章節 39: Going to Darjeeling to another mysterious story.
I waited there for a while.
I saw Mr. Colonel and Mr. Halder came there in a car. He also asked me to ride in the car. I thought we would leave by bus. Well, Mr. Colonel, where do we go? And what kind of mystery that we will investigate?
The colonel said, "We will go to Darjeeling. I have a friend there. I met him when I visited that region. I took him here and there. I stayed there for several days. I got on very well with him. He is belongs to the Chakma tribe. His name is Nagpa. The man is very good. His wife Baijanti is also very good. I went to his house once. He took good care of me."
Oh, but what do we do when we get there?
Nagpa called me two days ago. Sobbing, he said, "Colonel, my wife has left home. You know how dangerous this area is. You find my wife. I will be grateful to you."
What happened to your wife? Why did he leave?
Don't know. He suddenly went somewhere. I didn't even mess with him. You come to me once.
Ok. I will leave you there with my two friends.
Talked with Nagpa so far. He also said that sometimes there are some scary stories.
We are going by car.
Long way.
At one point we reached Darjeeling.
I see Nagpa coming down from the hill fast. Our car light attracted him a bit.
He is coming down and says where did you go Baijanti.
We stopped the car.
Nagpa came near our car.
The colonel got down from the car. Then there was a conversation between the two of them. Colonel took Nagpa in the car. At night, the hilly area becomes quite scary. So Nagpa went out to find Baijanti. As the colonel went on, he said to Nagpa, "Has your wife run away from home before?"
Yes, but he would come back that day. Yesterday she left home and never came back.
Nagpa, where did you and Baijanti go for a few days?
After a moment of silence, Nagpa said, "A few days ago we went for a walk by a lake in the forest."
Didn't you go looking there?
No.
Why? We have to go to that lake first.
Mr. Haldar said, "Now it is going to be night. The forest and hilly areas become very dangerous at night. It is winter here. And it is not during winter that tigers come from the forest to the locality. We can go out tomorrow morning to look for Baijanti."
Nagpa said, "No. You have to search at night. Where can a girl stay alone at night? And she is very afraid of tigers."
The Colonel said, "Well, Nagpa, we will try to find your wife from today."
Nagpa said, "When I went to the lake, Vayjanti said, if I don't have love with her, she would have built a house by the lake."
Then we have to go to the lake.
We got into the car and started moving forward.
Dense fog.
The head light of the car could not penetrate that fog. So we got down from the car and started walking.
The road ahead is straight.
Leaving it, Nagpa entered the forest on the left side. He broke a branch before leaving. If you fall in front of a wild boar, this stick will be useful to drive him away. But what we didn't notice was that a group of darkness moved silently in the branches of a tall pine tree.
Two green eyes like certain death. Nagpak started to touch. After a long time the victim thus caught himself. The terrible thing was overjoyed. Silently came down to the ground and started following the prey keeping a certain distance. Although his passage was as silent as a sudden death, today was an advantage. Water is constantly dripping from the trees for fog. Although the slightest sound would have alerted the prey, the sound of the water would no longer reach the prey's ears.
The animal was tensing its muscles. This is the extreme moment.
Jump up on the victim's neck and tear the victim's airway with sharp teeth. Then the neck should be broken by jaw pressure.
But he stopped just before jumping. His eyes widened.
He saw or felt something that struck him with intense fear.
The beast curled up like a kitten.
And then he turned his tail and ran away.
We looked back after hearing a thud. But I could not see anything.
Let's go. There is no time to look back now.
Nagpa moved a little further, removing the bushes in both hands. We followed him.
As I went, I felt that the character of the forest has changed quite a bit here.
Nagpa has been wandering in the forest since childhood. He knows that the jungle has a sound of its own. But right here there is no sound.
No sound means no sound.
As if someone is disturbed, the buzzing insects have stopped calling. The leaves of the trees also seem to have taken care of the water droplets above them.
I can't explain.
But suddenly we felt heavy discomfort.
Mr. Haldar was about to say something, but the colonel stopped him by holding his hand.
Nagpa's education so far tells him that whatever is happening or about to happen here is not in his experience.
His sixth sense is whispering to him, go back. If you want to go back from here immediately.
But Nagpa will not return home without taking Baijanti. I saw some fear in Nagpa's eyes.
Mr. Haldar said, "Let us go back, Nagpa."
Nagpa said nothing.
Nagpa bent the stick and took all the courage in his chest and went a few steps further. We followed him. All our consciousness is filled with a wonderful aroma. As if thousands of flowers bloomed together.
Mountain flowers already have more color and less smell. There is such a strong suffocating aroma that one cannot imagine. This fragrance is unfamiliar to Nagpa.
Along with the bone-chilling cold, a fear started creeping up our spines. Fear began to spread inside our heads.
Nagpa does not understand why he is so afraid?
We desperately want to not be afraid, but fear clings to us like a reptile. Our hearts are beating like mad with excitement. There is no other word except that word.
Such uninterrupted silence is comparable only to death.
Suddenly we noticed that the fog had thinned quite a bit.
The light of the full moon penetrated the forest.
The water of the lake is sparkling in the distance. And one is sitting with his feet submerged in the water of the lake.
Who is she?
Is she Baijanti?
The fog has thinned but not so thin that Nagpa can clearly see Baijanti from such a distance.
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