‘What’ indeed? The floppy-haired man retrieved his sign, shot Tintin a brilliant smile, and continued to walk. The impact caused the man to drop the homemade sign he was holding. He landed roughly against a man with floppy hair and sunglasses.
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The wall of bodies came to an end so abrupt that Tintin actually slipped through the last of the crowd and stumbled into the street. From there, he and the Captain would circle back the way they’d come and hopefully return to the mob’s hiding place to collect some quick evidence. Tintin’s plan was to make it to the opposite edge of the crowd and, in the process, loose the three gunmen following them. Haddock followed with a rougher approach that involved a bit more shoving. “We’ll lose them in the crowd.” Tintin squeezed and darted through the mass of people muttering an occasional apology. Apparently their pursuers had reached the same precarious pile of discarded bedframes that had nearly tripped up Haddock. A horrible banging and a curse came from the alley behind Tintin and the Captain. The alley emptied out onto a sidewalk so crowded that Tintin couldn’t see more than the ten people immediately in front of him. They say the mob is a family business.Ī quick bit of thinking and a little intervention from Snowy were the only reasons Tintin and Haddock were running for their lives now and not currently bathing in a barrel of acid. The man was some relation of a gangster Tintin put away during his first trip to New York. Ten frustrating stops and a single blow to the back of the head later, Tintin and Captain Haddock had finally come face to face with the head of the American-based mafia. The Captain had thought it hilarious until the saleslady wanted to know his size as well. A rather pushy saleslady had tried, unsuccessfully, to get Tintin in a pair of blue jeans. The conceirge's testimony had led them to a photography studio, which led to a bakery, which led to a department store. After all, there was a rather spectacular whole where the bathtub had been. It had been small, as far as Tintin’s experience with bombs went, though powerful enough. Adventure had found them in the form of an unmarked package outside their hotel room door.
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It wasn’t as if they planned to find adventure in America. “Faster, Captain.” Tintin encouraged as they fled down a cramped alley. It was typical as far as Tintin’s vacations went. This was supposed to have been a vacation.