EIGHT TARGETS
5. Gratitude

“Can you explain the motive behind the attack of Dewantara Group Hospital?”

“Is the attacker actually from an employee of Sungsin Group Company?”

“What causes your son to have a grudge on an orphaned teenager with a D.?”

“Is it true that during the time of house arrest, your Son, Aleka Gebriansyah Putrawardhani is still free to roam out of the house?”

“What do you think of Your Son serving time under house arrest?”

The question that was constantly thrown by the reporters to Widarno Putrawardhani, Managing Director of Sungsin Security Indonesia Branch Company.

“The attacker was indeed committed by a former member of the Sungsin Security Indonesia Branch Company, but the attack itself has nothing to do with the company.  It seems some of our former members are doing wild business on their own.”  Mr. Widarno opened the statement at his press conference.

The reporters seemed to solemnly record every statement made by Mr. Widarno.

“Lantas, what is the action of the company for the crimes committed by some employees of your company?  You said ex, were they fired?”  One of the reporters among them.

”Yes, that's true. However, it must be underlined that they have been fired and left to the authorities to account for their actions after the management knew the crime.  The company has also provided appropriate compensation to the hospital and the victims in this case.”.

The press conference lasted about 1 hour.  After he finished clarifying dozens of journalist questions, Mr. Widarno got off the podium while wiping his forehead with his handkerchief.

“So, where did the boy go?”  Ask Mr. Widarno at the assistant who followed behind him.

“Mr Aleka is at the Galaxy Bar with her friends.”  Answer the assistant.

“Cih, that brash kid.”  At Widarno flicking his tongue and slowly disappearing from behind the car door.  His assistant lowered his head as he moved to the front seat next to the driver.  The car left the location.

***

In that cold room, an old man was busy shaking a glass to brew a drink.  His face smiled, but if observed carefully, there was actually no expression behind his gentle face.  In front of him, a muscular man wearing only a very short boxer began to serve alcoholic drinks and snacks.  At the table, gathered 5 young men and 2 young women.

The atmosphere on the table looked gripping.  Suddenly a floating fork was thrown by a young man to another young man.

“Do you have no brain?  You know our situation, right?  We just got released from house arrest.”  Bentak Araka to Aleka.

“Don't be so angry baby, you just came home.”  Persuade Rihana to Araka.

“I...I...” Aleka who stammered rubbed his forehead that was bleeding due to scratching fork.

“Yeah, thanks to that our efforts to tarnish the good name of the Young Master so mess everything.  Instantly the news about Sungsin Group filled all kinds of news media, whether it was on TV, newspapers, the internet and finally all the sloping news about Young Master instantly sank.”  Said Rihana in disappointment while propping the chin on the right hand that he bent.

“Lantas what will N News and Entertainment do on this issue?”  Ask Riandra to Rihana.

“Well we have tried our hardest to dampen the anger of the masses with press conference material from the Managing Director of Sungsin Group and tried to divert the attention of the masses.  But well, we are a little difficult to distract the masses about no other news that is controversial enough at the moment.  Is there an event that will attract the attention of the masses more at this time than this case?”  Said Rihana while glancing at Riandra while turning her lips.

“That's your job..” Riandra tried to reply to Rihana's words with a little stammering.

However, having not had the time to finish his sentence, Aleka immediately cut him off in an angry tone.  “Isn't it your fault Riandra.  You persuaded me to do it and if it wasn't for the fault of your tool, none of this would have happened.”

This time, the spoon that Araka was flying to Aleka.

“Silence. Don't be too noisy.”

“I'm sorry.”

Aleka who had stood up angrily, sat back quietly and was immediately calmed down by Araka.

“But, Aleka has a point too Araka.  Moreover, if the equipment belonging to Raksa Corporate is not damaged, it will not happen.  Instead, it is the Dewantara Group that will swallow bitterness.  “Rihana said to Araka while glancing with a cynical smile at Riandra.”

“Who said the tool was broken, after all if there was no noise cancel that the damn OB turned on, none of this would have happened.  This is clearly one of Aleka's employees who shot the damn dead before turning on the device.”  Riandra's refutation of Aleka and Rihana's speculations.

“But well, the most important thing now is how we deal with the current difficult situation.  Act as we had planned and do not forget, never do anything that provokes the attention of the media.  For the controversial news issue, leave it to me.  As always, we will pay the artist to do it after a while when the situation is not too hot.  Understand?!”  The six then nodded their heads in agreement to Rihana's plan.

Come to them a maid who only wears BH and a white underwear.  The two small fruits belonging to the woman were rather prominent in her BH cloth.  The woman then poured the drink into a glass that looked empty and replaced the snacks that were almost finished at the table.

Araka immediately glanced at the woman and began to grope the woman's abdomen.  His hands are getting longer and longer upward.  And just as his hand was about to reach the little fruit of the maid, the male servant wearing a super-short boxer suddenly came in line with them.

“Master and Miss, this is Tiramisu Cake.  Service.”  Said the muscular young man with the short boxer while smiling kindly.

***

After the gripping incident last night, then the funeral of the victim of a criminal attack, Sharif Saleh, was held that afternoon.  None of the family escorted her away because her parents had left her first while her only sister was still unconscious after surgery.  The cemetery runs in a solemn manner according to local tradition.  After the funeral, Kaiser and Agni, his father, and several bodyguards left the site.

“Dek Kaiser.”  A woman's voice came from behind.

“Kak Reporters?”  He is Aliska who is with her senior Panji.

“I will definitely..I will definitely uncover justice for Kak Syarif.  I'll expose their rot until there's nothing left.  Hence Adek should also keep the spirit.”

“Yes Brother, Spirit!”  Kaiser said with a smile.  There was a faint aura behind Kaiser's smile as if black feathers were scattered behind him.

Aliska stared directly at Kaiser's two eyes that were as blue as a diamond.  He then raised his right hand while clenching it a sign of his rounded throat.  Kaiser looked carefully at that determination and also rounded his resolve.

[You will pay the price for all this.]

***

“Honey, how is media development now.”  Ask a wife to her husband.

“Thank God the media attention is no longer on our son and turns to Sungsin Group.  However, the sly father-son couple managed to escape and bestow all the blame on his men.  All efforts have been made to urge them, but it does not seem as smooth as planned.”

Behind the door appeared Kaiser who was eavesdropping on the conversation of his parents.  Hearing the conversation of his parents, he lowered his head.  He was upset because of his helplessness.

***

The next day, the media was suddenly blown away by a very unimportant news story but somehow attracted so much mass attention that it centered on N News and Entertainment as the mastermind.

“Two female protagonists Juvia Sandez and Dewi Pernik in Horror Film ‘Please Cleanse Anakku’ which will soon be aired in Indonesian cinema quarrel with hair pulling each other in one of the public shopping centers in Indonesia Jakarta is exactly like one of the scenes in the movie footage where Markonah (played by Juvia Sandez) finds the male lead Sebastian having an affair with Marsedes (played by Dewi Pernik).  The motive is allegedly also the same as the film in which Andri Maulana (starring Sebastian) is currently in a relationship with Juvia Sandez ..”

The unimportant news also managed to divert public attention from the Sungsin Group scandal.