Hidden In The Mist
Chapter 14 Odd

In the morning, Bandi woke up, after praying, the man immediately packed up, and cooked food for their provisions. Angga who just woke up, hurriedly went to the kitchen to help, but Mr. Bandi refused and told his nephew to take a shower immediately, so they could get to the station early.

"You take a shower first ngga, let this matter be handled by yourself, we have to go to the station early, om feel that something is not going to happen."

"Whether the situation is about Bandi praying, hopefully we can arrive at your friend's village sooner, at least before the time of e-mail."

"Either why this morning it felt too cold, very calm, but it made my heart so troubled."

"It's been a long time, since last om felt the atmosphere like this."

"The om hunch says there will be a lot of distractions on our journey, but om messages, you don't have to ignore the distractions, just focus on your goals."

Angga was silent, he did not respond to the words of Bandi. In his mind, the young man was thinking hard, he was deep in heart, there was a feeling of worry that was trailing his shoulder space.

"The village is beautiful, the people are friendly, but somehow I feel too much mystery surrounding it."

"If it is true that Herly's ancestors performed the ritual of the blood covenant as in the book, then their safety is at stake."

"Oh.. God, may you all be well, friend."

Angga took a deep breath, his breath was so heavy, his chest felt tight, he was still stuck in the living room, when it arrived om Bandi's hand felt grabbed his arm with a little rough, he was still stuck in the living room, and half dragged the young man out of the house immediately.

"Come on, get in the car, the taxi is waiting for us!"

"You're why don't you, from earlier om watch you daydream, like a daze, what are you worried about?"

"I think of the book om, there are many symbols, adoration, images of the devil, and torture. I'm afraid the ancient ritual really exists, and Herly's ancestors did make that pact."

"If my estimation is correct, the father deliberately subverted himself to break the blood contract with the devil, and it is not complete now, then it means the family of Herly, Ryo, Jaka, and Bagus, then it means the family of Herly, Ryo, Jaka, and Bagus, they're all in danger, um."

"The time to make a decision falls precisely on this day, and that means Herly must immediately give an answer as to whether she will be willing to accept, or reject the will with all the risks attached to it as the ultimate heir of their family."

"Right now Herly's wife is pregnant, I'm afraid that the person will do something bad to them, especially to the baby."

Angga's words made Bandi so tense, he knew exactly about the blood ritual, they made a promise with the jinn of the demon class who are socially stratified from high khafilah, and are thousands of years old.

Unusual covenants, need some rituals, and casualties. Not just anyone can meet the requirements. There were very few people with hard hearts, who managed to do so.

"Damn it, why would this child enter a vicious circle like this. If anything happens to us, what do I say to her parents?"

Om Bandi grumbled to himself inwardly, while the online taxi that carried them, had arrived at the station parking lot.

They rushed down and into the passenger lounge, unlike the usual day, the atmosphere inside the station was empty, there were only a few, passengers passing by the station attendants, and the atmosphere was empty, and the janitor is still busy cleaning the waiting room.

"It's just my feeling, or is there something strange about this station, why is the atmosphere so strange and cold?"

"People there too, as if they had no soul, each of them was normal activities, but looked stiff as if they had no passion to live life at all, what was with them?"

"What exactly happened to me today, I was weird or they were, why did everything suddenly feel out of the ordinary to me?"

Angga was surprised, he realized there was something strange about him. His eyes kept watching the activities of people around him, which he thought time was running slower, until his eyes were fixed on a figure across the train tracks.

"Farrows... Ngk... Hey, let's get in the car, the train, it's leaving in five minutes."

The sound of Bandi surprised Angga, and the black woman he saw across the tracks had disappeared, the station atmosphere returning to normal in Angga's view.

"Surprise, what's with my head, that was just a hallucination, or that the resident creature at this station is messing with my logic?"

Angga grumbled softly while beating his forehead, he rushed to run after Bandi who had first entered the car.

As per the schedule of the train leaving on time, Angga sat down uneasily, the strange phenomenon that had just happened still haunting his mind.

"I've seen that woman twice already, who is she, what's wrong with my vision?"

"I think my mental health is fine, which was real, not just an illusion. I'm sure that woman was there staring at me, what exactly is all this?"

Om Bandi noticed the attitude of Angga who since this morning was a bit strange according to him. He knew exactly that his nephew was agitated, but he didn't want to discuss it now, as it suggested it could affect people's judgment and reduce their objectivity.

"We had breakfast No, about your friend, don't think too much about it, we're on our way to help him, so you should be calmer."

Angga smiled bitterly, the shadow of the black-clad old woman still could not be lost from his head. But even so, he still tried to calm down and finish the sandwich offered by Bandi.

"The train will stop at a small station, do you need anything?"

"No om, I don't need anything else, maybe I'd better just sleep, so this trip doesn't feel tiring."

After vertical water in the mineral bottle, Angga asked permission to om Bandi to sleep, drowsiness that arrived arrived, making him impatiently lean on the glass wall of the train, and a little later, a little later, he fell asleep easily.

Meanwhile, Bandi opened his backpack, then took the old book that Angga bought at the flea stall, slowly he understood the contents of the sanskrit script that was partly like a mantra in ancient Javanese language that was almost extinct.

"This book is very dangerous, people are greedy who pursue paganism, and wealth can be trapped, they can misuse this ancient book for misguided purposes."

"A disgusting ritual, is there really anyone who would do this kind of vile thing?"

"Eating the fetus of his own offspring, this is really absurd, only an insane person who is able to do this."

"How to stop all this, what by flipping the mantra all the problems will be finished, I don't think it's that easy, the devil won't let go of his followers easily."

"God protect us, the boy just wants to do good to help his friend, give him ease."

The train stops at a shadow station, while Bandi is still busy researching the contents of the book, and looking for a way out to free Herly from the hereditary curse attached to their family terah.

"If Angga had known, if the only way to release the agreement, it could only have been done at the origin of the agreement, and locked it there, he would have been disappointed, he would have been disappointed, but I can't possibly tell him this."

"What can I do, I have to look for more clues, maybe there's a better alternative, so as not to sacrifice anyone."

Om bandi stared fixedly at Angga's face, then closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged with perfect attitude. The roar of the train's locomotive engine that began to run, no longer heard in his ears.

Om Bandi is at the peak of silence that takes him to the past era in a different dimension. The man continued to go deeper into the ancestral realm until his consciousness completely disappeared.

While the train was still speeding, the passengers who had just boarded at the small station, boisterous with the conversation between them, except Angga and om Bandi, each washed away in silence in their own world.