Digital Hackers' Memories

Perhaps I should be honest with my parents when they come back.

After all, keeping such unidentified creatures at home until their dangers are understood is certainly not a wise choice.

"Whoa!"

Just then, after watching Xiaomi "drag" her cat bowl back to her bed, Jia'er slowly closed the door and turned around.

"Whoa!"

While whistling, Kari looked worriedly at the wounds on Tai and Koromon's faces, and seemed to realize that stealing Mimi's cat bowl was a bad thing.

"It's okay, it's just a small wound."

Seeing that Jia'er was worried, Tai immediately put down the hand that had been covering his wound, and then patted his chest to assure his sister.

"But what do you plan to do with this little monster?"

Deep down, Taiichi was extremely unwilling for Kari to feed this strangely voracious creature, but he also knew that it was unrealistic to expect his sister to give up her "new friend."

"If you're going to keep it, how will you get your parents' approval?"

Unlike ordinary cats, Taiichi witnessed firsthand how this little monster crawled out of the computer and transformed into its current form in less than a morning.

Who knows what this unidentified creature is, or what strange form it will take in the future?

Taiyi knew without a doubt that once his parents discovered the existence of the little monster, they would never allow him and his sister to touch it again.

Unfortunately, it seems that Kari's focus is not on the same thing as Tai's right now.

"It's no longer called Little Monster, it's now called Koromon."

Kari first put down the whistle in her mouth and hand, then pointed at the Koromon that was still trembling under the cat's tyranny and emphasized.

"Why is it called Rolling Ball Beast? Did you come up with a new name for it?"

Slowly scratching his head, Taiyi felt his head grow even bigger as he listened to his younger sister's childish voice.

Kari's behavior has seemed a bit strange ever since she came into contact with the Koromon egg last night.

First, it inexplicably ran to the study in the middle of the night, and then, as if it knew the identity of the unknown creature by nature, it gave it a specific name and title.

From Black Ballmon to Koromon, Taichi always felt that this wasn't a name his sister had just randomly given him.

"My name is Koromon."

Seemingly realizing that the siblings were discussing him, Koromon, after confirming that the cat had left, excitedly spoke in a similarly childlike tone.

"what?"

Suddenly widening his eyes, Taiyi turned his head to look at the unidentified creature beside him, as if he had seen some real monster.

—That little monster…did it just speak?

"I'm sorry, Xiaomi was too rude just now."

Before Taichi could even recover, Kari had already moved closer to Koromon and carefully stroked the wounds from the cat's scratches.

"It's okay, but that was really scary!"

Gently enjoying Kari's caresses, Koromon recalled the scene that had just happened while continuing to whine in that sweet, childlike voice.

"Jia'er, this guy..."

Looking in surprise at Koromon, who was still talking, Taichi finally realized that he hadn't been hallucinating.

“My name is Jia’er, and he is my older brother, Taiichi.”

Just as Taichi was about to speak, Kari had already introduced herself and Taichi to Koromon.

"Taiyi? And Jia'er?"

As if it had received some kind of affirmation, Koromon jumped up excitedly, and even the wounds on its face seemed to no longer hurt.

"This guy...can he speak human language?"

Watching helplessly as Koromon bounced around and became active again, Tai felt his legs go weak and he collapsed to his knees.

Taichi, who was older than Hikari, knew very well what an unknown creature that could speak human language meant.

"Is this a secret code for becoming friends?"

In contrast, Koromon doesn't seem to understand the meaning of "name" to humans, but simply interprets it as a ritual to become "friends".

"signal?"

Tilt her head slightly and look at Koromon with a cute expression, as if she was pondering the meaning behind its words.

Before Kari and Tai could react, Agumon leaped up and landed on Kari's face, tightly hugging her head with its two long, ribbon-like ears.

"This is the secret code between friends!"

When Taichi finally realized what was happening and tried to rescue his sister from Koromon's "hands," Koromon released its long ears first and said in an unusually excited tone.

"Thank you for saving me, Taiichi."

Before the words were even finished, Tai, who instinctively sensed something was wrong and was about to take some defensive measures, was already turned around and leaped up again, then hugged Tai's head tightly and stole his first kiss.

"Woooooooo..."

Just as Taichi felt he was about to suffocate, Koromon once again released its long ears and continued to emphasize in that excited tone.

"We're friends now!"

Completely bewildered, Tai first glanced at the excitedly bouncing Koromon, then at Kari who was still daydreaming and acting cute, and fell into deep thought.

"A friend's...secret code?"

Just as Taiyi opened his mouth to say something, a familiar "poof" sound suddenly entered his ears.

"..."

Looking down at the now-cease-bouncing Koromon, Taiichi, who had already anticipated something, asked in a tone that was hard to describe as either disgust or helplessness.

"Did you poop again?"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Pure Heart (Bounty Offered!)

"You can really eat."

Surprised to see the Snowball Beast wolfing down its food, Mimi glanced at the mountain of garbage beside her, wondering how it could eat more food than itself.

If it weren't for the fact that the Tachikawa couple always kept plenty of food and fruit in their refrigerator, Mimi would have suspected that this "little rascal" in front of her might even be able to eat the table.

"Aya!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ze, who was still wolfing down his food, rolled his eyes helplessly as he ate.

If he could still speak, he would only want to ask the other person one question: "Are you out of your mind, girl?"

Putting aside his current snowball-like appearance, the first thing this girl asked him after finding him was whether he was hungry.

Although Chen Ze really wanted to refuse the other party with dignity, he had only eaten one box of instant noodles since last night.

Moreover, that was what Chen Ze ate when he was still Agumon; the current Snowballmon has practically never had a drop of water since birth.

Therefore, when Meimei took out a specially made grilled sausage and tempted Chen Ze by the bedside, he shamelessly crawled out from under the bed and then shamelessly tried to charm her.

Thinking of this, Chen Ze couldn't help but marvel at the Snowball Beast's current appearance and its destructive power on the little girl, or perhaps Mei Mei was simply too careless.

Regardless of the process, the result was that after a friendly (one-sided torture) exchange, Chen Ze finally got to eat his first meal in his Snowball Beast life.

Just thinking about Meimei's "friendly" way of communicating, which was like torturing a doll, made Chen Ze feel a little embarrassed—this girl really seemed to treat him like a pet or a doll.

It's fortunate that the Snowballmon is Chen Ze; if it were any other Digimon, even a baby Digimon, it would probably instinctively retaliate and be brutally tormented by Mimi.

If those Digimon happen to possess a highly destructive move like "Overload Impact," then Mimi's current situation is truly dangerous.

Fortunately, Snowball Beast now possesses Chen Ze's mature mind and knows that Meimei meant no harm, which prevented the tragedy from actually happening.

[If that's the case, then Kari, who was able to tame that rampaging Agumon without any instruction, is the true protagonist of this world, isn't she?]

The Agumon from the Blackballmon and Agumon eras are relatively easy to deal with, as they don't possess the same powerful attack methods as Chen Ze, making them much less dangerous.

However, Agumon and Greymon are different. Even the weakest Digimon that can evolve to this stage has the ability to easily tear apart a car.

But this "beast," which theoretically possesses immense power but lacks a matching mind, would actively protect Kari and Taichi when crisis strikes—that is the true miracle.

If Chen Ze remembers correctly, this evening, Agumon, destined to be recorded in the history of the Digital World, will be born and evolve at an unprecedented speed to become a powerful Greymon that can rival the Ultimate level.

[We must find a way back before Greymon successfully evolves, otherwise Homeostasis will definitely realize the special nature of itself and Renamon, these two "outsiders."]

Thinking of this, Chen Ze suddenly felt somewhat disheartened again.

Putting aside the fact that the Youkomon is still hiding in some corner of the online world, given its current state, it's clear that it's impossible for it to find a way back to its original world.

After all, he didn't have the protection of a "protagonist with destiny" like Kari, so how could he possibly evolve into a mature-level Digimon in just one day?

Let alone that powerful mature stage, Chen Ze now seriously doubts how long he can maintain his snowball beast form.

"Hey, what is this?"

Just as Chen Ze was feeling disheartened, Mei Mei, who had been watching him closely, squatted down cautiously as if she had suddenly discovered a new toy.

"Aya!"

Caught off guard, before Chen Ze could even react to what was happening, Mei Mei "snatched" the white leather bag from beside him.

"It looks like a piece of stiff cloth?"

Immediately afterward, to Chen Ze's astonishment, Mimi, who was making her first contact with the residual data of Agumon, began to emit a strange light.

It was a reassuring light of innocence, and the first resonance between humans with "innocent hearts" and the digital world.

From Chen Ze's current perspective as a snowball beast, it appears to be a primitive and mysterious code. Even with Chen Ze's current hacking skills, he can only barely memorize a small portion of it.

"Huh? Why am I glowing?"

Clearly, Meimei could also see the innocent light that suddenly emanated from herself, and she showed a surprised expression because of it.

What surprised Chen Ze even more was that as Mei Mei's emotions fluctuated, that inexplicable code, using Agumon's residual data as a medium, quickly surged into his body.

It is not simply data or information, but a more complete and refined "evolutionary process".

It cannot increase the data and power of Digimon out of thin air, but it can optimize the essence of Snowballmon in the direction of "innocence" that Mimi longs for.

then……

Snowball Beast (subspecies) - Evolution...

The food Chen Ze had just eaten was being digested at an astonishing speed, then transformed into pure data that could be used.

The "Light of Innocence" acts like a special filtering mechanism, restructuring and recasting the transformed data, reorganizing it into a form close to its own.

Chen Zene could sense that his digital core was being rewritten during this process, and the appearance of Snowballmon also changed accordingly.

In a daze, Chen Ze seemed to have experienced billions of years of human evolution. The Snowball Beast's round body, using Meimei's "pure heart" as a template, began to transform into a humanoid form.

Unfortunately, among the food-related data that Chen Ze had just absorbed, apart from some fruits, very few resonated with the "pure heart".

Therefore, after a brief pause, this abnormal evolution began to deviate from its original evolutionary direction by using the original Digicore of Snowballmon as a basis for completion and filling.

—Agaric (subspecies)!

After the light emanating from Chen Ze and Mei Mei dissipated, the original Snowball Beast disappeared, replaced by a subspecies completely different from the other Roller Beasts.

Its snow-white body was completely free of any other color, and its ears, longer than any rabbit's, twitched instinctively...

Besides, the biggest difference between this snow-white Koromon and other Koromon is that it is also wearing a whimsical "scarf".

Just like those little clothes worn by cats and dogs.

The "scarf" that appeared on Chen Ze at this moment was a new form created by reorganizing Agumon's original data after optimization by the Heart of Innocence.

"Mimi? So you're Tachikawa Mimi?!"

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P.S.: It's the beginning of the month, so I'm offering a bounty!

However, considering that the editors haven't started work yet and the book hasn't been signed, any extra chapters will likely be added after the editors start work and sign the contract on the 3rd. But keeping the bounty up for now is definitely the right thing to do.

When I started writing this book, I didn't think about the Chinese New Year holiday. In the early stages, the book was basically unpublished, and it has been updated ever since.

Therefore, the requirements for this bounty will be higher, so try to keep as many drafts as possible.

PS2: Since there's no contract yet, I can't accept razor blades, so the bounty is currently only open to monthly passes and donations.

An extra chapter will be added for every 200 monthly votes or 20,000 in donations, and will be made up in one go after signing the contract (although I estimate there is no possibility of an extra chapter, after all, there are only 1,000 favorites).