"I'm human too, and I'm afraid."

Looking directly into the eyes of the bird in front of him, Lin Miao said seriously: "But I can't retreat. ”

"Can't stand back?"

Hearing Lin Miao's words, Asuka asked suspiciously.

"Behind me are the people I want to protect, what will they do if even I step back?"

"I'm not as strong or great as you think."

Smiling and shaking his head at the bird, in his puzzled look, Lin Miao continued softly: "I just want to carry out the intention I want to protect, I just want to protect them." ”

"Carry out the ...... you want to protect"

His eyes looked at Lin Miao in front of him in a daze, the bird's eyes moved slightly, and he muttered softly: "It's exactly the same as what the intermediary captain said at that time......"

"Ding ——!"

At this moment, the mobile phone placed in Lin Miao's pocket suddenly vibrated and rang, Lin Miao looked apologetically at the bird in front of him, and then took the mobile phone in his hand.

"Uncle's phone?"

Looking at the call from "Okino Shio" displayed on the screen, Lin Miao raised his eyebrows slightly, and then pressed the button to connect the phone.

"Hello? (Mossi Moxi)"

"Lin Miao, something happened!"

Almost at the moment when Lin Miao's words fell, Okino Zhixiong's deep voice immediately sounded at the other end of the voice, but compared to before, Okino Zhixiong's tone at this time was not as calm as before, but a little anxious.

"What's wrong? What's wrong, uncle?! ”

Hearing the eagerness in Okino Shixiong's tone, Lin Miao hurriedly asked.

"Keiko is missing!"

"Keiko? What's going on!? ”

Hearing the news that Okino Shio said, Lin Miao's pupils couldn't help shrinking slightly, and he hurriedly asked.

"Last night, after dinner, Keiko went out for a walk alone, and I thought she was in a bad mood because of Yoko's affairs and let her go."

"But what I didn't expect was that Keiko disappeared after this, I waited for her all night and she didn't return all night, I called her good friend's house to ask, but the answer I got was that I hadn't seen Keiko. After that, I called the school and the teacher to inquire, but there was still no news from Keiko. ”

"Judging from the current situation, I don't think it will be ......."

"Uncle, don't worry."

Relieved by Okino Shixiong on the other end of the phone, Lin Miao continued to speak: "I'm going to you now, you prepare a photo of Keiko, I need to use it to find Keiko's current location." ”

"What's the matter, senior? Is something going on? ”

After Lin Miao in front of him hung up the phone, Asuka who was sitting opposite him noticed Lin Miao's somewhat heavy face and couldn't help asking.

"Something went wrong."

"I'll go first, I'll talk about it next time if I have a problem."

Finally, he said a word to the bird, and under the gaze of the bird, Lin Miao got up straight and came to the counter to check out, and then hurriedly ran towards the outside of the store.

"Who is Keiko?"

Looking at Lin Miao's hurried figure with a slight frown, Asuka couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Why are seniors in such a hurry?" ”

......

After leaving the ramen restaurant, Lin Miao went straight to the gym to get Keiko's photo from Shiio Okino, and then took a taxi to the location of the PWI Research Institute in the Osaka Business Park.

He plans to go to the PWI Research Institute to seek Horii's help, and use the system functions of the small universe network to find Keiko's whereabouts.

In the process of taking a taxi, Lin Miao did not waste this waiting time, so he directly took out his mobile phone to send a message to Horijing, informing himself in advance of the purpose of this trip.

"Shh——!h

It didn't take long for the taxi to arrive at the PWI Research Institute, and after paying the fare, Lin Miao immediately pulled the car door and got out of the car, and before he could take a few steps forward, he saw Horii standing at the gate of the PWI Research Institute waiting.

"Hey! Lin Miao! ”

Also noticing Lin Miao who stepped down from the taxi, Horii immediately opened his mouth and shouted softly.

"Horii!"

Nodding at Horii who shouted at him, Lin Miao took a few steps forward and went straight to Horii's side.

"I'm sorry for you, I came here to ask you for help while you were working."

Walking side by side with Horii beside him into the elevator in the research institute, Lin Miao said apologetically.

"Nothing, and it didn't delay me anything."

smiled happily at Lin Miao and said that it was not a big problem, but then Horii looked at Lin Miao with some doubts and asked, "Speaking of which, what happened?" I remember Keiko is Yoko's sister, right? Why did she disappear suddenly? ”

Shaking his head slightly at Horii, Lin Miao continued softly: "According to Yoko's father, Keiko disappeared after going out last night, but I don't know the specific situation, because I wasn't with them at that time. ”

"Is that so?"

Hearing Lin Miao's answer, Horii nodded slightly.

......

Taking the elevator straight to the floor of the previous conference room, Horii, who was dressed in a researcher's white coat, was the first to step out of the elevator and lead the way in front, followed by Lin Miao.

"Shh——!h

Pulling open the door and closing the door into the conference room, Horii took a few steps forward and sat down in front of the white instrument on the right side of the large screen, and at the same time reached out and pressed the panel button to start the instrument system.

And Lin Miao, who was standing on the side, saw Horii's movements at this time, and without hesitation, he directly took out Keiko's photo and handed it to Horii in front of the instrument, and at the same time said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Horii, in order to find Keiko's whereabouts, I asked you to use such an important system." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Reaching out to take the photo in Lin Miao's hand, Horii smiled slightly, looked up at Lin Miao and said, "The Small Universe Network was originally invented to solve problems for everyone, and now I am just playing the role it should play." ”

"What's more, what is polite between you and me? Right? ”

In the end, Horii winked at Lin Miao slyly and said with a smile.

"Hmm!"

Seeing Horijing's appearance, Lin Miao also smiled and nodded, and replied in response.

"Tick ——!"

After placing the photo in his hand on the scanner to read and scan, Horii quickly tapped the keyboard buttons with both hands and began to operate the instrument in front of him.

"Speaking of which, are you okay? Something like that happened......"

While operating the instrument in front of him and using the small universe network system to search for Keiko's traces, Horii opened his mouth and asked Lin Miao beside him.

"There's nothing wrong with me."

Shaking his head slightly at Horijing, Lin Miao changed the topic and said, "How is it, did you find it?" ”

"I'm looking for Keiko's picture in various areas with this as the center point now, and I'm ...... now."

While operating the instrument in front of him, he opened his mouth to explain to Lin Miao, but before Horii finished speaking, an information prompt suddenly popped up on the screen.

"Huh?"

"Found it!"

Staring at the information displayed on the screen, Horii immediately pressed the button to bring up the specific location information, and a specific satellite map screen immediately flashed on the screen.

"The location is in the K4 area of Yokohama City."

Looking up at Lin Miao, Horii reported the specific location information and said.

"Yokohama?"

Hearing the location given by Horijing, Lin Miao's eyes couldn't help but show a little doubt.

"How could it be there?"