CONFINEMENT

CH 24 - PART VII COASTAL STATE CRISIS (INVESTIGATION )

Sariwati felt his body weak and painful, from his head still covered in fresh blood soaked his silvery hair, while his body seemed to be hit by a sledgehammer. His clothes were full of blood, the veil that covered him opened so that his face overgrown with scales made those who saw him shudder in horror.

"Where am I?" said Sariwati lirih.

His eyes swept in all directions with a still brimmed view and faintly visible faces of strangers and ferocious in front of him.

"You are in Banjar Manguntur Hall," replied one person briefly, that person was none other than Mr. Timoti the governor of the Coast Country who took over the interrogation process on Sariwati.

"Now answer honestly, who are you and where are you from?" ask Mr. Timoti.

Stammeredly, Sariwati answered Mr. Timoti's question.

"I'm Wati sir," replied Sariwati quivering.

"I am just a wandering master who happens to be in this country and helped by Mr. Muhibbin" he replied again.

The gaze of Mr. Timoti's eyes coldly looked towards Sariwati.

"Who Muhibbin, Prawira Utama please bring him here!" lord Timoti's orders on Bhayangkara's head.

"Ready, Master!" answer the Bhayangkara leadership.

Not long after a few moments a young man with shoulder-length hair accompanied by two girls burst into Banjar Manguntur Hall accompanied by the head of Bhayangkara.

All eyes were on the three people who had just entered.

"You're Muhibbin?" asked Mr. Timoti after the young man was in front of him.

"Master," Muhibbin replied briefly, his gaze was fixed on Mr. Timoti and then turned to Sariwati who was sitting in a row with her hands still tied behind her which is now a patient in front of her.

"You know this woman and what's your relationship with her?" ask Mr. Timoti back.

"Know sir, he is my friend who used to help me in Surau" Muhibbin replied.

It seemed that Mr. Timoti took a breath before asking back.

"Please tell me where and when you know this woman!" master Timoti's orders were still with a cold gaze.

Muhibbin narrated his meeting and introduction to Wati until the girl was in Suraunya and settled there.

"Like that sir, my introduction and Wati. If you still doubt, my brother Sekar and my father Pak Nengah so witness," Muhibbin concluded to Mr. Timoti.

Mr. Timoti asked what Muhibbin said to Mr. Nengah and Sekar, both of whom agreed with what Muhibbin said. The view of Mr. Timoti again leads to Muhibbin and Sariwati.

"Do you know, this woman is a divinity practitioner?" ask Mr. Timoti back to Muhibbin.

"If about it I do not know sir, who I know Wati came from the Land of Floods as he confided to me and also an Alchemist, as well, because one day he helped me with food poisoning and he was quite skilled in medicine. Evidently there are some residents who had helped in Surau."

Long-term Muhibbin tells the identity of Sariwati he knows. Mr. Tomoti confirmed Muhibbin's answer to Mr. Nengah and Sekar returned, both also agreed on what Muhibbin said and it was not a secret anymore because it was known by residents that Sariwati had medical expertise with some of its citizens who had been helped by the woman.

Mr. Timoti asked Muhibbin again,

"At the time of the incident, where were you?"

Still calmly Muhibbin answered Mr. Timoti's question.

"I'm here sir with my sister and my best friend, because since this afternoon we and Teruna Teruni here held a charity and a cheap bazaar for the citizens.

Mr. Timoti felt enough to hear Muhibbin's remarks then turned his gaze back on Sariwati.

"Is it true that the Angler said that you are in the process of raving and worshiping the bundle that you have in front of Surau?" ask the governor back to Sariwati.

"That's not true, sir!" sariwati replied with a furious feeling of feeling slandered.

"You must not be evasive, there are witnesses and evidence that reinforce what you did in Surau!" hardik mr. Timoti.

"It's not right sir, I dare to swear," Wati replied back in tears.

"Give me back my bundle!" pinta Wati was a little screaming.

"Shut up! You know what the consequences of practicing science in this country are?" hardik Mr. Timoti saw the reaction of the girl in front of him.

"Please sir, return the bundle to me," Wati pleaded.

"Shut up! before you are honest then severe punishment will wait for you and your belongings will be confiscated as evidence," the anger of Mr. Timoti ignited.

Sariwati sobbed while enduring the pain all over her body that was filled with wounds.

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It was already evening, he had just lit a torch in every corner of Surau and rushed to perform Magrib prayers. The lamp inside Surau was turned on. Sariwati knew that if Muhibbin this evening did not come to Surau because at Banjar Manguntur Hall there was a fundraising event and a cheap bazaar, he immediately carried out the Magrib Prayer as usual.

Suddenly from the direction of the beach there was a loud explosion so that the sound spread to all directions including into Surau, Surau, Sariwati who was still wearing a mukena after the Magrib prayer rushed from her place to gather to ascertain what happened.

With a hand holding a torch he rushed towards the direction of the explosion sound that was on the beach Purnama not far from Surau An Nur was located. He saw someone with a sturdy body throw a few roofs whose ends there is a burning axis and throw it towards the sea.

A big explosion happened, from the former throw was seen floating fish and the person took it and put into the large roofs made of woven bamboo.It turns out that the big explosion came from a fish bomb known as 'Bondet' which is often used by fish looters in the Land of Salt and Horse Poultice.

Seeing this, Sariwati approached the beach and shouted at the masked man.

"Stop! Ki Sanak will only damage the coral reefs on this beach."

the masked man was surprised, his eyes were violent because his action was seen by others, he rushed to the beach where Sariwati was. But after approaching how surprised the person saw the face of Sariwati who was not covered with a veil and wearing long white clothes covering the ends of his hair to the tips of his feet, the face was filled with scales like fish scales.

"Who are you, don't interfere in my business!" the masked man shouted with anger at Sariwati.

"Should have asked me why Ki Sanak was looking for fish that way. Does Ki Sanak not know if it can damage coral reefs and fish will be difficult to breed?" wati replied firmly without fear.

"It's my business, you don't interfere or you'll regret it!" answer the man in anger.

"I will report your actions to Jero Mekel!" hardik wati is no less fierce.

"Just try to report, before you meet Jero Mekel, then meet the Angel of Death first!" the man shouted as he ran towards the wati brandishing the machete taken from his waist.

Seeing the dangerous situation and not in accordance with what he was in, Sariwati's guts shrunk and ran away from the person. But that guy kept chasing Sariwati. The girl ran as hard as she could towards Surau An Nur and when she arrived in Surau she immediately locked the gate of Surau made of wooden boards.

The masked man continued chasing Sariwati all the way to Surau, the man shouted while banging on Surau's door. Sariwati who was inside Surau was frightened, he rushed into Surau to take the bundle of cloth left inside and never separated from his hand. Sariwati headed for the room behind Surau.

But suddenly an explosion occurred in front of the gate of Surau, a door made of wood shattered into pieces, seen a man with full anger into the courtyard of Surau. The man turned out to be the angler who had been chasing Sariwati. He rushed to Surau's back room after checking into Surau where he could not find a single person.

The door of the room in her double and seen Sariwati curled up in the corner of the room with fear.There was a struggle in the room, Sariwati's hand pulled the hood that covered the man's face and clawed it. The man looked grimacing and his anger grew, his burly hand dragging Sariwati to Surau's front yard while saying,

"Now is the end of your history of demonic women!" the man said full of anger.

The frightened Sariwati continued to thrash and put up as much resistance as she could. His next hand still clutched the bundle he had been holding.

The man became more and more so, he kicked Sariwati until it bounced, his sturdy hand continued to rain down on the woman with a punch. Sariwati could only face down while enduring the pain of the Angler's punch.

The angler pulled his machete back and aimed at Sariwati's back

"Death to you, rotten female!"

The waving of the cleaver, but suddenly something happened. From inside the bundle that was held by Sariwati appeared a bluish green light that dazzled the eyes and the fishing man was bounced as far as two spears after the swing of his cleaver like hitting a boulder. The light continued to shine through Sariwati's half-fainted body.

" leak... Leak!"

Shouting the fishing rod in fear, he rushed off the algal ridge from Surau down the hill.

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"Hi answer, why even dumbass!" hardik tuan Timoti on Sariwati.

Sariwati was surprised and her daydream was scattered to hear Mr. Timoti's rebuke.

"Sorry sir, I'm innocent" said Sariwati in fear.

"You are convoluted, answer plainly!" back, Mr. Timoti shouted with anger.

"All this is not as you can see, I dare to take responsibility if it is really wrong" replied Sariwati trying to defend herself.

Mr. Timoti's anger was not restrained, in the waves of the table next to him.

"BRUUUAAKK"

"Bring the fisherman here!" mr. Timoti's orders.

"You won't be able to dodge it, because there's a witness who's seen you!" back Mr. Timoti rebukes Sariwati.

A short time later a man in the flats by two Bhayangkara entered the room of Banjar Manguntur Hall.

"I'll be flanked?" the fisherman shouted at the Bhayangkara troops.

"YOU!"

Sariwati's eyes widened and her index finger pointed towards the angler's face after being seen in front of her.

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