Digital Hackers' Memories

"Has the artificial digital core gone out of control?"

Without a second thought, the fox spirit X pulled Chen Ze, who was still standing at the door, inside, and then cautiously looked around before closing the door.

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"Tell me! What exactly happened?"

Sitting upright opposite the fox spirit X, Chen Ze looked at the fox spirit X with a cold expression, and seemed to recall the innocent, ignorant, yet curious fox spirit he once knew.

"I already said it's nothing serious, I just found the Sword Emperor Beast."

Hearing the other party state this shocking fact in the calmest tone, if the Fox Spirit X hadn't known Chen Ze's character very well, it's unlikely that it would have been able to react in time.

"Sword Emperor Beast? You've been looking for the Sword Emperor Beast these past few days?"

Startled, the fox spirit X stared at Chen Ze with its mouth agape. It was stunned for a moment, then glared angrily at him.

"You haven't been looking for Patamon these past few days, have you? You've been looking for SwordGoldmon and the others instead?"

If Yaohu Beast X had known that Chen Ze had been out racing cars every night to find the Sword Emperor Beast, it would never have been able to stay at home and wait with a clear conscience.

Thinking back to that inexplicable bet a few days ago, the fox spirit X suddenly realized that Chen Ze seemed to be hiding a lot of things.

"You've been lying to me from the very beginning?"

"You've been lying to me ever since you bet that I'd be banned from using the EDEN network?"

With a helpless shrug, Chen Ze knew that the fox spirit X would react this way, and he had already prepared himself mentally.

"That was just a precaution. You know we'll have to face the Sword Emperor Beast sooner or later."

“It’s not my style to wait for the enemy to come to me. I prefer to take the initiative rather than sit and wait to die.”

Chen Ze was telling the truth. He never liked to sit and wait for enemies to come to him, especially behind-the-scenes villains like the Sword Emperor Beast who had been plotting against him all along.

"We can act together. It's safer for us to act together than for you to act alone, right?"

Renamon X wasn't angry that Chen Ze was looking for SwordEmperormon, but rather that he had abandoned her to face danger alone—just like last time at Shinjuku subway station.

"No, because the Sword Emperor Beast's target is you."

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Fall of the Royal Knights

"No, because the Sword Emperor Beast's target is you."

Upon hearing this, the fox spirit X fell silent.

Even Chen Ze realized that Sword Emperor Beast had targeted him repeatedly, so how could Rei-Fox Beast X, as the person involved, not have noticed this?

"So, what exactly happened? What's your current situation?"

As he said this, the fox spirit X thought of the wisp of black flame that Chen Ze had just spat out while speaking.

That kind of uncontrollable power usually only occurs in Digimon that have just evolved, and is a characteristic of Digimon that are not yet familiar with their own power.

Clearly, none of Chen Ze's four evolutionary forms, even the weakest and most ferocious White Flame Beast, have this problem.

Most importantly, Chen Ze is currently in human form, not in any Digimon form, and certainly not in the Ultimate form of Beelzemon.

So why does the Gluttony Flame, which is only found on Fallen Hell Beasts, appear on Chen Ze in his human form?

Could it be that there was something wrong with the treatment plan of Mo Tangming, causing Chen Ze's human body to exhibit new abnormal phenomena?

"Well, to really explain, we have to start with Odaiba..."

After a brief hesitation, Chen Ze did not choose to hide his experience from tonight, but instead told his story in detail as he always did.

Of course, Chen Ze, whose IQ was still intact, did not mention the dangers he encountered during the process, but instead glossed over those dangerous experiences.

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The collapsed Odaiba building, amidst the chaotic ruins.

The battle between the five Royal Knights and Examon was nearing its end, but the outcome was not as smooth as they had imagined.

From the moment Sanada Shin suddenly appeared and "ate" Crimson Knightmon, the battle was rapidly coming to an end at an astonishing pace.

With Gallantmon gone, the main damage dealer, Jesmon was the first to succumb.

This novice Royal Knight, who has just graduated from the stubborn beast, may indeed be comparable to his predecessors in terms of combat strength, but he is still in a relatively weak position in actual combat.

Especially when fighting Royal Knights of the Dragon Emperor caliber, this weakness, which was not originally a "weakness," was magnified infinitely and became Examon's main target.

Therefore, even though Magnamon repeatedly blocked potentially fatal attacks for Jesmon, Examon still managed to seize an opportunity to severely injure it.

Immediately afterwards, UltimateVeedramon, which had been lurking on the edge of the battlefield and constantly threatening Examon, became the second target.

It didn't last a few seconds longer than Jesmon. Similarly, UltraVeedramon, which was not good at defense, was slammed into the ground by Examon's spear after failing to escape its attack.

"Examon..."

Seeing this, Omegamon, the main force targeting Examon, had no choice but to protect the two injured Royal Knights and slowly retreat from the battle.

Fortunately, the berserk Examon had no intention of continuing the pursuit. After looking around blankly, it suddenly let out a roar that resounded through the sky.

"hold head high!!!"

As if summoned by some force, the Digital Wave that had been spreading throughout Odaiba began to converge once again, with Examon at its core.

However, this time the DigiWaves weren't used to control Examon; rather, it seemed like Examon was actively manipulating the DigiWaves to converge towards itself.

Clearly, after being controlled by Swordmon using Digivice, Examon, left only with instinct, would naturally do things that it would never do in its normal state—such as "eating".

After all, since its arrival, Examon has long since exhausted its strength in order to resist the corrosive influence of the invaders.

In this situation, Examon, having just experienced a battle, must replenish its energy through normal eating in order to maintain its combat strength and level.

Coincidentally, digital waves, which lie between matter and data, are a perfect source of sustenance, just in time to replenish the energy Examon has expended in this battle.

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"hold head high!"

After devouring most of the Digiwaves near Odaiba like a gluttonous beast, Examon, no longer sensing any hostility, suddenly spread its wings and flew towards the nearest Digiwave convergence point.

During this process, howling winds blew from the sky to the ground, and the Examon, no longer lying dormant as it had been in the previous days, roared and flew over Tokyo.

Wherever Examon went, it created panic like a natural disaster, posing an unprecedented challenge to the order of the entire city of Tokyo.

"Now we're in big trouble."

"That's what Magnamon said, appearing beside Omegamon at some unknown time."

Compared to the defeated Jesmon and UltimateVeedramon, Magnamon is not actually much stronger than them now.

It was only because of its own "miracle power" that Magnamon was able to instinctively avoid Examon's fatal attacks and recover its injuries in the shortest possible time.

"How is Gallantmon?"

With a tone that had never sounded so dejected, Omegamon looked at Magnamon beside him and asked softly, without much hope.

The moment Gallantmon disappeared, Omegamon knew its mission had failed. Now it was clinging to a one in ten thousand chance that it would hear something different from Magnamon.

Unfortunately, Omegamon's idea was destined to fail.

"That human hacker implanted the limbs of the Invader into himself, and Crimson Knightmon has now been devoured by him."

This was not the first time the Golden Armored Dragon Beast had witnessed the death of its comrades, but it was definitely the most helpless one for it.

The sudden appearance of Sanada Shin completely disrupted all of his group's plans. Crimson Knightmon, the Royal Knights' main damage dealer, was killed abruptly without achieving anything.

It can be said that Sanada Shin's actions not only let the out-of-control Examon escape, but also disrupted the balance of power between the two factions within the Royal Knights.

Magnamon couldn't imagine how its faction would cope with the onslaught of SwordKingmon and the others without Gallantmon, a key offensive force.

At this moment, what Armored Dragon Beast was unaware of was that its greatest enemy—Sword Emperor Beast—had also been eliminated by a human hacker.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Tacit Understanding

"So, the Sword Emperor Beast is now dead?"

After hearing all of Chen Zhe's experiences that night, the Fox Spirit X stared blankly at the calm Chen Ze, as if looking at some monster.

Because Renamon X never expected that the Royal Knight who had been hiding behind the scenes targeting him would die so casually and so insignificantly.

Unlike Chen Ze, who grew up in human society and has memories of his past life, Renamon X, a native of the Digital World, grew up listening to the legends of the Royal Knights.

Even though Renamon X had fought against SwordKingmon several times before, deep down, SwordKingmon was still a boss-level figure whose power was beyond comprehension.

However, this character, who is a BOSS in both the imagination of the demon fox beast X and in reality, is now casually in Chen Ze's hands.

The discrepancy is similar to the idea of ​​a head of state governing the country via Twitter and then managing the country perfectly – it sounds like a highly improbable scenario.

"Yes, it's dead, and it's the kind of dead that even the data can't be recycled."

As he said this, a wisp of black flame involuntarily shot out of Chen Ze's mouth again.

Fortunately, Chen Ze reacted in time and covered his mouth with his hand, preventing the black flame from spreading in the room.

"Then what's wrong with you now? Has the power of the Fallen Hell Beast gone out of control?"

With a wistful glance at the fleeting flame of gluttony, Youkomon X asked the same question again.

Although the death of SwordEmperormon did shock Renamon X, after regaining her senses, she was more concerned about what was going on with Chen Ze.

"As I just mentioned, in order to fight the Dragon Emperor, I used the 'Explosion Program,' which is still under development, to awaken the 'Gale Form' of the Fallen Hellbeast..."

"Then it used the 'Gluttony Aura' to absorb the data of the Sword Emperor Beast..."

At this point, Chen Ze paused slightly before scratching his head in apparent distress.

"In short, my black Digicore data has overflowed and it seems to be backfiring on MetalGreymon's Digicore."

Upon hearing this, the fox spirit X frowned slightly, seemingly considering the seriousness of the matter.

"You mean, there's a problem with the artificial digital core you developed?"

After briefly summarizing Chen Ze's current situation, the Fox Demon X asked this question.

"That's one way to put it, so I have to deal with that black digital core now."

At this point, Chen Ze seemed to suddenly remember something, and abruptly turned his head to look around, but he did not see the black-eared beast that had been staying at his house for the past few days.

"Where's the Black-Eared Beast? Where did it go?"

Upon hearing Chen Ze's question, the fox spirit X, who was still pondering, frowned slightly again and replied in a rather unpleasant tone.

"I've put that little guy into the EDEN network."

Sensing the deep dissatisfaction in the fox spirit's tone, Chen Ze blinked before asking.

"What's wrong? Did that little guy make you angry again?"

Through his observations over the past few days, Chen Ze has discovered that Renamon X and Blackearmon don't actually get along very well.

Or to be more precise, Renamon X is often unilaterally driven crazy by Black-eared Beast, leaving the other party often completely bewildered.

"That little guy is so annoying..."

It doesn't think it's its fault; in Renamon X's view, it's all Blackearmon's own doing.

The fox spirit kept asking why and desperately trying to find its lost companions, which gave the fox spirit X, who had never raised a child before, a real headache. It almost shut the fox spirit's mouth shut.

At times like this, Youko Beast X would be particularly impressed by Chen Ze.

Black-eared Beast had only been working here for a few days, but it had already made Renamon X dizzy and irritable.

When I first came into contact with the human world, how was Chen Ze able to suppress so many of my "whys" and answer my questions little by little?

Moreover, compared to the relatively docile Blackearmon, Renamon X was a true curious creature, and caused quite a bit of trouble because of its curiosity.

"Haha, now you finally understand how I felt back then!"

He couldn't help but burst into laughter. Heaven knows how Chen Ze put up with that "hacker" who kept hogging his computer and constantly watching when he went online.

Even when they officially met at Hikari Hill, Renamon X's first action after appearing was to touch his own head?

Thinking about this, Chen Ze couldn't help but sigh that evil people will always be punished by evil people. The fox demon beast that knew nothing back then is finally experiencing the trouble of being treated like a "ten thousand whys".

Of course, what Chen Ze didn't know was that the reason Renamon X put Blackearmon into the EDEN space was not only because she found it annoying, but also because she hated that little guy taking up her and Chen Ze's "home".

Renamon X has always been a rather selfish Digimon. The fact that it didn't refuse Makiko Date's request to take care of Blackearmon on the spot was already out of consideration for Chen Ze.

"But you won't take the Black-Eared Beast to some dangerous place, will you? Sister Ida is coming to see it tomorrow, isn't she?"

Seeing that the expression on the fox spirit X's face gradually turned to anger, Chen Ze stopped laughing appropriately and then asked in a low voice.

Chen Ze believed that Renamon X wouldn't put Blackearmon in any danger, but given the other party's wicked nature, it wasn't impossible for him to secretly prank Blackearmon.