Murder In The Old Castle
190. Inquiringly

Ambulance sirens roared again as the white red cross car left Dimas and Rasty by the side of the road. Paras Rasty was still overwhelmed with overwhelming worry. He kept staring at the departure of the white car that took Rudi to the hospital. Dimas only sighed, while patting the girl on the shoulder.

“He will be fine. I'll make sure he's dealt with by the media officer soon. You don't have to worry too much. Rudi will recover,” said Dimas.

Rasty nodded slowly. He hoped that what Dimas said was true. He actually could not bear to see Rudi dying like that.

“Pak Dimas should be able to find the culprit. Must!” rasty said with a fury.

“Do not worry. The suspect's name is already pocketed, just strengthen the evidence. I'll make sure he gets caught in two or three days. Hopefully he doesn't make any more trouble,” Dimas said.

“But the truth is now he's throwing a tantrum, sir!”

“I understand, Race! I hope this incident that happened to Rudi is the last. Let's go back home. I want to gather the residents of the house this afternoon as well. There are important things I want to discuss, as well as lure the killer. I want to know his reaction as I reveal the reasons for my suspicions,” Dimas said.

“Do you suspect me as a suspect too?” rasty asked in curiosity.

“At first yes, because you had a strong motive in Jenny's murder. Everyone also understands that you don't like Jenny for taking Rudi away from you. However, after further investigation, we have actually crossed you off the list of suspects. But it's okay, I really want to see the reaction of this killer,” said Dimas.

“Thank you, Sir. Thank you for taking my name off the suspect list. I hate Jenny, but I'm not a killer. I'm not that attached to Jenny. Even at Jenny's death, I was sad. Anyway, we're fellow women. Of course you can feel each other's feelings,” explained Rasty.

“OK. Then let's go in now!” bring Dimas.

Rasty nodded. The two returned down a small path to the isolation house. Rasty walked over with a feeling of reluctance. According to him, the isolation house feels there is less if there is no Rudi. However, he still had to accept the reality that had happened. Inevitably, he must be able to accept the prevailing circumstances.

They had almost arrived at the main gate of the house, when suddenly Mr. Paiman was shocked to greet them with anxious looks. In his hand was a padlock.

“Pak Dimas! Nawat Sir!” said Mr. Paiman in a hurry, chasing with his breath.

“Witch why, Sir?” ask Dimas.

“So I just checked the front door padlock, it turns out that something broke it. I don't know who I don't know. The incident happened when we work in the back area. Because this morning I locked the padlock myself. Looks like there's an intruder, sir. I really doubt the children can break the padlock like this,” Mr. Paiman story.

“Invouchers? Mr Paiman sure?” tany Dimas's.

“So gini, I checked the padlock directly, but the padlock was still intact. But when I opened the door for the paramedics, I realized that the padlock had been broken. Maybe we need to be vigilant, sir, I'm worried that the intruder is inside the house.”

“OK .. okay. We'll check if there's an intruder in the house. Now I want to focus on investigating the poison that suddenly was in drinking water,” Dimas said as he stepped into the courtyard area.

After going inside, Dimas immediately gathered all the residents into the living room. He really wanted to investigate the events that had just happened in the isolation house. He immediately ordered all the occupants to sit on the living room sofa, while he himself stood up while pacing around restlessly. Gilda was also present, but she did not sit with the other inhabitants. He just stood by the window waiting for what Dimas would say.

“Who else are we waiting for?” ask Adinda while looking at the other residents.

It was Lena who sat anxiously. He felt that everyone was judging his actions. While on the other hand, there was Rasty who showed his sadness. Alex and Ferdy were also seen there, but they looked ordinary, without any expression.

All do not expect, if this isolation house is now dwindling residents. After Miranti was killed in her room, it was Rudi's turn to live in the hospital. These successive events increasingly make them gripped by anxiety and fear. They do not want to have the same fate as Miranti or Rudi.

“Sorry, I gathered you in this place, because I think we need to do this. As we experienced this morning, we saw for ourselves that the killer used a sneaky way to poison Rudi. Yes, now you can know for yourself that this killer justifies every means to win his ambition. Now let's follow the sequence of events this morning. I want to ask for your testimony, Adinda. Especially about the water you take from the kitchen, is there anything suspicious?” ask Dimas.

“No Sir. I woke up this morning because I knew that there would be a service event. I didn't go to the kitchen at all. After breakfast I went back upstairs, and I just went back to the kitchen when I left. I saw there were bottles prepared on the kitchen table, I immediately took some and I put them in the bag. I had no thoughts of anything, as I thought Bu Mariyati had already prepared for us. That's all.”

Adinda explained, while others listened attentively. Dimas nodded at Adinda's testimony.

“If you are Rasty? From the bottle you brought, I don't think it contained any poison, because I saw Gilda drinking from the bottle you were carrying. Is there anything else suspicious?”

“Same as Adinda, Sir. I also did not choose which bottles to bring. I just take it, and do not put the slightest suspicion,” added Rasty.

“Lena?”

Dimas said as he stared intently at Lena. The girl looked surprised and stammered. He looks worried.

“I don't understand how there's poison in the drinking bottle I brought, sir. I really didn't put poison in there. I just thought, what if I were to drink that water, it would certainly be the same fate as Rudi. Just like Rasty and Dinda, I .. I just took the bottle that was on the table. However, I took the last order and left three bottles on the table, so I took all.” Lena explained.

“So total there are how many bottles you see on that table?” ask Dimas.

“Maybe I took the first time. There I saw six bottles of drink. I take 2 bottles and I just put them in the bag,” Adinda said.

“Shouldn't that bottle stay two?” ask Dimas.

“Iya should have stayed two. But I saw on the kitchen table there were 3 bottles. I thought, the bottle did have to be brought all three, so I put three bottles of drink into the bag,” said Lena.

“Then in total there are 7 bottles of dong. You guys sure, the number of bottles initially there is 6?” ask Dimas.

“Iya Sir, I'm sure not miscalculated. There were 6 bottles at first. I took two, so there were four. Isn't that right, Ras? You see there are four bottles?” asked Adinda while looking at Rasty.

“Iya I see there are 4, I take two so there are two bottles left,” replied Rasty.

“But .. but I see there are 3 bottles left on the table. So whose bottle is the other one?” said Lena.

The dimas of the mangosteen heard their explanation. Now he has a picture of the origin of the mysterious drink. He suspected someone had slipped into the kitchen, then put a bottle of poison on the table. However, some of them may lie. Dimas will investigate this further.

“I'll find out about the other bottle, because I saw the packaging a little differently. The bottle containing the poison was a bit duller than the others, such as water bottles that had been used for a long time. Maybe we ask Ms. Mariyati about this,” said Dimas.

“I didn't see Ms. Mariyati from this morning. Where ya?” ask Alex.

“Maybe again upstairs,” replied Ferdy.

“Hmm. I'll ask Ms. Mariyati. What's clear is whoever did it, I'll know. We'll see in two or three days. Don't think we're silent and don't know who's responsible for this. I've bagged his name, there's little evidence. We are also still waiting for the results of laboratory tests to find out the type of poison used to poison Rudi. Later I will open all the dark veils of all this,” said Dimas.

Everyone was silent to hear that word. But there is also a feeling of relief, because at least all of these puzzles will be answered. However, the face cannot be lied to. Right now the assassin who was sitting in the meeting was showing tremendous anxiety. He tried to calm down, but Dimas' words really worried him when his cover was revealed. Let alone his glance, Dimas seemed to be glancing sharply at him, as if he knew what he had done.

Suddenly there were the sound of footsteps of Mr. Paiman who rushed into the living room. The parasite looks anxious. Everyone in the room looked at the middle-aged man in surprise, wondering what had happened.

“Sorry .. sorry if I interrupt. Wawat Sir! It's critical!” said Mr. Paiman.

“What else is it, Sir?” ask Dimas.

“This house is indeed the arrival of an intruder from outside. I saw the lock of the front gate padlock was damaged, then I was just looking for my wife, it turned out that she was locked on the upper balcony,” Mr. Paiman said in a hurry.

“Gosh! Mr Paiman is convinced that it was an outside intruder who did that?” ask Dimas.

“Yes, that's right!”

Suddenly, Wandi's voice suddenly appeared in the room. His paars seemed to hold back the rage.

“When you went to the back area of the house, I caught a foreign man trying to open the door of the room downstairs. When I rebuked, he ran away and hit me in the face. I managed to catch up, it turned out that he was hiding on the balcony. I locked her on the balcony, but apparently the balcony was opened by Ms. Mariyati, so Ms. Mariyati who is now locked on the balcony there,” Wandi explained.

“I-iya batul, Sir. My wife told me a story like that too. There was an unidentified man locked it on the balcony,” added Mr. Paiman.

“Then what purpose did he enter into this house?” ask Dimas.

“When I asked, he said he was looking for someone, and there was no malicious intent. But the question is why enter secretly? Maybe he's on the second floor now or I don't know. The house is spacious, so it could be that he is anywhere,” Wandi explained.

“Hmm. Then his current position is still around here huh? It really adds to the work. You don't have to panic. To be safer, you should not be alone. Don't forget to lock your rooms. Looks like we have a mysterious guest today,” said Dimas.

“I ... I permission to go up first, my room door has not been locked,” said Gilda.

Gilda who had been silent became curious. He wanted to go back to his room, because he forgot to lock the door. He left the living room, then went up to the second floor. He felt uneasy, because as Wandi said earlier, that the possibility of the mysterious man was still on the second floor.

When he got to the room, he checked the door. He did not lock the door, so that made him a little worried. Sure enough, he found the door of his room slightly open. Suddenly he felt anxious, afraid that the mysterious man sneaked into his room.

Slowly he opened the door of the room vigilantly, hoping that no one would hide in his room. Now he went into his quiet room while glancing around. The room seemed empty, nothing suspicious. Gilda breathed a little relieved. He intends to check the wardrobe, lest anyone hide in the closet.

He opened the closet slowly. His clothes were hanging neatly, there were also some Miranti clothes there. Gilda did occupy the room used by Miranti first. There are some items belonging to Miranti that are still there. After he checked in the closet, he made sure that the closet was safe. Gilda breathed back.

Now, he checked every crack in his room. However, it seems that everything is safe. The only thing he had not checked was under the bed. Gilda slowly lowered her body to check under. He came back in doubt, afraid that someone might be hiding under the bed.

He looked down, and he could breathe a sigh of relief because no one went inside. He slowly got up, then he intended to leave the room again, because he had made sure everything was safe. However, he suddenly felt a hand violently smother his mouth. Gilda could not scream, she only felt the force of the hand pulling her back into the room!

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