Murder In The Old Castle
260. Cardiacs
Dimas begins an investigation to find Niken by returning to Renita's residence. Niken was last seen at the home of a previously murdered horror actress. Renita's house is now deserted, because many people avoid the former house of murder. The atmosphere is a little scary, even in the morning. Police lines are still attached around the house, to avoid having interested people enter the home environment.
Dimas reenters Renita's house, who knows he's getting new leads on the case. Remnants of dried blood are still scattered on the floor, thus adding to the serenity of the atmosphere of the house. He moved towards the kitchen. In the sink, he also saw a lot of blood splattered. He traced the blood, ending in a small space under the stairs. In that place, many piles of used cardboard. There was a lot of blood in that place.
Dimas unpacked the boxes immediately, worried that something was hidden there. It turned out that in one of the empty boxes, he saw a large knife with a dried up blood mark. The blade was rectangular, with a very sharp side, like the knife used by butchers in the market. Knives like this are usually used to cut large meat.
The young policeman looked. Suddenly he imagined, how the killer cut the fingers of the victim with this knife. Of course it's terrible. He put the big knife into a plastic bag, to investigate further. Inside the house, he found nothing more important, so he decided to get out.
In the courtyard of the house, he saw a surrounding environment that was so quiet. It is only fitting that the killer can launch the action easily, because everyone around here barely cares about life around. All the houses are locked. It's more like a dead city neighborhood.
Meanwhile, at the mangkrak house opposite Renita's house, Niken sees Dimas' presence in Renita's house very clearly. He could see all of it from the large glass window installed in the middle of the room. He turned towards Rani whose head was still drowning. The young girl tried to close her eyes as she felt very tired.
"samma ... Rani's! Wake up! Look who's coming! We have to get his attention so he knows where we are!" said Niken.
Rani slowly opened her eyes, straightening her head. He looked through the window, the figure of Dimas pacing in front of his house.
"Who is that, brother?"
"That's Dimas! The police who handled your brother's case. We should be able to get his attention!"
"What can we do, brother? We're still tied up like this" Rani said.
"Hands and feet are bound, but our mouths are not silenced. We try to scream out loud, who knows Dimas can hear our screams. Hows it? Are you ready?" ask Niken.
"I'm not sure, brother!"
"We can't talk like that if we haven't tried. After the count of three, we die screaming loudly!"
Rani is still overcome with doubts, but she has no better choice. Look Niken's eyes fixed on him, as if convincing that was the only way they were using it now. In the end, Rani nodded.
"One ... two ... three!" said Niken.
"Yahoooo!!!"
They shouted with all their might, using the remnants of the energy they had. They hoped that the sound of screaming could be heard by Dimas who was currently on the front porch of Renita's house. At that time, Dimas was folkus inspecting the front house. He did hear the screams of women, but he was not sure where the screams came from. He glanced around, but he could not find the source of the sound.
"Did I hear wrong?" mummified Dimas.
He went back to check around the front yard, including the trash can on the side of the road. In the dirty bin, he found several sheets of used tissue covered in blood. He put on his gloves, and took some of the blood-soaked tissue, then put it in a plastic bag.
"I'm .. I don't want to scream anymore. My voice has run out" said Rani with a breath of breath.
"It looks like this room is indeed tightly closed, so our voices are less heard from outside. We have to find another way to let Dimas know that we're here" Niken said.
"What else do you mean?"
Niken shakes. At this time can not think how to be able to release from the bond and escape from the mangkrak house. He hoped for a disaster, so they could escape the house.
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Reno immediately felt something was wrong after finding the chocolate wrap. He was again alert, clutching a pistol pointing in all directions, in case there was any suspicious sudden movement. He walked to the back of the house, until he found the stairs leading to the attic. It was quiet around there. His instincts as a policeman felt that something was hidden inside the attic room.
He stepped slowly up the stairs, heading into the dark attic room. He sharpened his eyes and hearing, just in case something moved suddenly. In the attic it contained only large cardboard boxes and broken chairs, nothing that seemed strange. Lighting is very minimal, so the air in the place feels moist and stuffy.
He saw no sign of human presence in the attic. In fact, he suspected that the attic had never been occupied for months. This is seen from the many cobwebs in the attic. The floor was also covered in thick dust, so Reno had to cover her nose so as not to sneeze.
After confirming that the attic was empty, he intended to get down from the attic. Maybe he should check the other rooms that were missed, because he was sure that something was wrong in this attic. He was about to come down from the attic when suddenly he heard a sound moving from the direction of the cardboard pile. Reno turned around immediately and brandished the gun. Blood rustling. There may be something missing behind the cardboard.
He continued to point the gun at a large moving cardboard. It doesn't feel good. The cardboard was closed, so Reno had no idea what the cardboard really contained. He was worried that it was all a trap, so he had to remain vigilant. Slowly he opened the box. He was sure that there was something shocking in the box.
Just as he was about to open the cardboard, it turned out that the cardboard was covered with duct tape. That's why something in the cardboard can't come out, because the duct tape is attached to the cardboard quite a lot. Reno immediately snapped the folding knife he had hung on his belt. He always carries the folding knife everywhere, because it is very useful in crucial times like this.
Kraaac!
He opened the duct tape attached to the cardboard quickly. Immediately he opened a large cardboard to find out what it contained. It turned out that the one inside the cardboard made him very surprised!
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