MYFATHER
Episode 35's
Yudi put his hands in his jacket pocket to withstand the cold room temperature that bit the bone. He did not understand how the patients in the ICU room are resistant to low temperatures like this, they should have been frozen even if given a quilted blanket.
Three days passed since the embarrassing incident in the mess room and everyone had already left it. Siska returns to Jakarta with grief that Yudi knows will not be forgiven. Through Danu SMS, Yudi learned of Siska's decision to raise the baby himself without a father figure and the decision was not negotiable. Yudi had wanted Danu to meet Wayan in order to restore the lost trust in Yudi but Danu instead flew with Siska to Jakarta because he wanted to catch up with his wife who had already returned home Javan.
While Mirna.si the ringleader of all...Yudi doesn't know where Mirna is right now. After Siska runs out, Mirna also escapes without having been prevented by Danu. But she believes Mirna has returned to her home in the middle of the forest, to a place that Yudi does not know where she is...
His misfortune was coupled with the expulsion of him from mess by Pak Agus. Apparently the personnel had told the old man about his staffing status, which made the messenger feel free to give his room to the new boy who was coming in a week.
”But he will be coming next week,” Yudi protested.
“Not that means you can stay here for that long,” said Pak Agus with Malay dialect that always makes Yudi want to punch his nose that is round as a tomato.
“Come, my time cannot be given leeway?”
”Do not complicate things. You want me fired?”
”Love me another day. I will have to find another boarding place and need time to move things,” said Yudi memelas.
”Cannot. You should be out this afternoon as well.”.
”But how about my stuff?”
”You can pick it up in my workspace tomorrow afternoon.”
Pak Agus did not flinch with persuasion words or a hundred thousand dollars. For him to carry out the mandate of the personnel as soon as possible is a pleasing mandate, nothing can shake his faith, nothing, perhaps that was why he could survive as a guard in that mess for almost over fifteen years despite not being so skilled at handling his work.
The relief from recent events is the kindness of Danu who gave his house as a temporary residence for him. His best friend was planning to sell his house because he did not want to linger in this city but while waiting for a buyer, he kindly loaned it to Yudi. For Yudi the house was clearly more comfortable compared to his cramped mess room. And hastily moving from the employee mess is the right decision because of the heard gossip that is rife circulating in mess, mess, stories in various versions range from her being caught wet by a boyfriend while hiring a prostitute to an elaborate quadrilateral love.
In addition, Yudi got news that Wayan's condition began to improve. The health of the old man who recovered so quickly after the horrific injuries amazed the doctors and nurses. Yesterday, the guard doctor who called said that Wayan can already be invited to chat.
”So the alleged amnesia did not occur?” tanya Yudi confirmed the hypothesis of Assegaf doctor after the man observed Wayan on the first day. That was the first time he had the chance to talk to the doctor.
”Fortunately,” the doctor replied. ”But he obviously shouldn't be too tired.”
Yudi's tone of voice lowered when asking this, as if afraid that someone else eavesdropped on their conversation on the phone, ”Did he tell you about monsters?”
Temporarily silent, Assegaf doctor did not immediately answer his question, it seems to take time to find the best answer, ”You should ask directly to Mr. Wayan. She's waiting for you.”.
Click!
Yudi looked at Wayan who was still surrounded by infusion tubes and cables connected to the monitor that repeatedly heard disturbing beeps. In a large room that was entirely white and smelled of the pest's holy medicine, he noticed Wayan who was in peace. His expression showed a different thing from when he found the man in the basement, he looked fresher despite being scarred, his face sewn in pieces and tightly wrapped, he said, while the cast wrapped his right hand and foot.
The monitor buzzed faster as Wayan opened his eyes. Yudi who had been busy with his mind immediately straightened his body. Wayan's view was like glaring without direction but Yudi saw a small nod as a sign that Wayan recognized who was with him. The old man waved to ask Yudi to come closer and said softly, ”Thank you for helping me.
”Two times?” Yudi frowned then remembered him when he found Pak Wayan sprawled with a large lump in the head while inspecting the mine alone. ”Oh, that one.. I happened to be there to check the mines. Until now I don't know what the hell you're doing there?”
”I hunt the kuyang..” Wayan glanced at Yudi. ”...who is asking you.”
”Surve me?” Yudi. ”Means actually the father who has twice helped me from that monster.”
”She's a ugly fucker, right?”
”Dark west..” Yudi laughed in response. The last laugh. He was relieved because after such a long tension he was finally able to laugh loosely. Wayan looked at him and smiled.
”And you're cooler than that monster..” Yudi pointed at the cast in Wayan's hand.
”It looks bad. I'm like a robot..” grumbled Wayan.
”Never better than this,” Wayan responded.
”What happened in that basement? How did you get there?”
”That happened..” Wayan. ”...what happened was something terrible.”
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Wayan listened carefully to the words of Assegaf's doctor, his colleague or perhaps more correctly referred to as an ally of his activities fighting kuyang, and the doctor did help him provide a lot of information, he said, especially if there are unnatural deaths that occur around Banjarmasin.
Something terrible happened last night and it's beyond her calculations. The Kuyang has broken the prohibition to attack humans, in this case Seto, there has never been anyone who dared to do that, not even my oldest family, because if the boundary is broken then there will be no turning point to make it normal again.
As my hunter he had indeed heard about it even though it was just a concocted story because it had not been proven to be true, so the effect, he did not know how terrible the effect was but it was definitely total chaos.
From what he had heard.kuyang not only more greedy to eat babies but just once he dared to kill humans then he also had to eat the heart of his victims. That Kuyang will descend to the lowest level, becoming a corpse eater! The science is no longer for the sake of beautifying themselves but for the sake of maintaining the continuity of her mortal form.
The problem is, if only to get Seto's heart why did the monster take his body? Wouldn't it be much easier for the demon to punch a hole in Seto's chest, take his heart away, and leave the old man's body in the morgue?
”It sounds far-fetched,” comments Wayan.
”I also think so,” says Doctor Assegaf. ”But this guy, Jarwo, told me in earnest. And I'm sure he didn't lie.”
”Alright, I'll question him later,” Wayan nodded.
”You're sure this Kuyang isn't the people here?” ask doctor Assegaf remind Wayan of the events that brought them together. ”This hospital employee for example?”
Wayan sipped his coffee while stroking his dog, ”Adis will tell me right away if there is one. So far all safe.”
“Then that doesn't mean I'm the culprit.”.
”On the contrary, I'm sure it's meyang. Which normal human would take a corpse?”
Doctor Assegaf shrugs. “Canibals maybe? Or other black magicians?”
”I will come to that conclusion after questioning Jarwo.”
Jarwo is not an attractive man, he reminds Yudi of a frightened rat who was cornered by two starving cats when he met the man with doctor Assegaf. The man looked at Wayan and the Assegaf doctor with astonished eyes, perhaps also mistaking Wayan as a policeman who was investigating the disappearance of the body of the tiger attacked in the forest.
”Tell me what you saw,” said Wayan after offering Jarwo a cup of coffee and fried bread mixed with milk and cheese.
”This woman came and asked if the man named Seto, if not mistakenly who was attacked by a panther in Rawen forest, was well cared for. I said, wherever you are, miss, I called her because she is young. Everyone knows that old Seto is dead and now he's in the morgue.”
”You didn't ask who he was ?”
”She said she was one of the families from Pontianak. It looks so sad. After that he asked the morgue. We parted ways and I didn't see her again until that night.”.
”You sure it's the same woman?” Wayan asked back. ”Don't just be your hallucination because at that time you were drunk.”
”I know what I see..even when drunk though.” Jarwo offended.
”Masa? Then tell me what the woman looks like?”
”Moderate body. He looked tall just because he was wearing heels that were too high. Her hair that was as black as sand was stroked back, she wore excellent clothing.I think of a well-known brand...you understand, right? She is so beautiful.and her body is..exceptional.”.
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