The Strongest Swordsman
Chapter 3 - Finding a Hint

Seno is now inside a cave. Goa used to be used by his teacher to do hermitage. In this cave, Eyang Wijaya Sukma often passed down the knowledge he had to his only student.

And in this place too, Seno Ajidarma found his teacher lifeless.

When he thought back to that moment, his heart always hurt. Always sore. More painful than being left behind by a loved one.

His revenge flared back. The anger is rising again.

Seno checked the state of the cave. He checked it out completely. The stones he lifted, whatever pile was there he put away.

The goal is only one, he's looking for clues. And he was sure to find the clue in question.

After a while of searching, in the end the struggle of Seno Ajidarma came to fruition. He got the clue.

Although the clue was different from the others, but he was sure one day would find out who the perpetrator who had killed his teacher, Eyang Wijaya Sukma.

A blood-red cloth had been clasped tightly on his right hand. The cloth was torn, it seemed that when his teacher fought, he managed to tear the cloth of the perpetrator.

Although only a piece of cloth was torn, but the young man was sure that it was enough.

How many people wear red? How many red cloths in the world? Isn't it a lot?

So is it true that just that hint is enough?

For others, it may not be enough. But for a young man named Seno Ajidarma, that was more than enough.

Because he's other than anyone else.

After a while of remaining like a statue, Seno Ajidarma searched back for clues that he might still be able to find.

Because he was sure, impossible if the culprit was only one. It must have been the one who had killed his teacher more than one person. Because he himself knew up to where the ability the old man had.

Again Seno Ajidarma found one clue. Inside the cup made of bamboo, the young man found a blackish-white powder. It is like sand, but not sand.

Poison. It must be this poison that killed his teacher.

If the poison is very ferocious, then why can there be many stab wounds in the corpse of Eyang Wijaya Sukma?

The poison may indeed be extremely vicious. But it seemed that poison alone was not enough to kill a martial world grandfather like him.

Moreover, he is known for the sciences that vibrate under the sky. How could he possibly die from being poisoned?

The most likely reason is that after being exposed to poison, some perpetrators directly attacked him blindly. So that dozens of punctures lodged in his body.

Even so, Eyang Wijaya Sukma must have fought a while before his body was really not strong. It can be ascertained that he fought so fiercely that inadvertently, he managed to give a clue to his disciple.

Sometimes something unintentional does bring something unexpected.

Another clue Seno managed to get was a fragment of a dark green bamboo.

Three proofs he found. Now it's time to look for something else. At any rate, he had to find anyone who had killed his teacher.

Seno imprinted his foot, in just a single breath, the young man had disappeared from sight.

The boy deliberately did not bury him. Let the corpse be a meal of starving carcass-wearers.

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The day began to light the ground. The atmosphere in Batara has been crowded as usual. Local people started their activities. Those who trade already shout peddling their respective merchandise.

The farmers are already in their field fields, or are also in the fields of the local landlord fields. Delman (doctor) who carries human passengers or goods back and forth without stopping.

Seno Ajidarma walks leisurely. He was used to this kind of situation. Every day, he must always go this way. Because it is this road that he always uses to go home from his family home to his teacher. And vice versa.

After traveling for a while, in the end Seno Ajidarma had arrived in front of a magnificent building. The house was considered very luxurious at that time, a fortress as high as one spear surrounded the entire house.

Trees grew around the fort. On the left side is the home of its neighbors. Several times there were people around who greeted him when he saw the young man returning home.

Seno Ajidarma just a short answer or even just throw a smile. Trying to be friendly in a state of turmoil, it turned out to be very difficult. It is almost as hard as eating in water.

Here's home. His father's hard-earned home from running dozens of businesses. All the memories, both joy and sorrow, are stored in this very luxurious house.

Seno Ajidarma immediately went in there, there was already someone who had been waiting. The next day after the tragic incident that befell his family, Seno did ask the old man to investigate. He was also one of the witnesses to the bloody incident.

A white-haired old geezer with a beard and white eyebrows, was standing facing towards him coming while putting both of his hands behind.

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[The word comes from the word embah. Usually, the Javanese call grandfather with the name mbah kakung (kakung means man). Grandmother is called mbah putri.]

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"Sugeng Rawuh Mbah (Mention of Grandpa in Javanese)" Seno Ajidarma said to the old man.

"Sugeng Aden (Raden is a special call for people who have a high position in Javanese society Maupaun Sunda, for example the descendants of Nobles)" replied the old man.

"Mari Mbah, please come in" Seno Ajidarma said and entered his house followed by the old man.

The grandfather was sitting on an expensive teak chair. Seno went to make coffee for himself as well as the old grandfather. Not to forget there was also a snack for the two of them.

"Well, does Mbah know exactly what happened to my family?" asked Seno with a friendly smile. He was trying to hold a vengeful feeling in him.

"Know Sen, even Mbah saw for himself," replied the grandfather who was usually called Mbah Ali.

Mbah Ali was an elder in the Seno Ajidarma premises. He is now about eighty years old. He was also a famous swordsman. Just like his father.

Even according to the news, Mbah Ali was once dubbed as the Pendekar Tapak Bara. Because only by relying on the expertise of his site, he once shook the martial world.

Not a few also famous heroes who died at the end of the site.

Until now, despite his old age, Mbah Ali is still respected and respected by everyone, especially by the surrounding residents.

In fact, usually, all the problems that afflict the surrounding residents, sometimes like to be dealt with to completion by him. According to local residents, there was no problem that he could not solve.

Whatever the problem, he can solve it. Both real and subtle problems. Moreover, he is also famous for his knowledge of relatives who have reached a level that is difficult to measure.