Digital Hackers' Memories

The fact that it is the strongest Royal Knight under normal circumstances is not a lie. No one knows this better than Beelzemon, who just went head-to-head with Examon's level 1 ultimate attack.

That exaggerated power was something that even the royal knights at the same level as him could not withstand.

In fact, this is also the biggest reason why Beelzemon gave up continuing to fight Examon and instead chose to track down the already departed Emperormon.

Beelzemon came to Odaiba to find Emperormon, not to engage in a battle it was destined to lose with Exus.

"However, before catching up with the Sword Emperor Beast, I still have to deal with a problem first."

After muttering something indistinctly, the Fallen Hellmon first carefully patted the box of chocolates in its pocket, then turned its gaze to the Odaiba subway station not far away.

He didn't want the upcoming battle to completely ruin the already broken box of chocolates.

Since the shop that specializes in this kind of high-concentration chocolate has long since closed down, if Beelzemon wants to get another box of the same chocolate, it will have to wait until tomorrow morning.

"As expected of the 'Dark Knight,' he detected my presence so quickly."

As if in response to the gaze of the Fallen Hell Beast, a boy dressed in pristine white punk clothing slowly walked out of the subway entrance.

"The founder of Zaxom? The most powerful hacker of the previous generation?"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, the Fallen Hell Beast quickly retrieved the identity that matched the boy from his memories.

"Sanada Shin... I remember that's the name on your wanted poster, right?"

Not long after the last Digital Gate opened, Beelzemon heard that the research base in Roppongi had collapsed, causing a three-hour power outage in the area.

According to information provided by the police afterward, it was a group of hackers who orchestrated the power outage and collapse in order to steal confidential documents from the Kamishiro Group.

Although the identities of the other members of the hacker group have not yet been confirmed, the leader of the group has been identified for various reasons as Arata Sanada, an Otaku hacker who had disappeared long ago.

"It seems you've heard of me?"

Somewhat surprised that the Fallen Hell Beast would pay attention to online wanted posters, Sanada Shin hesitated briefly but did not deny his identity.

"It really is you. So what do you want from me now?"

As it said this, the Fallen Hell Beast's gaze was fixed firmly on Sanada Shin's mutated right arm.

The Fallen Hellbeast's extraordinary intuition told him that the arm, which looked black and white and seemed to be made with futuristic technology, had a suffocatingly dangerous aura.

"Your arm, it was made from the body of an Invader, wasn't it?"

Not expecting an answer to his question, the Fallen Hellbeast was simply trying to buy himself time to analyze and deconstruct the structure of that arm.

"You also study the Invaders?"

This time, Sanada Shin was truly shocked. He never expected that the Fallen Hell Beast could recognize the origin of his arm at a glance.

"It's not exactly research, but you actually dared to use the Invader's code directly on yourself, you're really crazy."

He paused slightly, recalling that after Beelzemon cracked the Infiltrator's code, it only dared to run a portion of the Infiltrator's code on the artificial digital core.

But now, Sanada Shin not only uses the Invader's code on his own data avatar, but also makes his data avatar "overlap" with his real body.

"You're no longer human, are you?"

In the eyes of the Fallen Hell Beast at this moment, Sanada Shin belongs neither to matter nor to data, but is a superposition state between the two.

It is this superposition state that helps limit the rate of invasion of the invader code, allowing it to wield this world-destroying power with a mortal body.

Chapter Sixteen: Immortality

"You're no longer human, are you?"

Although the Fallen Hell Beast's voice wasn't loud, the meaning behind its words silenced Sanada Shin.

It was only at this moment that he realized that the "Dark Knight" in front of him might be far more terrifying than he had imagined.

Being able to see through one's own fusion with the Infiltrator code at a glance is perhaps rare, but not uncommon, among Digimon proficient in hacking techniques.

However, being able to see one's current superposition state at a glance is something that cannot be explained by hacking techniques.

The Beelzemon before him was not only studying the Infiltrator Code, but also the Digital Wave, Digimon, and the patterns between matter and data.

Only in this way can one explain the other party's ability to see through one's true nature at a glance.

"I can no longer be considered human."

After a moment, Sanada Shin spoke again.

"But that doesn't stop me from killing you."

His nonchalant tone betrayed a resolute killing intent; Sanada Shin had long been prepared to betray everything in order to achieve his goals.

Even if it costs him his life, he will not hesitate to risk his life to save his former comrades, let alone his mere human identity.

Therefore, Arata Sanada, who has gained the ability of an Invader, must devour a powerful Digimon in order to truly activate the evolutionary attribute of the Invader and become a different Invader with a "human form".

Without a doubt, Beelzemon, an Ultimate-level monster with a form similar to that of a human and which had just exhausted a lot of energy in its battle with Examon, was the target of Shin Sanada's trip.

"Is it Hellbeast?"

Ignoring Sanada Shin's words, Beelzemon had plenty of experience dealing with this kind of "chuunibyou patient".

They thought they could save everything, and they thought they were doing something righteous...

Even if it means becoming a wanted criminal, even if it means abandoning one's human identity, it's all worth it.

For this kind of severe case of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), all the Beelzemon has to do is get straight to the point and ask what it wants to know.

"You 'ate' your partner Hellbeast first, and then successfully implanted the Infiltrator's code, didn't you!"

Although it was a question, the Fallen Hell Beast used an affirmative tone.

Beelzemon has not forgotten the scene of those infinitely split Hellmon fighting against Mugendramon and stopping the Invaders back on the Valhalla server.

If it were HellBeast, it might indeed be possible to successfully convert Eroder data that could adapt to its own Digicore by sacrificing countless individuals.

"That wasn't 'eating,' it was just a necessary sacrifice!"

His voice suddenly dropped to a low pitch; the words of the Fallen Hell Beast had clearly triggered a sensitive nerve in Sanada Shin.

Since Sanada Shin was wanted, he has fought against the Royal Knights more than once in order to escape the pursuit of the Sword Emperor Beast.

Unfortunately, Sanada Shin was eventually cornered in a certain area of ​​EDEN and could only escape the siege by sacrificing Hellbeast.

Unfortunately, Hellmon, who possessed extremely strong vitality, perished in that area while protecting his partner.

Furthermore, to prevent the rebirth of Hellmon, the Royal Knights, led by Swordmon, directly formatted that area and completely deleted it from the EDEN network.

In this way, even the Hell Messenger Beast, which can infinitely split and regenerate, will have no chance of reviving.

In this situation, even if Arata Sanada still has the "Digimon Capturer," it would not be something that can be done in a short time to raise another Hellmon.

Therefore, in order to form combat power as quickly as possible, Sanada Shin chose to use his own data avatar as a carrier, mixing the codes of Hell Messenger and Corruptor, which ultimately resulted in that mutated right arm.

As for that bizarre superposition state, it was merely the result of Sanada Shin forcibly merging with his alienated data avatar using his real-world physical body.

Because Chen Ze had similar thoughts before, the Fallen Hell Beast was able to see through Sanada Shin's true nature at a glance.

"Necessary sacrifices?"

With a slight, mocking smile playing on his lips, Fallen Hellbeast had no interest in learning about Sanada Shin's past, just as he had no intention of lingering here any longer.

"You've chosen the wrong target by targeting me."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the Fallen Hell Beast suddenly pulled a shotgun from the backpack on his calf and fired a shot directly in Sanada Shin's direction.

boom!

Although Beelzemon did not use the cation cannon that had assimilated with its right hand, the upgraded "eggplant" still demonstrated its terrifying destructive power.

"Varied……"

Realizing the danger, Sanada Shin instinctively raised his right hand to shield himself, but his arm was still shattered by the shotgun of the Fallen Hell Beast, and he himself crashed straight into the subway railing behind him.

boom!

The sound of the body hitting the railing reached the ears of the Fallen Hell Beast clearly, leaving no doubt that the shotgun blast could reduce Sanada Shin to dust.

Unexpectedly, although Shin Sanada crashed into the railing in a very messy manner, he was not seriously injured.

Moreover, when Sanada Shin stood up again, his shattered arm seemed to have a life of its own, and it quickly began to wriggle and grow a new arm.

"really."

Nodding knowingly, the Fallen Hell Beast looked at this expected scene without showing any surprise.

If Sanada Shin, who has fused with the Infiltrator's code, doesn't even have this much resilience, then he'd start to doubt whether the other party is the strongest hacker who has twice broken into the Valhalla server.

In a sense, the current Sanada Shin is neither human nor a Digimon.

Arata Sanada, having fused with the Infiltrator's code, fulfilled Beelzemon's original vision of "carrying data in a physical body," becoming a unique being somewhere between a human and a Digimon.

Coupled with the Corruptor's terrifying assimilation and erosion abilities, Sanada Shin is now the perfect candidate for an "immortal" villainous boss.

Theoretically speaking, Arata Sanada already possesses an evolutionary ability more terrifying than that of Digimon, and can grow into an existence second only to the Infiltrator Mother by devouring other Digimon.

[Unfortunately, you chose the wrong opponent. My understanding of the Invader Code and Digital Wave is not much less than yours.]

With a sigh of regret, the Fallen Hell Beast said nothing more and raised its right arm to fire another small cation cannon.

—The Death Gunman!

Chapter Seventeen: Biological Shapeshifting Abilities

Silence—Boom!

In order to control energy consumption, Beelzemon did not fire this cation cannon with the same ferocity as when it fought Examon.

It can be used as a cationic cannon with extremely strong penetrating power. Unless it encounters wings like those of Examon that are almost "absolutely defensive", the size of its scale will not affect its lethality to the enemy.

After all, not every enemy can possess the enormous size of Examon, so Beelzemon naturally doesn't need to use the full-power form of its cation cannon.

Bang!

However, as a being that devours invaders with a human body, Sanada Shin had already "copied" enough combat experience from the Hell Messenger Beast.

Even if it can't compare to the battle-hardened Beelzemon, it's not so bad as to be a complete novice in battle.

"Be my food!"

Making full use of the "immortality" of his mutated right arm, Sanada Shin's arm suddenly swelled up, and like a ferocious dragon, it pounced straight at the Fallen Hell Beast.

Those were tendrils formed from the over-expansion of Sanada Shin's arm muscles, proof that he had not yet fully mastered the power of the Invaders.

Rumble…

In the blink of an eye, the deformed arm, which was more twisted and gnarled than any tree root, swelled to the point where it was thicker than an adult, and its regenerative ability increased a hundredfold.

......................................................................................................

"That's really a disgusting ability."

Seeing that the ever-growing, deformed arm had used up its cation cannon in the most brutal way, the Fallen Beast immediately kicked off with both feet and jumped off Behemoth with a standard backflip.

Boom!

The next moment, the deformed arm, resembling a combination of thousands of tentacles, completely devoured Behemoth, becoming the foundational data for Sanada Shin's complete alienation.

"Disgusting? Power is only ever divided into strong and weak, not disgusting and not disgusting."

With a ferocious smile playing on his lips, Sanada Shin, after devouring Behemoth, didn't hesitate to swing his deformed arm, which was nearly a meter in diameter.

boom!

It was as if a heavy object weighing several tons had crashed onto the ground, causing the earth to suddenly crack and reveal countless fissures.

In contrast, the deformed bio-arm not only remained undamaged, but also took the opportunity to devour the broken rubble and cement, gradually increasing its hardness.

"With your abilities, it's a waste not to be a villainous boss!"

The Fallen Hell Beast clearly saw that in less than a second, its thick, deformed arm had grown a layer of pitch-black keratin.

Clearly, it was formed from the digital alloy that Behemoth had devoured.

In fact, the black digital alloy from the Steel Empire gave that arm a tough keratin layer.

Beneath those ever-growing, muscular tentacles, a genuine "steel skeleton" is gradually forming, becoming a structure strong enough to support the growth of those ferocious tentacles.

Moreover, as the scope of "steel and iron bones" gradually extended to other parts of Sanada Shin that had not yet been mutated, the erosion tentacles that were originally confined to his right arm then spread to his entire body.

In just a few breaths, most of Sanada Shin's body had already developed strange and twisted patterns, just like the "humanoid invader".

"If these are your last words, I will remember them!"

Half are deformed invaders, and the other half are humans who have not yet been mutated...