Knights of the Digital World

While Gullmon appears to be a Digimon, it is actually a concept of evolution in the Digital World, transformed with the help of Digimon.

She was scribbling randomly on the playground, simply trying to find someone to play with, so she drew lines from soccer cleats. However, she was too small to see the whole picture clearly, and the lines she drew were all crooked and messy, which is why it was mistaken for random graffiti.

Speaking of which, the Ancient Beast is also a major driving force in the plot of the third part.

Because she came to the real world, the Vermilion Bird Beast sent its twelve demon emperors to continuously invade the real world in order to take the Ancient Music Beast back.

Later, it was because Gullmon was kidnapped by the Twelve Deviates that the children decided to go to the Digital World and embark on a series of adventures.

In truth, the Four Holy Beasts weren't exactly portrayed as villains in the third season. They were Holy Beast-type Digimon who protected the Digital World and guarded its four corners, and were also incredibly powerful Ultimate-level Digimon.

It was their protection that kept the final boss of the third season, the Demon Lord, in a slumber, preventing him from corrupting the Digital World.

However, their defense against the Demon Emperor is nearing its limit, and their own power has been greatly depleted as a result.

In the original story, Terriermon's ultimate evolution into Sargodmon was able to defeat Suzakumon, which is based on this point.

The reason for capturing Clermon is that Clermon embodies the concept of evolution. The Digital World losing Clermon means losing the power of evolution. This is something the Four Holy Beasts cannot accept.

However, the one in charge of this matter is Suzakumon, the most hot-tempered of the Four Holy Beasts. Suzakumon is the most violent of the Four Holy Beasts. Because of his status as the guardian of the Digital World, he might care more about Digimon, but he truly regards humans as ants and doesn't care about them at all.

Otherwise, the Twelve Demon Emperors wouldn't have caused such massive destruction to the real world.

From this perspective, it's not unreasonable to consider the Vermilion Bird Beast as a villainous boss.

At least Emu has decided to use the twelve demon emperors under Suzakumon as whetstones for the children, helping them grow.

However, during the battle, we should still try our best to avoid the destruction of the real world that occurred in the original work.

Emu wanted to protect everyone's smiles. If their homes were destroyed, probably no one would be able to smile anymore.

As for the final boss, Emperor Li Mo, Yong Meng also had some ideas. However, the specifics would have to wait until the Dark Ship was restored. For now, the Four Holy Beasts were still manageable, so there was no rush.

"Hey? Emu? What are you thinking about? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Seeing that Emu hadn't said anything and was instead lost in thought, Qiren gently nudged him.

"Oh, it's nothing. I was just wondering why this happened? Isn't tomorrow Sunday? We can go check it out. It might be related to Digimon. Takato, what do you think?"

Emu pulled himself back from his wandering thoughts and made a suggestion.

"Sure! I was supposed to be on duty at the school's White Rabbit Hut on Sunday anyway. Let's all go together tomorrow! Terriermon and Renamon are training there, and Li Jun and Makino are there too. Let's ask them to come together tomorrow!"

Qi Ren said excitedly.

Now, not only Renamon, but also Big-eared Beast is training here.

According to Li Jianliang, he had already planned to make a change after listening to Yongmeng's words. Later, he and Terriermon encountered their former shadow—Gorillamon. With Terriermon's cooperation, they successfully defeated Gorillamon, thus resolving his inner conflict.

Therefore, he would no longer restrict Terriermon's combat abilities, and he also asked Emu to let Terriermon train with them.

Emu had just sparred with Takato and Guilmon at a different location to test their progress. Ruki and Kenra, on the other hand, remained with their partner Digimon.

The bond between humans and Digimon is built through this companionship. With their own trainer by their side, Digimon progress much faster.

Back at their training place, Takato recounted what had happened, and Kenryo and Ruki readily agreed. They also felt that the matter might be related to Digimon and were interested in taking a look.

After finishing his story, Emu beckoned to Ruki, pulled her aside, and asked:

"Makino, what has Makino been doing lately?"

Since Asuna Kana attends an all-girls school, Emu himself couldn't act like a stalker, so he asked Ruki to help him observe Asuna's behavior.

Ruki knew why Emu was interested in Asuna, and considering the favor she owed him for helping train the fox beast, she agreed without hesitation.

"Same as before. Didn't do anything special. Hmm... does sleeping in class count? But she didn't make any noise and didn't disturb anyone."

Ruki carefully recalled Asuna Kino's actions and said.

Asuna Kana herself said, she was an idiot, at least when it came to academics. She routinely slept in class and frequently skipped lessons because she forgot the class time. However, she was very respectful to every teacher, came from a wealthy family, and her family didn't care about her studies. The school had complained a few times, but then stopped paying attention to her.

In her usual observations, this was the only thing Ruki could notice. Also, she noticed that Kino had a nice personality and was helpful. That was about it.

"I see... Thank you, Makino. I'll need you to continue observing her for me. Thank you for your help."

Eimon no Oki thanked her.

Currently, Asuna Kano seems to be a fairly suitable host. However, the power of a knight should not be underestimated, especially since Asuna Kano now wields the power of Decade, so extra caution is needed.

If this power is handed over to the wrong people, the harm it could cause is unimaginable!

"It's no trouble at all, just a few glances during class breaks." Ruki reached up and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You don't need to be so polite. I consider you a good friend... You can just call me Ruki from now on."

After she finished speaking, Ruki blushed slightly and turned her head to the side.

Emu was taken aback for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he said:

"Understood, Ruhime."

"Ah."

Liu Ji gave a perfunctory reply, her ears turning red, and quickly turned back to watch the fox demon beast cultivate.

Chapter Twenty-One, Adorable Creatures

The next day, everyone arrived at Shinjuku Central Elementary School as agreed. When they reached the school gate, they saw two teachers looking distressed at the messy playground.

One of the teachers said angrily, "Mr. Iwamoto, why is it like this again? Isn't the school's storage room locked after school?"

Another teacher innocently defended himself, saying, "It was locked, but the locks were broken."

The teacher who had spoken earlier said angrily, "This definitely wasn't done by any of our students! They wouldn't do something like this. Seriously, I hope I find out who it was. Otherwise, I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget!"

As they were talking, they noticed someone approaching and turned to look.

Takato quickly pushed Guilmon away, allowing it to hide outside the school gate and remain concealed.

As always, Terriermon draped itself over Kenra's neck as a doll, while Renamon and Impmon moved nimbly, avoiding the teacher's gaze. Lionmon, on the other hand, disguised itself as a large dog and barked a few times.

"What are you doing here? Are you students from our school?"

The older teacher frowned, still a bit angry, and spoke rather rudely.

However, he quickly realized this and softened his tone, saying, "I'm sorry, something happened at school. I hope my tone didn't scare you."

"No, no, hello teacher. I am Matsuda Keito, a student in Class 2, Grade 5. Today it is my turn to take care of the rabbits. These are my friends, and they also wanted to come and see the rabbits, so I brought them along."

Qi Ren explained.

"Oh, I see. You guys go ahead then. Be careful, there's some idiot who's been picking locks on the warehouse and making a mess of the playground lately. It's better if there are more of you. It'll be safer."

The teacher waved for everyone to leave. He muttered a few more words as he looked at the playground, then left with another teacher.

The group breathed a sigh of relief, and the Digimon that had been hiding all came out.

Takato patted the white dust off Guilmon and said, "You've all seen it, haven't you? The strange graffiti that appeared on the playground. Isn't it amazing?"

"It's not exactly miraculous. After all, wasn't the lock pried open? Any human could do that," Ruki said, shaking her head.

“But if it was a human, what would their purpose be? Nothing was stolen from the warehouse, so it shouldn’t have been done by a thief,” Jianliang said.

"We'll talk about that later. Let's feed the rabbits for Keito first, then look for clues. There's no point in thinking about this now," Emu interrupted their brainstorming session.

Thinking about all this now is a waste of brain cells. In the past, once the rabbit was fed, Guilmon's keen senses would have allowed it to find Gullmon's location in no time, and then the truth would have come out.

Everyone thought it made sense, so they followed Qi Ren into the large iron cage where the rabbits were kept, helped prepare the feed, and poured it into an iron plate for the rabbits to eat on their own.

Because the cage was too small, the Digimon didn't go inside. Guilmon and Leomon lay outside the cage, curiously watching the rabbits. Several rabbits also came over, looking at them curiously.

Taking advantage of its small size, the big-eared beast often dressed up as a doll to accompany Kenji to school. It wasn't curious about rabbits and would sit on Guilmon's head and play handstands by itself.

The fox-like beast leaned against the side, feigning sleep, its tail swaying gently. The little beast, on the other hand, was surveying its surroundings, looking for a suitable tree to continue its cultivation.

If Emu hadn't felt it wasn't right to leave him alone, he would probably still be in the park, continuing to ravage the trees.

Suddenly, Guilmon stood up, and Terriermon, who was standing upside down on Guilmon's head, lost its balance and fell to the ground, clutching its head and saying:

"Ouch~ Guilmon, why didn't you tell me you were getting up?"

Guilmon scratched its head sheepishly and apologized, "Earmon, I'm sorry. But I smelled a Digimon! — A Digimon other than us!"

"The scent of other Digimon?"

Hearing Guilmon say that, the children came out of the cage, and the other Digimon gathered around to look at Guilmon.

"So... the graffiti on the playground might have been done by this strange Digimon?" Li Jianliang said, stroking his chin.

"Why don't we just find him and ask him? -- Guilmon, can you find out where that Digimon is?"

Qi Ren patted his partner's head and asked.

"Leave it to Guilmon!"

Guilmon patted its chest, its nose twitching, and followed the scent to a stone mill, pointing to it:

"Right behind that!"

The children exchanged glances, surrounded the stone mill with their partners, and rushed over, only to be surprised to find a small Digimon sleeping against the stone mill.

This Digimon is almost entirely white, with purple only on its ears and feet. It has a mark on its forehead. It's smaller than Terriermon, with short limbs, making it look exceptionally cute.

Perhaps the children's arrival had been too noisy, for the Digimon frowned, yawned, and opened its eyes.

Seeing such an adorable Digimon, most of the initial wariness disappeared. After she opened her eyes, they couldn't help but greet her:

"Hello?"

This Digimon wasn't afraid at all being surrounded by a group of people; on the contrary, she seemed quite happy. Her short ears, which had been pressed tightly against her head, suddenly lengthened and enlarged. She waved her little hands, jumping around and saying:

"Gurgle gurgle! Are you here to play with the Ancient Music Beast?"

"So cute!"

Ruki was the first to succumb, stepping forward to pick up Gulemon: "Is Gulemon your name?"

Gulemon didn't resist at all, letting Ruki pick her up. She waved her big ears and said in a childish voice, "Yes! Gulemon is so happy! Finally, someone is here to play with Gulemon!"

"Gu Le Beast, did you draw the lines on the playground?"

Jianliang asked.

"Yes. Gulemon saw everyone drawing lines and then playing soccer. Gulemon wanted to draw lines and play with everyone too. But after Gulemon drew the lines, no one came to play..."

"Ancient Music Beast," the beast replied, its ears drooping down as well.

"It's okay, it's okay, we can play with you now."

Qi Ren quickly stepped forward to comfort him.