📍 Sungai Siput Hindu Cemetery, Ipoh
🕛 2.30 PM
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I stood at Jay's funeral, disguised as an old man. His family was there-his wife, broken, and his fifteen-year-old son, crying with the weight of a world that had just collapsed. Their pillar of strength was gone.
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None of the Harimau Merdeka were present openly. Too dangerous. Even my presence in disguise was a risk that could blow my cover. But I had to take it. I needed to see my brother's face one last time.
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As the rituals ended, I watched his body consumed by the electric cremation flames. My fists tightened. I swore to myself: Whoever did this... will face justice.
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But inside me, questions echoed louder than the fire's crackle.
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Why me? Why am I the one carrying this weight? Sometimes I wish I could just go back to my old life-no mask, no blood, no shadows. Just a normal man, living freely.
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I wasn't born with superpowers. I wasn't chosen by the gods. Yet here I was, forced into battles that weren't meant for ordinary men. Was this destiny... or a curse I could never escape?
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The crowd cried for Jay, but I felt the guilt pressing deeper into my chest. Being Steel Tiger meant watching my brothers die, one by one, while I carried the burden alone.
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Back at Tiger's Den, the Harimau gathered. We raised our glasses in silence, each one of us making the same vow-to hunt this killer down, no matter what it cost.
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We split into teams:
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Ashwin, Kathir, and Mano worked on decoding Jay's last broken call.
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Jeevan, Lee, and Ram left for the chemical factory to find more clues.
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Michael, Aliff, and Visho went to Jay's police station office, tracing his last movements.
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I withdrew into meditation-a technique passed down by my Sifu, Master Dharma. He had taught me more than martial arts. He was a Siddhar, a healer, a guide. His ancient methods could sharpen the mind, heal the body, and even bring clarity to shadows.
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I replayed Jay's voice in my head, over and over. The way he screamed... the words he couldn't finish. My instinct told me the killer was someone we knew. But how? And worse-how did the killer know Jay was one of us?
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Hours later, through meditation, I caught a faint clue. The name Jay tried to reveal... it began with Har.
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When I told Ashwin, Kathir, and Mano, they confirmed the same from their decoding. We searched the database. Six names matched-but three were already dead, and the other three still in prison. Dead ends.
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Then Michael, Aliff, and Visho returned with a chilling discovery. Jay's police office PC had been stolen-inside the police station itself. The CCTV footage showed a man disguised as a police officer. A retired one. That meant the killer not only infiltrated but walked out undetected. Mano and Visho set out to uncover who he was.
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Jeevan, Lee, and Ram brought the post-mortem report. Jay hadn't just been strangled. He had been injected with a deadly poison-one that shut down the nervous system, caused internal bleeding, and killed the brain before he was hung like a trophy. They also found a torn piece of cloth stuck in machinery at the crime scene. Ram took it for forensic testing.
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Just when we thought we were piecing things together, the killer struck again.
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A message appeared across every social media page.
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The man in the black coat, hat, and mask stared into the camera. His voice distorted.
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"I'm not done yet. Steel Tiger... tonight, someone close to you will die. Stop me, if you can."
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My blood boiled.
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This wasn't just a game anymore. This was war.
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And I swore-I would be ready.
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