Girls Frontline: Griffin Security
Chapter 59 Motel
"So we struggled hard, moved against the current, and were constantly pushed back to the starting point." - Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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After driving for a while in the thick fog, the driver slowed down and slowly stopped the car on the side of the road...
"We are here, this is Silent Hill..."
After taking a complicated look at the town, Grady turned around and extended his hand to Xu Bin:
"goodluck"
"Thank you, Sir"
The latter also stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, then jumped out of the car with the humanoids to protect Eren.
Before my feet could even stand firmly on the ground, a damp mist hit my face... The feeling was as disgusting as running into a spider web.
Looking around, this is a small town shrouded in thick fog... The buildings are in disrepair, the street lights are rusty, and even the grass and trees at feet smell moldy.
This scene made it hard for him to believe that there were still hundreds of people living here...
After waving goodbye to the departing truck driver, Xu Bin turned to Ellen and asked, "Do you know where your home is?"
"Yes, the house number is written on the envelope."
Ellen stroked the letter in his hand as if it were a treasure, then looked up at everyone: "I'm afraid that coming here at this time will disturb my parents' sleep. So can you stay in a hotel in the small town for one night? It's not convenient for you to go down the mountain at this time..."
"Okay." Xu Bin nodded without thinking.
Are you kidding me? It's already 1am, where else can we go if we don't stay overnight? You don't really think we want to walk down the mountain, do you?
Laughing and cursing in his heart, Xu Bin took out his cell phone to book a car pick-up service for tomorrow.
Hmm....why is the signal empty?
Xu Bin restarted his phone several times but was unable to get a mobile signal.
Not only that, there is no GPS signal either... What the hell is going on?
I hope there is just a minor problem with the base station, otherwise I will really have to walk down the mountain with the humanoids tomorrow... Some of my carry-on luggage is still in the hotel in San Banco City.
Xu Bin prayed silently in his heart, then took out a map and led the team into the thick fog...
...
Half an hour later, the group finally arrived downstairs of a shabby motel.
"Is this...really a hotel?" Looking at the building in front of him, AR15's brows quickly frowned.
You can't really blame her for being picky for showing such an expression - this is not a hotel at all...it's clearly a dangerous building!
The outer wall was cracked here and there; the drainage eaves on the roof were covered with moss; the handrails of the stairs were covered with dark red rust; and there was a sign below piled with garbage with the words "Welcome" written on it...
This is the "Lottie Hotel" where they will stay tonight.
Ellen smiled awkwardly, took out two letters from her bag and said, "The proprietress of this hotel is Grandma Lottie. She seems to have watched me grow up. She is a kind old lady!"
"Oh, um, right..." Xu Bin on the side just nodded twice and did not complain.
During the time he was trained by the system, he had experienced even tougher environments, so an old house was really no problem for him.
Seeing that the commander had stopped complaining, the humanoid girls restrained their expressions and followed the former into the lobby.
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Xu Bin gently pushed the door open and before he had taken two steps he spotted the old woman behind the counter.
This old lady might be "Grandma Rotty", however, her behavior is very strange:
It was past 1am, and she didn't go to bed, nor did she turn on the TV to stay up late... She just stood there blankly, motionless, like a puppet...
After looking at the other person with suspicion, Xu Bin said, "Hello, do you have any rooms available? We need five rooms connected together."
"........"
The old woman did not respond immediately, but remained in that position, staring blankly behind the counter. Her eyes were dull and lifeless.
Could this old lady be dead...?
Xu Bin suddenly felt nervous and was about to climb over the counter to check on her.
But at this moment, the old man suddenly spoke:
"have....."
"Wow..."
This sound frightened him so much that Xu Bin trembled all over and almost fell off the table...
He was so frightened not because the other person spoke suddenly, but because the voice was... so dry, like two dead branches rubbing against each other, without any human emotion.
Is this really a sound that a human can make?
Xu Bin couldn't help wondering if there was no moisture left in the other person's throat...
After being stunned for a while, the old lady continued:
"200 yuan per room, 24 hours"
"OK, thank you for your help."
After taking the five bunches of keys handed over by the old man, Xu Bin did not leave in a hurry, but sat down on the high stool in front of the counter... He knew that Ellen must have something to say to the old man now.
So, Allen hesitated in front of the counter for a long time, looking at the old man for a while, then at Xu Bin, and finally, after taking a few deep breaths, he stepped forward and asked:
"Are you Grandma Rottie? Brianna... Brianna Rottie"
"It's me...that's right..."
Grandma Lottie was still standing there blankly, and her expression did not change when Ellen called her name. She just looked pale and said slowly at the empty door: "If you want to find my husband and children, it's too late... My husband has passed away 7 years ago... My son joined the army and died in the North African corridor..."
"Yes, I'm sorry..." Allen's brows were almost wrinkled at this moment. He never thought that meeting an old friend would be so embarrassing.
He hesitated several times before finally speaking again under Xu Bin's encouraging gaze:
"I'm....Ellen, Ellen Rodriguez, do you remember me?"
"Little Ellen?"
When she heard the name, she slowly turned her head and cast her eyes on Ellen...
However, after only a few seconds of looking at him, his eyes lost their light again: "No, it's not you... You are not little Ellen."
"What...?"
Hearing this heartbreaking answer, Ellen froze immediately...If she was not Ellen, then who could it be?
Xu Bin, who was standing by, was also shocked by this conversation. He stood up and asked the old lady:
"How do you know for sure he's not Eren's? Is it the facial features?"
"It's not his facial features... I don't know why..." The old man shook his head twice with difficulty: "He looks exactly like little Ellen, but for some reason, I just can't recognize him..."
"Little Ellen...wouldn't have such a look. He is...SteelIron..."
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Steel Ellen?
This was the second time Xu Bin had heard this word today. It seemed to be some kind of nickname belonging to Ellen.
Turning his head to look at the other party, he found that Ellen was standing there in despair, motionless. He looked at old lady Lottie with an almost pleading look, as if he was expecting her to retract her previous statement.
However, the old woman ignored him and continued to stand there like a puppet... She stared at the door of the hotel and said nothing more, her expression a hundred times more dull than Ellen's at the moment.
Seeing this, Xu Bin realized that it was meaningless to continue wasting time, so he turned around and waved to everyone, saying, "Go back to your room and rest first. Ellen, have a good sleep! Take a shower tomorrow and then go downstairs. She will definitely recognize you!"
"Get some sleep...yes! Get some sleep. I haven't closed my eyes for 5 days!"
Ellen seemed to hear hope in Xu Bin's words, and immediately strode up the stairs to the second floor, as if he wanted to finish his sleep right away.
The humanoids serving as bodyguards did not dare to let him run around, and hurriedly followed him one by one and set up guards outside the room.
At this moment, Xu Bin was the only one left at the counter. He thought for a while before asking the old lady:
"Why do you keep standing here?"
"I don't know...I think I want to wait for my son to come home..."
"Isn't he dead?"
"Yes, but I... just want to wait here..."
Just want to wait here?
This answer made Xu Bin feel sad.
"Okay, then...good night."
Realizing that he could not get any more information from the old man, Xu Bin had no choice but to thank him politely and ran towards the stairs...UMP40 was already waving at him in confusion.
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If he was willing to go behind Grandma Lottie and take another look at her, he would be so frightened that he would be speechless:
An unknown object like a tumor was attached to the old woman's back. It stretched out several sharp "barbs" and hooked tightly to the old woman's skin, connecting with her spine...
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(New readers, please read this. I messed up the plot later. Don’t read the Silent Hill chapter, just skip it. October 2023, 10)
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