Murder In The Old Castle
124. Fake Traces
Reno and Dimas' car breaks through the darkness of the forest, assisted by two other cars from the police unit. The road was still paved smoothly, it was just that the atmosphere was very dark. Moreover, the weather was also cold, the rest of the rain that flushed before. The trees surrounded on the left right of the road, standing towering.
“Hopefully that white sedan indeed drove into the forest!” mummified Dimas.
“Yes, even though the car was into the forest, not necessarily we can find. This forest is quite wide, he can go anywhere,” Reno said.
The asphalt road is over. In front, the road is no longer passable, because it is covered by a wooden doorstop. The road ahead was a narrow dirt road and was muddled by the rain. Soon the three cars stopped. Reno turned her eyes around.
“There are no signs the car is coming here,” Reno murmured.
“Bigger! Apparently he's managed to outwit us! He purposely made a fake trail for us to come to this forest!” Dimas is getting tired.
“Ya true. I think he's somewhere else right now, and he's purposely directing us into the woods to let him do his thing. If he goes to the forest, of course his car will be parked on the side of the road, it is impossible to break into the forest full of bushes.”
“Sial! So how's our next move? Does it wait until morning until we find a new body?” ask Dimas.
“Wait, Dim! I'm still looking for a way. The taxi driver believes the car is turning right towards the forest. There are two possibilities actually. If not to the forest to the old warehousing complex. But it's also possible that the car turned around and headed towards the city. What say?” Reno asked for an opinion.
“I don't think there's any harm in us combing the warehouse complex. We have to try everything possible, because it's about human life. But we should be alone, let other units return to headquarters or patrol the city area,” suggested Dimas.
“Good. We comb the warehousing complex. It was huge, and the car easily got in. It's a little hard to find a trail there, but it never hurts to try!”
Reno orders the two cars that follow to return to the city, while he and Dimas will comb the warehousing area. However, they had not been able to return to the warehouse, a white van approached from a distance.
“Sial!” reno's Overest.
They immediately recognized the newly arrived white van. Yeah, it's a Channel-9 operational car. It is certain that Gilda Anwar was in the car to hunt for news.
“How does he know this news? Isn't the girl's disappearance still unopened to the public?” ask Dimas.
“It's obviously an insider game again. Who else if not Fani who leaked this news? He was severely reprimanded. I'm sure, if this is really Fani's doing, then he will be suspended from the police,” Reno said.
“So how is this? We can't possibly comb the warehouse if Gilda follows us.”
“I'll kick him out! I have rights because I'm a cop!”
Reno immediately got out of the car, approached the white van which also stopped not far from Reno and Dimas. From inside the car, came out a young woman dressed neatly, equipped with broadcast equipment.
“Halo Pak Reno! Let's meet again. Isn't this a coincidence? I heard the news that a girl went missing after shopping tonight. I have the initiative to live broadcast the search for the missing girl, it will certainly be the hottest news tonight,” Gilda said with a smile, without showing any guilt.
“Sorry Gilda! We will not share any information this time. I don't know who you heard the news from. So now please leave this place, and don't try to follow us. This is a police task that cannot be made public. So please leave this place, or I will charge you with illegal acts,” Reno threatened.
“Sorry Mr. Reno. I'm a law-protected news hunter. You have no right to cover up a fact to the public. They need to know the truth. You can't kick us out!” Gilda insisted on staying on the news.
“Police has no intention to hide the facts, but certainly not all become public consumption before all is clearly exposed, for some reason you may not understand. So, let us work. Go home, Gilda!” reno's orders.
Reno began to growl at Gilda's stubborn behavior. Seeing that, Dimas pulled Gilda's hand slightly away. They then had a serious discussion, I don't know what was being talked about in a rather dark place. Before long, the two returned with a huffed face. Gilda got into the car.
“Come Wandi, we're back in the office!” gilda orders with an annoyed face.
“Loh, haven't we covered anything yet, Ma'am?” asked Wandi in surprise.
Gilda did not answer. Wandi didn't want to ask any further. The white van immediately left the forest area, heading towards the city. Reno breathed a sigh of relief.
“What did you say to that stubborn woman? Why did he change his mind?” ask Reno.
“I just persuaded him, Ren. I know what Gilda is like,” Dimas said.
Reno was shocked to hear Dimas' words. His forehead wrinkled.
“You ... you guys know each other before?” asked Reno in surprise.
“Sorry, I never told you. Yeah, we dated three years ago. Only so far we have hidden to maintain professionalism,” said Dimas.
Reno was still amazed to hear Dimas' confession. A world so narrow. It seemed like the people in the city were related to each other.
***
Nayya opened her eyes slowly. Both his hands were tied, and his mouth was stuffed with cloth so that he could not scream or say anything. He was in a dirty, stuffy, dark room. Around it there are piles of wooden cribs stacked, no matter what the contents. The atmosphere is very quiet. He tried to move his hand, but the bond was very tight, he could not move.
A human being stood not far from his place. He could not recognize it because of the dark. Nayya felt desperate. Maybe today is the last day of his life. I don't feel her tears coming from fear. He felt that he had never dealt with or had any enemies with anyone, but why was there someone who treated him like this now?
The figure suddenly approached while saying,” Relax! You're not gonna die tonight. Let the police in that stupid town be confused looking for you. I still want to play around with them, before I finally really hunt you down!”
Nayya shook her head in panic. He wanted to curse at the figure, but what was the force of his mouth was clothed with cloth. All he could do was express his face that looked scared.
“I know you're scared, Nayya. I can even feel your fear. It's so opposite when you stand arrogantly on stage for being chosen to be Miss Campus. I know everything, Nayya. You are popular, but stupid. Why did I catch you? Because I want to see you suffer. Just like Jenny and Alma. They both don't deserve to live longer!” wash that mysterious figure.
“Mmmh .. mmmh!”
Only that voice came out of Nayya's mouth. His feelings are uncertain, between curiosity, annoyance, and fear.
“You will stay here, Nayya. I have a lot of business tonight. I'm gonna remove the car tracks so that the cops can't sniff out our whereabouts. You do not need to move much, because it is in vain. Better you sleep, because tomorrow morning we will go for another walk!” said the mysterious figure.
He stepped out of Nayya alone, opened the door, then walked away. His figure was lost in the darkness. Nayya could not hide her emotions. Fear of ambush. He can only cry.
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