Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 85. Amazing Things Done by Kids Bag. 3
Joel, Michaela and the two other children came out of the bar. When he stepped his foot, Joel looked to the left side of the road. He really still couldn't believe that the red color on the street with the trash and plastic bottles there was the result of a fight.
‘I still hope this dream’ he said inwardly with a sad face
“Joel-ojichan, we're not leaving now? I want to eat!” Michaela pulled her sleeve while taking her away
“You're right. Let's go!. We better hurry so everyone can eat. Theo, you wait here. Don't forget to–”
Not done talking, Theo cut it off.
“Excuse anyone who comes! You should be included too, perverted uncle!” yelled Theo from inside
“That child is really not sweet at all! Mesum that's not a good sentence to say, you bad boy!” joel protested in a soft voice
Seeing the three children who were with him waiting, he decided to head to the city without a second thought. They walked down the road that would lead them to the road behind the altar.
Meanwhile, inside the bar, Theo and three other children were there.
“If you are tired, go back to the room and sleep” Theo said
“Then, how about Theo-niichan?”
Theo explained what he wanted to do to the children
“I will tidy up these chairs all as before and move the door wood and the rocks on the floor. If it can still, I want to try mopping the floor to remove the long and thick stains it”
“Then we will help!”
“Will be faster if we help Theo-niichan!”
“Are you not tired? You fought well today too. I just want to see this place is no more rundown than our home”
“No problem! We're doing just fine. Besides, after this we will eat together”
Just saying a cheerful thing excitedly, the little boy immediately turned sad again.
“I hope Stelani-neechan and Fabil-niichan are with us now”
“I am also so”
“I also hope they come back so we can eat together again as usual”
Theo who heard that didn't want to let them cry anymore. He quickly rubbed the heads of the two of the three children in front of him.
“Oi oi, I've tried to comfort you and hold myself back from being sad! They'll be back! Kino-nii will be back too!. You guys want to meet Kino-nii again right?”
“Mau! We want to meet with Kino-niichan again!”
“Really! We want to eat cake with her again like today!”
“Then don't make that face! I told you everything would be fine! Ryou-nii and Kaito-nii will also save the three of them. Arkan-nii and his friend also helped. Our job here is to always be together and take good care of ourselves until they come back and pray for them! That is the amazing and most important thing that kids like us” can do Theo said with a smile
He tried to give positive energy by saying all those things also showed a passionate attitude so that the three children were excited.
“Always together..”.
“Grooming yourself well..”
“And pray for them all..”
Theo nodded and smiled at them.
“Truely, that's what to do. Therefore do not cry again, understand?”
“We understand, Theo-niichan!” they answered simultaneously
Theo manages to get the boys excited again and they soon pick up the equipment behind to start cleaning.
On the way, Michaela and two other children go with Joel.
“Joel-ojichan, does your body hurt?” michaela asked while looking at him
“No, why ask so?”
“Theo-niichan was beating your body with a mop stick and it was pretty loud, right? Does it not hurt?”
“Ahahaha, of course not” it is an answer from Joel with a blushing smile
However, it was different from what he had in his heart.
‘Of course it hurts a lot! That brat really hit me hard. Good thing he didn't point that mop stick and hit the most important part of my life that showed that I was a real man. If it gets hit then I will lose everything!!. It was an asset, a treasure, an authentic proof that I was a tough man!. Until now, I am grateful that my assets are still intact!’
“Haa~thank God still fine” Joel sighed while stroking his chest with a feeling of relief
“What's still okay, perverted uncle?” ask a boy next to Michaela
“Eh?! You...call me what earlier, sweet boy?”
“Uncle pervert. Didn't Theo-niichan also call you that?”
Now Joel is confused between wanting to get angry or wanting to cry hearing it. He was kind and weak to children. Therefore, the impact of the word ‘mesum’ is enough to make the picture of him injured.
“Do not follow such untrue teachings! Call me Joel-ojichan like this sweet Michaela, ya”
Joel smiled strangely and tried to convince the boy not to drop his mentality any more than this.
“But Theo-niichan says–”
Before the little boy finished his sentence, Joel took out the last ‘flags’ weapon.
“If you obey and call me Joel-ojichan, then we will buy a cake that has cream on it”
“Joel-ojichan is good!!” the children shouted with pleasure and enthusiasm
Absolute victory for Joel. The main weapon to win the hearts of children is to give them what they like and want. He really knows the strategy in ‘war’ facing the type of child like the three of them.
Along the way Michaela and her two friends kept talking about the cake they wanted to eat.
Joel who was listening to it smiled, but in his mind he remembered all the explanations from Theo regarding the events in the bar. When the boys laughed, he looked serious.
‘This is not the time to think about bar renovation!. I know there's been something weird about my bar and Justin since last night. Nox who suddenly came to my house to resign and leave this town, and the report I received from Arkan this morning about the murder that happened at the bar last night. Who would have thought that it was only because Justin was not happy that there was a sword man without a sword sheath coming into his territory. It doesn't make sense!’
Michaela occasionally asks him to talk about the lunch menu they want to buy and what kind of clothes they want to wear. Joel just nodded as a sign he would buy it all and agreed with all the children's options.
But after that, Joel thought again.
‘In addition, the craziest thing was that he easily asked the black market manager to help him catch the man by swapping out Michaela and the other kids. One life was exchanged
with nine lives that's not fair! Two of them have been taken away by them and this problem is growing because it involves other people who are partners of the man Justin is looking for. Kaito, the name of the person Justin was looking for and the person he was fighting with. It's also possible that he killed Justin’
Broadly speaking, Theo's story can be concluded by Joel. Not much different from Arkan who wants to save the children, Joel also feels that Justin's actions are too cruel.
‘Although the big body is dead but if the black market manager does not know this and thinks Justin is still alive then these children will still be hunted. I also don't know if Arkan who is now trying to save them will succeed in bringing the kidnapped victims alive’ he thought inwardly
Michaela realizes Joel is making a serious, sinister face.
“Joel-ojichan, does your stomach hurt?”
“What? Me? Oh, naw. I'm fine, Michaela” Joel replied with a smile
For a while, Joel stopped thinking about the no-no and decided not to make a scary face that would make the children suspicious.
After they made it to the back of the altar, the first place Joel visited was to buy clothes first.
“Why don't we go to the food place? We are already hungry, Joel-ojichan” said one of the children while whining
“We can choose good clothes for you first so that later the food we buy is not cold. Isn't eating meat that has just been cooked and is still warm very tasty?”
The children were silent and looked at each other. They finally agreed. Joel takes them to a clothing store in the city.
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Inside a dark building, two large plastic bags were seen writhing. It was as if something was coming out from within.
SREEK
“Ugh, my stomach..” Fabil groaning in pain.
“Uhuk...uhuk..
“Stelani..you...you're okay?”
“I'm good. It's just that my left hand and left leg hurt once. I tried to hold my voice and tears when I was kicked and stomped. It was like a broken bone. Hiks...hiks...” Stelani starts to sound crying.
“Don't worry, Stelani. You're not the only one holding back pain and tears. The only thing that woke me up from a long sleep just now was a powerful kick and stomp. I thought after feeling that excruciating pain sensation, I would close my eyes forever”
“I do too. I thought we were gonna die. I don't remember anything. All happened so fast”
Stelani tried to get her left leg out of plastic slowly. While enduring the pain, Fabil also tried to crawl slowly.
The two who managed to get out of the big black plastic bag were finally able to breathe. They managed to get out by ripping off plastic parts with their hands and teeth. The good thing for them is that they are not tied up.
“What is this place?” Fabil asked while looking around
“I don't know. Can you stand up, Fabil?”
“Will I try”
Fabil tried to stand up slowly. At first he endured the pain in his stomach and hands, yet he was still able to stand up.
“I can still. Even if I feel pain in my right leg, at least I can still walk normally.” Fabil smiled as he gently stomped his foot four times
“Then help me stand up” Stelani raised her right hand
Fabil grabbed the girl's right hand and helped her stand up. Stelani's leg seemed to have bruised so it still hurts like a broken bone.
“What is your left leg okay? Is it still possible to run under such circumstances?” fabil asked with an anxious face
“I don't know, but it looks like it's going to be a little difficult. I think it should be helped like this” Stelani replied with pain
The two fell silent and tried to move towards the closed door.
Suddenly Fabil remembered something and turned frantic.
“Kino-niichan!! How about Kino-niichan?!”
“Ah! You right! We were with Kino-niichan when we were attacked!” Stelani panicked
They both tried to remember the incident before they were attacked. After taking pains to remember all the things that happened before arriving at this foreign place, the two children immediately turned into shock. In fact, Stelani's body which was helped to stand by Fabil became limp and again sat on the floor.
The girl's body trembled and her tears this time came out.
“Ah...Kino-niisan pierced..she got hurt–” Stelani's tears started flowing and the girl started crying.
Fabil who managed to remember everything also gave a reaction like Stelani.
“Women.there are women who stab Kino-niichan and strangle him. Her body was thrown and Kino-niichan was attacked again.
“Fabil, Kino-niisan..hiks...hiks...what about the fate of Kino-niisan?”
“Kh...” Fabil started to shed tears seeing Stelani cry
They finally remembered the woman who had come and attacked them, then there was a big man who was with the woman who beat them unconscious. All of this eventually came to be remembered, but it changed nothing.
“We have to get out of here and find out if Kino-niisan was also brought to this place or not!!” Stelani raised her voice
While crying, Stelani looks so desperate because she is worried about Kino. Fabil was not much different from him.
“Stelani, let's get out of here and look for clues regarding this place!”
“Mmm..” Stelani nodded
After deciding to come out, the two wiped away her tears first. Fabil again helped Stelani stand up and they walked slowly closer to the exit. Fabil tried to open the door.
“Eh? No...locked!!”
Both surprised. However, they did not open it wide.
Fabil who was supporting Stelani's body shifted behind the door. It was followed by Stelani. After that they opened it little by little. So even if the door is open and something is blocking them, neither of them will be right in front of the door and their position will be behind it. This is done as a form of self-protection since their physical condition is full of bruises and pain.
Stelani who was closer to the end of the door peeked a little.
“empty. No any”
“Alright, let's go!”
Both walked off. When they reached the corridor, there were several doors in front of them as well as behind them. In total there were four rooms with four doors including the first room they were in before.
Of course all those doors are suspicious and strange. Anyone who was in his current second situation would definitely think twice about checking it out.
“The doors are closed. How?” ask Fabil
“We don't have that much time to check. We start at the door in front of us. The door was closest to this room”
“Then, we go there and see what's in it”
Stelani and Fabil walked quietly and carefully. Although it looks lonely, but still the place is very suspicious.
They started talking while whispering.
“Too quiet. I'm afraid something is not right here” said Fabil with a serious face
“We don't have any weapons to protect ourselves. Now, we can only hope to be able to find a clue as to whether Kino-niisan is here or not”
Although Stelani answered so, she was actually scared right now. Without protection from anyone and anything, they must be able to find a way to stay safe.
Finally, they arrived at the door. Fabil ventured to open the door.
“What is this?! This door is also unlocked!!” Fabil looked shocked
“We don't have much time!. Open the door now, Fabil!” Stelani urges Fabil to open his door
As they opened the door, the first sight they saw was a thick red color with two heads on the table.
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