Asphalt Edge Empty House

Chapter 5 Black Rose

The hero drives his car at high speed, clockwork as if hunting. Can't wait Wira wants to see doctor Ani immediately to make sure X's body is really the woman in the pendant photo in his pocket.

At thirteen, Wira's car entered the hospital parking lot, they both got out of the car and went straight to the reception desk to ask where Dr. Ani was.

Lucky doctor Ani will picket night, so she'll only come in an hour. While waiting, Wira invited Linda to go to the restaurant around the hospital.

After ordering food they sat in the middle seat of the room, then chatted while waiting for the dishes in the message to arrive.

"So how's the continuation of Black Rose's case Lin?"

"I don't know how detailed it is. But according to Mr. Haris, there's someone who doesn't like us preaching about Black Rose. The reason is not clear what?"

"You said the article files and photos, they're still on your laptop. Can I see?"

Linda took out her laptop from her backpack, and she nimbly opened the news article files and photos she took at night inside the Black Rose club.

The hero reads the full article, then opens the visitor's photo file, and pays attention one by one.

At first, he did not see anything special about the photo, but somehow he was interested in enlarging some files.

"Leo Wijaya?"

"He's with two women, it's very interesting."

Linda noticed the serious-looking Wira analyzing the photos stored on her laptop.

"Did you find anything that might be the reason we got the terror?"

"There's nothing in particular that can trigger an overreaction, it all looks common, and it's as normal as you're telling me."

"Except the photo of the crown prince of the conglomerate Anton Wijaya, his name is Leo hadi Wijaya. He's also a successful businessman like his parents."

"Whether it is related or not, but this is an ordinary photo, the prince is always surrounded by concubines, it is no longer a secret."

"Then according to you, what makes us have to get terror?"

"Just look Lin, please print this photo magnify, give it to me tomorrow morning."

"I'll study your case, and then we'll figure out the next step."

The heroes postponed their conversation about Black Rose because the ordered dishes had already arrived. In addition, he wants to focus first on the X body case.

Half an hour later they were at the restaurant, Wira completed the payment, then took Linda back to the hospital. They stood in the hallway in front of Ani's doctor's practice room while discussing small things.

Not long ago doctor Ani came with a friendly smile typical of a doctor who was greeting patients.

He immediately let his two guests in and sat down on the available seats for consultation.

"Good day sir Wira, sorry for the long wait."

"It's okay, doc, we have to wait for you."

"Oh yes, the doctor introduced Linda, the reporter for Surya who covered the case. For a while he was my personal assistant specialising in X's body case.

"Sir could have."

Doctor Ani, then shook Linda's hand warmly, Wira's joke successfully made Linda blush in front of Ani's doctor.

"So..what can I help you with this time Mr Wira?"

"This is the doctor, I found a pendant around the CTF. I just wanted to make sure if the photo of the girl in the pendant was really the body of girl X who was in the morgue."

"Ehm.. They do look like Mr. Wira, but we should go to the morgue to be more sure."

Ani's doctor invites Wira and Linda to go to the morgue to make sure the photos in the pendant match the unidentified bodies they label with girl X or X's body.

The nurse on duty immediately opened the refrigerator where X's body was temporarily buried. The smell of the mortuary piercing the nose, made Linda nauseous.

For the first time he saw the body of girl X and the three of them had the same conclusion, that the photo in the Pendant was confirmed as girl X.

"In addition to making sure this photo is true of girl X, I also hope doctor Ani has good news for the progress of her case."

"Unfortunately not Mr. Wira. The development is minimal, which I can say for now, is about the liquid around the mouth of the corpse. We're assuming it's some kind of poison."

"Dock's poison?"

"Yes it's a kind of chemical poison that's been mixed with the victim's saliva, and we have no reference to this type of poison sir."

"If the doctor believes it's poison, then it's a case of dock murder, someone deliberately poisoned the victim and dumped his body in the port area?"

"Yes, I think so, Mr. Hero."

"Then what about the doctor's heart?"

"Honestly, we're a team of doctors, and we can't explain this medically. Whether the girl was indeed born abnormal without a heart, or her heart was destroyed due to the effects of the poison, we have absolutely no answer."

Wira rubbed his forehead several times, the case of girl X is indeed full of mystery. But Wira was a little relieved, because what he thought turned out to be true. From the beginning he had suspected that this was a murder case.

"Well, uhhhh.."

Linda's voice shocked everyone in the mortuary.

"hey... You why Lin?"

"That's sir, the woman is next to her body..!"

The hero immediately smothered Linda's mouth, while hugging her out of the morgue. Linda seemed to be trembling, cold sweat was flowing from her forehead and her tears were dripping.

"Sorry doctor, maybe he's too tired."

"It's okay Mr. Wira, he's not the first person to experience such a mystical phenomenon."

"Okay doc, thank you for all the support and cooperation. Sorry about this incident."

"Together Mr. Wira, we also apologize, for not being able to help much in uncovering the case of girl X."

"Oh yes, maybe in two or three days, we will announce, the results of the autopsy and if neither side of the family picks up the body, then we will immediately bury it.

"Well, thanks for the information doc, we will support all hospital policies, if needed please contact me."

"I'll excuse you doctor."

"Okay, please Mr. Wira."

The woman shook the hand of Dr. Ani, then left while tightly grasping Linda's wrist which was seen still in shock with the incident.

Arriving in the car, Wira gives Linda mineral water. Then take some tissue so that the beautiful journalist can clean his face.

Linda still looked muddled, her heart still pounding, with trembling she fixed her messy makeup. The hero stole a glance while smiling.

He remembered the incident in the early morning, when he saw a ghost in the bathroom at that time. The hero knows the taste very well, so he can understand if Linda is very shocked by the magical phenomenon in the mortuary.

"How are you doing, are you calmer now?"

"Father don't tease me, that was scary. The girl in the locket is standing right next to her body sir..!"

The hero only laughed a little, even he was not strong to step when he saw the appearance of the spirit of the girl in the bathroom at that time.

"Then I take you home, so tomorrow morning we can discuss Black Rose with a more relaxed atmosphere."

Linda nodded, the reporter completely lost her spirit. Throughout the journey they did not talk at all. Only the sound of music could be heard breaking the silence between them.

Half an hour later, Wira's red sedan was parked in front of Linda's house. After saying thank you the beautiful girl immediately entered without offering Wira to stop by.

The girl watched Linda get inside the house. He was just about to leave, when Wira arrived to see a man in a black jacket standing at the end of the road, watching Linda's house.

"Is he the one Linda told me about?"

"If it does, then Linda's in danger."

Without a second thought Wira immediately contacted her men, she requested that some people come to watch over Linda's house twenty-four hours.

After all in safety, Wira rushed to the Black Rose club area, she planned to have dinner, as well as investigate the club that night.

At eighteen Wira entered the business district of Surabaya city, he drove a car slowly while monitoring the situation around.

After observing the situation around, Wira decided to enter the parking area of a restaurant located quite close to Black Rose.

Wira swiftly grabbed the bag in the back seat, then picked up a new outfit and immediately put it on. Once ready he went straight into the restaurant, then chose a seat near the window.

The hero checks the menu, while occasionally monitoring the situation. A handsome young man of the restaurant waiter came to inquire about the order.

"Excuse me, did you order some food?"

"Oh not yet, I just want a message."

"Well, what do you want to order?"

"I asked for shrimp oyster sauce, white rice, mineral water, and orange juice ya mas."

"Okay sir, wait a minute sir, we'll deliver the order soon."

"Eh.. Wait a minute...!"

"Sir, can I help you again?"

"Club over there, what time is it?"

"Oh Black Rose is usually crowded at nine o'clock and above sir, the more crowded the night."

"New father here?"

"Yes, I just came from Jakarta."

"In black Rose there is something cool?"

"Well, Black Rose is a pleasure-hunter's paradise, everything is there, everything can be sir, if you want to be a mamber there, I have an acquaintance in the pack."

The waiter of the restaurant revealed a lot of information that Wira needed. For a few minutes they talked half in whispers. The hero continued to dig up as much information as possible, before going into Black Rose.

After feeling enough, Wira gave tips to the waiter and the young man went straight to the kitchen to prepare the order.

While waiting for orders to come, Wira looking for additional information via the internet, and he just found out that the night club was one of the businesses owned by Leo Hadi Wijaya.

Wira became increasingly curious about the case of the Surya newspaper office. There is a problem behind the bomb threat they receive. Was that kind of dime news, so disruptive to Black Rose's business or was there anything else the newspaper tried to reveal, that it threatened Black Rose's business?

"It's interesting, I have to investigate this matter immediately."

Wira was inside the restaurant for quite a while, she accidentally ordered an extra meal and a cup of coffee to accompany her in the car.

As per the information of the restaurant waiter, the new Black Rose will be visited by visitors at twenty-one. Wira starts the engine of his car and leaves the parking area of the restaurant,

After touring, Wira deliberately stopped a few meters near the Black Rose club to monitor the situation.

"It's the warmth of om?"

Suddenly a woman arrived at night, came to say hello to Wira who was pretending to be calling someone.

"It just so happens that I'm looking for a friend."

"Ratna. Just call me Ratna om.."

The mind immediately captures the opportunity. He immediately negotiated with the night woman named Ratna, then the two of them went inside Black Rose.

The beat of the music sounded deafening, Wira ordered drinks, and snacks, then looked for a seat on the second floor.

"You wait here, I'll go to the toilet."

"Ok om..."

Wira left Ratna on the sofa alone, while she rushed to find the information she needed.

In some places security watches the movements of Wira. So as not to be obvious he opened interaction with some visitors while collecting information.

Soon Wira returned to the second floor to meet Ratna, and found the woman talking to a visitor.

The hero is quite relieved, because he can more freely move to find information. The new hero will return to the lower floor when he suddenly saw Leo Hadi Wijaya with two women entering a room.

The hero quickly followed them, then from a hidden place he took some pictures, the person who was in the room.

"That tattoo, those two women have the same tattoo as girl X."

"Is girl X a member of Black Rose?"

Not yet complete curiosity in the mind of Wira, Arriving from the end of the stairs a loud voice snapped.

Who's there?"

A bodyguard, barely catching Wira, he quickly ducked down and left his hiding place.

Hearing the screams from outside Leo and some people who were inside, went straight out, to find out what happened.

"What's Markus?"

"Sorry boss, looks like someone's peeking at us in the corner near the flower pot."

"Find him and get it straight, I don't want any buggers here!"

"Ready boss."

All of Leo's men immediately spread out in search of the intruder, while Wira was already back sitting on the sofa right next to Ratna.

Ratna seemed to know what Wira was doing, the woman deliberately dragged Wira to dance, then slowly mingled with other visitors who dissolved in the music.

Wira was very grateful, because Ratna played her role well. That night's woman saved the hero.