Digital Hackers' Memories

The Hikari Hill incident is like this, the Digimon Black Market is like this, and being chosen as the savior by homeostasis is also like this...

But now, MetalGreymon is actually releasing the invaders, letting them fall from the sky towards the hackers on the other side.

It's important to know that a significant portion of these invaders are still aggressive. If they come into contact with the hacker's avatar, it means there will be another "EDEN syndrome" patient.

Based on Nine-Tailed Foxmon X's understanding of MetalGreymon, it's absolutely impossible for the other party to abandon them at this point.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Nine-Tailed Foxmon X has any complaints about MetalGreymon's behavior.

In fact, as a Digimon that grew up following the law of the jungle, Nine-Tailed Foxmon X was even somewhat pleased that ThunderGreymon had finally become "selfish".

However, Nine-Tailed Foxmon X was also very clear that MetalGreymon would never disperse the Digital Domain for no reason and allow the Invaders to fall from the sky.

【Could it be...】

Thinking of this, Nine-Tailed Foxmon X seemed to realize something and suddenly looked down at the hackers and Digimon below.

Nine-Tailed Foxmon X's gaze first swept over Hellmon, then skipped over Mugendramon, and finally settled on the proud Omegamon.

Putting aside Hellmon and Mugendramon, I've felt that Omegamon looked familiar from the very beginning with Nine-Tailed Foxmon X.

Now, she finally remembered why the other person looked somewhat familiar.

Because of its appearance and posture, it is clearly one of the Royal Knights who stands at the pinnacle of the Digital World—Omegamon!

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"call!"

Omegamon breathed a calm sigh of relief. It naturally noticed the stares of MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X, but it showed no emotion.

Clang!

Omegamon's left arm twisted the Tyrannosaurus Rex sword slightly, and a metallic clang resounded throughout the entire arena.

hum!

The next second, the power of Gaia from the depths of the earth began to gather on the Tyrannosaurus Sword from nothing to something, from illusion to reality. The energy surge contained within it was far more terrifying than the previous "Earth Destroyer" attack from MetalGreymon.

What's even more unbelievable is that such a powerful convergence of energy did not cause any unexpected ripples, but instead gave people a sense of obscurity and tranquility.

Vortex... Vortex... Vortex...

The eerily silent Gaia power continued to gather.

As if sensing the presence of some natural enemy, the surrounding invaders abandoned their soon-to-be-captured prey and began to rush towards the Omegamon.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Regardless of their bizarre forms, these invaders all rushed towards the Omega Beast at an almost "running" pace.

—The Tyrannosaurus Rex Sword!

In the blink of an eye, Omegamon swung the Tyrannosaurus Sword, unleashing a massive sword aura as powerful as a crescent moon.

Silence!

Wherever the sword energy passed, everything was destroyed and space collapsed, followed by a piercing explosion.

Whether it's an invader or a spatial rift...

Under Omegamon's sword strike, nothing could withstand it for even a second; even the formless and intangible spacetime was forcibly restored to its original state.

This is the power of Omegamon, the "Tyrannosaurus Sword" that unleashes Gaia's power in its strongest attack form.

In its WarGreymon form, Gaia Power has two attack methods.

One type is "Battle Tornado," which focuses on single-target breakthroughs. Combined with WarGreymon's unique "Dragon-type Killer," it can be considered the strongest single-target killing move.

Another method is to continuously gather Gaia's power and eventually unleash it on the opponent's "Gaia Energy Cannon".

The "Tyrannosaurus Sword" combines the advantages of both, making it the most powerful attack method to its fullest potential.

Under this sword strike, even Digimon as powerful as the Royal Knights dared not face its edge directly or confront it head-on, let alone the Invaders.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

The successive explosions of the invaders were barely noticeable amidst the deafening roar of the "Tyrannosaurus Sword".

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Bang!Bang!Bang!

From the perspective of MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X, as Omegamon swung its sword, a crescent-shaped arc of light grew larger and closer, instantly sweeping away everything in its path.

"let's go!"

When the two came to their senses, Omegamon's sword energy had already soared into the sky, transforming into a massive arc capable of covering an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers.

Within this arc-shaped area, all spatial rifts and invaders were transformed into raw data and disappeared into the Valhalla server.

Most importantly, despite Omegamon's unparalleled power and unstoppable strength, it truly managed to avoid all innocent bystanders to an exaggerated degree.

Apart from MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X, Omegamon's attack did not affect any hackers or Digimon.

This incredible control is far superior to that of MetalGreymon, which only dares to use "Earth Destroyer" due to restrictions in the Digital Realm.

【It's now! 】

Fortunately, MetalGreymon had made preparations in advance. Just as the "Greymon Sword" was about to touch it, it brought Nine-Tailed Foxmon X into the powerful digital wave that had been stripped away and activated a certain URL link.

—Hacker Skill: Leap Jump!

This is a URL link that MetalGreymon obtained by deciphering and hacking into Rie Kishibe's projection. There is also a real-world address corresponding to this link.

What he is doing now is using the powerful digital waves stripped from the giant invader to forcibly break through the Valhalla server's blockade and jump to Rie Kishibe's location in reality.

If possible, it would be best to lure Omegamon, the "protagonist," to Rie Kishibe's current location, so that she knows the consequences of offending her.

Chapter Sixty-Six: The Dimensional Wall

Tokyo, Japan: A secret underground research base of the Kamishiro Group.

"This is getting interesting..."

Despite the piercing warnings still echoing in his ears, Akimi Suedo chose to ignore them.

Compared to the appearance of Omegamon and MetalGreymon's forced "jump jump" through several waves, the current overload operation of the Valhalla server is nothing.

The appearance of the former means that Suedo Akimi has finally touched the "ideal world" that he has always longed for but could never reach.

As the developer of "Digimon Catcher," Akemi Suedo had never seen anything similar to Omegamon in any known database.

In other words, Omegamon is not a Digimon bred by hackers using the "Digimon Capturer," but rather, like the being that possessed Rie Kishibe, it is a "smuggler" who crossed over from another world.

Through his previous research, Suedo Akimi had long ago discovered that there are certain barriers between worlds.

The thing that Digimon call a "firewall" and humans call a "dimensional wall" is real. The more powerful a life form is, the more difficult it is to cross that barrier.

Especially for beings as powerful as Omegamon and SwordGiantmon, which are almost like "gods," it is almost impossible for them to successfully cross that barrier.

Akemi Suedo originally thought that Sword Emperor Beast, which gave up its own power and possessed a human, was the only exception.

However, judging from the current situation, perhaps there is more than one "god" appearing in the human world than SwordEmperormon. This newly appeared Omegamon is also an existence that abandoned its own power and crossed over.

Furthermore, compared to Swordmon, which took eight years to gradually recover its power, Omegamon, which recovered to its peak state in a very short time, is obviously more worthy of research.

As for MetalGreymon?

Leaving aside the many mysteries surrounding the other party, and the overloaded flames that could restrain the corrosive.

The act of forcibly "jumping" using digital waves alone was enough to make Suedo Akira's intentions clear.

Not to mention, if Mitsuyoshi Suedo remembers correctly, that MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X should be the Digimon of a certain "exchange student" who is currently lying in the Central Hospital.

The destructive power and personality of Nine-Tailed Fox X have been quite evident in the past week.

If it weren't for Akemi Suedo's timely intervention to stop the opponent's rampage, human society would probably have completely blocked EDEN-related technologies and declared war on the Digimon.

And this MetalGreymon, which has returned from who-knows-where, is only more outrageous than Nine-Tailed Foxmon X, judging from its performance tonight.

What's so special about that exchange student from China?

Having successfully nurtured two unique Digimon, MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X, Akemi Suedo felt she should perhaps pay more attention to the Digimon that were scattered within the traditional network.

They may not have the same malleability as the Digimon in EDEN, but compared to the still nascent EDEN network, the traditional Internet clearly possesses far more data and possibilities.

"Perhaps he really could become the first patient to be cured of 'EDEN syndrome'."

According to what Mitsudo Akemi learned, the exchange student from China was not devoured by the eroders, but rather fell into a coma during the great battle in Shinjuku.

Along with the mental data of that Chinese exchange student, the MetalGreymon that he had raised also disappeared.

Therefore, after confirming the return of the MetalGreymon, although Akemi Suedo was not 100% certain, she still believed that the mental data of the Chinese exchange student might have also returned.

"Thinking about it that way, it's time to go to the Central Hospital again."

A strange smile crept across his face as Akemi Suedo's eyes swept over the large screen in front of him.

If the mental data of that Chinese exchange student really did return with the return of MetalGreymon, then perhaps I could find a way to cure "EDEN syndrome" from him.

"But before that, I need to see what 'Rie Kishibe' really looks like."

By casually swiping open a virtual screen, Suedo Akemi quickly located the approximate route of MetalGreymon by scanning and simulating the data before MetalGreymon left.

"Roppongi?"

With his eyes slightly closed, Suedo Akimi quickly confirmed by searching the internal documents of the Kamishiro Group that there was indeed an underground secret research institute in Roppongi.

Not only that, but Akemi Suedo also found out what kind of research that secret research institute was conducting and what kind of treatment it was related to.

"Tampering with mental data and creating artificial intelligence?"

In the memory of Suedo Akemi, this seemed to be some abandoned research project of Yamashiro Kogyo.

Because in the original trio of the Gods, Yamashiro was in charge of researching mental data and creating artificial intelligence projects.

It was with the help of that genius researcher, Yamashiro Kogyo, that the Kamishiro Group was able to overcome the challenge of "digitizing human spirit" so quickly.

Of course, in addition to the general application of "human mental datafication", Yamashiro Science's research also involves memory manipulation, virtual personality architecture, and artificial intelligence cultivation, among other things.

In fact, Yamashiro Ko was able to retire and live the peaceful life he desired only after some of his memories were erased.

The project left over from the Roppongi underground research institute was a machine developed separately by the Kamishiro Group to create virtual personalities, based on the research of Yamashiro Kagaku.

Under the operation and simulation of that machine, the user will create another personality based on the known memories, according to the relevant settings that have been entered in advance.

It's like two people with the same memories but completely different personalities—this machine is a special instrument used to artificially create "dual personalities".

However, as a researcher, Akemi Suedo knew better that the architecture of this virtual personality not only involved the modification of memories, but also had some basis in artificial intelligence.

Because the created personality is, in a sense, an artificial intelligence that is "pre-programmed" to grow based on existing memories.

"So, is that why that young lady was able to perfectly impersonate YUGO?"

Shaking his head in disbelief, Akemi Suedo suddenly realized that Rie Kishibe was indeed even crazier than he had imagined.

Leaving aside the terrible consequences of giving the eldest daughter of the Kamishiro Group another personality, didn't she know that Kamishiro Yuuko was one of the "original five"?

As one of the five children whose memories were erased after coming into contact with the digital world, Yuko Kamishiro has a high chance of remembering her erased memories once she uses that device.

"Or is this also her goal?"

Chapter Sixty-Seven Roppongi Base

Tokyo, Roppongi underground research base.

This is a huge ring-shaped structure, with a special instrument in the shape of a hemisphere placed in the very center.

Various types of cables extend outwards through the instrument's ports, spreading into the central network of Tokyo.

Inside this hemispherical device, a girl wearing a black and white short dress was lying quietly.

This young woman is none other than YUGO, the most powerful hacker who wields immense influence on the EDEN network.

Or to put it another way, this girl is YUGO herself, the heiress of the Kamishiro Group, and the urban legend hidden in Nakano Food Street—Kamishiro Yuko.

"That MetalGreymon... is courting death!"

Looking indifferently at Yuko Kamishiro lying inside the machine, Rie Kishibe, who had been standing outside, had a cold expression and her tone was no longer as alluring as before.

From Rie Kishibe's perspective, only a huge digital wave was rapidly switching between networks, seemingly intending to arrive here through this device.

If Yamashiro hadn't considered the possibility of hackers altering the user's personality and memories when developing this device, MetalGreymon would probably have found this place long ago.

Even so, MetalGreymon, with its extraordinary hacking skills and its special physique, is rapidly shifting in this direction.

Next, by deciphering a few more external honeypots and virtual addresses of this device, MetalGreymon will be able to truly infiltrate the device's interior.