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......captain hamid stopped breathing and quickly lay down flat on his chest , the roof was completely flat , his caution  saved him from being seen from down beliw , though the night was absolutely pitch dark but it was clear and ooen area  and moving  silhouettes are visible too

He stayed so silent for a long while and then started crawling forward, reaching the side of the terrace he glanced diwn  over the edge, the entire yard was covered in dark  yet tge floor was visible, the distance between the floor of tge yard and the roof was barely ten feet, it was not difficult to reach the yard, then he turned to move towards a room  from its windiws blue light was casting outside, hamud oaused before the room thinking something  and then pkaced a hand on the door, the door was not licked from inside, he very slowly opened the doorand without any hesitation stepped inside, his face looked quite ugly in that blue light, thick beard  on his face  and  long moustaches stooping  on his beard