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[Werewolf]

The reason why you are the G.O.A.T...

Full review later on... Thank u so much for giving us update even during your busy schedule... 🩷

Shandar jabardast super faddu update

Nice and fabulous update

Mind blowing update and lovely story

Bhai jabrdast update padh kar maja aa gaya

Wow Mast UPdate Maza Aa Gya pAdhkar

Super update

Now here it comes. Good to see you right away on the task.
My wish is to see Veer doing everything right but keeping himself in low profile and
By now at least give him some idea about the Black of the system.
Don't say that I am asking too early for it but I assume that with such talent he should be able to stand against them not playing as puppet.

Wonderful update dear bro. Congrats. Awaiting your upcoming awesome update eagerly

Super awesome update Werewolf bhai ....

An kavya bhi khulkar veer ko apna roop dikha diya hai aur veer bhi janta hai ki dono bahut jald hi aage badne Wale hai...

Mst update bro

Awesome update

nice update

Awesome update

Superb update bro day by day your writing skills are leveling up bro thanks for the masterpiece

KHOOBSURAT LOVELY MIND BLOWING EXCELLENT AND INTERESTING UPDATE BHAI

बेहद उत्तम और रोमांचक अपडेट Werewolf भाई।।।

Fantastic Update

Update seems comparatively small not becoz of word count but the number of scenes is less. Usually every update had 4-5 different scenes, but this time only 2 are there. Kavya and Veer and Trisha in Kishor's House.

Cutsy Kavya chali to thi Veer ko jealousy feel karvane lekin uska daanv ulta pad gaya. But this gave the ground for their relationship to evolve more. Further we'll see some naughty stuff by kavya

The detailing you gave to explain the luxury of Kishor's house . And Trisha getting intimidate by that. Just another example of your extraordinary writing. A big applaud

Trisha ka character ab tak jo samajh aaya hai, woh ek imandar police officer to hai apne kaam ke prati. Lekin ek aadarshwadi nahi hai. She is honest but not the Idealistic. Uske bhi kuch apne swarth hai.

So finally Veer is going to Pune....and maybe we'll see the most awaited scene as of now after some update. Veer will give sloppy kisses to Madhuri and Pranjal's ass will burn like hellfire. Death Kiñg Silent_killer Rihanna

Well aur kuch jyada to aisa nahi tha update me jise breakdown karna pade. Awesome update

And as always I said take as much time as you want , at least I'm in no hurry, just deliver the best .
Personal life is always the priority.

At least I'll expect 2 more updates in this month, nahi bhi hoga to koi issue nahi hai.

Nice update again

supper fantastic update janab

The writer loves Turkish actress

Bhai update bahut acha tha,

Super update bhai maza hi agya.

Mast update bhai har koi apni game khel raha he or sabse badi game fbcc se kheli ja rahi he dekhna ye hoga ki veer ko esbat andaja kab hota he

Very nice
Khaskar kavya wala seene
Wait for nxt

Jabardast update bhai

Amazing writing bro nayi murder mystery ke liye ise veer ke hisab se complicated karna specialy veer ke cousin brother ke liye

Nice update

Bahut hi jabardast update hai bhai

Superb update

काव्या की हरकतें बचकानी थी । उसे पता नही कि वीर साहब उस युनिवर्सिटी के प्रोफेसर हैं जहां कि स्टूडेंट्स सिर्फ और सिर्फ लड़कियाँ ही हैं ।
वैसे यश साहब कोई बुरे बंदे नही लगते । काव्या को किसी न किसी को हमसफर चुनना ही है तो यश साहब ही क्यों नही ! बाहर का काम यश साहब करेंगे और अंदर के काम के लिए वीर साहब हैं ही ।

काव्या और वीर को अब वह गेम्स अवश्य शुरू कर देना चाहिए जिसकी शब्दावली शुरू होती है - समय बिताना व्यर्थ है करना है कुछ काम , शुरू करे इलू इलू वेयरवोल्फ लेकर नाम ।
बाई द वे प्रज्ञा मैडम से बहुत दिनों के बाद मुलाकात हुई ।
शायद यह पहली इंसान थी जिसे वीर से सहानुभूति हुई थी । ऐसी अच्छी लड़की से मेल मुलाकात बराबर होनी चाहिए ।

तृषा मैडम पानी मे लकीर खींचने का काम कर रही है । यह किशोर साहब के तिलिस्म रूपी बंगले मे फिर से जाहिर हो गया ।
भई , ऐसी ही भव्य तिलिस्म रूपी महल मे जाने का दुर्भाग्य - सौभाग्य एक बार मुझे भी प्राप्त हुआ था । बिल्कुल ऐन वही हालात मेरी थी जो इंस्पेक्टर तृषा मैडम का किशोर निवास मे हुआ था । तिलिस्म मे खोकर रह गए थे हम ।
लेकिन यह देखकर बहुत बढ़िया लगा कि इंस्पेक्टर महोदया पर इस तिलिस्म का जादू सर चढ़कर बोला नही।

( स्काई लाइट की भव्य इमारत की तस्वीर और आप के द्वारा दी गई उस इमारत का डिस्क्रिप्शन वाकई मे अद्भुत था )
इस इमारत का वजीर-ए-आजम मुझे शुरुआत से ही संदिग्ध कैरेक्टर लगा ।


रेबैका मैडम को , मुझे नही लगता महाराष्ट्र के सीरियल मर्डर मिस्ट्री से कोई मतलब है । शायद उन्हे मतलब है वीर के मिस्ट्रीयस पर्सनलटी की । शायद उन्हे मतलब है वीर के तत्वावधान की । और शायद उन्हे मतलब है वीर के उस सिस्टम होल्डर की जिसकी वह खुद भी एक सदस्या हैं ।

खुबसूरत अपडेट वेयरवोल्फ भाई ।
जगमग जगमग अपडेट ।

Bahut hi shaandar update diya hai Werewolf bhai....
Nice and lovely update....

bohat acha update

Jabardast update bhai

Ding nice update keep posting

Mast update Bhai

fantastic Update again as expected…

Just owsm

Now Veer is on a mission

Trisha jo clue na mil paye kya Veer woh dhund payega

Kya Slogan ka case phir se open ho payega
Yeh aane wale waqt mein pata chal jayega

Werewolf bro mujhe pata hai yeh festival season hai job k sath isme bhi busy rahoge aap phir bhi thoda waqt nikal k hum logo k liye kuch na kuch likhte rehna

Thoda late sahi lekin update dete rehna
Thanks for ur time

Nice update...

Bahut hi shandar update

Nice update

Bahot badhiya zabardast shaandar update
Kavya kaha Veer ko leker gayi thi yeh soch ker ki Yash ke saath baat karegi tow Veer ko jalan hogi lekin baad me khud ko hi jalan hone lagi jab Veer Pragya se baat ker raha tha
Tow Trisha madam pahoch gayi Karan ke usse pooch taach kerne ke liye
Kishor ne sahi kaha yeh ladki h nahi tow aisi jagah transfer kerwata ya fir ooper hi pohcha deta
Baherhal dekhte h ab yeh dono pine jaa rehe h waha eneh kia milta h or sabse badi baat Veer ko waha iska cousin zaroor milega kia naam tha yaad nahi aa raha
Baherhal dekhte h aage kia hota h

Awesome update

bohat he zabardast update sir eagerly waiting for next update

Nice update dear

Nice update waiting for next

अच्छा अपडेट है

To aakhir kavya har jagah apna immature nature dikha hi deti hai magar phir bhi kuch to qareeb aaye woh dono. Aur ab Trisha Karan ke ghar tak pohach gayi hai lekin Divya n Veer ne sambhal liya hai. Ab Divya ke pass do task hai ki killer case ko solve and Veer ki identity ko kholna dekhtey hai kia me kamyab hoti hai.
Waisay Trisha se bhi usay tough time mil e ki puri umeed hai.
Intezar rahega bro next update ka chahe chota ho magar gap zada na ho bro warna story se n charcter se readers ki pakad dheli ho jati hai jo ultimately story ko tasteless kar deti hai to please bro update frequency mat kam karna chahe update ke words ko control me kar dijiyega.

Jabardast update bhai..

Nice update bro waiting for next

𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙠𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙚 𝙠𝙖𝙢 1 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙝𝙖𝙞 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙠𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 5𝙠 𝙮𝙖 6𝙠 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚 𝙠𝙖𝙢 𝙗𝙝𝙞 𝙝𝙤𝙜𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖

Can you add the pics of trishna so we know how she looks

Nice shot...

Nice update

Majedar

Hamesha ki tarah bahut badhiya update bhai

1. Kavya jahan veer ko jalana chahti thi wahin khud jal bhun kar rah gayi pragya ki veer ke sath dekhkar ye wala scene bahut funny laga kuchh dono ki chedkhani wale cute moment bhi hue jo hamesha ki tarah hi badhiya the

2. Kher ek bat ha ye Rebecca kyon divya ke samne veer ko expose karna chahti ha ki veer ek normal insan nahi ha kya mil jayega use ya fir wo chahti ha ki divya veer ka sach jan jaye jisse veer apne bare me kuchh raj ugal de divya ko jisse uske system ke kuchh raj pata pad jaye or fir rebecca divya se jan sake ab aise to veer use apne hidden card nahi batane wala are use to chhodo veer ne to apni party members ko bhi puri jankari nahi di kya pata kon kab palat jaye

3. Idhar karan ke ghar me trisha aa pahunchi karan se sawal jawab karne kishor ne pyar se dhamki bhi de dali lekin trisha ke upper bhi bhai junun sawar ha purane cases ko kholne ka kher karan ko side me rakhkar uske body guards ne apne uper lena chaha lekin trisha madam to manne se rahi wo to last me veer aa gaya divya ko leke jisse trisha madam ka dhyan filhal to is case se hat gaya ha lekin ye itni jaldi lagta ha rukne wali nahi ha sare purane kagaj kholkar rahegi lagta ha or abhi tak to veer ka name sam e bhi nahi aya jab ayega tab pata nahi kya hoga

4. Kher trisha madam ko lagta ha veer ka attitude khasa pasand nahi aya ha abhi to first mulakat hui ha ab to inka milna hota rahega or veer to abhi na jane kitne jhatke dega kher abhi to divya or veer nikal chuke han pune apni first destination per dekhte han ki udhar kya clue milta ha or udhar hi to shayd madhuri ke papa ka murder hua tha or lagta ha pranjal or karunesh bhi udhar mil sakte ha dekhte han ki kya rang lata ha ye

5. Kher ek bat ha veer ko mission mil chuka ha lekin penalty ha ki wo kisi apne ko kho sakta ha jara socho agar galti se bhi mission pura nahi hua to Werewolf bhai ne story me sab de diya action funny drama kahin is bar dil na tod de kisi ki death se kyonki har bar to veer aisi situation me ghar se bahar raha ha to uske pariwar ko koi hani nahin pahuncha pata tha but is bar sab pas me han or dushman bhi pas ha to kuchh bhi ho sakta ha

Werewolf bhai - story 200 updates se upar ki hogi kya? Kyuki apne index sirf 200 updates tak banaya hai aur bhai gif ke jagah par Ai images use karne se story aur amazing ho jayegi aur bhai ye 'X' hi Disbombler matlab story ka main villain hai kya? Aur 'Pari' kis planet se hai, kahi ye raaj 'The Bing Bang Theory ' aur 'Multiverse' se juda ho kahi 'Pari' 'Dark Mater ' se bani ho but kuch bhi ho bhai aap amazing sci-fi story likhte ho aur bhai 'Update 188' kab ayega ?

Great update. Romance betwwen Kavya and Veer was very well depicted. Peeth per garmi ka sukhad ahsaas, speed breaker, kamar par saanp ki tarah baanh ka lipatna, aur ant me boobs press ka promise, yahi to chahti thi Kavya. Lekin jalaane wali khud hi jal gayi, bhechari Kavya. Kahan Veer kahan Yash. Lekin akhir uski boldness ne Veer ke bhi gaal laal kar diye. Aur itna khula nimantran, aur challanging task ke liye bhi tayyar, iska to ab kuch karna padega.

Then we are given a literary delight, the description of Skylight was breathtaking, the opulence was overwhelming. It looked like the reader himself is walking in, seeing the details through Trisha's eyes. The imposing appearance, luxury cars in parking, chandeliers in the lobby, hall, scent, each and every detail was very well written. Then the welcome, and imposing appearance of Kishore comong down the stairs was enough to nervous anyone, not familiar with luxury lifestyle.

Trisha ka Karan ko thane le jane ka plan viphal ho gaya, Slogan ka murder bhi itni planning se kiya tha ki koi loophole hi nahi chhoda. Isase pehle Jassi ke jaane ki jarurat padti, Veer ne aa kar sara maamla suljha diya.

Ek kheechatani si huyi, lekin Trisha Veer ka mask utarwa nahi payi. Ek tarah se kaun boss hai, pata chal gaya. Waise Trisha ne apna dimag laga kar Veer aur FBCC (Divya) ko gumrah karne ke liye Pune bhej to diya hai, par kya pata wahin se koi clue miley.

Do baatein, ek to Kishore ko Slogan ke murder ki puri jaankari nahi thi, lekin iska story se abhi to kuch lena-dena nahi lag raha hai. Unless Kishore ko pata lage ki Slogan ko Veer ne maara hai aur weh Veer ke against ho jaaye.

Dusra, wo Autralian girl kaun hai aur weh India kyon aayi hai. Damian ko bhi India wapis aane ke liye kaha tha. Waise to abhi FBCC serial killer ko dhundne me madad hi karegi, uska aim to Maharashtra ki government ke karib aana hai, per kyon. Kya yahan bhi Morrocco ke Sultan ki tarah Mr X koi khel rach raha hai.

Ohhh... Got totally confused... That was for 'weird on', most probably for Veer and not Australian Girl.

Very interesting update bhai. Let's see what will happen in the next update

Awesome update

Ek no mazedaar fantastic update .

Bhai Kishor ne kya flecx mara hai sach main isne to flecx ke mamle main honey shing fail kardiya apne honey paji ne millionaire banaya or kishor adarsh ne Trisha ko isharon isharon main trillioneir dikha diya

Are Trisha didi wo samne baith inshan aapki 10 pushte kharid lega Dil se bhi or wese bhi or ek ye didi ki akad yaha dekhon to nexacom ke owner ke ghar main aake use hi khush kishmat ho bol rahi hai are aunty ji aapko nahi pata agar aap aunty ki jagah uncle hoti to mamla dekhne layak hota

Trisha aunty abhi bhi waqt hai sudhar jao slogan or aatish marchuke hai unhe wese hi rahne do unhe dubara jinda Naa Karo agar yaha aapki wajah se kishor ki image agar down huyi na to wo apke or aapke pati ko aise down karega ki aida aap kabhi uper uth nahi paogi

Hey may beyond respected uper wale please Trisha aunty ko sadbuddhi dei

Baki ek dum jakas update tha bro

Jab kavya ne kaha ki baad main khul kar daba Lena kass uswqat kavya ki jagah bhavna hoti baapre Mera soch kar hi tapmaan badh raha hai

Wese veer or pari ki talk abhi kuch update se na ke barabar ho rahi hai or nahi koi status ka zikra ho raha hai kuch to dikhayiye wolfi sirji bore ho rahe hai is Wale main sach main veer or kavya ka padhte padhte bore hojata agar last main Karan wala or kishor or Trisha ka scene na hota

Waiting for update

Mast update bhaii

Maza aayega ab serial killer ko pakdta dekhne me and sath me recceba ne wo dusre ko kha task deke bheja h wo bhi dekhne ko milega

Bhai log jaldi se login karke update like kardo bar next update late aaega

bhai 200 like over ho gya
ab aap bhi de do update

Nice update

Waiting

Kab tak update aayega bhai

Jabardast update

Shandaar update bro, waiting for next

Veer and kavya ka segment absolutely amazing...you nailed it dude

Awesome update bro maza aa gaya

Can you please add Sophia Turner as Rebecca I think she would suit character the best it is just a suggestion and can you please update on world count

Update ke 1st phase me humne kaafi Paarivarik Mahol dekha..jahan Manorath Dadaji or unki bahuon k beech Sasur Bahu ka anutha Prem or Aadar dekhne ko mila so wahee hame Ghar ki Kanyaon ki dasha bhi dekhne Layak thi...
Jaisa ki humne paya Tej apne raste pe badhna start kr chuki hai... She'd confirmed that their relationship with her brother has crossed the Bro-Sis relation..usne thaan bhi liya hai ki uski Zindagi ab Veer k liye hai ab shayad woh ek bahan k alawa ek Achhi Premika k roop me bhi soch rahi hai...or apne isi Prem ko wo sabse bacha kar or Chhipa kar rakhna chahti hai khaskar Apni Maa Bhavna se...woh janti h apni Maa ko face karna baki logo ko face karne jaisa to bilkul nhi h uska andaza isi baat se lagaya ja sakta hai ki mahej Bhavna k Sawalon k Answer karne me Uske Hath Kaampne Lag Gaye The...iska matlab ye bhi hai ki wo Sudden upcoming Situations k liye wo Ready nhi hai... Behrhaal......Dekhte hain how will things happen...

Ragini ki regressions Jaayiz hain. Jb aap kisi se uske behaviour se upset hoon or Complain kar rhe hoo aise mein na chahte hue bhi khud uski trf Jhook jana..uske aage Naram pad Jana..use Thoda sa irritate karta hai but woh bakhoobi janti or smjhti hai ki aisa aakhir kyu hai...?
Obviously she loves Veer..!
Woh laakh lad Jhagad le lekin woh usse Chah kar bhi Nafrat nhi kar sakti kyunki uska Dil jo usme lag chuka hai...
Some Lines For Ragini -
Jaane Woh Kaise Log The Jinke Pyaar Ko Pyaar Milaa...
Humne Toh Jab Kaliyaan Mangi, Kaanton Ka Haar Milaa...

Surprised to mujhe Bhoomikaa ne kiya hai... literally! Jis tarike se usk Dil me Veer k liye Feelings create ho rahi hain I'm extremely HppY and Shocked after seeing this.I can feel those moments jab aap kisi k Pyaar me padne lagte hoo.jab aapke Dil me agle k liye Feelings ghar karne lag jati hain fir us Shakhsh ko baar baar dekhne ka or dekhte reh jane ka man karta hai apko uski har ada uski har baat achhi lagne lagti hai or jab apki Chori pakdi jaye,yaani jab woh aapko use ghoorte hue dekh le fir jo embarrassment hoti hai na aye haye kya kehne....aisi Sharam aati hai us waqt..

Or wahi haal filhaal Bhumika ka bhi hai bs use uske Pyaar ka Ahsaas nhi hai.. dekhte hain uski ye Muhabbat aage kya kya Gul khilati hai...

Saamne Hi Baithe Raho Dil Ko Qarar Aayega,
Jitna Dekhenge Tumhe,Utna Hi Pyaar Aayega..
Ye Trisha Madam toh us Case k peechhe hi pad gayi hain 1 saal purani Footage hi nikalwa li manna pdega "Zidd Hoo To Aisi Hoo..."
Ab Mr. Karan ko Gherne ki Taiyari hoo rahi hai.sab jante hain isme Watt Karan ki nhi kisi or ki lagne wali hai.
Kul mila kar Fasega Veer hi..as we knows.

Because Veer is Story ka Protagonist jo hai...

Or Jahan tak Mujhe lagta hai Veer ki Lanka 31 st December yaani Yarnia ki Launch k din hi lagne wali hai..jab sb Chaal chal rahe hain to i hope ye Madam bhi usi Din Dhamke Gi...
Hands Up..!! You Are Under Arrest Mr. Veer...!?

Wolfi Bhai kahee na kahi mujhe ye lagta hai i only think that Ye Serial Killer Wahi Phycho System Holder hai.. because jis hisaab se woh logo ko maar raha hai or jis tarah se Postmortem Report aa rahi hai, it's so Strange..??
Anyways...
Jis tarah se aapne Ragini-Nidhi meet-up dikhaya it was Amazing..!!
Unk beech ki Situations,
Unki Jealousy,
Unki Hesitation, or
Unki fake Smiles,
Aisa lag rha tha jaise mai in Dono ko on Scenes dekh raha tha
Appreciating Writing Skills
Sach kaha aapne kaha ek taraf Ignorant woman or kahan Doosri taraf ek Crafty Lady...ye to aise hua jaise ek Chatur Lomdi k Saamne ek Sadharan si Bakri (example)
Khair, Nidhi ka Dimag bhale na chala hoo but Uske Dil ne Ragini par baaji maar li or Ragini ko thoda sa Relax feel karaya ki Veer apne tarike se sabko Handle kar rha hai sabki care kar raha hai or baat sach bhi hai agar uski Maa ko chhoda jaye to koi bhi uski najar me alag se Spacial One nhi hai balki wo sabko hi chahta hai...

Ab baat karte hain Tej or Suhana ki meeting ko lekr,toh jaisa ki maine Upr wali Lines me kaha wahi baatein yaha bhi kahunga kyunki, jitni mehnat aapne un dono me ki hai utna hi Hardwork isme bhi kiya hai...
Waqai..in 2 Meetings mein aisa kahi se bhi nhi lga ki mai ek Online Story padh raha hoon Scenes itne Cinematic Create kiye hain aapne ki kya hi kahu..
Bahut Hi Umda or Lajawaab !

Finally...ab Story Gear Up ho chuki hai...ab dekhna ye hai ki isme acceleration kab hota hai..baaki ye Update hmesha ki trh Kamaal ka tha...

(Ek request hai if possible, upcoming updates mein Mama-Bhanji ki bhi Meeting ho jaati toh...??
I'm missing them badly..)

Veer ke system ne Ghanti (Ding) baja di hai..ab pahle Veer ki bajegi fir Veer to sabki bajayga hi...achhe se...

I'm sorry brother for coming late,u know life, situations, problems....
Story to pahle hi padh k react kar diya tha bs baaki tha ek Review jiske liye chahiye tha mood....so aaj khul k diya hai...

Biggest fan of your writing skills

Shaandar and Well defined Update..

Thank You

Mujhe to aisa kahi bhi kisi scenes me nhi laga...??

Ek Maa jis hisaab se hoti hai same Qualities hai Bhavna me bhi.
we all know this.

I think 182-83 ??

Are
Matlab Chinatown Arc isse bhi pahle finish hua...mujhe lga abhi just ki baat hai

Madhuri ke baap ke marne ke baad hi to china town arc shuru hua tha

Aise reviews se to Writer Sahab ko Aanand aata hai

Bhai next update kab aeyga mujhe teju ka reaction dekhna hai Kiara ya Ava ke sath jab veer ho please bhai do some thing and Ragini bhi dekhe

Koi baat nhi bro....

Nice update bro

Waiting for next update

Bhai kahi ap veer ki bhi 8-10 shaddi to nahi karwane wale ap ki last story ki tarah

Sabhi se shadi Ho jaye to Mera khush jayega jaise ki
Nidhi
Kaira
Tej
Suhana
Kavya
Arohi
Ragni
Divya
Soniya
Bhumika
Pragya
Baaki 6 System holder se ho jaye to me apna Exam hi nikal leta lekin werewolf bhai aise karenge ki nahi pta werewolf bhai ko hi pata hoga !

Karwa Do Bhai Waise Bhi Veer Ke Chahne Wale Bohut HaiN

veer ki shaddi kiara n nidhi se hi banti hai

Zabardast update

Werewolf BRO WE NEED MORE PARTS LIKE THIS.
SO WHOLESOME...
OR BHAI TU TEJ OR VEER ke segment KO SKIP KYU KAR RAHA H??

When the update is expected to be completed

Waiting

Waiting for next super duper update

Ava grofer or vo chaines wali ladki uska kya vo kyu choode

Are usko bhi joda hai thik se dekha nahi tumne

Bhai
Waiting

Very Nice

Very Nice Update Bhai

Waiting eagerly for the next update!

There is so much build up going on in last few chapters, I’m excited to see where this all leads. With festival season approaching and end of year tasks - I assume the writer will get busy too. Werewolf - are you focusing more on bite size chapters or mega updates? Btw, I see your DPs changed to a ghost face. Do we expect a lot of deaths?

The wait is tantalizing! Looking forward to see what you’ve cooked!

kal raat se dikkat thi .. ab theek hai ... aaj update dedo yaar

bhai update kab tak ay ga

Bhai update kb aayega

Aur Kitna Din Intezar karna padega update ke liye 13 Din to Ho Gaya

Waiting

good Morning... waiting

waiting for update

Yes....she loves Veer but she can't express her feelings....but the love is growing inside her for Veer....I don't know when she will express her feelings for Veer but whenever it will come that will be a very special moment for us...as far as I know.

No you have great & unique story I like lots of things in ur story
But i don't like family melo drama that,s it

Werewolf brother Update Kafi Time Ho gya h please update timing hi Release kar dijiye usse hi santust ho lenge Hum And Congress Your Story Is Very Good :

Bhai ji next update kb tk doge ? Bole to kl raat ke liye hi the

Word count kitna rakhoge? And bhai I know you are very busy but agar 10k se km words ke update hai to month me 3 update Dene ka try Krna pls.. it's genuine suggestion rest is on you...

Werewolf bhai Veer ke physical Relationship Suman' Aabha'  Sonali" Divya And Ragini Se Ab Tak h but Ab Physical Relationship Ko Aage badhaiye Kyoki Story Kafi Aage Aa Chuki h Or Veer ke premikaye Badhti Ja Rahi H to Uske Sath koi New lovers ka physical Relationship Banta h Story ke Aadhar Se But Aapke Upar depend H Yhe to Mere mind me thought tha Aage Aapki Marji And Im Waiting For Your Update.

Besabari se intezaar rahega next update ka Werewolf bhai...

Waiting for update

We will be waiting

Fabulous Update

Update kab aayega Bhai

jagooooo ...

abhi aayega update ....


fir bhi neend aaye to dekho n hilao


update aaj read karke hi soyega main

Mu**i lagbayega kya sabse

Waiting

Don't know what's more late night that this.

Now it's 3.19 am......where is an update Werewolf bro

Werewolf bro waiting.

Jaga h bhai ki so gya.....

Your story is too nice broo. Padh ke maza aa gya bhai. Bhaut dino baad koi itni acchi story padhi hai. Nhi toh sala sab chodan patti wali story padh ke bore ho gya hu.

Best hindi story I have read till now seriously!

But 150+ plus chapters and no scene for Nidhi (ig she's the fmc if I'm not wrong) damn. It was like the longest wait ever...

moment of the story for me
when Veer left Nidhi's home...that was really tense.

Anyway I loved what l've read until now ...so I have to stay till the end. Hoping for some steam in next chapters soon!

Actually I am waiting for the word "EDITING".....

Nhi werewolf bhai abhi bhi bachelor hai par gf zarur hai bhai

Update 188 has been posted guys.

 

[Werewolf]

Index has been updated.

 

[Werewolf]

Ek aur update aayega isi month. It will a Diwali bonus for you all. Of course, it will be a big update. Diwali ke pehle mein de dunga use. Keep supporting.

 

[voltmeter]

Thanks for update

Happy diwali in advance

 

[Neerav]

Update - 188 ~ Serial Murder Case (2)​

Ab tak...

Trisha : Please, jaise hi koi bhi clue haath lage, hume inform kariyega. Aap hi hai jo iss task ko complete kar sakte ho. Kyunki, humara yaha rehna bahut zaroori hai.

Divya : Don't worry!

Trisha : Koi escorts? Mein ek sub-inspector aur control room se-

Divya : Nahi nahi! Iski koi zaroorat nahi. Mein aur mera assistant hi kaafi honge.

Trisha : Are you sure?

Divya (nods) : Yes!! Then, hum nikalte hai.

Divya aur Veer fir kuchh der waha intezar kar gaadi ke liye nikal gaye. Aur, unki manzil thi — Pune!

Ab aage...

'Fuckin' hell!!!'

Jab Divya ne uske ghar chalne ka zikr kiya toh Veer jaan gaya ki ye bahut hi bura vichaar tha. Uska parivar sirf ek sadharan parivar nahi tha — wo ankahi bhavnao ka ek uljha hua jaal tha, aur ek baahri vyakti - khaas taur se Divya ka waha aana, ghar me uthal-puthal machaane ke liye kaafi tha.

Fir bhi, uske paas koi vikalp nahi tha. Divya ne aaj hi Karan ke ghar se inspector Trisha ko hataate hue uski madad ki thi. Aur, iske pehle bhi usne France me uske liye madad bhijwayi thi. Toh ab jab woh Mumbai me thi aur high-profile murder cases ki jaanch kar rahi thi, toh aise me Veer use apni peeth nahi dikha sakta tha. Woh Divya ka kahi na kahi karzdaar tha.

Din wahi tha aur shaam ke 7:15 baj rahe the. Jaise hi veh dono darwaze ke paas pahuche, Veer ko apne seene me tanaav mehsoos hua. Ye koi samaanya sa home tour nahi tha; Divya ghar ki koi parichit nahi thi. Aur, uski overprotective badi behna — Tej, koi mamooli behan nahi thi. Ye ek powder keg ke samaan tha jo fatne ke liye taiyaar tha. Aur, Veer ki maujoodgi yaha uss par apni chingaari pehle hi laga chuki thi.

*Ding Dong*

Divya ne doorbell bajaayi. Uske chehre par ek adrishya muskaan thi jise Veer parakh na saka. Kuchh hi derr me Tej ne ujjwal muskaan ke saath darwaaza khola aur uski aankhein apne bhai ko dekh kar chamak uthi.

Tej (smiles) : Aa gaye tum? Huh-!?

Uski awaaz garmjoshi se bhari aur swaagat karne waali thi. Lekin, jaise hi uski nazar uske bhai ke bagal se khadi mahila par padi toh woh garmahat kahi gaayab si ho gayi. Uska shareer akda, aur muskaan feeki pad gayi. Uska dimaag apne aap hi use satark kar diya, usne Divya ko upar se neeche tak dekha. Kaun thi yeh aurat???

Toh wahi Divya hamesha ki tarah shaant, ek professional muskaan bikhere aage badhi.

Divya : Hi! Mein 'Divya Dhawan,' ek special agent, Foreign bureau for Crime Control se. In short, FBCC!

Usne apni FBCC ki ID Tej ko dikhaate hue kaha. Gaur karne waali baat ye thi ki usne apna surname 'Dhawan' bataya jo ki uska shaadi se pehle ka surname tha. Na ki 'Wilson' jo uske pati Nick ka surname tha.

Divya : State me ho rahe serial murders ko lekar mein yaha aayi hui hu. Veer aur mein pehle bhi kaam kar chuke hai. Aur, usi silsile me mein yaha aayi hu. Baat lambi ho sakti hai. Toh, kya hum andar baith ke baat kar sakte hai?

Tej ki nazar Divya ki ID par padi aur uski pehchaan uss par kisi bijli ki tarah aa kar giri. DIVYA!!! Isi Divya ka zikr Veer ne kiya tha. Use yaad aaya jab Veer China se laut ke aaya tha toh usne kayi saare sawaalo ke jawaab diye the.

'France me mein kaafi involved tha police aur baaki departments se. Also, aap Miss Divya se familiar nahi ho, right?'

'Miss Divya??? Who is she??'

'FBCC ki ek special agent. Also, former detective of the crime department in Las Vegas.'

'Theek hai! Maan liya! Ab aage? Kaun hai woh Divya?

'Miss Divya… Hmm! Las Vegas ki trip ke dauran meri mulaqat unse hui thi aur woh Miss Suhana ki bachpan ki dost hai. Miss Suhana ko aap sab jaante hi ho. Ye tab ki baat hai jab humara reunion nahi hua tha, dii!'

'So?'

'Wahi Miss Divya FBCC ke dwara bheji gayi thi China. Choonki, mein unse familiar tha aur Li Renshu se bhi toh mein iss ‘Order’ vs ‘Legion’ ke beech fass baitha. Mujhe Li Renshu ka favor chukana tha aur Miss Divya ne mera involvement asaan kar diya.'

Tej ko sab kuchh yaad aaya jo Veer ne Divya ko lekar use bataaya tha. Yahi woh Divya thi jiske saath Veer ne Las Vegas me kaam kiya tha. Halanki, woh abhi ye nahi jaanti thi ki ek peshevar rishte ke alawa Veer aur Divya aur bhi bahut kuchh saanjha kar chuke the.

Andar hi andar uska dimaag ghoom raha tha - yeh mahila ek khatra thi, ek gambheer khatra. Veer kisi ko bhi ghar nahi laaya tha. Woh 'use' ghar laaya tha. Divya ko!!!

Tej ne khud ko muskuraane ke liye majboor kiya, aur unhe andar aane dene ke liye ek taraf hatt gayi. Usne Veer ko tirchhi nazar se dekha jaise maano poochhna chaah rahi ho ki — Kya chal raha hai tumhara iss aurat ke saath?

Tej (nods) : Aaiye!

Usne swaagat kiya. Uska swar vinamra lekin tanaavpoorna tha. Jaise hi Divya ne ghar me qadam rakha, Tej ne firse apne bhai ki orr dekha, jaise uss se anurodh kar rahi ho ki kuchh toh samjhao akhir chal kya raha hai? Lekin, Veer ne filhaal ke liye nazre ferr li. Woh jaanta tha ki abhi kuchh bhi safaayi dena wajib nahi tha.

Ghar ke andar Bhavna, Shweta, Ragini aur Suman living room me ikhatti thi. Jaise hi unn sabne Veer ko ek anjaan mahila ke saath andar aate dekha toh kamra tanaav se bhar gaya. Ragini seedhi hokar baith gayi. Uski aankhein sikudi aur woh sochne lagi ki Veer ke bagal se khadi ye mahila akhir kaun thi?

Humesha ki tarah Bhavna ka dimag turant hi cheezon ko bhaapne me lag gaya. Shweta, mann me prashn par prashn liye bas unhe poochhne ka intezar kar rahi thi. Aur, Suman, jo rasoi ke paas khadi thi woh shaant ruchi ke saath sab kuchh dekh rahi thi. Apne 'maalik' se judi har cheez par woh dhyaan deti thi. Rahi baat Bhumika aur Sonali ki — toh dono hi apne hotel aur food truck me thi.

Divya ne kuchh der ruk kar kamre ka jayza liya. Woh apne upar unki aankhon ka bhaar, ankahi jigyasa, thodi shatruta aur thodi chinta mehsoos kar paa rahi thi. Woh iss se kahi khatarnak sthitiyo me pad chuki thi, lekin kisi tarah, Veer ke ghar me uske parivar ke saath khada hona aaj use lohe ke chane chabaane ke samaan lag raha tha. Iske bawajood, usne apna saiyyam banaaye rakha.

Divya : Nice house. Looks good. Feels good~

Veer (smiles) : Thank you!!

Tej : ???

Divya : Oh! Namaste!!!

Usne apne haath jode, uska lehza napa-tula magar vinamra tha.

Divya : Mera naam - Divya Dhawan hai. Mein FBCC ki ek special agent hu. Agar, aapko FBCC ke baare me nahi pata toh mein bata deti hu — FBCC duniya ke bade crime cases ke saath deal karti hai. Worldwide apni aid countries tak pahuchaati hai.

Bhavna : Toh aap hai woh Divya!

Divya : Hmm? Ji! I see! Toh, Veer ne aapko mere baare me bataya hua hai.




Tej : Indeed! Aur, hume FBCC ke baare me bhi pata hai.

Divya : Oh? *smiles* I'm impressed!

Tej : Come to the point, please?

Divya : Sure! Well then, aap sabko shayad ye bhi pata hoga ki mein aur Veer — we have quite a history you know. Humne past me high profile cases me saath me kaam kiya hua hai. Aur, mujhe Veer ki assistance chaahiye. Simple!

Bhavna ki drishti sthir thi. Usne haami bhar pehle ishaara kiya.

Bhavna (nods) : Baithiye!

Divya (smiles) : Thank you!

Woh sofe par virajman hui aur sabhi taktaki laga ke use ghoorne lage.

Bhavna : Waise, mein Veer ki maa hu. Toh aapko mere bete ki assistance chaahiye? Bhala kis prakaar se?

Usne apne bete par ek sarsari nigaah daalte hue poochha.

Bhavna (glances) : Suman-!!!

Suman (nods) : Ji!

Ishaara samajhte hi Suman andar kitchen me gayi aur baahar Divya ke liye tray me paani lete hue aayi. Divya ne bhi koi kasar nahi chhori. Woh jaanti thi ye sab formality thi lekin, ye kisi aur ka ghar nahi tha. Ye Veer ka ghar tha.

Divya : Aapne sheher me ho rahe murders ko gaur kiya hi hoga.

Bhavna (nods) : Hmm!

Divya : Ye kaafi bada matter hai. I mean khud FBCC iss par action le rahi hai, iss se aap andaza laga hi sakti hai ki case kitna bada hoga. Maamla local police ke control se baahar jaa chuka hai. Jo skills Veer ke paas hai, woh iss case ko solve karne me kaafi madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai.

Tej : Skills?

Divya (nods) : Ah-huh! Observational skills.

Tej : ???

Divya : Hmm? Ab ye mat kehna ki aap sab Veer ke talent se waqif nahi?

Tej : Veer ka- talent?

Divya (glances) : Tumne inhe kuchh nahi bataaya kya?

Veer : Well-

Divya : Seriously? Tumne kuchh bhi nahi bataaya? Aap sab ko Las Vegas ke baare me nahi pata kya?

Tej : Hume ye pata hai ki Veer ka involvement waha crime departments se tha. Waha exactly kya hua tha iske baare me hume kuchh nahi pata.

Divya (amazed) : Oh my god!!! Tumhe pata hai tumhara bhai kya hai?

Tej : Huh???

Divya : Ek chalta firta computer. Maine apni life me Veer se zyada skilled detective nahi dekha. Jo deductions Veer karne me capable hai, shayad hi uss level ka koi aur hoga. And, I'm not joking.

Ragini jo ab tak shaant thi, usne apni baahein sofe ki side par felaate hue halka sa uphaas kiya.

Ragini : Aur, aapko lagta hai ki Veer ko iss tarah ki kisi cheez me shaamil hona chaahiye? Aapne soch bhi kaise liya ki hum sab use iss khatre me jaane denge?

Bhale hi woh Veer se abhi baat nahi kar rahi thi lekin, uski chinta abhi bhi saaf zaahir thi.

Divya : Shayad aap meri baaton ki gehraayi ko samajh nahi paayi. Maine kaha - ki Veer ke paas jo skills hai, woh iss case ko solve karne ke liye bahut madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai. Serial killer khulla ghoom raha hai. Na jaane kitne masoom log apni jaan gawa sakte hai. This is serious!

Tej : ...

Divya : Tum Veer ki behan ho, right?

Tej (nods) : H-Hmm! Mein Tejal! Veer ki sagi badi behan.

Divya : Do you know what happened in Las Vegas?

Tej : Huh??? N-Nahi!

Divya : Short me bataati hu. Mein bata sakti hu na, Veer?

Veer : Well-! Go ahead! *nods*

Divya : Alright! Las Vegas me 'house of the killers' ke naam se bahut bade criminals ek saath uske under kaam kar rahe the.

Shweta (frowns) : House of the killers?

Tej : ???

Bhavna : ...

Divya : Ji! House of the killers. Veer ne ek-ek ko pakadwaya tha. Jim the slippery, jo drug dealings kar raha tha police se chhip ke. Pitcher, jo ki ek bahut bada mastermind criminal tha. Woh logo ko kaise maarta tha aapko pata hai?

Bhavna : ???

Divya : Mithridatism se.

Tej : Mithri-!!?

Bhavna (frowns) : Mithridatism, Tej! Khud thodi-thodi maatra me zeher lena taaki aapke shareer ki tolerance zeher ke prati badh sake.

Tej : Ahhh?!!!

Divya : Exactly! Woh logo ko parties me wine pila kar maarta tha jinme zeher hota tha. Veer Las Vegas ke investigation department ki taraf se ek spy bann ke uski party me ghusa tha aur usi ki party me ghus ke usne uss Pitcher ko chakma diya tha. Can you believe it? Veer hi tha jisne ye decode kiya tha ki Pitcher Mithridatism ka istemal kar ke logo ko maar raha tha.

Jab Bhavna samet sabhi ne ye suna toh pal bhar ke liye unki dhadkane badh gayi, khaas kar Bhavna ki. Usne apne bete ko chintit nazro se dekha. Veer inn sab ke hoke guzra tha? Akhir, aur kitne raaz chhipaaye hue tha uska laadla? Agar, use kuchh ho jaata toh? Bhavna mann hi mann khud ko kos shaant reh gayi.

Divya : Par, asli khel toh uss mansion me hua tha. Uss island par. Jab Veer ne Nightwalker ki mystery se parda uthaaya tha.

Tej : Nightwalker?

Divya : Haan! Las Vegas ke island me ek mansion me ek event organise hota tha. Illegal means se waha tak pahucha jaata tha aur aapko ek night stay karna hota tha. Shart yahi rehti thi ki jisne night out complete kar liya woh aseem sampatti ka maalik bann sakta tha. Gold, cash, rubies, you name it. Sab kuchh!

Tej : Then?

Divya : Par, room numbers alag alag orders me batey hue the. Jaise ki 74, 50, etc. Rooms aise the ki unke doors metals se bane hue the. No windows, nothing. Participiants ko apne respective rooms me rukna hota tha aur fir night me unhe gold dhoondhne ke liye nikalna hota tha. Par, yahi woh time hota tha jab Nightwalker apne chehre par mask lagaaye logo ka qatl karta tha. Balki, unke rooms ke andar ghus ke. Jo ki impossible hona chahiye, right?

Tej (shivers) : Huhhh!!?

Divya (smiles) : Aur, Veer ne use bhi pakda tha. Your brother entered that same mansion and not only he survived, he was able to expose the mystery behind the murders. Kya tum guess kar sakti ho ki Nightwalker kaise maarta tha room me ghus ke?

Tej : ???

Divya (smiles) : Those room numbers... They were atomic numbers of the metals. Room number ka door uske respective metal se bana hota tha. Aur, Nightwalker door ke bar ko uske melting point tak le jaate hue, use pighla kar slab ko nikaal ke haath andar le jaa kar gate kholta tha, andar ghusta tha aur logo ko maarta tha. He was a master in welding. Also, a superb electrician. Now you get it? Tumhare bhai ki kya skills hai?

Tej ne Veer ko dekha. Bechaari ki samajh nahi aa raha tha ki kya kare? Apne bhai par garv kare? Ya fir chinta jataaye ki itni kathnaiyo se hoke guzra tha woh. Ya fir darey ki kahi use kuchh ho jaata toh? Ya chakit hoye ki uske bhai ke paas itna kaushal tha?

Divya : -Aur, isliye — Mein yaha Veer ki assistance ki maang karne aayi hu. He's very crucial for this case.

Bhavna ne jab ye suna toh woh bhaanp gayi ki uska beta waqai me alag tha. Aise hi nahi usne Egypt me uss artifact ki jankaari bata di thi. Iska matlab ye sach tha ki uske bete ke paas exceptional observing skills thi.

Tej abhi bhi darwaaze ke paas khadi thi, usne apne honth daanto taley dabaaye, uski chinta aur adhik badh gayi. Veer ko Divya ke sang jaata sochne maatra se hi uski saansein fool rahi thi.

Tej : M-Mujhe nahi lagta ki ye koi achha idea hai. Veer ne... Mere bhai ne pehle hi bahut kuchh kar diya hai. Aur, use dobaara khud ko khatre me daalne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Aur, na hi hum use khatre me jaane denge.

Divya : With all due respect, this isn't just any case. Ye personal matters se bada hai. Mein use kisi faaltu baat ke liye ghaseetne nahi aayi hu yaha. He knows the stakes as well.




Suman rasoi se sab kuchh dekhte hue Veer ke qareeb chali aayi, uske shaant qadmo ke chalte logo ka dhyaan uss par na gaya. Woh uski orr jhuki aur thoda fus-fusaate hue boli.

Suman : Maalik, kya aap chaahte hai ki mein dakhal du? Agar aap nahi jaana chaahte toh aapko uske saath jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Ise mein sambhaal lungi.

Uske shabdo me ek khatarnak dhaar thi, ek vaada, ki zaroorat padne par veh iss aurat ko gaayab bhi kar sakti hai. Veer uski wafadaari dekh muskuraaya aur apna sarr hilaate hue usne Suman ko shaant rehne ka hi ishaara kiya. Divya koi paraayi nahi thi.

Tej ka dil zorr se dhadak raha tha. Woh apne jeevan me sab kuchh niyantrit kar sakti thi siwae iske ki Veer ki zindagi me kin aurton ko rehna chaahiye aur kinhe nahi. Uski pakad se Veer chhootata hua use mehsoos ho raha tha. Woh Veer ko mana nahi kar sakti thi, bhale hi woh kitna hi kyu na chaahe ki Veer Divya ke saath na jaaye. Lekin, fir bhi himmat kar woh boli.

Tej : V-Veer-!! Veer, tum pehle bhi inn khatro me pad chuke ho. Hume toh kuchh pata bhi nahi tha. Tum akele inn sab ko face karte aa rahe the. Aur, ab jab hume sacchayi pata chali hai, toh hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bhai? Ye jaante hue ki-

Shweta : Bilkul! Iss baar mein bhi sehmat hu. Jokhim bhari jagah par hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bacche-!?

Lekin, Veer behtar jaanta tha. Uska Divya ke liye kam se kam itna karna banta tha. Aur, ye baat bataane ki bhi zaroorat nahi thi ki use iska mission bhi mila hua tha.

Veer : Sorry, Teju di! Par, mujhe jaana hoga. Ye matter ignore nahi kiya jaa sakta.

Aur, kamre me ek sannaata chha gaya. Tej ne apne bhai ki aankhon ko padh liya. Woh jaan chuki thi ki ab use koi bhi nahi rok sakta tha. Kahi na kahi use khud par hi kheej uthi. Woh kitni kamzor thi ki uske bhai ko majbooran jaana pad raha tha. Aur, woh kuchh nahi kar paa rahi thi. Ragini ka chehra bhi sakht ho chuka tha, uske honth niraasha se sikud gaye.

Tej ka mukh khula par siwae thar-tharaate hontho ke muh ne aur koi prakriya nahi ki.

Tej : T-Tumhara har baar ka yahi hai V-Veer! T-Tumhe-!! Tumhe jo karna hai karo. China se aaye tumhe abhi din hi kitne hue the? Aur, ab-!

Veer jaanta tha uski Teju di uss se udaas thi. Magar, woh chaah ke bhi kuchh nahi kar sakta tha. Beparvah, Divya ne apna sarr hilaaya aur woh apni jagah se uthi.

Divya : Toh kya mein ise 'haan' samjhu?

Bhavna : Agar, Veer ne haan keh hi diya hai. Aur, use dekh ke yahi lag raha hai ki woh humaari nahi sunega. Toh fir haan hi samajhiye. Dhyaan rahe, ki aap 'haan' samajh rahi hai. Na ki-

Uske hidden meaning ko Divya samajh gayi. Shayad aaj ke liye woh iss ghar me itni invited nahi thi. Magar, shayad bhavishya me kabhi kuchh badal jaaye? Yahi soch woh waha se nikli.

Divya : We'll leave tomorrow morning! Pick me up at sharp 7 AM.

Veer (nods) : Sure!

Divya (smiles) : See you!

Veer : *smiles*

Jaise hi Divya waha se ravana hui, ghar me tanaav badh gaya. Veer darwaaze ke paas hi khada raha, baahar ki orr dekhta raha, lekin woh mehsoos kar sakta tha ki sabhi ki aankhon ka bhaar uss par hi tha. Tej shaanti ko bhang karne waali pehli thi.

Tej : Kya tum serious ho, Veer?

Veer peechhe mud apni behan ki nazro se mila.

Veer (nods) : Mujhe sach me jaana hoga, di! Divya ne meri madad ki thi, aur ab meri baari hai.

Tej ke honth ye sunte hi sikud gaye. Usne apni mutthi kasste hue kaha.

Tej : Lekin, use yaha laana? Use yaha kyu laaye tum Veer? Tumhe pata hai na ki cheezein kaisi hai. Tumhe pata hai na ki mein kaise mehsoos karti hu tumhare-

Kehte hue woh achanak hi ruk gayi. Use dhyaan aaya ki woh kya kuchh kehne jaa rahi thi.

Veer : Agar, mein use yaha nahi bhi laata toh kya aap unse milne nahi jaati?

Tej : M-Mein bhala kyu jaati uss se milne? M-Mujhe kaise pata hota ki woh yaha par hai?

Veer : Miss Suhana se toh aap mil hi aayi. Toh, fir inse milne me kya dikkat hoti aapko?

Sunte hi Tej jhep gayi. Veer ko pata tha? Use kaise pata chala? Usne dekha ki uska bhai kaise use dekh raha tha. Jaise maano usne koi chori ki ho. Aur, Tej ka dil ye dekhte hi andar se use kachotne laga.

Tej : V-Veer-! Veer aisa nahi hai. Haan mein gayi thi. Mein mili thi unse. L-Lekin, mein tumhe bataane waali thi. Mein tumse kuchh nahi chhipaati Veer.

Veer : Oh really? I see!

Magar, Veer ka ravaiyya use aur kasht pahucha gaya. Woh daud ke uski orr aayi aur uske galey se lag gayi.

Tej : Veeeeerrr!!! Meri baat maano!!! Mein kabhi jhooth nahi bolti hu tumse. M-Mein unse milne gayi thi mein maanti hu. L-Lekin, mein tumhe baad me bataane waali thi. Sab kuchh toh tumhare saamne rehta hai Veer. Maine kabhi tumse kuchh bhi nahi chhipaya hai.

Veer : It's okay, di! I trust you!

Tej : ...! I will never... I will never lie to you. So, please... Mat jao na! Mat jao! Tumhe inn sab me shaamil hone ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.

Veer : Teju di! Ye case sach me bada hai. Aap samajhti kyu nahi? Kitne log marr chuke hai. Unhe meri zaroorat hai. Baat ko samajhiye. Agar, Miss Divya ko meri zaroorat nahi hoti toh woh kabhi mujhse bolti hi nahi.

Ragini (stands up) : Toh tum hi kyu, Veer? Tum hi kyu? Tum koi police officer nahi ho, na hi tum koi detective ho ya koi hero. Kya woh tumhare bina ek case bhi solve nahi kar sakte? Kya unke paas ek dhang ki team bhi nahi hai ise solve karne ke liye? Jo tumhe inn sab me ghaseet rahe hai?

Akhir kaar Ragini ne Veer se baat ki. Woh ab aur bardaasht nahi kar sakti thi. Veer ne ek aah bhar apne baalo par haath fera aur bola.

Veer : Aisa nahi hai ki woh ise solve nahi kar sakte. Baat sirf itni hai ki Miss Divya ne meri madad pehle kaafi ki hai. Aur, agar mein ab unki madad karne ke liye apne haath khade kar dunga toh kya ye sahi hoga? Woh meri madad maangti hi nahi agar unhe meri zaroorat na hoti toh. Woh khud bahut capable hai.

Bhavna apni kursi par baithe apne bete ko dhyaan se dekh rahi thi. Kamre me gehri bechaini ko mehsoos karte hue, uski nazre Tej, Veer ar Ragini ke beech ghoomi.

Bhavna (calmly) : Beta-!!!

Veer : Hmm?

Bhavna : Kya tum sach me sure ho ki iss cheez me tumhara shaamil hona zaroori hai?

Veer aage badh apni maa ke paas ghutno ke bal baitha aur unka haath pakad thaamte hue bola.

Veer : Maa! Mein khud aap sab se door nahi jaana chaahta. Lekin, ye maamla... Ye zaroori hai. Aur, agar mein nahi gaya toh aur bhi nirdosh log maare jaa sakte hai. Agar, mere waha jaane se ye case jaldi solve ho sakta hai. Toh kya woh sahi nahi hai, maa?

Bhavna : Tum inn sab maamlo me kab se padne lage mere bete?

Veer (smiles) : Jab aap yaha thi bhi nahi tab se.

Aur, uske itna kehte hi waha ek gehri, bhaari khamoshi janm li. Bhavna ke mukh se kuchh na nikla. Veer ne bagal se baithi Shweta ko dekha jo kehna toh bahut kuchh chaahti thi magar keh nahi paa rahi thi. Uski orr aate hue Veer ne uske haatho ko bhi thaama.

Veer : Aur, Shweta maa aap bhi.

Shweta : H-Huhh???

Veer : Meri gair-haziri me aapko sabka dhyaan rakhna hoga. Khaas kar didi logo ka. Mujhe aap par bharosa hai.

Shweta maano ye sunn gadgad ho uthi. Use samajh nahi aa raha tha ki woh Veer ke iss bartaav se khush hoye ya fir uske jaane ki wajah se dukh zaahir kare.

Tej ne khud ko sthir rakhne ke liye apni mutthiyaan bheenchi, woh hamesha inn palo se darti thi. Veer ke door jaana ka bas khayaal, use kuchh ho jaaye uska dar, Tej ke badan me sihran dauda jaata tha. Woh cheekhna chaahti thi, uss se na jaane ki vinti karna chaahti thi, lekin woh Veer ko bahut achhi tarah se bhi jaanti thi. Ek baar mann bana lene ke baad woh apni zimmedariyo ko chhorne waalo me se nahi tha.

Tej (yells) : Tumne kaha tha ki China se aane ke baad tum humaare saath rahoge, time spend karoge. Tumne kaha tha, Veer!!! *shivers* Tumne promise kiya tha ki tum dobaara aisa nahi karoge kabhi-!!!

Veer (softly) : Mein humesha ke liye nahi jaa raha hu, Teju di.

Tej (yells) : Yarnia ka kya??? Sab kuchh kaun sambhalega? Tumne iss par kitni mehnat ki hai-

Veer : Mujhse zyada mehnat aapne ki hai. Aur, isliye uski zimmedari mein aap sab ke upar chhorta hu. Lekin, mein promise karta hu, opening ceremony ki raat... Mein waha aap sab ke saamne maujood rahunga.

Tej : Veer, tum nahi jaa sakte!!!

Veer : Aap aur Ragini Bhabhi-!!! Aap dono hi meri madad karogi. Iske pehle bhi aap dono ne business ko achhi tarah se sambhaala hai. Mujhe aap pe poora bharosa hai.

Ragini : Mein jaanti hu ki tum kitne ziddi ho.

Veer : *smiles*

Ragini : Toh mein tumhe rokungi nahi. Kyunki, uska koi faayda nahi. Hum toh yaha cheezein sambhaal lenge. Lekin, tumhara kya? Agar, tum samay par waapas nahi aaye tab kya? Agar, tumhe waha kuchh ho gaya toh?

Veer : Mujhe waha kuchh nahi hoga. Aur, iss baar mein aap sab ke contact me rahunga. *smiles* Mein phone karunga. Mein apni situation ke baare me aap sab ko update karta rahunga. Mein pehle ki tarah gaayab nahi ho raha.

Ragini kuchh pal shaant rahi. Zaahir hai woh bhi Veer ko jaane nahi dena chaahti thi. Lekin, uske kehne se Veer rukne waala nahi tha, ye baat woh bhali bhaanti jaanti thi.

Ragini (nods) : Behtar hoga fir ki tum apni baat par khade utro.

Antatah Bhavna ne Veer ko dekha, uska shaant bhaav sthir tha lekin uski awaaz me ek maa ki chinta jhalak rahi thi.

Bhavna : Bas ye sunishchit karna ki tum... Tum sahi salaamat laut ke aao. Chaahe kuchh bhi ho jaaye.

Veer (smiles) : Mein sirf waha pe apni observational skills ke liye jaa raha hu, maa. Mein waha kisi se ladne nahi jaa raha. Mein waha sirf analysis karunga.

Bhavna : Fir bhi-

Veer (nods) : Don't worry. I'll be fine.

Tej apne nichle honth ko daanto tale bheenchte hue mudi aur boli.

Tej : Th-Theek hai! Tumhe jo karna hai wo karo, Veer. Koi tumhe nahi rokega. Mein bhi nahi. B-Bye-!!!

Kehte hue woh waha se seedhe apne kamre ki orr bhaag gayi. Uski awaaz ruwaasi thi.

Veer : Teju diii-!!! Suniyeee!!!!

Magar, wo na ruki. Aur, isi tarah aaj ki ye raat yuhi beet gayi. Subah-subah 6:45 pe Veer Pune jaane ke liye taiyaar tha. Bhavna samet sabhi jaag chuki thi siwae Tej, Bhumika aur Sonali ke.

Bhumika aur Sonali ko toh ye baat pata bhi nahi thi. Isliye, woh dono hi chenn ki neend so rahi thi. Veer ne apni car nikaali aur woh ghar se vida lene ke liye taiyaar tha.

Kisi ne kuchh na kaha. Par, sabka dil bhaari tha. Veer ne baari-baari sabhi ko galey se lagaaya. Bhavna ne uske maathe ko chooma toh Shweta ne uske gaalo ko. Lekin, dono hi shaant khadi rahi, aankhon me ek gehri chinta jise koi bhi samajh na paaya.

Dekhte hi dekhte Veer unki aankhon se ojhal ho gaya. Kuchh baatein aur hui maa bete ke beech me par Veer ka khud ka jiya itna bechain tha ki usne inn anubhutiyo ko mann se nikaal diya.

***

Hotel Serenity, Mumbai,
Morning - 7:01 AM ~

Veer ne apni car hotel ki building ke entrance gate ke theek baahar laga rakhi thi. Usne apni ghadi par nazar daali — Divya ko ab kisi bhi samay baahar aa jaana chaahiye tha. Uski ungliyaan steering wheel par intezar me thap-thapa rahi thi aur woh Pune me aage kya hoga, iss vichaar me khoya hua tha. Maamla behad kroor tha, kaam khatarnaak tha, lekin inme se kisi ne bhi use utna chintit nahi kiya jitna ki uske khud ke daayre me rahi cheezon ne use kiya — Uske rishte, uska daayitva, aur uski zimmedariyaan.

Woh abhi baitha hi tha jab achanak hi hotel ka glass door khula aur uski drishti ek bemisaal khubsoorti par padi.

Ava-!!!

'Huh? Ava yaha-!?'

Use dekh, Veer ko apni chhaathi me ek parichit khhichaav mehsoos hua. Woh tip-top taiyaar hoke baahar nikli thi. Chalte hue woh seedhe Veer ke nazdeek aayi aur pal bhar ke liye Veer aur Ava dono ki hi saansein ek dusre ko dekh tez ho gayi. Dono ke beech ek chumbakeeya khhichaav tha.

Veer : Ava-!?

Ava (nods) : Mein bhi saath chal rahi hu.




Veer : Wait! What? Tumhe kaise pata chala ki mein yaha aa raha hu?

[Death Flag Master. Ava ne aap pe Death Flag laga rakha hai. Yahi kaaran hai ki woh hume China me kyu dhoondh paayi thi.]

'Ah, right! Fuck! Mein bhool hi gaya tha.'

Ava : V-Veer-!!! Death Flag mujhe sab bataati hai. Tum kaha ho, kidhar jaa rahe ho, sab kuchh.

Usne ye thoda hich-kichaate hue kaha. Woh Veer ke response ko dekhna chaah rahi thi. Kintu, Veer ne badle me kuchh na kaha. Usne bas apna sarr hila diya. Aur, bechari Ava ye dekh aur bhi bechain ho uthi. Kya Veer ko ye pasand nahi tha? Kahi woh uncomfortable toh nahi mehsoos kar raha tha? Woh kuchh samajh nahi paa rahi thi.

Veer : Toh? Tum yaha?

Ava : Mein bhi aa rahi hu. Tumhare saath!

Veer : Mere saath? Kaha?

Ava : Pune!!

Veer : ??? Tumhe kaise-???

Ava : Mujhe bhi mission mila hai, Veer.

Veer : ....

Use samajh aaya ki use mission toh mila tha lekin, saath hi Ava ko bhi iss case se sambandhit mission praapt ho chuka tha.

Veer : Waise, mujhe poochhna toh nahi chahiye-

Ava : Mujhe mission tumhe assist karne ka mila hai, Veer.




Iske pehle ki woh sawaal kar paata, Ava ne swayam hi sab kuchh saaf-saaf use bata diya. Aur, Veer bas thoda hairat me reh gaya.

Ava (gently) : You're gonna need some help.

Kuchh der vichaar kar Veer ne haami bhar di aur achanak hi hotel ke glass doors punah khule aur Divya baahar nikli. Uska professional demeanor har baar ki tarah aaj bhi sharp hi tha. Kintu, Veer ko jo chinta sata rahi thi woh thi — Kya Ava aur Divya ka ek saath hona theek tha?

Divya jaise hi unke paas aayi, Ava ko dekhte hi uski bauhe sikud gayi.

Divya (frowns) : Ava!? Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho?

Uski awaaz teekhi thi, spasht roop se sandeh se bhari hui. Aur, ye Ava ne bhi mehsoos kiya. Lekin, usne koi jawab na diya. Uski aankhein Divya se Veer ki orr ghoomi. Usne intezar kiya aur Veer ko jawab dene diya.

Veer : Ava humaare saath aa rahi hai.

Divya : What??? Veer?? Ye sab kya hai? Ye tay nahi hua tha humaare beech kal. Aur, waise bhi Ava ka iss case se kya lena dena? Why the hell is she even here?

Veer : Ava ko kuchh kaam hai waha. Plus, she have some contacts. Not to mention ki woh ek bahut badi celebrity aur singer bhi hai. A perfect candidate for a distraction, if needed...!

Divya : Tch! Fir bhi, Veer! Hum iss par raazi nahi hue the. Mein tumhare liye cover kar sakti hu but ek aur person ke liye-

Veer : Tumhe kuchh bhi karne ki zaroorat nahi, Divya. Ava bas door se hi assist karegi. She won't interfere. Trust me!

Divya : Bhulo nahi Veer ki France me... France me zaroor isne hi kuchh karwaya tha jis chakkar me tum fasey the. I'm sure of it.

Ava 'France' ka naam sunte hi jhep gayi. Usne apni bhavnao ko ek udaseen mukhaute ke peechhe chhipa liya. Divya humesha se hi perceptive thi aur uska sandeh jaayaz tha.

Ateet me Ava ki betrayal ne ek ghaav chhor diya tha, jise woh theek karne ke liye betaab thi, lekin woh iska zikr nahi kar sakti thi — yaha nahi, Divya ke saamne nahi.

Veer ne ek pal ke liye apna maatha ragadte hue ek aah bhari.

Veer : Pehle car me baitho sab. Yaha se toh nikle. Uske baad discuss kar lenge.

Divya ne apni bauhe upar uthayi, spasht roop se woh aashvast nahi thi, lekin aage behas karne se bhi koi faayda nahi tha.

Divya (mutters) : Fine! But keep an eye on her. I don't want any surprises.

Jaise hi woh aage ki seat par Veer ke bagal se baithi, Ava peechhe ki seat par virajman ho gayi. Veer ne rear view mirror ke madhyam se Ava par nazar daali, aur unki aankhein shan bhar ke liye mili — kuchh ankahe shabd jo Ava ki aankhein darsha rahi thi.

Aur, sabhi ke approval ke baad Veer ne car start kar waha se badha di.

***

Jaise-jaise car maarg par daudati gayi, Mumbai ke hal-chal bhare sheher ko chhor Pune ki orr badhti gayi. Oonchi-oonchi gagan-chumbi imaaratein aur yatayat ke nirantar shor se dheere-dheere grameen drishya, khet aur hariyali saamne aane lagi.

Veer ne Pune me Madhuri ke pita ke case ke baare me sochte hue apni aankhein aage sadak par rakhi, halanki car me tanaav spasht tha.

Ava ki chuppi bhaari thi, lekin beech-beech me Veer rear view mirror me use apni orr dekhta paa ke pakad leta aur Ava turant hi apni nazre ferr leti.

Aur, dekhte hi dekhte woh Pune ke sheher me apni dastak de chuke the.

Veer : Toh? Kaha chalna hai pehle?

Divya : Police station! Inspector Trisha ne apni orr se inform kar hi diya hoga lekin, ek baar hume apni presence waha deni padegi. Agar, approval mil jayega toh badhiya hoga.

Veer (nods) : Alright!

Veer ne gaadi seedhe waha ke apradh sthal ke sabse paas waale thaane ki orr ghuma di. Jab woh sab waha pahuche toh Divya ko saari formalities karne me hi ek ghanta lag gaya. Woh thaki-thaki si baahar aayi.

Divya (sighs) : Finally! Let's go! Hume permision mil gayi hai.

Veer : Toh hum murder waali jagah par chal rahe hai?

Divya (nods) : Haan! Maybe hume waha kuchh aisa mil jaaye jo shayad police ki taraf se chhoot gaya ho? Then, hum victim ke parivar jano se milne jayenge. Unhone wo area khaali kar diya hai. Woh abhi kaha reh rahe hai iski details bhi leli hai maine.

Veer : Alright!

Jab Veer aur baaki sab apradh sthal par pahuche, toh use pichli baar se ek alag hi tasveer dekhne ko mili. Television par drishya kuchh aur hi the. Yaha keechad tha, bheedam bhaad thi, aur sab ast-vyast tha. Magar, ab malba hata diya gaya tha, koi bheed-bhaad nahi thi aur woh bina kisi samasya ke gali me apni gaadi park kar diya.

Kintu, ghar ke nazdeek aate hi uski naak sikudi aur use pata chala ki ek bheeshan durgandh abhi bhi kayam thi.

Divya : It stinks-!! Ugh-!!!

Veer : Yeah! Ye gandh lekin wo nahi hai.

Divya : Right! Also, behtar hoga ki hum nasamajh padosiyo ka dhyaan khichne se pehle hi talaashi lele.

Divya ne aas-paas nazre maarte hue kaha. Veer ne bhi nazre daudayi toh dekha ki kuch khidkiyo ke parde khul rahe the aur andar se kuch jigyasu chehre kaanch ke uss orr se unhe hi ghoor rahe the.

Veer : I still don't think ki hume yaha talashi lene ki koi zaroorat hai. Experts ne already achhe se kaam kiya hoga. Dekh ke lag nahi raha ki kuch milega yaha. Police force guard dogs ko bhi laayi hi hogi.

Veer janta tha ki agar iske peechhe kisi system holder ke hone ke chances the, toh woh itni asani se saboot nahi chorrne waala tha.

Ava : Agar experts ne investigation kar li hai toh zaroor unhe kuch findings mili hongi. Kya hum directly unn findings ko nahi dekh sakte?

Ava ne apna sujhaav diya. Aur, uska sujhaav logical bhi tha. Magar, cheezein itni asaan kaha hoti thi. Divya ne halka sa mudte hue apne kandhe ke upar se peeche khadi Ava ko dekha aur boli,

Divya : Aisa nahi hota. Jo bhi findings yaha se mili hongi, unhe already investigation ke liye bhej diya gaya hoga. Findings jo dhoondhte hai woh alag hote hai, aur findings ki jo jaanch karte hai woh alag. Itni jaldi woh hume ye sab nahi de sakte. After all, hum baahri vyakti hai unke liye. Uske liye hume thoda intezar karna hoga.

Ava : Aisa lag raha hai jaise unhe hum par ya kisi cheez par bharosa nahi hai.

Divya (sighs) : It's not their fault. Har desh yahi karta hai. Inspector Trisha ki tactic bhi mein jaanti hu. Usne hume yaha jaan boojh ke bheja hai taaki hum case se door reh sake. Lekin, sirf tumhare ishaare par mein maan gayi thi, Veer.

Veer : Well, dekhte hai kya hota hai. By the way, Ava…!

Veer ke turant pukarne par Ava jaise uska ishaara samajh gayi. Woh haami bharte hue boli.

Ava : Mein baahar east aur west ends tak check karke aati hu.

Veer : Ek quick 360° kar lena.

Ava (nods) : Alright!

Aur, itna bol woh nikal gayi.

Divya : Kya Ava ka baahar bhejna sahi hai?

Veer : Woh mask pehne hue hai. Use koi nahi pehchaanega. Aur, tum toh yahi chaahti thi na ki Ava case me dakhal na de?

Divya : Haan, lekin-! Nahi! Leave it!

Woh baahar ki haalat ka jayza le rahi thi. Aur, ab Ava ke jaane ke baad Veer aur Divya hi uss sthal par akele maujood the.

Veer ne dekha ki kaise Divya koshish kar rahi thi ki kahi se bhi kuchh mil jaaye. Magar, experts dwara sab kuch saaf kar diya gaya tha.

Woh toh bas isliye iss case me shamil tha kyuki inn sab ke peeche koi system holder ho sakta tha aur use iska mission bhi mila hua tha. Bas isliye woh bas uss saboot ki talash me tha jis se ye satya saabit ho sake ki iske peeche koi system holder tha ya nahi?

Warna, agar isko anjaam dene waala ek aam serial killer nikla toh Veer iss case me se khud ko peechhe kheech lene wala tha. Uske paas inn sab ka samay nahi tha. Inn sab ke liye police thi. Uska target maatra system holders hi the. Khatra unse hi tha.

Veer ko tabhi dhyaan aaya ki woh aur Divya akele the. Divya ki thirakti gaand uske saamne hi thi. Ek masti ka mood uska achanak hi bann gaya.

Woh chanchal swar me ek sujhaav lete hue poochha?

Veer (smiles) : Kya tumhari nigrani bhi rakhne ki zaroorat hai mujhe?

Divya (grins) : Kyu nahi? Agar tum meri rakhoge toh mein tumhari rakhungi.

Veer (smiles) : Toh ye toh achha hai na? Mein taiyaar hu. Bolo?

Woh muskurayi aur unke beech ki doori ko kam kar uske nazdeek aayi.

Divya : Be careful, Veer! Tum ek shadi shuda aurat ko woh ideas de rahe ho jo uske mann me kabhi nahi aane chahiye.

Veer : Jaise ki-!?

Veer bhi badle me bas muskuraya. Divya ke saath chedh-chadh karne me use ek alag hi maza aata tha. Shayad, Divya uski har harqat ko bardasht kar leti thi ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir Divya ke badan ko paane me wo qamyab ho jaata tha ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir, Divya swayam se hi yahi chaahti thi.

Divya lohe ki seedhiyo se hote hue upar ko chadh gayi aur andar ghar me talashi lene lagi. Toh wahi Veer upar jaane se pehle ek pal ke liye apni nigaahein neeche hi tikne diya. Abhi jaha woh khada tha, shav uss se 4 qadam ki duri par uss din mila tha. Zameen par peeli aur bejaan padi laash ki yaaddasht ne Veer ko rok diya. TV par toh chehra blur kar diya gaya tha magar shareer ko usne dekha tha.

Concrete par gehre bhoore rang ke dhabbo ne Veer ka dhyaan kheencha. Ye Prabhakar ke khoon ke avshesh the. Uske alawa use aur kuch nazar nahi aaya. Yaha tak ki ghaas-poos bhi saaf kar di gayi thi.

Woh khade hoke upar Divya ke sang jaanch me shamil hone hi waala tha ki ek dhundhli chamak uski aankhon me padi. Bauhe sikodte hue usne apni jeb se Divya dwara diya gaya ek latex ka dastana nikaala aur ek haath me pehen liya.

Zameen ke beech me mitti aur malbe me ek chhoti si pin dabi hui use nazar aayi. Veer ne use uthaya aur uth ke thoda aage aaya.

'Check'

*Ding*

[Description : A blood lancet. Not usable now.]

Use check karte hi Veer ko samajh aa gaya ki ye kya thi. Ye woh pin thi jise aksar blood test ke liye istemal kiya jaata tha. Neele rang ki casing me dhasi hui ek lancet blood needle.

Magar, ise istemal nahi kiya gaya tha. Isme khoon ke avshesh nahi the. Lag raha tha jaise kisi ne perro se isko ek do baar kuchla ho.

[Ek used blood lancet, Master. Ise kaafi pehle istemal kiya gaya hai. Warna, system aapko aur zyada information deta iske baare me.]

'Par, sawaal wo nahi hai, Pari. Ye pin akhir yaha kar kya rahi hai?'

[Kahi se aa gayi hogi maybe? Kyunki, bahut si aisi chhoti-chhoti cheezein aksar hawa ya paani ke bahaav se ya jaise-taise kisi na kisi prakaar se idhar-udhar ho hi jaati hai.]

'Maybe!?'

Divya jab andar se neeche ki orr aayi toh Veer ne use woh blood lancet dikhayi.

Divya : Hmm! Strange! Ek blood lancet yaha kya kar rahi hai?

Veer : Uss se zyada ajeeb ye hai ki police ne ise dhoondha nahi?

Divya : Shayad ye unrelated ho. I mean... Yuhi padi ho. Yaha bahut kuchh pada hua hai waise bhi, Veer. Look! Ab aise dekhe toh yaha pe bahut si cheezein logical nahi lagengi.

Veer : Yeah! Still... Mein ise apne paas rakhta hu.

Divya (nods) : Hmm!

*Whoooosh*

Aur, Ava bhi kisi hawa ke jhonke ki tarah waha achanak prakat ho gayi.

Veer : Kuchh mila?

Ava : Nahi!

Divya : Huh? Tum kab aayi? Tumne itni jaldi area scan bhi kar liya?

Ava : Yes!

Divya (frowns) : Let's leave, Veer. Yaha kuchh nahi hai. Hum victim ke parivar jann se milne chal rahe hai.

Veer : Hmm!

Veer aur woh sab Madhuri ke naye nivaas ki orr badh gaye. Prabhakar ke puraane ghar se unhe koi suraag praapt nahi hua tha. Aur, jaise-jaise ye case ulajhta jaa raha tha, Veer ko mann me Garofano ki kahi gayi woh baat baar-baar yaad aa rahi thi.

'System holder...!'

[Alert rahiye, Master. Iske peechhe ek system holder ke hone ke chances mujhe 80% lag rahe hai.]

'Yeah! I've got the same feeling too.'

Kuchh hi der ki traveling ke baad akhir kaar woh Madhuri ke thehraav waale sthaan par pahuch hi gaye.

Ye ek prakar ka guest house tha jo sarkaar ne filhaal ke liye Madhuri aur uski maa ke liye rent-free niyukt kiya tha.

Par, yaha aate hi Veer ki nazar baahar khade jis shaks par pehle padi, use dekh woh taajub me reh gaya. Aur, Veer hi nahi woh shaks bhi Veer ko dekh bhauchakka reh gaya.

Veer : Tum-!???

Saamne koi aur nahi — Pranjal tha. Jisne Veer ko mask pehna dekh ke bhi pehchaan liya.

Pranjal : Huh??? V-Veer?? Tum-!!!?
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Aaj ke liye itna hi guys.
This update consists of 7.3k words. I know thoda chhota hai but mein bahut busy tha. Ghar par kaam laga hua hai, toh kaafi exhausted tha. Serial murder case ka abhi part 3 aur aayega. Ye segment teen se chaar part me divided hai. Lekin, parallel me hum thode aur alag scenes bhi dekhenge bahut jald. Kuchh Mumbai ke - Kaera, Sonia se related toh kuchh foreign ki activities. Baaki, Target apna wahi hai - 200! Toh likes thokne ka aur revos rakhna ka.
Dhanyavad.

Bro I was expecting a 10k + update
But it's okay
Update acha tha
Abhi arc peak ho jae ga next update se to air mzza aye ga

 

[The angry man]

Update - 188 ~ Serial Murder Case (2)​

Ab tak...

Trisha : Please, jaise hi koi bhi clue haath lage, hume inform kariyega. Aap hi hai jo iss task ko complete kar sakte ho. Kyunki, humara yaha rehna bahut zaroori hai.

Divya : Don't worry!

Trisha : Koi escorts? Mein ek sub-inspector aur control room se-

Divya : Nahi nahi! Iski koi zaroorat nahi. Mein aur mera assistant hi kaafi honge.

Trisha : Are you sure?

Divya (nods) : Yes!! Then, hum nikalte hai.

Divya aur Veer fir kuchh der waha intezar kar gaadi ke liye nikal gaye. Aur, unki manzil thi — Pune!

Ab aage...

'Fuckin' hell!!!'

Jab Divya ne uske ghar chalne ka zikr kiya toh Veer jaan gaya ki ye bahut hi bura vichaar tha. Uska parivar sirf ek sadharan parivar nahi tha — wo ankahi bhavnao ka ek uljha hua jaal tha, aur ek baahri vyakti - khaas taur se Divya ka waha aana, ghar me uthal-puthal machaane ke liye kaafi tha.

Fir bhi, uske paas koi vikalp nahi tha. Divya ne aaj hi Karan ke ghar se inspector Trisha ko hataate hue uski madad ki thi. Aur, iske pehle bhi usne France me uske liye madad bhijwayi thi. Toh ab jab woh Mumbai me thi aur high-profile murder cases ki jaanch kar rahi thi, toh aise me Veer use apni peeth nahi dikha sakta tha. Woh Divya ka kahi na kahi karzdaar tha.

Din wahi tha aur shaam ke 7:15 baj rahe the. Jaise hi veh dono darwaze ke paas pahuche, Veer ko apne seene me tanaav mehsoos hua. Ye koi samaanya sa home tour nahi tha; Divya ghar ki koi parichit nahi thi. Aur, uski overprotective badi behna — Tej, koi mamooli behan nahi thi. Ye ek powder keg ke samaan tha jo fatne ke liye taiyaar tha. Aur, Veer ki maujoodgi yaha uss par apni chingaari pehle hi laga chuki thi.

*Ding Dong*

Divya ne doorbell bajaayi. Uske chehre par ek adrishya muskaan thi jise Veer parakh na saka. Kuchh hi derr me Tej ne ujjwal muskaan ke saath darwaaza khola aur uski aankhein apne bhai ko dekh kar chamak uthi.

Tej (smiles) : Aa gaye tum? Huh-!?

Uski awaaz garmjoshi se bhari aur swaagat karne waali thi. Lekin, jaise hi uski nazar uske bhai ke bagal se khadi mahila par padi toh woh garmahat kahi gaayab si ho gayi. Uska shareer akda, aur muskaan feeki pad gayi. Uska dimaag apne aap hi use satark kar diya, usne Divya ko upar se neeche tak dekha. Kaun thi yeh aurat???

Toh wahi Divya hamesha ki tarah shaant, ek professional muskaan bikhere aage badhi.

Divya : Hi! Mein 'Divya Dhawan,' ek special agent, Foreign bureau for Crime Control se. In short, FBCC!

Usne apni FBCC ki ID Tej ko dikhaate hue kaha. Gaur karne waali baat ye thi ki usne apna surname 'Dhawan' bataya jo ki uska shaadi se pehle ka surname tha. Na ki 'Wilson' jo uske pati Nick ka surname tha.

Divya : State me ho rahe serial murders ko lekar mein yaha aayi hui hu. Veer aur mein pehle bhi kaam kar chuke hai. Aur, usi silsile me mein yaha aayi hu. Baat lambi ho sakti hai. Toh, kya hum andar baith ke baat kar sakte hai?

Tej ki nazar Divya ki ID par padi aur uski pehchaan uss par kisi bijli ki tarah aa kar giri. DIVYA!!! Isi Divya ka zikr Veer ne kiya tha. Use yaad aaya jab Veer China se laut ke aaya tha toh usne kayi saare sawaalo ke jawaab diye the.

'France me mein kaafi involved tha police aur baaki departments se. Also, aap Miss Divya se familiar nahi ho, right?'

'Miss Divya??? Who is she??'

'FBCC ki ek special agent. Also, former detective of the crime department in Las Vegas.'

'Theek hai! Maan liya! Ab aage? Kaun hai woh Divya?

'Miss Divya… Hmm! Las Vegas ki trip ke dauran meri mulaqat unse hui thi aur woh Miss Suhana ki bachpan ki dost hai. Miss Suhana ko aap sab jaante hi ho. Ye tab ki baat hai jab humara reunion nahi hua tha, dii!'

'So?'

'Wahi Miss Divya FBCC ke dwara bheji gayi thi China. Choonki, mein unse familiar tha aur Li Renshu se bhi toh mein iss ‘Order’ vs ‘Legion’ ke beech fass baitha. Mujhe Li Renshu ka favor chukana tha aur Miss Divya ne mera involvement asaan kar diya.'

Tej ko sab kuchh yaad aaya jo Veer ne Divya ko lekar use bataaya tha. Yahi woh Divya thi jiske saath Veer ne Las Vegas me kaam kiya tha. Halanki, woh abhi ye nahi jaanti thi ki ek peshevar rishte ke alawa Veer aur Divya aur bhi bahut kuchh saanjha kar chuke the.

Andar hi andar uska dimaag ghoom raha tha - yeh mahila ek khatra thi, ek gambheer khatra. Veer kisi ko bhi ghar nahi laaya tha. Woh 'use' ghar laaya tha. Divya ko!!!

Tej ne khud ko muskuraane ke liye majboor kiya, aur unhe andar aane dene ke liye ek taraf hatt gayi. Usne Veer ko tirchhi nazar se dekha jaise maano poochhna chaah rahi ho ki — Kya chal raha hai tumhara iss aurat ke saath?

Tej (nods) : Aaiye!

Usne swaagat kiya. Uska swar vinamra lekin tanaavpoorna tha. Jaise hi Divya ne ghar me qadam rakha, Tej ne firse apne bhai ki orr dekha, jaise uss se anurodh kar rahi ho ki kuchh toh samjhao akhir chal kya raha hai? Lekin, Veer ne filhaal ke liye nazre ferr li. Woh jaanta tha ki abhi kuchh bhi safaayi dena wajib nahi tha.

Ghar ke andar Bhavna, Shweta, Ragini aur Suman living room me ikhatti thi. Jaise hi unn sabne Veer ko ek anjaan mahila ke saath andar aate dekha toh kamra tanaav se bhar gaya. Ragini seedhi hokar baith gayi. Uski aankhein sikudi aur woh sochne lagi ki Veer ke bagal se khadi ye mahila akhir kaun thi?

Humesha ki tarah Bhavna ka dimag turant hi cheezon ko bhaapne me lag gaya. Shweta, mann me prashn par prashn liye bas unhe poochhne ka intezar kar rahi thi. Aur, Suman, jo rasoi ke paas khadi thi woh shaant ruchi ke saath sab kuchh dekh rahi thi. Apne 'maalik' se judi har cheez par woh dhyaan deti thi. Rahi baat Bhumika aur Sonali ki — toh dono hi apne hotel aur food truck me thi.

Divya ne kuchh der ruk kar kamre ka jayza liya. Woh apne upar unki aankhon ka bhaar, ankahi jigyasa, thodi shatruta aur thodi chinta mehsoos kar paa rahi thi. Woh iss se kahi khatarnak sthitiyo me pad chuki thi, lekin kisi tarah, Veer ke ghar me uske parivar ke saath khada hona aaj use lohe ke chane chabaane ke samaan lag raha tha. Iske bawajood, usne apna saiyyam banaaye rakha.

Divya : Nice house. Looks good. Feels good~

Veer (smiles) : Thank you!!

Tej : ???

Divya : Oh! Namaste!!!

Usne apne haath jode, uska lehza napa-tula magar vinamra tha.

Divya : Mera naam - Divya Dhawan hai. Mein FBCC ki ek special agent hu. Agar, aapko FBCC ke baare me nahi pata toh mein bata deti hu — FBCC duniya ke bade crime cases ke saath deal karti hai. Worldwide apni aid countries tak pahuchaati hai.

Bhavna : Toh aap hai woh Divya!

Divya : Hmm? Ji! I see! Toh, Veer ne aapko mere baare me bataya hua hai.




Tej : Indeed! Aur, hume FBCC ke baare me bhi pata hai.

Divya : Oh? *smiles* I'm impressed!

Tej : Come to the point, please?

Divya : Sure! Well then, aap sabko shayad ye bhi pata hoga ki mein aur Veer — we have quite a history you know. Humne past me high profile cases me saath me kaam kiya hua hai. Aur, mujhe Veer ki assistance chaahiye. Simple!

Bhavna ki drishti sthir thi. Usne haami bhar pehle ishaara kiya.

Bhavna (nods) : Baithiye!

Divya (smiles) : Thank you!

Woh sofe par virajman hui aur sabhi taktaki laga ke use ghoorne lage.

Bhavna : Waise, mein Veer ki maa hu. Toh aapko mere bete ki assistance chaahiye? Bhala kis prakaar se?

Usne apne bete par ek sarsari nigaah daalte hue poochha.

Bhavna (glances) : Suman-!!!

Suman (nods) : Ji!

Ishaara samajhte hi Suman andar kitchen me gayi aur baahar Divya ke liye tray me paani lete hue aayi. Divya ne bhi koi kasar nahi chhori. Woh jaanti thi ye sab formality thi lekin, ye kisi aur ka ghar nahi tha. Ye Veer ka ghar tha.

Divya : Aapne sheher me ho rahe murders ko gaur kiya hi hoga.

Bhavna (nods) : Hmm!

Divya : Ye kaafi bada matter hai. I mean khud FBCC iss par action le rahi hai, iss se aap andaza laga hi sakti hai ki case kitna bada hoga. Maamla local police ke control se baahar jaa chuka hai. Jo skills Veer ke paas hai, woh iss case ko solve karne me kaafi madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai.

Tej : Skills?

Divya (nods) : Ah-huh! Observational skills.

Tej : ???

Divya : Hmm? Ab ye mat kehna ki aap sab Veer ke talent se waqif nahi?

Tej : Veer ka- talent?

Divya (glances) : Tumne inhe kuchh nahi bataaya kya?

Veer : Well-

Divya : Seriously? Tumne kuchh bhi nahi bataaya? Aap sab ko Las Vegas ke baare me nahi pata kya?

Tej : Hume ye pata hai ki Veer ka involvement waha crime departments se tha. Waha exactly kya hua tha iske baare me hume kuchh nahi pata.

Divya (amazed) : Oh my god!!! Tumhe pata hai tumhara bhai kya hai?

Tej : Huh???

Divya : Ek chalta firta computer. Maine apni life me Veer se zyada skilled detective nahi dekha. Jo deductions Veer karne me capable hai, shayad hi uss level ka koi aur hoga. And, I'm not joking.

Ragini jo ab tak shaant thi, usne apni baahein sofe ki side par felaate hue halka sa uphaas kiya.

Ragini : Aur, aapko lagta hai ki Veer ko iss tarah ki kisi cheez me shaamil hona chaahiye? Aapne soch bhi kaise liya ki hum sab use iss khatre me jaane denge?

Bhale hi woh Veer se abhi baat nahi kar rahi thi lekin, uski chinta abhi bhi saaf zaahir thi.

Divya : Shayad aap meri baaton ki gehraayi ko samajh nahi paayi. Maine kaha - ki Veer ke paas jo skills hai, woh iss case ko solve karne ke liye bahut madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai. Serial killer khulla ghoom raha hai. Na jaane kitne masoom log apni jaan gawa sakte hai. This is serious!

Tej : ...

Divya : Tum Veer ki behan ho, right?

Tej (nods) : H-Hmm! Mein Tejal! Veer ki sagi badi behan.

Divya : Do you know what happened in Las Vegas?

Tej : Huh??? N-Nahi!

Divya : Short me bataati hu. Mein bata sakti hu na, Veer?

Veer : Well-! Go ahead! *nods*

Divya : Alright! Las Vegas me 'house of the killers' ke naam se bahut bade criminals ek saath uske under kaam kar rahe the.

Shweta (frowns) : House of the killers?

Tej : ???

Bhavna : ...

Divya : Ji! House of the killers. Veer ne ek-ek ko pakadwaya tha. Jim the slippery, jo drug dealings kar raha tha police se chhip ke. Pitcher, jo ki ek bahut bada mastermind criminal tha. Woh logo ko kaise maarta tha aapko pata hai?

Bhavna : ???

Divya : Mithridatism se.

Tej : Mithri-!!?

Bhavna (frowns) : Mithridatism, Tej! Khud thodi-thodi maatra me zeher lena taaki aapke shareer ki tolerance zeher ke prati badh sake.

Tej : Ahhh?!!!

Divya : Exactly! Woh logo ko parties me wine pila kar maarta tha jinme zeher hota tha. Veer Las Vegas ke investigation department ki taraf se ek spy bann ke uski party me ghusa tha aur usi ki party me ghus ke usne uss Pitcher ko chakma diya tha. Can you believe it? Veer hi tha jisne ye decode kiya tha ki Pitcher Mithridatism ka istemal kar ke logo ko maar raha tha.

Jab Bhavna samet sabhi ne ye suna toh pal bhar ke liye unki dhadkane badh gayi, khaas kar Bhavna ki. Usne apne bete ko chintit nazro se dekha. Veer inn sab ke hoke guzra tha? Akhir, aur kitne raaz chhipaaye hue tha uska laadla? Agar, use kuchh ho jaata toh? Bhavna mann hi mann khud ko kos shaant reh gayi.

Divya : Par, asli khel toh uss mansion me hua tha. Uss island par. Jab Veer ne Nightwalker ki mystery se parda uthaaya tha.

Tej : Nightwalker?

Divya : Haan! Las Vegas ke island me ek mansion me ek event organise hota tha. Illegal means se waha tak pahucha jaata tha aur aapko ek night stay karna hota tha. Shart yahi rehti thi ki jisne night out complete kar liya woh aseem sampatti ka maalik bann sakta tha. Gold, cash, rubies, you name it. Sab kuchh!

Tej : Then?

Divya : Par, room numbers alag alag orders me batey hue the. Jaise ki 74, 50, etc. Rooms aise the ki unke doors metals se bane hue the. No windows, nothing. Participiants ko apne respective rooms me rukna hota tha aur fir night me unhe gold dhoondhne ke liye nikalna hota tha. Par, yahi woh time hota tha jab Nightwalker apne chehre par mask lagaaye logo ka qatl karta tha. Balki, unke rooms ke andar ghus ke. Jo ki impossible hona chahiye, right?

Tej (shivers) : Huhhh!!?

Divya (smiles) : Aur, Veer ne use bhi pakda tha. Your brother entered that same mansion and not only he survived, he was able to expose the mystery behind the murders. Kya tum guess kar sakti ho ki Nightwalker kaise maarta tha room me ghus ke?

Tej : ???

Divya (smiles) : Those room numbers... They were atomic numbers of the metals. Room number ka door uske respective metal se bana hota tha. Aur, Nightwalker door ke bar ko uske melting point tak le jaate hue, use pighla kar slab ko nikaal ke haath andar le jaa kar gate kholta tha, andar ghusta tha aur logo ko maarta tha. He was a master in welding. Also, a superb electrician. Now you get it? Tumhare bhai ki kya skills hai?

Tej ne Veer ko dekha. Bechaari ki samajh nahi aa raha tha ki kya kare? Apne bhai par garv kare? Ya fir chinta jataaye ki itni kathnaiyo se hoke guzra tha woh. Ya fir darey ki kahi use kuchh ho jaata toh? Ya chakit hoye ki uske bhai ke paas itna kaushal tha?

Divya : -Aur, isliye — Mein yaha Veer ki assistance ki maang karne aayi hu. He's very crucial for this case.

Bhavna ne jab ye suna toh woh bhaanp gayi ki uska beta waqai me alag tha. Aise hi nahi usne Egypt me uss artifact ki jankaari bata di thi. Iska matlab ye sach tha ki uske bete ke paas exceptional observing skills thi.

Tej abhi bhi darwaaze ke paas khadi thi, usne apne honth daanto taley dabaaye, uski chinta aur adhik badh gayi. Veer ko Divya ke sang jaata sochne maatra se hi uski saansein fool rahi thi.

Tej : M-Mujhe nahi lagta ki ye koi achha idea hai. Veer ne... Mere bhai ne pehle hi bahut kuchh kar diya hai. Aur, use dobaara khud ko khatre me daalne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Aur, na hi hum use khatre me jaane denge.

Divya : With all due respect, this isn't just any case. Ye personal matters se bada hai. Mein use kisi faaltu baat ke liye ghaseetne nahi aayi hu yaha. He knows the stakes as well.




Suman rasoi se sab kuchh dekhte hue Veer ke qareeb chali aayi, uske shaant qadmo ke chalte logo ka dhyaan uss par na gaya. Woh uski orr jhuki aur thoda fus-fusaate hue boli.

Suman : Maalik, kya aap chaahte hai ki mein dakhal du? Agar aap nahi jaana chaahte toh aapko uske saath jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Ise mein sambhaal lungi.

Uske shabdo me ek khatarnak dhaar thi, ek vaada, ki zaroorat padne par veh iss aurat ko gaayab bhi kar sakti hai. Veer uski wafadaari dekh muskuraaya aur apna sarr hilaate hue usne Suman ko shaant rehne ka hi ishaara kiya. Divya koi paraayi nahi thi.

Tej ka dil zorr se dhadak raha tha. Woh apne jeevan me sab kuchh niyantrit kar sakti thi siwae iske ki Veer ki zindagi me kin aurton ko rehna chaahiye aur kinhe nahi. Uski pakad se Veer chhootata hua use mehsoos ho raha tha. Woh Veer ko mana nahi kar sakti thi, bhale hi woh kitna hi kyu na chaahe ki Veer Divya ke saath na jaaye. Lekin, fir bhi himmat kar woh boli.

Tej : V-Veer-!! Veer, tum pehle bhi inn khatro me pad chuke ho. Hume toh kuchh pata bhi nahi tha. Tum akele inn sab ko face karte aa rahe the. Aur, ab jab hume sacchayi pata chali hai, toh hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bhai? Ye jaante hue ki-

Shweta : Bilkul! Iss baar mein bhi sehmat hu. Jokhim bhari jagah par hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bacche-!?

Lekin, Veer behtar jaanta tha. Uska Divya ke liye kam se kam itna karna banta tha. Aur, ye baat bataane ki bhi zaroorat nahi thi ki use iska mission bhi mila hua tha.

Veer : Sorry, Teju di! Par, mujhe jaana hoga. Ye matter ignore nahi kiya jaa sakta.

Aur, kamre me ek sannaata chha gaya. Tej ne apne bhai ki aankhon ko padh liya. Woh jaan chuki thi ki ab use koi bhi nahi rok sakta tha. Kahi na kahi use khud par hi kheej uthi. Woh kitni kamzor thi ki uske bhai ko majbooran jaana pad raha tha. Aur, woh kuchh nahi kar paa rahi thi. Ragini ka chehra bhi sakht ho chuka tha, uske honth niraasha se sikud gaye.

Tej ka mukh khula par siwae thar-tharaate hontho ke muh ne aur koi prakriya nahi ki.

Tej : T-Tumhara har baar ka yahi hai V-Veer! T-Tumhe-!! Tumhe jo karna hai karo. China se aaye tumhe abhi din hi kitne hue the? Aur, ab-!

Veer jaanta tha uski Teju di uss se udaas thi. Magar, woh chaah ke bhi kuchh nahi kar sakta tha. Beparvah, Divya ne apna sarr hilaaya aur woh apni jagah se uthi.

Divya : Toh kya mein ise 'haan' samjhu?

Bhavna : Agar, Veer ne haan keh hi diya hai. Aur, use dekh ke yahi lag raha hai ki woh humaari nahi sunega. Toh fir haan hi samajhiye. Dhyaan rahe, ki aap 'haan' samajh rahi hai. Na ki-

Uske hidden meaning ko Divya samajh gayi. Shayad aaj ke liye woh iss ghar me itni invited nahi thi. Magar, shayad bhavishya me kabhi kuchh badal jaaye? Yahi soch woh waha se nikli.

Divya : We'll leave tomorrow morning! Pick me up at sharp 7 AM.

Veer (nods) : Sure!

Divya (smiles) : See you!

Veer : *smiles*

Jaise hi Divya waha se ravana hui, ghar me tanaav badh gaya. Veer darwaaze ke paas hi khada raha, baahar ki orr dekhta raha, lekin woh mehsoos kar sakta tha ki sabhi ki aankhon ka bhaar uss par hi tha. Tej shaanti ko bhang karne waali pehli thi.

Tej : Kya tum serious ho, Veer?

Veer peechhe mud apni behan ki nazro se mila.

Veer (nods) : Mujhe sach me jaana hoga, di! Divya ne meri madad ki thi, aur ab meri baari hai.

Tej ke honth ye sunte hi sikud gaye. Usne apni mutthi kasste hue kaha.

Tej : Lekin, use yaha laana? Use yaha kyu laaye tum Veer? Tumhe pata hai na ki cheezein kaisi hai. Tumhe pata hai na ki mein kaise mehsoos karti hu tumhare-

Kehte hue woh achanak hi ruk gayi. Use dhyaan aaya ki woh kya kuchh kehne jaa rahi thi.

Veer : Agar, mein use yaha nahi bhi laata toh kya aap unse milne nahi jaati?

Tej : M-Mein bhala kyu jaati uss se milne? M-Mujhe kaise pata hota ki woh yaha par hai?

Veer : Miss Suhana se toh aap mil hi aayi. Toh, fir inse milne me kya dikkat hoti aapko?

Sunte hi Tej jhep gayi. Veer ko pata tha? Use kaise pata chala? Usne dekha ki uska bhai kaise use dekh raha tha. Jaise maano usne koi chori ki ho. Aur, Tej ka dil ye dekhte hi andar se use kachotne laga.

Tej : V-Veer-! Veer aisa nahi hai. Haan mein gayi thi. Mein mili thi unse. L-Lekin, mein tumhe bataane waali thi. Mein tumse kuchh nahi chhipaati Veer.

Veer : Oh really? I see!

Magar, Veer ka ravaiyya use aur kasht pahucha gaya. Woh daud ke uski orr aayi aur uske galey se lag gayi.

Tej : Veeeeerrr!!! Meri baat maano!!! Mein kabhi jhooth nahi bolti hu tumse. M-Mein unse milne gayi thi mein maanti hu. L-Lekin, mein tumhe baad me bataane waali thi. Sab kuchh toh tumhare saamne rehta hai Veer. Maine kabhi tumse kuchh bhi nahi chhipaya hai.

Veer : It's okay, di! I trust you!

Tej : ...! I will never... I will never lie to you. So, please... Mat jao na! Mat jao! Tumhe inn sab me shaamil hone ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.

Veer : Teju di! Ye case sach me bada hai. Aap samajhti kyu nahi? Kitne log marr chuke hai. Unhe meri zaroorat hai. Baat ko samajhiye. Agar, Miss Divya ko meri zaroorat nahi hoti toh woh kabhi mujhse bolti hi nahi.

Ragini (stands up) : Toh tum hi kyu, Veer? Tum hi kyu? Tum koi police officer nahi ho, na hi tum koi detective ho ya koi hero. Kya woh tumhare bina ek case bhi solve nahi kar sakte? Kya unke paas ek dhang ki team bhi nahi hai ise solve karne ke liye? Jo tumhe inn sab me ghaseet rahe hai?

Akhir kaar Ragini ne Veer se baat ki. Woh ab aur bardaasht nahi kar sakti thi. Veer ne ek aah bhar apne baalo par haath fera aur bola.

Veer : Aisa nahi hai ki woh ise solve nahi kar sakte. Baat sirf itni hai ki Miss Divya ne meri madad pehle kaafi ki hai. Aur, agar mein ab unki madad karne ke liye apne haath khade kar dunga toh kya ye sahi hoga? Woh meri madad maangti hi nahi agar unhe meri zaroorat na hoti toh. Woh khud bahut capable hai.

Bhavna apni kursi par baithe apne bete ko dhyaan se dekh rahi thi. Kamre me gehri bechaini ko mehsoos karte hue, uski nazre Tej, Veer ar Ragini ke beech ghoomi.

Bhavna (calmly) : Beta-!!!

Veer : Hmm?

Bhavna : Kya tum sach me sure ho ki iss cheez me tumhara shaamil hona zaroori hai?

Veer aage badh apni maa ke paas ghutno ke bal baitha aur unka haath pakad thaamte hue bola.

Veer : Maa! Mein khud aap sab se door nahi jaana chaahta. Lekin, ye maamla... Ye zaroori hai. Aur, agar mein nahi gaya toh aur bhi nirdosh log maare jaa sakte hai. Agar, mere waha jaane se ye case jaldi solve ho sakta hai. Toh kya woh sahi nahi hai, maa?

Bhavna : Tum inn sab maamlo me kab se padne lage mere bete?

Veer (smiles) : Jab aap yaha thi bhi nahi tab se.

Aur, uske itna kehte hi waha ek gehri, bhaari khamoshi janm li. Bhavna ke mukh se kuchh na nikla. Veer ne bagal se baithi Shweta ko dekha jo kehna toh bahut kuchh chaahti thi magar keh nahi paa rahi thi. Uski orr aate hue Veer ne uske haatho ko bhi thaama.

Veer : Aur, Shweta maa aap bhi.

Shweta : H-Huhh???

Veer : Meri gair-haziri me aapko sabka dhyaan rakhna hoga. Khaas kar didi logo ka. Mujhe aap par bharosa hai.

Shweta maano ye sunn gadgad ho uthi. Use samajh nahi aa raha tha ki woh Veer ke iss bartaav se khush hoye ya fir uske jaane ki wajah se dukh zaahir kare.

Tej ne khud ko sthir rakhne ke liye apni mutthiyaan bheenchi, woh hamesha inn palo se darti thi. Veer ke door jaana ka bas khayaal, use kuchh ho jaaye uska dar, Tej ke badan me sihran dauda jaata tha. Woh cheekhna chaahti thi, uss se na jaane ki vinti karna chaahti thi, lekin woh Veer ko bahut achhi tarah se bhi jaanti thi. Ek baar mann bana lene ke baad woh apni zimmedariyo ko chhorne waalo me se nahi tha.

Tej (yells) : Tumne kaha tha ki China se aane ke baad tum humaare saath rahoge, time spend karoge. Tumne kaha tha, Veer!!! *shivers* Tumne promise kiya tha ki tum dobaara aisa nahi karoge kabhi-!!!

Veer (softly) : Mein humesha ke liye nahi jaa raha hu, Teju di.

Tej (yells) : Yarnia ka kya??? Sab kuchh kaun sambhalega? Tumne iss par kitni mehnat ki hai-

Veer : Mujhse zyada mehnat aapne ki hai. Aur, isliye uski zimmedari mein aap sab ke upar chhorta hu. Lekin, mein promise karta hu, opening ceremony ki raat... Mein waha aap sab ke saamne maujood rahunga.

Tej : Veer, tum nahi jaa sakte!!!

Veer : Aap aur Ragini Bhabhi-!!! Aap dono hi meri madad karogi. Iske pehle bhi aap dono ne business ko achhi tarah se sambhaala hai. Mujhe aap pe poora bharosa hai.

Ragini : Mein jaanti hu ki tum kitne ziddi ho.

Veer : *smiles*

Ragini : Toh mein tumhe rokungi nahi. Kyunki, uska koi faayda nahi. Hum toh yaha cheezein sambhaal lenge. Lekin, tumhara kya? Agar, tum samay par waapas nahi aaye tab kya? Agar, tumhe waha kuchh ho gaya toh?

Veer : Mujhe waha kuchh nahi hoga. Aur, iss baar mein aap sab ke contact me rahunga. *smiles* Mein phone karunga. Mein apni situation ke baare me aap sab ko update karta rahunga. Mein pehle ki tarah gaayab nahi ho raha.

Ragini kuchh pal shaant rahi. Zaahir hai woh bhi Veer ko jaane nahi dena chaahti thi. Lekin, uske kehne se Veer rukne waala nahi tha, ye baat woh bhali bhaanti jaanti thi.

Ragini (nods) : Behtar hoga fir ki tum apni baat par khade utro.

Antatah Bhavna ne Veer ko dekha, uska shaant bhaav sthir tha lekin uski awaaz me ek maa ki chinta jhalak rahi thi.

Bhavna : Bas ye sunishchit karna ki tum... Tum sahi salaamat laut ke aao. Chaahe kuchh bhi ho jaaye.

Veer (smiles) : Mein sirf waha pe apni observational skills ke liye jaa raha hu, maa. Mein waha kisi se ladne nahi jaa raha. Mein waha sirf analysis karunga.

Bhavna : Fir bhi-

Veer (nods) : Don't worry. I'll be fine.

Tej apne nichle honth ko daanto tale bheenchte hue mudi aur boli.

Tej : Th-Theek hai! Tumhe jo karna hai wo karo, Veer. Koi tumhe nahi rokega. Mein bhi nahi. B-Bye-!!!

Kehte hue woh waha se seedhe apne kamre ki orr bhaag gayi. Uski awaaz ruwaasi thi.

Veer : Teju diii-!!! Suniyeee!!!!

Magar, wo na ruki. Aur, isi tarah aaj ki ye raat yuhi beet gayi. Subah-subah 6:45 pe Veer Pune jaane ke liye taiyaar tha. Bhavna samet sabhi jaag chuki thi siwae Tej, Bhumika aur Sonali ke.

Bhumika aur Sonali ko toh ye baat pata bhi nahi thi. Isliye, woh dono hi chenn ki neend so rahi thi. Veer ne apni car nikaali aur woh ghar se vida lene ke liye taiyaar tha.

Kisi ne kuchh na kaha. Par, sabka dil bhaari tha. Veer ne baari-baari sabhi ko galey se lagaaya. Bhavna ne uske maathe ko chooma toh Shweta ne uske gaalo ko. Lekin, dono hi shaant khadi rahi, aankhon me ek gehri chinta jise koi bhi samajh na paaya.

Dekhte hi dekhte Veer unki aankhon se ojhal ho gaya. Kuchh baatein aur hui maa bete ke beech me par Veer ka khud ka jiya itna bechain tha ki usne inn anubhutiyo ko mann se nikaal diya.

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Hotel Serenity, Mumbai,
Morning - 7:01 AM ~

Veer ne apni car hotel ki building ke entrance gate ke theek baahar laga rakhi thi. Usne apni ghadi par nazar daali — Divya ko ab kisi bhi samay baahar aa jaana chaahiye tha. Uski ungliyaan steering wheel par intezar me thap-thapa rahi thi aur woh Pune me aage kya hoga, iss vichaar me khoya hua tha. Maamla behad kroor tha, kaam khatarnaak tha, lekin inme se kisi ne bhi use utna chintit nahi kiya jitna ki uske khud ke daayre me rahi cheezon ne use kiya — Uske rishte, uska daayitva, aur uski zimmedariyaan.

Woh abhi baitha hi tha jab achanak hi hotel ka glass door khula aur uski drishti ek bemisaal khubsoorti par padi.

Ava-!!!

'Huh? Ava yaha-!?'

Use dekh, Veer ko apni chhaathi me ek parichit khhichaav mehsoos hua. Woh tip-top taiyaar hoke baahar nikli thi. Chalte hue woh seedhe Veer ke nazdeek aayi aur pal bhar ke liye Veer aur Ava dono ki hi saansein ek dusre ko dekh tez ho gayi. Dono ke beech ek chumbakeeya khhichaav tha.

Veer : Ava-!?

Ava (nods) : Mein bhi saath chal rahi hu.




Veer : Wait! What? Tumhe kaise pata chala ki mein yaha aa raha hu?

[Death Flag Master. Ava ne aap pe Death Flag laga rakha hai. Yahi kaaran hai ki woh hume China me kyu dhoondh paayi thi.]

'Ah, right! Fuck! Mein bhool hi gaya tha.'

Ava : V-Veer-!!! Death Flag mujhe sab bataati hai. Tum kaha ho, kidhar jaa rahe ho, sab kuchh.

Usne ye thoda hich-kichaate hue kaha. Woh Veer ke response ko dekhna chaah rahi thi. Kintu, Veer ne badle me kuchh na kaha. Usne bas apna sarr hila diya. Aur, bechari Ava ye dekh aur bhi bechain ho uthi. Kya Veer ko ye pasand nahi tha? Kahi woh uncomfortable toh nahi mehsoos kar raha tha? Woh kuchh samajh nahi paa rahi thi.

Veer : Toh? Tum yaha?

Ava : Mein bhi aa rahi hu. Tumhare saath!

Veer : Mere saath? Kaha?

Ava : Pune!!

Veer : ??? Tumhe kaise-???

Ava : Mujhe bhi mission mila hai, Veer.

Veer : ....

Use samajh aaya ki use mission toh mila tha lekin, saath hi Ava ko bhi iss case se sambandhit mission praapt ho chuka tha.

Veer : Waise, mujhe poochhna toh nahi chahiye-

Ava : Mujhe mission tumhe assist karne ka mila hai, Veer.




Iske pehle ki woh sawaal kar paata, Ava ne swayam hi sab kuchh saaf-saaf use bata diya. Aur, Veer bas thoda hairat me reh gaya.

Ava (gently) : You're gonna need some help.

Kuchh der vichaar kar Veer ne haami bhar di aur achanak hi hotel ke glass doors punah khule aur Divya baahar nikli. Uska professional demeanor har baar ki tarah aaj bhi sharp hi tha. Kintu, Veer ko jo chinta sata rahi thi woh thi — Kya Ava aur Divya ka ek saath hona theek tha?

Divya jaise hi unke paas aayi, Ava ko dekhte hi uski bauhe sikud gayi.

Divya (frowns) : Ava!? Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho?

Uski awaaz teekhi thi, spasht roop se sandeh se bhari hui. Aur, ye Ava ne bhi mehsoos kiya. Lekin, usne koi jawab na diya. Uski aankhein Divya se Veer ki orr ghoomi. Usne intezar kiya aur Veer ko jawab dene diya.

Veer : Ava humaare saath aa rahi hai.

Divya : What??? Veer?? Ye sab kya hai? Ye tay nahi hua tha humaare beech kal. Aur, waise bhi Ava ka iss case se kya lena dena? Why the hell is she even here?

Veer : Ava ko kuchh kaam hai waha. Plus, she have some contacts. Not to mention ki woh ek bahut badi celebrity aur singer bhi hai. A perfect candidate for a distraction, if needed...!

Divya : Tch! Fir bhi, Veer! Hum iss par raazi nahi hue the. Mein tumhare liye cover kar sakti hu but ek aur person ke liye-

Veer : Tumhe kuchh bhi karne ki zaroorat nahi, Divya. Ava bas door se hi assist karegi. She won't interfere. Trust me!

Divya : Bhulo nahi Veer ki France me... France me zaroor isne hi kuchh karwaya tha jis chakkar me tum fasey the. I'm sure of it.

Ava 'France' ka naam sunte hi jhep gayi. Usne apni bhavnao ko ek udaseen mukhaute ke peechhe chhipa liya. Divya humesha se hi perceptive thi aur uska sandeh jaayaz tha.

Ateet me Ava ki betrayal ne ek ghaav chhor diya tha, jise woh theek karne ke liye betaab thi, lekin woh iska zikr nahi kar sakti thi — yaha nahi, Divya ke saamne nahi.

Veer ne ek pal ke liye apna maatha ragadte hue ek aah bhari.

Veer : Pehle car me baitho sab. Yaha se toh nikle. Uske baad discuss kar lenge.

Divya ne apni bauhe upar uthayi, spasht roop se woh aashvast nahi thi, lekin aage behas karne se bhi koi faayda nahi tha.

Divya (mutters) : Fine! But keep an eye on her. I don't want any surprises.

Jaise hi woh aage ki seat par Veer ke bagal se baithi, Ava peechhe ki seat par virajman ho gayi. Veer ne rear view mirror ke madhyam se Ava par nazar daali, aur unki aankhein shan bhar ke liye mili — kuchh ankahe shabd jo Ava ki aankhein darsha rahi thi.

Aur, sabhi ke approval ke baad Veer ne car start kar waha se badha di.

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Jaise-jaise car maarg par daudati gayi, Mumbai ke hal-chal bhare sheher ko chhor Pune ki orr badhti gayi. Oonchi-oonchi gagan-chumbi imaaratein aur yatayat ke nirantar shor se dheere-dheere grameen drishya, khet aur hariyali saamne aane lagi.

Veer ne Pune me Madhuri ke pita ke case ke baare me sochte hue apni aankhein aage sadak par rakhi, halanki car me tanaav spasht tha.

Ava ki chuppi bhaari thi, lekin beech-beech me Veer rear view mirror me use apni orr dekhta paa ke pakad leta aur Ava turant hi apni nazre ferr leti.

Aur, dekhte hi dekhte woh Pune ke sheher me apni dastak de chuke the.

Veer : Toh? Kaha chalna hai pehle?

Divya : Police station! Inspector Trisha ne apni orr se inform kar hi diya hoga lekin, ek baar hume apni presence waha deni padegi. Agar, approval mil jayega toh badhiya hoga.

Veer (nods) : Alright!

Veer ne gaadi seedhe waha ke apradh sthal ke sabse paas waale thaane ki orr ghuma di. Jab woh sab waha pahuche toh Divya ko saari formalities karne me hi ek ghanta lag gaya. Woh thaki-thaki si baahar aayi.

Divya (sighs) : Finally! Let's go! Hume permision mil gayi hai.

Veer : Toh hum murder waali jagah par chal rahe hai?

Divya (nods) : Haan! Maybe hume waha kuchh aisa mil jaaye jo shayad police ki taraf se chhoot gaya ho? Then, hum victim ke parivar jano se milne jayenge. Unhone wo area khaali kar diya hai. Woh abhi kaha reh rahe hai iski details bhi leli hai maine.

Veer : Alright!

Jab Veer aur baaki sab apradh sthal par pahuche, toh use pichli baar se ek alag hi tasveer dekhne ko mili. Television par drishya kuchh aur hi the. Yaha keechad tha, bheedam bhaad thi, aur sab ast-vyast tha. Magar, ab malba hata diya gaya tha, koi bheed-bhaad nahi thi aur woh bina kisi samasya ke gali me apni gaadi park kar diya.

Kintu, ghar ke nazdeek aate hi uski naak sikudi aur use pata chala ki ek bheeshan durgandh abhi bhi kayam thi.

Divya : It stinks-!! Ugh-!!!

Veer : Yeah! Ye gandh lekin wo nahi hai.

Divya : Right! Also, behtar hoga ki hum nasamajh padosiyo ka dhyaan khichne se pehle hi talaashi lele.

Divya ne aas-paas nazre maarte hue kaha. Veer ne bhi nazre daudayi toh dekha ki kuch khidkiyo ke parde khul rahe the aur andar se kuch jigyasu chehre kaanch ke uss orr se unhe hi ghoor rahe the.

Veer : I still don't think ki hume yaha talashi lene ki koi zaroorat hai. Experts ne already achhe se kaam kiya hoga. Dekh ke lag nahi raha ki kuch milega yaha. Police force guard dogs ko bhi laayi hi hogi.

Veer janta tha ki agar iske peechhe kisi system holder ke hone ke chances the, toh woh itni asani se saboot nahi chorrne waala tha.

Ava : Agar experts ne investigation kar li hai toh zaroor unhe kuch findings mili hongi. Kya hum directly unn findings ko nahi dekh sakte?

Ava ne apna sujhaav diya. Aur, uska sujhaav logical bhi tha. Magar, cheezein itni asaan kaha hoti thi. Divya ne halka sa mudte hue apne kandhe ke upar se peeche khadi Ava ko dekha aur boli,

Divya : Aisa nahi hota. Jo bhi findings yaha se mili hongi, unhe already investigation ke liye bhej diya gaya hoga. Findings jo dhoondhte hai woh alag hote hai, aur findings ki jo jaanch karte hai woh alag. Itni jaldi woh hume ye sab nahi de sakte. After all, hum baahri vyakti hai unke liye. Uske liye hume thoda intezar karna hoga.

Ava : Aisa lag raha hai jaise unhe hum par ya kisi cheez par bharosa nahi hai.

Divya (sighs) : It's not their fault. Har desh yahi karta hai. Inspector Trisha ki tactic bhi mein jaanti hu. Usne hume yaha jaan boojh ke bheja hai taaki hum case se door reh sake. Lekin, sirf tumhare ishaare par mein maan gayi thi, Veer.

Veer : Well, dekhte hai kya hota hai. By the way, Ava…!

Veer ke turant pukarne par Ava jaise uska ishaara samajh gayi. Woh haami bharte hue boli.

Ava : Mein baahar east aur west ends tak check karke aati hu.

Veer : Ek quick 360° kar lena.

Ava (nods) : Alright!

Aur, itna bol woh nikal gayi.

Divya : Kya Ava ka baahar bhejna sahi hai?

Veer : Woh mask pehne hue hai. Use koi nahi pehchaanega. Aur, tum toh yahi chaahti thi na ki Ava case me dakhal na de?

Divya : Haan, lekin-! Nahi! Leave it!

Woh baahar ki haalat ka jayza le rahi thi. Aur, ab Ava ke jaane ke baad Veer aur Divya hi uss sthal par akele maujood the.

Veer ne dekha ki kaise Divya koshish kar rahi thi ki kahi se bhi kuchh mil jaaye. Magar, experts dwara sab kuch saaf kar diya gaya tha.

Woh toh bas isliye iss case me shamil tha kyuki inn sab ke peeche koi system holder ho sakta tha aur use iska mission bhi mila hua tha. Bas isliye woh bas uss saboot ki talash me tha jis se ye satya saabit ho sake ki iske peeche koi system holder tha ya nahi?

Warna, agar isko anjaam dene waala ek aam serial killer nikla toh Veer iss case me se khud ko peechhe kheech lene wala tha. Uske paas inn sab ka samay nahi tha. Inn sab ke liye police thi. Uska target maatra system holders hi the. Khatra unse hi tha.

Veer ko tabhi dhyaan aaya ki woh aur Divya akele the. Divya ki thirakti gaand uske saamne hi thi. Ek masti ka mood uska achanak hi bann gaya.

Woh chanchal swar me ek sujhaav lete hue poochha?

Veer (smiles) : Kya tumhari nigrani bhi rakhne ki zaroorat hai mujhe?

Divya (grins) : Kyu nahi? Agar tum meri rakhoge toh mein tumhari rakhungi.

Veer (smiles) : Toh ye toh achha hai na? Mein taiyaar hu. Bolo?

Woh muskurayi aur unke beech ki doori ko kam kar uske nazdeek aayi.

Divya : Be careful, Veer! Tum ek shadi shuda aurat ko woh ideas de rahe ho jo uske mann me kabhi nahi aane chahiye.

Veer : Jaise ki-!?

Veer bhi badle me bas muskuraya. Divya ke saath chedh-chadh karne me use ek alag hi maza aata tha. Shayad, Divya uski har harqat ko bardasht kar leti thi ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir Divya ke badan ko paane me wo qamyab ho jaata tha ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir, Divya swayam se hi yahi chaahti thi.

Divya lohe ki seedhiyo se hote hue upar ko chadh gayi aur andar ghar me talashi lene lagi. Toh wahi Veer upar jaane se pehle ek pal ke liye apni nigaahein neeche hi tikne diya. Abhi jaha woh khada tha, shav uss se 4 qadam ki duri par uss din mila tha. Zameen par peeli aur bejaan padi laash ki yaaddasht ne Veer ko rok diya. TV par toh chehra blur kar diya gaya tha magar shareer ko usne dekha tha.

Concrete par gehre bhoore rang ke dhabbo ne Veer ka dhyaan kheencha. Ye Prabhakar ke khoon ke avshesh the. Uske alawa use aur kuch nazar nahi aaya. Yaha tak ki ghaas-poos bhi saaf kar di gayi thi.

Woh khade hoke upar Divya ke sang jaanch me shamil hone hi waala tha ki ek dhundhli chamak uski aankhon me padi. Bauhe sikodte hue usne apni jeb se Divya dwara diya gaya ek latex ka dastana nikaala aur ek haath me pehen liya.

Zameen ke beech me mitti aur malbe me ek chhoti si pin dabi hui use nazar aayi. Veer ne use uthaya aur uth ke thoda aage aaya.

'Check'

*Ding*

[Description : A blood lancet. Not usable now.]

Use check karte hi Veer ko samajh aa gaya ki ye kya thi. Ye woh pin thi jise aksar blood test ke liye istemal kiya jaata tha. Neele rang ki casing me dhasi hui ek lancet blood needle.

Magar, ise istemal nahi kiya gaya tha. Isme khoon ke avshesh nahi the. Lag raha tha jaise kisi ne perro se isko ek do baar kuchla ho.

[Ek used blood lancet, Master. Ise kaafi pehle istemal kiya gaya hai. Warna, system aapko aur zyada information deta iske baare me.]

'Par, sawaal wo nahi hai, Pari. Ye pin akhir yaha kar kya rahi hai?'

[Kahi se aa gayi hogi maybe? Kyunki, bahut si aisi chhoti-chhoti cheezein aksar hawa ya paani ke bahaav se ya jaise-taise kisi na kisi prakaar se idhar-udhar ho hi jaati hai.]

'Maybe!?'

Divya jab andar se neeche ki orr aayi toh Veer ne use woh blood lancet dikhayi.

Divya : Hmm! Strange! Ek blood lancet yaha kya kar rahi hai?

Veer : Uss se zyada ajeeb ye hai ki police ne ise dhoondha nahi?

Divya : Shayad ye unrelated ho. I mean... Yuhi padi ho. Yaha bahut kuchh pada hua hai waise bhi, Veer. Look! Ab aise dekhe toh yaha pe bahut si cheezein logical nahi lagengi.

Veer : Yeah! Still... Mein ise apne paas rakhta hu.

Divya (nods) : Hmm!

*Whoooosh*

Aur, Ava bhi kisi hawa ke jhonke ki tarah waha achanak prakat ho gayi.

Veer : Kuchh mila?

Ava : Nahi!

Divya : Huh? Tum kab aayi? Tumne itni jaldi area scan bhi kar liya?

Ava : Yes!

Divya (frowns) : Let's leave, Veer. Yaha kuchh nahi hai. Hum victim ke parivar jann se milne chal rahe hai.

Veer : Hmm!

Veer aur woh sab Madhuri ke naye nivaas ki orr badh gaye. Prabhakar ke puraane ghar se unhe koi suraag praapt nahi hua tha. Aur, jaise-jaise ye case ulajhta jaa raha tha, Veer ko mann me Garofano ki kahi gayi woh baat baar-baar yaad aa rahi thi.

'System holder...!'

[Alert rahiye, Master. Iske peechhe ek system holder ke hone ke chances mujhe 80% lag rahe hai.]

'Yeah! I've got the same feeling too.'

Kuchh hi der ki traveling ke baad akhir kaar woh Madhuri ke thehraav waale sthaan par pahuch hi gaye.

Ye ek prakar ka guest house tha jo sarkaar ne filhaal ke liye Madhuri aur uski maa ke liye rent-free niyukt kiya tha.

Par, yaha aate hi Veer ki nazar baahar khade jis shaks par pehle padi, use dekh woh taajub me reh gaya. Aur, Veer hi nahi woh shaks bhi Veer ko dekh bhauchakka reh gaya.

Veer : Tum-!???

Saamne koi aur nahi — Pranjal tha. Jisne Veer ko mask pehna dekh ke bhi pehchaan liya.

Pranjal : Huh??? V-Veer?? Tum-!!!?
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Aaj ke liye itna hi guys.
This update consists of 7.3k words. I know thoda chhota hai but mein bahut busy tha. Ghar par kaam laga hua hai, toh kaafi exhausted tha. Serial murder case ka abhi part 3 aur aayega. Ye segment teen se chaar part me divided hai. Lekin, parallel me hum thode aur alag scenes bhi dekhenge bahut jald. Kuchh Mumbai ke - Kaera, Sonia se related toh kuchh foreign ki activities. Baaki, Target apna wahi hai - 200! Toh likes thokne ka aur revos rakhna ka.
Dhanyavad.

Wonderful update sir g

 

[Shahrukh]

Wonderful update bhai

 

[Rexd]

Update - 188 ~ Serial Murder Case (2)​

Ab tak...

Trisha : Please, jaise hi koi bhi clue haath lage, hume inform kariyega. Aap hi hai jo iss task ko complete kar sakte ho. Kyunki, humara yaha rehna bahut zaroori hai.

Divya : Don't worry!

Trisha : Koi escorts? Mein ek sub-inspector aur control room se-

Divya : Nahi nahi! Iski koi zaroorat nahi. Mein aur mera assistant hi kaafi honge.

Trisha : Are you sure?

Divya (nods) : Yes!! Then, hum nikalte hai.

Divya aur Veer fir kuchh der waha intezar kar gaadi ke liye nikal gaye. Aur, unki manzil thi — Pune!

Ab aage...

'Fuckin' hell!!!'

Jab Divya ne uske ghar chalne ka zikr kiya toh Veer jaan gaya ki ye bahut hi bura vichaar tha. Uska parivar sirf ek sadharan parivar nahi tha — wo ankahi bhavnao ka ek uljha hua jaal tha, aur ek baahri vyakti - khaas taur se Divya ka waha aana, ghar me uthal-puthal machaane ke liye kaafi tha.

Fir bhi, uske paas koi vikalp nahi tha. Divya ne aaj hi Karan ke ghar se inspector Trisha ko hataate hue uski madad ki thi. Aur, iske pehle bhi usne France me uske liye madad bhijwayi thi. Toh ab jab woh Mumbai me thi aur high-profile murder cases ki jaanch kar rahi thi, toh aise me Veer use apni peeth nahi dikha sakta tha. Woh Divya ka kahi na kahi karzdaar tha.

Din wahi tha aur shaam ke 7:15 baj rahe the. Jaise hi veh dono darwaze ke paas pahuche, Veer ko apne seene me tanaav mehsoos hua. Ye koi samaanya sa home tour nahi tha; Divya ghar ki koi parichit nahi thi. Aur, uski overprotective badi behna — Tej, koi mamooli behan nahi thi. Ye ek powder keg ke samaan tha jo fatne ke liye taiyaar tha. Aur, Veer ki maujoodgi yaha uss par apni chingaari pehle hi laga chuki thi.

*Ding Dong*

Divya ne doorbell bajaayi. Uske chehre par ek adrishya muskaan thi jise Veer parakh na saka. Kuchh hi derr me Tej ne ujjwal muskaan ke saath darwaaza khola aur uski aankhein apne bhai ko dekh kar chamak uthi.

Tej (smiles) : Aa gaye tum? Huh-!?

Uski awaaz garmjoshi se bhari aur swaagat karne waali thi. Lekin, jaise hi uski nazar uske bhai ke bagal se khadi mahila par padi toh woh garmahat kahi gaayab si ho gayi. Uska shareer akda, aur muskaan feeki pad gayi. Uska dimaag apne aap hi use satark kar diya, usne Divya ko upar se neeche tak dekha. Kaun thi yeh aurat???

Toh wahi Divya hamesha ki tarah shaant, ek professional muskaan bikhere aage badhi.

Divya : Hi! Mein 'Divya Dhawan,' ek special agent, Foreign bureau for Crime Control se. In short, FBCC!

Usne apni FBCC ki ID Tej ko dikhaate hue kaha. Gaur karne waali baat ye thi ki usne apna surname 'Dhawan' bataya jo ki uska shaadi se pehle ka surname tha. Na ki 'Wilson' jo uske pati Nick ka surname tha.

Divya : State me ho rahe serial murders ko lekar mein yaha aayi hui hu. Veer aur mein pehle bhi kaam kar chuke hai. Aur, usi silsile me mein yaha aayi hu. Baat lambi ho sakti hai. Toh, kya hum andar baith ke baat kar sakte hai?

Tej ki nazar Divya ki ID par padi aur uski pehchaan uss par kisi bijli ki tarah aa kar giri. DIVYA!!! Isi Divya ka zikr Veer ne kiya tha. Use yaad aaya jab Veer China se laut ke aaya tha toh usne kayi saare sawaalo ke jawaab diye the.

'France me mein kaafi involved tha police aur baaki departments se. Also, aap Miss Divya se familiar nahi ho, right?'

'Miss Divya??? Who is she??'

'FBCC ki ek special agent. Also, former detective of the crime department in Las Vegas.'

'Theek hai! Maan liya! Ab aage? Kaun hai woh Divya?

'Miss Divya… Hmm! Las Vegas ki trip ke dauran meri mulaqat unse hui thi aur woh Miss Suhana ki bachpan ki dost hai. Miss Suhana ko aap sab jaante hi ho. Ye tab ki baat hai jab humara reunion nahi hua tha, dii!'

'So?'

'Wahi Miss Divya FBCC ke dwara bheji gayi thi China. Choonki, mein unse familiar tha aur Li Renshu se bhi toh mein iss ‘Order’ vs ‘Legion’ ke beech fass baitha. Mujhe Li Renshu ka favor chukana tha aur Miss Divya ne mera involvement asaan kar diya.'

Tej ko sab kuchh yaad aaya jo Veer ne Divya ko lekar use bataaya tha. Yahi woh Divya thi jiske saath Veer ne Las Vegas me kaam kiya tha. Halanki, woh abhi ye nahi jaanti thi ki ek peshevar rishte ke alawa Veer aur Divya aur bhi bahut kuchh saanjha kar chuke the.

Andar hi andar uska dimaag ghoom raha tha - yeh mahila ek khatra thi, ek gambheer khatra. Veer kisi ko bhi ghar nahi laaya tha. Woh 'use' ghar laaya tha. Divya ko!!!

Tej ne khud ko muskuraane ke liye majboor kiya, aur unhe andar aane dene ke liye ek taraf hatt gayi. Usne Veer ko tirchhi nazar se dekha jaise maano poochhna chaah rahi ho ki — Kya chal raha hai tumhara iss aurat ke saath?

Tej (nods) : Aaiye!

Usne swaagat kiya. Uska swar vinamra lekin tanaavpoorna tha. Jaise hi Divya ne ghar me qadam rakha, Tej ne firse apne bhai ki orr dekha, jaise uss se anurodh kar rahi ho ki kuchh toh samjhao akhir chal kya raha hai? Lekin, Veer ne filhaal ke liye nazre ferr li. Woh jaanta tha ki abhi kuchh bhi safaayi dena wajib nahi tha.

Ghar ke andar Bhavna, Shweta, Ragini aur Suman living room me ikhatti thi. Jaise hi unn sabne Veer ko ek anjaan mahila ke saath andar aate dekha toh kamra tanaav se bhar gaya. Ragini seedhi hokar baith gayi. Uski aankhein sikudi aur woh sochne lagi ki Veer ke bagal se khadi ye mahila akhir kaun thi?

Humesha ki tarah Bhavna ka dimag turant hi cheezon ko bhaapne me lag gaya. Shweta, mann me prashn par prashn liye bas unhe poochhne ka intezar kar rahi thi. Aur, Suman, jo rasoi ke paas khadi thi woh shaant ruchi ke saath sab kuchh dekh rahi thi. Apne 'maalik' se judi har cheez par woh dhyaan deti thi. Rahi baat Bhumika aur Sonali ki — toh dono hi apne hotel aur food truck me thi.

Divya ne kuchh der ruk kar kamre ka jayza liya. Woh apne upar unki aankhon ka bhaar, ankahi jigyasa, thodi shatruta aur thodi chinta mehsoos kar paa rahi thi. Woh iss se kahi khatarnak sthitiyo me pad chuki thi, lekin kisi tarah, Veer ke ghar me uske parivar ke saath khada hona aaj use lohe ke chane chabaane ke samaan lag raha tha. Iske bawajood, usne apna saiyyam banaaye rakha.

Divya : Nice house. Looks good. Feels good~

Veer (smiles) : Thank you!!

Tej : ???

Divya : Oh! Namaste!!!

Usne apne haath jode, uska lehza napa-tula magar vinamra tha.

Divya : Mera naam - Divya Dhawan hai. Mein FBCC ki ek special agent hu. Agar, aapko FBCC ke baare me nahi pata toh mein bata deti hu — FBCC duniya ke bade crime cases ke saath deal karti hai. Worldwide apni aid countries tak pahuchaati hai.

Bhavna : Toh aap hai woh Divya!

Divya : Hmm? Ji! I see! Toh, Veer ne aapko mere baare me bataya hua hai.




Tej : Indeed! Aur, hume FBCC ke baare me bhi pata hai.

Divya : Oh? *smiles* I'm impressed!

Tej : Come to the point, please?

Divya : Sure! Well then, aap sabko shayad ye bhi pata hoga ki mein aur Veer — we have quite a history you know. Humne past me high profile cases me saath me kaam kiya hua hai. Aur, mujhe Veer ki assistance chaahiye. Simple!

Bhavna ki drishti sthir thi. Usne haami bhar pehle ishaara kiya.

Bhavna (nods) : Baithiye!

Divya (smiles) : Thank you!

Woh sofe par virajman hui aur sabhi taktaki laga ke use ghoorne lage.

Bhavna : Waise, mein Veer ki maa hu. Toh aapko mere bete ki assistance chaahiye? Bhala kis prakaar se?

Usne apne bete par ek sarsari nigaah daalte hue poochha.

Bhavna (glances) : Suman-!!!

Suman (nods) : Ji!

Ishaara samajhte hi Suman andar kitchen me gayi aur baahar Divya ke liye tray me paani lete hue aayi. Divya ne bhi koi kasar nahi chhori. Woh jaanti thi ye sab formality thi lekin, ye kisi aur ka ghar nahi tha. Ye Veer ka ghar tha.

Divya : Aapne sheher me ho rahe murders ko gaur kiya hi hoga.

Bhavna (nods) : Hmm!

Divya : Ye kaafi bada matter hai. I mean khud FBCC iss par action le rahi hai, iss se aap andaza laga hi sakti hai ki case kitna bada hoga. Maamla local police ke control se baahar jaa chuka hai. Jo skills Veer ke paas hai, woh iss case ko solve karne me kaafi madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai.

Tej : Skills?

Divya (nods) : Ah-huh! Observational skills.

Tej : ???

Divya : Hmm? Ab ye mat kehna ki aap sab Veer ke talent se waqif nahi?

Tej : Veer ka- talent?

Divya (glances) : Tumne inhe kuchh nahi bataaya kya?

Veer : Well-

Divya : Seriously? Tumne kuchh bhi nahi bataaya? Aap sab ko Las Vegas ke baare me nahi pata kya?

Tej : Hume ye pata hai ki Veer ka involvement waha crime departments se tha. Waha exactly kya hua tha iske baare me hume kuchh nahi pata.

Divya (amazed) : Oh my god!!! Tumhe pata hai tumhara bhai kya hai?

Tej : Huh???

Divya : Ek chalta firta computer. Maine apni life me Veer se zyada skilled detective nahi dekha. Jo deductions Veer karne me capable hai, shayad hi uss level ka koi aur hoga. And, I'm not joking.

Ragini jo ab tak shaant thi, usne apni baahein sofe ki side par felaate hue halka sa uphaas kiya.

Ragini : Aur, aapko lagta hai ki Veer ko iss tarah ki kisi cheez me shaamil hona chaahiye? Aapne soch bhi kaise liya ki hum sab use iss khatre me jaane denge?

Bhale hi woh Veer se abhi baat nahi kar rahi thi lekin, uski chinta abhi bhi saaf zaahir thi.

Divya : Shayad aap meri baaton ki gehraayi ko samajh nahi paayi. Maine kaha - ki Veer ke paas jo skills hai, woh iss case ko solve karne ke liye bahut madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai. Serial killer khulla ghoom raha hai. Na jaane kitne masoom log apni jaan gawa sakte hai. This is serious!

Tej : ...

Divya : Tum Veer ki behan ho, right?

Tej (nods) : H-Hmm! Mein Tejal! Veer ki sagi badi behan.

Divya : Do you know what happened in Las Vegas?

Tej : Huh??? N-Nahi!

Divya : Short me bataati hu. Mein bata sakti hu na, Veer?

Veer : Well-! Go ahead! *nods*

Divya : Alright! Las Vegas me 'house of the killers' ke naam se bahut bade criminals ek saath uske under kaam kar rahe the.

Shweta (frowns) : House of the killers?

Tej : ???

Bhavna : ...

Divya : Ji! House of the killers. Veer ne ek-ek ko pakadwaya tha. Jim the slippery, jo drug dealings kar raha tha police se chhip ke. Pitcher, jo ki ek bahut bada mastermind criminal tha. Woh logo ko kaise maarta tha aapko pata hai?

Bhavna : ???

Divya : Mithridatism se.

Tej : Mithri-!!?

Bhavna (frowns) : Mithridatism, Tej! Khud thodi-thodi maatra me zeher lena taaki aapke shareer ki tolerance zeher ke prati badh sake.

Tej : Ahhh?!!!

Divya : Exactly! Woh logo ko parties me wine pila kar maarta tha jinme zeher hota tha. Veer Las Vegas ke investigation department ki taraf se ek spy bann ke uski party me ghusa tha aur usi ki party me ghus ke usne uss Pitcher ko chakma diya tha. Can you believe it? Veer hi tha jisne ye decode kiya tha ki Pitcher Mithridatism ka istemal kar ke logo ko maar raha tha.

Jab Bhavna samet sabhi ne ye suna toh pal bhar ke liye unki dhadkane badh gayi, khaas kar Bhavna ki. Usne apne bete ko chintit nazro se dekha. Veer inn sab ke hoke guzra tha? Akhir, aur kitne raaz chhipaaye hue tha uska laadla? Agar, use kuchh ho jaata toh? Bhavna mann hi mann khud ko kos shaant reh gayi.

Divya : Par, asli khel toh uss mansion me hua tha. Uss island par. Jab Veer ne Nightwalker ki mystery se parda uthaaya tha.

Tej : Nightwalker?

Divya : Haan! Las Vegas ke island me ek mansion me ek event organise hota tha. Illegal means se waha tak pahucha jaata tha aur aapko ek night stay karna hota tha. Shart yahi rehti thi ki jisne night out complete kar liya woh aseem sampatti ka maalik bann sakta tha. Gold, cash, rubies, you name it. Sab kuchh!

Tej : Then?

Divya : Par, room numbers alag alag orders me batey hue the. Jaise ki 74, 50, etc. Rooms aise the ki unke doors metals se bane hue the. No windows, nothing. Participiants ko apne respective rooms me rukna hota tha aur fir night me unhe gold dhoondhne ke liye nikalna hota tha. Par, yahi woh time hota tha jab Nightwalker apne chehre par mask lagaaye logo ka qatl karta tha. Balki, unke rooms ke andar ghus ke. Jo ki impossible hona chahiye, right?

Tej (shivers) : Huhhh!!?

Divya (smiles) : Aur, Veer ne use bhi pakda tha. Your brother entered that same mansion and not only he survived, he was able to expose the mystery behind the murders. Kya tum guess kar sakti ho ki Nightwalker kaise maarta tha room me ghus ke?

Tej : ???

Divya (smiles) : Those room numbers... They were atomic numbers of the metals. Room number ka door uske respective metal se bana hota tha. Aur, Nightwalker door ke bar ko uske melting point tak le jaate hue, use pighla kar slab ko nikaal ke haath andar le jaa kar gate kholta tha, andar ghusta tha aur logo ko maarta tha. He was a master in welding. Also, a superb electrician. Now you get it? Tumhare bhai ki kya skills hai?

Tej ne Veer ko dekha. Bechaari ki samajh nahi aa raha tha ki kya kare? Apne bhai par garv kare? Ya fir chinta jataaye ki itni kathnaiyo se hoke guzra tha woh. Ya fir darey ki kahi use kuchh ho jaata toh? Ya chakit hoye ki uske bhai ke paas itna kaushal tha?

Divya : -Aur, isliye — Mein yaha Veer ki assistance ki maang karne aayi hu. He's very crucial for this case.

Bhavna ne jab ye suna toh woh bhaanp gayi ki uska beta waqai me alag tha. Aise hi nahi usne Egypt me uss artifact ki jankaari bata di thi. Iska matlab ye sach tha ki uske bete ke paas exceptional observing skills thi.

Tej abhi bhi darwaaze ke paas khadi thi, usne apne honth daanto taley dabaaye, uski chinta aur adhik badh gayi. Veer ko Divya ke sang jaata sochne maatra se hi uski saansein fool rahi thi.

Tej : M-Mujhe nahi lagta ki ye koi achha idea hai. Veer ne... Mere bhai ne pehle hi bahut kuchh kar diya hai. Aur, use dobaara khud ko khatre me daalne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Aur, na hi hum use khatre me jaane denge.

Divya : With all due respect, this isn't just any case. Ye personal matters se bada hai. Mein use kisi faaltu baat ke liye ghaseetne nahi aayi hu yaha. He knows the stakes as well.




Suman rasoi se sab kuchh dekhte hue Veer ke qareeb chali aayi, uske shaant qadmo ke chalte logo ka dhyaan uss par na gaya. Woh uski orr jhuki aur thoda fus-fusaate hue boli.

Suman : Maalik, kya aap chaahte hai ki mein dakhal du? Agar aap nahi jaana chaahte toh aapko uske saath jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Ise mein sambhaal lungi.

Uske shabdo me ek khatarnak dhaar thi, ek vaada, ki zaroorat padne par veh iss aurat ko gaayab bhi kar sakti hai. Veer uski wafadaari dekh muskuraaya aur apna sarr hilaate hue usne Suman ko shaant rehne ka hi ishaara kiya. Divya koi paraayi nahi thi.

Tej ka dil zorr se dhadak raha tha. Woh apne jeevan me sab kuchh niyantrit kar sakti thi siwae iske ki Veer ki zindagi me kin aurton ko rehna chaahiye aur kinhe nahi. Uski pakad se Veer chhootata hua use mehsoos ho raha tha. Woh Veer ko mana nahi kar sakti thi, bhale hi woh kitna hi kyu na chaahe ki Veer Divya ke saath na jaaye. Lekin, fir bhi himmat kar woh boli.

Tej : V-Veer-!! Veer, tum pehle bhi inn khatro me pad chuke ho. Hume toh kuchh pata bhi nahi tha. Tum akele inn sab ko face karte aa rahe the. Aur, ab jab hume sacchayi pata chali hai, toh hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bhai? Ye jaante hue ki-

Shweta : Bilkul! Iss baar mein bhi sehmat hu. Jokhim bhari jagah par hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bacche-!?

Lekin, Veer behtar jaanta tha. Uska Divya ke liye kam se kam itna karna banta tha. Aur, ye baat bataane ki bhi zaroorat nahi thi ki use iska mission bhi mila hua tha.

Veer : Sorry, Teju di! Par, mujhe jaana hoga. Ye matter ignore nahi kiya jaa sakta.

Aur, kamre me ek sannaata chha gaya. Tej ne apne bhai ki aankhon ko padh liya. Woh jaan chuki thi ki ab use koi bhi nahi rok sakta tha. Kahi na kahi use khud par hi kheej uthi. Woh kitni kamzor thi ki uske bhai ko majbooran jaana pad raha tha. Aur, woh kuchh nahi kar paa rahi thi. Ragini ka chehra bhi sakht ho chuka tha, uske honth niraasha se sikud gaye.

Tej ka mukh khula par siwae thar-tharaate hontho ke muh ne aur koi prakriya nahi ki.

Tej : T-Tumhara har baar ka yahi hai V-Veer! T-Tumhe-!! Tumhe jo karna hai karo. China se aaye tumhe abhi din hi kitne hue the? Aur, ab-!

Veer jaanta tha uski Teju di uss se udaas thi. Magar, woh chaah ke bhi kuchh nahi kar sakta tha. Beparvah, Divya ne apna sarr hilaaya aur woh apni jagah se uthi.

Divya : Toh kya mein ise 'haan' samjhu?

Bhavna : Agar, Veer ne haan keh hi diya hai. Aur, use dekh ke yahi lag raha hai ki woh humaari nahi sunega. Toh fir haan hi samajhiye. Dhyaan rahe, ki aap 'haan' samajh rahi hai. Na ki-

Uske hidden meaning ko Divya samajh gayi. Shayad aaj ke liye woh iss ghar me itni invited nahi thi. Magar, shayad bhavishya me kabhi kuchh badal jaaye? Yahi soch woh waha se nikli.

Divya : We'll leave tomorrow morning! Pick me up at sharp 7 AM.

Veer (nods) : Sure!

Divya (smiles) : See you!

Veer : *smiles*

Jaise hi Divya waha se ravana hui, ghar me tanaav badh gaya. Veer darwaaze ke paas hi khada raha, baahar ki orr dekhta raha, lekin woh mehsoos kar sakta tha ki sabhi ki aankhon ka bhaar uss par hi tha. Tej shaanti ko bhang karne waali pehli thi.

Tej : Kya tum serious ho, Veer?

Veer peechhe mud apni behan ki nazro se mila.

Veer (nods) : Mujhe sach me jaana hoga, di! Divya ne meri madad ki thi, aur ab meri baari hai.

Tej ke honth ye sunte hi sikud gaye. Usne apni mutthi kasste hue kaha.

Tej : Lekin, use yaha laana? Use yaha kyu laaye tum Veer? Tumhe pata hai na ki cheezein kaisi hai. Tumhe pata hai na ki mein kaise mehsoos karti hu tumhare-

Kehte hue woh achanak hi ruk gayi. Use dhyaan aaya ki woh kya kuchh kehne jaa rahi thi.

Veer : Agar, mein use yaha nahi bhi laata toh kya aap unse milne nahi jaati?

Tej : M-Mein bhala kyu jaati uss se milne? M-Mujhe kaise pata hota ki woh yaha par hai?

Veer : Miss Suhana se toh aap mil hi aayi. Toh, fir inse milne me kya dikkat hoti aapko?

Sunte hi Tej jhep gayi. Veer ko pata tha? Use kaise pata chala? Usne dekha ki uska bhai kaise use dekh raha tha. Jaise maano usne koi chori ki ho. Aur, Tej ka dil ye dekhte hi andar se use kachotne laga.

Tej : V-Veer-! Veer aisa nahi hai. Haan mein gayi thi. Mein mili thi unse. L-Lekin, mein tumhe bataane waali thi. Mein tumse kuchh nahi chhipaati Veer.

Veer : Oh really? I see!

Magar, Veer ka ravaiyya use aur kasht pahucha gaya. Woh daud ke uski orr aayi aur uske galey se lag gayi.

Tej : Veeeeerrr!!! Meri baat maano!!! Mein kabhi jhooth nahi bolti hu tumse. M-Mein unse milne gayi thi mein maanti hu. L-Lekin, mein tumhe baad me bataane waali thi. Sab kuchh toh tumhare saamne rehta hai Veer. Maine kabhi tumse kuchh bhi nahi chhipaya hai.

Veer : It's okay, di! I trust you!

Tej : ...! I will never... I will never lie to you. So, please... Mat jao na! Mat jao! Tumhe inn sab me shaamil hone ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.

Veer : Teju di! Ye case sach me bada hai. Aap samajhti kyu nahi? Kitne log marr chuke hai. Unhe meri zaroorat hai. Baat ko samajhiye. Agar, Miss Divya ko meri zaroorat nahi hoti toh woh kabhi mujhse bolti hi nahi.

Ragini (stands up) : Toh tum hi kyu, Veer? Tum hi kyu? Tum koi police officer nahi ho, na hi tum koi detective ho ya koi hero. Kya woh tumhare bina ek case bhi solve nahi kar sakte? Kya unke paas ek dhang ki team bhi nahi hai ise solve karne ke liye? Jo tumhe inn sab me ghaseet rahe hai?

Akhir kaar Ragini ne Veer se baat ki. Woh ab aur bardaasht nahi kar sakti thi. Veer ne ek aah bhar apne baalo par haath fera aur bola.

Veer : Aisa nahi hai ki woh ise solve nahi kar sakte. Baat sirf itni hai ki Miss Divya ne meri madad pehle kaafi ki hai. Aur, agar mein ab unki madad karne ke liye apne haath khade kar dunga toh kya ye sahi hoga? Woh meri madad maangti hi nahi agar unhe meri zaroorat na hoti toh. Woh khud bahut capable hai.

Bhavna apni kursi par baithe apne bete ko dhyaan se dekh rahi thi. Kamre me gehri bechaini ko mehsoos karte hue, uski nazre Tej, Veer ar Ragini ke beech ghoomi.

Bhavna (calmly) : Beta-!!!

Veer : Hmm?

Bhavna : Kya tum sach me sure ho ki iss cheez me tumhara shaamil hona zaroori hai?

Veer aage badh apni maa ke paas ghutno ke bal baitha aur unka haath pakad thaamte hue bola.

Veer : Maa! Mein khud aap sab se door nahi jaana chaahta. Lekin, ye maamla... Ye zaroori hai. Aur, agar mein nahi gaya toh aur bhi nirdosh log maare jaa sakte hai. Agar, mere waha jaane se ye case jaldi solve ho sakta hai. Toh kya woh sahi nahi hai, maa?

Bhavna : Tum inn sab maamlo me kab se padne lage mere bete?

Veer (smiles) : Jab aap yaha thi bhi nahi tab se.

Aur, uske itna kehte hi waha ek gehri, bhaari khamoshi janm li. Bhavna ke mukh se kuchh na nikla. Veer ne bagal se baithi Shweta ko dekha jo kehna toh bahut kuchh chaahti thi magar keh nahi paa rahi thi. Uski orr aate hue Veer ne uske haatho ko bhi thaama.

Veer : Aur, Shweta maa aap bhi.

Shweta : H-Huhh???

Veer : Meri gair-haziri me aapko sabka dhyaan rakhna hoga. Khaas kar didi logo ka. Mujhe aap par bharosa hai.

Shweta maano ye sunn gadgad ho uthi. Use samajh nahi aa raha tha ki woh Veer ke iss bartaav se khush hoye ya fir uske jaane ki wajah se dukh zaahir kare.

Tej ne khud ko sthir rakhne ke liye apni mutthiyaan bheenchi, woh hamesha inn palo se darti thi. Veer ke door jaana ka bas khayaal, use kuchh ho jaaye uska dar, Tej ke badan me sihran dauda jaata tha. Woh cheekhna chaahti thi, uss se na jaane ki vinti karna chaahti thi, lekin woh Veer ko bahut achhi tarah se bhi jaanti thi. Ek baar mann bana lene ke baad woh apni zimmedariyo ko chhorne waalo me se nahi tha.

Tej (yells) : Tumne kaha tha ki China se aane ke baad tum humaare saath rahoge, time spend karoge. Tumne kaha tha, Veer!!! *shivers* Tumne promise kiya tha ki tum dobaara aisa nahi karoge kabhi-!!!

Veer (softly) : Mein humesha ke liye nahi jaa raha hu, Teju di.

Tej (yells) : Yarnia ka kya??? Sab kuchh kaun sambhalega? Tumne iss par kitni mehnat ki hai-

Veer : Mujhse zyada mehnat aapne ki hai. Aur, isliye uski zimmedari mein aap sab ke upar chhorta hu. Lekin, mein promise karta hu, opening ceremony ki raat... Mein waha aap sab ke saamne maujood rahunga.

Tej : Veer, tum nahi jaa sakte!!!

Veer : Aap aur Ragini Bhabhi-!!! Aap dono hi meri madad karogi. Iske pehle bhi aap dono ne business ko achhi tarah se sambhaala hai. Mujhe aap pe poora bharosa hai.

Ragini : Mein jaanti hu ki tum kitne ziddi ho.

Veer : *smiles*

Ragini : Toh mein tumhe rokungi nahi. Kyunki, uska koi faayda nahi. Hum toh yaha cheezein sambhaal lenge. Lekin, tumhara kya? Agar, tum samay par waapas nahi aaye tab kya? Agar, tumhe waha kuchh ho gaya toh?

Veer : Mujhe waha kuchh nahi hoga. Aur, iss baar mein aap sab ke contact me rahunga. *smiles* Mein phone karunga. Mein apni situation ke baare me aap sab ko update karta rahunga. Mein pehle ki tarah gaayab nahi ho raha.

Ragini kuchh pal shaant rahi. Zaahir hai woh bhi Veer ko jaane nahi dena chaahti thi. Lekin, uske kehne se Veer rukne waala nahi tha, ye baat woh bhali bhaanti jaanti thi.

Ragini (nods) : Behtar hoga fir ki tum apni baat par khade utro.

Antatah Bhavna ne Veer ko dekha, uska shaant bhaav sthir tha lekin uski awaaz me ek maa ki chinta jhalak rahi thi.

Bhavna : Bas ye sunishchit karna ki tum... Tum sahi salaamat laut ke aao. Chaahe kuchh bhi ho jaaye.

Veer (smiles) : Mein sirf waha pe apni observational skills ke liye jaa raha hu, maa. Mein waha kisi se ladne nahi jaa raha. Mein waha sirf analysis karunga.

Bhavna : Fir bhi-

Veer (nods) : Don't worry. I'll be fine.

Tej apne nichle honth ko daanto tale bheenchte hue mudi aur boli.

Tej : Th-Theek hai! Tumhe jo karna hai wo karo, Veer. Koi tumhe nahi rokega. Mein bhi nahi. B-Bye-!!!

Kehte hue woh waha se seedhe apne kamre ki orr bhaag gayi. Uski awaaz ruwaasi thi.

Veer : Teju diii-!!! Suniyeee!!!!

Magar, wo na ruki. Aur, isi tarah aaj ki ye raat yuhi beet gayi. Subah-subah 6:45 pe Veer Pune jaane ke liye taiyaar tha. Bhavna samet sabhi jaag chuki thi siwae Tej, Bhumika aur Sonali ke.

Bhumika aur Sonali ko toh ye baat pata bhi nahi thi. Isliye, woh dono hi chenn ki neend so rahi thi. Veer ne apni car nikaali aur woh ghar se vida lene ke liye taiyaar tha.

Kisi ne kuchh na kaha. Par, sabka dil bhaari tha. Veer ne baari-baari sabhi ko galey se lagaaya. Bhavna ne uske maathe ko chooma toh Shweta ne uske gaalo ko. Lekin, dono hi shaant khadi rahi, aankhon me ek gehri chinta jise koi bhi samajh na paaya.

Dekhte hi dekhte Veer unki aankhon se ojhal ho gaya. Kuchh baatein aur hui maa bete ke beech me par Veer ka khud ka jiya itna bechain tha ki usne inn anubhutiyo ko mann se nikaal diya.

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Hotel Serenity, Mumbai,
Morning - 7:01 AM ~

Veer ne apni car hotel ki building ke entrance gate ke theek baahar laga rakhi thi. Usne apni ghadi par nazar daali — Divya ko ab kisi bhi samay baahar aa jaana chaahiye tha. Uski ungliyaan steering wheel par intezar me thap-thapa rahi thi aur woh Pune me aage kya hoga, iss vichaar me khoya hua tha. Maamla behad kroor tha, kaam khatarnaak tha, lekin inme se kisi ne bhi use utna chintit nahi kiya jitna ki uske khud ke daayre me rahi cheezon ne use kiya — Uske rishte, uska daayitva, aur uski zimmedariyaan.

Woh abhi baitha hi tha jab achanak hi hotel ka glass door khula aur uski drishti ek bemisaal khubsoorti par padi.

Ava-!!!

'Huh? Ava yaha-!?'

Use dekh, Veer ko apni chhaathi me ek parichit khhichaav mehsoos hua. Woh tip-top taiyaar hoke baahar nikli thi. Chalte hue woh seedhe Veer ke nazdeek aayi aur pal bhar ke liye Veer aur Ava dono ki hi saansein ek dusre ko dekh tez ho gayi. Dono ke beech ek chumbakeeya khhichaav tha.

Veer : Ava-!?

Ava (nods) : Mein bhi saath chal rahi hu.




Veer : Wait! What? Tumhe kaise pata chala ki mein yaha aa raha hu?

[Death Flag Master. Ava ne aap pe Death Flag laga rakha hai. Yahi kaaran hai ki woh hume China me kyu dhoondh paayi thi.]

'Ah, right! Fuck! Mein bhool hi gaya tha.'

Ava : V-Veer-!!! Death Flag mujhe sab bataati hai. Tum kaha ho, kidhar jaa rahe ho, sab kuchh.

Usne ye thoda hich-kichaate hue kaha. Woh Veer ke response ko dekhna chaah rahi thi. Kintu, Veer ne badle me kuchh na kaha. Usne bas apna sarr hila diya. Aur, bechari Ava ye dekh aur bhi bechain ho uthi. Kya Veer ko ye pasand nahi tha? Kahi woh uncomfortable toh nahi mehsoos kar raha tha? Woh kuchh samajh nahi paa rahi thi.

Veer : Toh? Tum yaha?

Ava : Mein bhi aa rahi hu. Tumhare saath!

Veer : Mere saath? Kaha?

Ava : Pune!!

Veer : ??? Tumhe kaise-???

Ava : Mujhe bhi mission mila hai, Veer.

Veer : ....

Use samajh aaya ki use mission toh mila tha lekin, saath hi Ava ko bhi iss case se sambandhit mission praapt ho chuka tha.

Veer : Waise, mujhe poochhna toh nahi chahiye-

Ava : Mujhe mission tumhe assist karne ka mila hai, Veer.




Iske pehle ki woh sawaal kar paata, Ava ne swayam hi sab kuchh saaf-saaf use bata diya. Aur, Veer bas thoda hairat me reh gaya.

Ava (gently) : You're gonna need some help.

Kuchh der vichaar kar Veer ne haami bhar di aur achanak hi hotel ke glass doors punah khule aur Divya baahar nikli. Uska professional demeanor har baar ki tarah aaj bhi sharp hi tha. Kintu, Veer ko jo chinta sata rahi thi woh thi — Kya Ava aur Divya ka ek saath hona theek tha?

Divya jaise hi unke paas aayi, Ava ko dekhte hi uski bauhe sikud gayi.

Divya (frowns) : Ava!? Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho?

Uski awaaz teekhi thi, spasht roop se sandeh se bhari hui. Aur, ye Ava ne bhi mehsoos kiya. Lekin, usne koi jawab na diya. Uski aankhein Divya se Veer ki orr ghoomi. Usne intezar kiya aur Veer ko jawab dene diya.

Veer : Ava humaare saath aa rahi hai.

Divya : What??? Veer?? Ye sab kya hai? Ye tay nahi hua tha humaare beech kal. Aur, waise bhi Ava ka iss case se kya lena dena? Why the hell is she even here?

Veer : Ava ko kuchh kaam hai waha. Plus, she have some contacts. Not to mention ki woh ek bahut badi celebrity aur singer bhi hai. A perfect candidate for a distraction, if needed...!

Divya : Tch! Fir bhi, Veer! Hum iss par raazi nahi hue the. Mein tumhare liye cover kar sakti hu but ek aur person ke liye-

Veer : Tumhe kuchh bhi karne ki zaroorat nahi, Divya. Ava bas door se hi assist karegi. She won't interfere. Trust me!

Divya : Bhulo nahi Veer ki France me... France me zaroor isne hi kuchh karwaya tha jis chakkar me tum fasey the. I'm sure of it.

Ava 'France' ka naam sunte hi jhep gayi. Usne apni bhavnao ko ek udaseen mukhaute ke peechhe chhipa liya. Divya humesha se hi perceptive thi aur uska sandeh jaayaz tha.

Ateet me Ava ki betrayal ne ek ghaav chhor diya tha, jise woh theek karne ke liye betaab thi, lekin woh iska zikr nahi kar sakti thi — yaha nahi, Divya ke saamne nahi.

Veer ne ek pal ke liye apna maatha ragadte hue ek aah bhari.

Veer : Pehle car me baitho sab. Yaha se toh nikle. Uske baad discuss kar lenge.

Divya ne apni bauhe upar uthayi, spasht roop se woh aashvast nahi thi, lekin aage behas karne se bhi koi faayda nahi tha.

Divya (mutters) : Fine! But keep an eye on her. I don't want any surprises.

Jaise hi woh aage ki seat par Veer ke bagal se baithi, Ava peechhe ki seat par virajman ho gayi. Veer ne rear view mirror ke madhyam se Ava par nazar daali, aur unki aankhein shan bhar ke liye mili — kuchh ankahe shabd jo Ava ki aankhein darsha rahi thi.

Aur, sabhi ke approval ke baad Veer ne car start kar waha se badha di.

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Jaise-jaise car maarg par daudati gayi, Mumbai ke hal-chal bhare sheher ko chhor Pune ki orr badhti gayi. Oonchi-oonchi gagan-chumbi imaaratein aur yatayat ke nirantar shor se dheere-dheere grameen drishya, khet aur hariyali saamne aane lagi.

Veer ne Pune me Madhuri ke pita ke case ke baare me sochte hue apni aankhein aage sadak par rakhi, halanki car me tanaav spasht tha.

Ava ki chuppi bhaari thi, lekin beech-beech me Veer rear view mirror me use apni orr dekhta paa ke pakad leta aur Ava turant hi apni nazre ferr leti.

Aur, dekhte hi dekhte woh Pune ke sheher me apni dastak de chuke the.

Veer : Toh? Kaha chalna hai pehle?

Divya : Police station! Inspector Trisha ne apni orr se inform kar hi diya hoga lekin, ek baar hume apni presence waha deni padegi. Agar, approval mil jayega toh badhiya hoga.

Veer (nods) : Alright!

Veer ne gaadi seedhe waha ke apradh sthal ke sabse paas waale thaane ki orr ghuma di. Jab woh sab waha pahuche toh Divya ko saari formalities karne me hi ek ghanta lag gaya. Woh thaki-thaki si baahar aayi.

Divya (sighs) : Finally! Let's go! Hume permision mil gayi hai.

Veer : Toh hum murder waali jagah par chal rahe hai?

Divya (nods) : Haan! Maybe hume waha kuchh aisa mil jaaye jo shayad police ki taraf se chhoot gaya ho? Then, hum victim ke parivar jano se milne jayenge. Unhone wo area khaali kar diya hai. Woh abhi kaha reh rahe hai iski details bhi leli hai maine.

Veer : Alright!

Jab Veer aur baaki sab apradh sthal par pahuche, toh use pichli baar se ek alag hi tasveer dekhne ko mili. Television par drishya kuchh aur hi the. Yaha keechad tha, bheedam bhaad thi, aur sab ast-vyast tha. Magar, ab malba hata diya gaya tha, koi bheed-bhaad nahi thi aur woh bina kisi samasya ke gali me apni gaadi park kar diya.

Kintu, ghar ke nazdeek aate hi uski naak sikudi aur use pata chala ki ek bheeshan durgandh abhi bhi kayam thi.

Divya : It stinks-!! Ugh-!!!

Veer : Yeah! Ye gandh lekin wo nahi hai.

Divya : Right! Also, behtar hoga ki hum nasamajh padosiyo ka dhyaan khichne se pehle hi talaashi lele.

Divya ne aas-paas nazre maarte hue kaha. Veer ne bhi nazre daudayi toh dekha ki kuch khidkiyo ke parde khul rahe the aur andar se kuch jigyasu chehre kaanch ke uss orr se unhe hi ghoor rahe the.

Veer : I still don't think ki hume yaha talashi lene ki koi zaroorat hai. Experts ne already achhe se kaam kiya hoga. Dekh ke lag nahi raha ki kuch milega yaha. Police force guard dogs ko bhi laayi hi hogi.

Veer janta tha ki agar iske peechhe kisi system holder ke hone ke chances the, toh woh itni asani se saboot nahi chorrne waala tha.

Ava : Agar experts ne investigation kar li hai toh zaroor unhe kuch findings mili hongi. Kya hum directly unn findings ko nahi dekh sakte?

Ava ne apna sujhaav diya. Aur, uska sujhaav logical bhi tha. Magar, cheezein itni asaan kaha hoti thi. Divya ne halka sa mudte hue apne kandhe ke upar se peeche khadi Ava ko dekha aur boli,

Divya : Aisa nahi hota. Jo bhi findings yaha se mili hongi, unhe already investigation ke liye bhej diya gaya hoga. Findings jo dhoondhte hai woh alag hote hai, aur findings ki jo jaanch karte hai woh alag. Itni jaldi woh hume ye sab nahi de sakte. After all, hum baahri vyakti hai unke liye. Uske liye hume thoda intezar karna hoga.

Ava : Aisa lag raha hai jaise unhe hum par ya kisi cheez par bharosa nahi hai.

Divya (sighs) : It's not their fault. Har desh yahi karta hai. Inspector Trisha ki tactic bhi mein jaanti hu. Usne hume yaha jaan boojh ke bheja hai taaki hum case se door reh sake. Lekin, sirf tumhare ishaare par mein maan gayi thi, Veer.

Veer : Well, dekhte hai kya hota hai. By the way, Ava…!

Veer ke turant pukarne par Ava jaise uska ishaara samajh gayi. Woh haami bharte hue boli.

Ava : Mein baahar east aur west ends tak check karke aati hu.

Veer : Ek quick 360° kar lena.

Ava (nods) : Alright!

Aur, itna bol woh nikal gayi.

Divya : Kya Ava ka baahar bhejna sahi hai?

Veer : Woh mask pehne hue hai. Use koi nahi pehchaanega. Aur, tum toh yahi chaahti thi na ki Ava case me dakhal na de?

Divya : Haan, lekin-! Nahi! Leave it!

Woh baahar ki haalat ka jayza le rahi thi. Aur, ab Ava ke jaane ke baad Veer aur Divya hi uss sthal par akele maujood the.

Veer ne dekha ki kaise Divya koshish kar rahi thi ki kahi se bhi kuchh mil jaaye. Magar, experts dwara sab kuch saaf kar diya gaya tha.

Woh toh bas isliye iss case me shamil tha kyuki inn sab ke peeche koi system holder ho sakta tha aur use iska mission bhi mila hua tha. Bas isliye woh bas uss saboot ki talash me tha jis se ye satya saabit ho sake ki iske peeche koi system holder tha ya nahi?

Warna, agar isko anjaam dene waala ek aam serial killer nikla toh Veer iss case me se khud ko peechhe kheech lene wala tha. Uske paas inn sab ka samay nahi tha. Inn sab ke liye police thi. Uska target maatra system holders hi the. Khatra unse hi tha.

Veer ko tabhi dhyaan aaya ki woh aur Divya akele the. Divya ki thirakti gaand uske saamne hi thi. Ek masti ka mood uska achanak hi bann gaya.

Woh chanchal swar me ek sujhaav lete hue poochha?

Veer (smiles) : Kya tumhari nigrani bhi rakhne ki zaroorat hai mujhe?

Divya (grins) : Kyu nahi? Agar tum meri rakhoge toh mein tumhari rakhungi.

Veer (smiles) : Toh ye toh achha hai na? Mein taiyaar hu. Bolo?

Woh muskurayi aur unke beech ki doori ko kam kar uske nazdeek aayi.

Divya : Be careful, Veer! Tum ek shadi shuda aurat ko woh ideas de rahe ho jo uske mann me kabhi nahi aane chahiye.

Veer : Jaise ki-!?

Veer bhi badle me bas muskuraya. Divya ke saath chedh-chadh karne me use ek alag hi maza aata tha. Shayad, Divya uski har harqat ko bardasht kar leti thi ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir Divya ke badan ko paane me wo qamyab ho jaata tha ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir, Divya swayam se hi yahi chaahti thi.

Divya lohe ki seedhiyo se hote hue upar ko chadh gayi aur andar ghar me talashi lene lagi. Toh wahi Veer upar jaane se pehle ek pal ke liye apni nigaahein neeche hi tikne diya. Abhi jaha woh khada tha, shav uss se 4 qadam ki duri par uss din mila tha. Zameen par peeli aur bejaan padi laash ki yaaddasht ne Veer ko rok diya. TV par toh chehra blur kar diya gaya tha magar shareer ko usne dekha tha.

Concrete par gehre bhoore rang ke dhabbo ne Veer ka dhyaan kheencha. Ye Prabhakar ke khoon ke avshesh the. Uske alawa use aur kuch nazar nahi aaya. Yaha tak ki ghaas-poos bhi saaf kar di gayi thi.

Woh khade hoke upar Divya ke sang jaanch me shamil hone hi waala tha ki ek dhundhli chamak uski aankhon me padi. Bauhe sikodte hue usne apni jeb se Divya dwara diya gaya ek latex ka dastana nikaala aur ek haath me pehen liya.

Zameen ke beech me mitti aur malbe me ek chhoti si pin dabi hui use nazar aayi. Veer ne use uthaya aur uth ke thoda aage aaya.

'Check'

*Ding*

[Description : A blood lancet. Not usable now.]

Use check karte hi Veer ko samajh aa gaya ki ye kya thi. Ye woh pin thi jise aksar blood test ke liye istemal kiya jaata tha. Neele rang ki casing me dhasi hui ek lancet blood needle.

Magar, ise istemal nahi kiya gaya tha. Isme khoon ke avshesh nahi the. Lag raha tha jaise kisi ne perro se isko ek do baar kuchla ho.

[Ek used blood lancet, Master. Ise kaafi pehle istemal kiya gaya hai. Warna, system aapko aur zyada information deta iske baare me.]

'Par, sawaal wo nahi hai, Pari. Ye pin akhir yaha kar kya rahi hai?'

[Kahi se aa gayi hogi maybe? Kyunki, bahut si aisi chhoti-chhoti cheezein aksar hawa ya paani ke bahaav se ya jaise-taise kisi na kisi prakaar se idhar-udhar ho hi jaati hai.]

'Maybe!?'

Divya jab andar se neeche ki orr aayi toh Veer ne use woh blood lancet dikhayi.

Divya : Hmm! Strange! Ek blood lancet yaha kya kar rahi hai?

Veer : Uss se zyada ajeeb ye hai ki police ne ise dhoondha nahi?

Divya : Shayad ye unrelated ho. I mean... Yuhi padi ho. Yaha bahut kuchh pada hua hai waise bhi, Veer. Look! Ab aise dekhe toh yaha pe bahut si cheezein logical nahi lagengi.

Veer : Yeah! Still... Mein ise apne paas rakhta hu.

Divya (nods) : Hmm!

*Whoooosh*

Aur, Ava bhi kisi hawa ke jhonke ki tarah waha achanak prakat ho gayi.

Veer : Kuchh mila?

Ava : Nahi!

Divya : Huh? Tum kab aayi? Tumne itni jaldi area scan bhi kar liya?

Ava : Yes!

Divya (frowns) : Let's leave, Veer. Yaha kuchh nahi hai. Hum victim ke parivar jann se milne chal rahe hai.

Veer : Hmm!

Veer aur woh sab Madhuri ke naye nivaas ki orr badh gaye. Prabhakar ke puraane ghar se unhe koi suraag praapt nahi hua tha. Aur, jaise-jaise ye case ulajhta jaa raha tha, Veer ko mann me Garofano ki kahi gayi woh baat baar-baar yaad aa rahi thi.

'System holder...!'

[Alert rahiye, Master. Iske peechhe ek system holder ke hone ke chances mujhe 80% lag rahe hai.]

'Yeah! I've got the same feeling too.'

Kuchh hi der ki traveling ke baad akhir kaar woh Madhuri ke thehraav waale sthaan par pahuch hi gaye.

Ye ek prakar ka guest house tha jo sarkaar ne filhaal ke liye Madhuri aur uski maa ke liye rent-free niyukt kiya tha.

Par, yaha aate hi Veer ki nazar baahar khade jis shaks par pehle padi, use dekh woh taajub me reh gaya. Aur, Veer hi nahi woh shaks bhi Veer ko dekh bhauchakka reh gaya.

Veer : Tum-!???

Saamne koi aur nahi — Pranjal tha. Jisne Veer ko mask pehna dekh ke bhi pehchaan liya.

Pranjal : Huh??? V-Veer?? Tum-!!!?
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Aaj ke liye itna hi guys.
This update consists of 7.3k words. I know thoda chhota hai but mein bahut busy tha. Ghar par kaam laga hua hai, toh kaafi exhausted tha. Serial murder case ka abhi part 3 aur aayega. Ye segment teen se chaar part me divided hai. Lekin, parallel me hum thode aur alag scenes bhi dekhenge bahut jald. Kuchh Mumbai ke - Kaera, Sonia se related toh kuchh foreign ki activities. Baaki, Target apna wahi hai - 200! Toh likes thokne ka aur revos rakhna ka.
Dhanyavad.

Explosive update!

It will be interesting to see what happens next. Veer has been a kind of lone wolf in past, but now needs to get his family onboard in some form in this mission. In someways, it was easy for him to leave - not so much anymore. There was a kind of strength there. In these kind of situations - will family support help veer or become liability?

Waiting for what’s cooked in the next part!!

 

[The Bull]

Update - 188 ~ Serial Murder Case (2)​

Ab tak...

Trisha : Please, jaise hi koi bhi clue haath lage, hume inform kariyega. Aap hi hai jo iss task ko complete kar sakte ho. Kyunki, humara yaha rehna bahut zaroori hai.

Divya : Don't worry!

Trisha : Koi escorts? Mein ek sub-inspector aur control room se-

Divya : Nahi nahi! Iski koi zaroorat nahi. Mein aur mera assistant hi kaafi honge.

Trisha : Are you sure?

Divya (nods) : Yes!! Then, hum nikalte hai.

Divya aur Veer fir kuchh der waha intezar kar gaadi ke liye nikal gaye. Aur, unki manzil thi — Pune!

Ab aage...

'Fuckin' hell!!!'

Jab Divya ne uske ghar chalne ka zikr kiya toh Veer jaan gaya ki ye bahut hi bura vichaar tha. Uska parivar sirf ek sadharan parivar nahi tha — wo ankahi bhavnao ka ek uljha hua jaal tha, aur ek baahri vyakti - khaas taur se Divya ka waha aana, ghar me uthal-puthal machaane ke liye kaafi tha.

Fir bhi, uske paas koi vikalp nahi tha. Divya ne aaj hi Karan ke ghar se inspector Trisha ko hataate hue uski madad ki thi. Aur, iske pehle bhi usne France me uske liye madad bhijwayi thi. Toh ab jab woh Mumbai me thi aur high-profile murder cases ki jaanch kar rahi thi, toh aise me Veer use apni peeth nahi dikha sakta tha. Woh Divya ka kahi na kahi karzdaar tha.

Din wahi tha aur shaam ke 7:15 baj rahe the. Jaise hi veh dono darwaze ke paas pahuche, Veer ko apne seene me tanaav mehsoos hua. Ye koi samaanya sa home tour nahi tha; Divya ghar ki koi parichit nahi thi. Aur, uski overprotective badi behna — Tej, koi mamooli behan nahi thi. Ye ek powder keg ke samaan tha jo fatne ke liye taiyaar tha. Aur, Veer ki maujoodgi yaha uss par apni chingaari pehle hi laga chuki thi.

*Ding Dong*

Divya ne doorbell bajaayi. Uske chehre par ek adrishya muskaan thi jise Veer parakh na saka. Kuchh hi derr me Tej ne ujjwal muskaan ke saath darwaaza khola aur uski aankhein apne bhai ko dekh kar chamak uthi.

Tej (smiles) : Aa gaye tum? Huh-!?

Uski awaaz garmjoshi se bhari aur swaagat karne waali thi. Lekin, jaise hi uski nazar uske bhai ke bagal se khadi mahila par padi toh woh garmahat kahi gaayab si ho gayi. Uska shareer akda, aur muskaan feeki pad gayi. Uska dimaag apne aap hi use satark kar diya, usne Divya ko upar se neeche tak dekha. Kaun thi yeh aurat???

Toh wahi Divya hamesha ki tarah shaant, ek professional muskaan bikhere aage badhi.

Divya : Hi! Mein 'Divya Dhawan,' ek special agent, Foreign bureau for Crime Control se. In short, FBCC!

Usne apni FBCC ki ID Tej ko dikhaate hue kaha. Gaur karne waali baat ye thi ki usne apna surname 'Dhawan' bataya jo ki uska shaadi se pehle ka surname tha. Na ki 'Wilson' jo uske pati Nick ka surname tha.

Divya : State me ho rahe serial murders ko lekar mein yaha aayi hui hu. Veer aur mein pehle bhi kaam kar chuke hai. Aur, usi silsile me mein yaha aayi hu. Baat lambi ho sakti hai. Toh, kya hum andar baith ke baat kar sakte hai?

Tej ki nazar Divya ki ID par padi aur uski pehchaan uss par kisi bijli ki tarah aa kar giri. DIVYA!!! Isi Divya ka zikr Veer ne kiya tha. Use yaad aaya jab Veer China se laut ke aaya tha toh usne kayi saare sawaalo ke jawaab diye the.

'France me mein kaafi involved tha police aur baaki departments se. Also, aap Miss Divya se familiar nahi ho, right?'

'Miss Divya??? Who is she??'

'FBCC ki ek special agent. Also, former detective of the crime department in Las Vegas.'

'Theek hai! Maan liya! Ab aage? Kaun hai woh Divya?

'Miss Divya… Hmm! Las Vegas ki trip ke dauran meri mulaqat unse hui thi aur woh Miss Suhana ki bachpan ki dost hai. Miss Suhana ko aap sab jaante hi ho. Ye tab ki baat hai jab humara reunion nahi hua tha, dii!'

'So?'

'Wahi Miss Divya FBCC ke dwara bheji gayi thi China. Choonki, mein unse familiar tha aur Li Renshu se bhi toh mein iss ‘Order’ vs ‘Legion’ ke beech fass baitha. Mujhe Li Renshu ka favor chukana tha aur Miss Divya ne mera involvement asaan kar diya.'

Tej ko sab kuchh yaad aaya jo Veer ne Divya ko lekar use bataaya tha. Yahi woh Divya thi jiske saath Veer ne Las Vegas me kaam kiya tha. Halanki, woh abhi ye nahi jaanti thi ki ek peshevar rishte ke alawa Veer aur Divya aur bhi bahut kuchh saanjha kar chuke the.

Andar hi andar uska dimaag ghoom raha tha - yeh mahila ek khatra thi, ek gambheer khatra. Veer kisi ko bhi ghar nahi laaya tha. Woh 'use' ghar laaya tha. Divya ko!!!

Tej ne khud ko muskuraane ke liye majboor kiya, aur unhe andar aane dene ke liye ek taraf hatt gayi. Usne Veer ko tirchhi nazar se dekha jaise maano poochhna chaah rahi ho ki — Kya chal raha hai tumhara iss aurat ke saath?

Tej (nods) : Aaiye!

Usne swaagat kiya. Uska swar vinamra lekin tanaavpoorna tha. Jaise hi Divya ne ghar me qadam rakha, Tej ne firse apne bhai ki orr dekha, jaise uss se anurodh kar rahi ho ki kuchh toh samjhao akhir chal kya raha hai? Lekin, Veer ne filhaal ke liye nazre ferr li. Woh jaanta tha ki abhi kuchh bhi safaayi dena wajib nahi tha.

Ghar ke andar Bhavna, Shweta, Ragini aur Suman living room me ikhatti thi. Jaise hi unn sabne Veer ko ek anjaan mahila ke saath andar aate dekha toh kamra tanaav se bhar gaya. Ragini seedhi hokar baith gayi. Uski aankhein sikudi aur woh sochne lagi ki Veer ke bagal se khadi ye mahila akhir kaun thi?

Humesha ki tarah Bhavna ka dimag turant hi cheezon ko bhaapne me lag gaya. Shweta, mann me prashn par prashn liye bas unhe poochhne ka intezar kar rahi thi. Aur, Suman, jo rasoi ke paas khadi thi woh shaant ruchi ke saath sab kuchh dekh rahi thi. Apne 'maalik' se judi har cheez par woh dhyaan deti thi. Rahi baat Bhumika aur Sonali ki — toh dono hi apne hotel aur food truck me thi.

Divya ne kuchh der ruk kar kamre ka jayza liya. Woh apne upar unki aankhon ka bhaar, ankahi jigyasa, thodi shatruta aur thodi chinta mehsoos kar paa rahi thi. Woh iss se kahi khatarnak sthitiyo me pad chuki thi, lekin kisi tarah, Veer ke ghar me uske parivar ke saath khada hona aaj use lohe ke chane chabaane ke samaan lag raha tha. Iske bawajood, usne apna saiyyam banaaye rakha.

Divya : Nice house. Looks good. Feels good~

Veer (smiles) : Thank you!!

Tej : ???

Divya : Oh! Namaste!!!

Usne apne haath jode, uska lehza napa-tula magar vinamra tha.

Divya : Mera naam - Divya Dhawan hai. Mein FBCC ki ek special agent hu. Agar, aapko FBCC ke baare me nahi pata toh mein bata deti hu — FBCC duniya ke bade crime cases ke saath deal karti hai. Worldwide apni aid countries tak pahuchaati hai.

Bhavna : Toh aap hai woh Divya!

Divya : Hmm? Ji! I see! Toh, Veer ne aapko mere baare me bataya hua hai.




Tej : Indeed! Aur, hume FBCC ke baare me bhi pata hai.

Divya : Oh? *smiles* I'm impressed!

Tej : Come to the point, please?

Divya : Sure! Well then, aap sabko shayad ye bhi pata hoga ki mein aur Veer — we have quite a history you know. Humne past me high profile cases me saath me kaam kiya hua hai. Aur, mujhe Veer ki assistance chaahiye. Simple!

Bhavna ki drishti sthir thi. Usne haami bhar pehle ishaara kiya.

Bhavna (nods) : Baithiye!

Divya (smiles) : Thank you!

Woh sofe par virajman hui aur sabhi taktaki laga ke use ghoorne lage.

Bhavna : Waise, mein Veer ki maa hu. Toh aapko mere bete ki assistance chaahiye? Bhala kis prakaar se?

Usne apne bete par ek sarsari nigaah daalte hue poochha.

Bhavna (glances) : Suman-!!!

Suman (nods) : Ji!

Ishaara samajhte hi Suman andar kitchen me gayi aur baahar Divya ke liye tray me paani lete hue aayi. Divya ne bhi koi kasar nahi chhori. Woh jaanti thi ye sab formality thi lekin, ye kisi aur ka ghar nahi tha. Ye Veer ka ghar tha.

Divya : Aapne sheher me ho rahe murders ko gaur kiya hi hoga.

Bhavna (nods) : Hmm!

Divya : Ye kaafi bada matter hai. I mean khud FBCC iss par action le rahi hai, iss se aap andaza laga hi sakti hai ki case kitna bada hoga. Maamla local police ke control se baahar jaa chuka hai. Jo skills Veer ke paas hai, woh iss case ko solve karne me kaafi madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai.

Tej : Skills?

Divya (nods) : Ah-huh! Observational skills.

Tej : ???

Divya : Hmm? Ab ye mat kehna ki aap sab Veer ke talent se waqif nahi?

Tej : Veer ka- talent?

Divya (glances) : Tumne inhe kuchh nahi bataaya kya?

Veer : Well-

Divya : Seriously? Tumne kuchh bhi nahi bataaya? Aap sab ko Las Vegas ke baare me nahi pata kya?

Tej : Hume ye pata hai ki Veer ka involvement waha crime departments se tha. Waha exactly kya hua tha iske baare me hume kuchh nahi pata.

Divya (amazed) : Oh my god!!! Tumhe pata hai tumhara bhai kya hai?

Tej : Huh???

Divya : Ek chalta firta computer. Maine apni life me Veer se zyada skilled detective nahi dekha. Jo deductions Veer karne me capable hai, shayad hi uss level ka koi aur hoga. And, I'm not joking.

Ragini jo ab tak shaant thi, usne apni baahein sofe ki side par felaate hue halka sa uphaas kiya.

Ragini : Aur, aapko lagta hai ki Veer ko iss tarah ki kisi cheez me shaamil hona chaahiye? Aapne soch bhi kaise liya ki hum sab use iss khatre me jaane denge?

Bhale hi woh Veer se abhi baat nahi kar rahi thi lekin, uski chinta abhi bhi saaf zaahir thi.

Divya : Shayad aap meri baaton ki gehraayi ko samajh nahi paayi. Maine kaha - ki Veer ke paas jo skills hai, woh iss case ko solve karne ke liye bahut madadgaar saabit ho sakti hai. Serial killer khulla ghoom raha hai. Na jaane kitne masoom log apni jaan gawa sakte hai. This is serious!

Tej : ...

Divya : Tum Veer ki behan ho, right?

Tej (nods) : H-Hmm! Mein Tejal! Veer ki sagi badi behan.

Divya : Do you know what happened in Las Vegas?

Tej : Huh??? N-Nahi!

Divya : Short me bataati hu. Mein bata sakti hu na, Veer?

Veer : Well-! Go ahead! *nods*

Divya : Alright! Las Vegas me 'house of the killers' ke naam se bahut bade criminals ek saath uske under kaam kar rahe the.

Shweta (frowns) : House of the killers?

Tej : ???

Bhavna : ...

Divya : Ji! House of the killers. Veer ne ek-ek ko pakadwaya tha. Jim the slippery, jo drug dealings kar raha tha police se chhip ke. Pitcher, jo ki ek bahut bada mastermind criminal tha. Woh logo ko kaise maarta tha aapko pata hai?

Bhavna : ???

Divya : Mithridatism se.

Tej : Mithri-!!?

Bhavna (frowns) : Mithridatism, Tej! Khud thodi-thodi maatra me zeher lena taaki aapke shareer ki tolerance zeher ke prati badh sake.

Tej : Ahhh?!!!

Divya : Exactly! Woh logo ko parties me wine pila kar maarta tha jinme zeher hota tha. Veer Las Vegas ke investigation department ki taraf se ek spy bann ke uski party me ghusa tha aur usi ki party me ghus ke usne uss Pitcher ko chakma diya tha. Can you believe it? Veer hi tha jisne ye decode kiya tha ki Pitcher Mithridatism ka istemal kar ke logo ko maar raha tha.

Jab Bhavna samet sabhi ne ye suna toh pal bhar ke liye unki dhadkane badh gayi, khaas kar Bhavna ki. Usne apne bete ko chintit nazro se dekha. Veer inn sab ke hoke guzra tha? Akhir, aur kitne raaz chhipaaye hue tha uska laadla? Agar, use kuchh ho jaata toh? Bhavna mann hi mann khud ko kos shaant reh gayi.

Divya : Par, asli khel toh uss mansion me hua tha. Uss island par. Jab Veer ne Nightwalker ki mystery se parda uthaaya tha.

Tej : Nightwalker?

Divya : Haan! Las Vegas ke island me ek mansion me ek event organise hota tha. Illegal means se waha tak pahucha jaata tha aur aapko ek night stay karna hota tha. Shart yahi rehti thi ki jisne night out complete kar liya woh aseem sampatti ka maalik bann sakta tha. Gold, cash, rubies, you name it. Sab kuchh!

Tej : Then?

Divya : Par, room numbers alag alag orders me batey hue the. Jaise ki 74, 50, etc. Rooms aise the ki unke doors metals se bane hue the. No windows, nothing. Participiants ko apne respective rooms me rukna hota tha aur fir night me unhe gold dhoondhne ke liye nikalna hota tha. Par, yahi woh time hota tha jab Nightwalker apne chehre par mask lagaaye logo ka qatl karta tha. Balki, unke rooms ke andar ghus ke. Jo ki impossible hona chahiye, right?

Tej (shivers) : Huhhh!!?

Divya (smiles) : Aur, Veer ne use bhi pakda tha. Your brother entered that same mansion and not only he survived, he was able to expose the mystery behind the murders. Kya tum guess kar sakti ho ki Nightwalker kaise maarta tha room me ghus ke?

Tej : ???

Divya (smiles) : Those room numbers... They were atomic numbers of the metals. Room number ka door uske respective metal se bana hota tha. Aur, Nightwalker door ke bar ko uske melting point tak le jaate hue, use pighla kar slab ko nikaal ke haath andar le jaa kar gate kholta tha, andar ghusta tha aur logo ko maarta tha. He was a master in welding. Also, a superb electrician. Now you get it? Tumhare bhai ki kya skills hai?

Tej ne Veer ko dekha. Bechaari ki samajh nahi aa raha tha ki kya kare? Apne bhai par garv kare? Ya fir chinta jataaye ki itni kathnaiyo se hoke guzra tha woh. Ya fir darey ki kahi use kuchh ho jaata toh? Ya chakit hoye ki uske bhai ke paas itna kaushal tha?

Divya : -Aur, isliye — Mein yaha Veer ki assistance ki maang karne aayi hu. He's very crucial for this case.

Bhavna ne jab ye suna toh woh bhaanp gayi ki uska beta waqai me alag tha. Aise hi nahi usne Egypt me uss artifact ki jankaari bata di thi. Iska matlab ye sach tha ki uske bete ke paas exceptional observing skills thi.

Tej abhi bhi darwaaze ke paas khadi thi, usne apne honth daanto taley dabaaye, uski chinta aur adhik badh gayi. Veer ko Divya ke sang jaata sochne maatra se hi uski saansein fool rahi thi.

Tej : M-Mujhe nahi lagta ki ye koi achha idea hai. Veer ne... Mere bhai ne pehle hi bahut kuchh kar diya hai. Aur, use dobaara khud ko khatre me daalne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Aur, na hi hum use khatre me jaane denge.

Divya : With all due respect, this isn't just any case. Ye personal matters se bada hai. Mein use kisi faaltu baat ke liye ghaseetne nahi aayi hu yaha. He knows the stakes as well.




Suman rasoi se sab kuchh dekhte hue Veer ke qareeb chali aayi, uske shaant qadmo ke chalte logo ka dhyaan uss par na gaya. Woh uski orr jhuki aur thoda fus-fusaate hue boli.

Suman : Maalik, kya aap chaahte hai ki mein dakhal du? Agar aap nahi jaana chaahte toh aapko uske saath jaane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Ise mein sambhaal lungi.

Uske shabdo me ek khatarnak dhaar thi, ek vaada, ki zaroorat padne par veh iss aurat ko gaayab bhi kar sakti hai. Veer uski wafadaari dekh muskuraaya aur apna sarr hilaate hue usne Suman ko shaant rehne ka hi ishaara kiya. Divya koi paraayi nahi thi.

Tej ka dil zorr se dhadak raha tha. Woh apne jeevan me sab kuchh niyantrit kar sakti thi siwae iske ki Veer ki zindagi me kin aurton ko rehna chaahiye aur kinhe nahi. Uski pakad se Veer chhootata hua use mehsoos ho raha tha. Woh Veer ko mana nahi kar sakti thi, bhale hi woh kitna hi kyu na chaahe ki Veer Divya ke saath na jaaye. Lekin, fir bhi himmat kar woh boli.

Tej : V-Veer-!! Veer, tum pehle bhi inn khatro me pad chuke ho. Hume toh kuchh pata bhi nahi tha. Tum akele inn sab ko face karte aa rahe the. Aur, ab jab hume sacchayi pata chali hai, toh hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bhai? Ye jaante hue ki-

Shweta : Bilkul! Iss baar mein bhi sehmat hu. Jokhim bhari jagah par hum sab tumhe kaise jaane de sakte hai mere bacche-!?

Lekin, Veer behtar jaanta tha. Uska Divya ke liye kam se kam itna karna banta tha. Aur, ye baat bataane ki bhi zaroorat nahi thi ki use iska mission bhi mila hua tha.

Veer : Sorry, Teju di! Par, mujhe jaana hoga. Ye matter ignore nahi kiya jaa sakta.

Aur, kamre me ek sannaata chha gaya. Tej ne apne bhai ki aankhon ko padh liya. Woh jaan chuki thi ki ab use koi bhi nahi rok sakta tha. Kahi na kahi use khud par hi kheej uthi. Woh kitni kamzor thi ki uske bhai ko majbooran jaana pad raha tha. Aur, woh kuchh nahi kar paa rahi thi. Ragini ka chehra bhi sakht ho chuka tha, uske honth niraasha se sikud gaye.

Tej ka mukh khula par siwae thar-tharaate hontho ke muh ne aur koi prakriya nahi ki.

Tej : T-Tumhara har baar ka yahi hai V-Veer! T-Tumhe-!! Tumhe jo karna hai karo. China se aaye tumhe abhi din hi kitne hue the? Aur, ab-!

Veer jaanta tha uski Teju di uss se udaas thi. Magar, woh chaah ke bhi kuchh nahi kar sakta tha. Beparvah, Divya ne apna sarr hilaaya aur woh apni jagah se uthi.

Divya : Toh kya mein ise 'haan' samjhu?

Bhavna : Agar, Veer ne haan keh hi diya hai. Aur, use dekh ke yahi lag raha hai ki woh humaari nahi sunega. Toh fir haan hi samajhiye. Dhyaan rahe, ki aap 'haan' samajh rahi hai. Na ki-

Uske hidden meaning ko Divya samajh gayi. Shayad aaj ke liye woh iss ghar me itni invited nahi thi. Magar, shayad bhavishya me kabhi kuchh badal jaaye? Yahi soch woh waha se nikli.

Divya : We'll leave tomorrow morning! Pick me up at sharp 7 AM.

Veer (nods) : Sure!

Divya (smiles) : See you!

Veer : *smiles*

Jaise hi Divya waha se ravana hui, ghar me tanaav badh gaya. Veer darwaaze ke paas hi khada raha, baahar ki orr dekhta raha, lekin woh mehsoos kar sakta tha ki sabhi ki aankhon ka bhaar uss par hi tha. Tej shaanti ko bhang karne waali pehli thi.

Tej : Kya tum serious ho, Veer?

Veer peechhe mud apni behan ki nazro se mila.

Veer (nods) : Mujhe sach me jaana hoga, di! Divya ne meri madad ki thi, aur ab meri baari hai.

Tej ke honth ye sunte hi sikud gaye. Usne apni mutthi kasste hue kaha.

Tej : Lekin, use yaha laana? Use yaha kyu laaye tum Veer? Tumhe pata hai na ki cheezein kaisi hai. Tumhe pata hai na ki mein kaise mehsoos karti hu tumhare-

Kehte hue woh achanak hi ruk gayi. Use dhyaan aaya ki woh kya kuchh kehne jaa rahi thi.

Veer : Agar, mein use yaha nahi bhi laata toh kya aap unse milne nahi jaati?

Tej : M-Mein bhala kyu jaati uss se milne? M-Mujhe kaise pata hota ki woh yaha par hai?

Veer : Miss Suhana se toh aap mil hi aayi. Toh, fir inse milne me kya dikkat hoti aapko?

Sunte hi Tej jhep gayi. Veer ko pata tha? Use kaise pata chala? Usne dekha ki uska bhai kaise use dekh raha tha. Jaise maano usne koi chori ki ho. Aur, Tej ka dil ye dekhte hi andar se use kachotne laga.

Tej : V-Veer-! Veer aisa nahi hai. Haan mein gayi thi. Mein mili thi unse. L-Lekin, mein tumhe bataane waali thi. Mein tumse kuchh nahi chhipaati Veer.

Veer : Oh really? I see!

Magar, Veer ka ravaiyya use aur kasht pahucha gaya. Woh daud ke uski orr aayi aur uske galey se lag gayi.

Tej : Veeeeerrr!!! Meri baat maano!!! Mein kabhi jhooth nahi bolti hu tumse. M-Mein unse milne gayi thi mein maanti hu. L-Lekin, mein tumhe baad me bataane waali thi. Sab kuchh toh tumhare saamne rehta hai Veer. Maine kabhi tumse kuchh bhi nahi chhipaya hai.

Veer : It's okay, di! I trust you!

Tej : ...! I will never... I will never lie to you. So, please... Mat jao na! Mat jao! Tumhe inn sab me shaamil hone ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.

Veer : Teju di! Ye case sach me bada hai. Aap samajhti kyu nahi? Kitne log marr chuke hai. Unhe meri zaroorat hai. Baat ko samajhiye. Agar, Miss Divya ko meri zaroorat nahi hoti toh woh kabhi mujhse bolti hi nahi.

Ragini (stands up) : Toh tum hi kyu, Veer? Tum hi kyu? Tum koi police officer nahi ho, na hi tum koi detective ho ya koi hero. Kya woh tumhare bina ek case bhi solve nahi kar sakte? Kya unke paas ek dhang ki team bhi nahi hai ise solve karne ke liye? Jo tumhe inn sab me ghaseet rahe hai?

Akhir kaar Ragini ne Veer se baat ki. Woh ab aur bardaasht nahi kar sakti thi. Veer ne ek aah bhar apne baalo par haath fera aur bola.

Veer : Aisa nahi hai ki woh ise solve nahi kar sakte. Baat sirf itni hai ki Miss Divya ne meri madad pehle kaafi ki hai. Aur, agar mein ab unki madad karne ke liye apne haath khade kar dunga toh kya ye sahi hoga? Woh meri madad maangti hi nahi agar unhe meri zaroorat na hoti toh. Woh khud bahut capable hai.

Bhavna apni kursi par baithe apne bete ko dhyaan se dekh rahi thi. Kamre me gehri bechaini ko mehsoos karte hue, uski nazre Tej, Veer ar Ragini ke beech ghoomi.

Bhavna (calmly) : Beta-!!!

Veer : Hmm?

Bhavna : Kya tum sach me sure ho ki iss cheez me tumhara shaamil hona zaroori hai?

Veer aage badh apni maa ke paas ghutno ke bal baitha aur unka haath pakad thaamte hue bola.

Veer : Maa! Mein khud aap sab se door nahi jaana chaahta. Lekin, ye maamla... Ye zaroori hai. Aur, agar mein nahi gaya toh aur bhi nirdosh log maare jaa sakte hai. Agar, mere waha jaane se ye case jaldi solve ho sakta hai. Toh kya woh sahi nahi hai, maa?

Bhavna : Tum inn sab maamlo me kab se padne lage mere bete?

Veer (smiles) : Jab aap yaha thi bhi nahi tab se.

Aur, uske itna kehte hi waha ek gehri, bhaari khamoshi janm li. Bhavna ke mukh se kuchh na nikla. Veer ne bagal se baithi Shweta ko dekha jo kehna toh bahut kuchh chaahti thi magar keh nahi paa rahi thi. Uski orr aate hue Veer ne uske haatho ko bhi thaama.

Veer : Aur, Shweta maa aap bhi.

Shweta : H-Huhh???

Veer : Meri gair-haziri me aapko sabka dhyaan rakhna hoga. Khaas kar didi logo ka. Mujhe aap par bharosa hai.

Shweta maano ye sunn gadgad ho uthi. Use samajh nahi aa raha tha ki woh Veer ke iss bartaav se khush hoye ya fir uske jaane ki wajah se dukh zaahir kare.

Tej ne khud ko sthir rakhne ke liye apni mutthiyaan bheenchi, woh hamesha inn palo se darti thi. Veer ke door jaana ka bas khayaal, use kuchh ho jaaye uska dar, Tej ke badan me sihran dauda jaata tha. Woh cheekhna chaahti thi, uss se na jaane ki vinti karna chaahti thi, lekin woh Veer ko bahut achhi tarah se bhi jaanti thi. Ek baar mann bana lene ke baad woh apni zimmedariyo ko chhorne waalo me se nahi tha.

Tej (yells) : Tumne kaha tha ki China se aane ke baad tum humaare saath rahoge, time spend karoge. Tumne kaha tha, Veer!!! *shivers* Tumne promise kiya tha ki tum dobaara aisa nahi karoge kabhi-!!!

Veer (softly) : Mein humesha ke liye nahi jaa raha hu, Teju di.

Tej (yells) : Yarnia ka kya??? Sab kuchh kaun sambhalega? Tumne iss par kitni mehnat ki hai-

Veer : Mujhse zyada mehnat aapne ki hai. Aur, isliye uski zimmedari mein aap sab ke upar chhorta hu. Lekin, mein promise karta hu, opening ceremony ki raat... Mein waha aap sab ke saamne maujood rahunga.

Tej : Veer, tum nahi jaa sakte!!!

Veer : Aap aur Ragini Bhabhi-!!! Aap dono hi meri madad karogi. Iske pehle bhi aap dono ne business ko achhi tarah se sambhaala hai. Mujhe aap pe poora bharosa hai.

Ragini : Mein jaanti hu ki tum kitne ziddi ho.

Veer : *smiles*

Ragini : Toh mein tumhe rokungi nahi. Kyunki, uska koi faayda nahi. Hum toh yaha cheezein sambhaal lenge. Lekin, tumhara kya? Agar, tum samay par waapas nahi aaye tab kya? Agar, tumhe waha kuchh ho gaya toh?

Veer : Mujhe waha kuchh nahi hoga. Aur, iss baar mein aap sab ke contact me rahunga. *smiles* Mein phone karunga. Mein apni situation ke baare me aap sab ko update karta rahunga. Mein pehle ki tarah gaayab nahi ho raha.

Ragini kuchh pal shaant rahi. Zaahir hai woh bhi Veer ko jaane nahi dena chaahti thi. Lekin, uske kehne se Veer rukne waala nahi tha, ye baat woh bhali bhaanti jaanti thi.

Ragini (nods) : Behtar hoga fir ki tum apni baat par khade utro.

Antatah Bhavna ne Veer ko dekha, uska shaant bhaav sthir tha lekin uski awaaz me ek maa ki chinta jhalak rahi thi.

Bhavna : Bas ye sunishchit karna ki tum... Tum sahi salaamat laut ke aao. Chaahe kuchh bhi ho jaaye.

Veer (smiles) : Mein sirf waha pe apni observational skills ke liye jaa raha hu, maa. Mein waha kisi se ladne nahi jaa raha. Mein waha sirf analysis karunga.

Bhavna : Fir bhi-

Veer (nods) : Don't worry. I'll be fine.

Tej apne nichle honth ko daanto tale bheenchte hue mudi aur boli.

Tej : Th-Theek hai! Tumhe jo karna hai wo karo, Veer. Koi tumhe nahi rokega. Mein bhi nahi. B-Bye-!!!

Kehte hue woh waha se seedhe apne kamre ki orr bhaag gayi. Uski awaaz ruwaasi thi.

Veer : Teju diii-!!! Suniyeee!!!!

Magar, wo na ruki. Aur, isi tarah aaj ki ye raat yuhi beet gayi. Subah-subah 6:45 pe Veer Pune jaane ke liye taiyaar tha. Bhavna samet sabhi jaag chuki thi siwae Tej, Bhumika aur Sonali ke.

Bhumika aur Sonali ko toh ye baat pata bhi nahi thi. Isliye, woh dono hi chenn ki neend so rahi thi. Veer ne apni car nikaali aur woh ghar se vida lene ke liye taiyaar tha.

Kisi ne kuchh na kaha. Par, sabka dil bhaari tha. Veer ne baari-baari sabhi ko galey se lagaaya. Bhavna ne uske maathe ko chooma toh Shweta ne uske gaalo ko. Lekin, dono hi shaant khadi rahi, aankhon me ek gehri chinta jise koi bhi samajh na paaya.

Dekhte hi dekhte Veer unki aankhon se ojhal ho gaya. Kuchh baatein aur hui maa bete ke beech me par Veer ka khud ka jiya itna bechain tha ki usne inn anubhutiyo ko mann se nikaal diya.

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Hotel Serenity, Mumbai,
Morning - 7:01 AM ~

Veer ne apni car hotel ki building ke entrance gate ke theek baahar laga rakhi thi. Usne apni ghadi par nazar daali — Divya ko ab kisi bhi samay baahar aa jaana chaahiye tha. Uski ungliyaan steering wheel par intezar me thap-thapa rahi thi aur woh Pune me aage kya hoga, iss vichaar me khoya hua tha. Maamla behad kroor tha, kaam khatarnaak tha, lekin inme se kisi ne bhi use utna chintit nahi kiya jitna ki uske khud ke daayre me rahi cheezon ne use kiya — Uske rishte, uska daayitva, aur uski zimmedariyaan.

Woh abhi baitha hi tha jab achanak hi hotel ka glass door khula aur uski drishti ek bemisaal khubsoorti par padi.

Ava-!!!

'Huh? Ava yaha-!?'

Use dekh, Veer ko apni chhaathi me ek parichit khhichaav mehsoos hua. Woh tip-top taiyaar hoke baahar nikli thi. Chalte hue woh seedhe Veer ke nazdeek aayi aur pal bhar ke liye Veer aur Ava dono ki hi saansein ek dusre ko dekh tez ho gayi. Dono ke beech ek chumbakeeya khhichaav tha.

Veer : Ava-!?

Ava (nods) : Mein bhi saath chal rahi hu.




Veer : Wait! What? Tumhe kaise pata chala ki mein yaha aa raha hu?

[Death Flag Master. Ava ne aap pe Death Flag laga rakha hai. Yahi kaaran hai ki woh hume China me kyu dhoondh paayi thi.]

'Ah, right! Fuck! Mein bhool hi gaya tha.'

Ava : V-Veer-!!! Death Flag mujhe sab bataati hai. Tum kaha ho, kidhar jaa rahe ho, sab kuchh.

Usne ye thoda hich-kichaate hue kaha. Woh Veer ke response ko dekhna chaah rahi thi. Kintu, Veer ne badle me kuchh na kaha. Usne bas apna sarr hila diya. Aur, bechari Ava ye dekh aur bhi bechain ho uthi. Kya Veer ko ye pasand nahi tha? Kahi woh uncomfortable toh nahi mehsoos kar raha tha? Woh kuchh samajh nahi paa rahi thi.

Veer : Toh? Tum yaha?

Ava : Mein bhi aa rahi hu. Tumhare saath!

Veer : Mere saath? Kaha?

Ava : Pune!!

Veer : ??? Tumhe kaise-???

Ava : Mujhe bhi mission mila hai, Veer.

Veer : ....

Use samajh aaya ki use mission toh mila tha lekin, saath hi Ava ko bhi iss case se sambandhit mission praapt ho chuka tha.

Veer : Waise, mujhe poochhna toh nahi chahiye-

Ava : Mujhe mission tumhe assist karne ka mila hai, Veer.




Iske pehle ki woh sawaal kar paata, Ava ne swayam hi sab kuchh saaf-saaf use bata diya. Aur, Veer bas thoda hairat me reh gaya.

Ava (gently) : You're gonna need some help.

Kuchh der vichaar kar Veer ne haami bhar di aur achanak hi hotel ke glass doors punah khule aur Divya baahar nikli. Uska professional demeanor har baar ki tarah aaj bhi sharp hi tha. Kintu, Veer ko jo chinta sata rahi thi woh thi — Kya Ava aur Divya ka ek saath hona theek tha?

Divya jaise hi unke paas aayi, Ava ko dekhte hi uski bauhe sikud gayi.

Divya (frowns) : Ava!? Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho?

Uski awaaz teekhi thi, spasht roop se sandeh se bhari hui. Aur, ye Ava ne bhi mehsoos kiya. Lekin, usne koi jawab na diya. Uski aankhein Divya se Veer ki orr ghoomi. Usne intezar kiya aur Veer ko jawab dene diya.

Veer : Ava humaare saath aa rahi hai.

Divya : What??? Veer?? Ye sab kya hai? Ye tay nahi hua tha humaare beech kal. Aur, waise bhi Ava ka iss case se kya lena dena? Why the hell is she even here?

Veer : Ava ko kuchh kaam hai waha. Plus, she have some contacts. Not to mention ki woh ek bahut badi celebrity aur singer bhi hai. A perfect candidate for a distraction, if needed...!

Divya : Tch! Fir bhi, Veer! Hum iss par raazi nahi hue the. Mein tumhare liye cover kar sakti hu but ek aur person ke liye-

Veer : Tumhe kuchh bhi karne ki zaroorat nahi, Divya. Ava bas door se hi assist karegi. She won't interfere. Trust me!

Divya : Bhulo nahi Veer ki France me... France me zaroor isne hi kuchh karwaya tha jis chakkar me tum fasey the. I'm sure of it.

Ava 'France' ka naam sunte hi jhep gayi. Usne apni bhavnao ko ek udaseen mukhaute ke peechhe chhipa liya. Divya humesha se hi perceptive thi aur uska sandeh jaayaz tha.

Ateet me Ava ki betrayal ne ek ghaav chhor diya tha, jise woh theek karne ke liye betaab thi, lekin woh iska zikr nahi kar sakti thi — yaha nahi, Divya ke saamne nahi.

Veer ne ek pal ke liye apna maatha ragadte hue ek aah bhari.

Veer : Pehle car me baitho sab. Yaha se toh nikle. Uske baad discuss kar lenge.

Divya ne apni bauhe upar uthayi, spasht roop se woh aashvast nahi thi, lekin aage behas karne se bhi koi faayda nahi tha.

Divya (mutters) : Fine! But keep an eye on her. I don't want any surprises.

Jaise hi woh aage ki seat par Veer ke bagal se baithi, Ava peechhe ki seat par virajman ho gayi. Veer ne rear view mirror ke madhyam se Ava par nazar daali, aur unki aankhein shan bhar ke liye mili — kuchh ankahe shabd jo Ava ki aankhein darsha rahi thi.

Aur, sabhi ke approval ke baad Veer ne car start kar waha se badha di.

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Jaise-jaise car maarg par daudati gayi, Mumbai ke hal-chal bhare sheher ko chhor Pune ki orr badhti gayi. Oonchi-oonchi gagan-chumbi imaaratein aur yatayat ke nirantar shor se dheere-dheere grameen drishya, khet aur hariyali saamne aane lagi.

Veer ne Pune me Madhuri ke pita ke case ke baare me sochte hue apni aankhein aage sadak par rakhi, halanki car me tanaav spasht tha.

Ava ki chuppi bhaari thi, lekin beech-beech me Veer rear view mirror me use apni orr dekhta paa ke pakad leta aur Ava turant hi apni nazre ferr leti.

Aur, dekhte hi dekhte woh Pune ke sheher me apni dastak de chuke the.

Veer : Toh? Kaha chalna hai pehle?

Divya : Police station! Inspector Trisha ne apni orr se inform kar hi diya hoga lekin, ek baar hume apni presence waha deni padegi. Agar, approval mil jayega toh badhiya hoga.

Veer (nods) : Alright!

Veer ne gaadi seedhe waha ke apradh sthal ke sabse paas waale thaane ki orr ghuma di. Jab woh sab waha pahuche toh Divya ko saari formalities karne me hi ek ghanta lag gaya. Woh thaki-thaki si baahar aayi.

Divya (sighs) : Finally! Let's go! Hume permision mil gayi hai.

Veer : Toh hum murder waali jagah par chal rahe hai?

Divya (nods) : Haan! Maybe hume waha kuchh aisa mil jaaye jo shayad police ki taraf se chhoot gaya ho? Then, hum victim ke parivar jano se milne jayenge. Unhone wo area khaali kar diya hai. Woh abhi kaha reh rahe hai iski details bhi leli hai maine.

Veer : Alright!

Jab Veer aur baaki sab apradh sthal par pahuche, toh use pichli baar se ek alag hi tasveer dekhne ko mili. Television par drishya kuchh aur hi the. Yaha keechad tha, bheedam bhaad thi, aur sab ast-vyast tha. Magar, ab malba hata diya gaya tha, koi bheed-bhaad nahi thi aur woh bina kisi samasya ke gali me apni gaadi park kar diya.

Kintu, ghar ke nazdeek aate hi uski naak sikudi aur use pata chala ki ek bheeshan durgandh abhi bhi kayam thi.

Divya : It stinks-!! Ugh-!!!

Veer : Yeah! Ye gandh lekin wo nahi hai.

Divya : Right! Also, behtar hoga ki hum nasamajh padosiyo ka dhyaan khichne se pehle hi talaashi lele.

Divya ne aas-paas nazre maarte hue kaha. Veer ne bhi nazre daudayi toh dekha ki kuch khidkiyo ke parde khul rahe the aur andar se kuch jigyasu chehre kaanch ke uss orr se unhe hi ghoor rahe the.

Veer : I still don't think ki hume yaha talashi lene ki koi zaroorat hai. Experts ne already achhe se kaam kiya hoga. Dekh ke lag nahi raha ki kuch milega yaha. Police force guard dogs ko bhi laayi hi hogi.

Veer janta tha ki agar iske peechhe kisi system holder ke hone ke chances the, toh woh itni asani se saboot nahi chorrne waala tha.

Ava : Agar experts ne investigation kar li hai toh zaroor unhe kuch findings mili hongi. Kya hum directly unn findings ko nahi dekh sakte?

Ava ne apna sujhaav diya. Aur, uska sujhaav logical bhi tha. Magar, cheezein itni asaan kaha hoti thi. Divya ne halka sa mudte hue apne kandhe ke upar se peeche khadi Ava ko dekha aur boli,

Divya : Aisa nahi hota. Jo bhi findings yaha se mili hongi, unhe already investigation ke liye bhej diya gaya hoga. Findings jo dhoondhte hai woh alag hote hai, aur findings ki jo jaanch karte hai woh alag. Itni jaldi woh hume ye sab nahi de sakte. After all, hum baahri vyakti hai unke liye. Uske liye hume thoda intezar karna hoga.

Ava : Aisa lag raha hai jaise unhe hum par ya kisi cheez par bharosa nahi hai.

Divya (sighs) : It's not their fault. Har desh yahi karta hai. Inspector Trisha ki tactic bhi mein jaanti hu. Usne hume yaha jaan boojh ke bheja hai taaki hum case se door reh sake. Lekin, sirf tumhare ishaare par mein maan gayi thi, Veer.

Veer : Well, dekhte hai kya hota hai. By the way, Ava…!

Veer ke turant pukarne par Ava jaise uska ishaara samajh gayi. Woh haami bharte hue boli.

Ava : Mein baahar east aur west ends tak check karke aati hu.

Veer : Ek quick 360° kar lena.

Ava (nods) : Alright!

Aur, itna bol woh nikal gayi.

Divya : Kya Ava ka baahar bhejna sahi hai?

Veer : Woh mask pehne hue hai. Use koi nahi pehchaanega. Aur, tum toh yahi chaahti thi na ki Ava case me dakhal na de?

Divya : Haan, lekin-! Nahi! Leave it!

Woh baahar ki haalat ka jayza le rahi thi. Aur, ab Ava ke jaane ke baad Veer aur Divya hi uss sthal par akele maujood the.

Veer ne dekha ki kaise Divya koshish kar rahi thi ki kahi se bhi kuchh mil jaaye. Magar, experts dwara sab kuch saaf kar diya gaya tha.

Woh toh bas isliye iss case me shamil tha kyuki inn sab ke peeche koi system holder ho sakta tha aur use iska mission bhi mila hua tha. Bas isliye woh bas uss saboot ki talash me tha jis se ye satya saabit ho sake ki iske peeche koi system holder tha ya nahi?

Warna, agar isko anjaam dene waala ek aam serial killer nikla toh Veer iss case me se khud ko peechhe kheech lene wala tha. Uske paas inn sab ka samay nahi tha. Inn sab ke liye police thi. Uska target maatra system holders hi the. Khatra unse hi tha.

Veer ko tabhi dhyaan aaya ki woh aur Divya akele the. Divya ki thirakti gaand uske saamne hi thi. Ek masti ka mood uska achanak hi bann gaya.

Woh chanchal swar me ek sujhaav lete hue poochha?

Veer (smiles) : Kya tumhari nigrani bhi rakhne ki zaroorat hai mujhe?

Divya (grins) : Kyu nahi? Agar tum meri rakhoge toh mein tumhari rakhungi.

Veer (smiles) : Toh ye toh achha hai na? Mein taiyaar hu. Bolo?

Woh muskurayi aur unke beech ki doori ko kam kar uske nazdeek aayi.

Divya : Be careful, Veer! Tum ek shadi shuda aurat ko woh ideas de rahe ho jo uske mann me kabhi nahi aane chahiye.

Veer : Jaise ki-!?

Veer bhi badle me bas muskuraya. Divya ke saath chedh-chadh karne me use ek alag hi maza aata tha. Shayad, Divya uski har harqat ko bardasht kar leti thi ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir Divya ke badan ko paane me wo qamyab ho jaata tha ye ek kaaran tha. Ya fir, Divya swayam se hi yahi chaahti thi.

Divya lohe ki seedhiyo se hote hue upar ko chadh gayi aur andar ghar me talashi lene lagi. Toh wahi Veer upar jaane se pehle ek pal ke liye apni nigaahein neeche hi tikne diya. Abhi jaha woh khada tha, shav uss se 4 qadam ki duri par uss din mila tha. Zameen par peeli aur bejaan padi laash ki yaaddasht ne Veer ko rok diya. TV par toh chehra blur kar diya gaya tha magar shareer ko usne dekha tha.

Concrete par gehre bhoore rang ke dhabbo ne Veer ka dhyaan kheencha. Ye Prabhakar ke khoon ke avshesh the. Uske alawa use aur kuch nazar nahi aaya. Yaha tak ki ghaas-poos bhi saaf kar di gayi thi.

Woh khade hoke upar Divya ke sang jaanch me shamil hone hi waala tha ki ek dhundhli chamak uski aankhon me padi. Bauhe sikodte hue usne apni jeb se Divya dwara diya gaya ek latex ka dastana nikaala aur ek haath me pehen liya.

Zameen ke beech me mitti aur malbe me ek chhoti si pin dabi hui use nazar aayi. Veer ne use uthaya aur uth ke thoda aage aaya.

'Check'

*Ding*

[Description : A blood lancet. Not usable now.]

Use check karte hi Veer ko samajh aa gaya ki ye kya thi. Ye woh pin thi jise aksar blood test ke liye istemal kiya jaata tha. Neele rang ki casing me dhasi hui ek lancet blood needle.

Magar, ise istemal nahi kiya gaya tha. Isme khoon ke avshesh nahi the. Lag raha tha jaise kisi ne perro se isko ek do baar kuchla ho.

[Ek used blood lancet, Master. Ise kaafi pehle istemal kiya gaya hai. Warna, system aapko aur zyada information deta iske baare me.]

'Par, sawaal wo nahi hai, Pari. Ye pin akhir yaha kar kya rahi hai?'

[Kahi se aa gayi hogi maybe? Kyunki, bahut si aisi chhoti-chhoti cheezein aksar hawa ya paani ke bahaav se ya jaise-taise kisi na kisi prakaar se idhar-udhar ho hi jaati hai.]

'Maybe!?'

Divya jab andar se neeche ki orr aayi toh Veer ne use woh blood lancet dikhayi.

Divya : Hmm! Strange! Ek blood lancet yaha kya kar rahi hai?

Veer : Uss se zyada ajeeb ye hai ki police ne ise dhoondha nahi?

Divya : Shayad ye unrelated ho. I mean... Yuhi padi ho. Yaha bahut kuchh pada hua hai waise bhi, Veer. Look! Ab aise dekhe toh yaha pe bahut si cheezein logical nahi lagengi.

Veer : Yeah! Still... Mein ise apne paas rakhta hu.

Divya (nods) : Hmm!

*Whoooosh*

Aur, Ava bhi kisi hawa ke jhonke ki tarah waha achanak prakat ho gayi.

Veer : Kuchh mila?

Ava : Nahi!

Divya : Huh? Tum kab aayi? Tumne itni jaldi area scan bhi kar liya?

Ava : Yes!

Divya (frowns) : Let's leave, Veer. Yaha kuchh nahi hai. Hum victim ke parivar jann se milne chal rahe hai.

Veer : Hmm!

Veer aur woh sab Madhuri ke naye nivaas ki orr badh gaye. Prabhakar ke puraane ghar se unhe koi suraag praapt nahi hua tha. Aur, jaise-jaise ye case ulajhta jaa raha tha, Veer ko mann me Garofano ki kahi gayi woh baat baar-baar yaad aa rahi thi.

'System holder...!'

[Alert rahiye, Master. Iske peechhe ek system holder ke hone ke chances mujhe 80% lag rahe hai.]

'Yeah! I've got the same feeling too.'

Kuchh hi der ki traveling ke baad akhir kaar woh Madhuri ke thehraav waale sthaan par pahuch hi gaye.

Ye ek prakar ka guest house tha jo sarkaar ne filhaal ke liye Madhuri aur uski maa ke liye rent-free niyukt kiya tha.

Par, yaha aate hi Veer ki nazar baahar khade jis shaks par pehle padi, use dekh woh taajub me reh gaya. Aur, Veer hi nahi woh shaks bhi Veer ko dekh bhauchakka reh gaya.

Veer : Tum-!???

Saamne koi aur nahi — Pranjal tha. Jisne Veer ko mask pehna dekh ke bhi pehchaan liya.

Pranjal : Huh??? V-Veer?? Tum-!!!?
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Aaj ke liye itna hi guys.
This update consists of 7.3k words. I know thoda chhota hai but mein bahut busy tha. Ghar par kaam laga hua hai, toh kaafi exhausted tha. Serial murder case ka abhi part 3 aur aayega. Ye segment teen se chaar part me divided hai. Lekin, parallel me hum thode aur alag scenes bhi dekhenge bahut jald. Kuchh Mumbai ke - Kaera, Sonia se related toh kuchh foreign ki activities. Baaki, Target apna wahi hai - 200! Toh likes thokne ka aur revos rakhna ka.
Dhanyavad.

Super update

 

[spritemathews]

Awesome and superb update!