Four boys stumble across a mystery in the sinister Gunpowder House near the River Ganges at Park Colony, Ishapore. The mystery deepens in the first week of April. Strange incidents follow, and it's up to the four to unravel what happens finally, and...
Next day, everything was full of activity. Anuraag and Siddharth had already arrived. We were discussing about various games, the online classes and just random stuff.
Uncle Roy, along with a policeman from the local police station and one of his colleague from the Archaeological Survey came at about 10. Uncle Roy has a quick chat with Dad, before meeting us.
Uncle Roy asks us-"Great job, the four of you! It was a pleasant surprise to know that you found something I couldn't during my research over here. I always had an apprehension that there are important historical artifacts and stuff hidden in and around the colony, and of course- The Gunpowder House. Now then, before you explain your story, I would like to have a look at the ring first."
We hand over the ever glowing ring to Uncle Roy. It takes him some time to register this surprise, before he asks us to explain about our little adventure.
"Tuhin, I'm impatient to hear about the entire adventure. Please go on.."
I take the lead in setting up the atmosphere and explaining the turn of events.
As soon as I mention the word "chit", Srijan jumps up and exclaims-
"But Dada that was just a grocery bill!"
"Not just an ordinary bill...It had lines and numberings all over it. It took me some time to deduce it, but I finally succeeded. Have a look."- I pause, showing the chit to Uncle Roy.
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"Those three numbers 50, 30 and 50," pointing to the three numbers, "actually represent the approximate footsteps denoting the distances from the annex to the three gates. That cross probably means the gate is locked. That rectangular block is basically the annex."
"And where exactly did you find it?"- Uncle Roy asks.
"During our second encounter, I saw a torch light hovering over the upper portions of the annex. Next day, I took multiple photographs of the annex from various angles. I had a hunch that there was something fishy about the annex.
Think about it. After all, when there are poisonous snakes around, and you don't want to come across one of them, you should probably use the torch to check the ground near you.
So while I was scrolling through the photographs, one of them caught my attention." – And then I show the photographs.
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