Ashgard: Ambition and Purpose
One Step Left #57

Some time later, reports of the Nostra Clone's movements now reached Garwig and Prawira's ears. "Looks ... They're trying to get ahead of us?" murmured Garwig spoke to Prawira who was standing beside him while on the roof of the city hall.

"What's your plan?" sahut Prawira turned his head and looked hard at Garwig.

"We'll close the entire border immediately!"

Both of them immediately left from there. According to what Garwig said. Prawira immediately mobilized almost all of its members to close all city and regional borders, including securing the port area of the city.

Within fifteen minutes after that. The port area to the southeast of the city was immediately filled by the authorities. Two helicopters belonging to the police were also flown around the place. And it seems that not only the port area is heavily guarded, but the border between Metro City, Shandy Shell, and Paletown is also tightened. On the other hand, Garwig sent several marine personnel to tighten guard in the maritime border area, especially the southeast sea which borders directly with the sea of La Luna Island.

What is done by these officials certainly invites the attention of many waves of people and the media. The public and the media have no idea what the aim of the apparatus suddenly tightening the border is. They still don't know what's really going on.

"For the reporters, do not cross the established line! If you can, just let them go!" pinta Prawira to one of his officers there. The man is James, a cop who has a affinity with Ashgard especially Berlin.

"Good, sir."

It seems that Prawira is not alone to be in this port. He was accompanied by Garwig who also came down directly to the location.

"The area is heavily guarded. Are we late?" prawira asked as she walked slowly into the harbor. Around him were monitored by many police officers who were on guard, especially special anti-terror squads were also taken down.

"It should be .. no, the journey from the island to here by sea takes approximately twenty minutes." Garwig answered the question while walking next to her colleague. But he is not sure of his own answer, "even if .. our opponent is just a bunch of ordinary criminals."

"You mean?" sahut Prawira stopped his steps and looked at the confused Garwig.

"Clone Nostra is not a trivial syndicate, Prawira. I'm afraid that they're ahead of us" Garwig replied with a sense of concern when giving the answer. Prawira thought and fell silent. Indeed, what Garwig said was true.

In a pretty close time. A large cargo ship suddenly sailed closer, and docked at the port.

The arrival of the cargo ship certainly made Garwig and Prawira immediately alert. A lot of officers, especially special squads, docked and stood by the ship.

When the ship was finished docked and completely stopped. There was no movement from the ship. There were no crew members on the top deck. From outside the ship looks like a dead ship, there is no movement at all on the top deck of the ship.

The silence made Prawira even more suspicious. He also gave orders to a police helicopter that is currently flying right above him. "Helicopter do the scanning!" her door.

"Supervised 15 heat waves gathered on the upper deck, precisely in the steering room of the ship in a state of kneeling. Besides, everything's clear."

Heard a report from a police helicopter that is now circling the boat. Prawira and Garwig are increasingly made suspicious. Is this a hostage situation? Or has there been a ship hijacking? Of course, those questions were immediately thought of by them.

Without wasting any more time. Prawira immediately moved his members to enter the ship, and then checked the situation of 15 people who were kneeling inside.

Aisle after hallway, and one by one the rooms inside the ship were searched by a lot of authorities. But the results were nil, and no one else was found.

The inspection of every room on board the ship ended at last until the steering room located on the upper deck, and sure enough there gathered all the crew in a state of kneeling with their hands bound.

When some special member enters that steering room. Found the captain of the ship who was bound at the wheel by suspicious cables. The nahkoda's mouth was silent as if unable to speak or ask for help, but his gaze seemed to speak for help when the officers came.

Looking at the cables, of course make step by step the apparatus. They suspected mines or bombs when they saw the cables, and sure enough, "we found a time bomb strapped to the rudder of the ship, sir. And the bomb is tied to both feet of the captain."

"Bombs?!" Prawira was surprised to hear that. He immediately withdrew his members temporarily, and sent a special squad to handle the bomb.

Five minutes passed. A special bomb-handling squad of three people was already inside the steering room, where the bomb was located. A total of 14 crew members were secured out of the ship, while the captain was still there. The Nahkoda looked very resigned to its condition surrounded by cables from the bomb.

"We try!"

Prawira monitored everything that happened inside the steering room through a monitor screen in an officer's car. The monitor displayed what the bomb squad saw.

"Dinamits?" Garwig Mumbles.

"However, it looks like this one has been modified" said Prawira.

His eyes could not escape from the monitor. He can see how careful the bomb squad when carrying out the execution on the dynamite in question. He also got digital seconds on the bomb which showed the remaining five minutes.

Four minutes later, the bomb seemed to have been defused. Some of the critical cables tied to the bomb were aged. But strangely enough, the time on the bomb was still running backwards. It's even getting faster.

Seeing this, the bomb squad was made to panic. They also decided to immediately pull out the captain from there.

"Get out of there!" pinta Prawira firmly.

Second by second it went backwards and faster, until finally the time on the bomb showed zero.

Prawira turned and looked at the top deck of the ship. His breathing was almost restrained, and as if preparing for the impending explosion. But walking a few seconds later, the bomb did not go off as well.

"What's really going on?!" muttered Prawira frowned at his confused omen.

Garwig, who was standing next to Prawira, said, "i think .. there is something strange about all this" he said, turning his head and looking at his partner with a serious look.

"I feel like I want to make sure in person!" Prawira suddenly rushed into the ship without further ado.

"Sir, you can't enter before it's declared safe!" two well-armed police officers held Prawira's steps in front of the ship's entrance. However, Prawira persisted, "don't get in the way! It's orders!"

At the same time, Garwig approached Prawira and said to the two fellow policemen, "he's with me, let us pass!"

Hearing Garwig say that. The two apparatus that had previously been obstructing could only obey. They let the two important people pass by and enter, but did not leave. The two officers also went in for Garwig and Prawira guards.

The steps of the four of them finally reached the steering wheel of the ship, and in the corner of the room was clearly visible a red bomb located there. The digital time on the bomb suddenly changed to a word or writing that read 'canceled', meaning that the detonation had been cancelled.

Seeing this, Garwig felt that this bomb had been controlled remotely. He felt that his previous allegations about Clone Nostra were true.

"I feel ... My previous guess is right, we are one step behind them," Garwig murmured and was heard by Prawira.

***

"The problem is sorted out, boss. Now it's safe for us to go in and get ready to go all over the city" Farres said, approaching Doma, who was in a large warehouse. Around the warehouse there were many people dressed in all white with their weapons.

"Good, it's not wrong that we have many inside relationships" Dom said, folding his arms and then smiling cynically.

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Seriate.