The Legend from Runisia Vishal Kadiri (free e books to read online txt) 📖

it. It truly tells the story of a legend like batman who always strives for the justice and order and opposing him to the right it was colourful joker clapping and laughing, symbolising chaos. Every human in this world is either hero or a villain because of the decision they engrain within themselves. You could be either one of them until you face a given situation.

‘Isn’t it perfect?’ Ashok said.

I nodded saying, ‘It’s beautiful.’

‘I loved the movie; I’m eagerly waiting for the third movie.’

‘The Dark Knight Rises?’

With a big smile on his face ‘Yes.’ we high fived.

Turning to Rahim ‘Is Batman in your universe too?’ he checked.

‘Yes, of course.’

‘Great!’ We all laughed together. I’m still figuring out; which one of the two is Rahim.

All of us occupied the sofa, Ashok bought drinks for us. I had a sip of it, ‘Yuck.’ I’m not alcohol person. I switched to Coke instead. Rahim was happy and smiling. I never noticed that before. Am I falling for him again? This shouldn’t happen. Breaking my thoughts.

Meghana said ‘What do we do now?’

‘What?’ Ashok asked casually.

‘Regarding the bomb blast.’ I added.

Ashok sipping the beer ‘Yes, but we don’t know anything about it right?’

‘Expect for that diary.’ Meghana shrugged ‘Rahim, bring the diary.’

He handed the book to Meghana, ‘This should have some clue.’

‘Attacks like this, are usually planned in the crowded places or targeting particular individuals.’ Ashok throws his opinion,

Meghana adds, ‘Exactly, but there are many crowded places in Mumbai and also many celebrities. How can we ever figure that out?’

I’ve been thinking about this since morning, ‘Also, such attacks are planned on special occasions, right?’

All three of them staring at me now.

‘15th August, Independence Day.’ Meghana said.

‘Tomorrow.’ Rahim continued.

Ashok and Meghana panicked, ‘What do we do now? We don’t know anything, What if?’

That pause in her words is disturbing me. All of a sudden, room went quiet like in a movie theatre. All of us running our minds all over places to figure out about the location.

‘We messed up; we should’ve informed the police. They have at least found something by now.’

Ashok interrupted her, ‘You can’t be sure of it. No one has any clue regarding it.’

Meghana turning pages back and forth reading to find if she could find any clue. Rahim walked closer to her ‘I have read the complete diary; I didn’t find anything except the bomb design and its execution plan. He didn’t mention the location anywhere in the diary’ Putting his glass down.

Talking about the diary, I remember something I read in the morning ‘Rahim, could you show me the journal entry, you showed me earlier in the morning.’

Meghana immediately handed it to him, ‘Rahim, could you read the last two lines from that entry’ Everyone looks curious while Rahim reading it aloud ‘This mission is close to my personal vendetta. Mumbai is Aditi’s birthplace and I’m going to destroy everything once belonged to her in the same way she destroyed mine.’

I rephrased the last line ‘Destroy everything that once belonged to me, she is talking about something very close to me. It could be something dear to me. But what it could be?’

Meghana got up from her place and rushed to me ‘Aditi, anyone closer to you. Any place closer to you. Maybe near your home? Your family?’

Ashok said, ‘How can he target a single person? It is a bomb blast.’

‘As I remember from another journal entry’ he furled through pages and again read it aloud ‘I will destroy their proud history’

‘So, it is a place with a celebrated history. It could be Temples?’ Meghana said.

Ashok dropped few more options ‘Or it could be hotels with rich heritage and history like Taj Hotel. They even previously targeted it.’

I’m trying to recollect the places closest to me; places that mean value to me. I value art more than anything. Something related to art, history and me. ‘My workplace’ I screamed out my thoughts.

‘Bhau Daji Lad Museum’ Rahim revealed, ‘Also, you said there is an exhibition tomorrow.’

Meghana added ‘So, that makes it a crowded place and a signature of Indian history.’

‘We should inform police and the schools, there is a painting competition for small children.’ I panicked.

Ashok affirmed, ‘That makes the location even more perfect, as it is sensitive because of school kids.’

‘This is not solid evidence; we cannot inform schools and also police department because they will arrest Rahim first.’

‘Don’t worry about me? Inform the police. We need to stop this.’ Rahim said.

With those words, one thing is sure. He cannot be the mastermind behind it.

‘What do we do then?’ Ashok confused.

‘We can inform Siraj, he could help us. We should tell him to keep the information low profile. We will not let him meet Rahim, until its required.’

I totally agree, we cannot pull this on our own. All of us agreed. ‘But what if he asks...’

‘I know, what you are asking, I’ll tell him I have an insider information and it could also be a wrong tip, so only informing him and not my editor.’

‘That sounds like a plan.’ Rahim affirmed.

All of us, took a deep breath after we heard about Meghana’s idea. Siraj would be a great help. We decided to leave from Ashok’s flat tomorrow. I called up some trustworthy colleagues at the museum. Never know, they can be handy.

‘Aditi, can you get an architectural blueprint of the museum?’ Meghana checked.

‘We usually have a museum guide, which demonstrations the path and also about the art rooms and their descriptions.’

‘That could be really useful’ Ashok added.

‘Do you have one? Now?’ Rahim checked.

I reached to my handbag ‘Yes, here’ passing the sheet to Meghana, ‘Each of the member, definitely keeps a copy of it with them.’

‘Great! We need to figure out, where the bomb is planted’ Meghana said.

‘I can help you with that information, his diary contains all the data we need. Starting with his techniques of planting a bomb till executing them. I’ve read the diary thoroughly.’ Rahim informed.

Ashok cheered ‘That’s perfect, you can guide us to locate