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Chief Inspector Gegul, responsible for Aralon security, was startled out of his thoughts as Arga Tasla,
his female assistant, entered his office soundlessly on catтАЩs feet and silently presented him with a dispatch:

"HYPERSENSOR TRACKING: TIME 8:75:03.1. TRACKPOINT 105 TRIANGULATED FROM
103 & 106. ARKON DESTINATION FOR FLEET TRANSITING FROM 13.64 DEGREES AT
8:75:03.1 HOURS, PERRY RHODAN COMMANDING."

GegulтАЩs voice shook. Whether he exclaimed "Aargh!" or "Arga!" it was difficult to determine for he did
not look up while scowling at the name on the dispatch: Perry Rhodan.

Caught in the doorway, Arga replied: "Yes?"

"Get me Ma-elz and Bro-nud! I want to see those good-for-nothings up here in 10 minutes!"

They were there in 9. After entering the chiefтАЩs office, they stood waiting respectfully till recognized.

"Sit down, sit down!" Gegul growled at them, indicating chairs with a careless gesture, and they eased
their tall frames onto the seats. The Chief Inspector came directly to the point. "Rhodan has made a
hypertransit to Arkon. For the moment weтАЩre out of immediate danger. But we found out the hard way
that he works hand in glove with the Regent! Now whatтАЩs our situation? Not one shipload of patients can
be found on Aralon! And I prophesy to you here and now that this catastrophe will spread to the limits of
the Galaxy if we donтАЩt succeed in destroying this Rhodan!"

"But we donтАЩt have any fighting spaceships," interjected Ma-elz hastily.

"Nor do we need any!" shouted Gegul.

"You meanтАФgerm warfare?" stammered Bro-nud.

Ma-elz, thinking he was ahead of the game, proudly asked: "What virus will we use?"

Gegul sneered disgustedly at his underlings. "CanтАЩt you ask anything else? All either of you do is babble
worn-out ideas. Why is it nobody can come up with one sensible notion? Why!"

Embarrassed by their apparent Ineptitude, Ma-elz and Bro-nud did not oblige their boss arriving at the
right answer. At this moment, both would have paid much for an inkling of what the Chief Inspector had
in mind.

After a few seconds of fruitless waiting, Gegul said, "Naturally, no one can see the most obvious and
simple."

Sunning himself in the magnificence of his own ingenuity, he was overbearing in the role he now played
as the super shrewd but lenient Chief. He leaned forward and beckoned Ma-elz and Bro-nud to him,
holding further words until they stood before him at his desk. "Gentlemen," he began, "this is my planтАж"
And Ma-elz and Bro-nud listened breathlessly.

Chief Inspector GegulтАЩs plan was in fact ingenious.
Indeed, the downfall of Perry Rhodan now seemed to be inevitable, as well as the downfall of the planet
of his origin!