Murder In The Old Castle
207. New Partner

After a visit to the Dimas residence, Reno immediately pumped gas into the office. He's looking forward to investigating the murder of Daniel Prawira. This morning, he will try to analyze the data that could be during the investigation yesterday. Indeed, the data he collected was still very minimal, but at the very least he could begin the first steps of the investigation.

Immediately after parking the car, he entered the police station which was already rather crowded. The police also started working that morning. He was about to go to his room, but he was surprised to find someone else in his room. He had never seen that man before. Even the man sat in his chair. Reno never thought, who is this guy really?

She was a woman who was probably younger than herself. Her hair was short like a polwan in general, sweet-talking, and her smile was on its back. Reno did not return the smile, she looked at the woman vigilantly.

“Pak Reno yes?” greet the woman.

“Eh, yes. You who?” ask Reno.

“Oh, I'm Niken Astuti. Starting today I am mutated in this place, and it is likely that this space will be used,” said the woman who claimed to be named Niken.

“Wait .. wait! By whose authority do you occupy my room?” ask Reno.

Suddenly today his mood was not good. His premonition says that this new cop will bring unpleasant consequences in his career. He tried to draw further evidence.

“Bapak Kapolwiltabes himself assigned me directly. I heard, Mr. Reno is a pretty good cop solving a murder case. I've heard of the old castle case and recently Mr. Reno solved the student murder case. Surely you are a great cop!” puji Niken's.

Reno knew that praise was just a pleasantries. He just smiled bitterly.

“OK, I still don't understand why you think you can use my room? For years I used this room .. and now you just come by, sit in my chair, and you say you're gonna use this room. Isn't this a little ... crazy?” reno.

“Crazy? That's too much, Mr. Reno. You can read my career reputation. I've been named the best cop ever, with many honors. So, you're not the only one who's the best at handling murder cases. I'm almost as great as you are, and I think Mr. Kapolwiltabes is very apt to put me in this room as ...” Niken paused for a moment while smiling meaningfully.

“As what?”

“As your new partner. From today we will share space here, and I will help you solve the murder case you are facing,”.

“What? Did I not hear wrong? I have a partner now, even though he is ill. I don't want you to be my partner at all. No. .. no! I'd rather do it myself, than have to partner with someone new!” Reno looks riled up.

“Oke .. okay I get it! The point is you consider yourself great, so ignore me. I-i understand. So I'm gonna get out of this room, and I'm gonna tell Mr. Kapolwiltabes that you refused to partner with me. I don't know what Mr. Kapolwiltabes thinks of this. But I hope he has a better solution,” said Niken as he got up from Reno's seat.

“Wait!”

Reno had no choice. He sighed. Really, he was disappointed with the situation. He could not understand why Kapolwitabes brought this woman as his new partner? In fact, he had no choice but to allow the policewoman to assist him in the investigation of the case.

“Change of mind?” Niken smiled at the smile.

“Good. You may help me, but with one note ...”

“Note? What do you want?”

“I want this room, and you can't just walk into this room without permission. If you want a good room, you just say with Mr. Kapolwiltabes to get another room better. This police station is on the third floor, and I'm sure there's plenty of room to use. Obviously, I don't want to move out of here, no matter if I get fired for this!” reno's toilets are firm.

Niken mangosteen. He then smiled, moving from Reno's room. I don't know what he's going to do. As soon as the policewoman left, Reno immediately closed the door of her office, and immediately locked.

"It's crazy ...."

Suddenly his mood fell apart due to the arrival of Niken. He did not know the woman, even to be familiar, Reno had to think a thousand times. This is inversely proportional to Dimas. After all, Reno had known Dimas a long time ago. He is very familiar with the character of Dimas and of course the things that exist in Dimas, both bad and bad.

Reno doesn't know if Dimas knows about this partner's change, but it looks like he will still invite Dimas to solve the case. He felt uncomfortable sharing his job with someone completely new, no matter how great he was. Building a communication is certainly not as easy as flicking a finger.

Drrrt .. drrrt!

Phone's vibrating. As he expected, Dimas made a call from across. He immediately received the call.

“Hei Ren! How's it? Have you met your new partner?” ask Dimas across the street.

Reno scrunched his forehead. How did Dimas know that he was going to meet a new partner, even before he said it?

“Sure I know. Mr. Kapolwiltabes himself told me that there will be a new police officer who will equip our personnel. And lately I know who came is Niken,” said Dimas.

“You know him?”

“Yes, I know him. We had one working environment before I moved here. Don't worry, Niken is smart and deft. You don't have to doubt it,” said Dimas.

“But ... but that means you're stepping back from this Danel Prawira murder case?”

“Of course not, Reno. I'll stay on duty as usual, but we need to get used to the new presence between us, which is Niken. He's a specialist in the homicide department. I think he's quite beneficial for us right now. Remember that! Three is better than both. In the case of Old Castle we three with Mr. Ammar Marutami, and we can solve the case well, even though Mr. Ammar had to be injured and almost died. In the student murder case, we are a bit difficult to share the task because it is just the two of us. Well, the presence of this Niken we can use right?” bright Dimas.

“Wah, I haven't had any shadow yet. I don't know him at all. In my opinion, he's a little arrogant and annoying. If I think so,” said Reno.

“He's very pleasant in my opinion. I mean, of course you have to know him better,” said Dimas.

“May you be right, Dim!”

After speaking with Dimas, Reno immediately made a move. The first thing he did was ask for data from Benny regarding the identity of the artists and film crew who last time with Daniel Prawira. He wanted to research one by one about them, both background to his personal life.

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In a luxurious thirty-eight-story apartment located in the city center, Faishal Hadibrata stands in front of a large glass window against the backdrop of the cityscape, while enjoying morning coffee. He had to finish filming a food product advertisement today. He prefers to set his own schedule, unlike most artists who use the services of managers.

Faishal felt, setting his own schedule he felt freer to sort out which job he should do and which job he should stay. Fortunately, today he only has a one-time schedule for filming ads, after which he will plan to relax. He wanted to spend time swimming.

Hmh .. tok!

The door of his apartment was knocked twice. Faishal turned away. Who's been visiting so early? It is not unusual to receive guests in the morning. After all, he had to leave for the set immediately. He went to the door, and opened it. A young girl with a huffed face was seen standing in front of the door.

“You do you come here early in the morning?” faishal.

“Don't pretend to be stupid, Shal! This is what it means!”

The young girl threw a bouquet of flowers at Faishal. The flower sprinkled onto the floor, and there was a mouse carcass. Even if it's a little rat, it still looks really disgusting.

“What the fuck? I don't understand!” faishal.

“After dawn, I found a bouquet of flowers in front of my house, and inside the flower was a dead mouse. What does it mean?” the young girl's.

“I .. I don't understand, Anita. I'm sorry I'm in a hurry, and there's no time for this. Sorry!”

“Faishal wait! Then who if not you who sent a bouquet of flowers filled with dead rats? Obviously in the card written on that bouquet of flowers is your initials!” said young girl who is none other than Anita Wijaya.

The girl took out a greeting card from her pocket, then showed it to Faishal.

Enjoy today, dear Star of the Sun. Be careful, with tropical fruits that are expensive. Maybe it doesn't suit you. There's always eyes on you, greetings of love, FH.

“FH? And you're wearing it me?”

Faishal looked at the card carefully. He could not interpret every sentence written on the card. A moment later, he shook his head.

“Sorry, Anita. I have absolutely no problem with you. So I had absolutely no idea about this bouquet of flowers and cards. So one apologies. If you want a lead, you should come to the police. Not asking me for a clue. Obviously, I don't understand what FH you mean. Obviously this isn't me. I'm not a romantic person who likes to send this. Moreover, there is a rat carcass inside. The sender must have had his brain hurt. I suggest you call the police immediately. Before it's too late!”

Anita looked confused at Faishal's words. He noticed there were FH initials that he thought were Faishal Hadibrata, but once confirmed, it was not him who wrote this card. So who? In his heart he was worried. Tropical fruit is expensive? What does this writing mean? Anita was really confused. Maybe Faishal's right. He had to report to the police to help.

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