Episode 59. Business Matter

Sunday and the day before the exam for students.

In a square, a young man sat there alone. While holding his wife's wedding ring, he tried to crush it. His strength is strengthened, but his will is not strong.

"There's no way I could do it! I'm doing this for nothing else." He looked down with a sad face.

A grudge he carried with him. The problem with his revenge. Who should he make as the scapegoat?

...

Because it's Sunday, it means I have nothing to do. And doing nothing has become my habit.

How long will I be in the room? I can't stand lying at here all the time.

"I'm bored..." I said flatly while lying on my bed without a definite purpose.

Something must be done, but what? I thought of something. There's a thing that I should investigate.

"Oh?!"

I remember it.

The conclusion of the kidnapping incident is still unclear.

So immediately, I opened my laptop and searched for information about it on the internet.

"Let's see how well Podoagung School hides the incident," I said while pressing the keys on my keyboard.

CTAK!

I pressed the enter key and the search engine was running very fast. The results of the search surprised me.

"Apparently... There are many!" I suddenly felt discomfort.

Why is this news trending on all social media platforms but it seems like nothing is happening in real-life?

I kept thinking about the meaning of this awkwardness.

Until I finally found the bright spot. "They only talk about it as entertainment, and in reality, they really don't care at all." That's one of my speculations.

And to; why the politician didn't move was because of the political power that Bahar had. I heard that Bahar has a direct defense from the president on behalf of the school. All the cunning and cruel desires of that damn politician are endured because of it. The president is not someone they can easily mess with.

Back on topic, the news about this kidnapping incident was getting more and more widespread and the news seemed to be exaggerated until it made no sense.

Some say this was Nova's act as a sacrifice, and some say that this is a form of threat from other countries.

I can't bear the heavy weight on my head. They(Trollers) are really a nuisance in this world.

KRING KRING!

Suddenly my phone rang and when I looked at the screen. That old lady's name was clearly displayed there.

I stared at the disgusting face of my phone screen. I can't stand this old lady's ambition anymore.

If I had the chance to finish her off, I would probably do it from the start.

"It seems you get a long live letter from the god, why do you call me, Nova?" I said flatly as I picked up the phone.

"Come to the office, now!"

"No, I do not want!"

"Hurry up! Just the damn come and place both of your legs to the damn office!"

"Why do you insist. You still can talk about it on this damn phone right?!"

"This all happened because of your damned action last night!"

She alluded to her name being tainted by exaggerated news during the incident.

"Well, I do this because I was dancing on your palm, right? So this is not my fault."

"H-how dare you!"

"Why? You were the one who made me mad at that time... You made me act alone so your name wouldn't be tainted again?! That was your real plan, am I right?"

"Tch!"

There was a long lapse, the old lady tried to calm her mind.

"Rasyid, listen to me carefully! This incident concerns your school's upcoming exam!"

"I already knew that!"

She tried to persuade me but failed because I already knew this. Silence returned to the call. She tried to think of something else.

"The matter this time is related to overseas, you better not move around!" Nova warned me.

"If you move more carelessly... Then your actions will affect the entire Nusantara, got it?!" (Nova)

It was rare for her to be so insisting on me stop my rash actions. When she was talking about the entire Nusantara. Then, that meant it was a serious matter.

"So, please... Come here! I beg you!" She says with a soft voice.

"Okay..." I agreed with a heavy heart.

I don't want to get involved here, but since she's been begging and this matter also concerns my place, so I can't refuse her.

...

At her request, I was now right in front of her directly.

"At last. You have come..." She stared out the glass of the building without looking back at me.

Still the same as usual.

"Get to the point!" She walked to her desk and opened a document with 6 pictures of a man who are businessman of a company.

"There are 5 foreign businessmen and 1 local businessman who are the masterminds in this case!" She pointed to the six photos of the person.

"Singh Akash from India, Norman Colbertstein from Germany, Garnt Towel from England, George Chris from Canada, Akida Nozomi from Japan, and Jainal Zaka Zaki Mahesa Jinail from Nusantara..." Nova mentioned the names of the 6 businessmen and their countries of origin.

"They all planned to steal an agate from Princess Tyas. Unfortunately, their plan didn't go well. It's all not only because of you but also because of feelings of distrust for each other."

"Instead of them working together to achieve their goals. They move independently and choose to destroy each other." Nova looked serious, but it was clear on her face that she was holding back her laugh.

They are big clowns. Do they even attack each other just for that small agate? Their selfishness destroys themselves.

"And as for Norman Colbertstein, he's been a failure as well as a huge loss. And that's all you know why, don't you? Monsters..." Nova stared at me coldly.

"3/4 of his men have been killed and the rest have suffered severe trauma from being struck by lightning. Now you have 5 opponents left." Nova crossed out the photo of Norman Colbertstein's face from the list of people.

"Be careful, especially with this guy!" He pointed to the photo of Jainal Zaka Zaki Mahesa Jinail.

"He's the most dangerous because he knows all the structure of this place, while the others you can ignore. They don't understand at all about your school, let alone your true strength. All they know is, that you are the strongest there!"

With this, Nova ended her long speech. And now enter the Q&A session for me.

"What's their purpose? I'm not asking about the foreign businessmen, but the local businessman. There must be a reason behind his actions in betraying his own country" I asked.

Nova didn't open her mouth. All she did was shake her head to cover her mouth. She doesn't know the reason either.

So, I'll have to find out myself, huh.

"It seems that asking you for details is pointless at all. In that case, just send me the location of their hideout." I get straight to the point and don't want to be here anymore longer.

"For what? Are you going to attack them blindly?!" (Nova)

"No, I'm only going to put up the last part of my plan. I also know how stupid it would be to do something like that!"

"Okay if you understand... But please, don't make my name hit again!" (Nova)

I didn't make a sound and just gave a nod.

I got an address for 5 when I got out of the building.

I can't wait to see how tomorrow's exams and the party go.

'Look at you guys! How foolish you are to try to oppose me!' I said to myself while curling my lips into a smile.