Girls Frontline: Griffin Security

Eastern Persia, rebel-held area

Hafbat Bazaar

2061/ 6/ 20

"Ugh!!"

Screams were heard from the street.

A group of rebel soldiers were beating up a thin middle-aged vendor, who was curled up on the ground with his hands on his head. No one around dared to step forward to stop them, and they all hurriedly walked by with their heads down.

"Stupid pigs! I've warned you not to block the road with your stalls, why didn't you listen?"

One of the rebel soldiers cursed.

"I'm sorry, sir! I'll get out of the way right now."

The peddler, who was beaten black and blue, ignored the pain and dragged his flatbed cart to the side of the road with gritted teeth. He did not dare to explain that the reason he was blocking the road was because the wheel was broken, because that would only get him beaten again.

"Hurry up, pig!"

Seeing him limping, the soldier became even angrier. He walked up to him and kicked over his flatbed cart, causing all the dried fruits and eggs on the cart to fall to the ground. He kicked it a few more times before finally clearing the way.

Seeing the annoying hawker disappear on the street, the soldier who had been fierce a moment ago immediately relaxed his expression, trotted to the jeep behind him, and said respectfully to the inside of the car:

"Mr. Azar, the way has been cleared for you, you can get off now."

"Um"

A man wearing glasses in the car nodded, then got out of the car surrounded by soldiers.

He is the arms tycoon Azar.

Azar has his own transport company, which has been selling Afghan arms to all parts of the world in recent years. Many countries have long hated him, but they can't do anything about him. Because this guy only moves around Afghanistan, no one can catch him...

At an open-air tea stall not far away, Xu Bin, sitting on a bench, was staring at Azar coldly.

"Commander, Azar's convoy has blocked the road to the north. Can we still take action today?"

UMP40, who was sitting next to him, held her backpack against her chest with both hands. Her weapon was hidden inside.

"If we miss the chance today, we'll never be able to catch him again. If all else fails, we can ambush them on the way back."

Looking at Hazard who was sandwiched between the soldiers, Xu Bin couldn't help but curse in his heart: Why is this bastard so timid?

Xu Bin had made a lot of preparations before coming to Persia. First, he installed a hacker module for MP7 at her suggestion, allowing MP7 to hack into Azar's phone and track his whereabouts. Then he bought a multi-functional drone on the system mall, so that the target of the capture was almost always under Xu Bin's surveillance.

It can be said that Xu Bin even knows what color underwear Hazard wears every day.

However, even with this unique intelligence advantage, Xu Bin was simply unable to do anything to the opponent.

Azar was too timid, he lived in the rebels' base camp every day and never went out, he was served with delicious food by the rebels every day, and was accompanied by beautiful dancers. Compared with this, Xu Bin was much more miserable, he squatted in the cave with the humanoids every day to watch Azar and the dancers being cool, but he had to eat canned food.

This intelligence advantage is useless in the face of absolute security. Xu Bin can't run to the gate of the rebel base and shout, "Azar, if you don't come out, I will tell everyone what color your underwear is today!"

Just when Xu Bin thought he was going to return empty-handed, an opportunity suddenly arose.

On a whim, the coward decided to take the convoy out for a drive, stopping to rest at Hafbat, near the edge of the rebel-held area.

This information was obtained from Azar's chat software. Before Azar, who was typing at the time, had time to send the message to his subordinates, the MP7 monitoring his phone got it first, so there was today's scene...

"Type 81, please drive the van over to pick us up. It's probably impossible to tie him up here."

Xu Bin said helplessly into the communicator.

His plans always fail to keep up with the changes. This time, in order to catch Azar, he secretly borrowed a van from the rebels, intending to stuff the target into the car and run away when he passed by. However, he didn't expect that this coward would never change his bad habits and had to be accompanied by a group of soldiers even when going shopping!

Forget it, it doesn't matter if Plan A didn't catch up with the changes, we still have Plan B. Can you, Hazard, come to me and ask me to tie you up?

Just as Xu Bin was thinking this, UMP40 suddenly patted Xu Bin on the shoulder:

"Commander, Azar is coming towards us."

"what?"

Xu Bin looked in the direction of Hazard with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and sure enough, that guy was walking towards him quickly.

Well, it seems that Plan B cannot keep up with the changes.

Touching the pistol at his waist, Xu Bin forced himself to calm down, then put on a smile and greeted Hazard:

"Ah Salam Alikun"

(This is the only local greeting Xu Bin knows.)

"Jiligala! Brugalalabada!"

Azar spoke at a very fast speed in a language that Xu Bin could not understand, which made Xu Bin look at UMP40 for help. Before coming here, Xu Bin downloaded the local language vocabulary for the humanoids, and now the humanoids can communicate with the locals without any obstacles.

"40, what is this guy talking about?"

"Ah... He was saying that I wasn't wearing a headscarf and that I was dressed indecently..."

UMP40 scratched her face awkwardly and answered Xu Bin with a smile.

Not only did she wear a miniskirt today, she even wore black tights, which was unacceptable to traditional believers in the area.

Therefore, Azar was very angry and kept pointing at UMP40's short skirt and yelling at Xu Bin:

"How do you manage your woman? Look at what she's wearing!? And how can you let a woman drink tea with you at the same table? You should go home and teach her a lesson with a whip! Otherwise, I will teach you a lesson for the sake of the doctrine!"

After listening to UMP40's translation, Xu Bin slapped his head and cursed himself for being stupid. He actually forgot that Persia had strict requirements on women's clothing... When Xu Bin and his group first came to Persia, they did buy local clothes for the sake of novelty. But the humanoids started to dislike the burqas after wearing them for only two days, so they threw them into the carriage and never wore them again. Only Xu Bin wore local clothes because he was afraid of the heat.

"Oh, how could I be so stupid? I forgot to tell you to dress modestly when going out..."

Xu Bin sighed that he had attracted the target's attention because of his clothing. Fortunately, this idiot came to him on his own initiative, so it didn't matter whether his identity was exposed or not.

Hearing Xu Bin communicating with the girl next to him in a language he didn't recognize, Hazard realized something was wrong and took two steps back, while Xu Bin greeted him with a harmless smile...

"Don't go, my friend. I have a business deal to discuss with you~"

As soon as he finished speaking, he hit Hazard on the chin with a hard upper punch, and the latter fainted immediately.

Before Azar fell to the ground, Xu Bin pulled him in front of him with one hand and pulled out a pistol with the other hand to point at Azar's head. The rebel soldiers outside the tea stall finally reacted and surrounded Xu Bin and UMP40 with guns raised.

Previously, when the soldiers saw Xu Bin greeting Azar with a smile, they thought that the two were friends, so they stood far away and did not dare to approach to disturb them. When this incident happened, many people were too late to stop it, so they could only watch Azar being taken hostage.

"get back!"

Xu Bin pointed his pistol at Azar's head and shouted at the soldiers fiercely. At the same time, UMP40 also raised his gun and shot dead two soldiers who tried to get to the back from the blind spot. Since UMP40 did not install a silencer on his weapon this time, the gunshots quickly caused chaos among the pedestrians on the street. Soon, all the pedestrians on the street ran away.

"40, let them leave the tea stall and stand on the street."

UMP40 nodded and ordered the soldiers to retreat in the local language.

After all, Azar was an important guest of the rebels, and none of the soldiers dared to disobey Xu Bin's order and risk him being shot, so they all retreated carefully. But at the same time, many people hid behind their companions, secretly loading their rifles or using communication equipment to call for support.

"You want to talk? Let's talk!"

A rebel lieutenant who looked like a small leader stood up. He could see that Xu Bin was the boss, so he ignored UMP40 and communicated directly with Xu Bin in English.

It's a pity that this is not the world of a passionate young man's comic book. His life will not continue to the end because of his calmness and wit...

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, a silver van crashed into the middle of the rebel soldiers like a cannonball. The soldiers who were previously ordered by Xu Bin to stand in a group on the street were knocked away in an instant like flowers scattered by fairies. The few surviving soldiers were knocked down by several bullets fired from a distance before they could react.

"Commander, I'm here."

The voice of Type 81 came from the communicator, and then a girl in a camouflage dress trotted over from the direction where the van was coming from.

"Ha, good hit! Type 81!"

Xu Bin couldn't help but praise the girl in front of him. Without any communication, she seemed to know his purpose of driving these enemies into the street.

At this time, MP7's voice sounded from the communicator:

"Hey...keeper, this is all my credit. I saw your actions with my drone and asked her to drive the van into you. If I hadn't suggested it, she might not even jump out of the car and would have just driven the van to perform a kamikaze attack, okay?"

Well, MP7 is indeed a self-proclaimed genius, but he lacks a little bit of emotional intelligence...

Xu Bin didn't dare to delay any longer. He immediately took out a nylon tie from his body, tied up Azar's hands, carried him on his back, and ran towards the south exit with the humanoids.

The noise just now was quite loud, and the soldiers left behind in the convoy had already caught up with them. Xu Bin and the other two had no choice but to carry Azar into the alley, exchanging fire with the pursuers as they ran.

The pursuers seemed to be familiar with the layout of the alley. From time to time, a few soldiers who took a shortcut would rush to the front to intercept Xu Bin and his group. Fortunately, MP7 used a drone to lead the way for Xu Bin and his group. Otherwise, even if there were no pursuers, the three of them would have to walk in the alley for half an hour before they could get out.

UMP40与81式第一次并肩作战就发挥出了很好的合作水平，每当在小巷里遭遇敌人时许滨都能发现她们俩默契的分工合作：81式会优先向有掩体保护的敌人射击，UMP40则是在81式的火力压制下摸到掩体侧方将敌人击毙。

Later, he learned that there is a communication method between humanoids called "Zener Protocol", which can quickly transmit the humanoid's thoughts to other humanoids around it like telepathy without the need for external devices or speaking. This allows the humanoids to play a terrifying advantage in street fighting!

Therefore, they were able to fight their way to the south exit of the market until they came across a bunker...

“Knock, knock, knock—”

A series of dense bullets trapped Xu Bin and his group at the exit of the alley.

"Damn it, how come people still use machine guns and bunkers in 2061?"

Xu Bin couldn't help but curse, but sometimes the more primitive the means, the more effective they are. Now there was an open area between the exit of the alley and the machine gun bunker, and the machine guns that fired long bursts from time to time were announcing their presence to Xu Bin.

In fact, although it is called a bunker, the parts that are actually made of concrete are all facing the outside of the market. Facing Xu Bin's side, there is only a pile of sandbags serving as a cover for the machine gunner.

But even so, it was enough to give Xu Bin a headache. The most powerful weapon they had was only the Type 81 automatic rifle. The intermediate-power bullets fired by this gun could not pose any threat to the machine gunner behind the sandbags.

Xu Bin thought about whether he should take Azar hostage and force them to let him go. But he gave up the idea after a second thought: the machine gunner at the south exit of the market might not be in the same organization as Azar who came in from the north road of the market. He might not know that Azar was kidnapped. If he took Azar with him, they would probably be shot to pieces together.

Just when Xu Bin was in a dilemma, the roar of an engine came from a distance, getting closer and closer...

"Da da da da da-"

A puff of smoke rose from the machine-gun slits surrounded by sandbags, and then the sandbags began to collapse.

"Go to hell with your bunkers!"

M2HB's laughter reached Xu Bin's ears.

"Reinforcements are here, get ready!"

Xu Bin gestured to the figure beside him.

Fortunately, there were enough manpower for this operation, so Xu Bin divided the dolls into two groups. The Type 81, UMP40 and his own group were responsible for the capture, while the MP7 and M2HB were on standby outside the market as intelligence support and reserve forces. This prevented Xu Bin from being surrounded.

"Alright alright M2HB, stop hitting me in the head!"

MP7, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the Hummer, tried to stop the crazy attack of the hot blonde. The heavy machine gun was mounted on the roof of the car. She was really worried that the barrel would explode and the hot fragments would hit her.

While the machine gunner in the bunker was being suppressed by the M2HB, the Type 81 rushed out of the bunker and threw a few grenades inside. After a burst of explosions, the M2HB finally calmed down.

"Are the bastards in the bunker dead?"

The M2HB, who had stopped firing, was still a little reluctant and shouted to the front. The Type 81 leaned inside and shouted in the direction of the Hummer:

"Don't worry, it's all turned into slag!"

The conversation between the two beautiful girls made Xu Bin feel a little creepy, but he did not stop his work at all. He immediately ran towards the MP40 jeep carrying Hazard under the protection of UMP7.

After the group got into the jeep, MP7 immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove south. Seeing the solid shell of the Hummer firmly protecting him in the car, Xu Bin finally had the heart to start complaining:

"Huh~ I ran all this way carrying this guy on my back, and I'm quite exhausted."