"You? Riding this?" Raka laughed sarcastically. "You better sit in the back," he couldn't forget the incident when Nico took him and threw him into the lake.
He also rembered that the limited edition Harley-Davidson he bought got scratched in a day because of Nico.
Nico could only grimace in embarrassnt. "Okay then, you ride it,"
Raka imdiately put on his helt and rode together with Nico behind him. He followed local hunters and farrs to the forest behind the hotel.
Nico hugged Raka's waist tightly and leaned his head on Raka's back. Then, he joked, "Raka, can you feel my heartbeat?"
"What do you say? I can't hear it," Raka rode the bike fast and steady. He couldn't hear what Nico was saying because he was wearing a helt and went on too fast.
"Can you feel my heartbeat when I hug you?" Nico said in a loud voice.
Raka really wanted to bite Nico's head. At tis like this, Nico still had ti to joke. "Nico, believe it or not, I can leave you here,"
He then took a sharp turn. Nico was surprised by the sudden movent and his body shook. Fortunately, he hugged Raka's waist tightly so he didn't fall.
"Are you also nervous when I hug you?" Nico continued to tease Raka.
Raka was too lazy to respond to Nico's joke. His best friend would make a really good codian as he liked to joke regardless of situation. He'd always been so cheerful no matter the problem.
It seed like Nico was trying to cover up his anxiety by joking this ti…
The more he pretended nothing had happened to him, the more worried and nervous he beca. He was afraid that Aiden might actually have an accident in the forest.
"Nico, your uncle will be fine," Raka yelled.
"Of course. Don't you know my uncle? He can endure all kinds of suffering all this ti. What's even a wild boar for him? Haha!" Nico tried to cheer himself up.
They stopped their motorbikes when they entered further into the forest area and had to walk afterward.
"Can you two run fast?" One of the people said.
"The wild boar attacked very fast. If they run toward us, we must imdiately climb a tree," said Nico. "No need to worry about us. You must take care of yourself,"
"We've been exploring the forest for 40 days and we know how to survive," said Raka.
"Wild boars are travelling in groups. If you see one, it ans there is a mob nearby. Maybe the person you are looking for has been attacked by a group of wild boars. You follow . We will look for the wild boar from their footprints," said the man.
Raka nodded. "We will follow you,"
Nico took out a loudspeaker he had brought from the hotel and turned it on. Just as he was about to scream, a voice ca from the loudspeaker. "Great barbecue. Co on, please. Kebabs, chicken wings, barbecue, grilled at…"
Everyone around imdiately looked at Nico as if they were staring at a fool. They didn't know what Nico was doing. Did he want to summon wild animals on purpose?
Nico's face also looked confused. Wasn't this a loudspeaker? Why was there a tape?
Raka took the speaker from Nico's hand and turned it off.
Then he pressed a button and placed it near Nico's mouth. "Now record what you want to say and then you can turn it on repeatedly,"
Nico was silent for a mont and then recorded his voice. "Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear ,"
After recording it, Raka started playing the recording.
"Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear ."
"Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear ."
"Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear ."
…
That voice echoed in the middle of the forest for a long ti, but no answer from Aiden could be heard.
"Raka, is my uncle..."
"Don't scare yourself," Raka interrupted. "Maybe your uncle is still out there but his cell phone runs out of battery so he can't be reached,"
"There are a lot of footprints on the ground, that ans there are a lot of animals passing by," said one of the people in their pack.
Nico's footsteps went straight to follow the footprints quickly. His face was scratched by a tree branch beside him, but he didn't care at all.
"What is this?" One of the people found a black object on the ground.
Nico imdiately took it and said, "That is my uncle's cell phone case. He must have been here before. Quickly search around!"
"There is a trail of blood and a trail of dirt dragging," they followed the path and kept looking, but failed to find Aiden.
"This isn't human blood right? This is animal blood, right?" Nico confird once more.
"This is animal blood. It seed that the wild boar had died from so much blood. Don't worry. There are no hordes of wild boars here and the person you are looking for is not here either. Maybe he had co down while carrying the catch," said soone.
Suddenly, Nico's cell phone rang, Anya was the one calling him.
"Auntie, I haven't found my uncle, but I found traces on the ground. Looks like uncle has co out of the forest," Nico was afraid that Anya was getting worried. After their phone was connected, he imdiately cald Anya down first.
"You have entered the forest and brought so people with you. You will find two more wild boars there. I can only carry one wild boar, you can bring the rest down," said Aiden from the phone.
"Uncle..." Nico's voice caught and he almost cried.
The loudspeaker he was carrying still made an echoing voice, "Uncle, this is Nico. Where are you? Please answer if you hear ."
"Co back. I'll have soone cook pork brains for you," Aiden replied on purpose.
"I don't want to eat pork brains. If I eat it, I'll be even more stupid," said Nico. "Uncle, I'll be right back! Wait for !"
"Alright, I'll be waiting," Aiden then hung up the phone.
Forty-five minutes later, Nico and Raka returned to the restaurant. Tara saw the scars and dried blood on Nico's face. She imdiately exclaid, "Are you hurt?"
"No," Nico imdiately looked surprised.
"Your face…"
"Oh, I got scratched by a tree branch. I am fine," seeing Aiden, Nico imdiately ran towards his uncle happily. He imdiately hugged Aiden's thigh, ignoring how Aiden reacted. "Uncle, I thought I couldn't see you anymore,"
Aiden reached out and touched Nico's head. "There are a lot of people watching,"
Nico imdiately laughed and got up. "I caught two wild boars. But the people who accompanied into the forest didn't want money, they wanted that one wild boar so I gave one to them,"
"We'll cook so wild boar here and we can take the rest ho. I will send your catch to your grandfather," said Aiden.
"Grandpa will definitely throw a big party at the house right away," said Nico.
"Raka, I heard you followed Nico into the forest. Thank you!" Aiden's eyes looked towards Raka who was standing far from the door.
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