Canticles

58. Receding

At the appointed time, friends ustadz Mahdi also came to visit. At that time Rex had just completed the Ashar prayer congregation in the mosque.

" Mas Rex, this is Ustadz Akbar I said yesterday. He was interested when I told him what happened to Fadlan. Now he is here to help the children escape from the pursuit of ghosts.", said Ustadz Mahdi.

" Alhamdulillah., how's Ustadz. Introduce me Rex and this is Gama.", said Rex introduced himself.

" Yes Mas Rex, Mas Gama. Nice to meet you guys..," said ustadz Akbar with a smile.

" A minute, what a ghost does Mr. Ustadz mean. I don't even know anything about ghosts..," said Gama while looking at the three men in front of him with a confused look.

" Lho, has Mas Gama not heard the story yet ?. I think Mas Rex has told me that you are here now," said Ustadz Mahdi.

" I haven't had time to tell Ustadz, I just went home directly to the mosque because I was worried about missing the Ashar prayer congregation. I also just knew Gama was here yes pas selsai prayer..," said Rex with a smile.

" Oh that. So I or Mas Rex are just the story...?" ask ustadz Mahdi.

" I am a Ustadz. This gamma is a bit slow. I'm afraid that Ustadz will get emotional when talking to him later..," said Rex while glancing at Gama.

" Eh, montyong. I didn't do that...!" gama's protest was so upset that it made Rex laugh.

" How about we find a good place to talk Ustadz. While coffee let it be delicious," said Rex.

" agreed. Let's go ahead there, Mas. Coffee there is quite good, suitable for the tongue of parents like Me and Ustadz Akbar..," said ustadz Mahdi while stepping first.

" Ok Ustadz.," said Rex and Gama together.

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Gama seemed to round his eyes to hear Fadlan's story about his experience and his friends.

" Don't expect Fadlan to be braver than we used to be, Rex..," said Gama.

" Not brave but reckless plus reckless. They are not aware that playing jailangkung means calling the spirits. If the spirit that comes well, it is gapapa. But it turns out that the evil spirit comes and is difficult to be expelled. Must use a special ritual to be able to send the spirit home. And the end of them that Lo said were brave was scared too. What is it called brave, kaya ga deh..," said Rex annoyed.

Fadlan who was there at that time was just silent.he did not know what to say because everything had happened. In fact, the ghost he called it also terrorizes Fadlan's classmates who happen to be close and often interact with Fadlan.

At first, Fadlan did not believe it. But when the friend told him what he found in the school toilet, Fadlan was even more afraid.

" Where there's a ghost Nald's day, it's still daytime" Fadlan said as Ronald recounted what he saw earlier.

" I swear to Fad. I ain't lying. I'denger myself if someone peed at the urinal at the end of it. We all know that urinal is broken. Out of curiosity I look dong, it turns out there is nothing there.", said Ronald.

" But next to the boys' toilet, there's a girls' toilet. Once the voice came from there, how the hell Lo..," denied Fadlan tried positive thinking.

" Not Fad, I'm sure the sound came from that broken urinal. Even more exciting, I squirm the guy standing in front of the toilet door while facing the wall. His head lowered, kept both his hands also in front of the rich to hold something. He didn't wear Fad's shirt, just his pants. From his traits I'm sure it wasn't our schoolboy. You know he raised his hand while holding something. Tau ga Fad, it turns out that what he holds is his own head !. The man has no head because his head is in his hands. Serem gauh...?!" said Ronald Lantang.

" So on...?" ask Fadlan curiously.

" I keep running away, especially the mother..," said Ronald with a sigh of relief.

Hearing Ronald's reply made Fadlan panic. He believes that the subtle-creature Ronald saw was the same one that had been bothering him for the past few days.

" I'm afraid our school is going horrendous and not safe because of the sighting" Ronald said.

" As long as Lo ga stories everywhere, I am sure that our school is safe and conducive to learning..," said Fadlan.

Ronald agrees to keep his experience in the toilet alone.

But even though Ronald has tried to keep a secret about the sighting, there are still people who saw the appearance of the creature in the toilet. He is Eko, Fadlan's classmate.

If Ronald can still survive and not run, different things are experienced by Eko.

When he saw the ghost sighting, Eko actually fell unconscious. And it makes the school uproar to the gossip can not be avoided.

Fadlan doesn't even know how to stop everything. So he chose to remain silent and hope that there would be no more victims. Until finally Rex came with good news. Rex says Fadlan and his friends must be driven to unleash the demonic influence. And without a second thought Fadlan assented everything.

That night Fadlan, Kevin, Emir and his friends seemed to sit in a circle while reciting. In the middle of the circle is seen ustadz Akbar sitting while reading the verses ruqyah. Apparently ustadz Akbar chose to do mass ruqyah to neutralize the evil influence of the summoned spirits.

At that time they were in an empty house, the initial location tenpat Fadlan cs playing jailangkung to call the spirits. Aided by the light of several candles that were placed randomly, making the mystical atmosphere in the place even more thick.

Rex and Gama seemed busy reading some short suras they had memorized out of their heads to support Fadlan and his friends in undergoing the ruqyah.

There was also Mr. Komar, Fadlan's father. He seemed annoyed to see the behavior of Fadlan who was the youngest child. Fortunately, Ustadz Mahdi managed to calm Mr. Komar so as not to interfere with the ritual of repatriation of spirits led by Ustadz Akbar.

" Rather than Mr. Komar angry, it is better to join in preaching yes. So that the spirits who follow them do not move to the body of Mr. Komar..," persuaded ustadz Mahdi.

" How can I move to Ustadz. I'm not going to play jailangkung.., "pak Komar protest.

" But at this time Pak Komar's anger energy is almost the same as theirs. So do not be surprised if they move closer to Pak Komar because they feel comfortable." said Ustadz Mahdi.

" Athaghfirullah aladzim. Yes, I understand Ustadz. If so I dzikir I will let the ghosts do not follow Me..," said Komar while sitting cross-legged behind Fadlan.

" That's good Mr. Komar.," said Ustadz Mahdi with a smile.

Suddenly silent atmosphere. A moment later the candle that was held by a lighting device was extinguished. Not just one but all the candles. Fadlan and his friends began to look restless because they knew very well if the spirits that terrorized them had been present. That they know from the extinguishing of the same candle exactly as when the game jailangkung the other day.

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