Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 16 Part 7 "Interrogation"

POV Muhamed

I drove the van back to the headquarters of the Jalan Darah motorcycle gang, which was in the forest on the slopes of the mountains away from the hustle and bustle of the city. During the trip, the terrorist we managed to catch woke up from his faint causing a little commotion in the back for a while until the commotion finally died down.

Arriving at the headquarters, Ilya and I got out of the car and opened the back door of the van. The Jalan Darah motorcycle gang members came out while pulling the terrorist out. There were several bruises on his face and he looked weak and helpless. Looks like the terrorist was beaten up badly during the commotion earlier.

The head of the Jalan Darah motorcycle gang walked ahead of us and unlocked the door, then the members of the Jalan Darah motorcycle gang forced the terrorist to walk into the house followed by me and Ilya.

The motorcycle gang members take the terrorist to the basement. Ilya and I followed a group of motorcycle gang members who led the terrorist and then saw the terrorist tied to a chair, his head highlighted by a lamp ready to be interrogated.

I saw him smiling cynically at me and Ilya. I clenched my fists because I was really fed up with all this then walked with Ilya to approach the terrorist. He still smiled cynically at us both then he greeted us.

"Ah, hello Muhamed, hello Ilya, it's been a long time since we met, huh?"

I was amazed by him who knew our names. I don't remember that I have met this person.

"Hello too, I remember who you are. The person who waited for us in that safe house and tried to trapped us there to be killed by SSE right? Your name is Henk if I remember correctly." answered Ilya.

Ah yes, I remember who he is. He is that middle-aged man, one of the person that Mr. Erwin trusted once who turns out to be a spy who watches over Mr. Erwin and his movements. This guy, seeing the sinister smile that he put on us made me want to hit his face as hard as possible.

"Yes. Heheh, you still remember who I was even though we only met once in a short time." Henk replied to us then he continued his words.

"So, why am I being arrested and tied on this chair as if I will be interrogated? I mean, you probably already know our plans and what we are going to do next from the Dekkers, those bastards, traitors of their own nation. What else do you want to know from me?" he asked us sarcastically.

"If you win, what will you do to us?" Ilya asked him.

"Oh, that. We will turn the Indonesians back into a docile nation so that we can squeeze their energy to work for us, while for you zand negers, we will take your freedom in the political field so that you will not disturb our interests anymore. Simple enough, right?" he replied to us still with a cynical tone.

"Why are you doing this? What have Indonesians ever done to you that made you have grudge against them?" Ilya asked him.

"Do you think the colonized are all good? Try to find out about Bersiap period. The time when the natives plundered and massacred Dutch citizens who were not soldiers, nor the governing people but just ordinary citizens trying to live their normal daily lives." he said to us giving his explanation then paused for a moment then continued his explanation again.

"Not only that, when the Japanese came here, those you defended put our people in Japanese concentration camps. My family lost their shop and their livelihood, my grandfather was imprisoned while my grandmother was raped. She was mentally disturbed until the end of her life because of that and it affected one of my parent's mental state. You Muslims often say that revenge is bad, but where's the proof? Why should my family, who are just ordinary citizens have to suffer for the act of some people who did bad to them?!" he asked us shouting.