Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 6 Part 5 "Chandra's Death"

POV Ilhan

We arrived at Ilya's dormitory. Mevrouw Sofia and I went inside while mr. Wisnu waited outside. she knocked on Ilya's door room.

"Broer Ilya, excuseer me, ik ben het, Sofia (Brother Ilya, excuse me, it is me, Sofia)."

"Yes, just a moment." Ilya unlocked the door to his room and opened it.

"Come in." he said to welcome us in.

"So, what are your search results?" he asked casually while sitting on the floor with us.

"I found this." I said to him, reaching into my sling bag and giving Chandra's smartphone to him.

"Where did you find this?"

"When you gave us the map of where mrs. Chandra smartphone had gone to when she was taken, the last time she was at the Hotel Savoy. The manager helped us to find the guests data files as well as footages of CCTV security videos including the room where mrs. Chandra and 3 other person came. The room that is rented is not rented not in the name of mrs. Chandra but in the name of Gerda van Lynden."

"Yes, about that when I checked the person whose name is Gerda van Lynden from the file that you sent using the incoming data flow from social media, telephone, sms, GPS, online vehicle applications, as well as online bookings for the hotel, the person whose name is Gerda van Lynden that stays in this city and booked the Hotel Savoy's room seems to look like one person who works in the police force she has many aliases because when I checked more inside the civil population data center lot of aliases. She has many fake identities in different places. Looks like this one police officer is not an ordinary police officer if she has a lot of fake identities that he can use to disguise himself everywhere."

"So, mrs. Chandra is dead, huh?" I said in a pessimistic tone, telling myself the worst possible thing that could have happened. Suddenly Ilya said something.

"Then if mrs. Chandra is dead, you will just be quiet like that and don't want to try to find where her body is?" I was stunned to hear his question.

"At least, if we find her body, she can rest in peace. Besides, that's just your assumption. We won't know until we find the answer. After all, I haven't checked mrs. Chandra's smartphone, right?" I nodded.

"Wait a minute, I will try to open mrs. Chandra's smartphone, this won't take long." he plugged the USB cable into his computer and set it up with Chandra's smartphone trying to hack the security system. It took several tens of minutes before it managed to open it.

"It's open. I checked the file inside and found this video." he said then showed us what was on his computer screen. The video has a strange title consisting of numbers and the video is filled with random voices, those numbers, are those codes?

"Regarding the title of the video, they are cipher codes. I already checked it and I got this coordinate, which if we enter it into Google Maps, it will lead us here." he said showing Google maps search results based on coordinates that he managed to find. The coordinates directed us to a cliff. Was Chandra killed or locked up there?

"If you want to find mrs. Chandra's whereabouts, it's good for you to invite me. I know that I look like a normal college student, but due to this situation, I insist that you invite me to look for mrs. Chandra for your preparation. If you need extra muscles to fight against any bastard waiting for us there."

"Wait a minute, we haven't seen the contents of the video."

"I checked the contents of the video. It's only a distorted voice that if you succeed in getting a clean version of it, it contains adult male voices around the same age as you say the Dutch proverb that says nood breekt wet (necessity does not know law). If you don't believe it, please see it for yourself." Ilya plays the video, just like he said, the contents of the video were only black screens containing distorted sounds in ehich clean version was the Dutch proverb he mentioned.

"Alright Ilya, come with us." I said to him. He immediately put on his jeans and Hoodie clothes and then we all came out of his room, went back to the car and went inside.

"Mr. Wisnu, go to this cliff, follow the direction of the google map."

"As you wish, mevrouw." he said then step on the gas.

"If you can, please drive as fast as possible, mr. Wisnu."

"Ja, mevrouw." In accordance with her request, it increased the speed of the car until it passed the speed limit in above the regulations. At least, no police were seen patrolling and even if there were cameras recording traffic violations, mr. Wisnu, who seemed to have memorized all the main streets in the city, immediately lowered the speed of the car that he was driving before passing through such a camera.

The car that mr. Wisnu was driving, entered a road that has not been covered by asphalt in which it led us to the cliff.

We all got out of the car then went around looking for Chandra, but there was no result until Ilya approached me.

"Mr. Wisnu had found a trail that leads to the edge of the cliff. I don't want to make assumptions, but according to mr. Ilhan, what size of shoes or footwears does mrs. Chandra use? Because according to mevrouw, the size is around 35, Indonesian foot size." Damn, damn, damn, damn! O Allah, is it true that Chandra jumped off a cliff?! Every time Chandra changes the model of shoes that she wears when I was still in college with her, that is the size that she wears!

My lips trembled along with my two hands covering my face. My tears, which I had been holding, finally came out of my cheeks and wet them.

Chandra, I'm sorry, I failed. I shouldn't have involved you. I thought our lives would be safe again as before, but if it ends like this, I will never offer you to help me from the start.

"Mr. Ilhan, I'm sorry." said mevrouw stroking my back followed by Ilya who held my shoulder trying to calm my sobs.

"Vrijheid of dood." said mr. Wisnu, I raised my head, looked at him with confusion due to his word.

"That is what happened to mrs. Chandra, right? She is dead but her death was the death of a martyr because she was died fighting for something right. She was free from the shackles of the world and certainly during the day of judgment, she automatically entered heaven." he said to me, he continued his sentence.

"Besides, mr. Ilhan, you know that people who die in martyrdom don't die but they are still alive right?" he asked, smiling at me

"Yeah, I remember about that, thanks."

"What we can do for now is just remembering the place where she was killed and giving her prayer for the dead. About the rest, mevrouw can write and make public statements about mrs. Chandra's death. Oh also, at the edge of the cliff. I found somekind of iron dog tag and on the back of the tag, it has a cipher code that is inscribed. Ilya has broken the code. The meaning of the code is je bent gewaarschuwd (you have been warned)."

I paused for a moment, thinking about whether I should just give up but I immediately ignored that thought. Chandra's sacrifice would only be a waste if I step down now. They declare war on me so I will answer them by giving them the war that they want.

"Then let it be. I will answer their challenge by continuing to search for evidence because I am also sure mrs. Chandra will not be willing to see me surrender and made her sacrifice in vain. After all, if I die I can meet mrs. Chandra again and about the lawyer who will defend sinjo Karim, don't worry mevrouw, there is already a person who is willing to continue this case. It is better for you to get into contact with him now, just in case if something bad befalls upon me too." I sent Lodewijk's contact to her then continued my sentence trying to convince mevrouw whose face was filled with sadness.

"Mevrouw, don't feel guilty. Vrijheid of dood."

"Ja, vrijheid of dood."

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* Play this song for the end of this chapter