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She then whispers: “Rasputin works for the Bolsheviks. He plans to use the Egg to sink the entire American fleet in Manila Bay and start a new war.”

“The U-boat carries a cargo that was never on any manifest,” Rasputin insists. “The Serpent’s Egg . A celestial chronometer built by Nikola Tesla for the Austro-Hungarian navy. It can manipulate local magnetic fields. With it, a man could steer ships onto reefs, collapse bridges, or… lift a U-boat onto a mountain.” I Classici del Fumetto Nr 01 Corto Maltese

Rasputin is pinned by a falling torpedo. Lady Venetia clings to a stalactite. Only Corto stands calm, holding Achille under one arm. She then whispers: “Rasputin works for the Bolsheviks

Rasputin ignores her. He lunges.

A letter arrives, carried by a white pigeon. It is from Lady Venetia. She survived, barely, with a broken arm and a newfound respect for the sea. She writes that the British committee has disbanded. And that Rasputin’s body was never found. A celestial chronometer built by Nikola Tesla for

“A German U-boat,” Rasputin whispers. “The U-196 . It vanished in ’18. But three months ago, a Malay pearl diver found it. Not on the seafloor, Corto. Inside a cave on a cliffside. A hundred meters above the water.”