The Quest For A Cursed Diamond.

The Diary- 3

In no time the coffin opens and the Englishman's half-headed head comes out from inside it, which his hand comes out. His eyes were open and a light red light was coming out, as if all the blood of his body had come to his eyes.

After a while his torso rises in the air and slowly comes down towards the ground but his boot does not touch the ground.

He had a strange smile on his face.

He slowly moves forward in the air, we did not see him.

Before leaving the tent, he stops first, his head rolling around in his hand and seeing that the guard was very tight.

He thinks for a while, then immediately comes out and puts his head on his neck and a bright red light flashes.

The front guard's eyes become blind and they lose sight, as does bright light falling on their eyes and they go straight into their prey's tents.

From there a terrible squeak comes out and that member of our team dies seeing his terrible face. Me and Dr. Zakir had come out by now and were about to reach the tent when he went to his coffin at great speed and fell asleep. He did so at an astonishing speed.

All the people on whom that English ghost shone a bright light became blind, but he did not leave his prey even in the midst of so many people.

Not one of them could fire a bullet or a cartridge.

I said privately to Dr. Zakir, "I have found a weakness for this and I have an idea for this, just let the sun shine."

Those five team members had to be given first aid as their eyes started dripping with blood.

After tying his eyes well, Dr. Zakir took me to a secluded place and asked, "Look, the sun will be visible in a while, you were telling about some of your plans, what is that?"

I told him, "Not now, let the sun go out, then I'll tell you what to do."

Shortly after another dreadful night, after waiting impatiently, Suraj showed his face.

Now everyone had a little life in their lives.

When all the team members woke up, some of them were asked to bring out the coffin.

The sunlight was bright enough to fit my plan.

I asked the rest of my team to take the killer and stand ready to shoot him with bullets if the English soldier did anything.

The coffin was brought out and kept open in the bright light of the sun.

His complexion faded a bit, I went near him and lifted his head, he did not move because he was lifeless in the sunlight.

I put his head in a big bag like a cloth wallet.

Now closed the trunk and asked to load it on the horse.

I put the head in a small box and loaded it on a separate horse on which some sculptures were also loaded.

Now everyone started wrapping up their tents and got ready to walk.

The journey was long and tiring, yet we were not one to give up.

On the way, Doctor Zakir brought his horse closer to my horse and said, "Do you believe the danger is over now, what if he wakes up again tonight and hunts me", there was a look of concern on his face.

I reassured him "No need to worry, everything is under our control now. In fact his head was his most powerful part, from guiding him to the path, showing his terrifying face with a kind of magnetic red rays. He also used to do the work of killing and also used to blind his prey by removing laser rays from his eyes. Now his head was no longer as strong as he had to attach it to his neck to show his power, which revealed his terrifying form.

Now the treasure has actually become ours.

Doctor Zakir smiled and took out a cigar from his pocket, gave one to me and put the other in his mouth to burn himself, then both of us lit it with great gusto.

After a few puffs of the cigar, he said to me, "I will keep its torso in my Kanpur's Big Mansion for my research, but what will happen to the head, I will also have to think about it."

"I will put the head in my farm house on Nainital Highway. The family of the caretaker of that farm house also lives there. So there is no question of it disappearing from there because its disappearance means death of both of us." I also said in a very confident voice while smoking a cigar.

Dr. Zakir said, "Let's get rid of this danger, listen well, I have thought that diamonds have come out after filling a big box in the treasury, out of which if both of them divide 100 - 100 diamonds, then our coming five generations will be comfortable, a diamond is worth Rs 5 crore as of today. Even after dividing amongst ourselves and giving each diamond to the team members, we still have enough for the government's coffers."

I agreed and nodded my head and said, "It is four o'clock, now we should find a quiet and nice place and make a halt there. By tomorrow evening we will reach the village. Now let's take some rest. For the last two days this English officer has taken rest.

Dr. Zakir also said yes and instructed all the team members to halt.

I went to my tent and slept as soon as I made a halt, it was five o'clock in the evening, about ten o'clock the doctor Zakir himself came to wake me up and said, "Come on, it's time to eat, wash your hands quickly, our boys has hunted a deer today, its fresh meat is the menu for today's dinner."

I washed my hands in the small river nearby, all the team members were busy cooking deer together and laughing.

I sat near Dr. Zakir and asked him, "We have kept both the parts of that English officer's limbs in separate tents, otherwise, if his torso gets his head, then both of us are not well."

"His torso is in a separate tent and the head box has been kept aside as you said", said Dr. Zakir in reassuring words.

I looked at Dr. Zakir and said, "It's all fine, but tonight also we all need to be a little careful. Do this, put the box with the head in my tent, I have slept for a while, so that Englishman

I can keep an eye on the severed head comfortably, maybe tonight his torso will find his head, in such a situation, with the help of the team members, he cannot leave it, suppose if someone gets an eye, then the torso of that Englishman

His mighty head will be found again."

"I think you are absolutely right, we can't take the risk, now after talking to my men, I will put the head box in your tent", said Dr. Zakir, agreeing with me and calling two of his men to keep that box in my tent.

It was time to eat, after keeping the boxes in our tents, we all went to eat. Deer meat was made delicious to eat.

As soon as the meal was over, I went straight to Dr. Zakir's tent. We talked for a long time.

Sitting in his tent, we were looking both at the diamonds and keeping them separate.

As said by Dr. Zakir, we both sorted out a hundred diamonds which were unique and more precious.

He kept them in a small purse like a bag of cloth and after counting the members of his team took out a diamond for them too and kept it in a separate cloth wallet.

It was enough night I said good night to Dr. Zakir and went to sleep in my tent with my share of diamonds.

The dangerous box with the head of that British officer was also kept there.

I came to the tent and lay down for a while and started thinking that four people are guarding the camp tonight.

Even distributing diamonds will be in vain because as soon as the head is touched, first of all they will fall prey to me and later. I did not even know when I started thinking about it.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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