A different kind of digital world adventure

Ahe was at a loss for words. Taiichi initially gave the impression of being a reckless brute who didn't consider details at all, but after a little interaction, it became clear that this wasn't the case at all; in fact, he was quite meticulous. Yet, this same guy was now acting a bit like a reckless brute...

This duality of recklessness and caution was really giving Ahe a headache. After thinking about it for a while, Ahe finally gave up thinking about it.

Whatever, he's never been cut out to be a leader anyway. With Taiichi helping him, he'll just follow along.

So, after clearing his mind, Yamato, following Taichi's idea, accelerated the execution of Belphemon.

At first, there was indeed a lack of coordination, which caused the execution time to be not shortened but rather lengthened. Although this made the virtual consciousness Kurata Akihiro scream in pain, which made Awa feel quite satisfied, it was still not quite right in the end.

Originally, Awa was worried about how to coordinate well with Taiichi, but in the process of battle, Awa found that he didn't need to think about it at all. In the battle, he naturally followed Taiichi's movements. He didn't feel any strain or sudden change. It was a natural process, as if it was something Awa was capable of doing.

But before that, Ahe was certain that he had no ability to do such a thing.

He's getting stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Moreover, it's the kind of strength where every single bit of power is completely under one's control!

But why is this happening?

Ahe looked at his sacred plan, at the gleaming badge of friendship on it, and for a moment he had no idea what was going on.

On the contrary, Taiyi next door was more aware of what had happened.

There are many definitions of friendship, but no matter how it is defined, there is definitely one thing: being able to go to great lengths for a friend. And if you want to be able to go to great lengths for a friend, at the very least, you need to have a certain level of ability to help, right?

Therefore, the power of the Friendship Badge is that it enables users to reach a level similar to or even stronger than their friends when fighting alongside them, so as not to hold their friends back.

In other words, this is a badge that becomes stronger the more friends you have.

That does fit the definition of friendship quite well.

Unfortunately, those who can obtain the Friendship Badge are somewhat lacking in friendship. Well, that sounds a bit abstract. After all, users of Courage are sure to be full of courage, users of Love are sure to be full of love, and users of Knowledge are sure to be full of amazing wisdom. So why is it that those who lack friendship become users of the Friendship Badge?

This is because friendship is not essentially a trait of any one person, or rather, it is a trait that can only be expressed by at least two people.

In that case, those who can obtain the Friendship Badge are either people who desperately crave friendship and want to build friendships with others, like Yamato, or people like Taichi who can easily become friends with others.

But Taiichi possesses other admirable qualities besides friendship, so...

Even if the Badge of Friendship wanted to run for office, it would be completely impossible. After all, as a badge that needs friends to exert its power, if you don't have a single friend, who do you think you are, bro?

It was quickly relegated to the side of the road by the other badges.

So the Friendship Badge ended up looking like it does now.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Yamato is nothing except for lacking friendship. He has courage, love, and honesty, but he is slightly inferior to others in terms of purity. Therefore, no other badges came to him. In addition, his desire for friendship far exceeds that of others, so naturally, the badge of friendship came to him.

cough.

In short, to unleash the power of the Friendship Badge, one must make many friends, but the holder of the Friendship Badge was chosen precisely because he doesn't know how to make friends... This is a double-edged sword.

Therefore, to unleash the power of this badge, one cannot rely on oneself alone. Someone must take the initiative to befriend the holder and gradually enter a positive cycle in order for the power of the Friendship Badge to be fully realized.

In a way, this aligns with the development path of friendship badges.

In short, to put it somewhat inappropriately, the Friendship Badge is roughly equivalent to a dungeon. Only when the original power is strong enough can the dungeon's power become even stronger, and only then can the full power of the Friendship Badge be unleashed.

In other words, the badge itself has immense potential, but the conditions for fully realizing its potential are rather demanding.

Back to the present, under normal circumstances, Yamato would probably need to make hundreds or even thousands of friends to awaken his current power. However, because Taichi himself is too powerful, so powerful that even just keeping up with his pace requires his full strength, the Friendship Crest has also shown unprecedented power.

Badge of Friendship: Taiichi, let me show you my limits! The power of friendship, infinite propulsion! Aaaaaaahh ...

Of course, this is just personification, but the actual situation is pretty much like that.

In short, with the Friendship Crest's frantic power, MetalGarurumon quickly caught up with WarGreymon's movements. The two of them easily broke through the ten-second barrier with their combined strength, and they didn't stop at ten seconds. Instead, they continued to accelerate, nine seconds, eight seconds, seven seconds... until finally they could kill Belphemon once per second.

A true instant kill!

At this point, their killing speed stopped increasing, but that didn't mean they were limited to that. In fact, both Taichi and Yamato could feel their powers slowly merging. The thought of fighting Belphemon was being purified and became the only principle guiding their actions. Under this unified thought, their movements gradually merged into one, and behind the two Digimon, a more magnificent and enormous figure slowly took shape.

But just as the figure was about to emerge.

click!

The two felt their hands suddenly go empty, which startled them awake. Looking ahead, they saw the Belphemon gradually turning into black sand and slowly dissipating from its original spot.

The virtual consciousness of Kurata Akihiro, which could be seen on Belphemon's chest, was also staring at the two people with a resentful and terrified look. His mouth opened and closed during the process, as if he was saying something.

Although I couldn't hear any sound, it felt deafening.

Then, Belphemon completely disappeared from their sight.

It seems there's no chance of it being revived.

And because of Belphemon's death, the harmonious feeling that Taichi and the others had before vanished completely like a tide.

Ah-He only seemed to wake up from his dream at this moment.

"That was just now..."

"Ah...it seems that Belphemon alone is not enough."

Taiyi sighed upon seeing this.

"It's a pity that we didn't bring out the Omegamon form."

"Omegamon..."

Ahe was startled.

"Was that figure opposite Omegamon back then!?"

When Yamato summoned Omegamon earlier, he noticed that there was a person on Omegamon's right shoulder, but the person's appearance was too blurry. In addition, Yamato's mind was completely focused on Kurata Akihiro at that time, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

If he hadn't lost control of Omegamon's power later on, and the figure on the other side hadn't given him a few more seconds, he probably wouldn't have remembered that person.

Unfortunately, even those few extra seconds gave Kurata Akihiro the opportunity to escape.

Ahe held a grudge about this for a long time.

"Yes."

Taiyi was speechless.

"You're only realizing this now?"

"I..."

"In short, since Belphemon doesn't work, we can only try to find another way to combine into Omegamon."

Taiyi shook his head.

"Go back and give it a try. Do you need to rest?"

"It's not too tiring, but I have a question. Why are you so fixated on Omegamon's power?"

Ah-he found it a bit strange.

"Could it be that there are still enemies?"

"I can't say whether there are enemies or not, after all, I've only been here for a few days."

Taiichi shrugged, then slowly said,

"The main one is Omegamon, which may possess the power to revive Digimon..."

"What? You're telling the truth!?"

"I'm not sure either, after all, we only rode Omegamon for such a short time."

Taiyi shook his head.

"However, I can vaguely sense that Omegamon has such power, so I think... the possibility is still quite high."

"What are you waiting for!"

A-He could no longer contain himself and grabbed Tai-ichi, rushing towards the back.

"Let's go, let's go back to our base right now, let's merge up!"

"Hey, wait a minute, there are still so many Gizmon here, let's deal with them first."

"you're right!"

Yamato slapped his forehead, then glared menacingly at Gizmon below. MetalGarurumon then unleashed its full power, slamming down on Yamato like a blizzard.

"Absolutely freezing air!"

"Garurumon Battle Axe!"

"Elegant Cross Freezer!"

"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!!!"

Ah-He has gone completely mad.

Chapter 311 Negotiations with Aho

To reiterate, Akihiro Kurata is dead.

Moreover, it could be said that he has already died three times.

The first time, of course, is the complete annihilation of the body; the second time, naturally, is the complete annihilation of the consciousness of the parasite Belphemon.

The third time, all traces proving that Kurata Akihiro existed were completely destroyed, leaving not a single one.

It was truly all gone. All the Gizmon were crushed into pure data, and all of Kurata Akihiro's experimental equipment was also smashed into data. In addition, there were some hidden hands that Kurata Akihiro might have had, just like the terrorist attacks that were carried out in the entire Eastern Forest region a few years ago. All of these plans were also captured by Koushiro using super high technology, and then Taichi and the others smashed them all to pieces.

Of course, it's possible that Kurata Akihiro still has some undiscovered bases hidden in this process, but considering that even Kurata Akihiro's genetic data has been thoroughly searched, the possibility of this happening is still very small.

The subsequent impact on the human world can be said to be negligible, since Kurata Akihiro had already disappeared in the Digital World several years ago. So this time, it can be said that it only confirms Kurata Akihiro's death.

As for the possibility that the official members represented by the Special Investigation Team might have some prejudice against Taiichi, Taiichi consciously did not let the Special Investigation Team members in when he first met with Yamato. In addition, he did not explain to the Special Investigation Team about the decapitation operation against Kurata Akihiro. Thomas may have had some idea about this, but in any case, it gave both sides a relatively decent fig leaf.

Therefore, it is entirely fair to say that Kurata Akihiro is probably indeed dead.

The kind of death that is absolutely absolute, a complete death from the first level to the third level, a death from which there is absolutely no chance of resurrection.

Only when things reached this point could Taiyi finally vent his anger.

How to describe Kurata Akihiro... he's unlike any evil he's fought before. His evil is like organic compounds fermenting in a cesspool—not only smelly, but also highly toxic, but most importantly, it's damn smelly.

Now that Kurata Akihiro is finally dead, it's a happy ending for everyone.

Taiichi and the others then followed Awa and the others back to Awa's territory, which is the Eastern Forest.

Everyone hadn't forgotten their goal in coming to the Digital World: to promote lasting peace between the human and digital worlds. From that perspective, Kurata Akihiro's matter was just a side effect and wouldn't cause any real delay.

In reality, it was just a side effect. From learning about Kurata Akihiro to killing him, it took less than a day. Even in a normal diplomatic setting, this would be considered just a temporary pause.

It's fair to say that it has no impact whatsoever.

Well, it can't be said that it has no impact. At least now Awa is finally willing to communicate with humans a little.

This is a huge step forward, a massive breakthrough for the human world in the face of the digital world over the past few years, going from zero to a significant level.

And then, it just goes up to number one.

Although Yamato is willing to engage in some communication, it is limited to Yamato himself communicating with only a few people, such as the Special Investigation Team and Taichi. As for communication between other Digimon and other humans, it remains completely prohibited.

In other words, Yamato only believes that the few people he has met are good people, but he cannot judge that other people he has not met are good people. In addition, Yamato only believes that these guys are good people to his side, but he is not sure if these guys are still good people in front of other Digimon.

To put it bluntly, it's actually a complete lack of trust in humans.

That's normal. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, twice shy. Given what Kurata Akihiro did, let alone being afraid of a rope for ten years, even eighty years later, he would still remember it vividly. The hatred between the two sides is not so easily dissipated.

The Special Investigation Team members had some contingency plans for this situation, so they weren't too surprised. They took advantage of the fact that Taichi's mental state seemed relatively stable and quickly asked Awa how they could negotiate with humans.

The ability to communicate means there is a possibility of easing tensions. It's just a matter of what price needs to be paid in the process. Before coming to the Digital World, the higher-ups had already granted this team the highest level of authority. As long as they can ensure peaceful communication between the Digital World and the Human World, and without harming the interests of peace, they can give whatever the Digital World wants.

Such promises from above gave the team leader great confidence. Humans had already shown such sincerity; how could they not control the Digital World?

If the digital world has even the slightest desire to coexist peacefully with the human world, then this exchange, while not necessarily leading to a complete easing of tensions, has at least an 80% chance of reaching a preliminary level of communication and contact!

Based on his many years of diplomatic experience, this is absolutely correct!

Then, after actually getting the specific details of Ahe's demands from Ahe, this experienced person in charge was completely dumbfounded.

Yamato has only one demand: all humans who come to the Digital World must have contact with him for at least three years. Only after confirming that the other party poses no threat to Digimon will they be allowed to interact with Digimon a limited number of times and for a limited time. Furthermore, they can only move within the designated area. If they go to other Digital areas without permission, they will be considered a threat to the Digital World and will be killed on the spot.

The latter's request for a designated space for exchange is a reasonable one, but what the hell is that thing called "the former"?!

It can be roughly understood that everyone needs to be certified to enter the Digital World, which is quite normal. However, everyone has to be certified by Awa... In case of misunderstanding, the person in charge went to Awa for a second confirmation. Then, they learned from him that what he said meant exactly what he said. Awa meant that everyone who comes to the Digital World must be personally screened by Awa, and only after a year, when it is confirmed that there are no problems, can they enter the Digital World.

The number of people a person can know in a year is finite, reaching a maximum of 500. This means that at most only about 50 people can enter the Digital World each year. Considering that Yamato has his own evaluation criteria, which are entirely determined by his own perception, the number of people who can ultimately enter the Digital World from these 500 people would have to be reduced considerably. Therefore, taking into account various factors and introducing the weighting formula developed by Koushiro during his free time, the final conclusion is that approximately 10 people can enter the Digital World each year.

Ten people... could barely manage to set up a makeshift diplomatic embassy, ​​but we also have to consider that the area designated by Yamato is off-limits to any Digimon except Yamato. This means they would probably have to stay in a secluded place for three years... It's really hard to assess what kind of impact this would have.