Nyai Gede Pangandaran, Segerwati, and the Sacred Fan of Time-Splitting
Nagini: "Suro, in which world are you? I couldn't find you."
Suro grinned mischievously.
Nagini: "I wandered into a strange world searching for you."
Suro, Dewa Arak and Nyai Kendit Pitu all laughed.
Nagini: "Why are you laughing?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Your master forgot to tell you the proper way to use that stone."
Nagini: "Isn't it simply by imagining the place you want to go?"
Dewa Arak: "It's more than that, Nagini."
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "The Time-Splitting Stone comes in a pair, Nagini."
Dewa Arak: "Besides imagining your destination…"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "…you must also synchronize the energy of the Stone you hold with the one Suro carries."
Nagini: "How?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Follow the stone's vibration, and you'll arrive where Suro is."
Dewa Arak: "Just like how Suro found you."
Nagini: "Yes, the stone I held suddenly vibrated without me picturing any place at all."
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "And what did you see?"
Nagini: "Suddenly, I saw all of you."
Suro grinned again.
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "I saw the disciple of Nyai Gede Pangandaran was with you."
Nagini's eyes widened.
Nagini: "What do you mean, Nyai?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "The woman in black, handcuffed, escorted by two officers."
Dewa Arak: "And injured inside."
Nagini: "Mariana?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu nodded.
Nagini: "A disciple of Nyai Gede Pangandaran?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Indeed."
Nagini: "And the disciple's name?"
Suro: "Segerwati Setyorini."
Nagini frowned.
Nagini: "You remember her name, Suro?"
Suro grinned again.
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "You injured her internally, Nagini?"
Nagini shook her head.
Dewa Arak: "In the modern world, no one could defeat her except you, Nagini."
Nagini: "It wasn't me who defeated Mariana. It was Tina—with an electric stun weapon she built herself."
Dewa Arak, Nyai Kendit Pitu, and Suro exchanged glances.
Nagini: "Why couldn't I recognize Mariana as the disciple of Nyai Gede Pangandaran?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Segerwati couldn't recognize you either."
Nagini: "How is that possible?"
Suro: "The clothes you wore, Nagini."
Dewa Arak: "You both wore modern clothing. That's why you didn't recognize each other."
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "But when you changed into your red outfit and opened the Time Portal, Segerwati recognized you instantly."
Nagini shook her head.
Nagini: "How did she come to the future? Does she have a Time-Splitting Stone?"
Dewa Arak: "Nyai Gede Pangandaran possesses the Sacred Fan of Time-Splitting."
Nagini: "So Mariana's fan?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Yes! That is the Sacred Fan of Time-Splitting."
Nagini: "So Mariana—or Segerwati—can return at any time?"
Dewa Arak : "Of course, Nagini."
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "In fact, Segerwati's martial arts are not below Suro's."
Nagini was startled.
Nagini: "But hasn't Suro roamed the martial world for years, renowned everywhere?"
Dewa Arak drank from his wine gourd.
Dewa Arak: "Your martial arts now are also not below Suro's, Nagini."
Nagini smiled.
Nyai Kendit Pitu: "Your skills are evenly matched with Segerwati's…"
Nagini: "Wasn't Segerwati also famous in the martial world?"
Suro: "Yes! Her title is the 'Fiery Fan Heroine.'"
Nagini blushed.
Nagini: "You always get excited when talking about Segerwati, Suro."
Suro just grinned.
The River-Seven Wine God: "And you, Nagini, have your own title in the martial world."
Nagini looked at her master.
Suro: "Your title is the 'Ice Needle Heroine.'"
Nagini laughed in amusement.
Nagini: "I have a title?"
Nyai Kendit Pitu, Dewa Arak ,and Suro Gebleg exchanged glances and laughed together.
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Sawitri Practicing Martial Arts
Meanwhile, at Jono's rented house.
Jono: "Strange, it feels hot today, doesn't it, Buk?"
Marni: "True, Pak! It's hot!"
Jono sipped his coffee on the table.
Jono: "Do you think it's going to rain, Buk?"
Marni: "Impossible, Pak! There's not even a cloud."
Meanwhile, in the bedroom—
Sawitri was practicing the moves taught to her by Mariana. Out of the eight moves, she had already memorized three.
That was what made the air in Jono's rented house feel so hot.
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Encouraging Burhan
Tina: "Don't be sad, Burhan."
Tono and Rudin put their arms around Burhan, leading him into the building.
Tina followed from behind.
Meanwhile, the handcuffed security guards sat with their heads down under the aim of Densus 88 and the KPK team's weapons.
The four of them sat in the living room.
Tina: "Nagini has a point."
Tono: "Nagini traveled through time—500 years."
Rudin: "If she were still in this era, maybe Nagini would be my great-great-grandmother."
Tina: "That's true."
Burhan: "Are you all defending Nagini?"
Tono, Rudin, and Tina exchanged glances and laughed.
Tono: "Burhan, try to think logically…"
Rudin: "Nagini isn't from this time."
Tina: "You've seen with your own eyes how Nagini opened a time portal."
Tono: "Her reason for not wanting to be with you makes perfect sense."
Tina: "One of us could be her grandchild."
Rudin: "It could be me, it could be Tina, it could be Tono, or it could even be you, Burhan."
Tina: "Would you want to marry your own grandmother?"
Tono and Rudin laughed.
Burhan shook his head in disbelief, seemingly unable to accept the truth.
Tina: "Nagini has already gone back to where she came from."
Tono: "Burhan, get back to being the great detective you were."
Burhan looked at Tono.
Rudin: "Come on, Burhan! You'll find Nagini again in this era."
Burhan shook his head, sadness on his face.
A moment of silence.
Tina: "Do you hear that? A helicopter?"
Tono: "That's our ride!"
Rudin: "Let's get ready to go home!"
Tono, Rudin, Burhan, and Tina stepped out of the building.
The officers immediately escorted the security guards into the helicopter.
Giman's eyes filled Chapter 45: The Sacred Fan of Time-Splitting tears. He whispered to Paimin—
Giman: "I finally get to ride in a helicopter."
The End
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