Girls Frontline: Griffin Security

Hearing this strange ballad, Xu Bin was so scared that his hair stood on end.

He quickly turned around and looked behind him, but didn't see a single figure.

"It's really weird, it feels like a ghost..."

Listening to the singing getting closer, Xu Bin swallowed nervously, then slowly pulled out the tactical dagger from his bag, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

"Big brother, are you looking for us?"

A childish voice suddenly came from beside me.

Hearing the sound so close to him, Xu Bin was startled and quickly took a few steps back to look into the bushes beside him. He saw three children coming out of the bushes. They were looking at Xu Bin with their big watery eyes, blinking.

What? They are just a bunch of little brats. I thought they were ghosts...

Xu Bin secretly mocked himself for being timid, then secretly put the tactical dagger back into his bag and said to the three children with a smile:

"Children, can you take me to the village? My brother is a tourist on the island."

"Sure~!"

One of the little girls smiled sweetly, walked up, took Xu Bin's hand and ran forward.

The other two boys were not to be outdone, and they jumped up and sang the same song again:

「ハチの～ムサシは～向こう见ず～」

"The bee named Musashi~ It looked at the sun~"

「真红にburnえてるお日様に」

"Towards the blazing red sun~"

"Trial combination~いどんで~negativeけたのさ"

"Took up the courage~ Challenged~ Lost~"

「焼かれて～falling ちて～死んだのさ～」

"Burning~Falling~Dead~"

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Listening to the lyrics sung by the children, Xu Bin felt his scalp tingling. He seemed to have heard this song somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where it was.

Forget it, never mind. The most important thing now is to get my human form back!

Thinking of this, Xu Bin quickened his pace, and soon he was brought to a village by the children.

The village was small, with only about a dozen families living here. It was lunchtime, and the chimneys of every household were busy. Occasionally, some villagers passing by with farm tools would look at Xu Bin curiously.

Xu Bin's stomach growled with hunger as he smelled the delicious food coming from the house. However, he couldn't find any restaurant in the village... There were too few people in the village, and there was no need to open a store.

So Xu Bin asked the children who brought him into the village where the village chief's house was, and he planned to go there to seek some help.

"The village chief is Yuta's grandfather, just let him take you there."

Xiaochun pointed at the boy next to her and said.

As early as on the way to the village, Xu Bin remembered these three children who enthusiastically helped him: Xiaochun, Asuke, and Yuta.

Originally, Xu Bin wanted to buy some candy for them as a thank you, but unfortunately there was not even a convenience store on the island, so he could only wave goodbye to Xiaochun and Asuke awkwardly, and then follow Yuta to his home.

"Grandpa, a guest is coming!"

Walking into the courtyard of the village chief's house, Yuta shouted directly into the house.

"I'm here, Yuta, who is the guest?"

With a slightly vicissitudes of life voice, a white-haired old man walked out of the house. His steps were steady and powerful, and his back was as straight as a pine tree. He walked into the yard in a few steps. When Xu Bin met his eyes, the old man smiled and nodded to welcome him.

"Hello, Village Chief"

"Hello, little brother"

After both parties greeted each other politely, the village chief invited Xu Bin into the reception room.

.........

"Oh, so seven of your friends online are missing on this island, and you're here to look for them, right?"

"Yes, so I want your help no matter what."

Xu Bin half-truthfully told the village chief the purpose of his visit, then took out a stack of island currency from his wallet and handed it to the village chief respectfully.

Fortunately, his cash was usually kept in his shoulder bag, and it was transferred to him by the AI ​​assistant today. Otherwise, let alone asking for help, it would be a problem whether Xu Bin could find food to eat.

But the village chief waved his hand and pushed Xu Bin's coins back.

"Take your money back. Young people should act like young people!"

The village chief looked at Xu Bin earnestly and continued:

"That's seven lives! Even if you don't pay, our people will help you find them. It's ridiculous to think that you can only rely on money to get things done!"

The village chief's criticism reminded Xu Bin of his experience in the capital of Persia. He realized the inappropriateness of his behavior and bowed his head slightly to apologize to the village chief.

"Forget it. Finding the talent is the most important thing now. I will mobilize the villagers to search this South Island first. I hope we can find them before the typhoon arrives."

As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief took Xu Bin out of the house.

As soon as they learned that seven girls were missing, the residents of the island immediately stopped what they were doing and joined the search.

The young and middle-aged men dropped their farm tools and formed teams to go into the forest; the elderly and women patrolled back and forth along the trails; the children took a few adults to check all the caves they were familiar with, hoping to find the missing human figure inside.

However, without exception, they found no clues. Neither the missing people nor the items that might have belonged to them were found by the villagers.

......

Those who returned empty-handed returned to the village one by one.

Xu Bin took the water bottle handed to him by the villagers and took a big gulp.

The South Island is not very big. Dozens of people spent most of the day trying to find the missing humanoids, but failed. So there is only one possibility: they are currently on the North Island!

North Island, as the name suggests, is the small island on the north side of the Twin Islands. It is less than 400 meters away from South Island and can be reached quickly by motorboat. It covers a much larger area than South Island and has more and higher mountains and forests. The terrain is not as flat and livable as South Island, so there is no family on North Island.

But at this time, the typhoon was approaching the Twin Islands. The sky was covered with dense dark clouds, and lightning occasionally tore through the dark clouds. The sea breeze also began to become icy cold... Under such circumstances, it was impossible to go to the North Island.

Xu Bin looked at the weather and could only turn around and say to the village chief unwillingly:

"Please let everyone go back, the typhoon is coming soon."

The latter agreed with this, saying that it was meaningless to let the villagers look for people on the island during the typhoon, and immediately dispersed the crowd.

.........

At three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the sun was still high in the sky above the clouds, but the island had already become dark.

When the village chief's family learned that Xu Bin had not had lunch yet, they specially cooked a bowl of steaming noodles for him. The thick steam rising from the bowl made Xu Bin's anxious heart relax a little.

It was early July in the northern hemisphere, but the typhoon had brought a chill to the island. Xu Bin ate his hot ramen while watching the strong wind raging outside.

He knew that it was useless to be anxious now. He had been taught a lesson by the AI ​​assistant before - being anxious would do nothing but cause trouble.

The fact is just as the typhoon outside said. It is impossible for the police to send a search and rescue team in such weather. At the same time, it is impossible for Xu Bin to find a boat to send himself back... The typhoon has completely isolated the Twin Islands from the outside world.

Fortunately, he had borrowed a satellite phone from the village earlier and had just reported his safety to the humanoids in the house, so now at least he didn't have to worry about what the humanoids in the house would do in a hurry.

"Don't worry, the police will send a search and rescue team after the typhoon passes, and your friends will be rescued."

"Oh, thank you, ma'am."

The hostess of the village chief's house brought a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Xu Bin. Xu Bin hurriedly bowed slightly to her to express his gratitude.

But at this moment, the child who had passed by him in the morning, Yuta, said something incredible:

"Mother, we can't let anyone land on North Island."

"Yuta! What are you talking about? Someone else's friend is missing there!"

"Has mother forgotten what happened in the village? Many adults disappeared after landing on the North Island and never came back!"

Yuta's voice suddenly became louder, startling both Xu Bin and the village chief's daughter-in-law.

.........

For a moment, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Yuta! How did you talk to your mother? Apologize!"

The village chief opened the door and walked into the house, glaring at Yuta, scaring the latter so much that he couldn't say a word.

Xu Bin couldn't drink his tea at this time. The quarrel between the hosts was embarrassing for the guests, not to mention that Yuta had helped him in the morning, so he put down his teacup, waved his hand and said:

"Well...well..., there's actually no need to quarrel. In our Dragon Country, there's a saying that goes 'A harmonious family brings prosperity'. Yuta dissuaded us from going to the island out of consideration for our safety. This is a good thing! He has learned to consider the safety of others. You two should be happy for this."

I don’t know if the Long people are born with the potential to be peacemakers, but Xu Bin forced an explanation and soon the atmosphere eased. The village chief also relaxed his frown, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Xu Bin.

"Luckily, you have a good temper, little brother. If it were me, I would have joined him in scolding him. Yuta, that brat, actually dared to make a fuss about the disappearance incidents that happened in the village before... other people's tragedies! In my opinion, he deserves a good lesson!"

Then the village chief sighed again and said:

"There have indeed been disappearances in the village before. Several young men went to the North Island and never came back. Their wives went to look for their husbands and disappeared with them..."

"Have you reported the case?"

"We did report it, but the police came and couldn't find anything, so they just called it a day. As a result, all these messy legends spread around the village."

The village chief suddenly realized that it was inappropriate to talk about these things with Xu Bin, as other people’s friends were still out of touch!

So he immediately changed the subject:

"It's the 21st century, there are no vengeful spirits or monsters. They are all made up by them to scare themselves. After the typhoon passes, I will carry my hunting rifle and go to North Island with you. We will kill all the ghosts!"

After saying that, the village chief burst into laughter, and Xu Bin was also infected by his optimism and grinned too.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the discordant sound appeared again:

"Shut up, you old man! You are not allowed to slander the heroic spirits of the island like this!"

.........

In an instant, the house returned to silence again.

Xu Bin and the village chief looked towards the source of the sound in shock...

"Yuuta-kun! What happened to you today?"

The mother rushed over, squatted down, held Yuta's face, and asked worriedly.

But the expression the child showed next made her feel unfamiliar.

Anger, hatred, shame... a series of expressions that did not belong to an innocent child appeared on his face at this moment, which made both the village chief and Xu Bin feel shudder.

"The people guarding the North Island are the great spirits of the soldiers who died in the battle! How dare you, old man, disrespect them? How shameless!"

Yuta said these words to the village chief almost in a roaring tone.

This time, Xu Bin no longer had the courage to step forward and try to reconcile. He was frightened by Yuta.

The boy's expression at this moment was so strange, completely different from the Yuta who smiled and led the way for him in the morning... At this moment, Xu Bin couldn't help but wonder if this body was occupied by an evil spirit.

The village chief also stood up in disbelief and walked over, pulling away Yuta's mother who was protecting her, grabbing his collar and asking:

"Who taught you... to say these words?"

"No... no one taught me! But I won't allow you to blaspheme the heroic spirit of Beidao!"

"Snapped!"

A bright red palm print appeared on Yuta's face.

But unlike before, Yuta was not frightened by the village chief's aura this time. Instead, he forced himself to raise his head and look him in the eye, even though the other person's expression was dozens of times more ferocious than when he first entered the house.

"Boom!"

A loud thunderclap sounded, covering up the sound of the second slap on Yuta's face.

With a resentful look at the village chief, Yuta turned and ran out of the house, disappearing into the heavy rain raging in the typhoon...

"Yuta!"

The mother's shrill screams did not reach the rain, but a dark shadow quickly passed by her and rushed out of the door.

"I'll bring him back!"

Xu Bin casually pulled out an umbrella from the entrance, then rushed into the rain without looking back.