Murder In The Old Castle
180. Self Protection Training

All the inhabitants of the isolation house had already gathered in the side courtyard, waiting for Reno to provide training on self-defense. Time has been pointed at ten o'clock past fifteen minutes. Sunlight emanates somewhat scorching, but is helped by the wind that blows as cool, as if dampening the heat that licks the skin.

Lena wiped away the sweat that had started dripping on her forehead. The parasite began to show boredom. He looked at his other friends. Some of them also get tired of waiting.

“So not really? If not so I want to go back to the room just deh..” said Lena.

“So, but it seems a bit molten. I saw we had a guest.”

Rasty gave a response.

“Guest? Who's guest?” ask Lena curiously.

“Gilda Anwar. You know that, right? Who does not know him. He is the most famous journalist in the city. I was just surprised and did not expect, how could Mr. Reno let this isolation house covered by the media. Will it not be bad?” Rasty.

“Gilda? Yeah anyway. Why is he in this place! Not afraid of being killed!” chirp Rudi with a cynical smile.

As they were wondering with the intention of Gilda's arrival, Reno suddenly came with Gilda and Wandi. Paras Gilda still showed annoyance, but she tried to smile towards the other residents.

"Long life, which is said to be nongol," murmured Ferdy.

“Good morning everyone! Sorry, but I made you wait. As we have scheduled, this morning we will have training on self-defense. However, before we start it, apparently we have today the arrival of a special guest who is no stranger of course. Even though you do not know him personally, surely you already know his face, right?” reno.

All the residents nodded. Who does not know Gilda Anwar? Journalists often appear on television screens. Its popularity is already similar to that of top celebrities.

“Jadi ... do I need to introduce myself again?” ask Gilda.

“I think they already know you, Gilda. So there's no need. Oya, Gilda will not only be our guest, but she will be one part of this house. Gilda will stay here until we're done running the isolation. As long as he is here he will cover your activities and will gather news. So do not be surprised if he will wonder,” added Reno again.

Suddenly the occupants of the isolation house became uncomfortable. They do not like to be asked questions, especially if it has ended in personal things. Gilda's presence made a bad feeling, but they had no choice but to accept. They just agree, even though something is stuck in their minds.

“Well then, you can rest or look around inside the house. I'll give them a little training, and I'm sure you won't be interested.”

Reno invites Gilda to leave the place, while she prepares to provide training for the residents of the isolation house. He gives a brief explanation of how to defend yourself modestly when meeting someone who may be life-threatening.

Reno gives an example of a simple movement how to break away from the grasp of the hand when someone suddenly embraces from behind. He also suggests kicking the knee, or attacking the area between the ear and neck, and attacking the nose. Even Reno also demonstrated how to striking the eye, with Rudi as a model of his appearance. If the opponent starts to strangle, he also practices how best to let go. Lastly, Reno suggests using items such as scissors or even lipstick.

Everyone listened enthusiastically. They think that self-defense is important to learn, because unexpected events sometimes come suddenly. After Reno finished demonstrating, everyone clapped. Although the lesson this time is quite short, but useful. Especially for girls, because sometimes there are people who intend to be rude to them.

“After this can be directly practiced yes. So if the killer ambushes from behind, you know what to do,” Reni said.

“But the killer is going to be in this training too, sir?” chirps Alex.

Alex's question was simple, but it was quite interesting. All eyes were on him. Hearing that, Reno simply smiled.

“Tak problems. Let's see if the killer can apply the theory I've been demonstrating today. Okay, please all rest while waiting for lunch!”

***

After giving a brief training to the young residents of the isolation house, Reno rested for a while inside the room. He had just received a picture of a shipment from Mr. Andika, related to the logo image used by the woman who rented the car. Glimpse. The picture of Mr. Andika is not so clear, because it is only drawn ala perfungnya. However, after he was very observant, he only realized the image of the logo.

“This is a logo ..?” Reno started to guess.

Before he could confirm further, he had to go deeper into the picture, whether it had anything to do with the killer. However, he still save the logo image to be studied further.

“If this is indeed a picture of the logo, then my guess has not missed!” muttered.

Drrrttt .. drrrtt!

Reno immediately picked up the phone call, as the call was from Dimas. He knew Dimas would bring additional information.

“Where is Dim?” ask Reno.

“Ren, you know, today I opened the archives of the children, and I found an old photo of Gerry. You know, it turns out that some of those kids have been friends since they were in Kindergarten. I recognize their faces,” Dimas said.

Reno doubts what Dimas sees.

“Iya is different. But it can still be recognized. Well, then I want to visit this kind of kindergarten, and ask about their past in childhood. Who knows this info is useful. Because if I analyze, the motive for this murder is not only about romance, but maybe also an old grudge. Everything's mixed up. I want to try to parse it one-on-one,” Dimas said.

“So anyone who is from the same kind of Kindergarten?” ask Reno.

“I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you later after I meet the person who can testify to this photo. I also watched Jenny, Miranti, Alma and Nayya's social media. There is something that surprises me here,” Dimas said.

“What is it?”

“It turns out on Jenny and Nayya's social media accounts there's a photo of the same person. Apparently, they were once close to this guy. It's just that I didn't find this photo on Alma and Miranti's social media. Mungin Alma and Miranti were killed for other reasons. I don't know!”

“OK, okay, I'll wait for your next news. Here I have also painted one name that I suspected for a long time, but I cannot confirm it yet. I'll let you know when we meet,” said Reno.l

“Ready!”

***

In the somewhat dark hallway of the city, a young woman walks by stealthily, afraid of being caught by others. The hallway, even though the daylight was dark because the sunlight was blocked by the tall buildings around it. There were only a few homeless people sleeping beside the building, so the atmosphere became seedy.

The woman looked left and right. Make sure everything is safe. He stopped in front of a big trash can, then pulled something out from behind the big bag he was carrying. Apparently, he pulled out a fake red hair. He put the fake hair in the trash.

“I don't want to deal with the police because of this. I don't want to!”

The woman muttered. After he threw out the fake hair, his face looked more relieved. Once it felt safe, he left the trash can in a hasty step. However, just a few steps he walked, he suddenly felt a sharp object stuck to his back.

“Do not shout, or this dagger will tear your back!”

Suddenly he heard the heavy voice of a man behind him. He was scared to death. I didn't think anyone was following him. He did not dare to turn his head because of the threat of sharp objects attached to his back. He just nodded weakly.

“Please don't kill me. Just take my money and valuables!”

The girl pleaded with the handler behind her, because she thought that the one holding her was a criminal who wanted to rob.

“Stupid girl! I don't need your money! You must come with us now!” a heavy voice behind him.

“I-here to? I ... I don't understand anything,” said the girl timidly.

“Don't pretend to be innocent. You think I don't know what you've done? If we want, I'll report what you did to the police. But now we need you. I promise you'll be safe if you follow our orders. Road!”

The heavy voice behind the girl ordered for the road, so there was no other choice for her except to obey the orders of someone who was pointing at her. He had not dared to turn around to see who exactly the figure threatening him was with a dagger on his back.

“Be ordinary and don't look panicked for unsuspecting people!”

The figure behind the girl gave the order. They walked out of the hallway, towards a wide sidewalk in a busy office area that afternoon. Due to the busyness, many do not realize that the walking girl is being held from behind. They headed for a parking lot, where a worn-out beige car was parked there.

“Log in!” the rodent's orders.

At first the girl hesitated, but she had no choice. He got into the car, apparently in the car there were two other men who were waiting. They sit in the back seat. The girl was a little scared, because they looked creepy.

“Do not be afraid, we will not hurt you if you want to cooperate with us. So you better relax. Relax, your secret is safe with us. The police will not know either, and maybe you can be free from the law, but you have to give us one important piece of information!” said the figure of the bully sitting next to the girl.

“I .. I don't know anything. Don't know what you said!” said the girl quickly.

“Do not pretend! Let's just talk about it somewhere else so you can relax!”

The car then drove across the busy highway, heading elsewhere on the other side of the city.

***