Chapter 4

All lessons today went on as usual. When the teacher left the classroom, a homeroom teacher came.

"Hello, I just want to convey to new students after this you don't go home yet. Come to my room," said the homeroom teacher.

"Aldrich, Vincent! Don't try to run away again." The homeroom teacher was waiting at the door.

Aldrich calmly walked towards the exit. Vincent immediately followed the man and whispered. "Are you coming to the room?"

Aldrich didn't answer, he quickened his pace past the homeroom easily. The homeroom teacher looked like he was bewitched but stayed silent until Aldrich moved away from his sight.

Vincent looked at what had just happened in amazement. Then he intended to run away too, before he had time to walk past the homeroom teacher, his hand was pulled by the homeroom teacher.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the bathroom,"

"Don't try to lie to me! Where is Aldrich? You helped him escape? Right?"

"No. You were the one who let Aldrich go like that."

"Don't lie to me. Here you come with me." The homeroom teacher also brought Vincent to his room.

• •

In a special prison for teenagers, seen in one of the iron bars Hugo is starting to go insane. He sat huddled in the corner of the room shivering.

"No. It wasn't me… it wasn't me who killed them…."

"The blood is not human, only animal blood. Yes ... animal blood,"

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The sound of iron rubbing against other iron filled Hugo's ears. He also slightly peeked at the iron bars was located. Low lighting makes it difficult to see.

"Hugo," said someone in a voice that was familiar to Hugo.

Instantly he remembered the owner of that voice. He peeked out again from behind his hands to see someone outside the bars. Trying to determine who it was that approached him. But nothing could be seen other than the dim light of the lamp.

"Hugo,"

The voice returned, Hugo, shivering even more. His breathing is irregular. Suddenly he felt that he did not want to meet the person who called him earlier. His guts shrunk to nothing.

Duarr.

A flash of lightning rang out with the incoming flashlight. How surprised Hugo was to see Aldrich in front of his lattice room.

"Hugo. How are you?" asked Aldrich?

"Go away… don't come any closer."

"Hmm. You're so rude. I'm here to see you."

"Go. Get out of here!"

"Tsk." Aldrich opened the bar lock and went inside.

"W-what are you doing?"

Hugo panicked to see Aldrich approaching him with wide strides. Hugo looked at Aldrich with a look of fear.

Right in front of Hugo, Aldrich crouched down and spoke. "How? Are you comfortable here?"

Aldrich's hand patted Hugo's cheek. Hugo was silent and stared at the gray prison floor.

Feeling ignored, Aldrich spoke again. "Too bad, your friends didn't come to see you."

"What did you say? Where? W—where are they? Tell me… Tell me!" Hugo looked at Aldrich's two eyes.

Slowly a smile formed on Aldrich's lips. He patted Hugo's cheek a little harder again. They looked at each other for a few seconds, Hugo with a look of wanting an answer. Whereas Aldrich looked at Hugo like something ridiculous.

"You want to know where they are? Why are you asking me? Hugo, they are your friends. Not mine."

“But, earlier… you said that my friends didn't come to see me. That means you know where they are. Tell me….”

"You want to know? Hmm, fine."

Right after saying that, suddenly as if teleporting they moved to a cemetery. Now in front of Hugo, there are 3 tombs lined up with large flower arrangements on the right and left sides.

Hugo shivered even more and his face turned pale when he saw the names listed and the photos on each headstone.

"Impossible!" Hugo denied.

"You're a murderer. Hugo," Aldrich whispered.

"No. I didn't kill them!"

"You remember? When you were outside the bar yesterday? Your body was bathed in blood, it was all their blood."

"I didn't kill them. I wasn't a murderer!"

Then suddenly, Hugo turned around and hit Aldrich's face hard. Blood flowed from the corner of his lips from Hugo's punch.

"You killed them! Not me!" Hugo exclaimed.

Aldrich licked the blood at the corners of his lips and then with the lightning speed they moved into the wilderness. The sound of the animals sounded very scary.

Aldrich was immediately in front of Hugo. His hands gripped the collar of Hugo's tattered shirt. In the darkness of the forest, Hugo shrank at the sight of Aldrich's terrifying-looking figure. Aldrich's two eyes slowly turned redder like thick blood.

"I warned you from the start. But you did it anyway. You dared to play with me, Hugo. And look, now your friends are dead because of you. You killed them," Aldrich hissed.

Hugo was too lost in his thoughts, he thought of his dead friend. His body shivered, his gaze fixed on the ground.

Aldrich came closer and whispered in his ear. "You are the real killer Hugo."

Aldrich brought himself and Hugo back to their original place, the prison. Then with a big smile, Aldrich came out of the bars and locked them again. He walked in while wearing the prison officer's uniform which he had taken secretly from the bathroom. As a complement, a pair of sunglasses perched on his sharp nose.

Without the slightest fear, the man walked past several other prison officers who were passing by. Until he reached the front door, a prison officer called him.

"Hey! Where are you going?" asked the prison officer. He looked suspicious of Aldrich.

Unlike Aldrich, he was very calm in responding to the prison officer. "Go to hell."

Aldrich then lifted his glasses slightly revealing his reddish eyes.

Spontaneously the prison officer was surprised not to play with his mouth open. Aldrich continued his steps up to the high fence that separated this prison-house from the outside world.

"Don't worry, Hugo. I'll see you often." Aldrich opened the tall fence and smiled at the prison house.

• •

Aldrich drove his black Ferrari quickly through the streets of London which were still quite busy. The time is past midnight. His cell phone suddenly rang showing the name 'Derrick'.

"What is it?" asked Aldrich.

"Can't you say hello to me first, huh?" Derrick replied.

"I'm busy. If you just want to talk nonsense—"

"I'm at your house."

Aldrich suddenly hit the brakes so deep that the car suddenly stopped. Aldrich furrowed his brows in displeasure, then cursed loudly.

"Fuck! Who let you into my house? Derrick, don't touch my things! Stay where you are and don't enter any room. Do you hear me, Derrick? Derrick? Answer me!" growled Aldrich.

"Come quickly, Cousin. I'm waiting for you," said Derrick. Then he ended the call unilaterally.