Looking For Murder
Okaa-san is gone, Miss.

The vibration of the cell phone disturbed Keiko's concentration. He just looked at the corner of his eye. He breathed a sigh of relief as the phone stopped shaking. Trying to focus on his work again. But soon, the flat object again teased him. Not wanting to be distracted any longer, Keiko decided to grab the thing. An unknown number was making a voice call to her.

“Ya, hello”.

“Nona Keiko ?” The voice of a woman, was heard sobbing across the phone.

“Iya. Keiko's here. Who am I talking to?”

“I Hide, Nona”.

“ Hide? What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?”.

“Okaa-san (Mother), Nona”.

“What happened to Okaa-san, Hide?” Keiko tried to calm down.

“Okaas-an is gone, Nona”.

“Go where?”.

Hide simply replied with a cry.

“Actually what has happened, Hide?” Keiko tried to digest Hide's absurd words.

“Okaa-san suffers from severe pain, Miss. Been a long time. Lymph node cancer. The last month his illness recurred. Due to the absence of fees, he decided to do outpatient”.

“Yes God. Why didn't anyone tell me this? “ Keiko rubbed her face with her right hand, the elbow of her left hand holding the phone resting on the table.

“Okaa-san forbids us to tell Miss. He doesn't want to trouble you. This morning, I found him unconscious in his room. We have called the doctor. Said Doctor Okaa-san has passed away, Nona”.

“Ya Lord.” Keiko's eyes glazed over as soon as she heard the news she had gotten from Miss Hide.

“I'll be there soon. Wait for me.”

“Good, Miss. We await your arrival. Be careful driving”.

“I'll be careful. You don't have to worry”.

The connection was also cut off. Rubbing her eyes that were beginning to condense, Keiko quickly fixed her desk. Put the files in the desk drawer. Snatched his briefcase and lunch box in the corner of the table. And rushed out of his room.

“Doctor Keiko, where are you going?” Sapa Sora who saw Keiko coming out of her study in a hurry.

“Sora. I have a sudden need. Maybe some days I don't go to work just yet. I'll send the permit to the hospital chief. Yes already. I have to go” immediately.

“But Doctor, are you okay?” Sora held Keiko's arm. He looked worriedly at Keiko's wet eyes.

“I am ok, Sora. Thank you for worrying about me” Keiko tried to smile. Then he set foot leaving Sora. However, just 2 steps Keiko walked, she turned her body.

“Oh yes. This is for you.” Keiko handed over the lunch box she held to Sora.

“Open it. Hope you like it ”. Keiko then passed quickly.

“Thank you, Doctor” Sora can only look at Keiko's departure while hugging the wooden lunch box.

Along the way to the parking lot, Keiko tried to hold back her cries. Half-run he entered his Honda Civic FD2 type R Mugen RR, Milano Red (red smoldering) color.

Keiko grasped the steering wheel firmly. Putting her forehead on the steering wheel, Keiko let go of her crying that she had been holding back. He lost Okaa-san Umeko. The caretaker woman and mother to Keiko. It was that woman who had raised him with affection along with the other children. The woman was also the one who had encouraged and encouraged him to continue to study at his highest level.

“I'm sorry, Okaa-san. Forgive me for neglecting to notice you”. Wailing.

Keiko deeply regrets her absence at the orphanage the past month. He only sends money and parcels to the residents of the parlors that Keiko used to do every month. Keiko had her own reasons, why she did not visit her foster mother. He did not want his domestic problems with Geo known by the loving woman. Because Keiko realized that he was not a liar. The woman will very easily guess there is a strange problem that Keiko is facing. And Keiko can't lie when it's in front of her foster mother.

Taking a pause for herself, in the car Keiko spilled all the tightness on her chest. Her tears were pouring down her cheeks. His eyes. What a great loss he felt.

With the situation still sobbing, Keiko drove her car slowly. Along the way to the home, her tears never stopped. Keiko wiped the tears that kept wetting her cheeks, while continuing to advance her vehicle. Driving a car in the crowded traffic of Osaka city while crying, is not an easy job.

After struggling to arrive at the parlour safely, Keiko is greeted by Hide who has been waiting for her at the doorstep. They hugged as soon as Keiko got out of the car.

“Finally you came, Nona”

“I've tried asap”. Keiko rubbed her wet eyes.

“It's okay, the important thing is that you're already here”

“Where Okaa-san”.

“Come. We go into the” Hide guiding Keiko to the nursery located in the parlour hall.

Susana hall looks crowded. The mourners who came lined up neatly, alternately do the honors. As soon as his turn came, Keiko gathered in front of Umeko's coffin. The crying broke back. Guilt was in his heart.

“Nona, strengthen your heart. Okaa-san is calm. He no longer felt pain. Release departure". Hide hugged and gently patted Keiko's shoulder.

"Let's change your clothes first. After that we do the last honor” Hide said later.

After changing his clothes to all black, on loan from Hide, they then performed a small funeral ceremony. Only attended by family, relatives and friends of the deceased. They gathered to pay their last respects to the woman who devoted her entire life to caring for the orphanage's children. The Buddhist monk* then recited the Sutra and offered incense before the deceased's body. Then proceed with the cremation ceremony. After being cremated, Umeko's ashes were put in a pot, they were taken back to the orphanage. It was placed side by side with the photo of the deceased in the living room.

Keiko spent several days of her grief in an orphanage. With those whom he considers his family. They comfort and strengthen each other.

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*today, nearly 90% of Japanese are buried in Buddhist rituals. The ceremony is held in Buddhism because according to Shinto religion, death is not good. In the Shinto view, life is considered to be good and death is dirty. They also assume that death is abnormal or unlucky. This view is what causes Shinto priests to devote themselves only to serving Kami ⁇ (God), and to do something clean, and not to involve themselves in the activities of death ceremonies or funerals. For themselves, the observance of religious rituals beyond our worship is beyond the responsibility of temples and priests. And in the ceremony of death, the Buddha's obosan priest is always considered as the person in charge of the ceremony of death.

Japan does not understand religion as seriously as the adherents of other religions, such as Islam or Christianity. Japanese people can easily come to Jinja (a place of Shinto worship) or Tera (a place of Buddhist worship), or even a church to worship.

Almost all religious activities in Japan rely on the idea of genze riyaku. No matter what Buddha or Shinto. Genze riyaku is the practice of religion, worship, and prayer of the Japanese, which is more intended for worldly gain. Japanese people used to come to Jinja or Tera to pray to pass exams, get a promotion, get business success, get relief from illness, get the right life partner, get the right life partner, and get a good job, kept away from accidents on the road, kept away from disasters, or opened the door of sustenance.

In addition, Japanese people are accustomed to Shinto child birth ceremonies, Shinto or Christian marriage, and Buddhist funeral ceremonies.