"006 The Mutant Corps" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

"You are stark, staring mad and mad imagining things, Marshall. You canТt bluff me, just let these two odd looking characters take a little walk out there. All they probably want to know is why we landed here and not where we were supposed to. I can hardly imagine that, they are coming to your rescue. LetТs get back to the more important things we were discussing before."

"I must admit, boss, that your carelessness is rather frightening. In your place I would have tried to get rid of such unlimited guests long before now."

"I canТt figure you out, Marshall. Sometimes I get the impression that you are-trying to join our band. Okay, then, letТs shoot. Jim, you take care of that."Jim rose and reached for a, machine gun. He opened a small window and then pulled the trigger, aiming at the, two strange men approaching the plain. He kept shooting until the magazine was empty. Then he turned around, wild amazement in his eyes.

"TheyТre still there, boss, and I could bet that at least every third shot was a hit. Does anyone have another magazine?"

"Save yourself that trouble," said a manТs voice with a Japanese accent. Only John Marshall seemed to have expected the sudden appearance of Tako Kakuta. The other men turned around and stared with utter confusion at the young Japanese."Wh-Who is that?" stuttered the boss. He was so beside himself that it took very little to break any resistance he might have left. The psychoradiator that Tako Kakuta held in his hand was really unnecessary.

"IТm coming as a friend, gentlemen. Put down your weapons over here and then step back against the wall. You are perfectly safe. Nothing will happen to you."A few seconds later the six disarmed bandits were standing along the wall. They did not resist when Tako put handcuffs on them.

A short while later the rest of the gangster band was overpowered, and the crew of the jet was set free.

John Marshall exchanged a few words with the commanding officer of the jet and wished him a good trip to Tokyo. Everyone was overjoyed that this adventure taken such a fortunate turn, and they invited Marshall and Tako to a party and asked endless questions.

"IТm sorry to have to disappoint you, ladies and gentlemen, for both Mr. Adams and I will leave the plane here. It is not within my province to give a full explanation of the events of the past hours. Just be happy that you all escaped safe and sound from the hands of these gangsters and that no one was injured in any way."

"I am very much in your debt," said Homer G. Adams to Marshall as he saw the jet disappear above in the clouds. "But of course, I would like to be given some of the explanation you refused to give to the passengers."

"Do you really need any additional explanation?"

"Why not? Do you think I am a telepathy?"

"ThatТs something well have to find out. In any case, you have been the most successful stock market speculator and financial broker of all time. These things do not happen just by themselves. A supergenius usually possesses a sixth sense. Of course you are endowed with some supernatural talent."

"Do you believe such nonsense? Do you believe in supernatural powers?" inquired Adams.

"No," said Marshall, "for we must separate science from religion. In the one case we know something, and in the other case we only believe something. And parapsychology is a science."

"IТm always glad to learn," Adams commented, with raised eyebrows. "So far I have been, an expert only in money matters."

"This means that you had a good grasp of the psychology of the masses. From psychology to parapsychology is but even if this step leads beyond a wall. You were amazed, for instance, at the sudden appearance of my friend Kakuta. As soon as you look at it with a knowledge of parasychological matters, you will no longer be surprised at this phenomenon."

"Are you then a parapsychologist?" inquired Adams. He turned to the Japanese. "I must admit that your sudden appearance surprised me even more than that of the gangsters, but IТm sure that in the final analysis we can find a natural explanation for this, too."

"Of course." The Japanese smiled "It you consider teleportation to be a natural phenomenon, to that extent you are right."

"Tele-what?"

"I am the child of a Japanese couple who were exposed to strong radioactivity after the first American atom bomb at the end of World War II. This caused a mutation of genes, and as a result of that, I became a mutant."

Homer G. Adams fell silent, and the last trace of irony disappeared from his smile. Finally he said, "If I understand you right, you can change your body into pure energy without the help of an technical means and then rematerialize at any other spot you choose. Did I understand you correctly?"

Tako Kakuta nodded in agreement. "You are right. This is in essence what I can do. The place where I can materialise is subject to rather narrow limits. I might be able to increase the distance slowly if I keep on experimenting."

"That is fantastic, Mr. Kakuta. You, with your phenomenal capacities-" Adams broke off in the middle of his sentence. An important insight, seemed to have enlightened him suddenly.

"Go on talking," Marshall urged him. "Kakuta is a very grateful person and is open to any good advice."