The Dark Side of a Judge
Chapter 21. Meet Tito

The clock shows at 22:00 as Makutha drives her car towards Tito's house. It was as if God had granted his wish to walk the path of peace today. It all felt so easy that night.

Now it's his job to go see Tito and convince the man. He had plans to make one by one the members of the Leopard Gang move to his side without resorting to violence.

"It looks like this" murmured Makutha when she saw a simple house with light blue paint.

The man turned off the engine, took a picture of the front of the house, and sent it to Ferdi. He did it to make sure he didn't get the wrong address. The man's fingers began to dance on the screen of his phone and sent the photo to Ferdi.

[Is this really Tito's house?]

Makutha waited for a reply from Ferdi while observing the circumstances around. Tito's house looks simple but well-maintained. In addition, many ornamental plants hang on the terrace of the house.

"Tito can be crowned as a gangster who loves nature like him," murmured Makutha while chuckling.

Shortly after, Makutha's phone shook. He grabbed his phone from the top of the car dashboard. It turned out that Ferdi replied to his message. He said that the house did belong to Tito.

Makutha opened the car door, then got off the four-wheeled vehicle. He stepped closer to Tito's house and started knocking on it. After waiting for a few minutes, the door opened.

"Who the hell are these nights? Disturb people to rest!" Tito was stunned when he found Makutha was right in front of him.

The man was about to close the door of his house, but was arrested by Makutha. Tito let go of his grasp from the door. The man immediately ran to the back and intended to run away.

Makutha, who can read Tito's intentions, walks around the house, and intercepts him from the back door. As soon as the back door opened, Makutha used her legs to block Tito. Unfortunately, the man managed to jump over Makutha's legs and continued to run splitting the bushes.

"Tito! Stop that!" shouting Makutha.

Makutha continued to run after Tito. However, suddenly his target body disappeared. He snorted in annoyance while kicking the rocks that were near his feet.

When Makutha was caught off guard, Tito came out from behind the bushes and hit his nape while a dry tree branch. The handsome judge fell on the floor.

Makutha's gaze began to blur. He blinked his eyes repeatedly to regain consciousness. The man did not want to give up.

"Why did you come here!" yelling Tito while stepping on Makutha's head.

Makutha, who was still trying to gather consciousness, could neither answer nor fight back. Tito strengthened his footwork on Makutha's head.

"Stop messing with me and live quietly! You know it's not the result if you're reckless to disturb the Leopard Gang?" A grin was etched on Tito's lips.

"How can I trust you?" Tito smiled wryly as he slashed his eyes.

"I actually met Ferdi first, before you."

Tito's footrest weakened when he heard Makutha's speech. Now he knew the reason Ferdi came to him and asked him to surrender. It was at this time that Makutha used him to turn things around. He gripped Tito's leg, then pulled it.

Now one of the members of the Cantul Gang was slumped on the ground. Makutha looked at him sharply while pointing the gun she always carried everywhere.

"Come, let's talk about everything. I'll give you a sense of security after this!"

"Sense safe?" Tito smiled obliquely then laughed out loud.

The man's eyes began to get wet. Tito got up and raised both hands so Makutha would not pull the trigger.

"I don't just need a sense of security, Tha! I need safety! Two men died in vain in a holding cell. I don't want to end up like them."

"Ah, I ask. Is that really the punishment you get if you get caught?" makutha asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Ah, that ...."

Tito seemed to think hard before answering Makutha's question. Shortly afterwards he took a deep breath and then exhaled it violently.

"Yes. If it's related to you. But, if anyone gets caught for anything else, then the chairman will try to free us."

"Oh, it's appropriate that Ferdi was not killed when he was caught stealing and arrested."

"But, hence our two members died!" exclaims Tito while looking intently at Makutha.

"Can you tell me the chronology of what happened?"

Tito smiled back at his side and then the man kicked the gun in Makutha's hand. He ran away. Makutha regains her firearm, then pursues Tito.

When Tito reached the side of the highway, he crossed without paying attention to the streets. The sound of the car horn sounded so loud, to warn the man to dodge. When he looked, how surprised Tito was. A truck rushed towards him. The man's feet were glued on the asphalt.

"Tito! Move over!" shouting Makutha.