Ghotam glared at his men falling due to being hit by the whip. He then looked at Danu who was holding a whip. Danu observed.
'Who is this man?' asked his heart, 'From his profile, he is old, but his kung fu skills are extraordinary. It's even great to use a whip against an opponent. His guts are very high too.' Assessed the figure of Danu.
Danu is already old, but he is bestowed with a healthy body and soul. Danu also lives sincerely and simply. He was the only son of Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo, one of the nobles in Yogyakarta.
However, because Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo preferred life as a commoner and also married a village woman, he left all the luxuries of life as royalty. Settled in this Karang Dewa Village. Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo's character was passed down to Danu.
Danu looked back at Ghotam warily, because he knew Ghotam was a cunning man. Another thing he had met was Markus Lawrence's assistant, so he was increasingly convinced that Ghotam was an envoy of Emanuel and Beatrice killed Lawrence for the sake of the De Groot Company and all of Lawrence's wealth.
Meanwhile, Markus managed to bring Caroline and Justin to Danu's car which was parked in the courtyard of the mosque. Markus rushed to get Caroline and Justin into the car.
"Uncle wait!" Justin exclaimed not getting into the car, "Uncle, do you know Grandpa Danu?" he asked Mark who was looking at him. "Do you know Grandpa Danu?" repeated the question.
"Ha eh!" Markus sighed, "Later Uncle will answer, Young Master." He hadn't given Justin an answer, "Now hurry up and get in the car. We're going back to Uncle's house."
"Don't want to!"
"Justin!" Caroline exclaimed at all the talk, getting out of the car, "Why don't you want to?" she asked Justin.
"Justin wants to help Grandpa, Mother." Justin replied firmly, "It's a pity he is alone in dealing with these bad people."
"Young Master," Markus sighed, "Grandpa Danu already asked us to leave, so we follow that. Then also he was able to overcome those people." He said as he half bowed before Justin, "Come on young master."
"Uncle," Justin looked at Markus sharply, "I don't want Grandpa Danu to be hurt. If he gets hurt, what about Rasti, Aryo, and Rangga?"
"Who are they, Justin?" asked Caroline, surprised to hear Justin say the three names.
"Rasti is the granddaughter of Grandpa Danu, Mom." Justin explained to Caroline, "Aryo and Rangga, the two adopted grandchildren of Grandpa Danu. They're Justin's age."
"I see." Markus understood, "It is true that Mr. Danu has three children of Young Master's age, Second Old Lady." He said to Caroline who was surprised by Justin's explanation.
"I see." Caroline just realized, "But how did Justin know them?"
"Mom," Justin interrupted quickly, "Justin will tell you later. Now let's help Grandpa Danu." He whined as he shook Caroline's right arm, "Come on Mom."
"Can not!" interrupted Markus firmly, "Young Master," he rebuked Justin who looked sullen at his voice rejecting Justin's whining. "He will be fine. He is a master of kung fu, and is dubbed by the people around Mount Bromo with a Thousand Hands of Shadows."
"Eh?!" Caroline was surprised to hear Mark's words, "How did you know that?"
"I'll explain when we get home." Markus did not answer, "Young Master," he was now holding both sides of Justin's upper arms, "Remember Mr. Lawrence's message, you must stay alive, in order to take back the De Groot Company and all his wealth. It's yours that you must manage for the sake of Second Madame, Main Madame, and all of us. So save this life of yours." he said reminding Lawrence of Justin's last message.
Justin sighed, then nodded his head, then with a heavy heart he got into the car.
Back at Danu, Ghotam observes Danu who is currently fighting with his men. Danu seemed so agile, shrewd, and determined to use kung fu moves to deal with his men. Danu no longer uses his whip in this fight. Just use bare-handed kung fu with a few moves.
'This man is amazing,' Ghotam praised Danu's abilities, 'This old man is great at kung fu. His knowledge is above mine and Mr. Markus. Unfortunately he helped Mr. Markus save the second Madame and Young Master Justin, meaning the enemy of Mr. Emanuel and Mrs. Beatrice.'
Of course Danu saved Caroline and Justin, because he knew that the two of them knew nothing about the feud between Lawrence and Emanuel and Beatrice over the De Groot Company in particular. Emanuel and Beatrice felt their parents were unfair, for handing the De Groot Company to Lawrence, just because Lawrence was the eldest child. Nor did they accept it because all of their parents' property was handed over to Lawrence, for Lawrence to manage for them all.
Ghotam then flipped several times in the air, then attacked Danu. He saw that all his men had been knocked out by Danu. So there was a fight between him and Danu.
'This young man's knowledge is quite good,' whispered Danu's heart, assessing Ghotam's kung fu skills, "Unfortunately, it was used for evil.' his village felt sad that Ghotam used kung fu for evil.
Danu then released a single blow to Ghotam's chest, and at that moment he saw a thousand hands hitting Ghotam's chest.
BAK-BAK-BAK.
Ghotam bounced back but didn't fall to the ground, because he was able to stop his body from bouncing. Even though he was half kneeling on the asphalt because of Danu's punch.
'A thousand shadow hands?' Ghotam felt the blow that hit him was a Thousand Hand Shadow move. 'How could it be? As far as I know, the one who has this knowledge has died in the hands of the teacher's grandfather.' He felt strange why Danu could hit him with a Thousand Hand Shadow move.
Ghotam, apart from studying kung fu with Markus, also studied kung fu with Cheng De, a kung fu teacher who is well-known in Chinese society. Another thing, Ghotam is Cheng De's biological grandson. Ghotam calls Cheng De a teacher grandfather.
Then what does Ghotam mean by the person who knows a Thousand Hands of Shadows who has died in the hands of Cheng De. It will be told in the future.
'Who exactly is this old man?' Ghotam watched Danu who remained vigilant watching him, "It can't be this man who was killed by the teacher's grandfather.' He became more and more curious about Danu.
Danu sighed, he shouldn't have hit Ghotam with his Thousand Hand Shadow stance which was handed down directly by his father. It was his father who was killed by Cheng De because Cheng De had a grudge. Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo used to destroy his Padepokan because he felt that the Padepokan was disturbing the residents around Mount Bromo in particular. Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo had almost killed Cheng De before, but Cheng De's wife begged to ask Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo to forgive Cheng De.
Ghotam then stood up, put on a stance, then gathered his power with both hands in a twisting motion like a cobra's contortion.
Danu saw all that and studied it so that he knew what style to face Ghotam, if Ghotam attacked him again.
'Good grief!' Danu sighed recognizing the move that Ghotam was going to use to attack him, 'How could this young man have Cheng De's Green Snake Contortion move that killed my father?' he sighed, concentrated, put aside his curiosity, then mounted a stance as well, gathering his power to strengthen the moves that would be issued to deal with Ghotam's attack attacks.
Ghotam did not let Danu manage to gather power, and immediately sped up to attack Danu with the Green Snake Contortion, however, Danu was able to avoid the attack with the Thousand Shadows Body of knowledge handed down from the great teacher Raden Kerta Kusumojoyo. So every time Ghotam attacks, the only thing that gets hit is the shadow of Danu's body.
It was even Ghotam who was hit again by the Thousand Hand Shadow, and this time he was unable to control himself to defend himself. He slammed hard into the grass, falling on his stomach. From the corner of his lips melted red liquid.
Ghotam's men who saw the whole battle earlier swallowed their saliva. Didn't expect Danu to be great, or able to beat Ghotam. So far, Ghotam is a man who is hard to beat when fighting martial arts.
"Hey you guys!" Danu's voice called all of Ghotam's men.
Ghotam's men looked at Danu, and their faces became sour, thinking Danu would finish them off, like defeating Ghotam.
"Bring this commander of yours!" Danu did not attack Ghotam's men, "Then tell Mr. Emanuel and Mrs. Beatrice so as not to disturb the Second Madam and Young Master Justin. If they still do it, then they will deal with me!" he issued a verbal ultimatum for Emanuel and Beatrice to Ghotam's men.
Ghotam's men swallowed their saliva again, getting wrier to hear the ultimatum. They now saw Danu approaching Ghotam. Ghotam gasped in pain. Danu's one hand raised the top of Ghotam's hand.
"Hey young man." Danu rebuked Ghotam who was looking at him, "It's best if you leave Mr. Emanuel and Mrs. Beatrice. Don't follow in Cheng De's footsteps, because you could end up tragically like Cheng De later."
Ghotam was shocked, why did Danu say that? Does Danu know Cheng De his teacher's grandfather?
Danu removed his hand from the top of Ghotam's chin, then reached into one of his trousers pockets, and brought out a small bottle. He took out one medicine from the bottle, then fed it into Ghotam's mouth, made Ghotam swallow the medicine, then patted Ghotam's head once.
"Don't worry young man." he chuckled because Ghotam looked worried, feeling like he had just been poisoned, "The medicine is not poison. It was to treat the internal wound you had."
JRENG.
Ghotam looked at Danu in disbelief. Danu who hurt him, gave him medicine?
Danu smiled, immediately put the medicine bottle back into his trouser pocket, then stood up, turned his body quickly, then sped away as fast as lightning in the sky. But Danu did not run towards Markus's house, but to one place.
Ghotam saw Danu's action earlier, he is now breathing better, and the medicine that Danu fed has worked in his body.
'What should I say to Mr. Emanuel and Mrs. Beatrice?' he sighed to herself, 'I didn't manage to kill the second Madame and Mr. Justin. I was injured by the old man who had the Thousand Hand Shadow and Thousand Shadow Body technique. Both sciences are legendary in the world of kung fu.'
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Justin paced back and forth on the front porch of Markus's humble home. He also briefly looked at the fence of the house. He was waiting for Danu. He was very worried about Danu. Even though he just knew Danu, his innocent soul knew Danu was a good man. As good as Rasti, the girl who saved her life.
Markus from the door saw Justin waiting for Danu. Markus is worried about Danu, considering Danu's age is old, even though Danu's kung fu skills are extraordinary. Markus slowly approached Justin, stopping Justin from pacing back and forth.
"Uncle!" Justin looked annoyed, "Why hasn't Grandpa Danu come yet? Something bad must have happened." He spouted his anxiety at Markus.
"That won't happen, young master." Markus caressed Justin's head, "Ah yes, how did you get along with Mr. Danu earlier?" he led Justin to a chair on the porch.
Justin sighed, then told the events he had experienced that made him know Danu.
Markus sighed, already guessing that Justin didn't come home too because Emanuel's men were intercepted.
"Then where is Uncle Alan's body?" Markus asked after Justin had finished his story.
"Maybe still in the forest, Uncle." Justin answered, but was not sure about the answer, "Because when Justin was brought by Rasti and Aryo to Grandpa Danu house, Justin knew Uncle Alan's body was still in the forest."
Markus sighed, feeling devastated. He knew that the corpse must have been taken by Emanuel's men, and thrown away somewhere. Alan is his best aide. His kung fu skills are on par with Ghotam. But why did it end up in the hands of Emanuel's men this time?
"I'm sorry Justin, Uncle." Justin caught Mark's grief at losing Alan, "Because of Justin, Uncle Alan died."
Markus gasped at this, then sighed, fondly rubbing Justin's head.
"It's not your fault, young master." He said not blaming Justin, "Let's not talk about that anymore. Because Uncle Alan's body must have been brought by Uncle Emanuel's men."
Justin sighed, "Uncle, how long will we be wanted by Uncle Emanuel and Aunt Beatrice?"
Markus sighed, "Young Master there is no need to ask that. The important thing is that you and Second Old Madam stay alive for Master Lawrence's orders."
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Danu combs the forest where Rasti and Aryo rescue Justin. He is looking for the body of the person Aryo killed. He didn't want Aryo to get in trouble for killing people. After all, it was Emanuel. But what he was looking for was not found. Even the soil and grass in this forest were clean, there wasn't the slightest red stain.
Danu stopped near a big tree, sighed,
"Master Emanuel is truly vile." He sighed, "Also a sly slick snake. He lost track of what happened earlier." He acknowledged Emanuel's prowess in erasing the traces of evil, "God, I hope he doesn't make things difficult for Aryo. I feel sorry for my adopted grandson. He killed to protect Rasti who protected Justin."
Danu looked very anxious at the moment.
+ To be continued +