The Three Chosen
187. Victim Again ?
A young man seemed to be walking quickly while occasionally looking back. It seems that he is avoiding the pursuit of someone. The step of the young man named Gavin was stopped when he arrived at the end of the road which turned out to be a dead end alley.
“ Duh, run where else...,” murmured Gavin panicked while looking to the right and to the left.
Behind Gavin came the sound of heavy footsteps like a dragged step as if the owner of the foot was unable to support his own weight.
“Sreekkk..., sreekkk..., sreekkk.....”.
Gavin's body trembled with fear. So afraid Gavin did not realize if his pants were wet because of his own pee water that seeped out. Meanwhile, the sound of footsteps stopped and could no longer be heard. But instead there was a stench that burst right behind Gavin's head.
Gavin ventured to look to check what smell had disturbed his sense of smell. Gavin's head slowly turned to look for the source of the smell. When Gavin's head turned he was surprised to see a pale smiling face with his tongue sticking out.
“ How is Gavin..?” greet the ghost with a smile.
Hearing the greeting, Gavin screamed loudly. Suddenly a rope circled his neck. The rope tightly tied Gavin's neck until he looked hard to breathe. Gavin tried to untie the rope that was out of nowhere but failed. After that, the rope pulled Gavin's neck upwards. There was the sound of bones crunching together with Gavin's body hanging. No screams or sounds
moans. Gavin died hanging with his tongue out and his eyes wide.
\=====
Al azhar campus was quiet that afternoon. Iyaz and Rocki appear to walk side by side towards the campus courtyard. They met other students and greeted each other. Their steps came to a halt when a hijab-wearing girl accidentally bumped into Iyaz.
“ Oh sorry...,” said the girl while cupping both her palms in front of her chest.
“ Gapapa, be careful on the road. Here's your book...,” says Iyaz while handing over the girl's book.
“ Thank you...,” said the girl with a smile.
Seeing the girl's smile made Iyaz interested and wanted to get to know her more closely. Iyaz introduced himself.
“ I Yes, this is Rocki, and you.?” ask Iyaz.
“ I Indiara...,” sahut Indiara.
“ Good name as good as the person..,” praise Rocki to make Indiara shy.
“ Alhamdulillah..,” sahut Indiara.
“ Your Reliability from Asia. I am from Indonesia..” said Iyaz again.
“ Oh yes, I am from Malaysia. Apparently We are cognate yes..,” sahut Indiara enthusiastically.
“ Keep I dicuekin deh..,” syndied Rocki to make Indiara and Iyaz laugh.
“ No one nyuekin You kok..,” said Indiara.
“ Oh yes earlier look like you are in a hurry, what is it.?” ask Rocki.
“ Astagfhfirullah aladzim, I forgot. Good thing you took me. Then I went to the administration first. Assalamualaikum..,” saying Indiara as it passes.
Iyaz let go of Indiara with a smile. In my heart, Iyaz was happy to know the girl he had observed for a long time.
“ Yes tau...,” said Iyaz while turning his body towards the campus gate.
“ Ck, habits deh. If it's done business, I'll be left behind..,” said Rocki annoyed.
“ Sorry Bro. I have to report to my family. They promised to contact me this afternoon.” said Iyaz while waving his hand.
\=====
Iyaz also entered the boarding house with calm steps. But before entering the house, Iyaz saw the appearance of a male ghost figure in an alley not far from the boarding house he occupied. Iyaz let out a long sigh as it was impossible to ignore the ghostly figure.
“ Why stand there...?” ask Iyaz.
The ghost of the man who was none other than Gavin did not answer the question of Iyaz. He just pointed towards the dead-end alley where his body hung. Iyaz rushed to the alley where Gavin's ghost was. And Iyaz saw that there were already many citizens who crowded there.
Iyaz approached the crowd to see what was happening. Iyaz was stunned for a moment when he saw Gavin's body hanging horribly on an iron pole protruding from one of the walls of the house.
Shortly afterwards some Hospital officers and police came to the place.Citizens who crowded near Gavin's body were asked to stay away. Then police installed police lines around the site while Hospital officials were seen trying to remove Gavin's body.
Gavin's ghost looked sadly at his stiff body. Seeing that, Iyaz guessed that Gavin died not by suicide but by being killed. But Iyaz doesn't yet know who killed Gavin and hung him in that dead-end alley.
\=====
The news of Gavin's death quickly spread and made the neighborhood of the house of Iyaz visited by many journalists. The reporters who came to cover it also interviewed residents living around the CTF including students.
Not yet relieved by the news of Gavin's death, suddenly residents and journalists were shocked by the deaths of other residents around their home environment. Like Gavin, the condition of residents who were the same age as Gavin was also sad that he died hanging with a frothy mouth and eyes swerving upwards.
The victim, Urai, is a man who works in the same factory as Gavin. Urai has just broken up with her boyfriend. It seems that Urai was very depressed when the lover broke off their relationship that had been going on for two years.
The reason the lover broke the relationship because Urai did not also give certainty about their relationship. The parents of Urai's lover continue to insist that her daughter get married soon. If Urai does not give an answer about the certainty of their relationship, then the girl will be betrothed to the girl's parent's choice.
After her relationship with her ex-lover ended, Urai looks moody. He even got sick for a few days because of his depression. Especially when he heard that his ex-lover was preparing for marriage with the man his parents chose.
When he met his former lover, Urai asked to confirm the news he heard. With a heavy heart, Urai's ex-lover agreed to Urai's question and it hit Urai.
“ Why is it so fast that love is gone from your heart. Though we just broke up but you were lightning fast preparing for marriage with another man. Seeing you like this I doubt if you really loved me all this time.” Urai said sarcastically.
“ I don't care what's on your mind. Even if I told you I still love you, I'm sure you wouldn't believe it. This happened because you never took our relationship seriously. If you are firm and immediately give an answer, Dad will definitely understand..” said Urai's former lover.
Urai was silent at the reply of his former lover. Urai kept quiet and broke down for a few days
his body was found hanging lifelessly in his room. Urai is suspected of committing suicide due to depression.
“ What is this. How in a day there are two people killing themselves in the same way anyway.” said one resident.
“ Yes, weird. Moreover, Gavin and Urai are friends in the same factory. Don't-don't...,” citizen's speech was interrupted when the police came with the medics.
Then the residents who crowded in front of Urai's house pulled over to make way for the police and medics to carry out their duties.
\=====