TIKAM SAMURAI :EPISODE 1 (WASHING THE FACE WITH BLOOD)
TIKAM SAMURAI (EPISODE 34) to Bukittinggi

The girl looked down. He stared at his fingers. Then when he lifted his head, the Bungsu saw his eyes wet. The girl said slowly :

“There is no one here where I take refuge. If I'm not going to cause any trouble for Koko, I'm going with koko. Wherever cocoa goes ..” Slow tears slowly wet his cheeks. Real once his voice was the voice of a girl who was muffled quiet. The voice of a girl in desperate need of protection and affection. The voice of a girl who began to turn into a teenager, who always wanted to be close to loved ones. The Bungsu took a deep breath. She really loves Mei-mei. Not because the girl is very cant ik nor because the girl has helped his life. But the girl he loved because the girl must be loved. Must protect. In compassion, differences in skin and origin are never an obstacle. Because love comes from within not on the surface.

“Is there a family in Batusangkar ?” Mei-mei shaking.

“On Bukittinggi?”

“If in Bukittinggi there are. Mother's distant sister. Living in a Chinese Village ..”

The Bungsu thought. He will deliver this girl first to Bukittinggi. There he could live in his mother's house. To be taken where you go will be difficult. Not because he doesn't want to. But what he will face is danger. And he won't bring Mei Mei into danger. Later if his business with Saburo in Batusangkar is finished, he will bring it to Bukittinggi.

“Good. We will go to Bukittinggi together, if circumstances have made it possible ..”

Mei-mei jumps in the arms of the Bungsu. He was so happy to be with the young man. For a few years he lived in this house. The safe cannot come out. He can only come out on Lunar Day. It can't be far away either. Heavy duty always awaits him at home. Satisfying the lust of Japanese officers. Now he swore to leave all the curse work that was forced upon him. He will repent and ask God for forgiveness. But they were only able to leave the house after two weeks.

Because during that time period, Kempetai kept a close eye on the house. Mei-mei had to ask for help from her maid, a Minang woman, to buy their needs to the market. And one night, when they were sure to escape, they came out in the rain. By paying high enough, they can jump a bus that will leave for Padang. For them, money is no obstacle. The gambling money won by the Bungsu was saved Mei-mei when she cleared the trail of the perverted Bungsu before Kempetai broke the door. In addition, they also managed to find a stash of money and gold jewelry belonging to Mei-mei's stepfather. The amount can make them rich. The money was obtained by Babah from gambling, the results became eyes for the Netherlands and Japan, and the results became pimp for some women in his house. Including mei-mei.

On the bus were only a few men and three women. The woman is two-and-a-half-aged, the other one is Mei-mei. In addition to the three women, the other occupants were six men. In the heavy rain, the bus sped through the highway which seemed like a black giant snake. Elongated and winding in every corner. The five bus drivers never looked back at Bungsu and Mei-mei. They only looked once, when they went up. After that, the five men continued to look ahead in silence. But the youngest who had lived in the jungle, who now had very sharp senses, could feel the danger coming from the five men. Although the man was silent, not even whispering to each other, but his sharp premonition whispered of danger. He's staying quiet. While the bus was running while shaken by a shake because of the road that was broken into a hole. In silence he began to make calculations. Why these five men had no intention of being kind to them. Is that just his imagination? No. He's never been lied to by his gut feeling.

Well, there are probably three reasons why they want to do bad. First maybe see the beautiful Mei-mei. In Japan, almost never saw a beautiful woman outside the house. Well, could it be that this guy wants Mei-mei's body? Or perhaps they have kissed that in the parcel he carried was stored money and gold jewelry of very high value? Or perhaps they knew that Mei-mei was from a brothel where Babah was a spy. Therefore they suspect that Mei-mei is the Japanese eye anyway. If this last guess is true, then the Bungsu is not so worried. Because of course the five men are from the side of Indonesian fighters. Or do the men feel suspicious of the presence of the two of them, a pair of young people, one Chinese and one Malay?

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