Meru, dia dipanggilnya. Nama lengkapnya Mahameru. Tinggal di Cibaeud, tepatnya di Taman Pemakaman Cibaeud. Suatu tempat di Baleendah. Tidak jauh dari Lembah Parongpong, ketika rombongan pasukan Hanumara Sakunti melewatinya. Ada salah satu anggota pasukan bercerita tentang Taman Cibaeud.
Hanumara mendengar cerita itu dan menyimak dalam langkahnya. Kisah tentang Meru, seorang pemuda yang tidak bisa keluar dari tanah kelahirannya. Nama Cibaeud terkenal, seterkenal nama Meru di mata orang-orang di Jalaprang.
Kedua nama itu, juga ditakuti siapapun. Cibaeud terkenal karena pekuburannya yang sepi dan selalu gelap diliputi kabut pekat meskipun datang ke sana pada siang hari. Selalu terlihat seperti malam hari, datang ke tempat itu untuk hal apapun.
Taman itu sudah terlalu lama sekali ditinggalkan. Hewan-hewan liar dan kehidupan di sana merasa aman dengan keadaan yang sunyi itu. Begitu pula pemuda itu, sejak peristiwa menyedihkan di kampung tidak jauh dari pekuburannya. Kampung dengan nama yang sama. Cibaeud, desa kecil yang dibakar oleh perompak laut bernama Galagas Houd.
Galagas mencari harta terpendam di desa itu. Tapi karena keputus asaan dan penduduk desa enggan menolongnya untuk harta terpendam itu. Galagas merusak desa dan membakar siapapun yang ada di sana.
Bersama kelompoknya, Galagas juga membakar bayi terakhir yang baru saja lahir. Saking keji dan biadabnya sosok Galagas.
Kemudian datang Donto Alejandero beserta kelima anggota timnya. Orang yang pernah datang ke sana, seorang pematung sekaligus penjelajah lautan juga membuat sebuah monumen peringatan peristiwa yang diceritakan penghuni desa tetangga.
Galagas sendiri tewas di tangan Meru. Begitu kabar tersiar melalui tutur para penghuni desa tetangga dari Cibaeud. Masih misteri bagaimana cara-cara pemuda itu memerangi Galagas yang sempat lama menduduki desa pesisir pantai itu.
Negeri Jalaprang, negeri Hanumara Sakunti tinggal dan mengabdi pada kerajaan tersebut. Di tempat di mana Cibaeud berada juga sebagai desa mati di Baleendah. Semua orang tidak pernah mau datang ke tempat itu. Dan pasukan inti kerajaan yang setiap waktu melakukan patroli karena desa di tepian pantai itu berbatasan dengan wilayah negara lain. Ada dua negara yang wilayahnya berbatasan dengan Jalaprang. Arafu dan Nikara adalah dua negeri yang sejak lama bersahabat dengan Jalaprang.
Semua orang percaya, kalau Mahameru masih di Cibaeud dan sebenarnya belum mati. Baik orang di Arafu atau Nikara sama seperti orang-orang di Jalaprang. Mereka merasa Mahameru masih ada di Cibaeud. Bersama arwah-arwah penghuni desa tetap menjaga desa dari rongrongan musuh.
Taman pemakaman itu bukti, setiap ada yang mati. Orang-orang dari manapun cukup meletakkan mayat di depan gerbang desa. Seakan gerbang desa itu telah menjadi pintu gerbang taman pemakaman lain selain gerbang taman makam sesungguhnya.
Setiap diletakkan mayat di depan gerbang, kabut pekat seolah menarik mayat itu dan hilang kabut di depan gerbang, mayat sudah entah kemana. Ada hal lain, jika tidak jauh dari desa ada semacam pertengkaran.
Semisal seorang perempuan dikepung sekelompok lelaki bejat yang birahi tinggi dan tanpa waktu yang tidak lama, kabut dari desa itu bergerak sangat cepat menaungi perempuan itu atau ada lagi, perampok berkelompok mengepung dua orang atau rombongan orang berkuda.
Mereka selalu diselamatkan kabut dan orang-orang jahat seperti ditarik kabut takkunjung kembali. Kecuali mereka yang sungguh insyaf dari perbuatan jahatnya. Kabut itu, orang-orang percaya itu perbuatan Mahameru.
Suatu hari, putri Donto Alejandoro yang bernama Nirmala Malahaya Nurma. Sepeninggal Donto, yang sakit keras dan merasa putus asa ketika monumen yang diusahakannya dirusak orang takdikenal.
Pihak berwajib di wilayah itu enggan membantu mengusahakan pembangunan monumen kembali atau mencari pelaku perusakan.
Nirmala melanjutkan perjuangan Donto mencari pelaku perusak monumen. Bersama beberapa mantan anggota tim lama ayahnya ia berusaha mencari keadilan.
Tapi kesulitan rupanya takhenti-hentinya menghalangi. Suatu ketika, Nirmala dicegat di perjalanan menuju pengadilan. Lima orang mengalahkan Satoshi dan Meymey. Heinrich masih berjibaku dengan dua sosok tinggi besar yang menutup jalannya dalam membantu Nirmala lepas dari cegatan tiga perempuan bermasker hitam.
Gadis itu menjerit, ketika gadis itu ditarik dan diseret paksa naik kendaraan. Jeritan takberdaya itu terdengar menggema tapi taksatupun orang menolong. Taklama diketahui beberapa orang bahwa Nirmala dibawa paksa ke depan gerbang desa mati itu.
Nirmala diikat di monumen rusak dan dia dilempari batu. "Seharusnya pulang saja daripada ke tempat ini!"
Seorang pria bersembunyi di satu tempat menyatakan sikapnya. Satoshi yang terakhir diikat. Heinrich berusaha melepas ikatan. Tapi ikatannya memang dibuat sedemikian rupa supaya sekuat apapun dia ikatan tetap erat.
"Donto gila itu membuang-buang dana pemerintahan dengan membuat patung." Teriak orang lain yang juga tersembunyi.
Tapi sebelum Nirmala terikat. Gulungan kabut dari arah hutan melesat. Sangat cepat, sampai semua tidak ada yang sadar semua terlambat. Meymey yang masih bisa melihat, ketika kabut kemudian melingkupi mereka semua. Lalu orang-orang yang membawa mereka dan berusaha mengikat mereka dengan anggapan siapapun si penghuni taman makam akan membuat orang yang mereka ikat tertarik untuk menganggapnya sebagai mangsa.
Tapi ternyata, situasi mereka tidak jauh berbeda. Kabut pekat itu seperti mengetahui siapa yang berbahaya dan yang terjebak dalam bahaya. Nirmala dan tim yang selama ini membantu ayahnya tidak percaya.
Sosok takdikenal, muncul berkelebat dengan gerak yang nyaris takterlihat. Pertama dia menarik tangan pria yang berusaha mengikat Nirmala lalu patah tangan itu. Membawa Nirmal sembunyi kemudian memintanya untuk menunggu. Di gelapnya pekat kabut, terdengar jerit dan teriak. Tidak lama, tubuh orang-orang takdikenalnya terlihat diseret dan dibenamkan ke tanah.
Semua terjadi serba cepat. Tinggal satu orang saja, dibiarkan lari ke arah desa tetangga. Dia pergi melaporkan yang telah terjadi. Pada satu pria di sebuah penginapan.
"Kami gagal, anak gadis itu, anak gadis orang tua, dia yang mati itu ikut tertelan kabut." Sahut si pelapor. Wajahnya pucat, ia dilanda panik hebat sampai saat bicara terbata-bata.
Laki-laki yang seorang diri di penginapan itu, di satu ruang sepi. Dia bukan pemilik penginapan tapi di penginapan ia sangat ditakuti. Dia orang asing di Jalaprang. Tapi namanya dianggap mimpi buruk di Daratinggi. Dimana itu Daratinggi, tempat itu tempat lahir Donto Alejandoro. Tempat nama pria yang dicintai Nirmala dibesarkan.
Donto Alejandoro terkenal di Fangor, salah satu kompleks permukiman militer di Daratinggi. Dan ia juga punya musuh bebuyutan di sana. Pria ini juga yang kini berada di penginapan di Jalaprang dan kata orang-orang di penginapan banyak mengancam serta takjarang ia melakukan kekerasan demi merahasiakan keberadaan dirinya di Bingslam.
Bingslam berada di selatan Jalaprang, tempat terdekat dengan desa-desa seperti Cibaeud dan dianggap sebagai kota besar karena kebanyakan penduduk kota para pendatang yang menyewa atau menginap untuk bekerja atau melakukan usaha.
Kota Bingslam terdapat banyak penginapan dan hotel atau tempat semacamnya yang dikhususkan untuk mereka pendatang yang hendak mencoba peruntungan di sana. Rumah-rumah lama yang dipugar dan gedung-gedung tinggi banyak menyebar naik ke dataran tinggi. Sebagian lagi menjamur di dataran rendah tidak jauh dari Lembah Parongpong.
Lelaki takbernama di penginapan Borne ini mendengar isi laporan. Dia merasa kesal keinginannya untuk menjatuhkan seseorang sampai mati sampai dengan apa yang telah diperbuatnya terlupakan itu terhenti oleh satu hal. Dia sangat membenci Donto dan pernah berjanji satu hari Donto akan merasakan apa yang dirasakannya di Daratinggi. Perlakuan orang-orang dan sikap sinis harus Donto rasakan.
Kalau perlu sampai mati orang membenci Donto, pikirnya. Lelaki itu kadung benci setengah mati. Sebenarnya ia pernah punya nama di Fangor. Dia dekat dengan petinggi-petinggi militer di Daratinggi. Tapi sejak ia menikah dengan Capemasi, adik perempuan Donto Alejandoro dan kemudian dituduh melakukan korupsi. Semua rencananya gagal sejak pernikahan itu dianggap orang sebagai jebakan untuk menangkap dirinya.
Lelaki yang menerima laporan itu, ia terdiam sejenak. Sebenarnya ia ragu, ia harus apa? Memberi kompensasi pada si pelapor atau memberinya pekerjaan baru. Rencananya, di tim Donto ada pria yang dulu bekerja padanya juga, namanya Heinrich. Tapi dia berkhianat, keinginan lelaki itu jika Heinrich dibawa ke taman pemakaman dan diikat bersama Nirmala maka sudah pasti orang-orang pasti melihat. Diikat dalam keadaan tanpa busana lengkap. Lalu menyatakan bahwa keduanya ditangkap karena melakukan hal yang terlarang. Hal itu akan jadi tambah coreng hitam di keluarga Donto Alejandoro.
Si pelapor menyatakan kalau Nirmala dan tim ayahnya diselamatkan kabut tebal. Teman-teman si pelapor semua hilang ditelan tebalnya kabut. Sementara tim ayah Nirmala berhasil diselamatkan kabut. Mereka kembali ke kota dengan banyak orang yang mengejar Nirmala saat dibawa kabur oleh orang-orang yang mengepung mereka di kota.
Di kota, gadis itu bersama tim yang pernah mendampingi ayahnya dalam proyek pembangunan monumen di Cibaeud atau penjelajahan laut dan wilayah-wilayah yang pernah ditaklukan Galagas Houd. Heinrich, Satoshi dan Meymey juga banyak bercerita tentang pengalaman mereka dalam kabut Cibaeud.
Kesunyian desa mati terasa lebih saat mereka dibawa masuk kabut. Seakan kabut yang menarik mereka makhluk bertangan raksasa dan seorang pemuda bertopeng kepala serigala menghabisi beberapa orang jahat itu tanpa ampun. "Kami dilepas pulang setelah pemuda itu melakukan apa yang harus dilakukan di depan gerbang desa."
"Kami tidak melihat apa yang terjadi. Tapi kami lihat saat kami keluar dari desa, orang-orang jahat itu telah ditanam di taman makam dalam keadaan kepala di atas pekuburan." Sahut Satoshi, berusaha sejelas mungkin menambahkan catatan Heinrich. Mereka menulis pula pengalaman mereka yang pernah mereks alami pada buku yang selalu ada di ruang kerja Donto Alejandoro.
Buku catatan yang selalu Donto sediakan bagi anggota timnya sebagai alat belajar dan arsip kegiatan. Selain bercerita pada orang-orang atau pihak berwenang. Meymey yang merupakan saudara tiri Hanumara Sakunti juga meminta bantuan panglima kerajaan itu terkait apa yang dialaminya.
Hanumara Sakunti dan Meymey selalu saling berkirim kabar satu sama lain terkait apa yang terjadi di kegiatan masing-masing. Mereka jadi lebih serius ketika membicarakan banyak hal yang dilakukan ayah Nirmala.
Pembicaraan jadi makin mendalam dari sisi perilaku Donto yang misterius. Tidak ada yang mengetahui Donto punya anak. Tim baru tahu ketika Nirmala menghubungi di sebuah hotel di Delica.
Nirmala selalu mengikuti berita tentang ayahnya. Selama ayahnya melakukan penjelajahan, rahasia tentang keberadaan siapapun yang menjadi keluarga atau kerabat dekat Donto tersimpan rapat. Henirich yang menerima berita dari Nirmala juga pada awalnya waswas. Lalu setelah bicara dengan Satoshi dan Meymey, ia teryakinkan untuk melakukan kontak dengan Nirmala.
Delica tempat Nirmala bekerja, ia bekerja sebagai petugas senior keamanan hotel. Sebelumnya pernah menjadi polisi Delica. Delica adalah negeri di barat daya Jalaprang. Hotel Mirage, hotel kelas satu negeri itu. Izin mencari berita tentang ayahnya didukung semua orang di Hotel. Bahkan pemilik hotel sendiri yang mempromosikan proyek khusus Nirmala karena si pemilik ternyata mengenal siapa sebenarnya Donto Alejandoro.
Terkait apa yang diinginkan Nirmala, hotel juga memerlukan informasi ini. Sebab di Delica, apapun bisa jadi sesuatu yang menjual. Sebenarnya ini sangat disesalkan Nirmala. Tentang informasi tentang dirinya. Dan saat pihak Jalaprang ternyata juga sangat memerlukan informasi apapun yang selama ini dikerjakan Donto Alejandoro.
Panglima kerajaan Jalaprang salah satu orang yang sangat peduli pria seperti Donto. Ia bahkan pernah mengutus seseorang dari pasukannya untuk mengawasi secara khusus sebelum mengetahui kalau sepupunya Meymey bekerja pada Donto.
Hanumara Sakunti sangat peduli siapapun. Baik warga atau bukan tetap ketika terdapat hal yang tidak menyenangkan seputar siapapun itu. Dia mendengar Donto meninggal dunia dari adik sepupunya. Langsung pergi ke tempat tinggal Donto tanpa pertimbangan apapun.
Dan mendengar usaha pemaksaan orang takdikenal terhadap Nirmala, ia langsung memerintahkan beberapa intelejen negera untuk mencari informasi terkait seorang berhasil meloloskan diri setelah kabut di gerbang desa Cibaeud memudar.
Azumi Kirikani salah satu intelnya. Seorang gadis muda yang cerdas, pilihan pelatih intelejen terbaik. Dikirim ke tempat terakhir Nirmala dicegat bersama Heinrich, Satoshi dan Meymey. Yakni tempat para pria takdikenal muncul menyergap mereka dari banyak arah.
Dia menyamar menjadi perempuan pengemis dan berdandan serupa perempuan tua yang membawa tongkat. Hasbi Faqih, rekan kerjanya yang bertugas sebagai pengawal merasa dandanannya aneh. "kamu lebih mirip penyihir daripada disebut pengemis, Zumi."
Azumi menggereng, "kuhajar kau sekali lagi mengomentari caraku menyamar."
Kuhajar sampai mati! Geram Azumi terdengar dalam hati.
Gadis itu sebenarnya tidak suka bekerja dengan pengawas macam Hasbi. Pria paruh baya, usia masih muda dan lebih muda darinya. Pendidikannya mungkin lebih tinggi darinya, pengalaman sebagai analis dan keterampilan berkelahinya memang jadi sorotan atasan.
Buktinya, Hasbi masih bisa berbicara padanya walau ia sedang berada jauh darinya. Pemuda itu cerdas, ia bisa membuat sesuatu yang mustahil dengan cara yang takterduga.
Azumi berpikir, pemuda itu bisa mendengar tidak ya barusan dimaki? Jika ia bisa berbicara padanya tanpa alat dan orang di sekitar tidak mendengar. Hanya dirinya yang mendengar. Apa mungkin jika ia hanya tersenyum? Hanya karena Azumi benci dikomentari.
Sementara itu, di sudut lain. Tidak jauh dari keberadaan Azumi dan Hasbi yang menguntit gadis itu dari belakang. Seorang pemuda lain, wajahnya sebagian tertutup. Mengenakan jubah berkerudung tebal. Tapi ia terlihat ringan mengenakannya. Dia berada di satu dinding rumah seorang pengusaha pasar. Tidak jauh dari tempat terakhir Nirmala, Heinrich, Satoshi dan Meymey malam itu disergap. Azumi merasa tidak mungkin orang yang telah berusaha menangkap Nirmala dan tim ayahnya.
Azumi menoleh ke satu tempat. Tempat terakhir yang terlihat kamera pengawas keamanan yang memang disediakan pemilik tempat itu. Gedung yang tidak jauh dari perkiraan. Barangkali hanya intuisi belaka. Tapi dari dekat ia bisa melihat banyak. Hasbi kembali berkomentar. "Kau yakin ini tempatnya?"
"Aku tidak yakin. Tapi laporan terdahulu. Maksudku ini hasil pemeriksaan tim awal. Kau Hasbi, ini hasil laporan tim kamu dalam seminggu ini. Aku terima laporannya langsung dari panglima." Sahut Azumi. Sedikit melirik ke belakang. Ia yang merasa bingung juga karena harus bicara seolah berbicara pada diri sendiri.
Orang yang ia ajak bicara memang membuatnya sebal, bahkan tidak sedikit saja dia memperlihatkan penanda kalau dia ada di sekeliling tempat ini. Azumi memang sedang tidak ada pekerjaan, pusat perintah belum memberinya perintah tugas tertentu sejak lima bulan berlalu. Ketika ia diminta membantu tim Hasbi untuk kasus di Cibaeud, Azumi terpaksa menerimanya karena ia merasa tertekan tanpa pekerjaan.
Azumi ragu dengan pekerjaan ini. Tapi ia dipilih oleh panglima Jalaprang. Ia tidak sesenang ini. Pertimbangan apa sampai pejabat setinggi Han Sakunti sendiri yang memberi perintah untuknya. Hasbi yang memintanya datang ke perkemahan pasukan inti pimpinan Sakunti.
Dia tidak mau tahu. Mungkin kebohongan para penjilat seperti Kilac. Perempuan yang membuat tugas terakhirnya gagal. Kilac sudah terlalu lama jadi bayang-bayangnya. Azumi teringat, kematian Adibanon dan semua kawan-kawannya di Lumbung Lawas.[]
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Meru, he called him. His full name is Mahameru. Lives in Cibaeud, precisely at the Cibaeud Cemetery. Somewhere in Baleendah. Not far from the Parongpong Valley, when Hanumara Sakunti's group of troops passed through. One of the troop members told a story about Cibaeud Park.
Hanumara heard the story and followed his steps. The story of Meru, a young man who cannot leave his homeland. The name Cibaeud is famous, as famous as the name Meru in the eyes of the people in Jalaprang.
Those two names are also feared by anyone. Cibaeud is famous for its cemeteries which are quiet and always dark, covered in thick fog even if you come there during the day. Always looks like it's night time, come to that place for anything.
The park has been abandoned for too long. The wild animals and life there feel safe in this quiet situation. So did the young man, since the sad incident in the village not far from his cemetery. Village with the same name. Cibaeud, a small village that was burned by sea pirates named Galagas Houd.
Galagas is looking for hidden treasure in the village. But because of despair and the villagers were reluctant to help him with the hidden treasure. Galagas destroyed the village and burned whoever was there.
Together with his group, Galagas also burned the last baby who had just been born. Galagas was so cruel and barbaric.
Then came Donto Alejandero and his five team members. The person who had come there, a sculptor and ocean explorer, also made a monument commemorating the events told by the residents of a neighboring village.
Galagas himself died at the hands of Meru. So the news spread through the words of residents of neighboring villages from Cibaeud. It is still a mystery how the young man used to fight the Galagas who had occupied this coastal village for a long time.
Jalaprang Country, the country of Hanumara Sakunti lived and served the kingdom. The place where Cibaeud is located is also a dead village in Baleendah. Everyone never wants to come to that place. And the core royal troops carry out patrols all the time because the village on the coast borders the territory of another country. There are two countries whose territories border Jalaprang. Arafu and Nikara are two countries that have long been friendly with Jalaprang.
Everyone believes that Mahameru is still in Cibaeud and is not actually dead. Neither the people in Arafu nor Nikara are the same as the people in Jalaprang. They feel that Mahameru is still in Cibaeud. Together with the spirits of the village residents, they continue to protect the village from enemy attacks.
The cemetery is evidence, every time someone dies. People from anywhere simply put the corpse in front of the village gate. It was as if the village gate had become the gate to another cemetery besides the actual cemetery gate.
Every time a corpse is placed in front of the gate, the dense fog seems to attract the corpse and the fog disappears in front of the gate, the corpse has gone somewhere. There is another thing, if not far from the village there is some kind of quarrel.
For example, a woman is surrounded by a group of lecherous men who are highly lustful and without a long time, the fog from the village moves very quickly to cover the woman or there is another group of robbers who surround two people or a group of people on horseback.
They are always saved by the fog and the bad people are like being pulled by the fog and never return. Except for those who truly realize their evil deeds. People believed that the fog was Mahameru's doing.
One day, Donto Alejandoro's daughter, Nirmala Malahaya Nurma. After the death of Donto, who was seriously ill and felt hopeless when the monument he was working on was damaged by an unknown person.
Authorities in the area are reluctant to help rebuild the monument or search for the perpetrators of the vandalism.
Nirmala continues Donto's struggle to find the perpetrators who destroyed the monument. Together with several former members of his father's old team, he tries to seek justice.
But difficulties apparently never stopped getting in the way. One day, Nirmala was stopped on her way to court. Five people defeat Satoshi and Meymey. Heinrich was still struggling with two tall figures who blocked his way in helping Nirmala escape from three women wearing black masks.
The girl screamed when the girl was grabbed and forcibly dragged into the vehicle. The helpless screams echoed but no one helped. Soon it became known to several people that Nirmala was forcibly taken to the front gate of the dead village.
Nirmala is tied to a broken monument and stones are thrown at her. "You should just go home instead of coming to this place!"
A man hiding in one place expressed his attitude. Satoshi was the last to be tied up. Heinrich tried to untie the knot. But the bond is made in such a way that no matter how strong it is, the bond remains tight.
"That crazy donto is wasting government funds by making statues." shouted another person who was also hidden.
But before Nirmala was tied up. Rolls of mist shot from the direction of the forest. Very fast, until no one noticed it was too late. Meymey was still able to see, when the fog then enveloped them all. Then the people who took them and tried to tie them up assuming that whoever was in the graveyard would make the people they tied up interested in considering them as prey.
But it turns out, their situation is not much different. The thick fog seems to know who is dangerous and who is trapped in danger. Nirmala and the team who have been helping her father do not believe it.
An unknown figure, appeared flashing with almost invisible movements. First he pulled the hand of the man who tried to tie Nirmala and then broke the hand. Taking Nirmala to hide then asking her to wait. In the thick darkness of the fog, screams and shouts were heard. Not long, the bodies of people he didn't know were seen being dragged and buried in the ground.
Everything happened so fast. Only one person was left, left to run towards the neighboring village. He went to report what had happened. To a man in an inn.
"We failed, the girl, the old man's daughter, she was the one who died and was swallowed by the fog." The reporter replied. His face was pale, he was struck by great panic until he stuttered when he spoke.
The man who was alone in the inn, in a quiet room. He was not the owner of the inn but in the inn he was very feared. He was a stranger in Jalaprang. But his name was considered a nightmare in Daratinggi. Where is Daratinggi, that place is the birthplace of Donto Alejandoro. The place where the name of the man Nirmala loved grew up.
Donto Alejandoro is well-known in Fangor, one of the military settlement complexes in Daratinggi. And he also has a sworn enemy there. This man is also the one who is currently in the inn in Jalaprang and people say that the people in the inn often threaten and often commit violence in order to keep his whereabouts in Bingslam a secret.
Bingslam is located south of Jalaprang, the closest place to villages like Cibaeud and is considered a big town because most of the town's residents are migrants who rent or stay to work or do business.
Bingslam City has many inns and hotels or similar places that are specifically for those newcomers who want to try their luck there. Old houses that have been restored and tall buildings are spread up to the highlands. Some others are mushrooming in the lowlands not far from the Parongpong Valley.
The nameless man at the Borne Inn heard the report. He was annoyed that his desire to beat someone to death until what he had done was forgotten was stopped by one thing. He hated Donto so much and had promised that one day Donto would feel what he felt in Daratinggi. Donto had to feel the treatment of people and their cynical attitudes.
If necessary, people should hate Donto to death, he thought. The man hated him to death. Actually, he once had a name in Fangor. He was close to the military leaders in Daratinggi. But since he married Capemasi, Donto Alejandoro's younger sister and was later accused of corruption. All his plans failed since the marriage was considered a trap to catch him.
The man who received the report was silent for a moment. Actually, he was doubtful, what should he do? Compensate the complainant or give him a new job. The plan is that in Donto's team there is a man who used to work for him too, his name is Heinrich. But he betrayed, the man's wish was that if Heinrich was taken to the cemetery and tied up with Nirmala, then surely people would see. Tied up in a state of complete undress. Then stating that both of them were arrested for doing something forbidden. That would be an additional black mark on the Donto Alejandoro family.
The reporter stated that Nirmala and her father's team were saved by thick fog. The reporter's friends were all lost swallowed by the thick fog. While Nirmala's father's team was successfully saved by the fog. They returned to the city with many people chasing Nirmala when she was taken away by the people who surrounded them in the city.
In the city, the girl is with the team that once accompanied her father in the monument construction project in Cibaeud or the exploration of the sea and the areas that Galagas Houd once conquered. Heinrich, Satoshi and Meymey also tell a lot about their experiences in the Cibaeud fog.
The silence of the dead village felt even more when they were brought into the fog. As if the fog was attracting them, a creature with giant hands and a young man wearing a wolf head mask killed several of the bad guys without mercy. "We were released after the young man did what had to be done in front of the village gate."
"We didn't see what happened. But we saw when we left the village, the bad guys had been buried in the cemetery garden with their heads on the graves." Satoshi replied, trying to add to Heinrich's notes as clearly as possible. They also wrote down their experiences in a book that was always in Donto Alejandoro's office.
The notebook that Donto always provides for his team members as a learning tool and activity archive. In addition to telling people or authorities. Meymey, who is Hanumara Sakunti's half-sister, also asked for help from the kingdom's commander regarding what she experienced.
Hanumara Sakunti and Meymey always send each other news about what is happening in each other's activities. They become more serious when talking about the many things that Nirmala's father does.
The conversation deepened from Donto's mysterious behavior. No one knew Donto had a child. The team only found out when Nirmala called at a hotel in Delica.
Nirmala always follows news about her father. While her father was exploring, the secret about the whereabouts of anyone who became Donto's family or close relatives was kept tightly. Henirich who received news from Nirmala was also initially worried. Then after talking to Satoshi and Meymey, he was convinced to make contact with Nirmala.
Delica where Nirmala works, she works as a senior hotel security officer. Previously she was a Delica police officer. Delica is a country southwest of Jalaprang. Mirage Hotel, a first-class hotel in that country. Permission to find news about her father was supported by everyone at the Hotel. Even the hotel owner himself promoted Nirmala's special project because the owner apparently knew who Donto Alejandoro really was.
Regarding what Nirmala wanted, the hotel also needed this information. Because in Delica, anything can be something that sells. Actually, this was very regrettable for Nirmala. About information about herself. And when Jalaprang also turned out to really need any information that Donto Alejandoro had been working on.
The commander of the Jalaprang kingdom is one of the people who really cares about men like Donto. He even sent someone from his troops to keep a special eye on him before finding out that his cousin Meymey was working for Donto.
Hanumara Sakunti cares deeply about everyone. Whether they are citizens or not, when there is something unpleasant about anyone. He heard that Donto died from his cousin. He immediately went to Donto's residence without any consideration.
And hearing about the attempt by an unknown person to force Nirmala, he immediately ordered several state intelligence officers to look for information regarding someone who managed to escape after the fog at the Cibaeud village gate faded.
Azumi Kirikani is one of the intelligence officers. A smart young girl, chosen by the best intelligence trainer. Sent to the last place Nirmala was intercepted with Heinrich, Satoshi and Meymey. Namely the place where unknown men appeared to ambush them from many directions.
She disguised herself as a beggar woman and dressed up like an old woman carrying a stick. Hasbi Faqih, her co-worker who served as a bodyguard, thought her make-up was strange. "You look more like a witch than a beggar, Zumi."
Azumi growled, "I'll beat you up again for commenting on my disguise."
I'll beat you to death! Azumi's growl rang out in her heart.
The girl actually didn't like working with a supervisor like Hasbi. A middle-aged man, still young and younger than her. His education might be higher than hers, his experience as an analyst and his fighting skills were indeed highlighted by his superiors.
The proof is, Hasbi can still talk to him even though he is far away from him. The young man is smart, he can make something impossible in an unexpected way.
Azumi thought, could the young man hear what he had just been cursed at? If he could talk to him without a device and the people around him didn't hear. Only he heard. Is it possible if he just smiled? Just because Azumi hated being commented on.
Meanwhile, in another corner. Not far from where Azumi and Hasbi were stalking the girl from behind. Another young man, his face partially covered. Wearing a thick hooded robe. But he looked light wearing it. He was on one wall of a market entrepreneur's house. Not far from the last place where Nirmala, Heinrich, Satoshi and Meymey were ambushed that night. Azumi felt that it was impossible for the person who had tried to capture Nirmala and her father's team.
Azumi turned to one place. The last place seen by the security camera that was indeed provided by the owner of the place. A building not far from what was expected. Maybe it was just intuition. But from up close he could see a lot. Hasbi commented again. "Are you sure this is the place?"
"I'm not sure. But the previous report. I mean this is the result of the initial team's examination. You Hasbi, this is the result of your team's report this week. I received the report directly from the commander in chief." Azumi replied. Glancing back a little. He was also confused because he had to speak as if he were talking to himself.
The person she was talking to really annoyed her, and there were even a few signs that she was around this place. Azumi was indeed unemployed, the command center had not given her a specific task order for five months. When she was asked to help Hasbi's team with the case in Cibaeud, Azumi was forced to accept it because she felt pressured without a job.
Azumi was doubtful about this job. But he was chosen by the commander of Jalaprang. He was not this happy. What considerations until an official as high as Han Sakunti himself gave him an order. Hasbi asked him to come to the camp of the main troops led by Sakunti.
He didn't want to know. Maybe it's the lie of sycophants like Kilac. The woman who failed her last assignment. Kilac has been his shadow for too long. Azumi remembered the death of Adibanon and all his friends in Lumbung Lawas.
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