Mr. Imo is a cloth trader in the market. Apart from trading, he was also a farmer. His trade was no different from other small traders, not much. He doesn't have a kiosk, he only sells his wares in a stall. He is a small merchant. But Mr. Imo's business always sells well. Buyers always flock to Mr. Imo's merchandise. Say, when Mr.Imo hasn't come yet, and potential buyers flock to other traders. As soon as Mr.Imo came, they moved to Mr.Imo's place. Is it because of his friendliness? Eh, Mr. Imo is a stingy smile, you know. Likewise with his rice fields, Mr.Imo is always lucky. The plants have never been attacked by pests. If the other fields are attacked by leafhoppers and the harvest fails, Mr.Imo's rice plants remain intact. No doubt, his family's economy is relatively better than people of the same profession.
Such a thing raises suspicion. Someone say that Mr. Imo keeps a devil to help smooth trade and guard the fields. The suspicion grew stronger, because several residents in the middle of the night caught a small child jumping the fence and entering Mr. Imo's house. The words and whispers reached Mr. Imo and that makes him hot. One day Ze saw Mr. Imo came to his house and told his father. "Mr. Haji, lately I feel uncomfortable because there are rumors outside that I keep a demon," said Mr. imo.
"You don't have to listen to what people say. Life in society is sometimes difficult, we do good things become talk, do bad things become talk. Moreover, this concerns the level of welfare, many people are envious, thus making strange stories. Just be patient," comforted Haji Bod. However, residents in their neighborhood often see oddities, especially the appearance of a mysterious child at night around Mr. Imo's house. In fact, one night Father Ze was secretly observing the merchant's house. "Masha Allah, I saw a strange creature sneaking into Mr. Imo," whispered Haji Bod to his wife. Ze overhears the conversation. Blad ghost? A little satan who always steal money from other? To be more certain, Haji Bod asked Allah by a prayer for ask an instructions to be told what really happened to Mr. imo.
On one occasion Haji Bod called Mr. Imo to come home. "I've seen a strange figure enter Mr. Imo's house several times. Actually what happened, let's be honest," said Haji Bod.
Mr. Imo turned pale and said, "I swear, I don't raise anything, except birds and chickens."
"So what Mr. Imo hanging in the living room? Mr. Imo likes to give him offerings," said Haji Bod.
Hearing those words Mr. Im surprised. She confessed that she kept her child's placenta, hung it, and on certain days offered her offerings. Masha Allah! What did Mr. Imo is really too late. The placenta is the layer that covers the fetus while it is in the uterus. Placenta ari came out with the baby who was born. In Javanese tradition, the placenta is buried. Why Mr. Imo instead wrap and save it? Especially by giving offerings. Of course this is outside the rules of religion.
"By Allah, but I do not keep a satan, Mr. Haji," said Mr. imo.
"What did Mr. Imo has invited spirits," said Haji Bod.
"Then what should I do?" asked Mr. Imo.
"Take the parcel and bury it," Father Ze replied. Mr. Imo followed Haji Bod's advice, when he returned home he took the shroud that had been hanging from the ceiling in one of the rooms of the house and buried it.
That night, Mr. Imo's wife screamed for help because her husband was having a seizure. His tongue was sticking out like someone was strangled. Ze followed his father who rushed to Mr. Imo house. Mrs. Imo cried hysterically beside her husband's body which was constantly shaking. "Get out of the way, everyone," said Haji Bod. Ze's father then crossed his arms and read verses from the Koran. A few moments later, the chicken skipper's hand was affixed to Mr. Imo who looks in pain. There was a cry for mercy, not Mr. Imo but the voice of a child. Blade ghost? After that the thick smoke disappeared, Mr. Imo fainted.
What really happened? The spirits who have been feeling meritorious to Mr. Imo became angry when the placenta was buried. A few days later Mr. Imo experienced something similar, and it happened many times. At one point Ze overheard his father and mother's conversation that bothered Mr. Imo is a wild wild satan so hard to get rid of. Previously the blad ghost was kept by someone, but when the keeper died the satan became no master. Saving the placenta and offerings made by Mr. Imo counts as a call for him. It's just that the blad ghost has never appeared to Mr. Imo nor his wife so they don't know what really happened.
Is it true that blade ghosts exist? Ze asked Grandpa TTS. The death well stand crew responded by showing a newspaper. Showed to Ze about the services of a psychic who offers ghost blade rental. Is it true that that person rents out ghost blades? Grandpa TTS checked it, the cellphone speaker was activated so that the voice from the other side could also be heard by Ze. The contact person confirmed that he was renting out ghost blades. Strangely, blad ghosts are offered like train tickets, there are economy class, business class, and executive class. The classes determine the rental price. The economy class ghost blade is the cheapest because it only steals small money, the maximum is only Rp. 5000. The business class ghost blade has a higher nominal value of Rp. 20,000. While the most expensive stole the Rp 100,000 denomination.
"How many times in 24 hours did the blad ghost steal?" asked Grandpa TTS, so that person can tell a lot of stories.
"Most of the executive class, a day and night can steal dozens of times," replied the shaman.
Blad ghost took the money one piece at a time, not just a bunch. Say they can steal twenty times a day and night, then the economy class ghost blad only collects IDR 100,000, the business class ghost blad IDR 400,000, and the executive class can collect IDR 2,000,000. When Grandpa TTS asked about the rent, the psychic replied that the rent for economy class was Rp. 5 million, business class was Rp. 15 million, and for executive class was Rp. 25 million. The rental period is one year.
"You select which one?" asked the psychic.
The question made Grandpa TTS confused, finally answered that Grandpa TTS would think about it first.
"If it's just for fun, don't call!" snapped the shaman, angry.
"Grandpa, where can I find the whereabouts of the blad ghost?" Ze asked.
Grandpa TTS replied that he had heard the news that there was a blad ghost kingdom in the Klaten area. In Jatinom there is a sacred tree, it is said that there are many ghost blades in that tree. Ze was lucky because a neighbor asked his parents to join the wedding proposal ceremony in Jatinom. Ze whined to come along. As soon as the "D" day of the proposal arrived, Ze was in Jatinom. While the others were busy with the wedding ceremony, Ze secretly asked Dipo, the groom's nephew, to look for a sacred tree. There is a man informing the whereabouts of the tree. The tree is no different from any other tree, only it looks very old, its roots sticking out of the ground and blackening. Under the tree was a pile of burnt incense.
"What do you need for to come here?" an old woman asked them. Ze told her wish. "Seeing the blade ghost? Just see what's good." Ze insisted on asking to be allowed to see the blade ghost. The old woman took them to her poor home. Then, right in the middle of Ze's and Dipo's foreheads, lime was smeared. "I ask you both not to scream in fear because it can disturb their sleep." They then went to the scared tree again. Masha Allah! Correct! On every leaf of hibiscus leaves there is a sleeping ghost blade. Their bodies are like glue so they stick to the leaves. Something squirmed. From his mouth dribbling very disgusting drool. A few moments later, the caretaker said the sighting of the blade ghost was over.
"Thank you. Grandma has allowed us to see the blade ghost," said Ze. As a thank you Ze gave five five bills. "To buy salt, Grandma." The woman accepted the money Ze gave her and thanked her. Actually the money was also a bribe so that the caretaker would be more open to Ze. Just watch, Ze asked a question. "Is this the kingdom of blad ghosts, Grandma?"
"No. This is not a blad ghost kingdom. The blad ghost kingdom is located in Palar Village, Trucuk District, not far from the tomb of Ronggowarsito the Javanese poet. The palace blad ghost is in the middle of the rice fields, marked with a kepoh tree," said the grandmother.
"Is that place far from here?" Ze asked.
"Not so far. The motorbike ride is about an half hour, and it's an easy journey because the road to the village is already good. It's just that the caretaker has died and there is no successor, so it is difficult for you to see the blad ghost palace. Besides that it is very dangerous," said the caretaker.
From the old woman, Ze also got the story that people often came to take ghost blades from the hibiscus tree and become "adopted children". "All this time I tried to prevent them from doing that. If people want to be rich, they work and try, not keep stealth. It's just that if they insist I can't do anything. It's up to you, that's the right of each and each one is responsible for."
"But, why you guarding this place?"
"If I don't take care of it, there will be a commotion between the ghost blades and humans. People who do not know may act recklessly with this tree. Once a part of the tree is disturbed by humans, the blad ghost becomes angry, and it is very inconvenient because not everyone can repel the blad ghost." The stealing blade ghost is programmed to steal. There is something offered to the blad ghost, namely sacrifice. Whether it's in the form of offerings or maybe the life of the employer's family. After they had had enough, Ze and Dipo returned to the celebration venue. They were greeted with rebukes for disappearing and could not be contacted. However, regarding her departure from watching Blad Ghost, Ze asked Dipo to keep it a secret.
When they got home, Mrs. Imo was already waiting for Haji Bod's arrival. The woman told that the strange disease that befell her husband had relapsed. The chicken owner immediately went to see the condition of Mr. Imo. The demon's attacks were increasing. Mr. Imo's hands and feet bent back, like tied and hard to normalize. When Ze's father tried to correct the position Mr. Imo was angry with the tone of a child's voice. "Even though there's a Ghost Master here, I'm not afraid!" babbled Mr. Imo, in a trance.
Ze's existence as a ghost hunter has been detected. Seriously, Ze has to get involved. Ze rushed home, went into the room, locked the door, and slept. Is Ze really sleeping? No, she's going to the occult. Basically Ze is doing what is called getting out of the body, which is getting the spirit out of the body. When the spirit of a person who is still alive goes on a magical journey, the position of her body must not be changed, it must not even be touched by others, because it will cause death. So the body of the perpetrator must be left as is. If it is moved a little, the spirit will not return to the body. However, this is unique, Ze can enter the supernatural world with her body.
As soon as she entered the astral realm, Ze immediately looked for Hidr's whereabouts. Thankfully Hidr soon showed up to meet him. "There is a problem with my neighbour. The wild blade ghost has inhabited his body and is hard to get rid of," said Ze. "Does the blad ghost nation have anything to do with the UWe nation?"
"To determine whether the blad ghost is infected with the UWe nation or not, we have to see it in person. Come on, let's investigate," said the prince of the Holy Land.
They immediately went to Mr. Imo magically. Mr. Imo position is still like before, his arms and legs are bent back, it's a pity. Ze saw the position of the blade ghost on Mr. Imo. The creature clung to Mr. Imo by holding his feet and hands. The shape is very scary, unlike the blad ghost she saw on the sacred tree. This blade ghost has long fangs, its fangs even exceed the size of its head.
"Unlike the other ghost blades," Ze said.
"This is a blad ghost," said Hidr. "Prepare with your bamboo sticks."
Ze obeyed Hidr's orders, the tip of her wand touched the stomach of the ghost blade. True, the blad ghost was both irritated and amused. When he found out that Ze was with Hidr, the blad ghost was very angry. Mr. Imo goes berserk and attacks blindly. Hidr immediately took the glass bottle that was on Ze's waist. Hidr tried to suck up the blade ghost in Mr. imo. But the old ghost blad is already very experienced. Before Hidr could put him in a glass bottle, the ghost blade fled. Mr. Imo's body was left just like that so it fell.
"Chase him!" said Hidr.
Ze followed him. They chased the blad ghost who drowned himself in the underground world. Despite being small in stature, the blade ghost is very agile. "Is he headed for the blad ghost palace?"
"No. He became a wild blad ghost because of trouble. He doesn't dare to go back to his neighborhood for fear of being punished," said Hidr. If so, where did the blad ghost run off to? Ze and Hidr continued to chase the ghost blade which finally stopped at an underground village, it was clear that the ghost blade was an ally of the UWe nation.
"Be careful, Zee. I think that blade ghost has leaked our existence, especially you who have always been the target of the UWe nation," Hidr whispered. Ze became more careful. It turned out that they were in a small empire of the Underworld region. Please note that minor emperors are directly responsible to the Great Emperor, namely Lucifer or Triple Six who sits in the Bermuda Triangle.
Ze and Hidr are at the India branch of UWe, because the women of UWe wear saris. UWe's India branch consists of the bodies of Indians used by Lucifer's men. The arrival of the ghost hunter and Hidr was greeted by the onslaught of large stones directed at Ze. They realized that such an attack was pointless if aimed at Hidr, so Ze was the target. Hidr protected Ze's body, but the shards of stone hit Ze's protective sheath. What to worry about if Ze was exhausted because his protective sheath would weaken, even disappear.
Suddenly a female figure appears, Ze recognizes her as Phoolan Devi, a female bandit who once stirred up India. Phoolan Devi becomes a criminal out of revenge for the violence that befell her. He and her gang killed 22 men in revenge, and it is remembered as the tragedy of St. Valentine. Thousands of police were deployed to arrest her, but always escaped, she was never caught. But in 1983 she turned himself in and was sentenced to 11 years. Upon her release from prison she became very popular in the eyes of the common people because she became a symbol of the resistance of the weak. Phoolan Devi was elected as a member of parliament. However, on July 11, 2001, she was shot dead by Sher Singh Rana in front of her New Delhi home in revenge for the tragedy of St Valentine.
What will the former bandits do to Hidr and Ze? "What are you doing?" asked Phoolan Devi, curtly.
Hidr replied, "We are chasing a blad ghost that have fled to this region."
"Is it true that she is Phoolan Devi?" Ze whispered to Hidr.
"No. Her body has been controlled by UWe, who is before us the evil spirit of the UWe nation." The ghost of the former bandit threatens Hidr to hand over Ze because the Ghost Hunter will be presented to the Supreme Emperor, Lucifer. Of course the request was rejected by Hidr. But Hidr realized that they would lose if they had to fight against the Indian branch of UWe. The country of India often experiences upheavals and disasters with very many victims, it is not surprising that the number of UWe's India branch is also very large. Hidr took tactical action, by creating a white cloud then he enveloped Ze and took her away from the place. The UWe nation was confused when Hidr and Ze disappeared from them, disappeared without a trace.
"That wild blade ghost will surely come back to Mr. Imo," said Ze.
"We are looking for other ways to catch him," said Hidr. The Prince of the Holy Land invites Ze to go to the Blad Ghost Palace. Blad ghost palace? Then they will come to Palar Village. "Yeah, we're going there. But hope you know that there is not only one blad ghost palace. There are many blad ghost kingdoms, even on every island inhabited by humans there is a blad ghost community, either as a kingdom or only as small groups. If the wild blad ghost was expelled from the blad ghost nation, what had he actually done? And, that's what you'll be asking when you get to the Blad Ghost Palace."
It turns out that the blad ghost palace building is not big, like the palace of dwarf in fairy tales. Comparable to the small ghost blade shape. "Why is the blad ghost wearing clothes here?" Ze whispered. Hidr said that those who did not wear clothes were blad ghost village, whose place of residence was far from the palace of blad ghost. Funny too. In fact, it is said that naked blad ghosts are uneducated blad ghosts so they are easy to become slaves.
"Prince Hydra!" cried a blad ghost on whose shoulders were four stars, epaulets.
"General Amog!" said Hidr. "I have an urgent need to come to your palace."
"What is the problem?" asked General Amog. Hidr tells of a wild blad ghost who joins the Indian branch of UWe. It is said that the blade ghost has caused trouble in the human world. General Amog shook his head, indicating that it was a bad incident. "The problem is, the blad ghost named Limbu is a former member of the special forces tasked with guarding the king. It's not easy to deal with. But, I know Limbu's weakness, he really likes crab's babby. Just go fishing with the baby crab and he will be caught."
"Is that a magic crab?"
"No, but crabs in the fields or rivers of the world above, the world of humans," said General Among. He glanced at Ze and concluded that Ze was a human. "Well, just tell her to look for the crab babby, as long as she's not disgusted." Hidr looked at Ze, and Ghost Hunter nodded. It is not difficult for her to find crabs, but crabs, or crabs that are still juveniles in certain seasons, according to the crab's life cycle.
"Limbu is a high-profile fugitive, if he is not imprisoned then we will not live in peace. He betrayed. He brought the blad ghost hunter to this palace so that many blad ghost citizens were lost because of his betrayal. Many blad ghost children are missing, unknowingly being the merchandise of evil humans, they are enslaved to steal money. If you want, then we can work together." Of course Ze accepted the offer.
To find the crab chicks, Ze must return to the real world. Ze came out of her room and went to a river not far from her house. She caught several crabs. "What's that for, Ze?" asked her mother. Ze replied that it was for practical biology lessons.
She brought the baby crab to her room and locked the room again. Ze returns to the supernatural realm. The plan was that the Blad ghost Palace troops would distract UWe's India branch. If they let their guard down to chase the blad ghost army then Ze must release the crab baby. Limbu will chase the beast and it's a golden opportunity to catch and imprison him in a glass bottle. It's just that the time is very short so it must be carefully calculated.
What did General Amog and his troops do? They made a flag that used to be a symbol of the Thakur group, a group that became Phoolan Devi's main enemy. That's right, when she saw the flag made by the Blad Ghost Palace troops, Phoolan Devi immediately chased him with all her men. Although what resides in the body is not actually the spirit of the female bandit from India, but remnants of the past images are still recorded on her body, thus influencing UWe who occupied it to take down the Thakur group.
"Eliminate my great enemy!" cried the ghost of Phoolan Devi. In droves the Indian branch of UWe pursued General Amog's troops. Limbu, the wild blad ghost that terrorized Mr. Imo, being alone. Seeing this good opportunity, Ze immediately released the crab baby. Limbu's sense of smell is very sharp, he sniffs the presence of a baby crab. He happily approached the baby crab and had fun playing with it. That's when Ze and Hidr got ready. The glass bottle is ready. Ze was already on standby with her wand. Ze attacked Limbu from the front while Hidr from behind.
Once aware of the danger, Limbu will flee, but it is too late. Ze's wand had hit his stomach so the blade ghost staggered backwards. Hidr immediately sucked Limbu and put it in a glass bottle. The hole in the glass bottle is then soldered with glass liquid. The bottle containing Limbu is then thrown upwards, who knows where it will fall, because it will float like a satellite in space.
Only the India branch of UWe led by Phoolan Devi was still busy chasing General Amog's troops. If left unchecked, the chase could last hundreds of years, because the spirit world knows no fatigue. It's just that Hidr needs to save the troops of his allied country. He created a thick fog to cover General Amog and his soldiers from the sight of the UWe.
"Your job is done, Ze. Your neighbors will no longer be bothered by Limbu. But please be reminded so that he does not repeat actions that can invite demons," said Hidr.
Ze returns to reality. Since Ze's adventures were chasing wild ghost blades in the occult, Mr. Imo never relapse again. It's just that, he said, the level of welfare of his life decreased. Trade is mediocre. If his trading partner is empty of buyers, then he is also empty of buyers. When the plants in all the fields are eaten by pests, his plants are also not free from pests. However, the life of Mr. Imo became serene. There is one thing that makes Ze's parents wonder about their daughter, now she likes to raise crabs in the aquarium. (*)