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Not long after Kakung returned to the pesantren. He returned with Harti, Jaka, and also Si Mbah Turahmin to the hospital. They all waited in front of the hospital while continuing to take turns to accompany Darto and Anto who were accompanying Sri.

This time it was Jaka's turn, he entered the hospital following Darto and Anto who were still sitting in front of the delivery room. He immediately sat down after seeing the two men he was looking for. At that time he sat down with a question that just popped out of his mouth, "Kang ... if the one born a boy, does Kang Anto's child immediately have a newborn mustache?"

Anto and Darto spontaneously woke up to hear the silly question, they even rolled over while holding their stomachs in his laughter. After a long time Darto said to Jaka in front of him, "You think Anto's mustache has grown from birth?"

"You don't know, Kang. Jaka has never seen a baby born, because Jaka is the youngest child in the village," said Jaka with a serious face, he really thought hard to prepare an answer that he thought was right.

"Where is the baby born directly moustache, ha ha ha ha!" timpal Anto in a mocking tone, while continuing to twist the tip of his mustache until it curves upwards.

"But, Kang ... The cat in my house was born directly a mustache," said Jaka with his innocent face.

"You're the same as a cat, Tok! HA HA HA HA HA! But the true ... is both mustachioed, and equally striped," Sosor Darto as he chuckled. He felt funny with the conversation of the two people in front of him.

After quite a while, it sounded Sri who started calling her husband from inside the room. Anto who heard that immediately ran towards the room and rushed to run to call the sister who was on guard not far from Sri's room. A moment later Anto returned with a sister who also came a little run into Sri's room. Not long after, the nurse said that the labor process would be done soon, and hoped that all men would leave the room.

Anto, Darto and Jaka were very nervous at that time. They felt worried, because they could hear Sri's voice shrieking, from the front of the delivery room. Anton was completely pale, he could not stop moving. Either squat, stand, walk and the others. His body did not want to be silent, it seemed that he was very upset at that time.

After a few minutes of waiting in agitation, finally the sound of a baby's cry that was so shrill sounded echoing. His crying voice could be heard clearly from the front of the room, so the three men who were waiting for him were immediately aghast from their daydreams.

When the baby's cry broke, Anto who had originally put on a face so tense immediately looked at Darto with a blank look. He held both shoulders of Darto with both hands. A clear thread began to seep out of his eye bags, then he excitedly cried as he said, "I'm Father, Dar!"

"Congratulations, Tok!" sahut Darto slightly shouted, he immediately hugged the body of Anto who was as much as he pleased in front of him, while also enlivening Anto's cries by also shedding tears of happiness.

Jaka who was confused to see the two men in front of him could only be stunned, he did not understand the feeling that the two people were feeling. Until finally she just daydreamed before finally a nurse broke her daydream.

Seeing Anto had entered, Darto told Jaka to go call both Si Mbah and his wife. Jaka immediately nodded, he ran towards the front stall of the hospital, to tell the happy news that was being felt by Anto and Darto.

After darting away, a few minutes later Jaka came with Kakung, Si Mbah Turahmin and Harti. Along with that Anto came out of the delivery room. And everyone who saw Anto coming out of the maternity room looked at Anto in silence, they were waiting for Anto to tell the news and condition of the child and Anto's wife inside.

"Thank God, my son was born normal. He's a boy, and Sri is fine too" Anto said. He again spilled water in his eye bags, he really felt happy, after seeing a healthy baby who was being carried by his wife some time ago.

"Alhamdulillah," said everyone simultaneously. They immediately put on a relieved face, after hearing all the sentences that Anto uttered.

Besides Anto, Darto was the second man who was most pleased with the news of Anto's son and wife. He truly felt grateful that everything he had worked so hard to do had finally paid off. From the mysteries of Dining, Lastri, Buto ireng to Gending, all that has passed. Darto was pleased that there was no longer anyone threatening his immediate family, just like what had happened to all his parents and Si Mbah.

That night, everything went as expected. Everyone smiled in the same sense, the joy of the birth of the little boy who would tell their story. After one by one seeing Anto's children alternately, they rushed away leaving Anto, Jaka and also Darto in the hospital. Darto had intended to accompany Anto until he could bring his wife back to the pesantren, but Darto did not expect if Jaka also volunteered to provide assistance. Jaka did not want to be invited home, he said if he was more comfortable when he was near Kang Darto.

That night the three men slept in front of the delivery room. They sleep on the pandan mat that has been prepared by Kakung, they sleep in a sense of happiness without them realizing there is something stuck in the middle of approaching them.

It's common knowledge, isn't it? If the hospital is a place where a lot of lives are taken. So ... there are so many people who died, with so many nosy jinn who stopped just to imitate the shape of someone who just died. Plus Jaka's body has a sweet aroma for the residents next door, that night dozens of creatures occupants of the building one by one came closer to Jaka.

They kept coming, flocking to appear as hastily as a chicken that was being fed by its owner. Unfortunately, the three men were fast asleep like the dead. None of them were aware, if Jaka had started to be swayed by dozens of hoofed hands. The hand continues to stroke every part of Jaka's body, they scramble even to fight, only to be able to touch Jaka's body.

What do they really want? Why is Jaka so tempting in the eyes of the residents of nature next door?

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