
"Ti-No.. " Alice shook her head in disappointment with a sagging tone.
".... "
"Is it enough to just observe?" Alice asked worriedly, she looked down uncertain. Daniel understands what Alice is feeling, he tries to convince Alice that what she is doing right now is part of the first plan.
"Sure!"
"[I'm curious about it]"
Next Day....
Around 5am Daniel was doing something in the car, wearing a white shirt with a skull logo behind him, trousers, a hat and sunglasses. Daniel will go undercover and want to follow Mr. Roy who will go out to buy food. Daniel Pak Roy's estimate will be gone around 05:00.
Daniel can estimate it all because every morning before sunrise, some lights in the room from Mr. Roy's house are always turned on like in the room, kitchen and even the toilet. Daniel once saw Mr. Roy out of the house to just take out the trash or take a letter in the post box. However, what makes it strange why he only did it in the morning?
A few minutes later, Mr. Roy came out of the fence of his house, he was frowning like he wanted to cross. Daniel said he was on guard. Daniel was camouflaging with a bunch of people chatting. With a fast rhythm, Mr. Roy went west to the highway. Seeing that Daniel immediately followed from behind with a considerable distance.
During the follow, Mr. Roy looks restless and uncomfortable as if he was in an unfamiliar environment. In addition, sometimes he circulates his gaze especially towards the back which makes Daniel surprised and quickly 'camouflage' with the surrounding people. Luckily at that time the condition of the road was quite crowded with pedestrians, so he easily followed Mr. Roy. Because with crowded road conditions make it difficult to know who is following him.
In short, it turns out he stopped by a convenience store. The store is quite large especially with buyers who are crowded with this condition used by Daniel, he entered the store. Daniel didn't buy anything because of crowded conditions and that made it not suspicious.
Overall, what was bought by Mr. Roy was the basic needs, concluded Daniel Mr. Roy will not be out of the house for the next few weeks. Most likely he had already prepared something plan to keep the 20 billion dollars.
When Mr. Roy had left the department store and went home Daniel appeared and called Mr. Roy with a call like Alice. Of course it makes Mr. Roy surprised and surprised. Without lingering² Daniel instantly said his goal, To The Point.
"You..?"
"Hehehe why? I came here to tell you that I participated in the Deception Game as Alice's right-hand man and I will definitely take your 20 billion. I'm really looking forward to this game, " said Daniel.
"Well... Haha.."
"Hmph! you're gonna steal it?"
"I can say that because I have a very good plan. " Daniel smiled cunningly making Mr. Roy shudder in horror, in a hurry Mr. Roy ran into his house.
Brak!!
(Heheheheh)
in the middle of the day, Mr. Roy was pacing restlessly in his room. Sometimes he peeked out from behind the window curtain to check the situation outside. During the first peek the thing he suspected was a car that from yesterday² already existed and never left. Mr. Roy called the police immediately.
"Hello, is this a cop?"
"Yes right, how can I help you? "
"There's a suspicious person always hanging around my house!"
Before long Mr. Roy called, a police car began to come that was visible from a distance to make Alice panic immediately, Alice quickly turned on and drove the car to stay away from Mr. Roy's house. Inadvertently Alice met Daniel who was walking while drinking a soda can, It looks like he will go to the field close to Mr. Roy's house.
"Eh....??? "
"Daniel!! " Braking suddenly accompanied by a horn makes a sleeping cat wake up from his sleep.
"There's a cop! They're after me! " With a severed breath Alice tried to tell him all the events she had experienced.
"Are you sure they're after you?" Daniel asked occasionally for a sip of his drink.
"A-I'm not sure, but somehow I have a feeling they came to chase me! " Obviously Alice, her face shows a different concern with Daniel who looks relaxed or does not panic.
"Okeh, if it does mere-"
"Daniel! Better talk later! I'm afraid they're still after us! Quick in!" Alice opened the door, Daniel let out a long sigh as if he was having a big problem (for Daniel this was no big deal.) Daniel approached Alice, he said softly...
"(It's better to get down and run, it's useless if you get in the car because you brought your car in a dead end.)" Daniel's proposal to Alice. Alice complied and got out of the car, they ran to the front at the direction of Daniel and not long after they found a field whose size is approximately 16 × 8 Meters.
"Well.... Huh..... Huh..... " Alice gasps for running at a fast rhythm. Daniel tells Alice to rest and hide behind a large tree in the corner of the field.
Daniel gave a mineral water in a plastic bag that he had brought to Alice, he received it and drank it slowly. Daniel also sat in the tree with Alice.
"Daniel's.... Thanks yeah.. " Alice turned to the side with a smile. I don't know, Daniel feels weird with Alice's current smile. He gave the bottle to Daniel but of course Daniel refused it with the reason it was for Alice.
"Thank you... "
"Hhh.. It's weird that we hide like this anyway.. We are guilty.. " Daniel spoke blankly forward as if he were talking to himself. Alice responded, however.
"Ah.. I don't know for sure, but I was panicking at the time.. "
"Yes I understand.. But obviously if you don't have problems with other people or break some rules, you don't have to be afraid of the police.. "
"I know about it, but I'm freaking out.. You know panic, right?"
"It doesn't seem like it, you feel wrong and afraid to have done something that you think is not right, so by arriving² there is a police presence you assume that they are after you... So it can be concluded.. "
"I understand, Like so... " Sela Alice, he got up from his seat and invited Daniel to return to the car, hearing that Daniel also got up. Before getting to the car Daniel gives a key to Alice who turns out it's the key to the house.
"What key is Daniel?" Alice asked curiously, Daniel told her while in the car.. Alice was also in the car.
"That's the house key.. I rented an empty house across the 'house' for a month with a deal we had to clean it up.." Daniel starts the car and prepares to leave. Alice couldn't believe it, wasn't the agreement too easy. Although there was something awkward Alice did not ask further.
"From tomorrow we can observe him without worrying about being chased by the police."
"Good."
They began to walk, slowly their car came out of a fairly narrow dead end that can only be passed by one car, Daniel be careful² afraid he hit something beside him.
"It's great that you can cross this super narrow road at an unnatural speed. If not slowly² this car will be chafed due to friction between walls, trees or electricity poles. " Daniel praises Alice and teases her, Alice blushing in shame that she was just lucky. Seen now he said in stammer².
During the journey they did not speak in the slightest, silence began to envelop them. But the distance is not so far away,
But somehow it feels so long until the house that Daniel meant, is this the effect of awkwardness?
"[Hhh... I hope we get there quickly]" Alice's wish came true, they finally arrived..
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Alice's first assessment of the house is very dirty and there may be some rooms that have to be renovated such as brittle wood, leaking roofs etc. Even when Alice stepped on the stairs it was broken and eventually hollow.
"Well!!"
Alice's screams made Daniel run into the house through the back door, coincidentally when he was in a small garden behind the house.
"What's wrong??" Ask Daniel who's a little worried.
"Ah, this..... These stairs were broken when I stepped on them.. Huhh... This house looks very fragile.. " Alice sighed, slowly he went down and approached Daniel not far from the stairs. Daniel stroked his chin and his eyes looked around him. Alice somehow followed what Daniel did.
"Hmmm, it's true, but this is comparable to the agreement. The owner of this house will renovate in about 2 months, well our task is now only limited to cleaning dirt that can be cleaned.. That's the owner's request for us to be able to occupy this house.."
"Relax, we only use the 2nd floor for our mission, especially the 2nd floor according to the owner did not suffer any damage, and I have checked it. So, no need to worry.. " Daniel invites Alice to go up to the 2nd floor, Alice follows from behind.
"Daniel's.. You're a really good person.." Alice smiled softly, she continued, "you made a schedule that allowed me to visit my father in the daytime, and now you have a place to stay... So, what changed your decision to help me, Daniel?" Alice asked astonished and curious at Daniel's true motive for helping him get this far.. Before answering, they had already reached a room without a door, like this adult room. The 2nd floor contains only 3 rooms like this specifically for rooms.
2 Other rooms were locked by the owner because there are some items that blum removed from the room which as a result they reached room 3, last.
"Wait here." Daniel orders to wait outside the room, while Daniel goes in to check the state of the room. Once it was safe, Alice was allowed in.
"His room is quite spacious if it is only for one person.. Maybe this can be occupied for 2 people." Alice noticed the room in enough detail, until² she could tell there was a small hole that was a little suspicious. Daniel concluded that it was just a hole made by insects to make a house or other things.
"Ha.... This book² I just take it out." In the corner of Daniel's room was piling up one by one a book that looked dusty and dirty. The book is thick and there are thin. Alice approached Daniel to offer his help.
"Daniel's.. What book is that? Do you need help??" Alice asked as well as her eyes steal² look at the title of the book stacked Daniel. Daniel closed the title with his left hand and then turned around with the position of the hand still the same.
"Well, I need your help.. Please sweep this room, the broom is on the left after coming out of the room.. Not far from there. "
"Hm... Okay.."
Now, they are busy with their respective duties, for today they will clean this room only because 100% of the room they use is just this, the rest is not used. By late afternoon, the sun began to set, the ceiling radiating orange color partially entered some rooms.
How lovely!
"Finally this room is clean as well.. Worth it for us to occupy." Alice smiles. His eyes sparkled with a satisfied feeling, all the cleaning equipment he put in the corner of the room. He sat down and slowly fell asleep in the middle of the room with a tired state, he sighed many².
After resting to calm down, Alice subconsciously fell asleep. His eyes are trying to wake up. When the life is half conscious, his eyes are fixed to the outside of the window which is now dark. Seeing that Alice was fully conscious, she checked the clock on her phone and showed it at 19:54.
Huh uh??
Although a little incredulous, Alice ignored it and rose from her sleep to find Daniel. However, strangely the lights in this room were on when earlier this afternoon Daniel had tested that this lamp was off. The weirdness continued as Alice exited the room intending to descend, she realized that room 02 had its doors slightly open, so there was a gap. This afternoon, it was opened but locked.
Alice thought that the owner of this house had come to pick up something in room 02, because the only one with the key was her. But, Alice noticed something as she walked closer to room 02 looking at the less obvious black figure in the doorway.
He could not describe it with certainty because the condition of room 02 was very dark, so it was less clear. Alice paused for a moment, thinking what she should do next.. Did you go up to room 02 or run down?
Alice was also afraid that the figure intended to do evil to her, Alice had no other way because the access to exit room 03 to the main door had to pass through rooms 02 and 01.
note: the illustration is more or less like that..
Alice was too scared to know who was in Room 02. The longer the atmosphere gets unpleasant. Especially with the condition of the hallway with a dim light adds to the tension and horror.
Alice got the idea, she flashlighted towards door 02 using her cellphone lamp, for some reason why it was unthinkable for Alice to panic. After being highlighted by the light of the lamp, it turns out that the silhouette of the figure is a black jacket that is hung.
Huh... Scare only, I'm scared by my own mind..
Feeling that there is nothing more, Alice again walked down, during the trip Alice did not turn off the lights on her phone because of the condition of the house that is quite dark and some rooms that do not have lights.
One by one, the stairs stepped on by Alice and cause a disturbing squeaking sound in Alice's ear and make the atmosphere become impressed with horror. Alice quickened her pace and now she reached the front door.
When you want to go out, the door cannot be opened.
"What???!! How can I open it??!!" I panicked, I kept trying to open the doorknob but couldn't either. Is it possible that as long as Daniel goes the door is locked? But as I recall he only intended to go to the toilet when this house there is a toilet even though it is dirty.
I took a deep breath through my nose and exhaled slowly from my mouth to calm down a little, Alice went from the front door to the back door. However, just a few steps Alice heard the door open and the source came from behind her, it must be the sound of the front door!
Alice turned her body slowly like a slow motion scene, fully Alice's eyes seeing a human figure standing in the doorway. That's Daniel..
"Well, finally arrived.. " Daniel breathed a sigh of relief while closing the door, not forgetting he locked the door. Daniel's jacket got a little wet and his hand was carrying a bag of white plastic, with a glimpse of Daniel carrying food. Shortly after the rain began to sound, Alice offered help to carry the plastic that Daniel brought.
"I help.. "
"Thank you.. " Daniel gave it without seeing Alice, Alice would take it to the upper room because it was not possible to put it in the dirty kitchen and the leaking roof. Alice waited faithfully until Daniel finished opening his wet shoes.
Daniel got up from his seat, "Sorry.." He looked at Alice who was now in front of him, he continued.
"Because you have left yourself in a dark and foreign home to you. Relax, instead I bring you some food, say something as long as I leave you." Daniel said softly even so still heard in Alice's ears because the empty house conditions make the sound become echoed. Daniel looked down, he felt it was nothing compared to leaving Alice alone. However, Alice is strangely not angry and forgives Daniel.
"I'm sorry, huh.. You better take off your wet jacket.. Afraid of getting sick.. " Alice smiled, like a mother advising a bad boy because he still wanted to take a rain shower even though the condition was flu.
Daniel was astonished and his heart was touched by Alice's unpredictable kindness, because based on experience and knowledge that he learned that someone if he was in Alice's position they would be angry and swear a few words 'pearl'.
Unknowingly Daniel realized that daydreaming, Alice who felt awkward and confused also shook Daniel's body.
"Ah, yes.. "
"Hmmm.. " Alice went first, it seemed to be a lash, Daniel followed behind. Alice was no longer afraid because there was Daniel. During the walk accompanied by the sound of the roar and the sound of the rain growing increasingly heavy, because the awkward atmosphere of Alice will open the conversation when they have reached room 03.
When he got to the room Alice sat in the middle of the room and took out one by one food from the plastic, while Daniel opened his jacket in the corner of the room and hung it on a nail that happened to be nearby, lucky only his jacket was wet not to get to his shirt.
When finished, Daniel approached and sat in front not far from Alice. All the food that Daniel bought was fast food, according to him so as not to bother so just eat.
"More.. "Alice gave Daniel some kind of food box.
"Yes, good-bye.. "
"Oh yeah.. "
"Hmm?? "
"What book did you write? Or put where? You know, I want to read. Sometimes when observing I am very bored so can while reading a book.. "
Alice spoke as the food in her mouth ran out and Daniel answered.
"Well.. You'll focus more on me than on watching her house.." Daniel stared at Alice.
"But I can read outside of shift hours.. " Substantiated Alice, Daniel was silent for a moment thinking about what to answer, you continued to eat until the food ran out and you were full.
"But the book no longer exists.. "
"You mean?"
"Already changed ownership. "
"So, you mean the book was sold? But why?" Alice put on a face of disbelief even though she had hoped to read a book in her spare time.
"When I don't sell the book, this food doesn't, I don't have any money anyway.." Daniel stared at the food that Alice had prepared and put in the white plastic. Alice had just understood and actually did not want to discuss the book again but Daniel continued his words.
"At least some of those books and magazines don't suit you.." Although Daniel said very slowly like a mumble, but Alice could still hear clearly.
"Don't fit? How's it?" Alice frowned, Alice felt herself unworthy to read the book Daniel was referring to. Because Alice realized what Daniel was saying, she continued..
"The book recounts an advanced love affair.. And you seem too early to know that, you know?" With Alice's seductive gaze, Daniel propped up his chin using both of his palms, his position when it was on his stomach.
"It's too early you say? I'm a student, isn't that old enough? Do you think I'm a child?"
"Maba, yeah....... After you look like a High School boy, it looks like you look, maybe... And strangely even a high school kid is more brutal than I said.. It's Weird.."
Seriate....