
“What you did was the biggest mistake, Alio.” Ziko patted the shoulder of his foster son, he was always on Alio's side to give a positive side.
Ziko knew it wasn't easy for her to guide Alio out of the shadowy black zone of her late father—Dave.
He knows exactly who Dave is. Dave is a strict, cruel, and heartless man. Even more crazy, the man had once tortured his wife to the fullest at that time. Fortunately, the truth unfolds itself when it finds out that the girl he tortured is innocent.
Dave will not hesitate to finish off anyone who tries to disturb his calm.
“Why do you talk like that?” Alio looked at Ziko with a sharp look in his eyes, both of his eyebrows looking furrowed.
“You should not punish the woman for the departure of your parents,” he said softly. His gaze turned to look the other way without looking at Alio.
“Why, Dad?!”
“Because of past mistakes made by your father, you must be punished for the karma he did. Your father was a cruel leader, even he always killed anyone who tried to disturb his calm,” explained Ziko. The conversation came to a halt when he saw a woman being dragged towards the underground prisoners.
“Then?”
A few years ago, a big event happened in America. A reliable hacker managed to break into the Mafia-owned defense bank that was placed in this City which is none other than Dave Matthew Cristian. It makes Dave so angry, that he finds out the mastermind behind the robbery.
After Max's investigation, Dave finds out. Apparently the one who broke into his defense bank was a hacker from Tokyo, Japan. Who was Abed's man.
In order to avenge the attack, Dave intervened to eliminate Abed with both hands.
At that time, all the light was extinguished instantly, making Dave unable to see clearly around him as he and his men managed to surround the Abed residence.
Because he heard a foreign voice, Dave also pulled out a sharp object from behind his suit. He stabbed someone into the wall using a sharp weapon that was nothing but a small knife shaped like a keris.
There was no compassion from inside the man, he knew very well that the one he stabbed was his enemy.
When the light returned to light made both his eyes wide open, he killed wrongly. Falling just like that sharp weapon onto the floor, both of his hands shook violently.
What's he been doing?
The woman's body collapsed to the floor with a lifeless state.
Ziko who daydreamed to remember that also regained her senses when Alio patted her shoulder.
“Then, who is at fault, Father?” alio asked curiously, he listened carefully to Ziko's explanation.
“Both. You should have known that, son. The Black World is cruel. Being killed or killing it is an option,” said Ziko, he looked at Alio deeply.
“Should it be?”
“Yes. Being killed or being killed is a choice. So do you, when danger comes to attack, that's when you have to take action quickly. When danger is in sight, you only need to think in 0.5 seconds. If you are late to take action, then you will accept the delay with a disappointing ending,”, Ziko said. His gaze turned towards the underground prisoner's place.
“Life with your father is not a moment, son. I know very well who Dave is, we lived together until I decided to be loyal to your father until the end. Now they've left me. I still hold that promise by guiding you so that you remain as good as your mother's mediator,” continued Ziko again. He drew closer to Alio and held onto both of the handsome man's shoulders.
“But, Dad. I cannot accept the death of my parents. Isn't he planning a serial murder?” Alio looked at Ziko with eyes that were already almost glazed over.
“It's not easy for you to accept that reality. But, try to draw conclusions from what I told you, son. Be kind as your mother's mediator. Know it? Your mother is very kind, even when your father repeatedly hurt her, she can still accept your father and they live together after all their pain through, ” Ziko replied to advise her foster son.
“It wasn't easy for me. I will still carry out the execution for the woman,” explained Alio annoyed. He threw his face out from before Ziko.
“All is in your hands, I can't force you. As is the case with a bent twig, if forced to straight then he will break,” Ziko's advice.
“How can I accept the painful reality, Father? How can I—”
Argha!
The man's body collapsed to the surface, he cried regretting what had happened. Remembering that made his mind tormented. He regretted not being able to do anything to protect his family.
“Everything that has happened in this world is part of destiny. All you have to do is get up and forget the pain. Only you can determine your quality, son.”