EIGHT TARGETS
135. The Power of Loki 2, Scrutinizing into Hidden Memory

“So, which criminals should I interrogate today?”  Ask Loki to Captain Maya who for many times suddenly called to the detention house of the perpetrators of unnatural crimes.

“No.  Today what you're checking is not a criminal.  And this time also not interrogation.”  Captain Maya also replied.

“Means?”  Hearing that answer, Loki became a little worried about what kind of exploitation Captain Maya would do to him who was still sitting in the High School.

“You need to interrogate the warden who is likely under the control of the black joker serial killer to carry out the previous action to extract the memories of those lost in order to uncover the identity of the serial killer.”

Hearing Captain Maya's reply, Loki approached Captain Maya and whispered something.

“Captain Maya knows that my powers can only see into the future?  No matter how you think, there is no way for my power to do it.”

“Do not pretend!  Fero told me that you can also see the past.”  Captain Maya immediately denied Loki's words while giving a suppressive aura.

[This is called child exploitation!  Lawyer.I need a lawyer to sue this man.]  Loki can only curse in his heart to face aunty who always exploits it.

“But Captain Maya, the ability it pays is too big for my body.”

“Do not worry.  After this I will make sure to give you exclusive care to overcome the impact your strength has on your body.  On the side, this time I will give you a bonus pocket money that is very much larger than usual.”

Captain Maya was silent for a moment before speaking.  This time he spoke with more emphasis on intonation.

“More, you want to save your friend Kaiser who is being targeted by the serial killer right?”

“Kaiser is targeted by the Black Joker?  I've never heard of it.”  Said Loki who was shocked to hear the sudden information.

“At the time of the attack at the school, it was clear that the Black Joker was nearby observing.  I also only found out the day after the incident while observing CCTV around the school building.  This is just speculation, but the possibility that the last victim symbolized by the ace of the black joker serial killer is Kaiser.  I don't know what the motive is, but who else is closely related to the Black Joker at the school besides Kaiser.”

Of course, Captain Maya just said that to give motivation to Loki in helping him.  He does not really believe that Kaiser is the real target of the black joker serial killer because all this time the target is the one who is involved in the bullying of Dios while Kaiser is the one who protects Dios.

Rather than Kaiser, Captain Maya is more suspicious that the last target is Jingmi who is still declared missing.

“Aces card instead of three spade card?  Are there already sixth and seventh victims?”  Loki was increasingly curious about the statement of Captain Maya.

“Oh, this has not been published, so it's natural that you don't know yet.  The sixth victim was Tirta who had just died earlier today.  And at the time of his death, there was a possible message from the serial killer who said that the next victim was Dirga.”

As Captain Maya's words ended, Alena quickly interrupted him to add.

“That is not necessarily accurate because the one who wrote it was a victim of Tirta himself, but we assume that he was controlled by a black joker serial killer in the moment of doing so.  Based on our analysis, it is strongly suspected that the power of the black joker serial killer is brainwashing.”

“At least 21 guards observed by CCTV cameras had made contact with Tirta during his time in custody.”

Loki asked and Captain Maya answered the question immediately.

“That's too much.”  However, it seemed that the answer was less than satisfactory for Loki.

“Dik Loki just check the warden named Gatot Perjaka only.  He was the one who escorted Tirta during Dirga's visit here as well as thrashing between the restraint rope and Tirta's handcuffs while out of the cell.  I'm 85 % sure that he's the one being controlled.”  Alena immediately added her opinion.

“Dirga visited here?  Strange, why did it escape my scrutiny?  Ah, no, that's not what matters now.  Okay, I get it.  I'll soon look into the memory of the person that Kak Alena meant.”

After the briefing of the three of them was over, the warden named Gatot Perjaka was called into the room and Loki began to look into his memory.

“Oh, you use foundation huh?  You look very much taking care of your skin.”  Said Loki while smiling kindly at the warden.

“Ah, yes.  Nowadays, it is normal for men to also use cosmetics.”  The warden answered with a finger on his face.

“Is that?  But how is this?  Even after you do, you will remain ugly forever.”  Said Loki who suddenly sneered while showing a very condescending expression with an intimidating little laugh.

Seeing the boy's behavior, the warden was shocked and that's when Loki activated his power.  Loki's eyes and the warden's eyes meet each other.  Can be seen clearly the green light penetrated from the eyes of Loki into the eyes of the warden.

“Human love is fragile.  Basically, we just want to remember the happy-happy so that it will be stored in a place that we can easily access, namely in the outermost layer of the brain.  But because of that, these memories quickly fade with age.

Different from traumatic events.  It was an event that nobody wanted to remember. It is stored deep in the deepest layers of the brain, hoping it will never be accessible forever.  But that is precisely the cause of traumatic events is actually well embedded in memory and will not fade by age that at any time can be sticking to the surface when our mental condition is not good.

There are also some people who are so unable to face their dark past, then use the defense system in his brain to modify the traumatic memory by mixing it with various irrelevant memories so that it turns or modified into something that can still be accepted by his brain.

And sometimes there are also cases of hypnosis where during a certain time lag, people will not remember what they have done.  In this latter case, the memory is not lost, it is just embedded in a place that is certain to never appear on the surface so that it will never be remembered at all and can even be forever.

However, my strength is able to dig all that up.  Well, although very very very very very exhausting.”  Said Loki who turned out to be in a condition that seemed dangerous.

This was never predicted by Captain Maya because usually when using his power, Loki only experienced a few small nosebleeds.  But this time, not only in the nose, but also the ears, eyes, and mouth also bleed.  And not just a little, but in astonishing numbers.

“Loki, what happened?  Why did it get like this?!  It's usually not like this.  Please stop before your condition gets worse!”  Seeing that, Captain Maya was unable to control her panic.

“Of course the pay will be like this because I have to search deep into the hidden memories.  But I'm fine.  Just make sure after this, take good care of me.”  Loki replied while continuing to use his power.

“Meet you Black Joker!”  Loki said with a satisfied smile after finding the memory he was looking for.