decides

Para promover sus investigaciones, Tintin decide visitar la villa de Akass.

third-person singular simple present indicative of decide

(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
(intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
(transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input.
(obsolete) To cut off; to separate.