The Winter Promise

Chapter 60: The New Leptop.

The holiday was over, and we went back to school. As Maul once promised, today I, Riki, and Maul want to go to Mangga Dua to buy a new laptop for me. Coincidentally the road from my school to Mangga Dua is not too far away, only two bus stops.

“What kind of laptop do you want to buy Mar?”

Ask Maul to me.

We are currently in Mangga Dua and want to go to the computer store that is there. There are so many computer stores here, I am confused where to go.

“Whatever it is important is strong to use multimedia applications and can also make play the game.”

“How about you buy a gaming laptop?”

Gaming laptops? I've heard and seen that once in an ad on my phone, it seems quite interesting.

“Can only, I want to see it first.”

Maul also directly led us to a store that sells gaming laptops are quite famous. From the appearance of the store it has been seen that this store sells gaming equipment.

“This shop is so cool.”

The display of the store was deliberately made dark with green lights that adorn the entire room. And also in the store there is a computer with a CPU that lights up and has a rainbow-like color, we usually call it RGB.

“See-look first.”

I went around the store to see the laptops being sold there.

Actually I'm not that much of a problem with the prices listed there, as there are several laptops I can buy with my money at the moment. But I don't like the weight of the leptop. I think the laptop is too heavy if I want to take it everywhere, if not take it anywhere mingantan I assemble the computer

just.

“It looks like there is no laptop I want to buy here.”

I approached Maul and Riki who were trying to play a game on the computer that was there.

“Is there a store you want to go to?”

“I don't really understand computer problems, so I don't have any recommendations at all.”

“Laptop what do you want?”

Maul immediately stopped playing his game, while Riki was still focused on the game he was playing.

“Whatever is important is not heavy. Because the laptop will probably often be brought when I go to school. Our school books alone are heavy especially if added with a laptop.”

In addition, I also thought about my journey from home to school which was quite far away. Sometimes also when in Transjakarta I have to stand because I do not get a seat. If it continues like this, my growth may be disrupted because of the heavy burden that I often carry.

“How about we look for it while just walking around? It was easier than discussing it here.”

“That's a good idea Rik.”

Maul agreed with Riki's proposal and we started going around looking for the laptop I wanted. We also entered every store that sells laptops there, from those that are quite high prices to those that are very affordable, but there is no laptop that can attract my attention.

“What among the shops was there nothing that caught your attention Mar?”

Maul seems to be tired of walking around this mall.

“I already have some laptops that I want to buy earlier, but somehow it doesn't feel right. There is something stuck when you want to buy it.”

“This is the last store loh.”

Maul said as she entered the shop.

When I was in the store, I found a laptop that was to my liking. The decent specifications to lift multimedia applications and play games, besides that this laptop is also lightweight to carry everywhere moreover the price is not so high makes me interested in buying it.

“What do you think of this laptop?”

I asked the opinion of Maul, because between the three of us only Maul only understands this problem.

“I guess this is no problem.”

Maul also saw the specifications listed next to the laptop.

“Then I decided to buy this one.”

I finally got the laptop I wanted. Although the specifications are not the same as the gaming laptop shown by Maul but at least this laptop is still able to play games and do my work, besides that there is still a lot of money left for me as well.

“Oh yes, later we stop by the place to eat first yes. I'll treat you guys, just think of this as the payment for accompanying me.”

I said to Maul and Riki who were still looking at the laptop there.

“Asik! Rarely have I been treated like this by Amar.”

Riki looks really happy.

“It just so happens I'm hungry too.”

After completing the payment, we immediately went to the restaurant in the mall. I also let them order food as they please, because the money left over from buying laptops is still a lot, so I'm not too worried about the cost I spend on buying them.

“What is the amount of money you get from working with Mr Febri Mar?”

Riki was astonished by the money I had.

“Actually lately I've been working on all the projects of Mr. Febri's old one and he took on a new project.”

“You should be surprised by Mr. Febri who gave all his work to Amar. For one

teacher and homeroom teacher, he's too good.”

Maul said while playing her cell phone.

“I think that's what Mr. Febri's attitude is. I think he just wants to play the game, because he once told me that he was actually the one who did something in the mood he was getting, if he is not interested in doing his job then he will give the job to others.”

“If only I had gotten such a teacher.”

Now Maul complains about it even though the work he does pays more than my job.

“Of course your money is still less than what you were doing back then?”

Ask him.

“The work I'm working on is expensive, but it's not as often as you get a job, maybe one project that has a big payment I only get it once a year.”

Heee... So like that, it's appropriate that he always complained about work to me.

“I also want to earn my own income.”

Now Riki is complaining about it.

“Just relax, Rik, I'll give you some of my work if you're done with O2SN. For now you just focus on your training.”

“Good.”

“You two, there's something I want to show you.”

Maul put her phone in the middle of the table in front of us.

“I know what you want to do, surely you want to show the ability to hack from the application that you had made at that time right?”

“True once.”

Maul pressed the button on her phone screen and suddenly at the computer store not far in front of us, all the computer screens that were on turned into Japanese cartoons.

“Is that what you did?”

I said to Maul after seeing that.

“Of course, who else if not me.”

“Why should Japanese cartoons?”

Rather than commenting on it, I think you should be amazed by the ability of the application Rik.

“You mean anime? Because on my phone there is only anime that I can show there.”

“What is the difference between a cartoon and an anime?”

I asked Maul because Maul corrected Riki's speech.

“Nothing is different, perhaps because the Japanese are too difficult to mention cartoons so he calls it anime as an abbreviation of *a*nimation.”

So that's the history.

“I'm impressed with it Mul.”

I also commend his success.

“Is there anything you can do again with that tool Mul?”

Ask Riki to Maul.

“What song do you want to hear?”

Maul asked Riki.

“Looks DJ Alan Flashlight.”

“Good.”

Then Maul was a little fiddling with the phone he was holding and suddenly inside the mall heard a song from DJ Alan Flashlight like what RIki wanted.

“Woah is great you Mul.”

“Iya, it's very great.”

“Everything inside this mall is already in my control.”

Maul was a little bragging to us about it.

“Is it that fast to do one mal hack?”

“No, it actually took quite a long time to be able to control this one mall, because you have to find where the computer that controls all the systems in this mall. But I did that when we just got into this mall, I let it hack all the network systems in this mall while we're looking around for your laptop. That's why I created this program, to make it easier for me to do hacking.”

Maul explained that in detail to us.

Actually I don't know what he's explaining but at least I understand it's great.

We finished our food and went home. While I was in Transjakarta, I heard that there were two people who were telling me about the kidnapping that was going on around here.

“It turns out that there are many cases of kidnapping, yesterday my mother always warned Rama not to play far away and communicate with people she does not know.”

Riki had found out, too, meaning that something like this was no longer a secret, but I had to confirm it to Maul first.

“Does this have anything to do with the case you said back then?”

“That's.”

“What are you two talking about? Case?”

Riki who did not participate in the conversation at that time became confused by what we were talking about.

“Currently in Jakarta is not safe and we have to be careful.”

There is no way I can explain this to Riki in Transjakarta, too many people can listen to our conversation.

“I should see in the newspaper that most cases of kidnapping are in Central, West, and North Jakarta.”

So it's increasing again... Yesterday I only read that Central and West Jakarta are prone to this.

I thought for a moment about it too.

“Means our school also includes abduction prone area huh?”

“Yup, you're right Rik.”

“Then why from the school has no appeal to the students? Usually if there is something like this, the school immediately gives a warning to his student when he returns home from school.”

“Maybe so that his students are not too worried about this and also a kidnapping like this is not something that can be done anywhere.”

“What do you mean Mar?”

“So like this Rik, the kidnapping is not something that can be done in a place that many people there, after all we now live in Jakarta, a crowded and densely populated place. It is very difficult to do such a thing especially in the afternoon.”

“What Amar said is true, they have to wait for the right time to do just that.”

Maul agreed with what I said.

“Then why so many cases of kidnapping today if doing that in Jakarta is very difficult.”

“I don't know, but I feel that this kidnapping is not just because of a regular kidnapping.”

“What else is Mar?”

I looked around me and there were some people who had been watching our conversation.

“This place is not a good place to talk about something like this.”

With all the evidence and facts already gathered, maybe my conclusion back then could have been true, but I can't say right now because of the large number of people who were here. Maybe one of them was involved in the kidnapping.

“Aarkh! I'm not satisfied with your answer, if you don't tell me I can't sleep peacefully tonight.”

Riki was also annoyed by this.

“Then just stop by my house first.”

***

“So what did you want to talk about earlier on the bus?”

Riki instantly charged my answer when we just got to my house.

“This is just my opinion, maybe the current kidnapping has something to do with human trafficking that is rife as well.”

“Human trafficking!? Is there such a thing in Indonesia?”

The surprised expression of Riki was almost as much as me when hearing this from Maul.

“At first I was just as surprised as you were when I heard about human trafficking in Indonesia.”

“Can you explain to me what you mean Mar?”

Maul was curious about what I said just now.

“I feel that the kidnapped people will definitely be sold in that market, because people know that there is a place to sell humans in Indonesia, that's also why kidnappings are increasing, and also why until now there has not been a single police force that can reveal it, this has to do with those who ask Maul to handle this.”

“No need to convoluted Mar, just tell me what you want to say.”

“True Mar, I'm also confused by what you said just now.”

Maul and Riki protested to me.

“I thought that one of the police officers was bribed by someone who was running this human trafficking so that their case would never be resolved. Because it makes no sense if there are experts in the police force no one can track where the location where the transaction took place and solve the case.”

“That makes sense.”

Maul started thinking something.

“That's why they gave this task to Maul, because Maul is arguably a person who has nothing to do with the police force and is unlikely to be bribed. Maul can also solve this without being noticed from the police member himself.”

“It is fitting that my father never spoke much if I inquired about this case.”

“Possibly no one wants to move to solve this case because the person who was bribed has a high position in the police.”

“Then how to solve this case?”

Riki was curious about it.

“That's an easy thing.”

I say to those who make them more curious.

“There must be someone who has nothing to do with the police to solve this case, or no one who works in the police makes a special force secretly containing people who he believes they are not bribed and quell the case without the knowledge of the people who exist in his office.”

“Whatever it can be?”

Ask Maul to me.

“Entailah, but I think your father has thought about it too. Because that's the only way this case can be solved.”

“Why any member of the police can be bribed like that!”

Riki looked really upset.

“In this world not everyone can resist temptation, let alone money. I think the money given is also quite large so he is able to do things like this.”

Yep... Besides love, money is a scary thing, but love is much scarier than money, because money can still be defeated with love. How many people give up money and throw away money just to get love. Well... Love is scary.

the End Chapter 60