Murder In The Old Castle
123.White Sedan
Reno and Dimas' car traced a quiet street that looked shiny because it was wet after the rain. Yellow street lights hit the asphalt surface, casting shadows of trees lined up by the roadside. They entered a dense, but quiet residential area.
“Is the supermarket really on this street?” whispered Dimas.
“Iya true. I'm hapal. In the photo, seen next to the supermarket there is a florist. I think the only supermarket next to the florist is on this street. Still a bit ahead of its location,” said Reno confidently.
Their car continued to run, until it reached in front of a quiet supermarket that had closed. Once there, no one was in sight. Their car stopped on the side of the road. They looked at the supermarket closely.
“This is the supermarket!” reno.
“You sure? But how quiet is it?”
“It's been over eleven o'clock in the evening. Of course it's closing at this hour. But why is there no sign of anything happening around here? It looks all normal.” Reno began to feel anxious.
“Try we follow this road. Who knows we might find another clue. I'm afraid the sender of the message was just playing us, but he was acting somewhere else. Our time is framed by criminals? It's not funny!” dimas.
“OK, then we just follow this road!”
Reno runs the car up to a few feet ahead. Everything seems normal, nothing suspicious along the way. But suddenly Reno's eyes caught something on the sidewalk.
“Dim! You see that!” Reno pointed at the plastic package that was splattered on the street.
Reno stopped the car immediately. The two went out to check the white plastic package. Looks like someone just went shopping, then dropped the plastic. They saw a whole pack of potato chips, two melted ice creams, and a few other snacks.
“Is there anyone who might shop and throw away their groceries?” ask Dimas.
“It's suspicious. I'm afraid there just happened. Unfortunately it is so quiet here, no one can be questioned. Who is the big fish that the sender of the message is referring to? I know someone is in danger, but we don't know at all who he is.” Reno said.
Drrrt.
Suddenly Reno's phone shook. A message came again from the mysterious sender. He immediately saw the contents of the message, which turned out to be a photo of a girl with her mouth gagged with a handkerchief, sitting in the back seat of a car. The girl looked helpless with messy hair. A sentence was written below the photo.
The big fish has fallen into a trap. Now he's with me.
Reno's heart was pounding at the sight of the photo. He did not know who the girl was. He looked towards Dimas restlessly.
“Sial! He has caught a girl by car!” reno.
“Gosh! What are we supposed to do? How do we know where he is?” Dimas looks panicked.
“I will contact the office to move the police to patrol and close the city border, fearing that he might run away!” reno.
The policeman got into the car, trying to communicate with the headquarters using the radio. He ordered all police officers to stand by and search all corners of the city, because a girl had been kidnapped. He asked all police units from all sub-districts to be on alert, and inspect their respective areas.
“Come, Dim! We check around this place!”
Reno immediately invites Dimas to return to the road to the end. At the end of the road, there is a deserted ojek base. Only an ojeker sat there sleepily waiting for passengers.
“Try the taxi driver, who knows he knows something is strange!” reno's orders.
They came down to the taxi driver to ask if there were any irregularities around the place. The motorcycle taxi driver looked timidly at the sight of two policemen approaching, worried that he was doing something wrong.
“Sorry, Sir. We're from the police. I'm actually looking for someone missing around here. Do you see any strange incident ... or maybe something suspicious, like a car or other vehicle passing by here or what it is,” asked Reno.
“Waduh, it seems so quiet tonight, sir. I saw a white car or what color? This way with the headlights off. It's just the car sir that I saw, no other vehicle. I was up to wonder, I guess ghost car.”
The father told me timidly.
“White color car? You know maybe the car brand or its type?”
“No, Sir. I don't care about the type of car. Obviously the car was a white sedan, that's all I remember. The glass was dark, with the headlights turned off,” said the taxi driver.
“Bapak remembers which car went which way?” Reno kept asking.
“The car I saw earlier turned right, it looks like the direction of the forest huh? But after that I don't know Mr.”
“Hmm. Alright, Sir. Thanks for the information,” said Reno.
“Already expected, the car must be heading to a quiet place,” said Reno.
“So we'll hunt that car all the way to the city forest?” ask Dimas.
“We walk while watching right-left. Who knows we were lucky to find that car by the roadside,” replied Reno.
Dimas turned on the car radio, monitored reports from other police, in case they found any other leads. Dimas also informed that they are currently hunting a white sedan car that drove towards the city forest.
They drove for about ten minutes, when Dimas saw a white sedan parked by the side of the road near an empty warehouse. The atmosphere of warehousing is very quiet, because it is far from the settlements of residents. Next to the warehouse complex, there is a small forest overgrown with many tall trees.
“The car is suspicious!” whispered Dimas.
“Let's see!”
The two parked the car behind the white sedan, then got off on alert. In Dimas' hand was a flashlight to see in the car that looked dark. After approaching the car, Reno tapped on the glass. He saw a shadow of a man in it.
“Please inside open the door!” reno's orders.
Shine the flashlight in the car. Reno's orders don't seem to be compromised. The human figure in the car did not want to open the door.
“Open! Or we had to break down!” threaten Reno again.
After being threatened, the car door opened. It turns out that what came out was really unexpected. Two teenage boys got out of the car bashfully. One boy wore a T-shirt and shorts, and another girl with messy hair, with a shirt buttoned up carelessly. Even Reno still saw some reddish marks on the neck of the girl!
“Gosh! What are you guys in the car?” asked Reno furiously.
The two children just looked down shyly, not daring to say anything. Paras they were frightened, because they were caught by the police.
“Try to see your identity!” dimas Command.
They took out their wallets and handed them two student cards. Dimas watched the student card attentively. He felt anxious, but inwardly wanted to laugh as well. He was impressed with the association of young people today.
“This card I brought. Tomorrow please be taken at the police station with your parents to sign a statement. Now, you guys go straight home and don't stop by anywhere!” said Dimas.
“Do Not Sir! Our parents will be angry ... Please, Sir!” The girl almost cried.
“It's none of our business! You guys are wrong! Now you have to go home, or if you don't, please just come to the police station to stay in the cell. Tomorrow we'll call your parents to pick you up. How?”
“Ngak .. no, Sir. We'll be home now!” said the boy quickly.
“Do not repeat again! You guys are young. Should be the focus of the school, not yet the time to do this deed, especially in a quiet place like this. What if we didn't catch you? But criminals, keep robbing you for example?” said Dimas.
“Iya, Sir. We're sorry! We will not repeat, ” said the boy timidly, while the girl just lowered her head.
“Udah go home there! If you repeat again, then we will not hesitate to imprison you!”
Without refuting, the two teenagers re-entered the car, then left Reno and Dimas still feeling riled up.
“Sial! It turns out that kids are perverted again!” grouse Reno.
“So where did that car go?”
“My feeling would have been to the forest if not around here. Where else to run?”
“Are we going to the forest to make sure?”
“Wait. I'll ask for help from another unit!”
Reno immediately reported their position via the car radio. They were about to comb the forest area, in case the car went there. The problem is, they are currently chasing time. The killer could kill the victim at any time.
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