Trapped in Ramadhan
Part 3 - Jin Weakness

...Jin Weakness...

29 Sacrifice. Afternoon.

"Come, Man! Focus up! Concentrate!"

It was Ra-ul's voice that was encouraging in my daily practice.

"That's Ra... It's noon... Don't waste any more energy..."

The one who spoke in such a weak tone helplessly was Ri-val who was lying on the branch of an old banyan tree. While I was below, leaning against the trunk of this huge tree. While Ra-ul stood looming in front of me with his long neck curving down with his eyes burning dark red looking at me sharply.

"The voice is out. We can hear it now." Ra-ul. "He must learn to master the other abilities. So we can win the battle tonight."

"I understand... I gotcha..." Ri-val. "But it's noon... Our strength is less than the maximum during the day..." Then his mohawk fire was burning as he said, "In addition we just got hit by those brazen blue eyes!"

"Yes, it's embarrassing for the Jin Nation like us." Ra-ul. "I never thought I'd meet a man as strong as Bandung Bondowoso again."

"Bonbons? Who's that?" Ask Ri-val.

"Bandung Bondowoso!" Repeat Ra-ul. "The one who built a thousand temples in one night with the help of the Jin Nation."

"Is that the man who stole the cursed keris?"

"No. That's Ken Arok. Bondowoso who had conquered many Jin and led them." Ra-ul.

"Heh... I like Ken Arok better. He's a traitor!" Ri-val said with excitement. "Know what's the best part? He was also betrayed by the son of the man he once betrayed! That's epic!"

"The double betrayal was the result of a long-term strategy from Ka-ga." Ra-ul.

"The-ga? Three Leg Jin the corrupt whisperer?"

"Yes. Ka-ga specialist political traitor long ago. And the Corruptor betrayed one country. Worst of the worst."

"Why don't you ever tell me!?"

"About Corruptor?"

"Who cares about the Corruptor! Their place is in Hell! I mean Ka-ga and Ken Arok!'

"You never asked."

This happened often these few days. They will remember past times and great actions in the history of mankind. Usually a violent history in which the Jin Nation is involved. I tried to ignore them this time and focused on my training.

The Jin people are invisible to humans. Only a handful, like the blue-eyed youth, could see. One of the Jin people's abilities is to penetrate man-made goods and buildings such as electronics and brick buildings. Jin can not penetrate hills or natural plants, but can penetrate the part that has been separated. If Jin focused his powers, they could touch and hold man-made objects or natural objects that were already separated from the source. Sometimes it is useful as when Ri-val uses the trunk of a mango tree to attack the blue-eyed Youth.

Now I have managed to hold a plastic bottle of used human drinks. I've managed to concentrate on being able to do that since three days ago. But I still can't reach the next level. Make the thing I touch disappear from human sight. That's one of Jin's abilities. I concentrated fully, I saw the bottle area around my hand grip slowly blushing. According to Ra-ul and Ri-val, if you blush all the new will be completely hidden from human view. So, I continued to concentrate on enlarging the red area on the bottle by channeling my energy.

"Come Man! Come on!" Ra-ul shouts encouragingly. But I was surprised by it and my concentration was broken. Failed already.

"ah! Too bad!" Ra-ul is disappointed. "Your concentration is still weak. Just like a human!"

Well... Though because he's my concentration is weakening. But I was thinking of trying another ability. So, I asked them, "We don't try to seduce humans?"

"Ah... I know you can't wait to test your whispering skills... But not now... It's still noon..." Ri-val returns to weak mode.

So, I waited there with them. We relax on a large banyan tree that is old enough to thrive inside a long-abandoned building. This is not the residence of Ra-ul and Ri-val. Except for some other Dark Jin place. But they're not here. They roam around whispering to the humans. This is the last day the Jin Nation is free to roam the Earth. So they maximize their time by creating as much chaos as possible, even without the full capability of daylight. As already discussed, Ra-ul and Ri-val relax because the fight against the blue-eyed Youth the night before was quite debilitating for them. So, we keep waiting until...

Afternoon.

While we were waiting in this place, there were humans who came while carrying offerings containing human-typical cooked food placed under the banyan tree. The human was muttering and a burst of energy appeared which Ra-ul and Ri-val instantly absorbed.

"You don't absorb that energy?" Ask Ra-ul to me.

I'm shaking. "I don't know how to."

"We haven't told you?" Ask Ra-ul again.

I haven't been able to answer yet, Ri-val complained, "Bas on humans! They think we want this food!?" He said while lifting man-made fried chicken from the offerings. "We eat raw! The fried chicken is sickening! Not delicious at all!"

"Eating is not important." Ra-ul. "Importantly their perverted beliefs directed at us will give us additional strength. It's one of the oldest practices for misleading humans."

"Yes! Yep! Whatever!" Sahut Ri-val indifferently. "Come, Man! We're making a mess out there!"

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We met Sa-gan, the Dark Jin we helped the night before. The fire glove was heading towards the place where two groups of humans were bawling. The three of us followed behind him.

Medan Tawuran is a grass field in the downtown area that is wide enough to be used as a football field. I don't know why, but it seems like a big deal. Because there are dozens of humans who clashed there. They punch, kick, head, slam, strangle, smash, slap, slap, grab, bite, spit, pee in pants, he said, unite both hands with a pair of pointed index and middle fingers then thrust it into the buttocks of the opponent, and kick right between the thighs of the opponent. Wait for... I'm not sure the last two are allowed.

There is no specific attribute that can distinguish who is from whose camp. But it seems they know exactly who to attack. And not just the dozens of humans that filled that field, but dozens of Dark Jin as well. They follow each of the mostly teenage humans and whisper telling tips to beat the opponent.

"But his head!"

"Report the gray hair!"

"Big his ass!"

"Clean the upil into his mouth...!!!"

That place was a form of total chaos. And that's why my fellow Jin friends are excited.

"It's time for vengeance on their people because we were beaten up by a brash man last night!" Furious Sa-gan.

"Shhhhh...!" Ri-val hisses while smothering Sa-gan's mouth. "Don't talk about it! You want the other Dark Jinn to hear and ruin our reputation?"

Jin Fire gloves shake.

"Good!" Ri-val. "My brother... Choose your target, it's time for sedition!" Ri-val darted into the crowd. "Good man! Keep stabbing his nostrils until it's sobbing!"

Ra-ul and Sa-gan also directly choose their target. While I am still observing. I saw a large man standing two meters away from a smaller man. They faced each other with a clearly visible black aura. I approached the big man and instructed him to attack.

My target attacked his opponent by raising his right fist. But unfortunately his opponent moved more nimble and dodged with his head down and simultaneously smashed his right fist right in the abdomen of my target. After that he immediately continued by raising his left fist.

"Dodge!" Whisper me to save my target. But it's free. The fist hit the right side of his face.

The opponent grabbed the collar next to my target and pulled it, forcing the downed one to look up, and immediately launched a right fist in a row into my poor target's face.

"Fight! Protect your face!" My whisper.

My target did well as he raised his left arm to protect his face and stomped the hand of the opponent who was gripping his collar with his right hand until it slipped. But the opponent reacted quickly and firmly set his right leg to the belly of my target who immediately retreated two steps back while holding his stomach.

"Rise! Hold attack!" Whisper me as the opponent lifts his right leg to attack my target. But it seems my target can't do anything about it. A powerful kick directly to the left side of his face made him fall to the side. Embarrassing. His opponent did not even whisper Dark Jin.

"You suck, man!" My whisper, which was met with a confused look on my target's face.

It seems that the opponent is still not satisfied, because as soon as my target turns his body to the back, the opponent takes the opportunity to occupy my target and beat his face blindly.

It's critical. My target was really beaten up. But I don't want to fail in my first act. Not far from my target there is a mossy stone that at first glance seems to blend with the field grass. I remember Ri-val's act at Mama's Bakso Warung. So I whispered, "Take the stone! Hit once!"

My target followed my instructions and hit his opponent's head on the left side strong enough that his opponent rolled in pain to the side. While his opponent was still kneeling while holding his head, my target had already risen to his feet. The opponent looked up to see it.

"That's enough!" My whisper.

But my target didn't listen, he hit his opponent's head again with the rock he was holding. Not just once, but twice until his opponent fell down with fresh blood pouring out of his head. And instantaneous... I was in a different situation...

The evening sky turned dark. The grass field changed asphalt. The young man changed too. But the fall position is the same. And the blood that covered his face was the same. The new young man looked at me with one of his eyes swollen and full of blood. His body convulsed with intermittent breathing. Then...

"Great, Man!" Ra-ul's voice returned me.

"See blood! That's plenty! He could die! Ahhaha...!!!" Ri-val. They both stood next to me.

I looked at the young man who just hit my target with a stone. I instructed him to stop. Why does he continue? This... Not right. This is not what I want.

Then in the middle of my dilemma, I felt a huge pool of energy coming towards this field. I looked at the source of the energy and I saw... Dozens of Bright Jin came closer!

"Bother!" Lecar Ri-val. "But they're late."

"They can still stop this." Ra-ul. "They took a chance because it was soon dusk and nearing sunset."

"Yes." Yeah." Agree Ri-val. "We will weaken as soon as we hear the cry of their place of worship."

"We made it here." Ra-ul. "Let's go!"

Ri-val and I follow Ra-ul who drifts first. Not only the three of us left this field, but the other Jin-jin as well. If the Dark Jin remain there until the call of Azan Magrib from the Mosque of Muslims is heard, they will be weakened drastically, and the influence of his whispers becomes less useful to the humans. Do'a-do'a. That was one of the weaknesses of Dark Jin!