Chains of the Phantom

■ Isifinyezo■
Ubuphila impilo enokuthula noyihlo, uGlen, kanye nomfowenu omncane ovukelayo, uDean—kwaze kwaba yilapho yonke into ishabalaliswa ukuhlasela komthakathi omuhle nokho omubi ogama lakhe linguRamza! Njengoba nje ubucabanga ukuthi ukuphela sekufikile, ama-agent amabili amahle, uSpencer noBradley, afika azokusindisa. Ithunyelwe yi-Magical Crime Bureau, ikuyisa esithabathabeni somuzi kaBradley ngaphambi kokuthi ubuze noma yimiphi imibuzo.

Lapho, uthola ukuthi awunabo ubuhlobo begazi nomndeni wakho futhi, eqinisweni, uyindlalifa yomndeni wakwaSinclair—uhlanga lwamakhosi olunamandla nolunethonya emhlabeni wemilingo! Ngamandla amakhulu ngokuzumayo ngokuyala kwakho, uzokwazi yini ukunqoba inhlangano kaRamza, uBelladonna? Noma ingabe umlingo wakho omusha uzokudla?

Izimpendulo zingaphakathi kwezibopho ezithakathiwe owakha nabalingani bakho...

■Abalingisi■

〈Spencer〉
I-ejenti yeCrime Bureau, uSpencer uyindoda enamagama ambalwa engavamile ukwephula ubuso bayo be-poker. Nokho ngaphansi kwengaphandle lakhe le-stoic kukhona inhliziyo enomusa. Ngokungafani noBradley oqinile nofunayo, uSpencer ungumeluleki omnene kwezobuciko bomlingo. Ngezifundo zakho, uyasondelana futhi uzithole udonseka ezindleleni zakhe ezingaqondakali.
"Angazi ukuthi ngingubani ngempela..."
Ingabe nguwe ozophendula umbuzo wakhe waphakade?

〈Bradley〉
Owesilisa we-alpha wangempela, u-Bradley ujabulela ukukugcona. Kodwa njalo nje, uke umbone umnumzane acashe ngaphakathi. Ujoyine i-Bureau ukuze axazulule amaphuzu amadala, futhi ubona ukuthi ukuzimisela kwakhe kuqhutshwa inkathi edlule ebuhlungu.
"Ekujuleni kwenhliziyo, ngiyazi ukuthi yimina onecala. Konke kuyiphutha lami."
Ungakwazi yini ukulungisa inxeba elivulekile enhliziyweni yakhe?

〈uDean〉
UDean ubelokhu eseduze kwakho, umfowenu omncane obucabanga ukuthi uyamazi-ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa ethambile ekujuleni. Ngobusuku bokuhlaselwa kukaRamza, nokho, ufunda iqiniso: akasona isihlobo sakho segazi. Noma kunjalo, ubelokhu ekuvikela. Khona-ke, ngokungalindelekile, uvuma imizwa yakhe yangempela.
"Bengilokhu ngikuthanda. Bengilokhu ngikubona ungaphezu kosisi."
Uzosabela kanjani?