Gondo Flower

Chapter 10: Old friends

By noon the sun was getting hotter, the shadow of trees was painted on the street. I was stunned to stare at the row of flags on the left right of the street, in the courtyard of every house, as well as public facilities such as fields and parks.

Is there a celebration?

Zainal stopped his steps, observing for a moment the black flag with a cross motif inside the circle. This flag flag I've never seen at all, even the longer in view of this flag the more strange it looks, What's the matter?

I was very curious, but the others were indifferent, they just passed by without finding out more, I had no choice but to follow.

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It will be dusk but what we are waiting for has not yet arrived, especially considering the events of last night. But all that worry vanished as a familiar figure emerged from the street, The tall man with a black backpack sauntered leisurely towards us.

"Ali..ngga.." too happy that I cried hysterically to welcome him.

He just passed by not heeding my welcome, walking through the arid land of dry grass to the backyard of the boarding house, 'Sial this boy' My daughter's movement is in my heart.

In an instant it had disappeared from sight, basically no one could stop it, I followed, tailing it wherever it went. Under the old banyan tree he paused, staring intently observing every inch of the old tree.

"Where's zainal?" ask Alingga

"Neng njero room." (In the room) answered me.

"Call" she said briefly.

If it wasn't for her help, I would've broken her stone head. Be patient, think of him as an angel, do not make angels angry if you want to get out of the valley of hell.

Zainal came, approaching Alingga who stood looking.

"Why? " greet Zainal.

"Sayarif tell me everything, this is the tree you're talking about, isn't it?" ask Alingga.

" yes "

"Getih Ireng" said Alingga

"I mean e pie?" (what do you mean?) ask Zainal.

"Getih ireng kui getih e servi lemble, ono Getih Ireng zinc fishing ganjang mrene." (It was the blood of the devil worshipers, there was black blood that lured the longhaired here.) explained Alingga.

"Seng mbukak Segoro gate must ndue knot Pati ambk Alas Ruwah," (Which opened the gate Segoro must have a node with base Ruwah,) continued again.

"Not just any uwong iso melted sukmo, opo meneh toh e nyowo" (Not just anyone can do melbur sukma, let alone stakes life)

"Getih ireng, Segoro gate, Ruwah alas, sukmo lebur, have a death knot that is tied to each other, if you want to escape from this knot we have to find a gap between them" said Alingga.

"No pie crack? I don't go back and forth to blas seng mbok nonsense ne," (How not? I don't know what you're saying at all) I replied.

"Not until you know. The most important thing is to escape from the roha basket you must find who opened the Segoro gate, for further business I still have not found a way out!" alingga explained my words.

I was just a beard even though none of Alingga's words could be understood.

"Is there anything strange around besides this tree?"

"Eh. but on the top floor there is a room installed sajen right, room number 16 where mbak mbak mbak it out," I clearly remember Zainal.

"Iyo ngga, enek neng nduwor," (yes no, there above), said zainal

Alingga passed, still with her backpack increasingly speed up her path.we arrived in front of room number 16, the door is still locked.

There mas yanto was still busy with his room door, while doni was sitting on the barrier reading a book.

"Mas Yant, iki Alingga konco ku seko kampung" (mas yant, this is Alingga my friend from the village) said I introduced them, mas Yanto immediately responded.

"Don, "Turn me. Doni stopped his activities and then welcomed Alingga's handwriting.

"Ngopo rip meng nduwor?" (Why rip up?) ask mas yanto.

"The next room isn't going to open up?" (The room next door wasn't the mallem open?) ask zainal.

"Jek at the padlock kui," (still in the lock) replied mas Yanto

We were all silent looking back at the memory, obviously last night this door opened, and then Who sealed it back?

"Udah open forcibly!" zainal

"And, you want your responsibility if you have a request for compensation." I argue.

"Wes did not take care of it," Zainal immediately damaged the padlock that sealed the door.

"Wes damaged nerves e boy iki" (Udah damaged his nerves this boy).

When the door opened the foul scent was smelled from inside the room, inside there were no cots or cabinets worthy of his room in general, There were only a few tables with copper bowls whose contents had dried up.

Thick dust stuck to the floor and walls of the room, as if there had never been any sign of life. I looked, There's a box in the corner of the room, a wooden box whose cover is already slightly open.

As I approached, the foul scent grew stronger, There were doubts before the wooden box was touched. Inside there was a very long haircut, I gasped back a step convincing myself what was seen before my eyes.

This pile of hair who's keeping it, what's the previous hostess? or someone else? Many questions that came to my mind, as well as others, they were surprised by the discovery that appeared before .

As Alingga approached to check the wooden box, he grabbed a pile of hair digging deeper into what was hidden, he was still busy looking to ignore all sorts of pungent scents from inside the box.

We saw her, a piece of paper hidden under a pile. Alingga brought him before us, showing an old photograph of a woman hugging a boy.

Zainal was aghast, he seemed to know something, what he knew.

"I know ndelok photo iki, when I first met ambk mbak mbak kae." (I've seen this picture, the first time I met you) we all turned to her, I even just found out this fact.

"Do you know your cerito?" (don't you ever tell me?) ask me.

Zainal took a piece of the photo, he recalled the previous incident.he confirmed that it was the same photo he had seen inside the Dariati barracks. he explained everything in detail from the burly man to the woman he told me as much detail as possible.

If the woman I remember, but the man Zainal mentioned I never met.

Zainal ran in a hurry, not knowing what he was going to do, I just stared at his nanar before finally disappearing from my sight.