(10. Leonardo)

The BLUE SAPPHIRE

(10. Leonardo)

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The next day. Janu is already at The King Hunter Museum, which now leaves only the ruins. Early in the morning, Janu came to the location to unravel the mystery of the cause of the explosion that devastated the place.

Janu was quite surprised because in fact he was not the first person there, but there was already a young man, wearing a brown coat with accents of books on his neck, who preceded him. A little annoyed and furious, but Janu tried to suppress his emotions, with a cool head.

Janu can see. The young man's gaze was shady, directed entirely to the ruins of the shapeless building of The King Hunter Museum. However, Janu did not know what the young man was thinking. Because he is not a fortune teller or kuyang, who can read human minds.

Janu swung her leg slowly. Tread every debris wake with great care. Approaching the young man to answer his curiosity. What kind of person, so early in the morning, is it forbidden to go to now?

"Hey, you!" Janu greeted him while raising her guard against strangers. His tone was rather high, because this was the first time he saw this young man. He behaved naturally, as someone who has been in the criminal world for a long time.

Janu's call, awakened the young man from his long reverie. He turned around and showed no expression, other than frowning because he didn't expect another person to arrive.

"Hey, you! What are you doing in this place? People who are not interested, are prohibited from coming to this place!" Janu reprimanded him quite harshly. Give a warning to the young man to stay away from The King Hunter Museum.

"Sorry, but leave me here." At that moment, he reached into his coat pocket. Takes out a rectangular, thin, white object, which has several words engraved on it.

"This is my business card." He hurriedly handed the object to Janu. As an introduction. So he thought.

Janu accepted the credit card-like object. However, their function is clearly different. He read every word that was written there with great care. Next, dropped a sharp gaze onto the young man. He looked at her from head to toe.

Even though he looks like a good person, but Janu has to be careful. Moreover, the location where he was standing now, had just experienced a major incident which had injured many people. Until now, they are still undergoing treatment at the hospital.

"So your name is Leonardo Osmond. Age twenty-seven. A graduate student. Live in the Cucumber District?" Janu frowned, her eyebrows rising at the same time. Staring intently at the young man named Leonardo Osmond.

"Yes. My name is Leonardo Osmond. Graduate student. At the Sky Blue City music academy. Moi lives in the Cucumber District. Five hundred kilometers southwest of this place." The young man introduced his identity again, so that the other person he was talking to now believed.

"Then what business do you have in coming to this place? Meanwhile, you can see for yourself. This place has been cordoned off, which means it's no go, except for the authorities! Without permission, you can't be here!" Janu insisted, without lowering his guard against Leonardo in the least.

Janu glared at Leonardo, as if the graduate student was a criminal to be suspected of. Yes, this is natural, because until now the identity of the mastermind behind the bombing of The King Hunter Museum has not been identified.

Janu's explanation and vigilance were also well received by Leonardo. That's why, he came early in the morning, to avoid the officers. However, who would have thought, it turns out that he was still caught too.

"Actually, I came to this place solely for sightseeing and also, I have a task that needs to be completed."

"What task is that?" reproached Janu, unable to fully believe Leonardo's words.

"Moi won't tell anyone! Even if you, a policeman, I won't tell it. Sorry!" insisted Leonardo, no less stubborn than Janu. Yes, at least as a form of defense against strangers, whom he meets for the first time.

Leonardo also asked for his name card back. He felt that the information he gave was quite clear and could be accounted for, if the young man he was talking to wanted to prove the truth about his identity legally in this country.

Janu was speechless. Stuck, unable to move. It was highly improbable, he had told Leonardo, the reason he had come to the scene of the crime so early in the morning.

"Then I'll go first. It seems you have more interest in this place. It's best if I don't interfere with your work, Mr Policeman."

Leonardo regarded Janu as the person in authority here. Remember, the place is fitted with a police line. In other words, the other person was a police officer or something.

"Hey, wait!"

Leonardo stopped his steps, when his position was three steps from where Janu was standing. He turned around, so that his and Janu's gazes met in a straight line.

"Yes, do you still want to check my identity? If you are curious, then you can come to my apartment. There! I just moved to this city. So, you can check where I live, as proof. How?"

Leonardo pointed at the skyscraper at the far end, which looked not far from The King Hunter Museum, but if taken by car, it would take about fifteen minutes.

Instead of answering, Janu felt awkward. It seemed that the sentence he wanted to convey to Leonardo was shattered. Going from his head somewhere, so he forgot what he wanted to say earlier.

"No way. You, can leave now. Better not come to this place again or you will get into trouble later. Got that?"

Not meant to be gentle to people he just met. Janu, only felt compelled to give a warning, so there would be no regrets or problems at a later time.

"All right. Thank you for the warning, Mr. Police. I'll be going then. Excuse me."

After saying that, Leonardo immediately walked away from that location. Even if he didn't get what he wanted, at least he managed to meet the person he wanted to meet.

Janu kept looking at the young man's wide back. Make sure first, if Leonardo really left this forbidden place.

After the car driven by Leonardo left, then Janu breathed a sigh of relief. At least, only he saw the young man. If only someone else had scooped him up, the problems would have been much different.

Janu was finally doing the job as it should. Even so, her thoughts were still on Leonardo. The young man he had been chatting with a few minutes ago.

"Graduate Student? Why, Moi is suspicious of his identity? What is this, Janu?"

Between investigations, Janu kept muttering, thinking back to the brief conversation he had with Leonardo. Even though it only lasts a few minutes, the impression you get is hard to forget. It's like a long-standing bond. However, it feels foreign and vague.

'What is this feeling? Why is this feeling coming? What is this sign?' he thought.

For some reason, his heart and mind seemed to be in a struggle. Like two swords fighting each other. As a result, breaking his concentration in this investigation.

***

Meanwhile, separately. Leonardo also grinned while staring intently at the street in front of his eyes.

It's the same with Janu. Leonardo was still thinking about the moment he met the young man. The famous detective, the pride of Sky Blue City.

"That's enough for today, Detective. We'll see you another time. I hope you haven't forgotten me when we meet again."

Leonardo laughed triumphantly.