The Adventures of Tintin

The Seven Crystal Balls - Part 2

The curse of Rascar Capac has come true...!

This doesn't make sense.

No one could get in or out. Every single exit is guarded.

Unless... the shutters are locked from the inside.

You there! Have you seen anything?

No, Sir! Not a thing!

This absolutely beats me.

Look! Rascar Capac's jewels have disappeared!

A rope!

Someone came down the chimney!

Quick! We got to check the roof!

Check the roof! Search the ground!

Whoever it is, couldn't have gone far.

There he is!

Got him!

Find him, Snowy, find him!

Oh... poor old Snowy...

you can't smell a thing with all that soot in your nose, can you?

Blistering barnacles!

That's Tarragon!

Quick! Let's go!

Help me!

Huh?

Here they come, they're back. They'll tear me to pieces.

Get away, fiends!

No! No...!

Professor Tarragon, calm down!

Gracious! Morning already!

Well! Did you find anybody?

I'm afraid not. My men have searched the grounds all night.

We found some blood stains this morning,

but nothing that we could follow.

What about Tarragon?

Still in a coma... the doctor is with him.

I can't understand what caused the fit.

Heartbeat's normal, pulse are steady,

muscles relaxed. A clear case of...

Aah... they're back! They're going to kill me!

Is Hercule in?

Well... yes. But he's in a bad state.

Walking about the estate! Oh good... I'll join him.

Leave me alone, you monsters!

Hercules...!

Hercules...!

Now where can he be?

Oh, I know!

I'll find him with my pendulum.

Hercules...!

Hercules...!

How peculiar!

Hello?

What have we here?

That's Rascar Capac's bracelet.

How on earth did it come to be here?

It really is magnificient.

I'll just slip it on and surprise everybody.

And how well it goes with my coat.

Calculus!

I don't think shouting is going to help.

You know how hard of hearing he is.

Well, where on earth can he be?

Calculus!

Captain! Look at this!

There! On the tree!

So that's why they couldn't find the culprit...

He climbed up that tree to hide.

But... he could still be up there.

I'm going to see.

Be careful!

- Well? - Nothing.

I'm coming down.

- Ow! - Don't worry, Captain.

I'm alright.

I'm happy to hear that.

Captain, over there... to your right.

More to your right.

You've got it!

Calculus' umbrella!

What is it, Snowy?

There are signs of a struggle here, Captain.

A struggle? Calculus in a fight?

The intruder must have been hiding in the tree...

When he saw Calculus come along, he jumped him.

Blistering barnacles! Why would anyone want to attack Calculus?

I don't know, Captain, but we'd better find him.

Snowy, try to find the Professor!

Thundering typhoons! They're getting away.

The police will get them now. I've got their license number.

They kidnapped a man named Cuthbert Calculus, a friend of Professor Tarragan.

A black sedan registered 317-413.

Proceeding from Harlesfort at 9 AM in a South-Westerly direction.

Will build blockades on

Route 28 and 52...

OK... this could be him.

Look out!

Inspector... this is road block 'C'.

Black sedan just drove through us on Route 28 heading North.

There's another road block 2 miles down. I'll radio them right away...

Sir... have you seen a large black sedan on the road?

I don't think so. I didn't notice.

Carry on, Sir.

Did you stop the black sedan?

What! It didn't come this way.

That's impossible! We were following them 5 minutes ago!

Well?

It looks like we've lost him.

It seems that the black sedan has vanished somewhere on the road.

- Wait... maybe they pulled into the woods. - Let's go look.

There it is!

Empty.

Nothing.

Poor Calculus, the salt of the earth...

A prince among men!

Anything?

No, inspector, but we got the whole area blocked off.

Call for reinforcements.

We'll search the entire woods.

It won't help.

The kidnappers are long gone.

Why do you say that?

Look! There's another set of fresh tire tracks here...

I'd say there was another car waiting for them,

a beige colored car...

Blistering barnacles! How do you know the colour of the car?

There's a trace of beige paint on that tree where the path is very tight.

And remember, as we arrived at the road block,

we passed a beige colored car...

there were 4 people inside.

Yes... the driver was wearing glasses.

He was a Spanish or something like that...

Beside him was a skinny man who'd looked like an Indian.

That's it!

Ten thousand of thundering typhoons...

We could have had them.

Well, don't give up yet!

Officer! Send out a description...

of the beige car and the men in it to all posts.

Yes, Sir!

I don't understand it? Why?

Why would anyone kidnap Calculus?

A man who never hurt anybody.

Look, don' worry... we'll find him.

I hope so.

More on the disappearance of the renounced scientiest, Professor Calculus.

The police have identified the car used by the kidnappers as a large beige-coloured sedan.

And the occupants are believed to be of South American origin...

The kidnapping of Professor Calculus is believed to be connected

with the mysterious case of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition, and

the subsequent misfortunes that have afflicted all members of that expedition.

Hello, Tintin. Thomson here.

Hello, Thomson...

I say there's something very unusual going on

at the the Hospital where the seven explores are.

I think you'd better slip around there and have a look.

We thought you should know

that Professor Tarragon's fit was not an isolated case...

You mean all the explorers are doing the same thing?

Yes, at exactly the same time everyday...

We don't understand it.

It's almost time.

Oh.. hello, Mrs. Clarkson.

Doctor, it's horrible. Can't you do anything?

We're doing all we can.

The best specialists in the country have been called in.