The Passion of the Segara
Eps. #63 Stacking

Genta stepped confidently aboard the new ship where he would work. No longer on a fishing boat, but this time he will work on a cargo ship owned by a well-known expedition company that gives him an exclusive employment contract and a considerable salary.

All the crew greeted him respectfully and as a captain who would lead all the operations on the ship, everyone was looking down on him.

Inside the locker on the ship, Genta looked at her reflection in the mirror, she had just finished wearing her new uniform. He smiled proudly, success is in his hands now. This was the reason that caused Genta to be so eager to bring Pearl and Baruna along with him to the city. His ambition is to build a happy household with Mutiara but not live in the village, he wants Baruna to get the best life and education in the city and with a lifestyle that is certainly more modern.

"May you follow me into town, Ra. I want you and Baruna to live better there, too" he murmured, imagining that he and Pearl would build a small family together.

"Boss Arkha, he's back and living happily with Madame Livina, I'm pretty sure that he's forgotten about the Pearl." Genta smiled wryly.

During his previous work on the ship, Genta did come to town, where he got a lot of information about Arkha and his company including his personal life. Upon learning that Arkha had returned with Livina, she became unhesitant to take Pearl with her and live again in the city. Genta knows how much Arkha loved and was infatuated with Livina, when she returned with Livina, of course, her love also returned and in Genta's mind, arkha must have forgotten the Pearl because Arkha thought the Pearl was gone when the tsunami occurred.

In addition, they will also live in a city with a new identity, so Genta is so sure Pearl will never return with Arkha.

"Sorry, Capt. You've been waiting, the ship has to leave!" a crew of ships approached him.

Genta nodded and stopped his daydreams and rushed to carry out his duties responsibly.

Genta stepped firmly and raised his head without turning his head towards the crew of the ship who bowed respectfully to him, it was done to show his authority as a captain and would lead and be responsible on the ship during the journey.

Behind the success that is being achieved, of course, not everyone looks at it also with pleasure. Moreover, Genta had just entered work at the large expedition company and immediately got the best position on his ship, the crew who had worked there for many years must have been envious of him. Competition in the life of the voyage is very hard, all that forces the individuals of ship workers also become very hard and also cruel.

In a passageway inside the ship's cabin between the large containers on the ship, four burly men and a visibly strong figure were seen gathering in the middle of discussing something. On their faces there is a look of hatred and looks unhappy about the presence of Genta on the ship.

"The new guy is so arrogant, we'll see how long he'll last here!" said one of them.

"I can't wait to teach him a lesson!" One of those whose body was full of tattoos also fell.

"Just let that guy have some fun first, once we get to town we take him out!" angry at another.

The four men then discussed their plans to remove Genta from the ship.

The roar of the ship's engine rumbled, slowly as the ship was now speeding away from the port.

One day and one night on their way, until now they have reached the largest port in the city. It was quite a blistering day, the sun was directly overhead as their ship leaned

Genta got off the ship and stepped towards the terminal, a proud smile still continuing to be reflected on his lips.

Genta reached into the phone from his pocket and took a selfie showing himself in the clothes of a proud ship captain, of course the photo will be sent to Pearl.

"I'm in town, Ra!" exclaim Genta via phone line. He kept his promise to directly contact Pearl when he arrived in the city as well as sending her selfie photos.

"Yes I hope you and Baruna catch up with me here soon, Ra!" urgently Genta ended their conversation after a long time on the phone with Pearl. Before he hung up, he talked over the phone with Baruna.

"Well.., Una. I'm waiting in town, yeah!" genta closed the conversation. Hearing the cute babble from the little boy's lips made him want to always smile.

Genta walked around the terminal area among people who were busy loading and unloading expedition goods there. In addition to taking full responsibility on the ship during the trip, he also had to check all container containers on his ship and make sure everything was in accordance with the shipping list.

For a moment Genta's eyes were fixed on Arkha's private port not far from the company's container terminal where he now works. Genta just shook his head looking at the port, for a moment he remembered that at the port that was the beginning of his career began.

"Boss Arkha, the more the day his company just advanced," Inner Genta praised, despite not working with Arkha anymore, in his heart he still had a sense of pride and disdain for his former superior.

Bruugg....!

Suddenly Genta's body collapsed onto the terminal floor. Without realizing it someone hit hard on his neck with a piece of wood that immediately made Genta unconscious.

The four men on the ship's crew who wanted to get rid of Genta have now begun to carry out their plans.

"Bring him in, hurry!" exclaimed a man tattooed with a picture of a dragon on his arm.

Then three other men immediately tied Genta's hands behind his back and covered his head with a black cloth.

"We'll brush him off!" the tattooed man orders again, then they drag Genta's body towards an empty cargo container and bring him in there.

The terminal area was indeed hidden and very quiet at the time of the incident, besides Genta, there were only four men there so there were no witnesses who witnessed the incident. In addition, the four men were already very understanding about the situation there, so they could easily launch their plans to hold Genta.

Genta was still unconscious, he had no idea that his crew wanted to harm him and was now holding him in a cargo container.