "Ndikutsimikiza ndi choncho. Ndikhulupirireni, Sam, zomwe tidasiya m'nyumba yakale yobisikayo ndizodziwika bwino. Bwanji Nina?"
  
  "Iye ali ku Alexandria akuthandiza m"ndandanda wa zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale zosungiramo zinthu zakale zamtengo wapatali zimene tapeza. Akufuna kutchula chiwonetserochi pambuyo pa Alexander the Great - chinachake chonga Gould/Earle Find, polemekeza Nina ndi Joanna khama lawo potulukira Letter of Olympias ndi zina zotero. Inde sanatchule dzina lanu lolemekezeka. jakisoni."
  
  "Ndikuwona msungwana wathu ali ndi mapulani akulu," adatero Perdue, akumwetulira modekha komanso wokondwa kumva kuti wolemba mbiri wankhanza, wanzeru komanso wokongola adapeza kuzindikirika komwe kumayenera kumachokera kudziko lamaphunziro.
  
  "Inde, ndipo akundifunsabe momwe tingakutulutsireni muvutoli kamodzi kokha, zomwe nthawi zambiri ndimayenera kusintha nkhaniyo chifukwa ... chabwino, sindikudziwa kukula kwake," Sam. Adatero.
  
  "Chabwino, ndichifukwa chake wabwera, munthu wachikulire," Perdue adausa moyo. "Ndipo ndilibe nthawi yokwanira yoti ndikuuzeni, khala pansi ndikumwa mowa."
  
  Sam adachita mantha, "Koma bwana, ndine dokotala. Mwaswera bwanji?" Anapereka galasi lake kwa Perdue kuti azitha kulipaka ndi grouse. "Usakhale wotopa, tsopano."
  
  Zinali zabwino kuzunzidwa kachiwiri ndi nthabwala za Sam Cleave, ndipo zinapatsa Perdue chisangalalo chachikulu kuti azunzikenso chifukwa cha kupusa kwachinyamata kwa mtolankhani. Ankadziwa bwino lomwe kuti akhoza kukhulupirira Cleve ndi moyo wake komanso kuti, zikafunika kwambiri, bwenzi lake limatha nthawi yomweyo kukhala katswiri wogwira naye ntchito. Sam amatha kusintha nthawi yomweyo kuchoka ku Scot wopusa kukhala wokakamiza - khalidwe lofunika kwambiri m'dziko loopsa la zamatsenga ndi zasayansi.
  
  Amuna aŵiriwo anakhala pakhomo la zitseko za khonde, mkati mwakemo kotero kuti makatani ochindikala a zingwe zoyera abise makambitsirano awo ku maso ongoyang"ana pa kapinga. Anayankhula motsitsa mawu.
  
  "Mwachidule," adatero Perdue, "mwana wamwamuna wa hule yemwe adandibera, komanso kubedwa kwa Nina pankhaniyi, ndi membala wa Black Sun dzina lake Joseph Karsten."
  
  Sam analemba dzinalo m"kabuku kong"ambika komwe ananyamula m"thumba la jekete lake. "Kodi wafa kale?" Sam anafunsa ngati palibe chomwe chachitika. M'malo mwake, kamvekedwe kake kanali kofunikira kwambiri kotero kuti Perdue sanadziwe ngati akuda nkhawa kapena kukondwera ndi yankho.
  
  "Ayi, ali moyo kwambiri," Perdue anayankha.
  
  Sam adayang'ana mzake watsitsi lasiliva. "Koma tikufuna kuti afe, sichoncho?"
  
  "Sam, uku kuyenera kukhala kusuntha kobisika. Kupha ndi kwa anyamata achidule, "Perdue adamuuza.
  
  "Zoona? Uwuze zimenezo kwa hule wakale wamatsenga amene wakuchitira izi," Sam anakuwa, akulozera thupi la Perdue. "The Order of the Black Sun iyenera kuti idamwalira ndi bwenzi langa la Nazi Germany, ndipo nditsimikiza kuti apita ndisanagone m'bokosi langa."
  
  "Ndidziŵa," anamtonthoza Perdue, "ndipo ndimayamikira changu chothetsa mbiri ya onditsutsa. Ndikufunadi. Koma dikirani mpaka mutadziwa nkhani yonse. Kenako ndiuzeni kuti zimene ndakonzazo si mankhwala abwino kwambiri ophera tizilombo."
  
  "Chabwino," Sam anavomereza motero, akuchepetsa chikhumbo chake chofuna kuthetsa vuto looneka ngati losatha lopangidwa ndi awo amene anali kusungabe makhalidwe oipa a gulu lapamwamba la SS. "Pitani, ndiuzeni zina."
  
  "Mukonda kusintha kumeneku, kokhumudwitsa monga momwe kunaliri kwa ine," Perdue adavomereza. "Joseph Karsten si wina koma Joe Carter, wamkulu wa Secret Intelligence Service."
  
  "Yesu!" - Sam adafuula modabwa. "Simungakhale wotsimikiza! Mwamunayo ndi waku Britain ngati tiyi wamadzulo ndi Austin Powers. "
  
  "Ili ndi gawo lomwe limandidodometsa, Sam," anayankha Perdue. "Kodi mukumvetsa zomwe ndikunena pano?"
  
  "MI6 ikuwononga katundu wako," Sam adayankha pang'onopang'ono pamene malingaliro ake ndi maso ake oyendayenda amadutsa m'njira zonse. "British Secret Service imayendetsedwa ndi membala wa bungwe la Black Sun, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa kalikonse, ngakhale atabera mwalamulo." Maso ake akuda ankathamanga mofulumira pamene mawilo ake ankazungulira kuti atseke mbali zonse za nkhaniyo. "Perdue, chifukwa chiyani akufuna nyumba yako?"
  
  Perdue anali kumuvutisa Sam. Ankaoneka ngati wopanda chidwi, ngati kuti wachita dzanzi chifukwa chouza ena zimene ankadziwa. M"mawu ofewa, otopa, iye anagwedezeka ndi kuloza ndi zikhato zotsegula: "Kulingana ndi zimene ndinaganiza kuti ndinamva m"chipinda chodyeramo chauchiwanda chija, iwo amaganiza kuti Reichtisus ili ndi zotsalira zonse zimene Himmler ndi Hitler anali kutsatira."
  
  "Sizonama ayi," Sam anatero, akumalemba manotsi kuti adzifotokozere yekha.
  
  "Eya, koma Sam, zomwe akuganiza kuti ndabisala pano ndizochulukirapo. Osati izi zokha. Zomwe ndili nazo pano siziyenera kugwera m'manja mwa Joseph Karsten! Osati monga Military Intelligence 6 kapena Order of the Black Sun. Munthu ameneyu akhoza kugwetsa maboma ndi theka lokha la ma patent omwe amasungidwa m"ma laboratories anga!" Maso a Perdue anali atanyowa, dzanja lake lakale pakhungu la Sam likunjenjemera pamene adachonderera yekhayo wodalirika.
  
  "Chabwino, tambala wakale," Sam anatero, akuyembekeza kufewetsa mania pa nkhope ya Perdue.
  
  "Tamverani, Sam, palibe amene akudziwa zomwe ndikuchita," mabiliyoniyo adapitiliza. "Palibe amene ali kumbali yathu amadziwa kuti chipani cha Nazi chimayang'anira chitetezo cha Britain. Ndikufuna inu, mtolankhani wamkulu wofufuza, wopambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer, mtolankhani wotchuka...
  
  Sam adalandira uthengawo momveka bwino. Amatha kuwona kuti Dave Perdue yemwe anali wosangalatsa komanso wosonkhanitsidwa anali ndi ming'alu m'linga lake. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti chitukuko chatsopanochi chinali chitadulidwa mozama kwambiri ndi tsamba lakuthwa kwambiri, ndipo chinali kudula njira yake pansagwada ya Perdue. Sam adadziwa kuti akuyenera kusamalira nkhaniyi pamaso pa mpeni wa Karsten adakoka kofiira kofiira pakhosi la Perdue ndikumuthetsa kwamuyaya. Mnzakeyo anali m"vuto lalikulu ndipo moyo wake unali pachiswe kuposa ndi kale lonse.
  
  "Ndani winanso amene amadziwa zenizeni zake? Kodi Paddy akudziwa?" -Sam adafunsa, kumveketsa yemwe adatenga nawo gawo kuti asankhe pomwe ayambire. Ngati Patrick Smith amadziwa kuti Carter ndi Joseph Karsten, akhoza kukhala pangozi kachiwiri.
  
  "Ayi, pamlanduwo anazindikira kuti chinachake chikundisowetsa mtendere, koma ndinaganiza zosunga chinthu chachikulu choterocho pafupi kwambiri ndi chifuwa changa. Ali mumdima pa izi pakadali pano, "Perdue adatsimikiza.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti nkwabwinoko motere," anavomereza motero Sam. "Tiyeni tiwone momwe tingapewere mavuto aakulu pamene tikuganizira momwe tingakankhire chimbalangondochi m'kamwa mwa mbalame."
  
  Anatsimikiza mtima kutsatira uphungu wa Joan Earl pamene akukambirana mu ayezi wamatope wa Newfoundland pa kutsegula kwa Alexander Wamkulu, Perdue anatembenukira kwa Sam. " Chonde, Sam, tiyeni tichite njira yanga. Ndili ndi chifukwa cha zonsezi. "
  
  "Ndikulonjeza, titha kuchita mwanjira yanu, koma ngati zinthu sizikuyenda bwino, Perdue, ndiyitanitsa gulu lachigawenga kuti litithandizire. Karsten uyu ali ndi mphamvu zomwe sitingathe kulimbana nazo tokha. Nthawi zambiri m'maofesi apamwamba anzeru zankhondo mumakhala chishango chosatheka, ngati mukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza," Sam anachenjeza. "Anthu awa ndi amphamvu ngati mawu a mfumukazi, Perdue. Munthu wapathengo ameneyu akhoza kutichitira zinthu zonyansa kwambiri n"kuzibisa ngati mphaka amene anathira m"bokosi la zinyalala. Palibe amene adzadziwe. Ndipo aliyense amene anganene kuti atha kuchotsedwa mwamsanga."
  
  "Inde ndikudziwa. Ndikhulupirireni, ndikudziwa bwino kuwonongeka komwe kungayambitse, "Perdue adavomereza. "Koma sindikufuna kuti afe ngati ndilibe njira ina. Pakadali pano, ndigwiritsa ntchito a Patrick ndi gulu langa lazamalamulo kuti aletse Karsten kwa nthawi yonse yomwe ndingathe. "
  
  "Chabwino, ndiloleni ndiyang'ane mbiri yakale, zolemba zaumwini, zolemba zamisonkho ndi zonsezo. Tikamaphunzira zambiri za munthu wachiwerewereyu, m"pamenenso tiyenera kumutchera msampha." Sam tsopano anali ndi zolemba zake zonse mwatsatanetsatane, ndipo tsopano popeza adadziwa kukula kwa vuto lomwe Perdue anali kukumana nalo, adaumirira kuti agwiritse ntchito chinyengo chake kuti athane ndi vutoli.
  
  "Munthu wabwino," Perdue adapumira, atamasuka kunena izi kwa munthu ngati Sam, munthu yemwe angadalire kuti alowe mwatsatanetsatane mwaukadaulo. "Tsopano, ndikulingalira kuti miimba kuseri kwa chitseko ichi iyenera kukuwonani inu ndi Patrick mukumaliza mayeso anga azachipatala."
  
  Ndi Sam mu mawonekedwe ake a Dr. Beach ndi Patrick Smith akugwiritsa ntchito chinyengo, Perdue adatsanzikana ndi chitseko chake chogona. Sam anayang'ana mmbuyo. "Zotupa za m"mimba ndizofala m"zochita zogonana zamtundu umenewu, a Perdue. Ndaziwona izi makamaka ndi andale ndi ... akatswiri azamalamulo ... koma palibe chodetsa nkhawa. Khala wathanzi ndipo ndikuwona posachedwa. "
  
  Perdue adasowa m'chipinda chake kuti aseke, pomwe Sam adangoyang'ana kangapo panjira yopita kuzitseko zakumaso. Akugwedeza mutu mwaulemu, adatuluka m'nyumbamo ndi mnzake waubwana wake. Patrick anali atazolowera kupsa mtima kwa Sam, koma tsikuli anali ndi vuto lalikulu kuti asunge ukadaulo wake, mpaka atalowa mu Volvo yake ndikusiya nyumbayo - atasokera.
  
  
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  Chisoni mkati mwa makoma a Villa d'Chantal
  
  
  
  Entrevo - patatha masiku awiri
  
  
  Madzulo ofundawo sanatenthetse mapazi a Madame Chantal pamene ankakoka masitonkeni ena pamwamba pa zothira zake za silika. Unali nthawi yophukira, koma kwa iye kuzizira kunali kale kulikonse komwe amapita.
  
  "Ndiwopa kuti pali chinachake cholakwika ndi iwe, wokondedwa," anatero mwamuna wake, akuwongola tayi yake kwa nthaŵi ya zana. "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti simungangovutika ndi kuzizira kwanu usikuuno ndikubwera nane? Mukudziwa, anthu akamandiwona ndikubwera ndekha kumapwando, akhoza kuyamba kukayikira kuti pali chinachake sichikuyenda bwino pakati pathu.
  
  Anamuyang'ana ndi nkhawa. "Sayenera kudziwa kuti ndife osowa ndalama, mukudziwa? Kusakhalapo kwanu kumeneko kungayambitse miseche ndi kukopa chidwi chathu. Anthu olakwa angakhale akufufuza mkhalidwe wathu kuti angokhutiritsa chidwi chawo. Mukudziwa kuti ndili ndi nkhawa kwambiri ndipo ndiyenera kusunga chikomerezo cha Nduna ndi omwe amagawana nawo, apo ayi titha. "
  
  "Inde, ndikufuna. Ingondikhulupirira ndikanena kuti posachedwapa sitidzadera nkhawa za kusunga katunduyo," anamutsimikizira motero ndi mawu ofooka.
  
  "Zikutanthauza chiyani? Ndinakuuzani, sindigulitsa diamondi. Uwu ndiye umboni wokhawo wosonyeza kuti tili ndi udindo!" Analankhula motsimikiza, ngakhale kuti mawu ake anali odera nkhaŵa koposa mkwiyo. "Bwerani nane usikuuno ndi kuvala chinthu chopambanitsa, chongondithandiza kuti ndiwoneke woyenerera udindo womwe ndiyenera kuchita ngati munthu wochita bwino kwambiri bizinesi."
  
  "Henri, ndikulonjeza kuti ndikutsagana nawe pa lotsatira. Ndimangoona kuti sindingathe kuonetsa nkhope yanga mosangalala kwa nthawi yaitali chonchi pamene ndikulimbana ndi malungo ndi ululu." Chantal anafika kwa mwamuna wake ndikuyenda momasuka, akumwetulira. Adawongola tayi yake ndikumupsopsona patsaya. Anamuika kumbuyo kwa dzanja lake pamphumi kuti awone kutentha kwake, kenako n"kuchokapo.
  
  "Chani?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Chantal. Sindikudziwa kuti muli ndi malungo amtundu wanji, koma zikuwoneka ngati zosiyana ndi zomwe zikuchitika. Ndiwe wozizira ngati ... mtembo," pomalizira pake anafinya fanizo lonyansa.
  
  "Ndinakuuzani," iye anayankha mosalabadira, "sindikumva bwino kuti ndingakongoletse mbali yako monga mmene mkazi wa baron amachitira." Tsopano fulumirani, mwina mwachedwa, ndipo zimenezo nzosaloleka."
  
  "Inde, mayi wanga," Henri anamwetulira, koma mtima wake unali kugundabe chifukwa cha kunjenjemera kwa khungu la mkazi wake, amene kutentha kwake kunali kotsika kwambiri kotero kuti sanamvetse chifukwa chimene masaya ndi milomo yake zinali zikuyendabe. Baron ankadziwa kubisa mmene akumvera. Izi zinali zofunikira pamutu wake komanso njira yochitira bizinesi. Anachoka posakhalitsa, akufunitsitsa kuyang'ana mmbuyo kwa mkazi wake akutsazikana ndi khomo lotseguka la nyumba yawo yachifumu ya Belle Époque, koma adaganiza zopitiliza kuwonekera.
  
  Pansi pa mlengalenga wofunda wa Epulo madzulo, Baron de Martin monyinyirika adachoka panyumba pake, koma mkazi wake adangosangalala chifukwa chachinsinsi. Komabe, izi sizinachitike kuti akhale yekha. Mwachangu anakonzekera kulandira mlendo wakeyo, atatenga kaye diamondi zitatu m"sefe ya mwamuna wake. Celeste anali wokongola kwambiri, wodabwitsa kwambiri moti sanafune kusiya, koma zomwe ankafuna kwa katswiri wa alchemist zinali zofunika kwambiri.
  
  "Usiku uno nditipulumutsa, wokondedwa wanga Henri," ananong"oneza motero, akuyala diamondizo pansalu yobiriwira ya velveti yodulidwa pa diresi lomwe nthaŵi zambiri ankavala popita kumapwando ngati limene mwamuna wake anangopitako. Akusisita manja ake ozizira mowolowa manja, Chantal anawaika pamoto pamoto kuti atenthetse. Kugunda kwa yunifolomu kwa wotchi yovala zovala kunayenda m'nyumba yabata, ndikufikira theka lachiwiri la kuyimba. Anatsala ndi mphindi makumi atatu kuti afike. Woyang'anira nyumbayo ankadziwa kale nkhope yake, monganso wothandizira wake, koma anali asanalengeze za kubwera kwake.
  
  M"buku lake lofotokoza zochitika za tsikulo, analemba zimene zinalembedwa pa tsikulo, kutchula za mkhalidwe wake. Chantal anali wosunga zolemba, wokonda kujambula komanso wolemba. Iye ankalemba ndakatulo nthaŵi zonse, ngakhale panthaŵi zosavuta zachisangalalo, ankalemba ndakatulo pokumbukira zimenezo. Zokumbukira za tsiku lokumbukira tsiku lililonse zinawunikidwanso m"magazini akale kuti akhutiritse chikhumbo chake. Pokonda kwambiri zachinsinsi komanso zakale, Chantal ankasunga zolemba zake m"mabuku odula kwambiri ndipo ankasangalala kulemba maganizo ake.
  
  
  Epulo 14, 2016 - Enrevaux
  
  Ndikuganiza kuti ndikudwala. Thupi langa ndi lozizira kwambiri, ngakhale kuti kunja kwake sikucheperachepera madigiri 19. Ngakhale moto womwe uli pafupi ndi ine ukungowoneka ngati chinyengo m'maso mwanga; Ndikuwona malawi osamva kutentha. Pakadapanda nkhani zachangu, ndikanathetsa msonkhano walero. Koma sindingathe. Ndiyenera kungochita ndi zovala zotentha ndi vinyo kuti ndisachite misala chifukwa cha kuzizira.
  
  Tagulitsa zonse zomwe tingathe kuti bizinesiyo isayende bwino ndipo ndikuopa thanzi la wokondedwa wanga Henry. Sagona ndipo nthawi zambiri amakhala kutali. Ndilibe nthawi yochuluka yolemba zambiri, koma ndikudziwa kuti zomwe nditi ndichite zidzatichotsa m'mavuto azachuma omwe tilimo.
  
  Bambo Raya, katswiri wa alchemist wa ku Egypt yemwe ali ndi mbiri yabwino pakati pa makasitomala ake, akundiyendera madzulo ano. Ndi chithandizo chake tidzawonjezera mtengo wa miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe ndasiya, yomwe idzakhala yamtengo wapatali kwambiri ndikagulitsa. Monga mphotho, ndimamupatsa Celeste, chinthu choyipa, makamaka kwa wokondedwa wanga Henri, yemwe banja lake limawona mwala wopatulika ndipo wakhala nawo kuyambira kalekale. Koma izi ndi ndalama zochepa zomwe zingaperekedwe posinthanitsa ndi kuyeretsa ndi kuonjezera mtengo wa diamondi zina, zomwe zidzabwezeretsa mkhalidwe wathu wachuma ndikuthandizira mwamuna wanga kusunga malo ake ndi malo ake.
  
  Anna, Louise ndi ine tikhala tikuchita zopumira Henry asanabwerere kuti titha kufotokozera zakusowa kwa a Celeste. Mtima wanga umawawa chifukwa cha Henri kuti ndikunyozetsa cholowa chake chotere, koma ndikuwona kuti iyi ndi njira yokhayo yobwezeretsera mbiri yathu tisanalowe m'malo osadziwika ndikumaliza mwamanyazi. Koma mwamuna wanga apindula ndipo ndizo zonse zomwe zili zofunika kwa ine. Sindingathe kumuuza izi, koma akachira ndikukhala omasuka mu malo ake, adzagonanso bwino, amadya bwino komanso amasangalala. Ndiwofunika kwambiri kuposa mwala uliwonse wonyezimira.
  
  - Chantal
  
  
  Atasainira dzina lake, Chantal anayang"ananso wotchi ya m"chipinda chake chochezera. Iye analemba kwa kanthawi. Monga nthawi zonse, adayika diary mu kagawo kakang'ono kumbuyo kwa chithunzi cha agogo aamuna a Henri ndikudabwa chomwe chikanachititsa kuti alephere kusankhidwa kwake. Kwinakwake mkati mwa chifunga cha maganizo ake, pamene ankalemba, anamva kuti wotchi ikugunda ola, koma sanaimvetsere, kuti asaiwale zomwe ankafuna kulemba pa tsamba la tsikulo. Tsopano adadabwa kuona kuti dzanja lalitali lokongola lidatsika kuchoka pa khumi ndi ziwiri kufika pachisanu.
  
  "Kodi mwachedwa kale mphindi makumi awiri ndi zisanu?" - adanong'oneza, akuponya shawl ina pamapewa ake akunjenjemera. "Anna!" - adayitana wantchito wake wapakhomo pomwe adatenga poker kuyatsa moto. Atawomba chipika china, chinalavula zinyalala zofuka m"kamwa mwa chumney, koma sanapeze nthawi yosisita lawilo kuti likhale lamphamvu. Kukumana kwake ndi Raya kuchedwa, Chantal anali ndi nthawi yochepa yomaliza bizinesi yawo mwamuna wake asanabwere. Izi zinadabwitsa mwininyumbayo pang'ono. Mwamsanga, atabwerera kutsogolo kwamoto, anafunsa antchito ake ngati mlendo wake wamuimbira foni kuti afotokoze chifukwa chake wachedwa. "Anna! Muli kuti, chifukwa cha Mulungu? "Anakuwanso, osamva kutentha kwa malawi amene anali kunyambita m"manja mwake.
  
  Chantal sanamve yankho kuchokera kwa wantchito wake wantchito, wantchito wake wapakhomo, kapena womthandizira wake. "Musandiuze kuti anaiwala kuti anagwira ntchito yowonjezereka usikuuno," anadziguguda pachifuwa pamene ankathamanga m"njira yopita kum"mawa kwa nyumbayo. "Anna! Bridget!" Anaitana mokweza kwambiri uku akuzungulira chitseko chakukhitchini, kuseri kwake kunali mdima wokha. Akuyandama mumdimawo, Chantal ankatha kuona kuwala kwa lalanje kwa wopanga khofi, zounikira zamitundumitundu za soketi zapakhoma ndi zina mwa zida zake; Umu ndi momwe zimakhalira nthawi zonse azimayi omwe adanyamuka tsikulo. "Mulungu wanga, anaiwala," iye anang"ung"udza, akuusa moyo mwamphamvu pamene chimfine chinamugwira mkati mwake monga kulumidwa ndi ayezi pakhungu lonyowa.
  
  Mwini nyumbayo anasuntha mwachangu m'makonde, atazindikira kuti ali yekha kunyumba. "Zabwino, tsopano ndiyenera kuchita bwino koposa," anadandaula motero. "Louise, undiuze kuti ukugwirabe ntchito," anatero ku khomo lotsekeka limene womuthandizira wake nthawi zambiri ankasamalira misonkho ya Chantal, ntchito zachifundo, ndi ntchito zofalitsa nkhani. Chitseko chamatabwa chakuda chinali chokhoma, ndipo palibe yankho lochokera mkati. Chantal anakhumudwa kwambiri.
  
  Ngakhale mlendo wake atabwera, sakanakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira yoti apereke mlandu womwe angakakamize mwamuna wake kuti apereke mlandu. Akudzing'ung'udza yekha pamene akuyenda, wolemekezeka anapitiriza kukoka shawl zake pachifuwa chake ndikuphimba kumbuyo kwa khosi lake, kugwetsa tsitsi lake kuti apange mtundu wina wotsekera. Nthawi inali cha mma 9pm pomwe analowa pabalaza.
  
  Chisokonezo cha zinthucho chinatsala pang"ono kum"fooketsa. Adauza antchito ake mosakayikira kuti ayembekezere Bambo Rye, koma chomwe chidamudabwitsa kwambiri ndichakuti osati wothandizira komanso womusamalira m'nyumba, komanso mlendo wake, adazemba makonzedwewo . Kodi mwamuna wake anazindikira mapulani ake ndipo anapatsa anthu ake usikuwo kuti asakumane ndi bambo Raya? Ndipo chokhumudwitsa kwambiri, kodi Henry adamuchotsa Raya mwanjira ina?
  
  Atabwerera kumene anayala chopukutira chavelveti chokhala ndi diamondi zitatu, Chantal anachita mantha kwambiri kuposa kukhala yekha kunyumba. Kunjenjemera kunamuthawa pamene anatseka pakamwa pake ndi manja ake ataona nsalu yopanda kanthu. Misozi inatuluka m"maso mwake, ikukwera moyaka kuchokera m"mimba mwake ndikulasa mtima wake. Miyalayo inabedwa, koma chimene chinamuchititsa mantha kwambiri n"chakuti wina anatha kuitenga ali m"nyumbamo. Palibe njira zachitetezo zomwe zidaphwanyidwa, zomwe zidasiya Madame Chantal adachita mantha ndi zomwe afotokozedwera.
  
  
  6
  Mtengo wapamwamba
  
  
  'Kukhala ndi dzina labwino kuli bwino kuposa kukhala ndi chuma'
  
  -Mfumu Solomo
  
  
  Mphepoyo inayamba kuwomba, komabe sinathe kuthetsa bata la m"nyumbamo, mmene Chantal anaima misozi chifukwa cha imfa yake. Sikunali kutayika kwa diamondi zake zokha komanso mtengo wosayerekezeka wa Celeste, koma china chilichonse chomwe chidatayika chifukwa chakuba.
  
  "Hule wopusa iwe, wopanda ubongo! Samalira zomwe ukufuna, hule wopusa iwe! iye analira kupyola mu ukapolo wa zala zake, akudandaula ndi zotsatira zopotoka za dongosolo lake loyambirira. "Tsopano simuyenera kunamiza Anri. Anabedwadi!"
  
  Chinachake chinasuntha m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, masitepe akuyenda pansi pamatabwa. Ali kuseri kwa nsalu zoyang"anizana ndi kapinga wakutsogoloko, anayang"ana pansi kuti awone ngati kuli munthu, koma kunalibe. Mkokomo wochititsa mantha unamveka theka la masitepe otsika kuchokera pabalaza, koma Chantal sanathe kuyimbira apolisi kapena kampani yachitetezo kuti imufufuze. Iwo akanakumana ndi chigawenga chenicheni, chomwe poyamba chinapeka, ndipo iye akanakhala m"vuto lalikulu.
  
  Kapena akanatero?
  
  Maganizo okhudza zotsatira za kuitana koteroko ankamuvutitsa maganizo. Kodi adaphimba maziko ake onse ngati awonekera? Chifukwa chake, angakonde kukwiyitsa mwamuna wake ndikusunga chakukhosi kwa miyezi ingapo m'malo mophedwa ndi wachiwembu wanzeru kuti alambalale chitetezo chapanyumba pake.
  
  Kulibwino upange malingaliro ako, mkazi. Nthawi ikutha. Ngati mbala ikupheni, mukutaya nthawi yanu kulola kuti awononge nyumba yanu.Mtima wake unagunda pachifuwa ndi mantha. Kumbali ina, ngati muitana apolisi ndipo ndondomeko yanu yawululidwa, Henry akhoza kukusudzulani chifukwa cha kutaya Celeste; chifukwa ngakhale angayerekeze kuganiza kuti muli ndi ufulu kupereka!
  
  Chantal ankazizira kwambiri moti khungu lake linapsa ngati kuti zovala zake zinali zokhuthala chifukwa chachisanu. Anakwera nsapato zake pa kapeti kuti madzi apite kumapazi ake, koma adakhala ozizira ndikupweteka mkati mwa nsapato.
  
  Atapuma pang'ono, adapanga chisankho. Chantal adadzuka pampando wake ndikutenga poker pamoto. Mphepoyo inakula kwambiri, ndipo kunali kulira koopsa kwa moto wopanda mphamvu, koma Chantal anali tcheru pamene ankatuluka m"kholamo kuti akafufuze komwe kunkalira. Poyang'ana mokhumudwitsidwa ndi makolo akufa a mwamuna wake omwe amawonetsedwa muzojambula zomwe zinali pakhoma, adalumbira kuchita zomwe angathe motsutsana ndi lingaliro loipali.
  
  Poker ali m'manja, adatsika masitepe koyamba kuyambira pomwe adatsanzikana ndi Henri. Kukamwa kwa Chantal kunali kouma, lilime lake linali lolimba komanso lopanda malo, ndipo kukhosi kwake kunali kolimba ngati sandpaper. Poyang"ana zithunzi za akazi a m"banja la Henri, Chantal anamva chisoni kwambiri ataona mikanda ya diamondi yokongola kwambiri imene inkakongoletsa makosi awo. Anayang'anitsitsa m'malo molekerera mawu awo odzikuza pamene ankamutukwana.
  
  Pamene Chantal ankadutsa m"nyumbamo, anayatsa nyali zonse; ankafuna kuonetsetsa kuti palibe malo oti aliyense amene saloledwa kubisala. Kutsogolo kwake, masitepe akumpoto adatambasulira mpaka pansanjika yoyamba, pomwe kunjenjemera kumamveka. Zala zake zinkawawa ndi ululu atagwira poker mwamphamvu.
  
  Chantal atafika pansi, anatembenuka kuti ayende ulendo wautali kudutsa pansi pa miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala ya miyala kuti atsegule chosinthira m"chipinda cholandirira alendo, koma mtima wake unayima pa zimene mdimawo unkamuonetsa. Analira modekha poona masomphenya ochititsa mantha omwe anali patsogolo pake. Pafupi ndi chosinthira pakhoma lakutali kunaperekedwa kulongosola kowawa kwa phokoso loyimba. Thupi la mayi wina linkagwedezeka uku ndi uku ndi uku ndi mphepo yochokera pawindo lotseguka.
  
  Maondo a Chantal anagundana ndipo anafunika kuletsa kukuwa kumene anapempha kuti abadwe. Anali Brigid, woyang'anira nyumba yake. Mtsikana wamtali, wowonda, wazaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu ndi zinayi, anali ndi nkhope yabuluu, mawonekedwe onyansa komanso opotoka kwambiri a mawonekedwe ake omwe kale anali okongola. Nsapato zake zinagwera pansi, osapitirira mita imodzi kuchokera kunsonga za mapazi ake. M'chipinda cholandirira alendocho, Chantal ankaona kuti zinthu sizikuyenda bwino, moti sanapirire ndipo anaopa kuti mwina angamuchotse miyendo. Minofu yake inapsa ndi kuuma chifukwa cha kuzizira, ndipo anamva minyewa mkati mwa thupi lake ikulimba.
  
  Ndiyenera kupita kuchipinda cham'mwamba! Ndiyenera kufika pamoto kapena ndizizira mpaka kufa. Ndingodzitsekera ndiitane apolisi." Atapeza mphamvu zonse anangokwera masitepe, kuwatenga mmodzimmodzi, uku Bridget akuyang"ana chapambali. Osamuyang'ana, Chantal! Osayang'ana pa iye.
  
  Chapatali, ankaona chipinda chochezera chofewa komanso chofunda, chomwe chinali chofunika kwambiri kuti apulumuke. Ngati akanangofika pamoto, akanangoyenera kulondera chipinda chimodzi m"malo moyesa kufufuza chiboliboli chachikulu, choopsa cha nyumba yake yaikulu. Atatsekeredwa pabalaza, Chantal adawona kuti atha kuyimbira aboma kuti ayese ngati sakudziwa za diamondi zomwe zidasoweka mpaka mwamuna wake atadziwa. Pakali pano, anayenera kuvomereza imfa ya wantchito wake wokondedwa komanso wakupha yemwe angakhale adakali m"nyumbamo. Choyamba anayenera kukhalabe ndi moyo, ndiyeno kulangidwa chifukwa cha zosankha zolakwika. Kulimba mtima koopsa kwa chingwecho kunkamveka ngati mpweya wamphepo pamene ukudutsa panjanji. Ankachita nseru ndipo mano ake akugwedera chifukwa cha kuzizira.
  
  Kubuula koopsa kunabwera kuchokera ku ofesi yaing'ono ya Louise, imodzi mwa zipinda zosungira pansi. Chimphepo chozizira kwambiri chinatuluka pansi pa chitseko n"kudutsa nsapato za Chantal n"kukwera m"miyendo yake. Ayi, musatsegule chitseko, zotsutsana zake zidamukhutiritsa. Inu mukudziwa chimene chikuchitika. Tilibe nthawi yoti tipeze umboni wa zomwe mukudziwa kale, Chantal. Inu. Mukudziwa. Tikhoza kumva. Monga maloto owopsa okhala ndi miyendo, mukudziwa zomwe zikukuyembekezerani. Ingopitani kumoto.
  
  Pokana kutsekula chitseko cha Louise, Chantal anasiya chogwiriracho n"kutembenuka kuti asamangokhalira kubuula m"kati mwake. "Zikomo Mulungu nyali zonse zayatsidwa," adalankhula ndi nsagwada zogwira, ndikumanga manja ake panja pomwe amayenda chapakhomo lolandirira lomwe limatsogolera ku kuwala kodabwitsa kwa lalanje kwamoto.
  
  Maso a Chantal anali tcheru akuyang"ana kutsogolo. Poyamba sankadziwa ngati anaonadi chitseko chikuyenda, koma atayandikira chipindacho, anaona kuti chinali chochedwa kutseka. Poyesa kufulumira, adasunga poker yokonzekera aliyense amene amatseka chitseko, koma adafunika kulowa.
  
  Nanga bwanji ngati mnyumbamo muli opha anthu ambiri? Nanga bwanji ngati munthu amene ali pabalaza akukusokonezani ndi munthu amene ali m"chipinda cha Louise?" iye anaganiza motero, akuyesa kupeza chithunzithunzi kapena chithunzi chimene chingam"thandize kumvetsa mmene nkhaniyo inalili. Si nthawi yabwino kubweretsa izi, liwu lina lamkati linatero.
  
  Nkhope ya Chantal inali youndana, milomo yake inali yopanda mtundu, ndipo thupi lake linali kunjenjemera koopsa pamene ankayandikira chitseko. Koma icho chinatseka mwamphamvu atangoyesa chogwiriracho, ndikumuponya kumbuyo kuchokera ku mphamvu. Pansi pake panali ngati bwalo la masewera otsetsereka a m'madzi oundana ndipo anabwerera mofulumira, akulira mogonja pamene phokoso loopsa la kubuula linkatuluka kunja kwa chitseko cha Louise. Chifukwa cha mantha, Chantal anayesa kukankhira chitseko cha pabalaza, koma anafooka kwambiri chifukwa cha kuzizira.
  
  Anagwa pansi n"kuyang"ana pansi pa chitseko kuti angoona kuwala kwa motowo. Ngakhale izi zikanamutonthoza ngati akanalingalira kutenthako, koma kapeti yochindikalayo inkachititsa kukhala kovuta kwa iye kuwona. Anayesanso kudzuka, koma anazizira kwambiri moti anangodzipinda pakona pafupi ndi chitseko chotsekedwa.
  
  Pita ku zipinda zina ukatenge zofunda, chitsiru iwe, adaganiza. Tayatsa moto wina, Chantal. Pali malo oyaka moto khumi ndi anayi mnyumbamo, ndipo mwakonzeka kufa chifukwa cha imodzi? Madame Chantal anayesetsa kuti apite kuchipinda chogona cha alendo chomwe chinali pafupi kwambiri ndi poyatsira moto. Zitseko zinayi zokha pansi ndi masitepe ochepa mmwamba.
  
  Kubuula kwakukulu komwe kumachokera kuseri kwa chitseko chachiwiri kunakhudza maganizo ake ndi mitsempha, koma mbuye wa nyumbayo ankadziwa kuti adzafa ndi hypothermia ngati safika ku chipinda chachinayi. Inali ndi drowa yokhala ndi machesi ndi zoyatsira mochulukira, ndipo munali butane wokwanira mu kabati pa tsaya la moto kuti uphulike. Foni yake yam'manja inali m'chipinda chochezera ndipo makompyuta ake anali m'zipinda zosiyanasiyana pansi - malo omwe amawopa kupita, malo omwe mawindo anali otsegula ndipo womusamalira kunyumba kwake mochedwa ankasunga nthawi ngati wotchi pachovala.
  
  "Chonde, chonde, m"chipindamo mukhale mitengo," iye ananjenjemera, akusisita manja ake ndi kukokera nsonga ya shawl yake kumaso kuyesa kutulutsa mpweya wake wofunda. Atagwira poker m'manja mwake, adapeza kuti chipindacho chinali chotsegula. Mantha a Chantal anafalikira pakati pa wakuphayo ndi kuzizira, ndipo nthawi zonse ankadzifunsa kuti ndi chiyani chingamuphe mofulumira. Mwachangu kwambiri, iye anayesa kuunjikira zipika pamoto pabalaza pabalaza, pamene kubuula koopsa kochokera m"chipinda china kunacheperachepera.
  
  Manja ake movutikira anayesa kugwira mtengowo, koma zala zake sizinathenso. Chinachake chokhudza matenda ake chinali chachilendo, iye anaganiza. Mfundo yakuti nyumba yake inkatenthedwa bwino ndipo sankatha kuona nthunzi yotuluka m"kamwa mwake inatsutsa mwachindunji maganizo ake akuti nyengo ya ku Nice inali yozizira kwambiri panthaŵiyo ya chaka.
  
  "Zonsezi," anapsa mtima ndi zolinga zolakwika, akuyesa kuyatsa gasi pansi pa matabwawo, "kuti angotenthedwa ngakhale kusanakhale kuzizira!" Chikuchitikandi chiyani? Ndikuzizira kwambiri mumtima mwanga!"
  
  Motowo unayaka moto, kuyatsa kwa gasi wa butane kunasintha nthawi yomweyo mkati mwa chipindacho. "O! Zokongola!" - adafuula. Anatsitsa poker kuti atenthetse zikhato zake mumoto waukali, womwe unakhala ndi moyo, ukugwedezeka ndi malirime ndi kuwaza zipsera zomwe zikanazimitsidwa ndi kukankhira pang'ono. Anaziwona zikuwuluka ndikuzimiririka kwinaku akulowetsa manja ake pamoto. Chinachake chinachita phokoso kumbuyo kwake, ndipo Chantal anatembenuka kuti ayang'ane nkhope ya Abdul Raya yakuda ndi maso akuda.
  
  "Bambo Paradaiso!" - adatero mosasamala. "Watenga diamondi zanga!"
  
  "Ndatero, madam," anatero modekha. "Koma zivute zitani, sindidzamuuza mwamuna wako zomwe unachita kumbuyo kwake."
  
  "Iwe mwana wa mbuzi!" Anaumitsa mkwiyo wake, koma thupi lake linakana kumupatsa mphamvu kuti agwedezeke.
  
  "Kulibwino mukhale pafupi ndi moto madam. Kuti tikhale ndi moyo timafunika kutentha. Koma diamondi sizingakupangitseni kupuma, "adagawana nzeru zake.
  
  "Kodi ukumvetsa zimene ndingachite kwa iwe? Ndikudziwa anthu aluso kwambiri, ndipo ndili ndi ndalama zolembera alenje opambana ngati simundibwezeranso diamondi zanga!"
  
  "Lekani kuopseza, Madame Chantal," anachenjeza motero mwachifundo. "Ife tonse tikudziwa chifukwa chake mumafunikira alchemist kuti asinthe zamatsenga zamtengo wanu womaliza. Kodi muyenera ndalama. Clack-clack, "adatero. "Ndiwe wolemera mochititsa manyazi, umangoona chuma pamene suona kukongola ndi cholinga. Simukuyenera zomwe muli nazo, choncho ndadzitengera ndekha kukumasulani ku mtolo woyipawu.
  
  "Mwaswera bwanji?" anakwinya tsinya, nkhope yake yopindika isanataye mtundu wa buluu chifukwa cha kubangula kwa malawi amoto.
  
  "Ndiyembekeza. Inu olemekezeka mumakhala pa mphatso zabwino kwambiri zapadziko lapansi ndikuzinena ngati zanu. Simungathe kugula mphamvu za milungu, koma mizimu yoipitsidwa ya amuna ndi akazi. Mwatsimikizira izo. Nyenyezi zakugwazi siziri zanu. Ndi athu tonse, amatsenga ndi amisiri omwe amawagwiritsa ntchito popanga, kukongoletsa ndi kulimbikitsa zomwe zili zofooka," adatero mwachikondi.
  
  "Inu? Wizard? " anaseka mopanda kanthu. "Ndiwe katswiri wa geologist. Palibe zamatsenga, chitsiru iwe!
  
  "Kodi palibepo?" - adafunsa ndikumwetulira, akusewera ndi Celeste pakati pa zala zake. "Ndiye ndiuzeni, madam, ndinakupangirani bwanji chinyengo chokhala ndi hypothermia?"
  
  Chantal adasowa chonena, adakwiya komanso adachita mantha. Ngakhale kuti ankadziwa kuti vuto limeneli linali la iye yekha, sanavomereze kuti bamboyu anagwira dzanja lake mopanda chisoni nthawi yomaliza imene anakumana. Mosiyana ndi malamulo a chilengedwe, iye anafa ndi kuzizira. M"maso mwake munali mantha pamene amamuwona akuchoka.
  
  "Tsopano, Madame Chantal. Chonde fundani."
  
  Pamene adachoka pansi pa mdzakazi wogwedezeka, Abdul Raya anamva kufuula kwa magazi kuchokera m'chipinda cha alendo ... monga momwe amayembekezera. Anaika ma diamondi aja m"thumba mwake, pamene Madame Chantal anakwera m"chipinda cham"mwamba n"kukwera pamoto kuti achepetse kuzizira kwake komwe akanatha. Popeza kuti thupi lake linali kugwira ntchito pa kutentha kotetezeka kwa 37.5 ў C nthawi yonseyi, anamwalira posakhalitsa, atapsa ndi moto.
  
  
  7
  Palibe wachinyengo m'dzenje la Chivumbulutso
  
  
  Perdue adamva zomwe sanazolowere kudziwa - kudana kwambiri ndi munthu wina. Ngakhale kuti anali kuchira pang"onopang"ono m"masautso ake m"tauni yaing"ono ya Fallin, Scotland, anapeza kuti chinthu chokhacho chimene chinawononga kubwerera kwa mkhalidwe wake wachimwemwe ndi wosasamala chinali chenicheni chakuti Joe Carter, kapena Joseph Carsten, anali kugwirabe ntchito yake. mpweya. Amasiyidwa ndi kukoma koyipa mkamwa nthawi zonse akamakambirana za mlandu womwe ukubwera ndi maloya ake, motsogozedwa ndi Special Agent Patrick Smith.
  
  "Ndangolandira kalatayi, David," adatero Harry Webster, wamkulu wazamalamulo ku Purdue. "Sindikudziwa ngati iyi ndi nkhani yabwino kwa inu kapena yoyipa."
  
  Anzake awiri a Webster ndi Patrick adalumikizana ndi Perdue ndi loya wake patebulo la chakudya chamadzulo mchipinda chodyera chapamwamba cha Wrichtishousis Hotel. Anapatsidwa ma scones ndi tiyi, zomwe nthumwizo zinavomereza mosangalala zisanapite ku zomwe zinkayembekezera kuti zikamvedwe mwachangu komanso mwaulemu.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa motele Perdue akumva kuti mtima wake ukudumphadumpha. Iye anali asanachitepo mantha ndi chilichonse. Chuma chake, chuma chake ndi oimira amatha kuthetsa mavuto ake onse. Komabe, m"miyezi ingapo yapitayo, anazindikira kuti chuma chenicheni chokha m"moyo ndicho ufulu, ndipo anatsala pang"ono kuutaya. Chidziwitso chowopsa kwambiri.
  
  Harry anakwinya nkhope yake poyang'ana kusindikizidwa bwino kwa imelo yomwe adalandira kuchokera ku Dipatimenti ya Zamalamulo ku likulu la Secret Intelligence Service. "O, mulimonse, zilibe kanthu kwa ife, koma mutu wa MI6 sadzakhalapo. Imelo iyi idapangidwa kuti idziwitse ndikupepesa onse omwe adakhudzidwa chifukwa chakusowa kwake, koma anali ndi zovuta zina zomwe amayenera kuchita. "
  
  "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. - Perdue adafuula mosaleza mtima.
  
  Atadabwitsa bwalo lamilandu ndi mmene anachitira, iye mwamsanga anaichepetsa ndi kumwetulira ndi kumwetulira: "Ndikungofuna kudziŵa chifukwa chake munthu amene analamula kuti azingidwe pa malo anga sanavutike kupita kumaliro anga."
  
  "Palibe amene adzakukwirireni, David," Webster adatonthoza Harry ndi mawu a loya wake. "Koma sizikunena kuti, koma adayenera kupita kudziko la makolo ake. Ndikuganiza kuti ili m'mbali ina yakutali ku England. "
  
  Ayi, zinayenera kukhala kwinakwake ku Germany kapena Switzerland, kapena chimodzi mwa zisa za Nazi zokometsera, Perdue adaseka maganizo ake, akukhumba kuti angowulula mokweza zomwe zinali zoona ponena za mtsogoleri wachinyengo. Zinamukhazika mtima pansi mobisa podziwa kuti sakanayenera kuyang'ana nkhope yonyansa ya mdani wakeyo pamene iye ankamuchitira poyera ngati chigawenga, kuonera mwana wachiwerewere akusangalala ndi vuto lakelo.
  
  Sam Cleave adayimba foni usiku watha kuti auze Perdue kuti Channel 8 ndi World Broadcast Today, mwinanso CNN, zitha kupezeka kuti ziulutse chilichonse chomwe mtolankhani wofufuzayo adapangana kuti awulule nkhanza zilizonse za MI6 padziko lonse lapansi komanso ku boma la Britain. Komabe, mpaka atakhala ndi umboni wokwanira wotsutsa Karsten, Sam ndi Perdue anayenera kusunga chidziwitso chonse mwachinsinsi. Vuto linali lakuti Karsten ankadziwa. Iye ankadziwa kuti Perdue ankadziwa, ndipo chinali chiwopsezo chachindunji, chinachake chimene Perdue akanayenera kuchiwona chikubwera. Chimene chinkamudetsa nkhawa n"chakuti Karsten adzaganiza zodzipha chifukwa Perdue adzakhalabebe mpaka kalekale ngakhale atatsekeredwa m"ndende.
  
  "Kodi ndingagwiritse ntchito foni yanga, Patrick?" Adafunsa mwaungelo mokhala ngati sangafikire Sam ngati akufuna.
  
  "Hm, inde, ndithudi. Koma ndiyenera kudziwa amene udzamuimbire foni," Patrick anatero, akutsegula sefa mmene amasungiramo zinthu zonse Perdue sanazipeze popanda chilolezo.
  
  "Sam Cleave," Perdue anatero mosaganizira, nthawi yomweyo adalandira chilolezo cha Patrick koma adalandira kuwunika kwachilendo kuchokera kwa Webster.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Adafunsa motele Perdue. "Mlanduwu ukhala pasanathe maola atatu, David. Ndikulangiza kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi mwanzeru."
  
  "Izi ndi zimene ndikuchita. Zikomo chifukwa cha malingaliro anu, Harry, koma izi zikugwiranso ntchito kwa Sam, ngati mulibe nazo vuto, "Perdue adayankha ndi mawu omwe adakumbutsa Harry Webster kuti samayang'anira. Ndi mawu awa, adayimba nambalayo ndikulemba kuti 'Carsten akusowa. Kungoyerekeza chisa cha ku Austria.'
  
  Uthenga waufupi wobisidwa udatumizidwa nthawi yomweyo kudzera pa ulalo wa sataneti womwe sungathe kutheka, chifukwa cha zida zaukadaulo za Perdue zomwe adaziyika pamafoni a abwenzi ake ndi woperekera chikho wake, anthu okhawo omwe amawaona kuti ndi oyenera mwayi wotere komanso kufunika kwake. Uthengawo utangotumizidwa, Perdue adabwezera foni kwa Patrick. "Ndi."
  
  "Kunali kofulumira kwambiri," anatero Patrick wochita chidwi.
  
  "Tekinoloje bwenzi langa. Ndikuwopa kuti posachedwa mawuwo asungunuka kukhala ma code, ndipo tibwereranso ku hieroglyphs, "Perdue adamwetulira monyadira. "Koma ndipanga pulogalamu yomwe ingakakamize wogwiritsa ntchito mawu a Edgar Allan Poe kapena Shakespeare asanalowe."
  
  Patrick analephera kudziletsa. Aka kanali koyamba kukhala ndi nthawi ndi wofufuza wa mabiliyoni, wasayansi, wopereka moyo wabwino David Perdue. Mpaka posachedwapa, ankaganiza kuti munthuyo ndi mwana wachuma wodzikuza amene amangosonyeza kuti ali ndi mwayi wopeza chilichonse chimene akufuna. Patrick adawona Perdue ngati wopambana chabe kapena zotsalira zakale zomwe sizinali zake, adamuwona ngati wamba wamba.
  
  M'mbuyomu, dzina lakuti Perdue lidangoyambitsa chipongwe chokhacho, chofanana ndi venality ya Sam Cleave komanso kuopsa kokhudzana ndi mlenje wonyezimira. Koma tsopano Patrick anayamba kumvetsetsa kukopa kwa munthu wosasamala ndi wachikoka, amene, m"chowonadi, anali munthu wodzichepetsa ndi wokhulupirika. Popanda tanthauzo, adayamba kukonda kampani ya Perdue komanso nzeru zake.
  
  "Tiyeni tithane ndi izi, anyamata," adatero Harry Webster, ndipo abambowo adakhala pansi kuti amalize zolankhula zomwe anganene.
  
  
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  Blind Tribunal
  
  
  
  Glasgow - maola atatu pambuyo pake
  
  
  Pamalo abata, osawoneka bwino, gulu laling'ono la akuluakulu a boma, anthu ofukula zakale ndi maloya adasonkhana kuti aimbidwe mlandu David Perdue pa milandu yokhudzana ndi ukazitape wapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kuba zinthu zachikhalidwe. Maso a buluu otumbululuka a Perdue adayang'ana chipinda chochezera, kufunafuna nkhope yonyansa ya Karsten, ngati kuti ndi yachiwiri. Ankadabwa kuti munthu wa ku Austrian anali kuswa kulikonse kumene anali, pamene ankadziwa kumene angapeze Perdue. Kumbali inayi, Karsten mwina ankaganiza kuti Perdue ankawopa kwambiri zotsatira zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kufotokozera za kugwirizana kwa mkulu woteroyo ndi membala wa Order of the Black Sun, ndipo mwina anaganiza zosiya agalu ogona okha.
  
  Lingaliro loyamba la kulingalira komalizali linali lakuti mlandu wa Perdue sunazengedwe ku International Criminal Court ku The Hague, yomwe nthawi zambiri imagwiritsidwa ntchito poyesa milandu yotereyi. Perdue ndi gulu lake lamilandu adagwirizana kuti mfundo yakuti Joe Carter adanyengerera boma la Ethiopia kuti limutsutse pamlandu wosavomerezeka ku Glasgow anasonyeza kuti akufuna kusunga nkhaniyo mwachinsinsi. Milandu yamilandu yotsika ngati imeneyi, ngakhale kuti inathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti oimbidwa mlanduwo akusamalidwa moyenerera, sizikanatheka kuchita zambiri kugwedeza maziko a malamulo apadziko lonse okhudza ukazitape, zilizonse.
  
  "Uku ndiye chitetezo chathu champhamvu," Harry Webster adauza Perdue kunja kwa mlandu. "Akufuna kuti muimbidwe mlandu ndi kuzengedwa mlandu, koma sakufuna kukopa chidwi. Izi ndi zabwino".
  
  Msonkhanowo udakhala pansi ndikudikirira kuti ziyambe.
  
  "Uwu ndi mlandu wa David Connor Perdue pa milandu ya zofukulidwa zakale zokhudzana ndi kuba kwa zithunzithunzi zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi zinthu zachipembedzo," adatero woimira boma. "Umboni womwe waperekedwa pamlanduwu ugwirizana ndi mlandu wa ukazitape womwe udachitika ponamizira kafukufuku wofukulidwa m'mabwinja."
  
  Zolengeza zonse zikatha, Woyimira mlandu wamkulu m'malo mwa MI6, Adv. Ron Watts adayambitsa mamembala otsutsa omwe akuyimira Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ndi Archaeological Crimes Unit. Ena mwa iwo anali Prof. Imru wa People's Heritage Movement ndi Colonel Basil Yimenu, wamkulu wankhondo wakale komanso kholo la Addis Ababa Historic Preservation Association.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, mu March 2016, ulendo umene munawatsogolera ndi kupereka ndalama akuti anaba zinthu zachipembedzo zotchedwa Likasa la Chipangano m"kachisi wa ku Axum, Ethiopia. Ndili bwino?" Anatero wozenga mlandu uku akusisima mkamwa mosonyeza kudzichepetsa koyenera.
  
  Perdue anali wodekha komanso wodekha. "Mwalakwitsa bwana."
  
  Panali mkokomo wa kutsutsa pakati pa omwe analipo, ndipo Harry Webster adasisita pang'ono Perdue pa mkono kuti amukumbutse za kudziletsa, koma Perdue anapitiriza mokoma mtima kuti: "M'malo mwake, linali chifaniziro cha Likasa la Chipangano, ndipo tinalipeza mkati. phiri kunja kwa mudzi. Sinali Bokosi Lopatulika lotchuka lokhala ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu, bwana."
  
  "Mwaona, izi nzodabwitsa," loyayo anatero monyodola, "chifukwa ndimaganiza kuti asayansi olemekezeka ameneŵa atha kusiyanitsa Likasa lenileni ndi labodza."
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," Perdue anayankha mwamsanga. "Mungaganize kuti atha kuzindikira kusiyana kwake. Kumbali ina, popeza kuti malo enieni a Likasalo n"ngongopeka chabe ndipo sanatsimikiziridwe bwinobwino, zingakhale zovuta kudziŵa mafananidwe oti tiyerekeze."
  
  Prof. Imru anaimirira, akuoneka kuti wakwiya, koma loya uja anamuloza kuti akhale pansi asanalankhulepo kanthu.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani pamenepa?" - anafunsa loya.
  
  "Ndikutsutsa, dona wanga," Prof. Imru analira polankhula ndi woweruza Helen Ostrin. "Munthu uyu akuseka cholowa chathu ndipo akunyoza luso lathu lodziwira tokha zinthu zakale!"
  
  "Khalani pansi, Prof. Imru," woweruzayo analamula motero. "Sindinamvepo zoneneza zamtunduwu kuchokera kwa wozengedwa mlandu. Chonde dikirani nthawi yanu." Anayang'ana Perdue. "Mukutanthauza chiyani, Bambo Perdue?"
  
  "Ine sindine wolemba mbiri wabwino kapena katswiri wa zaumulungu, koma ndikudziwa kanthu kapena ziwiri zokhudza Mfumu Solomo, Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba, ndi Likasa la Chipangano. Kutengera kufotokozera kwake m'malemba onse, ndikutsimikiza kuti sizinatchulidwepo kuti panali zojambula pachivundikiro cha Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse, "Perdue adatero mwachisawawa.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani, Bambo Perdue?" Zimenezo sizimveka," loyayo anayankha motero.
  
  "Choyamba, sichiyenera kukhala ndi swastika," adatero Perdue mosangalala, akusangalala ndi zomwe omvera omwe adachita m'chipinda chochezera. Biliyoni wa tsitsi la siliva adatchula mfundo zosankhidwa kuti adziteteze popanda kuwonetsa dziko lapansi pansi, pomwe lamulo likanangosokoneza. Anasankha mosamala zomwe angawauze kuti asachenjeze Karsten ndi zochita zake komanso kuonetsetsa kuti nkhondo ndi Black Sun ikukhalabe pansi pa radar kwa nthawi yaitali kuti agwiritse ntchito njira iliyonse yofunikira kuti asaine mutuwu.
  
  "Ndinu openga?" Akolo. Yimenu adakuwa, koma nthawi yomweyo nthumwi za ku Ethiopia zidagwirizana nazo pakutsutsa kwawo.
  
  "Mtsamunda, chonde dziletse kapena ndikuimba mlandu wonyoza khoti. Kumbukirani, uwu ukadali khoti, osati mtsutso! - woweruzayo adalankhula molimba mtima. "Ozemba milandu atha kupitiliza."
  
  "Kodi mukunena kuti golidiyo anali ndi swastika yolembedwapo?" loya uja anamwetulira zopusazo. "Kodi muli ndi zithunzi zotsimikizira izi, Bambo Perdue?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Perdue anayankha modandaula.
  
  Woimira boma pa milandu anasangalala kwambiri. "Ndiye kuti chitetezo chanu chikuchokera mkamwa?"
  
  "Zolemba zanga zidawonongeka panthawi yofunafuna zomwe zidatsala pang'ono kundipha," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Chotero munathamangitsidwa ndi akuluakulu," Watts adaseka. "Mwinamwake chifukwa munaba mbiri yakale yamtengo wapatali. Bambo Perdue, maziko ovomerezeka a milandu chifukwa cha kuwonongedwa kwa zipilala amachokera ku msonkhano wa 1954, womwe unakhazikitsidwa chifukwa cha chiwonongeko chomwe chinayambika pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Panali chifukwa chimene unawomberedwa."
  
  "Koma tinawomberedwa ndi gulu lina laulendo, loya Watts, lotsogozedwa ndi pulofesa wina. Rita Medley komanso wothandizidwa ndi Cosa Nostra.
  
  Apanso mawu akewo anayambitsa mkangano kwambiri moti woweruza anafunika kuwaitana kuti apereke chiweruzo. Akuluakulu a MI6 adayang'anizana, osadziwa chilichonse chokhudza gulu lankhondo la Sicilian.
  
  "Ndiye ulendo wina uwu ndi pulofesa yemwe adawatsogolera ali kuti?" - adafunsa wozenga mlandu.
  
  "Iwo afa, bwana," Perdue anatero mosabisa.
  
  "Ndiye zomwe mukundiuzazi ndikuti zonse zomwe mwapeza ndi zithunzi zomwe mwapeza zawonongeka, ndipo anthu omwe angakuthandizireni onse amwalira," adatero Watts moseka. Ndikothandiza ndithu.
  
  "Zomwe zimandipangitsa kudabwa kuti ndani adaganiza zochoka ndi Likasa poyambirira," Perdue adamwetulira.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, mudzalankhula kokha mukayankhulidwa," woweruza anachenjeza. "Komabe, iyi ndi mfundo yovomerezeka yomwe ndikufuna kuti ndiwonetsere zomwe wozemba milandu angachite. Kodi Likasalo linapezekanso m'manja mwa Bambo Perdue, Special Agent Smith?"
  
  Patrick Smith adadzuka mwaulemu ndikuyankha, "Ayi, dona wanga."
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani dongosolo la Secret Intelligence Service silinathetsedwa?" - anafunsa woweruza. "Ngati palibe umboni wotsutsa Bambo Perdue, n'chifukwa chiyani khoti silinadziwitsidwe za izi?"
  
  Patrick anakonza kukhosi kwake. "Chifukwa bwana wathu sanaperekebe lamulo pano, mayi wanga."
  
  "Ndipo bwana wako ali kuti?" Anachita tsinya, koma mlanduwo unamukumbutsa za chikumbutso chomwe Joe Carter anapempha kuti apereke zifukwa zake. Woweruzayo anayang"ana mamembala a khotilo ndi kuwadzudzula mwamphamvu. "Ndimaona kusowa kwadongosolo kumeneku kukhala kochititsa mantha, njonda, makamaka mukaganiza zozenga mlandu munthu popanda umboni wokwanira wosonyeza kuti ali ndi chinthu chabedwa.
  
  "Milady, ngati ndingathe?" - Khansara wanjiru Watts adakwiya. "Bambo Perdue anali odziŵika bwino kwambiri ndipo analembedwa kuti anapeza chuma chosiyanasiyana pa maulendo ake, kuphatikizapo Spear of Destiny yotchuka, imene anabedwa ndi chipani cha Nazi pa Nkhondo Yadziko II. Iye wapereka zinthu zambiri zamtengo wapatali zachipembedzo ndi chikhalidwe kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo zomwe zapezedwa posachedwapa za Alexander Wamkulu. Ngati anzeru zankhondo sakanatha kupeza zinthu zakalezi pazinthu zake, ndiye kuti izi zimangotsimikizira kuti adagwiritsa ntchito maulendowa kuti akazonde mayiko ena. "
  
  O zoyipa, adaganiza Patrick Smith.
  
  "Chonde, dona wanga, ndinganene chinachake?" Akolo. Anafunsa Yimena, ndipo woweruzayo anamuloleza ndi manja. "Ngati munthuyu sanabe Likasa lathu, gulu lonse la antchito a ku Aksum likulumbirira, zikanatha bwanji m"manja mwake?"
  
  "Bambo Perdue? Kodi mungakonde kulongosola zambiri pa izi? "- anafunsa woweruza.
  
  "Monga ndanenera poyamba paja, tinali kuthamangitsidwa ndi ulendo wina. Mayi anga, ndinapulumuka pang"onopang"ono ndi moyo wanga, koma gulu la okaona malo a Potpourri pambuyo pake linalanda Likasa, lomwe silinali Likasa lenileni la Chipangano," Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  "Ndipo onse anafa. Ndiye chinthucho chili kuti?" - anafunsa pulofesa wachidwi. Imru, akuwoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri ndi kutayikako. Woweruzayo analola amunawo kulankhula momasuka malinga ngati asunga bata monga momwe anawauzira.
  
  Perdue anayankha kuti: "Anamuona komaliza ku nyumba yawo ya ku Djibouti, Pulofesa, asanapite paulendo pamodzi ndi ine ndi anzanga kukafufuza mipukutu ina ya ku Greece. Tinakakamizika kuwawonetsa njira, ndipo inalipo ... "
  
  "Kodi imfa yako unaipanga kuti," wosuma mlanduyo anadzudzula mwaukali. "Sindikufunikanso kunena kalikonse, dona wanga. MI6 adaitanidwa kumaloko kuti akagwire Mr Perdue, kuti amupeze 'wakufa' komanso kuti mamembala a ku Italy omwe anali paulendowo anamwalira. Ndikunena, Special Agent Smith?"
  
  Patrick anayesera kuti asayang'ane Perdue. Iye anayankha mwakachetechete kuti: "Inde."
  
  "Bwanji akananamiza imfa yake kuti asamangidwe ngati alibe chobisala?" - wozenga mlandu anapitiriza. Perdue anali wofunitsitsa kufotokoza zochita zake, koma kulowa mu sewero lonse la Order of the Black Sun ndi kutsimikizira kuti iwo, nawonso, adakalipo anali mwatsatanetsatane kuti asokonezeke.
  
  "Milady, ndingatani?" Harry Webster pamapeto pake adanyamuka pampando wake.
  
  "Pitirizani," iye anatero movomereza, popeza loya woimira milandu anali asananene chilichonse.
  
  "Ndiloleni kuti tigwirizane za kasitomala wanga, chifukwa mwachiwonekere pali mabowo ambiri pankhaniyi. Palibe umboni weniweni wotsutsa kasitomala wanga wobisa zinthu zomwe zidabedwa. Komanso, palibe anthu amene angachitire umboni kuti iye anawauzadi nzeru zilizonse zokhudza ukazitape." Anaima kaye kuti aonetse maso ake kwa membala aliyense wa gulu lankhondo lomwe linalipo." 6 Kenako anayang'ana Perdue.
  
  "Madona, dona wanga," iye anapitiriza motero, "ndi chilolezo cha kasitomala wanga, ndikufuna kuchita nawo madandaulo."
  
  Perdue anali ndi nkhope yowongoka, koma mtima wake udagunda. Adakambirana mwatsatanetsatane za izi ndi Harry m'mawa watsiku lomwelo, kotero adadziwa kuti angadalire loya wake wamkulu kuti asankhe bwino. Komabe, zinandikwiyitsa. Ngakhale izi, Perdue adavomereza kuti ayenera kungosiya zonse ndi moto wa helo wochepa momwe angathere. Sanawope kukwapulidwa chifukwa cha zolakwa zake, koma sanasangalale ndi chiyembekezo chokhala m'ndende zaka zambiri popanda mwayi wopanga, kufufuza, ndipo, chofunikira kwambiri, kuyika Joseph Karsten pamalo omwe anali.
  
  "Chabwino," woweruza anatero, akupinda manja ake patebulo. "Zolinga za wozengedwa ndi zotani?"
  
  
  9
  Mlendo
  
  
  "Kwakhala bwanji?" Nina anafunsa Sam pa Skype. Kumbuyo kwake ankatha kuona mashelefu ooneka ngati osatha okhala ndi zinthu zakale komanso amuna ovala malaya oyera akulemba zinthu zosiyanasiyana.
  
  "Sindinamveponso kuchokera kwa Paddy kapena Perdue, koma ndikutsimikizirani kuti Paddy adzandiyimbira masana ano," adatero Sam, akutulutsa mpumulo. "Ndili wokondwa kuti Paddy ali naye."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" iye anakwinya nkhope. Kenako anaseka mwansangala. "Perdue nthawi zambiri amakulunga anthu chala chake chaching'ono popanda kuyesa. Simuyenera kumuwopa, Sam. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ayenda momasuka popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta a ndende yakomweko usiku wonse."
  
  Sam adaseka naye, akusangalatsidwa ndi chikhulupiriro chake mu luso la Purdue komanso nthabwala zake zandende zaku Scottish. Anamusowa, koma sanavomereze mokweza, ngakhale kumuuza mwachindunji. Koma anafuna kutero.
  
  "Ubwera liti kuti ndikugulireko chimera chimodzi?" - anafunsa.
  
  Nina adamwetulira ndikutsamira kutsogolo kupsopsona skrini. "O, mwandisowa, Bambo Cleave?"
  
  "Osadzisangalatsa," iye anamwetulira, akuyang"ana uku ndi uku mwamanyazi. Koma ankakonda kuyang'ananso m'maso amdima a wolemba mbiri wokongola. Iye anasangalala kwambiri kuti ankamwetuliranso. "Joanna ali kuti?"
  
  Nina anayang'ana mmbuyo mofulumira, kuyenda kwa mutu wake kupuma moyo mu maloko ake aatali mdima pamene iwo anawulukira ndi kayendedwe ake. "Anali pano ... dikirani ... Joe!" - adafuula penapake kuchokera pazenera. "Bwera upereke moni kwa wokondedwa wako."
  
  Sam anaseka ndikutsamira pachipumi chake padzanja lake, "Kodi akutsatirabe bulu wanga wokongola modabwitsa?"
  
  "Inde, akuganizabe kuti ndiwe bulu wagalu, wofunika," Nina anaseka motero. "Koma amamukonda kwambiri woyendetsa nyanja. Pepani." Nina anayang"anitsitsa pamene ankayang"ana bwenzi lake lobwera, Joan Earl, mphunzitsi wa mbiri yakale amene anawathandiza kupeza chuma cha Alexander Wamkulu.
  
  "Hi Sam!" Wachisangalalo wa ku Canada adamugwedeza.
  
  "Hey Joe, uli bwino?"
  
  "Ndikuchita bwino, wokondedwa," adatero. "Mukudziwa, kwa ine izi ndi maloto akwaniritsidwa. Ndikhoza kusangalala ndi kuyenda, nthawi zonse ndikuphunzitsa mbiriyakale!"
  
  "Osatchulanso zandalama zomwe wapeza, eti?" iye anatsinzina.
  
  Kumwetulira kwake kunazimiririka, m'malo mwake ndi mawonekedwe osirira pamene adagwedeza mutu ndikunong'oneza, "Ndikudziwa, sichoncho? Ndikhoza kupeza ndalama pochita izi! Ndipo monga bonasi, ndili ndi kayak yakale yachigololo yochitira bizinesi yanga yopha nsomba. Nthaŵi zina timapita pamadzi kuti tingoona kuloŵa kwa dzuŵa, mukudziwa, pamene sitichita manyazi kusonyeza."
  
  "Zikumveka bwino," iye anamwetulira, akupemphera chamumtima kuti Nina atengenso ulamuliro. Anamukonda Joan, koma amatha kupusitsa mwamuna. Monga ngati akuwerenga maganizo ake, iye anagwedezeka ndikumwetulira, "Chabwino, Sam, ndikubwezera kwa Dr. Gould. Tsopano chabwino!"
  
  "Bye-bye, Joe," adatero, akukweza nsidze. Mulungu adalitse.
  
  "Tamvera, Sam. Ndibwerera ku Edinburgh m'masiku awiri. Ndikubwera ndi katundu amene tinaba popereka chuma ku Alexandria, kotero tidzakhala ndi chifukwa chokondwerera. Ndikungokhulupirira kuti gulu lazamalamulo la Purdue lichita zonse zomwe angathe kuti tikondwerere limodzi. Pokhapokha ngati muli pa ntchito, ndiye kuti.
  
  Sam sakanatha kumuuza za ntchito yosavomerezeka yomwe Perdue adamupatsa kuti adziwe zambiri zokhudzana ndi bizinesi ya Karsten. Pakali pano, chinali choti chikhalebe chinsinsi pakati pa amuna awiriwa. "Ayi, fufuzani apa ndi apo," iye ananjenjemera. "Koma palibe chofunikira chomwe chingandilepheretse kupeza pint."
  
  "Wokondedwa," iye anatero.
  
  "Ndiye ukubwerera ku Oban?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  Iye anakwinya mphuno yake. "Sindikudziwa. Ndakhala ndikuganiza izi popeza Reichtisus sikupezeka pakadali pano. "
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti yanu ilinso ndi nyumba yabwino kwambiri ku Edinburgh," adamukumbutsa. "Si malo achitetezo a mbiri yakale komanso nthano, koma ili ndi Jacuzzi yabwino kwambiri komanso firiji yodzaza ndi zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi."
  
  Nina anasangalala ndi kuyesa kwake kwaunyamata kuti amukokere kwa iye. "Chabwino, mwanditsimikizira. Ingonditengani ku eyapoti ndikuwonetsetsa kuti thunthu lagalimoto yanu mulibe. Pano ndili ndi katundu wamba, ngakhale ndine wonyamula katundu."
  
  "Inde, nditero, mtsikana. Ndiyenera kupita, koma munganditumizireko meseji nthawi yanu yobwera?"
  
  "Nditero," iye anatero. "Khala wamphamvu!"
  
  Sam asanatulutse yankho losonyeza kutsutsa nthabwala zachinsinsi za Nina pakati pawo, adathetsa zokambiranazo. "Zopusa!" - adabuula. "Ndiyenera kuchita mwachangu kuposa izi."
  
  Anayimilira nkupita kukhitchini kukamwetsa mowa. Inali pafupifupi 9 koloko madzulo, koma iye anakana kuvutitsa Paddy, kupempha kuti asinthe pa mlandu wa Perdue. Iye anali ndi mantha kwambiri pa chinthu chonsecho ndipo zinamupangitsa kuti asamafune kumuimbira foni Paddy. Sam sanathe kulandira uthenga woyipa usikuuno, koma adadana ndi malingaliro ake pazotsatira zoyipa.
  
  "Ndizodabwitsa kuti kulimba mtima kumadzadza bwanji munthu atanyamula mowa m'manja mwake, simukuganiza?" Anafunsa Breichladditch, yemwe ankadziwongola mwaulesi pampando womwe unali muholo yomwe inali kunja kwa khomo lakukhitchini. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndimuimbira Paddy. Mukuganiza chiyani?"
  
  Mphaka wamkulu wofiira adamuyang'ana mosasamala ndipo adalumphira pagawo lotuluka la khoma lomwe linali pafupi ndi masitepe. Iye pang'onopang'ono anakwawira ku mapeto ena a mwinjiro ndi kugona kachiwiri - patsogolo pa chithunzi cha Nina, Sam ndi Perdue pambuyo vuto anapirira pambuyo kufufuza Medusa Stone. Sam anagwedeza milomo yake ndikugwedeza mutu, "Ndimaganiza kuti ukunena zimenezo." Muyenera kukhala loya, Bruich. Mukundikhulupirira kwambiri."
  
  Anatenga foni atangomva kugogoda pakhomo. Kugogoda mwadzidzidzi kunatsala pang'ono kugwetsa mowa wake, ndipo adayang'ana Bruich mwachisawawa. "Kodi umadziwa kuti izi zidzachitika?" - adafunsa motsitsa mawu, akuyang'ana paphompho. Anayang'ana Bruich. "Inu munalakwitsa. Uyu si Paddy."
  
  "Bambo Chop?" munthu wapanja anapempha. "Kodi ndinganene mau pang'ono?"
  
  Sam anapukusa mutu. Sanali wokonzeka kulandira alendo. Komanso, iye ankakonda kwambiri zachinsinsi kuchokera kwa alendo ndi zofuna. Munthuyo anagogodanso, koma Sam anaika chala kukamwa kwake, kuonetsa mphaka wake kuti akhale chete. Poyankha, mphakayo anangotembenuka n"kudzipinda n"kugona.
  
  "A Cleave, dzina langa ndine Liam Johnson. "Mnzangayo ndi wachibale wa Bambo Perdue, Charles, ndipo ndili ndi chidziwitso chomwe chingakusangalatseni," adatero munthuyo. Panali nkhondo mkati mwa Sam pakati pa chitonthozo chake ndi chidwi chake. Atavala ma jeans ndi masokosi okha, sanali wowoneka bwino, koma adayenera kudziwa zomwe Liam akuyesera kunena.
  
  "Dikirani," Sam anafuula mosadzifunira. Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti chidwi changa chidandiposa. Mwachidwi anatsegula chitseko. "Hi Liam."
  
  "Bambo Cleave, ndasangalala kukudziwani," bamboyo anamwetulira mwamantha. "Kodi ndingalowemo aliyense asanandiwone pano?"
  
  "Zowona, nditaona zikalata zina," Sam adayankha. Azimayi achikulire awiri amiseche adadutsa pachipata chake chakumaso, akuwoneka odabwitsidwa ndi mtolankhani wowoneka bwino, wowoneka bwino, wopanda malaya pomwe akugwedezana. Iye anayesetsa kuti asawaseke, m"malo mwake anawalondolera maso.
  
  "Zinawapangitsa kuti azisuntha mwachangu," Liam adaseka pomwe akuwawona akuthamanga, ndikumupatsa Sam ID yake kuti awone. Atadabwa ndi liŵiro limene Liam anatulutsamo chikwama chake, Sam sakanachitira mwina koma kuchita chidwi.
  
  "Inspector/Agent Liam Johnson, Sector 2, British Intelligence, ndi zonsezo," Sam anang'ung'udza, akuwerenga zomwe zidasindikizidwa bwino, akuyang'ana mau otsimikizika omwe Paddy adamuphunzitsa kuti ayang'ane. "Chabwino, bwanawe. Lowani."
  
  "Zikomo, Bambo Cleave," Liam anatero, akuyenda mofulumira mkati, akugwedezeka pamene ankagwedezeka pang'onopang'ono kuti agwedeze madontho amvula omwe sakanatha kulowa mkati mwake. "Kodi ndingayike brolly yanga pansi?"
  
  "Ayi, nditenga izi," Sam adapereka ndikuchipachika pansi pa cholembera chapadera cha zovala kuti chigwere pamphasa yake ya rabala. "Mukufuna mowa?"
  
  "Zikomo kwambiri," anayankha Liam mosangalala.
  
  "Zoona? "Sindinayembekezere izi," Sam adamwetulira, akutulutsa mtsuko mufiriji.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Ndine theka la Irish, mukudziwa, "Liam adaseka. "Ndingayerekeze kunena kuti titha kumwa ma Scots tsiku lililonse."
  
  "Vuto lavomera, bwenzi langa," Sam adasewera naye. Anamuitana mlendo wake kuti akhale pa loveseat yomwe amasungira alendo. Poyerekeza ndi okhalamo atatu, omwe Sam amakhalamo usiku wochuluka kuposa pabedi lake, okhalamo awiriwo anali olimba kwambiri ndipo samamva ngati akukhalamo ngati woyamba.
  
  "Ndiye wabwera kudzandiuza chiyani?"
  
  Atachotsa kukhosi kwake, Liam mwadzidzidzi adayamba kudwala. Akuwoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri, adayankha Sam motsitsa. "Kafukufuku wanu wabwera kwa ife, a Cleave. Mwamwayi, ndinachigwira nthawi yomweyo chifukwa ndimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndikuyenda. "
  
  "Ayi ayi," Sam anang'ung'udza, akumwetulira pang'ono kuti athetse nkhawa yomwe anali nayo kuti adziwike mosavuta. "Ndinaona zimenezi pamene unaima pakhomo la nyumba yanga. Ndinu munthu watcheru ndipo mumachitapo kanthu mwachangu pa izi. Ndili bwino?"
  
  "Inde," anayankha Liam. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndidazindikira nthawi yomweyo kuti panali kuphwanya chitetezo pamakalata ovomerezeka a m'modzi mwa atsogoleri athu, a Joe Carter, wamkulu wa MI6."
  
  "Ndipo mwabwera kuti mupereke chiwongolero cha mphotho, apo ayi muwulula chigawengacho kwa agalu achinsinsi, sichoncho?" Sam anapumira. "Ndilibe ndalama zolipirira anthu ondinyengerera, a Johnson, ndipo sindimakonda anthu amene samangotuluka n"kunena zimene akufuna. Ndiye mukufuna kuti ndichite chiyani kuti ndikubiseni?
  
  "Walakwitsa, Sam," Liam adanong'oneza mwamphamvu, machitidwe ake nthawi yomweyo amawonetsa Sam kuti sanali wofewa monga momwe amawonekera. Maso ake obiriwira anathwanima, akupsa mtima ndi kuipidwa chifukwa cha zilakolako zazing"ono zoterozo. "Ndicho chifukwa chokha chomwe ndingalole chipongwechi chipitirire. Ndine Mkatolika ndipo sitingazengere mlandu anthu amene amatinyoza chifukwa cha umbuli ndi umbuli. Simundidziwa, koma ndikukuuzani tsopano kuti sindinabwere kuti ndikugwedezeni. Yesu Khristu, ndili pamwamba pa izi!"
  
  Sam sananene kuti zomwe Liam anachita zimamuwopsyeza kwenikweni, koma patapita kanthawi anazindikira kuti kulingalira kwake, monga kosamvetsetseka monga momwe kunaliri, kunali kolakwika asanalole kuti munthuyo afotokoze bwino mlandu wake. "Ndipepese, Liam," adatero mlendo wake. "Ndiwe wolondola kundikwiyira."
  
  "Ndatopa kwambiri anthu akamangoganizira za ine. Ine ndikukhulupirira izo zimabwera ndi kapinga. Koma tiyeni tiyike pambali ndikuwuzani zomwe zikuchitika. Bambo Perdue atapulumutsidwa kunyumba kwa mayiyo, bungwe la British Intelligence High Commission linalamula kuti pakhale chitetezo chokhwima. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi a Joe Carter, "adatero. "Poyamba sindimamvetsetsa zomwe zingamupangitse Carter kuchita chonchi, ndikupempha chikhululukiro kwa nzika wamba yomwe idangokhala yolemera. Chabwino, sizopanda pake kuti ndimagwira ntchito ku bungwe la intelligence, a Cleave. Ndikuwona khalidwe lokayikitsa pamtunda wa kilomita imodzi, ndi momwe munthu wamphamvu ngati Carter adachitira kuti Bambo Perdue anali moyo ndipo adandigwedeza molakwika, mukudziwa? "
  
  "Ndamva zimene ukutanthauza. Pali zinthu zomwe mwatsoka sindingathe kuziulula za kafukufuku yemwe ndikuchita pano, Liam, koma ndikutsimikizireni kuti muli ndi chidaliro chonse pakukayikitsa komwe muli nako. "
  
  "Tawonani, Bambo Cleave, sindiri pano kuti ndikubisireni zambiri, koma ngati zomwe mukudziwa, zomwe simukundiuza zikugwirizana ndi kukhulupirika kwa bungwe lomwe ndimagwira ntchito, ndiyenera kudziwa," Liam. anaumirira. "Ku gehena ndi mapulani a Carter, ndikuyang'ana chowonadi."
  
  
  10
  Cairo
  
  
  Pansi pa thambo lofunda la Cairo panali chipwirikiti cha miyoyo, osati m"lingaliro la ndakatulo, koma m"lingaliro la kumverera kwaumulungu kuti chinachake choipa chikuyenda m"mlengalenga, chikukonzekera kutentha dziko lapansi, monga dzanja lokhala ndi galasi lokulitsa. mbali yoyenera ndi mtunda wopsereza umunthu. Koma misonkhano ya apa ndi apo ya amuna oyera ndi otsatira awo okhulupirika inasunga pakati pawo kusintha kwachilendo m"kutsogola kwa axial kwa openya nyenyezi awo. Magazi akale, otetezedwa motetezedwa m'magulu achinsinsi, adasunga chikhalidwe chawo pakati pawo mwa kusunga miyambo ya makolo awo.
  
  Poyamba, anthu a ku Lebanon anavutika ndi kuzima kwadzidzidzi kwa magetsi, koma pamene akatswiri anali kuyesa kupeza chifukwa chake, kunabwera nkhani kuchokera ku mizinda ina m"maiko ena kuti mphamvu zatulukanso kumeneko, zikuyambitsa chipwirikiti kuchokera ku Beirut kupita ku Mecca. Pasanathe tsiku limodzi, malipoti adatuluka kuchokera ku Turkey, Iraq ndi madera ena a Iran kuti kuzimitsidwa kwamagetsi mosadziwika bwino kumabweretsa chipwirikiti. Tsopano kunalinso madzulo ku Cairo ndi Alexandria, mbali zina za Igupto, kukakamiza amuna awiri a mafuko owonera nyenyezi kuti ayang'ane gwero lina osati makina opangira magetsi.
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti Number Seven yachokapo?" Penekal anamufunsa mnzakeyo Ofar.
  
  "Ndili wotsimikiza, Penekal," Ofar anayankha. Dziwoneni nokha. Uku ndikusintha kwakukulu komwe kutha masiku owerengeka okha!
  
  "Masiku? Ndinu openga? Izi sizingatheke!" Adayankha choncho Penekal kukana chiphunzitso cha mnzakeyo. Ofar adakweza dzanja lodekha ndikuligwedeza modekha. "Bwerani, m"bale. Mukudziwa kuti palibe chimene sichingachitike kwa sayansi kapena kwa Mulungu. Wina ali ndi chozizwitsa cha mnzake."
  
  Polapa chifukwa cha kukwiya kwake, Penekal anausa moyo ndikupempha Ofar kuti amukhululukire. "Ndikudziwa. Ndikudziwa. Zili choncho ..." adatuluka mopanda chipiriro. "Sizinafotokozedwepo kuti chodabwitsa chotero chinayamba chachitikapo. Mwina ndikuopa kuti zimenezi n"zoona, chifukwa lingaliro lakuti gulu limodzi lakumwamba likusintha kanjira kake popanda kusokonezedwa ndi anzawo n"lochititsa mantha kwambiri."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, ndikudziwa," adatero Ofar. Amuna onsewa anali atatsala pang"ono kukwanitsa zaka 60, koma matupi awo anali athanzi kwambiri ndipo nkhope zawo zinkasonyeza kuti ndi okalamba. Onse anali akatswiri a zakuthambo ndipo amaphunzira makamaka ziphunzitso za Theon waku Alexandria, koma adalandiranso ziphunzitso ndi malingaliro amakono, kutsatira umisiri waposachedwa kwambiri komanso nkhani zochokera kwa asayansi padziko lonse lapansi. Koma kupyola chidziŵitso chawo chamakono chodzikundikira, amuna achikulire aŵiriwo anamamatira ku miyambo ya mafuko akale, ndipo pamene anali kuphunzira zakumwamba mosamalitsa, analingalira zonse ziŵiri sayansi ndi nthano. Kawirikawiri, kuyang'ana pa maphunziro awiriwa mosakanikirana kunawapatsa malo abwino apakati kuti aphatikize kudabwa ndi kulingalira, zomwe zinathandiza kupanga malingaliro awo. Komabe.
  
  Ndi dzanja lonjenjemera lomwe linali pa chubu cha diso, Penecal anachoka pang'onopang'ono kuchoka pa lens yaying'ono yomwe ankasuzumiramo, maso ake akuyang'ana kutsogolo modabwa. Pomaliza, adayang'ana pa Ofar, pakamwa pake pawuma ndipo mtima wake ukumira. "Ndikulumbira kwa milungu. Izi zimachitika m'moyo wathu. Sindingapezenso nyenyezi, bwenzi langa, ziribe kanthu komwe ndingayisaka. "
  
  "Nyenyezi imodzi inagwa," anadandaula motero Ofar, akuyang"ana pansi mwachisoni. "Tili m'mavuto."
  
  "Kodi iyi ndi diamondi yotani malinga ndi Malamulo a Solomo?" - Anafunsa Penekal.
  
  "Ndinayang"ana kale. Uyu ndi Rhabdos, "adatero Ofar modzidzimutsa," choyatsira nyali.
  
  Penekal wokhumudwa anapunthwa pawindo la chipinda chawo chowonera pansanjika ya 20 ya Nyumba ya Hathor ku Giza. Ali pamwamba, iwo anatha kuona mzinda waukulu wa Cairo, ndipo pansi pawo mtsinje wa Nile, ukuŵaŵa ngati madzi abuluu kupyola mzindawo. Maso ake akale akuda anayang"ana mzindawo m"munsimu ndipo kenako anapeza chizizimezime chamdima chimene chili m"mbali mwa mzere wolekanitsa dziko lapansi ndi kumwamba. "Kodi tikudziwa pamene adagwa?"
  
  "Osati kwenikweni. Kutengera zolemba zomwe ndidalemba, izi ziyenera kuti zidachitika Lachiwiri ndi lero. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Rhabdos wagwa m'maola makumi atatu ndi awiri apitawa," adatero Ofar. "Kodi tinganene kanthu kwa akulu a mzindawo?"
  
  "Ayi," Penekal anakana mwamsanga. "Osati pano. Tikanena chilichonse chomwe chikuwonetsa zomwe tikugwiritsira ntchito zidazi, amatha kutichotsa mosavuta, ndikutenga zaka masauzande azaka zambiri."
  
  "Ndikuwona," anatero Ofar. "Ndinatsogolera pulogalamu yamagulu a nyenyezi ya Osiris kuchokera kumalo owonerako komanso malo ang'onoang'ono owonera ku Yemen. Amene ali ku Yemen adzayang'ana nyenyezi pamene sitingathe kuchita izi, kotero titha kuyang'anitsitsa. "
  
  Foni ya Ofar inalira. Anadzikhululukira ndikutuluka m'chipindacho, ndipo Penekal anakhala pansi pa tebulo lake kuti ayang'ane chithunzicho chikuyenda m'mlengalenga, ndikumupatsa chinyengo chakuti akuwuluka pakati pa nyenyezi zomwe ankazikonda kwambiri. Izi nthawi zonse zimachepetsa khalidwe lake, ndipo kubwerezabwereza kwa hypnotic kwa ndime ya nyenyezi kunamupatsa khalidwe losinkhasinkha. Komabe, kuzimiririka kwa nyenyezi yachisanu ndi chiwiri mozungulira gulu la nyenyezi la Leo mosakayikira kunamupatsa tulo usiku. Anamva mapazi a Ofar akulowa mchipindamo mwachangu kuposa momwe adatuluka mchipindamo.
  
  "Penecal!" - adapumira, osatha kupirira kukakamizidwa.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Ndangolandira uthenga kuchokera kwa anthu athu ku Marseille, pamalo owonera zinthu pamwamba pa Mont Faron, pafupi ndi Toulon." Ofar anali kupuma movutikira kwambiri moti kwa kanthawi analephera kupitiriza. Mnzakeyo anachita kumusisita pang'ono kuti apeze kaye mpweya wake. Pamene nkhalamba yofulumirayo inagwira mpweya wake, anapitiriza. "Amati maola angapo apitawo mayi wina adapezeka atapachikidwa m'nyumba ina ya ku France ku Nice."
  
  "Izi ndi zoyipa, Ofar," Penekal anayankha. "Zowona, koma zikukukhudzani bwanji kuti mumuimbire foni?"
  
  "Anali kuzembera pa chingwe chopangidwa ndi hemp," iye anadandaula motero. "Ndipo umboni uwu ndi wotidetsa nkhawa kwambiri," adatero, akupuma mozama. "Nyumbayi inali ya munthu wina wolemekezeka, Baron Henri de Martin, yemwe amadziwika ndi kusonkhanitsa kwake diamondi."
  
  Penekal adagwira zinthu zodziwika bwino, koma sanathe kuyika ziwiri ndi ziwiri mpaka Ofar atamaliza nkhani yake. "Penecal, Baron Henri de Martin anali mwini wake wa Celeste!"
  
  Mofulumira kuleka chikhumbo chofuna kutchula mayina oyera ochepa modzidzimuka, Mwigupto wowondayo anatseka pakamwa pake ndi dzanja lake. Mfundo zooneka ngati zachisawawa zimenezi zinali ndi chiyambukiro chowononga pa zimene ankadziŵa ndi kutsatira. Kunena zowona, izi zinali zisonyezo zochenjeza za chochitika chamkuntho chomwe chikubwera. Ilo silinalembedwe nkomwe kapena kukhulupiriridwa nkomwe monga ulosi, koma linali mbali ya misonkhano ya Mfumu Solomo, yolembedwa ndi mfumu yanzeru mwiniyo m"buku lobisika lodziŵika kokha kwa awo a mwambo wa Ofari ndi Penekali.
  
  Mpukutu umenewu unatchula zizindikiro zofunika kwambiri za zinthu zakuthambo zomwe zinali ndi matanthauzo a apocrypha. Palibe chilichonse mu codex chomwe chinanenapo kuti izi zidzachitika, koma potengera zomwe Solomo analemba pankhaniyi, nyenyezi yakugwa ndi masoka otsatira sizinangochitika mwangozi. Anthu amene ankatsatira mwambowo ndipo ankatha kuona zizindikirozo ankayembekezera kuti apulumutse anthu ngati atazindikira zamatsenga.
  
  "Ndikumbutseni, ndi ndani yemwe anali pafupi kupota zingwe za hemp?" - adafunsa wokalamba wokhulupirika Ofar, yemwe anali akulemba kale zolemba kuti apeze dzinalo. Atalemba dzina pansi pa nyenyezi yomwe inagwa yapitayo, anayang'ana mmwamba natsegula. "Onoskelis".
  
  Penekal anatero, akugwedeza mutu posakhulupirira. "Izi zikutanthauza kuti a Masons apeza alchemist, kapena zinthu zoyipa kwambiri - tili ndi Wizard m'manja mwathu!"
  
  
  khumi ndi chimodzi
  Zikopa
  
  
  
  Amiens, France
  
  
  Abdul Raya anagona mokwanira, koma analibe maloto. Iye anali asanamvepo zimenezi, koma sankadziwa mmene zimakhalira kupita kumalo osadziwika kapena kuona zinthu zosagwirizana ndi ulusi wa malotowo. Zolota zoopsa sizinamuyendere. M'moyo wake sanakhulupirirepo nkhani zowopsya za kugona usiku zomwe ena amanena. Sanadzuke ali thukuta, akunjenjemera ndi mantha, kapena akunjenjemerabe chifukwa cha mantha owopsa a dziko la gehena kuseri kwa zikope zake.
  
  Phokoso lokhalo kunja kwa zenera lake linali zokambirana zosamveka za anansi ake omwe anali pansi pomwe adakhala panja akumwa vinyo mphindi zoyambilira pakati pausiku. Anali atawerenga za chiwonetsero choyipa chomwe Baron wosauka waku France adapirira atabwerera kwawo madzulo apitawo kuti akapeze mtembo wamoto wa mkazi wake pamoto wa nyumba yawo yayikulu ku Entrevaux pa Mtsinje wa Var. Akadadziwa kuti cholengedwa choyipa chomwe chidayambitsa izi chimapuma mpweya womwewo.
  
  Pansi pa zenera lake, anansi ake aulemu analankhula mwakachetechete, koma mwanjira ina Raya ankamva mawu awo onse, ngakhale ali m"tulo. Pomvetsera, akulemba zimene iwo ananena, ku phokoso la ngalande yokhetsa pafupi ndi bwalo, maganizo ake anasunga zonse m"chikumbukiro. Pambuyo pake, ngati akufunikira, Abdul Raya adzatha kukumbukira zambiri ngati akufunikira. Chifukwa chomwe sanadzuke pambuyo pa zokambirana zawo chinali chakuti amadziwa kale zonse, popanda kugawana nawo kusokonezeka kwawo kapena kusokonezeka kwa ena onse a ku Ulaya, omwe anamva za kuba kwa diamondi kuchokera ku chitetezo cha baron ndi kupha koopsa kwa mwini nyumba. .
  
  Olengeza pamawayilesi onse akuluakulu a pawailesi yakanema adanenanso za "kusonkhanitsa kwakukulu" kwa zodzikongoletsera zomwe zidabedwa m'chipinda cha baron, ndikuti chitetezo chomwe Celeste adabedwa chinali chimodzi mwa zinayi, zonse zomwe zidachotsedwa miyala yamtengo wapatali ndi diamondi zomwe zidasefukira. Mwachibadwa, mfundo yakuti zonsezi sizinali zowona sichinadziwike kwa wina aliyense kupatulapo Baron Henri de Martin, yemwe anapezerapo mwayi pa imfa ya mkazi wake ndi kuba zomwe zinali zisanathedwe kuti afune ndalama zolongosoka kuchokera kumakampani a inshuwaransi kuti alandire malipiro. malamulo a mkazi wake Palibe mlandu womwe unaperekedwa kwa Baron, popeza anali ndi ironclad alibi pa nthawi ya imfa ya Madame Chantal, zomwe zinatsimikizira kuti adzalandira chuma chambiri. kwenikweni, Madame Chantal anali onse - mosakayikira, anathandiza mwamuna wake kupeŵa bankirapuse.
  
  Zonse zinali zodabwitsa zomwe Baron sangamvetse. Komabe, pambuyo pa kugwedezeka ndi kuopsa kwa chochitikacho, adadabwa ndi zochitika zomwe zinachitika. Sanadziwe kuti mkazi wake watenga Celeste ndi miyala ina iwiri yaing'ono pamalo ake otetezeka, ndipo anali kugwedeza ubongo wake kuyesa kumvetsetsa za imfa yake yachilendo. Sanafune kudzipha ayi, ndipo akanakhala kuti anadzipha ngakhale kutali kwambiri, Chantal sakanadzipsereza ngakhale pang"ono ponseponse.
  
  Apa m"pamene anapeza Louise, wothandizira Chantal, atadulidwa lilime ndi khungu, m"pamene anazindikira kuti imfa ya mkazi wake sinali kudzipha. Apolisi anavomera, koma sanadziwe kuti ayambira pati kufufuza zakupha koopsa ngati kotere. Kuyambira pamenepo, Louise adaloledwa ku chipatala cha amisala ku Paris Psychological Institute, komwe amayenera kukhalabe kuti akamuyezetse, koma madokotala onse omwe adakumana naye adatsimikiza kuti wapenga, kuti akhoza kukhala ndi mlandu wakupha komanso kupha anthu. kumenyedwa kotsatira.
  
  Inakhala mitu yankhani ku Ulaya konse, ndipo mawayilesi ena ang"onoang"ono a pa TV m"madera ena a dziko lapansi anasonyezanso chochitika chachilendocho. Panthawiyi, Baron anakana zoyankhulana zilizonse, kutchula zowawa zomwe adakumana nazo ngati chifukwa chomwe amafunikira nthawi yotalikirana ndi anthu.
  
  Kenako anthu oyandikana nawo nyumba anaona kuti mpweya wozizira wausiku ukuwasokoneza kwambiri ndipo anabwerera kunyumba kwawo. Chimene chinangotsala ndi phokoso la mtsinje wothamanga komanso galu wakutali akuwuwa mwa apo ndi apo. Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi galimoto inkayenda mumsewu wopapatiza kumbali ina ya nyumbayo, ikudutsa m"mbuyo isanasiye chete.
  
  Abdul anadzidzimuka ali ndi maganizo abwino. Sikunali chiyambi, koma chilakolako chofuna kudzuka nthawi yomweyo chinamupangitsa kutsegula maso ake. Iye anadikira ndi kumvetsera, koma panalibe chirichonse chimene chikanakhoza kumudzutsa iye kupatula ngati mphamvu yachisanu ndi chimodzi. Ali maliseche komanso atatopa, wachifwamba wa ku Iguputo anapita pawindo la chipinda chake. Atangoyang"ana nyenyezi kumwamba, anamvetsa chifukwa chake anapemphedwa kusiya maloto ake.
  
  "Wina akugwa," iye anang"ung"udza pamene maso ake oboola anatsatira kugwa kofulumira kwa nyenyezi yowomberayo, akumazindikira m"maganizo malo oyandikira a nyenyezi zoizungulira. Abdul anamwetulira. "Kwatsala pang'ono, ndipo dziko lidzakwaniritsa zokhumba zanu zonse. Adzakuwa ndi kupempha imfa."
  
  Anapatukira pa zenera pomwe choyeracho chinazimiririka patali. Ali mumdima wa chipinda chake chogona, adadutsa pachifuwa chakale chamatabwa chomwe ankapita nacho kulikonse, chomangidwa ndi zingwe ziwiri zazikulu zachikopa zomwe zimalumikizana kutsogolo. Kawala kakang'ono kokha ka pakhonde, kamene kanaikidwa pakati pa chotsekera pamwamba pa zenera lake, n'kumupatsa kuwala m'chipinda chake. Iwo anamuunikira chithunzi chake chowonda, kuwala pakhungu lake lopanda kanthu kumaunikira minofu yake yolimba. Raya ankafanana ndi mtundu wina wa acrobat kuchokera ku masewero a circus, mtundu wakuda wa acrobat yemwe sankasamala za kusangalatsa aliyense koma iyemwini, koma adagwiritsa ntchito luso lake kuti asangalatse ena.
  
  Chipindacho chinali chofanana ndi chake-chosavuta, chosabala, ndi chogwira ntchito. Panali beseni lochapira komanso bedi, zovala ndi desiki lokhala ndi mpando ndi nyali. Ndizo zonse. Zina zonse zinalipo kwakanthawi kuti athe kuyang'ana nyenyezi zakuthambo zaku Belgian ndi France mpaka atapeza diamondi zomwe amatsatira. M"mphepete mwa makoma anai a chipinda chake munali mapu a magulu a nyenyezi osaŵerengeka ochokera kumakona onse a dziko lapansi, onse olembedwa ndi mizere yolumikizira yodutsana m"mizere ina ya ley, pamene ena anali olembedwa zofiira chifukwa cha khalidwe lawo losadziwika chifukwa cha kusowa kwa mapu. Ena mwa makadi aakulu, okhonidwawo anali ndi madontho a magazi, madontho abulauni aburawuni amene mwakachetechete ankasonyeza mmene anawapezera. Zina zinali zatsopano, popeza zinangosindikizidwa zaka zingapo zapitazo, mosiyana kwambiri ndi zija zopezedwa zaka mazana ambiri zapitazo.
  
  Inali itatsala pang"ono kuwononga zinthu ku Middle East, ndipo anasangalala kwambiri poganizira za kumene akanayenera kupitako: anthu amene anali osavuta kuwapusitsa kusiyana ndi azungu opusa, aumbombo ku Ulaya. Abdul ankadziwa kuti ku Middle East, anthu adzakopeka ndi chinyengo chake chifukwa cha miyambo yawo yodabwitsa komanso zikhulupiriro zabodza. Iye akanawakwiyitsa mosavuta kapena kuwachititsa kuphana m"chipululu chimene Mfumu Solomo inayendapo. Iye anapulumutsa Yerusalemu komaliza, kokha chifukwa chakuti dongosolo la Nyenyezi Zikugwa linachititsa zimenezo.
  
  Raya anatsegula pachifuwacho ndikufufuza mipukutuyo, yomwe anaifufuza pakati pa nsalu ndi kumanga malamba. Chikopa chakuda chakuda, chowoneka ngati mafuta chomwe chili m'mphepete mwa bokosilo ndi chomwe anali kuyang'ana. Poyang"ana mwachidwi, anachivundukula n"kuchiika patebulo, n"kulisunga ndi mabuku aŵiri kumapeto kwake. Kenako, kuchokera pachifuwa chomwecho, adatulutsa athame. Chingwe chopindikacho, chopindika mwatsatanetsatane akale, chinkanyezimira ndi kuwala kocheperako pamene akukanikizira nsonga yake yakuthwa pachikhatho chake chakumanzere. Nsonga ya lupanga inalowa pakhungu lake mopanda mphamvu mothandizidwa ndi mphamvu yokoka yosavuta. Safunikanso kuumirira.
  
  Magazi anazungulira kunsonga yaing"ono ya mpeniyo, n"kupanga ngale yofiira kwambiri yomwe imakula pang"onopang"ono mpaka pamene anatulutsa mpeniwo. Ndi magazi ake anaika chizindikiro pamalo a nyenyezi imene inali itangogwa kumene. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, zikopa zakudazo zinkanjenjemera mochititsa mantha pang"ono. Abdul Amun anasangalala kwambiri kuona momwe zinthuzo zinaliri, Code of Laws of Sol Amun, zomwe adazipeza ali mnyamata akuweta mbuzi m'mithunzi yowuma ya mapiri opanda mayina a Aigupto.
  
  Magazi ake ataviika mu mapu a nyenyezi pa mpukutu wolodzedwa, Abdul anaukulunga mosamala ndi kumanga minyewa yomwe inagwira mpukutuwo pa mfundo. Nyenyeziyo potsiriza yagwa. Tsopano ndi nthawi yochoka ku France. Tsopano popeza anali ndi Celeste, amatha kupita kumalo ofunikira kwambiri komwe amatha kuchita matsenga ake ndikuwona dziko likugwa, likuwonongedwa ndi utsogoleri wa diamondi za Mfumu Solomo.
  
  
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  Lowani Dr. Nina Gould
  
  
  "Ukuchita zachilendo, Sam. Ndikutanthauza, chodabwitsa kuposa kudabwitsa kwanu kobadwa nako," Nina anatero atatha kuwathira vinyo wofiira. Bruich, akukumbukirabe mayi wamng'ono yemwe adamuyamwitsa nthawi yomaliza ya Sam ku Edinburgh, adamva kukhala kunyumba kwake. Basi, Nina anayamba kusisita iye, ngati kuti zinali zochitika zachilengedwe.
  
  Adafika pa eyapoti ya Edinburgh ola limodzi lapitalo, pomwe Sam adamunyamula mumvula yamkuntho ndikumubweza kunyumba kwawo ku Dean Village monga momwe adavomerezera.
  
  "Ndatopa basi, Nina." Iye anagwedezeka, natenga galasi kwa iye ndi kulikweza mu toast. "Tiloleni tithawe maunyolo ndipo abulu athu akalozedwe kum'mwera kwa zaka zambiri zikubwerazi!"
  
  Nina anayamba kuseka, ngakhale kuti anamvetsa chikhumbo chomwe chinalipo mu toast yosangalatsayi. "Inde!" - adafuula ndikugwedeza galasi lake ndi lake, akugwedeza mutu wake mokondwera. Anayang'ana mozungulira mbeta ya Sam. Makomawo anali opanda kanthu kupatulapo zithunzi zochepa za Sam ndi andale omwe kale anali otchuka komanso anthu ena otchuka, ophatikizidwa ndi zithunzi zingapo za iye ndi Nina ndi Perdue, ndipo, ndithudi, Bruich. Anaganiza zothetsa nkhani imene anali kuibisa kwa nthawi yaitali.
  
  "Bwanji osagula nyumba?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ndimadana ndi kulima dimba," iye anayankha mwachisawawa.
  
  "Gwirani ntchito yosamalira malo kapena yolima dimba."
  
  "Ndimadana ndi zipolowe."
  
  "Ukundimvetsa? Ndikanaganiza kuti, kukhala ndi anthu kumbali zonse kukanakhala chipwirikiti."
  
  "Iwo ndi opuma pantchito. Atha kupezeka pakati pa 10 ndi 11 koloko m'mawa." Sam anatsamira kutsogolo ndikutsamira mutu wake pambali ndikuwonetsa chidwi. "Nina, ndi njira yako yondipempha kuti ndisamukire kwa iwe?"
  
  "Khala chete," iye anakwinya nkhope. "Usakhale opusa. Ndinangoganiza kuti ndi ndalama zonse zomwe muyenera kuti munapeza, monga momwe tonse tachitira popeza kuti ulendowo unabweretsa mwayi, mungagwiritse ntchito ndalamazo kuti mudzipezere chinsinsi, mwinanso galimoto yatsopano?"
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani? Datsun imagwira ntchito bwino, "adatero, poteteza chidwi chake pakugwira ntchito pa flash.
  
  Nina sanasamalebe, koma Sam, ponena za kutopa, sanawadule. Anali kutali kwambiri, ngati kuti anali kugawanika kwautali wamaganizo pamene akukambirana naye za zofunkha zomwe Alexander anapeza.
  
  "Ndiye adatcha chiwonetserochi pambuyo pa iwe ndi Joe?" Anamwetulira. "Ndizokometsera ndithu, Dr. Gould. Tsopano mukukwera m'dziko lamaphunziro. Apita kale masiku omwe Matlock akadali ndi nkhawa. Mwamuwonetsadi!"
  
  "Wachiwewe," anatero asanayatse ndudu. Maso ake omwe ali ndi mthunzi wambiri adayang'ana Sam. "Kodi mukufuna ndudu?"
  
  "Inde," anabuula atakhala tsonga. "Zingakhale zabwino. Zikomo."
  
  Anamupatsa Marlboro ndikuyamwa kusefa. Sam adamuyang'ana kwakanthawi asanalimbe kundifunsa. "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ili ndi lingaliro labwino? Osati kale kwambiri inu munatsala pang'ono kukankha Imfa mu mipira. Sindingazungulire nyongolotsi iyi mwachangu kwambiri, Nina. "
  
  "Khala chete," adalankhula ndi ndudu yake, ndikutsitsa Bruich pa kapeti yaku Persia. Monga momwe Nina anayamikirira chisamaliro cha wokondedwa wake Sam, ankaona kuti kudziwononga kunali koyenera kwa munthu aliyense, ndipo ngati ankaganiza kuti thupi lake likhoza kupirira gehena imeneyi, anali ndi ufulu woyesa chiphunzitsocho. "Kodi ukudya chiyani, Sam?" - adafunsanso.
  
  "Musasinthe nkhani," anayankha motero.
  
  "Sindikusintha nkhani," iye anakwinya tsinya, mkwiyo waukali umenewo ukuyamba m"maso mwake akuda. "Iwe chifukwa ndimasuta, ndipo ine chifukwa umawoneka wotanganidwa ndi ena."
  
  Sam anatenga nthawi yaitali kuti amuonenso komanso kumukonda kwambiri kuti akamuchezere kunyumba, choncho sanakonzekere kutaya chilichonse pomukwiyitsa Nina. Atapuma movutikira, anamutsatira mpaka pakhomo la khonde lomwe anatsegula kuti atsegule Jacuzzi. Anavula malaya ake, ndikuwulula kuti adang'ambika pansi pa bikini yake yofiira. Chiuno cha Nina chinagwedezeka uku ndi uku pamene nayenso anavula jeans yake, zomwe zinapangitsa Sam kuzizira m'malo mwake kuti atenge mawonekedwe okongola.
  
  Kuzizira ku Edinburgh sikunawavutitse kwambiri. Zima zinali zitadutsa, ngakhale kuti panalibe zizindikiro za masika, ndipo anthu ambiri ankakondabe kukhala mkati. Koma mu dziwe lakumwamba la Sam munali madzi ofunda, ndipo popeza kuti kumwa pang'onopang'ono kwa mowa panthawi yachakudya kumatenthetsa magazi awo, onse anali okonzeka kuvula.
  
  Atakhala moyang'anizana ndi Nina m'madzi ozizira, Sam adawona kuti anali wotsimikiza kuti amuuze. Kenako anayamba kuyankhula. "Sindinamvepo kalikonse kochokera kwa Perdue kapena Paddy, koma pali zinthu zina zomwe adandichonderera kuti ndisalankhulepo ndipo ndikufuna kuti zizikhala choncho. Mukumvetsa, sichoncho?"
  
  "Ndi za ine?" - Adafunsa modekha, osayang'anabe Sam.
  
  "Ayi," adakwinya, kuweruza ndi mawu ake, odabwa ndi malingaliro ake.
  
  "Ndiye chifukwa chiyani sindikudziwa?" - adafunsa nthawi yomweyo, akudabwa.
  
  "Taonani," iye anafotokoza motero, "ngati kukanakhala kwa ine, ndikanakuuzani kamphindi. Koma Perdue adandipempha kuti ndisunge izi pakati pathu pakadali pano. Ndikulumbirira, wokondedwa wanga, sindikanakubisirani izi ngati akanapanda kundifunsa mosakayikira kuti nditseke zip.
  
  "Ndiye ndani wina akudziwa?" - Nina adafunsa, akuwona mosavuta kuti maso ake adagwera pachifuwa pake mphindi zingapo zilizonse.
  
  "Palibe. Purdue yekha ndi ine tikudziwa. Ngakhale Paddy sadziwa. Perdue adafunsa kuti timusunge mumdima kuti palibe chomwe adachita chingasokoneze zomwe Perdue ndi ine tikuyesera kuchita, mukudziwa?" analongosola mochenjera monga momwe akanathera, akuchitabe chidwi ndi tattoo yatsopano pakhungu lake lofewa, pamwamba pa bere lake lakumanzere.
  
  "Ndiye akuganiza kuti ndikupita?" Adachita tsinya, akugogoda zala zake zowonda m'mphepete mwa Jacuzzi uku akusonkhanitsa malingaliro ake pankhaniyi.
  
  "Ayi! Ayi, Nina, sananene kalikonse za iwe. Siinali nkhani yopatula anthu ena. Ndi za kupatula aliyense mpaka nditamupatsa zomwe akufuna. Kenako adzaulula zimene akufuna kuchita. Zomwe ndingakuuzeni tsopano ndikuti Purdue ndiye chandamale cha munthu wamphamvu yemwe ndi wovuta. Munthu uyu amakhala m'maiko awiri, maiko awiri otsutsana, ndipo ali ndi maudindo apamwamba pa onse awiri. "
  
  "Ndiye tikukamba za katangale," adamaliza motero.
  
  "Inde, koma sindingathe kukuuzani zambiri chifukwa cha kukhulupirika kwa Perdue," Sam anachonderera motero, akuyembekeza kuti amvetsetsa. "Kuli bwino, tikangomva kuchokera kwa Paddy, mutha kufunsa Perdue nokha. Pamenepo sindidzadziona kuti ndine wopanda pake chifukwa choswa lumbiro langa."
  
  "Ukudziwa, Sam, ngakhale ndikudziwa kuti atatufe timadziwana makamaka posaka zinthu zaposachedwa kapena popita kukafufuza zinthu zakale zamtengo wapatali," Nina anatero mosaleza mtima, "Ndinkaganiza kuti iwe, ine ndi Perdue ndife gulu. " Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikuganiza za ife ngati zinthu zitatu zazikulu, zomwe zimakhazikika m'mbiri yakale zomwe zaperekedwa kwa ophunzira kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi. " Nina anamva chisoni chifukwa chakusaphatikizidwa, koma anayesetsa kuti asasonyeze.
  
  "Nina," Sam adanena mokweza, koma sanamupatse mpata.
  
  "Nthawi zambiri pamene aŵiri a ife tigwirizana, wachitatu nthaŵi zonse amaloŵerera m"njira, ndipo ngati wina wagwa m"mavuto, ena aŵiriwo nthaŵi zonse amaloŵereramo mwanjira inayake. Sindikudziwa ngati munazindikira izi. Kodi mwazindikiranso?" Mawu ake anagwedezeka pamene ankafuna kuti amufikire Sam, ndipo ngakhale sanathe kusonyeza, anali ndi mantha kuti amuyankhe funso lake mopanda chidwi kapena kulipukuta. Mwina anazolowera kukhala pakati pa anthu awiri ochita bwino, ngakhale amuna osiyana kwambiri. Monga momwe iye ankakhudzidwira, iwo anali ndi chomangira cholimba cha ubwenzi ndi mbiri yozama ya moyo, kuyandikira imfa, kudzimana ndi kukhulupirika pakati pawo, zomwe iye sanasamale kuzikayika.
  
  Koma Sam anamwetulira. Kuwona kwa maso ake akuyang'ana mwa iye mopanda mtunda wamalingaliro - pamaso pake - kunamusangalatsa kwambiri, ziribe kanthu momwe nkhope yake imakhalira.
  
  "Iwe ukuona izi kukhala zofunika kwambiri, chikondi," iye anafotokoza motero. "Mukudziwa kuti tidzakutsegulirani tikangodziwa zimene tikuchita, chifukwa wokondedwa wanga Nina, sitikudziwa bwinobwino zimene tikuchita panopa."
  
  "Ndipo sindingathandize?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Sindiopa," iye anatero molimba mtima. "Komabe, posachedwapa tidzagwirizana. Mukudziwa, ndikutsimikiza kuti Perdue sadzazengereza kugawana nawo galu wokalambayo atangoganiza kutiitana, ndiko kuti.
  
  "Inde, izi zayambanso kundivutitsa. Mlandu uyenera kuti unatha maola apitawo. Mwina ali wotanganidwa kwambiri kukondwerera kapena ali ndi mavuto ambiri kuposa momwe timaganizira," adatero. "Sam!"
  
  Poganizira zotheka ziwirizi, Nina adawona kuyang'ana kwa Sam kukuyendayenda m'malingaliro ndipo mwangozi adayimilira pomwe Nina. "Sam! Siyani zimenezo. Simungandipangitse kusintha nkhani. "
  
  Sam anaseka atazindikira. Ayenera kuti adadzimva kuti akuchita manyazi chifukwa chodziwika, koma adathokoza nyenyezi zake zomwe zidamupatsa mwayi kuti adazitenga mopepuka. "Ayi, sizili ngati sunawawonepo kale."
  
  "Mwina izi zidzakulimbikitsani kuti mundikumbutsenso za ..." adayesa.
  
  "Sam, khalani chete ndi kunditsanulira chakumwa china," Nina analamula motero.
  
  "Inde, amayi," iye anatero, akutulutsa thupi lake lonyowa ndi la zipsera m"madzi. Inali nthawi yake yosilira mawonekedwe ake aamuna pamene amadutsa, ndipo sanachite manyazi pokumbukira nthawi zingapo zomwe adachita mwayi wosangalala ndi mapindu a umuna uja. Ngakhale kuti nthawizo sizinali zatsopano, Nina anazisunga mu chikwatu chapadera cha kukumbukira kwapamwamba kwambiri m'maganizo mwake.
  
  Bruich analunjika pakhomo, akukana kuwoloka pakhomo pomwe mitambo ya nthunzi inamuopseza. Kuyang'ana kwake kunali kwa Nina, oyamba ndi achiwiri anali osagwirizana ndi mphaka wamkulu, wakale, waulesi. Kaŵirikaŵiri anali wonyozeka, mochedwa m"kalasi iliyonse, ndipo sankaika maganizo ake pa china chilichonse kupatulapo mimba ina yofunda imene akanatha kukagonako.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Bruich?" Anafunsa mokweza mawu, kumulankhula mwachikondi monga amachitira nthawi zonse. "Bwerani kuno. Bwerani."
  
  Sanasunthe. "Eya, ndithu mphaka woipayo sabwera kwa iwe, chitsiru iwe," iye anadzidzudzula mwakachetechete chakumapeto kwa ola lakumapeto ndi kunjenjemera kofewa kwa mwanaalirenji komwe anali kusangalala nako. Pokwiya ndi malingaliro ake opusa a amphaka ndi madzi komanso kutopa ndi kuyembekezera kuti Sam abwerere, analowetsa manja ake mu thovu lonyezimira pamtunda, kudabwitsa mphaka wa ginger ndi mantha. Kumuyang'ana akudumphira mkati ndikuzimiririka pansi pa chaise longue kunamusangalatsa kwambiri kuposa chisoni.
  
  Bitch, mawu ake amkati adatsimikizira m'malo mwa nyama yosaukayo, koma Nina adawonabe kuti ndizoseketsa. "Pepani, Bruich!" - adafuula pambuyo pake, akusekabe. "Sindingachite kalikonse pankhaniyi. Osadandaula, bwanawe. Ndipeza karma ndithu ... ndi madzi, chifukwa chokuchitira izi, wokondedwa. "
  
  Sam adatuluka pabalaza paja ndikukalowa pabwalo, akuwoneka osangalala kwambiri. Anali atanyowabe, anali asanatayirebe zakumwazo, ngakhale kuti manja ake anali atatambasula ngati agwira magalasi a vinyo.
  
  "Nkhani yabwino! Padi waita. Perdue sanasiyidwe mwanjira imodzi, "adakuwa, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nyimbo yaukali "tsekereni, Cleve" kwa anansi ake.
  
  Nkhope ya Nina inawala. "Mu chikhalidwe chanji?" Adafunsa monyanyira osalabadira kuti anthu onse adakhala chete pamalopo.
  
  "Sindikudziwa, koma zikuoneka kuti zimakhudza mbiri yakale. Chifukwa chake, mukuwona, Dr. Gould, tifunika lachitatu, "adatero Sam. "Kupatula apo, olemba mbiri ena ndi otsika mtengo ngati inu."
  
  Akugwedezeka, Nina anathamangira kutsogolo, akusisima ndi chipongwe, adalumphira pa Sam ndi kumupsompsona ngati kuti sanamupsompsone kuyambira pazikwatu zomveka bwino zomwe anali kukumbukira. Anali wokondwa kwambiri kuphatikizidwanso kotero kuti sanazindikire bambo atayima m'mphepete mwa mdima wa bwalo laling'ono, akumayang'anitsitsa Sam akukoka lace ya bikini yake.
  
  
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  Eclipse
  
  
  
  Chigawo cha Salzkammergut, Austria
  
  
  Nyumba yaikulu ya a Joseph Karsten inaima mwakachetechete, n"kumaona mmene minda ikuluikuluyi inalili yopanda mbalame. Maluwa ake ndi maburashi ankakhala m'mundamo mwayekha ndi mwakachetechete, akuyenda pokhapokha mphepo ikafuna. Palibe chimene chinali chofunika kwambiri pano kuposa kukhalako, ndipo mmenemo ndi mmene Karsten ankalamulira zinthu zimene anali nazo.
  
  Mkazi wake ndi ana ake aakazi aŵiri anasankha kukhalabe ku London, akusankha kunyalanyaza kukongola kochititsa chidwi kwa nyumba ya Carsten. Komabe, anali wokondwa kwambiri kuti atha kupuma pantchito, akulumikizana ndi mutu wake wa Order of the Black Sun ndikuwatsogolera molingana. Malingana ngati adachita motsogozedwa ndi boma la Britain ndikuwongolera nzeru zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, amatha kukhalabe ndi udindo wake mkati mwa MI6 ndikugwiritsa ntchito zida zake zamtengo wapatali kuyang'anira ubale wapadziko lonse lapansi womwe ungathandize kapena kulepheretsa mabizinesi ndi mapulani a Black Sun.
  
  Gululo silinataye konse mphamvu yake yonyansa pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yadziko II, pamene linakakamizika kuloŵa m"dziko la pansi la nthano ndi nthano, kukhala chabe chikumbukiro chowawa cha oiŵala ndi chiwopsezo chenicheni kwa awo amene anadziŵa mwanjira ina. Anthu ngati David Perdue ndi anzake.
  
  Popepesa ku khoti la Purdue, poopa kuti anganenedwe ndi wothawayo, Karsten adasunga nthawi kuti amalize zomwe adayambitsa m'malo opatulika a chisa chake chamapiri. Linali tsiku lonyansa kunja, koma osati mwachizolowezi. Dzuwa lopanda mdima linaunikira chipululu chomwe nthawi zambiri chimakhala chokongola cha mapiri a Salzkammergut, ndikusandutsa kapeti yaikulu ya nsonga za mitengo kukhala yobiriwira kwambiri kusiyana ndi nkhalango zakuya za emarodi. Azimayi a Karsten adanong'oneza bondo chifukwa chosiya malo ochititsa chidwi a ku Austria, koma kukongola kwachilengedwe kwa malowo kudasiya kunyezimira kulikonse komwe Joseph ndi anzake adapita, zomwe zidawakakamiza kuti azingoyendera malo okongola a Salzkammergut.
  
  "Ndikadachita ndekha ndikadapanda kukhala pagulu," adatero Karsten ali pampando wake wa kapinga, atagwira foni yake yapa desiki. "Koma ndiyenera kubwerera ku London m'masiku awiri kukanena za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Hebrides ndikukonzekera kwake, Clive. Sindidzabwerera ku Austria kwa nthawi yayitali. Ndikufuna anthu omwe angathe kuchita chilichonse popanda kuyang'aniridwa, mukudziwa?"
  
  Adamvera yankho la woyimbayo ndikugwedeza mutu. "Chabwino. Mutha kulumikizana nafe anthu anu akamaliza ntchitoyo. Zikomo, Clive. "
  
  Anayang'ana patebulo kwa nthawi yayitali, akuphunzira dera lomwe anali ndi mwayi wokhalamo pomwe sanafunikire kupita ku London yonyansa kapena Glasgow yomwe ili ndi anthu ambiri.
  
  "Sinditaya zonse chifukwa cha iwe, Perdue. Kaya musankhe kukhala chete ponena za ine kapena ayi, sizidzakusiyani. Ndinu katundu ndipo muyenera kutha. Nonse mukuyenera kutha," iye anadandaula pamene maso ake ankayang"ana miyala yokongola yokhala ndi zisoti zoyera imene inazungulira nyumba yake. Mwala woipa ndi mdima wosatha wa m"nkhalangomo unatonthoza maso ake, pamene milomo yake inkanjenjemera ndi mawu obwezera. "Aliyense wa inu amene akudziwa dzina langa, amene akudziwa nkhope yanga, amene anapha amayi anga ndipo amadziwa kumene anabisalamo chinsinsi... aliyense amene angandinene kuti ndine wochita nawo zinthu...
  
  Karsten anatambasula milomo yake, akukumbukira usiku umene anathawa, ngati wamantha omwe anali, kuchokera kunyumba ya amayi ake pamene amuna a ku Oban adawonekera kuti agwire David Perdue m'manja mwake. Lingaliro lakuti zofunkha zake zamtengo wapatali zikapita kwa nzika wamba linamkwiyitsa kwambiri, likukantha kunyada kwake ndi kumlanda chisonkhezero chosafunikira pazochitika zake. Zonse zikadayenera kuti zidatsirizidwa pofika pano. M"malo mwake, mavuto ake anawonjezereka kaŵiri ndi zochitika zimenezi.
  
  "Bwana, nkhani za David Perdue," wothandizira wake Nigel Lime adalengeza pakhomo la khonde. Karsten anafunika kutembenuka kuti ayang"ane munthuyo kuti atsimikize kuti nkhani yoyenerera yodabwitsayo yafotokozedwadi osati nthano chabe.
  
  "Zachilendo," iye anayankha. "Ndinali kudabwa, Nigel."
  
  Atachita chidwi, Nigel anatsika masitepe kupita kukhonde pansi pa denga la mauna komwe Karsten amamwa tiyi. "Chabwino, mwina ndinu amatsenga, bwana," iye anamwetulira, atagwira chikwatu m"manja mwake. "Komiti Yoweruza ikupempha kuti mukhalepo ku Glasgow kuti musayine pempho loti muli ndi mlandu kuti Boma la Ethiopia ndi Archaeological Crime Unit athe kusintha chilango cha Mr Perdue."
  
  Carsten ankafunitsitsa kulanga Perdue, ngakhale kuti akanakonda kuchita yekha. Koma ziyembekezo zake ziyenera kuti zinali zaukali kwambiri m"chiyembekezo chake chachikale cha kubwezera, pakuti anakhumudwa mwamsanga atamva za chilango chimene anafuna kudziŵa.
  
  "Ndiye chiganizo chake ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa motele Nigel. "Ayenera kupereka chiyani?"
  
  "Ndingakhale pansi?" - Anafunsa Nigel, kuyankha kuvomereza kwa Karsten. Adayika dossier patebulo. "David Perdue adachitapo kanthu. Mwachidule, posinthana ndi ufulu wake ... "
  
  "Ufulu?" Karsten anabangula, mtima wake ukugunda ndi ukali watsopano. "Chani? Kodi sakuweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende?
  
  "Ayi, bwana, koma ndikufotokozereni tsatanetsatane wa zomwe zapeza," adatero Nigel modekha.
  
  "Tiyeni timvetsere izi. Khalani mwachidule komanso mophweka. Ndikungofuna kudziwa zoyambira," anafuula motero Karsten, manja ake akunjenjemera pamene akukweza chikho kukamwa kwake.
  
  "Inde, bwana," adayankha Nigel, akubisa mkwiyo wake ndi abwana ake kumbuyo kwake. "Mwachidule," adatero mopupuluma, "Bambo Perdue adavomera kulipira chiwongola dzanja cha anthu aku Itiyopiya ndikubweza zotsalira zawo komwe adazitenga, pambuyo pake, adzaletsedwa kulowa Ethiopia. kachiwiri."
  
  "Dikirani, ndizo zonse?" Karsten anakwinyakwinya, nkhope yake pang"onopang"ono ikusanduka wofiirira. "Kodi amangomulola kuti ayende?"
  
  Karsten anali wakhungu kwambiri chifukwa cha kukhumudwa ndi kugonjetsedwa kotero kuti sanazindikire nkhope yachipongwe ya wothandizira wakeyo. "Ngati ndingathe, bwana, zikuwoneka kuti mukuziganizira nokha."
  
  "Simungathe!" Carsten anakuwa, akukonza kukhosi kwake. "Iye ndi wachinyengo wolemera, wolipira chilichonse, wosangalatsa anthu apamwamba kotero kuti asazindikire zaupandu wake. Inde, ndimakhumudwa kwambiri anthu otere akatsika ndi chenjezo losavuta komanso ndalama. Mwamuna uyu ndi bilionea, Lime! Ayenera kuphunzitsidwa kuti ndalama zake sizingamupulumutse nthawi zonse. Apa tinali ndi mwayi waukulu womuphunzitsa - ndi dziko la achifwamba kumanda monga iye ... kuti adzaweruzidwa, kulangidwa! Ndipo amasankha chiyani? Anali kupsa mtima. "Amulipirenso chifukwa cha vuto lakelo! Yesu Khristu! N"zosadabwitsa kuti malamulo ndi bata sizitanthauza kanthu."
  
  Nigel Lime anali akungodikira kuti tirade ithe. Panalibe chifukwa chosokoneza mtsogoleri wokwiya wa MI6. Atatsimikiza kuti Karsten, kapena kuti Bambo Carter, monga mmene anthu amene ankamuyang"anira ankamutchulira, amaliza kunena mawu ake, Nigel analimba mtima kutulutsa zinthu zinanso zimene sankafuna kwa bwana wake. Mosamala anakankhira dosi patebulopo. "Ndipo ndikufuna kuti musaine izi nthawi yomweyo, bwana. Akufunikabe kutumizidwa ku komiti ndi mthenga lero ndi siginecha yanu. "
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Nkhope ya Karsten yothimbirira misozi inanjenjemera pamene adalandiranso cholepheretsa pakuyesetsa kwake pankhani ya David Perdue.
  
  "Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zimene khotilo linapereka ku pempho la Perdue chinali kulanda katundu wake ku Edinburgh, bwana, mopanda lamulo," anafotokoza motero Nigel, posangalala ndi dzanzi la maganizo limene anali nalo pamene ankayembekezera kuphulika kwina kwa Carsten.
  
  "Katunduyu adalandidwa pazifukwa! Kodi m'dzina la zonse zomwe zili zoyera zikuchitika ndi maulamuliro masiku ano? Zosaloledwa? Ndiye munthu yemwe ali ndi chidwi ndi MI6 pazankhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi amatchulidwa pomwe palibe kafukufuku yemwe wapangidwa pa zomwe zili m'nyumba yake?" anakuwa, akuthyola kapu yake yadothi pamene ankaimenyetsa pagome lachitsulo.
  
  "Bwana, anyamata akumunda a MI6 adaphatikizira malowa kufunafuna chilichonse cholakwa ndipo sanapeze chilichonse chosonyeza ukazitape wankhondo kapena kugula zinthu zakale, zachipembedzo kapena zina. Chifukwa chake, kubisidwa kwa dipo la Raichtishousi kunali kopanda nzeru ndipo kunkaonedwa kuti ndi kosaloledwa chifukwa kunalibe umboni wotsimikizira zomwe tikunena," Nigel anafotokoza mosapita m"mbali, osalola kuti nkhope yonenepa ya Karsten wankhanzayo imugwedeze pofotokoza mmene zinthu zinalili. "Ili ndi kalata yomasulidwa yomwe muyenera kusaina kuti mubweze Wrichtisousis kwa eni ake ndikuchotsa malamulo onse otsutsana nawo, malinga ndi Lord Harrington ndi oyimilira ake ku Nyumba Yamalamulo."
  
  Karsten anakwiya kwambiri moti mayankho ake anali odekha komanso odekha. "Kodi ndikunyalanyazidwa mu ulamuliro wanga?"
  
  "Inde, bwana," adatero Nigel. "Ndikuchita mantha."
  
  Karsten anakwiya kuti zolinga zake zalephereka, koma anasankha kudzionetsera ngati katswiri pa zonsezi. Nigel anali munthu wanzeru, ndipo akadadziwa momwe Karsten adachitira pamwambowu, zikanawunikira kwambiri kugwirizana kwake ndi David Perdue.
  
  "Kenako ndipatseni cholembera," iye anatero, akumakana kusonyeza chimphepo chilichonse cha mkuntho womwe unali mkati mwake. Pamene Carsten adasaina lamulo loti abwezeretse Raichtisusis kwa adani ake, ego yake inasweka ndi kupwetekedwa koopsa kwa mapulani ake okonzedwa bwino, omwe amawononga ndalama zambiri za euro, ndikumusiya ngati mutu wopanda mphamvu wa bungwe lopanda mphamvu zamphamvu.
  
  "Zikomo, bwana," Nigel anatero, akulandira cholembera kuchokera padzanja lomwe likunjenjemera la Karsten. "Nditumiza izi lero kuti fayiloyo itsekedwe kumapeto kwathu. Maloya athu atidziwitsa zomwe zikuchitika ku Ethiopia mpaka zotsalira zawo zibwezeredwa pamalo ake oyenera. "
  
  Karsten anagwedeza mutu, koma sanamve mawu a Nigel. Zomwe ankangoganiza zinali zoti ayambiranso. Poyesa kuchotsa mutu wake, adayesa kufufuza komwe Perdue anasunga zotsalira zonse zomwe iye, Karsten, ankayembekezera kuzipeza m'nyumba ya Edinburgh. Tsoka ilo, sanathe kuchita lamulo lofufuza zinthu zonse za Purdue chifukwa zikadakhala zochokera panzeru zomwe zidasonkhanitsidwa ndi Order of the Black Sun, bungwe lomwe siliyenera kukhalapo ndipo, mocheperapo, siliyenera kuyendetsedwa. ndi mkulu wamkulu wa Ofesi ya Military UK intelligence.
  
  Anayenera kusunga zomwe ankadziwa kuti zinali zoona kwa iyemwini. Perdue sakanamangidwa chifukwa choba chuma chamtengo wapatali cha Nazi ndi zinthu zakale chifukwa kuwulula kungasokoneze Black Sun. Ubongo wa Karsten unali kugwira ntchito mokwanira, kuyesera kuzungulira zonse, koma yankho lomwelo linabwera m'mbali zonse - Perdue anayenera kufa.
  
  
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  A82
  
  
  M"tauni ya m"mphepete mwa nyanja ya Oban, Scotland, nyumba ya Nina inakhala yopanda anthu pamene anali kupita ku ulendo watsopano umene Perdue anakonza pambuyo pa mavuto ake a zamalamulo posachedwapa. Moyo ku Oban unapitirirabe popanda iye, koma anthu ambiri kumeneko anamusowa kwambiri. Pambuyo pa nkhani yobedwa yonyansa yomwe inali pamitu yankhani ya m'deralo miyezi ingapo yapitayo, bungweli labwerera ku moyo wake wabata.
  
  Dr Lance Beach ndi mkazi wake anali kukonzekera msonkhano wachipatala ku Glasgow, umodzi mwamisonkhano yomwe amadziwa yemwe amavala zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri kuposa kafukufuku weniweni wachipatala kapena ndalama zothandizira mankhwala oyesera omwe ali ofunikira kuti apite patsogolo m'munda.
  
  "Udziŵa mmene ndimanyozera zinthu zimenezi," Sylvia Beach anakumbutsa mwamuna wakeyo.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, wokondedwa," iye anayankha, akunjenjemera ndi khama la kuvala nsapato zake zatsopano pa masokosi ake ochindikala aubweya. "Koma ndimaganiziridwa kuti ndikhale ndi mawonekedwe apadera komanso kuphatikizidwa mwapadera ngati akudziwa kuti ndilipo, ndipo kuti adziwe kuti ndilipo, ndiyenera kuwonetsa nkhope yanga pamilandu yokhazikikayi."
  
  "Inde, ndikudziwa," anabuula m"milomo yake yogawanika, akulankhula ndi pakamwa pake n"kupaka milomo ya mame a rose. "Osapanga zomwe udachita nthawi yapitayi, kundisiya ndi khola la nkhuku uku ukuchoka. Ndipo sindikufuna kuchedwa. "
  
  "Zodziwika". Dr. Lance Beach ananyetulira akumwetulira pamene mapazi ake akugwedeza nsapato zake zatsopano zachikopa. M"mbuyomo, sakanakhala ndi kuleza mtima kumvetsera mkazi wake akudandaula, koma chifukwa choopa kumutaya panthaŵi yobedwa, anaphunzira kuyamikira kukhalapo kwake kuposa china chirichonse. Lance sankafunanso kumva choncho, poopa kuti sadzaonananso ndi mkazi wake, choncho anasisima pang'ono ndi chisangalalo. "Sitikhala nthawi yayitali. Ndikulonjeza".
  
  "Atsikanawo abweranso Lamlungu, chotero ngati tibwerako molawirira pang"ono, tikhala tokha usiku wonse ndi theka la tsiku," iye anatero, akuyang"ana mwamsanga pagalasi. Kumbuyo kwake, ali pakama, adamuwona akumwetulira mawu ake ndi mawu oti, "Hmm, ndi zoona, Mayi Beach."
  
  Sylvia anasisima kwinaku akulowetsa chipini cha ndolo kumanja kwake ndikudziyang'ana mwachangu kuti awone momwe zimawonekera ndi dress lake lamadzulo. Anagwedeza mutu movomereza kukongola kwake, koma sanayang'ane mawonekedwe ake kwa nthawi yayitali. Izi zinamukumbutsa chifukwa chake adabedwa ndi chilombochi poyamba - kufanana kwake ndi Dr. Nina Gould. Maonekedwe ake aang'ono mofanana ndi maloko akuda akananyenga aliyense amene sankawadziwa akazi awiriwa, ndipo kuwonjezera apo, maso a Sylvia anali pafupifupi ngati a Nina, kupatulapo kuti anali ocheperapo komanso amtundu wa amber kuposa chokoleti cha Nina.
  
  "Mwakonzeka, chikondi?" Lance anafunsa, akumayembekezera kuchotsa malingaliro oipa amene mosakaikira anali kumuvutitsa mkazi wake pamene anayang"ana pa kusinkhasinkha kwake kwanthaŵi yaitali. Anapambana. Ndi kupuma pang'ono, anasiya mpikisano woyang'ana ndipo mwamsanga anasonkhanitsa chikwama chake ndi malaya ake.
  
  "Takonzeka kupita," adatsimikiza mwamphamvu, ndi chiyembekezo chothetsa chikaiko chilichonse chomwe angakhale nacho ponena za umoyo wake. Ndipo asanalankhulenso mawu ena, adawuluka mwachisomo m'chipindamo ndikutsika munjira yopita kuchipinda chakukhomo.
  
  Usiku unali wonyansa. Mitambo yomwe inali pamwamba pawo inagwetsa kulira kwa ma meteorological titans ndipo inaphimba mizere yamagetsi mu blue static. Mvula inagwa ndikusintha njira yawo kukhala mtsinje. Sylvia analumphira m"madzimo ngati kuti angasunge nsapato zake ziume, ndipo Lance anangoyenda kumbuyo kwake kukagwira ambulera yaikulu pamutu pake . "Dikirani, Silla, dikirani!" - adafuula pamene adatuluka mwamsanga kuchokera pansi pa chivundikiro cha brolly.
  
  "Fulumirani, menyani pang'onopang'ono!" - adaseka ndikufika pakhomo la galimoto, koma mwamuna wake sanamulole kuti anyoze kuyenda kwake pang'onopang'ono. Anakanikizira chotsekereza pagalimoto yawo, ndikutseka zitseko zonse asanatsegule.
  
  "Palibe munthu amene ali ndi remote control amene amafunikira kuthamangira," iye anadzitama motero moseka.
  
  "Tsegulani chitseko!" - iye anaumirira, kuyesera kuti asaseke naye. "Tsitsi langa lidzakhala losokonezeka," iye anachenjeza motero. "Ndipo akuganiza kuti ndiwe mwamuna wosasamala ndipo, chifukwa chake, ndi dokotala woyipa, ukudziwa?"
  
  Zitseko zidatseguka pomwe adayamba kuda nkhawa kuti awononge tsitsi ndi zodzoladzola zake, ndipo Sylvia adalumphira mgalimotomo akulira. Posakhalitsa, Lance anakwera kumbuyo kwa gudumu ndikuyendetsa galimoto.
  
  "Ngati sitichoka tsopano, tikhaladi mochedwa," iye anatero, akuyang"ana m"mazenera pa mitambo yakuda ndi yosakhululukira.
  
  "Tichita izi posachedwa, wokondedwa. Ndi 8 koloko madzulo basi," adatero Sylvia.
  
  "Eya, koma ndi nyengo iyi iyenda pang'onopang'ono. Ndikukuuzani, zinthu sizikuyenda bwino. Osatchulanso za kuchuluka kwa magalimoto ku Glasgow tikangofika pachitukuko. "
  
  "Ndi choncho," anaumira mtima, akutsitsa galasi lokhalamo anthu kuti agwire mascara amene akutuluka. "Musayendetse mothamanga kwambiri. Sali ofunika kwambiri moti tingamwalire pangozi ya galimoto kapena china chilichonse chonga icho."
  
  Nyali zakumbuyo zimawoneka ngati nyenyezi zonyezimira mumvula yamkuntho pomwe Lance amawongolera BMW yawo kuchokera mumsewu wawung'ono kulowa mumsewu waukulu kuti ayambe ulendo wa maola awiri opita kuphwando lapamwamba ku Glasgow, lochitidwa ndi Leading Medical Society yaku Scotland. Potsirizira pake, atagwira ntchito mosamala mkati mwa kutembenuza ndi kuphulika kosalekeza kwa galimoto, Sylvia anatha kuyeretsa nkhope yake yodetsedwa ndi kuonekanso wokongola.
  
  Monga momwe Lance sankafuna kutenga A82, yomwe imalekanitsa njira ziwiri zomwe zilipo, sakanatha kutenga njira yayitali chifukwa ikanapangitsa kuti achedwe. Anayenera kulowera mumsewu waukulu woyipa wodutsa Paisley, pomwe oba adasunga mkazi wake asanasamutsidwe kupita ku Glasgow, kulikonse. Izo zinamupweteka iye, koma iye sanafune kuzibweretsa izo. Sylvia sanakhalepo panjirayi kuyambira pomwe adakumana ndi anthu oipa omwe adamupangitsa kukhulupirira kuti sadzawonanso banja lake.
  
  Mwina sangaganize kalikonse pokhapokha nditafotokoza chifukwa chake ndinasankha njira imeneyi. Mwina amvetsetsa, Lance anadzilingalira yekha pamene amayendetsa ku Trossachs National Park. Koma manja ake anagwira chiwongolerocho mwamphamvu kwambiri moti zala zake zinachita dzanzi.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, chikondi?" - adafunsa mwadzidzidzi.
  
  "Palibe," iye anatero mwachisawawa. "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Ukuwoneka wovuta. Kodi mukuda nkhawa kuti ndibwereranso ulendo wanga ndi huleyi? Kupatula apo, njira yomweyo," adafunsa Sylvia. Analankhula mosatekeseka moti Lance anangotsala pang"ono kumasuka, koma amayenera kuvutika, ndipo zimenezi zinamudetsa nkhawa.
  
  "Kunena zoona, ndinali ndi nkhaŵa kwambiri nazo," iye anavomereza motero, akukungaza zala zake pang"ono.
  
  "Chabwino, sichoncho?" Adatelo uku akusisita ntchafu kuti akhazikike mtima pansi. "Ndili bwino. Msewu uwu udzakhalapo nthawi zonse. Sindingapewe izi kwa moyo wanga wonse, mukudziwa? Zomwe ndingachite ndikudziuza ndekha kuti ndikuyendetsa izi ndi iwe, osati iye."
  
  "Ndiye msewu uwu sulinso wowopsa?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi. Tsopano ndi msewu chabe ndipo ndili ndi hubby wanga osati hule wina wama psycho. Ndi nkhani yolunjika ku chinthu chomwe ndili nacho chifukwa choti ndichite mantha," adatero mokwiya. "Sindingawope msewu. Msewuwu sunandipweteke, sunandiphe ndi njala, ndipo sunanditukwana, sichoncho?
  
  Modabwa, Lance anayang"ana mkazi wake mogomera. "Ukudziwa, Cilla, ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yowonera. Ndipo ndi zomveka bwino. "
  
  "Chabwino, zikomo, adokotala," anamwetulira. "Mulungu, tsitsi langa lili ndi maganizo akeake. Mwasiya zitseko zokhoma kwa nthawi yayitali. Ndikuganiza kuti madziwo andiwonongera kalembedwe kanga."
  
  "Inde," anavomera mopepuka. Anali madzi. Ndithudi."
  
  Iye ananyalanyaza zimene ananena ndipo anatulutsanso galasi laling'ono lija, n'kumayesa kulukanso tsitsi lake lomwe analisiya kuti likonze nkhope yake. "Oyera mtima...!" - Adafuula mokwiya ndikutembenukira pampando wake kuyang'ana kumbuyo kwake. "Kodi mungakhulupirire chitsiru ichi ndi matochi ake? Sindikuwona chinthu choyipa pagalasi."
  
  Lance anayang'ana pagalasi lowonera kumbuyo. Kuwala kowala kwa nyali za galimoto yomwe inkayenda kumbuyo kwawo kunamuunikira m"maso mwake n"kumuchititsa khungu kwa kanthaŵi. "Mulungu wabwino! Amayendetsa chiyani? Nyumba yowunikira pamawilo?
  
  "Khala pang"onopang"ono, wokondedwa, msiyeni adutse," analingalira motero.
  
  "Ndikuyendetsa kale mochedwa kwambiri kuti ndifike kuphwando panthaŵi yake, wokondedwa," anatsutsa motero. "Sindilola kuti chiwembucho chitilepheretse. Ndingomupatsa mankhwala ake omwe."
  
  Lance anasintha galasi lake kuti kuwala kwa galimoto yomwe inali kumbuyo kwake kuwonekere kwa iye. "Zomwe adokotala adalamula, chitsiru!" Lance adaseka. Galimotoyo inayenda pang'onopang'ono dalaivalayo akuwoneka kuti ali ndi kuwala kowala m'maso mwake ndipo adakhala chapatali ndithu.
  
  "Mwina Wales," Sylvia adaseka. "N'kutheka kuti sanadziwe kuti ali ndi zitsulo zazikulu."
  
  "Mulungu, bwanji osazindikira kuti nyali zowopsa zija zikuyaka utoto wagalimoto yanga?" Lance adachita mantha, zomwe zidapangitsa mkazi wake kuseka.
  
  Oldlochley anali atangowamasula pamene ankakwera kum"mwera mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena kuti ndikudabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa magalimoto madzulo ano, ngakhale Lachinayi," adatero Lance akuthamanga mumsewu wa A82.
  
  "Tamvera, wokondedwa, ungathe kuchepetsa pang'ono?" - Sylvia anapempha, kutembenuza nkhope ya wozunzidwayo kwa iye. "Ndikuchita mantha".
  
  "Chabwino, chikondi," Lance anamwetulira.
  
  "Ayi ndithu. Kukukugwa mvula yambiri, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti kusowa kwa magalimoto kumatipatsa nthawi yochepetsera, sichoncho? "
  
  Lance sanathe kutsutsa. Iye anali kulondola. Kuchititsidwa khungu ndi galimoto yomwe ili kumbuyo kwawo kungapangitse kuti zinthu ziipireipire mumsewu wonyowa ngati Lance akanapitiriza kuthamanga kwake. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti pempho la Sylvia silinali lomveka. Anachepetsa kwambiri.
  
  "Wakhutitsidwa?" Anamufunsa iye.
  
  "Inde, zikomo," anamwetulira. "Zabwino kwambiri pamalingaliro anga."
  
  "Ndiponso tsitsi lako likuwoneka kuti lachira," iye anaseka.
  
  "Lance!" - adakuwa mwadzidzidzi pomwe galasi lodzikongoletsera likuwonetsa kuwopsa kwagalimoto yomwe idakwera pamchira wawo, ikuthamangira kutsogolo. M'kamphindi momveka bwino, adaganiza kuti galimotoyo sinamuwone Lance akugunda mabuleki ndipo sanathe kuchepetsa nthawi mumsewu wodetsedwa.
  
  "Yesu!" Lance anaseka pamene akuwona magetsi akukulirakulira, akuyandikira pafupi kwambiri kuti asawapewe. Zomwe adatha kuchita ndi kusonkhanitsa mphamvu zawo. Mwachibadwa, Lance anaika dzanja lake patsogolo pa mkazi wake kuti amuteteze ku nkhonyayo. Monga ngati kung'anima kwa mphezi, nyali zowomba kumbuyo kwawo zinalumphira m'mbali. Galimoto yomwe inali kumbuyo kwawo idakhotekera pang'ono, koma idawagunda ndi kuwala koyenera, ndikupangitsa kuti BMW ikuzungulira molakwika pamiyala yoterera.
  
  Kufuula kosayembekezereka kwa Sylvia kunamizidwa ndi chitsulo chophwanyika ndi magalasi osweka. Onse aŵiri Lance ndi Sylvia anamva kupweteka kwa galimoto yawo yotuluka m"mwamba, podziŵa kuti palibe chimene akanachita kuti aletse ngoziyo. Koma iwo anali olakwa. Anayima penapake panjira, pakati pa mitengo yamtchire ndi tchire pakati pa msewu wa A82 ndi madzi akuda, ozizira a Loch Lomond.
  
  "Uli bwino, wokondedwa?" - Adafunsa mokhumudwa Lance.
  
  "Ndili ndi moyo, koma khosi langa likundipha," anayankha motero kudzera m"mphuno yake yothyoka.
  
  Kwa nthaŵi ndithu anakhala osasunthika m"zibwinja zokhotakhota, akumvetsera kugunda kwamphamvu kwa mvula pazitsulozo. Onse awiri adapeza kuti ali otetezedwa mwamphamvu ndi ma airbags awo, kuyesa kudziwa kuti ndi ziwalo ziti za thupi lawo zomwe zikugwirabe ntchito. Dr. Lance Beach ndi mkazi wake Sylvia sankayembekezera kuti galimoto yomwe inali kumbuyo kwawo idzathamangira mumdima, ndikulunjika kumene iwo anali.
  
  Lance anayesa kugwira dzanja la Sylvia pomwe nyali za satana zija zidawachititsa khungu komaliza ndikuwamenya mothamanga kwambiri. Liwirolo linadula mkono wa Lance ndi kuwadula misana, galimoto yawo inakalowa m"nyanja yakuya kumene ikakhala bokosi lawo.
  
  
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  Kufananiza
  
  
  Mu Reichtisusis maganizo anali okwera kwa nthawi yoyamba mu kupitirira chaka. Perdue adabwerera kwawo, ndikutsanzikana mwachisomo kwa amuna ndi akazi omwe adakhala mnyumba mwake momvera chisoni a MI6 ndi mtsogoleri wawo wankhanza, a Joe Carter. Monga momwe Purdue ankakonda kupangira maphwando apamwamba kwa aphunzitsi ophunzira, mabizinesi, oyang'anira ndi omwe amapereka ndalama zapadziko lonse lapansi ku zopereka zake, nthawi ino china chake chocheperako chidayitanidwa.
  
  Kuyambira masiku a maphwando akuluakulu pansi pa denga la nyumba yaikulu yakale, Perdue waphunzira kuti kuzindikira n'kofunika. Panthawiyo, anali asanakumane ndi zokonda za Order of the Black Sun kapena nthambi zake, ngakhale poyang'ana m'mbuyo, adadziwana bwino ndi mamembala ake ambiri popanda kuzindikira. Komabe, kusuntha kumodzi kolakwika kunamuwonongera mdima wathunthu womwe adakhala zaka zonsezo pomwe anali wosewera wokonda kwambiri zinthu zakale.
  
  Kuyesa kwake kusangalatsa gulu loopsa la Nazi, makamaka kusokoneza kudzikuza kwake, kunafika pamapeto omvetsa chisoni pa Deep Sea One, malo ake opangira mafuta a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku North Sea. Kumeneko, pamene adaba Spear of Destiny ndikuthandizira kubereka mtundu wa anthu opambana, pamene adapondapo zala zawo poyamba. Zinthu zinangoipiraipirabe kuyambira pamenepo mpaka Perdue adachoka paubwenzi mpaka kukhala chosokoneza mpaka adakhala munga waukulu kwambiri pagulu la Black Sun.
  
  Panalibe kubwerera mmbuyo tsopano. Osabwezeretsedwa. Palibe kubwerera mmbuyo. Tsopano zomwe Perdue adatha kuchita ndikuchotsa mwadongosolo mamembala onse a bungwe loyipa mpaka atawonekeranso bwino pagulu popanda kuopa kuphedwa kwa mabwenzi ake ndi antchito. Ndipo kuthetsedwa kwapang'onopang'ono kumeneku kunayenera kuchitidwa mosamala, mochenjera komanso mwadongosolo. Panalibe njira yomwe akanawawonongera iwo kapena chirichonse chonga icho, koma Perdue anali wolemera ndi wanzeru moti anawadula mmodzimmodzi pogwiritsa ntchito zida zakupha za nthawiyo - teknoloji, zofalitsa, malamulo komanso ndithudi Mammon amphamvu.
  
  "Takulandiraninso, Dokotala," Perdue anaseka pamene Sam ndi Nina akutuluka m'galimoto. Zizindikiro za kuzingidwa kwaposachedwa zinali zikuwonekerabe pomwe ena mwa othandizira a Purdue ndi antchito ake adayimilira, kudikirira kuti MI6 ichoke m'malo awo ndikuchotsa zida zawo zosakhalitsa zanzeru ndi magalimoto. Kufikira kwa Perdue kwa Sam kunasokoneza Nina pang'ono, koma adadziwa kuchokera ku kuseka kwawo kuti ichi chinali chinthu china chotsalira pakati pa amuna awiriwa.
  
  "Bwerani, anyamata," adatero, "ndikufa ndi njala."
  
  "O, ndithudi, wokondedwa wanga Nina," Perdue anatero mwachifundo, akumatambasula kuti amukumbatire. Nina sananene kanthu, koma mawonekedwe ake otopa amamuvutitsa. Ngakhale anali atanenepa kwambiri chichokereni zomwe Fallin zidamuchitikira koma samakhulupilira kuti katswiri wamtali watsitsi loyera uja amaonekabe woonda komanso wotopa. M'mawa wotentha uja, Perdue ndi Nina anakhala m'manja mwawo kwa kanthawi, akungosangalala ndi kukhalapo kwa wina ndi mzake kwa kamphindi.
  
  "Ndili wokondwa kuti uli bwino, Dave," ananong"oneza motero. Mtima wa Perdue unadumphadumpha. Nina kawirikawiri, ngati sanamutchulepo dzina lake. Izi zinatanthauza kuti iye ankafuna kuti afike kwa iye payekhapayekha, zomwe zinali ngati kugunda kwakumwamba kwa iye.
  
  "Zikomo, wokondedwa," adayankha mofatsa m'mutu mwake, akupsompsona mutu wake asanamulole kupita. "Tsopano," iye anafuula mosangalala, akuwomba m"manja ndi kuwapotokola, "kodi tidzachita chikondwerero pang"ono ndisanakuuzeni chimene chidzachitike pambuyo pake?
  
  "Inde," Nina anamwetulira, "koma sindikutsimikiza kuti ndingadikire kuti ndimve zimene zidzachitike pambuyo pake. Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri ndikukhala pakampani yanu, ndasiya kotheratu kusangalala ndi zinthu zodabwitsa."
  
  "Ndamva," adavomereza, akudikirira kuti akhale woyamba kulowa pakhomo la nyumbayo. "Koma ndikukutsimikizirani kuti ndizotetezeka, moyang'aniridwa ndi boma la Ethiopia ndi ACU, komanso zovomerezeka."
  
  "Nthawi ino," Sam adaseka.
  
  "Mwaswera bwanji bwana?" Perdue adaseka ndi Sam, akukokera mtolankhani kumalo olandirira alendo ndi kolala yake.
  
  "Hello Charles." Nina anamwetulira woperekera chikho wokhulupirika nthawi zonse, yemwe anali atakonza kale tebulo m'chipinda chochezera kuti akumane nawo payekha.
  
  "Madam," Charles anagwedeza mutu mwaulemu. "Bambo Crack."
  
  "Moni wokondedwa wanga," Sam analonjera mwansangala. "Special Agent Smith wachoka kale?"
  
  "Ayi, bwana. M'malo mwake adangopita kuchimbudzi ndipo abwera nanu posachedwa," adatero Charles asanatuluke mchipindamo mwachangu.
  
  "Iye watopa pang"ono, munthu wosauka," Perdue anafotokoza, "amene anayenera kutumikira khamu la alendo osaitanidwa kwa nthaŵi yaitali. Ndidamupatsa mawa ndi Lachiwiri off. Kupatula apo, pakanakhala ntchito yochepa kwambiri kwa iye ine kulibe kupatulapo manyuzipepala atsiku ndi tsiku, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomera. "Koma ndikhulupilira kuti Lillian akhala pa ntchito mpaka titabwerera. Ndamutsimikizira kale kuti akadzabwera, andipangire apricot pudding strudel."
  
  "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. Anafunsanso mochititsa mantha kwambiri.
  
  "Chabwino, ndicho chifukwa china chimene ndinakupemphani inu nonse kuti mubwere, Nina. Chonde khalani ndi mpando ndikutsanulirani bourbon," adatero Perdue. Sam anasangalala kumuwonanso ali wansangala, wodekha komanso wodzidalira monga momwe analili poyamba. Kumbali ina, Sam adanenanso kuti, kumasulidwa kuchokera kundende kungapangitse munthu kusangalala ndi zochitika zing'onozing'ono. Nina anakhala pansi, kuyika dzanja lake pansi pa galasi la brandy momwe Perdue anamuthira Southern Comfort kwa iye.
  
  Popeza kuti kunali m"mawa sikunasinthe ngakhale pang"ono mmene zinthu zinalili m"chipinda chamdimacho. Mazenera aataliwo anali ndi makatani obiriwira obiriwira omwe amayala kapeti yokhuthala, ndipo mataniwo adapatsa chipindacho chisangalalo chanthaka. Kupyolera mu mipata yopapatiza ya zingwe pakati pa makatani olekanitsidwa, kuwala kwa m"maŵa kunayesa kuunikira mipandoyo, koma kunalephera kuunikira chirichonse kupatula kapeti yomwe inali pafupi nayo. Kunja, mitambo inkaoneka yolemera ndi yakuda, ikumaba mphamvu ya dzuŵa lililonse limene likanapereka masana.
  
  "Ichi chikusewera chiyani?" Sam sanalankhulepo ndi aliyense makamaka pamene nyimbo yodziwika bwino inkayandama mnyumbamo, kuchokera kwinakwake kukhitchini.
  
  "Lillian, pa ntchito momwe ukufunira," Perdue adaseka. "Ndimamulola kuti aziimba nyimbo pamene akuphika, koma sindikudziwa kuti ndi chiyani kwenikweni. Malinga ngati sizikuvutitsa antchito ena onse, sindisamala za mmene zinthu zilili kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo."
  
  "Wokongola. Ndimakonda, "anatero Nina, akubweretsa m'mphepete mwa kristalo pamilomo yake yakumunsi, kuyesera kuti asayidetse ndi milomo. "Ndiye ndimva liti za ntchito yathu yatsopanoyi?"
  
  Perdue adamwetulira, ndikugonjera ku chidwi cha Nina komanso zomwe Sam samadziwa. Anaika galasi lake pansi ndikusisita zikhato zake pamodzi. "Ndizosavuta, ndipo zidzandikhululukira machimo anga onse pamaso pa maboma omwe akukhudzidwa, ndikundimasula kuzinthu zomwe zidandibweretsera mavuto onsewa."
  
  "Fake Ark?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Zolondola," Perdue adatsimikizira. "Ili ndi gawo la mgwirizano wanga ndi Archaeological Crimes Unit ndi Ethiopian High Commissioner, wodziwa mbiri yakale wotchedwa Colonel. Basil Yeaman kuti abweze zotsalira zawo zachipembedzo ..."
  
  Nina anatsegula pakamwa pake kuti atsimikizire kukwinya kwake, koma Perdue anadziwa zomwe akanati anene ndipo posakhalitsa anatchula chinachake chimene chinamudodometsa. "... Ngakhale atakhala abodza chotani, ku malo awo oyenera m'phiri kunja kwa mudzi, komwe ndidawachotsa."
  
  "Kodi amateteza chinthu chopangidwa mwaluso kwambiri chomwe akudziwa kuti si Likasa lenileni la Chipangano?" -Sam adafunsa, akuyankha funso lenileni la Nina.
  
  "Inde, Sam. Kwa iwo, chikadali chotsalira chakale chamtengo wapatali, mosasamala kanthu kuti chili ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu kapena ayi. Ndazimvetsa, choncho ndikubweza." Iye anagwedeza. "Sitikufuna izi. Tinapeza zomwe timafuna kwa iye pamene tinali kufunafuna Vault of Hercules, sichoncho? Ndikutanthauza kuti mulibenso zinthu zambiri zothandiza m"chingalawachi zomwe zili zothandiza kwa ife. Inatiuza za kuyesa kwankhanza kwa ana komwe gulu la SS linachita pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, koma sikuyeneranso kuwasunga.
  
  "Akuganiza kuti ndi chiyani? Kodi akukhulupirirabe kuti ili ndi bokosi lopatulika?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Special Agent!" Sam adalengeza kulowa kwa Patrick kuchipinda.
  
  Patrick anamwetulira mwamanyazi. "Khala chete, Sam." Anatenga malo ake pafupi ndi Perdue ndipo adalandira chakumwa kuchokera kwa yemwe adatulutsidwa kumene. "Zikomo, David."
  
  Zodabwitsa ndizakuti, Perdue kapena Sam sanayang'ane zonena kuti ena awiriwo samadziwa chilichonse chokhudza Joe Carter wa MI6. Umo ndi mmene analili osamala pobisa nkhani zawo zachinsinsi. Chidziwitso cha Nina chokha chachikazi chinatsutsa bizinesi yachinsinsiyi nthawi ndi nthawi, koma sanamvetsetse chomwe chinali vuto.
  
  "Chabwino," Perdue adayambanso, "Patrick, pamodzi ndi gulu langa lazamalamulo, adakonza zikalata zamalamulo kuti athandizire kupita ku Ethiopia kuti akatenge bokosi lawo lopatulika ali moyang'aniridwa ndi MI6. Mukudziwa, kuonetsetsa kuti sindikusonkhanitsa nzeru za dziko lina kapena china chilichonse chonga icho. "
  
  Sam ndi Nina anayenera kuseka Perdue akunyoza nkhaniyi, koma Patrick anali atatopa ndipo ankangofuna kuti athetseretu kuti abwerere ku Scotland. "Ndinatsimikiziridwa kuti izi sizingatenge kupitirira sabata," anakumbutsa Perdue.
  
  "Mukubwera nafe?" Sam anadzuma ndithu.
  
  Patrick adawoneka odabwa komanso odabwitsidwa pang'ono. "Inde, Sam. Chifukwa chiyani? Sena mulakonzya kucita zyintu zibyaabi kuti mubelesi wamubelesi ulemekwe? Kapena sukukhulupirira kuti mnzako wapamtima sangakuwombere pabulu?"
  
  Nina anaseka kupeputsa maganizo, koma zinali zoonekeratu kuti m"chipindamo munali mikangano yambiri. Anayang'ana Perdue, yemwe nayenso anali kuwonetsa kusalakwa kwaungelo komwe munthu wonyansayo angachite. Maso ake sanakumane nawo, koma ankadziwa kuti akumuyang"ana.
  
  Kodi Purdue amandibisira chiyani? Amandibisira chani, nanga akumuuzanso chani Sam?
  
  "Ayi ayi. Palibe ngati zimenezo," Sam anakana. "Sindikufuna kuti ukhale pachiwopsezo, Paddy. Chifukwa chenicheni chimene zinthu zonsezi zinachitikira pakati pathu poyamba chinali chakuti zimene Perdue, Nina ndi ine tinali kuchita zinaika iwe ndi banja lako pangozi."
  
  Wow, ndimamukhulupirira." Pansi pamtima, Nina anadzudzula zimene Sam anafotokoza, ndipo anatsimikiza kuti Sam anali ndi zolinga zina zomulepheretsa Paddy. Ankawoneka ngati wozama, komabe, komabe Perdue adasungabe mawu, osalankhula pamene adakhala akumwetsa galasi lake.
  
  "Ndikuyamika, Sam, koma wawona, sindipita chifukwa sindimakudalira kwenikweni," Patrick anavomereza motero ndi kuusa moyo kwakukulu. "Sindingawononge ngakhale phwando lako kapena kuzonda iwe. Chowonadi ndi...Ndiyenera kupita. Malamulo anga ndi omveka bwino ndipo ndiyenera kuwatsatira ngati sindikufuna kuchotsedwa ntchito. "
  
  "Dikirani, ndiye mwalamulidwa kuti mubwere zivute zitani?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Yesu," Sam anatero, akupukusa mutu wake. "Ndi chibulu uti chomwe chimakupangitsa kupita, Paddy?"
  
  "Mukuganiza bwanji, Mkulu?" Adafunsa motele Patrick mosasamala zomwe zidamuchitikira.
  
  "Joe Carter," Perdue anatero mwamphamvu, maso ake akuyang'ana mumlengalenga, milomo yake ikusuntha kuti atchule dzina loipa la Chingerezi la Karsten.
  
  Sam anamva miyendo itachita dzanzi mu jeans yake. Sanathe kusankha ngati anali ndi nkhawa kapena kukwiya ndi chisankho chotumiza Patrick paulendowu. Maso ake akuda ananyezimira pamene anafunsa kuti, "Kuyenda m"chipululu kukabweza chinthu m"bokosi la mchenga limene chinatengedwa n"kosatheka kwa mkulu wa asilikali waudindo wapamwamba, eti?"
  
  Patrick adamuyang'ananso momwe amamuyang'anira Sam pomwe adayimilira mbali imodzi muofesi ya principal kudikira chilango chamtundu wina. "Ndizo ndendende zomwe ndimaganiza, Sam. Ndingayerekeze kunena kuti kuphatikizidwa kwanga muutumikiwu kunali pafupifupi ... mwadala. "
  
  
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  Ziwanda sizimafa
  
  
  Charles analibe pamene gululo likudya chakudya cham'mawa, akukambirana momwe ulendo wofulumira ukanakhala kuti pamapeto pake athandize Perdue kukwaniritsa chilango chake choyenera ndipo potsiriza kuchotsa Ethiopia ku Perdue.
  
  "O, muyenera kuyesera kuti muyamikire izi," Perdue adauza Patrick, koma adaphatikiza Sam ndi Nina pazokambirana. Anapatsana zambiri za vinyo wabwino ndi burande kuti adutse nthawi akusangalala ndi chakudya chamadzulo chowala chomwe Lillian adawakonzera. Anasangalala kuona abwana ake akuseka ndikumusekanso, pokhala m'modzi mwa anzake odalirika komanso umunthu wake womwewo.
  
  "Charles!" adayitana. Kanthawi pang'ono adayimbanso ndikudina belu lija koma Charles sanayankhe. "Dikirani, ndipita ndikatenge botolo," anatero ndipo ananyamuka kupita kumalo osungiramo vinyo. Nina sankatha kumvetsa momwe ankawonekera tsopano. M'mbuyomu anali wamtali komanso wowonda, koma kuwonda kwake posachedwa pamlandu wa Fallin kudamupangitsa kuti aziwoneka wamtali komanso wofooka kwambiri.
  
  "Ndipita nawe, David," Patrick adayankha. "Sindimakonda kuti Charles asayankhe, ngati ukudziwa zomwe ndikutanthauza."
  
  "Usakhale wopusa, Patrick," Perdue anamwetulira. "Reichtisus ndi yodalirika kuti ipewe alendo osafunikira. Komanso, m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito kampani yachitetezo, ndinaganiza zolemba ganyu pachipata changa. Sayankha malipiro aliwonse kupatula omwe asainidwa ndi anu moona.
  
  "Lingaliro labwino," Sam adavomereza.
  
  "Ndipo ndibweranso posachedwa kuti ndikawonetse botolo lamadzi lonyansali," Perdue adadzitamandira mosungika.
  
  "Ndipo tidzaloledwa kutsegula?" Nina adamuseka. "Chifukwa palibe chifukwa chodzitamandira pazinthu zomwe sizingatsimikizidwe, mukumvetsa."
  
  Perdue anamwetulira monyadira, "O, Dr. Gould, ndikuyembekezera kuyankhulana nanu za mbiri yakale ndikuyang'ana malingaliro anu oledzera." Ndipo ndi mawu awa, adatuluka mwachangu m'chipindacho ndikupita kuchipinda chapansi kudutsa ma laboratories ake. Sanafune kuvomereza izi atangotenganso ufumu wake, koma Perdue analinso ndi nkhawa chifukwa chakusowa kwa woperekera chikho. Anagwiritsa ntchito brandy ngati chowiringula chosiyanirana ndi enawo pofunafuna chifukwa chomwe Charles adawasiira.
  
  "Lily, wamuwona Charles?" Anafunsa wantchito wake wakunyumba ndikuphika.
  
  Anapatuka pafiriji kuti ayang'ane kutopa kwake. Akugwedeza manja ake pansi pa thaulo la kukhitchini limene ankagwiritsira ntchito, anamwetulira monyinyirika. "Inde, bwana. Special Agent Smith wapempha Charles kuti akatenge mlendo wanu wina ku eyapoti.
  
  "Mlendo wanga wina?" Perdue anatero pambuyo pake. Ankakhulupirira kuti sanaiwale za msonkhano wofunikawo.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Perdue," adatsimikizira. "Kodi Charles ndi Bambo Smith adavomera kuti abwere nanu?" Lily ankawoneka kuti ali ndi nkhawa pang'ono, makamaka chifukwa sankadziwa zomwe Perdue ankadziwa za mlendoyo. Kwa Perdue, zinali ngati akukayikira misala yake chifukwa choiwala zomwe sanazidziwe poyamba.
  
  Perdue anaganiza kwa kamphindi, ndikugogoda zala zake pachitseko kuti zitheke. M'malingaliro ake, zingakhale bwino kusewera momasuka ndi Lily wokongola kwambiri, yemwe anali ndi maganizo apamwamba pa iye. "Am, Lily, ndamuyimbira mlendo uyu? Kodi ndikuduka mutu?
  
  Mwadzidzidzi zonse zidamveka kwa Lily ndipo adaseka mokoma. "Ayi! Mulungu, ayi, Bambo Perdue, simunadziwe za izo nkomwe. Osadandaula, sunapengabe."
  
  Atamva kumasuka, Perdue anausa moyo, "Zikomo Mulungu!" - ndipo anaseka naye. "Awa ndi ndani?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa dzina lake, bwana, koma zikuoneka kuti wadzipereka kuti akuthandizeni paulendo wanu wotsatira." anatero mwamantha.
  
  "Kwaulere?" iye anaseka.
  
  Lily adaseka, "Ndikukhulupirira, bwana."
  
  "Zikomo, Lily," anatero ndipo anazimiririka asanayankhe. Lily anamwetulira mphepo ya masana yomwe inkawomba pawindo lotsegula pafupi ndi mafiriji ndi mafiriji omwe ankalongedza chakudya. Iye anati mwakachetechete: "Zabwino kwambiri kuti wabwerera, wokondedwa wanga."
  
  Akuyenda kudutsa ma laboratories ake, Perdue adamva chisoni, komanso anali ndi chiyembekezo. Potsikira pansi pansanjika yoyamba ya khwalala lake lalikulu, analumpha masitepe a konkire. Zinatsogolera kuchipinda chapansi kumene kunali ma laboratories, amdima komanso opanda phokoso. Perdue adamva kukwiya kolakwika chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwa Joseph Carsten kuti awonekere kunyumba kwake kuti aphwanye chinsinsi chake, amapezerapo mwayi paukadaulo wake wovomerezeka ndi kafukufuku wake wazamalamulo, ngati kuti zonse zidalipo kuti afufuze.
  
  Sanavutike ndi nyali zazikulu, zolimba zapadenga, kuyatsa nyali yayikulu yokha pakhomo la kanjira kakang'ono. Pamene ankadutsa mabwalo amdima a khomo lagalasi la labu, adakumbukira masiku amtengo wapatali zinthu zisanakhale zonyansa komanso zandale komanso zoopsa. Mkati mwake, amatha kuganizabe kumva akatswiri ake odziyimira pawokha, asayansi, ndi omwe amaphunzira nawo ntchito akukambirana, akukangana pa kulumikizana ndi malingaliro amamvekedwe a maseva ndi ma intercoolers akuthamanga. Zinamupangitsa kumwetulira, ngakhale kuti mtima wake unkawawa kuti masikuwo abwerere. Popeza kuti tsopano anthu ambiri ankamuona ngati chigawenga ndipo mbiri yake inali itasiya kugwiritsidwanso ntchito polemba CV, anaona kuti kulembera akatswiri asayansi apamwamba kunalibe ntchito.
  
  "Zitenga nthawi, wachikulire," anadziuza motero. "Ingopirirani, chifukwa cha Mulungu."
  
  Thupi lake lalitali lidalowera kunjira yakumanzere, njira yolowera konkriti ikuwoneka yolimba pansi pamiyendo yake. Inali konkire yotsanuliridwa zaka mazana angapo zapitazo ndi omanga nyumba atapita kale. Kumeneko kunali kwawo, ndipo kunampangitsa kudzimva kukhala wofunika kwambiri kuposa ndi kale lonse.
  
  Pamene ankadutsa pakhomo losaoneka bwino la nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo, mtima wake unagunda mofulumira ndipo kumva kunjenjemera kumatsika kumsana mpaka ku miyendo yake. Perdue anamwetulira pamene ankadutsa pa chitseko chakale chachitsulo chomwe chinafanana ndi khoma la mtundu ndi maonekedwe ake, ndikugogoda kawiri panjira. Potsirizira pake, fungo lotayirira la m"chipinda chapansi chomira linadzaza mphuno zake. Perdue anali wokondwa kwambiri kukhalanso yekha, koma anafulumira kukatenga botolo la vinyo wa ku Crimea kuyambira m'ma 1930 kuti agawane ndi kampani yake.
  
  Charles adasunga m'chipinda chapansi pa nyumba mwaukhondo, mabotolo adaphwanyidwa ndikutembenuka, koma ayi Perdue adalamula woperekera chikho wakhamayo kuti achoke m'chipindamo momwe alili. Kupatula apo, sichingakhale mosungiramo vinyo wabwino ngati sichikuwoneka chocheperako ndikutsika. Pokumbukira mwachidule zinthu zosangalatsa, Perdue anayenera kulipira molingana ndi malamulo a Chilengedwe chankhanza, ndipo posakhalitsa maganizo ake anayamba kuyendayenda kumbali ina.
  
  Makoma apansi panthaka anali kukumbukira ndende komwe adasungidwa ndi hule wankhanza wochokera ku Black Sun asanakumane ndi mathero ake oyenera. Ngakhale adadzikumbutsa mochuluka bwanji kuti mutu woyipawu m'moyo wake watsekedwa, sakanatha kumva kuti makoma akutsekeka mozungulira.
  
  "Ayi, ayi, izi si zenizeni," ananong"oneza motero. "Ndi malingaliro anu kuzindikira zomwe mwakumana nazo mopwetekedwa mtima ngati phobia."
  
  Komabe, Perdue ankaona ngati sakanatha kusuntha chifukwa maso ake ankanama. Botolo lili m'manja mwake komanso chitseko chotseguka chili patsogolo pake, adamva kuti alibe chiyembekezo. Atamangidwa unyolo pamalopo, Perdue sakanatha kutenga sitepe imodzi, ndipo mtima wake unagunda mofulumira pankhondo ndi malingaliro ake. "O Mulungu wanga, ichi ndi chiyani?" - iye squealed, kukanikiza pamphumi pake ndi dzanja lake laulere.
  
  Chilichonse chinamuzungulira, ziribe kanthu momwe adalimbana ndi zithunzizo ndi malingaliro ake omveka bwino a zenizeni ndi maganizo. Akubuula, adatseka maso ake pofuna kutsimikizira psyche yake kuti sanabwerere kundende. Mwadzidzidzi, dzanja linamugwira mwamphamvu ndikumukoka pankono, zomwe zinachititsa mantha Perdue kukhala woopsa kwambiri. Nthawi yomweyo maso ake anatseguka ndipo maganizo ake anamasuka.
  
  "Yesu, Perdue, tinkaganiza kuti wamezedwa ndi khonde kapena chinachake," Nina anatero, atagwirabe dzanja lake.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Nina!" - adafuula, akutsegula maso ake abuluu kuti atsimikizire kuti akhaladi zenizeni. "Sindikudziwa zomwe zangondichitikira. Ine^ine_ine ndinawona ndende^O Mulungu wanga! Ndipenga!"
  
  Anagwera pamwamba pa Nina ndipo iye anakulunga manja ake mozungulira iye pamene iye akupuma hysterically. Anatenga botolo kwa iye ndikuliyika patebulo kumbuyo kwake, osasuntha inchi kuchokera pomwe adanyamula thupi la Perdue lotsamira komanso lomenyedwa. "Ziri bwino, Perdue," adanong'oneza. "Ndimadziwa bwino kwambiri kumverera uku. Phobias nthawi zambiri amabadwa kuchokera ku chochitika chimodzi chokhumudwitsa. Ndizo zonse zomwe timafunikira kuti tipenga, ndikhulupirireni. Ingodziwani kuti uku ndi kupwetekedwa mtima kwa mayeso anu, osati kugwa kwa misala yanu. Mukangokumbukira izi, mukhala bwino. "
  
  "Kodi umu ndi momwe mumamvera nthawi zonse tikakukakamizani kulowa m'malo otchinga kuti tipindule?" - anafunsa mwakachetechete, akupuma mpweya pafupi ndi khutu la Nina.
  
  "Inde," anavomereza motero. "Koma musamveke ngati zankhanza. Pamaso pa Deep Sea One ndi sitima yapamadzi, ndinasiya kukhazikika nthawi zonse ndikakakamizika kulowa m'malo othina. Popeza ndagwira ntchito ndi iwe ndi Sam," adamwetulira ndikumukankhira kutali pang'ono kuti amuyang'ane m'maso, "Ndakhala ndikulimbana ndi claustrophobia nthawi zambiri, ndimayenera kuthana nazo, apo ayi aliyense atha kudwala. kuphedwa, kuti, kwenikweni, inu amisala awiri munandithandiza kuthana ndi izi bwino. "
  
  Perdue anayang'ana uku ndi uku ndipo anamva mantha akutha. Anapuma mozama ndikuyendetsa dzanja lake mosamala pamutu wa Nina, akuzungulira zala zake. "Ndikadatani popanda iwe, Dr. Gould?"
  
  "Chabwino, choyamba, mungachoke mu gulu lanu laulendo mukuyembekezera mwachidwi kwamuyaya," iye ananyengerera motero. "Choncho, tisalole aliyense adikire."
  
  "Zonse?" - adafunsa mwachidwi.
  
  "Inde, mlendo wako wafika mphindi zingapo zapitazo ndi Charles," adamwetulira.
  
  "Ali ndi mfuti?" adaseka.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Nina adasewera. "Iye akhoza basi. Ndiye zokonzekera zathu sizikhala zotopetsa. "
  
  Sam adawayitana kuchokera komwe amalowera ku lab. "Bwerani," Nina anatero, "tiyeni tibwerere kumeneko asanaganize kuti tachita chinthu chodetsedwa."
  
  "Mukutsimikiza kuti zingakhale zoipa?" Perdue adakopeka.
  
  "Ayi!" Sam anayimba panjira yoyamba. "Kodi ndiyembekezere kuti mphesa zipondedwe pansi pamenepo?"
  
  "Khulupirirani Sam, amamveketsa mawu otukwana." Perdue adapumira mwansangala ndipo Nina adaseka. "Musintha kamvekedwe kanu, munthu wachikulire," Perdue anafuula motero. "Mukangoyesa Ayu-Dag Cahors wanga, mudzafuna zambiri."
  
  Nina adakweza nsidze ndikumupatsa Perdue mawonekedwe okayikitsa. "Chabwino, wawononga zonse nthawi imeneyo."
  
  Perdue anayang'ana kutsogolo monyadira pamene ankalowera kunjira yoyamba. "Ndikudziwa".
  
  Atakumananso ndi Sam, atatuwo anabwerera pamasitepe a m"kholamo kuti atsikire kuchipinda choyamba. Perdue adadana kuti onse awiri adabisala mlendo wake. Ngakhale woperekera chikho wake mwiniwakeyo anamkaniza, kumpangitsa kudzimva ngati mwana wosalimba. Iye sakanatha kudzichitira koma kumverera pang'ono patronizing, koma podziwa Sam ndi Nina, iye anadziwa kuti iwo ankangofuna kudabwa iye. Ndipo Purdue, monga nthawi zonse, anali pabwino kwambiri.
  
  Anaona Charles ndi Patrick akulankhula pang'ono kunja kwa chitseko cha pabalaza. Kumbuyo kwawo, Perdue adawona mulu wa matumba achikopa ndi chifuwa chakale. Patrick ataona Perdue, Sam, ndi Nina akukwera masitepe opita kunsanjika yoyamba, anamwetulira n"kuuza Perdue kuti abwerere ku msonkhano. "Kodi mwabweretsa vinyo amene munadzitamandira naye?" Adafunsa monyoza Patrick. "Kapena adabedwa ndi ma agents anga?"
  
  "Mulungu, sindingadabwe," Perdue adalankhula mwanthabwala pamene amadutsa Patrick.
  
  Atalowa mchipindacho, Perdue adachita mantha. Iye sankadziwa kaya kuti achite chidwi kapena kuchita mantha ndi masomphenya amene anali patsogolo pake. Munthu amene anaima pafupi ndi motoyo anamwetulira mwansangala, manja ake atapinda momvera pamaso pake. "Uli bwanji, Perdue Efendi?"
  
  
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  Kuyamba
  
  
  "Sindikukhulupirira zimene ndikuona! - Perdue adafuula, ndipo sanali kuseka. "Sindingathe! Moni! Mzanga ulidi kuno?"
  
  "Ine, Efendi," anayankha Ajo Kira, akumva kusangalatsidwa ndi chisangalalo cha mabiliyoniyo pomuwona. "Ukuwoneka wodabwitsidwa kwambiri."
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti munamwalira," anatero Perdue moona mtima. "Atatiwombolera moto ... Ndidatsimikiza kuti adakupha."
  
  "Mwatsoka, anapha mbale wanga Efendi," anadandaula motero Mwigupto. "Koma izi si zochita zanu. Anawomberedwa pamene ankayendetsa jeep kuti atipulumutse."
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti munthuyu adalandira maliro abwino. Ndikhulupirireni, Ajo, ndikonza banja lanu pazonse zomwe mwachita kuti mundithandize kuthawa m'manja mwa Aitiopiya ndi zilombo zotembereredwa za Cosa Nostra.
  
  "Pepani," Nina anaduladula mwaulemu. "Ndingakufunseni kuti ndinu ndani kwenikweni bwana? Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndasochera pang'ono pano.
  
  Amunawo anamwetulira. "Inde, inde," Perdue adaseka. "Ndinayiwala kuti inu simunali ndi ine pamene ine...
  
  "Kodi mukadali nawo, Bambo Perdue?" - Anafunsa Ajo. Kapena akali m"nyumba ya anthu osaopa Mulungu ija ku Djibouti kumene anandizunza?"
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, kodi iwonso anakuzunzani?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Inde, Dr. Gould. Prof. Mwamuna wa Medley ndi ma troll ake ndi omwe ali ndi mlandu. Ndiyenera kuvomereza, ngakhale kuti analipo, ndinawona kuti sakuvomereza. Wamwalira tsopano?" - Ajo anafunsa mwaulemu.
  
  "Inde, iye, mwatsoka, adamwalira paulendo wa Hercules," Nina adatsimikizira. "Koma munalowako bwanji paulendowu? Purdue, chifukwa chiyani sitinadziwe za Bambo Cyrus?"
  
  Perdue anafotokoza kuti: "Anthu a Medley anamutsekera kuti adziwe kumene ndinali ndi zinthu zimene ankasirira kwambiri, Nina. "Bambo uyu ndi injiniya wa ku Egypt yemwe adandithandiza kuthawa ndi Bokosi Lopatulika ndisanabwere nalo kuno - Vault of Hercules isanapezeke."
  
  "Ndipo mumaganiza kuti wafa," Sam anawonjezera.
  
  "Zolondola," Perdue adatsimikizira. "N"chifukwa chake ndinadabwa kuona mnzanga "womwalirayo" ataimirira m"chipinda changa chokhala ndi moyo. Ndiuze Ajo wokondedwa, n"chifukwa chiyani wabwera kuno ngati sikuti tidzakumanenso mosangalala?"
  
  Ajo adawoneka osokonezeka pang'ono, osadziwa kufotokoza, koma Patrick adadzipereka kuti akwaniritse aliyense pankhaniyi. "M'malo mwake, a Kira ali pano kuti akuthandizeni kubweza chinthucho pamalo oyenera pomwe mudachiba, David." Iye anayang'ana mwamsanga mwachipongwe kwa Mwiguptoyo asanapitirize kufotokoza kuti aliyense athe kufulumira. "M"chenicheni, dongosolo lazamalamulo la ku Aigupto linam"kakamiza kuchita zimenezi mokakamizidwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Archaeological Crimes Department. Njira ina ingakhale kutsekeredwa m"ndende chifukwa chothandiza munthu wothawathawa komanso kuthandiza pa kuba zinthu zakale zamtengo wapatali zochokera kwa anthu a ku Ethiopia."
  
  "Choncho chilango chako ndi chofanana ndi changa," Perdue adadandaula.
  
  "Kupatula kuti sindikanatha kulipira chindapusa ichi, Effendi," Ajo anafotokoza.
  
  "Sindikuganiza ayi," Patrick anavomereza motero. "Komanso izi sizingayembekezeredwe kwa inu, chifukwa ndiwe wothandizana nawo osati chigawenga chachikulu."
  
  "Ndi chifukwa chake amakutumiza, Paddy?" -Sam anafunsa. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanasangalale ndi kuphatikizidwa kwa Patrick paulendowu.
  
  "Inde, ndikuganiza. Ngakhale kuti ndalama zonse zidalipiridwa ndi David monga gawo la chilango chake, ndiyenerabe kutsagana nanu nonse kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti palibenso ziwopsezo zomwe zingayambitse upandu wokulirapo, "adalongosola moona mtima koopsa.
  
  "Koma akadatumiza wothandizira wamkulu," Sam adayankha.
  
  "Inde, atha kuchita zimenezo, Sammo. Koma adandisankha, ndiye tingochita zomwe tingathe kuti tipeze izi, huh? " Anatero Patrick uku akumusisita paphewa Sam. "Zidzatipatsanso mwayi woti tibweze nthawi yomwe idatayika chaka chathachi. David, mwina tingamweko pamene mukufotokoza momwe ulendowu ukuyendera?"
  
  "Ndimakonda momwe mukuganizira, Special Agent Smith," Perdue anamwetulira, atanyamula botolo ngati mphoto. "Tsopano tiyeni tikhale pansi ndi kulemba kaye ziphaso ndi zilolezo zofunika kuti tidutse pa kasitomu. Pambuyo pake, titha kukonza njira yabwino kwambiri mothandizidwa ndi munthu wanga yemwe angagwirizane ndi Kira pano, ndikuyamba mayendedwe obwereketsa. "
  
  Kwa tsiku lonselo mpaka madzulo, gululo linakonzekera kubwerera kwawo kudziko, kumene akakumana ndi chitonzo cha anthu akumeneko ndi mawu aukali ochokera kwa otsogolera kufikira ntchito yawo itakwaniritsidwa. Zinali zosangalatsa kuti Perdue, Nina ndi Sam akhalenso pamodzi m'nyumba yaikulu, yakale ya Perdue, osanenapo kuti anali pamodzi ndi mabwenzi awiri, zomwe zinapangitsa chirichonse kukhala chapadera kwambiri panthawiyi.
  
  M'mawa kutacha anali atakonza zonse ndipo aliyense anali atakhazikika ndi ntchito yosonkhanitsa zida za ulendowo, komanso kuona ngati mapasipoti awo ndi zikalata zoyendera zolondola ndi zomwe boma la Britain, intelligence yankhondo komanso nthumwi za ku Ethiopia, Prof. J. Imru ndi Mtsamunda. Mayina.
  
  Gululo linasonkhana mwachidule kwa kadzutsa pansi pa diso lolimba la woperekera chikho cha Perdue, ngati angafunike chirichonse kuchokera kwa iye. Nthaŵiyi Nina sanazindikire kukambitsirana mwakachetechete pakati pa Sam ndi Perdue pamene maso awo anakomana patebulo lalikulu la rosewood pamene nyimbo zamwala za Lily zachisangalalo zimamveka kutali kukhitchini.
  
  Ena atatha kugona usiku watha, Sam ndi Perdue anakhala maola angapo okha, akusinthanitsa malingaliro a momwe angasonyezere Joe Carter pamaso pa anthu, pamene akung'amba zambiri za Lamuloli kuti likhale labwino. Iwo anavomereza kuti ntchitoyi inali yovuta ndipo idzatenga nthawi kuti akonzekere, koma ankadziwa kuti afunika kumutchera msampha wina wake Carter. Munthu ameneyu sanali wopusa. Iye ankawerengera ndiponso wankhanza m"njira yakeyake, choncho aŵiriwo anatenga nthaŵi kuti aganizire zimene anakonza. Sanathe kusiya zolumikizira zilizonse zosatsimikizika. Sam sanauze Perdue za ulendo wa MI6 wothandizira Liam Johnson kapena zomwe adawululira mlendo usiku womwewo pamene adachenjeza Sam za akazitape ake.
  
  Panalibe nthawi yochuluka yokonzekera kugwa kwa Carsten, koma Perdue anali wotsimikiza kuti sakanatha kuthamangira zinthu. Koma Perdue tsopano adayenera kuyang'ana kwambiri kuti mlanduwu uchotsedwe kukhothi kuti moyo wake ubwererenso kwanthawi yayitali m'miyezi.
  
  Choyamba, anafunika kukonza zoti zinthuzo zinyamulidwe m"chibokosi chokhoma, chotetezedwa ndi akuluakulu a kasitomu moyang"aniridwa ndi Mlangizi Wapadera Patrick Smith. Ananyamula ulamuliro wa Carter m'chikwama chake chilichonse chomwe adachita paulendowu, zomwe Mtsogoleri Wapamwamba wa MI6 sangavomereze. M'malo mwake, chifukwa chokha chomwe adatumizira Smith paulendowu kuti akawone ulendo wa Aksum chinali kuchotsa wothandizirayo. Amadziwa kuti Smith anali pafupi kwambiri ndi Purdue kuti asaphonyedwe muzolowera za Black Sun. Koma Patrick, ndithudi, sankadziwa izi.
  
  "Kodi ukuchita chiyani, David?" - Patrick adafunsa atalowa ku Perdue, yemwe anali wotanganidwa kugwira ntchito mu labu yake yamakompyuta. Perdue ankadziwa kuti ndi okhawo omwe ali odziwika kwambiri komanso omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chochuluka cha sayansi ya makompyuta omwe angadziwe zomwe anali kuchita. Patrick sanafune kuchita izi, kotero bilioneayo sanayang'ane maso ataona wothandizira akulowa mu labotale.
  
  "Kungophatikiza zomwe ndimagwira ndisanakhale kutali ndi ma lab, Paddy," Perdue adalongosola mokondwera. "Pali zida zambiri zomwe ndiyenera kugwirirapo ntchito, kukonza zolakwika ndi zinthu monga choncho, mukudziwa. Koma ndinaganiza kuti popeza gulu langa la ulendo liyenera kudikirira chivomerezo cha boma tisanapite, ndikhoza kugwira ntchito ina."
  
  Patrick adalowa ngati kuti palibe chomwe chidachitika, tsopano kuposa kale lonse amadziwa zomwe Dave Perdue anali wanzeru. Maso ake anali odzaza ndi zipangizo zosamvetsetseka zomwe ankangoganiza kuti zinali zovuta kwambiri kupanga. " Zabwino kwambiri," adatero, atayimirira kutsogolo kwa bokosi limodzi lalitali kwambiri ndikuwonera magetsi ang'onoang'ono akunyezimira ndi phokoso la makina mkati mwake. "Ndimasilira kulimbikira kwako ndi zinthu izi, David, koma sungandipeze ndikukhala ndi ma boardboard onsewa ndi ma memory card ndi zina."
  
  "Ha!" Perdue adamwetulira, osayang'ana ntchito yake. "Ndiye chiyani, Wothandizira Wapadera, ndiwe wodziwa kuchita chiyani pambali pa kugwetsa lawi la moto pa kandulo patali kwambiri?"
  
  Patrick anaseka. "O, mwamva za izi?"
  
  "Ndinatero," Perdue anayankha. "Sam Cleave akaledzera, nthawi zambiri ndiwe mutu wankhani zake zaubwana, wachikulire."
  
  Patrick anasangalala ndi zimene anapezazi. Akugwedeza mutu modzichepetsa, anaimirira, kuyang'ana pansi kuti aganizire mtolankhani wopengayo. Iye ankadziwa bwino lomwe mmene bwenzi lake lapamtima linkakhalira akapsa mtima, ndipo nthawi zonse pamakhala phwando lalikulu komanso zosangalatsa zambiri. Mawu a Perdue anakulirakulira chifukwa cha zochitika zakale komanso zokumbukira zomwe zinali zitangochitika kumene m'mutu mwa Patrick.
  
  "Ndiye, ndi chiyani chomwe umakonda kwambiri ukakhala sukugwira ntchito, Patrick?"
  
  "PA!" - wothandizirayo adasiya kukumbukira kwake. "Hmm, ndimakonda kwambiri mawaya."
  
  Perdue anayang'ana mmwamba kuchokera pa pulogalamu yake ya pulogalamu kwa nthawi yoyamba, kuyesera kuti atulutse mawu achinsinsi. Kutembenukira kwa Patrick, adakhala ndi chidwi chodabwitsa ndikungofunsa, "Waya?"
  
  Patrick anaseka.
  
  "Ndine wokwera. Ndimakonda zingwe ndi zingwe kuti ndizikhala bwino. Monga Sam mwina sanakuuzeni kapena sanakuuzenipo kale, sindine woganiza kapena wolimbikitsidwa m'malingaliro. Ndikanakonda kukhala wokangalika pakukwera miyala, kudumpha pansi kapena masewera a karati," Patrick analongosola motero, "m"malo, mwatsoka, kuphunzira zambiri za phunziro losadziwika bwino kapena kumvetsetsa ukonde wa physics kapena zamulungu."
  
  "Chifukwa" Mwatsoka? - Perdue anafunsa. "Zowonadi, kukanakhala kuti padziko lapansi pangakhale akatswiri anzeru okha, sitikanatha kumanga, kufufuza, kapena kupanga akatswiri anzeru. Izi zikadakhalabe papepala ndikuganizira mozama popanda anthu omwe adachita kafukufukuyu, simukuvomereza? "
  
  Patrick anati, "Ndikuganiza. Sindinaganizepo za izi. "
  
  Apa m"pamene anazindikira kuti wangotchulapo chododometsa, ndipo chinamupangitsa kuseka mwamwano. Komabe, Patrick sakanachitira mwina koma kuchita chidwi ndi ma chart ndi ma code a Purdue. "Tiyeni, Perdue, phunzitsani munthu wamba zaukadaulo," adanyengerera, ndikukweza mpando. "Ndiuze chimene ukuchita kwenikweni kuno."
  
  Perdue anaganiza kamphindi asanayankhe ndi chidaliro chake chokhazikika chokhazikika. "Ndikupanga chida chachitetezo, Patrick."
  
  Patrick anamwetulira molakwika. "Ndikumvetsa. Kuteteza MI6 mtsogolo?
  
  Perdue adabweza kulira koyipa kwa Patrick ndikudzitamandira, "Inde."
  
  Mukulondola, tambala wakale, Perdue adadziganizira yekha, podziwa kuti lingaliro la Patrick linali loyandikira chowonadi mowopsa, ndikupotoza, inde. Kodi simungasangalale kuganizira izi mukangodziwa kuti chipangizo changa chidapangidwa kuti chiyamwe MI6?
  
  "Ndili choncho?" Patrick adachita mantha. "Ndiye ndiuzeni momwe zinaliri ... O, dikirani," iye anatero mwansangala, "Ndayiwala, ndine gawo la gulu loyipa lomwe mukulimbana nalo kuno." Perdue adaseka ndi Patrick, koma amuna onsewa adagawana zilakolako zosadziwika zomwe sakanatha kuwulula wina ndi mnzake.
  
  
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  Kupyolera mu mlengalenga
  
  
  Patatha masiku atatu, phwandolo linakwera Super Hercules, yobwerekedwa ndi Perdue, ndi gulu losankhidwa la amuna pansi pa ulamuliro wa Colonel J. Akuyang'aniridwa, Yimenu ananyamula katundu wamtengo wapatali wa ku Ethiopia.
  
  "Kodi mungapite nafe, Colonel?" - Perdue adafunsa msirikali wakale wokwiya koma wokonda.
  
  "Paulendo?" - Ichi ndi chiyani? Anafunsa Perdue mwamphamvu, ngakhale adayamikira chikondi cha wofufuza wolemera. "Ayi, ayi, ayi. Mtolo uli pa iwe, mwana wanga. Muyenera kukonza nokha. Pachiwopsezo chonena mwamwano, sindingakonde kulankhula nanu pang"ono ngati mulibe nazo vuto."
  
  "Chabwino, Mtsamunda," Perdue anayankha mwaulemu. "Ndikumvetsa bwino".
  
  "Kupatula apo," msilikaliyo anapitiliza, "sindingafune kudutsa chipwirikiti ndi chipwirikiti chomwe mudzakumane nacho mukabwerera ku Axum. Mukuyenera kukumana ndi chidani chimene mudzakumane nacho, ndipo kunena mosapita m"mbali, ngati chinachake chingakuchitikireni m"kati mwa kuperekedwa kwa Bokosi Lopatulika, sindinganene kuti ndi nkhanza."
  
  "Wow," Nina anatero, atakhala panjira yotseguka ndikusuta. "Osabwerera m"mbuyo."
  
  Mtsamunda anayang'ana cham'mbali Nina. "Uuze mkazi wako kuti nayenso asamaganizire za iye yekha. Kupanduka kwa akazi sikuloledwa pa dziko langa.
  
  Sam anayatsa kamera ndikudikirira.
  
  "Nina," Perdue adanena asanayankhe, akuyembekeza kuti asiya gehena yomwe adayitanidwa kuti atulutse msilikali wotsutsa. Maso ake anangoyang'anabe pa Colonel uja, koma maso ake anatseka atamva mayiyo akuimirira n'kuyandikira. Sam, watsopano kuchokera kugalamuka m'mimba mwa Hercules, adamwetulira pomwe akuloza mandala ake.
  
  Msilikaliyo ankangoyang'ana akumwetulira pamene chiwanda chaching'onocho chikupita kwa iye, chikudutsa pamphuno ya ndudu yake ndi chikhadabo pamene akuyenda. Tsitsi lake lakuda linkayenda kwambiri pamapewa ake, ndipo kamphepo kayeziyezi kanasesa zingwe zapakachisi wake pamwamba pa maso ake abulauni.
  
  "Tandiuza, Mtsamunda," anafunsa mofatsa, "kodi uli ndi mkazi?"
  
  "Ndithudi," adayankha mwamphamvu, osachotsa maso ake pa Perdue.
  
  "Kodi munamubera kapena munangolamula asilikali anu kuti amudula maliseche kuti asadziwe kuti zomwe mukuchita ndi zonyansa ngati momwe mumachitira?" - adafunsa mwachindunji.
  
  "Ndina!" Perdue anadzuma, n"kutembenuka kuti amuyang"ane modabwa pamene msilikali wankhondoyo anafuula kuti, "Bwanji! kumbuyo kwake.
  
  "Pepani," Nina anamwetulira. Mwachisawawa anakoka ndudu yake ndi kufuzira utsi kwa mkulu wa asilikali. Nkhope ya Yimenu. "Landilani kupepesa kwanga. Tiwonana ku Ethiopia, Colonel." Anabwerera ku Hercules, koma anatembenuka pakati kuti amalize zomwe amafuna kunena. "O, ndipo pothawira kumeneko ndidzasamaliradi chonyansa chanu cha Abrahamu kuno. Osadandaula." Analoza Bokosi lotchedwa Sacred Box n'kumutsinzinitsa Mtsamunda asanaziwikire mumdima wa malo onyamula katundu a ndegeyo.
  
  Sam anasiya kujambula ndikuyesa kuyang'ana nkhope yowongoka. "Mukudziwa kuti angakupherani kumeneko chifukwa cha zimene mwangochita," iye anaseka motero.
  
  "Eya, koma sindinachite kumeneko, sichoncho, Sam?" - adafunsa monyoza. "Ndinachita izi pompano ku Scotland, pogwiritsa ntchito kunyoza kwanga kwachikunja kwa chikhalidwe chilichonse chomwe sichilemekeza mwamuna kapena mkazi."
  
  Adaseka ndikuyika kamera yake kutali. "Ndagwira mbali yanu yabwino, ngati ndi chitonthozo."
  
  "Wopusa iwe! Mwalemba izi? - adakuwa, akugwira Sam. Koma Sam anali wamkulu, wachangu komanso wamphamvu. Anayenera kuvomereza mawu ake oti asawasonyeze Padi, apo ayi adzamukankhira kutali ndi ulendowo kuopa kuzunzidwa ndi amuna a Mtsamunda akafika ku Axum.
  
  Perdue anapepesa chifukwa cha ndemanga za Nina, ngakhale kuti sakanatha kupwetekedwa bwino. "Ingomusunga mwana wanga," msilikaliyo anafuula motero. "Iye ali wamng"ono mokwanira kuti akhale manda osazama m"chipululu, mmene mawu ake akanatsekeredwa mpaka kalekale. Ndipo si katswiri wodziŵa bwino za m"mabwinja amene akanatha kusanthula mafupa ake ngakhale patatha mwezi umodzi." Pamenepo anayenda molunjika ku jipi yake, yomwe inali kumudikirira kutsidya lina la bwalo lalikulu la ndege la Lossiemouth, koma asanafike patali Perdue anayima patsogolo pake.
  
  "Msilikali Yimenu, ndikhoza kubweza dziko lanu, koma musaganize kamphindi kuti mutha kuwopseza anzanga ndikuchoka. Sindingalole ziwopsezo zakupha anthu anga, kapena inenso, pankhaniyi, chonde ndipatseni upangiri umodzi," Perdue adalankhula modekha zomwe zikutanthauza mkwiyo woyaka pang'onopang'ono. Chala chake chachitali cha mlozera chinanyamuka ndipo chinakhalabe choyandama pakati pa nkhope yake ndi nkhope ya Yimenu. "Osaponda pamalo osalala a gawo langa. Mudzaona kuti ndinu opepuka moti mukhoza kuthawa minga imene ili pansipa."
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Patrick anafuula kuti: "Chabwino, ndiye! Konzekerani kunyamuka! Ndikufuna kuti anthu anga onse achotsedwe ndi kuwerengedwa tisanatseke mlanduwu, Colin!" Anakuwa kulamula mosalekeza, kotero kuti Yimenu anakwiya kwambiri kuti apitirize kuopseza Perdue. Posakhalitsa, adathamangira kugalimoto yake pansi pamtambo wamtambo waku Scottish, akuvala jekete lake mozungulira kuti athane ndi kuzizira.
  
  Pakati pa gululo, Patrick anasiya kufuula ndikuyang'ana Perdue.
  
  "Ndamva zimenezo, ukudziwa?" - adatero. "Ndiwe mwana wodzipha, Davide, kuyankhula ndi mfumu asanakuike m"khola lake la zimbalangondo." Anayandikira pafupi ndi Perdue. "Koma chinali chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe ndidachiwonapo, mzanga."
  
  Akusisita mabiliyoniyo kumbuyo, Patrick adapitiliza kupempha m'modzi mwa othandizira ake kuti asayine chipepala chomwe chili pagome la bamboyo. Perdue ankafuna kumwetulira, kugwada pang'ono pamene akulowa m'ndege, koma zenizeni ndi momwe Yeaman anaopseza Nina zinali m'maganizo mwake. Chinali chinthu chinanso chomwe amafunikira kuyang'anitsitsa poyang'anira zochitika za Karsten za MI6, kusunga Patrick mumdima za abwana ake ndikuwasunga onse amoyo pamene akulowa m'malo mwa Bokosi Lopatulika.
  
  "Zonse zili bwino?" - Sam adafunsa Perdue atakhala pansi.
  
  "Wangwiro," Perdue anayankha momasuka. "Sitinawomberedwebe." Anayang'ana Nina, yemwe anali atachita mantha pang'ono tsopano atadekha.
  
  "Anapempha," anadandaula motero.
  
  Zambiri zomwe zidachitika pambuyo pake zidachitika ndi phokoso loyera. Sam ndi Perdue anakambirana za madera omwe adapitako kale pamishoni ndi maulendo a msasa, pamene Nina adakweza mapazi ake kuti agone.
  
  Patrick anaunikanso njirayo ndipo anaona mmene mudzi wofufuza zakale wofukulidwa pansi unachitikira kumene Perdue anathawira komaliza kuti apulumutse moyo wake. Ngakhale kuti anali kuphunzitsidwa za usilikali komanso kudziwa malamulo a dziko, Patrick anali ndi mantha pang'ono za kufika kwawo kumeneko. Kupatula apo, chitetezo cha gulu laulendo chinali udindo wake.
  
  Poyang'ana mwakachetechete kusinthana komwe kumawoneka kosangalatsa pakati pa Perdue ndi Sam, Patrick sakanatha kuganizira za pulogalamu yomwe adagwira Perdue akugwira ntchito pamene adalowa mu labu la Reichtisousis pansi pa nthaka. Sanadziwe chifukwa chake anali wodandaula za izi chifukwa Perdue adamufotokozera kuti dongosololi linapangidwa kuti lilekanitse madera ena a malo ake pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zakutali kapena zina zotero. Sanali waukadaulo, motero adaganiza kuti Perdue akusintha chitetezo chanyumba yake kuti asamalowemo omwe adaphunzira zachitetezo ndi ma protocol pomwe nyumba yayikuluyo inali pansi pa MI6. Zokwanira, adaganiza pomaliza, osakhutira pang'ono ndi kuwunika kwake.
  
  M"maola angapo otsatira, zombo zamphamvu za Hercules zinabangula kupyola mu Germany ndi Austria, kupitiriza ulendo wake wotopetsa wopita ku Greece ndi Mediterranean.
  
  "Kodi izi zimatha kudzaza mafuta?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Perdue adamwetulira ndikukuwa, "Mtundu wa Lockheed uwu ukhoza kupitilira. N"chifukwa chake ndimakonda magalimoto akuluakuluwa!"
  
  "Inde, izi zimayankha pempho langa lopanda ntchito, Perdue," adatero mumtima mwake, akungopukusa mutu.
  
  "Tiyenera kufika kugombe la Afirika m"maola ocheperapo pang"ono khumi ndi asanu, Nina," Sam anayesa kumpatsa lingaliro labwinopo.
  
  "Sam, chonde musagwiritse ntchito mawu oti 'kutera' pakali pano. Ta," anabuula mosangalala.
  
  "Chinthu ichi n"chodalirika ngati kwathu," Patrick anamwetulira ndi kusisita Nina pa ntchafu kuti amutsimikizire, koma sanazindikire kumene anaika dzanja lake kufikira pamene anachichita. Anachotsa dzanja lake mwamsanga, akuwoneka wokhumudwa, koma Nina anangoseka. M'malo mwake, anayika dzanja lake pa ntchafu yake ndi mawu achipongwe akuti: "Zili bwino, Paddy. Ma jean anga aletsa kupotozedwa kulikonse. "
  
  Atamva kumasuka, iye anaseka kwambiri pamodzi ndi Nina. Ngakhale Patrick anali woyenerera kwambiri kwa akazi odekha komanso odekha, amatha kumvetsetsa kukopa kwa Sam ndi Perdue kwa wolemba mbiri wankhanza komanso njira yake yolunjika, yopanda mantha.
  
  Dzuwa limalowa m'malo ambiri am'deralo atangonyamuka, kotero atafika ku Greece anali akuwuluka mumlengalenga usiku. Sam atayang'ana wotchi yake adapeza kuti ndi yekhayo amene adali maso. Mwina chifukwa chotopa, kapena kutsata zomwe zikubwera, ena onse a chipanichi anali atagona kale pamipando yawo panthawiyi. Woyendetsa ndege yekha ndi amene ananenapo kanthu, akufuula modabwa kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti: "Kodi ukuona izi, Roger?"
  
  "O, ndi choncho?" adafunsa woyendetsa ndegeyo ndikuloza kutsogolo kwawo. "Inde, ndikuwona!"
  
  Chidwi cha Sam chidabwera mwachangu ndipo mwachangu adayang'ana kutsogolo komwe adaloza munthuyo. Nkhope yake inawala ndi kukongola kwake ndipo ankayang"anitsitsa mpaka inasowa mumdima. "Mulungu, ndikanakonda Nina akanawona izi," anang"ung"udza, atakhala pansi.
  
  "Chani?" Nina anafunsa ali chigonere atamva dzina lake. "Chani? Mukuona chiyani?
  
  "O, palibe zambiri, ndikuganiza," Sam anayankha. Anali masomphenya abwino basi.
  
  "Chani?" - adafunsa atakhala ndikupukuta maso ake.
  
  Sam anamwetulira, akulakalaka akanagwiritsa ntchito maso ake kugawana naye zinthu zotere. "Nyenyezi yowala modabwitsa, wokondedwa wanga. Ndi nyenyezi yowala kwambiri."
  
  
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  Kuthamangitsa chinjoka
  
  
  "Nyenyezi ina yagwa, Ofar!" Adatelo Penekal, akuyang'ana mmwamba kuchokera pa foni yomwe adatumizidwa ndi m'modzi mwa amuna awo ku Yemen.
  
  "Ndaona," anayankha motero mkulu wotopayo. "Kuti titsatire Wizard, tiyenera kudikirira kuti tiwone matenda omwe adzagwere anthu. Ndikuwopa kuti ichi ndi mayeso ochenjera komanso okwera mtengo. "
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani umatero?" - Anafunsa Penekal.
  
  Ofar anagwedeza mutu. "Eya, chifukwa chakuti ndi mkhalidwe wamakono wa dziko-chipwirikiti, misala, kusamalidwa kopusa kwa makhalidwe abwino aumunthu-n"kovuta kwambiri kudziŵa kuti ndi masoka otani amene adzagwera anthu kuposa kuipa kumene kulipo kale, si choncho?"
  
  Penekal adavomereza, koma adayenera kuchitapo kanthu kuti aletse Wizard kusonkhanitsa mphamvu zambiri zakumwamba. "Ndilumikizana ndi a Freemasons ku Sudan. Ayenera kudziwa ngati ndi mmodzi wa anthu awo. Osadandaula, "adadula chionetsero cha Ofar chotsutsana ndi lingalirolo," ndifunsa mwanzeru.
  
  "Simungawadziwitse kuti tikudziwa kuti chinachake chikuchitika, Penekal. Ngati amanunkhiza..." Ofar anachenjeza.
  
  "Sangachite, mzanga," Penekal anayankha mwaukali. Anakhala akuyang'ana m'chipinda chawo kwa masiku opitirira awiri, atatopa, akugona mosinthanasinthana ndi kuyang'ana kumwamba kuti aone kusiyana kulikonse kwachilendo kwa magulu a nyenyezi. Ndibweranso masana, ndikuyembekeza ndiyankha.
  
  "Fulumirani, Penekal. Mipukutu ya Mfumu Solomo inaneneratu kuti zikangotenga milungu yochepa chabe kuti Magical Power isagonjetsedwe. Ngati angathe kubweretsanso anthu ogwawo padziko lapansi, ganizirani zimene akanachita kumwamba. Nyenyezi zomwe zikuyenda zimatha kusokoneza moyo wathu, "Ofar anakumbutsa motero, akuima kaye kuti apume. "Ngati ali ndi Celeste, palibe cholakwa chilichonse chomwe chingalungamitsidwe."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Ofar," adatero Penekal, akusonkhanitsa ma chart a nyenyezi paulendo wake wopita ku Master of the Masonic Jurisdiction. "Njira ina ndiyo kusonkhanitsa diamondi zonse za Mfumu Solomo ndipo zidzabalalika padziko lonse lapansi. Izi zikuoneka ngati ntchito yosatheka kwa ine."
  
  "Ambiri a iwo akadali kuno m"chipululu," Ofar anatonthoza mnzakeyo. "Ochepa kwambiri anabedwa. Palibe ambiri omwe angatole, kotero titha kukhala ndi mwayi wothana ndi Wizard motere. "
  
  "Ndinu openga?" Penekal anakuwa. "Tsopano sitidzatha kuitanitsa diamondi izi kwa eni ake!" Atatopa komanso kudziona kuti alibe chiyembekezo chilichonse, Penekal anamira pampando umene anagonamo usiku wathawu. Sadzasiya chuma chawo chamtengo wapatali kuti apulumutse dziko lapansi. Mulungu wanga, kodi simunalabadira umbombo wa anthu powononga dziko lapansi lomwe limachirikiza moyo wawo?"
  
  "Ndine! Ndili nazo!" Ofar adabweleranso. "Ndithu ndatero."
  
  "Ndiye mungayembekezere bwanji kuti iwo apereke miyala yamtengo wapatali yawo kwa zitsiru ziŵiri zakale zowapempha kuti achite zimenezi kuti aletse munthu woipa amene ali ndi mphamvu zauzimu kuti asinthe mmene nyenyezi zimayendera ndi kutumizanso masoka a m"Baibulo pa dziko lamakonoli?"
  
  Ofar adadzitchinjiriza, nthawi ino akuwopseza kuti asiya kukhazikika. "Ukuganiza kuti sindikumvetsa momwe zikumveka, Penekal?" anakuwa. "Sindine chitsiru! Zomwe ndikupangira ndikuti muganizire kupempha thandizo kuti asonkhanitse zomwe zatsala kuti Mfitiyo asachite malingaliro ake odwala ndikutipangitsa kuti tonsefe tizisowa. Chikhulupiriro chanu chiri kuti, m'bale? Kodi lonjezo lanu loletsa kukwaniritsidwa kwa ulosi wachinsinsiwu uli kuti? Tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tiyese ... kuyesa ... kulimbana ndi zomwe zikuchitika. "
  
  Penekal adawona milomo ya Ofar ikunjenjemera, ndipo kunjenjemera kowopsa kudadutsa m'manja mwake wamafupa. "Dekha mtima mnzanga wakale. Khalani pansi chonde. Mtima wako sungathe kupirira msonkho wa mkwiyo wako.
  
  Anakhala pafupi ndi bwenzi lake, makadi ali m"manja. Mawu a Penekal adatsika kwambiri, kungomulepheretsa Ofar wakale kutali ndi ziwawa zomwe amamva. "Taonani, chomwe ndikunena ndichakuti ngati sitigulanso diamondi zotsalazo kwa eni ake, sitingathe kuzipeza zonse Mfiti isanabwere. Ndi zophweka kuti angowaphera iwo n"kutenga miyala. Kwa ife, anthu abwino, ntchito yosonkhanitsa zomwezo ndiyovuta kwambiri. "
  
  "Ndiye tisonkhanitse chuma chathu chonse. Lumikizanani ndi abale a nsanja zathu zonse, ngakhale a Kum'mawa, ndipo mutilole kuti titenge diamondi zotsalazo, "Ofar adachonderera modandaula komanso kutopa. Penekal sakanatha kuzindikira kupusa kwa lingaliro ili, podziwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, makamaka olemera mu dziko lamakono, omwe amakhulupirirabe kuti miyala inawapanga kukhala mafumu ndi mfumukazi, pamene tsogolo lawo linali losabala chifukwa cha tsoka, njala ndi kusowa mphamvu. Komabe, kuti asapitirire kukhumudwitsa mnzake wa moyo wake wonse, iye anagwedeza mutu ndi kuluma lilime lake monga chizindikiro cha kugonja. "Tiwona, chabwino? Ndikakumana ndi ambuye ndipo tikadziwa ngati Freemasons ali kumbuyo kwa izi, titha kuwona zomwe zilipo, "adatero Penekal motsimikiza. "Pakadali pano, pumani pang'ono, ndipo ndifulumira kukuuzani, ndikuyembekeza, uthenga wabwino."
  
  "Ndikhala pano," anatero Ofar. "Ndigwira mzere."
  
  
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  Mumzindawu, Penekal adakwera taxi kuti imufikitse kunyumba kwa mkulu wa Freemasons wakumaloko. Adapanga chisankho poganiza kuti akufunika kudziwa ngati a Freemasons amadziwa zamwambo womwe ukuchitidwa pogwiritsa ntchito tchati cha nyenyeziyi. Ichi sichinali chivundikiro chachinyengo kotheratu, koma ulendo wake unakhazikitsidwa kwambiri pozindikira kukhudzidwa kwa dziko la Masonic mu chiwonongeko chaposachedwapa chakumwamba.
  
  Panali anthu ambiri ku Cairo, zomwe zinali zosiyana kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe chake chakale. Pamene ma skyscrapers adakwera ndikukulirakulira kumlengalenga, mlengalenga wabuluu ndi malalanje pamwamba pake adapuma bata ndi bata. Penekal anayang'ana kumwamba kudzera pawindo lagalimoto, akusinkhasinkha za tsogolo la anthu atakhala pano pampando wachifumu waulemerero ndi mtendere.
  
  Mofanana ndi chibadwa cha munthu, iye ankaganiza choncho. Monga zinthu zambiri m'chilengedwe. Lamulani chipwirikiti. Chisokonezo, kuchotsa dongosolo lonse pa nthawi yayitali. Mulungu atithandize tonse m'moyo uno, ngati uyu ndi Wizard yemwe amamunenayo.
  
  "Nyengo yachilendo, huh?" - dalaivala mwadzidzidzi anazindikira. Penekal anavomera ndi mutu kuvomereza, kudabwa kuti mwamunayo atcheru khutu ku chinthu choterocho pamene Penekal akusinkhasinkha zomwe zidzachitike.
  
  "Inde, n"zoona," Penekal anayankha mwaulemu. Bambo yemwe anali kumbuyo kwa gudumu adakhutitsidwa ndi yankho la Penekal, makamaka pakadali pano. Patangopita masekondi angapo anati: "Mvula yachisoni kwambiri komanso yosadziŵikanso. Zimakhala ngati chinachake mumlengalenga chikusintha mitambo ndipo nyanja yayamba misala."
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani umatero?" - Anafunsa Penekal.
  
  "Kodi sunawerenge manyuzipepala m'mawa uno?" dalaivalayo adachita mantha. "Mphepete mwa nyanja ya Alexandria idachepa ndi 58% m'masiku anayi apitawa ndipo palibe chizindikiro chakusintha kwamlengalenga kuti zithandizire chochitikachi."
  
  "Ndiye akuganiza kuti chayambitsa izi ndi chiyani?" Penekal anafunsa, kuyesera kubisa mantha ake kuseri kwa funsolo mopanda phokoso. Ngakhale kuti ankagwira ntchito zoyang"anira, sankadziwa kuti nyanja yakwera.
  
  Mwamunayo anati: "Sindikudziwa kwenikweni. Ndikutanthauza, mwezi wokha ungalamulire mafunde monga choncho, sichoncho?
  
  "Ndimakhulupirira. Koma amati mwezi ndiwo unachititsa? Kodi zimenezo," iye anadziona kukhala wopusa ngakhale kutanthauza kuti, "zinasintha mwanjira ina?"
  
  Dalaivala adayang'ana Penekal kudzera pagalasi lakumbuyo. "Mukuseka, eti bambo? Zimenezi n"zosamveka! Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwezi ukasintha, dziko lonse likanadziwa zimenezi."
  
  "Inde, inde, mukulondola. Ndinkangoganiza," Penekal anayankha mwamsanga kuti asiye kunyodola kwa dalaivalayo.
  
  "Ndiyenso, chiphunzitso chanu sichili ngati misala monga momwe ndamvera kuyambira pamene chinanenedwa koyamba," dalaivalayo anaseka. "Ndamva zachabechabe kwa anthu ena m"tauni muno!"
  
  Penekal anasuntha pampando wake, kutsamira kutsogolo. "KODI? Monga chiyani?"
  
  "Ndimaona kuti ndine wopusa ngakhale ndikamalankhula zimenezi," mwamunayo anaseka, nthaŵi zina akuyang"ana pagalasi kuti alankhule ndi wokwerayo. "Pali akuluakulu ena omwe akulavulira, kulira ndi kulira kuti izi ndi ntchito ya mzimu woipa. Ayi! Kodi mungakhulupirire zoyipa izi? Chiwanda chamadzi chatuluka ku Egypt, bwenzi langa. Ananyoza ganizoli akuseka kwambiri.
  
  Koma wokwera nayeyo sanaseke naye. Poyang"anizana ndi stony ndi wozama m"maganizo, Penekal pang"onopang"ono anafikira cholembera cha m"thumba la jekete lake, nachitulutsa ndi kukanda pachikhatho chake: "Mdyerekezi Wamadzi."
  
  Dalaivalayo anaseka mosangalala kwambiri moti Penekal anaganiza zoti asaphulike komanso kuti asawonjezere anthu amisala ku Cairo, ponena kuti m"njira ina mfundo zopusazi zinali zoona. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi nkhawa zatsopano, mkuluyo anamwetulira mwamanyazi kuti asangalatse dalaivalayo.
  
  "Bambo, sindingalephere kuzindikira kuti adiresi imene munandipempha kuti ndikupititseni," dalaivalayo anazengereza pang"ono, "ndi malo amene anthu wamba sangazimvetse."
  
  "ZA?" Penekal anafunsa mosalakwa.
  
  "Inde," anatsimikizira dalaivala wakhamayo. "Iyi ndi kachisi wa Masonic, ngakhale ndi anthu ochepa omwe amadziwa za izi. Amangoganiza kuti ndi imodzi mwazosungirako zakale kapena zipilala zazikulu ku Cairo. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa chomwe chiri, bwenzi langa," Penekal anatero mwamsanga, atatopa ndi kupirira lilime loyankhula la mwamunayo pamene ankayesa kuthetsa chomwe chimayambitsa tsoka lakumwamba.
  
  "O, ndikuwona," dalaivala adayankha, akuwoneka wonyozeka pang'ono ndi kuphulika kwa wokwerayo. Uthenga woti ankadziwa kumene akupita unali malo a miyambo yakale yamatsenga ndi maulamuliro olamulira padziko lonse okhala ndi umembala wapamwamba zinkaoneka kuti zinkamuchititsa mantha pang"ono munthuyo. Koma ngati zinamuchititsa mantha mpaka kukhala chete, zimenezo zinali zabwino, Penekal anaganiza. Iye anali nazo kale zokwanira zodetsa nkhawa.
  
  Anasamukira kudera lakutali la mzindawo, malo okhalamo okhala ndi masunagoge angapo, matchalitchi ndi akachisi pakati pa masukulu atatu omwe ali pafupi. Kukhalapo kwa ana mumsewu kunachepa pang"onopang"ono, ndipo Penekal anamva kusintha kwa mpweya. Nyumbazo zinayamba kukhala zapamwamba kwambiri, ndipo mipanda yawo inakhala yotetezeka kwambiri pansi pa makulidwe a minda yamtengo wapatali yomwe msewu unadutsamo. Kumapeto kwa msewu, galimotoyo inatsika kanjira kakang'ono kamene kankalowera ku nyumba yaikulu yokhala ndi chipata cholimba chachitetezo choyang'ana kunja kwake.
  
  "Tiyeni tipite, mbuyanga," dalaivalayo analengeza motero, akuimitsa galimotoyo mamita angapo kuchokera pachipata, ngati kuti akuwopa kukhala m"dera linalake la kachisi.
  
  "Zikomo," anatero Penekal. "Ndidzakuimbirani ndikamaliza.
  
  "Pepani bambo," dalaivalayo anayankha motero. "Pano". Anamupatsa Penekal business card ya mnzakeyo. "Utha kuyimbira mnzanga kuti akutenge. Ndibwino kuti ndisabwerenso kuno, ngati mulibe nazo vuto."
  
  Popanda mawu ena, adatenga ndalama za Penekal ndikunyamuka, akuthamanga mwachangu asanafike ngakhale pa T-junction yodutsa msewu wina. Katswiri wa zakuthambo wakale adawona magetsi akumabuleki a taxi akuzimiririka pakona asadapume kwambiri ndikutembenuka kuyang'ana pachipata chachitali. Kumbuyo kwake kunayima kachisi wa Masonic, wolingalira ndi chete, ngati kuti akumuyembekezera.
  
  
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  Mdani wa mdani wanga
  
  
  "Master Penekal!" - adamva patali mbali ina ya mpanda. Anali munthu yemweyo yemwe anabwera kudzamuona, yemwe anali mwini nyumba ya alendo. "Wacha kwambiri. Dikirani, ndibwera ndikutsegulireni. Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala kukhala panja. Mphamvuyi inathanso."
  
  "Zikomo," Penekal anamwetulira. "Ndilibe vuto ndikupeza mpweya wabwino, bwana."
  
  Iye anali asanakumanepo ndi Prof. Imru, wamkulu wa Masons aku Cairo ndi Giza. Zonse zomwe Penekal ankadziwa za iye zinali kuti anali katswiri wa chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso mkulu wa bungwe la People's Movement for the Protection of Heritage Sites, omwe anali atangopita kumene ku khoti lapadziko lonse la milandu ya ofukula zakale ku North Africa. Ngakhale kuti pulofesayo anali munthu wolemera ndi wachikoka, umunthu wake unakhala wosangalatsa kwambiri, ndipo nthawi yomweyo Penekal anamva kukhala kwawo.
  
  "Kodi mungafune chakumwa?" Prof. Ndinamufunsa Imra.
  
  "Zikomo. Ndikhala ndi zomwe uli nazo," Penekal anayankha, akudzimva kukhala wopusa kwambiri ndi mipukutu ya zikopa zakale m"manja mwake apa, yotalikirana ndi kukongola kwachilengedwe kunja kwa nyumbayo. Popanda kutsimikiza za protocol, adangomwetulira mwachikondi ndikusunga mawu ake kuti ayankhe osati zonena.
  
  "Ndiye," pulofesa. Imru adayamba pomwe adakhala pansi ndi tapu ya tiyi woziziritsa, ndikupatsira wina kwa mlendo wake, "Mukunena kuti muli ndi mafunso okhudza alchemist?"
  
  "Inde, bwana," anavomereza motero Penekal. "Sindine wosewera chifukwa ndakalamba kwambiri kuti ndisawononge nthawi pazamatsenga."
  
  "Ndikhoza kuyamikira zimenezo," Imru anamwetulira.
  
  Atachotsa khosi lake, Penekal adalowa mumasewerawo. "Ndikungodabwa ngati n'zotheka kuti Freemasons panopa akugwira ntchito za alchemical zomwe zimaphatikizapo ... uh ...," adavutika ndi mawu a funso lake.
  
  "Ingofunsani, Master Penekal," Imru anatero, ndikuyembekeza kukhazika mtima pansi mlendo wake.
  
  "Mwina mukuchita miyambo yomwe ingakhudze magulu a nyenyezi?" Penekal anafunsa uku akukwenya maso ake kwinaku akunjenjemera chifukwa chosamva bwino. "Ndikudziwa momwe zimamvekera, koma ..."
  
  "Izi zikumveka bwanji?" -Imru adafunsa mwachidwi.
  
  "Zodabwitsa," anavomereza motero katswiri wa zakuthambo wakale.
  
  "Mukulankhula ndi woyeretsa miyambo yayikulu komanso esotericism yakale, mzanga. Ndikutsimikizireni, pali zinthu zochepa kwambiri m"Chilengedwe chino zimene zimaoneka ngati zosaneneka kwa ine, ndi zochepa kwambiri zimene sizingatheke," anatero pulofesayo. Imru anasonyeza ndi kunyada.
  
  "Mwaona, ubale wanga ulinso gulu lodziwika pang"ono. Idakhazikitsidwa kalekale kotero kuti palibe zolembedwa za omwe adayambitsa, "adatero Penekal.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndinu ochokera ku gulu la Hermopolis Dragon Watchers. Ndikudziwa, "Profesa. Imru anavomera motsimikiza. "Kupatula apo, ndine pulofesa wa chikhalidwe cha anthu, wabwino wanga. Ndipo monga woyambitsa Masonic, ndikudziwa bwino za ntchito yomwe dongosolo lanu lakhala likuchita zaka mazana onsewa. Ndipotu, zimagwirizana ndi miyambo yambiri ndi maziko athu. Ndikudziwa kuti makolo ako ankatsatira Thoth, koma ukuganiza kuti chikuchitika ndi chiyani pano?"
  
  Penekal atatsala pang"ono kulumpha mosangalala, anayala mipukutu yake patebulo, n"kuvumbulutsa makhadi a pulofesayo. Ndiphunzira mosamala. "Mwaona?" - adapuma mosangalala. "Izi ndi nyenyezi zomwe zagwa kuchokera m'malo awo sabata yatha ndi theka, bwana. Kodi mumawazindikira?
  
  Kwa nthawi yayitali Prof. Imru anayang'ana mwakachetechete nyenyezi zolembedwa pamapu, kuyesera kuzimvetsa. Kenako anayang'ana m'mwamba. "Sindine katswiri wa zakuthambo, Master Penekal. Ndikudziwa kuti diamondiyi ndi yofunika kwambiri pamasewera amatsenga, imapezekanso mu Code of Solomon.
  
  Analoza ku nyenyezi yoyamba yomwe Penekal ndi Ofar adalemba. "Ichi ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pazamankhwala a alchemical m'zaka za m'ma 1800 ku France, koma ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti, monga ndikudziwira, tilibe katswiri wa alchemist yemwe amagwira ntchito pano," akutero pulofesayo. Imru adadziwitsa Penekal. "Ndi chinthu chiti chomwe chimagwira ntchito pano? Golide?"
  
  Penekal anayankha ndi nkhope yochititsa mantha kuti: "Ma diamondi."
  
  Kenako adawonetsa Prof. Ndikuyang'ana maulalo ankhani zakuphana pafupi ndi Nice, France. M'mawu abata, akunjenjemera ndi kusaleza mtima, adawulula tsatanetsatane wa kuphedwa kwa Madame Chantal ndi omwe amamusamalira. "Damondi yodziwika kwambiri yomwe idabedwa panthawiyi, Pulofesa, ndi Celeste," adabuula.
  
  "Ndinamva za izo. Ndinamva kuti mwala wina wodabwitsa ndi wapamwamba kwambiri kuposa Cullinan. Koma zili bwanji apa?" Prof. Ndinamufunsa Imra.
  
  Pulofesayo adawona kuti Penekal adawoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri, mawonekedwe ake adawoneka mdima popeza mlendo wakale adamva kuti a Freemasons sanali omwe adapanga zochitika zaposachedwa. "Celeste ndiye mwala wapamwamba womwe ungagonjetse kusonkhanitsa kwa Solomoni kwa diamondi makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu ziwiri ngati atagwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi Wamatsenga, wanzeru wamkulu wokhala ndi zolinga zoyipa komanso mphamvu," Penekal adalongosola mwachangu kotero kuti mpweya wake udagwira pakhosi pake.
  
  "Chonde, Master Penekal, khalani pano. Mukudzipanikiza ndi kutenthaku. Imani kwa kamphindi. Ndikhalabe pano kuti ndimvetsere, bwenzi langa," adatero pulofesayo. Imru adatero asanagwe mwadzidzidzi mumkhalidwe wolingalira mozama.
  
  "W-chiyani...chavuta ndi chiyani, bwana?" - Anafunsa Penekal.
  
  "Ndipatseniko kamphindi, chonde," pulofesayo anachonderera motero, akukwinya tsinya pamene zikumbukiro zinamuyaka. Mumthunzi wa mitengo ya mthethe yomwe inkabisala nyumba yakale ya Masonic, pulofesayo anayendayenda moganizira. Pamene Penekal ankamwa tiyi kuti aziziziritsa thupi lake komanso kuchotsa nkhawa zake, ankangoona pulofesayo akungodziguguda pachifuwa. Zinkaoneka kuti mwini nyumbayo nthawi yomweyo anazindikira ndipo anatembenukira kwa Penekal ndi nkhope yake yosonyeza kusakhulupirira. "Mbuye Penekali, kodi munamvapo za munthu wanzeru Hananiya?"
  
  "Ndilibe, bwana. Zikumveka ngati za m'Baibulo," adatero Penekal ndikugwedeza.
  
  "Mfiti yomwe munandifotokozera, luso lake komanso zomwe amagwiritsa ntchito powononga gehena," adayesa kufotokoza, koma mawu ake omwe adamulephera, "iye ... sindingathe ngakhale kuganiza za izo, koma takhala kale ndaona, ndi zopusa zingati zomwe zakhala zoona kale," anapukusa mutu. "Munthu uyu akumveka ngati wodabwitsa yemwe adakumana naye ku France mu 1782, koma mwachiwonekere sangakhale munthu yemweyo." Mawu ake omalizira anamveka ngati osadalirika, koma anali omveka bwino. Ichi chinali chinthu chomwe Penekal ankachimvetsa bwino kwambiri. Iye anakhala akuyang"anitsitsa mtsogoleri wanzeru ndi wolungamayo, akumayembekezera kuti wapanga mtundu wina wa kukhulupirika, akumayembekezera kuti pulofesayo adziŵa chochita.
  
  "Ndipo akusonkhanitsa diamondi za Mfumu Solomo kuti atsimikizire kuti sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito kusokoneza ntchito yake?" Prof. Imru adafunsa ndi chidwi chomwe Penekal adauza poyamba zavutoli.
  
  "Ndiko kulondola, bwana. Tiyenera kuyika manja athu pa diamondi yotsalayo, yomwe ilipo makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu eyiti. Monga momwe bwenzi langa losauka Ofar ananenera mu chiyembekezo chake chosatha ndi chopusa," Penekal anamwetulira momvetsa chisoni. "Kupatulapo kugula miyala yomwe ili ndi anthu otchuka komanso olemera padziko lonse lapansi, sitingathe kuyipeza Mfitiyo asanaipeze.
  
  Prof. Imru anasiya kuyenda n"kuyang"ana katswiri wa zakuthambo wakale uja. "Osapeputsa zolinga zopanda pake za munthu woyembekezera zabwino, bwenzi langa," iye anatero ndi mawu amene anali osakanizika achisangalalo ndi chidwi chatsopano. "Zolinga zina zimakhala zopusa kwambiri moti nthawi zambiri zimatha kugwira ntchito."
  
  "Bwana, ndi ulemu wonse, simukuganizira mozama za mwayi wogula diamondi zodziwika bwino zoposa makumi asanu kuchokera kwa anthu olemera kwambiri padziko lapansi? Zingawononge ndalama zambiri! "... Penekal analimbana ndi ganizoli. Zitha kukhala mamiliyoni, ndipo ndani angakhale wopenga kuti awononge ndalama zochuluka chonchi pankhondo yopambana ngati imeneyi?
  
  "David Perdue", Prof. Imru anasangalala. "Mbuye Penekal, kodi mungabwerere kuno pakadutsa maora makumi awiri ndi anayi, chonde?" - adapempha. "Mwina ndikungodziwa momwe tingathandizire dongosolo lanu kuthana ndi Mage uyu."
  
  "Ukundimvetsa?" Penekal anadzuma ndi chisangalalo.
  
  Prof. Imru anaseka. "Sindingalonjeze kalikonse, koma ndikudziwa munthu wophwanya malamulo yemwe salemekeza ulamuliro ndipo amakonda kuzunza anthu amphamvu ndi oipa. Ndipo, monga mwamwayi, ali ndi ngongole yanga ndipo, monga tikulankhulira, ali panjira yopita ku Africa. "
  
  
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  The Omeni
  
  
  Mumdima wa Oban, nkhani za ngozi yapamsewu yomwe inapha dokotala wa m"deralo ndi mkazi wake zinafalikira ngati moto wolusa. Ogulitsa m'masitolo, aphunzitsi ndi asodzi omwe adadabwa adagawana maliro awo a Dr Lance Beach ndi mkazi wake Sylvia. Ana awo anasiyidwa m"manja mwa azakhali awo kwakanthaŵi, akuvutikabe ndi tsokalo. A GP ndi mkazi wake adakondedwa ndi aliyense ndipo imfa yawo yowopsa pa A82 idapweteka kwambiri anthu ammudzi.
  
  Mphekesera zosamveka zinafalikira m'masitolo akuluakulu ndi m'malesitilanti za tsoka lopanda nzeru lomwe linagwera banja losauka patangopita nthawi yochepa dokotala atatsala pang'ono kutaya mkazi wake chifukwa cha banja loipa lomwe linamubera. Ngakhale pamenepo, anthu okhala mtawuniyi adadabwa kuti Magombe amasunga zochitika za kubedwa kwa Akazi a Beach ndikupulumutsa chinsinsi chotetezedwa. Komabe, anthu ambiri amangoganiza kuti Magombe akufuna kuchoka pamavuto owopsawo ndipo sanafune kuyankhula za izi.
  
  Sanadziŵe kuti Dr. Beach ndi wansembe wa Katolika wa kumaloko Bambo Harper anakakamizika kudutsa mikhalidwe yabwino kuti apulumutse Akazi a Beach ndi Bambo Perdue popatsa olanda awo onyansa a Nazi kulawa kwa mankhwala awo. Mwachiwonekere, anthu ambiri sangamvetse kuti nthawi zina kubwezera kwabwino kwa munthu woipa kunali-kubwezera-mkwiyo wa Chipangano Chakale.
  
  Mnyamata wina, George Hamish, anali kuthamanga mofulumira kudutsa pakiyo. Wodziwika chifukwa cha luso lake lothamanga monga woyang'anira gulu lake la mpira wa sekondale, palibe amene adapeza mpikisano wake wodabwitsa. Anali atavala tracksuit yake komanso nsapato za Nike. Tsitsi lake lakuda linaphatikizana ndi nkhope yake yonyowa ndi khosi pamene ankathamanga kwambiri pa kapinga kobiriŵira ka pakiyo. Mnyamata wothamangayo sanazindikire nthambi zamitengo zomwe zinamugunda ndi kumukanda pamene ankadutsa ndikudutsa pansi pawo kulowera ku Tchalitchi cha St. Columbanus kudutsa msewu wopapatiza kuchokera ku pakiyo.
  
  Mosasamala kanthu za kupeŵa galimoto yomwe inkadzabwera pamene ankathamanga pa phula, anathamanga masitepe ndi kutsetsereka mumdima kupitirira zitseko zotseguka za tchalitchi.
  
  "Atate Harper!" - iye anafuula, kunja kwa mpweya.
  
  Ambiri mwa anthu a m"tchalitchimo amene anali m"katimo anatembenuka n"kumakankhira mnyamata wopusayo chifukwa cha kupanda ulemu kwake, koma sanasamale nazo zimenezi.
  
  "Bambo ali kuti?" Adafunsa mochonderera zomwe zidakanika pomwe amaoneka okhumudwa kwambiri ndi iye. Mayi wokalamba yemwe anali pafupi naye sakanalekerera kunyozedwa kwa achinyamata.
  
  "Uli kutchalitchi! Anthu akupemphera, munthu wachipongwe iwe," iye anakalipa, koma George ananyalanyaza lilime lake lakuthwa n"kuthamangira pachisumbucho kupita ku guwa lalikulu.
  
  "Miyoyo ya anthu ili pachiwopsezo, mayi," adatero mkati mwa ndege. "Sungani mapemphero anu kwa iwo."
  
  "Great Scott, George, gehena bwanji ...?" Bambo Harper adachita nkhonya ataona mnyamatayo akuthamangira ku ofesi yawo kunja kwa holo yaikulu. Iye anameza mawu amene anasankha pamene mpingo wake unakwiya ndi zimene ananena ndipo anakokera wachinyamata wotopayo kulowa mu ofesi.
  
  Atatseka chitseko kumbuyo kwawo, anakwinyira mnyamatayo. "Chavuta ndi chiyani ndi iwe, Georgie?"
  
  "Bambo Harper, muyenera kumusiya Oban," George anachenjeza motero, akuyesa kutulutsa mpweya.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" - anatero Atate. "Mukuganiza chiyani?"
  
  "Muyenera kuchoka ndipo musauze aliyense kumene mukupita, Atate," anachonderera motero George. "Ndinamva munthu akufunsa za iwe kusitolo ya zinthu zakale za Daisy pamene ndinkacheza ndi h...uh...ndili m"kanjira chakumbuyo," George anakonza nkhani yake.
  
  "Mwamuna wanji? Anapempha chiyani?" Atate Harper.
  
  "Taonani, Atate, sindikudziwa ngati mnyamata ameneyu ali wolondola pa zimene akunena, koma mukudziwa, ndinangoganiza kuti ndikuchenjezenibe," anatero George. "Anati sunali wansembe nthawi zonse."
  
  "Inde," abambo a Harper adatsimikizira. Kunena zowona, adakhala nthawi yayitali akuuza malemu Dr. Beach zomwezi, nthawi iliyonse wansembeyo adachita zomwe anthu ovala ma cassocks samayenera kuzidziwa. "Izi ndi Zow. Palibe amene amabadwa wansembe, Georgie."
  
  "Inde ndikuganiza. Sindinaganizepo choncho, ndikulingalira," anang"ung"udza mnyamatayo, adakali ndi mpweya chifukwa cha mantha ndi kuthamanga.
  
  "Kodi munthu ameneyu wati chiyani kwenikweni? Kodi mungafotokoze momveka bwino chomwe chinakupangitsani kuganiza kuti andipweteka? "- anafunsa wansembeyo, akutsanulira kapu yamadzi kwa wachinyamatayo.
  
  "Zinthu zambiri. Zinkamveka ngati akufuna kugwiririra mbiri yanu, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Kuwononga mbiri yanga?" Bambo Harper anafunsa, koma posakhalitsa anazindikira tanthauzo lake ndipo anayankha funso lake. "Aa, mbiri yanga yawonongeka. zilibe kanthu."
  
  "Inde, bambo. Ndipo ankauza anthu ena m"sitolomo kuti munali nawo pakupha gogo wina. Kenako ananena kuti munaba ndikupha mkazi wa ku Glasgow miyezi ingapo yapitayo mkazi wa dotoloyo atasowa... anangopitiriza. Kupatula apo, adauza aliyense kuti ndiwe wachinyengo bwanji, wobisala kuseri kwa kolala yako kuti akazi azikukhulupirira iwe asanaziwike. " Nkhani ya George idatuluka m'chikumbukiro chake komanso milomo yake ikunjenjemera.
  
  Bambo Harper anakhala pampando wawo wammbuyo, akungomvetsera. George anadabwa kuti wansembeyo sanasonyeze kulakwa ngakhale pang"ono, mosasamala kanthu kuti nkhani yake inali yoipa bwanji, koma anaifotokoza mosonyeza nzeru za atsogoleri achipembedzo.
  
  Wansembe wamtali, womangidwa mwamphamvu anakhala akuyang"ana George wosauka, akutsamira pang"ono kumanzere. Mikono yake yopindika inapangitsa kuti azioneka wokhuthala komanso wamphamvu, ndipo chala cham"mwamba cha dzanja lake lamanja chinkafufuza bwinobwino mlomo wake wakumunsi pamene ankasinkhasinkha mawu a mnyamatayo.
  
  George atatenga kamphindi kukhuthula madzi a m"kapu yake, Bambo Harper pomalizira pake anasintha n"kukhala pampando wawo n"kukhazika zigongono zawo patebulo pakati pawo. Ndi kupuma movutikira, iye anafunsa kuti, "Georgie, kodi ukukumbukira mmene munthu ameneyu amawonekera?
  
  "Woipa," mnyamatayo anayankha, akumezerabe mate.
  
  Bambo Harper anaseka moseka kuti: "Zoonadi anali wonyansa. Amuna ambiri a ku Scotland sadziŵika chifukwa cha makhalidwe awo abwino."
  
  "Ayi, zimenezo sindizo zimene ndinatanthauza, Atate," George anafotokoza motero. Anaika galasi la madontho patebulo lagalasi la wansembeyo ndi kuyesanso. "Ndikutanthauza, anali wonyansa, ngati chilombo cha kanema wowopsa, mukudziwa?"
  
  "ZA?" - Adafunsa bambo Harper, ali ndi chidwi.
  
  "Inde, ndipo sanalinso wa ku Scotland. Anali ndi katchulidwe ka Chingelezi ndi zina," adatero George.
  
  "Zinanso ngati chiyani?" wansembeyo anafunsanso.
  
  "Chabwino," mnyamatayo anakwinya tsinya, "Chingerezi chake chili ndi kupotoza kwa Chijeremani. Ndikudziwa kuti ziyenera kumveka zopusa, koma zili ngati ndi Mjeremani ndipo anakulira ku London. Zomwezo".
  
  George anakhumudwa ndi kulephera kwake kufotokoza bwino lomwe, koma wansembeyo anagwedeza mutu modekha. "Ayi, ndikumva bwino, Georgie. Osadandaula. Ndiuze, sanatchule dzina kapena kudzidziwitsa yekha?"
  
  "Ayi, bwana. Koma ankawoneka wokwiya komanso wokwiya kwambiri..." George anasiya mwadzidzidzi chifukwa chotukwana mosasamala. "Pepani, bambo."
  
  Bambo Harper, komabe, anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi chidziŵitso kuposa kusunga khalidwe la anthu. George anadabwa kuona wansembeyo anachita ngati sanalumbirire n"komwe. "Bwanji?"
  
  "Pepani bambo?" Adafunsa mozunguzika George.
  
  "Bwanji ... adakhala bwanji?" Bambo Harper anafunsa mwachisawawa.
  
  "Bambo?" mnyamata wodabwayo anadzuma, koma wansembe wooneka woipayo anangodikira moleza mtima kuti ayankhe, ndi nkhope yake yodekha moti inali yochititsa mantha. "Hmm, ndikutanthauza, adawotchedwa kapena adzicheka." George analingalira kwa kanthaŵi, ndiyeno mwadzidzidzi anafuula mosangalala kuti: "Zikuoneka kuti mutu wake unakulungidwa ndi waya wamingaminga, ndipo wina anamukoka ndi mapazi ake. Wosweka, mukumvetsa?
  
  "Ndikuona," anayankha motero Bambo Harper, akubwerera ku mkhalidwe wawo wakale wolingalira. "Chabwino, ndi choncho?"
  
  "Inde, atate," George anayankha. "Chonde ingochokani asanakupezeni chifukwa akudziwa komwe Saint Columbanus ali pano."
  
  "Georgie, akanatha kuzipeza pamapu aliwonse. Chimene chimandikwiyitsa n"chakuti anayesa kuipitsa dzina langa mumzinda wanga," anafotokoza motero bambo ake a Harper. "Osadandaula. Mulungu samagona.
  
  "Chabwino, inenso, abambo," adatero mnyamatayo, akulunjika pakhomo ndi wansembe. "Mnyamatayu alibe vuto lililonse, ndipo sindikufuna kumva za inu pa nkhani za mawa. Muyenera kuyimbira apolisi. Aloleni azilondera pano ndi zina. "
  
  "Zikomo, Georgie, kaamba ka chisamaliro chanu," Atate Harper mowona mtima anatsimikizira motero. "Ndipo zikomo kwambiri pondichenjeza. Ndikulonjeza, ndilabadira chenjezo lanu ndipo ndikhala osamala mpaka Satana abwerere, chabwino? Zonse zili bwino?" Anayenera kubwerezanso kuti wachinyamatayo akhazikike mtima mokwanira.
  
  Anatsogolera mnyamata yemwe anamubatiza zaka zambiri zapitazo kutuluka mu tchalitchi, akuyenda mwanzeru ndi ulamuliro pambali pake mpaka iwo anatulukira mu kuwala kwa masana. Ali pamwamba pa masitepewo, wansembeyo anayang"anizana ndi George n"kuwerama mothamanga n"kubwerera kunyumba kwake. Mitambo yozizirira bwino, yosweka inatsikira pamwamba pa pakiyo ndipo inadetsa phula la msewu pamene mnyamatayo anazimiririka mu chifunga chamzimu.
  
  Bambo Harper anagwedeza mutu mwachikondi kwa odutsa angapo asanabwerere kumalo olandirira alendo kutchalitchi. Ponyalanyaza anthu omwe anali odabwitsidwabe pamipando, wansembe wamtaliyo anabwerera mofulumira ku ofesi yake. Iye anamveradi chenjezo la mnyamatayo. Ndipotu iye ankayembekezera zimenezi kuyambira kalekale. Panalibe kukayikira kulikonse kuti chilango chidzabwera chifukwa cha zomwe iye ndi Dr. Beach anachita ku Fallin pamene adapulumutsa David Perdue ku chipembedzo cha Nazi chamakono.
  
  Mwansanga analowa mu kanjira kakang'ono ka muofesi yake, ndikutseka chitseko mokweza kwambiri. Anatseka ndikujambula makatani. Laputopu yake ndiyo inali gwero lokhalo lounikira muofesiyo, sikirini yake moleza mtima ikuyembekezera kuti wansembe aigwiritse ntchito. Bambo Harper adakhala pansi ndikuyika mawu osakira zomwe amazifuna zisanawonekere pazenera la LED - chithunzi cha Clive Mueller, wogwira ntchito kwanthawi yayitali komanso wodziwika bwino wa Cold War.
  
  "Ndinadziwa kuti uyenera kukhala iwe," adalankhula bambo Harper ali paokha muofesi yawo. Mipando ndi mabuku, nyali ndi zomera zomuzungulira zinangokhala mithunzi ndi ma silhouettes, koma mlengalenga unasintha kuchoka ku malo ake osasunthika komanso odekha kupita kumalo osasunthika a subconscious negativity. M'masiku akale okhulupirira zamatsenga mwina adatcha kukhalapo, koma Bambo Harper adadziwa kuti chinali chionetsero cha mkangano womwe ukubwera. Komabe, kufotokoza kotsirizirako sikunachepetse kuopsa kwa zimene zinali pafupi kuchitika ngati akanalolera kusiya kusamala.
  
  Munthu amene anali pachithunzichi amene bambo ake a Harper anamuitana ankaoneka ngati chilombo chochititsa mantha. Clive Muller adalengeza izi mu 1986 chifukwa chopha kazembe waku Russia kutsogolo kwa 10 Downing Street, koma chifukwa cha vuto linalake adathamangitsidwa ku Austria ndikuthawa kuti akadikire kuzengedwa mlandu.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati uli mbali yolakwika ya mpanda, Clive," abambo ake a Harper anatero pomwe amasanthula zambiri za wakuphayo zomwe zinalipo pa intaneti. "Takhala tikudziona ngati otsika nthawi yonseyi, sichoncho? Ndipo tsopano mukupha anthu wamba chifukwa chandalama za chakudya chamadzulo? Izi ziyenera kukhala zovuta pa ego. "
  
  Kunjako, nyengo inali ikukula mowonjezereka ndipo mvula inali kugunda pawindo la ofesi kumbali ina ya makatani okokedwa pamene wansembe anatseka kufufuzako ndikuzimitsa laputopu yake. "Ndikudziwa kuti mwabwera kale. Kodi mukuchita mantha kudzionetsera kwa munthu wodzichepetsa wa Mulungu?"
  
  Laputopu itazimitsidwa, chipindacho chidakhala mdima wathunthu, ndipo chowonera chomaliza chikatha, abambo ake a Harper adawona munthu wakuda akutuluka kuseri kwa bokosi lawo. M"malo mwa kumenyedwa kumene ankayembekezera, Bambo Harper anadzudzulidwa ndi mawu. "Inu? Munthu wa Mulungu? Bamboyo anaseka.
  
  Liwu lake lakuthwa linabisa katchulidwe kake poyamba, koma panalibe kukana kuti makonsonanti olemera a m'matumbo, pomwe amalankhula molimba mtima ku Britain - molingana ndi Chijeremani ndi Chingerezi - adapereka umunthu wake.
  
  
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  Sinthani njira
  
  
  "Wati chiyani?" Nina anakwinya nkhope, akumayesa mofunitsitsa kuti apeze chifukwa chimene asinthira njira yapakati pa ndege. Anamukankha Sam yemwe amafuna kuti amve zomwe Patrick akuwuza woyendetsa ndegeyo.
  
  "Dikirani, mlekeni amalize," Sam anamuuza motero, akudzilimbitsa mtima kuti apeze chifukwa chimene anasinthira mwadzidzidzi. Monga mtolankhani wodziwa zambiri, Sam adaphunzira kukayikira kusintha kofulumira kotereku kotero kuti anamvetsetsa nkhawa za Nina.
  
  Patrick adapunthwanso m'mimba mwa ndegeyo, akuyang'ana Sam, Nina, Ajo ndi Perdue omwe anadikirira mwakachetechete, akudikirira kufotokoza kwake. "Palibe chodetsa nkhawa anthu," Patrick anatonthoza.
  
  "Kodi Mtsamunda analamula kuti tisinthe njira kuti tifike m"chipululu chifukwa cha chipongwe cha Nina?" -Sam anafunsa. Nina adamuyang'ana monyodola ndikumumenya mwamphamvu pamkono. "Zachidziwikire, Paddy. Chifukwa chiyani tikutembenukira? Sindimakonda ".
  
  "Inenso, bwanawe," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Zoonadi, anyamata, si zoipa choncho. Ndangolandira kumene kuchokera kwa mmodzi wa okonza ulendo, pulofesa. Imru," adatero Patrick.
  
  "Anali m'khoti," adatero Perdue. "Akufuna chiyani?"
  
  "M"chenicheni, iye anafunsa ngati tingamuthandize pa ... nkhani yaumwini kwambiri tisanakambirane zofunika zalamulo. Zikuoneka kuti adalumikizana ndi Mtsamunda J. Yimenu ndikumudziwitsa kuti tifika patangopita tsiku limodzi kuposa momwe adakonzera, ndiye kuti mbaliyo idasamalidwa," adatero Patrick.
  
  "Ndi chiyani chomwe angafune kwa ine pamaso panu?" Perdue anaganiza mokweza. Biliyoniyo sanawonekere wodalitsika kwambiri pakusintha kwatsopano kumeneku, ndipo nkhawa yake idawonekeranso pamaso pa mamembala ake aulendo.
  
  "Kodi tingakane?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Mungathe," Patrick anayankha. "Ndipo Sam akhoza, koma Bambo Kira ndi David ali m'manja mwa anthu ofukula zakale, ndipo Prof. Imru ndi mmodzi mwa atsogoleri a bungweli."
  
  "Choncho tilibe chochita koma kumuthandiza," Perdue adadandaula, akuwoneka wotopa kwambiri ndi kutembenuka kwa dongosololi. Patrick anakhala pansi moyang'anizana ndi Perdue ndi Nina, ndi Sam ndi Ajo pafupi naye.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndifotokoze. Uku ndikuyenda movutikira, anyamata. Malinga ndi zomwe ndauzidwa, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti zidzakusangalatsani. "
  
  "Zikumveka ngati mukufuna kuti tidye masamba athu onse, amayi," Sam anaseka, ngakhale kuti mawu ake anali ochokera pansi pa mtima.
  
  "Taonani, sindikuyesera kusangalatsa masewera owopsa awa, Sam," adatero Patrick. "Musaganize kuti ndikungomvera malamulo mwachimbulimbuli kapena ndikuganiza kuti ndinu opusa moti ndingakupusitseni kuti mugwirizane ndi Archaeological Crimes Division." Atadzitsimikizira yekha, wothandizira MI6 adatenga nthawi kuti akhazikike. "Mwachiwonekere izi sizikukhudzana ndi Bokosi Lopatulika kapena pempho la Davide. Palibe. Prof. Imru anafunsa ngati mungamuthandize pa nkhani yachinsinsi yomwe ingakhale ndi zotsatirapo zoipa padziko lonse lapansi."
  
  Perdue adaganiza zosiya kukayikira konse pakadali pano. Mwinamwake, iye anaganiza, iye anali wofunitsitsa kwambiri kuti asatero. "Ndipo adati, chavuta ndi chiyani, bizinesi yachinsinsi iyi?"
  
  Patrick anagwedeza mutu. "Palibe chimene ndikudziwa kufotokoza. Anatifunsa ngati titha kutera ku Cairo kuti tikakumane naye ku Masonic Temple ku Giza. Kumeneko adzalongosola zomwe anazitcha "pempho lopanda pake" kuti awone ngati mukufunitsitsa kuthandiza.
  
  "Kodi 'kuthandiza' kumatanthauza chiyani, ndikuganiza?" Perdue adawongolera mawu omwe Patrick adawomba mosamala kwambiri.
  
  "Ndikuganiza," Patrick adavomereza. Koma kunena zoona, ndikuona kuti ndi woona mtima. Ndikutanthauza, sangasinthe kuperekedwa kwa chotsalira chachipembedzo chofunikira kwambirichi kuti angofuna chidwi, sichoncho? "
  
  "Patrick, ukutsimikiza kuti uku sikubisala?" Anafunsa mwakachetechete. Sam ndi Perdue ankawoneka ngati ali ndi nkhawa. "Sindingayike chilichonse choposa Black Sun kapena akazembe aku Africa awa, mukudziwa? Kuwabera chotsalirachi kukuwoneka kuti kwapatsa anyamatawa zotupa zazikulu kwambiri. Kodi tikudziwa bwanji kuti sadzangotisiya ku Cairo n"kutipha tonse n"kumayerekezera kuti sitinapiteko ku Ethiopia kapena chinachake?"
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndine wothandizira wapadera, Dr. Gould. Muli ndi nkhani zodalirika kuposa khoswe m'dzenje la njoka," adatero Patrick.
  
  "Ndikhulupirireni," adatero Perdue, "ali ndi zifukwa zake." Monganso tonsefe. Patrick, tikukhulupirira kuti muzindikira ngati izi ndi zobisalira. Tikupitabe, sichoncho? Ungodziwa kuti tonsefe timafuna kuti uzimva fungo la utsi tisanatsekeredwe m'nyumba yomwe ikuyaka, chabwino?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira," Patrick anayankha. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinapangana ndi anthu ena omwe ndimawadziwa ochokera ku Yemen kuti atiperekeze ku Cairo. Adzakhala ozembera ndi kuyang"anitsitsa ife, kuti atsimikizire."
  
  "Izi zikumveka bwino," Ajo adapumira mtima.
  
  "Ndikuvomereza," adatero Sam. "Pokhapokha tikudziwa kuti mayunitsi akunja amadziwa komwe tili, zitha kukhala zosavuta kuti tithane ndi izi."
  
  "Tiyeni, Sammo," Patrick anamwetulira. "Simunaganiza kuti ndingotsatira malamulo ngati ndilibe khomo lakumbuyo lotseguka?"
  
  "Koma tikhala nthawi yayitali?" - Perdue anafunsa. "Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti sindikufuna kulankhula za Bokosi Lopatulika ili kwa nthawi yaitali. Uwu ndi mutu womwe ndikufuna kutha ndikuyambiranso moyo wanga, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Ndamva," adatero Patrick. "Ndili ndi udindo wonse pachitetezo chaulendowu. Tidzabweranso kuntchito tikangokumana ndi pulofesa. Imfa."
  
  
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  Kunali mdima pamene anafika ku Cairo. Kunali mdima osati chifukwa cha usiku, komanso m'mizinda yonse yapafupi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri kuti Super Hercules ifike bwino pamsewu, womwe unayatsidwa ndi miphika yamoto. Poyang"ana kunja kwa zenera laling"ono, Nina anamva dzanja lowopsa lili pa iye, lofanana kwambiri ndi kuukira kwa claustrophobia pamene anadzipeza ali m"malo otsekeredwa. Kuzimitsidwa ndi mantha kunamugwira.
  
  "Ndimamva ngati ndatsekeredwa m"bokosi lamaliro," adatero Sam.
  
  Iye anadabwa kwambiri ndi zimene anakumana nazo ku Cairo, koma Sam anayesetsa kuti asachite mantha. "Osadandaula, chikondi. Anthu okhawo omwe amaopa utali ayenera kumva kusapeza bwino pakali pano. Kuzimitsidwa kwa magetsi mwina kwachitika chifukwa cha makina opangira magetsi kapena china chake. "
  
  Woyendetsa ndegeyo anayang'ana mmbuyo pa iwo. "Chonde mangani zanga ndikundilola kuyang'ana. Zikomo!"
  
  Nina adamva kuti miyendo yake ikutha. Pamtunda wa makilomita 100 kumunsi kwa malowa, kuwala kokhako kunali gulu lolamulira la Hercules lomwe linali m'chipinda cha okwera ndege. Dziko lonse la Egypt linali lakuda zedi, limodzi mwa mayiko angapo omwe anali ndi vuto loti magetsi azizima mosadziwika bwino moti palibe amene akanatha kuwapeza. kusonyeza Monga anadabwa monga iye anali, iye sakanakhoza kugwedeza kumverera kuti phobia inali kumulanda iye.Osati kokha kuti iye anali mu chitini chakale chowuluka cha supu ndi injini, koma tsopano anapeza kuti kusowa kwa kuwala kunatengera kwathunthu malo otsekedwa.
  
  Perdue anakhala pansi pafupi naye, ataona mmene chibwano ndi manja ake anali kunjenjemera. Anamukumbatira ndipo sananene kalikonse, zimene Nina anazipeza kukhala zodekha modabwitsa. Anawonjezera Kira ndi Sam okonzekera kutera, akusonkhanitsa zida zawo zonse ndi zowerengera asanadzimangire.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza, Effendi, ndili ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa za funso ili, Professor. Imru akufunadi kukambirana nanu," Ajo anakuwa chifukwa cha phokoso logontha la injini. Perdue anamwetulira, akudziwa bwino za chisangalalo cha wotsogolera wake wakale.
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa zomwe sitikudziwa, wokondedwa Ajo?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, prof basi. Imru amadziwika kuti anali munthu wanzeru kwambiri komanso mfumu ya dera lake. Amakonda mbiri yakale komanso, ndithudi, zofukulidwa pansi, koma mfundo yakuti akufuna kukuwonani ndi ulemu waukulu kwa ine. Ndikungoyembekeza kuti msonkhano uno ukunena za zinthu zomwe amadziwika nazo. Iye ndi munthu wamphamvu kwambiri amene ali ndi dzanja lamphamvu m"mbiri."
  
  "Tazindikira," Perdue adayankha. "Ndiye tiyeni tiyembekezere zabwino."
  
  "Masonic Temple," anatero Nina. "Ndi Mason?"
  
  "Inde, madam," Ajo adatsimikiza. "Grand Master of the Lodge of Isis ku Giza."
  
  Maso a Perdue adawala. "Masons? Ndipo akufuna thandizo langa?" Anamuyang'ana Patrick. "Tsopano ndachita chidwi."
  
  Patrick anamwetulira, mpumulo kuti sakanayenera kutenga udindo wa ulendo Perdue analibe chidwi kupanga. Ninanso anatsamira pampando wake, akumakopeka kwambiri ndi mwayi wa msonkhanowo. Ngakhale mwamwambo akazi samaloledwa kupita kumisonkhano ya Freemason, amadziwa amuna ambiri otchuka omwe anali m'gulu lakale komanso lamphamvu, magwero ake omwe amamusangalatsa nthawi zonse. Monga wolemba mbiri, iye anazindikira kuti zambiri za miyambo yawo yakale ndi zinsinsi zinali maziko a mbiri yakale ndi chisonkhezero chake pa zochitika za dziko.
  
  
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  Monga diamondi m'mwamba
  
  
  Prof. Imru anapereka moni waubwenzi kwa Perdue pamene ankatsegula chipata chachikulu cha gululo. "Ndakondwa kukuwonaninso, Bambo Perdue. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zonse zinali bwino kwa inu?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndinali wokhumudwa pang'ono m'tulo, ndipo chakudya sichimandisangalatsa, koma ndikupeza bwino, zikomo, Pulofesa," Perdue anayankha, akumwetulira. Kunena zoona, kungoti sindisangalala ndi kuchereza kwa akaidi n"kokwanira kundisangalatsa tsiku lililonse."
  
  "Ndingaganize choncho," pulofesayo anavomereza motero mwachifundo. "Ineyo sindikufuna kuti tikhale m"ndende poyamba. Komanso, zikuwoneka kuti cholinga cha anthu a MI6 chinali kukumangani moyo wanu wonse, osati nthumwi za ku Ethiopia. Kuvomereza kwa pulofesayo kunawunikira zokhumba za Karsten zobwezera, kubwereketsa kukhulupilika kuti anali wokonzeka kutenga Purdue, koma chinali chinachake cha nthawi ina.
  
  Gulu litatha kulowa m'misiri mumthunzi wokongola wozizira kutsogolo kwa Kachisi, kukambirana kwakukulu kunali pafupi kuyamba. Penekal sanasiye kuyang'ana Nina, koma adavomereza kusilira kwake kwachete ndi chisomo. Perdue ndi Sam adapeza kuti amamukonda kwambiri chifukwa cha kuseketsa kwake, koma adasokoneza chisangalalo chawo poyang'ana maso ndi kugwedeza mpaka zokambiranazo zidakhala zofunikira komanso zozama.
  
  "Master Penekal amakhulupirira kuti tikuvutitsidwa ndi zomwe zimatchedwa Magic. Chifukwa chake, musamaganize kuti munthuyu ndi wochenjera komanso wochenjera malinga ndi miyezo yamasiku ano," adatero pulofesayo. Imru anayamba.
  
  "Mwachitsanzo, iye ndi amene amachititsa kuti magetsi azizima," Penekal anawonjezera mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ngati mungathe, Master Penekal, chonde lekani kudzitsogolera ndisanafotokoze za zovuta zathu," adatero pulofesayo. Imru anafunsa katswiri wa zakuthambo wakale. "Pali zowona zambiri m'mawu a Penekal, koma mumvetsetsa bwino ndikafotokoza zofunikira. Ndikudziwa kuti muli ndi nthawi yochepa chabe yobwezera Bokosi Lopatulika, choncho tidzayesetsa kuchita zimenezi mwamsanga."
  
  "Zikomo," anatero Perdue. "Ndikufuna kuchita izi posachedwa."
  
  "Zowona," Prof. Imru anagwedeza mutu kenako anapitiriza kuphunzitsa gululo zimene iye ndi katswiri wa zakuthambo anasonkhanitsa mpaka pano. Pamene Nina, Perdue, Sam ndi Ajo anali kuphunzitsidwa za ubale pakati pa nyenyezi zowombera ndi kuba zakupha kwa sage woyendayenda, wina anali kumenyana ndi chipata.
  
  "Chonde pepani," Penekal anapepesa. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndi ndani. Ndikupepesa chifukwa chakuchedwa kwake."
  
  "Zivute zitani. Nawa makiyi, Master Penekal, "adatero pulofesa, akupatsa Penekal kiyi pachipata kuti alowetse Ofar yemwe anali wokwiya kwambiri pomwe akupitiliza kuthandizira ulendo waku Scotland kuwapeza. Ofar adawoneka kuti watopa, maso ake ali ndi mantha komanso mantha pomwe mnzake adatsegula geti. "Kodi adazipeza kale?" anali akupumira mwamphamvu.
  
  "Tikuwadziwitsa tsopano, mzanga," adatsimikizira Penekal Ofara.
  
  "Fulumirani," anapempha motero Ofar. "Nyenyezi ina inagwa pasanathe mphindi makumi awiri zapitazo!"
  
  "Chani?" Penekal anali wamanyazi. "Ndani mwa iwo?"
  
  "Woyamba mwa alongo asanu ndi awiri!" Ofar anatsegula, mawu ake ngati misomali m'bokosi. "Tiyenera kufulumira, Penekal! Tiyenera kumenyana tsopano, apo ayi zonse zidzatayika! Milomo yake inkanjenjemera ngati ya munthu wakufa. "Tiyenera kusiya Wizard, Penekal, apo ayi ana athu sadzakhala ndi moyo mpaka ukalamba!"
  
  "Ndikudziwa bwino izi, bwenzi langa lakale," Penekal adatsimikizira Ofara, akumuthandizira ndi dzanja lolimba kumbuyo kwake pamene amayandikira potentha komanso mofunda m'mundamo. Malaŵi a motowo anali olandiridwa bwino, akuunikira kutsogolo kwa kachisi wamkulu wakaleyo ndi chilengezo chochititsa chidwi, pamene mithunzi ya otenga nawo mbali pa msonkhanowo inkasonyezedwa pamakoma ndi kusonkhezera mayendedwe awo onse.
  
  "Welcome, Master Ofar", Prof. Adatelo Imru nkuluyo atakhala pansi, akumagwedeza mutu kwa anthu ena ampingo. "Tsopano ndabweretsa Bambo Perdue ndi anzake kuti afulumizitse malingaliro athu. Iwo akudziwa kuti Wizard ali wotanganidwa kuluka ulosi wowopsa, "adatero pulofesa. "Ndikusiyirani akatswiri a zakuthambo a Dragon Watchers a ku Hermopolis, amuna ochokera m"magazi a ansembe a ku Thoth, kuti akuuzeni zimene wakupha ameneyu angakhale akuyesera kuchita."
  
  Penekal anadzuka pampando wake, navundukula mipukutuyo mu nyali yowala yotuluka m'mitsuko yoimitsidwa panthambi zamitengo. Perdue ndi anzake nthawi yomweyo anasonkhana pafupi kuti aphunzire codex ndi zithunzi mosamala.
  
  "Iyi ndi mapu a nyenyezi akale, akuphimba mwachindunji mlengalenga ku Egypt, Tunisia ... kawirikawiri, Middle East yonse monga tikudziwira," Penekal anafotokoza. "M'milungu iwiri yapitayi, ine ndi mnzanga Ofar tawona zinthu zakuthambo zingapo zosokoneza."
  
  "Monga?" - Sam anafunsa, akuwerenga mosamala zikopa zakale za bulauni ndi zambiri zake zodabwitsa zolembedwa manambala ndi font yosadziwika.
  
  "Monga nyenyezi zomwe zikuwombera," adayimitsa Sam ndi manja otsegula m'manja mtolankhaniyo asanalankhule, "koma ... osati omwe tingathe kugwa. Ndingayesere kunena kuti zinthu zakuthambo zimenezi sizimangowononga mpweya wokha, koma mapulaneti, ang"onoang"ono amene ali patali. Nyenyezi zamtundu umenewu zikagwa, zikutanthauza kuti zachoka m"njira zawo." Ofar adawoneka odabwa kwambiri ndi mawu ake omwe. "Izi zikutanthauza kuti imfa yawo ikhoza kuyambitsa magulu a nyenyezi ozungulira."
  
  Nina adachita mantha. "Zikumveka ngati zovuta."
  
  "Dona akulondola," Ofar adavomereza. "Ndipo matupi onsewa ndi ofunikira, kotero kuti ali ndi mayina omwe amadziwika nawo."
  
  "Osati manambala pambuyo pa mayina a asayansi wamba, monga nyenyezi zambiri zodziwika masiku ano," Penekal adauza omvera omwe anali patebulo. " Maina awo anali ofunika kwambiri, monga mmene analili malo awo kumwamba pamwamba pa dziko lapansi, moti anadziwika ngakhale kwa anthu a Mulungu."
  
  Sam anachita chidwi. Ngakhale kuti anathera moyo wake m"mabungwe a zigawenga ndi zigawenga zobisika, iye analolera kukopeka ndi kukopeka kumene mbiri yodabwitsa ya thambo la nyenyezi inampatsa iye. "Muli bwanji, Mr. Ofar?" Sam anafunsa ndi chidwi chenicheni, akulemba manotsi kwa iye yekha kukumbukira mawu ndi mayina a maudindo pa tchati.
  
  "M"Chipangano cha Solomo, mfumu yanzeru ya m"Baibulo," Opfara anasimba motero monga badi wakale, "akuti Mfumu Solomo inamanga ziŵanda makumi asanu ndi aŵiri ndi ziŵiri ndi kuzikakamiza kumanga Kachisi wa Yerusalemu."
  
  Mawu ake mwachibadwa analonjeredwa ndi gululo ndi kusuliza kobisika ngati kusinkhasinkha mwakachetechete. Ajo yekha ndi amene anakhala osasuntha, kuyang'ana nyenyezi pamwamba pa mutu wake. Mphamvu itadulidwa m'dziko lonse lozungulira ndi madera ena osati monga Igupto, kuwala kwa nyenyezi kunaposa mdima wandiweyani wa mlengalenga umene unkayang'ana chirichonse.
  
  "Ndimadziŵa mmene liyenera kumvekera," Penekal anafotokoza motero, "koma muyenera kulingalira za matenda ndi malingaliro oipa, osati ziŵanda zokhala ndi nyanga, kuti mugomezere mkhalidwe wa "ziwanda"zo. Izi zitha kumveka zosamveka poyamba mpaka titakuuzani zomwe tawona, zomwe zidachitika. Pokhapokha m"mene mudzayamba kuyimitsa ukafiri ndi kuchenjeza."
  
  "Ndinatsimikizira Masters Ofar ndi Penekal kuti ndi ochepa chabe anzeru zokwanira kuti amvetsetse mutu wachinsinsiwu omwe angakhale ndi njira zochitira chilichonse," akutero pulofesayo. Imru anauza alendo ochokera ku Scotland. "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinakuonani inu, Bambo Perdue, ndi anzanu kukhala anthu oyenera kulankhula nawo pankhani imeneyi. Ndawerenganso ntchito zanu zambiri, Bambo Cleave, "adauza Sam. "Ndinaphunzira zambiri za mayesero anu nthawi zina odabwitsa ndi zochitika ndi Dr. Gould ndi Bambo Perdue. Izi zanditsimikizira kuti sindinu anthu amene amanyalanyaza mwachimbulimbuli nkhani zachilendo ndi zosokoneza zomwe timakumana nazo pano tsiku ndi tsiku m"Malamulo athu."
  
  Ntchito yabwino, pulofesa, Nina anaganiza. Ndi bwino kuti mutisangalatse ndi kukongola uku, ngati kukondweretsa, chifukwa cha kukwezeka. Mwinamwake inali mphamvu yake yachikazi imene inalola Nina kumvetsa maganizo omveka a matamando, koma sananene mokweza. Zayambitsa kale mikangano pakati pa Perdue ndi Colonel. Yimen, m'modzi mwa otsutsa ake ovomerezeka. Zingakhale zosafunikira kubwereza mchitidwe wotsutsana ndi Prof. Ndisintha ndikuwonongeratu mbiri ya Perdue kuti nditsimikizire malingaliro ake okhudza Master Mason.
  
  Ndipo kotero Dr. Gould anagwira lilime lake pamene ankamvetsera nkhani yokongola ya katswiri wa zakuthambo, mawu ake otonthoza ngati a mfiti yakale yochokera mu filimu yopeka za sayansi.
  
  
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  Mgwirizano
  
  
  Posakhalitsa izi zidatumizidwa ndi Prof. Oyang'anira nyumba Imru. Mathireyi a buledi wa Baladi ndi ta'meyi (falafel) anatsatiridwa ndi mathirelo ena aŵiri a Hawushi zokometsera. Ng'ombe yang'ombe ndi zonunkhira zinadzaza mphuno zawo ndi fungo loipa. Mathireyi anaikidwa patebulo lalikulu, ndipo amuna a profesayo anachoka mwadzidzidzi ndi mwakachetechete monga momwe anawonekera.
  
  Alendowo analandira mwachidwi chakudya cha a Masons ndipo anachipereka ndi mkokomo wovomereza, chimene mwiniwake anachikondadi. Onse atakhala ndi zotsitsimula pang'ono, inali nthawi yoti adziwe zambiri, popeza phwando la Perdue linalibe nthawi yambiri yaulere.
  
  "Chonde, Master Ofar, pitilizani," Prof. Imru anaitanidwa.
  
  Ofar anafotokoza kuti: "Ife, dongosolo langa, tili ndi zikopa zotchedwa 'Malamulo a Solomo.' omangidwa ziwanda mkati mwa mwala wopenya - diamondi." Maso ake akuda adanyezimira ndi chinsinsi pamene adatsitsa mawu ake, kuyankhula ndi aliyense wa omvera.
  
  "Mapu a nyenyezi," adatero Perdue, akulozera kumtunda wakumwamba papepala limodzi lazikopa. Onse a Ofar ndi Penekal adagwedeza mutu modabwitsa, amuna onsewa akuwoneka odekha kwambiri ponena za kubweretsa zovuta zawo m'makutu amakono.
  
  "Tsopano, monga momwe Prof. Mwina Imru adakufotokozerani tilibe kuti tili ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti wamatsenga akuyendanso pakati pathu," adatero Ofar. Ndipo nyenyezi iliyonse yomwe yagwa mpaka pano ndi yofunika kwambiri pamapu a Solomo.
  
  Penekal anawonjezera kuti, "Ndipo motero, mphamvu yapadera ya aliyense wa iwo inadziwonetsera yokha mwanjira ina yodziwika kwa iwo omwe amadziwa zoyenera kuyang'ana, mukudziwa?"
  
  "Wosamalira nyumba ya malemu Madame Chantal, adapachikidwa pa chingwe cha hemp m'nyumba yayikulu ku Nice masiku angapo apitawo?" Ofar adalengeza, akudikirira mnzake kuti alembe zomwe zidasokonekera.
  
  "Codex imati chiwanda cha Onoskelis chinaluka zingwe za hemp zomwe zinagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga Kachisi wa Yerusalemu," anatero Penekal.
  
  Ofar anapitiriza kuti: "Nyenyezi yachisanu ndi chiŵiri m"gulu la nyenyezi Leo, yotchedwa Rhabdos, nayonso inagwa.
  
  "Zounikira nyali za m"kachisi pomanga," Penekal anafotokoza motero. Anakweza manja ake otsegula m"mwamba n"kuyang"ana mdima umene unazinga mzindawo. Nyalizo zinazima m"maiko ozungulira. Moto wokha ungapange kuwala, monga mwawonera. Sipadzakhalanso nyale kapena magetsi.
  
  Nina ndi Sam anayang'ana mwamantha koma mwachiyembekezo. Perdue ndi Ajo anasonyeza chidwi ndi chisangalalo pang'ono pa zochitika zachilendo. Perdue anagwedeza mutu pang'onopang'ono, akutola zitsanzo zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi owonera. "Masters Penekal ndi Ofar, mukufuna kuti tichite chiyani? Ndikumvetsa zomwe mukunena kuti zikuchitika. Komabe, ndikufunika kumveketsa bwino zomwe ine ndi anzanga tinaitanidwa kuti tichite."
  
  "Ndinamva china chake chododometsa chokhudza nyenyezi yomaliza yomwe idagwa, bwana, mgalimoto yomwe ili m'njira yopita kuno. Zikuoneka kuti nyanja zikukwera, koma motsutsana ndi chifukwa chilichonse chachilengedwe. Malinga ndi nyenyezi yomwe ili pamapu yomwe mnzangayo adandilozera komaliza, ili ndi tsoka lalikulu, "adadandaula Penekal. "Bambo Perdue, tikufuna thandizo lanu kuti tipeze Diamondi ya King Solomon yotsala. Mfitiyo imawasonkhanitsa, ndipo pamene akuchita izi, nyenyezi ina inagwa; mliri wina ukubwera.
  
  "Chabwino, kodi diamondi izi zili kuti? Ndikukhulupirira nditha kukuthandizani kuzikumba pamaso pa Mfitiyo..." adatero.
  
  "Mfiti, bwana," mawu a Ofar adanjenjemera.
  
  "Pepani. Wizard, "Purdue mwamsanga anakonza cholakwika chake, "amawapeza."
  
  Prof. Imru adayimilira, ndikulozera anzake omwe adayang'ana nyenyezi kuti atenge kamphindi. "Mwaona, Bambo Perdue, ndilo vuto. Ma diamondi ambiri a Mfumu Solomo anali atamwazikana pakati pa anthu olemera kwa zaka mazana ambiri-mafumu, atsogoleri a mayiko, ndi osonkhanitsa miyala yamtengo wapatali yamtengo wapatali-ndipo Wamatsengayo anagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo ndi kupha munthu kuti apeze imodzi ndi imodzi."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," Nina anang"ung"udza. Zili ngati singano mu mulu wa udzu. Kodi tingawapeze bwanji onse? Kodi muli ndi zolemba za diamondi zomwe tikufuna?"
  
  "Mwatsoka, ayi, Dr. Gould," Prof. Imru anadandaula. Iye anatulutsa chiseke chopusa, kudziona ngati wopusa ngakhale kuchibweretsa. "M'malo mwake, owonera ndi ine tidaseka kuti Bambo Perdue anali wolemera mokwanira kuti agulenso diamondi zomwe zikufunsidwa, kuti atipulumutse ku zovuta ndi nthawi."
  
  Aliyense anaseka kupusa kodabwitsako, koma Nina adawona machitidwe a mbuye womangayo, akudziwa bwino lomwe kuti akupereka lingalirolo popanda ziyembekezo zina kusiyapo kukopa kwa Perdue mopambanitsa, koika pachiwopsezo. Apanso, iye sanadzibisire yekha ndikumwetulira. Anayang'ana Perdue, kuyesera kuti amupatse chenjezo, koma Nina ankawona kuti akuseka kwambiri.
  
  Palibe njira mu dziko, iye anaganiza. Akulingaliradi!
  
  "Sam," adatero mosangalala kwambiri.
  
  "Inde ndikudziwa. Atenga nyamboyo ndipo sitingathe kumuletsa," Sam anayankha mosayang"ana uku akusekabe pofuna kuoneka kuti wasokonezedwa.
  
  "Sam," anabwereza motero, osakhoza kuyankha.
  
  "Akhoza kukwanitsa," Sam anamwetulira.
  
  Koma Nina sanathenso kuchisunga. Podzilonjeza kuti adzanena maganizo ake mwaubwenzi ndi mwaulemu kwambiri, anaimirira pampando wake. Kathupi kake kakang'ono kanatsutsa chimphona chachikulu cha pulofesa. Ndayimilira kumbuyo kwa khoma la kachisi wa Masonic ndikuwonetsa moto pakati pawo.
  
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, Pulofesa, sindikuganiza," adatero. "Sikoyenera kuchita malonda wamba azachuma pomwe zinthuzo zili ndi mtengo wotere. Ndingayerekeze kunena kuti n'zosamveka kulingalira chinthu choterocho. Ndipo ine ndikhoza pafupifupi kukutsimikizirani inu, kuchokera muzochitika zanga, kuti anthu mbuli, olemera kapena ayi, samagawana mosavuta ndi chuma chawo. Ndipo tilibe nthawi yoti tiwapeze onse ndikuchita nawo malonda otopetsa Wizard wanu asanawapeze. "
  
  Nina anayesa kusunga kamvekedwe kochititsa chidwi, mawu ake opepuka akusonyeza kuti anali kungonena njira yofulumira, pamene kwenikweni iye anali kutsutsa kotheratu lingalirolo. Amuna a ku Aigupto, osazoloŵera ngakhale kuvomereza kukhalapo kwa mkazi, osamulola kuti alowe nawo pazokambirana, anakhala chete kwa nthawi yaitali pamene Perdue ndi Sam adapuma.
  
  Chodabwitsa kwambiri, Prof. Imru anayankha kuti: "Ndikuvomerezadi, Dr. Gould. Ndizosamveka kuyembekezera izi, osasiya kuchita nthawi yake. "
  
  "Taonani," Perdue adayamba za mpikisanowo, atakhala bwino m'mphepete mwa mpando wake, "Ndikuyamika kukhudzidwa kwanu, wokondedwa wanga Nina, ndipo ndikuvomereza kuti zikuwoneka ngati zovuta kuchita chinthu choterocho. Komabe, chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndingachitire umboni ndichakuti palibe chomwe chimadulidwa kapena kuuma. Tikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana kuti tikwaniritse zomwe tikufuna. Zikatero, ndikutsimikiza kuti nditha kulankhula ndi eni ake ndikuwapatsa mwayi. "
  
  "Umandiseka," Sam anafuula mosasamala ali mbali ina ya tebulo. "Kugwira chiyani? Payenera kukhala mmodzi, apo ayi ndiwe misala kotheratu, nkhalamba."
  
  "Ayi, Sam, ndikunena zoona," Perdue anamutsimikizira. Anthu inu, mvetserani kwa ine. Biliyoniyo adatembenukira kuyang'anizana ndi mwini wake. "Ngati inu, Pulofesa, mutha kusonkhanitsa zambiri za anthu ochepa omwe ali ndi miyala yomwe tikufuna, nditha kupeza ma broker anga ndi mabungwe azovomerezeka kuti agule diamondi izi pamtengo wabwino osandibwezera ndalama. Adzapereka ma title deeds pambuyo poti katswiri wosankhidwa atsimikizira kuti ndi oona." Anapatsa pulofesayo mawonekedwe achitsulo omwe amawonetsa chidaliro chomwe Sam ndi Nina sanawone kwa bwenzi lawo kwa nthawi yayitali. "Ndiko kupusa, pulofesa."
  
  Nina anamwetulira mu ngodya yake yaying'ono ya mthunzi ndi moto, akutenga scone pamene Perdue anapanga mgwirizano ndi mdani wake wakale. "Zomwe tikuchita ndizakuti titasokoneza ntchito ya Amatsenga, diamondi za Mfumu Solomon ndi zanga zovomerezeka."
  
  "Uyu ndi mwana wanga," Ninanong"oneza motero.
  
  Podabwa poyamba, Prof. Pang"ono ndi pang"ono Imru anazindikira kuti zimenezi zinali zabwino. Pajatu anali asanamvepo za diamondi openda nyenyezi aja asanatulukire chinyengo cha mfitiyo. Iye ankadziwa bwino kuti Mfumu Solomo inali ndi golidi ndi siliva wochuluka kwambiri, koma sankadziwa kuti mfumuyo inalinso ndi diamondi . Kuphatikiza pa migodi ya diamondi yomwe idapezeka ku Tanis, kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Nile Delta, komanso zambiri zamawebusayiti ena omwe angayankhidwe kwa mfumu, Prof. Imr adayenera kuvomereza kuti izi zinali zatsopano kwa iye.
  
  "Kodi tagwirizana, profesa?" -Perdue adaumirira, akuyang'ana wotchi yake kuti ayankhe.
  
  Mwanzeru, pulofesayo anavomera. Komabe, iye anali ndi mikhalidwe yakeyake. "Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zanzeru kwambiri, Bambo Perdue, komanso zothandiza," adatero. "Koma ndili ndi chopereka chamtundu wina. Kupatula apo, inenso ndikungothandiza gulu la Dragon Watchers pakufuna kwawo kupewa ngozi yowopsa yakumwamba.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Mukuganiza chiyani?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ma diamondi otsala amene alibe mabanja olemera ku Ulaya konse ndi ku Asia adzakhala chuma cha bungwe la Egypt Archaeological Society," anaumirira motero pulofesayo. "Omwe amalonda anu amatha kuwalanda ndi anu. Nanga mukuti bwanji?
  
  Sam anakwinya tsinzi, kufuna kutenga kope lake. "Kodi diamondi zinazi tidzapeza m'dziko liti?"
  
  Pulofesa wonyadayo adamwetulira Sam, akudutsa manja ake mosangalala. "Mwa njira, a Cleave, tikukhulupirira kuti aikidwa m'manda pafupi ndi komwe inu ndi anzanu mudzachitira bizinesi yoyipayi."
  
  "Ku Ethiopia?" Ajo analankhula kwa nthawi yoyamba chiyambireni kudzaza mkamwa ndi mbale zokoma pamaso pake. "Sali ku Axum, bwana. Ndikukutsimikizirani. Ndinakhala zaka zambiri ndikugwira ntchito yofukula pansi ndi magulu osiyanasiyana ofufuza zinthu zakale a m"mayiko osiyanasiyana m"derali."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Bambo Kira," Prof. Imru anatero mwamphamvu.
  
  "Malinga ndi zolemba zathu zakale," analengeza motero Penekal motsimikiza, "madiamondi amene timafunafuna amadziŵika kuti anakwiriridwa m"nyumba ya amonke pa chisumbu chopatulika ku Nyanja ya Tana."
  
  "Ku Ethiopia?" -Sam anafunsa. Poyankha makwinya aakulu amene analandira, iye ananyansidwa ndi kulongosola kuti: "Ndine waku Scotland. Sindikudziwa chilichonse chokhudza Africa chomwe sichili mufilimu ya Tarzan."
  
  Nina anamwetulira. "Amanena kuti pali chisumbu pa Nyanja ya Tana kumene Namwali Mariya ayenera kuti anapumula pochokera ku Igupto, Sam," iye anafotokoza motero. "Ankakhulupiriranso kuti Likasa lenileni la Pangano linasungidwa kuno lisanabweretsedwe ku Axum mu 400 AD."
  
  "Ndimachita chidwi ndi zimene mumadziwa za mbiri yakale, a Perdue. Mwina Dr. Gould tsiku lina angagwire ntchito ndi People's Heritage Movement? Prof. Imru anasisima. "Kapenanso ku Egypt Archaeological Society kapena ku Cairo University?"
  
  "Mwina monga mlangizi kwakanthawi, Professor," anakana mwachisomo. Koma ndimakonda mbiri yamakono, makamaka mbiri ya Nkhondo Yadziko II ya Germany.
  
  "Aa," anayankha motero. "Ndizachisoni. Iyi ndi nthawi yamdima, yankhanza kotero kuti muyenera kupereka mtima wanu kwa iyo. Kodi ndikufunseni zomwe izi zikuwulula mu mtima mwanu?"
  
  Nina adakweza nsidze, kuyankha mwachangu. "Izi zikungotanthauza kuti ndikuopa kubwerezabwereza kwa zochitika zakale zomwe zimandikhudza."
  
  Pulofesa wamtali, wa khungu lakuda anayang"ana pansi dokotala wosiyana ndi wakhungu la nsangalabwi, maso ake odzala ndi kusilira kwenikweni ndi kutentha. Perdue ankawopa chiwonongeko china cha chikhalidwe kuchokera kwa Nina wake wokondedwa, kotero adasokoneza chidziwitso chaching'ono chokhazikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa iye ndi pulofesa. Imru.
  
  "Chabwino ndiye," Perdue adawomba m'manja ndikumwetulira. "Tiyeni tiyambe chinthu choyamba m'mawa."
  
  "Inde," Nina anavomereza motero. "Ndinali wotopa ngati galu, ndipo kuchedwa kwa ndege sikunandithandizenso."
  
  "Inde, kusintha kwanyengo n"kovuta kwambiri m"dziko lanu la ku Scotland," wokamba nkhaniyo anavomereza motero.
  
  Iwo adachoka pamsonkhanowo ali ndi chidwi chachikulu, kusiya akatswiri a zakuthambo akale akumva mpumulo chifukwa cha thandizo lawo, ndipo Prof. Ndine wokondwa ndi kusaka chuma komwe kukubwera. Ajo adachoka pambali kuti Nina alowe mu taxi pamene Sam adagwirana ndi Perdue.
  
  "Kodi mwajambula zonsezi?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, mgwirizano wonse," Sam adatsimikiza. "Ndiye tsopano tikubanso ku Ethiopia?" - adafunsa mosalakwa, akupeza kuti zonse ndizoseketsa komanso zoseketsa.
  
  "Inde," Perdue adamwetulira mochenjera, yankho lake lidasokoneza aliyense wa gulu lake. "Koma nthawi ino tikubera Black Sun."
  
  
  25
  Alchemy of the Gods
  
  
  
  Antwerp, Belgium
  
  
  Abdul Raya anali kuyenda mumsewu wodzaza anthu ambiri ku Berchem, dera lodziwika bwino la Flemish ku Antwerp. Anali paulendo wopita ku bizinesi ya kunyumba ya Hannes Vetter, katswiri wamaphunziro a ku Flemish yemwe ankakonda kwambiri miyala yamtengo wapatali. Zosonkhanitsa zake zinaphatikizapo zidutswa zakale za ku Egypt, Mesopotamiya, India ndi Russia, zonse zokhala ndi rubi, emarodi, diamondi ndi safiro. Koma Raya sanasamale za zaka kapena kusoŵa kwa zosonkhanitsira za Vetter. Panali chinthu chimodzi chokha chimene chinamusangalatsa, ndipo pa ichi ankangofuna chachisanu.
  
  Wetter adalankhula ndi Raya pafoni masiku atatu m'mbuyomo, kusefukira kwamadzi kusanayambe. Anatulutsa ndalama zongotengera chithunzi choyipa chaku India chomwe chinali m'gulu la Wetter. Ngakhale adaumirira kuti chinthucho sichinagulitsidwe, sakanatha kukana zomwe Rai adapereka. Wogulayo adapeza Wetter pa eBay, koma kuchokera ku zomwe Wetter adaphunzira poyankhula ndi Raya, Aigupto ankadziwa zambiri za luso lakale komanso palibe zaukadaulo.
  
  Zidziwitso za kusefukira kwa madzi zawonjezeka ku Antwerp ndi Belgium m'masiku angapo apitawa. M"mphepete mwa nyanja yonse, kuyambira ku Le Havre ndi ku Dieppe ku France mpaka ku Terneuzen ku Netherlands, nyumba zinasamutsidwa pamene madzi a m"nyanja anali kupitiriza kukwera mosalamulirika. Pokhala ndi Antwerp pakati, malo omizidwa kale a Sunken Land of Saftinge anali atatayika kale ndi mafunde. Mizinda ina, monga Goes, Vlissingen ndi Middelburg, nayonso inasefukira ndi mafunde, mpaka ku The Hague.
  
  Raya anamwetulira, podziwa kuti anali katswiri wa njira zachinsinsi za nyengo zomwe akuluakulu sakanatha kuzidziwa. M'misewu adapitilirabe kukumana ndi anthu akulankhula mwamwano, akungoyerekeza, komanso kuchita mantha ndi kukwera kwamadzi am'nyanja komwe posachedwapa kudzetsa Alkmaar ndi North Holland tsiku lotsatira.
  
  "Mulungu akutilanga," anamva mayi wina wachikulire akuuza mwamuna wake kunja kwa cafe. "Ndi chifukwa chake izi zimachitika. Uwu ndi mkwiyo wa Mulungu.
  
  Mwamuna wake ankaoneka kuti nayenso anachita mantha, koma anayesetsa kuti atonthozedwe. "Matilda, bata. Mwina nzodabwitsa chabe kuti nyengo anthu sakanatha kunyamula ma radar amenewa," anachonderera motero.
  
  "Koma chifukwa chiyani?" - iye anaumirira. "Zochitika zachilengedwe zimayambitsidwa ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, Martin. Ichi ndi chilango cha Mulungu.
  
  "Kapena choipa chaumulungu," anadandaula motero mwamuna wake, kuchititsa mantha mkazi wake wachipembedzo.
  
  "Mukunena bwanji?" - adafuula, monga momwe Raya adadutsa. "N"chifukwa chiyani Mulungu watibweretsera zoipa?"
  
  "O, sindingathe kukana izi," Abdul Raya anafuula mokweza. Anatembenuka kuti agwirizane ndi mkaziyo ndi mwamuna wake. Anadabwa kwambiri ndi maonekedwe ake achilendo, manja ake ngati zikhadabo, nkhope yake yakuthwa, ya mafupa ndi maso ake omira. "Madamu, chokongola cha choipa ndi chakuti, mosiyana ndi chabwino, choipa sichifuna chifukwa chowonongera chiwonongeko. Chiyambi chenicheni cha choipa ndicho chiwonongeko chadala kaamba ka chisangalalo chenicheni cha kutero. Masana abwino." Pamene ankachokapo, mwamunayo ndi mkazi wake anaima modabwa kwambiri, makamaka chifukwa cha vumbulutso lake, koma motsimikizirika ndi maonekedwe ake.
  
  Machenjezo anatumizidwa pa wailesi yakanema kulikonse, pamene malipoti a imfa za kusefukira kwa madzi anagwirizana ndi malipoti ena ochokera ku gombe la Mediterranean, Australia, South Africa ndi South America akuwopseza kusefukira kwa madzi. Dziko la Japan linataya theka la anthu ake pamene zilumba zikwizikwi zinamira m"madzi.
  
  "O, dikirani, okondedwa anga," Raya anaimba mokondwera, akuyandikira nyumba ya Hannes Vetter, "ili ndi themberero la madzi. Madzi amapezeka paliponse, osati m"nyanja mokha. Dikirani, Kunospaston wakugwa ndi chiwanda chamadzi. Mutha kumira m"mabafa anuanu!"
  
  Uku kunali kugwa komaliza kwa nyenyezi yomwe Ofar adawona Penekal atamva za kukwera kwa nyanja ku Egypt. Koma Raya ankadziwa zomwe zinali pafupi kuchitika, chifukwa ndi amene anayambitsa chisokonezo ichi. Wizard wotopayo adangofuna kukumbutsa anthu za kusafunikira kwawo pamaso pa Chilengedwe, maso osawerengeka omwe amawawalira usiku uliwonse. Ndipo pamwamba pa zonsezi, iye anasangalala ndi mphamvu ya chiwonongeko yomwe iye ankalamulira ndi chisangalalo chaunyamata cha kukhala yekhayo amene ankadziwa chifukwa chake.
  
  N"zoona kuti womalizayo anali maganizo ake pankhaniyo. Nthawi yomaliza yomwe adagawana chidziwitso ndi anthu, zidapangitsa kuti Industrial Revolution. Pambuyo pake sanafunikire kuchita zambiri. Anthu adapeza sayansi mu kuwala kwatsopano, injini zidalowa m'malo mwa magalimoto ambiri, ndipo ukadaulo udafuna magazi a Dziko Lapansi kuti apitilize kupikisana pa mpikisano wowononga maiko ena pampikisano wa mphamvu, ndalama, ndi chisinthiko. Monga momwe iye ankayembekezera, anthu anagwiritsa ntchito chidziŵitso kuwononga-chidziŵitso chokoma cha kuipa kwa thupi. Koma Raya anatopa ndi nkhondo zobwerezabwereza komanso umbombo wonyansa, kotero adaganiza zochita zina ... chinachake chotsimikizika ... kuti ayambe kulamulira dziko lapansi.
  
  "Bambo Raya, ndasangalala kukuwonani. Hannes Wetter, pa ntchito yanu." Wogulitsa zinthu zakale anamwetulira pamene munthu wachilendoyo akukwera masitepe kupita ku khomo lake lakumaso.
  
  "Mwaswera bwanji, Bambo Vetter," Raya anapereka moni mwachisomo, akumugwira chanza munthuyo. "Ndikuyembekezera kulandira mphoto yanga."
  
  "Ndithudi. Lowani," anayankha modekha Hannes, akumwetulira kuchokera khutu mpaka khutu. "Sitolo yanga ili m"chipinda chapansi. Nazi. " Anapempha Raya kuti atsike pa masitepe apamwamba kwambiri, okongoletsedwa ndi zodzikongoletsera zokongola komanso zodula pamasitepe otsogola m"mbali mwa njanjiyo. Pamwamba pawo, pansi pa mphepo yopepuka ya fani yaing'ono yomwe Hannes ankasunga nayo zinthu, zinthu zina zolukidwa zinkawala.
  
  "Awa ndi malo ang'ono osangalatsa. Makasitomala anu ali kuti? Raya anafunsa. Hannes anadabwa pang"ono ndi funsoli, koma anaganiza kuti Mwiguptoyo anali wokonda kuchita zinthu zakale.
  
  "Makasitomala anga nthawi zambiri amayitanitsa pa intaneti ndipo timawatumizira zinthuzo," adatero Hannes.
  
  "Kodi amakukhulupirirani?" - Wizard woondayo adayamba modabwa kwambiri. "Amakulipira bwanji? Ndipo adziwa bwanji kuti udzasunga mawu ako?
  
  Wogulitsayo anaseka modabwa. "Motere, Bambo Raya. Muofesi yanga. Ndinaganiza zosiya zokongoletsa zomwe munapempha kumeneko. Ali ndi chiyambi, ndiye mwatsimikiziridwa kuti zomwe mwagula ndizowona, "adayankha Hannes mwaulemu. "Nayi laptop yanga."
  
  "Chanu chiyani?" - adafunsa mwaulemu wamatsenga wakuda.
  
  "Laptop yanga?" Hannes anabwereza, akuloza kompyuta. "Kodi mungasamutsire kuti ndalama kuchokera ku akaunti yanu kuti mulipire katundu?"
  
  "PA!" Raya anamvetsa. "Ndithu inde. Ndine wachisoni. Ndakhala ndi usiku wautali. "
  
  "Akazi kapena vinyo?" Hannes wansangala anaseka.
  
  "Ndikuchita mantha ndikuyenda. Mukuwona, popeza ndakula, ndizotopetsa kwambiri, "adatero Raya.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndikudziwanso bwino izi, "adatero Hannes. "Ndinathamanga mpikisano wothamanga ndili wamng"ono, ndipo tsopano ndimavutika kukwera masitepe osaima kuti ndipume. Unali kuyenda kuti?
  
  "Ghent. Sindinathe kugona, choncho ndinayenda wapansi kudzakuchezerani," Raya anafotokoza moona mtima, akuyang"ana ofesiyo modabwa.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" Hannes adachita mantha. "Kodi munayenda kuchokera ku Ghent kupita ku Antwerp? Makilomita makumi asanu osamvetseka?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  Hannes Vetter adadabwa, koma adawona kuti mawonekedwe a kasitomalayo amawoneka ngati osawoneka bwino, munthu yemwe amawoneka kuti sada nkhawa ndi zinthu zambiri.
  
  "Ndizochititsa chidwi. Kodi mungakonde tiyi?
  
  "Ndikufuna kuwona chithunzicho," Raya anatero mwamphamvu.
  
  "O, inde," adatero Hannes ndikudutsa pachitetezo cha khoma kuti atenge chifanizo cha mainchesi khumi ndi awiri. Atabwerera, maso akuda a Raya adazindikira nthawi yomweyo diamondi zisanu ndi imodzi zobisika m'nyanja ya miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe imapanga mbali yakunja ya fanolo. Chinali chiwanda chonyansa, chokhala ndi mano osabala ndi tsitsi lalitali lakuda pamutu pake. Chojambula kuchokera ku minyanga yakuda, chinthucho chinadzitamandira mbali ziwiri kumbali zonse za nkhope yaikulu, ngakhale kuti chinali ndi thupi limodzi lokha. Pamphumi pa mbali iliyonse panaikidwa diamondi.
  
  "Monga ine, mdierekezi wamng'ono uyu ndi wonyansa kwambiri m'moyo weniweni," adatero Raya akumwetulira, kutenga fano kuchokera kwa Hannes akuseka. Wogulitsayo analibe cholinga chotsutsa malingaliro a wogula wake chifukwa kwakukulukulu anali owona. Koma malingaliro ake oyenerera adapulumutsidwa ku manyazi ndi chidwi cha Rai. "N"chifukwa chiyani ili ndi mbali zisanu? Izi zokha zingakhale zokwanira kulepheretsa olowa. "
  
  "O, zimenezo," anatero Hannes, mofunitsitsa kufotokoza chiyambi. "Kutengera komwe idachokera, m'mbuyomu inali ndi eni ake awiri okha. Mfumu ina ya ku Sudan inali nayo m"zaka za zana lachiŵiri, koma inati inali yotembereredwa, chotero inapereka izo ku tchalitchi cha ku Spain mkati mwa ndawala pa Nyanja ya Alboran, kufupi ndi Gibraltar."
  
  Raya anamuyang'ana munthuyo mozunguzika. "Ndichifukwa chake ili ndi mbali zisanu?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi, ayi," Hannes anaseka. "Ndikafikabe. Chokongoletsera chimenechi chinatengera mulungu wachi India wa Ravana woipa, koma Ravana anali ndi mitu 10, choncho mwina chinali mawu olakwika kwa mfumuyo."
  
  "Kapena si mulungu-mfumu konse," Raya anamwetulira, kuwerengera diamondi zotsala ngati zisanu ndi chimodzi mwa Alongo Asanu ndi awiri, ziwanda zochokera ku Chipangano cha Mfumu Solomo.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" - Anafunsa Hannes.
  
  Raya anaimirira, akumwetulirabe. M'mawu odekha, ochita bwino, iye anati, "Taonani."
  
  Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, mosasamala kanthu za chitsutso cholimba cha munthu wachikulire, Raya anachotsa diamondi iliyonse ndi mpeni wake wa m"thumba mpaka kukhala ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi m"manja mwake. Hannes sankadziwa chifukwa chake, koma anachita mantha kwambiri ndi mlendoyo moti sanachite chilichonse chomuletsa. Mantha oyenda pansi anamugwira, ngati kuti mdierekezi mwiniyo waima pamaso pake, ndipo sakanatha kuchita chilichonse koma kuyang'ana, monga momwe mlendo wake anaumirira. Mwiguputo wamtaliyo anasonkhanitsa diamondi m"dzanja lake. Monga wamatsenga wapaphwando lotsika mtengo, adawonetsa miyalayo kwa Hannes. "Mwaona izi?"
  
  "Inde," adatero Hannes, mphumi yake itanyowa ndi thukuta.
  
  "Awa ndi asanu ndi mmodzi mwa alongo asanu ndi awiri, ziwanda zomangidwa ndi Mfumu Solomo kuti zimange kachisi wake," adatero Raya ndi chidziwitso chofanana ndi chiwonetsero. Iwo anali ndi udindo wokumba maziko a Kachisi wa ku Yerusalemu.
  
  "Zosangalatsa," Hannes adatuluka, kuyesera kuyankhula bwino komanso osachita mantha. Zimene kasitomala wakeyo anamuuza zinali zosamveka komanso zochititsa mantha, zomwe m"maso mwa Hannes zinamupangitsa misala. Izi zinamupatsa chifukwa choganiza kuti Raya akhoza kukhala woopsa, choncho adasewera nawo panopa. Anazindikira kuti mwina sangalipidwe chifukwa cha chinthucho.
  
  "Inde, ndizosangalatsa kwambiri, Bambo Vetter, koma mukudziwa chomwe chili chosangalatsa?" - Raya adafunsa pomwe Hannes akuyang'ana mopanda kanthu. Ndi dzanja lake lina, Raya adatulutsa Celeste m'thumba mwake. Mayendedwe osalala, othamanga a manja ake ataliatali anali okongola kwambiri kuwawona, ngati a wovina wa ballet. Koma maso a Rai adachita mdima pamene adabweretsa manja ake awiri pamodzi. "Tsopano muwona chinthu chosangalatsa kwambiri. Itanani alchemy; alchemy ya Great Design, kusintha kwa milungu! Raya analira chifukwa cha kubangula komwe kunachokera kumbali zonse. Mkati mwa zikhadabo zake, pakati pa zala zopyapyala ndi zopindika za manja ake, munali kuwala kofiira. Anakweza manja ake, monyadira kuwonetsa mphamvu ya alchemy yake yachilendo kwa Hannes, yemwe adagwira pachifuwa chake mowopsa.
  
  "Lekanitsani kudwala kwa mtima kumeneku, Bambo Vetter, mpaka mudzaone maziko a kachisi wanu," Raya anafunsa mokondwera. "Taonani!"
  
  Kuyang'ana koyipa kumeneku kunali kokulirapo kwa Hannes Vetter, ndipo adamira pansi, atagwira pachifuwa chake chomangika. Pamwamba pake, Wizard woyipayo adakondwera ndi kuwala kofiira m'manja mwake pomwe Celeste adakumana ndi diamondi zisanu ndi imodzi, zomwe zidawapangitsa kuti aukire. Pansi pawo, nthaka inayamba kunjenjemera, ndipo chivomezicho chinasuntha mizati yochirikiza nyumba imene Hannes ankakhala. Anamva magalasi akuphwanyika pamene chivomezicho chinkakula, ndipo zidutswa zazikulu za konkire ndi zitsulo zikugwa pansi.
  
  Kunja, zochitika za zivomezi zinawonjezeka kasanu ndi kamodzi, kugwedeza Antwerp yonse monga mphutsi ya chivomezi, kenaka kukwawa padziko lonse lapansi kumbali zonse. Posakhalitsa anayenera kufika ku Germany ndi Netherlands ndi kuipitsa pansi pa nyanja ya North Sea. Raya adapeza zomwe amafunikira kwa Hannes, ndikusiya munthu wakufayo pansi pa bwinja la nyumba yake. Wamatsenga adathamangira ku Austria kukakumana ndi munthu wina m'chigawo cha Salzkammergut yemwe adanena kuti ali ndi mwala wofunidwa kwambiri pambuyo pa Celeste.
  
  "Tikuwonani posachedwa, Bambo Karsten."
  
  
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  Timamasula chinkhanira pa Njoka
  
  
  Nina adatsitsa mowa wake womaliza a Hercules asanayambe kuzungulira kanjira kokhazikika pafupi ndi chipatala cha Dansha m'chigawo cha Tigray. Kunali, monga anakonzera, madzulo. Mothandizidwa ndi omuthandizira ake oyang'anira, Perdue posachedwapa wapeza chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito msewu womwe wasiyidwa iye ndi Patrick atakambirana za njira. Patrick adadzitengera yekha kudziwitsa Colonel. Yimen, momwe adayenera kuchita mogwirizana ndi mgwirizano womwe gulu la Perdue lidachita ndi boma la Ethiopia ndi oimira ake.
  
  "Imwani, anyamata," iye anatero. "Tili kumbuyo kwa adani tsopano ..." adayang'ana Perdue, "... kachiwiri." Adakhala pansi pomwe onse adatsegula mowa wawo womaliza asanabweze Bokosi Lopatulika ku Axum. "Choncho, kuti ndimveke bwino. Paddy, bwanji sitifika pa eyapoti yayikulu ku Axum? "
  
  "Chifukwa ndi zomwe iwo, kaya akhale ndani, amayembekeza," adatero Sam. "Palibe chomwe chingafanane ndi kusintha mopupuluma kwa mdani kuti asamachite zala."
  
  "Koma mwamuuza Yimen," adayankha choncho.
  
  "Inde, Nina. Koma ambiri mwa anthu wamba komanso akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale omwe atikwiyira sadzadziwitsidwa posachedwa kuti abwere kuno," adatero Patrick. "Podzafika pano kudzera m"mawu apakamwa, tidzakhala tikupita ku Phiri la Yeha, kumene Perdue anapeza Bokosi Lopatulika. Tikhala tikuyenda pagalimoto yopanda zilembo za 'Two and Half Piece' yopanda mitundu kapena zizindikilo, zomwe zikutipangitsa kuti tisamawonekere kwa nzika zaku Ethiopia." Anasinthana ndi Perdue.
  
  "Zabwino," iye anayankha. "Koma bwanji pano ngati kuli kofunikira kufunsa?"
  
  "Chabwino," Patrick analoza mapu pansi pa kuwala kotuwa kokwezedwa padenga la ngalawayo, "mudzawona kuti Dansha ili pakati pakatikati, pakati pa Axum, pano," adaloza ku dzina la mzindawo. anayendetsa nsonga ya chala chake cha mlozera papepala lomanzere ndi pansi. "Ndipo cholinga chanu ndi Nyanja ya Tana, pomwe pano, kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Axum."
  
  "Ndiye, titha kuwirikiza kawiri tikangoponya bokosi?" - Sam adafunsa, Nina asanakhale ndi nthawi yokayikira kuti Patrick adagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "anu" m'malo mwa "athu".
  
  "Ayi, Sam," Perdue anamwetulira, "Nina wokondedwa wathu adzakuphatikizani paulendo wopita ku Tana Kirkos, chilumba chomwe chili ndi diamondi. Pakadali pano, Patrick, Ajo ndi ine tipita ku Axum ndi Bokosi Lopatulika, kukaonekera pamaso pa Boma la Ethiopia ndi anthu aku Yimenu. "
  
  "Wait, chiyani?" Nina adachita mantha, akugwira ntchafu ya Sam uku akuwerama, akukwinya. "Ine ndi Sam tikupita tokha kukaba diamondi?"
  
  Sam anamwetulira. "Ndimachikonda".
  
  "O, bwerani," anabuula motero, akutsamira pamimba ya ndegeyo pamene inkagubuduza mpukutu, ikukonzekera kutera.
  
  "Bwerani, Dr. Gould. Izi sizingatipulumutse nthawi yopereka miyalayi kwa owonera nyenyezi aku Egypt, komanso ingakhale ngati chivundikiro choyenera, "Perdue adalimbikitsa.
  
  "Ndipo chinthu chotsatira chimene ukudziwa, ndimangidwa ndikukhalanso munthu wodziwika bwino wa Oban," iye anakwinya tsinya, akukanikizira milomo yake yonse pakhosi la botololo.
  
  "Kodi ndiwe wa Oban?" - woyendetsa anafunsa Nina, popanda kutembenuka pamene iye fufuzani amazilamulira pamaso pake.
  
  "Inde," anayankha motero.
  
  "Zoyipa za anthu akutawuni kwanu aja, hee? Zochititsa manyazi bwanji," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo.
  
  Perdue ndi Sam adakumananso ndi Nina, onse osokonekera monga momwe adakhalira. "Anthu ati?" - iye anafunsa. "Zomwe zachitika?"
  
  "O, ndidawona izi m'nyuzipepala ku Edinburgh pafupifupi masiku atatu apitawo, mwina motalikirapo," woyendetsa ndegeyo adatero. "Dokotala ndi mkazi wake anamwalira pa ngozi ya galimoto. Anamira ku Loch Lomond galimoto yawo itagwera m"madzi kapena china chonga icho."
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - anafuula, akuwoneka wamantha. "Mukudziwa dzina?"
  
  "Eya, ndiroleni ndiganize," iye anakuwa chifukwa cha kubangula kwa injini. "Tidanenabe kuti dzina lake likukhudza madzi, mukudziwa? Chodabwitsa ndichakuti amamira, mukudziwa? Uwu..."
  
  "Beach?" - adatuluka, akufunitsitsa kudziwa, koma akuwopa chitsimikiziro chilichonse.
  
  "Ndizomwezo! Inde, Beach, ndizo zonse. Dr. Beach ndi mkazi wake," adadula chala chake chachikulu ndi mphete asanazindikire zoyipa. "O Mulungu wanga, ndikukhulupirira kuti sanali abwenzi anu."
  
  "O, Yesu," Nina akulira m"manja mwake.
  
  "Pepani, Dr. Gould," woyendetsa ndegeyo anapepesa pamene anali kutembenuka kukonzekera kutera mumdima wandiweyani umene wafala kumpoto kwa Africa posachedwapa. "Sindinadziwe kuti simunamve."
  
  "Sizili bwino," iye anapuma mokhumudwa. Inde, munalibe njira yodziwira kuti ndimadziwa za iwo. Zonse zili bwino. Zonse zili bwino".
  
  Nina sanalire, koma manja ake anali kunjenjemera, ndipo chisoni chinali chitazizira m"maso mwake. Perdue anamukumbatira ndi mkono umodzi. "Mukudziwa, sakanafa tsopano ndikanapanda kupita ku Canada n"kuyambitsa chisokonezo chimene chinachititsa kuti amubere," ananong"oneza motero, akukuta mano chifukwa cha liwongo limene linavutitsa mtima wake.
  
  "Bullshit, Nina," Sam anadandaula mofatsa. "Mukudziwa kuti izi ndi zopusa, sichoncho? Chipani cha Nazi chikadaphabe aliyense panjira yake yopita ku ... "Sam adasiya kunena zowonekeratu moyipa, koma Perdue adamaliza kumuimba mlandu. Patrick anakhala chete ndipo anaganiza zokhala choncho mpaka pano.
  
  "Panjira yondiwononga," Perdue adadandaula ndi mantha pakuvomereza kwake. "Sinali vuto lako, wokondedwa wanga Nina. Monga mwa nthawi zonse, kugwirizana kwanu ndi ine kunakupangitsani kukhala chandamale chosalakwa, ndipo kutengamo mbali kwa Dr. Beach pondipulumutsa kunakopa chidwi cha banja lake. Yesu Khristu! Ine ndimangoyang'ana imfa, sichoncho? "Iye anati, mozama kwambiri kuposa kudzimvera chisoni.
  
  Anasiya thupi lakunjenjemera la Nina, ndipo kwakanthawi adafuna kumukokera kumbuyo, koma adamusiya m'malingaliro ake. Sam anamvetsa bwino lomwe kuti izi zidapereka msonkho kwa abwenzi ake onse molingana. Anayang'ana Ajo, yemwe anali atakhala moyang'anizana naye, pamene mawilo a ndegeyo akugwedezeka mumsewu wosweka, womwe unali wochuluka kwambiri wa msewu wakale wothamanga ndi mphamvu ya Hercules. Mwiguputoyo anaphethira pang'onopang'ono, kuonetsa Sam kuti apumule ndipo asachitepo kanthu mwachangu.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu mwakachetechete komanso mmaganizo okonzekera ulendo wopita ku Lake Tana. Posakhalitsa, Super Hercules adayima pang'onopang'ono, ndipo Sam adawona Perdue akuyang'ana zotsalira za Sacred Box. Wofufuza wa mabiliyoni wa tsitsi la siliva sanasangalalenso ngati kale, koma m'malo mwake adangokhalira kudandaula za zinthu zakale, manja ake opindika akulendewera pakati pa ntchafu zake. Sam anapumira kwambiri. Iyi inali nthawi yoipa kwambiri yofunsa mafunso wamba, koma inalinso chidziwitso chofunikira kwambiri chomwe adafunikira. Posankha nthawi yochenjera kwambiri, Sam anayang'ana Patrick yemwe anali chete asanafunse Perdue kuti, "Ine ndi Nina tili ndi galimoto yopita ku Nyanja ya Tana, Perdue?"
  
  "Ukundimvetsa. Iyi ndi Volkswagen yaing'ono yosadziwika bwino. Ndikukhulupirira kuti simusamala, "adatero Perdue mofooka. Maso a Nina anyowa anabwerera mmbuyo ndi kunjenjemera pamene anayesa kuletsa misozi yake asanatuluke mu ndege yaikulu. Anatenga dzanja la Perdue ndikulifinya. Mawu ake anagwedezeka pamene ankamunong"oneza, koma mawu ake sanali okhumudwitsa kwambiri. "Zonse zomwe titha kuchita ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mwana wankhope wankhope ziwiri apeza zomwe akuyenera, Perdue. Anthu amalumikizana nanu chifukwa cha inu, chifukwa mumakonda kukhalapo komanso chidwi ndi zinthu zokongola. Ulapandulula nzila iikonzya kukkala ansi aamoyo uusalala, alimwi ulakkomana kapati.
  
  Poyang'ana kumbuyo kwa mawu ake ochititsa chidwi, Perdue adatha kuzindikira momveka bwino kuphulika kwa chivundikiro chakumbuyo ndikutsegula ndi anthu ena kukonzekera kuchotsa Bokosi Lopatulika mukuya kwa phiri la Yeha. Amamva Sam ndi Ajo akukambirana za kulemera kwa chotsaliracho, koma zomwe adamva zinali ziganizo zomaliza za Nina.
  
  "Tonse tinaganiza zogwira ntchito nawe kalekale macheke asanafike, mwana wanga," iye anavomereza motero. "Ndipo Dr. Beach anaganiza zokupulumutsani chifukwa ankadziwa kuti ndinu wofunika kwambiri padziko lapansi. Mulungu wanga, Perdue, ndiwe woposa nyenyezi yakumwamba kwa anthu omwe amakudziwani. Ndinu dzuŵa limene limatisunga bwino, kutipangitsa kukhala ofunda ndi kutipangitsa kuyenda bwino m"njira. Anthu amalakalaka kukhalapo kwanu kwa maginito, ndipo ngati ndiyenera kufa chifukwa cha mwayi umenewu, zikhale choncho. "
  
  Patrick sanafune kuwadula mawu koma anali ndi ndondomeko yoti atsatire ndipo anawayandikira pang'onopang'ono kusonyeza kuti nthawi yonyamuka yakwana. Perdue sanadziwe momwe angayankhire mawu a Nina a kudzipereka, koma amawona Sam atayima pamenepo mu ulemerero wake wonse, mikono yodutsa ndi kumwetulira ngati kuti akuchirikiza malingaliro a Nina. "Tiyeni tichite, Perdue," Sam anatero mwachidwi. "Tiyeni tibweze bokosi lawo lalikulu ndikupita kwa Wizard."
  
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza, ndikufuna Karsten zambiri," Perdue adavomereza mokhumudwa. Sam anapita kwa iye ndikumuyika dzanja lolimba pa phewa lake. Pamene Nina adatsatira Patrick kupita ku Aigupto, Sam adagawana mwachinsinsi chitonthozo chapadera ndi Perdue.
  
  "Ndimasunga nkhaniyi tsiku lanu lobadwa," Sam adatero, "koma ndili ndi chidziwitso chomwe chingasangalatse mbali yanu yobwezera."
  
  "Chani?" - Perdue adafunsa, ali ndi chidwi kale.
  
  "Kumbukirani, mudandifunsa kuti ndilembe zonse zomwe zachitika, sichoncho? Ndinalemba zonse zomwe tinasonkhanitsa zokhudza ulendo wonsewu komanso Wamatsenga. Mukukumbukira kuti munandipempha kuti ndiyang'ane diamondi zomwe anthu anu adapeza ndi zina zotero," Sam anapitiriza, kuyesera kutsitsa mawu ake, "chifukwa mukufuna kuwabzala m'nyumba ya Karsten kuti apange membala wamkulu wa Black Black. Sun, sichoncho?"
  
  "Inde? Inde, inde, bwanji? Tikufunikabe kupeza njira yochitira izi tikamaliza kuvina ndikuyimba mluzu kwa akuluakulu aku Ethiopia, Sam, "Perdue adatulutsa mawu omwe amawonetsa kupsinjika komwe adamira.
  
  "Ndikukumbukira kuti unati ukufuna kugwira njoka ndi dzanja la mdani wako kapena chinachake," Sam anafotokoza motero. "Chifukwa chake, ndidakhala ndi ufulu wakuzungulirani mpira uwu."
  
  Masaya a Perdue adatuluka ndi chiwembu. "Bwanji?" - adanong'oneza mwaukali.
  
  "Ndinali ndi bwenzi - osafunsa - pezani komwe omwe adazunzidwa ndi Mfiti adalandira chithandizo chake," Sam adagawana mwachangu Nina asanayambe kuyang'ana. "Ndipo monga momwe mnzanga watsopanoyo adatha kulowetsa ma seva apakompyuta aku Austrian, zidachitika kuti mzathu wolemekezeka wa Black Sun adamuyitanira katswiri wa alchemist wosadziwika kunyumba kwake kuti amupatse ndalama zambiri."
  
  Nkhope ya Perdue inawala ndipo kuoneka ngati kumwetulira kunkawonekera.
  
  "Chomwe tikuyenera kuchita pano ndikupereka diamondi yotsatiridwayo ku malo a Karsten pofika Lachitatu, ndiyeno tiwona njoka ikulumidwa ndi chinkhanira mpaka palibenso utsi m'mitsempha yathu," adatero Sam.
  
  "Bambo Cleave, ndiwe wanzeru," Perdue adanena, kudzala kupsompsona kolimba pa tsaya la Sam. Nina adasiya kufa m'njira zake pamene adalowa ndikudutsana ndi manja ake pachifuwa chake. Akukweza nsidze, amangolingalira. "Ma Scots. Monga ngati kuvala masiketi sikokwanira kuyesa umuna wawo."
  
  
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  Chipululu chonyowa
  
  
  Pamene Sam ndi Nina adanyamula jeep yawo paulendo wopita ku Tana Kirkos, Perdue adalankhula ndi Ajo za anthu a ku Ethiopia omwe angapite nawo kumalo ofukula zinthu zakale kuseri kwa phiri la Yeha. Posakhalitsa Patrick adalumikizana nawo kukambilana tsatanetsatane wa zomwe akupereka popanda kukangana.
  
  "Ndimuimbira Colonel. Yeemen kuti timudziwitse tikafika. Angoyenera kukhazikika," adatero Patrick. Malingana ngati ali komweko pamene Bokosi Lopatulika likubwezedwa, sindikuwona chifukwa chake tiyenera kumuuza mbali yomwe tili.
  
  "Zowona kwambiri, Paddy," Sam adavomereza. "Ingokumbukirani, kaya ali ndi mbiri yanji Perdue ndi Ajo, mumayimira United Kingdom motsogozedwa ndi khoti. Palibe amene amaloledwa kuzunza kapena kuukira aliyense kumeneko kuti abweze zinthuzo. "
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," Patrick anavomereza motero. "Tsiku ino tili ndi mayiko ena malinga ngati titsatira zomwe tagwirizana, ndipo ngakhale a Yimenu akuyenera kutsatira izi."
  
  "Ndimakonda kwambiri kukoma kwa apulo ameneyu," Perdue anausa moyo pamene ankathandiza Ajo ndi amuna atatu a Patrick kunyamula Likasa labodza m"galimoto ya asilikali imene anaikonza kuti ikalinyamulire. "Katswiri wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi amandisokoneza nthawi iliyonse ndikamuyang'ana."
  
  "O!" - Nina adafuula, akukweza mphuno yake ataona Perdue. "Ndamva tsopano. Uli kunditumiza ku Aksum kuti ine ndi Yimenu tisasokonezeke? Ndipo mutumize Sam kuti awonetsetse kuti ndisachokepo."
  
  Sam ndi Perdue adayimilira pambali, akusankha kukhala chete, koma Ajo adaseka ndipo Patrick adalowa pakati pa iye ndi amunawo kuti apulumutse nthawiyo. "Izi ndiye zabwino kwambiri, Nina, simukuganiza? Ndikutanthauza, tikufunikadi kubweretsa diamondi zotsalira ku Egypt Dragon Nation ..."
  
  Sam anagwedezeka, kuyesera kuti asamuseke Patrick molakwika akutcha Order of the Stargazers "osauka", koma Perdue adamwetulira poyera. Patrick anayang'ana mmbuyo amunawo monyoza asanabwererenso kwa wolemba mbiri wowopsa uja. "Iwo amafunikira mwachangu miyalayo, ndipo pobweretsa zinthuzo ..." adapitilizabe, kuyesera kumukhazika mtima pansi. Koma Nina anangokweza dzanja lake ndikupukusa mutu. "Zilekeni, Patrick. Zilibe kanthu. Ndipita kukaba chinthu china m'dziko losaukali m'dzina la Britain, kupeŵa zoopsa zaukazembe zomwe ndikutsimikiza kuti zidzandibwereranso m'maganizo mwanga ndikawonanso chitsiru choyipacho. "
  
  "Tiyenera kupita, Efendi," adatero Ajo Perdue, mothokoza akuchepetsa kusamvana komwe kukubwera ndi mawu ake olimbikitsa. "Ngati tizengereza, sitifika panthaŵi yake."
  
  "Inde! Aliyense afulumire, "adatero Perdue. "Nina, iwe ndi Sam mudzakumana nafe kuno mu maola makumi awiri ndi anayi ndendende ndi diamondi zochokera pachilumbachi. Kenako tiyenera kubwerera ku Cairo munthawi yake. "
  
  "Munditchule kuti ndine wonyada," Nina anakwiya, "koma kodi pali chinachake chimene ndikusowa? Ndinkaganiza kuti diamondi zimenezi zikanakhala katundu wa pulofesayu. Egypt Archaeological Society Imru."
  
  "Inde, ndi zomwe zidachitika, koma ma broker anga adalandira mndandanda wa miyala kuchokera kwa pulofesa. Anthu a Imru anali m"deralo, pamene Sam ndi ine tinali kukumana mwachindunji ndi Master Penekal," Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  "O Mulungu, ndikumva kusewera kawiri," adatero, koma Sam mofatsa adagwira mkono wake ndikumuchotsa ku Perdue ndi mtima wonse, "Moni, nkhalamba!" Tiyeni tizipita, Dr. Gould. Tiyenera kuchita zachiwembu ndipo tili ndi nthawi yochepa kwambiri yoti tichite."
  
  "Mulungu, maapulo ovunda a moyo wanga," anadandaula motero Perdue akumuweyulira.
  
  "Musaiwale kuyang"ana kumwamba!" Perdue adaseka asanatsegule chitseko chagalimoto yakale idling. Pampando wakumbuyo, chotsaliracho chidawonedwa ndi Patrick ndi amuna ake pomwe Perdue adakwera mfuti ndi Ajo pa gudumu. Wopanga injiniya wa ku Igupto anali akadali wotsogolera bwino kwambiri m"derali, ndipo Perdue ankaganiza kuti ngati akanayendetsa yekha galimotoyo, sakanafunikira kupereka malangizo.
  
  Mumdima wandiweyani, gulu la amuna linanyamula Bokosi Lopatulika kupita nalo pamalo ofukula pansi pa Phiri la Yeha kuti lilibweze mwamsanga ndi vuto lochepa lochokera kwa Aitiopiya okwiyawo. Galimoto yaikulu, yakuda kwambiri inagunda ndi kubangula m"msewu wokhala ndi maenje, wolowera kum"mawa kulowera ku Axum yotchuka, yomwe anthu amakhulupirira kuti ndi kumene kunali Likasa la Chipangano la m"Baibulo.
  
  Kulowera kum'mwera chakumadzulo, Sam ndi Nina anathamangira ku nyanja ya Tana, zomwe zikanawatengera maola osachepera asanu ndi awiri mu jeep yomwe anapatsidwa.
  
  "Kodi tikuchita bwino, Sam?" - adafunsa, akumasula chokoleticho. "Kapena tikungothamangitsa mthunzi wa Purdue?"
  
  "Ndamva zomwe mudamuuza Hercules, wokondedwa wanga," Sam anayankha. "Timachita izi chifukwa ndizofunikira." Iye anayang'ana pa iye. "Ukutanthauzadi zimene unamuuza eti? Kapena umangofuna kumupangitsa kuti asakhale ndi nkhawa?"
  
  Nina anayankha monyinyirika, akumagwiritsira ntchito kutafuna ngati njira yotsekereza nthawi.
  
  "Chinthu chokha chomwe ndikudziwa," Sam adagawana nawo, "ndikuti Perdue adazunzidwa ndi Black Sun ndikusiyidwa kuti afe ... ndipo izi zokha zikuchititsa kuti machitidwe onse apite kumagazi."
  
  Nina atameza maswitiwo, adayang'ana nyenyezi zomwe zikubadwa imodzi pambuyo pa ina pamwamba pa malo osadziwika omwe akupitako, ndikudabwa kuti ndi angati omwe angakhale adierekezi. "Nyimbo ya nazale ndiyomveka bwino tsopano, mukudziwa? Kuthwanima, kuthwanima, nyenyezi yaying'ono. Ndikudabwa kuti ndinu ndani."
  
  "Sindinaganizepo mwanjira imeneyo, koma pali chinsinsi kwa izo. Mukunena zowona. Komanso pangani chikhumbo pa nyenyezi yowombera, "adaonjeza, akuyang'ana Nina wokongola, akuyamwa zala zake kuti amve chokoleti. "Zimakupangitsani kudabwa chifukwa chake nyenyezi yowomberayo ingathe, ngati genie, kukupatsani zomwe mukufuna."
  
  "Ndipo ukudziwa momwe zigawengazi zilili zoyipa eti? Ngati mukhazikitsa zilakolako zanu pa zauzimu, ndikuganiza kuti mukuyenera kukankhira bulu wanu. Musagwiritse ntchito angelo akugwa, kapena ziwanda, zilizonse zomwe zimatchedwa gehena, kukulitsa umbombo wanu. Ndi chifukwa chake aliyense amene amagwiritsa ntchito..." Anasiya. "Sam, ili ndi lamulo lomwe inu ndi Perdue mumagwiritsa ntchito kwa pulofesa. Imr kapena Karsten?
  
  "Lamulo ndi chiyani? Palibe lamulo," iye anadziteteza mwaulemu, maso ake akuyang"anizana ndi msewu wovuta mu mdima womwe unasonkhana.
  
  "Kodi n"kutheka kuti umbombo wa Karsten udzamuchititsa kuti awonongedwe, pogwiritsa ntchito mfiti ndi diamondi za Mfumu Solomo kuti amuchotse padziko lapansi?" Anatero, akuwoneka kuti akudzidalira kwambiri. Yakwana nthawi yoti Sam aulule. Wolemba mbiri wonyezimira sanali wopusa, ndipo pambali pake, iye anali mbali ya gulu lawo, choncho anayenera kudziwa zomwe zinali kuchitika pakati pa Perdue ndi Sam ndi zomwe ankayembekezera kukwaniritsa.
  
  Nina anagona pafupifupi maola atatu molunjika. Sam sanali kudandaula, ngakhale anali atatopa kwambiri ndipo anali kumenyera kukhala maso mumsewu wotopetsa, womwe umakhala wofanana ndi chigwa chomwe chili ndi ziphuphu zakumaso. Pofika 11:00 koloko nyenyezi zinali zikuwalira bwino lomwe kuthambo lopanda chilema, koma Sam anali wotanganidwa ndi chidwi ndi madambo omwe anali pamseu wafumbi womwe amadutsa kunyanja.
  
  "Ndina?" Adatero ndikumudzutsa modekha.
  
  "Kodi tilipo kale?" - Adalankhula modzidzimuka.
  
  "Pafupifupi," iye anayankha, "koma ndikufuna kuti muwone chinachake."
  
  Iye anati: "Sam, sindikufuna kuti uyambenso kugonana ndi ana akowo," iye anakwinya nkhope yake, akulirabe ngati mayi watsitsimuka.
  
  "Ayi, ndikutsimikiza," iye anaumirirabe. "Taonani. Yang'anani pawindo lanu ndikundiuza ngati mukuwona zomwe ndikuwona."
  
  Anamvera movutikira. "Ndikuwona mdima. Ndi pakati pausiku."
  
  "Mwezi wadzaza, kotero sikuli mdima wathunthu. Ndiuzeni zimene mwaona m"derali," anaumirirabe. Sam anawoneka wosokonezeka ndi wokhumudwa panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, chinachake chosamuyendera bwino, chotero Nina anadziŵa kuti chinayenera kukhala chofunika. Anayang'anitsitsa, kuyesa kumvetsetsa zomwe ankatanthauza. Apa m"pamene anakumbukira kuti Etiopiya anali malo ouma komanso achipululu m"pamene anazindikira zimene ankatanthauza.
  
  "Kodi tikuyenda pamadzi?" Anafunsa mosamalitsa. Kenako kugunda kwathunthu kwachirendocho kunamugunda ndipo adafuula, "Sam, chifukwa chiyani tikuyendetsa pamadzi?"
  
  Matayala a jeep anali atanyowa, ngakhale kuti msewuwu unali wosasefukira. Kumbali zonse za msewu wa miyala, mwezi unaunikira mchenga wa mchenga umene ukugwedezeka ndi mphepo yofatsa. Chifukwa chakuti msewuwo unakwezedwa pang"ono pamwamba pa nthaka yokhotakhota yozungulira, unali usanamizidwebe m"madzi mofanana ndi madera ena onse ozungulira.
  
  "Sitiyenera kukhala otero," Sam anayankha, akunjenjemera. "Monga momwe ndikudziwira, dziko lino ndi lodziwika ndi chilala, ndipo malo ayenera kukhala owuma kwambiri."
  
  "Dikirani," iye anatero, akuyatsa nyali ya padenga kuti aone mapu amene Ajo anawapatsa. "Ndiye ndiganize, tili kuti tsopano?"
  
  "Tangodutsa kumene Gondar pafupifupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo," iye anayankha. "Tiyenera kukhala pafupi ndi Addis Zemen tsopano, yomwe ili pafupi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kuchokera ku Wereta, komwe tikupita, tisanakwere ngalawa kuwoloka nyanja."
  
  "Sam, msewu uwu uli pafupi makilomita khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri kuchokera kunyanja!" - adachita mantha, akuyesa mtunda pakati pa msewu ndi madzi oyandikana nawo. "Sangakhale madzi a m"nyanja. Zingathe?"
  
  "Ayi," Sam anavomera. "Koma chimene chimandidabwitsa n"chakuti malinga ndi kufufuza koyambirira kwa Ajo ndi Perdue mkati mwa masiku aŵiri otolera zinyalala, m"derali simunagwe mvula kwa miyezi yoposa iwiri! Chifukwa chake, ndikufuna kudziwa komwe nyanjayi idapeza madzi owonjezera kuti atseke msewu woyipawu."
  
  "Izi," anapukusa mutu wake, osakhoza kumvetsa, "si...
  
  "Mukumvetsa zomwe izi zikutanthauza, sichoncho?" Sam anapumira. "Tiyenera kupita ku nyumba ya amonke ndi madzi basi."
  
  Nina sanawonekere wosasangalala ndi zochitika zatsopanozi: "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chabwino. Kuyenda m'madzi kwathunthu kuli ndi zabwino zake - siziwoneka bwino kuposa kuchita zinthu zokopa alendo. "
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?"
  
  "Ndikupempha kuti titenge bwato kuchokera ku Veret ndikuyenda ulendo wonse kuchokera kumeneko," adatero. "Palibe kusintha kwa transport. Simufunikanso kukumana ndi anthu am'deralo chifukwa cha izi, mukudziwa? Tikukwera bwato, kuvala zovala ndi kukanena zimenezi kwa abale athu osamalira diamondi."
  
  Sam anamwetulira mu kuwala kotuwa komwe kumagwa kuchokera padenga.
  
  "Chani?" - anafunsa, osadabwa.
  
  "O, palibe. Ndikungokonda kukhulupirika kwanu kumene mwapeza kumene, Dr. Gould. Tiyenera kusamala kuti tisakutayeni kwathunthu ku Mbali Yamdima. " Anasisita.
  
  "O, chitani," iye anatero, akumwetulira. "Ndabwera kuti ndidzagwire ntchitoyo. Komanso, mukudziwa mmene ndimadana ndi chipembedzo. Komabe, n'chifukwa chiyani amonkewa amabisala diamondi?"
  
  "Zabwino," adatero Sam. "Sindingadikire kulanda gulu la anthu odzichepetsa, aulemu chuma chomaliza chomwe ali nacho m'dziko lawo." Monga momwe ankawopa, Nina sanakonde mawu ake achipongwe ndipo anayankha momveka bwino kuti: "Inde."
  
  "Ndithu, ndani atipatse bwato nthawi imodzi m'mawa, Dr. Gould?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Palibe, ndikuganiza. Tingobwereka imodzi. Zikanakhala bwino maola asanu asanadzuke ndikuwona kuti akusowa. Pofika nthawi imeneyo tikhala tikusankha kale amonke, sichoncho? " analimbikira.
  
  "Wopanda umulungu," iye anamwetulira, akusandutsa jepiyo m"magiya otsika kuti akambirane maenje achinyengo obisika ndi kuthamanga kwachilendo kwamadzi. "Ndiwe wopanda umulungu kotheratu."
  
  
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  Kubera Kumanda 101
  
  
  Pamene amafika ku Vereta, jeepyo inkawopseza kuti idzamira m"madzi. Msewuwo unazimiririka makilomita angapo apitawo, koma anapitirizabe kulowera m"mphepete mwa nyanjayo. Chivundikiro chausiku chinali chofunikira kuti alowe bwino mu Tana Kirkos anthu ambiri asanalowe m'njira yawo.
  
  "Tiyenera kusiya, Nina," Sam anadandaula mopanda chiyembekezo. "Chomwe chikundidetsa nkhawa ndichakuti tidzabwerera bwanji kumalo osonkhanirako ngati jeep yamira."
  
  "Nkhawa ndi nthawi ina," adayankha, ndikuyika dzanja lake pa tsaya la Sam. "Tsopano tiyenera kumaliza ntchito. Ingochitani chinthu chimodzi panthawi, apo ayi, tidzakhululukira chilangocho, kukhala ndi nkhawa ndikulephera ntchitoyo. "
  
  Sam sakanatha kutsutsana nazo. Anali wolondola, ndipo lingaliro lake loti asade nkhawa asanapeze yankho linali lomveka. Anaimitsa galimoto pakhomo la mzindawo m"bandakucha. Kufuma apo, ŵakakhumbikwiranga kusanga boti linyake kuti ŵafike ku chirwa mwaluŵiro. Unali ulendo wautali ngakhale kukafika m"mphepete mwa nyanjayo, osasiyapo kupalasa kukafika pachilumbachi.
  
  Mumzindawu munali chipwirikiti. Nyumba zinali kuzimiririka chifukwa cha kukanidwa kwa madzi, ndipo ambiri anali kufuula kuti 'ufiti' chifukwa kunalibe mvula, zomwe zinayambitsa kusefukira kwa madzi. Sam anafunsa m"modzi mwa anthu a m"deralo atakhala pa masitepe a holo ya tauniyo kuti akapeze bwato. Bamboyo anakana kulankhula ndi alendo mpaka Sam anatulutsa wadi wa birra waku Ethiopia kuti alipire.
  
  "Anandiuza kuti kunali kuzimitsidwa kwa magetsi m"masiku otsogolera kusefukira kwa madzi," Sam anauza Nina. "Kuwonjezera izi, zingwe zonse zamagetsi zidatsika ola lapitalo. Anthuwa anali atayamba kuthawa m"maola ovuta kwambiri m"mbuyomo, choncho ankadziwa kuti zinthu zikhala bwino."
  
  "Zinthu zosauka. Sam, tiyenera kusiya izi. Kaya zonsezi zimachitidwadi ndi katswiri wa sayansi ya zamankhwala yemwe ali ndi luso lapadera akadali kutali, koma tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tiyimitse mwana wamanyazi dziko lonse lapansi lisanawonongeke, "anatero Nina. "Ngakhale kuti ali ndi mphamvu zogwiritsira ntchito transmutation kuchititsa masoka achilengedwe."
  
  Ndi matumba ang'onoang'ono kumbuyo kwawo, adatsatira wodzipereka yekhayo midadada ingapo kupita ku College of Agriculture, onse atatu akudutsa m'madzi ofika m'mawondo. Pozungulira anthuwo, anthu a m"mudzimo anali akungoyendayenda, akumachenjezana komanso kuchenjezana maganizo pamene ena ankayesetsa kupulumutsa nyumba zawo pamene ena ankafuna kuthaŵira kumalo otsetsereka. Mnyamata amene anabweretsa Sam ndi Nina pomalizira pake anaima kutsogolo kwa nyumba yosungiramo katundu yaikulu pasukulupo ndi kuloza malo ochitirako misonkhano.
  
  "Kuno ndi malo opangira zitsulo pomwe timaphunzitsa makalasi omanga ndi kusonkhanitsa zida zaulimi. Mwinamwake mungapeze mmodzi wa tankwa omwe akatswiri a zamoyo amasunga m'nkhokwe, bambo. Amagwiritsa ntchito kutenga zitsanzo panyanja. "
  
  "Ndi-?" Sam anayesa kubwereza.
  
  "Tankva," mnyamatayo anamwetulira. "Boti lomwe timapanga pa-pa-p... gumbwa? Amamera m"nyanja ndipo takhala tikupanga mabwato kuchokera kwa iwo kuyambira nthawi ya makolo athu," adatero.
  
  "Nanunso? N"chifukwa chiyani ukuchita zonsezi?" Nina anamufunsa.
  
  "Ndikuyembekezera mlongo wanga ndi mwamuna wake, amayi," anayankha motero. "Tonse timayenda chakum'mawa kupita ku famu yabanja, tikuyembekeza kuti tidzathawa m'madzi."
  
  "Chabwino, samalani, chabwino?" Anatero Nina.
  
  "Iwenso," anatero mnyamatayo, akuthamanga kubwerera ku masitepe a holo ya tauni kumene anampeza. "Zabwino zonse!"
  
  Patapita mphindi zochepa zokhumudwitsa akulowa m"nyumba yosungiramo katunduyo, anapeza chinthu chofunika kwambiri. Sam anakokera Nina m'madzi kwa nthawi yayitali, akuwunikira njira ndi tochi yake.
  
  "Mukudziwa, ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu kuti mvula sigwa," ananong"oneza motero.
  
  "Ndinali kuganiza chinthu chomwecho. Tangoganizani ulendo uwu pamadzi ndi kuopsa kwa mphezi ndi mvula yamphamvu zomwe zingasokoneze maso athu? adavomera. "Pano! Kumwamba uko. Zikuwoneka ngati bwato. "
  
  "Inde, koma ndi ang"ono kwambiri," anadandaula motero. Chombo chopangidwa ndi manja sichinali chachikulu mokwanira kwa Sam yekha, ngakhale onse awiri. Posapeza china chilichonse ngakhale chothandiza kwambiri, awiriwa adakumana ndi chisankho chosapeŵeka.
  
  "Uyenera kupita wekha, Nina. Tilibe nthawi yachabechabe. Mbandakucha udzabwera pasanathe maola anayi, ndipo ndiwe wopepuka komanso waung'ono. Uyenda wekha mwachangu kwambiri," adatero Sam, akuwopa kumutumiza yekha kumalo osadziwika.
  
  Kunjako, akazi angapo anakuwa pamene denga la nyumbayo linali kugwa, kusonkhezera Nina kutenga diamondi ndi kuthetsa kuvutika kwa anthu osalakwa. "Sindikufuna kwenikweni," iye anavomereza motero. "Lingaliro limeneli limandichititsa mantha, koma ndipita. Ndikutanthauza, kodi gulu la amonke okonda mtendere, osakwatira lingafune chiyani kwa munthu wampatuko wotuwa ngati ine?"
  
  "Kupatulapo kukuwotchani pamtengo?" Adatelo Sam mosaganiza, kuyesera kuseketsa.
  
  Kumenya pamkono kunawonetsa kusokonezeka kwa Nina pamalingaliro ake opumira, asanamuloze kuti atsitse bwato. Kwa mphindi makumi anayi ndi zisanu zotsatira adamukokera m'madzi mpaka adapeza malo otseguka opanda nyumba kapena mipanda yotchinga njira yake.
  
  "Mwezi udzaunikira njira yanu, ndipo zowunikira pamakoma a nyumba ya amonke zikuwonetsa cholinga chanu, okondedwa. Samalani, chabwino?" Anamuponya Beretta wake ndi clip yatsopano m'manja mwake. "Samalani ndi ng"ona," Sam anatero, akumunyamula ndi kumugwira mwamphamvu m"manja mwake. Kunena zoona, iye ankada nkhaŵa kwambiri chifukwa cha khama lake, koma sanayerekeze kukulitsa mantha ake ndi choonadi.
  
  Pamene Nina ankavundikira chovalacho pathupi lake laling'ono, Sam anamva chotupa pakhosi pa zoopsa zomwe anayenera kukumana nazo yekha. "Ndikhala pano ndikukudikirirani kuholo ya tauni."
  
  Sanayang"ane m"mbuyo pamene anayamba kupalasa, ndipo sanalankhule ngakhale liwu limodzi. Sam anaona zimenezi ngati chizindikiro chakuti ankangoika maganizo ake pa ntchito yake, pamene kwenikweni anali kulira. Sanadziwe konse momwe amachitira mantha kupita yekha ku nyumba ya amonke yakale, osadziwa zomwe zimamuyembekezera kumeneko, pomwe anali kutali kwambiri kuti amupulumutse ngati chilichonse chingachitike. Sikunali kokha kumene amapita kosadziwika kumene kunachititsa Nina mantha. Lingaliro la zimene zinali pansi pa madzi okwera a nyanjayo-nyanja imene mumachokera mtsinje wa Blue Nile-linamuchititsa mantha kwambiri. Komabe, mwamwayi wake, anthu ambiri a m"tauniyo anali ndi maganizo ofanana ndi ake, ndipo sanali yekha m"madzi ochuluka amene tsopano anabisa nyanjayo. Sanadziwe komwe Nyanja ya Tana yeniyeni idayambira, koma monga momwe Sam adawauzira, zomwe adayenera kuchita ndikuyang'ana malawi a miphika yozimitsa moto m'makoma a nyumba ya amonke ku Tana Kirkos.
  
  Zinali zochititsa mantha kuyandama pakati pa mabwato ambiri onga mabwato, kumva anthu ozungulira iye akulankhula zinenero zomwe sankazimva. "Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi mmene kuwoloka Mtsinje wa Styx kulili," anadzilankhula mosangalala pamene ankapalasa pa liŵiro lamphamvu kuti akafike kumene akupita. "Mawu onse; manong'onong'ono onse a ambiri. Amuna ndi akazi ndi zinenero zosiyanasiyana, onse akuyenda mumdima pamadzi akuda ndi chisomo cha milungu."
  
  Wolemba mbiriyo anayang"ana kumwamba koyera ndi kwa nyenyezi. Tsitsi lake lakuda linkagwedezeka ndi mphepo yamkuntho pamwamba pa madzi, akusuzumira pansi pa chovala chake. "Twinkle, thwanima, Nyenyezi Yaing"ono," ananong"oneza, atagwira chogwirira mfuti yake pamene misozi ili mwakachetechete kutsika m"masaya mwake. "Woyipa woyipa ndiwe yemwe."
  
  Kukuwa kokhako komwe kunamveka m"madzi kunam"kumbutsa kuti sanali yekha mowawidwa mtima, ndipo chapatali anaona kuwala kwa moto umene Sam ananena. Kwinakwake chapatali belu la tchalitchi linali kulira, ndipo poyamba zinkaoneka ngati zikuopseza anthu amene anali m"ngalawamo. Koma kenako anayamba kuimba. Poyamba panali nyimbo ndi malankhulidwe osiyanasiyana, koma pang"onopang"ono anthu a m"chigawo cha Amhara anayamba kuimba limodzi.
  
  "Kodi iyi ndi nyimbo yawo ya fuko?" Nina adadzifunsa mokweza, koma sanayerekeze kufunsa chifukwa chowopa kumupatsa dzina lake. "Ayi, dikirani. Iyi ndi ... nyimbo. "
  
  Chapatali, phokoso la belu lakuda linkamveka m"madzi pamene mafunde atsopano ankayamba kubadwa, zomwe zinkaoneka ngati sizichitikachitika. Anamva anthu ena akuimitsa nyimbo yawo kuti alire mowopsya, pamene ena akuyimba mokweza. Nina anatsekereza maso ake pamene madzi akuthamanga mwamphamvu, kumsiya mosakaikira kuti akanatha kukhala ng"ona kapena mvuu.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - adakuwa ngati thanki yake ikupendekeka. Atagwira pa ngalawayo ndi mphamvu zake zonse, Nina anapalasa mofulumira, akuyembekeza kuti chilombo chilichonse chimene chinali pansicho chisankhe bwato lina n"kumusiya kukhala ndi moyo kwa masiku angapo. Mtima wake unayamba kugunda kwambiri pamene ankamva kukuwa kwa anthu kwinakwake kumbuyo kwake limodzi ndi phokoso lamphamvu la madzi otaya madzi lomwe linathera ndi kulira kwachisoni.
  
  Cholengedwa china chinagwira ngalawa yodzaza ndi anthu, ndipo Nina anakwiya kwambiri ndi lingaliro lakuti m"nyanja ya ukulu woterewu, zamoyo zonse zinali ndi abale ndi alongo. Panali zowukira zambiri zomwe zikubwera pansi pa mwezi wopanda chidwi pomwe nyama yatsopano idawonekera usikuuno. "Ndimaganiza kuti ukusewera ng'ona, Sam," adatero, akutsamwa ndi mantha. Mosazindikira, iye analingalira kuti chilombo cholakwacho chinali chimodzimodzi chimene iye anali. "Ziwanda za m"madzi, zonsezo," iye anabangula pamene chifuwa chake ndi manja ake zikuyaka chifukwa cha khama lopalasa m"madzi achinyengo a Nyanja ya Tana.
  
  Pofika 4 koloko m"maŵa, tankva ya Nina inam"bweretsa kugombe la chisumbu cha Tana Kirkos, kumene diamondi zotsala za Mfumu Solomo zinabisidwa m"manda. Anadziŵa malowo, komabe Nina analibe lingaliro lenileni la kumene miyalayo ikasungidwa. Muzochitika? Muchikwama? M'bokosi, Mulungu aletse? Pamene adayandikira linga lomwe linamangidwa kale, wolemba mbiriyo adatsitsimutsidwa ndi chinthu chimodzi chosasangalatsa: zinapezeka kuti kukwera kwa madzi kumamutsogolera ku khoma la nyumba ya amonke, ndipo sakanafunikira kudutsa malo oopsa. kudzala ndi alonda osadziwika kapena nyama.
  
  Pogwiritsa ntchito kampasi yake, Nina anadziŵa malo a khoma limene anayenera kuboolapo, ndipo pogwiritsa ntchito chingwe chokwerera, anamanga bwato lake pachochirikiza chotulukira. Amonkewo anali otanganidwa kwambiri kulandira anthu pakhomo lalikulu, komanso kusamutsa chakudya chawo kupita ku nsanja zapamwamba. Chisokonezo chonsechi chinapindulitsa ntchito ya Nina. Osati kokha kuti amonkewo anali otanganidwa kwambiri moti n"kulephera kulabadira oloŵererawo, koma kulira kwa belu la tchalitchi kunatsimikizira kuti kukhalapo kwake sikudzazindikirika ndi mawu. Kwenikweni, iye sanafunikire kuzemba mozemba kapena kukhala chete pamene ankapita kumanda.
  
  Akuyenda kuzungulira khoma lachiwiri, adakondwera kupeza manda monga momwe Perdue adafotokozera. Mosiyana ndi mapu ankhaŵa amene anapatsidwa a dera limene anali kukapeza, manda enieniwo anali aang"ono kwambiri. M'malo mwake, adazipeza mosavuta poyang'ana koyamba.
  
  Izi n'zosavuta, iye anaganiza, kumverera pang'ono wovuta. Mwinamwake mwazoloŵera kukumba zinyalala kuti simungayamikire zomwe zimatchedwa 'ngozi yosangalatsa'.
  
  Mwina mwayi wake ukanakhala naye kwautali wokwanira kuti abbot, yemwe adawona kulakwa kwake, amugwire.
  
  
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  Karma ya Bruichladdich
  
  
  Ndi kutengeka kwake kwaposachedwa kwambiri pakuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso kulimbitsa thupi, Nina sanathe kutsutsana ndi maubwino ake, popeza adagwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe ake kuti asagwidwe. Ntchito zambiri zolimbitsa thupi zinkachitidwa bwino kwambiri pamene ankakwera mpanda wa khoma lamkati kuti alowe m"chigawo chakumunsi choyandikana ndi holoyo. Mozemba, Nina anapeza manda angapo omwe ankawoneka ngati ngalande zopapatiza. Zinamukumbutsa za mzere wa masitima apamtunda owopsa omwe anali otsika kuposa manda ena onse.
  
  Chomwe chinali chachilendo chinali chakuti manda achitatu olembedwa pamapuwo anali ndi mwala watsopano wodabwitsa wa nsangalabwi, makamaka poyerekeza ndi zophimba zooneka bwino komanso zakuda za ena onse pamzerewu. Anakayikira kuti chinali chisonyezero cholowa. Pamene anauyandikira, Nina anawona kuti mwala waukuluwo unali ndi mawu akuti "Efippas Abizitibod" olembedwapo.
  
  "Eureka!" - adadzilankhula yekha, adakondwera kuti zomwe adapezazo ndi pomwe zimayenera kukhala. Nina anali mmodzi wa akatswiri a mbiri yakale kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ngakhale kuti anali katswiri pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, ankakondanso mbiri yakale, zolembalemba komanso nthano. Mawu aŵiri ojambulidwa mu mwala wakale sanali kuimira dzina la amonke kapena munthu wopindula wovomerezedwa kukhala woyera.
  
  Nina anagwada pansi pa nsangalabwi ndi kuthamanga zala zake pa mayina. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu ndani," anaimba motero mosangalala, pamene nyumba ya amonkeyo inkayamba kutunga madzi m"ming"alu ya m"zipupa zakunja. "Efipa, ndiwe chiŵanda, amene Mfumu Solomo inam"lemba ganyu kuti anyamule mwala wolemera wapangodya wa kachisi wake, mwala waukulu ngati uwu," ananong"oneza motero, akumapenda mosamala mwala wapamandapo kuti apeze kachipangizo kena kake kapena chitsulo chotsegula. "Ndipo Abizifibodi," iye analengeza monyadira, akupukuta fumbi la dzina lake ndi chikhatho chake, "ndiwe mwana wapathengo uja amene unathandiza amatsenga a Aigupto kutsutsana ndi Mose . . .
  
  Mwadzidzidzi bala linayamba kuyenda pansi pa mawondo ake. "Holy shit!" - Anafuula, akubwerera m'mbuyo ndikuyang'ana molunjika pamtanda waukulu wamwala womwe unayikidwa padenga la tchalitchi chachikulu. "Pepani".
  
  Zindikirani ndekha, adaganiza, amuimbire bambo Harper zonse zikatha.
  
  Ngakhale kuti kumwamba kunalibe mtambo, madzi anapitirizabe kukwera. Pamene Nina anali kupepesa pamtanda, nyenyezi ina yowombera inamugwira diso. "O Mulungu wanga!" - adabuula, akukwawa m'matope kuti achoke m'njira ya nsangalabwi yofananira. Zinali zokhuthala m"lifupi moti nthawi yomweyo zinkamuphwanya miyendo yake.
  
  Mosiyana ndi miyala ina ya pamanda, iyi inali ndi mayina a ziŵanda zomangidwa ndi Mfumu Solomo, mosatsutsika kunena kuti apa ndi pamene amonke ankasunga diamondi zotayika. Pamene thabwalo linkagwera m"chigoba cha granite ndi phokoso logaya, Nina ananjenjemera, akumalingalira zimene akanawona. Mogwirizana ndi mantha akewo, anakumana ndi chigoba chili pa bedi lofiirira lomwe poyamba linali silika. Korona wagolide, wovekedwa ndi miyala ya rubi ndi safiro, wonyezimira pa chigaza. Anali achikasu chotumbululuka, golide weniweni waiwisi, koma Dr. Nina Gould sankasamala za korona.
  
  "Ma diamondi ali kuti?" iye anakwinya nkhope. "O Mulungu, musandiuze kuti diamondi zinabedwa. Ayi ayi". Ndi ulemu wonse umene akanatha panthaŵiyo ndiponso m"mikhalidwe imeneyo, anayamba kufufuza manda. Atatolera mafupa aja m"modzi-m"modzi n"kung"ung"udza mosakhazikika, sanaone mmene madzi anasefukira mu ngalande yopapatizayo yokhala ndi manda, mmene anali kusakasaka. Manda oyamba anadzaza ndi madzi pamene mpanda wa mpandawo unagwa chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa madzi a m"nyanja. Mapemphero ndi maliro anamveka kuchokera kwa anthu okhala pamwamba pa lingalo, koma Nina anaumirira kuti apeze diamondi zonse zisanatayike.
  
  Manda oyambawo atangodzazidwa, nthaka yotayirira imene inakwiririka inasanduka dothi. Bokosi ndi mwala wamanda zinamira pansi pa madzi, kulola kuti madziwo azifika momasuka kumanda achiwiri, kumbuyo kwa Nina.
  
  "Kodi iwe umasunga kuti diamondi zako, chifukwa cha Mulungu?" - iye anakuwa ndi kulira kwamisala kwa belu la tchalitchi.
  
  "Chifukwa cha kumwamba?" - wina adanena pamwamba pake. "Kapena kwa Mammon?"
  
  Nina sanafune kuyang'ana m'mwamba, koma kuzizira kwa mbiya yamfuti kunamukakamiza kumvera. Pa iye anali mnyamata wamtali wamtali, wowoneka wokwiya kwambiri. "Pa mausiku onse amene mungaipitse manda pofunafuna chuma, kodi mumasankha ameneyu? Mulungu akuchitireni chifundo chifukwa cha umbombo wanu waudyerekezi, mkazi!
  
  Adatumizidwa ndi abbot pomwe mkulu wa amonke adayang'ana kuyesetsa kwake kupulumutsa miyoyo ndikugawira anthu kuti asamuke.
  
  "Ayi Chonde! Ndikhoza kufotokoza zonse! Dzina langa ndine Dr. Nina Gould!" - Nina anafuula, akuponya manja ake modzipereka, osadziwa kuti Beretta wa Sam, atalowa mu lamba wake, anali poyera. Anapukusa mutu. Chala cha amonke chinaseweretsa trigger ya M16 yomwe anagwira, koma maso ake ali tcheru ndi kutsekeka pathupi lake. Apa m"pamene anakumbukira mfuti ija. "Tamverani, tamverani! - iye anapempha. "Ndikhoza kufotokoza."
  
  Manda achiwiri anamira mumchenga wosasunthika, wopangidwa ndi madzi oipa a m"nyanja yamatope, amene anali kuyandikira manda achitatu, koma Nina kapena amonke sanazindikire izi.
  
  "Simumalongosola kalikonse," iye anafuula motero, akumaoneka ngati wosalinganizika. "Khala chete! Ndiloleni ndiganize!" Sanadziwe, anali kuyang'ana pachifuwa chake, pomwe malaya ake okhala ndi mabatani adagawanika ndikuwulula tattoo yomwe idasangalatsanso Sam.
  
  Nina sanayerekeze kugwira mfuti yomwe ananyamula, koma anali wofunitsitsa kupeza diamondi. Anafunikira chododometsa. Samalani ndi madzi! - adakuwa, akuwonetsa mantha ndikuyang'ana monkiyo kuti amunyenge. Pamene anatembenuka kuti ayang"ane, Nina anaimirira ndikukodola nyundoyo moziziritsa ndi matako a Beretta wake, ndikumumenya m"munsi mwa chigaza chake. Mmonkeyo adagwa pansi ndikugwedezeka, ndipo adasakaza mafupa a chigobacho, ngakhale kung'amba nsalu ya satin, koma palibe chimene chinachokera.
  
  Analira mokwiya mogonja, akumakupiza chinsanza chofiirira muukali wake. Kuyendako kunalekanitsa chigaza cha msana ndi msana ndi mng'alu wochititsa mantha umene unkakhota fupa la mutu. Timiyala ting'onoting'ono ting'onoting'ono tiwiri tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tagwera pansalu.
  
  "Palibe ku gehena!" Nina anabuula mosangalala. "Mwalola kuti zonse zifike pamutu mwanu, sichoncho?"
  
  Madziwo anakokolola thupi lopunduka la wamonkeyo natenga mfuti yake yomenyera nkhondo, kulikokera m"manda amatope pansipo, pamene Nina anasonkhanitsa diamondizo, kuziikanso m"chigaza chake, nakulunga mutu wake munsalu yofiirira. Madziwo atakhuthukira pamanda achitatu, analowetsa mphotoyo m"chikwama chake n"kuiponya pamsana.
  
  Kubuula komvetsa chisoni kunachokera kwa mmonke wina womira pamtunda wa mamita ochepa kuchokera kwa ife. Anali chozondoka m"chimphepo chamkuntho chamadzi akuda chotsikira m"chipinda chapansi, koma chibowocho chinamulepheretsa kudutsa. Kotero iye adasiyidwa kuti amire, atagwidwa ndi kutsika kwa kuyamwa. Nina anayenera kuchoka. Kutatsala pang"ono kucha, ndipo madzi anasefukira pachilumba chonse chopatulika pamodzi ndi anthu atsoka amene anathawira kumeneko.
  
  Bwato lake linalumphira mwamphamvu ku khoma la nsanja yachiwiri. Akapanda kufulumira, amatsika ndi mtunda ndi kukagona pansi pa ukali waukali wa m"nyanjamo, monga mitembo yonse yomangidwa kumanda. Koma kukuwa kokulirakulira kumene kunkabwera nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi kuchokera m"madzi akupsa pamwamba pa chipinda chapansi kunafuula ku chifundo cha Nina.
  
  Iye ankati akuwombereni. Chitani iye, nthiti yake yamkati idalimbikitsa. Ngati mubvutika kumuthandiza, zomwezo zidzakuchitikiraninso. Kupatula apo, mwina amangofuna kukugwirani ndikukugwirani chifukwa chomumenya ndi ndodo pomwepo. Ndikudziwa zomwe ndikanachita. Karma.
  
  "Karma," Nina anang'ung'udza, akuzindikira chinachake pambuyo pa usiku wake mumphika wotentha ndi Sam. "Bruich, ndakuuzani kuti Karma idzandikwapula ndi madzi. Ndiyenera kukonza zinthu."
  
  Podzitemberera chifukwa cha zikhulupiriro zake zoletsedwa, iye anathamanga mofulumira kudutsa mafunde amphamvu kuti akafike kwa munthu womirayo. Mikono yake inagwedezeka kwambiri pamene nkhope yake inali kupita pansi pa madzi pamene wolemba mbiri ankathamangira kwa iye. Kwenikweni, vuto limene Nina anakumana nalo kwambiri linali mafelemu ake aang"ono. Iye sanalemedwe kuti apulumutse munthu wamkulu, ndipo madziwo anamugwetsera kumapazi ake atangolowa mu dziwe lomwe linali lakamvuluvulu, momwe madzi ambiri a m"nyanjamo ankasefukira.
  
  "Gwiritsitsani!" - iye anakuwa, kuyesera kuti akathyole pa imodzi ya zitsulo mipiringidzo kuti anatsekereza mazenera yopapatiza lolowera chapansi. Madziwo adakwiya kwambiri, ndikumulowetsa pansi ndikung'amba kumero ndi m'mapapo popanda kukana, koma adayesetsa kuti asasiye kugwira pamene adafikira paphewa la monk. "Ndigwire dzanja langa! Ndiyesetsa kukutulutsani!" - adakuwa madzi atalowa mkamwa mwake. "Ndili ndi ngongole yobwezera mphaka," sananene kwa aliyense makamaka pamene adamva dzanja lake likuyandikira pamkono pake, ndikufinya mkono wake wakumunsi.
  
  Ndi mphamvu zake zonse adamukoka, ngakhale kuti amuthandize kupuma, koma Nina adatopa ndikuyamba kumulephera. Ndipo anayesanso osapambana, akuyang'ana pamene makoma a chipinda chapansi akuphwanyika chifukwa cha kulemera kwa madzi, posakhalitsa kugwa pa onse awiri ndi imfa yosapeŵeka.
  
  "Tiyeni!" anakuwa, kuganiza kuti nthawi iyi kukanikiza chala cha nsapato yake pakhoma ndi kugwiritsa ntchito thupi lake ngati chothandizira. Mphamvuyo inali yochuluka kwa mphamvu za thupi za Nina, ndipo anamva phewa lake likugwedezeka pamene kulemera kwa monkyo ndi kugwedezeka kunang'amba pa khafu yake yozungulira. "Yesu Khristu!" - adakuwa mowawa chigumula chamatope ndi madzi chisanamumeze.
  
  Monga misala yamadzi yotentha ya mafunde akugunda kwa nyanja, thupi la Nina linagwedezeka mwamphamvu ndipo linaponyedwa pansi pa khoma lomwe linali kugwa, komabe anamvabe dzanja la monkiyo litamugwira mwamphamvu. Pamene thupi lake linagunda khoma kachiwiri, Nina anagwira kauntala ndi dzanja lake labwino. "Monga kuti chibwano chako chakwera," mawu ake amkati anamutsimikizira. "Ingoyerekezani kuti ndizovuta kwambiri, chifukwa ngati simutero, simudzawonanso Scotland."
  
  Ndi mkokomo womaliza, Nina anatuluka pamwamba pa madzi, akumamasula ku mphamvu imene inagwira monkiyo, ndipo anathamangira m"mwamba ngati buoy. Anakomoka kwa kanthaŵi, koma atamva mawu a Nina, maso ake anatseguka. "Muli ndi ine?" - iye anafuula. "Chonde gwirani china chake chifukwa sindingathenso kuthandizira kulemera kwanu! Dzanja langa lawonongeka kwambiri!"
  
  Anachitadi zimene mayiyo anapempha, n"kumangokhalira kugwiritsitsa zitsulo zina za pawindo lapafupi. Nina anali atatopa kwambiri mpaka kukomoka, koma anali ndi diamondi ndipo ankafuna kupeza Sam. Anafuna kukhala ndi Sam. Anadzimva kukhala wosungika ali naye, ndipo pakali pano anafunikira zimenezo koposa chirichonse.
  
  Potsogolera mmonke wovulazidwayo, anakwera pamwamba pa khoma la mpanda kuti atsatire polowera kumene bwato lake linkadikirira. Mmonkeyo sanamuthamangitse, koma analumphira m"bwato laling"ono ndi kupalasa mwamisala kuwoloka nyanja ya Tana. Akuyang'ana mosimidwa masitepe angapo aliwonse, Nina adathamangira kubwerera kwa Sam, akuyembekeza kuti anali asanamize ndi Wereta ena onse. M"bandakucha wa m"bandakucha, mapemphero olimbana ndi zilombo akuthawa pamilomo yake, Nina anayenda panyanja kuchoka pa chisumbu chophwanyika chimene tsopano chinali chounikira chokhachokha patali.
  
  
  makumi atatu
  Yudasi, Brutus ndi Cassius
  
  
  Panthawiyi, Nina ndi Sam akulimbana ndi zovuta zawo, a Patrick Smith adapatsidwa ntchito yokonzekera kubweretsa Bokosi Lopatulika kumalo ake opumira pa phiri la Yeha, pafupi ndi Axum. Anali kukonza zikalata zomwe anayenera kusainidwa ndi msilikali. Yeaman ndi Bambo Carter kuti atumizidwe ku likulu la MI6. Oyang'anira a Carter, monga mtsogoleri wa MI6, amatumiza zikalata kukhothi la Purdue kuti lithetse mlanduwo.
  
  A Joe Carter anali atafika pabwalo la ndege la Axum maola angapo m"mbuyomo kudzakumana ndi Colonel J. Yimenu komanso oimira boma la Ethiopia. Adzayang'anira ntchito yobweretsera, koma Carter anali wosamala kuti akhalenso ndi David Perdue kachiwiri, akuwopa kuti bilionea wa ku Scotland angayese kuwulula zomwe Carter ali nazo monga Joseph Karsten, membala woyamba wa Order yoipa ya Black Sun.
  
  Paulendo wopita ku mzinda wa mahema m"munsi mwa phirilo, maganizo a Karsten anathamanga. Purdue anali kukhala udindo waukulu osati kwa iye yekha, komanso Black Sun lonse. Kutulutsidwa kwawo kwa Wizard kuti aponye dziko lapansi mu dzenje lowopsa latsoka linali kupitilira ngati clockwork. Ndondomeko yawo ingalephereke ngati moyo wapawiri wa Karsten udawululidwa ndipo bungwe lidawululidwa, ndipo mavutowa anali ndi choyambitsa chimodzi chokha - David Perdue.
  
  "Kodi munamvapo za kusefukira kwa madzi ku Northern Europe komwe tsopano kugunda ku Scandinavia?" Mtsamunda. Yimenu anafunsa Karsten. "Bambo Carter, ndikupepesa chifukwa cha kuzimitsidwa kwa magetsi komwe kumayambitsa vutoli, koma mayiko ambiri kumpoto kwa Africa, komanso Saudi Arabia, Yemen, mpaka ku Syria, akuvutika ndi mdima."
  
  "Inde, ndi zimene ndinamva. Choyamba, ziyenera kukhala zolemetsa kwambiri pazachuma, "atero Karsten, akusewera bwino kwambiri ndi umbuli pomwe anali wokonza zovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi. "Ndili ndi chidaliro kuti ngati tonse titagwirizanitsa malingaliro athu ndi ndalama zathu, titha kupulumutsa zomwe zatsala m'maiko athu."
  
  Kupatula apo, chimenecho chinali cholinga cha Black Sun. Dziko likadzavutika ndi masoka achilengedwe, kulephereka kwa bizinesi, ndi ziwopsezo zachitetezo zomwe zikuyambitsa kufunkha kwakukulu ndi chiwonongeko, zidzawononga kokwanira ku bungwe kuti ligwetse maulamuliro akuluakulu onse. Ndi chuma chawo chopanda malire, akatswiri aluso ndi chuma chamagulu, Lamuloli lidzatha kulanda dziko lonse lapansi pansi pa ulamuliro watsopano wa fascism.
  
  "Sindikudziwa kuti boma litani ngati mdimawu komanso kusefukira kwa madziwo kuwononga kwambiri, a Carter. Sindikudziwa," a Yimenu anadandaula chifukwa cha phokoso la kukwerako. "Ndikuganiza kuti UK ili ndi njira yadzidzidzi?"
  
  "Ayenera," anayankha motero Karsten, akuyang"ana Yimena mwachiyembekezo, maso ake sakusonyeza kunyoza kwake anthu amene ankawaona ngati otsika. Ponena za usilikali, ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzagwiritsa ntchito chuma chathu momwe tingathere motsutsana ndi zochita za Mulungu. Iye anagwedezeka, akuwoneka wachifundo.
  
  "N"zoona," Yimenu anayankha. "Izi ndi ntchito za Mulungu; mulungu wankhanza ndi wokwiya. Ndani akudziwa, mwina tili pafupi kutha. "
  
  Karsten anayenera kuletsa kumwetulira, kumverera ngati kwa Nowa, powona osauka akugwera m'manja mwa mulungu amene sanali kum'lambira mokwanira. Poyesera kuti asatengeke panthawiyo, iye anati, "Ndili ndi chikhulupiriro kuti abwino kwambiri a ife adzapulumuka apocalypse iyi."
  
  "Bwana, tafika," dalaivalayo anatero kwa msilikaliyo. Mayina. "Zikuwoneka kuti gulu la Perdue lafika kale ndikutengera Bokosi Lopatulika mkati."
  
  "Palibe munthu pano?" Akolo. Yimenu anakuwa.
  
  "Inde, bwana. Ndikuwona Special Agent Smith akutidikirira pagalimoto," dalaivala adatsimikiza.
  
  "O, chabwino," Colonel. Yimenu adapumira. "Mwamuna uyu amadzuka pachochitikacho. Ndiyenera kukuthokozani pa Special Agent Smith, Bambo Carter. Nthawi zonse amakhala patsogolo, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti maoda onse akwaniritsidwa. "
  
  Karsten adachita chidwi ndi kutamandidwa kwa Yemenu Smith, akumaseka ngati kumwetulira. "Inde. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinaumirira kuti Special Agent Smith atsagana ndi Bambo Perdue paulendowu. Ndinkadziwa kuti ndiye yekha amene angagwire ntchitoyo."
  
  Anatuluka m'galimoto ndipo anakumana ndi Patrick, yemwe adawadziwitsa kuti kufika msanga kwa gulu la Perdue kunabwera chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo, zomwe zinawakakamiza kutenga njira ina.
  
  "Zinkawoneka zachilendo kwa ine kuti Hercules sanali pabwalo la ndege la Axum," adatero Carsten, akubisala momwe adakwiyira kuti womuphayo adasiyidwa popanda chandamale pa eyapoti yomwe idasankhidwa. "Mwatera kuti?"
  
  Patrick sanakonde kamvekedwe ka abwana ake, koma popeza sanadziwe kuti abwana ake ndi ndani, sanadziwe chifukwa chake Joe Carter wolemekezeka amaumirira pazinthu zazing'ono. "Chabwino, bwana, woyendetsa ndegeyo anatisiya ku Dunsha ndikupita ku msewu wina woyendetsa ndege kuti akayang'ane kukonza zowonongeka zomwe zatera."
  
  Karsten analibe zotsutsa pa izi. Izi zinamveka zomveka bwino, makamaka popeza misewu yambiri ya ku Ethiopia inali yosadalirika, yosatheka kusungidwa pa nthawi ya kusefukira kwa mvula yomwe inali itangofika ku makontinenti ozungulira nyanja ya Mediterranean. Anavomera mopanda malire mabodza anzeru a Patrick kwa msilikali. Yeeman ndipo adanena kuti apite kumapiri kuti atsimikizire kuti Perdue sakuchita zachinyengo.
  
  Akolo. Kenako Yimenu analandira foni pa telefoni yake ya satellite ndipo anadzikhululukira, akupempha nthumwi za MI6 kuti zipitirize kuyendera malowa panthawiyi. Atangolowa mkati, Patrick ndi Carsten, pamodzi ndi anthu awiri omwe Patrick adawasankha, adatsatira phokoso la mawu a Perdue kuti apeze njira yawo.
  
  "Motere, bwana. Chifukwa cha ulemu wa Bambo Ajo Kira, adatha kuteteza malo ozungulira kuti atsimikizire kuti Bokosi Lopatulika libwezeredwa kumalo ake akale popanda kuopa kugwa, "Patrick anauza mkulu wake.
  
  "Kodi a Kira akudziwa momwe angapewere kugwa kwa nthaka?" Anafunsa Karsten. Modzichepetsa kwambiri, iye anawonjezera kuti: "Ndinkaganiza kuti anali wongotsogolera alendo."
  
  "Inde, bwana," Patrick anafotokoza motero. "Komanso ndi mainjiniya oyenerera."
  
  Njira yokhotakhota, yopapatiza idawatsogolera kuholo komwe Perdue adakumana koyamba ndi anthu amderalo, asanaba Bokosi Lopatulika, molakwika ndi Likasa la Chipangano.
  
  "Madzulo abwino, njonda," analonjera Karsten, mawu ake akumveka ngati nyimbo yochititsa mantha m"makutu mwa Perdue, ikung"amba moyo wake ndi chidani ndi mantha. Anapitiriza kudzikumbutsa kuti sanalinso mkaidi, kuti anali m"gulu lotetezeka la Patrick Smith ndi anyamata ake.
  
  "O, moni," Perdue adapereka moni mwansangala, akumangirira Karsten ndi maso ake abuluu. Mwachipongwe, adatsindika dzina la charlatan. "Ndizosangalatsa kukuwonani ... Bambo Carter, sichoncho?"
  
  Patrick anasisima. Anaganiza kuti Perdue amadziwa dzina la abwana ake, koma pokhala munthu wochenjera kwambiri, Patrick anazindikira mwamsanga kuti pali chinachake chimene chikuchitika pakati pa Perdue ndi Carter.
  
  "Ndikuwona kuti munayamba popanda ife," adatero Karsten.
  
  "Ndinafotokozera Bambo Carter chifukwa chake tinabwera mofulumira," adatero Patrick Perdue. "Koma tsopano chomwe tikuyenera kuda nkhawa nacho ndikubweza chotsalirachi komwe chiyenera kuti tonse tipite kunyumba, Hei?"
  
  Ngakhale kuti Patrick anapitirizabe kulankhula mwaubwenzi, ankamva kugwedezeka kukuwazungulira ngati chingwe chapakhosi pake. Malinga ndi iye, kunali kungotuluka kosayenera kwamalingaliro chifukwa cha kukoma koyipa komwe kuba kwa chotsaliracho kunasiya mkamwa mwa aliyense. Karsten anaona kuti Bokosi Lopatulika linali litaikidwa bwino, ndipo atatembenuka n"kuyang"ana kumbuyo kwake, anazindikira kuti Mtsamunda J. Yimenu mwamwayi anali asanabwere.
  
  "Special Agent Smith, chonde mungagwirizane ndi Bambo Perdue ku Sacred Box, chonde?" - adalangiza Patrick.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" Patrick anasisima.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Patrick anaphunzira choonadi ponena za zolinga za bwana wake. "Chifukwa ndakuwuzani choncho, Smith!" - adabangula mwaukali, akutulutsa mfuti. "Tasiya chida chako, Smith!"
  
  Perdue anazizira m'malo, akukweza manja ake modzipereka. Patrick adachita mantha, koma adamvera abwana ake. Atumiki ake aŵiriwo anagwedezeka, osatsimikiza, koma posakhalitsa anakhazika mtima pansi, n"kusankha kusanyamula zida zawo kapena kusuntha.
  
  "Pomaliza ndikuwonetsa mitundu yanu yeniyeni, Karsten?" Perdue adanyozedwa. Patrick adachita nkhonya mosokonezeka. "Mukuwona, Paddy, bambo uyu yemwe mumamudziwa kuti Joe Carter ndi Joseph Karsten, wamkulu wa nthambi ya ku Austria ya Order of the Black Sun."
  
  "Oh Mulungu wanga," Patrick anadandaula. "Bwanji sunandiuze?"
  
  "Sitinafune kuti ulowe m"chilichonse, Patrick, choncho tinakusunga mumdima," anatero Perdue.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, David," Patrick adabuula. Ndikanapewa izi.
  
  "Ayi, simukanatha kutero!" - Karsten adafuula, nkhope yake yofiira yofiira ikunjenjemera ndi chipongwe. "Pali chifukwa chomwe ndili wamkulu wankhondo zaku Britain ndipo si iwe, mwana. Ndimakonzekeratu ndikuchita homuweki yanga."
  
  "Mnyamata?" Perdue adaseka. "Lekani kudziyesa kuti ndinu woyenera ku Scots, Carsten."
  
  "Karsten?" -Patrick adafunsa, akukwinyira Perdue.
  
  "Joseph Karsten, Patrick. Dongosolo la Dzuwa Lakuda, Gulu Loyamba, ndi wachinyengo amene Isikarioti sakanatha kuyerekeza naye."
  
  Carsten analoza mfuti yake yautumiki mwachindunji kwa Perdue, dzanja lake likugwedezeka mwamphamvu. "Ndikadakumaliza kunyumba kwa amayi ako, iwe umakhala ndi mwayi wambiri!" - adakweza maso ake amtundu wa maroon.
  
  "Koma unali wotanganidwa kwambiri kuthawa kuti upulumutse amayi ako, sichoncho iwe, wamantha wonyansa," adatero Perdue modekha.
  
  "Tseka pakamwa pako, wachiwembu! Munali Renatus, mtsogoleri wa Black Sun ...! - adakuwa mokuwa.
  
  "Mwachikhazikitso, osati mwa kusankha," Perdue adawongolera chifukwa cha Patrick.
  
  "...ndipo munaganiza zosiya mphamvu zonsezi kuti m"malo mwake mukhale ntchito ya moyo wanu kutiwononga. Ife! Magazi akulu a Aryan, oleredwa ndi milungu yosankhidwa kuti alamulire dziko lapansi! Ndiwe wachiwembu!" Karsten anabangula.
  
  "Ndiye, utani, Karsten?" - Perdue adafunsa ngati wamisala waku Austrian akugwedeza Patrick pambali. "Kodi mundiwombera pamaso pa abwenzi anu?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi," Karsten adaseka. Mwachangu anatembenuka ndikuyika zipolopolo ziwiri pagulu lililonse la Patrick's MI6. "Sipadzakhala mboni zotsala. Kuipa uku kutha pomwe pano, mpaka kalekale.
  
  Patrick anamva kudwala. Ataona amuna ake ali gone pansi m"phanga m"dziko lachilendo anamukwiyitsa kwambiri. Iye anali ndi udindo kwa aliyense! Iye ankayenera kudziwa yemwe anali mdani. Koma posakhalitsa Patrick anazindikira kuti anthu amene anali m"malo ake sangadziŵe bwinobwino mmene zinthu zidzakhalire. Chinthu chokha chimene ankadziwa n"chakuti anali atafa tsopano.
  
  "Yimenu ibwera posachedwa," adatero Carsten. "Ndipo ndidzabwerera ku United Kingdom kukatenga malo anu. Kupatula apo, simudzayesedwa wakufa nthawi ino. "
  
  "Ingokumbukirani chinthu chimodzi, Karsten," Perdue adayankha motero, "muli ndi chinachake choti mutaya. Sindikudziwa. Mulinso ndi minda."
  
  Karsten anakokera kumbuyo nyundo ya chida chake. "Mumasewera chiyani?"
  
  Perdue anagwedezeka. Pa nthawiyi anasiya kuchita mantha chifukwa cha zimene ankafuna kunena, chifukwa ankavomereza chilichonse chimene chingamuchitikire. "Iwe," Perdue anamwetulira, "khala ndi mkazi ndi ana aakazi. Kodi sadzafika kunyumba ku Salzkammergut mkati, oh," anaimba Perdue, akuyang'ana pa wotchi yake, "cha m'ma 4 koloko?"
  
  Maso a Karsten anangoti phwetekere, mphuno zake zinayaka, ndipo anatulutsa kulira kokhotakhota kokwiya kwambiri. Tsoka ilo, sakanatha kuwombera Perdue chifukwa idayenera kuwoneka ngati ngozi kuti Karsten atulutsidwe mlandu kuti Yimen ndi anthu ammudzi amukhulupirire. Apa m'pamene Karsten anatha kuchita zinthu movutikira kuti asokoneze chidwi chake.
  
  Perdue adakonda mawonekedwe odabwitsa a Karsten, koma adamva Patrick akupumira kwambiri pafupi ndi iye. Anamumvera chisoni bwenzi lake lapamtima Sam, yemwe analinso pafupi ndi imfa chifukwa chochita nawo Perdue.
  
  "Ngati chilichonse chingachitike kwa banja langa, nditumiza Clive kuti akapatse bwenzi lako, hule wa Gould, nthawi yabwino kwambiri pamoyo wake ... asanakuchotse!" Karsten anachenjeza, akulavulira m"milomo yake yokhuthala pamene maso ake akuyaka ndi chidani ndi kugonja. "Tiyeni, Ajo."
  
  
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  Karsten analunjika chakutulukira kwa phirilo, kuwasiya Perdue ndi Patrick ali wothedwa nzeru. Ajo adatsatira Carsten, koma adayima pakhomo kuti asindikize tsogolo la Purdue.
  
  "Nanga ndi chiyaninso!" Patrick adakwiya pomwe ubale wake ndi achiwembu onse udatha. "Inu? Chifukwa chiyani, Ajo? Bwanji? Tinakupulumutsani ku Black Dzuwa ndipo tsopano mumawakonda?"
  
  "Osadzitengera ndekha, Smit-Efendi," Ajo anachenjeza, dzanja lake lopyapyala, lakuda lomwe lili pansi pa kiyi yamwala yofanana ndi chikhatho chake. "Inu, Perdue Effendi, mukhoza kutenga izi mozama kwambiri. Chifukwa cha inu, mchimwene wanga Donkor anaphedwa. Ndatsala pang'ono kuphedwa kuti ndikuthandizeni kuba chotsalirachi, ndiyeno?" Anakuwa mokwiya, chifuwa chikunjenjemera ndi ukali. "Ndiye munandisiya nditamwalira anzanu asanandibere n"kundizunza kuti adziwe komwe munali! Ndinapirira zonsezi chifukwa cha inu, Efendi, pamene munathamangitsa mosangalala zimene munapeza m"Bokosi Lopatulika ili! Muli ndi zifukwa zomveka zoganizira za kusakhulupirika kwanga, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti usikuuno mudzafa pang"onopang"ono pansi pa mwala wolemera." Anayang'ana mozungulira m'chipindacho. "Apa ndi malo amene ndinatembereredwa kudzakumana nawe, ndipo pano ndi malo amene ndikutemberera kuti uikidwe."
  
  "Mulungu, mukudziwadi kupanga mabwenzi, David," Patrick anadandaula pafupi naye.
  
  "Mwamupangira msampha uwu eti?" Perdue analingalira, ndipo Ajo anagwedeza mutu, kutsimikizira mantha ake.
  
  Kunjako, anamva Karsten akufuula kwa mkulu wa asilikaliyo. Anthu a Yimenu ayenera kubisala. Ichi chinali chizindikiro cha Ajo, ndipo anakanikizira choyimbacho pansi pa dzanja lake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti matanthwe omwe anali pamwamba pawo amveke koopsa. Miyala yoyambira yomwe Ajo adamanga mosamala m'masiku otsogolera msonkhano wa Edinburgh idagwa. Anazimiririka mumsewumo, akuthamanga kudutsa makoma ong'ambika a kolido. Anapunthwa mumlengalenga wausiku, ataphimbidwa kale ndi zinyalala ndi fumbi chifukwa cha kugwa.
  
  "Akadali mkati!" - adafuula. "Anthu ena adzaphwanyidwa! Muyenera kuwathandiza!" Ajo anagwira malaya a Colonel aja, kukhala ngati akufuna kumunyengerera. Koma Colonel. Yimenu yamukuhweleleli chikupu. "Dziko langa lili m'madzi, likuwopseza miyoyo ya ana anga ndikuwononga kwambiri pamene tikulankhula, ndipo mumandisunga pano chifukwa cha kugwa?" Yimen anadzudzula Ajo ndi Karsten, ndipo mwadzidzidzi anataya malingaliro ake pa zokambirana.
  
  "Ndamva, bwana," Karsten anatero mowuma. "Tiyeni tiganizire za ngoziyi ngati mathero a zipolowe zomwe zatsalira pakadali pano. Ndipotu, monga mukunenera, muyenera kusamalira ana. Ndikumvetsa bwino lomwe kufunika kopulumutsa banja langa."
  
  Ndi mawu amenewa, Karsten ndi Ajo ankayang"anitsitsa msilikaliyo. Yimenu ndi dalaivala wake akubwerera m'bandakucha cham'bandakucha. Inali pafupifupi nthaŵi imene Bokosi Lopatulika linkayenera kubwezeredwa poyambirira. Posakhalitsa anthu ogwira ntchito yomanga m'deralo anali tcheru pamene ankayembekezera zomwe ankaganiza kuti Perdue afike, akukonzekera kupereka chigawenga choopsa chomwe chinalanda chuma cha dziko lawo.
  
  "Pita ukawone ngati agwa molondola, Ajo," analamula motero Karsten. "Fulumirani, tiyenera kupita."
  
  Ajo Kira adathamangira komwe kunali khomo la phiri la Yeha kuti awonetsetse kuti kugwa kwake kunali kolimba komanso komaliza. Sanawone Karsten akutsata mapazi ake, ndipo mwatsoka, kugwada pansi kuti awone kupambana kwa ntchito yake kunamuwonongera moyo wake. Karsten ananyamula mwala umodzi wolemera umene unali pamwamba pa mutu wake n"kuutsitsa pamutu pa Ajo, n"kuuphwanya nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Palibe mboni," ananong'oneza Karsten, akutulutsa fumbi m'manja ndikupita kugalimoto ya Perdue. Kumbuyo kwake, mtembo wa Ajo Kira unaphimba thanthwe lotayirira ndi zinyalala kutsogolo kwa khomo lowonongeka. Ndi chigaza chake chophwanyidwacho chinasiya chizindikiro chochititsa mantha mumchenga wa m"chipululu, panalibe chikayikiro chakuti iye angafanane ndi chimwala china. Karsten adatembenuka atakwera galimoto yankhondo ya Purdue Awiri ndi Half kuti athamangire kwawo ku Austria madzi asanafike ku Ethiopia.
  
  Kummwera kwenikweni, Nina ndi Sam analibe mwayi. Dera lonse lozungulira nyanja ya Tana linali pansi pa madzi. Anthu anali kunjenjemera, kuchita mantha chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi, komanso chifukwa cha njira yosamvetsetseka imene madzi anadzera. Mitsinje ndi zitsime zinkayenda popanda madzi kuchokera kugwero loperekera. Kunalibe mvula, koma akasupe anaturuka paliponse m"mitsinje youma.
  
  Padziko lonse lapansi, mizinda inavutika ndi kuzimitsidwa kwa magetsi, zivomezi ndi kusefukira kwa madzi zomwe zinawononga nyumba zofunika kwambiri. Likulu la UN, Pentagon, Khothi Lapadziko Lonse ku The Hague ndi mabungwe ena ambiri omwe ali ndi dongosolo ladongosolo ndi kupita patsogolo adawonongedwa. Pakalipano amawopa kuti bwalo la ndege ku Dunsha likhoza kuwonongeka, koma Sam anali ndi chiyembekezo chifukwa anthu ammudzi anali kutali kwambiri kotero kuti Nyanja ya Tana sidzakhudzidwa mwachindunji. Inalinso kutali kwambiri moti panadutsa nthawi kuti nyanja ifike kumeneko.
  
  Mu chifunga cha mzukwa cha mbandakucha, Sam adawona chiwonongeko cha usikuwo muzochitika zake zonse zowopsa. Anajambula zotsalira za tsoka lonselo kaŵirikaŵiri monga momwe akanathera, akumasamala kusunga mphamvu ya batire mu kamera yake ya kanema yapang"onopang"ono pamene anali kuyembekezera mwachidwi kuti Nina abwerere kwa iye. Kwinakwake chapatali, anapitirizabe kumva phokoso lachilendo lomwe iye sakanatha kulizindikira, koma anachikokera mpaka kufika pakumva masomphenya. Iye anali atakhala maso kwa maola oposa makumi awiri ndi anayi ndipo amakhoza kumva zotsatira za kutopa, koma anayenera kukhala maso kuti Nina amupeze. Komanso, iye anali kugwira ntchito zolimba ndipo iye anali ndi mangawa kwa iye kukhalapo pamene, osati ngati abwerera. Anasiya maganizo oipa amene ankamuvutitsa maganizo onena za chitetezo cha mkaziyo panyanja yodzaza ndi zolengedwa zachinyengo.
  
  Kudzera m"diso lake, anamvera chisoni nzika za ku Ethiopia zimene tsopano zinayenera kusiya nyumba zawo ndi miyoyo yawo kuti zipulumuke. Ena analira momvetsa chisoni ali padenga la nyumba zawo, ena anamanga mabala awo. Nthawi ndi nthawi Sam ankakumana ndi matupi oyandama.
  
  "Yesu Kristu," iye anadandaula motero, "ndithudi ndiko kutha kwa dziko."
  
  Iye ankajambula thambo lalikulu la madzi lomwe linkawoneka ngati likutambasuka kosatha pamaso pake. Pamene thambo lakum'mawa linkapaka utoto wa pinki ndi wachikasu, iye anangoona kukongola kwa maziko amene sewero loipali linaseweredwa. Madzi osalala anasiya kugwedezeka ndikudzaza nyanjayo panthawiyi, ndipo adakongoletsa malo, moyo wa mbalame unakhala mu galasi lamadzimadzi. Ambiri anali adakali pa akasinja awo, kusodza kuti apeze chakudya kapena kungosambira. Koma pakati pawo ngalawa imodzi yokha yaing"ono inali kuyenda-ikuyendadi. Zinkaoneka kuti ndi sitima yokhayo yomwe inkapita kwinakwake, moti anthu odzaona m"sitima zina ankasangalala kwambiri.
  
  "Nina," Sam anamwetulira. "Ndikudziwa kuti ndiwe, mwana!"
  
  Motsatizana ndi kulira kokwiyitsa kwa phokoso losadziwika, iye anayang'ana pafupi ndi bwato lomwe likuyenda mofulumira, koma pamene mandala asinthidwa kuti awoneke bwino, kumwetulira kwa Sam kunasowa. "O Mulungu wanga, Nina, mwachita chiyani?"
  
  Anatsatiridwa ndi mabwato asanu othamanga mofanana, akuyenda pang'onopang'ono chifukwa cha mutu wa Nina. Nkhope yake inalankhula yokha. Mantha ndi kuyesayesa kowawa kunasokoneza nkhope yake yokongola pamene ankapalasa kuchoka kwa amonke omwe ankawatsatira. Sam anadumpha kuchoka pa khonde lake mu holo ya tauniyo ndipo adapeza komwe kumachokera phokoso lachilendo lomwe limamusokoneza.
  
  Ma helikoputala ankhondo adawulukira kuchokera kumpoto kuti akatenge nzika ndikuwatengera kumtunda kumwera chakum'mawa. Sam anawerengera pafupifupi ma helikoputala asanu ndi awiri omwe amatera nthawi ndi nthawi kuti atenge anthu m'malo awo osakhalitsa. Mmodzi, CH-47F Chinook, adakhala kutali pang'ono pomwe woyendetsa adasonkhanitsa anthu angapo kuti akwere ndege.
  
  Nina anali atatsala pang'ono kufika kunja kwa mzindawo, nkhope yake yotuwa komanso yonyowa chifukwa cha kutopa ndi mabala. Sam anayenda pamadzi ovuta kuti afike kwa iye amonke omwe anali panjira yake asanafike. Anachepetsa kwambiri mphamvu yake pamene dzanja lake linayamba kufooka. Ndi mphamvu zake zonse, Sam anagwiritsa ntchito manja ake kuyenda mofulumira ndikuyenda m"maenje, zinthu zakuthwa, ndi zopinga zina za pansi pa madzi zimene sakanatha kuziwona.
  
  "Ndina!" - adafuula.
  
  "Ndithandizeni, Sam! Ndathyoka phewa!" - adabuula. Palibe chomwe chatsala mwa ine. Pl-chonde, ali basi ..." adachita chibwibwi. Atafika kwa Sam, anam"nyamula m"manja mwake n"kutembenuka, n"kulowa m"gulu la nyumba zimene zili kumwera kwa holo ya tauniyo kuti apeze pobisalira. Kumbuyo kwawo, amonkewo anafuula kuti anthu awathandize kugwira mbavazo.
  
  "O shit, ife tiri muzambiri tsopano," iye anapumira. "Kodi ungathamabebe, Nina?"
  
  Maso ake akuda adagwedezeka ndipo adabuula, atagwira dzanja lake. "Ngati mungalumikizenso izi mu socket, nditha kuyesetsa kwambiri."
  
  M"zaka zake zonse akugwira ntchito m"munda, kujambula ndi kupereka malipoti m"madera ankhondo, Sam anaphunzira maluso ofunikira kuchokera ku ma EMT omwe ankagwira nawo ntchito. "Sindinama, chikondi," iye anachenjeza motero. "Izi zidzawawa ngati gehena."
  
  Pamene nzika zololera zinkadutsa m"tinjira tating"ono kuti tipeze Nina ndi Sam, anayenera kukhala chete pamene akuloŵa m"malo mwa Nina. Sam anam"patsa chikwama chake kuti aluma lamba, ndipo pamene omwe ankawathamangitsawo akukuwa m"madzi pansi, Sam anaponda pachifuwa chake ndi phazi limodzi, atagwira dzanja lake lomwe likunjenjemera ndi onse awiri.
  
  "Mwakonzeka?" - adanong'oneza, koma Nina adangotseka maso ake ndikugwedeza. Sam anakoka dzanja lake mwamphamvu, ndikulisuntha pang'onopang'ono kuchoka pathupi lake. Nina anakuwa mopweteka pansi pa phula, misozi ikutuluka pansi pa zikope zake.
  
  "Ndikuwamva!" - wina anafuula m'chinenero chawo. Sam ndi Nina sanafunikire kudziwa chinenerocho kuti amvetse mawuwo, ndipo anatembenuza dzanja lake modekha mpaka linagwirizana ndi chikhomo cha rotator asanaleke. Kufuula kosasunthika kwa Nina sikunamveke momveka bwino kwa amonke omwe ankawafunafuna, koma amuna aŵiri anali atakwera kale makwerero otuluka pamwamba pa madzi kuti awapeze.
  
  Mmodzi wa iwo anali ndi mkondo waufupi, ndipo analunjika pa thupi la Nina lofooka, akulozetsa chida pachifuwa chake, koma Sam anagwira ndodo. Anamumenya nkhonya kumaso kwake, n"kumugwetsa chikomokere kwakanthaŵi pamene woukirayo analumpha kuchokera pawindo. Sam anaponya mkondo wake ngati ngwazi ya baseball, kuthyola tsaya la bamboyo atagunda. Amene anamumenyayo anazindikira. Analanda mkondo kwa Sam ndikumubaya m'mbali.
  
  "Sam!" - Nina adafuula. "Mungodziwiratu!" Adayesa kudzuka koma adafooka kwambiri, adamuponyera Beretta wake. Mtolankhaniyo adagwira mfutiyo ndikulowetsa mutu wa womenyayo pansi pamadzi, ndikuyika chipolopolo kumbuyo kwa khosi.
  
  "Ayenera kuti anamva kuwomberako," iye anamuuza motero, akumakakamiza pabala lake lobaya. Mchitidwe wochititsa manyazi unabuka m"misewu yodzaza madzi mkati mwa kuwuluka kogontha kwa ma helikoputala ankhondo. Sam anayang'ana pamalo okwera ndipo anaona kuti helikoputala idakalipo.
  
  "Nina, ungapite?" - adafunsanso.
  
  Anakhala tsonga movutikira. "Ndikhoza kuyenda. Ndi pulani yotani?
  
  "Kutengera manyazi ako, ndikuona kuti wakwanitsa kupeza diamondi ya Mfumu Solomo?"
  
  "Inde, m"chigaza m"chikwama changa," anayankha motero.
  
  Sam analibe nthawi yofunsa za chigaza, koma anali wokondwa kuti wapambana mphoto. Adasamukira ku nyumba ina yapafupi ndikudikirira woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti abwerere ku Chinook asanadumphire mwakachetechete pomwe anthu opulumutsidwawo adakhala. Paulendo wawo, amonke osachepera khumi ndi asanu ochokera pachilumbachi ndi amuna asanu ndi limodzi ochokera ku Vetera adawathamangitsa kudutsa m'madzi othamanga. Pamene woyendetsa ndegeyo ankakonzekera kutseka chitseko, Sam anakanikizira mlomo wa mfuti yake m"mutu mwake.
  
  "Sindikufunadi kuchita zimenezi bwenzi langa, koma tiyenera kupita kumpoto, ndipo tiyenera kutero tsopano!" Sam anaseka, akugwira dzanja Nina ndikumusunga kumbuyo.
  
  "Ayi! Sungathe kuchita zimenezi!" - woyendetsa ndegeyo adatsutsa mwamphamvu. Kukuwa kwa amonke okwiyawo kunali kuyandikira. "Mwasiyidwa!
  
  Sam sanalole chilichonse kuti chiwalepheretse kukwera mu helikoputala, ndipo adayenera kutsimikizira kuti anali wotsimikiza. Nina anayang"ana m"mbuyo khamu la anthu okwiya lija likuwaponya miyala pamene anali kuyandikira. Mwala unagunda Nina m'kachisi, koma sanagwe.
  
  "Yesu!" - adakuwa, akupeza magazi pazala zake pomwe adakhudza mutu wake. "Inu amagenda akazi mwayi uliwonse womwe mungapeze, inu opusa opusa ..."
  
  Kuwomberako kunamuletsa. Sam adawombera mwendo woyendetsa ndegeyo, zomwe zidachititsa mantha anthu omwe adakwera. Iye analunjika kwa amonkewo, kuwaimitsa pakati. Nina sanathe kuona mmonke amene anamupulumutsa pakati pawo, koma pamene anali kufunafuna nkhope yake, Sam anamugwira ndi kumukokera mu helikoputala yodzaza ndi anthu omwe anali ndi mantha. Woyendetsa ndegeyo anagona pansi akubuula pafupi naye, ndipo anachotsa lamba kuti amange mwendo wake. Ali m"chipinda cha okwera ndegeyo, Sam anafuula mofuula kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo ataloza mfuti, ndikumuuza kuti apite kumpoto ku Dansha, malo ochezera.
  
  
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  Patsinde pa phiri la Yeha, anthu ambiri a m"deralo anasonkhana, akuchita mantha kuona wotsogolera wakufa wa ku Aigupto, amene onse ankamudziwa kuchokera kumalo okumbako. Chinthu chinanso chodabwitsa chimene chinawadabwitsa chinali kugwa kwa thanthwe lomwe linatseka matumbo a phirilo. Posadziŵa chochita, gulu la ofukula zinthu zakale, othandizira ofukula za m"mabwinja ndi anthu a m"deralo obwezera anafufuza chochitikacho chosayembekezereka, akung"ung"udza wina ndi mnzake kuti aone chimene chinachitikadi.
  
  "Kuno kuli njanji za matayala akuya kwambiri, kutanthauza kuti panali galimoto yolemera kwambiri imene inayimitsidwa kuno," anatero wantchito wina, akuloza zodindira pansi. "Panali magalimoto awiri, mwina atatu apa."
  
  "Mwina ndi Land Rover yokha imene Dr. Hessian amagwiritsa ntchito masiku angapo alionse," wina analingalira motero.
  
  "Ayi, apo, pomwepo, pomwe adazisiya asanapite kukagula zida zatsopano ku Mekele dzulo," wogwira ntchito woyamba adatsutsa, akulozera Land Rover ya woyendera mabwinja, yomwe idayima pansi pa denga la chinsalu cha hema ochepa. kutali ndi iye.
  
  "Ndiye tidzadziwa bwanji ngati bokosilo labwezedwa? Uyu ndi Ajo Kira. Wakufa. Perdue anamupha ndipo anatenga bokosilo!" - mwamuna wina anafuula. "Ndichifukwa chake adawononga kamera!"
  
  Kudula kwake mwaukali kudadzetsa chipwirikiti pakati pa anthu a m'midzi yoyandikana nayo komanso m'mahema apafupi ndi malo okumbako. Ena mwa amunawo anayesa kulingalira mwanzeru, koma ambiri sanafune china chirichonse koma kubwezera kotheratu.
  
  "Mwamva zimenezo?" Perdue adafunsa Patrick komwe adawonekera kuchokera kumtunda wakum'mawa kwa phirilo. Akufuna kutichotsa khungu amoyo, achikulire. Kodi mungathe kuthamanga ndi mwendo uwu?"
  
  "Ayi," Patrick adadandaula. "Bondo langa lathyoka. Onani."
  
  Kugwa komwe kunayambitsa Ajo sikunaphe amuna awiriwa chifukwa Perdue adakumbukira mbali yofunika kwambiri ya mapangidwe onse a Ajo - kutuluka kwa bokosi la makalata lobisika pansi pa khoma labodza. Mwamwayi, Aigupto anauza Perdue za njira zakale zopangira misampha ku Egypt, makamaka mkati mwa manda akale ndi mapiramidi. Umu ndi momwe Perdue, Ajo, ndi mchimwene wake wa Ajo, Donkor, adathawa ndi Bokosi Lopatulika poyamba.
  
  Atakutidwa ndi zokala, maenje ndi fumbi, Perdue ndi Patrick, osamala kuti asadziwike, anakwawira kuseri kwa miyala ikuluikulu ingapo m"munsi mwa phirilo. Patrick adanjenjemera ngati ululu wakuthwa m'bondo lake lakumanja ukumuwombera ndikukokera kutsogolo.
  
  "Kodi ...-kodi tingopuma pang'ono?" Adafunsa motele Perdue. Wofufuza wa imviyo anayang"ana m"mbuyo kwa iye.
  
  "Taona, bwanawe, ndikudziwa kuti zimawawa ngati gahena, koma tikapanda kufulumira, atipeza. Sindikufuna ndikuuzeni zida zamtundu wanji zomwe anthuwa amanyamula? Mafosholo, spikes, nyundo...", Perdue anakumbutsa mnzakeyo.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Landy uyu wanditalikira. Adzandipeza ndisanalowe gawo langa lachiwiri," adavomereza motero. "Mwendo wanga ndi zinyalala. Pitani patsogolo, tcherani khutu lawo, kapena tulukani mukapemphe thandizo. "
  
  "Bullshit," Perdue anayankha. "Tifika limodzi kwa Landy uyu ndikuchotsa gehena."
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti tichite bwanji izi?" Patrick adachita mantha.
  
  Perdue analoza zida zokumba pafupi ndi kumwetulira. Patrick anatsatira njira ndi maso ake. Akadaseka ndi Perdue ngati moyo wake sunadalire zotsatira zake.
  
  "Palibe ku gehena, David. Ayi! Ndinu openga?" - Ananong'oneza mokweza, akumumenya Perdue pamkono.
  
  "Kodi mungaganizire chikuku chabwinoko apa pamiyala?" Perdue anaseka. "Khalani okonzeka. Ndikabwerera, tipita kwa Landy."
  
  "Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti mukhala ndi nthawi yoti mulowetse?" -Patrick anafunsa.
  
  Perdue adatulutsa piritsi yake yaying'ono yodalirika yomwe idakhala ngati zida zingapo mu imodzi.
  
  "O, iwe wachikhulupiriro chochepa," iye anamwetulira Patrick.
  
  Nthawi zambiri, Purdue yagwiritsa ntchito infrared ndi radar kapena kugwiritsa ntchito ngati chida cholumikizirana. Komabe, nthawi zonse ankakonza kachipangizo kameneka, n"kuwonjezera zinthu zina zatsopano komanso kukonza luso lake. Adamuwonetsa Patrick kabatani kakang'ono m'mbali mwa chipangizocho. "Kuchuluka kwa magetsi. Tili ndi amatsenga, Paddy. "
  
  "Akuchita chiyani?" Patrick adachita tsinya, maso ake nthawi zina amayang'ana Perdue kuti akhale tcheru.
  
  "Zimapangitsa magalimoto kuyenda," adatero Perdue. Patrick asanaganize za yankho, Perdue anayimirira ndikuthamangira kumalo osungira zida. Anayenda mwakachetechete, akuweramitsa thupi lake lolimba kuti asatuluke.
  
  "Mpaka pano, wapenga iwe," Patrick adanong'oneza pomwe amayang'ana Perdue akutenga galimoto. "Koma ukudziwa kuti izi zikupanga mkangano, sichoncho?"
  
  Pokonzekera kuthamangitsidwa, Perdue adapuma mozama ndikuwunika momwe gululo linalili kutali ndi iye ndi Patrick. "Tiyeni tizipita," iye anatero ndi kukanikiza batani kuti ayambitse Land Rover. Inalibe magetsi kusiyapo amene anali pa dashboard, koma anthu ena omwe anali pafupi ndi khomo la phirili ankamva injini ikuchita phokoso pamene ikugwira ntchito. Perdue adaganiza kuti agwiritse ntchito chisokonezo chawo kwakanthawi kuti apindule, ndipo adathamangira kwa Patrick ndi galimoto yopumira.
  
  "Lumpha! Mofulumirirako!" - Adafuwula Patrick atatsala pang'ono kumufikira. Wothandizira MI6 adagwera pagalimotoyo, pafupifupi kuigwedeza ndi liwiro lake, koma adrenaline ya Perdue inamusunga m'malo mwake.
  
  "Ndi awa! Iphani zigawenga izi! "- bamboyo adabangula, akuloza amuna awiri omwe akuthamangira ku Land Rover ndi wilibala.
  
  "Mulungu, ndikhulupirira kuti thanki yake yadzaza!" - Patrick adafuula, akuyendetsa chidebe chachitsulo cholowera pakhomo la 4x4. "Msana wanga! Mafupa anga ali mu bulu wanga, Purdue. Mulungu, mukundipha pano!" khamu lonse linkamva pamene ankathamangira kwa anthu omwe ankathawa.
  
  Atafika pakhomo la okwera, Perdue anathyola zenera ndi mwala ndikutsegula chitseko. Patrick anavutika kuti atuluke mgalimotomo, koma amisala omwe amayandikira adamukakamiza kuti agwiritse ntchito mphamvu zake zosungira, ndipo adaponya thupi lake mgalimoto. Ananyamuka, akuzungulira mawilo awo, akugenda miyala pagulu la anthu amene anayandikira kwambiri. Kenako Perdue adapondapo ndikuyika mtunda pakati pawo ndi gulu la anthu okhetsa magazi.
  
  "Kodi tikhala ndi nthawi yayitali bwanji kuti tikafike ku Dunsha?" Perdue anamufunsa Patrick.
  
  "Pafupifupi maola atatu kuti Sam ndi Nina akumane nafe kumeneko," Patrick anamuuza motero. Iye anayang'ana pa gauge. "Mulungu wanga! sichidzatipititsa patsogolo makilomita 200. "
  
  "Zonse zili bwino bola titha kuchoka ku mng'oma wa njuchi za Satana panjira yathu," adatero Perdue, akuyang'anabe pagalasi lakumbuyo. "Tiyenera kulumikizana ndi Sam kuti tidziwe komwe ali. Mwinamwake akhoza kubweretsa Hercules pafupi kuti atitenge. Mulungu, ndikuyembekeza kuti akadali ndi moyo.
  
  Patrick ankabuula nthawi zonse pamene Land Rover inaphonya bowo kapena kugwedezeka posintha giya. Bondo lake linali kumupha, koma iye anali wamoyo ndipo ndizo zonse zomwe zinali zofunika.
  
  "Mumadziwa za Carter nthawi yonseyi. Bwanji sunandiuze?" -Patrick anafunsa.
  
  "Ndinakuuza, sitikufuna kuti ukhale wothandizana naye. Ngati simunadziwe, simukadakhala nawo nawo."
  
  "Ndi bizinesi iyi ndi banja lake? Munatumizanso wina kuti akawasamalire?" -Patrick anafunsa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Patrick! Sindine wachigawenga. Ndinkachita chinyengo, "Perdue adamutsimikizira. "Ndinafunika kugwedeza khola lake, ndipo chifukwa cha kafukufuku wa Sam ndi mole ku Karsten' ... ofesi ya Carter, tinalandira chidziwitso chakuti mkazi wake ndi ana ake aakazi akupita kwawo ku Austria."
  
  "Sizingatheke kukhulupirira mopusa," Patrick anayankha. "Iwe ndi Sam muyenera kulemba ngati nthumwi za Her Majness, mwamva? Ndinu openga, osasamala komanso obisika mpaka kufika pa hysteria, inu nonse. Ndipo Dr. Gould sali patali.
  
  "Chabwino, zikomo, Patrick," Perdue akumwetulira. "Koma timakonda ufulu wathu, mukudziwa, kuchita ntchito zonyansa osawoneka."
  
  "Palibe vuto," Patrick adadandaula. "Kodi Sam ankagwiritsa ntchito ndani ngati mole?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Perdue anayankha.
  
  "David, ndindani ameneyu? Sindimumenye mnyamatayo, ndikhulupirireni, "Patrick adayankha.
  
  "Ayi, sindikudziwa," adatero Perdue. "Anafikira Sam atangozindikira kuti Sam akubera mafayilo a Karsten. M"malo momukhazika mtima pansi, anapempha kuti atiuze zimene tinkafuna pokhapokha ngati Sam aulule Karsten.
  
  Patrick anatembenuza zidziwitso m'mutu mwake. Zinali zomveka, koma pambuyo pa ntchito imeneyi analibenso wotsimikiza kuti angadalire ndani. "Mole" adakupatsirani zambiri za Karsten, kuphatikiza komwe kuli katundu wake ndi zina zotero?
  
  "Kufikira pamtundu wake wamagazi," adatero Perdue, akumwetulira.
  
  "Komabe, Sam akukonzekera bwanji kuwulula Karsten? Atha kukhala ndi malowa mwalamulo, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti wamkulu wazamazamalamulo amadziwa kubisa mayendedwe ake ndi tepi yofiyira," adatero Patrick.
  
  "O, nzoona," Perdue anavomereza. Koma anasankha njoka zolakwika kuti azisewera ndi Sam, Nina ndi ine. Sam ndi "mole" wake adasokoneza njira zoyankhulirana zamaseva, zomwe Karsten amagwiritsa ntchito pazolinga zake. Tikulankhula, katswiri wa alchemist yemwe amapha diamondi komanso masoka adziko lonse akupita ku nyumba ya Karsten ku Salzkammergut.
  
  "Zachiyani?" -Patrick anafunsa.
  
  "Carsten adalengeza kuti ali ndi diamondi yogulitsa," Perdue adanyoza. "Mwala wosowa kwambiri wotchedwa Sudanese Eye. Monga miyala yamtengo wapatali ya Celeste ndi Farao, Diso la Sudanese limatha kuyanjana ndi diamondi iliyonse yaying'ono yomwe Mfumu Solomo idapanga atamaliza Kachisi wake. Ziwerengero zazikulu zikufunika kuti mutulutse miliri iliyonse yomangidwa ndi 72 ya Mfumu Solomo.
  
  "Zokongola. Ndipo tsopano zomwe tikukumana nazo pano zimatipangitsa kulingaliranso za kusuliza kwathu, "anatero Patrick. "Popanda ziwerengero zazikulu, Wamatsenga sangathe kupanga alchemy yake yamatsenga?"
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu. "Anzathu a ku Aigupto ku Dragon Watchers anatiuza kuti, malinga ndi mipukutu yawo, amatsenga a Mfumu Solomo amangirira mwala uliwonse kuthambo linalake lakumwamba," iye anatero. "Ndithudi, lemba limene lili patsogolo pa malemba odziwika bwino a m"Malemba limanena kuti angelo amene anagwa anali mazana aŵiri, ndipo makumi asanu ndi aŵiri ndi aŵiri a iwo anatchedwa ndi Solomo. Apa m"pamene makhadi a nyenyezi okhala ndi diamondi iliyonse amayambira."
  
  "Kodi Karsten ali ndi diso laku Sudan?" -Patrick anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, ndili ndi . Iyi ndi imodzi mwama diamondi awiri omwe amalonda anga adakwanitsa kupeza motsatana kuchokera kwa munthu wamba waku Hungary yemwe ali pafupi ndi bankirapuse, komanso kuchokera kwa wamasiye waku Italy yemwe akufuna kuyamba moyo watsopano kutali ndi achibale ake a mafia, mungaganizire? Ndili ndi manambala oyambira awiri mwa atatu. Wina, "Celeste," ali m'manja mwa Wizard.
  
  "Ndipo Karsten adazigulitsa?" Patrick anasisima, kuyesera kuti amvetsetse zonse.
  
  "Sam anachita izi pogwiritsa ntchito imelo ya Karsten," adatero Perdue. "Karsten sakudziwa kuti Wizard, Bambo Raya, akubwera kudzagula diamondi yake yapamwamba kwambiri kwa iye."
  
  "O, zili bwino!" Patrick anamwetulira, akuwomba m'manja. "Malinga ngati titha kupereka ma diamondi otsala kwa Master Penekal ndi Ofar, Raya sangabweretse zodabwitsa zina. Ndimapemphera kwa Mulungu kuti Nina ndi Sam athe kuzipeza."
  
  "Kodi tingakumane bwanji ndi Sam ndi Nina? Zida zanga zidatayika komweko mumasewera, "anafunsa Patrick.
  
  "Pano," adatero Perdue. "Ingoyang'anani ku dzina la Sam ndikuwona ngati ma satellite angatilumikizane."
  
  Patrick anachita zomwe Perdue anafunsa. Woyankhula wamng'onoyo adangodina mwachisawawa. Mwadzidzidzi mawu a Sam anangokomoka kwambiri pa wolankhulayo, "Kodi iwe unali kuti? Takhala tikuyesera kulumikizana kwa maola ambiri!
  
  "Sam," anatero Patrick, "tikuchokera ku Axum, tikuyenda opanda kanthu. Mukafika kumeneko, mungatitenge ngati tikutumizireni ma coordinates?"
  
  "Taonani, tili muzambiri pano," Sam adatero. "Ine," iye anausa moyo, "ndinakhala ngati... Nkhani yayitali."
  
  "Mulungu wanga!" Patrick anakuwa, akuponya manja ake m'mwamba.
  
  "Angofikira pano pabwalo la ndege la Dansha, monga ndidawakakamiza kutero, koma akutimanga. Pali asilikali paliponse, ndiye sindikuganiza kuti tingakuthandizeni," anadandaula motero Sam.
  
  Kumbuyo, Perdue ankamva phokoso la rotor ya helikopita komanso anthu akukuwa. Zinamveka ngati dera lankhondo kwa iye. "Sam, wapeza diamondi?"
  
  "Nina adawapeza, koma tsopano alandidwa," adatero Sam, akuwoneka womvetsa chisoni komanso wokwiya. "Mulimonsemo, yang'anani ma coordinates anu."
  
  Nkhope ya Perdue inasintha maganizo, monga momwe zimakhalira nthawi zonse pamene amayenera kupanga mapulani kuti atuluke muvuto. Patrick anapumira kwambiri. "Zatsopano kuchokera mu poto yokazinga."
  
  
  33
  Apocalypse pamwamba pa Salzkammergut
  
  
  M"mvula yamkuntho, minda yobiriwira ya Karsten inkaoneka mokongola kwambiri. Mu chinsalu chotuwa cha mvula, mitundu ya maluwayo inkawoneka ngati yowala kwambiri, ndipo mitengoyo inayima mochititsa chidwi m"kudzala kobiriŵira. Komabe, pazifukwa zina, kukongola konse kwachilengedwe sikunathe kukhala ndi kumverera kolemera kwa kutaya, chiwonongeko chomwe chinalendewera mumlengalenga.
  
  "Mulungu wanga, ndi paradaiso womvetsa chisoni chotani nanga amene mukukhalamo, Joseph," Liam Johnson anatero pamene anaimika galimoto yake pansi pa mthunzi wa mitengo ya birch ya siliva ndi mitengo yobiriŵira ya spruce paphiri la pamwamba pa malowo. "Monga atate wako, Satana."
  
  M'manja mwake anali ndi thumba lomwe linali ndi zirconia zingapo za cubic ndi mwala umodzi waukulu kwambiri, womwe wothandizira Perdue adapereka atapempha abwana ake. Motsogozedwa ndi Sam, Liam adayendera Reichtisousis masiku awiri m'mbuyomo kuti akatenge miyala kuchokera kugulu lachinsinsi la Purdue. Mayi wina wabwino makumi anayi ndi wina yemwe amayang'anira ndalama za Purdue anali okoma mtima kuti achenjeze Liam za kutha kwa diamondi zovomerezeka.
  
  "Iba izi ndikudulani mipira yanu ndi chodulira misomali, chabwino?" - adatero mayi wokongola wa ku Scottish kwa Liam, akupereka chikwama chomwe amayenera kuponyera ku nyumba ya Karsten. Chinali chikumbukiro chabwino kwambiri chifukwa amawonekeranso ngati woyimira - ngati ... Abiti Moneypenny akumana ndi American Mary.
  
  Atangolowa m"malo opezeka mosavuta, Liam anakumbukira kuti anaphunzira mosamala mapulani a nyumbayo kuti apeze njira yopita ku ofesi kumene Karsten ankachitira bizinesi yake yonse yachinsinsi. Kunja, amuna achitetezo apakati ankamveka akucheza ndi woyang'anira nyumbayo. Mkazi wa Karsten ndi ana ake aakazi anali atafika maola aŵiri m"mbuyomo, ndipo atatuwo anali atapumira m"zipinda zawo zogona kuti akagone.
  
  Liam adalowa m'chipinda chaching'ono kumapeto kwa phiko lakum'mawa la chipinda choyamba. Anangotenga loko ya ofesiyo mosavuta ndikupatsa gulu lake kazitape wina asanalowe.
  
  "Holy shit!" - Ananong'oneza, akulowera mkati, pafupifupi kuyiwala kuyang'ana makamera. Liam anamva m'mimba kugunda pamene adatseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake. "Nazi Disneyland!" - adatulutsa mpweya wake. "O Mulungu wanga, ndimadziwa kuti muli ndi chinachake, Carter, koma izi? Zoyipa izi ndi zina!
  
  Ofesi yonseyo inali yokongoletsedwa ndi zizindikiro za chipani cha Nazi, zojambula za Himmler ndi Göring ndi mabasi angapo a akuluakulu ena apamwamba a SS. Kuseri kwa mpando wake kunali chikwangwani chopachikidwa pakhoma. "Ayi! Order of the Black Sun, "Liam adatsimikizira, akukwawa pafupi ndi chizindikiro choyipa chokulungidwa ndi ulusi wakuda wa silika pansalu yofiira ya satin. Chomwe chinkamudetsa nkhawa kwambiri Liam ndi mavidiyo obwerezabwereza a mwambo wa mphoto za chipani cha Nazi mu 1944 omwe ankasewera nthawi zonse pazithunzi zowonetsera. Mosazindikira, chinasanduka chojambula china, chomwe chinasonyeza nkhope yonyansa ya Yvette Wolf, mwana wamkazi wa Karl Wolf, SS-Obergruppenführer. "Ndi iye," Liam anadandaula mwakachetechete, "Amayi."
  
  Chitani zinthu limodzi, mnyamata, liwu lamkati la Liam likulimbikitsidwa. Simukufuna kuthera mphindi yanu yomaliza mu dzenje limenelo, sichoncho?
  
  Kwa katswiri wodziwa kuchitapo kanthu mobisa komanso katswiri waukazitape waukadaulo ngati Liam Johnson, kusokoneza chitetezo cha Karsten kunali kusewera kwa ana. Muchitetezo, Liam adapeza chikalata china chokhala ndi chizindikiro cha Black Sun, chikumbutso chovomerezeka kwa mamembala onse kuti Lamuloli lidatsata Freemason waku Egypt Abdul Raya. Carsten ndi akuluakulu anzake anakonza zoti Rai atulutsidwe kumalo opulumukirako ku Turkey atafufuza atawadziwitsa za ntchito yake pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse.
  
  Msinkhu wake wokha, kuti adakali ndi moyo, anali mikhalidwe yosamvetsetseka yomwe inachititsa chidwi cha Black Sun. Kumbali ina ya chipindacho, Liam adayikanso chowunikira cha CCTV chokhala ndi mawu, ofanana ndi makamera a Karsten. Chosiyana chinali chakuti uyu adatumiza mauthenga ku gulu lachitetezo la a Joe Carter, komwe amatha kugwidwa mosavuta ndi Interpol ndi mabungwe ena aboma.
  
  Ntchito ya Liam inali ntchito yayikulu kuwulula mtsogoleri wa MI6 ndikuwulula chinsinsi chake chotetezedwa kwambiri pa kanema wawayilesi Perdue atamuyambitsa. Pamodzi ndi chidziwitso chomwe Sam Cleave adapeza chifukwa cha lipoti lake lapadera, mbiri ya Joe Carter inali pachiwopsezo chachikulu.
  
  "Ali kuti?" Mawu akupsya mtima a Karsten anamveka m'nyumbamo, kudabwitsa munthu wozembetsa MI6. Liam mwamsanga anaika chikwama cha diamondi chija m"chipinda chotetezerapo n"kuchitseka mwamsanga momwe akanathera.
  
  "Ndani, bwana?" - adafunsa wachitetezo.
  
  "Mkazi wanga! M-m-ana anga, ndinu zitsiru! - adakuwa, mawu ake akudutsa pazitseko za ofesi ndikulira mpaka masitepe. Liam amamva phokoso la intercom pafupi ndi kujambula kojambula pa polojekiti muofesi.
  
  "Herr Karsten, bambo wabwera kwa inu yemwe akufuna kukuwonani, bwana. Dzina lake ndi Abdul Raya?" - liwu lolengezedwa pama intercom onse mnyumbamo.
  
  "Chani?" Kulira kwa Karsten kunachokera pamwamba. Liam amangoseka ntchito yake yopambana yokonza. "Ndilibe nthawi yokumana naye! Ayenera kukhala ku Bruges, akuwononga!
  
  Liam analoŵa pakhomo la ofesi, kumvetsera zotsutsa za Karsten. Mwanjira imeneyi ankatha kufufuza malo amene munthu wachinyengoyo anali. Wothandizira MI6 adatuluka pawindo lachimbudzi chachiwiri kuti apewe madera akuluakulu omwe tsopano akukhudzidwa ndi oyang'anira chitetezo. Akuseka, anathamangira kutali ndi makoma owopsa a paradaiso wowopsayo mmene mkangano wowopsa unali pafupi kuchitika.
  
  "Kodi wapenga, Raya? Ndili ndi diamondi zogulitsa liti?" Karsten anakuwa, atayima pakhomo la ofesi yake.
  
  "Bambo Karsten, munandifunsa kuti ndigulitse mwala wa maso waku Sudan," anayankha Raya modekha, maso ake akuda akuthwanima.
  
  "Diso la ku Sudan? m'dzina la zonse zopatulika ukunena chiyani? Anatero Karsten. "Sitinakumasulireni izi, Raya! Tidakumasulani kuti mukwaniritse pempho lathu, kuti mugwetse dziko lapansi! Tsopano mwabwera kudzandivutitsa ndi zinthu zopanda pakezi?"
  
  Milomo ya Rai inapindika, ikuwulula mano onyansa pamene amayenda kupita ku nkhumba yonenepa ikuyankhula kwa iye. "Chenjerani kwambiri ndi amene mukuwatenga ngati galu, a Karsten. Ndikuganiza kuti inu ndi gulu lanu mwayiwala kuti ndine ndani!" Raya anali akuyaka ndi mkwiyo. "Ndine wanzeru wamkulu, mfiti yochititsa mliri wa dzombe ku North Africa mu 1943, chisomo chimene ndinapereka kwa magulu ankhondo a Nazi kulinga ku magulu ankhondo Ogwirizana okhala m"dziko louma losiyidwa ndi milungu limene anakhetsapo mwazi!"
  
  Karsten adatsamira pampando wake, akutuluka thukuta kwambiri. "Ine...ndilibe diamondi iliyonse, Bambo Raya, ndikulumbira!"
  
  "Tsimikizirani!" Raya anagwidwa. Ndiwonetseni zotetezedwa ndi zifuwa zanu. Ngati sindipeza kalikonse ndipo mwawononga nthawi yanga yamtengo wapatali, ndikutulutsani mukakhala ndi moyo."
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Karsten adakuwa, akuzandima kupita kumalo otetezeka. Kuyang'ana kwake kunagwera pa chithunzi cha amayi ake, akumuyang'ana mwachidwi. Anakumbukira mawu a Perdue onena za kuthawa kwake kopanda msana pamene adasiya mayi wachikulire pamene nyumba yake inagonjetsedwa kuti apulumutse Perdue. Pambuyo pake, pamene mbiri ya imfa yake inafika pa Lamuloli, mafunso anali atafunsidwa kale ponena za mmene zinthu zinalili kuyambira pamene Karsten anali naye usiku umenewo. Nanga wathawa bwanji koma sanatero? Black Sun inali bungwe loipa, koma mamembala awo onse anali amuna ndi akazi omwe ali ndi nzeru zamphamvu ndi njira zamphamvu.
  
  Pamene Karsten anatsegula malo ake otetezerapo ali pangozi, anaona masomphenya oipa. Ma diamondi angapo adawala kuchokera m'chikwama chosiyidwa mumdima wachitetezo cha khoma. "N"zosatheka," iye anatero. "Izi sizingatheke! Ameneyo si wanga!
  
  Raya anakankhira pambali chitsiru chonjenjemeracho ndikusonkhanitsa diamondi m'manja mwake. Kenako anatembenukira kwa Karsten ndi tsinya loziziritsa. Nkhope yake yofowoka ndi tsitsi lakuda zinamupatsa mawonekedwe apadera amtundu wina wa imfa, mwina Wokololayo. Karsten anaitana apolisi ake, koma palibe amene anayankha.
  
  
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  Mapaundi zana apamwamba
  
  
  Pamene a Chinook adafika pabwalo la ndege losiyidwa kunja kwa Dunshae, ma jeep atatu ankhondo adayimitsidwa kutsogolo kwa ndege ya Hercules yomwe Perdue adachita lendi kuti ayende ku Ethiopia.
  
  "Tamaliza," Nina anang"ung"udza, atagwirabe mwendo wa woyendetsa wovulalayo ndi manja ake amagazi. Thanzi lake silinali pachiwopsezo chilichonse pomwe Sam amalunjika ku ntchafu yakunja, kumusiya wopanda chilichonse choyipa kuposa chilonda chaching'ono. Khomo lakumbali linatsegulidwa ndipo nzika zinatulutsidwa asilikali asanabwere kudzatenga Nina. Sam anali atalanditsidwa kale zida ndikuponyedwa pampando wakumbuyo wa imodzi mwa jeep.
  
  Analanda matumba awiri omwe ananyamula Sam ndi Nina ndikuwamanga unyolo.
  
  "Mukuganiza kuti mutha kubwera kudziko langa kudzaba?" - Captain adakuwa kwa iwo. "Mukuganiza kuti mutha kugwiritsa ntchito ndege yathu ngati taxi yanu? Ayi?"
  
  Tamverani, zikhala zomvetsa chisoni ngati sitifika ku Egypt posachedwa! Sam anayesa kufotokoza, koma izi zidamupangitsa kuti amukhomerere m'matumbo.
  
  "Chonde mvetserani!" - Nina anapempha. "Tiyenera kupita ku Cairo kuti tiletse kusefukira kwamadzi ndi kuzimitsa magetsi dziko lonse lapansi lisanagwe!"
  
  "Bwanji osayimitsa zivomezi nthawi imodzi, huh?" Woyendetsa ndegeyo anamunyoza, akufinya nsagwada za Nina zachisomo ndi dzanja lake lolimba.
  
  "Captain Ifili, chotsani manja anu kwa mkaziyu!" - liwu lachimuna lidalamula, zomwe zidapangitsa kapitawo kuti amvere nthawi yomweyo. "Musiye apite. Nayenso mwamuna."
  
  "Ndi ulemu wonse, mbuyanga," anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo, osachoka pambali pa Nina, "anabera nyumba ya amonke, ndiyeno munthu wosayamika ameneyu," anafuula motero, kumukankha Sam, "anakhala ndi nyonga yakubera helikopita yathu yopulumutsira."
  
  "Ndikudziwa bwino zomwe adachita, kaputeni, koma ngati simuwapereka pompano, ndikuweruza chifukwa chosamvera. Mwina ndapuma pantchito, koma ineyo ndidakali wopereka ndalama zambiri ku gulu lankhondo la Aitiopiya," bamboyo anabangula motero.
  
  "Inde, bwana," mkuluyo anayankha napempha anthuwo kuti amasule Sam ndi Nina. Pamene adachoka pambali, Nina sanakhulupirire kuti mpulumutsi wake anali ndani. "Akolose. Inde?
  
  Otsatira ake, anthu anayi onse, anali kumudikirira pafupi naye. "Woyendetsa ndege wanu anandidziŵitsa za chifuno cha ulendo wanu ku Tana Kirkos, Dr. Gould," Yimenu anauza Nina. "Ndipo popeza ndili ndi ngongole yanu, ndilibe chochitira koma kukutsegulirani njira yopita ku Cairo. Ndidzakusiyirani amuna anga awiri ndi chilolezo chachitetezo kuchokera ku Ethiopia kudzera ku Eritrea ndi Sudan mpaka ku Igupto."
  
  Nina ndi Sam anayang'anana modzaza ndi chisokonezo komanso kusakhulupirirana. "Am, zikomo, Mtsamunda," anatero mosamalitsa. "Koma ndikufunseni kuti mukutithandiza bwanji? Si chinsinsi kuti iwe ndi ine tinayenda molakwika."
  
  "Ngakhale kuti mumaweruza moyipa za chikhalidwe changa, Dr. Gould, komanso kuzunza kwanu koyipa, munapulumutsa moyo wa mwana wanga. Chifukwa cha izi, sindingathe kukumasulani ku mlandu uliwonse womwe ndingakhale nawo motsutsana nanu, "Akol. Yimenu adapereka.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, tsopano ndikumva ngati wopanda pake," anadandaula motero.
  
  "Ndine wachisoni?" anafunsa.
  
  Nina anamwetulira ndikutambasulira dzanja lake kwa iye. "Ndinati, ndikufuna ndikupepeseni chifukwa cha malingaliro anga komanso mawu anga ovuta."
  
  "Wapulumutsa wina?" -Sam adafunsa, akuchirabe m'mimba.
  
  Akolo. Yimenu adayang'ana mtolankhaniyo, ndikumulola kuti atulutse mawu ake. "Anapulumutsa mwana wanga kuti asamire pamene nyumba ya amonke inasefukira. Ambiri adamwalira usiku watha, ndipo Cantu wanga akanakhala nawo ngati Dr. Gould sanamutulutse m'madzi. Anandiitana pamene ndinatsala pang"ono kugwirizana ndi Bambo Perdue ndi ena m"phirimo kukachitira umboni kubwerera kwa Bokosi Lopatulika, akulitcha kuti mngelo wa Solomo. Anandiuza dzina lake komanso kuti adaba chigaza. Ndinganene kuti uwu si mlandu woyenerera chilango cha imfa."
  
  Sam anayang'ana Nina pa chowonera cha kamera yake yaying'ono ya kanema ndikusisita. Zikanakhala bwino palibe amene angadziwe zomwe chigazacho chili. Posakhalitsa, Sam anapita ndi mmodzi wa amuna a Yimenu kukatenga Perdue ndi Patrick kumene Land Rover yawo yomwe anawabera inatha dizilo. Anatha kuyendetsa galimoto yoposa theka asanayime, moti sipanatenge nthawi kuti galimoto ya Sam iwapeze.
  
  
  Patapita masiku atatu
  
  
  Ndi chilolezo cha Yimenu, gululo posakhalitsa linafika ku Cairo, kumene banja la Hercules pomalizira pake linatera pafupi ndi yunivesite. "Mngelo wa Solomoni?" Sam adaseka. "Bwanji, pempherani ndikuuzeni?"
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Nina anamwetulira pamene ankalowa m"makoma akale a Malo Opatulika a Dragon Watcher.
  
  "Mwaona nkhani?" - Perdue anafunsa. "Anapeza nyumba yaikulu ya Karsten itasiyidwa, kupatulapo zizindikiro za moto umene unasiya mwaye pamakoma. Analembedwa mwalamulo kuti akusowa pamodzi ndi banja lake. "
  
  "Ndipo ife...iye...anayika diamondi izi muchitetezo?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Ndapita," Perdue anayankha. "Mwina Wizard adawatenga osazindikira kuti ndi zabodza, kapena Black Sun idawatenga atabwera kudzawalanda wachinyengo kuti ayankhe kuti amayi ake adamusiya."
  
  "Kaya Mfitiyo adamusiya m'njira yotani," Nina adadandaula motero. "Munamva zomwe adachita kwa Madame Chantal, wothandizira komanso womusamalira usiku womwewo. Mulungu akudziwa zimene akufuna kwa Karsten."
  
  "Chilichonse chomwe chimachitika kwa nkhumba ya Nazi, ndimasangalala nazo ndipo sindikumva chisoni ngakhale pang'ono," adatero Perdue. Anakwera masitepe omalizira, akumamvabe zowawa za ulendo wawo.
  
  Pambuyo paulendo wotopetsa wobwerera ku Cairo, Patrick adaloledwa ku chipatala chakumaloko kuti akhazikitse bondo lake ndikutsalira ku hotelo pomwe Perdue, Sam ndi Nina adakwera masitepe kupita kumalo owonera komwe Masters Penekal ndi Ofar anali kuyembekezera.
  
  "Takulandirani!" Ofar anayimba, akupinda manja ake. "Ndamva kuti mwina muli ndi uthenga wabwino kwa ife?"
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira, apo ayi pofika mawa tidzakhala tili pansi pa chipululu ndi nyanja yomwe ili pamwamba pathu," kung'ung'udza konyozeka kwa Penekal kudachokera pamalo okwera pomwe amayang'ana pa telescope.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati anyamata inu munapulumuka nkhondo ina yapadziko lonse," adatero Ofar. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti simunavulale kwambiri."
  
  "Adzasiya zipsera, Master Ofar," Nina anatero, "koma tidakali ndi moyo ndipo tidakali bwino."
  
  Malo onse owonera zinthu anali okongoletsedwa ndi mamapu akale, zomata zoluka ndi zida zakale zakuthambo. Nina adakhala pa sofa pafupi ndi Ofar, ndikutsegula chikwama chake, ndipo kuwala kwachilengedwe kwa thambo lachikasu masana kunakongoletsa chipinda chonsecho, ndikupanga mawonekedwe amatsenga. Atasonyeza miyalayo, akatswiri a zakuthambo aŵiriwo anavomereza mwamsanga.
  
  "Izi ndi zenizeni. Ma diamondi a Mfumu Solomo," Penekal anamwetulira. "Zikomo kwambiri nonse chifukwa cha thandizo lanu."
  
  Ofar adayang'ana Perdue. "Koma sanalonjezedwe kwa Prof. Inu?"
  
  "Kodi mungatenge mwayi uwu ndikuwasiya ali nawo limodzi ndi miyambo yomwe amadziwa?" Perdue adafunsa Ofar.
  
  "Ayi, koma ndimaganiza kuti ndi ntchito yanu," adatero Ofar.
  
  "Prof. Imru apeza kuti a Joseph Karsten adatibera pomwe amafuna kutipha pa Phiri la Yeha, ndiye kuti sitingathe kuwabweza, tamvetsetsa? Perdue anafotokoza mosangalala kwambiri.
  
  "Ndiye titha kuzisunga muno m'mabwalo athu kuti tilepheretse alchemy ina iliyonse yoyipa?" - Anafunsa Ofar.
  
  "Inde, bwana," Perdue adatsimikizira. "Ndidagula ma diamondi awiri mwa atatuwa pogulitsa zachinsinsi ku Europe, ndipo malinga ndi mgwirizano, monga mukudziwa, zomwe ndidagula zimakhala zanga."
  
  "Chabwino," adatero Penekal. "Ndilibwino muwasunge. Mwanjira imeneyo, ziwerengero zazikuluzikulu zidzalekanitsidwa ndi ..." iye mwamsanga anayesa diamondi, "... diamondi zina makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri za Mfumu Solomo.
  
  "Ndiye Wizard wagwiritsa ntchito khumi mwaiwo kuyambitsa mliri mpaka pano?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Inde," Ofar adatsimikiza. Pogwiritsa ntchito nambala imodzi, 'Celeste.' Koma iwo amasulidwa kale, kotero iye sangakhoze kuvulazanso mpaka atapeza iwo ndi ma primes awiri a Mr. Perdue. "
  
  "Chiwonetsero chabwino," Sam adatero. "Ndipo tsopano alchemist wanu awononga miliri?"
  
  "Osati kukonzanso, koma kuletsa kuwonongeka komwe kulipo, pokhapokha Wizard atawayika manja pamaso pa alchemist athu asinthe kapangidwe kawo kuti akhale opanda mphamvu," Penekal anayankha.
  
  Ofar ankafuna kusintha mutu wowawa. "Ndinamva kuti mwapanga poyera & # 233; Kulephera kwa ziphuphu za MI6, a Cleave.
  
  "Inde, idzaulutsidwa Lolemba," Sam anatero monyadira. "Ndinayenera kusintha ndikuzifotokozanso m'masiku awiri ndikudwala bala la mpeni."
  
  "Ntchito yabwino," Penekal anamwetulira. "Makamaka pankhani zankhondo, dziko siliyenera kusiyidwa mumdima ... titero." Anayang'ana Cairo, alibe mphamvu. "Koma tsopano popeza mutu womwe wasowa wa MI6 uwonetsedwa pawailesi yakanema yapadziko lonse lapansi, ndani angalowe m'malo mwake?"
  
  Sam adaseka, "Zikuwoneka ngati Wothandizira Wapadera Patrick Smith akufuna kukwezedwa chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwake pobweretsa chilungamo kwa Joe Carter. Ndipo werengera. Yimenu adathandiziranso ntchito zake zabwino pamaso pa kamera. "
  
  "Izi nzabwino," Ofar anasangalala. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti alchemist wathu afulumira," adausa moyo, kuganiza. "Ndimamva chisoni akachedwa."
  
  Penekal anati: "Nthawi zonse umakhumudwa anthu akachedwa, bwenzi langa lakale. "Iwe ukudandaula kwambiri. Kumbukirani, moyo ndi wosadziŵika."
  
  "Izi ndi za amene sanakonzekere," kunamveka mawu aukali kuchokera pamwamba pa masitepewo. Onse anatembenuka, akumva kuti mpweya ukuzizira ndi kusafuna.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - Perdue adafuula.
  
  "Awa ndi ndani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Uyu ... uyu ... wanzeru!" Adayankha choncho Ofar uku akunjenjemera ndikugwira pachifuwa. Penekal anaima kutsogolo kwa bwenzi lake pamene Sam anaima kutsogolo kwa Nina. Perdue anaima pamaso pa aliyense.
  
  "Kodi ukhala mdani wanga, munthu wamtali?" - Adafunsa mwaulemu Amatsenga.
  
  "Inde," Perdue anayankha.
  
  "Perdue, ukuganiza kuti ukuchita chiyani?" Nina adafuwula mwamantha.
  
  "Osachita izi," adatero Sam Perdue, ndikuyika dzanja lolimba paphewa lake. "Simungakhale wofera chikhulupiriro chifukwa cholakwa. Anthu amakonda kukuchitirani zoyipa, kumbukirani. Timasankha!"
  
  "Ndalephera kudekha ndipo maphunziro anga achedwetsedwa chifukwa nkhumba ija idaluza kawiri ku Austria," Raya anadandaula motero. "Tsopano perekani miyala ya Solomoni, apo ayi ndikuphani inu nonse amoyo."
  
  Nina anagwira diamondi kumbuyo kwake, osadziwa kuti cholengedwa chachilendo chinali ndi luso lawo. Ndi mphamvu yodabwitsa, adaponyera Perdue ndi Sam pambali ndikufika kwa Nina.
  
  "Ine ndidzathyola fupa lirilonse la m"thupi lako laling"ono, Yezebeli," iye anabuma, akutulutsa mano oipawo pankhope ya Nina. Iye sanathe kudziteteza pamene manja ake anagwira mwamphamvu diamondizo.
  
  Ndi mphamvu yowopsya, iye anagwira Nina ndi kumutembenuzira kwa iye. Anakanikizira msana wake pamimba pake, ndipo iye anamukokera pafupi naye kuti amasule manja ake.
  
  "Ine! Osampatsa iye!" -Sam adakuwa, akunyamuka. Perdue anali kukwawira pa iwo kuchokera mbali ina. Nina analira mwamantha, thupi lake likugwedezeka pa kukumbatira koopsa kwa Mage pamene chikhadabo chake chinali kufinya bere lake lakumanzere mopweteka.
  
  Kulira kwachilendo kunamuthawa, kukulirakulira momvetsa chisoni kwambiri. Ofar ndi Penekal adabwerera, ndipo Perdue adasiya kukwawa kuti adziwe zomwe zikuchitika. Nina sanathe kuthaŵa kwa iye, koma kumgwira kwake kunamasuka mwamsanga ndipo kulira kwake kunakulirakulira.
  
  Sam adachita nkhonya mozunguzika, osadziwa chomwe chikuchitika. "Ine! Nina, chikuchitika ndi chiyani?"
  
  Anangopukusa mutu ndi kunena ndi milomo yake, "Sindikudziwa."
  
  Apa ndipamene Penekal adalimba mtima kuyenda kuti adziwe chomwe chikuchitika ndi Wizard yemwe akukuwa. Maso ake anatutumuka ataona milomo yamtali, yopyapyala itagawanika pamodzi ndi zikope zake. Dzanja lake linagona pachifuwa cha Nina, likutulutsa khungu ngati kuti akudabwa ndi mphamvu yamagetsi. Fungo la nyama yoyaka moto linadzaza m"chipindamo.
  
  Ofar anafuula ndi kuloza pachifuwa cha Nina: "Ichi ndi chizindikiro pakhungu lake!"
  
  "Chani?" Penekal anafunsa akuyang'anitsitsa. Anaona zimene mnzakeyo ankakamba ndipo nkhope yake inawala. "Dokotala Mark Gould awononga Sage! Taonani! Taonani," iye anamwetulira, "ichi ndi Chisindikizo cha Solomo!"
  
  "Chani?" - Ndidafunsa. - Perdue anafunsa, atatambasula manja ake kwa Nina.
  
  "Chisindikizo cha Solomoni!" Penekal anabwereza. "Msampha wa ziwanda, chida cholimbana ndi ziwanda chimene Mulungu anapatsa Solomo.
  
  Potsirizira pake, katswiri wa alchemist watsokayo anagwada pansi, kufa ndi kufota. Mtembo wake unagwera pansi, ndikusiya Nina osavulazidwa. Amuna onse anazimitsidwa kwa kamphindi ali chete modabwa.
  
  "Mapaundi zana abwino koposa omwe ndinawonongapo," Nina anatero ndi mawu osadabwitsa, akusisita tattoo yake, masekondi angapo asanakomoke.
  
  Sam anadandaula kuti: "Nthawi yabwino kwambiri yomwe sindinajambulepo.
  
  Onse atangoyamba kuchira ku misala yodabwitsa yomwe anali atangoona kumene, katswiri wa alchemist wosankhidwa ndi Penekal adakwera masitepe mwaulesi. M"mawu opanda chidwi, analengeza kuti: "Pepani, ndachedwa. Kukonzanso kwa Talinki's Fish & Chips kunandipangitsa kuti ndichedwe kudya chakudya chamadzulo. Koma tsopano mimba yanga yadzaza ndipo ndakonzeka kupulumutsa dziko lapansi. "
  
  
  ***TSIRIZA***
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Preston W. Mwana
  Mipukutu ya Atlantis
  
  
  Mawu Oyamba
  
  
  
  Serapeum, kachisi - 391 AD. e.
  
  
  Mphepo yamkuntho yoopsa inawuka kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Mediterranean, ikuthetsa bata lomwe linkalamulira mzinda wamtendere wa Alexandria. Pakati pa usiku, nyali zokha zamafuta ndi kuwala kwa moto zinkawoneka m'misewu ngati anthu asanu ovala ngati amonke ankayenda mofulumira kudutsa mumzindawu. Ali pa zenera lalitali lamiyala, mnyamata wina amene anali atatsala pang"ono kukwanitsa zaka 20 ankawayang"ana akuyenda, osalankhula monga mmene amonke ankadziwira. Anawakokera mayi ake kwa iye ndikuwalozera.
  
  Anamwetulira n"kumutsimikizira kuti akupita ku misa yapakati pausiku pa imodzi mwa matchalitchi a mumzindawo. Maso aakulu abulauni a mnyamatayo ankayang"ana tizidontho ting"onoting"ono tating"ono ting"onoting"ono tating"ono m"munsi mwake mwachidwi, kutsata mithunzi yake ndi maso ake pamene tinthu takuda tating"ono tinkatalikitsidwa nthaŵi iriyonse pamene akuwotcha moto. Makamaka, ankatha kuona bwinobwino munthu wina amene akubisa chinachake pansi pa zovala zake, chinthu chofunika kwambiri, chimene sankatha kuchizindikira.
  
  Unali usiku wodekha wa m"chilimwe, kunali anthu ambiri kunjaku ndipo magetsi ofunda amaonetsa chisangalalo. Pamwamba pawo, nyenyezi zinali kunyezimira m"mwamba mopanda kanthu, pamene pansi pake, zombo zazikulu zamalonda zinkakwera ngati zimphona zopuma pa mafunde akumakwera ndi kutsika a nyanja yomwe inkawuma. Nthawi ndi nthawi kuseka kapena kung'anima kwa mtsuko wa vinyo wosweka kunkasokoneza mkhalidwe wa nkhawa, koma mwanayo adazolowera. Mphepoyo inkawomba tsitsi lake lakuda kwinaku akutsamira pawindo kuti awone bwino gulu losamvetsetseka la amuna oyera mtima omwe amawakonda kwambiri.
  
  Atafika pamphambano ina, adawawona akuthawa mwadzidzidzi, ngakhale ali ndi liwiro lomwelo, kulowera mbali zosiyanasiyana. Mnyamatayo anakwinya nkhope, akumadabwa ngati aliyense amapita ku miyambo yosiyanasiyana m"madera osiyanasiyana a mzindawo. Mayi ake ankacheza ndi alendo ake n"kumuuza kuti akagone. Atakopedwa ndi kuyenda kwachilendo kwa amuna oyera mtima, mnyamatayo anavala mkanjo wake wa iye yekha nadutsa banja lake ndi alendo awo kulowa m"chipinda chachikulu. Akuyenda wopanda nsapato pamasitepe akuluakulu amiyala amene anali pakhoma kuti akafike kunsi kwa msewu.
  
  Iye anatsimikiza mtima kutsatira mmodzi wa anthuwa kuti awone chomwe chinali mapangidwe odabwitsawa. Amonke ankadziwika kuti amayenda m"magulu n"kumapita ku misa limodzi. Ndi mtima wodzazidwa ndi chidwi chosadziwika bwino ndi ludzu losayenerera la ulendo, mnyamatayo anatsatira mmodzi wa amonke. Munthu wovala mikanjoyo anadutsa kutchalitchi kumene mnyamatayo ndi banja lake ankalambira monga Akhristu. Modabwitsa, mnyamatayo anaona kuti njira imene amonke anali kuyendamo inali kupita ku kachisi wachikunja, Kachisi wa Serapis. Manthawo analasa mtima wake ngati mkondo poganiza zopondaponda pa malo olambirira achikunja, koma chidwi chake chinangowonjezereka. Anayenera kudziwa chifukwa chake.
  
  Kudutsa m"lifupi lonse la kanjira kacheteko, kachisi wamkuluyo anaonekera poyera. Chidakali chotentha pazidendene za monk wakuba, mnyamatayo analondola mthunzi wake mwakhama, akumayembekezera kukhala pafupi ndi munthu wa Mulungu panthaŵi ngati imeneyi. Mtima wake unagunda kwambiri chifukwa cha mantha a kachisiyo, pamene anamva makolo ake akulankhula za Akristu ofera chikhulupiriro amene anasungidwa kumeneko ndi akunja kuti aloŵetse papa ndi mfumu kupikisana kwawo. Mnyamatayo anakhala m"nthaŵi ya chipwirikiti chachikulu, pamene kusintha kwachikunja kupita ku Chikristu kunali kuonekera m"kontinenti yonseyo. Ku Alexandria kutembenuka kudakhala kwamagazi ndipo amawopa kukhala pafupi kwambiri ndi chizindikiro champhamvu chotere, kwawo kwa mulungu wachikunja Serapis.
  
  Anatha kuona amonke ena aŵiri m"mphepete mwa misewu, koma iwo anali kungoyang"ana. Anatsatira munthu wovala miinjiroyo kulowa m"bwalo lathyathyathya, lalikulu lalikulu la nyumbayo, pafupifupi osam"penya. Mnyamatayo sanali wothamanga ngati monki, koma mumdima amatha kutsata mapazi ake. Kutsogolo kwake kunali bwalo lalikulu, ndipo pambali pake panali chinyumba chachitali chokwera pamwamba pa nsanamira zazikulu, zimene zinkaimira ulemerero wonse wa kachisi. Mnyamatayo atasiya kudabwa, anazindikira kuti watsala yekhayekha ndipo wasowa poyera munthu woyera amene anamubweretsa kuno.
  
  Komabe, motsogozedwa ndi kuletsa kosangalatsa komwe adakumana nako, ndi chisangalalo chomwe oletsedwa okha angapereke, adatsalira. Mawuwo anabwera pafupi, kumene achikunja awiri, mmodzi wa iwo anali wansembe wa Serapis, akupita ku nyumba ya mizati yaikulu. Mnyamatayo anayandikira ndi kuyamba kuwamvetsera.
  
  "Sindingavomereze chinyengo ichi, Salodius! Sindingalole kuti chipembedzo chatsopanochi chipeze ulemerero wa makolo athu, milungu yathu!" - munthu wooneka ngati wansembe ananong'oneza mwamawu. M"manja mwake iye ananyamula mipukutu ya mipukutu, pamene mnzakeyo ananyamula m"manja mwake chifaniziro cha golidi cha munthu watheka, mtundu wa theka. Anagwira mulu wa gumbwa m"dzanja lake pamene iwo akuyenda kulowera ku khomo lakumanja kwa bwalo. Malinga ndi zomwe anamva, izi zinali zipinda za munthu, Salodius.
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti ndichita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti nditeteze zinsinsi zathu, Chisomo chanu. Ukudziwa kuti ndipereka moyo wanga," adatero Salodius.
  
  "Ndiopa kuti lumbiro limeneli posachedwapa lidzayesedwa ndi khamu lachikristu, bwenzi langa. Adzayesa kuwononga chotsalira chilichonse cha moyo wathu m"chipulumutso chawo champatuko odzibisa ngati opembedza," wansembeyo anaseka mowawidwa mtima. "Ndi chifukwa cha ichi sindidzatembenukira ku chikhulupiriro chawo. Ndi chinyengo chotani chimene chingakhale chachikulu kuposa chiwembu pamene inu mumadzipanga kukhala mulungu wa anthu, pamene inu mukuti mumatumikira mulungu wa anthu?"
  
  Nkhani zonsezi za Akristu odzinenera kukhala ndi mphamvu pansi pa mbendera ya Wamphamvuyonse zinam"khazika mtima pansi kwambiri mnyamatayo, koma anayenera kugwira lilime lake kuopa kupezedwa ndi anthu oipa oterowo amene anayerekeza kuchita mwano pa nthaka ya mzinda wake waukulu. Panja pa malo a Salodius munali mitengo iwiri ya ndege pomwe mnyamatayo anasankha kukhala pansi anthuwo akulowa. Chitseko cham"katicho chinaunikira chitseko, koma chitsekocho chinali chitatsekedwa, sanathe kuona zimene ankachita.
  
  Chifukwa cha chidwi chake pazochitika zawo, adaganiza zolowera mkati kuti adziwonere yekha chifukwa chake amuna awiriwa adangokhala chete, ngati kuti ndi mizukwa yotsalira ya zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu. Koma pamene anabisala, mnyamatayo anamva phokoso laling'ono ndipo anazimitsidwa pamalo ake kuti asadziwike. Anadabwa kuona monkeyo ndi amuna ena awiri ovala mikanjo akudutsa mothamanga n"kukalowa m"chipindamo. Patangopita mphindi zochepa, mnyamata wodabwa uja anawayang"ana akutuluka magazi atangoti mbwee pansalu yabulauni yomwe anavala kubisa mayunifolomu awo.
  
  Iwo si amonke! Uyu ndi Papa Mlonda wa Papa wa Coptic Papa Theophilus!Anafuula m'maganizo, zomwe zidapangitsa mtima wake kugunda mwachangu ndi mantha komanso mantha. Poopa kusuntha, anadikira mpaka atapita kuti akapeze anthu achikunja ambiri. Anathamangira kuchipinda chabata pamiyendo yopindika, akuyenda mogwada kuti atsimikizire kupezeka kwake kosazindikirika pamalo owopsa awa, oyeretsedwa ndi achikunja. Analowa m"chipindamo mosadziŵika ndipo anatseka chitseko kuti amve ngati pali munthu amene walowa.
  
  Mnyamatayo anakuwa mopanda dala ataona anthu awiri akufa, mawu omwe adatulutsa nzeru mphindi zingapo zapitazo adakhala chete.
  
  Kotero ndi zoona. Alonda achikristu ali okhetsa mwazi mofanana ndi ampatuko amene chikhulupiriro chawo chimawatsutsa, mnyamatayo anaganiza motero. Vumbulutso lomvetsa chisonili linamuswa mtima. Wansembeyo analondola. Papa Theophilus ndi atumiki ake a Mulungu amachita izi kokha chifukwa cha mphamvu pa anthu, osati kukweza atate wawo. Kodi izo sizikuwapanga kukhala oipa monga achikunja?
  
  Pa msinkhu wake, mnyamatayo sanathe kuvomereza nkhanza za anthu amene ankati amatumikira chiphunzitso cha chikondi. Ananjenjemera ndi mantha ataona kung'ambika kwawo ndipo anatsamwitsidwa ndi fungo lomwe linamukumbutsa za nkhosa imene bambo ake anapha, fungo lotentha la mkuwa lomwe maganizo ake anamukakamiza kuvomereza kuti ndi munthu.
  
  Mulungu wachikondi ndi wokhululukira? Kodi umu ndi mmene Papa ndi mpingo wake amakondera anthu anzawo komanso kukhululukira anthu ochimwa? Kenako anakumbukira gumbwa limene ananyamula n"kuyamba kusanthula chilichonse mwakachetechete.
  
  Kunja, pabwalo, mnyamatayo anamva phokoso lowonjezereka, ngati kuti anthu omwe amawatsatira asiya chinsinsi chawo. Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi anamva munthu akukuwa mopweteka kwambiri, ndipo nthaŵi zambiri kunkatsatizana ndi kumenyana kwachitsulo pazitsulo. Panali chinachake chikuchitika mumzinda wake usiku umenewo. Iye ankadziwa izo. Iye anaumva m"kamphepo kamphepo kanyanja kamene kanamiza zombo zamalonda zimene zinkawomba, zomwe zinali umboni wochititsa mantha woti usiku uno sunali ngati wina.
  
  Mokwiya, anatsegula zitseko za pachifuwa ndi zitseko za kabati, ndipo sanapeze zikalata zimene anaona Salodius akubweretsa kunyumba kwake. Pomalizira pake, m"kati mwa phokoso lomakula la nkhondo yoopsa yachipembedzo m"kachisi, mnyamatayo anagwada ndi kutopa. Pafupi ndi anthu achikunja amene anamwalira, iye analira momvetsa chisoni chifukwa cha kugwedezeka mtima chifukwa cha choonadi ndi kuperekedwa kwa chikhulupiriro chake.
  
  "Sindikufunanso kukhala Mkristu!" - anafuula, osaopa kuti amupeza tsopano. "Ndidzakhala wachikunja ndipo ndidzateteza njira zakale! Ndikana chikhulupiriro changa ndikuchiika m"njira ya anthu oyambirira a dziko lino!" - adalira. "Ndipange kukhala mtetezi wako, Serapis!"
  
  Kulira kwa zida ndi kukuwa kwa anthu amene ankaphedwawo kunali kokulirapo moti kukuwa kwake kukanatanthauzidwa ngati phokoso lina la anthu ophedwa. Kukuwa kwaukali kunamuchenjeza kuti chinthu china chowononga kwambiri chachitika, ndipo anathamangira pawindo kuti akaone mizati ya m"chigawo cha kachisi wamkulu pamwamba pake ikuwonongedwa imodzi ndi imodzi. Koma chiwopsezo chenicheni chinachokera m"nyumba imene iye anakhalamo. Kutentha koopsa kunakhudza nkhope yake pamene ankayang'ana pawindo. Malaŵi amoto aatali ngati mitengo yayitali ananyambita nyumbazo pamene ziboliboli zinagwa ndi zisonkhezero zamphamvu zomwe zinkamveka ngati kuponda kwa zimphona.
  
  Mnyamatayu ali ndi mantha komanso akulira, anayang'ana njira yotulukira mwadzidzidzi, koma pamene ankadumpha mtembo wa Salodius womwe unali wopanda moyo, mwendo wake unagwidwa m'manja mwa munthuyo ndipo anagwa pansi kwambiri. Atachira ku nkhonyayo, mnyamatayo anaona gulu pansi pa chipinda chimene ankasakasaka. Linali matabwa obisika pansi pa konkire. Movutikira kwambiri, anakankhira pambali kabati yamatabwa ndi kunyamula chivindikirocho. M"kati mwake anapeza mulu wa mipukutu yakale ndi mamapu amene anali kufunafuna.
  
  Anayang"ana munthu wakufayo, yemwe ankakhulupirira kuti anam"lozera njira yoyenera, m"lingaliro lenileni ndi lauzimu. "Zikomo kwa inu, Salodius. Imfa yako sikhala pachabe," anamwetulira, atagwira mipukutuyo pachifuwa chake. Pogwiritsa ntchito thupi lake laling'ono monga chuma chake, iye anadutsa mu imodzi mwa mipope yamadzi yomwe inali pansi pa kachisi ngati mtsinje wamphepo ndipo anapulumuka osadziŵika.
  
  
  Mutu 1
  
  
  Bern anayang"ana thambo lalikulu la buluu lomwe linali pamwamba pake lomwe linkaoneka kuti likuyenda mpaka kalekale, lothyoledwa ndi mzere wotuwa wabulauni kumene chigwa chathyathyathya chinali chizindikiro cha m"chizimezimezi. Ndudu yake inali chizindikiro chokha chosonyeza kuti mphepo ikuwomba, ikuwomba utsi wake woyera wonyezimira chakum"mawa pamene maso ake abuluu achitsulo akupeta mozungulira. Anatopa, koma sanayerekeze kusonyeza. Zopusa zoterozo zikananyozetsa ulamuliro wake. Monga m'modzi mwa akapitawo atatu mumsasawo, adayenera kusunga kuzizira kwake, nkhanza zosatha komanso kuthekera kopanda umunthu kuti asagone.
  
  Amuna onga Bern okha ndi omwe angapangitse mdani kunjenjemera ndikusunga dzina la gulu lake lamoyo m'manong'onong'o a anthu am'deralo komanso mamvekedwe abata a omwe ali kutali ndi nyanja . Tsitsi lake linali lalifupi, kumutu kwake kumawonekera pansi pa ziputu zakuda zotuwa, osawombedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Ndi milomo yokhotakhota, ndudu yake yokulungidwa inaphulika pang'ono pang'onopang'ono asanameze poizoni wake wosaoneka bwino ndi kuponyera matako pamwamba pa njanji ya khonde. Pansi pa mpanda umene anaimapo, dontho laling"ono la mapazi mazana angapo linatsikira m"munsi mwa phirilo.
  
  Anali malo abwino kwa alendo obwera, olandiridwa ndi zina. Bern analowetsa zala zake m"ndevu zake zakuda ndi zotuwa, kuzisisita kangapo kufikira zitakhala zaudongo ndi zopanda phulusa lililonse. Sanafune yunifolomu-palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anafunikira-koma chilango chawo chokhwima chinasonyeza mmene anakulira ndi maphunziro awo. Anthu ake anali ophunzitsidwa bwino kwambiri ndipo aliyense adaphunzitsidwa ungwiro m'magawo osiyanasiyana, umembala wawo udadalira kudziwa pang'ono za chilichonse ndikukhazikika kwambiri. Chenicheni chakuti iwo ankakhala mobisa ndi kusunga kusala kudya kotheratu sikunatanthauze mwanjira iriyonse kuti iwo anali ndi makhalidwe abwino kapena chiyero cha amonke.
  
  M"chenicheni, anthu a ku Bern anali gulu la zigawenga zolimba za mafuko osiyanasiyana amene ankakonda chilichonse chimene anthu ankhanza ambiri ankachita, koma anaphunzira kugwiritsa ntchito zosangalatsa zawo. Pamene mwamuna aliyense ankagwira ntchito yake ndi ntchito zonse mwachangu, Bern ndi anzake aŵiri analola kuti gulu lawo likhale agalu amene iwo anali.
  
  Zimenezi zinawaphimba bwino kwambiri, n"kumaoneka ngati anyama okhaokha amene ankatsatira malamulo a asilikali ndi kunyozera chilichonse chimene chikanatha kuwoloka pakhomo la mpanda wawo popanda chifukwa chomveka kapena kukhala ndi ndalama kapena thupi. Komabe, mwamuna aliyense pansi pa ulamuliro wa Bern anali waluso kwambiri ndi wophunzira. Akatswiri a mbiri yakale, owombera mfuti, akatswiri azachipatala, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ndi akatswiri a zinenero ankayenda phewa ndi phewa ndi opha anthu, masamu ndi maloya.
  
  Byrne anali ndi zaka 44 ndipo anali ndi mbiri yakale yomwe anthu achifwamba padziko lonse ankakonda kwambiri.
  
  Yemwe kale anali membala wa Berlin unit ya otchedwa New Spetsnaz (Secret GRU), Bern adadutsa masewera angapo otopetsa amalingaliro, opanda chifundo monga momwe amaphunzitsira thupi, m'zaka zomwe Mjeremani adatumikira m'gulu lankhondo lapadera la Russia. Pokhala pansi pa mapiko ake, pang'onopang'ono adatsogoleredwa ndi mkulu wake wapafupi ku mishoni zachinsinsi za dongosolo lachinsinsi la Germany. Bern atakhala wothandizira kwambiri pagulu lachinsinsi la olemekezeka a ku Germany ndi ma tycoons adziko lonse okhala ndi malingaliro oyipa, pamapeto pake adapatsidwa mwayi wolowera, pomwe adamupatsa umembala wachisanu ngati atapambana.
  
  Pamene zinaonekeratu kuti ayenera kuba mwana wakhanda wa membala wa bungwe la Britain ndi kupha mwanayo ngati makolo ake sanatsatire malamulo a bungwe, Bern anazindikira kuti anali kutumikira gulu la magazi amphamvu ndi onyansa ndipo anakana. Komabe, atabwerera kunyumba kuti apeze mkazi wake atagwiriridwa ndi kuphedwa ndipo mwana wake akusowa, adalumbira kugonjetsa Order of the Black Sun mwa njira iliyonse yoyenera. Iye anali ndi ulamuliro wabwino kuti mamembala amagwira ntchito pansi pa mabungwe osiyanasiyana a boma, ndi kuti matenti awo anafika kutali kundende za Kum'maŵa kwa Ulaya ndi ku Hollywood studio, mpaka kumabanki achifumu ndi nyumba ku United Arab Emirates ndi Singapore.
  
  Kwenikweni, Bern posakhalitsa anawazindikira kukhala mdierekezi, mthunzi; zinthu zonse zomwe zinali zosaoneka koma zopezeka paliponse.
  
  Atatsogolera kupanduka kwa ogwira ntchito amalingaliro ofanana ndi mamembala achiwiri omwe ali ndi mphamvu zawozawo, Bern ndi anzake adasiya dongosololi ndipo adaganiza zopanga cholinga chawo chokha chofuna kuwononga aliyense ndi membala wa khonsolo yayikulu ya Black Sun. .
  
  Momwemo kudabadwa gulu la Renegade Brigade, zigawenga zomwe zidayambitsa chitsutso chopambana kwambiri chomwe Order of the Black Sun idakumanapo nacho, mdani yekhayo wowopsa wokwanira kupereka chenjezo mkati mwa Order.
  
  Tsopano Chigawenga Brigade anapanga kukhalapo kwawo kudziwika pa mwayi uliwonse kukumbutsa Black Dzuwa kuti anali ndi mdani wochititsa mantha woyenerera, ngakhale kuti si wamphamvu mu dziko la umisiri zambiri ndi zachuma monga Chaputala, koma apamwamba mu luso tactical. Zotsirizirazo zinali maluso amene akanatha kuzula ndi kuwononga maboma, ngakhale popanda thandizo la chuma chambiri ndi chuma.
  
  Bern anayenda pansi pa khwalala lokhala ngati denga lapansi pansi pazipinda ziŵiri zapansi pa zipinda zazikulu zokhalamo, akumadutsa pazipata ziŵiri zazitali, zakuda, zachitsulo zimene zinali kulandira awo otsutsidwa ku mimba ya chilombo, kumene ana a Black Sun anaphedwa ndi tsankho. . Ndipo zikhale momwemo, anali kugwira ntchito pa chidutswa cha zana, chomwe adanena kuti sakudziwa kalikonse. Burn nthawi zonse ankasangalatsidwa ndi momwe kusonyeza kukhulupirika kwawo sikunawapindulire kalikonse, komabe iwo ankawoneka kuti ali ndi udindo wodzipereka okha chifukwa cha bungwe lomwe linkawakakamiza ndipo linatsimikizira mobwerezabwereza kuti linakana zoyesayesa zawo. kupatsidwa. Zachiyani?
  
  Ngati zili choncho, kuwerenga maganizo kwa akapolo amenewa kunatsimikizira kuti mphamvu ina yosaoneka ya zolinga zoipa inatha kusandutsa zikwi mazanamazana a anthu abwino abwino kukhala unyinji wa asilikali ovala yunifolomu ogubira chipani cha Nazi. Chinachake chokhudza "Black Sun" chinkagwira ntchito mwanzeru zomwezo zochititsa mantha zomwe zinachititsa anthu olemekezeka pansi pa lamulo la Hitler kuti awotche makanda amoyo ndikuwona ana akupuma mpweya wa gasi kwinaku akulirira amayi awo. Nthawi iliyonse pamene adawononga imodzi mwa izo, adamasuka; osati kwambiri chifukwa cha mpumulo kuchokera pamaso pa mdani wina, koma chifukwa iye sanali monga iwo.
  
  
  Mutu 2
  
  
  Nina anatsamwitsidwa pa hodgepodge yake. Sam sadachitire mwina koma kuseka zomwe adachita mwadzidzidzi komanso mawu odabwitsa omwe adalankhula, ndipo adamuweruza ndikunyezimira komwe kudamubwezeretsa mwachangu.
  
  "Pepani, Nina," iye anatero, akuyesa kubisa chisangalalo chake koma sizinaphule kanthu, "koma anangokuuzani kuti msuziwo watentha, ndipo mungopita kukathiramo supuni. Munkaganiza kuti chichitika n"chiyani?"
  
  Lilime la Nina linali lochita dzanzi chifukwa cha supu yotentha yomwe analawa posachedwa, koma amalumbirabe.
  
  "Kodi ndikukumbutseni kuti ndili ndi njala yotani?" iye anaseka.
  
  "Inde, nthawi zina khumi ndi zinayi," adatero ndi unyamata wake wokwiyitsa, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti atsekebe supuni mu nkhonya yake pansi pa babu yochititsa khungu kukhitchini ya Katya Strenkova. Inanunkhiza nkhungu ndi nsalu zakale, koma pazifukwa zina Nina anaiona kukhala yabwino kwambiri, ngati kuti inali nyumba yake ya moyo wina. Tizilombo tokha, tikulimbikitsidwa ndi chilimwe cha ku Russia, zomwe zidamuvutitsa m'malo ake otonthoza, koma apo ayi adasangalala ndi kuchereza alendo komanso kuchita bwino kwa mabanja aku Russia.
  
  Patadutsa masiku awiri kuchokera pamene Nina, Sam ndi Alexander adawoloka dzikoli ndi sitima ndipo potsirizira pake anafika ku Novosibirsk, kumene Alexander anawapatsa onse kukwera galimoto yobwereka yomwe siinali yoyenera pamsewu, yomwe inawatengera ku famu ya Strenkov pamtsinje wa Argut , kumpoto kwa mzindawu. malire pakati pa Mongolia ndi Russia.
  
  Popeza Perdue adasiya kampani yawo ku Belgium, Sam ndi Nina tsopano anali ndi chifundo cha zochitika ndi kukhulupirika kwa Alexander, ndi odalirika kwambiri mwa anthu onse osadalirika omwe adakumana nawo posachedwapa. Usiku Perdue adasowa ndi Renata wogwidwa wa Order of the Black Sun, Nina adapatsa Sam chakudya chake cha nanite, chofanana ndi chomwe Perdue adamupatsa, kuti awachotsere maso onse a Black Sun. Momwe amayembekezera, izi zinali zowulula momwe angakhalire, poganizira kuti adasankha zokonda za Sam Cleave pa chuma cha Dave Perdue. Pochoka adamutsimikizira kuti ali kutali ndikupereka zomwe adanena pamtima pake, ngakhale kuti sizinali zake. Koma izi zinali njira za wosewera mamilionea, ndipo adayenera kumupatsa mbiri - anali wankhanza m'chikondi chake monga momwe adayendera.
  
  Tsopano adagona ku Russia pomwe amakonzekera ulendo wawo wotsatira kuti akapeze mwayi wopita kumalo opulumukira komwe adani a Black Sun adagwira linga lawo. Izi zikanakhala ntchito yoopsa komanso yotopetsa, chifukwa analibenso lipenga lawo - tsogolo la Renata la Black Sun linachotsedwa. Komabe, Alexander, Sam ndi Nina adadziwa kuti fuko la opanduka ndilo pothawirapo pothawirako ku dongosolo lankhanza lofuna kuwapeza ndi kuwapha.
  
  Ngakhale atakwanitsa kutsimikizira mtsogoleri wa zigawengazo kuti iwo sanali azondi a Renata Order, sanadziwe zomwe gulu la Renegade Brigade linkafuna kuti atsimikizire. Limenelo mwa ilo palokha linali lingaliro lowopsa koposa.
  
  Anthu amene ankalondera mpanda wawo ku Mönkh Saridag, nsonga yapamwamba kwambiri ya mapiri a Sayan, sanali ochita nthabwala. Mbiri yawo inali yodziwika bwino kwa Sam ndi Nina, monga momwe anaphunzirira pamene anali m"ndende ku likulu la Black Sun ku Bruges pasanathe milungu iŵiri m"mbuyomo. Zomwe zinali zatsopano m'malingaliro awo zinali momwe Renata adzatumiza Sam kapena Nina pa ntchito yowopsa kuti alowetse gulu la Renegade Brigade ndikuba Longinus yemwe amasirira, chida chomwe sichinawululidwe zambiri. Mpaka lero, sanadziwebe ngati zomwe Longinus amatchedwa kuti ntchito ya Longinus inali ntchito yovomerezeka kapena njira yongofuna kukhutiritsa chilakolako choyipa cha Renata chotumiza omwe adawachita nawo masewera amphaka ndi mbewa kuti imfa yawo ikhale yosangalatsa komanso yosangalatsa kwambiri. zosangalatsa zake.
  
  Alexander adapita yekha pa kampeni yowunikiranso kuti awone ngati chitetezo cha Renegade Brigade chinapereka m'gawo lawo. Ndi chidziwitso chake chaukadaulo komanso maphunziro opulumuka, sanafanane ndi zigawenga zomwe amakonda, koma iye ndi anzake awiri sakanatha kukhala pafamu ya Katya mpaka kalekale. M"kupita kwa nthaŵi, anafunikira kulankhula ndi gulu la zigaŵenga, apo ayi sakanatha kubwerera ku moyo wawo wamba.
  
  Anawatsimikizira Nina ndi Sam kuti zikhala bwino atapita yekha. Ngati mwanjira ina Dongosolo likadawatsata atatuwo, sakadayang'ana dzanja la mlimi yekhayekha m'galimoto yopunduka ya LDV (galimoto yopepuka) m'zigwa za Mongolia kapena m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa ku Russia. Kuphatikiza apo, adadziwa dziko lakwawo ngati kumbuyo kwa dzanja lake, zomwe zidathandizira kuyenda mwachangu komanso kuwongolera bwino chilankhulocho. Ngati mmodzi wa ogwira nawo ntchito atafunsidwa ndi akuluakulu a boma, kusowa kwawo kwa chinenero kungalepheretse kwambiri dongosololo pokhapokha atagwidwa kapena kuwomberedwa.
  
  Anayendetsa galimoto m"kanjira kakang"ono kopanda miyala komwe kankadutsa m"mphepete mwa mapiri omwe ankasonyeza malire ake n"kumalengeza mwakachetechete kukongola kwa dziko la Mongolia. Galimoto yaing'onoyo inali chinthu chakale chowala chabuluu chomwe chinkagwedezeka ndi kuyenda kulikonse kwa magudumu, kuchititsa kuti kolona pagalasi lakumbuyo kugwedezeka ngati pendulum yoyera. Chifukwa chakuti unali ulendo wokondedwa Katya, Alexander anapirira phokoso losautsa la mikanda pa bolodi mu kanyumba chete, mwinamwake akanang'amba zotsalirazo pagalasi ndikuziponya pawindo. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, derali linaiwalika ndithu. Sipakanakhala kuthawa kwa izi mu rosary.
  
  Tsitsi lake linagwedezeka ndi mphepo yozizira yomwe inkawomba pawindo lotseguka, ndipo khungu lapamphumi pake linayamba kuyaka chifukwa cha kuzizira. Analumbirira chigwiriro chong"ambika chomwe sichikanatha kunyamula galasilo kuti limutonthoze chifukwa cha mpweya wozizira wa chipululu chimene ankadutsamo. Mkati mwake, liwu laling'ono linamudzudzula chifukwa chosayamika chifukwa chokhalabe ndi moyo pambuyo pa zochitika zomvetsa chisoni ku Belgium kumene Axelle wake wokondedwa anaphedwa ndipo anapulumuka mwapang'onopang'ono zomwezo.
  
  Patsogolo ankatha kuona positi malire, kumene, mwamwayi, mwamuna Katya ntchito. Alesandro anayang"ana mwamsanga pa rozari imene inalembedwa pa dashibodi ya galimoto yogwedezeka, ndipo anadziŵa kuti iwonso anam"kumbutsa za dalitso losangalatsa limeneli.
  
  "Inde! Inde! Ndikudziwa. "Ndikudziwa, dala," adalumphira, akuyang'ana chinthu chogwedezekacho.
  
  Mtsinje wamalirewo unali chabe kanyumba kena kakang'ono ka ramshack, kozunguliridwa ndi mawaya akale amingango mopambanitsa komanso amuna oyendayenda okhala ndi mfuti zazitali akungodikirira kuti achitepo kanthu. Ankangoyendayenda uku ndi uku, ena akuyatsira ndudu zawo, ena akufunsa mlendo wodabwitsa yemwe ankafuna kudutsa.
  
  Alexander adawona pakati pawo Sergei Strenkov, yemwe adajambulidwa ndi mayi wina wa ku Australia yemwe adaumirira kuti aphunzire kunena kuti "fuck you" mu Russian. Sergei anali munthu wachipembedzo kwambiri , monganso mphaka wake wakuthengo Katya, koma analolera mayiyo ndi kumphunzitsa kunena kuti "Tikuoneni Mariya" m"malo mwake, kum"khutiritsa kuti ameneŵa ndiwo mawu enieni amene anapempha. Alexander anayenera kuseka ndikugwedeza mutu pamene ankamvetsera zokambiranazo pamene ankayembekezera kulankhula ndi mlonda.
  
  "O, Dima! Nditenga uyu!" Sergei anafuula kwa mnzake.
  
  "Alexander, ukadabwera usiku," adalankhula pansi, akunamizira kufunsa zikalata za mnzake. Alexander anam"patsa zikalata zake n"kuyankha kuti: "Ndikachita zimenezo, koma ukamaliza zimenezo, ndipo sindikhulupirira wina aliyense koma iweyo kuti udziwe zimene ndichite kutsidya lina la mpanda uwu, ukudziwa?"
  
  Sergei anagwedeza mutu. Anali ndi masharubu okhuthala komanso nsidze zakuda, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti aziwoneka wowopsa kwambiri atavala yunifolomu yake. Onse Sibiryak, Sergei, ndi Katya anali mabwenzi paubwana wa Alexander wopenga ndipo anakhala usiku wambiri m'ndende chifukwa cha maganizo ake osasamala. Ngakhale apo, mnyamata wowonda, wonyezimira anali chiwopsezo kwa aliyense amene ankafuna kukhala ndi moyo wadongosolo ndi wotetezeka, ndipo achinyamata awiriwo anazindikira mwamsanga kuti Alexander adzawalowetsa m"vuto lalikulu ngati akanapitiriza kuvomereza kuti agwirizane naye pa zoletsedwa zake, zochitika za gay.
  
  Koma atatuwo anakhalabe mabwenzi ngakhale Alexander atachoka kukatumikira ku Gulf War monga woyendetsa panyanja mu umodzi wa mayunitsi British. Zaka zake monga scout ndi katswiri wopulumuka zidamuthandiza kukwera mwachangu mpaka adakhala kontrakitala wodziyimira pawokha yemwe adalandira ulemu wa mabungwe onse omwe adamulemba ntchito. Panthawiyi, Katya ndi Sergei anali kupita patsogolo m'miyoyo yawo yamaphunziro, koma kusowa kwa ndalama ndi chipwirikiti cha ndale ku Moscow ndi Minsk, motero, kunawakakamiza onse awiri kubwerera ku Siberia, komwe adakumananso, pafupifupi zaka khumi atachoka kumadera ofunika kwambiri. zinthu zomwe sizinachitikepo.
  
  Katya anatengera famu ya agogo ake pamene makolo ake anaphedwa ndi kuphulika kwa fakitale ya zida zankhondo komwe ankagwira ntchito pamene anali wophunzira wa sayansi ya kompyuta wa chaka chachiwiri pa yunivesite ya Moscow, ndipo anayenera kubwerera kukatenga famuyo asanagulitsidwe. boma. Sergei anagwirizana naye, ndipo awiri a iwo anakhazikika kumeneko. Zaka ziŵiri pambuyo pake, pamene Alexander Wosasunthika anaitanidwa ku ukwati wawo, atatuwo anadziŵananso, akusimba zokumana nazo zawo pa mabotolo angapo a kuwala kwa mwezi kufikira anakumbukira masiku akuthengowo ngati kuti anakhalako.
  
  Katya ndi Sergei anapeza moyo wakumidzi kukhala wosangalatsa ndipo m"kupita kwa nthaŵi anakhala nzika zopita ku tchalitchi, pamene bwenzi lawo lopanda pake linasankha moyo wangozi ndi kusintha kosalekeza kwa malo. Tsopano iye anapempha thandizo lawo kum"bisa iye ndi mabwenzi ake aŵiri Achiskoti mpaka atathetsa zinthu, akumasiya, ndithudi, ukulu wa ngozi imene iye, Sam ndi Nina analimodi. Wokoma mtima komanso wokondwa nthawi zonse kukhala ndi gulu labwino, a Strenkov adayitana abwenzi atatu kuti azikhala nawo kwakanthawi.
  
  Tsopano inali nthawi yoti achite zomwe adadzera, ndipo Alexander adalonjeza mabwenzi ake aubwana kuti posachedwa iye ndi anzake achoka pachiwopsezo.
  
  "Pitani pa chipata chakumanzere; iwo ali uko akugwa. Loko ndiyabodza, Alex. Ingokoka unyolo ndipo muwona. Kenako pita ku nyumba ya kumtsinje, kumeneko-" iye sanaloze kanthu kwenikweni, "pafupifupi makilomita asanu. Pali chonyamulira, Costa. Mpatseni chakumwa china kapena chirichonse chimene inu muli nacho mu botolo limenelo. Ndiwosavuta kupereka ziphuphu," Sergei anaseka, "ndipo adzakutengerani kumene muyenera kupita."
  
  Sergei analowetsa dzanja lake m'thumba mwake.
  
  "O, ndawona," Alexander adaseka, akuchititsa manyazi mnzake ndi manyazi athanzi komanso kuseka kopusa.
  
  "Ayi, ndiwe chitsiru. Pano," Sergei adapatsa Alexander rosary yosweka.
  
  "O, Yesu, osati wina wa iwo," Alexander anabuula motero. Anawona kuyang'ana kolimba komwe Sergei anamupatsa chifukwa cha mwano wake ndipo anakweza dzanja lake mopepesa.
  
  "Uyu ndi wosiyana ndi wa pagalasi. Taonani, perekani izi kwa mmodzi wa alonda a pa msasa ndipo adzakutengerani kwa mmodzi wa akapitawo, chabwino?" Sergei anafotokoza.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani rosary yosweka?" Alexander anafunsa akuwoneka odabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Ichi ndi chizindikiro champatuko. Gulu la zigawenga likugwiritsa ntchito izi podziwikitsa wina ndi mnzake," mnzakeyo adayankha mosalabadira.
  
  "Imani, muli bwanji-?"
  
  "Ayi bwenzi langa. Inenso ndinali msilikali, mukudziwa? "Sindine chitsiru," Sergei adanong'oneza.
  
  "Sindimatanthawuza, koma gehena wadziwa bwanji yemwe timafuna kuti tiwone?" - Alexander anafunsa. Iye ankadzifunsa ngati Sergei anali chabe mwendo wina wa Black Sun kangaude ndipo ngati akanatha kudaliridwa. Kenako anaganiza za Sam ndi Nina, mosakayikira, ali m"nyumba yodyeramo.
  
  "Tamverani, mumabwera kunyumba kwanga ndi alendo awiri omwe alibe chilichonse: opanda ndalama, opanda zovala, opanda zikalata zabodza ... Komanso, iwo ali ndi inu. Ndipo simumacheza ndi anthu otetezeka. Tsopano pitirizani. Ndipo yesani kubwerera ku famuyo pakati pausiku pakati pausiku," adatero Sergei. Anagunda padenga la mulu wa zinyalala za ma wheelie ndikuimbira mluzu mlonda wa pachipata.
  
  Alexander anagwedeza mutu m"chiyamikiro, akuika rozari yake pachifuwa chake pamene galimotoyo inkadutsa pachipata.
  
  
  Mutu 3
  
  
  Magalasi a Perdue adawonetsa dera lamagetsi lomwe lili patsogolo pake, ndikuwunikira mdima womwe adakhalamo. Kunali bata, wakufa usiku kudera lake la dziko. Anaphonya Reichtishusis, adaphonya Edinburgh ndi masiku osasamala omwe adakhala m'nyumba yake yayikulu, kudabwitsa alendo ndi makasitomala ndi zomwe adapanga komanso wanzeru kwambiri. Chisamalirocho chinali chosalakwa, chopanda pake chifukwa cha mwayi wake wodziwika kale komanso wochititsa manyazi, koma adachiphonya. Kalelo, asanalowe mu zoyipa zakuya ndi mavumbulutso a Deep Sea One komanso kusankha koyipa kwa mabizinesi m'chipululu cha Parashant, moyo udali ulendo wosangalatsa wopitilira komanso chinyengo chachikondi.
  
  Tsopano chuma chake sichinachirikize moyo wake, ndipo kudera nkhaŵa za chitetezo cha ena kunali pa mapewa ake. Ngakhale atayesetsa bwanji, anapeza kuti kugwirizanitsa zinthu zonse kunali kosatheka. Nina, wokondedwa wake, yemwe adatayika posachedwa yemwe anali kumukonda, anali kwinakwake ku Asia ndi mwamuna yemwe ankaganiza kuti amamukonda. Sam, mdani wake wa chikondi cha Nina ndipo (tisakanize) wopambana waposachedwa wa mpikisano wofanana, analipo nthawi zonse kuti athandize Perdue muzochita zake - ngakhale pamene zinali zosayenera.
  
  Chitetezo chake chinali pachiwopsezo, mosasamala kanthu za chitetezo chake, makamaka popeza adasiya kwakanthawi kutsogolera Black Sun. Khonsolo yomwe imayang'anira utsogoleri wa dongosololi mwina imamuyang'ana ndipo pazifukwa zina inali kusunga magawo ake panthawiyo, ndipo izi zidapangitsa Perdue kukhala wamantha kwambiri - ndipo sanali munthu wamanjenje. Chomwe adatha kuchita ndikukhala pansi mpaka adapanga plan yoti agwirizane ndi Nina ndikupita naye kumalo otetezeka mpaka pomwe adaganiza zochita ngati bungweli lichitapo kanthu.
  
  Mutu wake unkagunda chifukwa cha kutuluka kwa magazi m'mphuno kwa mphindi zingapo zapitazo, koma tsopano sakanatha. Panali zambiri zomwe zinali pachiwopsezo.
  
  Mobwerezabwereza, Dave Perdue ankangoyang'ana chipangizocho pazithunzi zake za holographic, koma panali chinachake cholakwika chomwe sankatha kuchiwona. Kukhazikika kwake sikunali kokulirapo monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse, ngakhale anali atangodzuka kumene kuchokera ku tulo tomwe tidagona mosadukiza. Mutu unamupweteka kale atadzuka, koma sizinali zodabwitsa chifukwa anali atamwa pafupifupi botolo lonse la Johnnie Walker wofiira atakhala kutsogolo kwamoto yekha.
  
  "Chifukwa cha kumwamba!" Perdue anafuula mwakachetechete, kuti asadzutse aliyense wa anansi ake, ndipo anawombera nkhonya zake patebulo. Zinali zachilendo kwa iye kutaya kuzizira, makamaka chifukwa cha ntchito yaying'ono ngati dera losavuta lamagetsi, zomwe amakonda zomwe adazidziwa kale ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zinayi. Mkhalidwe wake wachisoni ndi kusaleza mtima zinali chotulukapo cha masiku angapo apitawo, ndipo iye anadziŵa kuti anayenera kuvomereza kuti kusiya Nina ndi Sam kunali kumfikira pambuyo pake.
  
  Kaŵirikaŵiri ndalama zake ndi chithumwa zikanatha kuthyola nyama iliyonse mosavuta, ndipo pamwamba pake, anali ndi Nina kwa zaka zopitirira ziŵiri, ndipo komabe iye anazitenga mopepuka ndi kuzimiririka pa radar popanda kuvutitsa kumdziŵitsa kuti anali wamoyo. Anali atazolowera khalidweli, ndipo anthu ambiri amavomereza kuti ndi mbali ya khalidwe lake, koma tsopano anadziwa kuti ichi chinali vuto loyamba lalikulu pa ubale wawo. Maonekedwewo amangomukwiyitsa kwambiri, makamaka chifukwa adadziwa kuti adamusunga mwadala mumdima, ndiyeno, mowopsa kwambiri, adamukokera mumkangano wake wowopseza kwambiri ndi "Black Sun" yamphamvu mpaka pano.
  
  Perdue anavula magalasi ake ndi kuwaika pa kampando kakang'ono ka bala pafupi ndi iye. Atatseka maso ake kwakanthawi, adatsina mlatho wa mphuno yake ndi chala chake chachikulu ndi chala chake ndikuyesa kuchotsa malingaliro ake osokonezeka ndikubwezeretsa ubongo wake kuukadaulo. Usiku unali wodekha, koma mphepoyo inapangitsa mitengo yakufayo kutsamira pawindo ndi kukanda ngati mphaka akufuna kulowa mkati. Chinachake chinali kubisalira usiku kunja kwa kanyumba kakang'ono komwe Perdue ankakhala kosatha mpaka atakonzekera kusuntha kwake.
  
  Zinali zovuta kusiyanitsa pakati pa kugunda kosalekeza kwa nthambi zamitengo zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi mkuntho ndi kugwedezeka ndi makiyi apamwamba kapena kudina kwa spark plug pawindo lazenera. Perdue anaima kuti amvetsere. Kaŵirikaŵiri sanali munthu wachidziŵitso nkomwe, koma tsopano, pomvera chibadwa chake chachibadwa, anayang"anizana ndi mkwiyo waukulu.
  
  Amadziwa bwino kuposa kusuzumira, motero adagwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwa zida zake, zomwe sizinayesedwe, asanathawe m'nyumba yake yayikulu ku Edinburgh mumdima. Unali mtundu wa magalasi aukazitape, opangidwanso ndi zolinga zosiyanasiyana kuposa kungochotsa patali kuti afufuze zochita za omwe samadziwa kalikonse. Inali ndi mawonekedwe a infrared okhala ndi kuwala kofiira kwa laser komwe kumafanana ndi mfuti ya gulu lankhondo, komabe laser iyi imatha kudutsa pamalo ambiri mkati mwa mayadi zana. Pogwiritsa ntchito kusinthana pansi pa chala chachikulu, Perdue amatha kuyika telescope kuti atenge zizindikiro za kutentha, kotero kuti sakanatha kuona makoma, amatha kuzindikira kutentha kwa thupi la munthu pamene akuyenda kunja kwa makoma ake amatabwa.
  
  Mwachangu anakwera masitepe asanu ndi anayi a masitepe otakataka opita kunsanjika yachiwiri ya kanyumba kaja n"kulunjika m"mphepete mwa kanyumbako komwe ankatha kusuzumira pakampata kakang"ono komwe kanalumikizana ndi denga la udzu. Ataika diso lake lakumanja pa disololo, anayang"ana malowo mwamsanga kunja kwa nyumbayo, akusuntha pang"onopang"ono kuchoka pa ngodya kupita ku ngodya.
  
  Magwero okhawo a kutentha omwe anatha kuzindikira anali injini ya jeep yake. Kupatula apo, panalibe chiwopsezo chilichonse chanthawi yomweyo. Atadabwa, anakhala pamenepo kwa kamphindi, akusinkhasinkha za mphamvu yake yachisanu ndi chimodzi imene anaipeza. Iye sanalakwitse konse pa zinthu izi. Makamaka pambuyo pokumana ndi adani ake, waphunzira kuzindikira zoopsa zomwe zikubwera.
  
  Pamene Perdue adakwera pansi kupita ku chipinda choyamba cha kanyumbako, adatseka chitseko chomwe chinapita ku chipinda pamwamba pake ndikudumphira masitepe atatu otsiriza. Anatera mwamphamvu pa mapazi ake. Atayang'ana m'mwamba, panali munthu atakhala pampando wake. Nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti anali ndani ndipo mtima wake unaima. Kodi iye anachokera kuti?
  
  Maso ake akulu abuluu amawoneka ngati osawoneka bwino pakuwala kwa hologram yokongola, koma adayang'ana pa chithunzicho. Ena onse anazimiririka mumithunzi.
  
  "Sindinaganizepo kuti ndidzakuonanso," iye anatero, osakhoza kubisa kudabwa kwake kochokera pansi pamtima.
  
  "Zoona, sunachite zimenezo, Davide. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mumalakalaka zomwezo m'malo modalira kuopsa kwake, "adatero. Liwu lodziwika bwino lija linkawoneka lachilendo m'makutu a Perdue pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi.
  
  Anayandikira pafupi ndi iye, koma mithunzi inapambana ndikubisala kwa iye. Kuyang'ana kwake kunatsika ndikutsata mizere ya zojambula zake.
  
  "Cyclic quadrilateral yanu ndi yosakhazikika pano, mumadziwa?" - adanena ngati palibe chomwe chidachitika. Maso ake ankangoyang'ana pa kulakwitsa kwa Perdue ndipo adadziletsa yekha ngakhale kuti anali ndi mafunso ambiri pa nkhani zina, monga kupezeka kwake kumeneko mpaka atabwera kudzakonza zolakwika zomwe adaziwona.
  
  Zinali chabe Agatha Perdue.
  
  Khalidwe la Agatha, katswiri wokhala ndi umunthu wotengeka zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mapasa ake aziwoneka wamba, anali kukoma komwe adapeza. Ngati wina samadziwa kuti ali ndi IQ yodabwitsa, akhoza kulakwitsa kukhala wamisala mwanjira ina. Mosiyana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru kwa mchimwene wake mwaulemu, Agatha anali atatsala pang'ono kupatsidwa chiphaso pomwe adayang'ana kwambiri vuto lomwe likufunika kuthetsedwa.
  
  Ndipo apa mapasawo anali osiyana kwambiri. Perdue anagwiritsa ntchito bwino luso lake la sayansi ndi luso lamakono kuti apeze chuma ndi mbiri ya mafumu akale pakati pa anzake ophunzira. Koma Agatha sanali wopemphapempha poyerekeza ndi mchimwene wake. Chifukwa cha kuyankhula kwake kosawoneka bwino, mpaka adasandulika kukhala wodabwitsa ndi kuyang'anitsitsa, amuna amangomupeza kukhala wachilendo komanso wochititsa mantha. Kudzidalira kwake kunali kozikidwa pa kuwongolera zolakwa zomwe adazipeza movutikira m'ntchito za ena, ndipo izi ndi zomwe zidasokoneza kwambiri kuthekera kwake nthawi zonse akamayesa kuchita nawo mpikisano wafizikiki kapena sayansi.
  
  Pamapeto pake, Agatha anakhala woyang'anira mabuku, koma osati woyang'anira mabuku, woiwalika pakati pa nsanja za mabuku ndi kuwala kwa madzulo kwa zipinda zakale. Adawonetsadi kukhudzika kwina, kuyesetsa kukhala chinthu choposa momwe psychology yake imanenera. Agatha anali ndi ntchito yapambali ngati mlangizi wamakasitomala osiyanasiyana olemera, makamaka omwe amaika ndalama m'mabuku a arcane ndi zinthu zamatsenga zosapeŵeka zomwe zimadza ndi zolemba zakale zamabuku akale.
  
  Kwa anthu onga iwo, chotsiriziracho chinali chachilendo, chopanda phindu chabe mumpikisano wa esoteric pissing. Palibe aliyense wa makasitomala ake amene anasonyeza kuyamikira kwenikweni kwa Dziko Lakale kapena alembi omwe analemba zochitika zomwe maso atsopano sakanatha kuziwona. Zinamupangitsa misala, koma sanathe kukana mphotho ya anthu asanu ndi limodzi mwachisawawa. Izi zikadakhala zopusa, zilibe kanthu kuti adadzipereka bwanji kuti asungebe mbiri yakale ya mabuku ndi malo omwe adawatsogolera momasuka.
  
  Dave Perdue adayang'ana vuto lomwe mlongo wake wokhumudwitsayo adanena.
  
  Kodi ndaphonya bwanji izi? Nanga n"cifukwa ciani anafunika kukhala pano kuti azindionetsa? anaganiza, akukhazikitsa paradigm, kuyesa mwachinsinsi momwe amachitira ndi njira iliyonse yomwe adapanga pa hologram. Maonekedwe ake anali opanda kanthu ndipo maso ake anali osasunthika pamene amamaliza kuzungulira. Ichi chinali chizindikiro chabwino. Ngati ausa moyo, kugwedeza mutu, kapena ngakhale kuphethira, mwamunayo angadziwe kuti akutsutsa zimene anali kuchita-m"mawu ena, kungatanthauze kuti mkaziyo akanam"samalira mwaulemu m"njira yakeyake.
  
  "Wodala?" adalimba mtima kufunsa akungoyembekezera kuti apezanso cholakwika koma adangogwedeza mutu. Maso ake adatseguka ngati munthu wamba, ndipo Perdue adamva kumasuka.
  
  "Ndiye, ndichifukwa chiyani ndikuwukira uku?" Adafunsa choncho akupita kukatenga botolo lina la mowa mchikwama chake chapaulendo.
  
  "O, mwaulemu monga mwanthawi zonse," iye anausa moyo. "Ndikukutsimikizirani, David, kulowerera kwanga kuli koyenera."
  
  Adadzithira kapu ya kachasu ndikumupatsa botolo lija.
  
  "Inde zikomo. "Nditenga," adayankha ndikuwerama, kubweretsa zikhato zake pamodzi ndikuzilowetsa pakati pa ntchafu zake. "Ndikufuna thandizo lako ndi china chake."
  
  Mawu ake anamveka m"makutu mwake ngati magalasi. Pakuphulika kwa motowo, Perdue adatembenukira kuyang'anizana ndi mlongo wake, ashen imvi ndi kusakhulupirira.
  
  "O, bwerani, ndi melodrama," adatero mosaleza mtima. "Kodi ndizosamvetsetseka kuti ndingafune thandizo lanu?"
  
  "Ayi, ayi," Perdue adayankha, ndikumutsanulira kapu yamadzi ovuta. "N'zosamvetsetseka kuti umafuna kufunsa."
  
  
  Mutu 4
  
  
  Sam anabisira Nina zokumbukira zake. Sanafune kuti mkaziyo adziwe za iye yekha, ngakhale kuti sanadziwe chifukwa chake. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti ankadziwa pafupifupi chilichonse chokhudza imfa yowopsya ya bwenzi lake m'manja mwa bungwe la zida zapadziko lonse lapansi lotsogozedwa ndi bwenzi lapamtima la mwamuna wakale wa Nina. Nthawi zambiri m'mbuyomu, Nina adadandaula za kulumikizana kwake ndi munthu wopanda chifundo yemwe adayimitsa maloto a Sam panjira yawo yamagazi pomwe adapha mwankhanza chikondi cha moyo wake. Komabe, zolemba zake zinali ndi mkwiyo wina wosazindikira, sanafune kuti Nina awone ngati anaziŵerenga, ndipo chotero anaganiza zozibisa kwa iye.
  
  Koma tsopano, pamene ankayembekezera Alexander kuti abwerere ndi uthenga wa momwe angalowe m'gulu la zigawenga, Sam anazindikira kuti nthawi imeneyi ya kunyong'onyeka m'midzi ya Russia kumpoto kwa malire idzakhala nthawi yoyenera kupitiriza kukumbukira.
  
  Alexander anapita molimba mtima, mwina mopusa, kukalankhula nawo. Adzapereka thandizo lake, pamodzi ndi Sam Cleave ndi Dr. Nina Gould, kuti agwirizane ndi Order of the Black Sun ndipo potsirizira pake apeze njira yobweretsera bungwe kamodzi kokha. Ngati zigawengazo zinali zisanamvepo za kuchedwa kwa mtsogoleri wa Black Sun, Alexander adakonza zoti agwiritse ntchito kufooka kwakanthawi kumeneku pakuchitapo kanthu kuti awononge bwino.
  
  Nina anathandiza Katya kukhitchini, kuphunzira kuphika dumplings.
  
  Nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi, pamene Sam ankalemba maganizo ake ndi zowawa zake m"kabuku kake kong"ambika, ankamva azimayi awiri aja akuseka kwambiri. Izi zitha kutsatiridwa ndi kuvomereza kusazindikira kwa Nina, pomwe Katya amakana zolakwa zake zochititsa manyazi.
  
  "Ndiwe wabwino kwambiri ..." Katya anakuwa, akugwa pampando wake ndi kuseka mtima: "Kwa Scot! Koma tidzakupangani Chirasha!"
  
  "Ndikukayika, Katya. Ndingakuphunzitseni kupanga Highland haggis, koma kunena zoona, inenso sindili wokhoza! Nina anayamba kuseka mokweza.
  
  Izi zikuwoneka ngati zosangalatsa kwambiri, Sam adaganiza, akutseka chivundikiro cha bukhulo ndikuchilowetsa m'chikwama chake pamodzi ndi cholembera chake. Anadzuka pabedi lake lamatabwa m'chipinda cha alendo chomwe adagawana ndi Alexander ndikutsika mumsewu waukulu ndikutsika masitepe afupiafupi opita kukhitchini, komwe azimayi akupanga phokoso lamoto.
  
  "Taonani! Sam! Ndinapanga...o...ndapanga gulu lonse... la ambiri? Zinthu zambiri ...?" adachita tsinya ndikulozera Katya kuti amuthandize.
  
  "Madumplings!" Katya anafuula mosangalala, akuloza manja ake pa chisokonezo cha mtanda ndi nyama yobalalika patebulo lamatabwa lakhitchini.
  
  "Kwambiri!" Nina anaseka.
  
  "Kodi inu atsikana mwaledzera mwamwayi?" Adafunsa mosangalatsidwa ndi akazi awiri okongola omwe adachita mwayi woti adakakamira nawo pachimake. Akadakhala kuti anali munthu wankhanza kwambiri komanso wankhanza, zikadakhala kuti zinali ndi malingaliro onyansa, koma pokhala Sam, adangogwada pampando ndikuwona Nina akuyesa kudula mtandawo molondola.
  
  "Sitinaledzere, a Cleave. Ndife opusa, "adatero Katya, akuyandikira Sam ndi mtsuko wosavuta wagalasi wodzaza ndi madzi owoneka bwino.
  
  "O!" - adafuula, akuyendetsa manja ake kutsitsi lake lakuda, "Ndaziwonapo kale, ndipo izi ndi zomwe ife Cleaves tingatchule njira yachidule yopita ku Slocherville. Kwatsala pang'ono kwa ine, zikomo. "
  
  "Moyambirira?" Katya anafunsa, atasokonezeka kwenikweni. "Sam, kwatsala ola limodzi kuti ifike pakati pausiku!"
  
  "Inde! Tinayamba kumwa msanga ngati 7 koloko madzulo," Nina analowa, manja ake atawazidwa ndi nkhumba, anyezi, adyo ndi parsley amene anali kuwadula kuti adzaze matumba a mtandawo.
  
  "Usakhale opusa! Sam anadabwa atathamangira pa zenera laling'ono ndikuwona kuti kumwamba kunali kowala kwambiri kuti wotchi yake iwonetse. "Ndinkaganiza kuti zinali kale kwambiri ndipo ndinali kungokhala waulesi, wofuna kugwa pabedi."
  
  Anayang"ana akazi aŵiri, osiyana monga usana ndi usiku, koma okongola mofanana ndi enawo.
  
  Katya ankawoneka ndendende monga momwe Sam ankaganizira poyamba pa mawu a dzina lake, asanayambe kufika pafamuyo. Ndi maso akulu abuluu atalowetsedwa m'mabokosi a mafupa ozungulira komanso kukamwa kwakukulu kokhala ndi milomo yodzaza, adawoneka ngati wachi Russia. Mafupa ake a m'masaya anali omveka kwambiri kotero kuti amayika mithunzi pankhope yake pansi pa kuwala kowawa komwe kumachokera pamwamba, ndipo tsitsi lake lolunjika bwino linagwera pamapewa ake ndi mphumi.
  
  Wowonda komanso wamtali, adakwera pamwamba pa chithunzi chaching'ono cha msungwana wamaso akuda waku Scottish pafupi naye. Nina adabwezeretsedwa ku mtundu wake wa tsitsi, wobiriwira wakuda kwambiri kotero kuti adakonda kumiza nkhope yake pamene adakhala naye ku Belgium. Sam anatonthola mtima ataona kuti kutukumuka kwake kwatha ndipo atha kuonetsanso mapindikidwe ake okongola komanso khungu lofiira. Nthawi yomwe adakhala kutali ndi zomangira za Black Sun idamuchiritsa pang'ono.
  
  Mwina inali mlengalenga wakutali, kutali ndi Bruges womwe unawakhazika mtima pansi onse awiri, koma adamva kuti atsitsimutsidwa komanso omasuka m'malo achinyezi achi Russia. Apa zonse zinali zosavuta, ndipo anthu anali aulemu koma olimba. Limeneli silinali dziko lanzeru kapena tcheru, ndipo Sam ankakonda choncho.
  
  Kuyang'ana pazigwa zathyathyathya zomwe zikusanduka chibakuwa mu kuwala kozilala ndikumvetsera zosangalatsa zomwe zinali m'nyumbamo ndi iye, Sam sadachite koma kudabwa momwe Alexander anali kuchitira.
  
  Zonse zomwe Sam ndi Nina ankayembekezera zinali zoti opandukawo pa phirilo angakhulupirire Alexander ndipo samulakwitse ngati kazitape.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  "Ndiwe kazitape!" - anafuula wowonda wopanduka wa ku Italy, moleza mtima akuyenda mozungulira mozungulira thupi la Alexander. Izi zinapangitsa munthu wa ku Russia kudwala mutu kwambiri, zomwe zinangowonjezereka chifukwa cha kugwada pansi pa bafa lamadzi.
  
  "Tandimverani!" Alexander anapempha kwa nthawi zana. Chigaza chake chinali kuphulika pamene magazi akuthamangira kumbuyo kwa nkhokwe za m"maso mwake, ndipo akakolo akewo pang"onopang"ono anaopseza kuti achoka chifukwa cha kulemera kwa thupi lake, lomwe linali kupachika pa chingwe chosalimba ndi maunyolo omangika padenga lamwala la seloyo. "Ndikanakhala kazitape, n"chifukwa chiyani ndikanabwera kuno? Bwanji ndibwere kuno ndi chidziwitso chomwe chingathandize mlandu wako, iwe wopusa wopusa?"
  
  Wachitaliyana sanayamikire kunyozedwa kwa mtundu wa Alexander ndipo, popanda kutsutsa, adangolowetsa mutu wa Chirasha m'madzi osambira, kotero kuti nsagwada zake zokha zinatsalira pamwamba. Anzakewo anaseka moseka atamva zomwe Mrashayo anachita atakhala pansi ndikumwa panja pa geti lotsekeredwa.
  
  "Kulibwino udziwe zonena ukabwerako, stronzo! Moyo wanu umadalira munthu wa pasitala uyu, ndipo mafunsowa akunditengera kale nthawi yanga kumwa. Ndidzakusiyani kuti mumire, ndichita! " - adafuula, akugwada pansi pafupi ndi bafa kuti Russian womizidwa amumve.
  
  "Carlo, vuto ndi chiyani?" Bern adayimba pakhonde lomwe amayandikira. "Ukuwoneka wamantha modabwitsa," woyendetsa ndegeyo anatero mosabisa. Mawu ake anakulirakulira pamene ankayandikira khomo lolowera. Amuna ena awiri aja anatchera khutu ataona mtsogoleriyo, koma iye anawagwedeza monyanyira kuti apumule.
  
  "Kapiteni, chitsiru ichi chimati ali ndi chidziwitso chomwe chingatithandize, koma ali ndi zikalata zaku Russia zokha, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zabodza kwa ife," adatero Chitaliyana pamene Bern adatsegula chipata chakuda chakuda kuti alowe m'dera lofunsidwa mafunso, kapena m'malo - kuzunzidwa. chipinda.
  
  "Mapepala ake ali kuti?" adafunsa captain ndipo Carlo adaloza mpando womwe adamangirirapo Chirasha. Bern anayang'ana pa pasipoti yopangidwa bwino ndi chiphaso. Popanda kuchotsa maso ake pa mawu achirasha, iye ananena modekha kuti: "Carlo."
  
  "Ayi, capitano?"
  
  "Wa Russia akumira, Carlo. Adzuke.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Carlo adalumpha ndikumunyamula Alexander yemwe anali akupuma. Wachirussia wonyowayo adapuma movutikira, akutsokomola mwamphamvu asanasanze madzi ochulukirapo m'dongosolo lake.
  
  "Alexander Arichenkov. Ndi dzina lako lenileni?" Byrne adafunsa mlendo wake, koma adazindikira kuti dzina la munthuyo silinali lofunikira pakuwalimbikitsa. "Ndikuganiza kuti zilibe kanthu. Ukhala wakufa pakati pausiku usanakwane.
  
  Alexander adadziwa kuti adayenera kufotokoza mlandu wake kwa akuluakulu ake asanasiyidwe kuchifundo cha wozunza wake. Madzi anali adakali kuseri kwa mphuno zake ndi kutentha mphuno zake, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti asalankhule, koma moyo wake unadalira.
  
  "Captain, sindine kazitape. Ndikufuna kujowina kampani yanu, ndizo zokha, "waku Russia wokwiya adangoyendayenda.
  
  Bern anatembenukira chidendene chake. "Ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani ukufuna kuchita izi?" Adauza Carlo kuti atchule nkhaniyo pansi pa bafa.
  
  "Renata wachotsedwa ntchito!" Alexander anakuwa. "Ndinali m'gulu la chiwembu chofuna kugwetsa utsogoleri wa Order of the Black Sun, ndipo tidachita bwino ...
  
  Bern adakweza dzanja lake kuti aletse Mtaliyanayo kuchita zomwe adalamula.
  
  "Simukuyenera kundizunza ine, kaputeni. Ndabwera kuti ndikupatseni zambiri zaulere! - anafotokoza Russian. Carlo adamuyang'ana ndi chidani, dzanja lake likugwedezeka pa chipika chomwe chimayang'anira tsogolo la Alexander.
  
  "Posinthana ndi chidziwitso ichi, mukufuna ...?" - Bern adafunsa. "Kodi mukufuna kuti tigwirizane?"
  
  "Inde! Inde! Ine ndi anzanga awiri omwenso tikuthawa Black Sun. Timadziwa kupeza anthu apamwamba kwambiri, n"chifukwa chake akufuna kutipha captain," iye analankhula chibwibwi movutikira chifukwa chopeza mawu oyenerera pamene madzi akukhosi kwake akumuvutabe kupuma.
  
  "Anzako awiriwa ali kuti? Kodi akubisala, Bambo Arichenkov?" Bern adafunsa mwachipongwe.
  
  "Ndinabwera ndekha, kaputeni, kudzawona ngati mphekesera za gulu lanu zili zowona; Mukuchitabe," Alexander anang'ung'udza mwachangu. Bern adagwada pafupi naye ndikumuyang'ana mmwamba ndi pansi. Wa ku Russia anali wazaka zapakati, wamfupi komanso wowonda. Chilonda cha mbali ya kumanzere kwa nkhope yake chinam"patsa kuwoneka ngati wankhondo. Kapitawo wakumbuyo ananyamula chala chake cha mlozera pachilondacho, chomwe tsopano chinali chofiirira pakhungu lotumbululuka, lonyowa komanso lozizira la Mrashayo.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira kuti sizinachitike chifukwa cha ngozi yagalimoto kapena china chake?" Anafunsa Alexander. Maso a buluu otumbululuka a munthu wonyowayo anali magazi chifukwa cha kukanikiza kwake ndipo anatsala pang'ono kumira pamene akuyang'ana kaputeniyo ndikupukusa mutu.
  
  "Ndili ndi zipsera zambiri, captain. Ndipo palibe imodzi mwa izo yomwe idachitika chifukwa cha ngozi, ndikukutsimikizirani zimenezo. Makamaka zipolopolo, zipolopolo ndi akazi akhalidwe lotentha," Alexander anayankha ndi milomo yonjenjemera yabuluu.
  
  "Akazi. O inde, ndimakonda. Ukumveka ngati munthu wamtundu wanga, mzanga," Bern adamwetulira ndikumuyang'ana Carlo mwakachetechete koma molimba, zomwe zidamusokoneza Alexander pang'ono. "Chabwino, Bambo Arichenkov, ndikupatsani phindu la kukaikira. Ndikutanthauza, sitiri nyama! " anakuwa mosangalala anthu omwe analipo ndipo iwo anakuwa mwaukali kuvomereza.
  
  Ndipo Amayi Russia akukupatsani moni, Alexander, mawu ake amkati adamveka m'mutu mwake. Ndikukhulupirira kuti sindidzauka nditafa.
  
  Pamene mpumulo wakuti sanamwalire unatha pa Alexander pakati pa kulira ndi chisangalalo cha gulu la nyama, thupi lake linalefuka ndipo anaiwalika.
  
  
  Mutu 5
  
  
  Kutangotsala pang'ono 2 koloko m'mawa, Katya anaika khadi lake lomaliza patebulo.
  
  "Ndikupita."
  
  Nina anaseka mwanthabwala, akufinya dzanja lake kuti Sam asathe kuwerenga nkhope yake yopanda mawu.
  
  "Tiyeni. Pepani, Sam!" - Nina anaseka pamene Katya adampsompsona pa tsaya. Kenako kukongola kwa ku Russia kunapsompsona mutu wa Sam n"kunena mosamveka kuti, "Ndikagona. Sergei abweranso kuchokera kuntchito yake posachedwa. "
  
  "Usiku wabwino, Katya," Sam anamwetulira, akuyika dzanja lake patebulo. "Mawiri awiri".
  
  "Ha!" Anafuula motero. "Holo yonse. Lipira, mzanga."
  
  "Damn," Sam anang'ung'udza ndikuvula sock yake yakumanzere. Strip poker idamveka bwino mpaka adazindikira kuti azimayiwo anali bwino kuposa momwe amaganizira poyamba pomwe adavomera kusewera. Mu thalauza lake lalifupi ndi sock imodzi, adanjenjemera patebulo.
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti uku ndi kubera ndipo tidangolora chifukwa mudaledzera. Zingakhale zoipa kwa ife kukudyerani masuku pamutu, si choncho?" adamuphunzitsa, adalephera kudzigwira. Sam ankafuna kuseka, koma sanafune kuwononga nthawiyo ndi kuvala zomvetsa chisoni.
  
  "Zikomo chifukwa chokhala okoma mtima. Padziko lapansi pano ndi ochepa akazi abwino kwambiri," adatero mosangalala.
  
  "Ndiko kulondola," Nina anavomereza motero, akutsanulira mtsuko wachiwiri wa kuwala kwa mwezi m"galasi lake. Koma madontho ochepa chabe, iwo anangotayika mopanda ulemu pansi pa galasi, kutsimikizira, ku mantha ake, kuti zosangalatsa ndi masewera a usiku afika kumapeto. "Ndipo ndimakusiyani kuti muchite chinyengo chifukwa ndimakukondani."
  
  Mulungu, ine ndikanakonda iye anali woledzeretsa pamene iye ananena izo, Sam analakalaka monga Nina kukankhira nkhope yake m'manja mwake. Fungo lofewa la mafuta onunkhira ake losakanikirana ndi kuukira kwapoizoni kwa mizimu yosungunula pamene amakankhira kupsompsona kwachikondi ku milomo yake.
  
  "Bwera ukagone nane," adatero, ndikutulutsa Scotsman wowoneka ngati Y kuchokera kukhitchini pomwe amasonkhanitsa zovala zake mosamalitsa potuluka. Sam sanalankhule kalikonse. Anaganiza kuti akuyenda Nina ku chipinda chake kuti atsimikizire kuti sanagwere masitepe, koma atalowa m'chipinda chake chaching'ono kuzungulira ngodya kuchokera kwa ena, adatseka chitseko kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  "Mukutani?" Adafunsa choncho ataona Sam akufuna kuvala jinzi lake, malaya ake ali paphewa.
  
  "Ndikuzizira kwambiri, Nina. Tangondipatsako kachiwiri," adayankha akulimbana ndi zipiyo.
  
  Zala zoonda za Nina zinatseka pamanja ake akunjenjemera. Analowetsa dzanja lake mu jeans yake, ndikuchotsanso zipi zamkuwa. Sam anazizimuka, atagwidwa ndi kukhudza kwake. Mosafuna anatseka maso ake ndipo anamva milomo yake yofunda, yofewa ikukanikiza ake.
  
  Anamukankhiranso pakama pake ndikuzimitsa nyali.
  
  "Nina, waledzera, mtsikana. Osachita chilichonse chomwe unganong'oneze nazo bondo m'mawa, "adachenjeza, monga momwe adanenera. Ndipotu ankamufuna kwambiri moti ankatha kuphulika.
  
  "Chinthu chokha chimene ndinganong"oneze nazo bondo n"chakuti ndiyenera kuchita zimenezi mwakachetechete," iye anatero, mawu ake akumveka osagwedera modabwitsa mumdimawo.
  
  Ankangomva majombo ake akukankhidwira pambali kenako mpando ukusunthira kumanzere kwa bedi. Sam anamva kuti akumumenya, akuphwanya maliseche ake ndi kulemera kwake.
  
  "Mosamala!" - adabuula. "Ndikuwafuna!"
  
  "Inenso," iye anatero, akumupsompsona mwachikondi asanayankhe. Sam anayesetsa kuti asataye mtima pamene Nina anakanikizira thupi lake laling'ono pa iye, akupumira m'khosi mwake. Anachita mantha pamene khungu lake lofunda, lamaliseche linamukhudza, akuzizirabe chifukwa chosewera malaya opanda malaya kwa maola awiri.
  
  "Ukudziwa kuti ndimakukonda, sichoncho?" - adanong'oneza. Maso a Sam adabwelera m'mbuyo ndi chisangalalo chosafuna kumva mawuwa, koma mowa womwe umabwera ndi silabu iliyonse udasokoneza chisangalalo chake.
  
  "Inde, ndikudziwa," anamutsimikizira motero.
  
  Sam modzikonda anamulola kukhala ndi ufulu wolamulira thupi lake. Iye ankadziwa kuti pambuyo pake adzadziimba mlandu chifukwa cha zimenezi, koma panopa anadziuza kuti akumupatsa zimene akufuna; kuti anali yekha mwayi wolandira chilakolako chake.
  
  Katya sanagone. Chitseko chake chinatseguka pang"onopang"ono pamene Nina anayamba kubuula, ndipo Sam anayesa kutontholetsa Nina ndi kumpsompsona kwakukulu, akumayembekezera kuti sakadodometsa mbuyake. Koma mkati mwa zonsezi, sakanachita manyazi ngakhale Katya atalowa m'chipindamo, anayatsa nyali ndikudzipereka kuti alowe nawo - bola Nina akuganiza za bizinesi yake. Manja ake adamusisita kumbuyo ndipo adathamangitsa chala chake pachilonda chimodzi kapena ziwiri, chilichonse chomwe amakumbukira chomwe chidayambitsa.
  
  Iye anali kumeneko. Chiyambireni pamene anakumana, moyo wawo unali utayenda mosadziletsa m"chitsime chakuda, chosatha changozi, ndipo Sam ankadzifunsa kuti adzafika liti pa nthaka yolimba, yopanda madzi. Koma iye sanasamale, chachikulu chinali chakuti iwo anagwera pamodzi. Mwanjira ina, Nina ali pambali pake, Sam anadzimva kukhala wosungika, ngakhale pamene anali m"ndende ya imfa. Ndipo tsopano popeza anali m"manja mwake momwemo, chisamaliro chake chinalunjikitsidwa kwa kamphindi pa iye ndi iye yekha; anadzimva kukhala wosagonjetseka, wosakhudzidwa.
  
  Mapazi a Katya adachokera kukhitchini, komwe amatsegula chitseko cha Sergei. Atakhala kaye kaye pang'ono, Sam anamva zokambirana zawo zosamveka, zomwe sanamvetse. Iye anali woyamikira kaamba ka kukambitsirana kwawo m"khichini kotero kuti iye akakhoza kusangalala ndi kufuula kosasunthika kwa Nina kwa chisangalalo pamene anam"kanikiza kukhoma pansi pa zenera.
  
  Patadutsa mphindi zisanu chitseko cha kukhitchini chinatsekedwa. Sam anamvera komwe amamvekera. Nsapato zolemera zinatsatira sitepe yabwino ya Katya kulowa m'chipinda chogona, koma chitseko sichinayambenso. SERGEY anali chete, koma Katya ananena kenaka anagogoda mosamala pakhomo la Nina, osadziwa kuti Sam anali naye.
  
  "Nina, ndingalowe?" - adafunsa momveka bwino kuchokera kumbali ina ya chitseko.
  
  Sam anakhala tsonga, kukonzekera kutenga jeans yake, koma mumdima sanadziwe komwe Nina adawaponyera. Nina anali chikomokere. Kupuma kwake kunathetsa kutopa kumene mowa unayambitsa usiku wonse, ndipo thupi lake lonyowa, lonyowa, linamupanikiza mosangalala, osasuntha ngati mtembo. Katya anagogodanso: "Nina, ndikufunika kulankhula nawe, chonde? Chonde!"
  
  Sam anakwinya nkhope.
  
  Pempho la mbali ina ya chitseko linkamveka ngati loumirira, pafupifupi lodetsa nkhawa.
  
  O, ku gehena ndi chirichonse! Choncho ndinamenya Nina. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, zikanakhala zovuta bwanji? Anangotsala pang'ono kuvala jinzi yake pamene chopukusira chitseko chinatembenuka.
  
  "Hey chikuchitika ndi chani?" Sam anafunsa mosalakwa kwinaku akutulukira pa mng'alu wa chitseko chomwe chinaseguka. Pansi pa dzanja la Katya, chitseko chinayima mwadzidzidzi pamene Sam adakankhira phazi lake kumbuyo.
  
  "PA!" anagwedezeka, kudabwa kuti wawona nkhope yolakwika. "Ndinkaganiza kuti Nina ali pano."
  
  "Ali choncho. Anataya chikumbumtima. Abale onse akunyumba awa adamukankha bulu, "adayankha mwamanyazi, koma Katya sanawoneke wodabwitsidwa. Ndipotu ankaoneka kuti ali ndi mantha.
  
  "Sam, vala basi. Dzukani Dr. Gould mubwere nafe," anatero Sergei mwamantha.
  
  "Zomwe zachitika? Nina waledzera ngati gehena ndipo zikuwoneka ngati sadzadzuka mpaka tsiku lachiweruzo, "Sam adauza Sergei mozama kwambiri, koma adayesabe kusewera.
  
  "Mulungu, tilibe nthawi yamatsenga awa!" - mwamunayo anafuula kuchokera kumbuyo kwa awiriwo. "Makarov" anawonekera pamutu wa Katya, ndipo chala chake chinakanikiza choyambitsa.
  
  Dinani!
  
  "Kudina kotsatira kudzapangidwa ndi lead, comrade," wowomberayo adachenjeza.
  
  SERGEY anayamba kulira, akung'ung'udza mopenga kwa amuna omwe anaima kumbuyo kwake, akupempha moyo wa mkazi wake. Katya anaphimba nkhope yake ndi manja ake ndikugwada ndi mantha. Kuchokera ku zomwe Sam adasonkhanitsa, iwo sanali anzake a Sergei monga momwe adaganizira poyamba. Ngakhale kuti sankamvetsa Chirasha, anazindikira kuti iwo anali ofunitsitsa kuwapha ngati sanadzutse Nina ndi kupita nawo. Ataona kuti mkanganowo ukukula moopsa, Sam anakweza manja ake n"kutuluka m"chipindamo.
  
  "Chabwino. Tipita nawe. Tangondiuzani zomwe zikuchitika ndikudzutsa Dr. Gould," adalimbikitsa achifwamba anayi omwe adawoneka okwiya.
  
  Sergei anakumbatira mkazi wake akulira ndi kumuteteza.
  
  "Dzina langa ndine Bodo. Ndiyenera kukhulupirira kuti inu ndi Dr. Gould munatsagana ndi mwamuna wina dzina lake Alexander Arichenkov kumalo athu okongola," wowomberayo anafunsa Sam.
  
  "Ndani akufuna kudziwa?" Sam adadumpha.
  
  Bodo anakodola mfuti yake ndikuyang'ana pa awiriwa.
  
  "Inde!" Adakuwa motele Sam atatambasula dzanja lake kwa Bodo. "Yesu, kodi mumasuka? Sindithawa. Ndilozereni chinthu choyipa ngati mukufuna kuyesa kuwombera pakati pausiku!
  
  Chigawenga cha ku France chinatsitsa chida chake pomwe amzake adagwira zawo mokonzeka. Sam anamezera mate ndikuganizira za Nina yemwe samadziwa chomwe chimachitika. Ananong"oneza bondo chifukwa chotsimikizira kukhalapo kwake kumeneko, koma ngati oloŵerera ameneŵa akanam"tulukira, mwina akanapha Nina ndi a Strenkov ndi kumupachika panja ndi mipira yake kuti idulidwe ndi kuthengo.
  
  "Dzukani mkaziyo, Bambo Cleave," analamula Bodo.
  
  "Chabwino. Basi...ingodekhani, chabwino?" Sam anavomera kugonja uku akulowa mchipinda chamdima.
  
  "Kuwala kwayaka, chitseko chatseguka," adatero Bodo mwamphamvu. Sam sanali pafupi kuyika Nina pangozi ndi nzeru zake zanzeru, kotero anangovomereza ndi kuyatsa nyali, oyamikira kuphimba Nina asanatsegulire Katya chitseko. Sanafune kuganiza kuti zilombozi zikanatani kwa mkazi wamaliseche, wokomoka ngati ali kale pabedi.
  
  Kathupi kake kakang'onoko kanangonyamulira bulangeti lomwe amagonera chagada, kukamwa kwake kuli chitsegukire ataledzera. Sam amadana ndi kuwononga tchuthi chodabwitsa chotere, koma moyo wawo udadalira kudzuka kwake.
  
  "Nina," anatero mokweza kwambiri atamutsamira, kuyesera kuti amuteteze ku zilombo zoyipa zomwe zinali pafupi ndi khomo pomwe imodzi idagwira eni nyumba. "Nina, dzuka."
  
  "Kwa chikondi cha Mulungu, zimitsani nyali yoyaka moto. Mutu wanga ukundipha kale, Sam!" adasisima ndikutembenukira kumbali. Mwamsanga anayang'ana amuna omwe anali pakhomopo mopepesa, omwe anangoyang'ana modabwa pofuna kuti aone mayi wogona uja yemwe angamuchititse manyazi woyendetsa sitimayo.
  
  "Ine! Nina, tiyenera kudzuka ndi kuvala pompano! Ukundimvetsa?" Sam anachonderera, akumugwedeza ndi dzanja lolemera, koma anangokwinya n"kumukankha. Mosayembekezereka, Bodo adalowererapo ndikumenya Nina kumaso kwambiri kotero kuti mfundo yake idatuluka magazi nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Imilirani!" - Iye anabangula. Kukuwa kogonthetsa m"kutu kwa mawu ake ozizira ndi kuwawa koopsa kwa mbama yake zinam"dabwitsa Nina, kum"dzutsa ngati galasi. Anakhala tsonga, wosokonezeka komanso wokwiya. Anagwedeza dzanja lake kwa Mfalansayo, ndipo anafuula kuti: "Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndiwe yani?"
  
  "Ine! Ayi!" Sam anakuwa poopa kuti wangotenga chipolopolo.
  
  Bodo anamugwira dzanja n"kumumenya kumbuyo kwa dzanja lake. Sam adathamangira kutsogolo, ndikukanikizira Mfalansa wamtali pachipinda chomwe chili pakhoma. Anagwera mbedza zitatu zakumanja pa tsaya la Bodo, akumva zibowo zake zikubwerera mmbuyo ndikumenya kulikonse.
  
  "Usayerekeze konse kumenya mkazi pamaso panga, zoyipa iwe!" - anafuula, akuwotcha ndi mkwiyo.
  
  Anagwira Bodo m'makutu ndikugwetsera pansi pamutu pake mwamphamvu, koma asanamenyenso kachiwiri, Bodo adamugwiranso Sam momwemo.
  
  "Kodi mwasowa Scotland?" Bodo adaseka mano ake amagazi ndikukokera mutu wa Sam kumutu kwake, kutulutsa mutu wofowoka womwe udagwetsa Sam. "Imatchedwa Glasgow kiss ... mnyamata!"
  
  Amunawo anabangula ndi kuseka pamene Katya ankawafinya kuti athandize Nina. Mphuno ya Nina inali kutuluka magazi ndipo nkhope yake inali yopweteka kwambiri, koma anali wokwiya komanso wosokonezeka moti Katya anayenera kugwira wolemba mbiri wamng'ono. Potulutsa mtsinje wa matemberero ndi malonjezo a imfa yomwe yatsala pang'ono ku Bodo, Nina anagwedeza mano ake pamene Katya anamuphimba ndi mwinjiro ndikumukumbatira mwamphamvu kuti akhazikike pansi, kuti apindule nawo onse.
  
  "Zilekeni, Nina. Zilekeni, "adatero Katya m'khutu la Nina, akumugwira pafupi kwambiri kotero kuti amunawo sanamve mawu awo.
  
  "Ndimupha ndithu. Ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, adzafa ndikangopeza mwayi wanga, "Nina anagwedeza khosi la Katya pamene mkazi wa ku Russia anamugwira pafupi.
  
  "Mupeza mwayi wanu, koma choyamba muyenera kupulumuka, chabwino? Ndikudziwa kuti umupha, wokondedwa. Ingokhalani ndi moyo chifukwa..." Katya anamulimbikitsa. Maso ake, atanyowa ndi misozi, adayang'ana Bodo kudzera m'tsitsi la Nina. Azimayi akufa sangaphe.
  
  
  Mutu 6
  
  
  Agatha anali ndi hard drive yaing'ono yomwe amagwiritsa ntchito pakagwa mwadzidzidzi zilizonse zomwe angafune poyenda. Adachilumikiza ku modemu ya Purdue, ndipo mosavutikira, zidamutengera maola asanu ndi limodzi okha kuti apange pulogalamu yosinthira mapulogalamu pomwe adabera nkhokwe yazachuma ya Black Sun yomwe idali yosatheka kupezekapo. Mchimwene wake anakhala phee pafupi naye m"bandakucha kunja kwachisanu, atagwira kapu ya khofi wotentha m"manja mwake. Panali anthu ochepa omwe akanadabwitsidwabe ndi Perdue ndi luso lawo laukadaulo, koma adayenera kuvomereza kuti mlongo wake akadali wokhoza kumusiya modabwitsa.
  
  Sizinali kuti amadziwa zambiri kuposa iye, koma mwanjira ina anali wofunitsitsa kugwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chomwe onse anali nacho, pomwe nthawi zonse amanyalanyaza zina mwazomwe adaloweza pamtima, zomwe zimamukakamiza kuti azikumbukira nthawi zambiri ubongo wake, ngati wotayika. moyo Inali imodzi mwa mphindi zomwe zidamupangitsa kukayikira chiwembu chadzulo, ndichifukwa chake Agatha adapeza njira zomwe zidasoweka mosavuta.
  
  Tsopano ankalemba pa liwiro la kuwala. Perdue sanathe kuwerenga ma code omwe adalowa mudongosolo.
  
  "Mukuchita chiyani padziko lapansi?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndiuzenso zambiri zokhudza anzako awiriwa. Ndikufuna manambala a ID ndi mayina, pakadali pano. Inu! Apo. Iwe ikani pamenepo," iye anagwedezeka, akugwedeza chala chake cha mlozera kuloza ngati akulemba dzina lake m"mwamba. Iye anali chozizwitsa chotani! Perdue anayiwala momwe machitidwe ake amakhalira oseketsa. Anayenda kupita ku chovala chomwe adalozera ndikutulutsa zikwatu ziwiri pomwe adasunga zolemba za Sam ndi Nina kuyambira pomwe adazigwiritsa ntchito pomuthandiza paulendo wake wopita ku Antarctica kuti akapeze nthano ya Wolfenstein Ice Station.
  
  "Kodi ndingandipatseko zina mwazinthu izi?" Adafunsa akumulanda mapepala aja.
  
  "Zinthu zamtundu wanji?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndi...Bwanawe, zomwe umapanga ndi shuga ndi mkaka..."
  
  "Khofi?" - Ndidafunsa. Adafunsa modabwa. "Agatha, ukudziwa kuti khofi ndi chiyani."
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Mawuwa adangotuluka m'mutu mwanga pomwe code yonseyi idadutsa muubongo wanga. Monga ngati mulibe glitches nthawi ndi nthawi, "adatero.
  
  "Chabwino. Ndikuphikirani zina mwa izi. Mukutani ndi data ya Nina ndi Sam, ndingayerekeze kukufunsani?" Perdue anayimba kuchokera pamakina a cappuccino kuseri kwa kauntala yake.
  
  "Ndikumasula maakaunti awo akubanki, David. "Ndikubera akaunti yakubanki ya Black Sun," adamwetulira, akutafuna ndodo ya licorice.
  
  Perdue anatsala pang'ono kugwidwa ndi khunyu. Anathamangira kwa mapasa ake kuti akawone zomwe akuchita pa skrini.
  
  "Kodi wapenga, Agatha? Kodi mumadziwa zachitetezo chokwanira komanso ma alarm aukadaulo omwe anthuwa ali nawo padziko lonse lapansi?" adalavula mwamantha, zomwe Dave Perdue sakanawonetsa mpaka pano.
  
  Agatha anamuyang'ana ndi nkhawa. "Momwe mungachitire ndi vuto lanu la kuluma ... hmm," adatero modekha kudzera paswiti yakuda yomwe ili pakati pa mano ake. "Choyamba, ma seva awo, ngati sindikulakwitsa, adakonzedwa ndikuwotchedwa ndi...iwe ... huh?"
  
  Perdue anagwedeza mutu moganiza: "Inde?"
  
  "Ndipo munthu m'modzi yekha padziko lapansi amadziwa kuthyola makina anu, chifukwa ndi munthu m'modzi yekha amene amadziwa momwe mumalembera, mabwalo ndi ma seva omwe mumagwiritsa ntchito," adatero.
  
  "Iwe," iye anapumira momasuka, atakhala mwachidwi ngati dalaivala wamantha pampando wakumbuyo.
  
  "Ndi zolondola. Mfundo khumi kwa Gryffindor," adatero monyodola.
  
  "Palibe chifukwa cha melodrama," Perdue adamudzudzula, koma milomo yake idapindika ndikumwetulira pamene amapita kukamaliza khofi wake.
  
  "Mungachite bwino kutsatira malangizo anu achikulire," anaseka motero Agatha.
  
  "Mwanjira iyi sangazindikire pa maseva akuluakulu. Uyenera kuti nyongolotsi ipite, "adatero ndi kulira koyipa ngati kwa Perdue wakale.
  
  "Ndikuyenera!" Iye anaseka. "Koma choyamba, tiyeni tibwezere anzanu akale. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zobwezeretsa. Kenako tidzawaberanso tikadzabwera ku Russia ndikulowa muakaunti yawo yazachuma. Ngakhale utsogoleri wawo uli panjira yamwala, kugunda kwachuma chawo kuyenera kuwapatsa ndende yoyenera. Werama pansi, Dzuwa Lakuda! Aunt Agatha ali ndi mafupa! adayimba mwasewero kwinaku akugwirizira licorice m'mano ngati akuseweretsa Metal Gear Solid.
  
  Perdue anabangula ndi kuseka pamodzi ndi mlongo wake wosamvera. Iye analidi wotopa ndi kuluma.
  
  Anamaliza kuwukira kwake. "Ndinasiya scrambler kuti ndilepheretse masensa awo otentha."
  
  "Chabwino".
  
  Dave Perdue anaonana ndi mlongo wake komaliza m"chilimwe cha 1996 m"chigawo cha nyanja cha kum"mwera kwa dziko la Congo. Iye anali akadali wamanyazi pang'ono kalelo, ndipo analibe gawo limodzi mwa magawo khumi la chuma chomwe anali nacho tsopano.
  
  Agatha ndi David Perdue anatsagana ndi wachibale wakutali kuti akaphunzire pang"ono za chimene banjali linachitcha "chikhalidwe." Tsoka ilo, palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anali ndi chizoloŵezi cha amalume a atate awo kusaka kusaka, koma monga momwe amada kuonera wokalambayo akupha njovu chifukwa cha malonda ake oletsedwa a minyanga ya njovu, iwo analibe njira yochoka m"dziko lowopsalo popanda iye mabuku.
  
  Dave ankasangalala ndi zochitika zomwe zinkachitira chithunzi ulendo wake wazaka makumi atatu ndi makumi anayi. Mofanana ndi amalume ake, kuchonderera kosalekeza kwa mlongo wake kuti asiye kuphako kunatopetsa ndipo posakhalitsa anasiya kulankhula. Ngakhale kuti ankafuna kuchoka, ankaganiza zoimba mlandu amalume ake ndi mchimwene wake kuti anali kupha anthu mwachisawawa pofuna kupeza ndalama. Ataona kuti Amalume Wiggins ndi mchimwene wake sanakhudzidwe ndi kulimbikira kwake, anawauza kuti adzachita zonse zomwe akanatha kuti apereke bizinezi yaing"ono ya amalume ake kwa akuluakulu a boma akabwerera kwawo.
  
  Mkuluyo anangoseka n"kumuuza David kuti asamaganize chilichonse chomuopseza mayiyo moti wangokhumudwa.
  
  Mwanjira ina, pempho la Agatha loti achoke lidatha mkangano, ndipo amalume Wiggins adalonjeza Agatha mosasamala kuti amusiya kunkhalango komweko ngati angamvenso dandaulo lina kuchokera kwa iye. Panthawiyo, sizinali zowopseza zomwe angagwiritsire ntchito, koma m'kupita kwa nthawi, mtsikanayo anayamba kukwiya kwambiri ndi njira zake, ndipo m'mawa kwambiri, Amalume Wiggins anatsogolera David ndi gulu lake losaka, kusiya Agatha kumsasa. ndi akazi akumeneko.
  
  Pambuyo pa tsiku lina la kusaka ndi usiku wosayembekezereka wokhala msasa m'nkhalango, gulu la Perdue linakwera ngalawa m'mawa wotsatira. - Dave Perdue anafunsa mwachikondi pamene ankawoloka nyanja ya Tanganyika pa bwato. Koma agogo ake aamuna adangomutsimikizira kuti Agatha "akusamalidwa bwino" ndipo posachedwa adzawulutsidwa pandege yobwereketsa, yomwe adamubwereka kuti amutengere pabwalo la ndege lapafupi, ndipo adzalumikizana nawo padoko la. Zanzibar.
  
  Pamene amachoka ku Dodoma kupita ku Dar es Salaam, Dave Perdue ankadziwa kuti mlongo wake watayika ku Africa. M"chenicheni, iye analingalira kuti iye anali wolimbikira mokwanira kuti apite yekha kunyumba ndipo anachita zonse zomwe akanatha kuithetsa nkhaniyo m"maganizo mwake. Patapita miyezi, Perdue anayesa kupeza Agatha, koma njira yake inazizira kumbali zonse. Magwero ake anganene kuti adawonedwa, kuti anali ndi moyo komanso ali bwino, komanso kuti anali womenyera ufulu ku North Africa, Mauritius ndi Egypt pomwe adamva komaliza kuchokera kwa iye. Ndipo kenako adazisiya, poganiza kuti mlongo wake wamapasa adatsatira chikhumbo chake chofuna kusintha ndikusunga, ndipo chifukwa chake safunikiranso kupulumutsa, ngati atakhala ndi imodzi.
  
  Zinali zododometsa kwa iye kumuwonanso atatha zaka zambiri atapatukana, koma adakondwera naye kwambiri. Anali ndi chidaliro kuti ndi kukakamizidwa pang'ono, potsirizira pake adzaulula chifukwa chake watulukira tsopano.
  
  "Choncho, ndiuzeni chifukwa chake munkafuna kuti ndichotse Sam ndi Nina ku Russia," Perdue anaumirira. Anayesetsa kuti afotokoze zifukwa zake zobisika zomufunira chithandizo, koma Agatha anali asanamuuze chithunzi chonse komanso momwe amamudziwira ndizomwe angapeze mpaka atasankha zina.
  
  "Nthawi zonse wakhala ukudera nkhawa za ndalama, David. Ndikukayika kuti mudzakhala ndi chidwi ndi chinthu chomwe simungapindule nacho," adayankha mozizira, akumwa khofi. "Ndikufuna Dr. Gould kuti andithandize kupeza zomwe ndinalembedwa kuti ndichite. Monga mukudziwa, bizinesi yanga ndi mabuku. Ndipo nkhani yake ndi mbiriyakale. Sindikufuna zambiri kuchokera kwa iwe kupatula kuyimbira mayiyo kuti ndigwiritse ntchito ukatswiri wake. "
  
  "Kodi ndizo zonse zomwe mukufuna kuchokera kwa ine?" Adafunsa monyenya.
  
  "Inde, David," anausa moyo.
  
  "Kwa miyezi ingapo yapitayo, Dr. Gould ndi mamembala ena onga ine apita mosadziŵika bwino kupeŵa chizunzo cha bungwe la Black Sun ndi mabungwe ake. Anthu awa sayenera kusekedwa nawo."
  
  "Mosakayikira china chake chinawakwiyitsa," iye anatero mosapita m"mbali.
  
  Iye sakanakhoza kutsutsa izo.
  
  "Ayi, ndikufuna kuti undipezere iye. Angakhale wofunikira pakufufuza kwanga komanso kudalitsidwa ndi kasitomala wanga, "adatero Agatha, akusuntha mopanda chipiriro kuchokera kumapazi kupita kumapazi. "Ndipo sindiyenera kufika pano mpaka kalekale, ukudziwa?"
  
  "Ndiye uku sikucheza kocheza kuti tikambirane zonse zomwe takhala tikuchita?" anamwetulira mwachipongwe, akuseweretsa kusalolera kwa mlongo wake wodziwika bwino woti achedwa.
  
  "Ndikudziwa zochita zako, Davide, ndipo ndikudziwa bwino. Simunakhale odzichepetsa pa zomwe mwakwaniritsa komanso kutchuka kwanu. Simuyenera kukhala wamagazi kuti mufufuze zomwe mudachita nawo. Mukuganiza kuti ndinamva kuti Nina Gould? anafunsa motero, kamvekedwe kake kofanana ndi ka mwana wodzitamandira m"bwalo lamasewera lomwe munali anthu ambiri.
  
  "Chabwino, ndikuwopa kuti tipite ku Russia kukamtenga. Pamene akubisala, ndikukhulupirira kuti alibe foni ndipo sangadutse malire osapeza dzina labodza," adatero.
  
  "Chabwino. Pitani mukamtenge iye. Ndikhala ndikudikirira ku Edinburgh, kunyumba kwanu kokoma, "adangogwedeza mutu monyoza.
  
  "Ayi, adzakupezani kumeneko. Ndikukhulupirira kuti kuli akazitape a khonsolo kudera lonse la Europe," adachenjeza. "Bwanji osapita nane? Mwanjira imeneyi ndikhoza kukuyang"anirani ndi kuonetsetsa kuti muli otetezeka."
  
  "Ha!" - iye anatsanzira ndi kuseka sardonic. "Inu? Simungathe ngakhale kudziteteza! Taonani inu, kubisala ngati nyongolotsi shrunked m'malo ndi m'mphepete mwa Elche. Anzanga a ku Alicante anakupezani mosavuta moti ndinatsala pang"ono kukhumudwa."
  
  Perdue sanakonde kugunda kocheperako, koma adadziwa kuti anali wolondola. Nina ananenanso zofanana ndi zimenezi pa nthawi yomaliza imene anagwira kukhosi kwake. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti chuma chake chonse ndi chuma chake sichinali chokwanira kuteteza omwe amawasamalira, ndipo izi zinaphatikizapo chitetezo chake choopsa, chomwe tsopano chikuwonekera ngati adapezeka mosavuta ku Spain.
  
  "Ndipo tisaiwale, mbale wanga wokondedwa," iye anapitiriza motero, pomalizira pake kusonyeza khalidwe lobwezera limene iye anali kuyembekezera kwa iye poyamba pamene anamuona koyamba kumeneko, "kuti nthaŵi yomaliza imene ndinakukhulupirira ndi chisungiko changa pa safari, ndinadzipeza ndekha. , kunena mofatsa, mumkhalidwe woipa."
  
  "Agatha. Chonde?" - Perdue anafunsa. "Ndasangalala kuti mwabwera, ndipo ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu, popeza ndadziwa kuti muli ndi moyo ndipo ndili bwino, ndikufuna kukusungani choncho."
  
  "Uuu!" iye anatsamira pampando wake, akumayika kumbuyo kwa dzanja lake pachipumi kuti atsindike seŵero la mawu ake akuti: "Chonde, Davide, usakhale mfumukazi ya seŵero yoteroyo."
  
  Anaseka monyodola kuona mtima wake woona mtima n"kuwerama kuti akumane naye ndi chidani m"maso mwake: "Ndidzapita nawe, wokondedwa Davide, kuti usakumane ndi tsoka lomwelo limene Amalume Wiggins anandipatsa ine, nkhalamba. Sitingafune kuti banja lanu loipa la Nazi likupezeni tsopano, si choncho?"
  
  
  Mutu 7
  
  
  Bern adawona pomwe wolemba mbiri wamng'onoyo adamuyang'ana ali pampando wake. Anamunyengerera m"njira zambiri osati kungochita zachiwerewere. Ngakhale kuti ankakonda akazi amtundu wa Nordic-wamtali, woonda, maso abuluu, tsitsi lofiirira-iye anakopeka ndi ameneyu m"njira imene sankamvetsa.
  
  "Dr. Gould, sindingathe kufotokoza m"mawu mmene ndinadabwitsidwa ndi mmene mnzangayo anakuchitirani, ndipo ndikukulonjezani, ndidzaonetsetsa kuti alandira chilango cholungama chifukwa cha zimenezi," iye anatero mofatsa. "Ndife gulu la amuna ankhanza, koma akazi sitimenya. Ndipo sitivomereza m"pang"ono pomwe kuzunzidwa kwa akazi ogwidwa! Kodi zonse zamveka, Monsieur Baudot? "Anafunsa Mfalansa wamtali ndi tsaya losweka. Bodo anangogwedezera mutu, zomwe zinamudabwitsa Nina.
  
  Anagonekedwa m"chipinda choyenera chokhala ndi zinthu zonse zofunika. Koma sadamve kalikonse za Sam pazomwe adasonkhanitsa pongomvetsera nkhani yaing'ono yomwe idali pakati pa ophika omwe adamubweretsera chakudya dzulo lake pomwe amadikirira kukumana ndi mtsogoleri yemwe adalamula kuti awiriwa abweretsedwe kuno.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa kuti njira zathu ziyenera kukudabwitsani..." iye anayamba mwamanyazi, koma Nina anatopa ndi kumva mitundu yonse yonyansa imeneyi ikupepesa mokoma mtima. Kwa iye, onse anali zigawenga zamakhalidwe abwino, achifwamba okhala ndi maakaunti akulu aku banki ndipo, mwa njira zonse, zigawenga zandale zokha ngati magulu ena onse owola.
  
  "Osati kwenikweni. Ndazolowera kuchitiridwa nkhanza ndi anthu omwe ali ndi mfuti zazikulu, "adayankha mwamphamvu. Nkhope yake inali yosokonekera, koma Bern ankaona kuti anali wokongola kwambiri. Anaona mmene Mfalansayo akukwiyira, koma sanamumvere. Kupatula apo, anali ndi zifukwa zomuda Bodo.
  
  "Chibwenzi chako chili m"chipatala. Anagunda pang"ono, koma akhala bwino," anatero Byrne, akumayembekezera kuti uthenga wabwino ukamupangitsa kukhala wosangalala. Koma iye sankamudziwa Dr. Nina Gould.
  
  "Iye si chibwenzi changa. "Ndimangocheza naye," adatero mozizira. "Ambuye, ndingaphe chifukwa cha ndudu."
  
  Kapiteniyo anadabwa kwambiri ndi zomwe anachita, koma anayesa kumwetulira mokomoka ndipo nthawi yomweyo anam'patsa ndudu yake imodzi. Ndi kuyankha kwake mozemba, Nina akuyembekeza kuti atalikirana ndi Sam kuti asayese kuzigwiritsa ntchito motsutsana ndi mnzake. Ngati akanawatsimikizira kuti sanali wokondana kwambiri ndi Sam mwanjira iliyonse, sakanatha kumukhumudwitsa kuti amukope ngati chimenecho chinali cholinga chawo.
  
  "O, chabwino ndiye," Bern anatero, akuyatsa ndudu ya Nina. "Bodo, kupha mtolankhani."
  
  "Inde," anatero Bodo ndipo anatuluka mwamsanga muofesiyo.
  
  Mtima wa Nina unaima. Kodi anamuyang'ana? Kapena amangomulembera Sam mawu achipongwe? Iye sanazizirike, akumakoka nthawi yayitali pa ndudu yake.
  
  "Tsopano, ngati mulibe nazo vuto, Doctor, ndikufuna ndidziwe chifukwa chomwe inu ndi anzanu mwabwera kudzationa ngati simunatumizidwe?" Anamufunsa iye. Anayatsa yekha ndudu n"kumadikirira mofatsa kuti amuyankhe. Nina sakanatha kudzichitira koma kudabwa za tsogolo la Sam, koma sanalole kuti iwo ayandikire pamtengo uliwonse.
  
  "Tamverani, Captain Bern, ndife othawa. Monga inu, tinali ndi mpikisano woyipa kwambiri ndi Order of the Black Sun, ndipo zidatisiyira kukoma koyipa mkamwa mwathu. Iwo sanagwirizane ndi chisankho chathu chosakhala nawo kapena kukhala ziweto. M'malo mwake, posachedwapa tidafika pafupi kwambiri ndi izi, ndipo tidakakamizika kukusaka chifukwa ndiwe okhawo omwe ungathe kufa pang'onopang'ono," adatero. Nkhope yake inali idakali yotupa, ndipo chipsera chonyansa pa tsaya lake lakumanja chinali chachikasu m"mbali mwake. Azungu a maso a Nina anali mapu a mitsempha yofiira, ndipo matumba omwe anali pansi pa maso ake anali umboni wa kusowa tulo.
  
  Bern anagwedeza mutu molingalira ndipo anakoka ndudu yake asanalankhulenso.
  
  "Bambo Arichenkov akutiuza kuti mudzatibweretsera Renata, koma ... mwamutaya?"
  
  "Ndikulankhulanso," Nina sakanatha kudziletsa, poganizira momwe Perdue adaperekera chidaliro chawo ndikuponyera gawo lake ndi bungweli mwa kulanda Renata mphindi yomaliza.
  
  "Kodi mukutanthauza chiyani, 'kunena choncho', Dr. Gould?" Adafunsa mwachifatse mtsogoleriyo mokwiya kwambiri. Iye ankadziwa kuti ayenera kuwapatsa chinachake popanda kumupatsa ubwenzi Sam kapena Perdue-chinthu chovuta kwambiri kuyenda, ngakhale kwa mtsikana wanzeru ngati iye.
  
  "Hm, chabwino, tinali panjira - Bambo Arichenkov, Bambo Cleave ndi ine ..." adatero, akusiya mwadala Perdue, "kutumiza Renata kwa inu kuti mulowe nawo nkhondo yathu yogonjetsa Black Sun kamodzi. ndi kwa onse."
  
  "Tsopano bwererani komwe munataya Renata. Chonde," Bern ananyengerera, koma anazindikira kuti kamvekedwe kake kamasokonekera, komwe kukhazika mtima pansi sikunakhalitse.
  
  "Pofuna anzanga, ndithudi, tinachita ngozi ya galimoto, Captain Byrne," iye anasimba motero molingalira, akumayembekezera kuti kuphweka kwa chochitikacho kukakhala chifukwa chokwanira cha imfa ya Renata.
  
  Anakweza nsidze imodzi, akuwoneka pafupifupi wodabwa.
  
  "Ndipo pamene tinazindikira, iye kulibe. Tinkaganiza kuti anthu ake - omwe amatithamangitsa - amubweza, "adaonjeza, poganizira za Sam komanso ngati adaphedwa panthawiyo.
  
  "Ndipo sanangokuikani chipolopolo pamutu uliwonse kuti mutsimikizire? Sanabweze amene mwa inu amene munali ndi moyo?" Anafunsa ndi mchitidwe wina wake wosuliza wophunzitsidwa zankhondo. Iye anatsamira patebulopo n"kugwedeza mutu wake mokwiya kuti: "Zimenezi n"zimene ndikanachita. Ndipo ine kale ndinali mbali ya Black Sun. Ndikudziwa bwino lomwe mmene amagwirira ntchito, Dr. Gould, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti sangamenyane ndi Renata n"kukusiyani kuti mupume."
  
  Nthawi imeneyi Nina anasowa chonena. Ngakhale kuchenjera kwake sikunamupulumutse popereka njira ina yomveka yosinthira nkhaniyo.
  
  Kodi Sam akadali ndi moyo?Anaganiza mozama kulakalaka akanapanda kuyimba zachipongwe.
  
  "Dr. Gould, chonde musandiyese ulemu wanga. Ndili ndi talente yoitanira zoipa, ndipo mumandidyetsa tulo," iye anatero ndi ulemu wozizira umene unapangitsa khungu la Nina kukwawa pansi pa juzi lake lalikulu kwambiri. "Tsopano, kwa nthawi yomaliza, bwanji iwe ndi abwenzi ako mudakali moyo?"
  
  "Tinathandizidwa ndi mwamuna wathu," adatero mwamsanga, ponena za Perdue, koma adasiya kumutchula dzina. Berne uyu, monga momwe angadziwire za anthu, sanali munthu wosasamala, koma ankatha kudziwa kuchokera m'maso mwake kuti anali wamtundu wa "simungathe kumenyana nawo"; ngati "imfa yoipa," ndipo ndi chitsiru chokha chimene chimasuntha munga umenewo." Iye anafulumira modabwitsa ndi yankho lake ndipo ankayembekezera kuti atha kunena ziganizo zina zothandiza pa mleme popanda kudziwononga ndi kudzipha. Alexander, ndipo tsopano ndi Sam atha kufa kale, ndiye kuti zingakhale zopindulitsa kukhala wowona mtima ndi ogwirizana nawo okha omwe anali nawo.
  
  "Mwamuna ndani?" - Bern adafunsa. "Kodi ndikudziwa?"
  
  "Sitinadziŵe nkomwe," iye anayankha motero. Mwaukadaulo sindikunama, mwana Yesu. Kufikira pamenepo sitinadziŵe kuti ali m"gulu la bungwelo, iye anapemphera m"maganizo mwake, akumayembekezera kuti mulungu amene amamva maganizo ake amusonyeza chiyanjo. Nina sanaganizirepo za Sande sukulu chiyambire pamene anathaŵa khamu la tchalitchi ali wachichepere, koma kufikira tsopano anali asanamve kufunika kwa kupempherera moyo wake. Anangomva Sam akuseka zoyesayesa zake zomvetsa chisoni zofuna kusangalatsa mulungu wina ndikumunyoza mpaka kunyumba chifukwa cha izi.
  
  "Hmm," mtsogoleri wankhawayo analingalira, akuyendetsa nkhani yake kudzera muubongo wake wofufuza zenizeni. "Ndipo ameneyu...osadziwika... munthuyu anamukoka Renata, kuonetsetsa kuti othamangitsawo sanayandikire galimoto yanu kuti aone ngati munamwalira?"
  
  "Inde," iye anatero, akulongosolabe zifukwa zonse m"mutu mwake pamene ankayankha.
  
  Anamwetulira mwansangala ndi kumusangalatsa kuti: "Ndiko kutambasula, Dr. Gould. Amagawidwa mochepa kwambiri, awa. Koma ndigula ...
  
  Nina anapumira momveka bwino. Mwadzidzidzi, mkulu wa asilikaliyo anatsamira patebulo ndipo mwamphamvu anathamangitsira dzanja lake m"tsitsi la Nina, akufinya mwamphamvu ndi mwachiwawa kumukokera kwa iye. Anakuwa mwamantha ndipo anakanikizira nkhope yake mopweteka patsaya lake lowawa.
  
  "Koma ndikadzadziwa kuti ukundinamiza, ndidzakudyerani anthu anga zotsala zanu nditakuphani. Kodi zonse zamveka kwa inu, Dr. Gould?" Bern adasisita kumaso kwake. Nina anamva kuti mtima wake ukuima ndipo anangotsala pang'ono kukomoka chifukwa cha mantha. Zomwe adatha kuchita ndikungogwedeza mutu.
  
  Sanayembekezere kuti izi zichitika. Tsopano anali wotsimikiza kuti Sam wamwalira. Ngati Renegade Brigade anali zolengedwa za psychopathic, sakadadziwa chifundo kapena kudziletsa. Anakhala kwa kanthawi, ali wodabwa. Ndizo zonse za nkhanza za akapolo, anaganiza ndikupemphera kwa Mulungu kuti asanene izi mokweza.
  
  "Muwuze Bodo abweretse ena awiriwo!" - adafuula kwa mlonda wa pachipata. Anaima chakumapeto kwa chipindacho, akuyang"ananso m"chizimezime. Mutu wa Nina unatsitsidwa, koma maso ake adadzuka kuti amuyang'ane. Bern anawoneka wodzimvera chisoni pamene anatembenuka: "Ine... kupepesa kungakhale kosafunikira, ndikuganiza. Ndichedwa kwambiri kuyesera kukhala wabwino, koma ... Ndikumva bwino kwambiri ndi izi, kotero ... Pepani. "
  
  "Chabwino," adakwanitsa, mawu ake adatsala pang'ono kumveka.
  
  "Ayi ndithu. Ine... - zinali zovuta kwa iye kuyankhula, manyazi ndi khalidwe lake, "Ndili ndi vuto la mkwiyo. Ndimakhumudwa anthu akamandinamiza. Zowonadi, Dr. Gould, nthawi zambiri sindivulaza akazi. Ili ndi tchimo lapadera limene ndimasungira munthu wapadera."
  
  Nina ankafuna kudana naye monga mmene ankachitira Bodo, koma sanathe. M"njira yodabwitsa, iye anadziŵa kuti anali woona mtima ndipo m"malo mwake anadzipeza akumvetsetsa kukhumudwa kwake konse. M'malo mwake, chimenecho chinali vuto lake ndi Purdue. Ziribe kanthu momwe iye ankafunira kumukonda iye, ziribe kanthu momwe amamvetsetsa kuti iye anali wowala komanso wokonda ngozi, nthawi zambiri ankangofuna kumumenya iye mu mipira. Mkwiyo wake waukali umadziwikanso kuti umadziwonetsa mopanda nzeru pamene adanamizidwa, ndipo Perdue ndiye amene adaphulitsa bomba ili.
  
  "Ndikumvetsa. Kwenikweni, ndimafuna," iye anatero, atachita dzanzi ndi mantha. Bern anaona kusintha kwa mawu ake. Nthawi imeneyi inali yaiwisi komanso yeniyeni. Pamene ananena kuti anamvetsa mkwiyo wake, anali kunena zoona mwankhanza.
  
  "Tsopano, ndi zomwe ine ndimakhulupirira, Dr. Gould. Ndiyesetsa kuchita zinthu mwachilungamo mmene ndingathere pogamula zigamulo zanga," anamutsimikizira motero. Pamene mithunzi inkabwerera potuluka dzuŵa, khalidwe lake linabwereranso kwa mkulu wankhondo wopanda tsankho amene anauzidwa naye. Nina asanamvetse zomwe amatanthauza kuti "mayesero", chipata chinatsegulidwa ndipo adawona Sam ndi Alexander.
  
  Zinali zong'ambika pang'ono, koma zonse zimawoneka bwino. Alexander ankawoneka wotopa komanso kulibe. Sam anali akuvutikabe ndi nkhonya yomwe adamumenya pachipumi, ndipo dzanja lake lamanja linali lomangidwa bandeji. Amuna onsewa adawoneka owopsa ataona kuvulala kwa Nina. Panali kukwiya chifukwa chosiya ntchitoyo, koma ankadziwa kuti zinali zabwino kwambiri kuti asamenye chigawenga chomwe chinamupweteka.
  
  Bern adawapempha kuti akhale pansi. Onse anali omangidwa ndi maunyolo apulasitiki kumbuyo kwawo, mosiyana ndi Nina, yemwe anali mfulu.
  
  "Tsopano popeza ndalankhula nanu nonse atatu, ndatsimikiza kuti ndisakuphani. Koma-"
  
  "Pali chogwira chimodzi," Alexander adausa moyo, osayang'ana Bern. Mutu wake unkalendewera mopanda chiyembekezo, tsitsi lake lachikasu lotuwa lopanda chiyembekezo.
  
  "Zoonadi, pali nsomba pano, Bambo Arichenkov," Bern anayankha, akumveka pafupifupi kudabwa ndi mawu omveka bwino a Alexander. "Mukufuna pogona. Ndikufuna Renata."
  
  Onse atatu anamuyang'ana mopanda kukhulupirira.
  
  "Captain, palibe njira yomwe tingamugwirenso," Alexander adayamba.
  
  "Popanda munthu wako wamkati, inde, ndikudziwa," adatero Byrne.
  
  Sam ndi Alexander adayang'ana Nina, koma adapukusa ndikupukusa mutu.
  
  "Ndicho chifukwa chake ndikusiya munthu wina kuno ngati chikole," anawonjezera Byrne. Ena, kuti asonyeze kukhulupirika kwawo, adzayenera kupereka Renata kwa ine wamoyo. Kuti ndikuwonetseni kuti ndine wochereza alendo wachisomo, ndikulola kuti usankhe amene adzakhale ndi Strenkovs. "
  
  Sam, Alexander ndi Nina adachita mantha.
  
  "O, pumulani!" Bern anabweza mutu wake mmbuyo modabwitsa, akuyenda uku ndi uku. "Sakudziwa kuti ndi chandamale. Otetezeka m'nyumba yawo! Amuna anga ali m'malo, okonzeka kukantha ndikuwalamula. Wangotsala ndi mwezi umodzi ndendende kuti ubwere kuno ndi zomwe ndikufuna."
  
  Sam anayang'ana Nina. Ndi milomo yake yokha anati: "Tatha."
  
  Alexander anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza.
  
  
  Mutu 8
  
  
  Mosiyana ndi akaidi atsoka omwe sanakondweretse akuluakulu a brigade, Sam, Nina ndi Alexander anali ndi mwayi wodyera ndi mamembala usiku umenewo. Pakatikati pa tsindwi losema mwala la lingalo, pamoto waukulu, aliyense anakhala pansi n"kukambirana. Panali misasa yambiri ya alonda yomangidwa m"makoma a alonda kuti ayang"anire mosalekeza kuzungulira, pamene nsanja zoonekeratu zimene zinaima pa ngodya ya cardinal iliyonse zinali zopanda kanthu.
  
  "Wochenjera," anatero Alexander, ataona chinyengo chanzerucho.
  
  "Inde," Sam anavomera, akuluma kwambiri nthiti yayikulu yomwe adagwira m'manja mwake ngati munthu wakuphanga.
  
  "Ndinazindikira kuti kuti muthe kulimbana ndi anthu ameneŵa-monga mmene anthu ena aja-muyenera kumaganizira nthaŵi zonse zimene mukuona, apo ayi adzakudzidzimukani nthaŵi zonse," anatero Nina molondola. Anakhala pafupi ndi Sam, atanyamula chidutswa cha mkate wophikidwa kumene m'zala zake ndikuchinyema kuti aviike mu supu.
  
  "Ndiye mukukhala pano - mukutsimikiza, Alexander?" Nina anafunsa mokhudzidwa kwambiri, ngakhale kuti sakanafuna wina aliyense koma Sam kupita naye ku Edinburgh. Ngati akanafunikira kupeza Renata, malo abwino oyambira akanakhala Purdue. Amadziwa kuti abwera ngati atapita ku Reichtisusis ndikuphwanya protocol.
  
  "Ndikuyenera. Ndiyenera kukhala pafupi ndi anzanga apaubwana. Ngati adzawomberedwa, nditenga pafupifupi theka la zigawengazi," adatero ndikukweza botolo lake lomwe analibetcha posachedwa.
  
  "Chirasha iwe wopenga!" Nina anaseka. "Kodi munaigula inali yodzaza?"
  
  "Unali," chidakwa cha ku Russia chinadzitama, "koma tsopano chatsala pang"ono kutha!"
  
  "Kodi izi ndi zomwe Katya watidyetsa?" - Sam adafunsa, akupanga chipwirikiti chonyansa pokumbukira kuwala kwa mwezi koyipa komwe adamuchitira pamasewera a poker.
  
  "Inde! Zapangidwa m'dera lomweli. Ku Siberia kokha komwe zonse zimayenda bwino kuposa kuno, anzanga. Chifukwa chiyani mukuganiza kuti palibe chomwe chimakula ku Russia? Zitsamba zonse zimafa mukatulutsa kuwala kwa mwezi! Anaseka ngati wamisala wonyada.
  
  Mosiyana ndi malawi aataliwo, Nina ankatha kuona Bern. Anangoyang'ana pamoto, ngati kuti akuwonera mbiri yakale mkati mwake. Maso ake abuluu oundana amatha pafupifupi kuzimitsa moto womwe unali patsogolo pake, ndipo anamva chisoni kwambiri ndi mkulu wokongolayo. Tsopano iye anali atachoka pa ntchito, mmodzi wa atsogoleri ena anatenga udindo usiku. Palibe amene analankhula naye, ndipo zimenezo zinamuyenerera. Nsapato zake zinali ndi mbale yake yopanda kanthu ndipo adayigwira itangotsala pang'ono kuti m'modzi mwa a Ridgeback afikire zomwe adatsala. Apa ndipomwe maso ake adakumana ndi Nina.
  
  Anafuna kuyang'ana kumbali, koma sanathe. Ankafuna kuti asiye kukumbukira zomwe ankamuopsezazo atataya mtima, koma ankadziwa kuti sangachite zimenezo. Bern samadziwa kuti Nina adapeza chiwopsezo cha "kukamizidwa" ndi Mjeremani wamphamvu ndi wokongola chotere osati wonyansa kwenikweni, koma sakanamulola kuti adziwe za izi.
  
  Chifukwa cha kukuwa ndi kung'ung'udza kosalekeza, nyimbozo zinasiya. Monga momwe Nina amayembekezera, nyimboyi nthawi zambiri inali yaku Russia yoyimba nyimbo zomwe zidamupangitsa kuganiza kuti gulu la Cossacks likudumpha mozungulira mzere ndikupanga bwalo. Sakanakhoza kukana kuti mlengalenga unali wodabwitsa, wotetezeka komanso wosangalatsa, ngakhale kuti sakanatha kuganiza mozama maola angapo apitawo. Bern atalankhula nawo pa ofesi yaikulu, atatuwo anatumizidwa kukasamba kotentha, anapatsidwa zovala zoyera (zowonjezereka mogwirizana ndi kukoma kwa kumaloko), ndipo analoledwa kudya ndi kupuma kwa usiku umodzi asananyamuke.
  
  Pakadali pano, Alexander adzatengedwa ngati membala wagulu lalikulu la zigawenga mpaka abwenzi ake atakwiyitsa utsogoleri kuti akhulupirire kuti kuyitanitsa kwawo kunali kwachinyengo. Ndiye iye ndi banja la Strenkov akadaphedwa mwachidule.
  
  Bern anayang'ana Nina ndi kukhumudwa kwachilendo komwe kunamupangitsa kukhala wosakhazikika. Pafupi ndi iye, Sam anali kuyankhula ndi Alexander za kuyika dera lonselo mpaka ku Novosibirsk kuti atsimikizire kuti akuyenda bwino m'dzikoli. Adamva mawu a Sam koma kuyang'ana kwamphamvu kwa mkuluyo kudapangitsa thupi lake kupsa mtima ndi chikhumbo chachikulu chomwe adalephera kufotokoza. Kenako, ananyamuka pampando wake atanyamula mbale m'manja, n'kupita kumalo amene anthu aja ankawatcha kuti ngalawayo.
  
  Podzimva kukhala wokakamizika kulankhula naye yekha, Nina anadzikhululukira ndi kumtsatira Bern. Anatsika masitepe mu kanjira kakang'ono ka nthambi komwe kunali khitchini, ndipo pamene ankalowa, anali akutuluka. Mbale yake inagunda thupi lake n"kusweka pansi.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, pepani kwambiri!" - adatero ndikusonkhanitsa zidutswazo.
  
  "Palibe vuto, Dr. Gould." Anagwada pafupi ndi kukongolako, ndikumuthandiza, koma maso ake sanachoke pankhope pake. Anamva kuyang'ana kwake ndipo anamva kutentha komwe anazidziwa kukudutsa mwa iye. Atatolera zidutswa zazikulu zonse, anapita ku ngalawa kukachotsa mbale yoswekayo.
  
  "Ndiyenera kufunsa," iye anatero ndi manyazi osayenera.
  
  "Inde?" anadikirira, akugwedeza malaya ake ochuluka a mkate wowotcha.
  
  Nina anachita manyazi ndi chisokonezocho, koma anangomwetulira.
  
  "Pali chinachake chimene ndikufunika kudziwa... pandekha," iye anakayikira.
  
  "Muthu. Monga mukufunira," anayankha mwaulemu.
  
  "Zoona?" adaperekanso maganizo ake mwangozi. "Hmm, chabwino. Ndikhoza kukhala ndikulakwitsa pa izi, captain, koma mumandiyang'ana cham'mbali. Ndi ine ndekha?"
  
  Nina sanakhulupirire zimene anaona. Munthuyo anachita manyazi. Bzimwebzi bzidamucitisa kubziwona ninga munthu wakupambulika thangwe ra kumuikha m"mabvuto ninga yamweya.
  
  Koma kachiwiri, anakuuzani mosapita m'mbali kuti adzachita nawe monga chilango, choncho musade nkhawa kwambiri za iye, mawu ake amkati anamuuza.
  
  "Ndizo basi ... iwe ..." Anavutika kuti aulule chiwopsezo chilichonse, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuyankhula za zinthu zomwe wolemba mbiri adamufunsa kuti alankhule. "Mwandikumbutsa za malemu mkazi wanga, Dr. Gould."
  
  Chabwino, tsopano inu mukhoza kumva ngati bulu weniweni.
  
  Asananene chilichonse, anapitiriza kuti, "Anangofanana ndendende ndi iwe. Tsitsi lake lokhalo linali pansi mpaka kumbuyo kwake, ndipo nsidze zake sizinali ngati ... kotero ... zokonzedwa bwino ngati zanu, "adalongosola. "Anachitanso ngati iwe."
  
  "Pepani kwambiri, captain. Ndikumva ngati ndikufunsa mafunso. "
  
  "Ndiyimbireni Ludwig, chonde Nina. Sindikufuna kukudziwani, koma tapyola zomwe tidachita, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti omwe adawopseza ayenera kutchulidwa mayina, inde?" adamwetulira modzichepetsa.
  
  "Ndikuvomereza kotheratu, Ludwig," Nina anaseka moseka. "Ludwig. Ndilo dzina lomaliza lomwe ndingayanjane nawe."
  
  "Ndinganene chiyani? Amayi anga anali ndi malo ofewa kwa Beethoven. Ndikuthokoza Mulungu kuti sanakonde Engelbert Humperdinck! ananyengerera uku akuwathira zakumwa.
  
  Nina anasisima ndi kuseka, akumalingalira mkulu wankhanza wa zolengedwa zoipitsitsa mbali iyi ya Nyanja ya Caspian yokhala ndi dzina longa Engelbert.
  
  "Ndiyenera kulolera! Ludwig ndi wodziwika bwino komanso wodziwika bwino, "adaseka.
  
  "Tiyeni tibwerere. Sindikufuna kuti Bambo Cleave aganize kuti ndikuukira gawo lawo," iye anauza Nina ndipo mokoma mtima anaika dzanja lake pamsana kuti amutulutse m"khitchini.
  
  
  Mutu 9
  
  
  Panali chisanu pamwamba pa mapiri a Altai. Oyang'anira okhawo anali akungong'ung'udza, kusinthanitsa zoyatsira ndikunong'onezana za nthano zamtundu uliwonse, alendo atsopano ndi mapulani awo, ndipo ena adapanga kubetcherana kutsimikizika kwa zomwe Alexander adanena za Renata.
  
  Koma palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anakambirana za ubale wa Berne ndi wolemba mbiri.
  
  Ena mwa mabwenzi ake akale, amuna amene anamuthawa zaka zambiri zapitazo, ankadziwa mmene mkazi wake ankaonekera, ndipo zinkaoneka ngati zachilendo kwa iwo kuti mtsikana wa ku Scotland ameneyu ankaoneka ngati Vera Burn. M'malingaliro awo, sikunali kwabwino kuti wamkulu wawo akumane ndi zomwezo ndi mkazi wake womwalirayo, chifukwa adakhala wokhumudwa kwambiri. Ngakhale pamene alendo ndi otenga nawo mbali atsopano sanathe kudziwa, ena amatha kuzindikira bwino lomwe.
  
  Maola asanu ndi awiri okha m'mbuyomo, Sam Cleave ndi Nina Gould wodabwitsa adaperekezedwa ku tawuni yapafupi kuti ayambe kufufuza pamene galasi lamoto lidatembenuzidwa kuti adziwe tsogolo la Alexander Arichenkov, Katya ndi Sergei Strenkov.
  
  Atapita, a Renegade Brigade adadikirira mwezi wotsatira. Zedi, kubera Renata kungakhale kodabwitsa, koma kukangomaliza, ogwira nawo ntchito azikhala ndi chiyembekezo. Kutulutsidwa kwa mtsogoleri wa Black Sun kudzakhaladi nthawi yodziwika bwino kwa iwo. M"chenicheni, uku kukanakhala kupita patsogolo kopambana kumene gulu lawo lapangapo chiyambire kukhazikitsidwa kwawo. Ndipo iye anali nazo, anali ndi mphamvu zonse zomiza nkhumba za Nazi padziko lonse lapansi.
  
  Mphepoyo idakhala yoyipa itangotsala pang'ono 1 koloko ndipo amuna ambiri adagona. Pansi pa chivundikiro cha mvula yomwe inali kuyandikira, kuukira kwina kunali kuyembekezera malo achitetezo a brigade, koma anthu analibe chidwi ndi nkhonya yomwe inali pafupi. Magalimoto ambiri anayandikira ku Ulangom, akudutsa pang'onopang'ono pakati pa chifunga chakuda chomwe chinabwera chifukwa cha mtunda wautali wa malo otsetsereka, pomwe mitambo inasonkhana kuti ikhazikike isanagwere m'mphepete mwake ndikugwetsa misozi pansi.
  
  Msewuwo unali woipa ndipo nyengo inali yoipa kwambiri, koma zombozo zinayenda mosalekeza n"kulunjika m"mbali mwa phirilo, n"kutsimikiza mtima kugonjetsa ulendo wovutawo ndi kukhalabe kumeneko mpaka ntchito yake itakwaniritsidwa. Ulendowu udatsogolera ku nyumba ya amonke ya Mengu-Timur, komwe kazembeyo adapitilira kupita ku M'nkh Saridag kuti akapeze chisa cha Brigade Renegade, pazifukwa zosadziwika kwa kampani yonse.
  
  Pamene mabingu anayamba kugwedeza thambo, Ludwig Bern anagona pabedi lake. Anayang'ana mndandanda wa ntchito zake ndipo masiku awiri otsatirawa adzakhala opanda udindo wake monga mutu woyamba wa mamembala. Atazimitsa magetsi, anamvetsera kulira kwa mvula ndipo anamva kusungulumwa kodabwitsa. Anadziwa kuti Nina Gould inali nkhani yoipa, koma silinali vuto lake. Kutaya wokondedwa wake kunalibe kanthu kochita naye, ndipo adayenera kuyenda kuti alole. M"malo mwake, iye analingalira za mwana wake, yemwe anataya kwa iye zaka zambiri zapitazo, koma sanali kutali ndi maganizo ake a tsiku ndi tsiku. Bern ankaganiza kuti angachite bwino kuganizira za mwana wakeyo kusiyana ndi mkazi wake. Chinali chikondi chosiyana, china chosavuta kuchita nacho kuposa chinacho. Ankayenera kuwasiya amayiwo chifukwa kuwakumbukira onse awiriwo kumangomubweretsera chisoni chachikulu, osatchulanso za kufewa kwawo. Kutaya mtima kukanamulepheretsa kupanga zisankho zolimba komanso kuzunzidwa nthawi zina, ndipo izi ndi zomwe zidamuthandiza kuti apulumuke ndikulamula.
  
  Mumdimawo, iye analola mpumulo wokoma wa tulo kumugonjetsera iye kwa kamphindi kokha asanang"ambikako mwankhanza. Kuseri kwa chitseko chake adamva kulira kwakukulu - "Kuphwanya!"
  
  "Chani?" - iye anafuula mokweza, koma mu chisokonezo cha siren ndi anthu pa positi kufuula malamulo, iye anakhalabe osayankhidwa. Bern adalumpha ndikuvala buluku ndi nsapato zake, osavutikira kuvala masokosi.
  
  Iye ankayembekezera kuwombera, ngakhale kuphulika, koma panali phokoso chabe la chisokonezo ndi zochita kukonza. Anatuluka m"nyumba mwake mwachiwombankhanga, mfuti ili m"manja, ali wokonzeka kumenya nkhondo. Mwamsanga anasamuka kuchoka ku nyumba ya kum"mwera kupita kumunsi kwa kum"mawa kumene kunali masitolo. Kodi kusokonezeka mwadzidzidzi kumeneku kunali ndi chochita ndi alendo atatuwo? Palibe chimene chinaloŵa m"kachitidwe ka brigade kapena pachipata kufikira Nina ndi mabwenzi ake anawonekera m"mbali imeneyi ya dziko. Kodi akanakwiyitsa izi ndikugwiritsa ntchito chida chake ngati nyambo? Mafunso masauzande ambiri anadutsa m"mutu mwake pamene ankapita kuchipinda cha Alexander kuti akadziwe.
  
  "Mnyamata! Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" - adafunsa m'modzi mwa mamembala omwe amadutsa pafupi ndi iye.
  
  "Wina wathyola chitetezo ndikulowa m'malo, captain! Bakali mubusena bwakusaanguna."
  
  "Kuyikidwa pawokha! Ndikulengeza kukhala kwaokha!" Bern adabangula ngati mulungu wokwiya.
  
  Amisiri omwe anali alonda anaika zizindikiro zawo mmodzimmodzi, ndipo patangopita masekondi angapo mpanda wonsewo unatsekedwa.
  
  "Tsopano Gulu la 3 ndi 8 likhoza kupita kukasaka akaluluwo," iye analamula motero, atachira msanga chifukwa cha mikangano yomwe inali kumusangalatsa kwambiri. Bern adalowa m'chipinda chogona cha Alexander ndipo adapeza waku Russia akuyang'ana pawindo lake. Anagwira Alexander ndikumugwetsera kukhoma mwamphamvu kwambiri kotero kuti mtsinje wamagazi unayamba kutuluka m'mphuno mwake, maso ake abuluu otumbululuka ndi osokonezeka.
  
  "Kodi izi ndi zanu, Arichenkov?" Bern anali wovuta.
  
  "Ayi! Ayi! Sindikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika, captain! Ndikulumbira!" Alexander anafuula. Ndipo ndikulonjezani kuti izi sizikukhudzananso ndi anzanga! N"cifukwa ciani ndicita zinthu ngati zimenezo pamene ndili pa cifundo canu? Ganizilani izi."
  
  "Anthu anzeru achita zinthu zachilendo, Alexander. Sindikhulupirira chilichonse momwe ziliri! " Bern anaumirirabe, akukankhabe Chirasha kukhoma. Anayang'ana panja panja. Atatulutsa Alexander, adathamangira kukayang'ana. Alexander adalumikizana naye pazenera.
  
  Onse awiri adawona zifanizo ziwiri zokwera pamahatchi zikutuluka pachikuto cha gulu lapafupi la mitengo.
  
  "Mulungu!" Bern adakuwa, wokhumudwa komanso wokwiya. "Alexander, bwera ndi ine."
  
  Adalunjika kuchipinda chowongolera komwe akatswiri adayang'ana mabwalo komaliza, ndikusintha kamera iliyonse ya CCTV kuti iwunikenso. Mkulu wa asilikali ndi mnzake wa ku Russia analowa m"chipindamo, akukankhira pambali akatswiri awiri kuti apite pa intercom.
  
  "Achung! Daniels ndi McKee, pitani kumahatchi anu! Alendo osaitanidwa akusamukira kum'mwera chakum'mawa atakwera pamahatchi! Ndikubwereza, Daniels ndi McKee, atsatire pa akavalo! Onse owombera amapita kukhoma lakumwera, TSOPANO! - adatulutsa malamulo kudzera mu dongosolo lomwe linakhazikitsidwa m'lingaliro lonse.
  
  "Alexander, kodi umakwera kavalo?" anafunsa.
  
  "Ndimakhulupirira! Ndine wofufuza komanso scout, captain. Kodi makola ali kuti? Alexander adadzitamandira ndi changu. Zochita zamtundu uwu ndi zomwe adalengedwera. Chidziwitso chake cha kupulumuka ndi kufufuza chikanawathandiza onse usikuuno, ndipo zodabwitsa, nthawi ino sanasamale kuti panalibe mtengo wa ntchito zake.
  
  Pansi pansi, zomwe zidakumbutsa Alexander za garaja yayikulu, adakhota ngodya kupita kumakhola. Mahatchi 10 ankasungidwa nthawi zonse kuti asamadutse mtunda pamene kusefukira kwa madzi ndi chipale chofewa, pamene magalimoto sankatha kudutsa m'misewu. M"zigwa za m"mapirimo muli bata, nyamazo zinkatengedwa tsiku ndi tsiku kupita nazo ku msipu wakum"mwera kwa phompho kumene kunali malo a asilikaliwo. Mvula inali kuzizira kwambiri, ndipo mathithi ake ankaponyedwa pabwalo labwalolo. Ngakhale Alexander anasankha kukhala kutali ndi izo ndipo mwakachetechete akukhumba akadali mu bedi lake lofunda lofunda, koma kutentha kwa kuthamangitsidwa kumamupangitsa kuti atenthedwe.
  
  Bern analankhula ndi manja amuna awiri omwe anakumana nawo kumeneko. Awa anali awiri omwe anawayitana pa intercom kuti akwere, ndipo akavalo awo anali atakhazikika kale.
  
  "Captain!" - onse awiri anapereka moni.
  
  "Uyu ndi Alexander. Adzatiperekeza kuti tikapeze njira ya olowa," Bern anawauza motero pamene iye ndi Alexander akukonzekera akavalo awo.
  
  "M'nyengo yotere? Uyenera kukhala wamkulu! McKee anayang'ana Russian.
  
  "Tidziwa posachedwa," adatero Byrne, akumangirira zoseweretsa zake.
  
  Amuna anayi anatuluka mumkuntho woopsa ndi wozizira. Bern anali patsogolo pa ena atatu, akuwatsogolera m"njira imene anaona oloŵerera akuthawa. Kuchokera m"madambo ozungulira phirili linayamba kutsetsereka chakum"mwera chakum"mawa, ndipo mumdima wandiweyani zinali zoopsa kwambiri kuti nyama zawo ziwoloke m"dera la miyalalo. Liŵiro lapang"onopang"ono la kulondola kwawo linali lofunikira kuti akavalo asungike bwino. Pokhulupirira kuti okwera pamahatchi othaŵawo anayenda ulendo wosamala mofananamo, Bern anafunikirabe kubweza nthaŵi yotayika imene mwayi wawo unawapatsa.
  
  Anawoloka kamtsinje kakang"ono m"munsi mwa chigwacho, n"kumawoloka wapansi kuti atsogolere akavalo awo pamiyala yolimba, koma pakali pano mtsinje wozizirawo sunawavutitse ngakhale pang"ono. Atanyowa ndi mvula yakumwamba, amuna anayiwo anakweranso pamahatchi awo n"kupitirira kum"mwera kudutsa mumtsinje umene unawalola kukafika kutsidya lina la tsinde la phirilo. Apa Bern adachedwetsa.
  
  Iyi inali njira yokhayo yomwe okwera ena amatha kuchoka m'derali, ndipo Berne adapempha amuna ake kuti atenge akavalo awo kuti akwere. Alexander anatsika ndikukwera pambali pa kavalo wake, patsogolo pang'ono pa Bern kuti awone kuya kwa ziboda. Manja ake ankasonyeza kuti kunali kusuntha kumbali ina ya miyala yosongoka kumene ankasaka nyama zawo. Onse anatsika, kusiya McKee kutsogolera mahatchi kutali ndi malo ofukula, kubwerera kumbuyo kuti asaulule kukhalapo kwa gululo.
  
  Alexander, Bern ndi Daniels adakwawira m'mphepete ndikuyang'ana pansi. Poyamikira mkokomo wa mvula ndi kuwomba m"manja kwa apo ndi apo, iwo ankatha kuyenda bwinobwino popanda kukhala chete ngati kuli kofunikira.
  
  Pamsewu wopita ku Kobdo, anthu awiriwa adayima kuti apume pomwe mbali ina ya miyala yayikulu yomwe amasonkhanitsa zikwama zawo, gulu losaka la brigade lidawona gulu la anthu akubwerera kuchokera ku nyumba ya amonke ya Mengu Timur. Zifanizo ziwiri zinalowa mumthunzi ndikuwoloka miyala.
  
  "Bwera!" Bern adawauza anzakewo. "Amalowa nawo m"gulu la mlungu uliwonse. Ngati titawaiwala, adzatayika kwa ife ndipo adzasakanikirana ndi ena.
  
  Bern ankadziwa za convoys. Ankatumizidwa ku nyumba ya amonke ndi zakudya ndi mankhwala, nthawi zina kamodzi pa milungu iwiri iliyonse.
  
  "Wanzeru," iye anaseka, kukana kuvomereza kugonja, koma anakakamizika kuvomereza kuti anam"chititsa kukhala wopanda mphamvu ndi chinyengo chawo chanzeru. Sipakanakhala njira yowalekanitsira gululo pokhapokha ngati Bern akanatha kuwagwira onse ndi kuwakakamiza kutulutsa m'matumba awo kuti awone ngati pali chilichonse chodziwika bwino chomwe chatengedwa kuchokera ku gulu lankhondo. Pazifukwa izi, adadzifunsa zomwe akufuna pakulowa kwawo mwachangu ndikutuluka kwawo.
  
  "Kodi tikhala odana, captain?" - Daniels adafunsa.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira, Daniels. Tikawalola kuti athawe popanda kuyesa koyenera, koyenera, akuyenera kupambana komwe tidzawapatse, "Burn adauza anzakewo. "Ndipo sitingalole kuti izi zichitike!"
  
  Atatuwo anathamangira m"mphepete mwa nyanja ndipo atanyamula mfuti atakonzeka, anazungulira apaulendowo. Gulu la magalimoto asanu linanyamula anthu pafupifupi 11 okha, ambiri mwa iwo anali amishonale ndi anamwino. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, Byrne, Daniels, ndi Alexander anafufuza nzika za Mongolia ndi Russia ngati zili ndi zizindikiro zoukira boma, akumafuna kuwona ziphaso zawo.
  
  "Mulibe ufulu wochita izi!" - mwamunayo adatsutsa. "Sindiwe olondera m'malire kapena apolisi!"
  
  "Kodi muli ndi chinachake choti mubise?" Bern adafunsa mwaukali kwambiri mpaka munthu uja adabwerera ku mzere.
  
  "Pali anthu awiri mwa inu amene sali monga momwe akuonekera. Ndipo ife tikufuna kuti iwo aperekedwe. Tikakhala nazo, tidzakusiyani kuti mupitirize ntchito yanu, choncho mukangopereka mwamsanga, tonse tidzatenthedwa msanga!" Bern adalengeza, akudutsa aliyense wa iwo ngati mkulu wa Nazi akukhazikitsa malamulo a msasa wachibalo. "Ine ndi amuna anga tilibe vuto kukhala nanu kuno kuzizira ndi mvula mpaka mutatsatira! Malingana ngati mubisala zigawenga zimenezi, mudzakhalabe kuno!"
  
  
  Mutu 10
  
  
  "Sindikukulimbikitsani kuti mugwiritse ntchito izi, wokondedwa," Sam adaseka, koma nthawi yomweyo anali wowona mtima.
  
  "Sam, ndikufuna ma jeans atsopano. Tayang'anani!" Nina anakangana naye, akutsegula chijasi chake chachikulu kwambiri kuti asonyeze Sam mkhalidwe wotopa wa jinzi wake wauve, wong"ambika tsopano. Chovalacho chinapezedwa mwachilolezo cha wosilira wake wozizira kwambiri, Ludwig Bern. Chinali chimodzi mwa zinthu zake, chophimbidwa ndi ubweya wachilengedwe mkati mwa chovala chopangidwa monyanyira chomwe chinakuta kathupi kakang'ono ka Nina ngati chikwa.
  
  "Sitiyenera kuwononga ndalama zathu pano. Ine ndikukuuzani inu. Kodi pali cholakwika. Mwadzidzidzi maakaunti athu sakutsekedwa ndipo tili ndi mwayi wofikiranso? Ine kubetcherana ndi msampha kuti atipeze. "Black Dzuwa" idayimitsa maakaunti athu aku banki; chifukwa chiyani padziko lapansi izi zikadakhala zabwino modzidzimutsa kuti zitha kutibwezeranso miyoyo yathu? anafunsa.
  
  "Perdue mwina adakoka zingwe zina?" adayembekeza kuti amuyankha koma Sam adamwetulira ndikuyang'ana pamwamba padenga la nyumba ya ndege pomwe adayenera kuwulukira pasanathe ola limodzi.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, mumamukhulupirira kwambiri, sichoncho?" adaseka. "Kodi ndi kangati pamene watilowetsa m"mikhalidwe yoika moyo pachiswe? Kodi simukuganiza kuti mwina adakoka chinyengo cha 'kulira', kutizolowera chifundo chake ndi kufuna kwake kuti tikhulupirire, ndiye ... ? Kapena mbuzi?
  
  "Kodi mungamvetsere nokha?" Adafunsa modabwa zedi akuseweretsa nkhope yake. "Nthawi zonse ankatichotsa pazinthu zomwe amatilowetsamo, sichoncho?"
  
  Sam sanafune kukangana ndi Perdue, cholengedwa chamisala kwambiri chomwe adakumana nacho. Anali wozizira, wotopa, ndi kutopa chifukwa chokhala kutali ndi kwawo. Anaphonya mphaka wake, Bruichladditch. Anasowa pinti ndi bwenzi lake lapamtima Patrick, ndipo tsopano onse anali achilendo kwa iye. Zomwe amangofuna ndikubwerera kuchipinda chake ku Edinburgh, kukagona pa sofa ndi Bruich akuyenda m'mimba ndikumwa chimera chabwino chimodzi, kumvetsera misewu ya ku Scotland wakale kunja kwa zenera lake.
  
  Chinanso chomwe chinkafunika ntchito chinali kukumbukira kwake za nkhani yonse ya mfuti yomwe adathandizira kuwononga Trish ataphedwa. Kutsekako kukanamuchitira zabwino, monganso kusindikizidwa kwa buku lotulukapo, loperekedwa ndi ofalitsa aŵiri osiyana ku London ndi Berlin. Sizinali zomwe ankafuna kuchita chifukwa cha malonda, zomwe mwachiwonekere zikanakwera kwambiri chifukwa cha kutchuka kwake kwa Pulitzer ndi nkhani yochititsa chidwi ya ntchito yonseyi. Anayenera kuuza dziko lonse za bwenzi lake lochedwa ndi ntchito yake yofunika kwambiri pakutha kwa mphete ya zida. Iye analipira mtengo waukulu chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwake ndi chikhumbo chake, ndipo anayenera kudziŵika chifukwa cha zimene anapindula pochotsa gulu lachinyengoli ndi otsatira ake padziko lapansi. Zonse zikachitika, amatha kutseka mutu uwu wa moyo wake kwathunthu ndikupumula kwakanthawi m'moyo wosangalatsa, wamba - pokhapokha, Perdue anali ndi zolinga zina za iye. Anachita kusilira wanzeruyo chifukwa cha ludzu lake losakhutitsidwa, koma momwe Sam amakhudzidwira, adatopa nazo zonse.
  
  Tsopano anaima panja pa sitolo m"mabwalo aakulu a Domodedovo International Airport ku Moscow, kuyesera kukambirana ndi Nina Gould wouma khosi. Anaumirira kuti apeze mwayi ndikugwiritsa ntchito gawo lina la ndalama zawo pogula zovala zatsopano.
  
  "Sam, ndikununkhiza ngati yak. Ndikumva ngati chifaniziro cha ayezi chokhala ndi tsitsi! Ndikuwoneka ngati munthu wokonda mankhwala osokoneza bongo yemwe adamuchotsa chipongwe ndi woyendetsa wake! - adabuula, akuyandikira kwa Sam ndikumugwira ndi kolala. "Ndikufuna jeans yatsopano ndi chipewa chofananira ndi makutu, Sam. Ndiyeneranso kudzimva kuti ndine munthu."
  
  "Inde, inenso. Koma kodi tingadikire mpaka titabwerera ku Edinburgh kuti tizimvanso anthu? Chonde? Sindikhulupirira kusintha kwadzidzidzi kumeneku kwa mkhalidwe wathu wachuma, Nina. Osachepera, tiyeni tibwerere kudziko lathu tisanayambe kuyika chitetezo chathu pachiwopsezo kwambiri, "Sam adanenanso nkhani yake mofatsa momwe angathere, osaphunzira. Iye anadziŵa bwino lomwe kuti Nina anali ndi kachitidwe kachibadwa ka kutsutsa chirichonse chimene chimamveka ngati chidzudzulo kapena ulaliki.
  
  Ndi tsitsi lake atakokedwa mmbuyo mu ponytail yotsika, yotayirira, adagwiritsa ntchito jeans yakuda buluu ndi zipewa za asilikali mu sitolo yaing'ono yakale yomwe inagulitsanso zovala za Chirasha kwa alendo omwe ankafuna kuti agwirizane ndi mafashoni a chikhalidwe cha Moscow. M"maso mwake munali lonjezo, koma atayang"ana Sam, anadziwa kuti anali wolondola. Amatha kutchova juga kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito makhadi awo a debit kapena ATM yakomweko. Pothedwa nzeru, nzeru zinam"siya kwa kanthaŵi, koma mwamsanga anazipezanso motsutsana ndi chifuniro chake ndipo anagonjera ku mkangano wake.
  
  "Tiyeni, Ninanovich," Sam adamutonthoza, ndikumukumbatira mapewa ake, "tiyeni tisawulule zomwe tili nazo kwa anzathu ku Black Sun, huh?"
  
  "Inde, Klivenikov."
  
  Iye anaseka, akumukoka dzanja pamene chilengezo chinafika chakuti iwo akanene ku zipata zawo. Chifukwa cha chizoloŵezi, Nina anamvetsera kwambiri anthu onse omwe anasonkhana mozungulira iwo, akuyang'ana nkhope zawo zonse, manja awo ndi katundu wawo. Osati kuti ankadziwa zimene ankafuna, koma ankadziwa msanga mawu aliwonse okayikitsa a thupi lake. Panthaŵiyo anali ataphunzitsidwa bwino kuŵerenga anthu.
  
  Kumbuyo kwa mmero wake kunamveka kukoma kwa mkuwa, ndipo mutu wake unali utachepa mphamvu pakati pa maso ake, ndipo mboni zake za m'maso zinali kunjenjemera. Pamphumi pake panaoneka zopindika zakuya chifukwa cha kuwawa kwake.
  
  "Zomwe zachitika?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Damn mutu," iye anang"ung"udza, akukankhira dzanja pamphumi pake. Mwadzidzidzi, magazi otentha adayamba kutuluka m'mphuno yake yakumanzere, ndipo Sam adadzuka ndikubweza mutu wake asanadziwe.
  
  "Ndili bwino. Zonse zili bwino ndi ine. Ndingomutsina kuti ndipite kuchimbudzi," anameza mate, akuphethira mofulumira chifukwa cha ululu umene unali kutsogolo kwa chigaza chake.
  
  "Eya, tiye," anatero Sam, akumutsogolera ku chitseko chachikulu cha chimbudzi cha akazi. "Ingochitani mwamsanga. Lumikizani chifukwa sindikufuna kuphonya ndege iyi. "
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Sam," adadzuka ndikulowa m'chipinda chozizira chokhala ndi masinki a granite ndi zida zasiliva. Anali malo ozizira kwambiri, opanda umunthu komanso aukhondo kwambiri. Nina ankaganiza kuti ichi chikanakhala chipinda choyenera opareshoni m'chipatala chapamwamba kwambiri, koma chosayenerera kukomira kapena kupaka manyazi.
  
  Azimayi awiri ankayankhula pogwiritsa ntchito chowumitsira m"manja, ndipo winayo anali akungochoka m"kholamo. Nina anathamangira mu khola kuti akathyole dzanja la chimbudzi pepala ndi, ataugwira ku mphuno, anang'amba chidutswa kupanga pulagi. Analilowetsa m"mphuno mwake, anatenga lina n"kulipinda mosamalitsa kuti aliike m"thumba la jekete lake la yak. Azimayi awiriwa amacheza m'chiyankhulo chokongola kwambiri pamene Nina adatuluka kuti atsuke magazi owuma kuchokera kumaso ndi pachibwano, pomwe madontho akudontha adalephera kuyankha mwachangu kwa Sam.
  
  Kumanzere kwake anaona mayi wina akutuluka m"kanyumba kaja pafupi ndi imene ankagwiritsa ntchito. Nina sanafune kuyang'ana mbali yake. Akazi achi Russia, adazindikira atangofika ndi Sam ndi Alexander, anali olankhula kwambiri. Popeza sankatha kulankhula chinenerocho, ankafuna kupeŵa kumwetulira, kuyang"ana maso, ndi kuyesa kuyambitsa kukambirana. Ali pakona ya diso lake, Nina anaona mkazi akumuyang"ana.
  
  O Mulungu ayi. Musalole kuti iwo akhalenso pano.
  
  Akupukuta nkhope yake ndi pepala lachimbudzi lonyowa, Nina anadziyang"ana komaliza pagalasi, pamene amayi ena aŵiriwo anachoka. Iye ankadziwa kuti sakufuna kukhala yekha ndi mlendo pano, choncho anathamangira m"chinyalala kukataya zinyalala zija n"kulunjika kuchitseko chomwe chinatseka pang"onopang"ono kuseri kwa zinyalala ziwirizo.
  
  "Muli bwino?" - mlendoyo analankhula mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Zopusa.
  
  Nina sakanakhoza kukhala wamwano ngakhale kuti anali kutsatiridwa. Anali akupitabe kuchitseko, akufuula kwa mayiyo kuti, "Inde, zikomo. Ndikhala bwino ". Akumwetulira monyengerera, Nina anatuluka mozemba ndikupeza Sam akumudikirira pomwepo.
  
  "Hei, tiyeni," iye anatero, akumkankhira Sam patsogolo. Anayenda mofulumira kudutsa pabwaloli, atazunguliridwa ndi zipilala zowopsya zasiliva zomwe zinkadutsa m'litali lonse la nyumba yayitali. Pamene ankayenda pansi pa zikwangwani zosiyanasiyana zokhala ndi zotsatsa zawo zofiira, zoyera ndi zobiriwira za digito ndi manambala a ndege, sanayerekeze kuyang'ana mmbuyo. Sam sanazindikire kuti anali ndi mantha pang'ono.
  
  "Zabwino kuti mnyamata wanu watipatsa zikalata zabwino kwambiri za CIA," adatero Sam, akuyang'ana zabodza zapamwamba zomwe Notary Byrne adawakakamiza kuti apange kuti abwerere ku United Kingdom.
  
  "Iye si bwenzi langa," iye anadandaula motero, koma lingalirolo silinali loipitsitsa kwenikweni. Kupatula apo, amangofuna kuonetsetsa kuti tifika kunyumba mwachangu kuti timupeze zomwe akufuna. Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti zochita zake n"zaulemu ngakhale pang"ono."
  
  Amayembekeza kuti adalakwitsa pamalingaliro ake onyoza, adagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri kuletsa Sam zaubwenzi wake ndi Bern.
  
  "Ndi zimenezotu," Sam anaumira mtima pamene ankadutsa pamalo ochezera achitetezo n"kunyamula katundu wawo wopepuka.
  
  "Tiyenera kupeza Purdue. Ngati satiuza komwe Renata ali..."
  
  "Zomwe sangachite," adatero Sam.
  
  "Ndiye mosakayikira atithandiza kuti tipatse Brigade njira ina," adamaliza ndi mawonekedwe okwiya.
  
  "Timupeza bwanji Purdue? Kupita ku nyumba yake yaikulu kungakhale kupusa, "Sam anatero, akuyang'ana Boeing yaikulu yomwe inali patsogolo pawo.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, koma sindikudziwa choti ndichite. Aliyense amene timamdziŵa anali wakufa kapena watsimikizirika kukhala adani," anadandaula motero Nina. "Tikukhulupirira kuti titha kudziwa zomwe tingachite pobwerera kwathu."
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti ichi ndi chinthu choyipa ngakhale kuganizira, Nina," Sam anatero mwadzidzidzi, atangokhazikika pamipando yawo. "Koma mwina tikhoza kungosowa. Alexander ndi waluso kwambiri pa zomwe amachita. "
  
  "Munatha bwanji?" - iye ananong'oneza hoarsely. "Anatitulutsa ku Bruges. Anzakewo anatitenga n"kutibisa popanda kufunsa mafunso, ndipo pamapeto pake anasangalalira ifeyo, Sam. Chonde musandiuze kuti mwataya kukhulupirika kwanu limodzi ndi chitetezo chanu, chifukwa ndiye, wokondedwa, ndidzakhala ndekha m"dziko lino." Mawu ake anali aukali komanso okwiya ndi lingaliro lake, ndipo Sam adawona kuti ndibwino kusiya zinthu momwe zidalili, mpaka atagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yothawa kuyang'ana uku ndikupeza yankho.
  
  Kuthawirako sikunali koipa kwambiri, kupatulapo munthu wotchuka wa ku Australia yemwe ankachita nthabwala ndi nyamakazi yogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha yomwe inaba malo ake osungiramo mikono, ndi banja laphokoso lomwe likuwoneka kuti lalavulira ndipo silinathe kudikira kuti lifike ku Heathrow asanapitirize kufera chikhulupiriro. za ukwati umene onse awiri anavutika. Sam anagona tulo tofa nato pampando wake wa pa zenera pamene Nina analimbana ndi nseru yomwe inkadzabwera, matenda amene wakhala akuvutika nawo chichokereni kuchipinda cha amayi pabwalo la ndege. Nthawi ndi nthawi ankathamangira kuchimbudzi kukasanza, koma anapeza kuti palibe chotulutsa. Zinali zotopetsa kwambiri ndipo anayamba kudandaula ndi kumverera kowonjezereka komwe kumamukakamiza m'mimba mwake.
  
  Sizingakhale kupha chakudya. Choyamba, anali ndi m'mimba yachitsulo, ndipo kachiwiri, Sam anadya mbale zonse zofanana ndi iye, ndipo sanavulazidwe. Atayesanso kuthetsa vuto lakelo, iye anayang'ana pagalasi. Ankawoneka wathanzi modabwitsa, sanali wotumbululuka konse kapena wofooka. Pamapeto pake, Nina ananena kuti thanzi lake linali loipa chifukwa cha kukwera kapena kupanikizika kwa m"nyumbamo ndipo anaganiza zogonanso. Ndani ankadziwa zomwe zidzawayembekezere ku Heathrow? Anafunika kupuma.
  
  
  Mutu 11
  
  
  Bern adakwiya kwambiri.
  
  Pothamangitsa adaniwo, sanathe kuwazindikira pakati pa apaulendo amene iye ndi anthu ake anawatsekera pafupi ndi msewu wokhotakhota wochokera ku nyumba ya amonke ya Mengu-Timur. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi anafufuza anthuwo - amonke, amishonale, anamwino ndi alendo atatu ochokera ku New Zealand - koma sanapeze chilichonse pa iwo chomwe chinali chofunikira kwa gulu lankhondo.
  
  Sanathe kumvetsa zomwe achifwamba awiriwa ankafuna m"nyumba imene anali asanathyolepo. Poopa kuphedwa, mmodzi wa amishonalewo anauza Daniels kuti gululo poyamba linali ndi magalimoto 6, koma pamalo okwereranso achiwiri panali fupi ndi galimoto imodzi. Palibe amene adaganizapo chilichonse chifukwa adauzidwa kuti imodzi mwagalimotoyo izizimitsa kukatumikira ku hostel ya Janste Khan yomwe ili pafupi. Koma Byrne ataumirira kupendanso njira yoperekedwa ndi dalaivala wotsogolera, palibe kutchulidwa kwa magalimoto asanu ndi limodzi.
  
  Panalibe chifukwa chozunza anthu wamba osalakwa chifukwa cha umbuli wawo, palibenso china chimene chingabwere. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti mbavazo zidawathawa ndipo chomwe angachite ndi kubwereranso ndikuwunika kuwonongeka komwe kudachitika chifukwa choboola.
  
  Alesandro anatha kuona chikayikirocho m"maso mwa mkulu wake watsopanoyo pamene anali kuloŵa m"khola, akukoka mapazi awo motopa pamene anali kutsogolera akavalo kuti awonedwe ndi ndodo. Panalibe mawu aliwonse kwa amuna anayiwa, koma onse ankadziwa zomwe Bern ankaganiza. Daniels ndi McKee anayang'ana, kusonyeza kuti kutenga nawo mbali kwa Alexander kunali kwakukulukulu kuvomerezana.
  
  "Alexander, tiye nane," Bern anatero modekha ndipo anangochokapo.
  
  "Kulibwino uwone zomwe ukunena, wachikulire," adatero Mackey m'mawu ake aku Britain. "Munthu uyu ndi wopusa."
  
  "Ndinalibe chochita ndi ichi," Alexander anayankha motero, koma amuna ena aŵiri anangoyang"anizana ndipo kenaka anayang"ana mwachisoni pa Chirashayo.
  
  "Osamukakamiza pamene muyamba kupereka zifukwa. Podzichititsa manyazi, umangomutsimikizira kuti ndiwe wolakwa," Daniels anamulangiza motero.
  
  "Zikomo. Ndikanapha chifukwa chakumwa pompano, "Alexander adanyoza.
  
  "Osadandaula, ukhoza kukhala ndi chimodzi mwa izi ngati chokhumba chomaliza," Daniels anamwetulira, koma poyang"ana nkhope ya anzakewo, anazindikira kuti mawu akewo sanali othandiza, ndipo anapitiriza ntchito yake. kuti mupeze mabulangete awiri a kavalo wanu.
  
  Kudzera m"zipinda zopapatiza, zounikiridwa ndi nyali zapakhoma, Alesandro anatsatira mkulu wake mpaka kunsanjika yachiwiri. Bern anatsika masitepe popanda kulabadira Mrashayo, ndipo atafika pachipinda chachiŵiri cholandirira alendo, anapempha mmodzi wa anyamata ake kuti amupatse kapu ya khofi wakuda wakuda.
  
  "Kapiteni," Alexander anatero kumbuyo kwake, "ndikukutsimikizirani kuti anzanga alibe chochita ndi izi."
  
  "Ndikudziwa, Arichenkov," Bern adausa moyo.
  
  Alexander anadabwa ndi zomwe Bern anachita, ngakhale kuti yankho la mkulu wa asilikali linamukhazika mtima pansi.
  
  "Ndiye nchifukwa chiyani unandipempha kuti ndikuperekeze?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Posachedwa, Arichenkov. Ingondisiyani ndimwe khofi ndi fodya kaye kuti ndikonze zomwe zachitika," adatero mkuluyo. Mawu ake anali odekha mochititsa mantha pamene ankayatsa ndudu.
  
  "Bwanji osapita kukasamba kotentha? Ife tikhoza kukomana muno kachiwiri, titi, maminiti makumi awiri. Pakalipano, ndikufunika kudziwa kuti ndi chiyani, ngati chinabedwa. Ukudziwa, sindikuganiza kuti angavutike kundibera chikwama changa chandalama," iye anatero n"kuphulitsa utsi wautali wautsi woyera molunjika kutsogolo kwake.
  
  "Inde, bwana," Alexander anatero ndikutembenukira kuchipinda chake.
  
  Chinachake chinawoneka cholakwika. Anayenda kukwera masitepe achitsulo kulowa mumsewu wautali womwe munali amuna ambiri. Msewuwu unali wabata kwambiri, ndipo Alexander ankadana ndi phokoso losungulumwa la nsapato zake pansi pa simenti, monga kuwerengera ku chinthu choyipa chomwe chikubwera. Ali chapatali, amamva mawu achimuna ndi zomwe zimamveka ngati siginecha ya wayilesi ya AM kapena mwina mtundu wina wa makina oyera a phokoso. Phokosoli linamukumbutsa za ulendo wopita ku Wolfenstein Ice Station, mkati mwa matumbo a siteshoni, komwe asilikali adaphana chifukwa cha kutentha kwa kanyumba ndi chisokonezo.
  
  Atakhota pakona, anapeza chitseko cha chipinda chake chili chotsegula. Iye anayima. Munali chete mkatimo ndipo munkawoneka ngati mulibe, koma maphunziro ake adamuphunzitsa kuti asatenge chilichonse mwachiwonekere. Anatsegula chitseko pang'onopang'ono kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe amene akubisala kumbuyo kwake. Pamaso pake panali chizindikiro chodziwikiratu kuti ogwira nawo ntchitowo amamudalira pang'ono. Chipinda chake chonse chinatembenuzidwa ndipo nsalu yake ya bedi inang'ambika kuti afufuze. Malo onse anali osokonekera.
  
  Inde, Alexander anali ndi zinthu zochepa, koma zonse zomwe zinali m'chipinda chake zidabedwa.
  
  "Agalu akukankha," ananong"oneza motero, maso ake abuluu otumbululuka akuyang"ana khoma ndi khoma kuti apeze zokayikitsa zilizonse zimene zingam"thandize kuzindikira zimene ankaganiza kuti apeza. Asanayambe kulowera kumene kunali madzi akusamba, iye anayang'ana amuna omwe anali kuchipinda chakumbuyo, komwe phokoso loyera linali losamveka. Iwo anakhala pamenepo, onse anayi, akungomuyang"ana. Poyesa kuwatemberera, adaganiza zongonyalanyaza ndipo adangowanyalanyaza ndikulowera mbali ina yolowera kuzimbudzi.
  
  Pamene mtsinje wamadzi ofunda, wodekha unam'miza, iye anapemphera kuti Katya ndi Sergei asavulazidwe pamene anali kupita. Ngati umu ndi mmene anthu a m"sitimayo ankamukhulupirira, n"zosakayikitsa kuganiza kuti famu yawoyo mwina inalandidwanso pang"ono pofunafuna choonadi. Mofanana ndi nyama imene ili m'ndende imene yapewa kubwezera, Mrasha wolusayo anakonza zoti achite. Kungakhale kupusa kukangana ndi Bern, Bodo, kapena aliyense wa anthu amwano pano ponena za kukayikira kwawo. Kusamuka koteroko kungachititse kuti zinthu ziipireipire kwa iyeyo ndi anzake onse aŵiri. Ndipo ngati athaŵa ndi kuyesa kuchotsa Sergei ndi mkazi wake pano, zidzangotsimikizira kukayikira kwawo ponena za kutenga nawo mbali kwake.
  
  Atauma ndi kuvala, anabwerera ku ofesi ya Bern, kumene anapeza mkulu wa asilikali wamtali ataima pafupi ndi zenera, akuyang"ana m"chizimezime, monga momwe amachitira nthaŵi zonse akamalingalira zinthu.
  
  "Captain?" Alexander adatero pakhomo pake.
  
  "Lowani. Lowani," adatero Byrne. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukumvetsa chifukwa chake tidayenera kufufuza zipinda zanu, Alexander. Zinali zofunika kwambiri kuti tidziwe maganizo anu pankhaniyi, chifukwa munabwera kwa ife m"mikhalidwe yokayikitsa kwambiri ndi mawu amphamvu kwambiri."
  
  "Ndamva," waku Russia anavomereza motero. Ankangotsala pang'ono kumwa magalasi angapo a mowa wamphamvu, ndipo botolo la mowa wopangira tokha limene Bern ankasunga pa desiki lake silinamuthandize.
  
  "Imwani," Bern anapempha motero, akuloza botololo, limene anaona kuti Mrasha akuyang"ana.
  
  "Zikomo," Alexander anamwetulira ndikudzitsanulira yekha galasi. Pamene ankabweretsa madzi amotowo pamilomo yake, ankadabwa ngati munalipo poizoni, koma sanayenera kusamala. Alexander Arichenkov, wopenga waku Russia, angakonde kufa imfa yowawa atalawa vodka yabwino kuposa kuphonya mwayi m'malo mopewa. Ubwino wake ndi wakuti chakumwacho chidali chapoizoni chabe monga momwe omwe adachilengacho adachipanga, ndipo sadachitire mwina koma kubuula mosangalala chifukwa cha kutentha pachifuwa chomwe adamva ataumeza.
  
  "Ndifunse, Captain," adatero atapuma, "chowonongeka ndi chiyani pakubowola?"
  
  "Palibe," adatero Bern. Anadikira kaye kaye kaye mochititsa chidwi ndipo kenako anaulula choonadi. Palibe chomwe chidawonongeka, koma zinthu zina zidabedwa kwa ife. Chinachake chamtengo wapatali komanso chowopsa kwambiri padziko lapansi. Chondidetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndichakuti a Order of the Black Sun okha ndiwo adadziwa kuti tili nawo. "
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani, ndingafunse?" - Alexander anafunsa.
  
  Bern adatembenukira kwa iye ndi kuyang'anitsitsa. Sizinali maonekedwe a mkwiyo kapena kukhumudwa chifukwa cha umbuli wake, koma maonekedwe a nkhawa zenizeni ndi mantha otsimikiza.
  
  "Chida. Anaba zida zomwe zingawononge ndikuwononga, molamulidwa ndi malamulo omwe sitinawagonjetse, "adalengeza, akufika pa vodka ndikutsanulira galasi kwa aliyense wa iwo. "Alendo amene sanaitanidwe anatipulumutsa ku zimenezo. Anaba Longinus."
  
  
  Mutu 12
  
  
  Heathrow anali wotanganidwa ndi ntchito ngakhale 3 koloko m'mawa.
  
  Zingatenge nthawi kuti Nina ndi Sam kukwera ndege yotsatira kunyumba, ndipo iwo anali kuganiza za kusungitsa chipinda cha hotelo kotero iwo sakanayenera kudikira mu nyali akhungu woyera wa terminal.
  
  "Ndipita ndikafufuze nthawi yomwe tifunika kubwereranso kuno. Tidzafuna chakudya kuti tidye. "Ndili ndi njala," Sam anauza Nina.
  
  "Munadya m"ndege," anamukumbutsa motero.
  
  Sam anamupatsa mawonekedwe akale aja akumunyodola kuti: "Mumachitcha chakudya ichi? Nzosadabwitsa kuti umalemera mopanda kanthu."
  
  Zitatero, adalunjika kokaunjika matikiti, ndikumusiya atavala chijasi chake chachikulu cha yak atapachikidwa pamkono pake ndipo zikwama zawo zonse ziwiri zidamugwera pamapewa ake. Maso a Nina anali akugwedera ndipo pakamwa pake panali pouma, koma anamva bwino kuposa momwe analiri m'milungu yambiri.
  
  Atatsala pang'ono kufika kunyumba, anadzilingalira, ndipo milomo yake inapindika ndikumwetulira mwamanyazi. Iye monyinyirika analola kumwetulira kwake kufalikira, mosasamala kanthu za zimene mboni ndi anthu odutsa angaganize, chifukwa ankaona kuti kumwetulirako kunamupweteka kwambiri. Ndipo iye anali atangobwera kumene kuchokera ku zozungulira khumi ndi ziwiri ndi Imfa, ndipo iye anali atayimabe. Maso ake akuluakulu abulauni ankangoyendayenda pathupi la Sam lomangidwa bwino, mapewa ake akuluakulu aja akumupatsa mayendedwe ake bata kwambiri kuposa momwe amasonyezera kale. Nayenso kumwetulira kwake kunakhala kwa iye.
  
  Anakayikira udindo wa Sam m'moyo wake kwa nthawi yayitali, koma Perdue atangoyamba kumene, anali wotsimikiza kuti anali atatopa kukhala pakati pa amuna awiri omenyana. Kuvomereza chikondi chake kwa Perdue kunamuthandiza m'njira zambiri kuposa momwe amafunira kuvomereza. Monga bwenzi lake latsopano kumalire a Russia ndi Mongolia, mphamvu ndi chuma cha Perdue zinamupindulitsa. Ndi kangati akadaphedwa popanda chuma cha Perdue ndi ndalama kapena chifundo cha Bern chifukwa chofanana ndi mkazi wake womwalirayo?
  
  Nthawi yomweyo kumwetulira kwake kunazimiririka.
  
  Mayi wina adatulukira kuchokera kumayiko obwera padziko lonse lapansi yemwe amawoneka wodziwika bwino kwambiri. Nina adadzuka ndikubwerera ku ngodya yomwe idapangidwa ndi kanyumba kakang'ono ka cafe, komwe adadikirira, kubisa nkhope yake kwa mayi woyandikirayo. Anatsala pang'ono kugwira mpweya, Nina anasuzumira m'mphepete kuti awone komwe Sam anali. Iye anali atachoka pamaso pake ndipo iye sakanakhoza kumuchenjeza iye za mkazi yemwe akulunjika kwa iye.
  
  Koma mpumulo wake, mayiyo adalowa musitolo yamasiwiti, yomwe ili pafupi ndi malo osungiramo ndalama, pomwe Sam amawonetsa zithumwa zake zomwe zidakondweretsa atsikana omwe adavala yunifolomu yawo yabwino.
  
  "Mulungu! Chitsanzo," Nina anakwinyaminya ndi kuluma milomo yake mokhumudwa. Mwamsanga anayenda molunjika kwa iye, nkhope yake ili yolimba ndipo mayendedwe ake anali atatalika pang'ono poyesa kusuntha mwachangu momwe angathere osadzitengera yekha.
  
  Anadutsa zitseko zamagalasi awiri kulowa muofesi ndikuthamangira Sam.
  
  "Mwamaliza?" - adafunsa mopanda manyazi.
  
  "Chabwino, yang"anani apa," iye anasilira mwamasewera, "mayi wina wokongola." Ndipo si tsiku langa lobadwa!"
  
  Ogwira ntchito paofesiyo adaseka, koma Nina anali wovuta kwambiri.
  
  "Pali mkazi akutitsatira, Sam."
  
  "Mukutsimikiza?" Adafunsa mowona mtima kwinaku maso ake akuwayang'ana anthu omwe adali pafupi.
  
  "Zabwino," adayankha pansi, ndikufinya dzanja lake mwamphamvu. "Ndinamuona ku Russia pamene mphuno yanga inkatuluka magazi. Tsopano ali pano."
  
  "Chabwino, koma anthu ambiri amawuluka pakati pa Moscow ndi London, Nina. Zikanakhala zongochitika mwangozi," iye anafotokoza motero.
  
  Anayenera kuvomereza kuti mawu ake anali omveka. Koma kodi akanam"tsimikizira bwanji kuti chinachake cham"sokoneza mkazi wooneka bwino wa tsitsi loyera ndi khungu lotuwa? Zingaoneke ngati zopusa kugwiritsa ntchito maonekedwe achilendo a munthu wina monga maziko a mlandu, makamaka kutanthauza kuti akuchokera m"gulu lachinsinsi ndipo akanakuphani chifukwa cha "kudziŵa zambiri."
  
  Sam sanaone aliyense ndipo anamukhazika Nina pa sofa pa malo odikirira.
  
  "Muli bwino?" Anafunsa, akumumasula m"zikwama zake n"kuika manja ake pamapewa ake kuti atonthozedwe.
  
  "Inde, inde, ndili bwino. Ndikuganiza kuti ndangochita mantha pang"ono," iye analingalira motero, koma pansi pa mtima sanamkhulupirirebe mkazi ameneyu. Komabe, ngakhale kuti analibe chifukwa chomuopera, Nina anasankha kuchita zinthu mwachilungamo.
  
  "Usade nkhawa, msungwana," iye anayang"ana maso. "Tikhala kunyumba posachedwa ndipo titha kutenga tsiku limodzi kapena awiri kuti tichire tisanayambe kuyang'ana Purdue."
  
  "Purdue!" Nina adachita mantha.
  
  "Inde, tiyenera kumupeza, ukukumbukira?" Sam anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Ayi, Perdue wayima kumbuyo kwako," Nina adanena mwachisawawa, kamvekedwe kake mwadzidzidzi ndi kudabwa nthawi yomweyo. Sam anatembenuka. Dave Perdue anayima kumbuyo kwake, atavala jekete lanzeru lophulitsa mphepo ndipo atanyamula chikwama chachikulu cha duffel. Anamwetulira, "Ndizodabwitsa kukuwonani awiri pano."
  
  Sam ndi Nina anadabwa kwambiri.
  
  Kodi iwo anayenera kupanga chiyani za kukhalapo kwake pano? Kodi adalumikizana ndi Black Sun? Kodi iye anali kumbali yawo, kapena zonse za pamwambazi. Monga nthawi zonse ndi Dave Perdue, panalibe chitsimikizo kuti udindo wake unali wotani.
  
  Mkazi amene Nina anamubisalira anatuluka kumbuyo kwake. Wowonda, wamtali, phulusa-blonde wokhala ndi maso osinthasintha monga Perdue ndi malingaliro ofanana ndi crane, adayima modekha, ndikuwunika momwe zinthu zilili. Nina anadabwa, osadziŵa ngati akonzekere kuthawa kapena kumenya nkhondo.
  
  "Purdue!" - Sam adadandaula. "Ndikuwona kuti uli moyo ndipo uli bwino."
  
  "Eya, mukundidziwa, nthawi zonse ndimakhala wokhoza kutuluka m'mavuto," Perdue adayang'anitsitsa, akuwona maonekedwe a Nina akudutsa pa iye. "PA!" - adatero, akukokera mkaziyo kutsogolo. "Uyu ndi Agatha, mlongo wanga wamapasa."
  
  "Tikuthokoza Mulungu kuti ndife mapasa kumbali ya abambo athu," iye anaseka. Nthabwala zake zowuma zinagunda Nina patangopita nthawi yochepa, maganizo ake atazindikira kuti mkaziyo sanali woopsa. Apa m"pamene maganizo a mkaziyo pa Purdue anandionekera.
  
  "O, pepani. "Ndatopa," Nina anapereka chowiringula chake chopunduka choyang"ana motalika kwambiri.
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza za izi. Kutuluka magazi m'mphuno kunali chinthu choipa, huh?" Agatha anavomera.
  
  "Ndakondwa kukudziwani, Agatha. Ndine Sam," Sam anamwetulira ndikugwira dzanja lake pomwe anali kungolikweza pang"ono kuti aligwedeze. Makhalidwe ake osamvetseka anali odziwikiratu, koma Sam anazindikira kuti zinali zopanda vuto.
  
  "Sam Cleave," Agatha anatero, akupendeketsa mutu wake pambali. Mwina anachita chidwi kapena ankaoneka kuti analoweza pamtima nkhope ya Sam kuti adzaigwiritse ntchito m'tsogolo. Iye anayang"ana pansi kwa wolemba mbiri wocheperako ndi changu chaukali ndipo anati, "Ndipo inu, Dr. Gould, ndi amene ndikuyang"anani!
  
  Nina anayang'ana Sam: "Mwaona? Ndinakuuzani choncho."
  
  Sam anazindikira kuti ameneyu anali mkazi amene Nina.
  
  "Ndiye iwenso unali ku Russia?" Sam ankasewera wosayankhula, koma Perdue ankadziwa bwino kuti mtolankhaniyo anali ndi chidwi ndi msonkhano wawo wachisawawa.
  
  "Inde, ndimakufunani," adatero Agatha. Koma tibwereranso ku zimenezo tikakutengerani zovala zoyenera. Wokondedwa Mulungu, chovala ichi chikununkha."
  
  Nina anadabwa kwambiri. Azimayi awiriwa anangoyang"anizana ndi mawu opanda kanthu.
  
  "Abiti Perdue, ndikulingalira?" Adafunsa motele Sam pofuna kuchepesa.
  
  "Inde, Agatha Perdue. "Sindinakwatiwepo," iye anayankha motero.
  
  "N'zosadabwitsa," Nina anadandaula, akuweramitsa mutu wake, koma Perdue anamumva ndikuseka yekha. Anadziŵa kuti mlongo wake watenga nthaŵi kuti azolowere, ndipo Nina mwina anali wosakonzekera mokwanira kuvomereza kudzikonda kwake.
  
  "Pepani, Dr. Gould. Ichi sichinali chipongwe chofuna. Uyenera kuvomereza, chinthu choyipacho chikununkhira ngati nyama yakufayo, "adatero Agatha mosasamala. "Koma kukana kwanga kukwatiwa kunali chosankha changa, ngati mungakhulupirire."
  
  Tsopano Sam adaseka ndi Perdue pamavuto a nthawi zonse a Nina chifukwa cha umunthu wake wokangana.
  
  "Sindimatanthawuza..." adayesa kukonzanso, koma Agatha sanamumvere ndikunyamula chikwama chake.
  
  "Tiyeni, wokondedwa. Ndikugulirani mitu ina yatsopano panjira. Tibwerera ndege yathu isanakwane," adatero Agatha, akuponya chijasi chake pamkono pa Sam.
  
  "Kodi sukuyenda pa private jet?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ayi, tinali m"ndege zosiyana kuonetsetsa kuti sizinali zophweka kuzitsatira. Itchani paranoia yolimidwa bwino, "Perdue adamwetulira.
  
  "Kapena mukudziwa zomwe zikubwera?" Agatha adakumananso ndi mchimwene wake yemwe amazemba. "Bwerani, Dr. Gould. Tikunyamuka!
  
  Nina asanatsutse, mkazi wachilendoyo anamtulutsa mu ofesi pamene amunawo anasonkhanitsa matumba ndi mphatso yowopsya ya Nina yachikopa.
  
  "Tsopano popeza kuti tilibe kusakhazikika kwa estrogen kusokoneza kukambitsirana kwathu, bwanji osandiuza chifukwa chimene inu ndi Nina simuli ndi Alexander," Perdue anafunsa motero pamene analoŵa m"kafe yapafupi ndi kukhala pansi pa zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi. "Mulungu, chonde ndiuzeni kuti palibe chimene chinachitika kwa Russian wopenga!" Perdue anachonderera dzanja limodzi paphewa la Sam.
  
  "Ayi, akadali ndi moyo," Sam adayamba, koma Perdue amatha kunena kuchokera ku mawu ake kuti pali zambiri zankhani. "Ali ndi Renegade Brigade."
  
  "Ndiye mwakwanitsa kuwatsimikizira kuti muli ku mbali yawo?" - Perdue anafunsa. "Ndine wokondwa nawe. Koma tsopano nonse muli pano, ndipo Alexander ... akadali nawo. Sam usandiuze kuti wathawa. Simukufuna kuti anthu awa aziganiza kuti simungakhulupirire. "
  
  "Kulekeranji? Zikuwoneka kuti simunayipirepo kulumpha kuchoka pa kukhulupirika kupita kwina m'kuphethira kwa diso, "Sam adadzudzula Perdue mosakayikira.
  
  "Tamvera, Sam. Ndiyenera kusunga kaimidwe kanga kuonetsetsa kuti Nina asavulazidwe. Mukudziwa, "Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  "Nanga bwanji ine, Dave? Kodi mpando wanga uli kuti? Nthawi zonse umandikoka limodzi nawe."
  
  "Ayi, ndakukokani kawiri, powerengera. Zina zonse zinali mbiri yako yokha monga m'modzi wa gulu langa yemwe adakuyika iwe m'dzenje, "Perdue adanyoza. Iye anali wolondola.
  
  Nthawi zambiri, zomwe zidamulowetsa m'mavuto ndizochitika zomwe Sam adachitapo kanthu poyesa Trish kugwetsa mphete ya zida ndikuchita nawo ulendo wa Perdue wopita ku Antarctica. Kamodzi kokha zitatha izi Perdue adalembetsa mautumiki a Sam pa Deep Sea One. Kupitilira apo, inali chabe mfundo yoti Sam Cleave tsopano anali wolimba m'gulu loyipa lomwe silinasiye kufunafuna iye.
  
  "Ndikufuna moyo wanga ubwerere," Sam anadandaula, akuyang'ana m'kapu yake yotentha ya Earl Grey.
  
  "Chomwechonso tonsefe, koma muyenera kumvetsetsa kuti choyamba tiyenera kuthana ndi zomwe talowamo," Perdue adamukumbutsa.
  
  "Pamenepo, kodi timayika kuti pa mndandanda wa abwenzi anu a nyama zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha?" Sam anafunsa ndi chidwi chenicheni. Iye sanakhulupirire Perdue imodzi iota kuposa kale, koma ngati iye ndi Nina anali m'mavuto, Perdue akanatha kuwatengera kale kumalo akutali omwe anali nawo, kumene akanatha moyo wawo. Chabwino, mwina osati Nina, koma ndithudi Sam. Zonse zomwe ankafuna kudziwa ndi zomwe Perdue anachita kwa Renata, koma ankadziwa kuti tycoon yogwira ntchito mwakhama sakanamuuza kapena kuona kuti Sam ndi wofunikira kuti aulule zolinga zake.
  
  "Ndinu otetezeka pakadali pano, koma ndikuganiza kuti zatsala pang'ono kutha," adatero Perdue. Chidziwitso ichi choperekedwa ndi Dave Perdue chinali chowolowa manja.
  
  Osachepera Sam adadziwa kuchokera mwachindunji kuti samayenera kuyang'ana paphewa nthawi zambiri, mwachiwonekere mpaka lipenga lotsatira la nkhandwe limveka ndipo adabwerera kuchokera kumapeto kolakwika kwakusaka.
  
  
  Mutu 13
  
  
  Masiku angapo adutsa kuchokera pamene Sam ndi Nina adathamangira ku Perdue ndi mlongo wake ku Heathrow Airport. Popanda kufotokoza mwatsatanetsatane za momwe zinthu ziliri ndi zina zotero, Perdue ndi Agatha adaganiza zobwerera ku Reichtisousis, nyumba ya Perdue ku Edinburgh. Izi zinali zowopsa kwambiri chifukwa nyumbayo inali mbiri yakale yodziwika bwino komanso yodziwika kuti ndimomwe amakhala ku Purdue.
  
  Nina ndi Sam analangizidwa kuchita chimodzimodzi, koma iwo anasankha mosiyana. Komabe, Agatha Perdue adapempha msonkhano ndi Nina kuti alembetse ntchito zake pofufuza zomwe kasitomala wa Agatha anali ku Germany. Mbiri ya Dr. Nina Gould monga katswiri wa mbiri yakale ya Germany ikanakhala yamtengo wapatali, monganso luso la Sam Cleave monga wojambula zithunzi ndi mtolankhani pojambula chilichonse chomwe Miss Perdue angachipeze.
  
  "Zowona, David adayendanso akukumbutsidwa nthawi zonse kuti adathandizira kudziwa komwe muli komanso msonkhano wotsatira. Ndimulola kuti azingodzikweza, ngati ndingopewa mafanizo ake osalekeza komanso zonena za kufunika kwake. Pajatu tikuyenda ndi ndalama zake, ndiye ukanirenji chitsiru?" Agatha adafotokozera Nina atakhala mozungulira tebulo lalikulu lozungulira m'nyumba ya tchuthi ya mnzawo wopanda anthu ku Thurso, kumpoto kwenikweni kwa Scotland.
  
  Malowa anali opanda kanthu kupatula nthawi yachilimwe, pamene bwenzi la Agatha ndi Dave, Pulofesa What's-His-name, ankakhala kuno. Kunja kwa tauniyo, pafupi ndi Dunnet Head, kunali nyumba yansanjika ziwiri molumikizana ndi galaja ya magalimoto awiri pansi. Kutagwa chifunga m"maŵa, magalimoto amene ankadutsa mumsewuwo ankaoneka ngati mizukwa yokwawa kunja kwa zenera la pabalaza, koma moto umene unali mkatimo unapangitsa chipindacho kukhala chozizira kwambiri. Nina adachita chidwi ndi mapangidwe a malo akuluakulu, omwe amatha kulowa mosavuta ngati mzimu wotayika wopita ku gehena. Ndipotu, zinali ndendende zomwe ankaganiza pamene adawona zojambula zovuta kwambiri pa grille yakuda ndi zithunzi zosokoneza zowonongeka zomwe zinkakhala pamtunda wapamwamba mu khoma lakale la miyala ya nyumbayo.
  
  Kuchokera ku matupi amaliseche olumikizana ndi ziwanda ndi nyama mu mpumulo, zinali zoonekeratu kuti mwini nyumbayo anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi zithunzi zakale za moto ndi sulfure zosonyeza mpatuko, purigatoriyo, chilango chaumulungu cha kugonana ndi nyama ndi zina zotero. Zinapereka Nina goosebumps, koma Sam anadzisangalatsa yekha mwa kuthamangitsa manja ake m'makhota a ochimwa aakazi, mwadala kukwiyitsa Nina.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti titha kufufuza izi limodzi," Nina anamwetulira mokoma mtima, kuyesera kuti asasekedwe ndi zochitika zaunyamata za Sam pamene anali kuyembekezera Perdue kubwerera kuchokera m'chipinda chosungiramo vinyo chosiyidwa ndi mulungu ndi chakumwa champhamvu chakumwa. Zikuoneka kuti mwini nyumbayo ankakonda kugula mowa wa vodka m"dziko lililonse limene ankakonda kupitako maulendo ake n"kusunga zinthu zina zomwe sankafuna kudya.
  
  Sam anatenga malo ake pafupi ndi Nina pamene Perdue adalowa m'chipindamo mopambana ndi mabotolo awiri osalembedwa, limodzi m'manja.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti kupempha khofi sikungatheke," Agatha adadandaula.
  
  "Izi si zoona," Dave Perdue anamwetulira pamene iye ndi Sam amakoka magalasi ofanana kuchokera mu kabati yayikulu pafupi ndi khomo. "Pali wopanga khofi kumeneko, koma ndikuwopa kuti ndidafulumira kuyesa."
  
  "Osadandaula. Ndidzalanda pambuyo pake, "adayankha Agatha mosasamala. "Tikuthokoza milungu yomwe tili ndi makeke amfupi komanso okoma.
  
  Agatha adataya mabokosi awiri a makeke m'mbale ziwiri zamadzulo, osasamala ngati athyoka. Kwa Nina zinkawoneka ngati zakale kwambiri ngati poyatsira moto. Agatha Perdue anali atazunguliridwa ndi mlengalenga wofanana ndi malo owoneka bwino, pomwe malingaliro ena achinsinsi komanso oyipa amabisika, mopanda manyazi. Monga momwe zolengedwa zonyansazi zinkakhala momasuka pamakoma ndi zojambula za mipando, momwemonso umunthu wa Agatha - wopanda kulungamitsidwa kapena matanthauzo ang'onoang'ono. Zimene ananena zinali zimene anaganiza, ndipo munali ufulu winawake mmenemo, Nina anaganiza motero.
  
  Akufuna kuti akanakhala ndi njira yofotokozera maganizo ake popanda kuganizira zotsatira zomwe zingabwere chifukwa chozindikira kuti nzeru zake ndi zapamwamba komanso kuti ali kutali kwambiri ndi njira zomwe anthu amalamulira kuti anthu azikhala oona mtima mwa kunena zoona zokhazokha pofuna kusunga. mawonekedwe apamwamba. Zinali zotsitsimula, ngati zokonda kwambiri, koma masiku angapo m'mbuyomo, Perdue adamuuza kuti mlongo wake anali wotero ndi aliyense ndipo amakayikira kuti akudziwa zamwano wake mwangozi.
  
  Agatha anakana mowa wosadziwika womwe ena atatuwo amamwa uku akutulutsa zikalata zomwe zimawoneka ngati chikwama cha sukulu chomwe Sam anali nacho atangoyamba kusekondale , chikwama chachikopa chabulauni chomwe chidavalidwa chimayenera kukhala chakale. Kumbali, cham"mwamba mwa mlanduwo, nsonga zina zasokonekera ndipo chivundikirocho sichimatseguka chifukwa cha ukalamba. Fungo la chakumwacho linakondweretsa Nina, ndipo mosamalitsa anatambasula dzanja lake kuti amve mmene pakati pa chala chake chachikulu ndi chala chakutsogolo.
  
  "Cha m'ma 1874," Agatha adadzitamandira. "Kuperekedwa kwa ine ndi mkulu wa yunivesite ya Gothenburg, yemwe pambuyo pake adatsogolera Museum of World Culture. Anali wa agogo ake aamuna, ndikukhulupirira kuti mwana wachiwerewereyo asanaphedwe ndi mkazi wake mu 1923 chifukwa chogonana ndi mnyamata pasukulu imene ankaphunzitsa biology."
  
  "Agatha," Perdue adanjenjemera, koma Sam adabweza kuseka komwe kudapangitsa ngakhale Nina kumwetulira.
  
  "Wow," Nina adasilira, kusiya mlanduwo kuti Agatha alowe m'malo mwake.
  
  "Tsopano, zomwe kasitomala wanga wandiuza kuti ndichite ndikupeza bukuli, buku lomwe akuti linabweretsedwa ku Germany ndi msilikali wa French Foreign Legion patatha zaka makumi atatu pambuyo pa kutha kwa nkhondo ya Franco-Prussia mu 1871," adatero Agatha, akuloza. ku chithunzi cha tsamba limodzi lamasamba.
  
  "Iyi inali nthaŵi ya Otto von Bismarck," Nina anatero, akumaŵerenga mosamalitsa chikalatacho. Anayang'ana maso, komabe sanathe kudziwa zomwe zidalembedwa mu inki yonyansa yomwe ili patsambalo.
  
  "Izi ndizovuta kwambiri kuwerenga, koma kasitomala wanga akuumirira kuti akuchokera mu diary yomwe inapezedwa pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya Franco-Dahomean ndi asilikali ankhondo omwe anaikidwa ku Abomi atangotsala pang'ono kukhala akapolo a Mfumu B & # 233; Khanzina mu 1894," Agata anagwira mawu nkhani yake ngati katswiri wofotokozera nkhani.
  
  Luso lake losimba nthano linali lodabwitsa, ndipo chifukwa cha matchulidwe ake oyikidwa bwino lomwe ndi kusintha kwa kamvekedwe, nthawi yomweyo adakopa omvera atatu kuti amvetsere mwachidwi chidule chosangalatsa cha buku lomwe anali kufunafuna. "Malinga ndi nthano, bambo wokalamba yemwe analemba izi adamwalira ndi vuto la kupuma m'chipatala cha ku Algiers nthawi ina kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Malinga ndi lipotilo, "anawapatsa chikalata china chakale kuchokera kwa dokotala wakumunda - anali ndi zaka zopitilira eyiti ndipo anali ndi moyo masiku ake."
  
  "Ndiye anali msilikali wokalamba yemwe sanabwerere ku Ulaya?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino. M'masiku ake omaliza, adakhala paubwenzi ndi msilikali wankhondo waku Germany Foreign Legion yemwe adakhala ku Abomey, yemwe adamupatsa bukuli atatsala pang'ono kumwalira, "adatsimikiza Agatha. Anathamangitsa chala chake pa satifiketi pomwe amapitilira.
  
  "M'masiku omwe adakhala limodzi, adasangalatsa nzika ya Germany ndi nkhani zake zonse zankhondo, zomwe zalembedwa m'buku lino. Koma nkhani ina inafalitsidwa makamaka chifukwa cha chipwirikiti cha msilikali wokalamba. Mu utumiki wake ku Africa, mu 1845, kampani yake inali pamalo aang"ono a mwini malo wa ku Igupto amene analandira minda iwiri yaulimi kwa agogo ake ndipo anasamuka ku Egypt kupita ku Algeria ali mnyamata. Tsopano, mwachiwonekere Igupto ameneyu anali ndi chimene msilikali wokalambayo anachitcha "chuma choiwalika ndi dziko," ndipo malo a chuma chonenedwacho analembedwa m"ndakatulo imene analemba pambuyo pake.
  
  "Iyi ndi ndakatulo yomwe sitingathe kuwerenga," Sam adadandaula. Anatsamira pampando wake n"kutenga kapu ya mowa wamphamvu. Akupukusa mutu, anameza zonse.
  
  "Ndizo nzeru, Sam. Monga ngati kuti nkhaniyi sinakusokonezeni mokwanira, muyenera kuphimba ubongo wanu mowonjezereka," Nina anatero, akupukusa mutu nayenso. Perdue sananene kanthu. Koma anatsatira chitsanzo chake n"kumezera mkamwa. Amuna onse awiri anabuula, kudziletsa kuti asamenye magalasi awo okongola kwambiri pansalu yapatebulo yolukidwa bwino.
  
  Nina analingalira mofuula kuti: "Chotero, msilikali wina wa ku Germany anabwera nayo ku Germany, koma kuchokera kumeneko bukulo silinadziwike."
  
  "Inde," anavomereza motero Agatha.
  
  "Ndiye kasitomala wanu akudziwa bwanji za bukuli? Kodi chithunzi cha tsambalo anachitenga kuti?" Adafunsa choncho Sam, akuoneka ngati munthu wosuliza wakale yemwe anali kale. Nina adamwetuliranso. Zinali zabwino kumvanso kuzindikira kwake.
  
  Agatha adaponya maso ake.
  
  "Taonani, n"zachidziŵikire kuti munthu amene ali ndi magazini imene ili ndi chuma chapadziko lonse amachilemba kwinakwake kaamba ka mbadwa zake ngati chitayika kapena kubedwa kapena, Mulungu aletsa, amwalira asanachipeze "," iye anafotokoza motero. , akunjenjemera mokwiya chifukwa cha kukhumudwa kwake. Agatha sananvetse kuti izi zidamusokoneza bwanji Sam. "Wokondedwa wanga anapeza zikalata ndi makalata ofotokoza nkhaniyi m"katundu wa agogo ake atamwalira. Sizikudziwika kumene anali. Mukudziwa kuti sanaleke kukhalapo konse."
  
  Sam anali ataledzera kwambiri moti sankafuna kumuyang'ana, zomwe ndi zomwe ankafuna kuchita.
  
  "Tawonani, izi zikumveka zosokoneza kuposa momwe zilili," Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  "Inde!" Sam anavomera, osatheka kubisa zoti samadziwa.
  
  Perdue anathira galasi lina ndikunena mwachidule kuti avomereze Agatha: "Chifukwa chake, tifunika kupeza buku lomwe linachokera ku Algeria kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900."
  
  "Ndikuganiza, inde. Pang'onopang'ono," mlongo wake adatsimikizira. "Tikakhala ndi bukuli, titha kumasulira ndakatuloyo ndikuwona kuti chuma chomwe amalankhulachi ndi chiyani."
  
  "Kodi kasitomala wanu sayenera kuchita izi?" Anafunsa Nina. "Pamapeto pa tsiku, muyenera kupeza diary ya kasitomala wanu. Kudula ndi kuumitsa."
  
  Ena atatuwo anayang'ana Nina.
  
  "Chani?" - adafunsa, akugwedeza.
  
  "Kodi sukufuna kudziwa kuti ndi chiyani, Nina?" - Perdue anafunsa modabwa.
  
  "Mukudziwa, ndakhala ndikupuma pang'ono kuchokera ku zochitika zaposachedwa, ngati simunazindikire. Lingakhale lingaliro labwino kuti ndingopeza upangiri pa izi ndikukhala kutali ndi china chilichonse. Nonse mutha kupitiliza kusaka zomwe zingakhale zachabechabe, koma ndatopa ndi kuthamangitsa zovuta, "adatero.
  
  "Zingakhale bwanji izi?" -Sam anafunsa. "Poem iyo apo."
  
  "Inde, Sam. Monga tikudziwira, kope lokhalo lomwe lilipo, ndipo nzosamvetsetseka!" - adadumpha, akukweza mawu ake mokwiya.
  
  "Mulungu, sindikukhulupirirani," Sam anayankha motero. "Ndiwe katswiri wa mbiri yakale, Nina. Nkhani. Kodi mukukumbukira izi? Sizimene umakhalira moyo?"
  
  Nina anakakamira Sam ndi maso ake amoto. Atapuma pang"ono, anakhazika mtima pansi ndipo anangoyankha kuti: "Sindikudziwanso china chilichonse."
  
  Perdue adapuma. Sam adagwa pansi. Agatha anadya makeke.
  
  "Agatha, ndikuthandizani kupeza bukhuli chifukwa ndi zomwe ndimachita bwino... Ndipo mumandiyimitsa ndalama musanandilipire, ndipo ndikuthokoza kwamuyaya. Inde," anatero Nina.
  
  "Mwachita? Mwatibwezera maakaunti athu. Agatha, ndiwe ngwazi yeniyeni! " Sam anafuula, osazindikira mu kuledzera kwake komwe kunkakula mofulumira kuti adasokoneza Nina.
  
  Adamuyang'ana monyoza ndikupitilira, kutembenukira kwa Agatha: "Koma ndizo zonse zomwe nditi ndichite nthawi ino." Anayang'ana Perdue ndi nkhope yake yopanda chifundo. "Ndatopa kuthamangira moyo wanga chifukwa anthu amandiponyera ndalama."
  
  Palibe m"modzi wa iwo amene anali ndi chitsutso chirichonse kapena mtsutso wovomerezeka wa chifukwa chimene iye anayenera kulingaliranso. Nina sanakhulupirire kuti Sam anali wofunitsitsa kutsata Perdue kachiwiri.
  
  "Kodi wayiwala chifukwa chomwe tili pano, Sam?" - adafunsa mwachindunji. "Kodi mwaiwala kuti tikumwa piss ya satana m'nyumba yapamwamba yomwe ili pafupi ndi poyatsira moto chifukwa Alexander adadzipereka kukhala inshuwaransi yathu?" Mawu a Nina anali odzaza ndi ukali wabata.
  
  Perdue ndi Agatha anayang'anizana mwachangu, akudabwa zomwe Nina akufuna kumuuza Sam. Mtolankhaniyo anangogwira lilime lake kwinaku akumwetsa chakumwa chake kwinaku maso ake alibe ulemu womuyang'ana.
  
  "Ukupita kukasaka chuma kumene Mulungu akudziwa, koma ndidzasunga mawu anga. Tatsala ndi masabata atatu, wachikulire," adatero mokwiya. "Osachepera ndichitapo kanthu."
  
  
  Mutu 14
  
  
  Agatha anagogoda pakhomo la Nina patadutsa pakati pausiku.
  
  Perdue ndi mlongo wake adalimbikitsa Nina ndi Sam kuti azikhala kunyumba kwa Thurso mpaka atapeza komwe angayambire kufufuza. Sam ndi Perdue anali akumwabe m'chipinda cha dziwe, zokambirana zawo zoledzeretsa zoledzeretsa zinkakulirakulira ndi machesi ndi zakumwa zilizonse. Mitu yomwe inakambidwa ndi amuna awiri ophunzira imachokera ku masewera a mpira kupita ku maphikidwe a German; kuchokera pa ngodya yabwino kwambiri kuti muponye chingwe popha nsomba kupita ku Chilombo cha Loch Ness ndi kulumikizana kwake ndi dothi. Koma nkhani zitatuluka za zigawenga zamaliseche za Glasgow, Agatha sanathenso kupirira ndipo adapita mwakachetechete kupita komwe Nina adathawa kuphwandoko atatha kulavulana pang'ono ndi Sam.
  
  "Lowani, Agatha," adamva mawu a wolemba mbiri akumveka mbali ina ya chitseko cha thundu. Agatha Perdue anatsegula chitseko ndipo, anadabwa, anapeza Nina Gould atagona pabedi lake, maso ofiira chifukwa cha kulira, akudandaula za zomwe amuna anali opusa. Monga akadachitiranso, Agatha adawona Nina akukumba pa intaneti kuti afufuze mbiri ya nkhaniyo ndikuyesera kuti apeze kufanana pakati pa mphekeserazo ndi momwe nkhani zofananira zimakhalira nthawi imeneyo.
  
  Atasangalala kwambiri ndi changu cha Nina pa nkhaniyi, Agatha anadutsa pa makatani a pakhomo ndikutseka chitseko kumbuyo kwake. Nina atakweza maso, anaona kuti Agatha wabweretsa vinyo wofiira ndi ndudu mobisa. Anali ndi paketi ya mabisiketi a ginger wa Walkers atawayika m'manja mwake. Nina anachita kumwetulira. Woyang'anira laibulale wa eccentric anali ndi nthawi yake pomwe sananyoze, kuwongolera kapena kukwiyitsa aliyense.
  
  Tsopano kuposa ndi kale lonse, Nina anatha kuona kufanana pakati pa iye ndi mchimwene wake wamapasa. Sanakambirane naye nthawi yonse yomwe iye ndi Nina anali limodzi, koma atawerenga pakati pa mizere ya ndemanga zawo kwa wina ndi mnzake, adamvetsetsa kuti kutha kwawo komaliza sikunali kwamtendere - kapena mwina nthawi imodzi yokha yomwe mikangano idakula. chachikulu kuposa momwe ziyenera kukhalira chifukwa cha zochitikazo.
  
  "Kodi pali chilichonse chosangalatsa poyambira, wokondedwa?" - anafunsa wanzeru blonde, atakhala pansi pa bedi pafupi Nina.
  
  "Osati pano. Makasitomala anu alibe dzina la msirikali wathu waku Germany? Izi zipangitsa kuti zinthu zikhale zosavuta, chifukwa ndiye kuti titha kutsata mbiri yake yankhondo ndikuwona komwe adakhazikika, kuyang'ana zolemba za kalembera ndi zina zotero, "Nina adatero mogwedeza mutu pomwe chophimba cha laputopu chikuwonekera m'maso mwake amdima.
  
  "Ayi, monga ndikudziwira, ayi. Ndinkayembekezera kuti tingatenge chikalatacho kwa katswiri wa graphologist n"kukaunikanso zimene analemba. Mwina tikatha kumveketsa bwino mawuwa, zitha kutithandiza kudziwa yemwe analemba bukuli," adatero Agatha.
  
  "Inde, koma zimenezo sizikutiuza kuti anawapatsa ndani. Tiyenera kukhazikitsa chizindikiritso cha Germany yemwe adawabweretsa kuno atabwera kuchokera ku Africa. Kudziŵa amene analemba zimenezi sikungathandize nkomwe," Nina anausa moyo, akugogoda cholembera chake pa mlomo wake wakumunsi pamene maganizo ake ankafunafuna njira zina.
  
  "Zingatheke. Umunthu wa wolembayo ukhoza kutiuza momwe tingadziwire mayina a anthu omwe adamwalira, wokondedwa wanga Nina, "Agata adalongosola, akumadula makeke ake mwachidwi. "Chabwino, ndi lingaliro lodziwikiratu lomwe ndikadaganiza kuti wina wanzeru zako akanaliganizira."
  
  Maso a Nina anamulasa ndi chenjezo lakuthwa. "Ndi kutali kwambiri, Agatha. Kutsata zikalata zomwe zilipo m'dziko lenileni n'kosiyana pang'ono ndi kungoganizira zachitetezo cha laibulale. "
  
  Agatha anasiya kutafuna. Anayang'ana mbiri yakale monyanyira motere Nina adanong'oneza bondo yankho lake. Pafupifupi theka la miniti Agatha Perdue adakhalabe wosasunthika m'malo mwake, wopanda moyo. Nina anachita manyazi kwambiri kuona mkazi ameneyu, akufanana kale ndi chidole chopangidwa ndi dothi laumunthu, atakhala pamenepo komanso akuchita ngati iye. Mwadzidzidzi, Agatha anayamba kutafuna ndi kusuntha, kuopseza Nina mkati mwa tsitsi lonse kuti ali ndi matenda a mtima.
  
  "Mwanena bwino, Dr. Gould. Touch é, "Agatha anang'ung'udza mwachidwi, ndikumaliza cookie yake. "Mukuganiza bwanji?"
  
  "Lingaliro lokha lomwe ndili nalo ndi ... ngati ... losaloledwa," Nina ananjenjemera, akutenga sip kuchokera mu botolo la vinyo.
  
  "O, ndiuze," Agatha anaseka, zimene anachita zinadabwitsa Nina. Pajatu ankaoneka kuti anali ndi mtima wofuna mavuto ngati mchimwene wake.
  
  "Tikafunika kupeza zolemba za Home Office kuti tifufuze za kusamukira kwa nzika zakunja panthawiyo, komanso zolemba za amuna omwe adalowa m'gulu lankhondo lakunja, koma sindikudziwa momwe ndingachitire," Nina adatero mozama, akutenga makeke kuchokera kugulu lankhondo lakunja. paketi.
  
  "Ndingokayika, zopusa," Agatha anamwetulira.
  
  "Hack basi? M'malo osungira zakale a kazembe waku Germany? Ku Unduna wa Zam'kati wa Federal ndi zolemba zake zonse zakale?" Nina anafunsa, akubwereza mwadala kuti atsimikizire kuti amvetsetsa bwino za misala ya Miss Perdue. O Mulungu, ndikhoza kulawa kale chakudya cha kundende m'mimba mwanga pambuyo poti mnzanga wa m'chipinda chimodzi ataganiza zogwirana kwambiri, Nina anaganiza. Ngakhale atayesetsa bwanji kuti asachite zinthu zosaloledwa ndi boma, zinkaoneka ngati anangotenga njira ina kuti agwire.
  
  "Inde, ndipatseni galimoto yanu," Agatha mwadzidzidzi anatero, manja ake aatali, owonda akutuluka kukagwira laputopu ya Nina. Nina anachitapo kanthu mwachangu, nalanda kompyutayo m'manja mwa kasitomala wake wokonda.
  
  "Ayi!" - iye anakuwa. "Osati pa laputopu yanga. Ndinu openga?
  
  Apanso, chilangocho chinapangitsa kuti Agatha akhale wopenga pang'ono, koma nthawi ino adakumbukira nthawi yomweyo. Atakwiyitsidwa ndi kachitidwe ka Nina ka zinthu zomwe zingasokonezedwe mwachisangalalo, Agatha anapumula manja ake, akuusa moyo.
  
  Wolemba mbiriyo anawonjezera kuti: "Chitani pa kompyuta yanu.
  
  "Aa, ndiye ukungoda nkhawa kuti akutsatiridwa, osati kuti sayenera," anatero Agatha mu mtima mwake mokweza. "Chabwino, izo ziri bwino. Ndinkaganiza kuti ndi maganizo oipa."
  
  Anayang"ana maso modabwa ndi kusasamala kwa mkaziyo pamene anali kuyembekezera lingaliro lina loipa.
  
  "Ndibweranso, Dr. Gould. Dikirani," iye anatero nalumpha. Pamene anatsegula chitseko, anayang"ana m"mbuyo mwachidule kuti adziŵitse Nina kuti, "Ndikasonyezabe zimenezi kwa katswiri wa graphologist," anatembenuka n"kutuluka pakhomo ngati mwana wosangalala m"mawa wa Khirisimasi.
  
  "Palibe vuto," Nina anatero mwakachetechete, atagwira laputopu pachifuwa chake, ngati akuiteteza. "Sindikukhulupirira kuti ndaphimbidwa kale ndi zoyipa ndikungodikirira kuti nthenga ziwuluke."
  
  Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Agatha adabweranso ndi chikwangwani chomwe chimawoneka ngati china kuchokera mugawo lakale la Buck Rogers. Chinthucho chinali chowonekera kwambiri, chopangidwa ndi mtundu wina wa fiberglass, pafupifupi kukula kwa pepala lolembera, ndipo chinalibe chophimba chokhudza kuyenda. Agatha anatenga kabokosi kakang'ono kakuda m'thumba ndikugwira kabatani kakang'ono ka silver ndi nsonga ya chala chake. Kanthu kakang'onoko kanakhala pansonga ya chala chake ngati thimble lathyathyathya mpaka adakakamira pakona yakumanzere kwa chizindikiro chachilendo.
  
  "Taonani. David adachita izi pasanathe milungu iwiri yapitayo, "adatero Agatha.
  
  "Zowona," Nina adaseka ndikupukusa mutu chifukwa cha luso laukadaulo lomwe adakumana nalo. "Akuchita chiyani?"
  
  Agatha adamupatsa mawonekedwe otchinjiriza aja ndipo Nina adadzilimbitsa mtima kuti sukudziwa kalikonse? kamvekedwe.
  
  Pomalizira pake, blonde anayankha mosapita m"mbali kuti: "Ndi kompyuta, Nina."
  
  Inde, ndi izi! Ingosiyani izo zipite. Zisiyeni, Nina.
  
  Mwapang"onopang"ono kuledzera kwake, Nina anaganiza zodekha ndi kungopumako kamodzi kokha. "Ayi, ndikutanthauza izi," adauza Agatha ndikuloza chinthu chafulati, chozungulira, chasiliva.
  
  "O, ndi modemu. Sitingathe kutsatiridwa. Tinene, pafupifupi wosaoneka. Imanyamula ma frequency a satellite bandwidth ndikulumikizana ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi zoyambirira zomwe imatha kuzindikira. Kenako, pakadutsa masekondi atatu, imasintha pakati pa mayendedwe osankhidwa mwanjira yoti imadumpha mozungulira, kusonkhanitsa deta kuchokera kwa opereka chithandizo osiyanasiyana. Chifukwa chake zikuwoneka ngati kutsika kwa liwiro la kulumikizana m'malo mwa chipika chogwira. Ndiyenera kupereka izi kwa chitsiru. Ndiwabwino kusokoneza dongosolo," Agatha adamwetulira mwamaloto, akudzitamandira Perdue.
  
  Nina anaseka mokweza. Sikuti vinyo anamupangitsa kutero, koma phokoso la lirime loyenera la Agatha likunena kuti "chimwini" mwaulere. Thupi lake laling'ono linatsamira pamutu wa bedi ndi botolo la vinyo pamene amawonera chiwonetsero cha sci-fi patsogolo pake.
  
  "Chani?" Agatha anafunsa mosalakwa, akuthamangitsa chala chake m'mphepete mwa chikwangwanicho.
  
  "Palibe, madam. Pitirizani," Nina anadandaula.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni," anatero Agatha.
  
  Makina onse opangidwa ndi fiber optic adapenta zidazo utoto wofiirira womwe umakumbutsa Nina za choyatsira nyali, osati ngati mthunzi wowopsa. Maso ake adawona fayilo ya binary yomwe idawonekera pambuyo poti zala zophunzitsidwa za Agatha zidalemba kachidindo pakati pa skrini yamakona anayi.
  
  "Cholembera ndi pepala," Agatha analamula Nina, osachotsa maso ake pa sikirini. Nina anatenga cholembera ndi masamba ochepa ong'ambika mu kope ndi kuyamba kudikira.
  
  Agatha adawerenga ulalo wamakhodi osamveka omwe Nina adalemba pomwe amalankhula. Iwo ankamva amuna akukwera masitepe, akusekabe zachabechabe akatsala pang'ono kutha.
  
  "Mukuchita chiyani ndi zida zanga?" - Perdue anafunsa. Nina anaganiza kuti akanayenera kukhala wodzitetezera kwambiri m"kamvekedwe kake chifukwa cha ukali wa mlongo wake, koma anamveka kukhala wokondweretsedwa kwambiri ndi zimene anali kuchita m"malo mwa zimene anali kuchita.
  
  "Nina ayenera kudziwa mayina a asilikali akunja omwe anafika ku Germany kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Ndikungomusonkhanitsira izi, "adatero Agatha, maso ake akuyang'anabe mizere ingapo, yomwe adasankha Nina yolondola.
  
  "Zikhululukireni," ndi zonse zomwe Sam akanatha kuganiza pamene ankagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zambiri kuyesera kuti asasunthike. Palibe amene ankadziwa ngati chinali mantha chifukwa cha chizindikiro cha luso lapamwamba, chiwerengero cha mayina omwe angakoke, kapena chifukwa chakuti iwo anali kuchita upandu wa federal pamaso pake.
  
  "Muli ndi chiyani panthawiyi?" - Perdue adafunsa, komanso osati mogwirizana kwambiri.
  
  "Tiyika mayina onse ndi manambala a ID, mwina ma adilesi. Ndipo tidzaipereka pa kadzutsa," Nina anauza amunawo, kuyesera kuti mawu ake amveke bwino ndi odzidalira. Koma anagula ndipo anagwirizana kuti apitirize kugona.
  
  Mphindi makumi atatu zotsatira zidatha movutikira kutsitsa mayina, maudindo ndi maudindo omwe amaoneka ngati osawerengeka a amuna onse omwe adalowa mu Gulu Lankhondo Lachilendo, koma azimayi awiriwa adangoyang'anabe momwe mowa ungalolere. Chokhumudwitsa chokha pakufufuza kwawo chinali kusowa kwa oyenda.
  
  
  Mutu 15
  
  
  Povutika ndi matenda opumira, Sam, Nina ndi Perdue adalankhula motsitsa mawu kuti apewe mutu wopweteka kwambiri. Ngakhale chakudya cham'mawa chokonzedwa ndi woyang'anira nyumba Maisie McFadden sichinathe kuchepetsa kukhumudwa kwawo, ngakhale kuti sakanatha kutsutsana ndi ubwino wa mbale yake ya tramezzine yophikidwa ndi bowa ndi dzira.
  
  Atamaliza kudya, anasonkhananso m"chipinda chochezera chochititsa mantha kwambiri, mmene munali zozokotedwa pamiyala iliyonse. Nina anatsegula kope lake, kumene zolembera zake zosawerengeka zinatsutsa malingaliro ake a m"maŵa. Pamndandandawo anafufuza mayina a amuna onse olembedwa, amoyo ndi akufa. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, Perdue adayika mayina awo mu database yomwe mlongo wake adawasungira kwakanthawi kuti awonenso osapeza zosemphana ndi seva.
  
  "Ayi," adatero pambuyo pa masekondi angapo akuyang'ana zolemba za dzina lililonse, "osati Algeria."
  
  Sam anali atakhala pa khofi ndikumwa khofi weniweni kuchokera kwa wopanga khofi yemwe Agatha amalota dzulo lake. Adatsegula laputopu yake ndikutumiza maimelo angapo omwe adamuthandiza kuti adziwe komwe adachokera kwa msirikali wakale yemwe adalemba ndakatulo yokhudza chuma chotayika chapadziko lapansi chomwe adanena kuti adachiwona atakhala ndi banja la Aigupto.
  
  Mmodzi mwa magwero ake, mkonzi wabwino wakale waku Moroccan wochokera ku Tangier, adayankha mkati mwa ola limodzi.
  
  Ankawoneka odabwa kuti nkhaniyi yafika kwa mtolankhani wamakono wa ku Ulaya monga Sam.
  
  Mkonziyo anayankha kuti: "Monga momwe ndikudziŵira, nkhani imeneyi ndi nthano chabe yosimbidwa mkati mwa nkhondo ziŵiri zapadziko lonse ndi asilikali ankhondo ankhondo kuno Kumpoto kwa Afirika kusunga chiyembekezo chakuti kunali mtundu wina wamatsenga m"mbali yopulukirayi ya dziko. Sizinalingaliridwa konse kuti pangakhale mnofu pa mafupa awa. Koma nditumizireni zomwe muli nazo ndione momwe ndingathandizire mbali imeneyo. "
  
  "Kodi akhoza kudaliridwa?" Anafunsa Nina. "Mwamudziwa bwanji?"
  
  "Ndinakumana naye kawiri, pamene ndinafotokoza za nkhondo za ku Abidjan mu 2007 ndiponso pamsonkhano wa World Disease Control Fund ku Paris patatha zaka zitatu. Ndi zolimba. Ngakhale amakayikira kwambiri, "Sam adakumbukira.
  
  "Ndi chinthu chabwino, Sam," adatero Perdue ndikusisita Sam kumbuyo. "Ndiye kuti sangaone ntchito imeneyi ngati ntchito yachitsiru. Zidzakhala zabwino kwa ife. Sangafune kutenga chidutswa cha zomwe sakhulupirira kuti zilipo, sichoncho? " Perdue adaseka. "Mutumizeni kope latsambalo. Tiyeni tiwone zomwe angachite pankhaniyi."
  
  "Sindingangotumiza makope a tsamba ili kwa aliyense, Perdue," Nina anachenjeza. "Simukufuna kuti iziulutsidwa kuti nkhani yopekayi ikhoza kukhala ndi tanthauzo lambiri."
  
  "Nkhawa zako zadziwika, wokondedwa Nina," Perdue adamutsimikizira, kumwetulira kwake kunali kwachisoni pang'ono chifukwa cha kutayika kwa chikondi chake. "Komanso tiyenera kudziwa tokha. Agatha sadziwa chilichonse chokhudza kasitomala wake, yemwe atha kungokhala mwana wolemera yemwe adatengera cholowa chabanja ndipo akufuna kuwona ngati angapezepo kanthu pazankholi pamsika wakuda. "
  
  "Kapena akhoza kutiseka, mukudziwa?" adatsindika mawu ake kuti atsimikizire kuti Sam ndi Perdue amvetsetsa kuti Bungwe la Black Sun liyenera kukhala kumbuyo kwa izi nthawi yonseyi.
  
  "Ndikukayikira," Perdue anayankha nthawi yomweyo. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti akudziwa chinachake chimene iye samadziwa, ndipo iye anali ndi chidaliro kuti iye adzagubuduza madayisi. Kumbali ina, ndi liti pamene adadziwa chinthu chomwe ena samachidziwa. Nthawi zonse patsogolo komanso mobisa kwambiri pazochita zake, Perdue sanawonetse kukhudzidwa ndi lingaliro la Nina. Koma Sam sanali wokhumudwa ngati Nina. Anapatsa Perdue mawonekedwe atali, oyembekezera. Kenako adazengereza kutumiza imeloyo asananene kuti, "Mukuwoneka kuti ndinu otsimikiza kuti sitina ... takunyengererani."
  
  "Ndimakonda momwe inu atatu mukuyesera kukambirana, ndipo sindikumvetsa kuti pali zambiri pazomwe mukunena. Koma ndikudziwa zonse za bungweli komanso momwe zakhalira zovuta pamoyo wanu kuyambira pomwe mudasautsa mamembala angapo mosadziwa. O Mulungu wanga, ana, ndichifukwa chake ndakulembani ntchito! Iye anaseka. Nthawiyi Agatha adawoneka ngati kasitomala wodzipereka osati wamisala yemwe amakhala padzuwa nthawi yayitali.
  
  "Pambuyo pake, ndiye amene adasokoneza ma seva a Black Sun kuti ayambitse chuma chanu ... ana," Perdue adawakumbutsa ndi diso.
  
  "Chabwino, sukudziwa zonsezi, Abiti Perdue," Sam anayankha.
  
  "Koma ndikudziwa. Mchimwene wanga ndi ine titha kukhala opikisana nthawi zonse m'magawo athu aukadaulo, koma tili ndi zinthu zina zomwe timafanana. Zambiri zokhudzana ndi ntchito yovuta ya Sam Cleave ndi Nina Gould pagulu lodziwika bwino la zigawenga sizobisika kwenikweni, osati mukamalankhula Chirasha," adatero.
  
  Sam ndi Nina anadabwa kwambiri. Kodi Perdue akanadziwa ndiye kuti amayenera kupeza Renata, chinsinsi chake chachikulu? Nanga angamupeze bwanji tsopano? Anayang'anizana ndi nkhawa pang'ono kuposa momwe ankafunira.
  
  "Osadandaula," Perdue anasiya kulankhula. "Tiyeni timuthandize Agatha kupeza zinthu zopangidwa ndi kasitomala wake, ndipo tikachita izi mwachangu ... ndani akudziwa ...Mwina titha kugwirizana kuti titsimikizire kukhulupirika kwanu kwa ogwira ntchito," adatero, akuyang'ana Nina.
  
  Sanachitire mwina koma kukumbukira nthawi yomaliza yomwe adalankhula Perdue asanasowe popanda kufotokoza koyenera. Mwachionekere "mgwirizano" wake unatanthauza kukhulupirika kowonjezereka, kosakayikitsa kwa iye. Kupatula apo, pakukambirana kwawo komaliza, adamutsimikizira kuti sanataye mtima kuyesa kumuchotsa m'manja mwa Sam, pabedi la Sam. Tsopano adadziwa chifukwa chake adayeneranso kupambana pamlandu wa Renata / Renegade Brigade.
  
  "Uyenera kusunga mawu ako, Perdue. Ife...ine...nditha ndi spoons chifukwa chodyera zinyalala, ngati mukudziwa chimene ndikupeza," anachenjeza Sam. "Ngati zonse sizikuyenda bwino, ndikungochoka. Zasowa. Sadzawonekanso ku Scotland. Chifukwa chokha chimene ndinafikira pano chinali cha Nina."
  
  Nthawi yovutayi idakhala chete onse kwa mphindi imodzi.
  
  "Chabwino, popeza tonse tikudziwa komwe tili komanso utali wotani womwe tonse tikuyenera kuyenda mpaka titafika pamasiteshoni athu, titha kutumiza imelo kwa njonda ya ku Morocco ndikuyamba kutsatira mayina ena onse, sichoncho David?" Agatha anatsogoza gulu la anzake omwe akungobwebweta.
  
  "Nina, ungakonde kupita nane kumisonkhano ya mumzinda? Kapena mukufuna ena atatu ndi awiri awa? Mlongo Perdue anafunsa funso losamveka ndipo, mosayembekezera yankho, anatenga chikwama chake chakale n"kuikamo chikalata chofunika kwambiri. Nina anayang'ana Sam ndi Perdue.
  
  "Kodi nonse muzichita bwino amayi akalibe?" - adaseka, koma kamvekedwe kake kanali konyozeka. Nina anakwiya pamene amuna aŵiriwo ananena kuti anali wa iwo mwanjira inayake. Anangoyima pamenepo, kukhulupirika kwa Agatha mwachizolowezi kumawapangitsa kuzindikira ntchito yomwe anali nayo.
  
  
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  "Tikupita kuti?" Anafunsa Agatha atapeza galimoto yobwereka.
  
  "Halkirk," anatero kwa Nina pamene ankanyamuka. Galimotoyo inathamangira kumwera, ndipo Agatha anayang'ana Nina ndi kumwetulira kwachilendo. "Sindikuberani, Dr. Gould. Tikumana ndi katswiri wa graphologist yemwe kasitomala wanga adanditumizira. Malo okongola, Halkirk, "anawonjezera, "pamtsinje wa Thurso komanso osapitilira mphindi khumi ndi zisanu kuchokera pano. Msonkhano wathu ukukonzekera 11, koma tifika msanga. "
  
  Nina sanathe kutsutsa. Kukongola kwake kunali kochititsa chidwi ndipo ankalakalaka atatuluka mu mzindawu pafupipafupi kuti akaone midzi ya kwawo ku Scotland. Edinburgh inali yokongola mwa iyo yokha, yodzaza ndi mbiri ndi moyo, koma pambuyo pa mayesero otsatizana a zaka zaposachedwapa anali kulingalira zokhazikika m'mudzi wawung'ono ku Highlands. Pano. Zingakhale zabwino pano. Kuchokera pa A9 adakhotera pa B874 ndikulowera chakumadzulo kutawuni yaying'ono.
  
  "George Street. Nina, yang'anani George Street," Agatha adauza wokwera wake. Nina adatulutsa foni yake yatsopano ndikuyatsa GPS ndikumwetulira kwachibwana komwe kudaseketsa Agatha ndikuseka. Azimayi awiriwa atapeza adiresi, anatenga kamphindi kuti agwire mpweya. Agatha akuyembekeza kuti kusanthula kwa zolembedwazo kungathandize kumvetsetsa kuti wolembayo anali ndani, kapena, chabwino, zomwe zidalembedwa patsamba losadziwika bwino. Ndani akudziwa, Agatha anaganiza kuti, katswiri yemwe wakhala akuphunzira kulemba pamanja tsiku lonse mwina akhoza kudziwa zomwe zinalembedwa pamenepo. Iye ankadziwa kuti ndi kutambasula, koma kunali koyenera kufufuza.
  
  Atatuluka m'galimoto, kumwamba kotuwa kunawaza Halkirk ndi kuwala kosangalatsa. Kunali kozizira, koma sikunali kosangalatsa, ndipo Agatha adanyamula sutikesi yake yakale pachifuwa chake, ndikuphimba ndi malaya ake pomwe amakwera masitepe a simenti atali ku khomo lakumaso kwa nyumba yaying'ono kumapeto kwa George Street. Inali nyumba ya chidole chodziwika bwino, Nina adaganiza, ngati china chake chochokera ku kope lachi Scottish la House & Home. Kapinga wopangidwa bwino kwambiri unkawoneka ngati kachidutswa ka velvet kamene kanangoponyedwa kumene kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo.
  
  "O, fulumirani. Chokani mumvula, amayi! - liwu lachikazi lidachokera pamng'alu wapakhomo lakumaso. Mayi wolemera wazaka zapakati akumwetulira kokoma anayang'ana kunja kwa mdima kumbuyo kwake. Anawatsegulira chitseko ndikuwalozera kuti afulumire.
  
  "Agatha Perdue?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, ndi bwenzi langa, Nina," anayankha Agatha. Iye anasiya mutu wa Nina kotero kuti asadziŵitse wolandira alendowo za kufunika kwa chikalatacho chimene anafunikira kuchipenda. Agatha ankafuna kunamizira kuti ndi tsamba lakale lochokera kwa wachibale wake wakutali yemwe adabwera m'manja mwake. Ngati inali yokwanira ndalama zomwe analipidwa kuti aipeze, sichinali chinthu chomwe chikanayenera kulengeza.
  
  "Hi, Nina. Rachel Clark. Ndasangalala kukudziwani amayi. Tsopano tipite ku ofesi yanga?" katswiri wa graphologist wansangala anamwetulira.
  
  Iwo anachoka m"mbali ya mdima, yodekha ya nyumbayo n"kukalowa m"kachipinda kakang"ono, kowala kwambiri ndi kuwala kwa masana kamene kanadutsa pazitseko zotsetsereka zopita ku dziwe laling"ono losambira. Nina anayang'ana mabwalo okongola omwe ankagwedezeka ngati madontho amvula akugwa pamwamba pa dziwe, ndipo adasirira ferns ndi masamba omwe adabzalidwa mozungulira dziwelo kuti muthe kumiza m'madzi. Zinali zowoneka bwino, zobiriwira monyezimira m'nyengo yotuwa yonyowa.
  
  "Kodi ukukonda, Nina?" Adafunsa choncho Rachel uku Agatha akumupasa mapepala aja.
  
  "Inde, n"zodabwitsa mmene zimawonekera molusa ndi mwachibadwa," Nina anayankha mwaulemu.
  
  "Mwamuna wanga ndi wokonza malo. Nsikidziyo inamuluma pamene anali kukumba m"nkhalango ndi m"nkhalango zamitundumitundu, ndipo anayamba kulima dimba kuti athetse vuto lakale loipali. Mukudziwa, kupsinjika ndi chinthu choyipa chomwe palibe amene akuchiwona masiku ano, ngati tikuyenera kugwedezeka chifukwa chopsinjika kwambiri, huh?" - Rachel anang'ung'udza mosagwirizana, akutsegula chikalatacho pansi pa nyali yokulirapo.
  
  "Inde," anavomereza motero Nina. "Kupanikizika kumapha anthu ambiri kuposa momwe aliyense amaganizira."
  
  "Inde, ndichifukwa chake hubby adayamba kukonza minda ya anthu ena m'malo mwake. Zambiri ngati ntchito yamtundu wa hobby. Zofanana kwambiri ndi ntchito yanga. Chabwino, Abiti Perdue, tiyeni tiwone zolemba zanu izi," Rachel adatero, akuyika nkhope yantchito.
  
  Nina anali kukayikira lingaliro lonse, koma adakondwera kwambiri kutuluka m'nyumba ndi kutali ndi Perdue ndi Sam. Anakhala pampando waung'ono womwe unali pafupi ndi chitseko chotsetsereka, akuyang'ana zojambula zokongola zomwe zili pakati pa masamba ndi nthambi. Pa nthawiyi Rakele sananene chilichonse. Agatha ankamuyang'anitsitsa, ndipo kunakhala chete kwambiri moti Nina ndi Agatha anasinthana masentensi angapo, onse ali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa chifukwa chake Rachel amaphunzira tsamba limodzi kwa nthawi yayitali.
  
  Pomalizira pake Rakele anayang"ana m"mwamba, "Mwazitenga kuti zimenezo, wokondedwa?" Kamvekedwe kake kanali koopsa komanso kokayikakayika pang'ono.
  
  "O, amayi anali ndi zinthu zakale kuchokera kwa agogo awo aakazi, ndipo adandiimba mlandu ine," Agatha ananama mwaluso. "Ndapeza izi pakati pa mabilu ena osafunikira ndikuganiza kuti zinali zosangalatsa."
  
  Nina anadandaula kuti: "Chifukwa chiyani? Ukuwona zomwe akunena pamenepo?"
  
  "Amayi, sindine wakale ... chabwino, ndine katswiri," adaseka mowuma, ndikuvula magalasi ake, "koma ngati sindikulakwitsa, pa chithunzichi..."
  
  "Inde?" - Nina ndi Agata adafuula nthawi yomweyo.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati zinalembedwapo ..." anayang'ana mmwamba, atasokonezeka, "gumbwa?"
  
  Agatha anaonetsa nkhope yosaoneka bwino kwinaku Nina akungopumira.
  
  "Izi ndizabwino?" Anafunsa Nina, akuseweretsa mbuli kuti adziwe zambiri.
  
  "Bwanji inde, wokondedwa wanga. Izi zikutanthauza kuti pepalali ndi lamtengo wapatali. Abiti Perdue, kodi muli ndi choyambirira?" Rachel anafunsa. Adayika dzanja lake pa Agatha mwachidwi.
  
  "Ndikuopa kuti sindikudziwa, ayi. Koma ndinali ndi chidwi chongoyang'ana chithunzicho. Tsopano tikudziwa kuti liyenera kuti linali buku losangalatsa lomwe linatengedwa. Ndikuganiza kuti ndimadziwa kuyambira pachiyambi, "Agatha anali wosazindikira, chifukwa ndichifukwa chake ndinali wotanganidwa kwambiri kuti ndidziwe zomwe ikunena. Mwina mungatithandize kudziwa zomwe akunena?"
  
  "Ndikhoza kuyesa. Ndikutanthauza kuti ndikuwona zitsanzo zambiri zolembera pamanja ndipo ndiyenera kudzitama kuti ndili ndi diso lophunzitsidwa bwino," Rachel anamwetulira.
  
  Agatha anayang"ana maso ake kwa Nina monga ngati akunena kuti "Ndinakuuzani," ndipo Nina anachita kumwetulira pamene anali kutembenuza mutu wake kuyang"ana munda ndi dziwe, pamene mvula inali itayamba kugwa.
  
  "Ndipatseni mphindi zingapo, ndione ngati...ndi...ndikhoza..." Mawu a Rachel anazimiririka pamene ankakonza nyali yokulirapo kuti awone bwino. "Ndikuwona amene adatenga chithunzichi adadzipangira yekha. Inki yomwe ili pagawoli ndi yatsopano ndipo zolemba za wolemba ndizosiyana kwambiri. Gwiritsitsani."
  
  Zinkaoneka ngati zapita muyaya, kudikirira kuti Rachel alembe mawu ndi liwu pamene akulongosola pang"onopang"ono zimene analemba, n"kusiya mizera ya madontho apa ndi apo pomwe sakanatha kuzindikira. Agatha anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. Kulikonse amakhoza kuwona zitsanzo za zithunzi, zikwangwani zokhala ndi ngodya zosiyanasiyana ndi kupanikizika, zomwe zimasonyeza malingaliro a maganizo ndi makhalidwe. M'malingaliro ake, udali mayitanidwe osangalatsa. Mwina Agatha, monga woyang'anira laibulale, ankakonda chikondi cha mawu ndi tanthauzo kumbuyo kwa kapangidwe ndi zina zotero.
  
  "Zili ngati mtundu wa ndakatulo," Rachel anadandaula motero, "yogaŵikana pakati pa manja aŵiri. Ine kubetcherana kuti anthu awiri osiyana analemba ndakatulo iyi - mmodzi gawo loyamba, ndi ena otsiriza. Mizere yoyamba ili mu French, ena onse ali mu German, ngati kukumbukira kwanga kumanditumikira molondola. O, ndipo pansi apa zasindikizidwa ndi zomwe zikuwoneka ngati ... gawo loyamba la siginecha ndilovuta, koma gawo lomaliza likuwoneka bwino ngati 'Venen' kapena 'Wener'. Kodi mukudziwa aliyense m'banja mwanu dzina lake, Abiti Perdue?"
  
  "Ayi, mwatsoka, ayi," Agatha anayankha modandaula pang'ono, akusewera bwino kwambiri moti Nina anamwetulira ndikupukusa mutu mobisa.
  
  "Agatha, uyenera kupitiriza izi, wokondedwa wanga. Ndingayerekezenso kunena kuti nkhani za pa gumbwa zimene zinalembedwapo ndi zakale kwambiri," Rachel anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Mofanana ndi zaka za m'ma 1800?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ayi, wokondedwa wanga. Pafupifupi zaka chikwi kuphatikiza zaka za m'ma 1800 zisanafike - zakale," adatero Rachel, maso ake akutuluka modabwa komanso moona mtima. "Mudzapeza mipukutu yonga imeneyi m"nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zakale za mbiri ya dziko monga Cairo Museum!"
  
  Atasokonezedwa ndi chidwi cha Rachel pa chikalatacho, Agatha adasokoneza chidwi chake.
  
  "Ndipo ndakatulo yake ndi yakale kwambiri?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, ayi. Inkiyo siinazimiririke ndi theka monga mmene zikanakhalira zikanakhala kuti zinalembedwa kalekale. Wina adatenga ndikulemba papepala, mtengo wake samadziwa, wokondedwa wanga. Kumene adawatenga kumakhalabe chinsinsi, chifukwa mitundu iyi ya gumbwa iyenera kuti inasungidwa m'nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale kapena ... - adaseka chifukwa cha zopanda pake zomwe anali pafupi kunena - ziyenera kuti zinasungidwa kwinakwake kuyambira nthawi ya Library. ku Alexandria. Pokana kuseka mokweza mawu opusawo, Rachel anangogwedezeka.
  
  "Ndi mawu otani omwe mwatenga pa izi?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ziri mu French, ndikuganiza. Chifukwa chake sindimalankhula Chifalansa ..."
  
  "Chabwino, ndikukhulupirira," Agatha anatero mwachangu. Iye anayang'ana pa wotchi yake. "O Mulungu wanga, yang"anani nthawi. Nina, tachedwa ndi chakudya chamadzulo cha Aunt Millie!"
  
  Nina sankadziwa zomwe Agatha ankalankhula, koma ankaona kuti n"ngopanda nzeru kuti azitha kucheza naye kuti athetse mavuto amene ankakula pa zokambiranazo. Anaganiza bwino.
  
  "O, mukunena zowona! Ndipo tikufunikabe kupeza keke! Rachel, kodi ukudziwa malo abwino ophika buledi amene ali pafupi?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Tinali pafupi kufa," anatero Agatha akuyendetsa msewu waukulu wobwerera ku Thurso.
  
  "Palibe zoyipa! Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndinalakwitsa. Kulemba ntchito katswiri wojambula zithunzi linali lingaliro labwino kwambiri," anatero Nina. "Kodi mungamasulire zomwe adalemba kuchokera m'mawuwo?"
  
  "Inde," anatero Agatha. "Iwe sulankhula Chifalansa?"
  
  "Zamng'ono kwambiri. Ndakhala wokonda kwambiri chilankhulo cha Chijeremani, "wolemba mbiriyo adaseka. "Ndinkakonda amuna bwino."
  
  "Oo zoona? Kodi mumakonda amuna achijeremani? Ndipo mipukutu ya ku Scotland ikukudetsani nkhawa? Agatha anazindikira. Nina sanathe kudziwa ngati pali kuwopseza kwa mawu a Agatha, koma ndi iye zitha kukhala chilichonse.
  
  "Sam ndi wowoneka bwino kwambiri," adatero mwanthabwala.
  
  "Ndikudziwa. Ndingayerekeze kunena kuti sindingasangalale kupeza ndemanga kuchokera kwa iye. Koma kodi mukuona kuti Davide ndi wotani? Ndi zandalama eti? Payenera kukhala ndalama," adafunsa Agatha.
  
  "Ayi, ndalama sizingafanane ndi chidaliro. Ndipo chilakolako chake cha moyo, ndikuganiza, "anatero Nina. Sanakonde kukakamizidwa kuti afufuze zokopa zake ku Purdue mozama. M"malo mwake, angaiŵale zimene anaona kuti n"zosangalatsa kwa iye poyamba. Iye sanatetezeke ponena za kulemba chikondi chake kwa iye, ziribe kanthu momwe iye anakana mwamphamvu zimenezo.
  
  Nayenso Sam nayenso. Iye sanamulole kuti adziwe ngati akufuna kukhala naye kapena ayi. Kupeza zolemba zake za Trish ndi moyo wake ndi iye zidatsimikizira izi, ndipo pangozi yakusweka mtima ngati atakumana naye za izi, adazisunga. Koma pansi pamtima, Nina sanakane kuti amakondana ndi Sam, wokondana yemwe sangakhale naye kwa mphindi zingapo nthawi imodzi.
  
  Mtima wake unkawawa kwambiri akamaganizira zomwe ankakumbukira pa moyo wake ndi Trish, momwe ankamukondera, tinthu tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono tating'ono komanso momwe anali kuyandikirana naye - momwe ankamusowa. Nanga n"cifukwa ciani ayenela kulemba zambili za umoyo wao pamodzi ngati iye anasamuka? Nanga n"cifukwa ciani anam"namiza kuti amam"konda kwambili ngati anali kulemba mobisa kwa m"bale wakeyo? Podziwa kuti sangafanane ndi Trish zinamupweteka kwambiri.
  
  
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  Perdue anayatsa moto pamene Sam ankakonza chakudya chamadzulo moyang'aniridwa ndi Abiti Maisie. Kunena zowona, iye ankangothandiza, koma iye anamupangitsa iye kukhulupirira kuti iye anali ophika. Perdue adalowa kukhitchini ndikuseka kwaunyamata akuwona chipwirikiti chomwe Sam adapanga pokonzekera chomwe chingakhale phwando.
  
  "Akukuvutitsani, sichoncho?" Perdue anafunsa Maisie.
  
  "Osaposa amuna anga, bwana," adayang'ana maso ndikutsuka pomwe Sam adatayira ufa poyesa kupanga mizati.
  
  "Sam," Perdue anatero ndikugwedeza mutu kuti Sam agwirizane naye pamoto.
  
  "Abiti Maisie, ndikuwopa kuti ndiyenera kusiya ntchito zapakhitchini," Sam adalengeza.
  
  "Osadandaula, Bambo Cleave," anamwetulira. "Zikomo Mulungu," anamumva akunena pamene ankatuluka m"khitchini.
  
  "Kodi mwalandira kale nkhani za chikalatachi?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Palibe. Ndikuganiza kuti onse akuganiza kuti ndine wopenga chifukwa chopanga nkhani yongopeka, koma mbali imodzi ndi chinthu chabwino. Anthu ochepa amadziwa za izi, ndibwino. Ngati diary ikadalibe kwinakwake, "adatero Sam.
  
  "Inde, ndili ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa kuti chuma ichi ndi chiyani," Perdue adatero pamene adawatsanulira scotch.
  
  "Ndithudi," Sam anayankha moseka.
  
  "Sizokhudza ndalama, Sam. Mulungu akudziwa, zandikwana izi. Sindiyenera kuthamangitsa zinthu zapakhomo kuti ndipeze ndalama, "Perdue adamuuza. "Ndili wokhazikika m"mbuyomo, m"zimene dziko limasunga m"malo obisika amene anthu sadziwa kuti sangasamale. Ndikutanthauza, tikukhala m'dziko lomwe lawona zinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri, zomwe zidakhala m'nthawi yabwino kwambiri. Ndi chinthu chapadera kwambiri kupeza zotsalira za Dziko Lakale ndikukhudza zinthu zomwe zimadziwa zomwe sitingazidziwe. "
  
  "Zakuya kwambiri kwa nthawi ino ya tsiku, bambo," adatero Sam. Anamwa theka la galasi la scotch lake mumphuno imodzi.
  
  "Zosavuta nazo," Perdue adalimbikitsa. "Mukufuna kukhala maso ndikudziwa akazi awiriwa akabwera."
  
  "M"chenicheni, sindiri wotsimikiza konse za zimenezo," Sam anavomereza motero. Perdue anangoseka chifukwa ankaonanso chimodzimodzi. Komabe, amuna aŵiriwo anasankha kusakambitsirana za Nina kapena zimene anali nazo ndi aliyense wa iwo. Chodabwitsa, panalibe magazi oipa pakati pa Perdue ndi Sam, omwe amatsutsana ndi mtima wa Nina, popeza onse anali ndi thupi lake.
  
  Chitseko chakutsogolo chinatseguka ndipo amayi awiri omizidwa theka anathamangira mkati. Si mvula yomwe idawakankhira patsogolo, koma nkhani. Pambuyo pofotokoza mwachidule zomwe zinachitika mu ofesi ya katswiri wa graphologist, iwo anakana chikhumbo chosalamulirika cha kusanthula ndakatuloyo, ndipo anakometsera Abiti Maisie mwa kulawa kwa nthawi yoyamba chakudya chake chokoma cha zakudya zabwino kwambiri. Kungakhale kupanda nzeru kukambitsirana zinthu zatsopano pamaso pake, kapena kwa wina aliyense pankhaniyo, kungoti mutetezeke.
  
  Pambuyo pa chakudya chamasana, anayi a iwo anakhala mozungulira tebulo kuti athandize kuzindikira ngati panali chinachake chofunika m'zolembazo.
  
  "David, ndi mawu amenewo? Ndikukayikira kuti Chifalansa changa sichikwanira, "adatero Agatha mosaleza mtima.
  
  Iye anayang"ana pa dzanja lonyansa la Rachel, pamene iye anakopera mbali ya Chifalansa ya ndakatuloyo. "O, u, izo zikutanthauza wachikunja, ndipo uyo..."
  
  "Usakhale wopusa, ndikudziwa," iye anaseka n"kumulanda tsambalo. Nina anaseka pa chilango cha Perdue. Anamwetulira mwamanyazi pang'ono.
  
  Zinapezeka kuti Agatha anali wokwiya kwambiri kuposa momwe Nina ndi Sam akanaganizira.
  
  "Chabwino, ndiyimbireni ku gawo lachijeremani ngati mukufuna thandizo, Agatha. "Ndipita kukatenga tiyi," Nina anatero mwachisawawa, akumayembekezera kuti woyang"anira laibulale wodziŵika bwino sakanalingalira zimenezo kukhala mawu achipongwe. Koma Agatha sanamvere aliyense pamene ankamaliza kumasulira chigawo cha Chifalansa. Enawo anadikirira moleza mtima, akumakamba nkhani zazing"ono pamene onse anali kuphulika ndi chidwi. Mwadzidzidzi, Agatha anakonza kukhosi kwake kuti: "Chabwino," iye anatero, "chotero apa akuti: "Kumadoko achikunja asanasinthidwe mitanda kunabwera alembi akale kudzabisa chinsinsi kwa njoka za Mulungu." Serapis ankangoyang"ana pamene matumbo ake ankanyamulidwa. m'chipululu, ndipo hieroglyphs anamira pansi pa phazi la Ahmed.'
  
  Iye anayima. Iwo anali kuyembekezera. Agatha anawayang'ana modabwa: "Ndiye bwanji?"
  
  "Izi ndi zonse?" Adafunsa motele Sam moyika pachiwopsezo chokhumudwa ndi geni yoyipayo.
  
  "Inde, Sam, ndiye," adayankha, monga amayembekezera. "Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi mumayembekezera opera?"
  
  "Ayi, zinali chabe ... mukudziwa ... Ndinali kuyembekezera chinachake chotalikirapo kuyambira pamene munatenga nthawi yaitali ..." anayamba, koma Perdue anatembenukira kumbuyo kwa mlongo wake kuti amulepheretse mwachinsinsi Sam kuti asapitirize ndi pempholi.
  
  "Kodi mumalankhula Chifalansa, a Cleave?" - adatero monyoza. Perdue anatseka maso ake, ndipo Sam anazindikira kuti wakhumudwa.
  
  "Ayi. Ayi sindikudziwa. Zinganditengere nthawi zonse kuti ndizindikire chilichonse," Sam anayesa kudziwongolera.
  
  Nina anam'thandiza kuti: "Kodi 'Serapis' n'chiyani?" Kukwinya kwake kunkafuna kuti afufuze mozama, osati chabe funso lopanda pake loti ateteze mipukutu ya Sam panja.
  
  Onse anapukusa mitu yawo.
  
  Sam anati: "Ioneni pa Intaneti," ndipo mawu ake asanathe, Nina anatsegula laputopu yake.
  
  "Ndamva," iye anatero, akumaŵerenga mosadukiza mfundozo kuti apereke phunziro lachidule. "Serapis anali mulungu wachikunja yemwe ankalambiridwa makamaka ku Igupto."
  
  "Ndithudi. Tili ndi gumbwa, kotero mwachibadwa tiyenera kukhala ndi Egypt kwinakwake, "Perdue nthabwala.
  
  "Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire," Nina anapitiriza motero, "mwachidule... Nthaŵi ina m"zaka za zana lachinayi ku Alexandria, Bishopu Theophilus analetsa kulambira konse kwa milungu yachikunja, ndipo pansi pa Kachisi wosiyidwa wa Dionysus, zimene zinali m"zipinda zosungiramo manda mwachiwonekere zinali zodetsedwa. .. mwinamwake zotsalira zachikunja," iye analingalira motero, "ndipo zimenezo zinakwiyitsa kwambiri achikunja a ku Alexandria."
  
  "Ndiye adamupha mwana wachabechabe?" Sam anagogoda, kuseketsa aliyense kupatula Nina, yemwe adamuyang'ana molimba mtima kuti abwerere kukona kwake.
  
  "Ayi, sanaphe mwana wachiwerewereyo, Sam," anadandaula motero, "koma anayambitsa zipolowe kuti abwezere m"misewu. Komabe, Akristu anatsutsa ndi kukakamiza okhulupirira achikunjawo kuthaŵira ku Serapeum, kachisi wa Serapis, mwachiwonekere nyumba yochititsa chidwi. Choncho anadzitsekera kumeneko, n"kutenga Akristu oŵerengeka ndithu."
  
  "Chabwino, izo zikufotokoza madoko achikunja. Alexandria linali doko lofunika kwambiri m"dziko lakale. Madoko achikunja anakhala achikristu, sichoncho?" Perdue watsimikiziridwa.
  
  "Mogwirizana ndi ichi, nzowona," Nina anayankha motero. "Koma alembi akale, akusunga chinsinsi ..."
  
  "Alembi akale," anatero Agatha, "ayenera kukhala ansembe amene amasunga zolembedwa ku Alexandria." Laibulale ya ku Alexandria!"
  
  "Koma Library ya Alexandria idawotchedwa kale ku Boomfack, British Columbia, sichoncho?" -Sam anafunsa. Perdue adayenera kuseka mawu omwe mtolankhaniyo adasankha.
  
  "Zikumveka kuti zinawotchedwa ndi Kaisara pamene adawotcha zombo zake, monga momwe ndikudziwira," Perdue adavomereza.
  
  "Chabwino, koma ngakhale zili choncho, chikalatachi mwachionekere chinalembedwa pa gumbwa, chimene katswiri wojambula zithunzi anatiuza kuti chinali chakale. Mwina sizinawonongeke zonse. Mwinamwake izi zikutanthauza kuti anazibisa kwa njoka za Mulungu-maulamuliro achikristu!" Anafuula motero.
  
  "Zonsezi ndizabwino, Nina, koma izi zikukhudzana bwanji ndi gulu lankhondo lazaka za m'ma 1800? Ali bwanji muno?" Agatha anaganiza choncho. "Analemba izi, ndi cholinga chanji?"
  
  "Nthano imanena kuti msilikali wokalamba adanena za tsiku lomwe adawona ndi maso ake chuma chamtengo wapatali cha Dziko Lakale, sichoncho?" Sam adamudula mawu. "Timaganizira za golidi ndi siliva pamene tikuyenera kuganizira za mabuku, chidziwitso ndi hieroglyphs mu ndakatulo. M'matumbo a Serapis ayenera kukhala matumbo a kachisi, sichoncho?
  
  "Sam, ndiwe wanzeru kwambiri!" Nina anakuwa. "Ndizomwezo! Mwachibadwa, kuyang'ana pamene matumbo ake amakokedwa m'chipululu ndikumizidwa ... kukwiriridwa ... pansi pa phazi la Ahmed. Msilikali wina wokalamba anasimba za famu ya Mwigupto kumene anaona chuma chamtengo wapatali. Zimenezi zinakwiriridwa pansi pa mapazi a Mwigupto wa ku Algeria!"
  
  "Wangwiro! Choncho msilikali wakale wa ku France anatiuza chimene chinali komanso kumene anachiwona. Izi sizikutiuza komwe diary yake ili," Perdue adakumbutsa aliyense. Iwo anatanganidwa kwambiri ndi chinsinsi chimenechi moti analephera kudziwa bwinobwino chikalata chimene ankafuna.
  
  "Osadandaula. Uwu ndi udindo wa Nina. German, yolembedwa ndi msilikali wachinyamata yemwe adamupatsa bukulo, "adatero Agatha, kukonzanso chiyembekezo chawo. "Tinafunikira kudziŵa kuti chuma chimenechi chinali chiyani-zolembedwa za ku Laibulale ya ku Alexandria. Tsopano tikuyenera kudziwa momwe tingawapezere, titapeza diary ya kasitomala wanga, inde. "
  
  Nina anatenga nthawi yake ndi gawo lalitali la ndakatulo ya Chifalansa-Chijeremani.
  
  "Ndizovuta kwambiri. Mawu ambiri a code. Ndikuganiza kuti pakhala zovuta zambiri ndi iyi kuposa yoyambayo," adatero, akutsindika mawu ena. "Mawu ambiri akusowa pano."
  
  "Inde, ndinaziwona. Zikuoneka kuti chithunzichi chanyowa kapena kuwonongeka kwa zaka zambiri chifukwa chakuti mbali yake yambiri yatha. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tsamba loyambirira silinawonongeke mofanana. Koma ingotipatsani mawu omwe adakalipo, okondedwa, "adatero Agatha.
  
  "Tsopano ingokumbukirani kuti ichi chinalembedwa mochedwa kwambiri kuposa yoyamba ija," anadziuza motero Nina, kuti amkumbutse za nkhani imene anafunikira kulimasulira. "Pafupi zaka zoyambirira za zana, kotero ... pafupifupi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi chinachake. Tiyenera kutchula mayina awa a Agatha omwe adalembedwa ntchito. "
  
  Atamasulira mawu a Chijeremani, anatsamira pampando wake n"kubisa mphumi zake.
  
  "Tiyeni timve," adatero Perdue.
  
  Nina anaŵerenga pang"onopang"ono kuti: "Izi n"zosokoneza kwambiri. Mwachionekere sanafune kuti aliyense aipeze ali moyo. M'malingaliro anga, pofika kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, junior legionnaire ayenera kuti adadutsa zaka zapakati. Ndangoyika madontho pomwe mawu akusowa. "
  
  
  Zatsopano kwa anthu
  
  Osati pansi pa 680 khumi ndi awiri
  
  Mlozera womwe ukukulabe wa Mulungu uli ndi mautatu aŵiri
  
  Ndipo Angelo akuwomba akuphimba... Erno
  
  ...kwa kwambiri......sungani
  
  ...... zosaoneka... Heinrich I
  
  
  "Kwa ena onse, mzere wonse ukusowa," Nina anaumira mtima, akuponya cholembera chake pambali m"kugonja. "Gawo lomaliza ndi siginecha ya mnyamata wotchedwa 'Wehner,' malinga ndi Rachel Clarke."
  
  Sam anali kutafuna bun lokoma. Iye anaweramira paphewa la Nina ndi kunena mkamwa mwake modzaza kuti: "Osati 'Venus'. Izi ndi "Werner", zomveka ngati tsiku.
  
  Nina anatukula mutu wake n"kuyang"anitsitsa mmene ankamukondera, koma Sam anangomwetulira, monga mmene ankachitira podziwa kuti anali wanzeru kwambiri. Klaus Werner, 1935.
  
  Nina ndi Agatha anamuyang'ana Sam modabwa kwambiri.
  
  "Mwaona?" - adatero, akulozera pansi pa chithunzicho. "1935. Amayi mumaganiza kuti iyi ndi tsamba nambala? Chifukwa ngati sichoncho, buku la zochitika za munthuyu n"lochindikala kuposa Baibulo, ndipo ayenera kuti anakhala ndi moyo wautali ndiponso wosangalatsa."
  
  Perdue sanathenso kudziletsa. Ali pamalo ake pafupi ndi moto, pomwe adatsamira pa chimango ndi galasi la vinyo, adabangula ndi kuseka. Sam anaseka naye kwambiri, koma zikatero, mwamsanga anachoka kwa Nina. Ngakhale Agatha anamwetulira kuti: "Inenso, ndingakwiyitsidwe ndi kudzikuza kwake ngati sangatisungire ntchito yowonjezereka, sichoncho, Dr. Gould?"
  
  "Inde, sanawononge nthawi ino," Nina adaseka ndikumwetulira Sam.
  
  
  Mutu 18
  
  
  "Zatsopano kwa anthu, osati zadothi. Chotero ameneŵa anali malo atsopano pamene Klaus Werner anabwerera ku Germany mu 1935, kapena nthaŵi iriyonse pamene anabwerera. Sam amayang'ana mayina a magulu ankhondo azaka za 1900-1935, "anatero Nina Agate.
  
  "Koma pali njira iliyonse yodziwira komwe amakhala?" Adafunsa choncho Agatha atatsamira zigongono zake kwinaku atabisa nkhope yake ndi zikhato ngati mwana wazaka zisanu ndi zinayi.
  
  "Ndili ndi Werner, amene analoŵa m"dzikoli mu 1914!" - Sam adadandaula. "Iye ndiye Werner wapafupi kwambiri yemwe tili ndi masiku awa. Zina zinayamba mu 1901, 1905 ndi 1948.
  
  "Atha kukhalabe amodzi am'mbuyomu, Sam. Yang'anani onse. Kodi mpukutu uwu wa 1914 ukunena chiyani?" Anafunsa Perdue akutsamira pampando wa Sam kuti aphunzire zomwe zinali pa laputopu.
  
  "Malo ambiri anali atsopano kalelo. Mulungu, Nsanja ya Eiffel inali yachichepere kalelo. Uku kunali kusintha kwa mafakitale. Zonse zidamangidwa posachedwa. Kodi 680 twelve ndi chiyani?" Nina anaseka. "Ndikumva mutu".
  
  "Ziyenera kukhala zaka khumi ndi ziwiri," adatero Perdue. "Ndikutanthauza, zikutanthauza zatsopano ndi zakale, chifukwa chake nthawi ya kukhalapo. Koma zaka 680 ndi chiyani?
  
  "Zachidziwikire, zaka za komwe akukamba," Agatha adalumphira m'mano akumata, kukana kuchotsa nsagwada zake m'manja mwake.
  
  "Chabwino, ndiye malowa ali ndi zaka 680. Zikukulabe? Ndilibe nazo ntchito. Palibe njira yomwe ungakhalire wamoyo, "Nina adausa moyo kwambiri.
  
  "Mwina anthu akuchulukirachulukira?" Sam anatero. Taonani, akuti 'mlozera wa Mulungu' wokhala ndi 'atatu atatu', ndipo mwachiwonekere ndi mpingo. Sizovuta."
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa kuti ku Germany kuli matchalitchi angati, Sam?" Nina anaseka. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti anali wotopa kwambiri komanso wosaleza mtima pa zonsezi. Chenicheni chakuti china chake chinamuvutitsa m"kupita kwa nthaŵi, imfa imene inali kuyandikira ya mabwenzi ake a ku Russia, pang"onopang"ono anamtenga.
  
  "Ukunena zowona, Sam. Sikovuta kuganiza kuti tikuyang'ana mpingo, koma yankho lomwe wina wagona, ndikutsimikiza za izi, mu "utatu utatu". Mumpingo uliwonse muli utatu, koma kaŵirikaŵiri mumakhala gulu lina la atatu," anayankha Agatha. Anayenera kuvomereza kuti nayenso ankaganizira kwambiri za ndakatuloyo.
  
  Pardue mwadzidzidzi adatsamira pa Sam ndikuloza pazenera, china chake pansi pa nambala ya 1914 ya Werner. "Anamugwira!"
  
  "Kuti?" Nina, Agatha ndi Sam anafuula mogwirizana, oyamikira chifukwa cha kupambanako.
  
  "Cologne, amayi ndi abambo. Munthu wathu ankakhala ku Cologne. Apa, Sam," adatsindika chiganizocho ndi thumbnail, "pamene amati: 'Klaus Werner, wokonza tawuni pansi pa ulamuliro wa Konrad Adenauer, meya wa Cologne (1917-1933)'.
  
  "Izi zikutanthauza kuti analemba ndakatulo iyi pambuyo pa kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa Adenauer," Nina anadandaula. Zinali zabwino kumva zomwe ankazidziwa bwino kuchokera ku mbiri ya Germany. "Mu 1933, chipani cha Nazi chinapambana masankho aku Cologne. Ndithudi! Posakhalitsa, tchalitchi cha Gothic kumeneko chinasinthidwa kukhala chipilala cha Ufumu watsopano wa Germany. Koma ndikuganiza Herr Werner analakwitsa pang"ono powerengera zaka za tchalitchi, kupereka kapena kutenga zaka zingapo."
  
  "Ndani amasamala? Ngati uwu uli mpingo wolondola, ndiye kuti tili ndi malo athu, anthu! Sam anaumirira.
  
  "Dikirani, ndiloleni nditsimikizire kaŵiri tisanapite kumeneko osakonzekera," anatero Nina. Adalowa mu "Cologne Attractions" mu injini yosakira. Nkhope yake idawala atawerenga ndemanga za Kölner Dom, Cologne Cathedral, chipilala chofunikira kwambiri mumzindawu.
  
  Iye anagwedeza mutu ndi kunena mosatsutsika kuti: "Inde, tamverani, Cathedral ya Cologne ndi kumene kuli Malo Opatulika a Mafumu Atatu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti uwu ndi utatu wachiwiri womwe Werner watchulidwa!
  
  Perdue anaimirira n"kunena kuti: "Tsopano tikudziwa poyambira, zikomo Mulungu. Agata, konzekerani. Ndisonkhanitsa zonse zomwe tingafune kuti titenge bukuli ku tchalitchi chachikulu. "
  
  Pofika masana otsatira, gululo linali litakonzeka kupita ku Cologne kuti likaone ngati yankho lawo la mwambi wakale likawatsogolera ku chinthu chomwe kasitomala wa Agatha ankasirira. Nina ndi Sam adayang'anira galimoto yobwereka pomwe Perdues adasunga zida zawo zosaloledwa bwino ngati kulanda kwawo kungalepheretsedwe ndi chitetezo chowopsa chomwe mizinda idakhazikitsa kuti ateteze zipilala zawo.
  
  Ulendo wopita ku Cologne unali wovuta komanso wachangu, chifukwa cha oyendetsa ndege a Purdue. Ndege yapayekha yomwe adakwera siinali yabwino kwambiri, koma sunali ulendo wapamwamba. Panthawiyi Perdue anagwiritsa ntchito ndege yake pazifukwa zenizeni osati mwachibadwa. Pakatera kakang'ono kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa eyapoti ya Cologne-Bonn, Challenger 350 yopepukayo idaduka bwino. Nyengo inali yoipa, osati paulendo wa pandege wokha, komanso paulendo wamba. Misewu inali yonyowa chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho yosayembekezereka. Pamene Perdue, Nina, Sam ndi Agatha ankadutsa m"khamulo, anaona khalidwe lomvetsa chisoni la okwera, akulira mkwiyo wa tsiku limene ankaganiza kuti linali lamvula. Zikuoneka kuti kulosera kwanuko sikunanene chilichonse chokhudza kukula kwa mliriwu.
  
  "Ndikuthokoza Mulungu kuti ndabweretsa nsapato za rabara," Nina anatero pamene iwo anawoloka bwalo la ndege ndi kupita potulukira pa holo yofikirako. "Zitha kuwononga nsapato zanga."
  
  "Koma jekete ya yak yonyansa ija ingachite ntchito yabwino pompano, sichoncho?" Agatha anamwetulira uku akutsika masitepe kupita ku ofesi ya matikiti a S-13 yolowera pakati pa mzinda.
  
  "Ndani wakupatsa izi? "Mwati ndi mphatso," anafunsa Agatha. Nina ankangoona Sam akunjenjemera ndi funsoli koma sananvetse chifukwa chomwe amamukumbukira kwambiri Trish.
  
  "Mtsogoleri wa gulu la zigawenga, Ludwig Bern. Inali imodzi mwa iye," Nina anatero mosangalala. Anamukumbutsa Sam za msungwana wakusukulu yemwe adakomoka chifukwa cha chibwenzi chake chatsopanocho. Anangoyenda mtunda pang'ono, ndikulakalaka akanatha kuyatsa ndudu pompano. Analumikizana ndi Perdue pamakina a tikiti.
  
  "Akumveka modabwitsa. Mukudziwa kuti anthuwa amadziwika kuti ndi ankhanza kwambiri, odzisunga komanso olimbikira ntchito, "adatero Agatha mosabisa. "Posachedwapa ndinawafufuza mozama. Ndiuzeni, kodi m"phiri limenelo muli zipinda zozunzirako anthu?"
  
  "Inde, koma ndinali ndi mwayi wosakhala mkaidi kumeneko. Zinapezeka kuti ndimafanana ndi malemu mkazi wa Bern. Ndikuganiza kuti ulemu ngati umenewo unapulumutsa bulu wanga pamene anatigwira, chifukwa ndinadzionera ndekha mbiri yawo ngati zilombo pamene ndinali m"ndende," Nina anauza Agata. Anayang'anitsitsa pansi pamene ankafotokoza zachiwawazo.
  
  Agatha ataona zomwe Sam wachita atakhumudwa anangonong'oneza kuti "ndipo pamene amupweteka Sam chonchi?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Ndipo uli ndi kuvulala koyipa uko?"
  
  "Inde, Agatha."
  
  "Nkhani."
  
  "Inde, Agatha. Mwamvetsa bwino. Kotero, zinali zodabwitsa kuti manijala wa shiftyo anandichitira mwa umunthu pamene ndinali kufunsidwa mafunso... inde...atandiopseza kuti andigwiririra...ndi imfa," Nina anatero, pafupifupi kusekedwa ndi chinthu chonse.
  
  "Tiyeni tizipita. Tiyenera kukonza hostel yathu kuti tipume, "adatero Perdue.
  
  Hostel yomwe Perdue adatchula sizomwe zinkabwera m'maganizo. Anatsika pa sitima yapamtunda ku Trimbornstrasse ndipo anayenda chigawo chotsatira ndi theka kupita ku nyumba yakale yonyansa. Nina anayang"ana m"mwamba nyumba ya njerwa zazitali, zosanjikiza zinayi zimene zinkawoneka ngati mtanda pakati pa fakitale ya Nkhondo Yadziko II ndi nyumba yakale yosanja yomangidwa bwino. Malowa anali ndi chithumwa chakale padziko lapansi komanso malo olandirira alendo, ngakhale anali atawona bwino masiku abwinoko.
  
  Mazenera anali okongoletsedwa ndi mafelemu okongoletsera ndi mazenera, pamene mbali ina ya galasi Nina ankatha kuona wina akusuzumira kuseri kwa makatani aukhondo kwambiri. Alendo atalowa, fungo la buledi ndi khofi wophikidwa kumene unawakwiyitsa m"chipinda chaching"ono, chamdima, chamatope.
  
  "Zipinda zanu zili m'mwamba, Herr Perdue," bambo wina waukhondo wazaka zake zoyambira makumi atatu adauza Perdue.
  
  "Vielen dunk, Peter," Perdue anamwetulira ndikuchoka pambali kuti amayi athe kukwera masitepe kupita kuzipinda zawo. "Ine ndi Sam tiri m"chipinda chimodzi; Nina ndi Agata m"malo ena."
  
  "Ndikuthokoza Mulungu kuti sindiyenera kukhala ndi David. Ngakhale tsopano sanaleke kulankhula zokhumudwitsa ali m"tulo," Agatha anagwedeza Nina ndi chigongono chake.
  
  "Ha! Kodi wakhala akuchita zimenezi nthawi zonse?" Nina anasisima uku akuyika zikwama zawo pansi.
  
  "Chiyambireni kubadwa, ndikuganiza. Nthawi zonse amakhala wolankhula, pomwe ndimakhala chete ndikumuphunzitsa zinthu zosiyanasiyana, "adatero Agatha nthabwala.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni tipume. Mawa masana titha kupita kukawona zomwe tchalitchichi chikupereka, "Perdue adalengeza, akutambasula ndikuyasamula kwambiri.
  
  "Ndamva!" Sam anavomera.
  
  Ndikuyang'ana komaliza kwa Nina, Sam adalowa m'chipindamo ndi Perdue ndikutseka chitseko kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  
  Mutu 19
  
  
  Agatha anatsalira pamene ena atatu anapita ku Cologne Cathedral. Anayenera kuwayang'ana kumbuyo kwawo ndi zida zolondolera zomwe zidalumikizidwa ndi tabuleti ya mchimwene wake, omwe anali ndi mawotchi atatu am'manja. Pogwiritsa ntchito laputopu yake yomwe inali pabedi lake, iye analowa m'maofesi a apolisi a m'deralo kuti ayang'ane chenjezo lililonse lokhudza gulu la achifwamba la mchimwene wake. Ndi makeke ndi botolo la khofi wamphamvu wakuda pafupi, Agatha adayang'ana zowonera kuseri kwa chitseko chokhoma chachipinda chake.
  
  Pochita mantha, Nina ndi Sam sanathe kuchotsa maso awo pa mphamvu yaikulu ya nyumba ya Gothic yomwe inali patsogolo pawo. Inali yochititsa chidwi komanso yakale kwambiri, ndipo nsonga zake zinkafika pafupifupi mamita 500 kuchokera pansi pake. Zomangamanga sizimangofanana ndi nsanja zamanthawi zakale komanso zolozera, koma kuchokera patali mawonekedwe a nyumba yodabwitsayi adawoneka ngati osafanana komanso olimba. Kucholoŵanako kunali kosayerekezeka, chinachake chimene chinafunikira kuwonedwa pamaso pa munthu, Nina analingalira motero, chifukwa anali ataliwonapo kale tchalitchichi chodziwika bwino m"mabuku. Koma palibe chimene chikanamukonzekeretsa masomphenya ochititsa chidwi amene anamusiya akunjenjemera ndi mantha.
  
  "Ndi yayikulu, sichoncho?" Perdue anamwetulira molimba mtima. "Zikuwoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa nthawi yomaliza yomwe ndinali kuno!"
  
  Mbiriyi inali yochititsa chidwi ngakhale pamiyezo yakale ya akachisi achi Greek ndi zipilala za ku Italy. Zinsanja ziwirizo zinaima zazikulu ndi zachete, zikuloza m"mwamba ngati zikulankhula ndi Mulungu; ndipo pakati, khomo lochititsa mantha linayesa anthu zikwizikwi kulowa mkati ndikuchita chidwi ndi mkati.
  
  "Ndi utali wa mapazi 400, mungakhulupirire? Taonani! Ndikudziwa kuti tili pano pazifukwa zina, koma sizimandipweteka kuyamikira kukongola kwenikweni kwa zomangamanga za ku Germany, "Perdue anatero, akusilira ziboliboli ndi zombo.
  
  "Ndikufuna kuona zomwe zili mkatimo," anatero Nina.
  
  "Musataye mtima kwambiri, Nina. Mukhala maola ambiri kumeneko," Sam anamukumbutsa, atakweza manja ake pachifuwa chake ndikumwetulira monyoza kwambiri. Anatembenuzira mphuno yake kwa iye ndi kumwetulira pamene atatu a iwo akuyenda mu chipilala chachikulu.
  
  Popeza sankadziwa kumene bukulo lingakhale, Perdue ananena kuti iye, Sam, ndi Nina anagawanika kuti athe kufufuza mbali zosiyana za tchalitchichi nthawi imodzi. Ananyamula kazitape wowoneka ngati cholembera kuti anyamule zizindikiro zilizonse za kutentha kunja kwa makoma a tchalitchi, zomwe angafunike kulowamo mozemba.
  
  "Oyera, izi zititengera masiku," Sam adalankhula mokweza kwambiri maso ake odabwitsidwa akuyang'ana nyumba yayikulu komanso yayikulu. Anthu anang'ung'udza monyansidwa ndi mawu akewo, mkati mwa tchalitchi!
  
  "Ndiye ndi bwino kuti tiyambe nazo. Chilichonse chomwe chingatipatse lingaliro la komwe angasungidwe chiyenera kuganiziridwa. Tonse tili ndi chithunzi cha wina pa wotchi yathu, kotero musafooke. Ndilibe mphamvu zoyang'ana diary ndi miyoyo iwiri yotayika, "Perdue akumwetulira.
  
  "O, inu munangoyenera kulipiringa chotero," Nina anaseka. "Kenako, anyamata."
  
  Anagawanika mbali zitatu, akunamizira kuti anali pomwepo kuti awone malowo, kwinaku akuyang'anitsitsa zomwe zingatheke zomwe zingaloze komwe kunali buku la msilikali wa ku France. Mawotchi omwe ankavala ankakhala ngati njira yolankhulirana kuti athe kusinthana zinthu popanda kusonkhananso nthawi iliyonse.
  
  Sam adalowa mnyumba yopemphereramo, akubwerezanso kuti akufunafuna kabukhu kakang'ono kakale. Anafunika kupitiriza kudziuza zimene ankayembekezera kuti asasokonezedwe ndi chuma chachipembedzo chomwe chili paliponse. Iye anali asanakhalepo wokonda zachipembedzo ndipo, ndithudi, anali asanamvepo kalikonse kopatulika posachedwapa, koma anayenera kugonjera ku luso la osema ndi amisiri amene anapanga zinthu zodabwitsa mozungulira iye. Kunyada ndi ulemu zimene anapangidwa nazo zinasonkhezera maganizo ake, ndipo pafupifupi fano lililonse ndi kamangidwe kake zinali zoyenera kujambulidwa. Panali nthawi yayitali kuchokera pomwe Sam adakhala pamalo pomwe amatha kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake lojambula.
  
  Mawu a Nina adatuluka m'makutu olumikizidwa ndi zida zawo zam'manja.
  
  "Kodi ndinene kuti "wowononga, wowononga" kapena chinachake chonga icho?" Adafunsa monyengerera.
  
  Sam sakanatha kudziletsa, ndipo posakhalitsa anamva Perdue akunena kuti, "Ayi, Nina. Ndimaopa kuganiza zomwe Sam angachite, tangolankhula. "
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ndinali ndi epiphany," adatero.
  
  "Pulumutsani moyo wanu pa nthawi yanu, Dr. Gould," Sam adaseka, ndipo adamumva akubuula mbali ina ya mzere.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Nina?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ndikuyang'ana mabelu kumwera kwa spire ndipo ndinapeza kabuku kameneka kokhudza mabelu osiyanasiyana. Pali belu munsanja yotchedwa Angelus Bell, "adayankha. "Ndimadabwa ngati izi zinali ndi chochita ndi ndakatulo."
  
  "Kuti? Kuombera angelo?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Chabwino, 'Angelo' amalembedwa ndi liwu lalikulu 'A' ndipo ndikuganiza kuti likhoza kukhala dzina osati kungonena za angelo, mukudziwa?" Ananong'oneza Nina.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti ukunena zoona, Nina," adatero Sam. "Tamverani, akuti 'angelo akuwomba m'manja' apa. Lilime lomwe limagwera pakati pa belu limatchedwa womenya, sichoncho? Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti diary ili pansi pa chitetezo cha Angelus Bell?
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, mwazindikira," Perdue ananong'oneza mosangalala. Mawu ake sakanamveka ngati akukwiyitsidwa kwambiri pakati pa alendo omwe adadzaza mkati mwa Marien Chapel, pomwe Perdue adasilira zojambula za Stefan Lochner za oyera mtima a Cologne m'matembenuzidwe ake a Gothic. "Ndili ku St. Mary's Chapel pompano, koma tikumane ku Ridge Turret base, titi, mphindi 10?"
  
  "Chabwino, tiwonana kumeneko," Nina anayankha. "Sam?"
  
  "Inde, ndikakhala komweko ndikangopeza chithunzi china chadenga lija. Zisiyeni!" Adanenanso pomwe Nina ndi Perdue adamvanso anthu omwe ali pafupi ndi Sam akumva mawu ake.
  
  Atakumana pamalo owonera, zonse zidayenda bwino. Kuchokera pa nsanja pamwamba pa nsanjayo zinali zoonekeratu kuti belu laling'onolo likhoza kubisala zolemba.
  
  "Adafika bwanji kumeneko?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Kumbukirani, mnyamata uyu Werner anali wokonza mzinda. N"kutheka kuti anali ndi mwayi wopeza malo osiyanasiyana a m"nyumba ndi m"mabwalo a mzindawo. Ndikubetcha ndichifukwa chake adasankha Angelus Belo. Ndi yaying'ono, yodzichepetsa kwambiri kuposa mabelu akuluakulu, ndipo palibe amene angaganize kuyang'ana pano, "Perdue adanena. "Chabwino, ndiye ine ndi mlongo wanga tibwera kuno usikuuno ndipo nonse awiri muzitha kuyang'anira zochitika zomwe zatizungulira."
  
  "Agatha? Kwera kuno?" Nina adachita mantha.
  
  "Inde, anali katswiri wa masewera olimbitsa thupi kusukulu yasekondale. Sanakuuzeni?" Perdue anagwedeza mutu.
  
  "Ayi," Nina anayankha, akudabwa kotheratu ndi chidziŵitso chimenechi.
  
  "Izi zitha kufotokozera thupi lake lofooka," adatero Sam.
  
  "Ndi zolondola. Abambo adazindikira atangoyamba kumene kuti anali wowonda kwambiri kuti asakhale wothamanga kapena wosewera mpira wa tenisi, motero adamuwonetsa masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi masewera a karati kuti amuthandize kukulitsa luso lake, "adatero Perdue. "Iyenso ndi wokonda kukwera phiri, ngati mungamutulutse m"malo osungiramo zinthu zakale, zipinda zosungiramo zinthu ndi mashelufu a mabuku." Dave Perdue adaseka zomwe anzake awiri adachita. Onse awiri amakumbukira bwino Agatha ali mu nsapato ndi zingwe.
  
  "Ngati wina angakwere nyumba yochititsa manthayi, angakhale wokwera," Sam anavomereza motero. Ndine wokondwa kuti sindinasankhidwe misala imeneyi.
  
  "Inenso, Sam, inenso!" Nina ananjenjemera, akuyang'ananso pansi pa nsanja yaing'ono yomwe ili pamwamba pa denga la tchalitchi chachikulu. "Mulungu, kungoganiza kuyimirira apa kunandipatsa nkhawa. Ndimadana ndi malo okhala, koma momwe timalankhulira ndikuyamba kusakonda utali. "
  
  Sam anatenga zithunzi zingapo za madera ozungulira, mocheperapo kuphatikizapo malo ozungulira, kuti athe kukonzekera kufufuza ndi kupulumutsa katunduyo. Perdue anatenga telesikopu yake ndikuyang'ana nsanjayo.
  
  "Zabwino," Nina anatero, akuyang"ana chipangizocho ndi maso ake. "Kodi izi zikuchita chiyani padziko lapansi?"
  
  "Taonani," adatero Perdue ndikumupatsa. "MUSAKINANI batani lofiira. Dinani batani la silver."
  
  Sam anatsamira kutsogolo kuti awone zomwe akuchita. Kukamwa kwa Nina kunatseguka kwambiri, ndiyeno milomo yake inapindika pang"onopang"ono kukhala kumwetulira.
  
  "Chani? Ukuwona chiyani?" Sam anakanikiza. Perdue adamwetulira monyadira ndikukweza nsidze kwa mtolankhani wachidwi.
  
  "Akuyang"ana kukhoma, Sam. Nina, ukuwona chilichonse chachilendo pamenepo? Chilichonse ngati buku?" Anamufunsa iye.
  
  "Palibe batani, koma ndikutha kuwona chinthu chamakona anayi pamwamba pomwe, mkati mwa belu," adalongosola, akusuntha chinthucho m'mwamba ndi pansi pa turret ndi belu kuti atsimikizire kuti sanaphonye chilichonse. "Pano".
  
  Anapereka kwa Sam yemwe anali odabwa.
  
  "Perdue, ukuganiza kuti ukhoza kuyika zosokonezazi m'chipinda changa? Ndinkatha kuona zomwe ndikujambulazo," adatero Sam.
  
  Perdue anaseka: "Mukachita bwino, ndikupangirani ndikapeza nthawi."
  
  Nina anapukusa mutu wake polankhula mawu awo.
  
  Winawake anamudutsa, akugwedeza tsitsi lake mosadziŵa. Atacheuka n"kuona mwamuna wina ataima pafupi naye kwambiri akumwetulira. Mano ake anali odetsedwa ndipo mawonekedwe ake anali owopsa. Anatembenuka kuti agwire mkono wa Sam kuti adziwe bamboyo kuti akuperekezedwa. Pamene anatembenukanso, anali atazimiririka.
  
  "Agatha, ndikulemba komwe kuli chinthucho," adatero Perdue pa chipangizo chake cholumikizirana. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, adaloza galasi lake laukazitape molunjika ku Angelus Bell ndipo phokoso lachangu lidamveka pamene laser ikuwonetsa momwe nsanjayo ilili padziko lonse lapansi pazenera la Agatha kuti lijambule.
  
  Nina anali ndi malingaliro onyansa kwa munthu wonyansa yemwe adakumana naye mphindi zapitazo. Iye ankamvabe kununkhiza malaya ake onyansa komanso kununkha kwa fodya amene ankatafuna. Panalibe munthu wotero m"kagulu kakang"ono ka alendo odzam"zungulira. Poganiza kuti unali msonkhano woipa ndipo palibenso china chilichonse, Nina anaganiza zoupanga kukhala chinthu chofunika kwambiri.
  
  
  Mutu 20
  
  
  Chakumapeto kwa pakati pausiku, Perdue ndi Agatha anali atavala mwambowu. Unali usiku woopsa ndi mphepo yamkuntho ndi thambo lakuda, koma mwamwayi kwa iwo mvula siinagwebe. Mvulayo ikanasokoneza kwambiri mphamvu yawo yokwera nyumba yaikuluyo, makamaka pamene nsanjayo inalipo, kugunda bwino komanso moopsa pamwamba pa madenga anayi omwe amalumikizana kuti apange mtanda. Pambuyo pokonzekera bwino ndi kulingalira za kuopsa kwa chitetezo ndi mphamvu zochepetsera nthawi, adaganiza zokulitsa nyumbayo kuchokera kunja, kupita ku nsanja. Anadutsa m'malo otsetsereka kumene makoma a kum'mwera ndi kum'maŵa ankakumana, ndipo anagwiritsa ntchito zitsulo zowoneka bwino kuti achepetse kukwera kwake.
  
  Nina anali pafupi ndi vuto lamanjenje.
  
  "Bwanji ngati mphepo ikhala yamphamvu kwambiri?" Adafunsa choncho Agatha uku akuzungulira m'mabuku a blonde uja uku akumanga lamba wake pajasi lake.
  
  "Wokondedwa, ndichifukwa chake tili ndi zingwe zotetezera," adadandaula, akumangirira msoko wa ovololo ku nsapato zake kuti asagwidwe ndi chilichonse. Sam anali kumbali ina ya chipinda chokhalamo ndi Perdue, akuyang'ana zipangizo zawo zoyankhulirana.
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti mumadziwa kuyang'anira mauthenga?" - Agatha adafunsa Nina, yemwe anali atatanganidwa ndi ntchito yoyendetsa maziko pomwe Sam amayenera kukhala wowonera kuchokera mumsewu moyang'anizana ndi khomo lalikulu la tchalitchicho.
  
  "Inde, Agatha. Sindine katswiri waukadaulo, "anadandaula motero Nina. Adadziwa kale kuti asayese nkomwe kudziteteza ku chipongwe chomwe Agatha adachita mwangozi.
  
  "Chabwino," Agatha anaseka mwamwano wake.
  
  Zoonadi, mapasa a Perdue anali owononga dziko lonse lapansi ndi opanga mapulogalamu omwe amatha kugwiritsa ntchito zamagetsi ndi sayansi momwe anthu ena amamangira nsapato zawo, koma Nina mwiniwakeyo sanali kusowa nzeru. Choyamba, anaphunzira kudziletsa pang"ono kupsa mtima kwake; pang'ono kuti muzolowere zosamvetseka za Agatha. Nthawi ya 2:30 a.m., gululo linkayembekezera kuti alonda akakhala otopa kapena osalondera n"komwe, chifukwa unali Lachiwiri usiku ndipo kunali mphepo yoopsa.
  
  Atangotsala pang'ono 3 koloko m'mawa, Sam, Perdue ndi Agatha adapita pakhomo, Nina akutsatira kumbuyo kwawo kuti atseke chitseko kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  "Chonde chenjerani, anyamata," Nina anafulumizanso motero.
  
  "Eya, musadandaule," Perdue adayang'ana, "ndife akatswiri oyambitsa mavuto. Tikhala bwino."
  
  "Sam," anatero mwakachetechete ndipo mozemba anatenga dzanja lake lagololo m'manja mwake, "Bwera posachedwapa."
  
  "Yang"anirani ife eti?" - Ananong'oneza, kukanikiza mphumi yake kwa iye ndikumwetulira.
  
  M'misewu yozungulira tchalitchichi munali zii. Kubuula kokhako kwa mphepo kunayimba mluzu kuzungulira ngodya za nyumbazo ndi kugwedeza zikwangwani za msewu, pamene nyuzipepala ndi masamba ena ankavina pansi pa chitsogozo chake. Zithunzi zitatu zakuda zinayandikira kuchokera kumitengo ya kummawa kwa tchalitchi chachikulu. Mwakugwirizanirana mwakachetechete, iwo anaika zipangizo zawo zoyankhulirana ndi ma tracker aŵiri okwera mapiriwo asanasiyane ndi maso awo ndi kuyamba kukwera mbali ya kum"mwera chakum"mawa kwa chipilalacho.
  
  Chilichonse chidayenda molingana ndi dongosolo pomwe Perdue ndi Agatha adayenda mosamalitsa kupita kunsanja. Sam anayang'ana pamene akusuntha pang'onopang'ono m'mwamba pomwe mphepo ikukwapula zingwe zawo. Iye anaima pamthunzi wa mitengo, pamene nyali ya mumsewu sinamuone. Kumanzere kwake anamva phokoso. Msungwana wamng'ono wa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zakubadwa anali akuthamanga mumsewu kulowera kokwerera njanji, akulira mowopsya. Anatsatiridwa mosalekeza ndi achifwamba anayi ovala zovala zachipani cha Nazi, akumamulalatira mitundu yonse yachipongwe. Sam sankadziwa zambiri za Chijeremani, koma ankadziwa zokwanira kuti adziwe kuti analibe zolinga zabwino.
  
  "Kodi mtsikana wachichepere chotere akutani kuno usiku uno?" adalankhula mumtima mwake.
  
  Chidwi chinamugwira, koma anafunika kukhalabe kuti atetezeke.
  
  Chofunika kwambiri ndi chiyani? Ubwino wa mwana womwe uli pachiwopsezo chenicheni kapena anzako awiri omwe zonse zikuyenda bwino mpaka pano?Analimbana ndi chikumbumtima chake. Zilumikizeni, ndiyang'ana izi ndikubwerera Purdue asanayang'ane pansi.
  
  Sam ankangoyang'ana zigawengazo mobisa, kuyesera kuti asachoke pa kuwalako. Iye ankangowamva movutikira chifukwa cha phokoso la namondweyo, koma ankaona mithunzi yawo ikulowa m"siteshoni ya sitima kuseri kwa tchalitchicho. Anasamukira kum'maŵa, motero anasiya kuona mayendedwe ngati mthunzi a Perdue ndi Agatha pakati pa matako ndi singano za miyala ya Gothic.
  
  Tsopano sanathe kuwamva konse, koma, pokhala atatetezedwa ndi nyumba ya siteshoni, munali chete chete mkati. Sam anayenda mwakachetechete momwe angathere, koma samamvanso mtsikanayo. M'mimba mwake munayamba kumva zowawa pamene ankaganiza kuti akumugwira n'kumukakamiza kuti akhale chete. Kapena mwina akanamupha kale. Sam anachotsa kukhudzika kwake kopanda pake m'maganizo mwake ndipo anapitiriza kuyenda papulatifomu.
  
  Kumbuyo kwake kunali masitepe akugwedezeka, mofulumira kwambiri moti sakanatha kudziteteza, ndipo anamva manja angapo akumugwira pansi, akupapasa ndikufufuza chikwama chake.
  
  Monga ziwanda zometedwa, zinam'mamatira ndi kulira koopsa ndi kulira kwatsopano kwa Germany kwachiwawa. Pakati pawo panayimilira mtsikana, kumbuyo kwa nyali yoyera ya nyumba ya polisi, yomwe inawala kumbuyo kwake. Sam anakwinya nkhope. Pajatu sanali kamtsikana. Mtsikanayu anali mmodzi wa iwo, amene ankakonda kunyengerera Asamariya osadzikayikira kupita kumadera akutali kumene chikwama chake chinali kuwalanda. Tsopano popeza ankaona nkhope yake, Sam anazindikira kuti anali ndi zaka zosachepera khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zakubadwa. Thupi lake laling'ono, laling'ono linamupereka. Zikwapu zingapo kunthiti zinamusiya wopanda chitetezo, ndipo Sam adamva kukumbukira kwa Bodo komwe kumatuluka m'maganizo mwake.
  
  "Sam! Sam? Kodi muli bwino? Ndilankhuleni!" Nina anakuwa m'makutu ake, koma analavula mkamwa mwamagazi.
  
  Anamva akukokera wotchi yake.
  
  "Ayi ayi! Iyi si wotchi! Simungakhale nazo! "Iye anakuwa mopanda kusamala ngati zionetsero zake zikuwatsimikizira kuti wotchi yake inali yamtengo wapatali kwa iye.
  
  "Khala chete, Scheiskopf!" Mtsikana uja anasisima ndikumukankha Sam pa scrotum ndi boot zomwe zinapangitsa kuti atuluke.
  
  Iye ankamva gululo likuseka pamene ankachoka, akudandaula za mlendo wopanda chikwama. Sam anakwiya kwambiri moti anangokuwa mokhumudwa. Mulimonse mmene zinalili, palibe amene anamva kalikonse chifukwa cha chimphepocho panjapo.
  
  "Mulungu! Ndiwe opusa bwanji, Cleve?" iye anagwetsa nsagwada. Anamenya konkriti pansi pake ndi nkhonya, koma sanathe kuwukabe. Mkondo woyaka wa ululu womwe unali pansi pamimba mwake unamulepheretsa kuyenda, ndipo amangoyembekezera kuti gululo silingabwerere asanaimirire. Adzabweranso akangodziwa kuti wotchi yomwe anabayo siidziwa nthawi.
  
  Panthawiyi, Perdue ndi Agatha anali pakati pa nyumbayo. Iwo sakanatha kuyankhula pa phokoso la mphepo chifukwa choopa kutulukira, koma Perdue ankatha kuona kuti mathalauza a mlongo wake anagwidwa pa thanthwe loyang'ana pansi. Sanathe kupitiriza, ndipo panalibe njira yoti apereke chingwecho kuti akonze kaimidwe kake ndi kumasula mwendo wake ku msampha wodzikuza. Anayang'ana Perdue ndikumulozera kuti adule chingwecho pamene adagwira pazitsulo zolimba, atayima pamphepete mwaling'ono. Anapukusa mutu wake molimba mtima kusonyeza kutsutsa kwake ndipo analoza ndi chibakera kuti amufunse kuti adikire.
  
  Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, wochenjera kwambiri ndi mphepo yamkuntho yomwe inkafuna kusesa makoma amiyala, anaika mapazi ake mosamala m'ming'alu ya nyumbayo. Anatsika m'modzi ndi m'modzi, ndikulowera kumtunda wawukulu womwe uli pansipa kuti malo ake atsopanowo apatse Agatha mwayi pa chingwe chomwe amayenera kumasula buluku pakona ya njerwa pomwe adatsekeredwa.
  
  Pamene anadzimasula yekha, kulemera kwake kunapitirira malire ololedwa ndipo anaponyedwa pampando wake. Kukuwa kunamuthawa thupi lake lomwe linali ndi mantha, koma mphepo yamkuntho inameza mwamsanga.
  
  "Chikuchitikandi chiyani?" Mantha a Nina ankamveka m'mahedifoni. "Agatha?"
  
  Perdue adagwira chisacho mwamphamvu pomwe zala zake zidawopseza kuti zitha kulemera kwake, koma adalimbikitsa mphamvu kuti mlongo wake asagwe ndi kufa. Iye anayang'ana pansi pa iye. Nkhope yake inali ya phulusa ndipo maso ake anali atayang"ana m"mwamba n"kugwedeza mutu moyamikira. Koma Perdue anayang'ana kumbuyo kwake. Atazizira m'malo mwake, maso ake amayang'ana pansi pake. Monyoza, nkhope yake inamufunsa kuti adziwe zambiri, koma anagwedeza mutu pang'onopang'ono ndikumupempha kuti akhale chete ndi milomo yake yokha. Pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizochi, Nina ankamva Perdue akunong'oneza kuti, "Agatha usasunthe. Osapanga mawu."
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" Anafuula kuchokera kunyumba. "N'chiyani chikuchitika kumeneko?"
  
  "Nina, bata. Chonde, "ndi zonse zomwe adamva Perdue akunena pa olankhula static.
  
  Mitsempha ya Agatha inali pachimake, osati chifukwa cha mtunda womwe anali atapachikidwa kumwera kwa Cologne Cathedral, koma chifukwa samadziwa chomwe mchimwene wake amayang'ana kumbuyo kwake.
  
  Kodi Sam anapita kuti? Adamugwiranso?Pardue adazifunsa uku akufufuza mthunzi wa Sam kumunsi kwake koma sanapeze m'modzi wa mtolankhaniyo.
  
  Pansi pa Agatha, mumsewu, Perdue adawona apolisi atatu akuyendayenda. Chifukwa cha mphepo yamphamvu, sanamve zimene ankanena. Ayenera kuti amakambilananso zopangira pizza pazonse zomwe amadziwa, koma adaganiza kuti kupezeka kwawo kudakwiyitsidwa ndi Sam, apo ayi akadayang'ana mmwamba pofika pano. Anayenera kusiya mlongo wake akugwedezeka moopsa chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho kwinaku akudikirira kuti iwo akhote pakona, koma iwo sanayang'ane.
  
  Perdue ankayang'anitsitsa zokambirana zawo.
  
  Mwadzidzidzi Sam adatuluka pa station, akuoneka kuti waledzera. Apolisiwo analunjika kwa iye, koma asanamugwire, mithunzi iŵiri yakuda inatuluka mwamsanga m"chivundikiro chakuda cha mitengoyo. Mpweya wa Perdue unagwira pakhosi pake pamene adawona awiri a Rottweilers akuwombera apolisi, akukankhira pambali amuna omwe ali m'gulu lawo.
  
  "Chani...?" - adadzinong'oneza yekha. Onse aŵiri Nina ndi Agata, wina akukuwa ndipo wina akugwedeza milomo yake, anayankha kuti: "CHIYANI?"
  
  Sam anazimiririka mumthunzi pakhonde la msewu ndikudikirira pamenepo. Anathamangitsidwa ndi agalu kale, ndipo sichinali chimodzi mwa zinthu zabwino zomwe amakumbukira. Onse awiri Perdue ndi Sam adayang'ana kuchokera kumalo awo pamene apolisi adatulutsa mfuti zawo ndikuwombera mlengalenga kuti awopsyeze nyama zakuda zakuda.
  
  Onse awiri Perdue ndi Agatha adanjenjemera, akufinya maso awo chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa zipolopolo zomwe zidasokera zomwe zidalunjika pa iwo. Mwamwayi, palibe kuwombera kamodzi komwe kunagunda mwala kapena mnofu wawo wanthete. Agalu onse awiri anakuwa, koma sanapite patsogolo. Zinali ngati akulamulidwa, Perdue ankaganiza. Apolisi aja anayenda pang'onopang'ono kubwerera mgalimoto yawo kukapereka waya kwa Animal Control.
  
  Perdue mwachangu adakokera mlongo wake kukhoma kuti apeze chotchinga chokhazikika, ndipo adamulozera kuti akhale chete ndikuyika chala chake chamlozera pamilomo yake. Atangopeza phazi lake, analimba mtima kuyang'ana pansi. Mtima wake unayamba kugunda kwambiri pamtunda komanso kuona apolisi akudutsa msewu.
  
  "Tiyeni tisamuke!" - Perdue adanong'oneza.
  
  Nina anakwiya kwambiri.
  
  "Ndinamva kuwombera! Kodi wina angondiuza zomwe zikuchitika kumeneko?" - iye squealed.
  
  "Nina, tili bwino. Chopinga chaching'ono chabe. Tsopano chonde tiyeni tichite izi, "Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo Sam anangozindikira kuti nyamazo zasowa osaoneka.
  
  Iye sakanatha kuwauza kuti asalankhule pa com ngati gulu la zigawenga za achinyamata lidzawamva, ndipo sanathenso kulankhula ndi Nina. Palibe mwa atatuwa anali ndi mafoni a m'manja kuti ateteze kusokonezeka kwa chizindikiro, kotero sakanatha kumuuza Nina kuti ali bwino.
  
  "O, tsopano ndaloŵerera m"nyansi," iye anausa moyo ndi kuwona pamene okwera aŵiri aja akufika pamwamba pa madenga oyandikana nawo.
  
  
  Mutu 21
  
  
  "Chilichonse ndisanapite, Dr. Gould?" Adafunsa motele usiku uja kumbali ina ya chitseko. Kamvekedwe kake ka bata kanali kosiyana kwambiri ndi pulogalamu yosangalatsa ya pawailesi imene Nina anali kumvetsera, ndipo inaika Nina m"maganizo osiyana.
  
  "Ayi, zikomo, ndi zokhazo," iye anafuula moyankha, kuyesera kumveketsa mopanda mantha momwe angathere.
  
  "Bambo Perdue akadzabweranso, chonde auzeni kuti Abiti Maisie anasiya meseji ya patelefoni. "Anandifunsa kuti ndimuuze kuti anadyetsa galuyo," anafunsa motero wantchito wonenepayo.
  
  "Um...Inde, ndichita. Usiku wabwino!" Nina ananamizira kukhala wansangala naluma zikhadabo zake.
  
  Monga kuti sangagonjetse munthu wodyetsa galuyo zitangochitika kumene mtawoni. Chitsiru, Nina anakwiya m'maganizo mwake.
  
  Sanamvepo za Sam kuyambira pomwe amakuwa za nthawi, koma sanayerekeze kusokoneza awiri enawo pomwe anali akugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo zonse kuti asagwe. Nina anakwiya kwambiri kuti sanathe kuwachenjeza za apolisi, koma silinali vuto lake. Panalibe mauthenga a wailesi omwe amawatumiza kutchalitchiko, ndipo kuwonekera kwawo mwangozi kumeneko sikunali vuto lake. Koma, ndithudi, Agatha ankati amupatse iye ulaliki wa moyo wake wa izo.
  
  "Ku gehena ndi izi," Nina anaganiza motero, akuyenda pampando kukagwira chophulitsira mphepo. Kuchokera mumtsuko wa cookie m'chipinda cholandirira alendo, adatenga makiyi a Jag wamtundu wa E m'galaja yomwe inali ya Peter, mwini nyumba yemwe anali kuchititsa phwando la Perdue. Atachoka pamalo ake, anatseka nyumbayo n"kupita kutchalitchiko kuti akapereke thandizo lina.
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Ali pamwamba pa phirilo, Agatha anagwira mbali zotsetsereka za denga, zomwe anadutsamo ndi miyendo inayi. Perdue anali patsogolo pake pang'ono, akupita ku nsanja kumene Angelus Bell ndi anzake adapachikidwa mwakachetechete. Polemera pafupifupi tani imodzi, belulo silinathe kusuntha chifukwa cha mphepo yamkuntho, yomwe inasintha mofulumira komanso mwachisawawa, yomwe ili pakona ndi zomangamanga zovuta za tchalitchichi. Onse a iwo anali atatopa kwathunthu, ngakhale kuti anali ndi mawonekedwe abwino, chifukwa cha kulephera kwa kukwera ndi kuthamanga kwa adrenaline pafupifupi kupezedwa ... kapena kuwombera.
  
  Mofanana ndi mithunzi yosunthika, onse aŵiri analoŵerera m"nsanjayo, akuthokoza chifukwa cha malo okhazikika pansi ndi chitetezo chachidule cha dome ndi mizati ya nsanja yaing"onoyo.
  
  Perdue anamasula mwendo wake wa thalauza ndikutulutsa telesikopu. Linali ndi batani lomwe limagwirizanitsa zogwirizanitsa zomwe anali atalemba kale ku GPS pawindo la Nina. Koma amayenera kuyatsa GPS yomwe ili kumapeto kwake kuti atsimikizire kuti belulo lalemba pomwe bukulo linabisidwa.
  
  "Nina, ndikukutumizirani ma GPS kuti akulumikizani," adatero Perdue pa chipangizo chake cholumikizira. Palibe yankho. Anayesanso kukhazikitsa kulumikizana ndi Nina, koma palibe yankho.
  
  "Ndiye chiyani tsopano? "Ndakuuzani kuti alibe nzeru zokwanira ulendo woterewu, David," Agatha anang'ung'udza pansi pomwe amadikirira.
  
  "Iye samachita zimenezo. Iye si chitsiru, Agatha. Chinachake chalakwika, apo ayi akanayankha ndipo ukudziwa," Perdue anaumirira, pamene mkati mwake ankawopa kuti chinachake chachitika kwa Nina wake wokongola. Iye anayesa kugwiritsa ntchito masomphenya amphamvu a telescope kuti adziŵe pamanja pamene chinthucho chinali.
  
  "Tilibe nthawi yolira mavuto omwe timakumana nawo, ndiye tingopitirira, chabwino?" - adatero kwa Agatha.
  
  "Old school?" -Agatha anafunsa.
  
  "Old School," adamwetulira ndikuyatsa laser yake kuti adye pomwe mawonekedwe ake adawonetsa kusiyanasiyana kwamapangidwe. "Tiyeni titenge mwana uyu ndipo tichotse gehena."
  
  Perdue ndi mlongo wake asananyamuke, Animal Control adawonekera pansi kuti athandize apolisi kufufuza agalu osokera. Osadziwa za chitukuko chatsopanochi, Perdue adachotsa bwino chitetezo chachitsulo cha makona anayi kuchokera kumbali ya chivindikiro pomwe adayikidwa chitsulo chisanaponyedwe.
  
  "Wanzeru kwambiri, huh?" Agatha adawona mutu wake uli m'mbali pomwe amakonza zaumisiri zomwe ziyenera kuti zidagwiritsidwa ntchito poyimba koyambirira. "Aliyense amene adatsogolera kupanga chowombera motochi adalumikizidwa ndi Klaus Werner."
  
  "Kapena anali Klaus Werner," adawonjezera Perdue, ndikuyika bokosi lotsekedwa m'chikwama chake.
  
  "Beluli ndi lazaka mazana ambiri, koma lasinthidwa kangapo pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi," adatero, akuyendetsa dzanja lake pakuwombera kwatsopano. "Izi zikanatheka nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse itangotha, pomwe Adenauer anali meya."
  
  "David ukamaliza kuliza belu..." mlongo wake anatero mwachisawawa ndikuloza msewu. M'munsimu, akuluakulu angapo anali kuyendayenda, kufunafuna agalu.
  
  "O, ayi," Perdue adadandaula. "Ndinasiya kuonana ndi Nina, ndipo chipangizo cha Sam chinazimiririka titangoyamba kukwera phirilo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti alibe chochita ndi nkhaniyi pansi pano. "
  
  Perdue ndi Agatha anayenera kukhala kunja mpaka ma circus mumsewu atafa. Iwo ankayembekezera kuti zimenezi zichitika kusanache, koma panopa anakhala pansi kuti adikire kuti aone.
  
  Nina anali akupita ku cathedral. Iye ankayendetsa galimoto n"kuthamanga kwambiri popanda kudzionetsera, koma ankangotaya mtima pang"onopang"ono chifukwa chodera nkhawa anthu ena. Pamene adatembenukira kumanzere kuchokera ku Tunisstrasse, adayang'anitsitsa pazitsulo zazitali zomwe zinkasonyeza malo a tchalitchi cha Gothic ndipo ankayembekezera kuti adzapezabe Sam, Perdue ndi Agatha kumeneko. Ku Domkloster, komwe kunali tchalitchi chachikulu, iye anayendetsa galimoto yake mwapang'onopang'ono kwambiri kuti injiniyo imveke bwino. Kusuntha komwe kunali m'munsi mwa tchalitchicho kunamudabwitsa, ndipo mwamsanga anagunda mabuleki ndi kuzimitsa nyali zamoto. Galimoto yobwereketsa ya Agatha sinawonekere, mwachilengedwe, chifukwa samalingalira kuti ali komweko. Woyang'anira mabukuyo adayimitsa galimotoyo pang'ono pomwe adayamba kuyenda kupita ku cathedral.
  
  Nina anayang"ana alendo ovala yunifolomu akupeta malowo, kufunafuna chinachake kapena winawake.
  
  "Tiyeni, Sam. Muli kuti?" - adafunsa mwakachetechete mgalimotomo. Fungo lachikopa chenicheni linadzaza m"galimotoyo, ndipo ankadzifunsa ngati mwiniwakeyo akabwerako adzayang"ane mtunda woyenda. Wodwala atadutsa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, gulu la apolisi ndi opha agaluwo adayitcha kuti usiku , ndipo adawona magalimoto anayi ndi vani zikunyamuka imodzi ndi inyi kupita mbali zosiyanasiyana kupita kulikonse komwe amawatumizira usiku womwewo.
  
  Nthawi inali itatsala pang'ono 5 koloko m'mawa ndipo Nina anali atatopa. Iye ankangoganizira mmene anzakewo akumvera. Kungoganizira zimene zingawachitikire kunamuchititsa mantha kwambiri. Apolisi ankatani kuno? Kodi ankafuna chiyani? Iye ankaopa mafano oipa maganizo ake conjured-a Agatha kapena Perdue kugwa imfa yawo pamene iye anali pa chimbudzi, atangomuuza iye kuti atseke; momwe apolisi analili kuti abwezeretse mtendere ndikumanga Sam, ndi zina zotero. Njira iliyonse inali yoipa kuposa yoyamba.
  
  Dzanja la winawake linagunda zenera, ndipo mtima wa Nina unaima.
  
  "Yesu Khristu! Sam! Ndikhoza kukuphani ngati sindingasangalale kukuonani muli moyo!" - iye anafuula, atagwira chifuwa chake.
  
  "Kodi onse asowa?" Adafunsa monjenjemera chifukwa chakuzizira.
  
  "Inde, khalani pansi," iye anatero.
  
  "Perdue ndi Agatha akadali kumtunda uko, atsekeredwa ndi zitsiru kumusi uko. Mulungu, ine ndikuyembekeza iwo sanawumitsidwebe pamenepo. Zinali kalekale," adatero.
  
  "Chida chanu cholumikizirana chili kuti?" anafunsa. "Ndakumva ukukuwa."
  
  "Ndinaukiridwa," iye anatero mosapita m"mbali.
  
  "Kachiwiri? Kodi ndinu blow magnet kapena chiyani? "- anafunsa.
  
  "Ndi nkhani yayitali. Nanunso mungatero, khalani chete," iye anapumira, akusisita manja ake kuti atenthedwe.
  
  "Kodi adziwa bwanji kuti tili pano?" Nina anaganiza mokweza pamene akutembenuzira galimoto kumanzere kwapang'onopang'ono ndikuchita mosamalitsa molunjika ku cathedral yakuda yomwe ikugwedezeka.
  
  "Sadzatero. Tingodikirira mpaka tiwawone," adatero Sam. Anawerama kuti ayang'ane pagalasi lakutsogolo. "Pita ku mbali ya kum"mwera chakum"mawa, Nina. Apa ndi pamene anakwera. Mwina iwo..."
  
  "Akutsika," Nina analoŵererapo, akuyang"ana m"mwamba ndi kuloza kumene ziŵerengero ziŵiri zinaimitsidwa ndi ulusi wosawoneka ndipo zinali kutsetsereka pang"onopang"ono.
  
  "O, zikomo Mulungu, ali bwino," iye anausa moyo n"kubweza mutu wake kumbuyo, kutseka maso ake. Sam anatuluka ndikuwalozera kuti akhale pansi.
  
  Perdue ndi Agatha adalumphira pampando wakumbuyo.
  
  "Ngakhale kuti sindikondera mopambanitsa ku mawu otukwana, ndingofuna kufunsa kuti helo n"chiyani chinachitika kumeneko?" Agatha anakuwa.
  
  "Tawonani, si mlandu wathu apolisi adabwera!" Sam anakuwa mobweleza bwezi uku akumukwinyira pagalasi lowonera kumbuyo.
  
  "Purdue, galimoto yobwereka yayimitsidwa kuti?" Anafunsa choncho Sam ndi Agatha atayamba bizinesi.
  
  Perdue anam'patsa malangizo ndipo anayendetsa galimoto mwapang'onopang'ono kupyola midadadayo uku mkangano ukupitirira mkati mwa galimotoyo.
  
  "Ndikuvomera Sam, watisiyadi kopanda chenjezo kuti ukufufuza momwe zinthu zilili ndi mtsikanayo. Wangochoka," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Ndaimitsidwa ndi Ajeremani asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi opotoka, ngati mulibe nazo vuto!" Sam anabangula.
  
  "Sam," Nina anaumirirabe, "zisiye. Simumva kutha kwake.
  
  "Ayi, Dr. Gould!" Agatha adadumpha, uku akulunjika ku mkwiyo wake pa cholinga cholakwika. "Munangochoka pamalopo ndikusiya kulumikizana nafe."
  
  "O, ndimaganiza kuti sindimaloledwa kuyang'ana modzidzimutsa pa mtanda uwo, Agatha. Bwanji, mumafuna kuti ndikutumizireni zizindikiro za utsi? Kupatula apo, panalibe chilichonse pamakina apolisi okhudza derali, choncho sungani zomwe mumaneneza kwa wina! "- adayankha motero wolemba mbiri wokwiya. "Yankho lokhalo lochokera kwa inu awiri linali lakuti ndikhale chete. Ndipo uyenera kukhala wanzeru, koma ndiye zomveka, wokondedwa! "
  
  Nina anakwiya kwambiri kotero kuti anatsala pang'ono kuyendetsa galimoto yobwereka Perdue ndi Agatha amayenera kubwereranso.
  
  "Ndibwezanso Jaguar, Nina," Sam anatero, ndipo iwo anatuluka m"galimotomo n"kusinthana malo.
  
  "Ndikumbutseni kuti ndisadzakukhulupirireninso ndi moyo wanga," Agatha adauza Sam.
  
  "Kodi ndimayenera kungoyang'ana gulu la achifwamba akupha mtsikana wachichepere? Ukhoza kukhala hule wozizira, wosasamala, koma ndimalowererapo ngati wina ali pangozi, Agatha! Sam adafusa.
  
  "Ayi, ndinu osasamala, a Cleave! Nkhanza zanu zodzikonda mosakayika zapha bwenzi lanu! " adakuwa.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, onse anayiwo anakhala chete. Mawu opweteka a Agatha adamugunda Sam ngati mkondo mumtima mwake, ndipo Perdue adamva kuti mtima wake ukugunda. Sam anadabwa kwambiri. Panthawiyi munalibe kanthu koma dzanzi, kupatula pachifuwa chake chomwe chimapweteka kwambiri. Agatha adadziwa zomwe adachita, koma adadziwa kuti nthawi yatha kuti akonze. Asanayese, Nina anapereka nkhonya yopweteka kunsagwada yake, kugwetsera thupi lake lalitali chammbali mwamphamvu kotero kuti anagwera m"mawondo ake.
  
  "Ndina!" Sam anayamba kulira ndipo anapita kukamugwira.
  
  Perdue adathandizira mlongo wake, koma sanamutengere mbali.
  
  "Tiyeni, tibwerere kunyumba. Pali zambiri zoti tichite mawa. Tonse titsitsimuke ndipo tipume," adatero modekha.
  
  Nina anali kunjenjemera mwamisala, malovu akunyowetsa ngodya za mkamwa mwake pamene Sam anamugwira dzanja lovulala. Pamene Perdue adadutsa Sam, adagwedeza mkono wake motsimikiza. Anamvera chisoni mtolankhani yemwe, zaka zingapo zapitazo, adawona chikondi cha moyo wake chikuwomberedwa pamaso pake.
  
  "Sam..."
  
  "Ayi, chonde, Nina. Palibe chifukwa, "adatero. Maso ake agalasi anayang"ana kutsogolo mopanda ulesi, koma sanayang"ane njira. Pomaliza wina ananena. Zomwe ankaganizira zaka zonsezi, zolakwa zomwe aliyense anamuchotsera chifukwa cha chifundo, linali bodza. Pamapeto pake, adayambitsa imfa ya Trish. Chomwe ankafunikira chinali choti wina anene.
  
  
  Mutu 22
  
  
  Pambuyo pa mphindi zingapo zosasangalatsa kwambiri pakati pa kubwerera kwawo kunyumba ndi nthawi yawo yogona ya 6:30 a.m., chizolowezi chogona chinasinthidwa pang'ono. Nina anagona pa sofa kuopa Agatha. Perdue ndi Sam sanalankhule mawu kwa wina ndi mzake magetsi anazima.
  
  Unali usiku wovuta kwambiri kwa onsewa, koma ankadziwa kuti akadzamaliza ntchito yopeza chuma chimene ankaganiza kuti apeze chuma, ayenera kupsompsonana.
  
  M'malo mwake, pobwerera kunyumba pagalimoto yobwereka, Agatha adamuuza kuti atenge sefa yomwe inali ndi diary ndikukapereka kwa kasitomala wake. Ndipotu n"chifukwa chake analembera Nina ndi Sam kuti amuthandize, ndipo popeza kuti tsopano anali ndi zimene ankafuna, anafuna kusiya zonsezo n"kuthawa. Koma kenako mchimwene wakeyo anamuuza kuti asakhalebe mpaka m"mawa kuti aone mmene zinthu zidzakhalire. Perdue sanali mtundu wa munthu wosiya kufunafuna chinsinsi, ndipo ndakatulo yosamalizidwa inangowonjezera chidwi chake chosasinthika.
  
  Perdue ankasunga bokosilo kuti angofuna kuti lizichitika, n"kulitsekera m"sutikesi yake yachitsulo-imene kwenikweni inali chitetezo chonyamulika-mpaka m"mawa. Mwanjira imeneyo akanatha kusunga Agatha apa ndikuletsa Nina kapena Sam kuti asathawe nazo. Anakayika kuti Sam asamala. Kuyambira pomwe Agatha analankhula chipongwe chowawitsacho kwa Trish, Sam anali atabwerera kumtima wokhumudwa kwambiri ndipo amakana kulankhula ndi aliyense. Atafika kunyumba anapita kukasamba kenaka anangogona osagona, osamuyang'ana Perdue atalowa mchipindamo.
  
  Ngakhale kuvutitsa mtima kopepuka komwe Sam nthawi zambiri sakanatha kulowa nawo sikunathe kumukakamiza kuchitapo kanthu.
  
  Nina ankafuna kulankhula ndi Sam. Anadziwa kuti nthawi imeneyi kugonana sikungathetse vuto la Trish. M'malo mwake, lingaliro loti adakalibebe ndi Trish kotero lidangomutsimikizira kuti analibe kanthu kwa iye poyerekeza ndi bwenzi lake lomwalira. Komabe, zimenezi zinali zachilendo, chifukwa m"zaka zaposachedwapa iye anali wodekha pa nkhani yoipayi. Sing'anga wake anasangalala ndi momwe amayendela, Sam nayenso adavomera kuti samamvanso kuwawa akamaganizira Trish, ndipo zidawonekeratu kuti adapeza kutsekeka. Nina anali wotsimikiza kuti anali ndi tsogolo limodzi ngati akufuna, ngakhale ku gehena yonse yomwe adadutsana ndi dzanja.
  
  Koma tsopano, mwadzidzidzi, Sam anali kulemba mwatsatanetsatane nkhani za Trish ndi moyo wake ndi iye. Masamba pamasamba amafotokoza za chimaliziro cha zochitika ndi zochitika zomwe zidapangitsa kuti awiriwa alowe nawo pachisawawa chozembetsa mfuti chomwe chingasinthe moyo wake kosatha. Nina sanathe kuganiza kuti zonsezi zachokera kuti, ndipo ankadabwa kuti ndi chiyani chomwe chinamunyamulira Sam.
  
  Ndi kusokonezeka kwake m'maganizo, chisoni china chifukwa chonyenga Agatha, ndi chisokonezo chowonjezereka chifukwa cha masewera a maganizo a Perdue ponena za chikondi chake kwa Sam, Nina potsiriza anangodzipereka ku chithunzithunzi chake ndikulola kuti chisangalalo cha tulo chimutenge.
  
  Agatha adachedwerako kuposa wina aliyense, akusisita nsagwada zake komanso patsaya lowawa. Iye sakanaganiza konse kuti winawake wamng"ono ngati Dr. Gould angakhoze kumenya nkhonya yotero, koma iye anayenera kuvomereza kuti katswiri wa mbiriyakale wamng"onoyo sanali woti akakankhidwe kuchitapo kanthu. Agatha ankakonda kuchita masewera ankhondo a melee nthawi ndi nthawi kuti azisangalala, koma sanaonepo kumenyedwa kumeneku. Izi zinangotsimikizira kuti Sam Cleave amatanthauza zambiri kwa Nina, ziribe kanthu momwe adayesera kuzichepetsa. Blonde wamtaliyo adatsikira kukhitchini kuti akatenge madzi oundana chifukwa chakutupa kwake.
  
  Atalowa m"khitchini yamdima, munthu wina wamtali wamtali anaima mu nyali ya m"firiji, yomwe inagwa molunjika pamimba ndi pachifuwa kuchokera pachitseko chotsegula pang"ono.
  
  Sam anayang'ana mthunzi womwe unalowa pakhomo.
  
  Onse awiri nthawi yomweyo anangoti zii, akungoyang'anizana modabwa, koma maso awo sanathe kuwachotsa kwa mnzake. Onse awiri ankadziwa kuti panali chifukwa chimene anadzera malo amodzi nthawi imodzi pamene enawo anali kutali. Kuwongolera kunafunikira kupangidwa.
  
  "Tamverani, Bambo Cleave," Agatha anayamba kulankhula mopanda manong"onong"ono, "Ndikumva chisoni kwambiri kuti ndinamenya lamba." Ndipo si chifukwa cha chilango chakuthupi chimene ndinavutika nacho."
  
  "Agatha," anausa moyo, akukweza dzanja lake kuti amuletse.
  
  "Ayi ndithu. Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake ndinanena zimenezo! Sindimakhulupirira kuti zimenezi n"zoona ngakhale pang"ono!" - iye anapempha.
  
  Taonani, ndikudziwa kuti tonse tinali okwiya. Inu munatsala pang'ono kufa, gulu la zitsiru za Chijeremani linandimenya ine, ife tonse tinatsala pang'ono kumangidwa. Tonse tidangokakamira," adatero. "Sitikuwulula chinsinsi ichi ngati tipatukana, mwamva?"
  
  "Mukunena zowona. Komabe, ndikumva ngati wopanda pake pakukuuzani izi, chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti awa ndiwawa kwa inu. Ndinafuna kukupwetekani, Sam. Ndinafuna. Zimenezi n"zosakhululukidwa," anadandaula motero. Zinali zosagwirizana ndi Agatha Perdue kusonyeza chisoni kapena kufotokoza zomwe anachita molakwika. Kwa Sam zinali zitsimikizo zoti anali wowona mtima, komaso sakanakhululukanso pa imfa ya Trish. Chodabwitsa n"chakuti, kwa zaka zitatu zapitazi anali wosangalala-wosangalala kwambiri. Kumbuyo kwa malingaliro ake adaganiza kuti adatseka chitsekocho kwamuyaya, koma mwina chifukwa chakuti anali wotanganidwa kulemba zolemba zake kwa wofalitsa waku London kuti mabala akale akadali ndi mphamvu zomulemera.
  
  Agatha anapita kwa Sam. Iye anawona momwe iye analiri wokongola ngati iye analibe chodabwitsa chofanana ndi Perdue - kwa iye, chinali chotchinga choyenera cha dick. Adalimbana naye ndipo adadzilimbitsa kuti akhale pachibwenzi chosafunikira pomwe adafika pafupi ndi iye kuti akatenge ayisikilimu ya rum raisin.
  
  Ndibwino kuti sindinachite zopusa, adaganiza mochititsa manyazi.
  
  Agatha adamuyang'ana m'maso molunjika ngati akudziwa zomwe akuganiza ndipo adabwerera m'mbuyo ndikukanikizira chidebe chozizira chija kuti apeze mabala ake ovulala. Sam anasisima ndikufikira botolo la mowa wopepuka pachitseko cha firiji. Pamene ankatseka chitseko, n"kuzimitsa kachingwe kakang"ono ka kuwalako kuti agwetse mdima m"khichinimo, pachitseko panaoneka chithunzi, chooneka ngati chounikira m"chipinda chodyeramo. Agatha ndi Sam anadabwa kuona Nina ataima panthawiyi, akuyesera kuti awone yemwe anali kukhitchini.
  
  "Sam?" - adafunsa mumdima pamaso pake.
  
  "Inde, mtsikana," Sam adayankha ndikutsegulanso firiji kuti amuwone atakhala patebulo ndi Agatha. Anali wokonzeka kulowerera ndewu yomwe ikubwera, koma palibe chomwe chinachitika. Nina anangopita kwa Agatha, akumuloza mtsuko wa ayisikilimu, osalankhula kalikonse. Agata anapatsa Nina chidebe cha madzi ozizira, ndipo Nina anakhala, akukankhira ziboda zake zachikopa pa chidebe choziziritsa bwino cha ayezi.
  
  "Aa," adabuula, maso ake akubwerera m'malo mwake. Nina Gould analibe cholinga chopepesa, Agatha ankadziwa zimenezo, ndipo zinali bwino. Analandira chisonkhezero chimenechi kuchokera kwa Nina, ndipo mwanjira ina yachilendo chinali chopindulitsa kwambiri kaamba ka kulakwa kwake kuposa chikhululukiro chachisomo cha Sam.
  
  "Chotero," anatero Nina, "kodi aliyense ali ndi ndudu?"
  
  
  Mutu 23
  
  
  "Purdue, ndinayiwala kukuuzani. Woyang"anira nyumbayo, Maisie, anaimbira foni dzulo usiku ndi kundifunsa kuti ndikuuzeni kuti anadyetsa galuyo," Nina Perdue anatero pamene ankaika chitetezerocho patebulo lachitsulo m"galaja. "Kodi iyi ndi code yazake? Chifukwa sindikuwona chifukwa choyimbira padziko lonse lapansi kunena zachabechabe. "
  
  Perdue anangomwetulira ndikugwedeza mutu.
  
  "Iye ali ndi zizindikiro za chirichonse. Mulungu wanga, muyenera kumva zofananira zomwe angasankhe potenga zinthu zakale zakale ku Dublin kapena kusintha zida zapoizoni zomwe zimagwira ntchito ..." Agatha adabwebweta mokweza mpaka mchimwene wake adamudula mawu.
  
  "Agatha, ungandibisire wekha izi? Osachepera mpaka nditathyola vuto losatheka popanda kuwononga zomwe zili mkati. "
  
  "Bwanji osagwiritsa ntchito blowtorch?" - Sam anafunsa pakhomo, akulowa m'galimoto.
  
  "Peter alibe chilichonse koma zida zofunika kwambiri," adatero Perdue, akuyang'ana mosamala bokosi lachitsulo kuchokera kumbali zonse kuti adziwe ngati pali chinyengo chamtundu wina, mwinamwake chipinda chobisika kapena njira yopondereza kuti atsegule chitetezo. Pafupifupi kukula kwa leja yochindikala, inalibe msoko kapena chivindikiro kapena loko; m'malo mwake, zinali chinsinsi momwe magaziniyo inathera mu contraption wotere poyamba. Ngakhale Perdue, yemwe ankadziwa bwino zosungirako zosungirako ndi zoyendetsa, adadodometsedwa ndi mapangidwe a chinthu ichi. Komabe, chinali chitsulo chabe, osati chitsulo china chilichonse chosalowetsedwa chopezedwa ndi asayansi.
  
  "Sam, chikwama changa chochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi chili pamenepo ... Chonde ndibweretsereni spyglass," Perdue anafunsa.
  
  Pamene adayambitsa ntchito ya IR, adatha kuyang'ana mkati mwa chipindacho. Rectangle yaing'ono mkati mwake idatsimikizira kukula kwa magaziniyo, ndipo Perdue adagwiritsa ntchito chida cholembera poyezera chilichonse pamlingo womwewo kuti atsimikizire kuti ntchito ya laser imakhala mkati mwa magawo amenewo akaigwiritsa ntchito kudula mbali ya bokosilo.
  
  Ikayikidwa kufiira, laser, yosawoneka, kupatula dontho lofiira lomwe lili pachizindikiro chake, imadula miyeso yodziwika bwino.
  
  "Usawononge bukulo, Davide," anachenjeza motero Agatha kumbuyo kwake. Perdue adadina lilime lake moipidwa ndi malangizo ake ochulukirapo.
  
  Mu utsi wochepa thupi, mzere wopyapyala wa lalanje muzitsulo zosungunula umayenda kuchokera mbali imodzi kupita ku ina, kenako pansi, kubwereza njira yake mpaka kakona kakang'ono kabwino ka mbali zinayi kanajambulidwa kumbali yathyathyathya ya bokosilo.
  
  "Tsopano ingodikirani mpaka kuzizira pang'ono kuti tinyamule mbali inayo," Perdue adanena pamene ena adasonkhana, akutsamira patebulo kuti awonetsetse bwino zomwe zinali pafupi kuwululidwa.
  
  "Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti bukuli ndi lalikulu kuposa mmene ndinkayembekezera. Ndimaganiza kuti ndi chinthu wamba ngati cholembera, "adatero Agatha. "Koma ndikuganiza kuti ndi buku lenileni."
  
  "Ndikungofuna kuwona gumbwa limene likuwoneka kuti lilipo," Nina anatero. Monga katswiri wa mbiri yakale, ankaona kuti zinthu zakale zimenezi zinali pafupifupi zopatulika.
  
  Sam adasunga kamera yake yokonzeka kujambula kukula ndi momwe bukuli lilili, komanso zolemba mkati. Perdue anatsegula chivindikiro chodulidwacho ndipo m"malo mwa bukhulo anapeza thumba lachikopa lofufuma.
  
  "Hell iyi ndi chiyani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Izi ndiye malamulo," Nina anatero.
  
  "Kodi?" Agatha anabwereza motengeka. "M"malo osungiramo zinthu zakale a laibulale, kumene ndinagwira ntchito kwa zaka khumi ndi chimodzi, nthaŵi zonse ndimagwira nawo ntchito ponena za alembi akale. Ndani akanaganiza kuti msilikali wa ku Germany angagwiritse ntchito codex kulemba zochita zake za tsiku ndi tsiku?"
  
  "Izi nzodabwitsa kwambiri," Nina anatero modabwa Agatha akuchichotsa m'manda ndi manja ovala magolovesi. Anali wodziŵa bwino ntchito zolembedwa ndi mabuku akale ndipo ankadziŵa kufooka kwa mtundu uliwonse. Sam anatenga zithunzi za diary. Zinali zachilendo monga momwe nthanoyo inkaneneratu.
  
  Zovundikira zakutsogolo ndi zakumbuyo zinkapangidwa kuchokera ku mtengo wa oak, ndipo mapanelo athyathyathya anali osalala komanso opaka phula. Pogwiritsa ntchito ndodo yachitsulo yofiyira kapena chida chofananira, matabwawo adawotchedwa kuti alembe dzina la Claude Hernault. Mlembi ameneyu, mwinanso Erno mwiniwake, sanali katswiri wa pyrography, chifukwa m'malo angapo amatha kuzindikirika pomwe pali kukakamiza kapena kutentha kwambiri.
  
  Pakati pawo, mulu wa mapepala a gumbwa anapanga zomwe zili mu codex, ndipo kumanzere kunalibe msana, monga mabuku amakono, koma m'malo mwake panali mzere wa zingwe. Taye iliyonse inkakulungidwa m"mabowo obowola m"mbali mwa thabwa la thabwa n"kudutsa pamipukutu ya gumbwa, yomwe yambiri inali itang"ambika chifukwa cha ukalamba. Komabe, bukhuli limasunga masamba m"malo ambiri, ndipo masamba oŵerengeka kwambiri anang"ambika kotheratu.
  
  "Iyi ndi nthawi yofunika kwambiri," Nina adadabwa Agatha atamulola kuti agwire zala zake kuti azindikire kapangidwe kake ndi zaka zake. "Tangoganizani, masambawa anapangidwa ndi manja kuchokera m"nthaŵi yofanana ndi ya Alexander Wamkulu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti iwo anapulumuka kuzinga kwa Kaisara ku Alexandria, osatchulanso za kusandutsa mipukutuyo kukhala mabuku."
  
  "History nerd," Sam adaseka mowuma.
  
  "Chabwino, tsopano popeza tasilira izi ndikusangalala ndi chithumwa chake chakale, mwina titha kupita ku ndakatulo ndi zina zonse za jackpot," adatero Perdue. "Buku ili likhoza kupirira mayesero a nthawi, koma ndikukayika kuti tidzatero, kotero ... palibe nthawi ngati ino."
  
  M'zipinda za Sam ndi Perdue, anayi a iwo adasonkhana kuti apeze tsamba lomwe Agatha anali ndi chithunzi chake, kuti Nina azitha kumasulira mawu omwe anali kusowa pamizere ya ndakatulo. Tsamba lililonse lidalembedwa mu Chifalansa ndi wina yemwe anali woyipa kwambiri pakulemba pamanja, koma Sam adalanda pepala lililonse ndikulisunga pa memory card yake. Atapeza tsambalo, patatha maola oposa awiri, ofufuza anayiwo anasangalala kuona kuti ndakatulo yonse idakalipo. Pofunitsitsa kudzaza mipata, Agata ndi Nina anayamba kulemba zonse asanayese kumasulira matanthauzo ake.
  
  "Chotero," Nina anamwetulira ndi chikhutiro, akupinda manja ake patebulo, "ndinamasulira mawu osowekawo, ndipo tsopano tili ndi mbali yonse."
  
  
  "Zatsopano kwa anthu
  
  Osati pansi pa 680 khumi ndi awiri
  
  Mlozera womwe ukukulabe wa Mulungu uli ndi mautatu aŵiri
  
  Ndipo Angelo akuwomba m'manja amabisa Chinsinsi cha Erno
  
  Ndi kumanja komwe akuchigwira icho
  
  Zimakhala zosawoneka ngakhale kwa iye amene amapereka chitsitsimutso chake kwa Henry I
  
  Kumene milungu imatumiza moto, kumene mapemphero amanenedwa
  
  
  "Chinsinsi cha 'Erno' ... hmm, Erno ndi wolemba mabuku, wolemba mabuku wa ku France," Sam adatero.
  
  "Inde, msilikali wokalambayo. Tsopano popeza ali ndi dzina, saoneka ngati nthano, si choncho? Perdue anawonjezera, akuyang'ana kanthu kakang'ono kuposa kusangalatsidwa ndi zotsatira za zomwe poyamba zinali zosaoneka komanso zowopsa.
  
  "Mwachionekere, chinsinsi chake ndicho chuma chimene ananena kalekale," anamwetulira Nina.
  
  "Ndiye, kulikonse komwe kuli chuma, anthu kumeneko sakudziwa?" Sam anafunsa, akuphethira mwachangu momwe amachitira nthawi zonse akamayesa kumasula chisa cha khwangwala.
  
  "Chabwino. Ndipo izi zikugwiranso ntchito kwa Henry I. Kodi Henry I anali wotchuka ndi chiyani?" Agatha anaganiza mokweza, akugogoda pachibwano chake ndi cholembera.
  
  "Henry Woyamba anali mfumu yoyamba ya Germany," anatero Nina, "m"Nyengo Zapakati. Ndiye mwina tikuyang'ana komwe anabadwira? Kapena mwina malo ake aulamuliro?"
  
  "Ayi, dikirani. Sizokhazo," anatero Perdue.
  
  "Monga chiyani?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Semantics," adayankha nthawi yomweyo, akugwira khungu pansi pa magalasi ake. "Mzerewu umanena za 'amene amapatulira kubadwanso kwa Henry', choncho alibe chochita ndi mfumu yeniyeni, koma ndi munthu yemwe anali mbadwa yake kapena mwa njira ina amadzifanizira yekha ndi Henry I."
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Purdue! Mukunena zowona!" Anatero Nina, akusisita phewa lake movomereza. "Ndithu! Mbadwa zake zapita kale, kupatulapo mzere wakutali womwe sunali wofunikira konse mu nthawi yomwe Werner adakhala, Nkhondo Yoyamba ndi Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse. Kumbukirani, iye anali wokonza mzinda wa Cologne panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Ndikofunikira".
  
  "Chabwino. Zosangalatsa. Chifukwa chiyani?" Agatha adatsamira ndi cheke chake chokhazikika.
  
  "Chifukwa chinthu chokhacho chomwe Henry ndinali nacho chofanana ndi Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse anali munthu amene adadzikhulupirira kuti ndi kubadwanso kwa mfumu yoyamba - Heinrich Himmler!" Nina anatsala pang'ono kukuwa mu chisangalalo chake chosadziletsa.
  
  "Chipolopolo china cha Nazi chabuka. Bwanji sindikudabwa?" Sam anapumira. "Himmler anali galu wamkulu. Izi ziyenera kukhala zosavuta kuzizindikira. Sanadziŵe kuti anali ndi chuma chimenechi, ngakhale kuti chinali m"manja mwake, kapena china chonga icho."
  
  "Inde, ndizomwe ndimapezanso kuchokera kumasulira kumeneko," Perdue adavomereza.
  
  "Ndiye akanasunga kuti zomwe samadziwa kuti ali nazo?" Agatha anasisima. "Nyumba yake?"
  
  "Inde," Nina anadandaula. Chisangalalo chake chinali chovuta kuchinyalanyaza. Nanga Himmler ankakhala kuti m"nthawi ya Klaus Werner, wokonza mapulani a mzinda wa Cologne?"
  
  Sam ndi Agatha anagwesa.
  
  "Sir Herte Herren ndi Dona," Nina adalengeza modabwitsa, akuyembekeza kuti Chijeremani chake chinali cholondola pankhaniyi, "Wewelsburg Castle!"
  
  Sam anamwetulira mawu ake owala. Agatha anangogwedeza mutu natenga cookie ina pomwe Perdue mosaleza mtima anaomba mmanja ndikuzisisita.
  
  "Ndikuona kuti simukukana ayi, Dr. Gould?" Adafunsa modabwa Agatha. Perdue ndi Sam adamuyang'ananso mwachidwi ndikudikirira.
  
  Nina sanakane kuti anachita chidwi ndi codex ndi chidziŵitso chogwirizana nayo, zimene zinamsonkhezera kupitirizabe kufunafuna chinachake chimene chingakhale chozama kotheratu. Iye ankaganiza kuti adzachita chinthu chanzeru nthawi ino; sakanakhalanso akuthamangitsa atsekwe, koma tsopano popeza anaona chozizwitsa china cha mbiri chikuchitika, sakanachitsatira bwanji? Kodi sikunali koyenera kudziika pachiwopsezo kukhala mbali ya chinthu chachikulu?
  
  Nina adamwetulira, ndikuchotsa kukayikira kwake konse m'malo mwa zomwe code ingabise. "Ndili mkati. Mulungu andithandize. ndili mkati."
  
  
  Mutu 24
  
  
  Patapita masiku awiri, Agatha anagwirizana ndi kasitomala wakeyo kuti apereke codex, yomwe anamulemba ntchito. Zinali zovuta kuti Nina asiyane ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri imeneyi ya mbiri yakale. Ngakhale adachita chidwi kwambiri ndi mbiri yaku Germany, makamaka yokhudzana ndi Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, anali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi mbiri yonse, makamaka nyengo zamdima komanso zakutali kwambiri ndi Dziko Lakale kotero kuti zidatsalira zotsalira zenizeni kapena nkhani zawo.
  
  Zambiri zomwe zalembedwa zonena za mbiri yakale zawonongedwa m'kupita kwa nthawi, zodetsedwa ndikuwonongedwa ndi chikhumbo cha anthu chofuna kulamulira makontinenti onse ndi zitukuko. Nkhondo ndi kusamuka kwawo zapangitsa kuti nkhani zamtengo wapatali ndi zotsalira zakale zomwe zaiwalika zikhale nthano ndi mikangano. Ichi chinali chinthu chomwe chinalipo mu nthawi yomwe milungu ndi zilombo zimanenedwa kuti zikuyenda padziko lapansi, pamene mafumu ankapuma moto ndipo heroines ankalamulira mitundu yonse ndi mawu amodzi a Mulungu.
  
  Dzanja lake lachisomo linasisita pang'onopang'ono chinthu chamtengo wapatalicho. Zipsera pamiyendo yake zinali zitayamba kuchira, ndipo anali ndi malingaliro odabwitsa, ngati kuti sabata yapitayi inali maloto opanda pake pomwe anali ndi mwayi wodziwitsidwa zachinsinsi komanso zamatsenga. Zolemba za Tiwaz rune pa mkono wake zidatuluka pang'ono kuchokera pansi pa mkono wake, ndipo adakumbukira chochitika china chofananacho, pomwe adalowa m'dziko la nthano zaku Norse ndi zenizeni zake zokopa masiku athu ano. Kuyambira pamenepo sanamve kuzizwa modabwitsa chonchi pa chowonadi chobisika cha dziko, chomwe tsopano chatsitsidwa ku nthanthi yopusa.
  
  Ndipo komabe apa izo zinali, zowoneka, zogwirika ndi zenizeni kwambiri. Ndani anganene kuti mawu ena, otayika mu nthano, sali odalirika? Ngakhale Sam adajambula tsamba lililonse ndikujambula kukongola kwa bukhu lakale ndi luso laukadaulo, adadandaula chifukwa chakusowa kwake kosapeweka. Ngakhale Perdue adadzipereka kumasulira buku lonselo m'masamba otsatizana kuti awerenge, sizinali zofanana. Mawu sanali okwanira. Sanathe kuyika manja ake pa zizindikiro za zitukuko zakale ndi mawu.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Nina, kodi mumatengeka ndi chinthu ichi?" - Sam adaseka, akulowa mchipindamo ndi Agatha mchira wake. "Kodi ndiitane wansembe wokalamba ndi wansembe wamng"ono?"
  
  "O, musiyeni, Bambo Cleave. Pali anthu ochepa omwe atsala m'dzikoli omwe amayamikira mphamvu zenizeni zakale. Dr. Gould, ndakutumizirani ndalama zanu, "Agatha Perdue adamuuza. M"manja mwake anali ndi chotengera chachikopa chapadera chonyamulira bukulo; inali yotetezedwa pamwamba ndi loko yofanana ndi chikwama chakale cha Nina pamene anali ndi zaka khumi ndi zinayi.
  
  "Zikomo, Agata," Nina anatero mwaubwenzi. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kasitomala wanu amayamikiranso chimodzimodzi."
  
  "O, ndikutsimikiza amayamikira zovuta zonse zomwe tadutsamo kuti tibwezeretse bukulo. Komabe, chonde pewani kuyika zithunzi kapena zambiri," Agatha anafunsa Sam ndi Nina, "kapena muuze aliyense kuti ndakupatsani chilolezo choti muwone zomwe zili mkatimo." Iwo anagwedeza mutu kusonyeza kuvomereza. Ndi iko komwe, ngati akanati aulule zimene bukhu lawo likupita, sipakanakhala chifukwa choulula kukhalapo kwake.
  
  "David ali kuti?" - iye anafunsa, kusonkhanitsa matumba ake.
  
  "Ndili ndi Peter muofesi yake mnyumba ina," Sam anayankha, akuthandiza Agatha ndi chikwama chake cha zida zokwerera.
  
  "Chabwino, muwuze kuti ndatsanzika, chabwino?" - adatero, osalankhula ndi aliyense.
  
  Banja lachilendo chotani nanga, Nina analingalira mu mtima mwake pamene amayang"ana Agatha ndi Sam akuchoka pa masitepe opita kuchitseko chakumaso. M"mapasawo sanaonane kwa zaka zambiri, ndipo umu ndi mmene amasudzulana. Damn, ndimaganiza kuti ndine wachibale wozizira, koma awiriwa basi ... ayenera kukhala ndi ndalama. Ndalama zimapangitsa anthu kukhala opusa komanso ankhanza.
  
  "Ndinkaganiza kuti Agatha akubwera nafe," Nina adayitana kuchokera pamsewu pamwamba pa Purdue pamene iye ndi Peter akupita kumalo olandirira alendo.
  
  Perdue anayang'ana mmwamba. Peter adasisita dzanja lake ndikutsazikana ndi Nina.
  
  "Wiedersechen, Peter," adamwetulira.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti sister wanga wapita?" Perdue adafunsa, kudumpha masitepe oyamba kuti agwirizane naye.
  
  "Kwenikweni, pakali pano. Ndikuganiza kuti nonse simunayandikana," adatero. "Sanadikire kuti mubwere kudzasanzikana?"
  
  "Mumamudziwa," iye anatero, mawu ake akuwawa pang"ono ndi mawu omveka owawa akale. "Sindimakonda kwambiri ngakhale pa tsiku labwino." Anayang'anitsitsa Nina, ndipo maso ake anayamba kufewa. Komano, ndimakonda kwambiri, poganizira za fuko lomwe ndimachokera.
  
  "Zoonadi, ngati sunali wachiwerewere wotero," anamduladula. Mawu ake sanali ankhanza mopambanitsa, koma ankapereka maganizo ake moona mtima za wokondedwa wake wakale. "Ukuwoneka kuti umagwirizana bwino ndi banja lako, wachikulire."
  
  "Kodi takonzeka kupita?" Mawu a Sam omwe anatuluka pakhomo lakumaso anathetsa kukanganako.
  
  "Inde. Inde, takonzeka kuyamba. Ndinapempha Peter kuti akonze zoyendera zopita ku Buren, ndipo titachoka kumeneko tikayendera nyumba yachifumuyo kuti tione ngati tingapeze tanthauzo lililonse m"mawu a magaziniwo," anatero Perdue. "Tiyenera kufulumira, ana. Pali zoipa zambiri zoti zichitike!"
  
  Sam ndi Nina adangoyang'ana akuzimiririka munjira yopita kuofesi komwe adasiya katundu wake.
  
  "Kodi ungakhulupirire kuti sanatopebe kukumba dziko lonse lapansi kufunafuna mphotho yosowa?" Anafunsa Nina. "Ndimadzifunsa ngati akudziwa zimene akufuna m"moyo, chifukwa amafunitsitsa kupeza chuma, koma n"kosakwanira."
  
  Sam, mainchesi kumbuyo kwake, adasisita tsitsi lake mofatsa, "Ndikudziwa zomwe akufuna. Koma ndikuwopa kuti mphotho yolephera iyi idzakhalabe imfa yake."
  
  Nina anatembenuka kuyang'ana Sam. Maonekedwe ake anadzazidwa ndi chisoni chokoma pamene anachotsa dzanja lake kwa iye, koma Nina mwamsanga analigwira ndi kugwira dzanja lake mwamphamvu. Anatenga dzanja lake m'manja mwake ndikuusa moyo.
  
  "O, Sam."
  
  "Inde?" Adafunsa akuseweretsa zala zake.
  
  "Ndikufuna kuti nanunso muchotse kutengeka kwanuko. Palibe tsogolo pamenepo. Nthaŵi zina, mosasamala kanthu za kupweteka kotani nanga kuvomereza kuti waluza, uyenera kupitirira," Nina anamlangiza mofatsa, akumayembekezera kuti akalabadira uphungu wake wa maunyolo amene anadzitsekera yekha pa Trish.
  
  Ankaoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri ndipo zinamupweteka kwambiri kumumva akunena zimene ankaopa kuti wakhala akumva. Anali kutali ndi kukopa kwake kwa Bern, ndipo ndi kubwerera kwa Perdue kumalo, mtunda wochokera kwa Sam unali wosapeŵeka. Iye ankalakalaka akanakhala wogontha kuti asamve ululu wa kuvomereza kwake. Koma ndi zimene ankadziwa. Anataya Nina kamodzi kokha.
  
  Anasisita patsaya la Sam ndi dzanja lofewa, kukhudza komwe ankakonda kwambiri. Koma mawu ake anamupweteka kwambiri.
  
  "Uyenera kumusiya kuti apite, kapena maloto ako ovutawa akupha."
  
  Ayi! Simungachite izi! Malingaliro ake adakuwa, koma mawu ake adakhala chete. Sam anadzimva kuti watayika pomaliza pake, atataya mtima chifukwa cha zowawa zomwe zidabweretsa. Iye ankayenera kuti anene chinachake.
  
  "Chabwino! Zonse zakonzeka!" Perdue anaswa mphindi inaimitsidwa kutengeka. "Tilibe nthawi yochuluka yoti tifike ku nyumbayi isanatseke masana."
  
  Nina ndi Sam anamutsatira ndi katundu wawo osanenanso kalikonse. Njira yopita ku Wewelsburg inkaoneka ngati yamuyaya. Sam anadzikhululukira ndikukhazikika pampando wakumbuyo, ndikulowetsa mahedifoni ake mufoni yake, kumvetsera nyimbo ndikunamizira kugona. Koma m'mutu mwake zochitika zonse zidasokonezeka. Anadabwa kuti zinakhala bwanji kuti Nina asankhe kukhala naye, chifukwa monga momwe ankadziwira, palibe chimene adachita kuti amukankhire kutali. M"kupita kwa nthaŵi, anagona ndi nyimboyo ndipo mosangalala anasiya kuda nkhaŵa ndi zinthu zimene sangathe kuziletsa.
  
  Anayenda mtunda wautali wa E331 pa liwiro labwino kukayendera nyumbayi masana. Nina anatenga nthawi yophunzira ndakatulo yotsalayo. Iwo anafika pamzere womaliza: "Kumene milungu imatumiza moto, kumene kumapembedzedwa."
  
  Nina anakwiya, "Ndikukhulupirira kuti malowo ndi Wewelsburg, ndipo mzere womalizira uyenera kutiuza kumene tiyenera kuyang"ana m"nyumbayi."
  
  "Mwina. Ndiyenera kuvomereza, sindikudziwa komwe ndingayambire. Ndi malo abwino ... komanso aakulu, "Perdue anayankha. Ndipo ndi zikalata za nthawi ya chipani cha Nazi, inu ndi ine tonse tikudziwa kuchuluka kwa chinyengo chomwe iwo angafikire, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti chimenecho nchowopsa pang'ono. Kumbali ina, tingakhale ndi mantha, kapena tingaone ngati vuto lina. Kupatula apo, tawagonjetsa kale ma network awo obisika kwambiri, ndani anganene kuti sitingathe nthawi ino?
  
  "Ndikanakonda ndimatikhulupirira ife monga momwe iwe umachitira, Perdue," Nina anausa moyo, akuyendetsa manja ake kupyola tsitsi lake.
  
  Posachedwapa, iye ankafuna kuti angopita kukafunsa komwe Renata anali komanso zomwe ankachitira naye atathawa ngozi ya galimoto ku Belgium. Zinali zofunikira kuti adziwe - ndipo mwamsanga. Nina anafunikira kupulumutsa Alexander ndi abwenzi ake pa mtengo uliwonse, ngakhale zitatanthawuza kulumphira mmbuyo mu bedi la Perdue - mwa njira iliyonse yofunikira - kuti mudziwe zambiri.
  
  Pamene ankakambirana, Perdue maso ake ankangoyang'ana pa galasi lakumbuyo, koma sanachedwe. Patapita mphindi zingapo anaganiza zoima pa Soest kuti adye chakudya. Tawuni yokongolayo inawakodola kuchokera mumsewu waukulu wokhala ndi minyanga yake ya tchalitchi yokwera pamwamba pa madenga a nyumba ndi timitengo ta mitengo yotsikira m"dziwe ndi mitsinje ya pansi. Mtendere udali wolandirika nthawi zonse ndipo Sam akadasangalala kudziwa kuti kuli chakudya.
  
  Pachakudya chamadzulo kunja kwa quaint café & # 233; m'bwalo la tawuni, Perdue adawoneka kuti ali kutali, ngakhale wosagwirizana pang'ono m'makhalidwe ake, koma Nina adawafotokozera mlongo wake kuti achoke mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Sam anaumirira kuti ayese chinachake m'deralo, kusankha Pumpernickel ndi Zwiebelbier, monga momwe anafotokozera gulu lachisangalalo la alendo ochokera ku Greece omwe anali ndi vuto loyenda mumzere wowongoka panthawiyi.
  
  Ndipo ndizomwe zidamutsimikizira Sam kuti ichi chinali chakumwa chake. Ponseponse zokambiranazo zinali zopepuka, makamaka za kukongola kwa mzindawu ndi kudzudzula pang'ono kwa thanzi kwa anthu odutsa omwe amavala ma jeans omwe anali othina kwambiri kapena omwe samawona kuti ukhondo ndi wofunikira.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tipite, anthu," Perdue adabuula, ataimirira patebulo, lomwe tsopano linali litadzaza ndi zopukutira zakale ndi mbale zopanda kanthu zokhala ndi zotsalira zamwazikana zomwe zinali phwando lodabwitsa. "Sam, mwina ulibe kamera yakoyo m'chikwama chako, sichoncho?"
  
  "Inde".
  
  "Ndikufuna kujambula chithunzi cha tchalitchi cha Romanesque kumeneko," Perdue anafunsa, akulozera ku nyumba yakale yamtundu wa kirimu yokhala ndi maonekedwe a Gothic omwe sali ochititsa chidwi kwambiri monga Cologne Cathedral koma akuyenera kuwombera momveka bwino.
  
  "Zoona, bwana," Sam anamwetulira. Iye anakulitsa chifanizirocho kuti chiphimbe utali wonse wa tchalitchicho, kuonetsetsa kuti kuunikira ndi kusefa kunali koyenera kotero kuti ting"onoting"ono ta kamangidwe kake kakhoza kuzindikirika.
  
  "Zikomo," anatero Perdue ndikusisita manja ake. "Tsopano, tiyeni tizipita."
  
  Nina ankamuyang'anitsitsa. Anali munthu wodzitukumula yemweyo, koma panali chinachake chomudetsa nkhawa. Ankawoneka wamantha pang'ono, kapena anali ndi chinachake chikumuvutitsa chimene sankafuna kugawana nawo.
  
  Purdue ndi zinsinsi zake. Nthawi zonse mumayang'ana mapu, sichoncho Nina?
  
  Chimene sanachizindikire chinali anyamata achichepere aŵiri a mtundu wa punki omwe ankatsatira mapazi awo patali, akunamizira kuti amaona malo. Iwo anali akutsatira Perdue, Sam ndi Nina kuyambira pamene anachoka ku Cologne pafupifupi maola awiri ndi theka apitawo.
  
  
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  Erasmusbrug anatambasula khosi lake la chinjoka kumwamba koyera pamene dalaivala wa Agatha ankadutsa pa mlathowo. Sanafike ku Rotterdam pa nthawi yake chifukwa cha kuchedwa kwa ndege ku Bonn, koma tsopano anali kuwoloka Erasmus Bridge, womwe umadziwika kuti De Zwaan chifukwa cha mawonekedwe a pyloni yoyera yokhotakhota yokhazikika ndi zingwe zomwe zimawukweza.
  
  Sakanakhoza kuchedwa kapena kukanakhala kutha kwa ntchito yake yofunsira. Chomwe adasiya pokambirana ndi mchimwene wake chinali chakuti kasitomala wake anali Jost Bloom, wosonkhanitsa wotchuka padziko lonse wa zinthu zakale zosadziwika bwino. Sizinangochitika mwangozi kuti mbadwa ina inawapeza ali m"chipinda chapamwamba cha agogo ake. Chithunzicho chinali m'gulu la zolemba za wogulitsa zakale yemwe wamwalira posachedwa yemwe, mwatsoka, anali kumbali yolakwika ya kasitomala wa Agatha, woimira khonsolo yaku Dutch.
  
  Anali kudziŵa bwino lomwe kuti mosalunjika anali kugwira ntchito ku bungwe lomwelo la mamembala apamwamba a bungwe la Black Sun lomwe linalowererapo pamene dongosololi linali ndi vuto ndi ulamuliro wake. Iwo ankadziwanso amene ankagwirizana naye, koma pazifukwa zina panali kusalowerera ndale kumbali zonse ziwiri. Agatha Purdue anadzilekanitsa yekha ndi ntchito yake ndi mchimwene wake ndipo anatsimikizira bungwe kuti iwo sanali mu njira iliyonse okhudzana kupatula mu dzina, amene ali mbali yomvetsa chisoni kwambiri mu r & # 233; ndalamaé.
  
  Chomwe samadziwa, komabe, chinali chakuti Agatha adalemba ganyu anthu omwe amawasaka ku Bruges kuti agule zomwe amazifuna. Mwa njira ina, inali mphatso yake kwa mchimwene wakeyo, kuti iye ndi anzake ayambepo chitsogozo pamaso pa amuna a Bloom asanawerenge ndimeyi ndikutsatira njira yawo kuti apeze zomwe zinali kuchitikira m'mimba ya Wewelsburg. Apo ayi, ankangodziganizira yekha, ndipo anachita bwino kwambiri.
  
  Dalaivala wake adayendetsa Audi RS5 pamalo oimika magalimoto a Piet Zwart Institute, komwe amakumana ndi a Bloom ndi othandizira ake.
  
  "Zikomo," anatero mwachipongwe n"kupatsa dalaivalayo maero angapo kuti amuthandize. Wokwera wake ankawoneka wokhumudwa, ngakhale kuti anali atavala bwino kwambiri ngati katswiri wodziwa zakale komanso katswiri wodziwa mabuku omwe ali ndi zinsinsi zachinsinsi komanso mabuku a mbiri yakale. Anachoka pamene Agatha adalowa ku Willem de Kooning Academy, sukulu yophunzitsa zaluso mumzindawu, kuti akakumane ndi kasitomala wake muofesi yomwe kasitomala wake anali ndi ofesi. Woyang'anira laibulale wamtali adakoka tsitsi lake mu bun yowoneka bwino ndikuyenda pansi panjira yayikulu atavala suti ya pensulo ndi zidendene, zosemphana kotheratu ndi chopanda kanthu chomwe anali.
  
  Kuchokera ku ofesi yomaliza kumanzere, kumene makatani a mazenera anajambula kuti kuwalako kusalowe mkati, anamva mawu a Bloom.
  
  "Abiti Perdue. Pa nthawi monga mwanthawi zonse, "adatero mwachikondi, akutulutsa manja ake onse kuti agwedezeke. Bambo Bloom anali wokongola kwambiri, ali ndi zaka zoyambira makumi asanu, ali ndi tsitsi la blond lofiirira pang'ono lomwe limagwera m'maloko aatali pa kolala yawo. Agatha anali atazolowera ndalama, akuchokera m'banja lolemera mopusa, koma adayenera kuvomereza kuti zovala za a Bloom zinali zazitali. Akanakhala kuti sanali mkazi wogonana naye, akanamunyengerera. Zikuoneka kuti anali ndi maganizo omwewo chifukwa maso ake abuluu osilira amafufuza poyera mipiringidzo yake pamene ankamupatsa moni.
  
  Chinthu chimodzi chomwe ankadziwa ponena za Dutch chinali chakuti iwo sanasungidwe konse.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti munalandira magazini athu?" - adafunsa pamene adakhala mbali zosiyana za tebulo lake.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Bloom. Pompano," anayankha motero. Anaika chikwama chake chachikopa pamalo opukutidwa ndikutsegula. Wothandizira Bloom, Wesley, adalowa muofesi ndi chikwama. Iye anali wamng'ono kwambiri kuposa abwana ake, koma mofananamo wokongola mu kusankha kwake zovala. Zinali zokondweretsa pambuyo pa zaka zambiri zomwe adakhala m'maiko osatukuka komwe bambo wovala masokosi amawonedwa ngati wokongola, Agatha adaganiza choncho.
  
  "Wesley, patsa mayiyo ndalama zake, chonde," adatero Bloom. Agatha adamuwona ngati wosamveka ku khonsoloyi, popeza anali amuna olemekezeka, okalamba omwe analibe umunthu wa Bloom kapena wokonda kwambiri. Komabe, mwamuna ameneyu anali ndi mpando wa oyang"anira pasukulu ina yotchuka ya luso la zaluso, motero anafunikira kukhala wokongolako pang"ono. Anatenga chikwamacho m'manja mwa Wesley wachichepere ndikudikirira pomwe Bambo Bloom amayang'ana zomwe adagula.
  
  "Zosangalatsa," anapumira mwamantha, akutulutsa magolovesi ake m"thumba kuti akhudze chinthucho. "Abiti Perdue, kodi mukuyang'ana ndalama zanu?"
  
  "Ndimakukhulupirirani," anamwetulira, koma thupi lake limasonyeza kuti anali ndi nkhawa. Iye ankadziwa kuti munthu aliyense wa Black Sun, kaya akhale wofikirika bwanji mwachibadwa, angakhale munthu woopsa. Wina amene ali ndi mbiri ya Bloom, wina amene anayenda ndi malangizo, amene anaposa mamembala ena a dongosolo, ayenera kuti anali woipa mochititsa mantha komanso wopanda chidwi. Sipanakhalepo nthawi yomwe Agatha adalola kuti izi zichoke m'maganizo mwake posinthana ndi zosangalatsa zonse.
  
  "Mukundikhulupirira!" Adalankhula mawu ake achi Dutch, akuwoneka odabwitsidwa. "Mtsikana wanga wokondedwa, ndine munthu womaliza kukhulupirira, makamaka pankhani ya ndalama."
  
  Wesley adaseka limodzi ndi Bloom pomwe amangoyang'ana moyipa. Adapangitsa kuti Agatha adzimve ngati chitsiru, komanso wopanda nzeru pamenepo, koma sanayerekeze kuchita mwanjira yake yodzikweza. Iye anali wankhanza kwambiri, ndipo tsopano anali pamaso pa mlingo watsopano wa bastard umene unapangitsa kuti chipongwe chake kwa ena chiwoneke chofooka ndi chachibwana.
  
  "Ndiye zimenezo, Bambo Bloom?" - anafunsa mogonja.
  
  "Tawonani ndalama zanu, Agatha," mwadzidzidzi adalankhula mozama komanso mozama, uku m'maso mwake. Iye anamvera.
  
  Bloom anapenyerera bukulo mosamala, kuyang'ana tsamba lomwe munali chithunzi chomwe adapereka kwa Agatha. Wesley anayima kumbuyo kwake, akuyang'ana pa phewa lake, akuwoneka wokhazikika mu kulemba monga mphunzitsi wake. Agatha adaona kuti malipiro omwe adagwirizana adalipo. Bloom adamuyang'ana mwakachetechete, zomwe zidamupangitsa kukhala wovuta kwambiri.
  
  "Ndi zonse zomwe zilipo?" anafunsa.
  
  "Inde, Bambo Bloom," iye anagwedeza mutu, n"kumuyang"ana ngati chitsiru chosiya ntchito. Maonekedwe amenewa ndi amene nthawi zonse ankachititsa kuti anthu asamasangalale ndi amuna, koma sakanatha kuchita chilichonse. Ubongo wake unayamba kuzungulira ndikuwerengera nthawi, mawonekedwe a thupi, komanso kupuma. Agatha anachita mantha kwambiri.
  
  "Nthawi zonse fufuzani mlanduwo, wokondedwa. Simukudziwa yemwe akuyesera kukunyengererani, sichoncho? anachenjeza ndi kutembenukiranso ku codex. "Tsopano ndiuze, usanathawire m'nkhalango ..." adatero osamuyang'ana, "Mwachipeza bwanji chotsalirachi?" Ndikutanthauza, munachipeza bwanji?
  
  Mawu ake anamupangitsa kuti magazi azizizira.
  
  Osadandaula, Agatha. Sewerani osayankhula. Sewerani osayankhula ndipo zonse zikhala bwino, adatsutsana muubongo wake wosweka mtima. Anaweramira kutsogolo, akupinda manja ake bwinobwino pachifuwa.
  
  "Ndinatsatira malangizo mu ndakatuloyo, ndithudi," iye anamwetulira, kuyesera kulankhula monga momwe anafunikira. Iye anadikira; kenako anadandaula kuti: "Monga choncho?"
  
  "Inde, bwana," iye anatero ndi chikhulupiriro chonyengezera chomwe chinali chokhutiritsa. "Ndangopeza kuti inali mu Angel Bell ku Cologne Cathedral. Inde, zinanditengera nthawi ndithu kuti ndifufuze ndikulingalira zambiri za izo ndisanadziŵe."
  
  "Zoona?" adaseka. "Ndili ndi ulamuliro wabwino kuti luntha lanu limaposa malingaliro abwino kwambiri komanso kuti mumatha kuthana ndi zovuta monga ma code ndi zina zotero."
  
  "Ndikusewera," adatero mosapita m'mbali. Popanda kudziwa zomwe amalozera, adasewera molunjika komanso osalowerera ndale.
  
  "Ukuseweretsa. Kodi mukufuna kudziwa zomwe m'bale wanu akufuna?" Adafunsa akutsitsa maso ake ku ndakatulo yomwe Nina adamumasulira m'Chiturso.
  
  "Sindikutsimikiza kuti ndamvetsa," iye anayankha motero, mtima wake ukugunda mosasintha.
  
  "M"bale wako Davide. Akadakonda chinthu chonga chimenecho. Kunena zoona, iye amadziwika kuti amathamangitsa zinthu zomwe sizili zake," Bloom anaseka monyodola uku akusisita ndakatuloyo ndi nsonga ya chala chake cha gulovu.
  
  "Ndinamva kuti ndi wofufuza zambiri. Komano, ndimakonda kwambiri kukhala m'nyumba. Sindimagwirizana ndi chizolowezi chake chodziika pachiwopsezo, "adayankha. Kutchulidwa kwa mchimwene wake kunali kudamupangitsa kale kuganiza kuti Bloom amamukayikira kuti amagwiritsa ntchito chuma chake, koma atha kukhala wabodza.
  
  "Ndiye iwe ndiwe mbale kapena mlongo wanzeru," iye anatero. "Koma ndiuzeni, Abiti Perdue, ndi chiyani chakulepheretsani kuphunzira ndakatulo yomwe imanena momveka bwino kuposa momwe Werner wakale amadina Leica III wake wakale asanabise zolemba za Erno?"
  
  Amamudziwa Werner ndipo amamudziwa Erno. Iye ankadziwanso kamera imene Ajeremani mwina ankagwiritsa ntchito, atangotsala pang"ono kubisa codex m"nthawi ya Adenauer ndi Himmler. Nzeru zake zinali zopambana kuposa zake, koma zimenezo sizinamuthandize apa chifukwa chidziwitso chake chinali chachikulu. Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wake, Agatha adapezeka kuti ali pampikisano wanzeru chifukwa anali wosakonzekera chikhulupiriro chake choti anali wanzeru kuposa ambiri. Mwinamwake kuseŵera wosayankhula kukanakhala chizindikiro chotsimikizirika kuti akubisa chinachake.
  
  "Ndikutanthauza, nchiyani chingakulepheretseni kuchita zomwezo?" anafunsa.
  
  "Nthawi," iye anatero m"mawu otsimikizirika okumbutsa chidaliro chake chanthaŵi zonse. Ngati mwamunayo ankakayikira kuti wachita chinyengo, ankakhulupirira kuti anayenera kuvomereza kugwirizana kwake. Zimenezi zingam"patse chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti anali woona mtima komanso wonyada chifukwa cha luso lake, osaopa ngakhale pamaso pa anthu ngati iyeyo.
  
  Bloom ndi Wesley anayang'ana munthu wankhanza uja asanayambe kuseka. Agatha sanazolowerane ndi anthu komanso zoyipa zawo. Sanadziŵe ngati anam"tenga kukhala wofunika kapena ngati ankamuseka chifukwa chofuna kuoneka wopanda mantha. Bloom anaweramira pa codex, kukongola kwake kwasatana kumamupangitsa kukhala wopanda mphamvu pamaso pa zithumwa zake.
  
  "Abiti Perdue, ndimakukondani. Zowona, ngati sunali Purdue, ndikadaganiza zokugwira ntchito nthawi zonse, "adaseka. "Ndiwe cookie imodzi yowopsa, sichoncho? Ubongo wotero wokhala ndi chiwerewere chotere...
  
  Agatha sanayankhe kalikonse koma kungogwedeza mutu mothokoza pamene Wesley anaika kabuku kameneka pa nkhani ya Bloom.
  
  Bloom anayimirira ndikuwongola suti yake. "Abiti Perdue, ndikukuthokozani chifukwa cha ntchito zanu. Munali wofunika ndalama iliyonse. "
  
  Anagwirana chanza ndipo Agatha anayenda kulowera kuchitseko chomwe Wesley anamugoneka ali chikwama mmanja.
  
  "Ndiyenera kunena kuti ntchitoyi idachitika bwino ... komanso munthawi yake," Bloom adalankhula mosangalala.
  
  Ngakhale kuti anali atamaliza nkhani zake ndi Bloom, ankakhulupirira kuti wasewera bwino.
  
  "Koma ndikuwopa kuti sindikudalira," anatero mwamphamvu kumbuyo kwake, ndipo Wesley anatseka chitseko.
  
  
  Mutu 26
  
  
  Perdue sananene chilichonse chokhudza galimoto yomwe ikuwatsatira. Choyamba anafunika kudziwa ngati anali wonyada kapena ngati awiriwo anali anthu wamba awiri okha amene ankapita kukaona Castle Castle ya Wewelsburg. Tsopano sinali nthaŵi yoti tidziŵike kwa atatu a iwo, makamaka popeza kuti kwenikweni anali kuchita zofufuza kuti achite zinthu zina zoletsedwa ndi kupeza zimene Werner anali kunena m"nyumbayo. Nyumbayo, yomwe atatuwa adapitako kale pazochitika zawo, inali yayikulu kwambiri kuti azitha kuchita masewera amwayi kapena kulosera.
  
  Nina anakhala akuyang'ana ndakatuloyo ndipo mwadzidzidzi anatembenukira ku intaneti pa foni yake yam'manja, kufunafuna chinachake chimene ankaganiza kuti chingakhale choyenera. Koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono anagwedeza mutu ndi kudandaula mokhumudwa.
  
  "Palibe?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi. 'Kumene milungu imatumiza moto, kumene mapemphero amaperekedwa' zimandipangitsa kulingalira za tchalitchi. Kodi kuli tchalitchi ku Wewelsburg?" iye anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Ayi, monga momwe ndikudziwira, koma pamenepo ndinali m"holo ya akazembe a SS. M"mikhalidwe yoteroyo, sindinazindikire china chirichonse chosiyana," Sam anasimba nkhani yake yowopsa kwambiri zaka zingapo ulendo wake womaliza usanachitike.
  
  "Palibe Chapel, ayi. Ayi, pokhapokha ngati atasintha posachedwapa, ndiye kuti milunguyo ikatumiza kuti moto?" - Perdue adafunsa, osachotsa maso ake pagalimoto yomwe idayandikira kumbuyo kwawo. Nthaŵi yomaliza imene anakhala m"galimoto limodzi ndi Nina ndi Sam, anali atatsala pang"ono kufa pamene anali kuwathamangitsa, chinthu chimene sanafune kubwereza.
  
  "Moto wa milungu ndi chiyani?" Sam anaganiza kaye. Kenako anakweza maso n"kunena kuti: "Mphenzi! Kodi ingakhale mphezi? Kodi iwelsburg ikukhudzana bwanji ndi mphezi?"
  
  "Hell eya, uwu ukhoza kukhala moto womwe milungu imatumiza, Sam. Ndiwe mulungu...nthawi zina," adamwetulira iye. Sam anadzidzimuka ndi kukoma mtima kwake, koma anavomera. Nina anafufuza zinthu zonse zimene zinachitika m"mbuyomu pafupi ndi mudzi wa Wewelsburg. BMW ya beige ya 1978 inayandikira pafupi ndi iwo movutikira, pafupi kwambiri kotero kuti Perdue amatha kuwona nkhope za okwerawo. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti iwo anali anthu achilendo amene akanatha kuwagwiritsa ntchito monga akazitape kapena kupha munthu aliyense amene amalemba ganyu akatswiri, koma mwina chithunzi chawo chosamveka chinakwaniritsa cholinga chimenecho.
  
  Dalaivala anali ndi tsitsi lalifupi la Mohican ndi eyeliner yolemera, pamene mnzake anali ndi tsitsi la Hitler ndi zingwe zakuda pamapewa ake. Perdue sanazindikire aliyense wa iwo, koma mwachiwonekere anali ndi zaka makumi awiri oyambirira.
  
  "Ine. Sam. Mangani malamba," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?" -Sam adafunsa ndipo mwachibadwa adayang'ana pawindo lakumbuyo. Anayang'ana molunjika mu mbiya ya Mauser, kumbuyo komwe Fuhrer's psychopathic double ankaseka.
  
  "Yesu Khristu, akutiwombera kuchokera ku Rammstein! Nina, gwadirani pansi. Tsopano!" Sam anakuwa pamene zipolopolo zipolopolo zikugunda kumbuyo kwa galimoto yawo. Nina anadzipinda pansi pa gilovu ku mapazi ake ndi kuweramitsa mutu wake pamene zipolopolo zikuwomba pa iwo.
  
  "Sam! Anzako?" Perdue anakuwa, akumira mozama pampando wake ndikusintha kufala kwa giya yapamwamba.
  
  "Ayi! Ali ngati anzanu, mlenje wa Nazi! Chifukwa cha Mulungu, kodi sadzangotisiya tokha?" Sam anakuwa.
  
  Nina adangotseka maso ake ndikukhulupilira kuti sakafa atagwira foni yake.
  
  "Sam, gwira kazitape! Dinani batani lofiira kawiri ndikulozera ku Iroquois kuseri kwa gudumu, "Perdue adabangula, akukulitsa cholembera chachitali pakati pa mipando.
  
  "Eya, samalani pomwe mukulozera chinthu choyipacho!" Sam anali akulira. Mwachangu anayika chala chachikulu pa batani lofiira n"kudikirira kaye kaye pakati pa zipolopolozo. Atagona pansi, anasunthira molunjika m"mphepete mwa mpando, moyang"anizana ndi chitseko, kotero kuti sakanatha kuyembekezera kumene iye ali. Nthawi yomweyo Sam ndi telescope adawonekera pakona ya zenera lakumbuyo. Anadina batani lofiira kawiri ndikuyang'ana momwe mtengo wofiyira ukugwera pomwe adaloza - pamphumi pa driver.
  
  Hitler anawomberanso, ndipo chipolopolo cholunjika bwino chinaphwanya galasi pamaso pa Sam, ndikumuwombera ndi ziboliboli. Koma laser yake inali italozedwera kale ku Mohican nthawi yayitali kuti ilowe mu chigaza chake. Kutentha kwakukulu kwa mtengowo kunasokoneza ubongo wa dalaivala m'chigaza chake, ndipo pagalasi lakumbuyo Perdue adawona nkhope yake ikuphulika mumagazi amphuno ndi zidutswa za mafupa pagalasi lakutsogolo.
  
  "Wachita bwino, Sam!" - Perdue adafuula pomwe BMW idatembenuka kwambiri pamsewu ndikuzimiririka pamwamba pa phiri lomwe lidasanduka phompho. Nina anatembenuka atamva kugwedezeka kwa Sam kusanduka kubuula ndi kukuwa.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Sam!" - iye squealed.
  
  "Zomwe zachitika?" - Perdue anafunsa. Adachita mantha ataona Sam pagalasi, atagwira nkhope yake ndi manja amagazi. "Oo Mulungu wanga!"
  
  "Sindikuwona kalikonse! Nkhope yanga yayaka moto!" Sam anakuwa pamene Nina akudutsa pakati pa mipando kuti amuyang'ane.
  
  "Ndiwone. Ndiwone!" - adaumirira, akusuntha manja ake kutali. Nina anayesa kukuwa mwamantha chifukwa cha Sam. Nkhope yake inadulidwa ndi tizidutswa tagalasi tating"ono, tomwe tinkatulukabe pakhungu lake. Zomwe ankangoona m"maso mwake zinali magazi basi.
  
  "Kodi mungatsegule maso anu?"
  
  "Ndinu openga? O Mulungu wanga, m'maso mwanga muli zidutswa zagalasi! adalira. Sam anali kutali ndi munthu wokakamira, ndipo zowawa zake zinali zokwera kwambiri. Atamumva akulira ndi kulira ngati mwana, Nina ndi Perdue anayamba kuda nkhawa kwambiri.
  
  "Mutengereni kuchipatala, Perdue!" - adatero.
  
  "Nina, afuna kudziwa zomwe zidachitika, ndipo sitingakwanitse kuwululidwa. Ndikutanthauza, Sam wapha munthu, "Perdue anafotokoza, koma Nina sanafune kumva chilichonse.
  
  "David Perdue, titengereni kuchipatala mwamsanga tikangofika ku Wewelsburg, kapena ndikulumbira kwa Mulungu ...!" - iye anafota.
  
  "Zingalepheretse kwambiri cholinga chathu chowononga nthawi. Mukuona kuti tikutsatiridwa kale. Mulungu akudziwa kuti ndi angati olembetsa, mosakayikira chifukwa cha imelo ya Sam kwa mnzake waku Moroccan, "Perdue adatsutsa.
  
  "Hey, fuck iwe!" Sam anabangula m'malo omwe anali patsogolo pake. "Sindinamutumizirepo chithunzi. Sindinayankhepo imelo imeneyo! Sizinachokere kwa omwe ndimacheza nawo, bwanawe!
  
  Perdue anadabwa. Iye anali wotsimikiza kuti umu ndi momwe ziyenera kuti zinawukhira.
  
  "Ndiye ndani, Sam? Ndani winanso akanadziwa za izi? - Perdue adafunsa pamene mudzi wa Wewelsburg udawonekera mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kapena ziwiri patsogolo.
  
  "Kasitomala wa Agatha," anatero Nina. "Ziyenera kukhala. Ndi munthu yekhayo amene amadziwa. "...
  
  "Ayi, kasitomala wake sakudziwa kuti wina aliyense kupatula mlongo wanga anachita ntchitoyi yekha," Nina Perdue anatsutsa mwamsanga chiphunzitsocho.
  
  Nina mosamalitsa anachotsa magalasi ang'onoang'ono pankhope ya Sam kwinaku akugwira nkhope yake ndi dzanja lake lina. Kufunda kwa chikhatho chake chinali chitonthozo chokhacho chomwe Sam adamva polimbana ndi kupsa kwakukulu kochokera m'mikwingwirima yambiri, ndipo manja ake amagazi adagona pa mawondo ake.
  
  "O, zamkhutu!" Nina mwadzidzidzi anadzuma. "Graphologist! Mayi amene anamasulira zimene Agatha analemba! Palibe njira yoyipa! Anatiuza kuti mwamuna wake ndi wokonza malo chifukwa ankakumba kuti apeze zofunika pa moyo."
  
  "Ndipo chiyani?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ndani amakumba kuti apeze ndalama, Perdue? Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale. Nkhani yakuti nthanoyo yapezedwa ingachititse chidwi munthu woteroyo, si choncho? "- adapereka lingaliro.
  
  "Zabwino. Wosewera yemwe sitikumudziwa. Zomwe timafunikira, "Perdue adausa moyo, ndikuwunika kukula kwa kuvulala kwa Sam. Iye ankadziwa kuti palibe njira yopezera chithandizo chamankhwala cha mtolankhani wovulalayo, koma anayenera kuumirira kapena kutaya mwayi kuti adziwe zomwe Wewelsberg akubisala, osanenapo kuti enawo akanawapeza atatuwo. Panthawi yomwe nzeru zamba zidatenga chisangalalo cha kusaka, Perdue adayang'ana kuti awone ngati pali chipatala chapafupi.
  
  Anayendetsa galimotoyo mozama m"kanjira kolowera m"nyumba ina yomwe ili pafupi ndi nyumba yachifumu imene dokotala wina, dzina lake Johann Kurtz, ankachita. Anasankha dzinali mwachisawawa, koma inali ngozi yosangalatsa yomwe idawafikitsa kwa dokotala yekhayo yemwe sanakumanepo mpaka 3pm ndi bodza lamsanga. Nina anauza dokotalayo kuti kuvulala kwa Sam kunachitika chifukwa cha kugwa kwa thanthwe pamene ankadutsa m"mphepete mwa mapiri popita ku Wewelsburg kuti akaone malo. Iye anagula izo. Kodi sakanatero bwanji? Kukongola kwa Nina kunadabwitsa kwambiri bambo wazaka zapakati wa ana atatu omwe amayendetsa ntchito yake kuchokera kunyumba.
  
  Pamene ankayembekezera Sam, Perdue ndi Nina anakhala m"chipinda chodikirira chosakhalitsa, chomwe chinali khonde lotembenuzidwa lophimbidwa ndi mazenera akuluakulu otseguka okhala ndi zowonetsera ndi mphepo. Pamalo amenewa panadutsa mphepo yabwino kwambiri, bata lomwe linali lofunika kwambiri kwa iwo. Nina anapitiriza kuyesa zomwe ankakayikira za kufaniziridwa kwa mphezi.
  
  Perdue adatenga kapepala kakang'ono kamene nthawi zambiri ankakonda kuyang'ana mtunda ndi madera, akuwutsegula ndi kugwedeza zala zake mpaka kusonyeza ndondomeko ya Wewelsburg Castle. Anayima akuyang'ana nyumbayo kuchokera pawindo, akuwoneka kuti akuphunzira nyumba ya mbali zitatu ndi chipangizo chake, akuyang'ana mizere ya nsanja ndikufanizira masamu awo, ngati angafunikire kudziwa.
  
  "Perdue," Ninanong'oneza motero.
  
  Anamuyang'ana ndi maso akutali. Anamukodola kuti akhale pafupi naye.
  
  "Taonani apa, mu 1815 Nsanja ya Kumpoto ya nyumbayi inatenthedwa ndi moto pamene inawombedwa ndi mphezi, ndipo panali chigawo chakum"mwera mpaka 1934. Ndikuganiza kuti popeza imakamba za North Tower ndi mapemphero omwe akuwoneka kuti amaperekedwa ku mapiko akumwera, wina amatiuza malo, wina komwe angapite. North Tower, mmwamba."
  
  "Kodi pamwamba pa North Tower ndi chiyani?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Ndikudziwa kuti gulu la SS linalinganiza kumanga holo ina yonga holo ya akuluakulu a SS pamwamba pake, koma mwachiwonekere sinamangidwe konse," Nina anakumbukira m'nkhani yomwe analembapo yonena za zinsinsi zochitidwa ndi a SS , ndi mapulani osatsimikiziridwa ogwiritsira ntchito. nsanja ya miyambo.
  
  Perdue analingalira izi mmutu mwake kwa miniti imodzi. Pamene Sam ankachoka ku ofesi ya dokotala, Perdue anagwedeza mutu. "Chabwino, ndingoluma. Ichi ndiye chapafupi kwambiri chomwe tili nacho ku yankho. North Tower ndiye malowo. "
  
  Sam ankawoneka ngati msilikali wovulala yemwe anali atangobwera kumene kuchokera ku Beirut. Mutu wake unamangidwa bandeji kuti asunge mafuta opha tizilombo kumaso kwake kwa ola lotsatira. Chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa maso ake, adokotala adamutsitsa, koma satha kuona bwino tsiku lotsatira.
  
  "Ndiye nthawi yanga yoti nditsogolere," adatero mwanthabwala. "Wielen dank, Herr Doktor," adatero motopa ndi liwu loyipa kwambiri lachijeremani lomwe mbadwa yaku Germany idakhalapo. Nina anaseka yekha, akupeza Sam wokongola kwambiri; wachisoni kwambiri ndi wopuwala m'nsalu zake. Ankafuna kuti amupsopsone koma osatengeka ndi Trish, adalonjeza yekha. Anamusiya GP uja atadzidzimuka ndikutsazikana mwachifundo ndikugwirana chanza, atatuwo adalunjika kugalimoto. Nyumba yakale idawadikirira pafupi, yosungidwa bwino ndikudzazidwa ndi zinsinsi zoyipa.
  
  
  Mutu 27
  
  
  Perdue anakonza zipinda za hotelo za aliyense wa iwo.
  
  Zinali zodabwitsa kuti sanali kukhala ndi Sam monga momwe ankakhalira nthawi zonse, popeza Nina anali atamulanda mwayi wake wonse. Sam anazindikira kuti akufuna kukhala yekha, koma funso linali chifukwa chake. Perdue wakhala akuchita zinthu mozama kwambiri kuyambira pomwe adachoka kunyumba ku Cologne, ndipo Sam sanaganize kuti kuchoka kwadzidzidzi kwa Agatha kunalibe kanthu. Tsopano iye sakanatha kukambitsirana momasuka ndi Nina chifukwa chakuti sanafune kuti iye ade nkhawa ndi kanthu kena kamene kangakhale kanthu.
  
  Atangomaliza kudya chakudya chamasana, Sam anachotsa mabandeji. Iye anakana kuyenda mozungulira nyumba yachifumu atakulungidwa ngati mayi ndikukhala choseketsa cha alendo onse omwe adadutsa mumyuziyamu ndi nyumba zozungulira. Poyamikira kuti anali ndi magalasi ake, anatha kubisa mmene maso ake analili onyansa. Zoyera zozungulira m'miyendo yake zinali zapinki wakuda, ndipo kutupa kwake kudapangitsa kuti zikope zake zikhale zofiirira. Pankhope pake, mabala ang"onoang"ono ankaoneka ofiira kwambiri, koma Nina anam"lola kuti azipaka zopakapaka pang"ono pamikwingwirimayo kuti isaonekere.
  
  Panali nthaŵi yokwanira yochezera nyumba yachifumuyo ndikuwona ngati angapeze zimene Werner anali kunena. Perdue sankakonda kulosera, koma nthawi ino analibe chochita. Iwo anasonkhana m"holo ya akuluakulu a asilikali a SS ndipo ali kumeneko anafunika kudziŵa chimene chinali chosiyana kwambiri ndi zimene zawachitikira. Zinali zochepa kwambiri zomwe akanatha kuchita asanagwidwe ndi omwe ankawathamangitsa, omwe mwachiyembekezo adatsata zojambula ziwiri za Rammstein zomwe adazichotsa. Komabe, adatumizidwa ndi winawake, ndikuti wina atumiza ma lackey ambiri kuti atenge malo awo.
  
  Pamene analoŵa m"linga lokongola looneka ngati makona atatu, Nina anakumbukira mwala umene unamangidwa nthaŵi zambiri pamene nyumba zinali kugwetsedwa, kumangidwanso, kuwonjezeredwa ndi kugwedezeka m"mbuyomo, kuyambira m"zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chinayi kumkabe mtsogolo. Idakhalabe imodzi mwanyumba zodziwika bwino ku Germany, ndipo adakonda kwambiri mbiri yake. Atatuwo analunjika ku North Tower, akumayembekezera kupeza kuti chiphunzitso cha Nina chinali chodalirika.
  
  Sam sankatha kuona bwinobwino. Masomphenya ake anasinthidwa kotero kuti amakhoza kuwona makamaka ndondomeko ya zinthu, koma mwinamwake chirichonse chinali chikadali chakuda. Nina anatenga mkono wake ndi kumutsogolera, akumatsimikizira kuti sanapunthwe masitepe osawerengeka a nyumbayo.
  
  "Kodi ndingabwereke kamera yako, Sam?" anafunsa Perdue. Anasangalatsidwa kuti mtolankhani, yemwe analibe masomphenya, adasankha kunamizira kuti amatha kujambula mkati.
  
  "Ngati mukufuna. Sindikuwona chinthu choyipa. Palibe chifukwa choyesera, "adadandaula Sam.
  
  Pamene ankalowa mu SS Obergruppenführer Hall, Nyumba ya Akuluakulu a SS, Nina ananjenjemera ataona kamangidwe kamene kanapakidwa pansanjika ya nsangalabwi yotuwa.
  
  "Ndikanakonda ndikanalavulira zimenezi popanda kukopa chidwi," Nina anaseka moseka.
  
  "Pa chiyani?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Chizindikiro choipitsitsa chimenecho ndimachida nacho kwambiri," iye anayankha motero pamene iwo anali kuwoloka gudumu ladzuŵa lobiriŵira lomwe linaimira chizindikiro cha Order of the Black Sun.
  
  "Osalavulira, Nina," Sam analangiza motero mouma. Perdue anatsogolera njira, kachiwiri mumkhalidwe wakumalota. Ananyamula kamera ya Sam, ndikubisa telescope pakati pa dzanja lake ndi kamera. Pogwiritsa ntchito Spyglass yokhazikitsidwa ku IR, adasanthula makoma azinthu zilizonse zobisika mkati. M'mawonekedwe amatenthedwe amatenthedwe, sanapeze kalikonse koma kusinthasintha kwa kutentha kwa kupitiriza kwa zomangamanga pamene adayang'ana zizindikiro za kutentha.
  
  Ngakhale kuti alendo ambiri anachita chidwi ndi chikumbutso cha Wewelsburg cha 1933-1945, chomwe chinali m'nyumba yomwe kale inali alonda a SS m'bwalo la nyumba yachifumuyo, anzake atatu anali kufunafuna mwakhama chinthu china chapadera. Chimene chinali, iwo sanachidziŵe, koma ndi chidziŵitso cha Nina, makamaka cha nyengo ya chipani cha Nazi cha mbiri ya Germany, iye anatha kudziŵa pamene chinachake chinali chosalongosoka m"chimene chinayenera kukhala likulu lauzimu la SS.
  
  Pansi pawo panali manda onyansa, kapena kuti gruft, nyumba yonga manda yomwe inamira pamaziko a nsanjayo ndi kukumbukira manda a Mycenaean. Poyamba Nina ankaganiza kuti chinsinsichi chikhoza kuthetsedwa ndi mabowo odziŵika bwino a ngalande mu bwalo lomira pansi pa zenith ndi swastika pa dome, koma amayenera kukwera, malinga ndi zolemba za Werner.
  
  "Sindingachitire mwina koma kuganiza kuti pali china chake mumdima," adauza Sam.
  
  "Taonani, tiyeni tingokwera pamwamba pa nsanja ya Kumpoto ndi kukayang"ana kuchokera pamenepo. Zomwe tikuyang'ana si mkati mwa nyumba yachifumu, koma kunja, "adatero Sam.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani umatero?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Monga Perdue adanena ... Semantics ..." adagwedeza.
  
  Perdue adawoneka wochita chidwi: "Tandiuza, wokondedwa wanga."
  
  Maso a Sam adatentha ngati moto wa helo pakati pa zikope zake, koma sanathe kuyang'ana Perdue pamene adalankhula naye. Akumatsamira chibwano chake pachifuwa chake, kugonjetsa ululuwo, iye anapitiriza kuti: "Chilichonse cha m"mbali yomalizira chimanena za zinthu zakunja, monga ngati mphezi ndi mapemphero okwera. Zithunzi zambiri zaumulungu kapena zolemba zakale zimawonetsa mapemphero ngati utsi wotuluka pamakoma. Ndikuganiza kuti tikuyang'ana nyumba yakunja kapena yaulimi, china chake kunja kwa komwe milungu imayatsa moto," adatero.
  
  "Chabwino, zida zanga sizinathe kuzindikira zinthu zachilendo kapena zolakwika mkati mwa nsanjayo. Ndikupangira kumamatira ku chiphunzitso cha Sam. Ndipo kulibwino tichite mwachangu, chifukwa mdima ukubwera, "Perdue adatsimikizira, akupatsa Nina kamera.
  
  "Chabwino, tiyeni," Nina anavomereza motero, akukoka dzanja la Sam pang"onopang"ono kuti asunthe naye.
  
  "Sindine wakhungu, ukudziwa?" - adaseka.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, koma ichi ndi chowiringula chabwino chokuchitirani inu motsutsana nane," Nina anamwetulira.
  
  Apanso Sam anaganiza. Kumwetulira, kukopana, kundithandiza mofatsa. Kodi zolinga zake ndi zotani? Kenako anayamba kudabwa kuti n"chifukwa chiyani anamuuza kuti asiye, komanso chifukwa chiyani anamuuza kuti kulibe tsogolo. Koma tsopano sinali nthawi yabwino yofunsa mafunso pa zinthu zosafunikira m'moyo momwe sekondi iliyonse ingakhale yake yomaliza.
  
  Ali pa pulatifomu pamwamba pa Nsanja ya Kumpoto, Nina anayang"ana malo okongola kwambiri ozungulira Wewelsburg. Kupatulapo mizere yokongola ndi yaudongo ya nyumba zomwe zinali m"makwalala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zomera zobiriwira zimene zinali kuzungulira mudziwo, panalibenso chinthu china chofunika. Sam anakhala ndi nsana wake moyang'anizana pamwamba pa khoma lakunja kuti ateteze maso ake ku mphepo yozizira yomwe inkawomba kuchokera pamwamba pa chimbudzicho.
  
  Monga Nina, Perdue sanawone zachilendo.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tafika kumapeto kwa msewu kuno, anyamata," iye anavomereza pomalizira pake. "Tidayesetsa, koma izi zitha kukhala zachipongwe kusokoneza omwe sakudziwa zomwe Werner amadziwa."
  
  "Inde, ndiyenera kuvomereza," anatero Nina, akuyang"ana m"munsi mwa chigwacho mokhumudwa kwambiri. "Ndipo sindinkafuna ngakhale kuchita. Koma tsopano ndikuona ngati ndalephera."
  
  "O, bwerani," Sam adasewera naye, "tonse tikudziwa kuti sungathe kudzimvera chisoni, huh?"
  
  "Khala chete, Sam," adadzudzula, akudutsana manja ake kuti asadalire kuti amutsogolere. Ndikuseka kwa tambala, Sam adayimilira ndikudzikakamiza kuti asangalale ndikuwona, mpaka atachoka. Anayenda movutikira, osachoka osayang'ana patali chifukwa maso ake akuwawa.
  
  "Tiyenerabe kudziwa kuti ndi ndani omwe adawombera Perdue. Ine kubetcherana ali chochita ndi Rachel mkazi Halkirk," Nina anaumirira.
  
  "Ndina?" Sam anayitana kumbuyo kwawo.
  
  "Tiyeni, Nina. Thandizani munthu wosaukayo asanaphedwe," Pardue adaseka chifukwa chakusayanjanitsika kwake.
  
  "Ndina!" Sam anakuwa.
  
  "O Yesu, penyani kuthamanga kwa magazi anu, Sam. "Ndikubwera," adabuula ndikuyang'ana Perdue.
  
  "Ine! Onani!" Anapitilizabe Sam. Anavula magalasi ake, osanyalanyaza kupweteka kwa mphepo yamkuntho ndi kuwala kwa masana kugunda m'maso mwake. Iye ndi Perdue anam"yang"ana m"mbali mwake, akumafunsa mobwerezabwereza kuti, "Kodi simukuziwona? Sichomwecho?"
  
  "Ayi," onse awiri anayankha.
  
  Sam anaseka mwamisala ndikuloza ndi dzanja lokhazikika lomwe linasuntha kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere, kufupi ndi makoma a nyumbayi, kuyima kumanzere kwakutali. "Kodi simukuziwona izi?"
  
  "Mukuwona chiyani?" Anafunsa mokwiya pang'ono ndi kukakamira kwake kwinaku samamvetsetsabe zomwe amaloza. Perdue anakwinya tsinya ndikunyodola, akumuyang'ana.
  
  "Pali mizere ingapo ponse apa," Sam anatero, akupuma modabwa. "Ikhoza kukhala mizere yokulirapo, kapena mikwingwirima yakale ya konkriti yopangidwa kuti ipereke malo okwera omangapo, koma imafotokoza momveka bwino ukonde waukulu wamalire ozungulira. Ena amathera posakhalitsa kunja kwa mpanda wa nyumbayo, pamene ena amasowa ngati akwirira udzu."
  
  "Dikirani," adatero Perdue. Anaika telesikopu kuti athe kuona mpumulo wa pamalopo.
  
  "Mawonekedwe anu a x-ray?" - Sam anafunsa, akuyang'ana mwachidule pa chithunzi cha Perdue ndi masomphenya ake owonongeka, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti chirichonse chiwoneke chosokoneza komanso chachikasu. "Hei, loza izi mwachangu pachifuwa cha Nina!"
  
  Perdue anaseka mokweza, ndipo onse awiri adayang'ana nkhope yonyansa ya wolemba mbiri wokhumudwayo.
  
  "Palibe chimene nonse simunachionepo, ndiye lekani kuchita zopusa," iye anaseka molimba mtima, ndipo amuna onse awiriwo amawachitira chipongwe. Sizili ngati adadabwa kuti Nina adangotuluka ndikunena mawu osasangalatsawo. Anali atagona nawo kangapo konse, choncho sanamvetse chifukwa chake zikanakhala zosayenera.
  
  Perdue adatenga telesikopu yake ndikuyamba pomwe Sam adayamba malire ake oganiza. Poyamba, palibe chomwe chinkawoneka kuti chasintha kupatulapo mapaipi ochepa apansi panthaka pafupi ndi msewu woyamba kudutsa malire. Kenako anachiwona.
  
  "Oo Mulungu wanga!" - adapuma. Kenako anayamba kuseka ngati munthu wofufuza zinthu yemwe wapeza golide.
  
  "Chani! Chani!" Nina anakuwa ndi chisangalalo. Anathamangira ku Perdue ndipo anaima motsutsana naye kuti atseke chipangizocho, koma adadziwa bwino ndikumusunga pamtunda pamene adayang'ana mfundo zotsalira zomwe gulu la nyumba zapansi panthaka linasonkhana ndikupotoza.
  
  "Tamverani, Nina," iye pomalizira pake anatero, "ndikhoza kulakwa, koma zikuwoneka ngati nyumba zapansi panthaka zili m"munsi mwathu."
  
  Anagwira telesikopuyo, komabe mosamala, ndikuyiyika m'maso mwake. Monga kukomoka hologram, chirichonse mobisa shimmered pang'ono monga ultrasound ochokera laser mfundo analenga sonogram kuchokera wosaoneka zakuthupi. Anachita mantha kwambiri.
  
  "Ntchito yabwino, Bambo Cleve," Pardue adayamikira Sam potsegula maukonde odabwitsa. "Ndipo kwa maso amaliseche, osachepera!"
  
  "Inde, ndi chinthu chabwino kuti andiwombera ndikukhala wakhungu, huh?" Sam anaseka, akumumenya Perdue pamkono.
  
  "Sam, izi sizoseketsa," Nina anatero ali pamalo ake ooneka bwino, akuyang"anabe m"litali ndi m"lifupi mwa malo ooneka ngati phiri la leviathan lomwe lili pansi pa Wewelsburg.
  
  "Chilema changa. Zoseketsa ndikanena, "Sam adayankha, tsopano adakondwera ndi zomwe adasunga tsikulo.
  
  "Nina, ukuwona komwe amayambira, kutali kwambiri ndi nyumba yachifumu, inde. Tiyenera kuzembera kuchokera pamalo omwe satetezedwa ndi makamera achitetezo, "Perdue adafunsa.
  
  "Dikirani," iye anang"ung"udza, kutsatira mzere umodzi womwe unadutsa pa netiweki yonse. "Anaima pansi pa chitsime chimene chili mkati mwa bwalo loyamba. Payenera kukhala chiswe pano chomwe titha kudutsamo. "
  
  "Chabwino!" - Perdue adafuula. "Apa ndipamene tiyambira kafukufuku wa speleological. Tiyeni tigone pang'ono kuti tifike kuno kusanache. Ndiyenera kudziwa zomwe Wewelsburg ikubisa kuti zisamachitike masiku ano.
  
  Nina anavomereza ndi mutu kuti, "Ndipo chomwe chimachititsa kuti kuphedwe kukhale koyenera."
  
  
  Mutu 28
  
  
  Abiti Maisie adamaliza chakudya chamadzulo chomwe amakonzekera maola awiri apitawa. Mbali ina ya ntchito yake pa malowa inali kugwiritsa ntchito ziyeneretso zake monga wophika wovomerezeka pa chakudya chilichonse. Tsopano popeza mbuyeyo anali atachoka, m"nyumbamo munali antchito aang"ono, koma ankayembekezeredwabe kugwira ntchito zake mokwanira monga woyang"anira nyumba. Khalidwe la munthu amene akukhala m"nyumba yaing"ono yoyandikana ndi nyumba yaikuluyo linakwiyitsa Maisie mpaka kalekale, koma anayenera kukhalabe waluso monga momwe akanathera. Iye ankadana ndi kutumikira mfiti yosayamikirayo imene inkangokhalitsa kumeneko, ngakhale kuti abwana ake anamuuza momveka bwino kuti mlendo wakeyo angokhala kwamuyaya.
  
  Mlendoyo anali mkazi wamwano amene anali ndi chidaliro chokwanira kudzaza bwato la mafumu, ndipo madyerero ake anali achilendo komanso osankha monga momwe amayembekezera. Poyamba anali wosadya nyama, anakana kudya mbale za nyama yamwana wang'ombe kapena ma pie omwe Maisie anakonza mosamalitsa, akukonda saladi wobiriwira ndi tofu m'malo mwake. M'zaka zake zonse, wophika wazaka makumi asanu anali asanakumanepo ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino komanso chopusa, ndipo sanabise kutsutsa kwake. Anachita mantha kwambiri, mlendo amene ankamutumikirayo anakanena za kusamvera kwake kwa bwana wake, ndipo Maisie mwamsanga analandira chidzudzulo, ngakhale chaubwenzi, kuchokera kwa mwininyumba.
  
  Atapeza nthawi yophikira za vegan, malo ophikira omwe amawaphikira anali olimba mtima kumudziwitsa kuti zamasamba sizinali zomwe amafunanso ndipo akufuna mpunga wosowa komanso wa basmati. Maisie anali wokwiya kwambiri ndi vuto losafunikira loti awononge ndalama zapakhomo pawo kugula zinthu zanyama zodula zomwe zinali zitangowonongeka chifukwa choti wogulayo adasanduka nyama yolusa. Ngakhale zokometsera zinkatsutsidwa mwaukali, mosasamala kanthu kuti zinali zokoma bwanji. Maisie anali m'modzi mwa ophika buledi otsogola ku Scotland ndipo adasindikizanso mabuku ake atatu ophikira okhudza zokometsera ndi zosunga zobwezeretsera wazaka zake zazaka makumi anayi, motero kuwona mlendo wake akukana ntchito yake yabwino kunamupangitsa kuti afikire m'maganizo kuti apeze mabotolo a zokometsera zapoizoni.
  
  Mlendo wake anali mkazi wochititsa chidwi, mnzake wa eni nyumbayo, malinga ndi zomwe adauzidwa, koma adapatsidwa malangizo achindunji kuti asalole Abiti Mirele kuti achoke pamalo ogona omwe adapatsidwa. Maisie ankadziwa kuti msungwana wodzichepetsayo sanalipo mwakufuna kwake, komanso kuti anali wokhudzidwa ndi chinsinsi cha ndale zapadziko lonse, zosamvetsetseka zomwe zinali zofunika kuti dziko lapansi lisagwe m'mavuto omwe nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse idayambitsa. Woyang'anira nyumbayo anapirira chipongwe cha mlendo wake ndi nkhanza zaunyamata kuti angotumikira abwana ake, koma apo ayi akanapanga ntchito yochepa ya mkazi wamutu yemwe anali m'manja mwake.
  
  Pafupifupi miyezi itatu yadutsa kuchokera pamene adabweretsedwa ku Thurso.
  
  Maisie anali atazolowera kusafunsa abwana ake chifukwa amamukonda ndipo nthawi zonse amakhala ndi zifukwa zomveka zomupempha zinthu zachilendo. Anagwira ntchito kwa Dave Perdue kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi, ali ndi maudindo osiyanasiyana m'madera ake atatu, mpaka atapatsidwa udindo umenewu. Madzulo aliwonse, Mayi Mirela atatolera mbale zodyeramo chakudya chamadzulo ndi kukhazikitsa zotetezera, Maisie analangizidwa kuti ayimbire abwana ake ndi kusiya uthenga woti galuyo wadyetsedwa.
  
  Sanafunse konse chifukwa chake, ndiponso chidwi chake sichinasonkhezeredwe mokwanira kutero. Pafupifupi robotic mu kudzipereka kwake, Abiti Maisie anachita zomwe adauzidwa pamtengo woyenera, ndipo Bambo Perdue adalipira bwino kwambiri.
  
  Maso ake anayang'ana pa wotchi yakukhitchini yomwe inali pakhoma pamwamba pa chitseko chakumbuyo chomwe chimalowera kunyumba ya alendo. Malo amenewa ankatchedwa nyumba ya alendo basi mwaubwenzi, pofuna kusunga maonekedwe. Kunena zoona, inali chipinda cha nyenyezi zisanu chomwe chili ndi zinthu zonse zomwe wokhalamo angasangalale nazo ngati atakhala mfulu. Zoonadi, zida zoyankhulirana sizinaloledwe, ndipo nyumbayo inali ndi zida za satellite ndi ma signal scrambler zomwe zikanatenga milungu ingapo kuti zilowe ngakhale ndi zida zapamwamba kwambiri ndi mazembera osayerekezeka.
  
  Chopinga china chimene mlendoyo anakumana nacho chinali kufooka kwa thupi la mlendoyo.
  
  Makoma osaoneka, opanda phokoso anali opangidwa ndi masensa a kutentha omwe nthawi zonse ankayang'anitsitsa kutentha kwa thupi la munthu mkati kuti atsimikizire mwamsanga za kuphwanya kulikonse.
  
  Kunja kwa nyumba yonse ya alendo, chiwongolero chachikulu choyang'ana pagalasi chidagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi manja akale omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu onyenga akale, chinyengo chosavuta komanso chosavuta. Izi zinapangitsa kuti malowo asawonekere popanda kuyang'anitsitsa kapena diso lophunzitsidwa, osatchulapo za chisokonezo chomwe chinayambitsa pa nthawi ya mabingu. Zambiri mwazinthuzo zidapangidwa kuti zisokoneze chidwi chambiri komanso kukhala ndi zomwe zidapangidwa kuti zisungidwe.
  
  Itangotsala pang'ono 8 koloko masana, Maisie analongedza chakudya chamadzulo kuti alendo aperekedwe.
  
  Usiku kunali kozizirira ndipo mphepo inali yotakasuka pamene ankadutsa pansi pa mitengo ya paini ndi mitengo ikuluikulu ya m"minda ya miyala yomwe inkayenda m"njira ngati zala za chimphona. Zonse zokhudza malowo Nyali zamadzulo zinkaunikira njira ndi zomera monga kuwala kwa nyenyezi, ndipo Maisie ankatha kuona bwinobwino kumene akupita. Atayimba nambala yoyamba ya chitseko chakunja, adalowa ndikutseka kumbuyo kwake. Nyumba ya alendo, yofanana kwambiri ndi chitseko cha sitima yapamadzi, inali ndi ndime ziwiri: khomo lakunja ndi lothandizira lolowera mnyumbamo.
  
  Atalowa m"chipinda chachiwiri, Maisie anapeza kuti kuli bata ndithu.
  
  Nthawi zambiri TV inkayatsidwa, yolumikizidwa kuchokera m'nyumba yayikulu, ndipo magetsi onse omwe amayatsidwa ndikuzimitsidwa kuchokera kumagetsi akuluakulu a m'nyumbamo adazimitsidwa. Kuwala kochititsa mantha kunagwa pa mipando, ndipo bata munali bata m'zipinda, ngakhale kuyenda kwa mpweya kuchokera kwa mafani sikunamveke.
  
  "Chakudya chanu madam," Maisie anatero momvekera bwino, ngati kuti panalibe zopatuka pamwambowo. Anali wosamala ndi zochitika zachilendo, koma sanadabwe.
  
  Mlendoyo adamuwopseza nthawi zambiri m'mbuyomu ndikumulonjeza imfa yowawa yosapeŵeka, koma njira ina ya woyang'anira nyumbayo inali kulola kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino ndikunyalanyaza ziwopsezo zopanda kanthu zochokera kwa achibale okhumudwa ngati Abiti Mirela.
  
  Inde, Maisie sankadziwa kuti Mirela, mlendo wake wopanda khalidwe, anali mtsogoleri wa bungwe lina loopsa kwambiri padziko lonse kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi ndipo akhoza kuchita chilichonse chimene adalonjeza adani ake. Maisie osadziwika, Mirela anali Renata wa Order of the Black Sun, yemwe pakali pano adagwidwa ndi Dave Perdue, yemwe adzagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chigwirizano chotsutsana ndi khonsoloyo ikadzafika nthawi. Perdue ankadziwa kuti kubisala Renata ku bungweli kudzamupatsa nthawi yamtengo wapatali kuti apange mgwirizano wamphamvu ndi Renegade Brigade, adani a Black Sun. Bungweli lidayesa kumugwetsa, koma pomwe anali kutali, Black Sun idalephera m'malo mwake ndipo idafotokoza zolinga zake.
  
  "Madam, ndiye ndikusiya chakudya chanu patebulo," adatero Maisie, osafuna kuti malo achilendowo amusokoneze.
  
  Pamene ankatembenuka kuti achoke, munthu wina wochititsa mantha yemwe anali m"chipindacho anamulonjera ali pakhomo.
  
  "Ndikuganiza kuti tidye limodzi usikuuno, simukuvomereza?" Mawu amphamvu a Mirela anaumirira.
  
  Maisie analingalira kwakanthaŵi za ngozi imene Mirela anabweretsa, ndipo, osati munthu wopeputsa anthu opanda chifundo mwachibadwa, anangovomereza kuti: "Zowona, madam. Koma ndinapeza ndalama imodzi yokha."
  
  "O, palibe chodetsa nkhawa," Mirela anamwetulira, akugwira mopanda chifundo pamene maso ake akuthwanima ngati a mphiri. "Ukhoza kudya. Ndidzakusungani. Wabweretsa vinyoyo?"
  
  "Zoona, madam. Vinyo wabwino kwambiri woti ndipite ndi makeke a Cornish amene ndakuphikirani makamaka," anayankha Maisie momvera.
  
  Koma Mirela anatha kuona kuti wosamalira m'nyumbayo analibe nkhawa chifukwa cha kusamala; choyambitsa chokwiyitsa kwambiri chomwe chidayambitsa chidani chopanda nzeru kuchokera kwa Mirela. Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri ali mtsogoleri wa mpatuko woipa kwambiri wa amisala a chipani cha Nazi, sakanalola konse kusamvera.
  
  "Kodi ma code a zitseko ndi chiyani?" - adafunsa mosabisa, akutulutsa kumbuyo kwake njanji yayitali yotchinga, yopangidwa ngati mkondo.
  
  "O, izi zidziwike kwa ogwira ntchito ndi antchito okha, madam. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwamvetsa," anatero Maisie. Komabe, mantha analibe m'mawu ake, ndipo maso ake adakumana ndi a Mirela. Mirela anaika mfundoyo kum"mero kwa Maisie, akumayembekezera mwamseri kuti woyang"anira nyumbayo amupatsa chifukwa cholimbikira. Mphepete mwa m'mphepete mwake munasiya ng'anjo pakhungu la wosamalira m'nyumbayo ndikuboola mokwanira kuti pakhale dontho labwino la magazi pamtunda.
  
  "Mudzachita mwanzeru kuchotsa zida zimenezi, madam," analangiza motero Maisie mwadzidzidzi ndi mawu omwe sanali ake. Mawu ake ankamveka momveka mozama kwambiri kuposa kamvekedwe kake kachimwemwe. Mirela sanakhulupirire zamwano zake ndipo anabweza mutu wake kuseka. Mwachiwonekere, wantchito wambayo sankadziwa yemwe anali kuchita naye, ndipo kuti zinthu ziipireipire, Mirela anagunda Maisie kumaso ndi zitsulo zosinthika za aluminiyamu. Zimenezi zinasiya chizindikiro chopsa pankhope ya wogwira ntchitoyo pamene ankachira.
  
  "Ungakhale wanzeru kundiuza zomwe ndikufuna ndisanakuchotse," Mirela adanyoza uku akutulutsanso m'mawondo a Maisie, zomwe zidapangitsa wantchitoyo kulira mopwetekedwa mtima. "Tsopano!"
  
  Woyang'anira nyumbayo anali kulira, akukwirira nkhope yake m'mawondo ake.
  
  "Ndipo mutha kulira momwe mukufunira!" Adafuwula Mirela atanyamula chida chake kuti alase chigaza cha mayiyo. "Monga mukudziwira, kachisa kakang'ono kabwino kameneka kalibe mawu."
  
  Maisie anayang"ana m"mwamba, maso ake aakulu abuluu akusonyeza kusalolera kapena kumvera. Milomo yake inapindikira kumbuyo, ikuvundukula mano ake, ndipo ndi phokoso lopanda chiyero lomwe linatuluka kuchokera pansi pamimba mwake, analumpha.
  
  Mirela analibe nthawi yogwedeza chida chake Maisie asanathyole mwendo wake ndi kukwapula kumodzi kwamphamvu kwa Mirela. Anagwetsa chida chake pamene anagwa uku mwendo ukugunda ndi ululu wosaneneka. Mirela adatulutsa ziwopsezo zambiri zachidani kudzera kukuwa kwake kowopsa, zowawa komanso ukali womwe ukumenyana mkati mwake.
  
  Chimene Mirela, nayenso, sankadziwa chinali chakuti Maisie analembedwera ku Thurso osati chifukwa cha luso lake lophikira, koma chifukwa cha luso lake lankhondo. Kukachitika kuti apambana, adapatsidwa ntchito yoti achite tsankho kwambiri ndikugwiritsa ntchito mokwanira maphunziro ake ngati wogwira ntchito ku Irish Army Ranger Wing, kapena Fian óglach. Kuyambira pomwe adalowa m'bungwe lachitukuko, Maisie McFadden anali atalembedwa ganyu ngati mlonda, ndipo apa ndi pomwe Dave Perdue adamuyitanira.
  
  "Fuulani momwe mungafunire, Abiti Mirela," mawu akuya a Maisie adamveka pa mdani wake yemwe anali wokwiya, "Ndimaona kuti ndi zotonthoza kwambiri. Ndipo usikuuno uchita zochepa kwambiri za izo, ndikukutsimikizirani.
  
  
  Mutu 29
  
  
  Maola aŵiri kusanache, Nina, Sam, ndi Perdue anayenda midadada itatu yomalizira kukwera mumsewu wa anthu kuti asapereke aliyense ndi kukhalapo kwawo. Anaimika galimoto yawo chapatali ndithu, pakati pa magalimoto angapo amene anaimika mumsewu usiku wonse, choncho inali yanzeru. Pogwiritsa ntchito maovololo ndi chingwe, anzake atatu anakwera mpanda wa nyumba yomaliza pamsewu. Nina anayang"ana m"mwamba kuchokera pamene anatera ndi kuyang"ana chithunzi chochititsa mantha cha linga lalikulu lakale lomwe linali paphiripo.
  
  Iwelsburg.
  
  Iye anatsogolera mudziwo mwakachetechete, akumawona ndi nzeru za zaka mazana ambiri miyoyo ya anthu okhalamo. Amadzifunsa ngati nyumba yachifumuyo ikudziwa kuti ali komweko, ndipo molingalira pang'ono adadzifunsa ngati nyumbayo ingawalole kuipitsa zinsinsi zake mobisa.
  
  "Tiye, Nina," adamva Perdue akunong'oneza. Mothandizidwa ndi Sam, anatsegula chivundikiro chachitsulo chachikulu chomwe chinali chapakati pa bwalo. Anali pafupi kwambiri ndi nyumba yabata, yamdima ndipo anayesa kuyenda mwakachetechete. Mwamwayi, chivundikirocho chinali chokulirapo ndi udzu ndi udzu wautali, zomwe zimalola kuti zizitha kuyandama mwakachetechete mu makulidwe ozungulira pamene akutsegula.
  
  Atatuwo adayima mozungulira pakamwa pakuda muudzu, wobisika ndi mdima. Ngakhale nyali ya mumsewu sinaunikire chithandizo chawo, ndipo kunali koopsa kukwawira mu dzenje popanda kugwa ndi kuvulala pansi. Atakhala pansi pamphepete, Perdue adayatsa tochi yake kuti ayang'ane dzenje la ngalande ndi momwe chitoliro chilili pansipa.
  
  "O! Mulungu, sindingakhulupirire kuti ndidzachitanso zimenezi," Nina anabuula pansi, thupi lake likuchita mantha ndi claustrophobia. Atakumana movutikira ndi zingwe za sitima zapamadzi ndi malo ena ambiri osafikirika, adalumbira kuti sadzachitanso zinthu ngati izi - koma ndi uyu.
  
  "Osadandaula," Sam anamulimbikitsa, akusisita dzanja lake, "Ndili kumbuyo kwako. Komanso, monga momwe ndikuwonera, ndi ngalande yotakata kwambiri. "
  
  "Zikomo, Sam," anatero mopanda chiyembekezo. "Sindisamala kuti ndi lalikulu bwanji. Akadali ngalande. "
  
  Nkhope ya Perdue inayang'ana kunja kwa dzenje lakuda, "Nina."
  
  "Chabwino, chabwino," adapumira ndipo, kuyang'ana komaliza panyumba yayikuluyo, adatsikira ku gehena yomwe inkamudikirira. Mdimawo unali khoma lachiwonongeko chofewa mozungulira Nina, ndipo panatengera kulimba mtima konse kuti asayambikenso. Chitonthozo chake chinali chakuti anatsagana ndi amuna awiri aluso ndi osamala kwambiri amene akanachita chilichonse kuti amuteteze.
  
  Kumbali ina ya msewu, wobisika kuseri kwa chitsamba chokhuthala ndi masamba ake akuthengo, maso amadzi aŵiriwo anayang"ana atatuwo pamene anali kutsika m"mphepete mwa dzenje kuseri kwa thanki yakunja ya nyumbayo.
  
  Atalowa m"matope a chitolirocho, anakwawira mosamalitsa n"kulowera pa chitsulo cha dzimbiri chimene chinkalekanitsa chitolirocho ndi ngalande zazikulu za ngalande za ngalandezi. Nina anang'ung'udza mosakondwa pamene ankadutsa pakhomo loterera poyamba, ndipo onse a Sam ndi Perdue ankachita mantha ndi nthawi yawo. Onse atatu atatha, adasintha mauna. Perdue anatsegula tabuleti yake yaying'ono yopindika, ndipo ndikuwonetsa zala zake zazitali, chidacho chidakula mpaka kukula ngati buku lofotokozera. Anatenga mpaka pazipata zitatu zosiyana kuti agwirizane ndi deta yomwe inalowetsedwa kale ya kapangidwe ka pansi pa nthaka kuti apeze potsegula bwino, chitoliro chomwe chingawapatse mwayi wolowera m'mphepete mwa dongosolo lobisika.
  
  Kunjako, mphepoyo inkalira ngati chenjezo lochititsa mantha, ikutsanzira kubuula kwa miyoyo yotayika imene inkadutsa m"ming"alu ya m"ming"alu, ndipo mpweya wodutsa m"njira zosiyanasiyana zowazingawo unali kuipitsa mpweya woipa. Munali kuzizira kwambiri mkati mwa ngalandeyo kusiyana ndi pamwamba, ndipo kuyenda m"madzi auve, oundana kunangopangitsa kumva kuipiraipira.
  
  "Msewu wakumanja," Perdue adalengeza kuti mizere yowala pa piritsi yake ikufanana ndi miyeso yomwe adalemba.
  
  "Ndiye timapita kusadziwika," Sam anawonjezera, akulandira kugwedeza kopanda chiyamiko kuchokera kwa Nina. Komabe, sanafune kuti mawu ake azimveka ngati akuda ndipo amangokhalira kunyoza zomwe mayiyo anachita.
  
  Atayenda pang'ono, Sam adatenga choko m'thumba ndikulemba khoma lomwe adalowamo. Kukandako kudadabwitsa Perdue ndi Nina, ndipo adatembenuka.
  
  "Basi ngati....." Sam anayamba kufotokoza.
  
  "Za chiyani?" Ananong'oneza Nina.
  
  "Ngati Purdue ataya ukadaulo wake. Simudziwa. Nthawi zonse ndimakonda miyambo yakale yakusukulu. Nthawi zambiri imatha kupirira ma radiation yamagetsi kapena mabatire akufa, "adatero Sam.
  
  "Piritsi langa silimayendera mabatire, Sam," Perdue adamukumbutsa ndikupitilira njira yochepetsetsa yomwe ili kutsogolo.
  
  "Sindikudziwa ngati ndingathe kuchita zimenezi," Nina anatero naima m"njira yake, akuwopa njira yaing"ono imene ili kutsogolo kwake.
  
  "Inde ukhoza," Sam ananong"ona. "Bwera, gwira dzanja langa."
  
  Perdue anawauza kuti: "Sindikufuna kuyatsa moto pano mpaka titatsimikiza kuti tachoka m"nyumba muno.
  
  "Sizili bwino," Sam anayankha, "ndili ndi Nina."
  
  Pansi pa mikono yake, anakanikizira pa thupi lake pamene anagwira Nina pafupi naye, iye amamva thupi lake kunjenjemera. Iye ankadziwa kuti sikunali kuzizira kumene kumamuchititsa mantha. Chomwe anangochita ndikumugwira mwamphamvu kwa iye ndikusisita pa mkono wake ndi chala chake chachikulu kuti akhazikike mtima pansi pamene ankadutsa m'gawo lomwe linali ndi denga lapansi. Perdue anali wotanganidwa ndi kupanga mapu ndi kuyang'ana mayendedwe ake onse, pamene Sam amayenera kuyendetsa thupi la Nina losafuna limodzi ndi lake pakhosi la ukonde wosadziwika womwe tsopano unawameza. Pakhosi pake, Nina anamva kuzizira kwa mpweya wapansi panthaka, ndipo ali chapatali amawona madzi akutuluka m"ngalande za m"mitsinje yamadzi otuluka m"chimbudzi.
  
  "Tiyeni," Perdue anatero mwadzidzidzi. Anapeza chimene chinkaoneka ngati chitseko chachitsulo pamwamba pa zipatazo, chipata chachitsulo chomangidwa ndi simenti chomwe chinapangidwa m"mipingo yokongoletsedwa ndi mipukutu. Kumeneko sikunali khomo lolowera ntchito ngati hatch ndi ngalande. Zikuoneka kuti pazifukwa zina chinali chokongoletsera, mwinamwake chosonyeza kuti chinali khomo la nyumba ina ya pansi pa nthaka osati kabati ina. Linali lathyathyathya lozungulira looneka ngati swastika, lopangidwa kuchokera kuchitsulo chakuda ndi mkuwa. Mikono yopotoka ya chizindikirocho ndi m'mphepete mwa chipata chinabisidwa mosamala pansi pa kutha kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Algae wobiriwira wochiritsidwa ndi dzimbiri lowonongeka linali litatetezera mwamphamvu denga lozungulira, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kutsegula. Ndipotu, inali yotetezedwa mwamphamvu, yosasuntha, ndi dzanja.
  
  "Ndinkadziwa kuti linali lingaliro loipa," Nina anaimba kumbuyo kwa Perdue. "Ndinadziwa kuti ndiyenera kuthawa titapeza diary."
  
  Amaziyankhulira yekha koma Sam anadziwa kuti chifukwa cha kuopsa kwamantha ndi malo omwe analimo moti anali ndi mantha. Ananong"oneza kuti, "Tangoganizani zimene tipeza, Nina. Tangolingalirani zimene Werner anakumana nazo kuti abisire Himmler ndi nyama zake. Iyenera kukhala chinthu chapadera kwambiri, mukukumbukira? " Zinkawoneka kwa Sam kuti akuyesera kumunyengerera mwanayo kuti adye masamba ake, koma panali zolimbikitsa zina m'mawu ake kwa wolemba mbiri wamng'ono, yemwe anali ndi misozi m'manja mwake. Potsirizira pake anaganiza zopitiriza naye.
  
  Pambuyo poyesera kangapo ndi Perdue kuti asunthire bolt kuchoka ku chiwombankhanga chosweka, adayang'ana kumbuyo kwa Sam ndikumupempha kuti ayang'ane chowombera chamanja chomwe adachiyika mu thumba la ziplock. Nina adakakamira Sam, kuopa kuti mdima ungamuwononge ngati amusiya. Gwero lokhalo lounikira limene angagwiritse ntchito linali tochi ya LED yocheperako, ndipo mumdima wosathayo inali mdima ngati kandulo ya m"phanga.
  
  "Purdue, ndikuganiza kuti uyeneranso kuwotcha chingwe. Ndikukayika kuti ikhala ikuzungulirabe pambuyo pa zaka zonsezi, "adalangiza Sam Perdue, yemwe adagwedeza mutu povomereza pamene adayatsa chida chaching'ono chodulira chitsulo. Nina anapitirizabe kuyang"ana uku ndi uku pamene zoŵalitsa zikuwalitsa makoma a konkire akuda akale a ngalande zazikulu ndi kuwala kwa lalanje komwe kunayamba kuwalira nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi. Lingaliro la zomwe angawone mu imodzi mwa mphindi zowala zidamuwopseza Nina. Ndani ankadziwa chimene chingabisike m"malo achinyezi, amdima amene anatambasula maekala ambiri pansi pa nthaka?
  
  Posapita nthaŵi, chipatacho chinang"ambika ndi zomangira zake zotentha ndi kuthyoledwa m"mbali mwake, moti amuna onse aŵiriwo anasenza kulemera kwake pansi. Ndi kung'ung'udza kwambiri ndi kung'ung'udza, anatsitsa chipatacho mosamala kwambiri kuti akhazikike bata mozungulira, kuopera kuti phokosolo lingakope chidwi cha aliyense amene lafika m'makutu.
  
  Mmodzi ndi mmodzi anakwera mu danga lamdima pamwamba, malo amene nthawi yomweyo anayamba kumva ndi kununkhiza kwina. Sam adalembanso khomalo pamene akudikirira Perdue kuti apeze njira pa chipangizo chake chaching'ono cha piritsi. Mizere yovuta kwambiri idawonekera pazenera, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kusiyanitsa machubu apamwamba ndi otsika pang'ono. Perdue anadandaula. Iye sanali mtundu wosochera kapena kulakwitsa, osati kawirikawiri, koma anayenera kuvomereza kuti anali wosatsimikiza za mayendedwe ake otsatira.
  
  "Yatsani moto, Perdue. Chonde. Chonde," Nina ananong"oneza mumdima wakufayo. Panalibe phokoso, panalibe madontho, madzi, kapena kuyenda kwa mphepo kuti malowa aoneke ngati moyo. Nina anamva mtima wake ukugunda pachifuwa chake. Pomwe iwo adayima tsopano, panali fungo loyipa la mawaya oyaka ndi fumbi ndi mawu aliwonse omwe amalankhula, ophatikizana ndi mawu a laconic. Izo zinakumbutsa Nina za bokosi lamaliro; bokosi laling'ono kwambiri, lotsekeka lopanda malo osuntha kapena kupuma. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono mantha adamugonjetsa.
  
  "Purdue!" Sam anaumirira. "Flash. Nina sapirira bwino ndi chilengedwechi. Komanso, tiyenera kuwona komwe tikupita. "
  
  "O Mulungu wanga, Nina. Ndithudi. Pepani, "Perdue adapepesa pomwe adafika pamoto.
  
  Malo ano akuwoneka aang'ono kwambiri! Nina adagwedezeka, akugwada pansi. "Ndikumva makoma pathupi langa! O Yesu wokoma, ine ndifera pansi pano. Sam, chonde ndithandizeni! " Kupuma kwake kunasanduka kupuma kofulumira mumdima wandiweyani.
  
  Ku mpumulo wake waukulu, kung'ambika kwa kuwalako kunapangitsa kuwala kochititsa khungu, ndipo anamva mapapu ake akutukuka ndi mpweya wozama umene anapuma. Onse atatu anatsinzina maso awo pa kuwala kowala kwadzidzidzi, kuyembekezera kuti masomphenya awo asinthe. Nina asanamve kuseketsa kukula kwa malowo, anamva Perdue akunena kuti, "Amayi Woyera wa Mulungu!"
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati chombo cha m'mlengalenga!" Sam analowa, chibwano chili chitsegule modabwa.
  
  Ngati Nina akuganiza kuti lingaliro la malo otsekeka mozungulira linali losakhazikika, tsopano anali ndi chifukwa choganiziranso. Mapangidwe a Leviatani omwe adapezekamo anali ndi mawonekedwe owopsa, penapake pakati pa dziko lamdima la mantha opanda phokoso komanso kuphweka kochititsa mantha. Mipingo yotalikirana pamwamba idatuluka kuchokera ku makoma otuwa otuwa omwe amayenderera pansi m'malo molumikizana mosalekeza.
  
  "Mvetserani," Perdue anatero mosangalala ndikukweza chala chake cham'mwamba pomwe maso ake akuyang'ana padenga.
  
  "Palibe," anatero Nina.
  
  "Ayi. Mwina palibe m'lingaliro la phokoso lapadera, koma mvetserani ... pali phokoso lokhazikika pamalo ano, "adatero Perdue.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu. Nayenso anamva. Zinali ngati kuti ngalandeyo inali yamoyo ndi kugwedera kosaoneka. Kumbali zonse ziŵiri, holo yaikuluyo inasungunuka mumdima umene anali asanaunikebe.
  
  "Zimandichititsa mantha," Nina anatero, akukanikizira manja ake mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake.
  
  "Pali awiri a ife, mosakayikira," Perdue anamwetulira, "komabe sitingachitire mwina koma kusirira."
  
  "Inde," Sam adavomereza, akutulutsa kamera yake. Panalibe zowoneka bwino zojambulidwa pachithunzichi, koma kukula kwake komanso kusalala kwa chubucho chinali chozizwitsa mwachokha.
  
  "Amanga bwanji malowa?" Nina anaganiza mokweza.
  
  Ndizodziwikiratu kuti izi ziyenera kuti zinamangidwa panthawi yomwe Himmler ankagwira ntchito ku Wewelsburg, koma sizinatchulidwepo za izi, ndipo ndithudi palibe zojambula za nyumbayi zomwe zinatchulapo za kukhalapo kwa nyumba zoterezi. Zikuoneka kuti kukula kwake kunafunikira luso laumisiri kwa omanga, pamene dziko lapamwamba mwachionekere silinazindikire zofukulidwa m"munsizi.
  
  "Ndikukayikira kuti adagwiritsa ntchito akaidi a m'ndende zozunzirako anthu kuti amange malowa," adatero Sam, akujambulanso zina, kuphatikizapo Nina mu chimango kuti awonetsere kukula kwa ngalandeyo molingana ndi iye. M'malo mwake, zimangokhala ngati ndikuzimvabe pano.
  
  
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  Perdue ankaganiza kuti ayenera kutsatira mizere ya pachikwangwani chake, chomwe tsopano chinaloza kum"maŵa, pogwiritsa ntchito ngalande imene analimo. Pazenera laling'ono, nyumbayi inali ndi kadontho kofiira, ndipo kuchokera pamenepo, ngati kangaude wamkulu, njira zazikuluzikulu za ngalandezi zimatuluka makamaka ku mbali zitatu zazikuluzikulu.
  
  "Ndimaona kuti ndizodabwitsa kuti pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi palibe zinyalala kapena kukokoloka m'ngalandezi," adatero Sam pamene ankatsatira Perdue mumdima.
  
  "Ndikuvomereza. Zimandipangitsa kukhala wosamasuka kwambiri kuganiza kuti malo ano amakhala opanda kanthu, komabe palibe umboni wa zomwe zinachitika kuno mkati mwa nkhondoyo," Nina anavomereza motero, maso ake aakulu abulauni akuwona tsatanetsatane uliwonse wa makoma ndi kulumikizika kwawo kozungulira ndi pansi.
  
  "Mphoko yanji imeneyo?" Sam anafunsanso monyansidwa ndi kung'ung'udza kwake kosalekeza, kosamveka kotero kuti kudatsala pang'ono kukhala chete mumsewu wamdimawo.
  
  "Zimandikumbutsa za chinachake chonga turbine," adatero Perdue, akuyang'anitsitsa chinthu chodabwitsa chomwe chinawonekera mayadi angapo patsogolo pa chithunzi chake. Iye anayima.
  
  "Ichi ndi chiyani?" Anafunsa moonetsa mantha m'mawu ake.
  
  Perdue anapitiriza kuyenda pang'onopang'ono, wosamala ndi chinthu chapakati chomwe sakanatha kuchizindikira ndi mawonekedwe ake.
  
  "Khala pano," iye ananong"ona.
  
  "Palibe vuto," Nina adatero ndikumugwiranso mkono wa Sam. "Simudzandisiya mumdima."
  
  Sam anamwetulira. Ndinamva bwino kudzimva kukhala wothandiza kwambiri kwa Nina kachiwiri, ndipo anasangalala ndi kukhudza kwake kosalekeza.
  
  "Turbines?" Sam anabwerezanso kugwedeza mutu moganizira. Izi zitha kukhala zomveka ngati njira yolumikiziranayi idagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi chipani cha Nazi. Imeneyi ingakhale njira yachinsinsi yopangira magetsi pamene dziko lomwe tatchulalo silinali tcheru kuti lilipo.
  
  Pokhala m'tsogolo, Sam ndi Nina anamva lipoti losangalatsa la Perdue lakuti: "Ha! Zikuwoneka ngati jenereta!"
  
  "Ndikuthokoza Mulungu," Nina anausa moyo, "sindikudziwa kuti ndiyenda mpaka liti mumdima wandiweyani."
  
  "Kuyambira liti ukuopa mdima?" Sam anamufunsa.
  
  "Ine sindili choncho. Koma kukhala m'bwalo losungiramo zinthu zakale losatsegulidwa, lonyowa komanso losawala kuti muwone malo otizungulira, sichoncho, simukuganiza? "- iye anafotokoza.
  
  "Inde, ndikumvetsa zimenezo."
  
  Kung'animako kunazima mofulumira kwambiri, ndipo mdima womwe ukukula pang'onopang'ono unawaphimba ngati chovala.
  
  "Sam," adatero Perdue.
  
  "Tatero," Sam anayankha ndikugwada kuti atenge moto wina m'chikwama chake.
  
  Panali phokoso la phokoso mumdima pamene Perdue ankagwirana ndi makina afumbi.
  
  "Iyi si jenereta yanu yoyendetsera mphero. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi mtundu wina wa contraption wopangidwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana, koma zomwe sindikuzidziwa, "adatero Perdue.
  
  Sam anayatsa moto wina koma sanaone ziwerengero zoyenda chapatali zomwe zikuyandikira mumsewu wakumbuyo kwawo. Nina anatsamira pafupi ndi Perdue kuti ayang'ane galimoto yokhala ndi uta. Ataikidwa m"chimake chachitsulo cholimba, anakumbutsa Nina za makina ochapira akale. Kutsogoloku kunali tizitsulo zokhuthala, chilichonse chili ndi zoikamo zinayi, koma zilembozo zinali zitazimiririka kotero kuti panalibe njira yodziwira zomwe amayenera kuyika.
  
  Zala zazitali, zophunzitsidwa za Perdue zinali ndi mawaya kumbuyo.
  
  "Samala, Perdue," analimbikitsa Nina.
  
  "Osadandaula, wokondedwa," iye anamwetulira. "Komabe, ndakhudzidwa ndi nkhawa yanu. Zikomo."
  
  "Musadzidalire mopambanitsa. Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndithane nazo pano," adamumenya mbama, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuseka.
  
  Sam sakanatha kudziletsa. Monga mtolankhani wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi, adapitako kumalo oopsa kwambiri ndipo adakumana ndi anthu komanso malo owopsa kwambiri padziko lapansi m'mbuyomu, koma adayenera kuvomereza kuti padutsa nthawi yayitali asanakhazikike. ndi mpweya. Akanakhala kuti Sam akanakhala munthu wokhulupirira malodza, akanangoganiza kuti ngalandezo zinali zachipongwe.
  
  Kugundana kwakukulu ndi mvula yamoto inachokera m'galimoto, ndipo poyamba panali phokoso lovuta, losagwirizana. Nina ndi Perdue adabwerera kuchokera ku moyo wadzidzidzi wa chinthucho ndipo adamva injiniyo ikukwera pang'onopang'ono, ndikusandulika kusinthasintha kokhazikika.
  
  "Imangokhala ngati thalakitala," anatero Nina, osalankhula ndi aliyense makamaka. Phokosoli linamukumbutsa za ubwana wake, pamene amadzuka kusanache kuti amve phokoso la thalakitala ya agogo ake. Chinali chikumbukiro chosangalatsa kuno, m'nyumba yachilendo yosiyidwa yamizimu ndi mbiri ya Nazi.
  
  M"modzi ndi m"modzi, nyale zochepera pakhoma zinayatsidwa. Zovala zawo zapulasitiki zolimba zinkakhala ndi tizilombo takufa ndi fumbi kwa zaka zambiri, zomwe zimachepetsa kwambiri kuwala kwa mababu mkati. Zinali zodabwitsa kuti waya woondayo anali akugwirabe ntchito, koma monga momwe ankayembekezera, kuwalako kunali kofooka kwambiri.
  
  "Chabwino, titha kuwona kumene tikupita," Nina anatero, akuyang"ana m"mbuyo pa ngalandeyo yooneka ngati yopanda malire yokhotera pang"ono kumanzere mayadi oŵerengeka patsogolo pake. Pazifukwa zina zachilendo, izi zidapangitsa Sam kukhumudwa, koma adazisunga. Zikuoneka kuti sakanatha kuchotseratu malingaliro oipawa-ndipo pazifukwa zomveka.
  
  Kumbuyo kwawo, m"kanjira kocheperako ka kudziko lapansi kumene anadzipeza alimo, timithunzi tating"ono tosanu tinkayenda mumdima, monga mmene zinalili poyamba Nina asanazindikire.
  
  "Tiyeni tikaone mbali inayo," anatero Perdue, akuyenda atapachikidwa paphewa pake. Nina adakoka Sam limodzi naye, ndipo adayenda mwakachetechete komanso mwachidwi, kungomveka kung'ung'udza kwa turbine komanso phokoso la mapazi awo omwe amamveka m'malo akulu.
  
  "Purdue, tiyenera kuchita izi mwachangu. Monga ndinakukumbutsani dzulo, ine ndi Sam tiyenera kubwerera ku Mongolia posachedwa," Nina anaumirirabe. Anasiya kufufuza kumene Renata anali, koma anaganiza zobwerera ku Bern ndi chitonthozo, chilichonse chimene akanachita kuti amutsimikizire za kukhulupirika kwake. Sam adapereka ntchito yofufuza Perdue za komwe Renata ali kwa Nina chifukwa amamukomera kwambiri kuposa Sam.
  
  "Ndikudziwa, wokondedwa wanga Nina. Ndipo tizindikira izi tikangozindikira zomwe Erno ankadziwa komanso chifukwa chake anatitumiza ku Wewelsburg, m'malo onse. Ndikulonjeza kuti nditha kuthana ndi izi, koma pakadali pano ingondithandizirani kupeza chinsinsi chovuta ichi, "Perdue adamutsimikizira. Sanayang'ane Sam pomwe adalonjeza thandizo lake. "Ndikudziwa zomwe akufuna. Ndikudziwa chifukwa chake anakubwezerani kuno."
  
  Pakalipano, zimenezo zinali zokwanira, Nina anazindikira, ndipo anaganiza zomukakamiza kuti asapitirire.
  
  "Mwamva zimenezo?" Sam anafunsa modzidzimutsa makutu ake ali m'golo.
  
  "Ayi, chiyani?" Nina anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "Tamverani! Sam anachenjeza ndi nkhope yachisoni. Anaima m'njira zake kuti asiyanitse bwino kugogoda ndi kugwedeza kumbuyo kwawo mumdima. Tsopano Perdue ndi Nina anamvanso.
  
  "Ndi chiyani?" Anafunsa Nina moonekeratu akunjenjemera m'mawu ake.
  
  "Sindikudziwa," Perdue ananong'oneza, atanyamula kanjedza lotseguka kuti amutsimikizire iye ndi Sam.
  
  Kuwala kochokera m'makoma kunapitirizabe kung'ambika komanso kumang'ambika pamene kuwala kwamakono kumatuluka ndikugwa kudzera mu waya wakale wamkuwa. Nina anayang'ana uku ndi uku ndikupuma mokweza kwambiri moti mantha ake anamveka mu labyrinth yaikulu.
  
  "O Yesu!" - adafuula ndikugwira manja a anzake onse awiri ndi mantha osaneneka pankhope pake.
  
  Kumbuyo kwawo kunatulukira agalu akuda asanu kuchokera m"dzenje lakuda chapatali.
  
  "Chabwino, izi ndi surreal bwanji? Kodi ndikuwona zomwe ndikuwona?" - Sam anafunsa, akukonzekera kuthawa.
  
  Perdue anakumbukira nyama za ku Cologne Cathedral kumene iye ndi mlongo wake anatsekeredwa. Anali a mtundu womwewo wokhala ndi chizoloŵezi chofanana cha kulangidwa kotheratu, motero anayenera kukhala agalu omwewo. Koma tsopano analibe nthawi yodabwa za kukhalapo kwawo kapena kumene anachokera. Sanachitire mwina koma...
  
  "Thamangani!" Sam anakuwa ndipo anatsala pang'ono kugwetsa Nina ndi liwiro la kuthamanga kwake. Perdue ankatsatira zomwezo pamene nyamazo zinkathamangira pambuyo pake. Ofufuza atatuwo anazungulira chipilala cha nyumba yosadziwika bwino, n"chiyembekezo chakuti apeza pobisalira kapena pothaŵirapo, koma ngalandeyo inapitirizabe osasintha pamene agaluwo anawagwira.
  
  Sam anatembenuka ndikuyatsa moto. "Patsogolo! Patsogolo!" - adafuula kwa ena awiriwo, pamene iye mwini adatumikira ngati chotchinga pakati pa nyama ndi Perdue ndi Nina.
  
  "Sam!" - Nina adakuwa, koma Perdue adamukokera kutsogolo mumsewu wotumbululuka.
  
  Sam ananyamula ndodo yamoto patsogolo pake, ndikuyigwedeza pa Rottweilers. Anayima ataona moto wowala, ndipo Sam anazindikira kuti wangotsala ndi masekondi angapo kuti apeze njira yotulukira.
  
  Anatha kumva mapazi a Perdue ndi Nina pang'onopang'ono akukhala chete pamene mtunda pakati pa iye ndi iwo ukuwonjezeka. Maso ake anali kuyang'ana uku ndi uku, ndipo sanachotse maso ake pa malo a nyamazo. Akubuula ndi kumedzera, anapinda milomo yawo mwaukali kuopseza munthu wonyamula ndodoyo. Mluzu wakuthwa unabwera kudzera patope yachikasu, nthawi yomweyo ikulira kuchokera kumapeto kwa ngalandeyo, Sam adaganiza.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo agalu atatu anatembenuka n"kuthamangira m"mbuyo, pamene agalu ena awiriwo anatsalira pamene anali ngati sanamve kalikonse. Sam ankakhulupirira kuti akugwiritsiridwa ntchito ndi mbuye wawo; monga mmene mluzu wa m"busa ungalamulire galu wake ndi mamvekedwe osiyanasiyana. Umu ndi momwe ankalamulira mayendedwe awo.
  
  Wanzeru, Sam anaganiza.
  
  Anatsala awiri kuti amuyang'anire. Anaona kuti kuwala kwake kukucheperachepera.
  
  "Ndina?" adayitana. Palibe chinabwerera. "Ndi zimenezo, Sam," iye anadzilankhula yekha, "ndiwe wekha, mwana."
  
  Ma flash atatha, Sam anatenga kamera yake ndikuyatsa flash. Osachepera kung'animako kukanawachititsa khungu kwakanthawi, koma adalakwitsa. Zilonda ziwiri zokhala ndi mawere zinanyalanyaza kuwala kwa kamera, koma sizinapite patsogolo. Mluzuwo unaliranso ndipo anayamba kumukuwa Sam.
  
  Kodi agalu ena ali kuti? Anaganiza, atayima mizu pamalopo.
  
  Posakhalitsa, analandira yankho la funso lake pamene anamva Nina akukuwa. Sam analibe nazo ntchito ngati nyamazo zidamugwira. Anayenera kubwera kudzathandiza Nina. Posonyeza kulimba mtima kwambiri kuposa kulingalira bwino, mtolankhaniyo anathamangira kumbali ya mawu a Nina. Pamene ankatsatira ankangomva zikhadabo za agalu zija zikukankha simentiyo pamene ankamuthamangitsa. Nthaŵi ina iliyonse ankayembekezera kuti mtembo wolemera wa nyama yodumpha idzamugwera, zikhadabo zikumukumba pakhungu lake ndi mphuno zikumubaya pakhosi. Ali mkati mothamanga, anayang"ana m"mbuyo ndipo anaona kuti sanamugwire. Malinga ndi zomwe Sam akanazindikira, zikuwoneka kuti agalu adagwiritsidwa ntchito kumukhota, osati kumupha. Komabe, sizinali zabwino kukhalamo.
  
  Pamene ankayendayenda m"mbali mwake, anaona kuti ngalande zina ziwiri zikutuluka m"njira imeneyi, ndipo anakonzekera kuthamangira pamwamba pa ziŵirizo. Imodzi pamwamba pa inzake, iyenera kuti idaposa liwiro la Rottweilers pomwe idalumpha chakulowera chakumtunda.
  
  "Ndina!" anaitananso, ndipo ulendo uno anamumva kutali, kutali kwambiri kuti adziwe kumene anali.
  
  "Sam! Sam, bisala!" - anamumva akukuwa.
  
  Ndi liwiro lowonjezereka, iye analumpha kulowera ku khomo lokwera, mayadi oŵerengeka patsogolo pa khomo la pansi lolowera ku ngalande ina. Anagunda konkire yoziziritsa, yolimba ndi kuphwanyika komwe kunatsala pang'ono kuthyola nthiti zake, koma Sam mwamsanga anakwawa pakati pa dzenje, pafupifupi mamita makumi awiri mmwamba. Anachita mantha kwambiri, galu wina anamutsatira pamene winayo anafuula chifukwa cha kulephera kwake.
  
  Nina ndi Perdue anayenera kuchita zinthu ndi ena. A Rottweiler mwanjira ina adabwerera kudzawabisa mbali ina ya ngalandeyo.
  
  "Mukudziwa zikutanthauza kuti mayendedwe onsewa ndi olumikizidwa, sichoncho?" Perdue adatchulidwa pamene adalowetsa zambiri pa piritsi yake.
  
  "Ino si nthawi yoti tipange mapu owopsa, Perdue!" iye anakwinya nkhope.
  
  "O, koma ino ingakhale nthawi yabwino, Nina," iye anayankha motero. "Tikadziwa zambiri za malo olowera, kudzakhala kosavuta kuti tithawe."
  
  "Ndiye titani nawo?" adaloza agalu aja akuthamanga mozungulira iwo.
  
  "Ingokhalani chete ndipo mawu anu akhale otsika," iye analangiza motero. Mbuye wawo akadafuna kuti tife, tikanakhala kale chakudya cha agalu.
  
  "O, chabwino. Tsopano ndikumva bwino kwambiri," anatero Nina pamene maso ake anawona mthunzi wamtali wamunthu wotambasulidwa pakhoma losalala.
  
  
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  Sam analibe poti apite koma kuthamangira mopanda cholinga mumdima wa kamphanga kakang'ono komwe analimo. Chodabwitsa kwambiri, komabe, chinali chakuti akumva kung'ung'udza kwa makina opangira magetsi tsopano popeza anali kutali ndi msewu waukulu. Ngakhale kuti anali wothamanga kwambiri komanso kugunda kosaletseka kwa mtima wake, sanachite chidwi ndi kukongola kwa galu wokonzedwa bwino yemwe anamulowetsa pakona. Mphuno yake yakuda inali ndi kuwala kwabwino kwa iyo ngakhale mu kuyatsa kosawuka bwino, ndipo pakamwa pake kunasintha kuchoka ku kunyoza mpaka kumwetulira kofooka pamene anayamba kumasuka, akungoima m'njira yake, akupuma kwambiri.
  
  "Ayi, anthu ngati iwe ndimawadziwa bwino kuti asapusitsidwe ndi ubwenzi umenewo, mtsikana," anatero Sam momasuka. Iye ankadziwa bwino. Sam adaganiza zolowera mumsewu, koma mwachangu. Galuyo sakanatha kuthamangitsa Sam akanakhala kuti sanamupatse kalikonse kuti amuthamangitse. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, osanyalanyaza mantha ake, Sam anayesa kuchita bwino ndikuyenda mumsewu wakuda wa konkriti. Koma khama lake linalephereka chifukwa cha kukuwa kwa mayiyu chifukwa choti sakuvomereza, kumveka koopsa kochenjeza kuti Sam sanachite koma kumvera.
  
  "Takulandirani, mutha kubwera nane," anatero mwachikondi pamene adrenaline inadzaza m"mitsempha yake.
  
  Nkazi wakuda sanafune chilichonse mwa izi. Ponyengerera moyipa, adabwereza zomwe adachita ndipo adatenga masitepe angapo kuyandikira cholinga chake, kuti athe kunyengerera kwambiri. Kungakhale kupusa kwa Sam kuyesa kuthawa, ngakhale nyama imodzi yokha. Anali achangu komanso akupha, osati otsutsa. Sam anakhala pansi ndikudikirira kuti awone zomwe angachite. Koma zimene munthu amene anamugwirayo anangosonyeza zinali kukhala pansi pamaso pake ngati mlonda. Ndipo chimenecho chinali chimodzimodzi chimene iye anali.
  
  Sam sanafune kuvulaza galuyo. Anali wokonda nyama kwambiri, ngakhale kwa anthu amene ankamukhadzula. Koma anayenera kumusiya ngati Perdue ndi Nina anali pangozi. Nthawi iliyonse akasamuka, ankangokhalira kumukwiyira.
  
  "Pepani, Bambo Cleve," mau anatuluka m"phanga lamdima lomwe lili kuseri kwa khomo, zomwe zinadabwitsa Sam. "Koma sindingakulole kuti uchoke, ukudziwa?" Mawuwo anali achimuna ndipo ankalankhula momveka bwino m"Chidatchi.
  
  "Ayi, musadandaule. Ndine wokongola kwambiri. Anthu ambiri amaumirira kuti amasangalala kukhala nane," anayankha motero Sam m"mawu ake odziŵika bwino oti achotsedwa ntchito.
  
  "Ndine wokondwa kuti uli ndi nthabwala, Sam," mwamunayo anatero. "Mulungu akudziwa kuti pali anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi nkhawa."
  
  Munthu wina anaonekera. Anali atavala ovololo, monga Sam ndi gulu lake. Anali munthu wokongola kwambiri ndipo makhalidwe ake ankaoneka kuti ndi oyenera, koma Sam anaphunzira kuti amuna otukuka komanso ophunzira kwambiri nthawi zambiri amakhala oipa kwambiri. Ndi iko komwe, mamembala onse a Renegade Brigade anali anthu ophunzira kwambiri komanso akhalidwe labwino, koma amatha kuchita zachiwawa ndi nkhanza m'kuphethira kwa diso. Chinachake chokhudza munthu yemwe adakumana naye adamuuza Sam kuti apondaponda mosamala.
  
  "Kodi ukudziwa zomwe ukuyang'ana pansi pano?" anafunsa bamboyo.
  
  Sam anakhala chete. Kunena zoona, iye sankadziwa zimene iye, Nina, ndi Perdue ankafuna, koma analibenso cholinga choyankha mafunso a mlendoyo.
  
  "Bambo Cleave, ndakufunsani funso."
  
  Rottweiler analira, akuyandikira kwa Sam. Zinali zodabwitsa komanso zochititsa mantha kuti akanatha kuchita popanda dongosolo lililonse.
  
  "Sindikudziwa. Tinkangotsatira mapulaneti amene tinapeza pafupi ndi Wewelsburg," Sam anayankha choncho, kuyesera kuti mawu ake akhale osavuta kumva. "Ndipo ndinu ndani?"
  
  "Bloem. Jost Bloom, bwana," anatero bamboyo. Sam anagwedeza mutu. Tsopano anatha kuzindikira katchulidwe kake, ngakhale kuti sankalidziwa dzina lake. "Ndikuganiza kuti tigwirizane ndi Bambo Perdue ndi Dr. Gould."
  
  Sam anadabwa. Kodi munthuyu anadziwa bwanji mayina awo? Ndipo anadziwa bwanji kumene angawapeze? "Kupatula apo," adatero Bloom, "simungadutse paliponse. Izi ndi zopumira mpweya basi. "
  
  Zinafika pa Sam kuti a Rottweilers sakanatha kulowa mumsewu mofanana ndi iye ndi anzake, choncho Dutchman ayenera kuti ankadziwa za malo ena olowera.
  
  Iwo anatuluka mumsewu wachiwiri kubwerera ku holo yaikulu, momwe magetsi anali akadali oyaka, kuti chipindacho chiyatse. Sam anaganiza za Bloom ndi Face momwe amachitira chiweto chawo chozizira, koma asanapange mapulani, ziwerengero zitatu zidawonekera chapatali. Agalu ena onse anawatsatira. Anali Nina ndi Perdue akuyenda ndi mnyamata wina. Nkhope ya Nina inawala ataona kuti Sam ali bwinobwino.
  
  "Tsopano, madona ndi madona, tipitilize?" Adaperekedwa ndi Yost Bloom.
  
  "Kuti?" - Ndidafunsa. - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "O, siyani izo, Bambo Perdue. Osandiseweretsa mdala. Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu ndani, nonsenu ndinu ndani, ngakhale simukudziwa kuti ndine ndani, ndipo kuti, anzanga, ziyenera kukupangitsani kuti musamasewere nane," Bloom anafotokoza motero, akugwira dzanja la Nina mofatsa n"kuchoka naye. Perdue ndi Sam. "Makamaka mukakhala ndi akazi m'moyo wanu omwe angavulazidwe."
  
  "Musayerekeze kumuwopseza!" Sam adaseka.
  
  "Sam, khazika mtima pansi," anapempha motero Nina. Chinachake ku Bloom chinamuuza kuti asazengereze kumuchotsa Sam, ndipo adalondola.
  
  "Mverani Dr. Gould ... Sam," Bloom anatsanzira.
  
  "Pepani, koma tikuyenera kudziwana?" -Perdue adafunsa atayamba kuyenda panjira yayikuluyi.
  
  "Inu mwa anthu onse muyenera kukhala, Bambo Perdue, koma tsoka, simuli," Bloom anayankha mwachikondi.
  
  Perdue anali ndi nkhawa zomveka ndi zomwe mlendoyo ananena, koma sanakumbukire kuti adakumana naye kale. Mwamunayo adagwira dzanja la Nina mwamphamvu, ngati wokonda zoteteza, osawonetsa chidani, ngakhale adadziwa kuti sangalole kuti athawe popanda chisoni chachikulu.
  
  "Mnzako wina, Perdue?" Adafunsa motele Sam.
  
  "Ayi, Sam," Perdue adayankha, koma asanatsutse malingaliro a Sam, Bloom adalankhula ndi mtolankhani mwachindunji.
  
  "Ine si bwenzi lake, Bambo Cleave. Koma mlongo wake ndi wapamtima ... wodziwana naye, "Bloom adadandaula.
  
  Nkhope ya Perdue inasanduka phulusa ndi mantha. Nina anagwira mpweya.
  
  "Ndiye chonde yesani kuti zinthu zikhale bwino pakati pathu, inde?" Bloom adamwetulira Sam.
  
  "Ndiye mwatipeza bwanji?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Inde sichoncho. Agatha samadziwa komwe uli. Tinakupezani kudzera mwaulemu wa Bambo Cleave, "Bloom adavomereza, akusangalala ndi kusakhulupirirana komwe kukukula ku Perdue ndi Neene kwa bwenzi lawo la mtolankhani.
  
  "Bullshit!" - Sam adadandaula. Anakwiya kwambiri ataona zimene anzakewo anachita. "Sindinachitepo kanthu ndi izi!"
  
  "Zoona?" -Bloom adafunsa ndi nsoni yachisatana. "Wesley, awonetse iwo."
  
  Mnyamata amene ankayenda kumbuyo ndi agalu aja anamvera. Anatulutsa chipangizo mthumba mwake chomwe chimawoneka ngati foni yopanda mabatani. Chinkasonyeza malo ang'onoang'ono a malowo ndi malo otsetsereka ozungulira kuti awonetsere malowa ndipo pamapeto pake anamanga nyumba zomwe anadutsamo. Dontho lofiira limodzi lokha ndilomwe linagwedezeka, ndikusuntha pang'onopang'ono motsatira mzere umodzi mwa mizereyo.
  
  "Taonani," anatero Bloom, ndipo Wesley anamuyimitsa Sam chapakati. Dontho lofiira linayima pa zenera.
  
  "Iwe mwana wa mbuzi!" Nina adafusa Sam yemwe adapukusa mutu posakhulupilira.
  
  Iye anati: "Ndinalibe chochita nazo.
  
  "Ndizodabwitsa, popeza uli pagulu lawo loyang'anira," adatero Perdue ndi kudzichepetsa komwe kudakwiyitsa Sam.
  
  "Iwe ndi mlongo wako wopusa muyenera kuti mwabzala izi pa ine!" Sam anakuwa.
  
  "Ndiye anthu awa angalandire bwanji chizindikiro? Ayenera kukhala m'modzi mwa omwe amawatsatira, Sam, kuti awonekere pazithunzi zawo. Ndi kuti komwe mungawonekere ngati simunakhale nawo kale?" Perdue anaumirira.
  
  "Sindikudziwa!" Sam anatsutsa.
  
  Nina sanakhulupirire makutu ake. Atasokonezeka, anayang'ana mwakachetechete Sam, mwamuna yemwe amamudalira ndi moyo wake. Zomwe akanatha kuchita ndi kukana mwamphamvu kuti satenga nawo mbali, koma adadziwa kuti kuwonongeka kwachitika.
  
  "Kupatula apo, tonse tili pano tsopano. Ndi bwino kugwirizana kuti wina asavulale kapena kufa," anatero Bloom moseka.
  
  Iye anasangalala ndi mmene anathaŵira mosavuta kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pa anzakewo, akumapitiriza kusakhulupirirana pang"ono. Zingakhale zosiyana ndi zolinga zake ngati ataulula kuti bungweli likutsatira Sam pogwiritsa ntchito ma nanites m'thupi lake mofanana ndi zomwe zili m'thupi la Nina ku Belgium Perdue asanamupatse iye ndi Sam mbale zomwe zili ndi mankhwala oletsa kumeza.
  
  Sam sanakhulupirire zolinga za Perdue ndipo adatsogolera Nina kuti akhulupirire kuti adatenganso mankhwala. Koma posatenga madzi amene akanatha kufooketsa nyamazo m"thupi mwake, Sam mosadziwa analola bungwelo kuti limupeze mosavuta ndi kumutsatira kumene chinsinsi cha Erno chinasungidwa.
  
  Tsopano iye anatchedwa mogwira mtima wachiwembu, ndipo analibe umboni wotsutsa.
  
  Iwo anafika pokhotera kwambiri mumsewuwo ndipo anakapeza ali kutsogolo kwa chitseko chachikulu cha chipinda chotchinga chomwe chinamangidwa pakhoma pomwe msewuwo unathera. Chinali chitseko cha imvi chomwe chinazimiririka chokhala ndi mabawuti adzimbiri ochimangira m"mbali ndi pakati. Anthuwo anaima kaye n"kuyang"ana khomo lalikulu lomwe linali kutsogolo kwawo. Mtundu wake unali wotuwa wotuwa wa kirimu wotuwa, wosiyana pang'ono ndi mtundu wa makoma ndi pansi pa mapaipi. Akayang'anitsitsa, amatha kupanga masilindala achitsulo omwe amatchinga chitseko cholemera cha khomo lozungulira, choyikidwa mu konkriti wandiweyani.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, ndikutsimikiza kuti mutha kutitsegulira izi," adatero Bloom.
  
  "Ndikukayikira," Perdue anayankha. "Ndilibe nitroglycerin ndi ine."
  
  "Koma zoona muli ndi luso laukadaulo m'chikwama chanu, monga momwe mumakhalira nthawi zonse, kuti mufulumire kudutsa malo onse omwe mumalowetsa mphuno yanu nthawi zonse?" Bloom anaumirirabe, mawu ake akukhala ankhanza kwambiri pamene kuleza mtima kwake kunayamba kuchepa. "Chitani izi kwakanthawi ..." adauza Perdue, ndikuwopsezanso momveka bwino kuti: "Chitani kwa mlongo wanu."
  
  Agatha atha kufa kale, Perdue adaganiza, koma adayang'ana nkhope yowongoka.
  
  Nthawi yomweyo, agalu onse asanu anayamba kuwoneka okwiya, akusisima komanso akubuula pamene akusuntha kuchoka kumapazi kupita kumapazi.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, atsikana?" - Wesley anafunsa nyamazo, akuthamanga kuti zikhazikike.
  
  Gululo linayang"ana uku ndi uku, koma silinaone choopsa chilichonse. Atadabwa, anaona agaluwo akuchita phokoso kwambiri, akuwuwa pamwamba pa mapapo awo asanayambe kulira mosalekeza.
  
  "N"chifukwa chiyani akuchita zimenezi?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  Wesley anagwedeza mutu wake, "Amamva zinthu zomwe ife sitingathe kuzimva. Ndipo chirichonse chimene chiri, chiyenera kukhala champhamvu!"
  
  Zikuoneka kuti nyamazo zinakwiyitsidwa kwambiri ndi mamvekedwe a subsonic omwe anthu samatha kumva, chifukwa adayamba kulira movutikira, akuzungulira m'malo mwake. M'modzi ndi m'modzi, agaluwo adayamba kubwerera kumbuyo kuchokera pachitseko cha chipinda chosungiramo zinthu. Wesley ankaimba mluzu mosiyanasiyana, koma agalu anakana kumvera. Iwo anatembenuka n"kuthamanga, ngati kuti mdierekezi akuwathamangitsa, ndipo mwamsanga anazimiririka mozungulira popindika chapatali.
  
  "Nditchuleni kuti ndine wosatekeseka, koma ichi ndi chizindikiro chotsimikizirika chakuti tili m"vuto," anatero Nina, pamene enawo monjenjemera anayang"ana uku ndi uku.
  
  Yost Bloom ndi Wesley wokhulupirika onse anatulutsa mfuti zawo pansi pa jekete zawo.
  
  "Mwabwera ndi chida?" Nina anasisima modabwa. "Ndiye n"chifukwa chiyani ukudera nkhawa agalu?"
  
  "Chifukwa ukang"ambidwa ndi nyama zakuthengo, kufa kwako kudzakhala kwangozi komanso komvetsa chisoni, wokondedwa wanga Dr. Gould. Sitingathe kutsatiridwa. Ndipo kuwombera nyimbo zotere kungakhale kupusa, "Bloom adalongosola mwachisawawa, akubweza chowombera.
  
  
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  Masiku awiri zisanachitike - Monkh Saridag
  
  
  "Malo atsekedwa," wobera adauza Ludwig Bern.
  
  Iwo ankagwira ntchito usana ndi usiku kuti apeze njira yopezera zida zobedwa zomwe zinabedwa m"gulu la zigawengazo sabata yapitayi. Pokhala mamembala akale a Black Sun, panalibe munthu m'modzi yemwe adalumikizana ndi gululo yemwe sanali katswiri pantchito yawo, kotero zidamveka kuti pakhale akatswiri angapo a IT kumeneko kuti athandizire kutsata komwe kuli zoopsa. Longinus.
  
  "Zabwino kwambiri!" Bern anatero, akutembenukira kwa akuluakulu anzake aŵiri kuti amuvomereze.
  
  Mmodzi mwa iwo anali a Kent Bridges, yemwe kale anali munthu wa SAS komanso membala wakale wa Black Sun yemwe ankayang'anira zida zankhondo. Wina anali Otto Schmidt, yemwenso anali membala wachitatu wa gulu la Black Sun asanalowe m'gulu la zigawenga, pulofesa wa zinenero zogwiritsira ntchito komanso woyendetsa ndege wakale wa ku Vienna, Austria.
  
  "Ali kuti pakadali pano?" - Bridges anafunsa.
  
  Woberayo adakweza nsidze: "Zowona, malo odabwitsa kwambiri. Malingana ndi zizindikiro za fiber optic zomwe tidagwirizanitsa ndi hardware ya Longinus, pakali pano ili ... ku ... Wewelsburg Castle."
  
  Atsogoleri atatu aja anayang'ana modabwa.
  
  "Nthawi yausiku ino? Palibe ngakhale m'mawa komweko, sichoncho, Otto?" - Bern adafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, ndikuganiza kuti ndi 5 koloko m'mawa," Otto anayankha.
  
  "Wewelsburg Castle sinatsegulidwebe, ndipo ndithudi palibe alendo osakhalitsa kapena alendo omwe amaloledwa kumeneko usiku," Bridges adaseka. "Zidafika bwanji kumeneko? Ngati sichoncho... wakuba anali akulowa ku Wewelsburg?"
  
  M"chipindamo munakhala chete pamene aliyense m"katimo anali kulingalira momveka bwino.
  
  "Zilibe kanthu," Bern adalankhula mwadzidzidzi. "Chofunika ndichakuti tidziwe komwe kuli. Ndinadzipereka kupita ku Germany kukawatenga. Ndidzatenga Alexander Arichenkov ndi ine. Munthu uyu ndi wodziwa bwino kwambiri tracker komanso navigator. "
  
  "Chitani izi, Bern. Monga nthawi zonse, fufuzani nafe maola 11 aliwonse. Ndipo ngati muli ndi vuto, tidziwitseni. Tili ndi ogwirizana nawo m'maiko onse ku Western Europe ngati mukufuna kulimbikitsa, "adatsimikiza Bridges.
  
  "Zidzachitika".
  
  "Kodi mukutsimikiza kuti mutha kukhulupirira munthu waku Russia?" Otto Schmidt anafunsa mwakachetechete.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira ndingathe, Otto. Munthu ameneyu sanandipatse chifukwa choti ndikhulupirire. Kuphatikiza apo, tidakali ndi anthu omwe amayang'ana nyumba ya abwenzi ake, koma ndikukayika kuti izi zidzachitika. Komabe, nthawi ya wolemba mbiri komanso mtolankhani kuti atibweretsere Renata ikutha. Izi zimandidetsa nkhawa kwambiri kuposa momwe ndingavomereze, koma chinthu chimodzi panthawi imodzi," Bern anatsimikizira woyendetsa ndege wa ku Austria.
  
  "Gwirizanani. Bon voyage, Bern, "adawonjezera Bridges.
  
  "Zikomo, Kent. Tikunyamuka mu ola limodzi, Otto. Ukhala okonzeka?" - Bern adafunsa.
  
  "Muthu. Tiyeni tibweze chiwopsezochi kwa aliyense yemwe anali wopusa kuti atengere zikhadabo zawo. Mulungu wanga, akadadziwa chimene chingachite ichi!" Otto anadandaula.
  
  "Izi ndi zimene ndikuopa. Ndikumva kuti amadziwa zomwe angachite. "
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Nina, Sam ndi Perdue sankadziwa kuti adakhala nthawi yayitali bwanji. Ngakhale kuganiza kuti kwacha, palibe njira yomwe angawone kuwala kwa masana pansi pano. Tsopano atalozeredwa ndi mfuti, sanadziŵe chimene anali kudziloŵetsa pamene anaima kutsogolo kwa chitseko chachikulu, cholemera cha m"chipinda chamkati.
  
  "Bambo Perdue, ngati mukufuna," Yost Bloom adagwedeza Perdue ndi mfuti yake kuti atsegule chipindacho ndi chowombera chonyamula, chomwe adachigwiritsa ntchito kuti adule chisindikizo mu ngalande.
  
  "Bambo Bloom, sindikukudziwani, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti munthu wanzeru zanu amamvetsetsa kuti chitseko ngati ichi sichikhoza kutsegulidwa ndi chida chomvetsa chisoni ngati ichi," Perdue adatsutsa, ngakhale kuti adasunga mawu ake omveka.
  
  "Chonde usandichepetse, Dave," nkhope ya Bloom idazizira, "chifukwa sindikutanthauza chida chako chaching'ono."
  
  Sam anapewa kunyoza mawu omwe amasankha mwachilendo, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimamupangitsa kunena mawu achipongwe. Maso akulu akuda a Nina adayang'ana Sam. Ankawona kuti adakhumudwa kwambiri ndi kuperekedwa kwake koonekeratu pamene sanatenge botolo la mankhwala omwe adamupatsa, koma anali ndi zifukwa zake zosakhulupirira Perdue pambuyo pa zomwe adawayika ku Bruges.
  
  Perdue ankadziwa zomwe Bloom ankanena. Poyang'ana molemera, adatulutsa spyglass yonga cholembera ndikuyitsegula, pogwiritsa ntchito infrared kuti adziwe makulidwe a chitseko. Kenako anaika diso lake pachibowo chaching'ono chagalasi pamene ena onse anali kuyembekezera mwachidwi, adakali ndi chidwi ndi zochitika zoopsa zomwe zinapangitsa kuti agalu abwebwe mopenga kutali ndi iwo.
  
  Perdue adasindikiza batani lachiwiri ndi chala chake, osachotsa maso ake pa telescope, ndipo kadontho kofiyira kofiira kawonekera pachitseko.
  
  "Laser cutter," Wesley anamwetulira. "Zabwino kwambiri".
  
  "Chonde fulumirani, Bambo Perdue. Ndipo mukamaliza, ndikuchotserani chida chodabwitsachi," adatero Bloom. "Nditha kugwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo choterechi popanga anzanga."
  
  "Kodi mnzako angakhale ndani, a Bloom?" Perdue anafunsa pamene mtengowo ukumira muchitsulo cholimbacho ndi chonyezimira chachikasu chomwe chinapangitsa kuti chikhale chofooka pogwira.
  
  "Anthu omwewo omwe inu ndi anzanu munayesera kuthawa ku Belgium usiku womwe mumayenera kupereka Renata," adatero Bloom, zitsulo zosungunula zikuthwanima m'maso mwake ngati moto wa helo.
  
  Nina adagwira mpweya ndikumuyang'ana Sam. Apa iwo analinso pamodzi ndi bungwe, oweruza osadziŵika kwambiri a utsogoleri wa Black Sun, Alexander atalepheretsa cholinga chawo chosiya mtsogoleri wochititsidwa manyazi, Renata, yemwe anayenera kugonjetsedwa ndi iwo.
  
  Tikadakhala pa bolodi la chess tsopano, tikadakhala kuti takhumudwa, Nina adaganiza, akuyembekeza kuti Perdue akudziwa komwe Renata anali. Tsopano adzayenera kumupereka ku khonsolo m'malo mothandiza Nina ndi Sam kumutembenukira ku Brigade ya Renegade. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, Sam ndi Nina anadzipeza ali mumkhalidwe wonyengerera, kudzetsa ku zotsatira zotaya.
  
  "Mwalemba Agatha kuti apeze diary," Sam adatero.
  
  "Inde, koma zimenezo sizinali zimene tinali nazo chidwi. Icho chinali, monga inu mukuti, nyambo yakale. Ndinkadziwa kuti ngati titamulemba ntchito ngati imeneyi, mosakayikira adzafunika thandizo la mchimwene wake kuti apeze bukulo, pamene kwenikweni Bambo Perdue ndi amene tinali kufunafuna," Bloom anafotokozera Sam.
  
  "Tsopano popeza tonse tili pano, tingaonenso zimene mwakhala mukusaka kuno pafupi ndi Wewelsburg tisanamalize bizinesi yathu," anawonjezera motero Wesley ali kumbuyo kwa Sam.
  
  Chapatali, agalu anali kuuwa ndi kulira pamene turbine ikupitiriza kung'ung'udza. Zimenezi zinapatsa Nina mantha aakulu ndi opanda chiyembekezo amene anagwirizana bwino ndi mkhalidwe wake wotaya mtima. Anayang'ana Yost Bloom ndipo, mopanda khalidwe, adaugwira mtima: "Kodi Agatha ali bwino, Bambo Bloom? Akadali m'manja mwanu?"
  
  "Inde, ali m'manja mwathu," adayankha ndikuyang'ana mwachangu kuti amutsimikizire, koma kukhala chete kwake pazaumoyo wa Agatha kunali kowopsa. Nina anayang'ana Perdue. Milomo yake inkasunthidwa momveka bwino, koma monga bwenzi lake lakale, adadziwa chilankhulo chake - Perdue adakhumudwa.
  
  Mulyango wakacita cikozyanyo cibotu cakumaninina mubukkale bwiindene-indene, kuswaangana kwamyaka iili mbwiibede kwakali kucitika mubukkale bubyaabi oobu. Anabwerera m'mbuyo pamene Perdue, Wesley, ndi Sam akukankhira chitseko cholemera, chosatetezedwa ndi jerk zazifupi. Potsirizira pake, anagonja ndi kugubuduzika ndi kugunda mbali inayo, kuponya fumbi kwa zaka zambiri ndi pepala lomwazikana lachikasu. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene analimba mtima kulowa poyamba, ngakhale kuti chipinda chamatopecho chinali chowunikiridwa ndi mndandanda womwewo wa magetsi apakhoma amagetsi monga ngalandeyo.
  
  "Tiyeni tiwone zomwe zili mkati," Sam anaumirira, atagwira kamerayo mokonzeka. Bloom adasiya Nina ndikupita patsogolo ndi Perdue kuchokera kumapeto kolakwika kwa mbiya yake. Nina anadikirira mpaka Sam anadutsa pafupi naye asanafikitse dzanja lake mopepuka, "Mukuchita chiyani?" Ankaona kuti wakwiyira koma zinazake mmaso mwake zikuti amakana kukhulupirira kuti Sam atsogolela dala bungweli kwa iwo.
  
  "Ndabwera kudzajambulitsa zomwe tapeza, mukukumbukira?" - iye ananena mwamphamvu. Anamugwedeza kamerayo, koma maso ake anamulozera ku sikirini ya digito, komwe amawona kuti akujambula omwe adawagwira. Ngati angafunikire kuipitsa bungwe la khonsoloyo, kapena umboni wojambula ungafunike muzochitika zilizonse, Sam adajambula zithunzi zambiri za amunawa ndi zochita zawo momwe angathere pomwe iye amatha kunamizira kuchitira msonkhanowu ngati ntchito yabwinobwino.
  
  Nina anagwedeza mutu ndikumutsatira kuchipinda chodzaza.
  
  Pansi ndi m"makoma panali matailosi, ndipo denga lake linali ndi machubu ambirimbiri a fulorosenti, akutulutsa kuwala koyera kochititsa khungu komwe tsopano kunali kumayaka moto mkati mwa zovundikira zapulasitiki zomwe zinawonongeka. Ofufuzawo anaiwala kamphindi kuti iwo anali ndani pamene onse anali kudabwa ndi mawonekedwe omwe ali ndi mbali zofanana za kusilira ndi mantha.
  
  "Ndimalo otani?" Adafunsa choncho Wesley, akutola zida zopangira opaleshoni zozizira, zodetsedwa mumtsuko wakale wa impso. Pamwamba pa iye, wosalankhula ndi wakufa, panali nyali yowonongeka, yodzaza ndi nthawi yosonkhanitsidwa pakati pa zovuta zake. Pansi pa matailosi panali madontho oopsa, ena ooneka ngati magazi owuma ndipo ena ooneka ngati mabwinja a ziwiya za mankhwala zozikika pang"ono pansi.
  
  "Zili ngati malo opangira kafukufuku," adayankha Perdue, yemwe adawona ndikuwongolera gawo lake la ntchito zofananira.
  
  "Chani? Asilikali apamwamba? Pali zizindikiro zambiri zoyesera anthu, "anatero Nina, akunjenjemera ataona zitseko za furiji zotseguka pang'ono pakhoma lakutali. "Awa ndi mafiriji a nyumba yosungiramo mitembo, pali zikwama zingapo zathupi zomwe zidapachikidwa pamenepo..."
  
  "Ndi zovala zong"ambika," Yost anatero ali pomwe anayima, akusuzumira kumbuyo komwe kunkawoneka ngati madengu ochapira. "O Mulungu, nsaluyo ikununkhira ngati nyansi. Ndi maiwe akulu a magazi pomwe pali makolala. Ndikuganiza kuti Dr. Gould akulondola - zoyeserazo zinali pa anthu, koma ndikukayika kuti zidachitidwa pa asilikali a Nazi. Zovala za kuno zimawoneka ngati zimene makamaka akaidi a m"ndende zozunzirako anthu amavala."
  
  Maso a Nina anadzuka moganizira kwambiri pamene ankayesetsa kukumbukira zimene ankadziwa zokhudza ndende zozunzirako anthu zimene zinali pafupi ndi Wewelsburg. M"mawu ofewa, okhudza mtima ndiponso achifundo, anafotokoza zimene ankadziwa zokhudza anthu amene ankavala zovala zong"ambika komanso zamagazi.
  
  Ndikudziwa kuti akaidi ankagwira ntchito yomanga mzinda wa Wewelsburg. Akhoza kukhala anthu omwe Sam adanena kuti amawamva pano. Anatengedwa kuchokera ku Niederhagen, enanso ku Sachsenhausen, koma onsewo anali ogwira ntchito yomanga imene inayenera kukhala yoposa nyumba yachifumu. Popeza tapeza zonsezi komanso machulukidwe ake, zikuwoneka ngati mphekeserazo zinali zoona," adauza anzake achimuna.
  
  Wesley ndi Sam onse ankawoneka osamasuka m'malo awo. Wesley anapingasa mikono yake ndi kusisita mphuno zake zozizira. Sam anali atangogwiritsa ntchito kamera yake kujambula zithunzi zina za nkhungu ndi dzimbiri mkati mwa firiji ya morgue.
  
  "Zikuwoneka ngati zidagwiritsidwa ntchito zambiri kuposa kungonyamula zolemetsa," adatero Perdue. Anakankhira pambali chijasi cha labu chomwe chinapachikidwa pakhoma ndipo anapeza kumbuyo kwake kuli mng"alu wokhuthala womwe unadulidwa mozama m"khoma.
  
  "Yatsani," adalamula, osalankhula ndi aliyense.
  
  Wesley anam"patsa tochi, ndipo pamene Perdue anaunika m"dzenjemo, anapsa mtima ndi kununkha kwa madzi osasunthika ndi kuvunda kwa mafupa akale amene anawola mkatimo.
  
  "Mulungu! Taonani izi!" adatsokomola ndipo adasonkhana mozungulira dzenjelo kuti apeze mabwinja a anthu makumi awiri. Anawerenga zigaza makumi awiri, koma zikanatha kukhala zina.
  
  "Panali nkhani imene Ayuda angapo a ku Salzkotten ananenedwa kuti anatsekeredwa m"ndende ya Wewelsburg chakumapeto kwa zaka za m"ma 1930," Nina analingalira motero pamene anaiona. Koma akuti pambuyo pake adakafikira kundende ya Buchenwald. Akuti. Nthaŵi zonse tinali kuganiza kuti ndendeyo inali pansi pa Obergruppenführer Hersal, koma mwina anali malo amenewa!"
  
  Chifukwa chodabwa ndi zimene anapeza, gululo silinazindikire kuti kuuwa kosalekeza kwa agaluwo kunatha nthaŵi yomweyo.
  
  
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  Pamene Sam anali kujambula zochitika zowopsyazo, chidwi cha Nina chinakopeka ndi chitseko china, mitundu yamatabwa yomwe inali ndi zenera pamwamba lomwe linali lodetsedwa kwambiri kuti liwone. Pansi pa chitseko adawona kuwala kwa nyali zomwezo zomwe zidawunikira chipinda chomwe analimo.
  
  "Usaganize n'komwe zolowa mmenemo," mawu a Jost mwadzidzidzi kumbuyo kwake anamudabwitsa kwambiri mpaka anadwala matenda a mtima. Atagwira dzanja lake pachifuwa ndi mantha, Nina adapatsa Jost Bloom mawonekedwe omwe nthawi zambiri amalandila kuchokera kwa azimayi - kukwiya komanso kusiya ntchito. "Osati popanda ine monga mlonda wanu, ndiye," iye anamwetulira. Nina anatha kuona kuti phungu wachidatchiyo anadziŵa kuti anali wokongola, ndiponso chifukwa chachikulu chokanira zoyesayesa zake zazing"ono.
  
  "Ndili wokhoza ndithu, zikomo, Bambo," iye anaseka mwaukali ndikukoka chogwirira chitseko. Panafunika chilimbikitso, koma anatsegula popanda khama, ngakhale ndi dzimbiri ndi osagwiritsidwa ntchito.
  
  Komabe, chipindachi chinkawoneka chosiyana kwambiri ndi chakale. Chinali chokongola kwambiri kuposa chipinda chachipatala, komabe chinasungabe chiwonongeko cha Nazi.
  
  Molemera ndi mabuku akale pa chirichonse kuyambira zofukulidwa zakale mpaka zamatsenga, kuchokera ku mabuku pambuyo pa imfa kupita ku Marxism ndi nthano, chipindacho chinali chofanana ndi laibulale yakale kapena ofesi, kupatsidwa desiki lalikulu ndi mpando wapamwamba wapangodya kumene mashelufu awiri a mabuku amakumana. Mabuku ndi zikwatu, ngakhale mapepala omwazikana kulikonse, anali amitundu yofanana chifukwa cha fumbi lambiri.
  
  "Sam!" - adayitana. "Sam! Muyenera kujambula zithunzi za izi! "
  
  "Ndipo mupanga chiyani padziko lapansi ndi zithunzizi, a Cleave?" Jost Bloom anamufunsa Sam uku akutulutsa mmodzi wa iwo pakhomo.
  
  "Chitani zomwe atolankhani amachita," Sam anatero mopanda mantha, "gulitseni kwa omwe akufunafuna kwambiri."
  
  Bloom adatulutsa chiseko chowopsa chomwe chidawonetsa kuti sakugwirizana ndi Sam. Anaombera dzanja lake paphewa la Sam: "Ndani wanena kuti uchoka pano wopanda manyazi, mwana?"
  
  "Chabwino, ndikukhala mu nthawi ino, Bambo Bloom, ndipo ndimayesetsa kuti asalole abulu omwe ali ndi njala yaulamuliro ngati mundilembera tsogolo langa," Sam adaseka monyada. "Nditha kupanga dola pa chithunzi cha mtembo wako."
  
  Popanda chenjezo, Bloom adapereka nkhonya yamphamvu kumaso kwa Sam, ndikumugwetsa ndikumugwetsa pansi. Pamene Sam anagwera pa kabati yazitsulo, kamera yake inagwa pansi, ndikugwedezeka.
  
  "Mukulankhula ndi munthu wamphamvu komanso woopsa yemwe amangokhalira kunyamula mipira ya Scotch yolimba, mnyamata. Musayese kuyiwala za izo! " Jost adabingula pomwe Nina adathamangira kukathandiza Sam.
  
  "Sindikudziwanso chifukwa chomwe ndikuthandizira," adatero mwakachetechete, akupukuta mphuno yake yamagazi. "Mwatilowetsa m"chinyalalachi chifukwa simunandikhulupirire. Ungamukhulupirire Trish, koma ine sindine Trish, sichoncho?
  
  Mawu a Nina adamudabwitsa Sam. "Dikirani, chiyani? Sindinkakhulupirira chibwenzi chako, Nina. Pambuyo pa zonse zomwe watipanga, mumakhulupirirabe zomwe akukuuzani, koma sindikhulupirira. Ndipo zonsezi zikumuchitikira Trish ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Ndapeza memoir, Sam," Nina anatero m"khutu lake, akuweramitsa mutu wake kumbuyo kuti magazi asiye kutuluka. "Ndikudziwa kuti sindidzakhala iye, koma uyenera kusiya."
  
  Sam nsagwada zinagweratu. Choncho ndi zimene ankatanthauza m'nyumbamo! Msiyeni Trish apite osati iyeyo!
  
  Perdue adalowa ndi mfuti ya Wesley mosalekeza akuloza kumbuyo kwake, ndipo mphindiyo idangosowa.
  
  "Nina, ukudziwa chiyani za ofesiyi? Kodi zili m'mabuku?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Purdue, palibe amene akudziwa za malo ano. Kodi izi zingakhale bwanji pa mbiri iliyonse?" iye anachitaya icho.
  
  Jost anafufuza mapepala ena patebulopo. "Pali zolemba zina za apocrypha! adalengeza, akuwoneka osangalatsidwa. "Malemba enieni akale!"
  
  Nina adalumpha ndikulumikizana naye.
  
  "Mukudziwa, m"chipinda chapansi pa nsanja ya kumadzulo ya Wewelsburg munali chitetezero chaumwini chimene Himmler anaika pamenepo. Iye yekha ndi mkulu wa nyumbayo ankadziwa za izo, koma pambuyo pa nkhondo zomwe zinali mkati mwake zinachotsedwa ndipo sizinapezeke," Nina anakamba nkhaniyo, akuyang'ana m'zikalata zachinsinsi zomwe adangomva m'nthano ndi zolemba zakale zakale. "Ndikukayikira kuti zasamukira kuno. Ndikhoza ngakhale kunena kuti ..." adatembenukira mbali zonse kuti afufuze zaka za mabukuwo, "kuti izi zikhoza kukhalanso malo osungiramo zinthu. Ndikutanthauza kuti waona chitseko chomwe tinalowa."
  
  Pamene anayang"ana pansi pa kabati yotsegulayo, anapeza mipukutu yodzaza manja yachikale kwambiri. Nina anaona kuti Jost sanali kulabadira, ndipo atayang"anitsitsa bwino anazindikira kuti unali gumbwa lomwelo pamene bukulo linalembedwa. Anang'amba kumapeto ndi zala zake zokongola, anatsegula pang'ono ndikuwerenga chinachake m'Chilatini chomwe chinamuchotsa mpweya - Alexandrina Bibliotes - Script from Atlantis
  
  Kodi izi zingakhale? Iye anaonetsetsa kuti palibe amene wamuona pamene ankaika mipukutuyo m"chikwama chake mosamala kwambiri.
  
  "Bambo Bloom," anatero atatha kutenga mipukutuyo, "Kodi mungandiuzenso zimene zinalembedwa m"buku lofotokoza za malo amenewa? Amasunga kamvekedwe kake, koma adafuna kuti azikhala wotanganidwa ndikukhazikitsa ubale wabwino pakati pawo, kuti asapereke zolinga zake kwa iye.
  
  "Zoona zake n"zakuti, ndinalibe chidwi kwambiri ndi buku la codex, Dr. Gould. Chodetsa nkhaŵa changa chinali kugwiritsa ntchito Agatha Perdue kuti ndipeze mwamuna uyu, "adayankha, akugwedeza Perdue pamene amuna ena akukambirana zaka za chipinda cha matepi obisika ndi zomwe zili mkati mwake. "Chomwe chinali chosangalatsa, komabe, ndi zomwe analemba penapake pambuyo pa ndakatulo yomwe inakubweretsani kuno, tisanakumane ndi vuto loyithetsa."
  
  "Wati chiyani?" anafunsa mwachidwi. Koma zimene iye mosadziwa anauza Nina zinam"sangalatsa iye m"mawu a mbiri yakale basi.
  
  "Klaus Werner anali wokonza mzinda wa Cologne, kodi mumadziwa?" - anafunsa. Nina anagwedeza mutu. Iye anapitiriza kuti: "M"kabuku kameneka analemba kuti anabwerera kumene ankakhala ku Africa n"kubwerera ku banja la ku Iguputo lomwe linali ndi malo amene ankati anaona chuma chamtengo wapatali kwambiri padziko lonse, inde?
  
  "Inde," adayankha, akuyang'ana Sam, yemwe amayamwa mabala ake.
  
  "Ankafuna kudzisungira yekha, monga iwe," Yost adaseka monyodola. "Koma anafunikira thandizo la mnzake wogwira naye ntchito, wofukula za m"mabwinja amene ankagwira ntchito kuno ku Wewelsburg, mwamuna wotchedwa Wilhelm Jordan. Anatsagana ndi Werner monga wolemba mbiri kuti akatenge chuma ku Igupto waung"ono ku Algeria, monga inu," iye anabwereza mwansangala chipongwe chake. "Koma atabwerera ku Germany, mnzake, yemwe panthaŵiyo anali woyang"anira zofukulidwa m"mabwinja pafupi ndi Wewelsburg m"malo mwa Himmler ndi mkulu wa SS High Commissioner, anamledzeretsa ndi kumuwombera, natenga zofunkha zomwe tazitchula pamwambapa. Werner sanatchulidwebe mwachindunji m"zolemba zake. Ndikuganiza kuti sitidzadziwa kuti anali chiyani. "
  
  "Ndi zachisoni," Nina anayerekezera chifundo pamene mtima wake ukugunda mwamphamvu pachifuwa chake.
  
  Ankayembekezera kuti mwanjira ina atha kuchotsa njonda zosakoma mtimazi posachedwa. Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi , Nina adanyadira kuti adasintha kuchokera ku wasayansi, ngakhale wapacifist, kukhala woponya bulu wodziwa bwino yemwe anthu omwe adakumana nawo adamuumba. Akadaganiza kuti tsekwe wake waphika mumkhalidwe wotere, tsopano adaganiza zopewa kugwidwa ngati wapatsidwa - ndipo zidatero. M'moyo womwe anali nawo pakali pano, chiwopsezo cha imfa chimamuyandikira iye ndi anzawo nthawi zonse, ndipo adakhala wochita nawo mosazindikira mumisala yamasewera amphamvu amatsenga ndi otchulidwa ake amthunzi.
  
  Kung'ung'udza kwa turbine kunabwera kuchokera pakhonde - chete mwadzidzidzi, mogontha, m'malo mwake ndi mluzu wamphepo womwe unkawomba ngalande zovutazo. Nthawi imeneyi aliyense anaona, kuyang'ana mzake modabwa.
  
  "Chachitika ndi chiyani?" Adafunsa choncho Wesley yemwe adayamba kuyankhula mopanda phokoso.
  
  "Ndizodabwitsa kuti mumangowona phokoso litatha, sichoncho?" - adatero mawu ochokera kuchipinda china.
  
  "Inde! Koma tsopano ndikumva ndekha ndikuganiza," anatero wina.
  
  Nina ndi Sam nthawi yomweyo anazindikira mawuwo ndipo anayang'ana modandaula kwambiri.
  
  "Nthawi yathu sinakwane, sichoncho?" Sam anafunsa Nina mokuwa. Pakati pa mawu odabwitsidwa a enawo, Nina anagwedeza mutu wake kwa Sam pokana. Onse awiri ankadziwa mawu a Ludwig Bern ndi bwenzi lawo Alexander Arichenkov. Perdue anazindikiranso mawu a Chirasha.
  
  "Alexander akutani kuno?" Adafunsa motele Sam koma asadayankhe amuna awiri adalowa pakhomo. Wesley adaloza chida chake kwa Alexander, ndipo Jost Bloom adagwira Nina patsitsi ndikukankhira mlomo wa Makarov wake kukachisi wake.
  
  "Chonde musatero," adalankhula mosaganiza. Kuyang'ana kwa Bern kunayang'ana pa Dutchman.
  
  "Mukavulaza Dr. Gould, ndidzawononga banja lanu lonse, Yost," anachenjeza motero Byrne mosazengereza. "Ndipo ndikudziwa komwe ali."
  
  "Mukudziwana?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Uyu ndi mmodzi mwa atsogoleri ochokera ku Monkh Saridag, Bambo Perdue," Alexander anayankha. Perdue ankawoneka wotumbululuka komanso wosamasuka kwambiri. Iye ankadziwa chifukwa chimene antchitowo analili pano, koma sankadziwa kuti anamupeza bwanji. Ndipotu, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wake, bilionea wonyada komanso wosasamala ankamva ngati nyongolotsi pa mbedza; masewera abwino chifukwa chozama kwambiri pamalo omwe akanayenera kusiya pamenepo.
  
  "Inde, Jost ndi ine tinatumikira mbuye mmodziyo kufikira pamene ndinabwerera m"maganizo mwanga ndi kusiya kukhala chiphaso m"manja mwa zitsiru monga Renata," Bern anaseka.
  
  "Ndikulumbirira kwa Mulungu, ndidzamupha," Jost anabwereza motero, kuvulaza Nina mpaka kumkalipira. Sam adayamba kuwukira, ndipo Jost nthawi yomweyo adasinthana ndi mtolankhani: "Kodi mukufuna kubisalanso, wokwera mapiri?"
  
  "Zida iwe, chizi! Kuononga ngakhale tsitsi pamutu pake ndipo ndikung'amba khungu lanu ndi scalpel ya dzimbiri mu chipinda china. Ndiyeseni!" Sam anabwebweta, ndipo anazindikira.
  
  "Ndinganene kuti ndinu ochepa osati chifukwa cha anthu, komanso chifukwa cha tsoka, comrade," Alexander adaseka, akutulutsa mthumba mwake ndikuyatsa ndi machesi. "Tsopano mnyamata, ikani chida chanu pansi apo kapena ifenso tikumenyeni chingwe."
  
  Ndi mawu amenewa, Alexander anaponya makolala asanu agalu pamapazi a Wesley.
  
  "Mwawachitira chiyani agalu anga?" anakuwa mwaukali, mitsempha inatuluka pakhosi pake, koma Bern ndi Alexander sanamumvere. Wesley anatulutsa chitetezo pa mfuti yake. Maso ake anali odzaza ndi misozi ndipo milomo yake inkanjenjemera mosatonthozeka. Zinali zoonekeratu kwa aliyense amene ankachitira umboni kuti anali wosakhazikika. Bern adatsitsa maso ake kwa Nina, ndikumufunsa mosazindikira kuti achitepo kanthu ndi kugwedeza kwake kosawoneka. Ndi iye yekha amene anali pachiwopsezo chachindunji, motero adayenera kulimba mtima ndikuyesera kumugwira Bloom modzidzimutsa.
  
  Wolemba mbiri wokongolayo adatenga kamphindi kukumbukira zomwe mnzake womwalirayo Val adamuphunzitsapo pomwe amacheza pang'ono. Ndi kuthamanga kwa adrenaline, thupi lake linayamba kusuntha, ndipo ndi mphamvu zake zonse anakweza mkono wa Bloom mmwamba ndi chigongono, kukakamiza mfuti yake kuti ilole. Perdue ndi Sam nthawi yomweyo anathamangira ku Bloom, ndikumugwetsa pansi Nina adakali m'manja mwake.
  
  Kuwombera kogonthetsa m'makutu kunamveka m'ngalande zapansi pa nsanja ya Wewelsburg.
  
  
  Mutu 34
  
  
  Agatha Perdue anakwawa pansi pa simenti yakuda pansi pomwe adadzuka. Ululu wopweteka pachifuwa chake unali umboni wa kuvulala komaliza komwe anavulala ndi Wesley Bernard ndi Jost Bloom. Asanamuike zipolopolo ziwiri m"chiuno mwake, Bloom anam"chitira nkhanza kwa maola angapo mpaka pamene anakomoka chifukwa cha ululu ndi kutaya magazi. Ali ndi moyo, Agatha adayesetsa kusuntha mawondo ake akhungu kupita kumalo ang'onoang'ono amatabwa ndi pulasitiki omwe amawona m'magazi ndi misozi m'maso mwake.
  
  Pomenyera nkhondo kuti mapapu ake akule, iye ankapumira ndi kupita patsogolo kulikonse. Malo a masiwichi ndi mafunde pakhoma lonyansa adayimba, koma sanamve ngati atha kufika patali chonchi asanaiwale. Zibowo zowotcha ndi zopindika, zosatha zosiyidwa ndi zipolopolo zachitsulo zomwe zidapyoza m'chiuno mwake ndi nthiti yake yakumtunda zimatuluka magazi kwambiri, ndipo zimamveka ngati mapapu ake anali mapikoni a ma spikes a njanji.
  
  Panali dziko kunja kwa chipindacho, osadziŵa za vuto lake, ndipo ankadziwa kuti sadzawonanso dzuwa. Koma chinthu chimodzi chomwe katswiri wa laibulaleyo ankadziwa chinali chakuti omwe amamuukirawo sangamupirire kwambiri. Pamene anatsagana ndi mchimwene wake ku malo achitetezo kumapiri kumene Mongolia ndi Russia amakumana, analumbira kuti adzagwiritsa ntchito zida zobedwazo polimbana ndi khonsoloyo zivute zitani. M'malo moika pachiwopsezo china cha Black Sun Renata kukwera pa pempho la khonsolo ngati atatopa pofunafuna Mirela, David ndi Agatha adaganiza zothetsanso khonsoloyi.
  
  Ngati akanathetsa anthu amene anasankha kutsogolera Bungwe la Black Sun, sipakanakhala munthu wosankha mtsogoleri watsopano pamene anapereka Renata m'manja mwa Renegade Brigade. Ndipo njira yabwino yochitira izi ingakhale kugwiritsa ntchito Longinus kuwononga onse nthawi imodzi. Koma tsopano adakumana ndi kufa kwake ndipo samadziwa komwe mchimwene wake ali, kapena ngati akadali ndi moyo Bloom ndi zilombo zake zidamupeza. Komabe, potsimikiza kuchitapo kanthu pazifukwa zomwe wamba, Agatha adayika pachiwopsezo chopha anthu osalakwa, ngati angobwezera. Kusiyapo pyenepi, iye nee akhali munthu wakutawirisa kuti makhaliro ace peno mabvero ace akwanise kucinja pikhafunika kucitwa, pontho iye akhafuna kupangiza pyenepi lero mbadzati kupuma.
  
  Poganiza kuti wafa, anam"vundikira malaya kuti atayirepo atangobwerako. Iye ankadziwa kuti anakonza zoti apeze mchimwene wakeyo n"kumukakamiza kuti asiye Renata asanamuphe kenako n"kumuchotsa Renata kuti afulumire kukhazikitsa mtsogoleri watsopano.
  
  Bokosi lamagetsi linamuitana pafupi.
  
  Pogwiritsa ntchito mawaya omwe ali mmenemo, amatha kulondolera magetsi ku makina asiliva ang'onoang'ono omwe Dave anamupangira kuti agwiritse ntchito ngati modemu ya satellite ku Thurso. Agatha atathyoka zala ziwiri komanso khungu lake litang'ambika, adakumba m'thumba lajasi lake kuti atulutse kachingwe kakang'ono komwe iye ndi mchimwene wake adapanga atachokera ku Russia. Idapangidwa ndikusonkhanitsidwa mwachindunji kuzomwe a Longinus ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati detonator yakutali. Dave ndi Agatha adafuna kugwiritsa ntchito izi kuti awononge likulu la khonsolo ku Bruges, kuyembekezera kuthetsa ambiri, ngati si onse, a mamembala.
  
  Atafika pabokosi lamagetsi, adatsamira pa mipando yakale yosweka yomwe idatayidwa pamenepo ndikuyiwalika, monga Agatha Perdue. Movutikira kwambiri, adachita matsenga ake, pang'onopang'ono komanso mosamala, ndikupemphera kuti asafe asanamalize kukhazikitsa kuti aphulitse chida chowoneka ngati chopanda pake chomwe adachiyika mwaukadaulo pa Wesley Bernard atangomugwiririra kachiwiri.
  
  
  Mutu 35
  
  
  Sam anasambitsa Bloom ndi nkhonya pamene Nina anagwira Perdue m'manja mwake. Pamene mfuti ya Bloom inaphulika, Alexander anathamangira kwa Wesley, kutenga chipolopolo paphewa Byrne asanagwetse mnyamatayo pansi ndikumugwetsa. Perdue adawomberedwa pantchafu ndi mfuti ya Bloom yomwe idaloza pansi, koma adazindikira. Nina anamanga kansalu mwendo wake, kamene anang"amba n"kupanga kuti magazi asiye kutuluka.
  
  "Sam, ukhoza kuyima tsopano," Bern anatero, akuchotsa Sam pathupi lopuwala la Jost Bloom. Ndinamva bwino kubwezera, Sam adaganiza, ndipo adadziwomberanso asanalole Bern kuti amukweze pansi.
  
  "Tithana nawe posachedwa. Aliyense akatha kukhazika mtima pansi, "anatero Nina Perdue, koma adalankhula mawu ake kwa Sam ndi Bern. Alexander adakhala pakhoma pafupi ndi chitseko ndi phewa lotuluka magazi, kufunafuna botolo lomwe lili ndi mankhwala otsekemera m'thumba lake.
  
  "Titani nawo tsopano?" -Sam adafunsa Bern, akupukuta thukuta kumaso kwake.
  
  "Choyamba ndikufuna ndiwabwezere katundu amene anatibera. Kenako tidzawatenga kupita nawo ku Russia ngati akapolo. Akhoza kutipatsa zambiri zokhudza zochita za Black Sun ndikutiuza za mabungwe ndi mamembala onse omwe sitikuwadziwa, "Bern anayankha, akumangirira Bloom m'chipinda chachipatala choyandikana nawo.
  
  "Mwafika bwanji kuno?" Anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Ndege. Pamene tikulankhula, woyendetsa ndege akundidikirira ku Hannover. Chifukwa chiyani?" adakwinya tsinya.
  
  "Chabwino, sitinachipeze chija chimene munatitumiza kuti tibwerere kwa inu," anatero Byrne modera nkhaŵa, "ndipo ndinali kudabwa chimene mukuchita kuno; Mwatipeza bwanji?
  
  Bern adapukusa mutu, kumwetulira kofewa kudasewerera pamilomo yake chifukwa chanzeru zomwe mkazi wokongola uja adamufunsa mafunso. "Ndikhulupirira kuti panali kulumikizana kwina komwe kumakhudzidwa. Mwaona, Alexander ndi ine tinali panjira ya chinthu chomwe chinabedwa kuchokera ku Brigade mutangochoka inu ndi Sam paulendo wanu.
  
  Anatsamira pafupi naye. Nina anatha kuzindikira kuti anali kukayikira kanthu kena, koma chikondi chake pa mkaziyo chinamletsa kuleka mkhalidwe wake wabata.
  
  "Chomwe chimandidetsa nkhawa n"chakuti poyamba tinkaganiza kuti iwe ndi Sam muli ndi vuto. Koma Alexander pano adatitsimikizira mwanjira ina, ndipo tidamukhulupirira, tikutsatirabe chizindikiro chochokera kwa Longinus, yemwe tiyenera kupeza, koma anthu omwe, tidatsimikiziridwa, alibe chochita ndi kuba kwake, "adaseka.
  
  Nina adamva kuti mtima wake ukudumpha ndi mantha. Kukoma mtima komwe Ludwig ankamuchitira nthawi zonse kunatha, m'mawu ake komanso m'maso mwake omwe adamuyang'ana monyozeka. "Tsopano ndiuzeni, Dr. Gould, ndiganize chiyani?"
  
  "Ludwig, tilibe chochita ndi kuba kulikonse!" - adatsutsa, akuyang'anitsitsa kamvekedwe kake.
  
  "Kaputeni Burn angachite bwino, Dr. Gould," adatero nthawi yomweyo. "Ndipo chonde musayesenso kundipangitsa kuti ndiwoneke ngati chitsiru kachiwiri."
  
  Nina anayang'ana Alexander kuti amuthandize, koma anali chikomokere. Sam anapukusa mutu, "Sakunama iwe, Captain. Sitingachite chilichonse ndi izi. "
  
  "Ndiye zidatheka bwanji kuti Longinus apezeke kuno?" Bern adafuwula Sam. Anaimirira ndikuyang'anana ndi Sam, kutalika kwake modabwitsa komanso maso ake owuma. "Izi zatifikitsa kwa inu!"
  
  Purdue sanathenso kupirira. Iye anadziŵa chowonadi, ndipo tsopano, kachiwiri, chifukwa cha iye, Sam ndi Nina anawotchedwa, miyoyo yawo inalinso pangozi. Akuchita chibwibwi chifukwa cha ululu, anakweza dzanja lake kuti akope Bern: "Iyi sinali ntchito ya Sam kapena Nina, Captain. Sindikudziwa momwe Longinus adakubweretserani kuno, chifukwa kulibe. "
  
  "Mwadziwa bwanji zimenezo?" Bern anafunsa mwaukali.
  
  "Chifukwa chakuti ndine amene ndinaba," Perdue anavomereza motero.
  
  "O Yesu!" - Nina anafuula, akuponya mutu wake mmbuyo mosakhulupirira. "Simungakhale wotsimikiza."
  
  "Chili kuti?" - Bern adafuula, akuyang'ana pa Perdue ngati mphungu yomwe ikudikirira kuti iwonongeke.
  
  "Izi ndi mlongo wanga. Koma sindikudziwa komwe ali tsopano. M'malo mwake, adandibera tsiku lomwe adatisiya ku Cologne, "adaonjeza, akugwedeza mutu chifukwa chopanda pake.
  
  "Mulungu wabwino, Purdue! Mukubisanso chiyani? - Nina anafuula.
  
  "Ndinakuuzani," Sam anauza Nina modekha.
  
  "Usatero, Sam! Musati muchite zimenezo!" - Anamuchenjeza ndikuyimirira pansi pa Perdue. "Mutha kudzithandiza nokha, Purdue."
  
  Wesley anangotulukira mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Analilowetsa m'mimba mwa Bern nkhokwe ya dzimbiri. Nina anakuwa. Sam adamuchotsa pachiwopsezo pomwe Wesley adamuyang'ana Bern m'maso ndi misala yopenga. Anatulutsa zitsulo zamagazi zomwe zinali m'thupi la Bern ndikuzigwetsanso kachiwiri. Perdue anachoka mofulumira monga momwe angathere pa mwendo umodzi pamene Sam anagwira Nina pafupi naye, nkhope yake inayikidwa pachifuwa chake.
  
  Koma Bern anakhala wamphamvu kuposa mmene Wesley ankayembekezera. Anagwira mnyamatayo pakhosi ndi kuwaponya onse m"mashelefu a mabuku ndi nkhonya yamphamvu. Ndi kulira koopsa, iye anathyola mkono wa Wesley ngati kanthambi, ndipo awiriwo anachita nkhondo yoopsa pansi. Phokoso lija linamutulutsa Bloom mu chibwibwi. Kuseka kwake kunathetsa ululu ndi nkhondo pakati pa amuna awiri omwe anali pansi. Nina, Sam ndi Perdue anakwiya ndi zomwe anachita, koma sanawamvere. Anangopitiriza kuseka, osalabadira zomwe zidzamuchitikire.
  
  Bern anali kutaya mphamvu yake yopuma, mabala ake anali kusefukira buluku ndi nsapato. Anamva kulira kwa Nina, koma analibe nthawi yoti angosilira kukongola kwake komaliza - adayenera kupha.
  
  Ndi kugunda kwa khosi la Wesley, iye anafooketsa minyewa ya mnyamatayo, kudabwitsa iye kwa kamphindi, kwautali wokwanira kuthyoka khosi lake. Bern adagwada pansi, akumva kuti moyo wake ukuchoka. Chiseko chokwiyitsa cha Bloom chinamugwira.
  
  "Chonde mumuphenso," Perdue anatero mofatsa.
  
  "Wangopha wothandizira wanga, Wesley Bernard!" Bloom anamwetulira. "Analeredwa ndi makolo olera ku Black Sun, kodi mumadziwa, Ludwig? Anali okoma mtima kumlola kusunga mbali ya dzina lake loyambirira, Bern."
  
  Bloom adayamba kuseka kuseka komwe kudakwiyitsa aliyense yemwe anali m'makutu, pomwe maso a Burn omwe adatsala pang'ono kufa adatsitsidwa ndimisozi yosokonezeka.
  
  "Mwangopha mwana wanu yemwe, abambo," Bloom adaseka. Zowopsya za izi zinali zazikulu kwambiri kwa Nina.
  
  "Pepani kwambiri, Ludwig!" - adalira ndikugwira dzanja lake, koma palibe chomwe chidatsala ku Bern. Thupi lake lamphamvu silinathe kupirira chikhumbo chake cha kufa, ndipo anadzidalitsa yekha ndi nkhope ya Nina kuwalako kusanachoke m"maso mwake.
  
  "Kodi sindinu okondwa kuti Wesley wamwalira, Bambo Perdue?" Bloom adalozera utsi wake ku Perdue. Ziyenera kukhala choncho, pambuyo pa zinthu zosaneneka zomwe adachita kwa mlongo wako asanamalize buluyo! Iye anaseka.
  
  Sam anatenga kabuku kotsogolera pa shelefu yomwe inali kumbuyo kwawo. Anayenda mpaka Bloom ndikuchitsitsa chinthu cholemera chija pa chigaza chake mosanyinyirika kapena chisoni. Fupalo linasweka pamene Bloom ankaseka, ndipo m"kamwa mwake munali phokoso lochititsa mantha pamene ubongo unali kutsika paphewa lake.
  
  Maso ofiira a Nina adayang'ana Sam moyamikira. Kumbali yake Sam amawoneka odabwa ndi zomwe adachita koma palibe chomwe angachite kuti adzilungamitse. Perdue anasuntha movutikira, kuyesera kupereka Nina nthawi yolira Bern. Atameza kutayika kwake, iye pomalizira pake anati, "Ngati Longinus ali pakati pathu, lingakhale lingaliro labwino kuchoka. Pompano. Posachedwa bungweli liona kuti nthambi zawo za ku Dutch sizinalembetse ndipo azidzawafunafuna.
  
  "Ndi choncho," Sam anatero, ndipo anatolera zonse zimene akanatha kuchotsa m"zikalata zakalezo. "Ndipo posachedwa, chifukwa turbine yakufa iyi ndi imodzi mwa zida ziwiri zazing'ono zomwe zimapangitsa kuti magetsi aziyenda. Magetsi azizima posachedwa ndipo tamaliza."
  
  Lingalirani mwachangu. Agatha anali ndi Longinus. Wesile anamupha iye. Gululo lidatsata Longinus apa, ndipo adapanga mfundo yake. Ndiye Wesley ayenera kuti anali ndi mfuti ndipo chitsiruchi sankadziwa kuti ali nacho?
  
  Ataba chida chomwe ankafuna ndikuchigwira, Perdue adadziwa momwe chikuwonekera, komanso kuwonjezera apo, adadziwa kunyamula bwino.
  
  Anapangitsa Alexander kuzindikira bwino ndipo anatenga mabandeji angapo okutidwa ndi pulasitiki omwe anapeza m"makabati achipatala. Mwamwayi, zida zambiri zopangira opaleshoni zinali zonyansa ndipo sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuchiritsa mabala a Perdue ndi Alexander, koma kunali kofunika kwambiri kuti mutuluke mu labyrinth ya Wewelsburg yoyamba.
  
  Nina anaonetsetsa kuti wasonkhanitsa mipukutu yonse imene angapeze, ngati pangakhalebe zinthu zakale zamtengo wapatali zimene zinafunika kupulumutsidwa. Ngakhale kuti anali kudwala chifukwa cha kunyansidwa ndi chisoni, sanadikire kuti afufuze chuma chambiri chimene anapeza m"chipinda chachinsinsi cha Heinrich Himmler.
  
  
  Mutu 36
  
  
  Pofika usiku onse anali atatuluka mu Wewelsburg ndipo anali kupita ku bwalo la ndege ku Hannover. Alexander anaganiza zoyang'ana kutali ndi anzakewo chifukwa anali okoma mtima kwambiri kuti adziphatikizepo chikomokere pothawa mumsewu wapansi panthaka. Anadzuka asanatuluke pachipata chomwe Perdue adachotsa atafika, akumva mapewa a Sam akuchirikiza thupi lake lopunduka m'mapanga osawoneka bwino a Nkhondo Yadziko II.
  
  Zoonadi, chindapusa chokwera chomwe Dave Perdue adapereka sichinapwetekenso kukhulupirika kwake, ndipo adawona kuti ndibwino kukhalabe m'makhalidwe abwino a ogwira nawo ntchito popita poyera. Iwo ankafuna kukumana ndi Otto Schmidt pabwalo la ndege ndi kulankhulana ndi akuluakulu ena a brigade kuti adziwe zambiri.
  
  Komabe, Perdue adakhala chete ponena za akapolo ake ku Thurso, ngakhale atalandira uthenga watsopano atatha kusokoneza galuyo. Izi ndi misala. Tsopano popeza adataya mlongo wake ndi Longinus, adasowa makhadi pamene magulu otsutsa adasonkhana motsutsana naye ndi anzake.
  
  "Ndi uyu!" Alexander analoza kwa Otto pamene anafika pabwalo la ndege la Hannover ku Langenhagen. Anali atakhala mu lesitilanti pamene Alexander ndi Nina anamupeza.
  
  "Dr. Gould!" anafuula mosangalala ataona Nina. "Ndakondwa kukuwonaninso."
  
  Woyendetsa ndege wa ku Germany anali munthu waubwenzi kwambiri, ndipo anali mmodzi wa omenyana ndi brigade amene anateteza Nina ndi Sam pamene Bern anawaimba mlandu wakuba Longinus. Movutikira kwambiri, adapereka nkhani yachisoni kwa Otto ndikumuuza mwachidule zomwe zidachitika pamalo ofufuza.
  
  "Ndipo sungathe kubweretsa thupi lake?" Pomaliza anafunsa.
  
  "Ayi, Herr Schmidt," Nina analoŵererapo, "tinayenera kutulukamo chida chisanaphulike." Sitikudziwabe ngati chinaphulika. Ndikukupemphani kuti mupewe kutumiza anthu ambiri kumeneko kuti akatenge thupi la Bern. Ndizoopsa kwambiri."
  
  Anamvera chenjezo la Nina, koma mwamsanga analankhulana ndi mnzake Bridges kuti amudziwitse za udindo wawo komanso imfa ya Longinus. Nina ndi Alexander anadikirira mwachidwi, akuyembekeza kuti Sam ndi Perdue sadzatha kuleza mtima ndikugwirizana nawo asanapange ndondomeko yochitira zinthu mothandizidwa ndi Otto Schmidt. Nina ankadziwa kuti Perdue angapereke kulipira Schmidt chifukwa cha mavuto ake, koma adawona kuti sizingakhale zosayenera Perdue atavomereza kuti adaba Longinus poyamba. Alexander ndi Nina anapanga mgwirizano kuti asunge mfundo imeneyi kwa iwo okha.
  
  "Chabwino, ndapempha lipoti la status. Monga wamkulu wa comrade, ndaloledwa kuchita chilichonse chomwe ndikuwona kuti ndi chofunikira, "Otto adawauza atabwera kuchokera ku nyumbayo komwe adayimba foni mwachinsinsi. "Ndikufuna kuti mudziwe kuti kutaya Longinus ndikulephera kuyandikira kumumanga Renata sikundisangalatsa ... ife. Koma poti ndimakudalira, ndipo popeza unandiuza kuti ndithawe liti, ndaganiza zokuthandizani..."
  
  "O, zikomo!" Nina anapumira mosangalala.
  
  "KOMA..." anapitiriza, "Sindikubwerera ku Mönkh Saridag chimanjamanja, kotero kuti musalole inu kuchoka mbedza. Anzanu, Alexander, akadali ndi hourglass momwe mchenga umatuluka mwachangu. Izo sizinasinthe. Ndazifotokozera?"
  
  "Inde, bwana," Alexander anayankha, pamene Nina anagwedeza mutu moyamikira.
  
  "Tsopano ndiuzeni za ulendo umene munatchulawo, Dr. Gould," iye anauza Nina, akusuntha pampando wake kuti amvetsere mwachidwi.
  
  "Ndili ndi chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti ndapeza zolemba zakale, zakale monga Mipukutu ya ku Nyanja Yakufa," iye anayamba motero.
  
  "Ndingathe kuwawona?" -Otto adafunsa.
  
  "Ndingakonde kukuwonetsani malo ena achinsinsi?" Nina anamwetulira.
  
  "Zopangidwa. Tikupita kuti?
  
  
  ******
  
  
  Pasanathe mphindi makumi atatu, Jet Ranger ya Otto yokhala ndi okwera anayi - Perdue, Alexander, Nina ndi Sam - anali akupita ku Thurso. Iwo ankakhala ku Perdue estate, kumene Abiti Maisie ankayamwitsa mlendoyo kuchokera ku maloto ake oopsa popanda kudziwa wina aliyense koma Perdue ndi omwe amatchedwa woyang'anira nyumba. Perdue ananena kuti awa ndi malo abwino kwambiri chifukwa akakhala m'chipinda chapansi chapansi pomwe Nina atha kukhala ndi nthawi ya kaboni ya mipukutu yomwe adapeza, potengera zasayansi za zikopazo kuti atsimikizire zowona.
  
  Kwa Otto, panali lonjezo loti atenge chinachake kuchokera ku Discovery, ngakhale kuti Perdue anakonza zochotsa katundu wodula kwambiri komanso wokhumudwitsa posachedwa. Zomwe ankafuna kuchita poyamba zinali kuona momwe Nina angakhalire.
  
  "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti iyi ndi mbali ya Mipukutu ya ku Nyanja Yakufa?" Sam adamufunsa pamene adayika zida zomwe Perdue adamuyika, pamene Perdue, Alexander ndi Otto adapempha thandizo la dokotala wamba kuti athetse mabala awo a zipolopolo popanda kufunsa mafunso ambiri.
  
  
  Mutu 37
  
  
  Abiti Maisie adalowa mchipinda chapansi ndi tray.
  
  "Kodi mungafune tiyi ndi makeke?" Anamwetulira Nina ndi Sam.
  
  "Zikomo, Abiti Maisie. Ndipo chonde, ngati mukufuna thandizo kukhitchini, ndili pa ntchito yanu, "Sam adapereka chithumwa chake chachinyamata. Nina anaseka kwinaku akuyika scanner.
  
  "Aa, zikomo, Bambo Cleave, koma ndikhoza ndekha kuchita zimenezo," Maisie anamtsimikizira motero, akumachititsa Nina kuyang"anizana ndi mantha akuseŵera, pokumbukira masoka akukhitchini amene Sam anayambitsa nthaŵi yomaliza imene anam"thandiza kupanga chakudya cham"maŵa. . Nina anatsitsa nkhope yake kuseka.
  
  Ndi manja ovala magolovesi, Nina Gould anatenga mpukutu woyamba wa gumbwa mokoma mtima kwambiri.
  
  "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti iyi ndi mipukutu yomwe timawerenga nthawi zonse?" -Sam anafunsa.
  
  "Inde," Nina anamwetulira, nkhope yake ikuwala ndi chisangalalo, "ndipo kuchokera m"Chilatini changa chadzimbiri, ndimadziŵa kuti mipukutu itatu imeneyi makamaka ndi Mipukutu ya ku Atlantis yosamvetsetseka!"
  
  "Atlantis, ngati pa kontinenti yomira?" Anafunsa, akusuzumira kuseri kwa galimotoyo kuti ayang'ane malemba akale m'chinenero chachilendo, cholembedwa ndi inki yakuda yozimiririka.
  
  "Ndi choncho," anayankha motero, akumaika maganizo ake onse pa kukonza zikopa zosalimba zija kuti ayesedwe.
  
  "Koma mukudziwa kuti zambiri mwa izi ndi zongopeka, ngakhale kukhalapo kwake, osatchula komwe ali," Sam adatero, atatsamira patebulo kuti awone manja ake aluso akugwira ntchito.
  
  "Panali zochitika zambiri, Sam. Zikhalidwe zingapo zomwe zili ndi ziphunzitso zofanana, nthano zomwezo, osatchulanso mayiko omwe amakhulupirira kuti adazungulira dziko la Atlantis ali ndi zomanga zomwezo komanso zoology, "adatero. "Zimitsani nyali yomwe ili apo, chonde."
  
  Anayenda kupita ku chosinthira chowunikira chachikulu chapamwamba ndikusambitsa chipinda chapansi ndi kuwala kocheperako kuchokera ku nyali ziwiri mbali zoyang'ana chipindacho. Sam ankaona ntchito yake ndipo sakanachitira mwina koma kumva kusirira kosalekeza kwa iye. Iye sanangolimbana ndi zoopsa zonse zomwe Perdue ndi omutsatira ake adawawulula, komanso adasunga luso lake, kukhala ngati wotetezera chuma chonse cha mbiri yakale. Sanaganizeponso zopezera zinthu zakale zomwe adagwira kapena kudzitamandira pazomwe adapeza, ndikuyika moyo wake pachiswe kuti awulule kukongola kwanthawi yosadziwika.
  
  Anadabwa kuti amamva bwanji atamuyang'ana tsopano, akadali wokhumudwa kuti amamukonda ndi kumuona ngati wachiwembu. Chotsatiracho sichinapite mwachisawawa. Sam anazindikira kuti Nina amamuwona ngati wosakhulupirira monga Perdue, komabe anali pafupi kwambiri ndi amuna onsewa kotero kuti sakanatha kuchoka.
  
  "Sam," liwu lake linamutulutsa m"kulingalira kwake mwakachetechete, "Kodi ungaikenso izi mumpukutu wachikopa, chonde? Ndiko kuti, mutavala magolovesi anu!" Anafufuza zomwe zinali m'chikwama chake ndikupeza bokosi la magolovesi opangira opaleshoni. Anatenga awiri ndi kuvala mwamwambo, akumwetulira iye. Anamupatsa mpukutuwo. "Pitirizani kufufuza kwanu pakamwa mukafika kunyumba," anamwetulira. Sam anaseka moseka uku akuyika mpukutuwo mu mpukutu wachikopa ndikumangiriramo mosamala.
  
  "Kodi mukuganiza kuti titha kupita kunyumba osayang'ana kumbuyo kwathu?" Adafunsa mozama kwambiri.
  
  "Ndikukhulupirira choncho. Mukudziwa, poyang'ana m'mbuyo, sindikukhulupirira kuti vuto langa lalikulu linali la Matlock komanso kudzichepetsa kwake pakugonana kuyunivesite, "adakumbukira za ntchito yake yamaphunziro motsogozedwa ndi hule wodzikuza yemwe adadzitamandira chifukwa cha zonse zomwe adachita. pofuna kulengeza pamene iye ndi Sam anakumana koyamba.
  
  "Ndamusowa Bruich," adatero Sam, akudandaula kusakhalapo kwa mphaka wake wokondedwa, "ndi pinti ya mowa ndi Paddy Lachisanu lililonse usiku. Mulungu, zikuwoneka ngati moyo wakutali ndi masiku amenewo, sichoncho?
  
  "Inde. Zimakhala ngati tikukhala miyoyo iwiri mu umodzi, simukuganiza? Koma kumbali ina, sitingadziwe theka la zomwe tili nazo, ndipo sitingakumane ndi zinthu zodabwitsa zomwe tili nazo, tikadapanda kuponyedwa m'moyo uno, huh?" anamutonthoza, ngakhale kuti, zoona zake, akanabwezeretsa moyo wake wa chiphunzitso wotopetsa ku moyo wabwino, wotetezeka ndi kugunda kwa mtima.
  
  Sam anagwedeza mutu, kuvomereza izi 100 peresenti. Mosiyana ndi Nina, iye ankakhulupirira kuti m"moyo wake wam"mbuyo akadapachikidwa kale pa chingwe chopachikidwa pa mipope ya m"bafa. Malingaliro a moyo wake wapafupi ndi bwenzi lake lomwalira, yemwe tsopano wamwalira, amamuvutitsa tsiku lililonse ngati akadakhala akugwirabe ntchito ngati mtolankhani wodziyimira pawokha pazofalitsa zosiyanasiyana ku UK, monga adakonzekera kale kutero malinga ndi zomwe dokotala wake adamuuza. .
  
  Panalibe kukayikira kuti nyumba yake, kuledzera kwake kawirikawiri ndi mbiri yake yakale zikanamugwira tsopano, pamene tsopano analibe nthawi yoganizira zakale. Tsopano anayenera kuyang'ana mayendedwe ake, kuphunzira kuweruza anthu mwamsanga ndikukhalabe ndi moyo pa mtengo uliwonse. Sanalole kuvomereza, koma Sam ankakonda kukhala m'manja mwangozi m'malo mogona pamoto wodzimvera chisoni.
  
  "Tidzafunika katswiri wa zinenero, womasulira. Mulungu wanga, tiyenera kusankha anthu osawadziwa amene tingawakhulupirirenso," anausa moyo, akuyendetsa dzanja lake m"tsitsi. Izi zinamukumbutsa Sam za Trish; mmene nthawi zambiri ankapinda chopiringizira chala chake, n'kuchilola kuti chibwerere m'malo mwake akachikoka mwamphamvu.
  
  "Ndipo mukutsimikiza kuti mipukutu iyi iyenera kuwonetsa komwe kuli Atlantis?" adakwinya tsinya. Lingaliroli linali lakutali kwambiri kuti Sam alimvetse. Osakhulupirira zolimba za nthanthi zachiwembu, adayenera kuvomereza zosagwirizana zambiri zomwe sadakhulupirire mpaka adakumana nazo. Koma Atlantis? Malinga ndi Sam, unali mtundu wina wa mzinda wakale womwe unasefukira.
  
  "Osati malo okhawo, komanso amati Mipukutu ya ku Atlantis inalemba zinsinsi za chitukuko chapamwamba chimene chinapita patsogolo kwambiri m"nthaŵi yake kwakuti munkakhala anthu amene nthanthi masiku ano amati ndi milungu ndi yaikazi. Ankanenedwa kuti anthu aku Atlantis anali ndi nzeru zapamwamba komanso njira zopangira ma piramidi ku Giza, Sam, "adatero. Iye ankatha kuona kuti Nina ankathera nthawi yambiri pa nthano ya Atlantis.
  
  "Ndiye imayenera kukhala kuti?" anafunsa. Kodi chipani cha Nazi chingachite chiyani ndi malo omira? Kodi sanali okhutitsidwa kale ndi kugonjetsa zikhalidwe zonse zomwe zili pamwamba pa madzi?"
  
  Nina anapendeketsa mutu wake kumbali ndikuusa moyo chifukwa cha kusuliza kwake, koma zinamupangitsa kumwetulira.
  
  "Ayi, Sam. Ndikuganiza kuti zomwe adalemba pambuyo pake zidalembedwa penapake m'mipukutuyo. Ofufuza ambiri ndi akatswiri afilosofi amalingalira za momwe chilumbachi chilili, ndipo ambiri amavomereza kuti chili pakati pa kumpoto kwa Africa ndi kugwirizana kwa America, "adatero.
  
  "Ndi yaikuludi," iye anatero, akumalingalira za chigawo chachikulu cha Nyanja ya Atlantic chokutidwa ndi mtunda umodzi wokha.
  
  "Zinali. Malinga ndi zolemba za Plato, ndipo pambuyo pake ziphunzitso zina zamakono, Atlantis ndi chifukwa chake makontinenti ambiri ali ndi masitayelo omanga ndi nyama zofanana. Zonsezi zinachokera ku chitukuko cha Atlante, chomwe chinagwirizanitsa makontinenti ena, titero kunena kwake, "adalongosola.
  
  Sam anaganiza kaye. "Ndiye mukuganiza kuti Himmler angafune chiyani?"
  
  "Chidziwitso. Chidziwitso chapamwamba. Sizinali zokwanira kuti Hitler ndi agalu ake ankaganiza kuti mtundu wapamwamba unali mbadwa za mtundu wina wadziko. Mwina amaganiza kuti awa ndi omwe a Atlante anali, komanso kuti adzakhala ndi zinsinsi zokhudzana ndiukadaulo wapamwamba ndi zina, "adatero.
  
  "Imeneyo ingakhale nthanthi yogwirika," Sam anavomereza motero.
  
  Kunakhala chete kwanthawi yayitali, ndipo galimoto yokha ndiyomwe idasokoneza. Anayang'anana maso. Inali nthawi yosowa yokha, pamene iwo sanawopsezedwe ndi gulu losakanikirana. Nina anaona kuti pali chinachake chimene chikumuvutitsa Sam. Ngakhale kuti ankafuna kuti asiye zimene anakumana nazo posachedwa, sanathe kuletsa chidwi chake.
  
  "Chavuta ndi chiyani, Sam?" - iye anafunsa pafupifupi involuntarily.
  
  "Ukuganiza kuti ndakhalanso ndi Trish?" - anafunsa.
  
  "Ndinatero," Nina anagwetsera maso ake pansi, akumangirira manja ake patsogolo pake. "Ndidawona zolemba zambiri izi komanso zokumbukira zabwino ndipo ... ndimaganiza ..."
  
  Sam adapita kwa iye mu kuwala kofewa kwapansi pansi ndikumukokera m'manja mwake. Iye anamulola iye. Pa nthawiyi, sanasamale kuti iye anali kuchita nawo zinthu zina kapena kuti ankakhulupirira kuti iye sanatsogolere dala ku khonsolo ya ku Wewelsburg. Tsopano, apa, iye anali Sam basi-Sam wake.
  
  "Zolemba za ife-Trish ndi ine-si zomwe mukuganiza," iye ananong"oneza zala zake zitaseweretsa tsitsi lake, atanyamula kuseri kwa mutu wake pamene mkono wake wina unali utakulungidwa mwamphamvu m"chiwuno chake chowonda. Nina sanafune kuononga nthawiyo poyankha. Iye ankafuna kuti apitirize. Iye ankafuna kuti adziwe chimene icho chinali. Ndipo ankafuna kuti amve kuchokera kwa Sam. Nina anangokhala chete ndikumulola kulankhula, kusangalala ndi mphindi iliyonse yamtengo wapatali ali yekha ndi iye; kutulutsa fungo losamveka bwino la mphuno yake ndi chofewetsa nsalu ya juzi lake, kutentha kwa thupi lake pafupi ndi mkaziyo ndi kumveka kwakutali kwa mtima wake mkati mwake.
  
  "Ndi bukhu chabe," anamuuza motero, ndipo anamva akumwetulira.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Adafunsa momukwinyira.
  
  "Ndikulembera buku la London wofalitsa za zonse zomwe zinachitika, kuyambira pamene ndinakumana ndi Patricia ... chabwino, mukudziwa," adatero. Maso ake oderapo adawoneka akuda tsopano, ndipo malo oyera okhawo anali kuwala kocheperako komwe kumamupangitsa kuwoneka wamoyo kwa iye - wamoyo ndi weniweni.
  
  "O Mulungu, ndadziona kukhala wopusa," anabuula ndi kukanikiza mphumi yake mwamphamvu m"chifuwa chake. Ndinakhumudwa kwambiri. Ndinaganiza ...oh damn, Sam, pepani," anabwebweta mosokonezeka. Iye anasangalala ndi kuyankha kwake ndipo anakweza nkhope yake kwa iye, kudzala milomo yake yakuya, yachigololo. Nina anamva mtima wake ukugunda mofulumira, ndipo zinamupangitsa kubuula pang"ono.
  
  Perdue anakonza kukhosi kwake. Anaima pamwamba pa masitepewo, akutsamira ndodo kuti aike kulemera kwake kwakukulu pa mwendo wake wovulala.
  
  "Tabwerera ndipo takonza zonse," adalengeza ndikumwetulira pang'ono kwa kugonja ataona nthawi yawo yachikondi.
  
  "Purdue!" - Sam adadandaula. "Ndodo iyi imakupatsani mawonekedwe apamwamba, ngati munthu wamba wa James Bond."
  
  "Zikomo, Sam. Ndinasankha pachifukwa ichi. Muli chocheka chobisika mkati, chomwe ndikuwonetsani pambuyo pake, "Perdue adayang'ana mosaseka.
  
  Alexander ndi Otto anamuyandikira kuchokera kumbuyo.
  
  "Ndipo kodi zolembazo ndi zoona, Dr. Gould?" Otto anafunsa Nina.
  
  "Hmm, sindikudziwa. Mayeserowa atenga maola angapo tisanadziwe ngati ndi zolemba zenizeni za apocryphal ndi Alexandria," Nina anafotokoza. "Chotero, tiyenera kudziwa m"mpukutu umodzi wa zaka pafupifupi zonse zolembedwa ndi inki ndi pamanja zomwezo."
  
  "Pamene tikudikirira, nditha kulola enanso kuwerenga, sichoncho?" Otto ananena mopanda chipiriro.
  
  Nina anayang'ana Alexander. Otto Schmidt sankamudziwa bwino kuti amukhulupirire ndi kupeza kwake, koma Komano, iye anali mmodzi wa atsogoleri a Renegade Brigade, choncho akhoza kusankha nthawi yomweyo tsogolo la onsewo. Ngati sanawakonde, Nina ankawopa kuti adzalamula kuti Katya ndi Sergei aphedwe pamene ankasewera ndi phwando la Perdue ngati akuyitanitsa pizza.
  
  Alexander anagwedeza mutu kuvomereza.
  
  
  Mutu 38
  
  
  Otto Schmidt, wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, anakhala pansi pa ofesi yakale m"chipinda chochezera chapamwamba kuti aphunzire zolembedwa pa mipukutuyo. Sam ndi Perdue adasewera mivi, akutsutsa Alexander kuti aponyedwe ndi dzanja lake lamanja, popeza Russian wamanzere anavulazidwa paphewa lakumanzere. Nthawi zonse okonzeka kutenga zoopsa, wopenga waku Russia adawawonetsa bwino, ngakhale kuyesera kusewera mozungulira ndi dzanja loyipa.
  
  Nina adalumikizana ndi Otto mphindi zingapo pambuyo pake. Iye anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi luso lake lowerenga zinenero ziwiri mwa zitatu zimene anapeza m"mipukutuyo. Anamuuza mwachidule za maphunziro ake komanso kukonda kwake zilankhulo ndi zikhalidwe, zomwe zinachititsanso chidwi Nina asanasankhe mbiri yakale. Ngakhale kuti ankadziwa bwino Chilatini, munthu wa ku Austria ankathanso kuwerenga Chiheberi ndi Chigiriki, zomwe zinali ngati mulungu. Chinthu chomalizira chimene Nina anafuna kuchita chinali kuika moyo wawo pachiswe kachiwiri mwa kugwiritsira ntchito munthu wachilendo kusamalira zotsalira zake. Iye ankakhulupirirabe kuti a Nazi amene ankafuna kuwapha paulendo wopita ku Wewelsburg anatumizidwa ndi katswiri wojambula zithunzi, dzina lake Rachel Clark, ndipo anayamikira kuti m"gulu lawo munali munthu wina amene akanatha kuwathandiza pa mbali zomveka bwino za zinenero zosamvetsetseka.
  
  Lingaliro la Rachel Clark linapangitsa Nina kukhala wosamasuka. Akadakhala kuti ndi amene adathamangitsa galimoto yamagazi tsiku limenelo, akanadziwa kale kuti anyamata ake aphedwa. Lingaliro lakuti akhoza kukakhala ku mzinda woyandikana nalo linasokoneza Nina kwambiri. Akadayenera kudziwa komwe ali, kumpoto kwa Halkirk, akanakhala m'mavuto kuposa momwe amafunikira.
  
  "Malinga ndi zigawo za Chihebri apa," Otto analozera kwa Nina, "ndipo apa, limanena kuti Atlantis...sanali... Anayatsa ndudu n"kukokera utsi wotuluka musefayo asanapitirize. "Kutengera nthawi imene zinalembedwa, zikhoza kuti zinalembedwa panthaŵi imene Atlantis amakhulupirira kuti inalipo. Ilo likunena za malo a kontinenti imene pamapu amakono magombe ake amadutsamo , ee, tiyeni tiwone...kuchokera ku Mexico ndi Mtsinje wa Amazon ku South America," iye anabuula kupyolera mu mpweya wina, maso ake ali pa Malemba Achihebri. "m'mphepete mwa nyanja yonse yakumadzulo kwa Europe ndi kumpoto kwa Africa." Anakweza nsidze, akuwoneka ochita chidwi.
  
  Nina anali ndi maonekedwe ofanana pankhope yake. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti apa ndi pamene nyanja ya Atlantic imatchedwa dzina lake. Mulungu, izi ndi zazikulu kwambiri, kodi aliyense akanaphonya bwanji nthawi yonseyi?" anali akuseka, koma maganizo ake anali oona mtima.
  
  "Zikuoneka ngati zimenezo," Otto anavomereza motero. "Koma, Dokotala wanga wokondedwa Gould, muyenera kukumbukira kuti si nkhani ya kuzungulira kapena kukula kwake, koma za kuya komwe dziko lapansi lili pansi pake."
  
  "Ndimakhulupirira. Koma mungaganize kuti ndiukadaulo womwe ali nawo kuti alowe mumlengalenga, atha kupanga ukadaulo wolowera mwakuya, "adaseka.
  
  "Ndikulalikira kwa kwaya, mayi," Otto anamwetulira. "Ndakhala ndikunena zimenezi kwa zaka zambiri."
  
  "Ndilemba lanji ili?" - Anamufunsa, akumavundukula mpukutu wina mosamalitsa, womwe unali ndi zolemba zingapo zonena za Atlantis kapena zotulukapo.
  
  "Ndi Chigriki. Ndiloleni ndione," iye anatero, akumangoyang'ana pa liwu lililonse lomwe chala chake chowongolera chimatulutsa. "Momwemo chifukwa chomwe chipani cha Nazi chinkafuna kupeza Atlantis ..."
  
  "Chifukwa chiyani?"
  
  "Lembali likunena za kulambira Dzuwa, lomwe ndi chipembedzo cha Atlante. Kupembedza dzuwa...kumveka kwa inu?"
  
  "O Mulungu, inde," iye anausa moyo.
  
  "N"kutheka kuti linalembedwa ndi munthu wa ku Atene. Iwo anali pa nkhondo ndi Atlante, kukana kupereka dziko lawo kwa Atlantea kulanda, ndipo Aatene anakankha abulu awo. Pano, mu gawo ili, zimadziwika kuti kontinentiyo inali 'kumadzulo kwa Pillars of Hercules,' iye anawonjezera, akuphwanyira ndudu ya ndudu mu mtsuko wa phulusa.
  
  "Ndipo izi zitha kukhala?" Anafunsa Nina. "Dikirani, Mizati ya Hercules inali Gibraltar. Mtsinje wa Gibraltar!"
  
  "O, chabwino. Ndinaganiza kuti ayenera kukhala kwinakwake ku Mediterranean. Tsekani," adayankha uku akusisita chikopa chachikasu chija ndikugwedeza mutu moganizira. Anasangalala kwambiri ndi zinthu zakale, zomwe zinamupatsa mwayi wophunzira. "Ili ndi gumbwa la Aigupto, monga momwe mukudziŵira," Otto anatero kwa Nina m"mawu amaloto, ngati agogo achikulire akusimba nkhani kwa mwana. Nina anasangalala ndi nzeru zake ndi kulemekeza kwake mbiri yakale. "Chitukuko chakale kwambiri, chochokera ku Atlanteans otukuka kwambiri, chinakhazikitsidwa ku Egypt. Tsopano, ndikanakhala munthu wanyimbo ndi wachikondi," iye ananyodola Nina, "ndikanakonda kuganiza kuti mpukutu womwewu unalembedwa ndi mbadwa yeniyeni ya Atlantis."
  
  Nkhope yake yonenepa inali yodabwitsidwa, ndipo Nina nayenso sanasangalale ndi lingalirolo. Awiriwa adagawana kamphindi kachisangalalo kachete pa lingalirolo onse onse awiri adayamba kuseka.
  
  "Tsopano chomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndi mapu a geography ndikuwona ngati titha kupanga mbiri," adamwetulira Perdue. Iye anaimirira n"kumawayang"ana ali ndi kapu ya kachasu kamodzi m"manja mwake, akumamvetsera chidziŵitso chogwira mtima cha m"mipukutu ya Atlantis chimene Himmler pomalizira pake analamula kuti Werner aphedwe mu 1946.
  
  Atapempha alendo, Maisie anakonza chakudya chopepuka. Pamene aliyense anali atakhala pansi pa chakudya chamadzulo pamoto, Perdue anasowa kwa kanthawi. Sam adadabwa zomwe Perdue akubisala nthawiyi, akuchoka nthawi yomweyo wogwira ntchitoyo atasowa pakhomo lakumbuyo.
  
  Palibe amene ankawoneka kuti akuzindikira. Alexander anauza Nina ndi Otto nkhani zoopsa za nthawi yake chakumapeto kwa zaka makumi atatu ku Siberia, ndipo ankawoneka kuti anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi nkhani zake.
  
  Atamaliza whiskey wake womaliza, Sam adatuluka muofesiyo kuti atsatire mapazi a Perdue ndikuwona zomwe adachita. Sam adatopa ndi zinsinsi za Perdue, koma zomwe adawona atamutsatira ndi Maisie ku nyumba ya alendo zidamuwiritsa magazi. Yakwana nthawi yoti Sam athetse mabetcha osasamala a Perdue, pogwiritsa ntchito Nina ndi Sam ngati ma pawns nthawi zonse. Sam adatulutsa foni yake m'thumba ndikuyamba kuchita zomwe adachita bwino kwambiri: kujambula zochitika.
  
  Atakhala ndi umboni wokwanira, adathawa kubwerera kunyumba. Sam tsopano anali ndi zinsinsi zake zingapo, ndipo, atatopa kutengeka ndi mikangano ndi magulu oyipa ofanana, adaganiza kuti inali nthawi yosintha maudindo.
  
  
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  Otto Schmidt anathera nthawi yambiri ya usiku akuwerengera mosamala malo abwino kwambiri omwe gululo lingasakasaka kontinenti yotayika. Pambuyo pa malo ambiri olowera komwe angayambe kuyang'ana pansi pamadzi, adapeza kuti malo abwino kwambiri ndi kutalika kwake ndi Madeira Archipelago, yomwe ili kumwera chakumadzulo kwa gombe la Portugal.
  
  Ngakhale kuti chisankho chodziwika kwambiri cha maulendo ambiri nthawi zonse chinali Strait of Gibraltar, kapena pakamwa pa Nyanja ya Mediterranean, adaganiza za Madeira chifukwa cha kuyandikira kwa zomwe zapezedwa kale zomwe zatchulidwa m'kaundula akale a Black Sun. Anakumbukira zopezeka zomwe zatchulidwa m'mabuku a arcane pamene ankafufuza malo a zinthu zamatsenga za Nazi asanatumize magulu ofufuza oyenerera padziko lonse lapansi kuti akafufuze zinthuzi.
  
  Anakumbukira kuti anapeza zidutswa zingapo zimene ankafunafuna masiku amenewo. Komabe, mipukutu yambiri yopambanadi, nsalu za nthano ndi nthano zomwe zinali zofikirika ngakhale kwa maganizo a esoteric a SS, zinawathawa onsewo. Pamapeto pake, iwo sanakhale chinthu chopusa kwa iwo omwe anali kuwathamangitsa, monga dziko lotayika la Atlantis ndi gawo lake lamtengo wapatali, lomwe linkafunidwa kwambiri ndi omwe ankadziwa.
  
  Tsopano anali ndi mwayi woti adzinenere ngongole kuti apeze imodzi mwazovuta kwambiri - Nyumba ya Solon, yomwe idanenedwa kuti ndi malo omwe Aryans oyambirira adachokera. Malinga ndi mabuku a Nazi, chinali chotsalira cha ovoid chomwe chinali ndi DNA ya fuko lamphamvu kuposa laumunthu. Popeza izi, Otto sakanatha kuganiza kuti gulu lankhondo lingakhale ndi mphamvu zotani pa Black Sun, osasiya dziko lasayansi.
  
  Ndithudi, kukanakhala kwa iye, sakadalola kuti dziko lipeze zinthu zamtengo wapatali ngati zimenezi. Kugwirizana kwakukulu kwa Renegade Brigade kunali kuti zotsalira zowopsa ziyenera kusungidwa mwachinsinsi ndi kutetezedwa bwino kuti zisazunzidwe ndi iwo omwe adachita bwino pa umbombo ndi mphamvu. Ndipo ndizo ndendende zomwe akanachita - adazinena ndikuzitsekera m'matanthwe osafikirika a mapiri a ku Russia.
  
  Iye yekha ndi amene ankadziwa kumene kunali Solon, choncho anasankha Madeira kuti atenge mbali zotsala za dzikolo. Inde, kunali kofunika kupeza gawo lina la Atlantis, koma Otto anali kufunafuna chinachake champhamvu kwambiri, chamtengo wapatali kuposa kulingalira kulikonse - chinthu chomwe dziko lapansi siliyenera kudziwa.
  
  Unali ulendo wautali ndithu kum"mwera kuchokera ku Scotland kupita ku gombe la Portugal, koma gulu lalikulu la Nina, Sam ndi Otto linatenga nthawi yoyima kuti liwonjezere mafuta pa helikopita ndikudya chakudya chamasana pachilumba cha Porto Santo. Panthawiyi, Perdue anali atawagulira bwato ndipo adawaveka zida za scuba ndi zida zojambulira za sonar zomwe zikanapangitsa kuti bungwe lililonse lifike pa World Research Institute for Nautical Archaeology kuchita manyazi. Anali ndi kagulu kakang'ono ka ma yacht ndi opha nsomba padziko lonse lapansi, koma adatumiza nthambi zake ku France kuti zigwire ntchito yofulumira kuti amupezere bwato latsopano lomwe linganyamule chilichonse chomwe angafune komanso kukhala lolumikizana mokwanira kusambira popanda thandizo.
  
  Kupezeka kwa Atlantis kungakhale kutulukira kwakukulu kwambiri kwa Purdue. Mosakayikira, zimenezi zikanaposa mbiri yake monga wotulukira zinthu zatsopano ndi wofufuza malo ndipo zimamuika m"mabuku a mbiri yakale monga munthu amene anatulukiranso kontinenti yomwe inatayika. Kupatula kudzikonda kulikonse kapena ndalama, izi zikanakweza udindo wake kukhala wosagwedezeka, womalizawo womwe ungamupatse chitetezo ndi ulamuliro mu bungwe lililonse lomwe angasankhe, kuphatikiza Order of the Black Sun kapena Renegade Brigade, kapena gulu lina lililonse lamphamvu. iye anasankha.
  
  Inde, Alexander anali naye. Amuna onsewa adachita zovulala zawo bwino ndipo, pokhala othamanga kwambiri, palibe amene adalola kuvulala kwawo kuwalepheretsa kufufuza uku. Alexander anayamikira kuti Otto adanena za imfa ya Bern kwa brigade ndipo adadziwitsa Bridges kuti iye ndi Alexander athandizira pano kwa masiku angapo asanabwerere ku Russia. Izi zikanawalepheretsa kupha Sergei ndi Katya pakadali pano, koma chiwopsezochi chinali ndi zotsatirapo zake, ndipo chinali chinthu chomwe chidakhudza kwambiri machitidwe a ku Russia omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala osasamala komanso osasamala.
  
  Anakwiya kuti Perdue ankadziwa kumene Renata anali koma sanachite chidwi ndi nkhaniyi. Tsoka ilo, ndi ndalama zomwe Purdue adamulipira, sananene chilichonse pankhaniyi ndipo akuyembekeza kuti atha kuchitapo kanthu nthawi yake isanathe. Anadzifunsa ngati Sam ndi Nina akadalandiridwabe m"gulu la Brigade, koma Otto adzakhala ndi woimira bungwe lalamulo kuti awalankhule.
  
  "Ndiye bwenzi langa lakale, tinyamuke?" - Perdue adafuula kuchokera kuchipinda cha injini chomwe adatulukamo.
  
  "Inde, inde, kaputeni," wa ku Russia anafuula ali pampando.
  
  "Tiyenera kukhala ndi nthawi yabwino, Alexander," Perdue adaseka, akugwedeza Chirasha pamsana pamene akusangalala ndi mphepo.
  
  "Inde, ena aife tilibe nthawi yochulukirapo," adatero Alexander mozama modabwitsa.
  
  Unali mbandakucha ndipo nyanja inali yofewa kwambiri, ikupuma modekha pansi pa chombocho pamene dzuŵa lotuwa linkanyezimira pa mizere yasiliva ndi pamwamba pa madzi.
  
  Pokhala mtsogoleri wovomerezeka ngati Perdue, Alexander adalowa m'magulu awo mu kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake ndipo amuna awiriwa adachoka ku Lorient kupita ku Madeira, komwe amakumana ndi ena. Atafika panyanja, gululo linayenera kuyenda motsatira mfundo zoperekedwa pamipukutu imene woyendetsa ndege wa ku Austria anawamasulira.
  
  
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  Nina ndi Sam adagawana nawo nkhani zawo zakale zankhondo zokhudzana ndi kukumana kwawo ndi Black Sun pambuyo pake madzulo amenewo pamene adakumana ndi Otto kuti amwe zakumwa pamodzi pamene akuyembekezera kufika kwa Perdue ndi Alexander tsiku lotsatira ngati zonse zikuyenda motsatira ndondomeko. Chilumbachi chinali chodabwitsa komanso nyengo inali yofatsa. Nina ndi Sam anasamukira m'zipinda zosiyana chifukwa cha khalidwe labwino, koma Otto sanaganize kutchula izi mwachindunji.
  
  "N'chifukwa chiyani mumabisa ubale wanu mosamala kwambiri?" - woyendetsa wakale adawafunsa panthawi yopuma pakati pa nkhani.
  
  "Mukutanthauza chiyani?" Adafunsa mosalakwa Sam akuyang'ana Nina mwachangu.
  
  "Zikuwonekeratu kuti nonse muli pafupi. Ah mulungu wanga, mwachidziwikire ndinu okondana, ndiye lekani kuchita ngati achinyamata awiri akugonana panja pachipinda cha makolo awo ndikulowera limodzi! "anafuula mokweza pang'ono kuposa momwe amafunira.
  
  "Otto!" Nina adachita mantha.
  
  "Ndikhululukireni chifukwa chochita mwano kwambiri, wokondedwa wanga Nina, koma mosapita m"mbali. Tonse ndife akuluakulu. Kapena ndi chifukwa muli ndi chifukwa chobisira chibwenzi chanu? " mawu ake achipongwe anakhudza kangapo komwe onse ankapewa. Koma asanayankhe aliyense, chinachake chinamuonekera Otto ndipo anatuluka mokweza kuti: "Ha! Zikumveka!" ndipo adakhalanso pampando wake ali ndi mowa wonyezimira m'manja mwake. "Pali wosewera wachitatu. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikudziwanso kuti ndi ndani. Billionaire, ndithudi! Ndi mkazi wokongola uti amene sangagawane naye chikondi kwa munthu wolemera chotere, ngakhale mtima wake ukulakalaka wochepa...
  
  "Dziwani kuti mawuwa akundikhumudwitsa!" Nina anapsa mtima, kupsa mtima kwake koopsa.
  
  "Nina, usadziteteze," Sam adamulimbikitsa, akumwetulira Otto.
  
  "Ngati sunditeteza, Sam, chonde khala chete," iye anaseka n"kukumana ndi Otto akuyang"ana mosalabadira. "Herr Schmidt, sindikuganiza kuti ungathe kufotokoza momveka bwino ndikulingalira momwe ndikumvera kwa anthu pomwe sukudziwa chilichonse chokhudza ine," adadzudzula woyendetsa ndegeyo mwaukali kuti adatha kukhala chete momwe angathere. , poganizira mmene anakwiyira. "Mwina akazi omwe mumakumana nawo ndi ofunitsitsa komanso ongoyerekeza, koma sindine choncho. Ndimadzisamalira ndekha."
  
  Anamuyang"ana kwautali, molimba mtima, kukoma mtima m"maso mwake kunasanduka chilango chobwezera. Sam anamva kuti m'mimba mwake mwagwira poyang'ana mwakachetechete wa Otto. Ndicho chifukwa chake anayesa kuletsa Nina kuti asapse mtima. Ankawoneka kuti wayiwala kuti zonse za Sam ndi tsogolo lake zimadalira kukoma mtima kwa Otto, apo ayi, Renegade Brigade akanapanga ntchito yochepa kwa onse awiri, osatchula anzawo aku Russia.
  
  "Ngati zili choncho, Dr. Gould, muyenera kudzisamalira, ndikumverani chisoni. Ngati ndi chisokonezo chomwe ukudzilowetsamo, ndikuwopa kuti ungakhale mdzakazi wa munthu wosamva kusiyana ndi chitsiru cholemerachi," anayankha Otto ndi kukhumudwa koopsa komwe kungapangitse aliyense wonyoza akazi kuyimilira. kuthokoza. Ponyalanyaza zimene ananena, anadzuka pang"onopang"ono pampando wake: "Ndiyenera kutulutsa mpweya. Sam, tipange wina aliyense."
  
  "Kodi wapenga, hule iwe?" Sam adamukalipira.
  
  "Chani? Mwamva zomwe amalozera? Unali wopanda nzeru kwambiri kuti uteteze ulemu wanga, ndiye unkayembekezera kuti zichitika chiyani? " adabweleranso.
  
  "Mukudziwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa ma commanders awiri omwe atsala pakati pa anthu omwe ali ndi mpira; anthu omwe adabweretsa Dzuwa Lakuda mpaka pano, sichoncho? Mukwiyitseni ndipo tonse titha kukhala ndi maliro abwino panyanja!" Sam anamukumbutsa motsindika.
  
  "Kodi suyenera kuyitanira chibwenzi chako chatsopano ku bar?" anaseka mokwiya chifukwa cholephera kunyoza amuna a m'gulu lake mosavuta monga momwe amachitira nthawi zonse. "Iye amanditcha hule wokonzeka kukhala kumbali ya aliyense amene ali ndi mphamvu."
  
  Sam, mosaganizira, anafuula kuti, "Chabwino, pakati pa ine ndi Perdue ndi Bern, zinali zovuta kudziwa kumene umafuna kuyala bedi lako, Nina. Mwina ali ndi maganizo amene mukufuna kuwaganizira."
  
  Maso a mdima a Nina anatseguka, koma mkwiyo wake unazunguliridwa ndi ululu. Anangomumva Sam akulankhula mawu amenewo kapena ndi satana wina wachidakwa yemwe amamupusitsa? Mtima wake unamuwawa kwambiri ndipo kukhosi kwake kunakula chotupa, koma mkwiyo wake unakhalabe chifukwa cha kusakhulupirika kwake. M"maganizo mwake, anayesa kumvetsetsa chifukwa chimene Otto anatcha Perdue kukhala wofooka maganizo. Kodi kunali kufuna kumukhumudwitsa kapena kumukopa? Kapena kodi ankamudziwa Purdue kuposa iwo?
  
  Sam anangozimidwa ndikuyimilira kudikirira kuti amuthyole koma modabwa kwambiri misozi inatuluka mmaso mwa Nina ndipo anangonyamuka kumapita. Anamva chisoni chochepa monga momwe ankayembekezera, chifukwa anachitadi zimenezo.
  
  Koma ngakhale kuti choonadi chinali chabwino chotani, iye ankadzionabe ngati munthu wamba pa zimene ananena.
  
  Anakhala pansi kuti asangalale ndi usiku wonsewo ndi woyendetsa ndege wakale ndi nkhani zake zosangalatsa ndi malangizo. Patebulo lotsatira, amuna aŵiri ankaoneka kuti akukambirana nkhani yonse imene anali atangoona kumene. Alendo odzaona malowo ankalankhula Chidatchi kapena Chiflemish, koma sankadandaula kuti Sam akawaona akulankhula za iye ndi mkaziyo.
  
  "Akazi," Sam anamwetulira ndikukweza galasi lake la mowa. Amuna aja anaseka movomerezana ndipo anakweza magalasi awo kusonyeza kuvomereza.
  
  Nina anayamikira kuti anali ndi zipinda zosiyana, mwinamwake akanapha Sam ali m'tulo chifukwa cha ukali. Mkwiyo wake sunayambike chifukwa chakuti adakhala kumbali ya Otto chifukwa cha momwe amachitira amuna, koma chifukwa chakuti adayenera kuvomereza kuti panali zowona zambiri m'mawu ake. Bern anali bwenzi lake lapamtima pamene anali akaidi ku Mönx Saridag, makamaka chifukwa chakuti iye anagwiritsira ntchito zithumwa zake mwadala kufewetsa tsoka lawo pamene anamva kuti iye anali kopi yeniyeni ya mkazi wake.
  
  Anakonda kupita patsogolo kwa Perdue pamene adakwiyira Sam m'malo mongokonza zinthu naye. Ndipo akanatani popanda thandizo la ndalama la Perdue pamene anali kutali? Sanavutikepo kumufunafuna mozama, koma adayamba kufufuza, mothandizidwa ndi chikondi chake pa iye.
  
  "O Mulungu wanga," anakuwa mwakachetechete atatseka chitseko n"kugwera pakama, "Akunena zoona! Ndine kamtsikana kakang'ono koyenera kugwiritsa ntchito chikoka komanso udindo wanga kuti ndikhale ndi moyo. Ine ndine hule la mfumu iliyonse yamphamvu!"
  
  
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  Perdue ndi Alexander ayang'ana kale pansi pa nyanja pamtunda wa makilomita angapo kuchokera komwe akupita. Iwo ankafuna kudziwa ngati panali zolakwika zilizonse kapena zosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe m'malo otsetsereka omwe ali pansi pawo, zomwe zingasonyeze mapangidwe a anthu kapena nsonga zofanana zomwe zingathe kuimira zotsalira za zomangamanga zakale. Kusagwirizana kulikonse kwa geomorphic pamawonekedwe apamwamba kungasonyeze kuti zinthu zomizidwa m'madzi ndizosiyana ndi zinyalala zomwe zili m'deralo ndipo zikuyenera kufufuzidwa.
  
  "Sindinadziwe kuti Atlantis akuyenera kukhala wamkulu chonchi," adatero Alexander, akuyang'ana malo omwe adayikidwa pa scanner yakuzama ya sonar. Malinga ndi kunena kwa Otto Schmidt, mtsinjewo unadutsa kutali kwambiri ndi nyanja ya Atlantic, pakati pa Nyanja ya Mediterranean ndi North ndi South America. Kumbali ya kumadzulo kwa chinsalucho chinafalikira mpaka ku Bahamas ndi Mexico, zomwe zinali zomveka mu chiphunzitso chakuti ichi chinali chifukwa chake zomangamanga za Aigupto ndi South America ndi zipembedzo zinali ndi mapiramidi ndi zomangira zofanana monga chikoka chofala.
  
  "Eya, iwo adanena kuti inali yaikulu kuposa North Africa ndi Asia Minor pamodzi," Perdue anafotokoza.
  
  "Koma ndiye kuti ndi yayikulu kwambiri kuti isapezeke, chifukwa pali unyinji wamtunda m'mphepete mwa madera awa," adatero Alexander, kwa iye yekha kuposa omwe analipo.
  
  "O, koma ndikutsimikiza kuti malowa ndi gawo la pansi - ngati nsonga zamapiri zomwe zimabisala phiri lonse," adatero Perdue. "Mulungu, Alexander, taganizani tikadapeza kontinenti iyi, tikadapeza ulemerero wotani!"
  
  Alexander sanasamale za kutchuka. Zonse zomwe ankasamala nazo zinali kupeza komwe Renata anali kuti athe kuchotsa Katya ndi Sergei nthawi yawo isanathe. Anazindikira kuti Sam ndi Nina anali okondana kwambiri ndi Comrade Schmidt, zomwe zinali zowakomera, koma ponena za mgwirizanowu, panalibe kusintha kwa mawu ndipo kunamupangitsa usiku wonse. Nthawi zonse ankafikira vodka kuti akhazikike mtima pansi, makamaka pamene nyengo ya Chipwitikizi inayamba kukhumudwitsa maganizo ake a ku Russia. Dzikoli linali lokongola modabwitsa, koma ankasowa kwawo. Anaphonya kuzizira koopsa, matalala, kuwala kwa mwezi ndi akazi otentha.
  
  Atafika kuzilumba zozungulira Madeira, Perdue anali kuyembekezera kukumana ndi Sam ndi Nina, ngakhale kuti anali tcheru ndi Otto Schmidt. Mwina mgwirizano wa Perdue wa Black Sun udakali watsopano, kapena mwina Otto sanakonde kuti Perdue sanasankhe mbali, koma woyendetsa ndege wa ku Austria sanali m'chipinda chamkati cha Perdue, zomwe zinali zotsimikizika.
  
  Komabe, nkhalambayi idachita mbali yofunika kwambiri ndipo idawathandizabe kwambiri kumasulira zikopazo m'zilankhulo zosadziwika bwino komanso kupeza malo omwe akufuna, kotero Perdue adayenera kuvomereza ndikuvomereza kukhalapo. za munthu uyu mwa iwo.
  
  Atakumana, Sam adanena momwe adasangalalira ndi boti lomwe Purdue adagula. Otto ndi Alexander anachoka pambali n"kukapeza komwe ndi pa malo amene amayenera kukhala akuya. Nina anaima pambali, akupuma mpweya wabwino wa m"nyanja ndi kumva kuti alibe malo pang"ono chifukwa cha mabotolo ochuluka a korali ndi magalasi osaŵerengeka a ponchi amene anagula kuyambira pamene anabwerera ku bala. Pokhala wokhumudwa komanso wokwiya pambuyo pa chipongwe cha Otto, analira pakama pake kwa pafupifupi ola limodzi, kudikirira kuti Sam ndi Otto achoke kuti apitenso ku bawa. Ndipo anachita monga ankayembekezera.
  
  "Moni, wokondedwa," Perdue adayankhula pafupi naye. Nkhope yake inali yotupidwa ndi dzuŵa ndi mchere wa tsiku lapitalo kapena kuposa pamenepo, koma anawoneka wopumula bwino, mosiyana ndi Nina. "Vuto ndi chiyani? Anyamata akukupezerera?"
  
  Nina anawoneka wokhumudwa kwambiri, ndipo Perdue posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika. Iye mokoma anakulunga dzanja lake pa phewa lake, kusangalala ndi kumverera kwa thupi lake laling'ono litapanikizidwa ndi lake kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka. Zinali zosagwirizana ndi Nina Gould kuti asanene kalikonse, ndipo uwu unali umboni wokwanira kuti amadzimva kuti alibe malo.
  
  "Ndiye tipite kuti kaye?" - adafunsa modabwa.
  
  "Makilomita angapo kumadzulo kwa kuno, Alexander ndi ine tinapeza mapangidwe angapo osakhazikika pakuya kwamamita mazana angapo. Ndiyamba ndi izi. Sizikuwoneka ngati phiri la pansi pa madzi kapena mtundu uliwonse wa kusweka kwa ngalawa. Imatalika pafupifupi makilomita 200. Ichi ndi chachikulu! "- iye anapitiriza mosagwirizana, momveka bwino osangalala kuposa mawu.
  
  "Bambo Perdue," Otto anafuula motero pamene anayandikira aŵiriwo, "kodi ndidzawulukira pamwamba panu kuti ndione ngati mukudumphira mumlengalenga?"
  
  "Inde, bwana," Perdue anamwetulira, ndikupangitsa woyendetsa ndegeyo kugunda paphewa. "Ndikulumikizani tikangofika pamalo oyamba osambira."
  
  "Chabwino!" -Otto adafuula ndikumupatsa Sam chala chachikulu. Zomwe zinali, ngakhale Perdue kapena Nina sakanakhoza kumvetsa. "Ndiye ndidikirira pano. Mukudziwa oyendetsa ndege sayenera kumwa, sichoncho? Otto anaseka kwambiri ndikugwira chanza Perdue. "Zabwino, Bambo Perdue. Ndipo Dr. Gould, ndinu dipo la mfumu malinga ndi miyezo ya njonda iliyonse, wokondedwa wanga," iye anawuza Nina mwadzidzidzi.
  
  Modzidzimuka, anaganiza zomuyankha, koma monga mwanthawi zonse, Otto sanalabadire ndipo anangotembenukira ku cafe yomwe imayang'ana madamu ndi matanthwe omwe ali pafupi ndi malo osodza.
  
  "Zinali zachilendo. Zodabwitsa, koma modabwitsa zokhumbirika," anadandaula motero Nina.
  
  Sam anali pamndandanda wake wopusa ndipo adamupewa nthawi yayitali yaulendo, kupatula kulemba zofunikira apa ndi apo za zida zodumphira pansi ndi ma bearings.
  
  "Mwaona? Ofufuza ambiri, ndikubetcha, "Perdue adauza Alexander moseketsa, akuloza bwato losodza la ramshackle lomwe likuyenda chapatali. Iwo ankamva Apwitikizi akukangana mosalekeza za kumene mphepo ikulowera, kuchokera ku zimene ankatha kuzimvetsa ndi manja awo. Alexander anaseka. Zinamukumbutsa za usiku umene iye ndi asilikali ena 6 anakhala pa Nyanja ya Caspian, ataledzera kwambiri moti sakanatha kuyenda panyanja ndipo anasochera mopanda chiyembekezo.
  
  Kupumula kosowa kwa maola awiri kunadalitsa ogwira ntchito paulendo wa Atlantis pomwe Alexander adabweretsa bwato kumtunda wolembedwa ndi sextant yomwe adakambirana naye. Ngakhale kuti anali otanganidwa ndi nkhani zing"onozing"ono ndi nkhani za anthu ofufuza zakale Achipwitikizi, okonda othawa kwawo ndi kumizidwa m"madzi, ndi kutsimikizirika kwa zolembedwa zina zopezeka m"mipukutu ya Atlantis, iwo anali ofunitsitsa mwamseri kuona ngati kontinentiyo inalidi pansi pawo m"mipukutu yake yonse. ulemerero. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene akanatha kuletsa chisangalalo chawo chosambira.
  
  "Mwamwayi, ndidayambanso kudumphira pasukulu yodziwika bwino ya PADI patangotha chaka chimodzi chapitacho, kuti ndingochita china chake kuti mupumule," Sam adadzitamandira pomwe Alexander akuvula suti yake kuti adutse koyamba.
  
  "Ndi chinthu chabwino, Sam. Pakuya uku muyenera kudziwa zomwe mukuchita. Nina, mukusowa izi?" - Perdue anafunsa.
  
  "Inde," iye anagwedeza mutu. "Ndili ndi vuto la chimfine lomwe lingathe kupha njati, ndipo ukudziwa momwe zimakhalira ndi zovuta."
  
  "O, eya, mwina ayi," Alexander anagwedeza mutu, akuyamwa mfundo ina pamene mphepo ikugwedeza tsitsi lake. "Osadandaula, ndikhala nawo limodzi pomwe awiriwa akuseka shaki ndikunyengerera nyama zomwe zimadya anthu."
  
  Nina anaseka. Chiwonetsero cha Sam ndi Perdue pachifundo cha amayi a Pisces chinali choseketsa. Komabe, lingaliro la shaki lidamuvutitsadi.
  
  "Usade nkhawa ndi nsomba za shaki, Nina," Sam anamuuza motero asanalume ndudu yake, "sizimakonda mwazi woledzeretsa. Ndikhala bwino ".
  
  "Si iweyo yemwe ndikuda nkhawa nawe, Sam," adaseka ndi mawu ake abwino kwambiri ndikuvomereza kulumikizana ndi Alexander.
  
  Perdue ananamizira kuti sakumva kalikonse, koma Sam ankadziwa zomwe ankakambirana. Ndemanga yake usiku watha, kuwona kwake moona mtima, kudafooketsa ubale wawo kotero kuti adayamba kubwezera. Koma sanafune kupepesa. Anafunika kudzutsidwa ku khalidwe lake ndikukakamizika kupanga chisankho kamodzi kokha m'malo mosewera ndi maganizo a Perdue, Sam, kapena wina aliyense amene anasankha kuti asangalatse malinga ngati zimukhazika mtima pansi.
  
  Nina anam'patsa Perdue kuyang'ana mwachikondi asanalowe m'nyanja yakuya, yakuda yabuluu ya Portugal Atlantic. Adaganiza zopanga nkhope yofiyira Sam, koma atacheuka kuti amuyang'ane, chidangotsala duwa lotulutsa thovu ndi thovu pamwamba pamadzi.
  
  Ndizomvetsa chisoni, adaganiza ndikuthamangitsa chala chakuya papepala lopindidwa. Ndikhulupilira mermaid adzakudulani mipira, Sammo.
  
  
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  Kuyeretsa pabalaza nthawi zonse kunali komaliza pamndandanda wa Abiti Maisie ndi azimayi ake awiri otsuka, koma chinali chipinda chawo chomwe amachikonda kwambiri chifukwa cha poyatsira moto ndi zojambula zowopsa. Awiri omwe anali pansi pake anali atsikana aku koleji ya komweko omwe adawalemba ganyu ndi ndalama zabwino, koma sangakambirane za malo kapena chitetezo chake. Mwamwayi kwa iye, atsikana awiriwa anali ophunzira amanyazi omwe amasangalala ndi maphunziro a sayansi ndi maulendo othamanga a Skyrim, osati mitundu yowonongeka ndi yosalongosoka yomwe Maisie anakumana nayo ku Ireland pamene ankagwira ntchito kumeneko motetezedwa kuyambira 1999 mpaka 2005.
  
  Atsikana ake anali ophunzira a kalasi yoyamba amene ankanyadira ntchito zawo zapakhomo, ndipo nthaŵi zonse ankawapatsa malangizo a kudzipereka kwawo ndi ntchito yawo yogwira mtima. Unali ubale wabwino. Panali malo angapo m'malo a Thurso omwe Abiti Maisie adasankha kudziyeretsa, ndipo atsikana ake adayesetsa kuti asakhale nawo - nyumba ya alendo komanso chipinda chapansi.
  
  Lero kunali kozizira kwambiri chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho yomwe idalengezedwa ndi wailesi dzulo lake, yomwe ikuyembekezeka kuwononga kumpoto kwa Scotland kwa masiku atatu otsatira. Motowo unayaka moto m"malo akuluwo, pomwe malawi a moto ananyambita makoma oyaka a njerwa zomwe zinkakwera pamwamba pa chumuniyo.
  
  "Mwatsala pang'ono kumaliza, atsikana?" Maisie anafunsa ali pakhomo pomwe anayima ndi tray.
  
  "Inde, ndatha," adalonjera Linda wowonda brunette, akugunda matako opindika a bwenzi lake Lizzie watsitsi lofiyira ndi phulusa la nthenga. "Ginger akadali otsalira," adaseka.
  
  "Ndi chiyani?" -Lizzie adafunsa ataona keke yokongola yakubadwa.
  
  "Ndilibe matenda a shuga pang'ono," adatero Maisie, akunyoza.
  
  "Kwa nthawi yanji?" Adafunsa choncho Linda uku akumukokera nzake patebulo.
  
  Maisie anayatsa kandulo imodzi pakati, "Lero amayi ndi tsiku langa lobadwa ndipo ndinu omvetsa chisoni chifukwa cha kulawa kwanga kokakamizidwa."
  
  "O Mulungu. Zikumveka zoyipa, sichoncho, Ginger?" Linda adaseka mnzakeyo atatsamira chala chake pachisanu kuti alawe. Maisie anamenya mkono wake akuseweretsa n"kukweza mng"oma wa nyama mwachipongwe, zomwe zinachititsa atsikanawo kukuwa mosangalala.
  
  "Tsiku Labwino Lobadwa Abiti Maisie!" - onse awiri adakuwa, okondwa kuwona woyang'anira nyumbayo akuchita nthabwala za Halloween. Maisie anayang'ana nkhope, anatseka maso ake, kuyembekezera kuukira kwa zinyenyeswazi ndi kuzizira, ndipo anatsitsa mpeni pa keke.
  
  Monga momwe zimayembekezeredwa, chikokacho chinagawanitsa kekeyo pakati ndipo atsikanawo adafuula mokondwera.
  
  Maisie anati: "Tabwerani, fufuzani mozama." Sindinadye tsiku lonse.
  
  "Nanenso," anadandaula Lizzie pamene Linda ankawaphikira onse mwaluso.
  
  Belu la pakhomo linalira.
  
  "Alendo enanso?" Anafunsa Linda atazaza mkamwa.
  
  "Ayi, ukudziwa kuti ndilibe anzanga," Maisie anaseka, akuponya maso ake. Iye anali atangoyamba kumene kuluma ndipo tsopano anayenera kumeza mwamsanga kuti awoneke bwino, zomwe zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri, panthawi yomwe ankaganiza kuti akhoza kumasuka. Abiti Maisie anatsegula chitseko ndipo analonjezedwa ndi njonda ziwiri zovala ma jean ndi ma jekete amene anamukumbutsa za alenje kapena odula matabwa. Mvula inali itayamba kuwagwera, ndipo pakhondepo panali mphepo yozizira kwambiri, koma palibe amene ananjenjemera kapena kukweza kolala. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti kuzizira sikunawawopsyeze.
  
  "Kodi ndingakuthandizeni?" - iye anafunsa.
  
  "Masana abwino, madam. Tikukhulupirira kuti mungathe kutithandiza," anatero munthu wamtali wa amuna aŵiri aubwenzi wolankhula Chijeremani.
  
  "Ndi chiyani?"
  
  "Popanda kuchititsa chochitika kapena kuwononga ntchito yathu kuno," wina anayankha mosalabadira. Kamvekedwe kake kanali kodekha, kotukuka kwambiri, ndipo Maisie anazindikira kuti anali ndi katchulidwe kake kochokera kwinakwake ku Ukraine. Mawu ake akanakhumudwitsa akazi ambiri, koma Maisie anali waluso posonkhanitsa anthu ndikuchotsa ambiri. Iwo analidi alenje, adakhulupirira, alendo omwe adatumizidwa ku ntchito yomwe adalamulidwa kuti achite mwankhanza monga momwe adakwiyira, chifukwa chake adakhala bata ndi pempho lotseguka.
  
  "Kodi ntchito yako ndi yotani? Sindingalonjeze mgwirizano ngati zingawononge moyo wanga," iye anatero mwamphamvu, kuwalola kuti adziŵe kuti iye ndi munthu wodziŵa moyo. "Uli ndi ndani?"
  
  "Sitinganene, madam. Kodi mungachokere pambali chonde."
  
  "Ndipo funsani anzanu achichepere kuti asakuwa," anafunsa mwamuna wamtaliyo.
  
  "Ndi anthu wamba osalakwa, njonda. Musawalowetse m"zimenezi," anatero Maisie mwaukali n"kulowa pakati pa khomo. "Iwo alibe chifukwa chokuwa."
  
  "Chabwino, chifukwa ngati achita zimenezi, tidzawapatsa chifukwa," anayankha motero Myukireniyo mokoma mtima kwambiri moti ankaoneka kuti wakwiya.
  
  "Akazi Maisie! Zonse zili bwino?" Lizzie anayitana ali pabalaza.
  
  "Dandy, chidole! Idya mkate wako!" Maisie adayankha mokuwa.
  
  Munatumidwa kuno kudzatani? Ndine ndekha amene ndikukhala m'malo a abwana anga kwa milungu ingapo yotsatira, ndiye chilichonse chomwe mukufuna, mwabwera nthawi yolakwika. Ndine wosamalira m'nyumba," adawauza mwamwambo ndikugwedeza mwaulemu asanakoke chitseko pang'onopang'ono kuti atseke.
  
  Sanachitepo kanthu, ndipo, zodabwitsa, izi ndi zomwe zidapangitsa Maisie McFadden kukhala ndi mantha. Anatseka chitseko chakutsogolo n"kupuma mozama, akuyamikira kuti anamulandira.
  
  Mbale inathyoka pabalaza.
  
  Mayi Maisie anathamanga kuti akaone zimene zinali kuchitika ndipo anapeza atsikana ake aŵiri atakumbatiridwa mwamphamvu ndi amuna ena aŵiri amene mwachionekere anali ogwirizana ndi alendo ake aŵiri. Anasiya kumwalira.
  
  "Renata ali kuti?" - anafunsa mmodzi wa amunawo.
  
  "Ine-ine-sindikudziwa kuti ndi ndani," Maisie anatero mwachibwibwi, akugwedeza manja ake patsogolo pake.
  
  Bamboyo adatulutsa Makarov ndikumubaya kwambiri mwendo wa Lizzie. Mtsikanayo analira mwansangala, monganso mnzake.
  
  "Awuzeni kuti atonthole kapena tiwatontholetse ndi chipolopolo chotsatira," iye anafuula motero. Maisie adachitadi zomwe adauzidwa ndikuwuza atsikanawo kuti akhale chete kuti alendowo asawaphe. Linda anakomoka, kunjenjemera kwa kuwukiridwako kunamuvuta kupirira. Munthu amene anaigwira anangoiponya pansi n"kunena kuti, "Zikuoneka ngati mafilimu, si choncho wokondedwa?"
  
  "Renata! Ali kuti?" - adakuwa atagwira kunjenjemera ndikumuopseza Lizzie ndi tsitsi ndikuloza chida chake pachigongono chake. Maisie tsopano anazindikira kuti akutanthauza wench wosayamika amene anayenera kuwasamalira kufikira pamene Bambo Perdue anabwerera. Ngakhale kuti ankadana ndi hule wopanda pake, Maisie analipidwa kuti amuteteze ndi kumudyetsa. Sanathe kusamutsa katunduyo kwa iwo malinga ndi lamulo la abwana ake.
  
  "Ndiloleni ndikutengereni kwa iye," iye anatero mowona mtima, "koma chonde asiyeni atsikana oyeretsa."
  
  "Mumange ndi kuwabisa m"kachipindako. Akakuwa, tidzawathamangitsa ngati mahule a ku Paris," mnyamata wamfuti wankhanzayo anaseka, akutseka maso ndi Lizzie ngati chenjezo.
  
  "Ndisiye ndimuchotse Linda. Chifukwa cha Mulungu, sungalole mwanayo agone pansi pozizira," Maisie anauza amunawo mopanda mantha m"mawu ake.
  
  Anamulola kuti amutsogolere Linda pampando womwe unali pafupi ndi tebulo. Chifukwa cha kusuntha kwachangu kwa manja ake aluso, sanaone mpeni wosema umene Abiti Maisie anautulutsa pansi pa kekeyo n"kuuika m"thumba la apuloni. Ndi kupuma, anagwedeza manja ake pachifuwa chake kuti achotse zinyenyeswazi ndi chisanu chomata ndipo anati, "Bwerani."
  
  Amunawo anam"tsatira m"chipinda chachikulu chodyeramo ndi zinthu zake zonse zakale, n"kulowa m"khitchini momwemo fungo la keke yowotcha kumene linkamvekabe. Koma m"malo mopita nawo kunyumba ya alendo, iye anawatengera m"chipinda chapansi. Amunawo sankadziwa za chinyengocho, chifukwa m"chipinda chapansi nthawi zambiri mumakhala anthu ogwidwa ndi kusunga zinsinsi. M"chipindacho munali mdima wandiweyani ndipo munali fungo la sulfure.
  
  "Kodi pali kuwala kulikonse pansi pano?" - anafunsa mmodzi wa amunawo.
  
  "Pali chosinthira pansi. sibwino kwa munthu wamantha ngati ine amene amanyoza zipinda zamdima, mukudziwa. Mafilimu owopsa kwambiri amakupezani nthawi zonse, "adatero mopepuka.
  
  Ali mkati mwa masitepewo, Maisie mwadzidzidzi anatsikira pansi n"kukhala pansi. Mwamuna amene ankamutsatira kwambiri anapunthwa pathupi lake lophwanyika n"kugwera pansi mwamphamvu pamasitepe pamene Maisie anabweza mpeni wake kuti amenye mwamuna wachiŵiri kumbuyo kwake. M"bondo mwake munali chitsamba chochindikala, cholemetsa, cholekanitsa chipewa chake cha bondo ndi chibwano chake pamene mafupa a munthu woyamba anali kuphwanyidwa mumdima pamene anatera, n"kumukhalitsa chete.
  
  Pamene ankabangula momvetsa chisoni kwambiri, iye anamva kugunda kwamphamvu kumaso kwake, komwe kunachititsa kuti akomoke, ndipo anakomoka. Pamene utsi wamdimawo unayamba kutha, Maisie anaona amuna aŵiri aja akutuluka pa khomo lakumaso akutulukira pamalo otsetsereka. Monga momwe maphunziro ake adanenera, ngakhale m'maso mwake adayang'anira kuyanjana kwawo.
  
  "Renata kulibe, zitsiru! Zithunzi zomwe Cleve adatitumizira timamuwonetsa ali mnyumba ya alendo! Ameneyo ali kunja. Bweretsani wosamalira nyumbayo!"
  
  Maisie ankadziwa kuti akanatha kuthana ndi atatu mwa iwo akanapanda kumusiya. Ankangomvabe chigawenga cha m"mabondo chikukuwa chakumapeto pamene ankatuluka pabwalo pomwe ankagwa ndi mvula yoziziritsa kukhosi.
  
  "Kodi. Lowetsani zizindikiro. Tikudziwa zachitetezo chachitetezo, okondedwa, musaganize zotiseka," bamboyo wachilankhulo cha ku Russia adamulalatira.
  
  "Mwabwera kudzamumasula? Umagwira ntchito kwa iye?" - Maisie adafunsa, akukanikiza manambala angapo pa kiyibodi yoyamba.
  
  "Si nkhani yako," wa ku Ukraine anayankha kuchokera pakhomo lakumaso mopanda chifundo. Maisie anatembenuka, maso ake akugwedera chifukwa cha kuima kwa madzi oyenda.
  
  "Ndiyo ntchito yanga ndithu," iye anayankha motero. "Ineyo ndi amene ndimamuyang"anira."
  
  "Mumaona kuti ntchito yanu ndi yofunika kwambiri. Izi n"zodabwitsa," Mjeremani waubwenzi amene anali pakhomo lakumaso analankhula naye momulimbikitsa. Anakanikizira mpeni wake wosaka mwamphamvu pakhosi pake. "Tsopano tsegulani chitseko chovuta."
  
  Maisie anatsegula chitseko choyamba. Atatu a iwo adalowa ndi iye pakati pa zitseko ziwiri. Ngati akanatha kuwathetsa ndi Renata ndi kutseka chitseko, akhoza kuwatsekera ndi katundu wawo ndi kulankhulana ndi a Perdue kuti awalimbikitse.
  
  "Tsegulani khomo lotsatira," anatero Mjeremaniyo. Iye ankadziwa zomwe ankakonzekera ndipo anaonetsetsa kuti alowerere kaye kuti asawaletse. Anapempha munthu wa ku Ukraine kuti akhazikike pakhomo lakunja. Maisie anatsegula chitseko chotsatira, akuyembekeza kuti Mirela amuthandiza kuchotsa olowa, koma sankadziwa kukula kwa masewera amphamvu a Mirela. Nanga n"cifukwa ciani angathandize om"gwila kulimbana ndi amene akumumenya ngati magulu onse aŵili alibe cikondi kwa iye? Mirela anaima chilili, atatsamira khoma kunja kwa chitseko, atagwira chivundikiro cholemera cha chimbudzi. Ataona Maisie akulowa pakhomo anangomwetulira. Kubwezera kwake kunali kochepa, koma kokwanira pano. Ndi mphamvu zake zonse, Mirela anatembenuza chivundikirocho n"kumenyetsa pankhope ya Maisie, n"kumuthyola mphuno ndi nsagwada ndi kumenya kamodzi kokha. Mtembo wa woyang'anira nyumbayo unagwera pamwamba pa amuna awiriwo, koma pamene Mirela anayesa kutseka chitseko, anali achangu komanso amphamvu kwambiri.
  
  Maisie ali pansi, anatulutsa chipangizo choyankhulirana chomwe amatumizira Perdue malipoti ake ndikulemba uthenga wake. Kenako analowetsa mu bra wake ndipo sanasunthe kwinaku akumva zigawenga ziwiri zija zikugonjetsera wogwidwa uja. Maisie sankaona zimene ankachita, koma ankangomva kulira kwa Mirela kopanda phokoso la anthu amene ankamuukirawo. Woyang'anira nyumbayo adagubuduzika ndimimba kuti ayang'ane pansi pa sofa, koma samawona chilichonse chakutsogolo kwake. Aliyense anatonthola, ndiyeno anamva lamulo la Chijeremani lakuti: "Liphulitsani nyumba ya alendoyo titangochoka pamalopo. Zophulika za zomera."
  
  Maisie anali atafooka kwambiri moti sakanatha kusuntha, koma anayesetsa kukwawira pakhomo.
  
  "Taonani, uyu akadali moyo," anatero wa ku Ukraine. Amuna enawo adang'ung'udza china chake m'Chirasha pomwe amakhazikitsa zida zophulitsira. Munthu wa ku Ukraine anayang"ana Maisie ndi kupukusa mutu kuti: "Osadandaula, wokondedwa. Sitidzakusiyani kuti mufe imfa yoopsa pamoto."
  
  Anamwetulira kuseri kwa kuwala kwake kwapakamwa pamene kuwomberako kumamveka mvula yamphamvu.
  
  
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  Kuwala kwa buluu wakuya kwa nyanja ya Atlantic kunakuta osambira awiriwa pamene ankatsika pang'onopang'ono kumtunda wa nsonga za pansi pa madzi zomwe Perdue anapeza pa scanner yake. Anapita mozama momwe akanatha ndipo analemba zinthuzo, ndikuyika zina mwazitsulo zosiyanasiyana m'machubu ang'onoang'ono. Mwanjira imeneyi, Perdue amatha kudziwa zomwe zinali mchenga wam'deralo komanso zomwe zinali zakunja monga marble kapena bronze. Dothi lopangidwa ndi mchere wosiyana ndi zomwe zimapezeka m'madzi am'madzi am'deralo zitha kutanthauziridwa kuti mwina ndi zachilendo, mwina zopangidwa ndi anthu.
  
  Kuchokera mumdima wandiweyani wa pansi pa nyanja, Perdue ankaganiza kuti akuwona mithunzi yowopsya ya shaki. Zinamuopsa koma sanathe kumuchenjeza Sam yemwe anali ndi nsana wake patali patali. Perdue anabisala kuseri kwa mpanda wa miyala ndikudikirira, akudandaula kuti thovu lake lidzapereka kukhalapo kwake. Pomalizira pake, analimba mtima kufufuza bwinobwino derali, ndipo anasangalala kwambiri, ndipo anapeza kuti mthunziwo unali wosambira yekhayekha wojambula zamoyo zam'madzi m'matanthwe. Amatha kuwona kuchokera pamawonekedwe a thupi la osambira kuti anali mkazi, ndipo kwakanthawi adaganiza kuti akhoza kukhala Nina, koma sanafune kusambira kupita kwa iye ndikudzipusitsa.
  
  Perdue adapeza zida zosinthika kwambiri zomwe zingakhale zofunikira ndikusonkhanitsa momwe angathere. Anaona kuti Sam tsopano akuyenda njira yosiyana kwambiri, osanyalanyaza udindo wa Perdue. Sam amayenera kutenga zithunzi ndi makanema a ma dive awo kuti athe kuwunika zofalitsa akabwerera ku bwato, koma adasowa mwachangu mumdima wam'madzi. Atamaliza kusonkhanitsa zitsanzo zoyamba, Perdue adatsatira Sam kuti awone zomwe akuchita. Pamene Perdue ankayenda mozungulira gulu lalikulu la miyala yakuda, adapeza Sam akulowa m'phanga pansi pa gulu lina loterolo. Sam adawonekera mkatimo kuti atenge kanema wa makoma ndi pansi paphanga losefukira. Perdue anathamanga kuti agwire, ali ndi chidaliro kuti posachedwa mpweya wa oxygen udzatha.
  
  Anakanyula zipsepse za Sam, kuopseza munthuyo kutsala pang'ono kufa. Perdue adawalozera kuti abwerere kuchipinda cham'mwamba ndikumuwonetsa Sam mbale zomwe adadzaza ndi zida. Sam anavomera mutu ndipo anadzuka kulunjika kuwala kwa dzuwa komwe kumadutsa pamwamba pawo.
  
  
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  Atazindikira kuti palibe chachilendo pa mlingo wa mankhwala, gululo linakhumudwa pang'ono.
  
  "Taonani, mtunda uwu suli kokha kugombe lakumadzulo kwa Ulaya ndi Afirika," Nina anawakumbutsa motero. "Chifukwa chakuti palibe chotsimikizika pansi pathu sizikutanthauza kuti si mailosi ochepa kumadzulo kapena kumwera chakumadzulo kwa gombe la America. Mungodziwiratu!"
  
  "Ndinali wotsimikiza kuti pali chinachake pano," Perdue anausa moyo, akuponya mutu wake chifukwa cha kutopa.
  
  "Titsikanso posachedwa," Sam adamutsimikizira, akumusisita paphewa motsimikiza. "Ndikutsimikiza kuti tachita zinazake, koma ndikuganiza kuti sitinafikebe mokwanira."
  
  "Ndikugwirizana ndi Sam," Alexander adagwedeza mutu, akumwanso mowa. "Scanner ikuwonetsa kuti pali ma craters ndi zida zachilendo zotsika pang'ono."
  
  "Ndikadakhala ndi cholumikizira tsopano chomwe chinkapezeka mosavuta," adatero Perdue, akusisita chibwano chake.
  
  "Tili ndi wofufuza wakutali uja," anatero Nina. "Inde, koma sichingatolepo kalikonse, Nina. Ikhoza kutiwonetsa malo omwe timawadziwa kale. "
  
  "Chabwino, titha kuyesa kuwona zomwe tipeza pakudumphira kwina," adatero Sam, "posachedwa." Ananyamula kamera yake yapansi pamadzi m"manja mwake, akumapenyerera zithunzi zosiyanasiyana kuti asankhe makona abwino oti adzalowetse pambuyo pake.
  
  "Zowona," Perdue adavomereza. "Tiyeni tiyesenso tsiku lisanathe. Nthawi ino yokha tikupita kumadzulo kwambiri. Sam, lembani zonse zomwe tapeza."
  
  "Inde, ndipo ulendo uno ndibwera nanu," Nina anayang"ana Perdue maso pamene ankakonzekera kuvala sutiyo.
  
  Paulendo wawo wachiwiri, anasonkhanitsa zinthu zakale zingapo. Zikuoneka kuti kumadzulo kwa malowa kunali mbiri yambiri yomira, pamene panalinso zomangamanga zambiri zomwe zinakwiriridwa pansi pa madzi pansi pa nyanja. Perdue ankawoneka wodandaula, koma Nina ankatha kudziwa kuti zinthuzo sizinali zazikulu zokwanira kuti zikhale za nthawi yotchuka ya Atlantis, ndipo anagwedeza mutu wake mwachifundo nthawi iliyonse pamene Perdue ankaganiza kuti anali ndi kiyi ya Atlantis m'manja mwake.
  
  Pamapeto pake, adaphatikiza malo ambiri omwe adasankhidwa kuti afufuze, koma sanapezebe mbiri ya kontinenti yopeka. Mwina analidi ozama kwambiri kuti asapezeke popanda zombo zofufuzira zokwanira, ndipo Perdue sakanakhala ndi vuto kuzipeza atabwerera ku Scotland.
  
  
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  Kubwerera ku bar ku Funchal, Otto Schmidt anali kufotokoza mwachidule zotsatira zomaliza za ulendo wake. Akatswiri ochokera ku M önkh Saridag tsopano awona kuti Longinus yasunthidwa. Iwo anadziŵitsa Otto kuti sanalinso ku Wewelsburg, ngakhale kuti anali wokangalika. M'malo mwake, sanathe kudziwa komwe ali komweko, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti anali m'malo opangira magetsi.
  
  Analandiranso uthenga wabwino kuchokera kwa anthu a kwawo ku Thurso.
  
  Adayitana a Renegade Brigade itatsala pang'ono 5 koloko kuti afotokoze.
  
  "Bridges, uyu ndi Schmidt," adatero pansi pa mpweya wake, atakhala patebulo m'malo ogulitsira pomwe amadikirira foni yochokera ku yacht ya Purdue. "Tili ndi Renata. Letsani kudikira kwa banja la Strenkov. Arichenkov ndi ine tibwerera m'masiku atatu.
  
  Anayang'ana alendo a ku Flemish atayima panja, akudikirira anzawo omwe ali m'bwato la usodzi kuti akafike padoko patatha tsiku limodzi panyanja. Maso ake adatsinzina.
  
  "Osadandaula za Purdue. Ma module otsatirira mudongosolo la Sam Cleave adabweretsa khonsoloyo kwa iye. Akuganiza kuti akadali ndi Renata ndiye amusamalira. Iwo akhala akumutsatira kuyambira ku Wewelsburg, ndipo tsopano ndikuona kuti ali kuno ku Madeira kudzawatenga," adatero Bridges.
  
  Sananene chilichonse chokhudza Malo a Solon, chomwe chinali cholinga chake Renata ataperekedwa ndipo Longinus adapezeka. Koma bwenzi lake Sam Cleave, woyambitsa womaliza wa Renegade Brigade, anadzitsekera m"phanga, lomwe linali ndendende pamene mipukutuyo inadutsa njira yawo. Monga chizindikiro cha kukhulupirika kwa gulu lankhondo, mtolankhaniyo adatumiza Otto zolumikizira zomwe amakhulupirira kuti ndi Malo a Solon, zomwe adaziwonetsa pogwiritsa ntchito chipangizo cha GPS chomwe chidayikidwa mu kamera yake.
  
  Pamene Perdue, Nina, ndi Sam anawonekera, dzuŵa linayamba kuloŵa m"chizimezime, ngakhale kuti masana osangalatsa, ofewa anatsala kwa ola lina kapena aŵiri. Iwo motopa anakwera m"bwatomo, akuthandizana wina ndi mnzake kutsitsa zida za scuba ndi katundu wofufuza.
  
  Perdue adadandaula kuti: "Alexander ali kuti?"
  
  Nina anakwinya nkhope, akutembenuza thupi lake kuti ayang'ane bwino pa sitimayo: "Mwina gawo laling'ono?"
  
  Sam adatsikira kuchipinda cha injini pomwe Perdue adayang'ana kanyumba, uta ndi galley.
  
  "Palibe," adatero Perdue. Anawoneka wodabwitsidwa, monganso Nina.
  
  Sam adachoka mchipinda cha injini.
  
  "Sindimamuwona kulikonse," adatulutsa mpweya, akuyika manja ake m'chiuno mwake.
  
  "Ndikudabwa ngati chitsiru chopengacho chinagwera m'madzi atamwa mowa wambiri," Perdue analingalira mokweza.
  
  Chida cholumikizirana cha Perdue chalira. "Pepani, kamphindi chabe," iye anatero ndikuyang"ana uthengawo. Anachokera kwa Maisie McFadden. Iwo anati
  
  "Ogwira agalu! Dziphwanyeni nokha."
  
  Nkhope ya Perdue inagwa n"kukhala yotuwa. Zinamutengera nthawi kuti mtima wake ukhale wokhazikika ndipo anaganiza zokhalabe ndi vuto. Popanda kusonyeza kuti akuvutika maganizo, anakonza kukhosi kwake n"kubwerera kwa anzake awiri aja.
  
  "Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, tiyenera kubwerera ku Funchal kusanade. Tibwereranso kunyanja za Madeira ndikangopeza zida zoyenera zakuya konyansa uku, "adalengeza.
  
  "Inde, ndimasangalala ndi zimene zili pansi pathu," Nina anamwetulira.
  
  Sam samadziwa koma adawatsekulira mowa wina aliyense ndikudikirira zomwe zimawadikirira akadzabwerera ku Madeira. Dzuwa silinali kuloŵa ku Portugal madzulo ano.
  
  
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