Asi ivo havana kuvanza kana chokoreti mabara eabs padumbu, kana mabhora emhasuru anokunguruka pasi peganda rebhuronzi. Panguva imwecheteyo, zvitsitsinho zvaive nepamusoro uye yakasiyana-siyana bend yezvitsitsinho.
"Zvese zvakanaka. Hayden ari kupora. Kwangosara mavhiki mashoma uye achadzokera kune wake mutsvene CIA mufananidzo. Blake akanaka, asi anokusuwa. Hanzvadzi yake yakangooneka. Musangano wemhuri chaiwo. May is AWOL, thank God. Ndiri kuvatarisa, Drake. Uripi nhaiwe?"
Huwandu hukuru hwevanhu, vese vemunharaunda nevashanyi, vachamushandira uye vachimurwisa. Asi paakanyanya kufunga nezvazvo, ndipo paakawedzera kutenda kuti Mambo weRopa aive aita sarudzo yaive nehungwaru. Pakupedzisira, zvose zvaibva pakuti ndiani aizokunda.
Kovalenko akadaro nekuti aive akabata sisi May.
Saka, pakati pemhomho, zvaisazoita sezvisina basa kuti ape bhegi kune vamwe vakomana. Asi kana akazopikisa vakomana ivavo ovamanikidza kutaura nezvehanzvadzi yavo, zvaizowana kutariswa.
"Ndinovimba uri padhuze uye une mudziyo wacho shamwari. Otherwise..."
Minister of Defence vakanzwa kudzvinyirirwa. "United States haipfugamiri vadzvinyiriri," akadaro, uye zviri pachena kuti mashoko iwayo akamutorera mwoyo wake uye mweya wake. "Zvauri kuda hazviitwe."
Mambo weRopa akauraya vabereki vaBen mazuva mashoma apfuura. Vakanga vakachengeteka. Havana kumboziva nezvenjodzi iyi, uye Ben haazomboziva kuti vaive pedyo sei nekuva vanyajambwa veRopa King's vendetta.
Uye vamiririri veCIA vairinda maBlakes vaisazivawo. Iyo SAS yaisada kuzivikanwa kana kubhabhadzira kumusana. Vakangopedza basa ndokupfuurira kune raitevera.
Hayden akazvishingisa kuti aone zvaizouya. Basa rake rose reCIA rakanga risina kumugadzirira mamiriro ezvinhu aya. Mudzimai waMinister of Defense akaurayiwa. Rimwe gandanga renyika dzakawanda rakabata hama dzisingazivikanwe dzevanhu vane simba.
Ko Hurumende yaiziva here zvitupa zvevanhu vese vaibatanidzwa? Never. Asi iwe unogona kunge uine chokwadi chekuti vaiziva zvakawanda kupfuura zvavaimboita.
"Izvi..." Karin akambonyarara. "Zvine musoro chaizvo."
Ben haana chaakataura. Karin akanga asati apera. "Chatinoziva ndeichi: mwari weHawaii wemoto, mheni uye makomo anoputika mukadzi anonzi Pele. Iye munhu akakurumbira mungano dzakawanda dzekare dzeHawaii. Imba yake inonzi iri pamusoro perimwe makomo anoputika zvikuru pasi rose, asi iri paBig Island, kwete Oahu."
Drake akatora taxi yaienda kuBiscayne Boulevard akananga kuBayside shopping plaza. Murume akamudaidza, akanyarara, asina chokwadi uye asina hunhu, aida kusangana kunze kweBubba Gump. Drake akambova nekanguva kekuseka akakurudzira Hooters, nzvimbo yaigona kuvakodzera, asi May akaita seasina kana kumunzwa.
Drake akabatana nemhomho, akateerera kune ruzha runonakidza rwakamukomberedza uye akanzwa asiri panzvimbo. Vanhu ava vangafara sei iye arasikirwa nechinhu chaaida kudaro? Vaizotadza sei kuita hanya nazvo?
Hayden akanga ari kumashure kwake. Unozviziva. Hapana ari kufara nekupihwa kwaakaitwa naMai mudziyo uyu." Muzwi make maiva nesimbi. "Ndisingatauri kuti akazviwana sei. Asi kunyange ini ndinonzwisisa kuti sei akazviitira. Vamwe vakuru vakuru muhurumende vari kuitikawo saizvozvo. Kovalenko ari kutotamba mutambo wake wekupedzisira, uye isu hatisati tasvika pachigadziko chechipiri. Uye kana mavuza akasavharwa-"
Mhuri yake yakanga zvino yarindwa siku nesikati. Ivo vaitarisirwa nepamusoro-notch US Marshals uye crack Marines. Musha wemhuri wakanga usina munhu, waishandiswa sechirango chemhondi. Iye pachake akanga ari munhu ane chiratidzo.
Hayden Jay, shamwari yake yepamoyo uye mukuru webasa, akagara pedyo naye paseat, zvichida achiona chimwe chinhu kubva pachiso chake sezvo akanga asina chaakataura. Akakuvadzwa nebanga, asi iye zvino ave pedyo nekupora. Vanhu vakanga vakamupoteredza vakaurayiwa. Shamwari. Shamwari itsva.
Hayden ainge akutobaya number dza boss wake. Gedhi rakadaira pakarepo. Akadzokorora mumitsara mipfupi mishoma ruzivo rwavakanga vatora kubva kuna Danny.
Pashure penhambo shomanene, musikana wake akataura zvakare, kuti: "Munoda zvikuru sei aya manotsi, aya magazini? Zvakakosha here kutsamwisa maBritish?"
"Kana Mambo weRopa akasvika kuMagedhi eGehena uye isu tinofanirwa kumutevera," Ben akadaro, "vanogona kunge vari ivo chete sosi yekufambisa. Uye isu tese tinoziva kuti Cook aive akanaka sei nemakadhi ake. Vangadai vakaponesa upenyu hwedu."
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Hayden akaisa nhare yake pahood yemota yake ndokuedza kudzikamisa pfungwa dzake dzaimunetsa. Meso ake akasanganidzana neaMano Kinimaki nepahwindo remhepo, uye akanyatsonzwa kutyisa kwaiitika mupfungwa dzake. Vachangogamuchira nhau dzinotyisa, zvakare kubva kuna Jonathan Gates.
"Zvakanaka, kana ari iye mumiririri wandinofunga nezvake," Mai akapindira muhurukuro yavo, "anozivikanwa nenyanzvi dzeJapan. Iye ... mutambi. Uye kushanda, kwakanaka kwazvo. "
Ben akanga achiri kutarisa pakati paAlicia naHayden, asi akabata rurimi. Kungwara ndiyo yaive chikamu chakanakisa chekuzivisa panguva iyi. "Kuchiri kufungidzira kwakadzidza," akadaro. "Asi kana tikaguma tasvika paMagedhi eGehena, ndine chokwadi chekuti zvinyorwa izvi zvinogona kuponesa hupenyu hwedu."
"Ndinovimba" - Drake akatendeuka ndokutarisa mhirizhonga - "Hazviuye kune izvo. Mambo weRopa achange achiri papurazi. Asi kana mapenzi aya akasakurumidza, Kovalenko achapukunyuka. "
Ingori millimeter. Sight crosshair. Isingasviki inch kune chinangwa. Imwe kufamba. Ndizvo chete zvaaida. Uye kunyarara ndiko kwaaiziva. Murume wacho akabva asunda Kate Harrison pasi imwe nhanho, uye muchikamu ichocho chechipiri chekufamba, ziso rake rekuruboshwe rakadongorera kubva kuseri kwedehenya remukadzi.
Drake akaivhuvhuta nepfuti imwe chete.
Rume riya rakasvetukira kumashure richinorovera nemadziro richibva ratsvedza richidarika mukadzi airidza mhere. Akadonhera pasi, musoro wekutanga, zvombo zvakamhara kumashure kwake, ndokuzoona vest yake, dumbu rake.
Kate Harrison akadanidzira: "Ane bhomba paari!"
Drake akasvetukira kumberi, asi Mai naMarine hombe vakanga vatosvetuka pamusoro pematanho. VeMarine vakabata Kate Harrison. Mai vakasvetukira pamusoro pemufi. Musoro wake wakatarisa pavest, kune indicator.
"Sitimu hombe yekuteya." Karin akaverenga nekukurumidza ari papfudzi rake, ndangariro yake yemifananidzo yakashanda nguva yakawanda. "Iyo yakakura, yakapenga system yemusungo yakambofungidzirwa."
"Uye kana iri hombe uye ine njodzi uye yakanyatsotsanangurwa..." Ben akatendeukira kwaari. "Fungidzira kukura uye kukosha kwechishamiso icho izvi zvinotungamira."
"Hazvidaviriki," akadaro Karin ndokuenderera mberi nokuverenga.
"You picked the wrong person to challenge," Mai vakadaro vachinyemwerera zvavo vachitora chinangwa neGlock yavo yaakanga akwereta ndokufuridzira musoro wake.
Hayden akamedza mate asingadi. Uyu aive mumwe mukadzi ari serious.
Curls akafanana neaya ari pamidziyo miviri inotakurika. Ivo zvino vakasimbiswa kuve vakafanana chaizvo neavo Thorsten Dahl nechikwata chake vakawana muTomb of the Gods muIceland.
"Tinaye," Ben akadaro. "Karin ane mumwe munhu mumusoro make."
"Zvino tine imwe," Komodo akagunun'una.
"Kwete ..." Ben akatanga, asi Drake akamumisa. "Zvaari kureva ndezvekuti kana akafa, tichava nekopi imwe chete mwanangu. Photographic memory haina basa zvakanyanya kana wafa."
Asi mukuru weDelta Force akanga angowira pamusoro pemumwe wake achibva amuwisira pasi. Drake akacheuka kuti aone timu yese yakapfugama, vachipukuta maziso kana kunzvenga miyedzo zvachose. Ben naKarin vakaoma mate mukanwa, asi pfungwa dzaKarin dzakakurumidza kusununguka.
Akakurumidza kutendeukira kumukoma wake. "Uri kunzwa mushe here? Ben?
Drake akanyatsotarisa mumaziso ejaya. "Tinogona kunge tine matambudziko. Anowana girazi rakafanana kana Taylor Momsen atora nhanho. "
Karin akadzungudza musoro. "Vakomana," akadaro ndokurova mukoma wake zvine simba.
Ben akabwaira ndokusimudza ruoko rwake padama. "Oh!"
"Uri kunzwa mushe here?"
"Aiwa, hero kwete! Wapotsa wandityora shaya."
"Rega kuva munhu asina simba. Udza amai nababa pavachafona nguva inotevera."
"Damn right, ndichazviita. Wandiroverei nhaiwe?"
Drake akadzungudza bendekete rake apo Komodo akasimudza murume wake kubva pasi ndokumukandazve mumutsetse. "Mutsva."
The Big Island of Hawaii inodanwa nenzira iyi kudzivirira kuvhiringidzika. Zita rayo chairo iHawaii, kana kuti Hawaii Island, uye ndicho chitsuwa chikuru muUnited States. Iri kumusha kune rimwe remakomo ane mukurumbira pasi rose, Kilauea, gomo ranga richiramba richiputika kubvira 1983.
"Upfu hwakagadzirira," Karin akadaro. "Inoburitswa kana zvinokonzeresa zvadhonzwa. Zvichida zvakafanana neizvo zvakauraya vazhinji vevanochera matongo vakawana guva raTutankhamun. Iwe unoziva nezve kunonzi kutukwa, handiti? Bva, vanhu vazhinjisa vanodavira kuti mimwe mishonga kana kuti magasi atakasiirwa muguva navaprista vekare veEgipita akanga akarongedzerwa bedzi kuparadza makororo makuru."
"Ndeipi nzira yakachengeteka?" Drake akabvunza.
"Hatizive, asi kana tikamhanya, mumwe panguva, kana mumwe munhu akaburitsa hupfu kuseri kwavo, hunofanira kunge huri hushoma huchakurumidza kubuda. Musungo uri pano kunyanya kutadzisa chero munhu anokwira chivezwa & # 184; , usazvikanganwa."
"Maererano neHawksworth," Karin akadaro achinyemwerera.
Drake akaongorora mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Izvi zvaiita sechinhu chaichinja kwaari. Kana pakanga paine bharukoni rekutarisa kumusoro uko, saka vaifanira kunge vari pedyo nekumagumo. Akafungidzira kuti kubva ipapo kwaizova nenzira yakananga kukamuri rechitanhatu nerechinomwe, uye ipapo ku"pfuma" yengano.
"Ndiko kwatiri kuenda neizvi," akadaro. "Zvese kana hapana. Kumusoro uko," akaninira nechibhakera chake nehasha kuna Kovalenko, "bofu richipfura nyika mabara. Uye, Ben, kune ruzivo rwako, iyi iDinoroc chaiyo. Asi ndiko kwatiri kuenda neizvi. Zvese kana hapana. Wagadzirira here izvi?"
Ben akatevera, akatambanudza ruoko, musoro wakakanda mativi ese, tsinga dzichipfura nekunzwa kwake. Asi akamhara kune rumwe rutivi aine masendimita mashoma.
Mai vakati, "Zvinoita sezvinoratidza kurongeka kwekutarisa, kunyangwe zvinyoro."
Lauren akagutsurira musoro achibvumirana nazvo. "Ichi ichokwadi. Asi munonzwisisawo here kuti nei vachidana idzi kuti "nzvimbo dzokuzororera?" Kwete makuva kana makuva kana chero chii zvacho?"
"Uye vasarudzire Vatasvi veMabhiza vana," Mai akawedzera. "Hannibal - Murwi weHondo? Zvine musoro. Asi ndivanaani vari hero Kukunda, Nzara uye Rufu? Uye nei Dardanelles muAfrica iri imwe yenzira ina dzemakadhinari?
"Sezvizvi!" Hayden akanongedzera mudenga, kure, kure, uko kwaifamba katsotso katema. Drake akaongorora nzvimbo iyi ndokudhonzera Yorgi pasi apo bara rairidza muridzo pamusoro pegomo. Mumwe munhu akaerekana ava kuvafarira.
"Saka, kutanga Africa uye zvino China inomiririra maviri emakona mana epasi," Mai akafunga nenzwi guru. "Kunze kwekunge iri Asia uye isu tiri kutaura nezve makondinendi."
"Ndinoziva. Iyi ... The Order of the Last Judgment," akadaro zita racho nokusemburwa, "yakagadzira nomutoo wakajeka gadziriro huru, ichiisiya nokuda kwezvizvarwa zvinotevera. Sezvineiwo, vaIsraeri vakavavhara kare kare. Sezvineiwo, havana kuwana hurongwa ihwohwo. Chirongwa ichi."
Makona mana enyika? Chichiri chakavanzika. Sezvineiwo, ruzivo rwekuti Vatasvi veBhiza ndiani zvave pachena kusvika pari zvino. Asi iyo Order yakawana guva raGenghis Khan? Saka zvaiita.
Drake akatarisira kutiza French pamberi, asi asina chokwadi kana vaizoedza kurwisa. Vaive vashoma muhuwandu uye vachinetseka nekurasikirwa. Vakanyanya kufungidzira. Zvingadai zvave nemusoro kana ivo vakananga kune yechitatu clue.
"Zvirokwazvo". Hayden aizivawo kuti uyu wakanga uri mukana wake wekupedzisira kutaura zvakananga naQrow, saka akasarudza kuenda mberi zvishoma. "Ko kana tikanzwa kutaura kweAmerica zvakare?"
"Ndini ani, mumiriri wemunda? Gadzirisana nazvo."
Qrow akapedza kufona, achisiya Hayden akatarisa panharembozha yake kwemaminetsi akati wandei, ave kuzviongorora zvakare kwete iye chete, asi zvinangwa zvenyika yake.
Kana chikwata chitsva chakatanga kubudirira, kuswedera pedyo, chaibvarura.
Kuzviparadza yakanga isiri nzira itsva yehupenyu kuna Karin Blake. Aya ndiwo mararamiro angu andakasarudza. Gumbeze rangu rinotonhorera.Aigarofunga kuti raizouya rizere denderedzwa, kutenderera nekudzokera kune izvi.
Uye saka akagara, akasununguka, aine ruzivo rwekuti kunyangwe timu yeSPEAR yakashaya pavakayambuka mapoinzi mana mukuedza kwavo kutora zvombo zvina zvinotyisa. Mharadzano yakamira yakashama pamusuwo wake.
Karin akamupfura paruoko pasina kana yambiro ndokuona achidzedzereka. Akapfura nguva yakatevera, mudumbu, ndokumirira kusvikira arovera pasi asati asvetukira kumusana wake uye achishandisa musana wake kusunda.
Iye zvino Kensi adzoka. "Ini ndinokahadzika zvakanyanya kuti maIsrael ane rutsigiro rwehurumende. Asi ndinotenda kuti aya maSpecial Forces. Hauna kana support here?"
"Ndiri munzira. Igwa rakazara nazvo. Handizive kuti zvikwata izvi zvinotarisira kuzobuda mazviri sei gare gare. "
Yorgi akabvisa mask yake, achifemereka. Kensi akabatana, achityora mitemo, uye ipapo Smith akateedzera, achipa Hayden kutaridzika asina chinhu apo iye akakanda maoko ake asingabatsire.
May akabata pfungwa dzaOlga. "Nditarise," akadaro. "Nditarise. handina kumbokundwa."
Kutaura kwekufarira kwakayambuka mugodhi weropa. "Asi iwe hausi mumwe chete wedikita rangu. Iwe uri Supergirl here? Wonder Woman? Scarlett Johanssen?
"Ndini Mai Kitano."
Olga akaenderera mberi neshungu, achisaidzira Smith naAlicia aiswedera parutivi. Mai vakatsikitsira pasi. Olga akasimuka. Mai akatamba kure kure, ndokuzonongedzera Olga pabendekete rekurudyi.
"Uye ini ndichikutsausa, shamwari yangu Yorgi ichakuparadza."
Olga akatendeuka nekukurumidza zvinoshamisa. "Chii..."
"Zvakanaka, tichiri kufanira kupindura kuna Qrow," akadaro achikwenya, "nezvePeru. Uye Smith anogona kunge aine matambudziko. Hatifanirwe kuenda kumishoni kana mumwe wemumhuri yedu ari mudambudziko. "
Drake akagutsurira musoro. "Hongu, ndinobvuma. Uyezve pane SEAL Team 7. "
"Rimwe zuva," Alicia akagomera, achigara pasi padivi pake, "zororo redu richasvika."
"Saka, Order of the Last Judgment yakaviga zvombo zvenyukireya zvitanhatu mumatura matatu kuti zvizoshandiswa gare gare?" Mai vakabvunza. "Zvinoita senge chinhu cheNazi."
"Chombo chiri kushandawo," akadaro geek.
"Wazviziva sei?"
"Makombiyuta ari kushanda. Vanogona kupinzwa nezvombo, kutungamirirwa, kusunungurwa."
"Unofunga kuti security inogona kuputika here?" Smith akaerekana ati zii. "Pamwe uku ndiko kurongeka kwavo?"
"Nei vaifanira kufa?" Kenzi akabvunza.
"Izvi takambozviona," Kinimaka akadaro. "Mhuri dzaitambira mari yakawanda dzaida rubatsiro rwekurapwa kana kutama-tama pakafa musoro wemhuri yavo. Kana ivo vari, semuenzaniso, kune mafia kana vatatu. Zvinogona."
Mutyairi wendege akafuratira, achizeya chimwe chinhu chaisanzwisisika. March akadzungudza musoro. Dai vanhu vasina kugezwa vaiziva kuti mauto ainyangira, akatsikitsira uye akatsikitsira pasi pawo, asina hanya kana kusateerera mhirizhonga yaakaita.
Marsh akatarisa mamiriro ari pazasi, achifunga kwemiriyoni nguva kana iyi poindi yekupinda muUnited States yaive nzira chaiyo. Pazvakasvika pazviri, paingova nesarudzo mbiri chete - kuburikidza neCanada kana kuburikidza neMexico. Nyika yekupedzisira yakanga iri pedyo neAmazon uye yakazara nehuori; yakazara nevanhu vaigona kubhadharwa kubatsira uye kuchengeta miromo yavo. Canada yakapa nzvimbo shoma dzakachengeteka dzevanhu vakaita saMarsh, asi dzakanga dzisina kukwana uye hadzina kana kumboswedera pedyo nekufananidza nekusiyana kwaivepo muSouth America. Sezvo nzvimbo yakashata yairamba ichiitika pazasi, Marsh akawana pfungwa dzake dzichidzungaira.
Mukomana akakurira munzvimbo ine ropafadzo, aine zvakawanda mumuromo make kupfuura chipunu chesirivha; zvakanyanya sebhara regoridhe rakasimba. Zvikoro zvakanakisisa uye vadzidzisi vakanakisisa-rava "zvakanakisisa" sa"anodikanwa zvikuru," Marsh aigaroruramisa-akaedza kumuisa panzira yakarurama , asi akakundikana." Zvimwe kugara muchimwe chikoro chenguva dzose kungadai kwakabetsera, asi vabereki vake vakanga vakapfuma. mbiru dzeSouthern society uye dzaive kure nekure nekubata chokwadi. Uye nguva dzose kunyemwerera kwake kune mhosva amai vaiziva kuti mwanakomana wavo akanga akura asina rudo uye ari ega, asi akanga asingakwanisi zvachose kuzvipikisa pachake chero ipi zvayo nzira. Uye saka Julian Marsh akakura, akakura, uye akava izvo baba vake vakadana pachena "a mukomana anoshamisa."
Ndosaka pave pakati pehusiku akagara akati twasu, hana ichirova, apo mumwe munhu akagogodza pamusuwo wekamuri yake. Musuwo wakavhurika panzvimbo yekupaka, saka mukutendeseka kwese, aigona kunge ari chero munhu kubva kune akarasika akadhakwa muenzi kune prankster. Asi anogona kunge ari mapurisa.
March akagutsurira musoro asina kucheuka. "Sezvingatarisirwa. Kugona chose. Asi pane zvimwe zvishoma zvinotarisirwa. Ndinoda mumwe munhu anondibatsira kuendesa mari yacho kana White House yangobhadhara. Ini ndinoda rubatsiro kumisikidza kudzingirira kugadzira kukanganisa. Uye isu tinofanirwa kumisikidza maseru ese nekuparadza bhomba iri. "
"Ndiudze zvawawana, kana ini ndicharaira kuuraya vaviri vemuNew York mukati meminiti inotevera." Marsh akasekerera paaitaura izvi, asina hanya nekugumbuka kwaitumirwa nevadzidzi vake mumba.
Drake akafungidzira muchidimbu zvaaigona kuitira Marsh kana vangomubata. "Kusvika papi?"
"Ah, maminetsi gumi anofanira kukwana."
"Maminitsi gumi? Iyi ibullshit, Kurume, uye iwe unozviziva. Central Station inopfuura maminetsi makumi maviri 'kutyaira kubva pano. Pamwe zvakapetwa kaviri."
Uye kumativi ose eGrand Central Station, muNew York City yose, mumagaba emarara uye pasi pemiti - kunyange akasungirirwa kune njanji uye pakupedzisira akakandwa nevatyairi vemidhudhudhu - mabhomba akatanga kuputika.
Hayden akakandira Price pamabhawa ndokukiinura chitokisi. Ramses haana kana kumbopfakanyika akagara pamubhedha wake achiona zvaiitika mumaziso ake ainge akavharika. Kinimaka akaburitsa Glock yake ndokunanga kuvarume vese vari vaviri Hayden achisunungura ma bond avo.
"Marsh aingoda rudzikinuro chete. Mari yebhomba ndeyako."
"Hatidi mari yako, yyyy! Munofunga kuti hakuna masangano-kunyange masangano enyu-ari kutibatsira here? Munofunga kuti hakuna vapfumi vanotibatsira here? Iwe unofunga kuti hakuna vanorangana kunze uko vanopa mari muchivande chikonzero chedu? Ha, ha ha ha!"
"Hongu, tichazviita." Dahl akasimudzira kune vamwe vese vechikwata chake uye akafunga nzira kwayo yekuvatungamirira kuna 3rd Avenue. "Hesi, Mano arisei?"
Asi aizozvikwanisa kwenguva yakareba sei? Pasinei nemashoko aRamses, akazvibvunza kana aida kudzivisa kuputika kwenyukireya. Chakafadza chaive chekuti vakuru vaive vavhara mhepo saka murume aive asina chaanomhanya.
Robert Price akazvikanda pachigaro achigomera. Akakumbira bhodhoro reAspirin kuLegionnaire aive pedyo, asi haana hanya nazvo. Marsh akatsinzinya maziso ake akatarisa Minister of Defense.
"Aihwa. Ndinonzwisisa kuti Ramses akakwanisa sei kuvanza makore ese aya. Uye ndiri kufungidzira kuti mudziyo hausi kugadzira siginecha yemwaranzi nekuti havasati vazviona. Murume akarongedzazve bhomba riya ainyatsoziva zvaaiita. Kufungidzira kwangu ndekwechiuto cheUS. "
"Asi nei? Kune vanhu vazhinji vanogona kudzivirira radiation. "
"Izvi zvinoshanda kune zvimwe zvinhu zvakare. Ruzivo rwenzvimbo. The secret team akaunganidza. Maka mazwi angu, mudhara Drake, aimbova Zvisimbiso. Special operation."
Drake akadira mvura uku Dahl akadira mumagranules. "Simbe. Chokwadi, unotoziva kuti chii? Ko "Instant" yasvika kuNorth Pole parizvino?
"Urikubvunza kuti ndadzoka here kuna Drake. Dai ndakatarisira kuti imi vaviri muvake kumwe kunzwisisa kutsva. Dai ndakafunga kwekanguva kadiki kuti dai atoenderera mberi. Nyangwe dai aigona kundipa mukana wechipiri. Zvakanaka, mhinduro iri nyore - handizive. "
"Mukana wechitatu," Alicia akadaro. "Dai anga ari benzi zvekukudzosa, uyu ungave mukana wako wechitatu."
Alicia akamubata nemaziso ega, muviri wese wainge wakamira. "Kurumidza kudzoka".
Hayden akadzvinya pakati paDrake naDahl, achitaura nekukurumidza, achitumira ruzivo kubva kuna Moore uye achitarisa kune avo vanogona kupa rubatsiro rwekutanga.
Chikopokopo chaizoputsika, iye aizviziva, saka sarudzo iri pachena yekuitevera neimwe shiri haina musoro. Asi kana chikopokopo chake chaibhururuka nemakiromita mazana maviri paawa...
Mumwe wevaGermany akaedza kutiza. Akamhanya akananga kwaDrake asina kumuona, ndokusvetuka nekushamisika apo nzira yake yakanga yavharika. "Bewegen!" Akasimudza pfuti yake.
Gamla Uppsala. Iyi iUpsalla yekare. Iyi nzvimbo," akanongedzera kuUppslla yose, "yakavakwa pashure pokunge cathedral muGamla Uppsla yatsva kare kare. Iyi ndiyo Uppsala itsva, kunyangwe iine mazana emakore. "
"Wow," Kennedy akadaro. "Izvozvo zvinokura sei Upsalla?"
Akanongedzera kune rough swirl of text pasi pemufananidzo wemukadzi aiteterera. Ben akadzungudza musoro. "Asi tekinoroji ichawana nzira. "Akadzvanya pane yake yakavimbika I-foni, iyo nerombo rakanaka yakave isina chiratidzo pasi apa.
Drake akagutsurira musoro, akabva aona Ben achirongedza murume mutsva sekunge aive mukwikwidzi werudo. Zvino akanga ava kunzwisisa kuti nei Ben aida basa iri muchivande. Akabhabhadzira shamwari yake yechidiki pabendekete.
"Zvakanaka, mukomana wemhuri yedu pano angave asiri purofesa, asi anoziva nzira yake paInternet-mhando yemishonga yemazuva ano inopesana nezvinhu zvekare, huh?"
"Kana akanakisa epasirese," Kennedy akanongedza neforogo yake mativi ese ari mubvunzo.
Drake's snical side akaverenga kuti Kennedy Moore aigona kutungamira iyi mishoni nenzira yaizoponesa basa rake. Zvinoshamisa kuti rutivi rwakapfava rwakada kuona makona emuromo wake achisimuka paakanyemwerera.
Ben akadzokera patafura akaisa nharembozha yake muhomwe. "Saka unoziva nezveValkyries?" akabvunza zvisinganzwisisike, akatarisa Drake naKennedy zvekunyengera. "Unoziva here kuti nei vari chishongo chiri mukorona yaOdin?"
Ben akashama muromo asi akambomira achiita seaiona kukosha kwemhinduro yake. "Zvakanaka, tichiri pakuuraya vanhu, handiti? Uye The Wall of Sleep iri pa hiatus mwedzi uno. "
"Rudyi. Asi ndizvo zvazviri. The Poetic Edda, the Saga of Flenrich, nderimwe randakashandura se"Nzira Dzakawanda dzaHeidi." Vanotsanangura zvakaitika, asi musatiudza kuti Meso aripi zvino.
Abel Frey akakwazisa chinyararire. Alicia Miles ndiye aive operation yakanakisa yaakamboshandisa. "Zvakanaka, Miles. Kana maziso ako ave pasi pekutonga, iwe unenge wabva pa leash. Wodzoka kwatiri uuye nezvimedu zvevaCanada. Zvadaro tichazotaura. "...
Akaona Ben achimanikidzwa kuti amire akatwasuka, maoko aAlicia Miles asina tsitsi achibata mutsipa wake zvakasimba. Moyo waDrake wakapotsa watsemuka paakaona Ben achiri akabata nharembozha yake muruoko. Kubatirira kusvika mweya wangu wekupedzisira...
"Rega Brit amire," wekuCanada Colby Taylor akapinda munzvimbo dzaDrake. "Ngaaone shamwari dzake dzichifa-uchapupu hwokuti ndinogona kutora chikamu chose chake ndisati ndamuuraya."
Matsinga chaiwo emwoyo wake akapotsa aputika apo nharembozha yaBen yakabva yatanga kuita upenyu. Ben akakandira mudenga achishamisika, asi ndokuzoibata achidzika.
Inch by inch, nhanho nhanho ine ngozi, vakasimuka. Drake akanzwa musoro wake nemoyo kurwadza nekuda kwekushushikana. Kudai Ben akanga adonha, angadai akazvipira kuvharidzira kudonha kwemukomana uyu nemuviri wake, kana kuri kumuponesa.
Pese apo Kennedy Moore achitenderedza mbongoro yake pachigaro chakaoma, maziso aAlicia Miles akanyatsocherechedza. Hure rechirungu aive murwi weUber, akapihwa pfungwa yechitanhatu yemupurisa - kugara achitarisira.
Vakapopota zvinyadzi. Mabheti akaiswa, mamwe ekuti aizofa pasina kana miniti imwe chete, mamwe oti aizorasa tambo yake in less than thirty seconds. Mumwe kana vaviri vakatomupa tsigiro. Asi njodzi huru yaive yekuti aizosvibisa chitunha chake mushure mekuita upfu.
Vapfumi vevapfumi, tsvina ine simba kwazvo paNyika. Kana izvi zviri izvo izvo pfuma nesimba zvakakupa iwe, ipapo nyika yakaparadzwa zvechokwadi.
Sezvo lifti yaidzvanya ichipfuura pasi pechigumi neina, Kennedy akasunungura shati yake ndokuirega ichiwira pasi. Mukati make aive akapfeka braa ye red transparent.