THE SUNAN BODYGUARD

episode 3f: Learning from Mosquitoes

Rejo and the people rose from the ground.

"Is anyone hurt?"

Rejo looked around.

Nobody's all answering.

Everyone's faces pias pias pias pias, because of the overwhelming fear.

Rejo invites approaching the body.

People found a headless body, a body with a shattered head. None of the bodies of the hermit and the swordsman were intact.

"Mom-father, let's take care of the bodies of these warriors and Rishis," asked Rejo, as he began to gather the pieces of the bodies.

People, in fear, go along with picking up limbs.

Who came to the edge of the pool more and more, because listening to the sound of the bang earlier. They follow along to help collect body parts that are scattered and everywhere it is.

On the advice of them, finally the piece of the body, will be diaben (cremated, red) on the site only.

Rejo immediately edged away.

One pedanda presides over this ceremony of the aben.

Some others try to find wood used in the base to make the bodies are not intact.

Rejo chose to sit across the pond.

He only observed until the aben uparaca was finished.

The ash from the bodies of these warriors and sages, finally stung in the pond.

They only sprinkle from the side of the pool lip.

Indeed, some are still afraid of further explosions, because the ash from the warriors was stung in Segaran pond.

In fact, nothing happened.

Rejo feels tickled.

And this procession of aben takes almost all day.

By nightfall, it's all done.

All the people went back to their homes.

Night came, the pool was full of no one at all.

Only Rejo sat relaxing under the waru tree. Observing pool.

No one dared to come near. The pool devoted to this king's daughter, suddenly gripping and frightening.

The event of a powerful explosion that caused the death of dozens of hermits and warriors, enough to be a scourge in the minds of residents, about the pool of Freshan. Many scary fantasies appear in every citizen's mind. They believe Segaran pond full of luck, inhabited by king dedemit who is ready to kill anyone.

This makes the residents reluctant to approach the Fresh Pool again. They burned incense every morning and evening on the lips of the pond. When the sun had sunk, no one dared to cross around the Fresh Pool.

Only Rejo sat around the lip of the pond. Every day, he tries to find a way, how to conquer the coconut fruit that turns out to have that terrible energy.

Five converts who became students of Syech Jumadil Kubro were ordered to always monitor what Rejo did around the pond.

"Just sit there pensively" said the convert.

"Did he do nothing?"

"No Kanjeng Shech."

"In these few days just sit around?"

"Yes, Kanjeng Syech. Perhaps the young man was a bit shaken after the death of dozens of hermits and warriors."

"It could be, but it's a very small possibility. Tell you what, tomorrow, please deliver one of these ledges to Rejo. Tell me, the key is in one of these ledges. That's it" said Kanjeng Syech.

It is true, the next day, when Rejo was still busy wiridan after dluha prayers. He was visited by a convert.

"Son, this is a broomstick. The key is here."

Not waiting for Rejo's answer, the convert immediately ran away.

Rejo smile.

Indeed, from the beginning Rejo was sure, that there was one of Kanjeng Syech who would continue to monitor him.

"I'm sure as sure as possible, this must be from Kanjeng Syech Jumadil Kubro. Matur nuwun Kanjeng Syech, I will try to find the answer."

Rejo thought hard, actually for what he was given this frail lidi. This lid must be broken, if used as a tool to lift coconuts that always emit bubbles.

Rejo continued to ponder.

This was done for days at the edge of the Fresh Pool. The difference is, now there is no more bustle of magic people who want to try greatness against the pool whose water is blue.

Rejo was alone.

The days that Rejo did were just holding and cradling the handouts of someone, who is believed to be the man of Kanjeng Syech Jumadil Kubro.

"This bidi giving, not far adrift with the explosion that killed dozens of hermits and warriors. It could have something to do with."

"I saw for myself, the death of the hermits, for they together exerted a great deal of strength in order to be smashed towards the bubbling coconuts."

"Then a great explosion occurred."

"And they died."

Rejo kept thinking and thinking. Even late into the night.

Mosquitoes also always plough Rejo's legs, hands, and body.

"Plaque... plaque!"

Rejo repeatedly slapped his own skin to kill the mosquito that bit him."

"Mosquitoes? A mosquito? Oh. so this is the whole point of giving this lid. Allah Akbar. It's amazing the science of Kanjeng Syech Jumadil Kubro" cried Rejo.

Rise from his seat, and prance like a child. But naturally, Rejo's age was still young.

Of course Rejo is very happy to find an answer on how to handle this bubble-causing coconut fruit.

"Thank you God, these mosquitoes are a valuable lesson."

Rejo bowed in gratitude first.

Rejo then looked for a seat that was sufficiently illuminated by moonlight. The mosquito bites his skin. Then, with his index finger, he tried to suppress the mosquito.

"This is the answer."

"Just like the death of hermits and warriors. They exert energy in simultaneously, meaning that it is not much different when I repel mosquitoes by patting the bitten skin. The sound of plaque when I patted the skin, was exactly the same as the sound of a great explosion when the energy in the hermit hit the surface of the water. So, if I put in the maximum to be hit to the surface of the water, of course only the explosion appears, but, not able to penetrate to the head of the fruit at the bottom of the pool."

"For that, Kanjeng Syech Jumadil Kubro taught me through this little lid. So, I had to exert a great inner strength, because the coconut fruit was full of energy from the hermit who was also the King of Majapahit. However, the shape must be very small, almost as small as this lidi. Like I repel mosquitoes with one finger. No sound of plaque. So, if I shoot coconuts at the bottom of the pond, of course with a power in a small, but full of energy. Of course it won't let out an explosion, and it's capable of penetrating the surface of the water."

"Thank you God, thank you Kanjeng Shech."

Rejo tried to gather the power inside at the end of his index finger, then shot towards the trunks of waru trees.

"Dus."

A little smoke appeared right at the point that Rejo shot. However, not able to cross the tree trunks waru.

"As long as the energy in this is not able to penetrate the stem of waru, certainly less strong to reach the coconut fruit at the bottom of the pond. Isn't the surface of the pond also filled with inner energy?"

"Son, you have to gather the energy in the coming from Wikramawardhana, which is the absorption of energy in red from the pool water," said Lirih Shech Jumadil Kubro, who was also involved in the research, who observed from afar what Rejo was doing.

"Why is my inner energy unable to penetrate the waru?"

Rejo then gathered the energy in his index finger again, then shot into the stone floor at the edge of the pool.

"She!"

The floor of the stone was hollow, with cracks on the edges. And the part that was exposed to the inner power, the stone shattered into sand.

"Meaning, this inner energy is actually enough to hollow out the trunks of waru trees. The proof, the stone this time translucent. So what's wrong? Why is it that the trunks of waru trees can't penetrate?"

Rejo started thinking deep enough.

Rejo then gathers his internal energy again, then shot into the trunk of a tree.

"Dus!"

The trunk of the tree can be hollow.

"Hm. So, the problem is with the wood, not the inner power."

Rejo then looked for the twigs of waru trees. It is cut into short pieces, then thrown right on the central surface of the bubble in the Fresh pond.

The waru branches seemed to gather and merge with the bubble. Exactly like a dried fruit that is energized in.

"This is proof that this waru tree, has the same aura as coconuts at the bottom of the pond. So, if I shoot deep energy towards the coconuts, of course it does not have any effect. It could be, I'm a wretch. I had to find a way how I could pierce through the trunks of waru trees. Thus, then I can fire a deep energy towards the coconuts at the bottom of the pond."

Rejo began to try various ways of deep exertion, even deep exertion that could emit fire from the nose and mouth of the legacy of the Swadaraya Rishis. However, his efforts still could not make the trunks of waru trees become hollow.

Rejo was indeed cautious for this last attempt. He did not want to rashly directly fire energy in the direction of the coconuts at the bottom of the pond. Rejo wanted to be sure, his inner power shot immediately had a positive impact.

For that, he needed days to find a way for his inner power to perforate the trunks of waru trees.