Strange Man

It was winter afternoon, everything was as pretty like it was handcrafted by artistic hands. Sun was shining, flowers blooming, chirping of the birds can make one flows with the flow. I was sitting on a chair under the tree making a perfect canopy as if it was mentioned only for me, so taking the advantage of the situation I enjoyed max with nature. With a pen and newspaper in my hand, I resumed to the Sudoku which was supposed to get solved 10min earlier but I was busy admiring the beauty of nature. I was stuck in it, thinking which number will come. Suddenly a voice came "try number 9", it was very sudden and surprising for me as no one was there near me.

I looked around and what I figured out was that the voice came just beside me. A tall guy with blue eyes wearing a scarf around his neck in blue-black suit was sitting just beside me.

I said, "hi! Sorry"

He said, "try number 9 it might solve your problem"

It was a bit shocking as from where that guy came from and even if he came how can he be so sure with his statement and what is special about number 9? I know the game can accept any number but how can one be so sure about a particular number by just having a glance at it? These things were going in my mind and so I asked,

"Sir do we know each other?"

He laughed and said " no-no but that number won't mind"

Hmm, the guy is bit sarcastic as well. So it is like a weird + scarstic=weirdest combination. After thinking all of this I asked, " how can you be so sure?"

He said, "instincts you give a try!"

I did accordingly and found out that yes he was right and helped me out solving it.

I was amused with the talent he possessed and said, "thank you so much sir you were right, task completed"

He whispered, "not yet"

I said what? Did you say something?

He said, "no what's your name?"

Oh yes, I forgot to tell my name is Prerit and yours?

He was about to say his name but his cell rang and he got busy with his call and I stopped there and found something strange that was he was well dressed from top but his lower trouser and his shoes were soiled as if someone has dipped it in the mud. It wasn't that strange but if someone is so well-groomed having dirty shoes and trousers one might think that why? And so did I. His call went very long and due to these things, I couldn't pay attention to his call and wanted to interrupt. I initiated but he ran away like a bullet. This thing also made we wondered what happened? Also that why is he so weird?

As I was about to go with not so good day as it started, police officers came running and stopped near the bench. They asked, "son have you seen a man wearing blue-black suit?" I got shocked and got scared as well and in a shivering manner, I said yes sir and told the whole story to them. One of the officers said number 9! It can be some sort of clue or some hint.

I asked, "sir what happened who was he?"

One of the officers said "Sir Basically it is street number 9 where he is going to rob a bank. I was in a state of shock as what all happened. I had plenty of questions without a solution. Who was he? Why he did this? Why only with me? What was the link between number 9 and me?

I went home with these unanswered questions.