EIGHT TARGETS
59. Closed Meetings
[Dialogue in Chinese]
“Will it be alright Sir to hire them both? They seem too haughty?” Fei Sangchen asked his master.
“All cultivators are indeed haughty people. Not something new.”
“If you yourself speak like that, then I won't comment much anymore.”
Fei Sangchen then remained silent for a moment before asking his master again.
“By the way, sir, what about the prospective heir who will replace Araka? Will you eventually choose Lu Xinting?”
“Because keeping a hyena, isn't a dumb pig still better?” His master answered while holding his palms together and bowing his head.
“You mean, you will hand the position of heir to Lu Shou?” Hearing his master's metaphorical answer, Fei Sangchen looked extremely curious.
“We cannot know the problem of what Lu Meilan will do when I hand over the position of heir to his son. Just look, she did not hesitate to make Melisa disabled for life to realize her ambition.”
Lu Tianfeng then leaned himself on the back of the chair and exhaled a long breath.
“Lu Shou the boy. She chose to stay temporarily in Jakarta to take care of Melisa who was left alone there, even though she was only her stepmother. The boy's heart was too kind and he was also too dumb. Will he be able to be a worthy heir for me?”
Fei Sangchen seemed to think for quite a while and finally let out his opinion.
“I think your opinion has a point. There were rumors that said that Lu Xinting was in a relationship with Ye Lifei. It would be dangerous if Lu Xinting became the heir then married Ye Lifei. It is possible that the Lu Family will be devoured by the Ye.” Family Fei Sangchen said in support of his master's opinion after giving it some thought.
Suddenly, one of Lu Tianfeng's men knocked on the door and entered the room. He then whispered something in Fei Sangchen's ear before going back to leave the room. Fei Sangchen's eyes stiffened.
“Master, it seems we have a big problem. Raymond of the Wahyunusa family, one of our business partners and his wife, was murdered by their own son, Tirta Wahyunusa. Now Tirta is being investigated by the police and based on the results of their investigation, it is possible that Tirta was the one who collaborated with the serial killer and became the mastermind of all these events.”
“What?” Lu Tianfeng's face stiffened as well.
He then banged on the table saying, “Sial! Have we been wrongly accusing all this time? If it's Tirta, there's a chance that it's true. He had also been bullied many times by Araka and her friends. He could have held a grudge because of that.”
“Are we going to cancel the hit-killer mission we hired?” Fei Sangchen asked seriously.
“We have already hired their services. No chance of being pulled back. It could cause problems with their organization. Instead of dealing with them, I prefer to face the Japanese side.” Lu Tianfeng replied as he gritted his teeth.
***
That same night, Ratih sat on the soft sofa while watching a drama series on television. Suddenly, the smartphone rang. Apparently the call came from her friend Mirna.
“Ratih, try you check the broadcast on NTV now.”
“What's up?” Said Ratih while carrying out Mirna's orders by changing his TV channel to NTV.
Train instantly furious. His eyes he narrowed. The news was apparently news featuring Alicia along with one of her classmates in the Special Class of Art at Angkasa Jaya High School, her High School. What was even more horrendous was that his classmate was not an indiscriminate person. He is a rising newcomer artist lately, Antonio Gegistov or more familiarly called Gegi.
The news shows how they are said to fear serial murder cases that have occurred lately around them. Moreover, there are allegations that the perpetrators were students at the same school as those who made them not calm to attend there before the serial killer was arrested.
On the phone line is still connected, Ratih also said, “Let's discuss this problem further in the group via ‘Zoam’.
With that said, Ratih hung up the phone.
He also breathed a long breath.
“Haaaah! The news about Tirta, even they closed tight. You sly rats!”
***
The next day, on Friday, April 1, 2022, one of the conference rooms in the police was seen full. Seen sitting in front of a podium of 4 men and a woman. A woman was no longer a stranger. He is Bianca. One of the men accompanying him on the podium also looked familiar. He is the old police leader of the 2nd unit of the central police heavy criminal handling division, Pak Wiwik, who was also at the scene of Araka's death.
Wiwik also opened a forum.
“Today, April 1, 2022, five units of the heavy criminal handling division are unit 3 who previously handled murder cases in Sungsin Security, Indonesia, unit 8 previously handled the mother-child murder case in Guingdangdom apartment, unit 2 which handled the murder case of a young capital in Rambutan Village, Cirona Regency, West Java Province, units 1 and 13 as assistance and also with the help of a joint team of the central police general division will merge these three cases into one and form a joint team where I as captain to investigate the case which became the top priority named ‘case serial murder joker black’. We call it so because of the habit of the perpetrator who left the card spade countdown in TKP.”
The noisy room immediately showed a mixed response from the members of the forum to hear the information conveyed by the Captain.
From the back seat, then there was a faint conversation of two young policemen from the general division.
“Heh, the case is not finished apparently.” The young police 1.
“It appears they have trouble catching the perpetrator.” The young police 2.
“Kok can? It's obvious the kid is, isn't it, the Kaiser Dewantara? Especially what they are waiting for. Immediately arrest the boy and put him in jail.”
“It appears they lack proof.”
“Heh, ribet terribly! The culprit is clear. What else is there evidence? Maybe that was the time, huh? Because he comes from a conglomerate family, so safe from the entanglement of the law? It's good to be the son of a conglomerate. Until killing will not be sentenced.” Said the young police officer 1 while putting his right palm with the back of his left hand to the back on the chair as the back of his head.
“True. Right.” Said the young policeman 2 giving his consent while nodding.
The young policeman 2 then briefly saw a shadow behind. He also looked. At that moment he suddenly stiffened. The young policeman 1 who saw the irregularities in his friend's behavior also looked back. He also became stiff. Behind them had apparently stood their senior Officer Dono with a raised hand that looked ready to be floated into their heads.
“Paaak.”
“Aduh!”
“Aakh!”
They were moaning in pain by the slap of his senior head.
“You think the cops are thugs what's playing catch without evidence?” Officer Dono told them angrily.
Officer Dono walked away from them to the front seat of the audience.
NB: [11] A kind of online meeting application
