Wirjo the School Gang Leader

In 1978, schools in Indonesia got a bad image, it was because every student in schools was booming making gangs. The school gangsters are also competing to be famous and feared, so there are frequent brawls between student gangs. Each gang has its post, where they often hang out and drink alcohol.

Even so, there are also students who don't want to join a violent gang. Students who do not join a gang are often bullied. One of the students who did not choose to join a gang was Wirjo, he was a Panca Budi high school student, he did not like violence, every day he just sat in the library to read books.

One day, he meets Kohar, one of the gang leaders at his school. Kohar always forced Wirjo to join their group, but Wirjo always refused.

"Hey, Wirjo, you have to pay if you want to pass," said Kohar as he pulled Wirjo's shirt collar

"Cuh," (Wirjo spat in Kohar's face)

"BUMP," (A punch hits Wirjo's face)

Wirjo fell to the ground, while wiping the blood that dripped from his lips, Wirjo stood up and said

"I'd rather die than join you," said Wirjo

Kohar shouted "Beat Him", immediately Kohar's group beat and kicked Wirjo. But he was not silent, he also tried to fend off and hit the people who ganged up on him. Suddenly, Udin came one of the students who also didn't want to join a gang. Udin came with a piece of wood to help Wirjo. The two of them also fought against Kohar's group.

Kohar and his men numbered 20 people, of course, Kohar won in that fight, Wirjo and Udin lay helpless, the money that was in their shirt pockets was taken by Kohar and his Gangs.

"What are you doing here," said Wirjo

"I don't want you to be beaten by them," replied Udin

After that, they went home with a battered and battered face. Wirjo who is an Individualist doesn't want to be friends with anyone, but Udin always follows Wirjo, he is very happy to be friends with Wirjo.

Arriving home, Wirjo saw a lot of people gathered in front of his house, he was surprised, what happened there? He came closer to his house to find out what happened.

"Mother...!!" shouted Wirjo

Turns out, his mother died. After it was discovered, it turned out that his mother had just been abused by a debt collector. Due to his poor family life, his mother often went into debt to buy daily food. Wirjo was very upset, his soul was filled with blazing anger. Wirjo knows who abused his mother, he is Salim. Salim is the underling of Mr. Cokro the loan shark. Wirjo's mother owes Mr. Cokro a very high interest, so he orders Salim to collect Wirjo's mother's debts. Unable to pay off the debt and interest, Salim also abused Wirjo's mother.

Wirjo came to Mr. Cokro's house with great anger, like a fire doused with gasoline.

"Salim, I'll kill you! " shouted Wirjo

He directly hit Salim's face, the man fell to the floor, but Salim did not stand still, he got up and hit Wirjo's back. Because Wirjo was angry, Salim did not feel the blow for him. Wirjo went crazy, he took a chair in Mr. Cokro's living room and hit it on Salim's head. Salim falls again and his head is bleeding. Wirjo gets another chance to hit Salim who is in pain, he kicks his head and sits on Salim's stomach. Blow after blow hit Salim's face, instantly, Salim died with a face that had been shattered by Wirjo's blow.

Not long after, Mr. Cokro came and was surprised to see his dead men covered in blood. Wirjo immediately ran towards Mr. Cokro, he also wanted to kill Mr. Cokro. Mr. Cokro tried to run, but Wirjo was more agile so he was able to catch up to Mr. Cokro. Wirjo did the same thing as Wirjo did to Salim. Mr. Cokro died at the hands of Wirjo.

After his mother was buried, Wirjo felt insecure. He knew he would be wanted by the police. So he moved to the city of Jakarta and attended Suka Maju High School. At his new school, Wirjo begins to experience violence again. He is bullied by Fikri, a student in the same class. Fikri challenges Wirjo to a fight, but Wirjo refuses. Suddenly, Fikri kicked Wirjo from behind, causing him to fall. Wirjo got up and hit Fikri's face, they fought one by one, Fikri's attack didn't hurt Wirjo, instead, it was Fikri who bled a lot, until finally, Wirjo threw the final blow to Fikri's face, and Fikri lost.

It turns out that the fight was seen by Alex, he is the leader at Suka Maju High School, Alex is very afraid of groups from other schools.

"I salute your greatness," said Alex while holding Wirjo's shoulder, "What's your name?" asked Alex

"I'm Wirjo, what do you want?" said Wirjo

"Come on, join my group, then you won't be bothered by anyone," said Alex

Wirjo was silent for a moment he didn't want to join a gang. The goal of the school is only to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor, but because he has a grudge against Kohar, the person who always bullied him when he was at Panca Budi High School, he accepts Alex's offer.

Since then, Wirjo has often fought and fought with other schools. He has killed students from other schools three times while fighting. During a fight with a gang from Budi Utomo Vocational School, Alex had bad luck, his head was hit by a gear motor, Wirjo tried to save Alex, but there was so much blood coming out of his head that Alex's life could not be saved.

The next day, the Suka Maju High School gang gathered, they discussed the election of a leader, because their leader, Alex had just died.

"Okay, which one of you wants to lead this gang?" asked one of the gang members

Fikri and Wirjo came forward, they were both candidates to lead this gang. So, they had to fight hand-to-hand, until one of them gave up. The fight begins, Fikri immediately kicks Wirjo in the face so that he immediately falls, not wanting to waste the opportunity, Fikri jumps and directs a punch at Wirjo, but Wirjo can dodge and kick back at Fikri. It turned out that Fikri had intended to cheat, he took out a knife to stab Wirjo in the chest. Wirjo was able to fend off Fikri's attack, but Fikri managed to injure Wirjo's left thigh.

When Fikri tries to stab Wirjo's chest again, Wirjo's kick hits Fikri's hand, the knife that Fikri is holding falls. Immediately, Wirjo strangled Fikri's neck and broke his hand, Fikri screamed in pain. Finally, Wirjo took the knife that had fallen earlier and stabbed Fikri's neck to death.

"Bury the body under the tree," said Wirjo, ordering his gang members to

Since then, Fikri has been declared a missing person. Now Wirjo takes his gang members to Panca Budi High School, where he used to go to school. He still holds a grudge against Kohar. They visited Panca Budi High School at night, broke the glass, damaged school furniture, and even scribbled on walls. In a graffiti on the wall that reads Suka Maju High School

The next day, the students there looked surprised by all the damage that had happened to their school. Then Kohar reads a message on the wall, Kohar has not dared to attack Suka Maju High School, because the school is very feared, but Kohar does not know that the mastermind behind the destruction of his school is a former student of Panca Budi High School whom he used to often oppress. In the end, Kohar didn't want to take the risk, he didn't want to make a fuss about it all.

The clock shows 01.00 in the afternoon, lessons at school are over. As the Panca Budi High School students were walking home, members of Wirjo attacked them, but Wirjo did not participate in the action. Kohar and several of his members were kidnapped and put in sacks of rice, they were dragged and taken to Wirjo's headquarters. When they got there, Kohar and his members were tied to an iron pole, they were surprised to see Wirjo standing in front of them.

"I'm sorry Wirjo, please let me go," said Kohar, asking for forgiveness from Wirjo

But Wirjo didn't care, he left the base and lit his cigarette. He also ordered one of his members to look for Udin, his former school friend who was also often bullied by Kohar. When Udin and his members arrived at the headquarters, Udin was surprised to see Wirjo.

"How are you Wirjo? You have now entered the gang,?" ask Udin

"We'll discuss that later, now you come with me," said Wirjo

When the headquarters door was opened and the lights were turned on, Udin was surprised to see Kohar and his group being tied to an iron pole. Udin was very surprised by the incident.

"What about them?" said Udin "Why did you bring me here? What happened?" ask Udin once again

"Look, Udin, you're often beaten by them, now do what you want," said Wirjo

Udin also hit Kohar in the face, he kicked and continued to hit Kohar who was tied up. Kohar screamed in pain from being beaten by Udin. Udin took the wooden block beside him. Kohar's head was hit continuously by Udin with a wooden block. Until finally, Kohar was killed, as well as several members. Udin was very satisfied because he had killed the person who bullied him at school.

"Wirjo, I want to transfer to your school," said Udin

Wirjo just smiled and allowed Udin to join Wirjo's gang. The next day, Udin officially moved to Suka Maju High School. He is now with Wirjo's gang, they are often involved in brawls between schools. Until one day, they fought against Raksana Vocational School. Amid the fighting, the police came and arrested the students involved in the brawl. Wirjo and Udin ran towards the river to escape.

They both jump down the river and hope to survive the police chase. But, the police shot them both until finally, they died. Their bodies were also eaten by crocodiles in the river.

The End

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