Between Chapter 41 and Chapter 42
Giono: "Weladalah.. wedus"
Karto: "What's wrong, Boss?"
Turiman: "You look restless and uneasy."
Giono took a deep drag on his cigarette
while staring at Tikno's scrawny body.
Giono: "Does anyone know why the story Nagini stopped at Chapter 41?"
Karto: "So that's what's been bothering you?"
Giono nodded.
Turiman: "The story was getting really exciting."
Giono: "Did Master Eryjat stop writing Nagini and leave it hanging at Chapter 41?"
Karto: "Let's not jump to conclusions yet, Boss."
Turiman: "Maybe the Master is busy with something else."
Giono nodded again.
Giono: "I've been waiting for days. The Master hasn't released Chapter 42?"
Karto: "I've been waiting too."
Turiman: "I keep checking Master Eryjat's profile. The latest update is still Chapter 41."
Tikno, the scrawny one, suddenly chimed in.
Tikno: "Actually, I got some inside information from Master Eryjat."
Giono, Karto, and Turiman exchanged glances, then stared sharply at Tikno.
Giono: "You got insider info?"
Karto: "What kind of info?"
Turiman: "Go on. Tell us."
Tikno sat up straight, puffing out his chest, making his ribcage stand out.
Tikno: "The Master is rewriting the last ten chapters."
Giono: "What do you mean?"
Karto: "Rewriting the last ten chapters?"
Turiman: "So is it true that Nagini is already finished?"
Tikno: "Yes. It's finished."
The three of them nodded in relief.
Tikno: "But the Master is polishing and reorganizing the last ten chapters."
Karto: "You mean to make it easier to read?"
Tikno: "Yes."
Turiman: "Now I understand."
Tikno: "The Master is also revising the entire Nagini story, refining dialogue gestures and descriptions."
Giono: "Now I get it."
Tikno: "Unfortunately, the clean revised version is only available on Patreon."
Karto: "Oh… then what about this platform?"
Tikno: "Don't worry. The original version will still be written until the end."
Turiman: "So that's why Master Eryjat has been busy?"
Tikno: "Yes. Polishing the original manuscript and revising the Patreon version."
Karto: "Ah, so there are two versions—original and revised?"
Turiman: "Original for the platform, polished revision for Patreon?"
Tikno: "Yes. That's the insider info from the Master."
The four of them looked relieved.
Suddenly, Giono shouted.
Giono: "Karto! Make some coffee!"
Karto, Turiman, and Tikno chuckled.
Karto: "Black coffee."
Turiman: "Two spoons of coffee, half a spoon of sugar."
Tikno: "Stir it twenty-eight times. Not one less, not one more."