"Eckkh" his neck was pressed tightly, the two big hands were choking him as hard as he could, making him hard to breathe.
Dakota tried to break off the hand but he couldn't, his strength was nothing compared to the big figure who sat on his chest and strangled him with both of his big hands. He was short of breath, no matter how hard he tried to draw his breath was running out, soon he might die, he thought.
But...
He opened his eyes wide and could only see the darkness around him, his breath was heavy, but at least he could breathe again, that was just a dream, it was his bed, his room.
A dream, it was the same repeated dream that keeps stuck in his mind all this time, as if it was real, he could die from it, some kind of trauma, which is too much for him.
As a psychiatrist, he could read the deepest thoughts of every first-class criminal's brain he had worked with but he missed the most important thing, once he even opened some free consultation sections at the social institutions for some people who suffer from deep trauma, then, what about himself? He could also lose himself, he could also go crazy, and he might also become a psychopath like those people.
Dakota woke up from his bed, his whole body was wet with his own sweat, his head was unbelievably heavy, and the pain in his blistered hand was throbbing more and more intensely, it was excruciating for him. He, the one who was always strong in the face of storms could not even cope with the severe allergy attack he had suffered since he was younger, it can even kill him, such a lame.
"Heh" he lowered his legs from the bed and sat for a while still catching his breath, his head was so heavy and the room seems to spin around him.
It was still dark out there, the digital clock on the table beside his bed show two in the morning, there was a snoring sound in the corner of the room, Sam who was sleeping very soundly in a half-sitting standby position with his legs stretched out long.
"Come on Rina, catch that person .." he was delirious.
Dakota stood up and slowly headed towards the restroom, probably going to wash his face a bit before going back to sleep, at least until the bad effects of the dream wore off.
....
Towards morning, the sun illuminates the apartment room at a height of fifteen from the ground.
Sam who was fast asleep on the sofa opened his eyes when his phone vibrating in his pocket woke him up.
"Hoaa" still with half-opened eyes picked up the phone.
"What is it?"
The young detective straightened his seat, he fell asleep in Dakota's apartment room, the young man was no longer in his bed where he left him there last night, there was the sound of the water in the toilet running, maybe he was taking a shower.
Sam pulled the blanket away, his bones ached in several places because of his uncomfortable sleeping position all night.
"Well please send it to the lab, last night Dakota held it, and his hand was blistered, it looks like there are dangerous chemicals, just check the others too"
Sam stood up to the bathroom, and not long after the sound of the water stopped.
Dakota emerged from inside, hair still wet, bathrobe showing a little of his fit upper body, looking at Sam who now looks at him while standing in the middle of the room blocking his way.
Sam raised Dakota's right hand which was wrapped in a bandage last night, it was wet, making him look at Dakota with a sharp look.
"Rin, I'll call again later, updates me about the results, okay?"
Sam pulled Dakota towards the living room,
"Sam let go of my hand"
"Why don't you listen to what the doctor said, don't let your hands get wet, what if you get an infection? You're a doctor, how come you don't even pay attention to stuff like this huh?"
Sam forced Dakota to sit down while he pulled out the medicine box that was under the table.
"I'm a psychologist, has nothing to do with this"
Sam looks furious while holding the young man's hand to keep him from running away.
"Well, it does!"
Both sitting on the sofa.
Carefully Sam discloses the wet bandage on Dakota's hands, the young man looks have no expression at all and even doesn't feel pain or anything, although Sam knows he was holding it.
Sam pressed the hand which still blister on purpose, just so he can hear Dakota moaning.
"Akh! Be gentle Sam, it's hurt!"
Sam smiled, at least the professor was still a human being who can feel the pain.
"I thought you become painless now?"
"Don't make fun of me Sam, it's not funny"
Sam finally laughs, the young professor's eyebrows furrow so high as he is about to eat him with his eyes.
"Hehehe sorry I didn't mean to, with this hand at least you can't go to college, why don't you take a rest at home for a while, the doctor said the medicine will also cause you a bit sleepy"
"I don't take it"
Sam raises his head.
"Why don't you? This professor being so disobeyed"
"As you said, I'll get sleepy, and I still can go there, I could use my both hand on writing, no problems at all"
Sam pursed his lips, who doesn't know about the very genius and multi-talented young professor in front of him? Who can do almost anything he could think of.
"Well, there's nothing to lose to have a day or two off, that lunatic being targeting you, they maybe can attack you while you alone out there"
"University is full of students and staff, who can attack me there? I'm not a kid, I think I can protect myself very well"
Sam finishes bandaging Dakota's hand, and for a while, he keeps holding it, the young man has a very smooth hand with slender fingers, unconsciously he kept holding staring at it, and Dakota pulled his hand.
"You finished aren't you?"
Sam smiled, the young detective being awkward instantly, he stands up fast.
"Yeah, it's finished! Hehe don't let it wet again, please my dear sweet professor, we need you alive" said Sam while putting on his very silly face.
"Jughead!"
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Rina handed a piece of report paper in front of Sam. "Then, what was the result?" Sam frowned after reading the test results on the paper which caused Dakota's hand to almost get burned. "Sulfur? Again?" Rina nodded. "Yes, the substance was neatly folded in a piece of paper and spread when Dakota read it, we've been keeping it in plastic so there's very little physical contact" Sam straightened up in his seat. "Well also because Dakota has a severe allergic reaction to some chemicals like this, so for him it will be more severe, I touched it too and didn't feel anything, the package sender seems to know Dakota so well, that he knows such details, this is very worrying" Rina pointed at Dakota's desk. "Is the wound really serious? Does he need someone to take care of him at home? Oh It's a pity he's alone in the apartment, he can't definitely cook with a hand like that, it seems like I have to go there and take care of him" Sam looked at Rina sharply. "Don't mess around, you'r
Claudia was depressed, and deeply obsessed with Dakota, she went mad when the young man said they were just a friend, but the girl want more than that. She goes crazy every time someone comes near Dakota and holds his hand, she was often getting into catfights because of the young man. The girl can't stand it anymore, up into one long night, she put sleeping pills on the young man's drink and took him out of town. There was no news for two days, until one day Dakota managed to contact her, saying that Claudia might be in trouble. Claudia killed a young man who she said was going to rape her and stabbed him dozens of times. What Dakota said was the exact opposite, he couldn't be lying if it was Claudia who killed the young man for trying to help Dakota escape. A young woman, who seemed delicate and helpless, but can kill without blinking, while everyone thought she was just a weak young girl. Although Dakota's testimony was doubted by some people including Katrin as her sister, the e
Along the path by the river."Stop!"Sam's screamed, he and Rina chased the suspect who fled when he saw the two heading to his boarding house.The man in dark grey and shabby clothes was running as fast as he could, he even not wearing any footwear. He run as fast as he could and knock over several people who are blocking his way.Sam with his long legs jumped over the pile of garbage and continued to chase the man who then threw himself into the river."Ach God damn it! Why do you have to go down to the river, these are new shoes and pants!"Sam stopped his running, he was panting, as well as the runaway suspect named Rus, he was panting and stopped catching up his breath, looking at Sam warily."Hoh hoh"Sam held out his hand."Come here, hurry! Get out or I'll shoot you in the leg!" Sam was furious, his face was red from being overly mad.Rina stopped, some uniformed officers had also followed them.Sam
Russ bit his nails again, cold sweat fell on his forehead, his legs continued to sway non-stop, his eyes glanced around the room until at Sam who stood with a sharp look at him, then at Dakota, what was he thinking, thought Sam who was getting wary, he stood closer when he saw Russ suddenly wake up and lunge at Dakota."Prang!!"His chair fell instantly on the floor, he tried to reach Dakota who he thought might be the weakest of all, almost grabbed Dakota's clothes if Sam didn't swiftly hold the man's body."God damn it!" With just a few movements Sam had the man's head flat on the table.Russ was still struggling to escape, Thomas asked Dakota to stand away while the other officers had entered and secured the man."Let go of me! Not me! I told you I lost my card! Why doesn't anyone believe me, ekch" his eyes widened at Dakota as if he wanted to swallow him, he continued to struggle while two uniformed officers had restrained him and led
"That Russ, not the culprit, he doesn't have that much courage" Sam frowned, Dakota's words have always had a point. "You think so? What makes you think that? He's a lunatic, unemployed, hopeless person, society trash, has no future, he'll do whatever he could to save him safe." Dakota nodded. "Yeah right, but by his nature he had absolutely no motive to kill the victim, especially at his former working place, he may be insane, and desperate, but he's not a person who thirsts for attention, judging by his very restless demeanour among the crowd, how he slurred to cover his fear, he might be crazy, but he's not that clever, the one that very important to that man were just money" Sam took a deep breath. "Heh I think so too, some evidence at his house suggests he may actually have sold his pass key, that person may know who the perpetrators are" Dakota nodded. "Yeah, it possible, and this Russ even though he's not that sm
Sam shook his head, according to Erwin who didn't want to be bothered he would get his address in a moment, the address where the live broadcast was, in a few seconds. "I got it!" Erwin exclaimed pressing the last button on his keyboard. Immediately Sam came out of Erwin's seating area. "Send it to my phone!" He rushed out, Ron's hand pointing at some of his men who had just entered the door. "Send some teams are there, tell others on the field to get to the location as soon as possible, let's move quickly!" Ron exclaimed and immediately left the room. ..... Sam met Rina in the parking area and immediately took her to his car. "Come on Rin!" Rina even just bought two cups of coffee from the nearest cafe and some snacks for their breakfast, it was only six-thirty, she wasn't late, right? She even hasn't drawn her eyebrow perfectly, But Sam was in a hurry, she missed the info since his cell phone just turned on an
Some students were horrified to see it, but not a few also immortalized it on their cell phone screens. "Wow, this is crazy" voices of disbelief to the full of horror could be heard everywhere. "It's that real human?" "Think so" "Oh my God" "Is it the medical schools lost their corpses?" "Do you think it's just a show from the Drama's club?" The crowd look disgusted but at the same time, they're curious. Dakota was still standing in front of the building, he looked around his surroundings, looking for a face that might be the culprit, there might be someone he didn't recognize there, though, he didn't know where to look because everyone could become the suspect at now. Someone behind the building seemed to be watching him, pointing his cellphone to take pictures and videos of Dakota face up and close, watching every facial movement of Dakota's expression which was actually quite flat. Dakota
Nguungg!!! Tut tut! The sound of sirens stopped at the side of the road. Red lights flashed from the roof of the police service car that had been parked along the flyover, the chase ended over the flyover since the silver vehicle that was speeding couldn't control the wheel and flew off the flyover, landing hard down right in the middle of the river, lost in the water. Sam lowered his shoulders, several Sar team and police vehicles had stopped and pulled perimeter lines at the crash site, a large tow truck was parked on the side of the river ready to stick its chain while some officers in swimsuits jumped in searching for the vehicle in the water, Sam took a deep breath. “Heh dammit, another dead end, why are they so stubborn” ……………… Back to base. In the autopsy room. Emma was done her preliminary check on the perpetrator's corpse which already at forensic room since they found him on the river. The perpetrator died from drowning when his vehicle plunged into the water. But t