Paradoxon: Fix In Posterum
The fix 88

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"But, what amazes me is why did they suddenly return after a year of disappearance? And they're back safely?"

"Yes. That's what I want to investigate. And after that incident I thought the next year would happen again, but it didn't. The case re-emerged years later."

"Aah so."

"Actually a few years ago, I also investigated this matter. I was close to getting to the truth, but I lost track of it when I almost found it all."

"You lost track of them?"

"Nl." Tessa nodded her head. "And after my failure back then, I was determined to solve everything this time."

"But how do you know that tragedy happened this year?"

"I know by taking into account the distance between the first tragedy I experienced while my parents were still there, with the distance of the first tragedy I attempted to solve but failed. And after that I determine the distance the next tragedy will take."

"That's it…"

"Right, and it turns out the pattern hasn't changed. They're moving according to my estimates."

"Then, why are we here? I mean are they gonna do anything in this place? And why do we have to go down some cities? Even this is already the third city we've been to for two days."

"That's because they have a route. Because I think their movement patterns are the same, so I can conclude that they will also move according to the route the first tragedy occurred. It was patterned like this." Tessa moves to grab something from inside the big backpack she's wearing. He pulled out a roll of paper he tied with a red ribbon.

Trish noticed, as soon as Tessa put the paper on the ground. He can see very clearly, the map of Indonesia.

"Here! The initial route of this tragedy starts from here, then it will continue to the second point that is here. And third here," Tessa pointed to some point she had marked with a red marker as a sign below her repeated route, and the points marked are the points where the highest number of missing evolvers and where the evolvers are gathered in the same place.

"You mean, those who are missing have been traveling all this time?" Trish stared in disbelief at the map marked at that point.

"Yes, and all of this will eventually end here!" Tessa points to the map marked in orange.

"Harbour?"

"Yes. It was at the port that the end point was."

"So you're saying the missing evolvers were taken off the island where they lived?"

"No. Further away."

"You mean?"

"Autside the country?"

"Yes. It's just that I don't know for sure which country they took the evolvers to, because when I chased them off with one of the ships I rented, they managed to escape first before I could find the truth."

"so. Then now what are you gonna do? Didn't you say they should be here? But why isn't there?"

"I don't know. But they seem to know that I'm stalking them and trying to uncover the truth about what happened, so they might change their route."

"If they change their route, what will we do next?"

"There's only one way" Tessa stared at the map that was right in front of her.

"What's that?" Trish looked at him closely, from the look on his face. Tessa could clearly see the curiosity that was enveloping the man.

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Silent. It seems that sentence is suitable to describe the atmosphere that surrounds their current togetherness.

It's in there. Nero, Vicenzo, and Dean sleeping at his desk are enjoying time together in the library of their home.

Rei, Elvina, and William are away to watch the movements of the men who kidnapped the evolvers, and they are given the freedom to enjoy every facility in the house. There was only one condition they should not violate, namely not to get out of the house without permission from Rei, Elvina and William. They are in a dangerous situation.

While Dean, Vicenzo, and Nero enjoy their time in the library, Taz and Marko are currently enjoying their time together by trying out all the games in the game room.

"Unbelievably, all the books inside here are really interesting. To the extent that I didn't want to get out of here," Nero chuckled in awe at the one-by-one books on the high shelf that rose to almost reach the ceiling of the library room.

"You're right, everything is really interesting. And there is so much science that we can get" Vicenzo who was sitting at the table now occupied by Dean said. He turned his head towards Nero who was currently busy looking for a new book to read. Oh come on, Nero couldn't stop looking for books to read. He had read three books, and now he decided to read another.

Meanwhile, Vicenzo had chosen several books to read from the beginning, and all the books he wanted to read had been compiled. Stacked into one on his left and right side.

"Well, let's see what book I'm going to read next" Nero muttered softly as he continued to stare and read one by one side of the book that read the title of the book.

"By the way Dean came here just to sleep. He had absolutely no intention of finding out about the meaning of the dream he had, or the reason why he kept dreaming the same thing over and over again," Vincenzo turned to Dean who was currently closed in front of him. A thick book containing information about dreams, became his sleep pads there. The man fell asleep very soundly and calmly, as if he did not pay attention to all the noise around him.

"Maybe he's exhausted" Nero said, looking at him and then turning to look at a book and then reaching for it. Open and read the book at a glance.

"It seems interesting" Nero murmured later as he read the book slowly. Nero was interested in the book he had just brought.

"Yes, maybe you're right, she's exhausted."

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