SUKMA: The Deal With the Devil

Mother's Heritage

The mother still exerts all her energy to absorb the energy of the sukma. Although he was already old and did not have much energy anymore, he continued to try as hard as possible to draw all the strength in his grandson. What he thought, if still given a little time to live, it would be easier to treat his four daughters and apologize to Mr. Risman for his treatment lately.

On the other hand, Sukma did not give any chance at all to Mom. His age is still very young and has a lot of energy, it does not give him the ease of absorbing the opponent's energy. Mom's experience of learning the science of absorbing the opponent's energy over the years, made her overwhelmed to pull all the energy from inside the old woman's body. Many times the little girl caught her breath while draining the energy drawn from Mom's hand, but the one that entered her body was only a little.

The fierce battle between two women of different ages became an exciting spectacle for residents who one by one came to the residence of Mother. They were so amazed to see an old woman fighting a seven-year-old child. A village chief who happens to be there, tries to stop Mom and Sukma. The people prevented him, but Mr. Kades refused to listen. He actually walked into the grounds of the house of the mother with indignation. Instead of successfully divorcing the two, the man bounced towards the crowd of citizens.

Bu Inah was flabbergasted to see Mr. Kades lying weak while groaning holding his chest. Some residents carried him to the terrace of the nearest mother's neighbor's house. Abah glanced at Bu Inah and elbowed him.

"Udah Abah said, that is what will happen if you are determined to help Dedek" said Abah.

"Yes, sorry, Bah. I really did not know that I would finally like Mr. Kades" said Ms. Inah.

"What we see now is indeed a fight between an old woman and a small child, but actually what is seen between them is even more terrible. Abah really did not expect, where did your youngest daughter get such power? Abah thought it was impossible for you and Risman to teach him as long as he did not believe in supernatural beings" Abah said in astonishment.

"I don't know either, Bah. Let alone teaching him the science of kanuragan, showing the ways of seeing supernatural beings we do not know," explained Bu Inah.

"Is the science of the Sukma Deck a natural talent? As far as Abah knows, it takes years of deepening knowledge and ascetic in a certain place to be like Mom," Abah said.

"I don't know either, Bah" said Ms. Inah. He tried to hide the knowledge given by his biological father Sukma through a dream. Bu Inah thought that Abah would not believe his story and would regard it as a mere essay.

Meanwhile, Emak and Sukma were still fighting fiercely. The power of the two was precisely drained to absorb the energy of each other. Until at one point, Mum runs out of energy against people who have the power worth it. Finally, the old woman released all the studies she had for years from her body. He started to give up. His desire to treat his four children, had been dashed. The awareness of his mistake in Mr. Risman is getting bigger, so he can no longer draw energy from his grandson.

Sukma felt astonished as he felt the energy entering his body flowing increasingly profusely. Your entire strength just went in without needing to be pulled at all. Sukma looked at Mom. The terrifying appearance before him turned into a dense black smoke. Soon, the figure of an old woman was closing her eyes and panting.

"Grandma give all this knowledge to you, Sukma. Only you deserve it" said Mother with her eyes still closed.

Sukma. His hand was firmly gripped by Mother, to the point that his body felt heavy as a result of receiving all the power that was flowed by the old woman. He began to adjust to the newly acquired knowledge and helped Mom draw all the energy from the old woman's body. However, what happens is very painful for Sukma. Absorbing the science of canuragan learned over the years is not easy. Many times the little girl tried to make her body adapt, but what she felt was getting heavier. His body seemed to receive a very large chunk of stone.

Just a little more Mother gave up all her knowledge. Sukma gasped for air, and insisted on standing still. After all the power of the toilet, finally Sukma's hand was released. The little girl suddenly collapsed due to the difficulty of adapting to the strength of Mother. Meanwhile, Mother's entire body became charred and released a white smoke puff from her crown. The two women of different ages were finally sprawled in the yard of the house.

Making sure the fight between the two was over, Mother's daughter-in-law and grandchildren who had been watching through the window, rushed out of the house. He approached her slowly, and one of the grandchildren touched the old woman's head. The young man grimaced, his hands overheated.

Meanwhile, Bu Inah and Abah rushed to Sukma. Ms. Inah panicked to see her daughter unconscious. He pulled Sukma into his lap, then patted the little girl on the cheek. Her daughter's breathing felt weak, to the point of making her tears unstoppable.

"Dedek, wake up, Deck! There's Mom here" said Ms. Inah, teary-eyed.

"Dec, wake up, Deck!" abah shakes his grandson's hand.

"Ouch! How's this, Bah? Grandpa could not wake up. His heart rate is also very weak" said Bu Inah panicked.

"We'll take her home first, take care of your husband. Who knows after returning from here, Dek Sukma woke up," Abah said.

Abah called one of his neighbors to carry Sukma. A man came, then carried Sukma. Every now and then he grimaced, feeling that the little girl's weight was beyond his years. The neighbors happily took Sukma to Abah's house, although the journey took quite a long time.

Bi Yati and Bi Neneng groaned in pain. Both of them complained, his bones felt completely crushed. Meanwhile, Wa Agus and Wa Seto were completely unconscious. Shortly afterwards, Wa Agus coughed and vomited a lot of blood. However, a few seconds later, the man returned unconscious.

"Actually what kind of quarrel have they done to have a severe impact like this?" ask one of the astonished people.

"Maybe they had learned from the little boy earlier, so that's how it is. Understandably, the same mother her children are adherents of black magic and canuragan science," replied other residents.

"Hus! Couldn't you guys, you guys aren't gossiping at this time? My in-laws are dying!" snapped one of Mom's son-in-law, her husband Bi Neneng.

At the Abah residence, Mr. Risman was shocked to see his daughter unconscious. With great effort, he tried to help his wife wake up the youngest. Atikah cried bitterly, regretting that she had allowed her sister to go to Mother's house. Mang Wawan and Bi Narti who originally stayed at his relatives' house, had to go home early when they got bad news from the surrounding residents.

To help his brother recover Sukma, Mang Wawan deliberately invited Ustaz Halim to his home. The ustaz frowned, finding a little girl breathing very weakly. He told Bu Inah to get him a glass of water. He recites the holy verses of the Qur'an in it, asking Allah for help so that the Sukma can be healed as usual.

Finished recited prayer, Ustaz Halim helped Bu Inah to drink water to the mouth of Sukma. Instead of receiving prayer water, the little girl's esophagus seemed to refuse to be treated. Many times Bu Inah tried to enter the prayer water using a spoon, his daughter's mouth spewed it back.

"O Allah, how is this Mr. Ustaz? Dedek kayak does not want to drink the water," said Bu Inah worried.

Ustaz Halim is out of his mind. He placed his hand on Sukma's forehead while reciting the ruqyah prayers. However, Sukma still did not react. His body temperature actually increased when the prayer was read by Ustaz Halim. The man shook his head weakly, like having trouble understanding the situation the little girl was going through.

"This ... how can the story of the child Mother be like this? So long I ruqyah people, just this time find a case that is difficult to cure," asked Ustaz Halim.

"So Dedek fought with his grandmother in the next village. I wanted to get hurt, but just look at Mr. Kades who suddenly bounced, I became afraid," explained Ms. Inah.

"His grandmother? Mr Risman's mother?" Ustaz Halim.

"Yes" replied Bu Inah and Mr. Risman together.

Ustaz Halim rubbed his face while he was privileged. "Look, tomorrow I'll call my teacher from Cirebon to come here. Hopefully he can help us to wake Dedek up."

"Tomorrow? What if Dedek can't be helped anymore?" ask Mom, I'm panicking.

"Just calm down, Mom. Actually Mother's daughter is fine, only her heartbeat weakens and is difficult to wake up. This has to be handled by the carom that my teacher has," explains Ustaz Halim.

"Oh, yeah. Mr. Ustaz, if you can immediately call your teacher. I'm really worried that Dedek can't get up" Risman said.

"I try, Sir. Hopefully my teacher has some free time, so he can come here soon," Mr. Ustaz said.

Mr. Risman wept at the words of Ustaz Halim. He truly regretted having belittled Abah's advice until his son became a victim of the violence of his sister and mother. While rubbing the youngest's head, Mr. Risman regretted all his stupidity during this time. Starting from his disbelief in the ability of Sukma, to make him fall ill due to his naivety to his own family.

"Dedek, I'm sorry, Dek. Because you are too naive, Dedek so this way. You are really sorry, Dek," said Mr. Risman sobbing.