Murder In The Old Castle
330. Secret Cooperation
It was a hot day with its heat stinging the earth. In the middle of the busy city, a young woman in black glasses entered a cafe. His behavior is rather cautious and suspicious. He glanced to the right and to the left, as if some were trailing. He went into the cafe, headed to a table in the middle area. The cafe is designed in such a way that the center of the cafe becomes an open space, with a garden and a pool as the exterior.
The atmosphere of the cafe during the day was rather crowded, because many people wanted to have lunch or just drink coffee. The cafe is quite popular, so it is easy to find and a favorite of the city residents. The young woman headed to a table that had been occupied by another woman who was no less beautiful. He was dressed in full dress with a dark blazer. Apparently he was waiting for the presence of the young woman who had just arrived.
"Am I late?" The young lady just sat down in front of the woman who was waiting for her.
"It's not too late, Niken. But I don't have much time because I have to be on duty immediately, There are some events that I have to cover.So why did you contact me? I know you're a new cop and well .. Your name's not too cool compared to Reno and Dimas. In fact, I think you are a cop who fails to carry out his duties, tends to be troublesome but ambitious," said Gilda with a cynical smile.
"Once upon your insults, Gilda. I don't think you have a very good reputation either. You're a journalist who justifies every means to get the news, even in dirty ways. You think I don't know when you sneak into the isolation house and you're forced to be put in an old well because of your carelessness in finding news? Even Reno blocked you, right?"
Gilda laughed at that, shaking her head. He felt that there was no point in dropping each other. Both have achievements that cannot be considered good. Gilda felt, the presence of Niken maybe she could use to get news. In the past, he had an inside acquaintance, namely Fani, who liked to leak secrets in the police. However, because Fani was killed by Ferdy, now he is looking for who is a police officer of bad reputation, who can be invited to work together to find hidden news.
"Okay, we've had all those bad memories. So why are you thinking of calling me? It was strange for a policeman to call me unless there was an important case" Gilda asked.
"Don't be a holy grail, Gilda. Aren't you an expert at this? I have news that might be very good for you, will even raise the rating of television shows," said Niken.
The conversation came to a halt when a waiter came up with a menu. Niken chose a glass of cold drink to cool his throat that feels dry. An annoyance still overflowed in his chest, due to the rejection from Ramdhan. He just wanted to overcome his frustration that day.
"What kind of good news? Are you going to share the news with me for free?" ask Gilda.
"There is nothing free in this world, Gilda. You must understand that. But this time I'm a little bit kind to you. I don't want your money, because I'm sure you won't be able to pay me. I'm not as cheap as the cops you know," said Niken, smiling meaningfully.
"So what do you want?"
"I just want you to preach this news I brought, without mentioning the source of the news. I wanted to bully the police that I should never underestimate Niken, because I can do more than this. If I wanted to, I could dismantle the police.any police officer who likes to be corrupt and take bribes, I know everything, although I admit, I am not a good cop either. However, since they were trying to get rid of me, then I had to do something" Niken said.
"Oh, is this some kind of revenge that used me as an intermediary?" ask Gilda.
"No. It's kind of a good cooperation. I got what I wanted, and you got what you wanted. Isn't that nice?"
"What's so good, Niken?"
Niken pulled out a notebook with a dark cover from inside the small bag she was carrying, then handed it to Gilda. It made Gilda frown. He did not know what was in the notebook.
"What's this?" ask Gilda.
"In this book there are data about people who are currently in the old castle. You know the old castle murder case that shocked the media a while ago? well, it looks like the case is back repeatedly, even this time involving the wife of Mr. Ammar. This is going to be interesting news, right? The police certainly would not suspect that the media would be able to sniff this, even though they cover as neatly as possible. This will be an important lesson for them!" said Niken.
Gilda picked up the notebook, then opened it randomly, while studying its contents. A moment later he smiled, glancing at Niken.
"Later tonight I will broadcast this news in the breaking news program, after that let's celebrate our success to shake this city," said Gilda optimistically.
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"Damn! It's so hard to signal in this area!" ramdhan Ogat.
Ramdhan was too serious to observe the cell phone, so his car sometimes turned right, and almost collided with other cars coming from the opposite direction. Though the road is quite dangerous, with a ravine on the side of the road. Ramdhan realized that, then he put down his phone and refocused it towards the highway. He stepped on the brake pedal, but he felt like there was something strange, because the brake pedal felt light, as if it was not working. To reduce tension, he played music from the music curator in the car. It has a collection of CDs that it keeps on the dashboard. He drives while churning out the contents of the dashboard.
"Where the hell is it?" gumamya.
Suddenly, his hand touched a pack of cigarettes inside the dashboard. I wonder who smokes in this car? He checked the cigarette pack, that was just a cigarette in it. As he recalled, there were no policemen smoking in the castle. Juned doesn't smoke, neither does Mr. Ammar, Reno or Dimas. So who put cigarette packs in cars?
He suspected that these cigarettes were placed when the car was parked in the castle yard, not when the car was taken to the city. However, he was still curious who actually owned this cigarette pack?
Suddenly he found a piece of paper in a packet of cigarettes, which was deliberately prepared for reading. Ramdhan grew curious about the content of the writing. In the condition of the car is still running, he tried to read the writing in the small paper.
"Congratulations to everyone who found this paper! When you read this, there may have been many casualties. And maybe you're next! Bad things will repeat themselves and they must happen. In the past, Ammar had fallen into a ravine, and maybe the same incident will repeat. Hope you realize soon that this car you're riding in, the brakes aren't working. Hope you're safe until your destination!"
"Geez!"
Ramdhan immediately stepped on the brake pedal, it turned out to be true. The car brake pedal was not working. Ramdhan feels weird. In a tremendous nervousness, he tried to control the speed of a car that traveled a dangerous path!
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