Digital Hackers' Memories

Held tightly in the arms of the towering Jade Rabbit Beast, Priest Beast X sighed in a tone that defied description.

"When I first met Mirei Mikagura, I knew I had a problem with my memory, but I never knew exactly what the problem was."

"I thought that Chen... that guy Beelzemon, after obtaining the memories of SwordEmperormon, would tell me what my true identity is?"

"What I didn't expect was that the Fallen Hell Beast never mentioned this matter from beginning to end."

At this point, Priest Beast X paused slightly before continuing.

“From that moment on, I realized that my identity was not simple.”

"The 'god' you're referring to, you mean the World Tree, right?"

"The only god in the digital world, the mainframe that manages the world's operation—what exactly is my relationship with Him?"

The Jade Rabbit Beast, which had maintained an indifferent expression throughout, glanced down at the Priest Beast X in silence, and for once showed a hint of pity.

But then, Jade Rabbit Beast thought of the Digital World riddled with holes and the homeless Digimon.

"I'm sorry, but thank you so much for taking care of me all this time."

"But you are the only 'hope' to save the digital world, and I must take you back."

With a half-smile, the priest beast X slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Isn't that obvious? Otherwise, why do you think you were able to take me away so easily?"

"I am a priest beast skilled in sorcery. I may not be as strong as you in combat, but when it comes to ever-changing and unpredictable techniques, I am the strongest."

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"Demon Fox Beast!"

On the other side, Beelzemon, which was following closely behind, seemed to have heard Priestmon X's words and couldn't help but grit its teeth and roar angrily.

Just for such a lame excuse, you put yourself in danger?

This kind of person is indeed the style of Priest Beast X, but this time is different from the past. If you are not careful, you will die and your soul will be destroyed. Does that guy even know what danger is?

Of course, despite thinking this way, if Beelzemon were to make the choice again, he still wouldn't tell Renamon X her true identity.

Because the memories of the Swordmon told him that the identity of the Priestmon X was definitely a "fatal" danger.

Without knowing Priestmon X's choice, Beelzemon knew nothing about the situation and obediently continued to be the curious and troublesome Renamon.

Silence—Boom!

Just as Fallen Hellmon flapped its wings, intending to accelerate further to catch up with Jade Rabbit Beast, a figure that had also broken the sound barrier suddenly leaped up from below Odaiba, blocking the way between him and Jade Rabbit Beast.

Bang! ! !

Caught off guard, the two Digimon, traveling at supersonic speeds, collided instantly.

From a distance, it looked as if a giant mushroom cloud was rising in the air, with shockwaves generated by the superposition of sonic booms spreading outward from the point of convergence.

The nearest point, Odaiba, was as if a hurricane had swept through it, blowing away anything weighing less than 20 kilograms.

If Odaiba hadn't already been a military restricted area, the people living there would definitely have suffered many casualties due to the hurricane generated by this explosion.

Even so, the military forces lurking near Odaiba still had to find suitable obstacles nearby to hide behind.

"Another monster of this level!"

As a squad leader in a special operations unit, Yamakawa has become a highly experienced and accomplished professional in dealing with Digimon disasters after this period of combat.

In previous battles against Digimon, even the Ultimate-level Zudomon was temporarily forced to hide in Akihabara's Digital Space by the combined forces of the Yamakawa Squad.

However, only Shan Chuan himself knew that his actions had no impact on the actual war.

Zudomon, capable of summoning wind and rain and collapsing a building with a single blow, is considered powerful, right?

However, compared to the Examon soaring freely over Tokyo, the difference was so great that it was no different from an ant.

As for beings of the Examon level, the Japanese military has been able to confirm the identities of nine of them so far, and each of them is hiding in different places, making it difficult to find them all in a short time.

"One of them has been confirmed as the 'Dark Knight'!"

Using their professional scopes, the squad's snipers revealed the identities of the two monsters fighting in the sky to Shan Chuan.

"The other one is a target outside of intelligence, suspected to be the newly emerged tenth 'Ultimate'!"

Before they could even complain about the bad news, a more realistic situation presented itself to the Mountain and River Squad.

In order to avoid the aftershocks of the explosion, the members of the Yamakawa Squad, who had been hiding using battery shielding fields and biological camouflage technology, were all exposed to the Digimon in Odaiba.

sizzle...

As a result, the EDEN device closest to the Yamakawa Squad began to surge with electricity, and a tall Knight Beast suddenly appeared in front of them.

Clang!

The massive knight's sword slammed into the ground. The knight beast, standing over six meters tall, remained silent, gazing down at the members of the Mountain Squad with an almost condescending air, exuding an aura of quiet authority.

Unlike those idle Digimon fighting their own battles, Knightmon is a true elite combat force under the Royal Knights' crest, and their leader is the long-deceased Swordmon.

Under its majestic gaze, not to mention humans like the Yamakawa Squad, even Perfect-level Digimon of the same level would find it difficult to withstand.

Worse still, the experience of the Mountain and River Squad is not an isolated case.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds and thousands of Knight Beasts appeared in various parts of Odaiba like a real army, confronting the human army that had already been exposed.

A real war... is about to break out!

Chapter Sixty-Three: The Backup of the World Tree

They also noticed the human army and knight beast legion that had suddenly appeared below them.

However, at this moment, the Fallen Hell Beast no longer had the energy to pay attention to them, because the guy who had clashed with him earlier had finally revealed his true colors.

"..."

It was a humanoid Digimon with deep blue dragon wings and its entire body covered in white armor.

It was a few sizes larger than Beelzemon, but it did not exceed the category of humanoid Digimon. Instead, it exuded a sense of majesty and solemnity that giant Digimon lacked.

Monarchmon, Dynasmon, host of the power of the dragon—these are all names given to this Ultimate-level Digimon by other Digimon.

However, in Beelzemon's eyes, this Digimon has another, more resounding name—Royal Knight.

"That's it!"

As a pure power-type ultimate form, and further enhanced by the power of a flying dragon...

Although Dynasmon had just collided head-on with Beelzemon, it did not feel any discomfort as a result.

To be honest, even among the Royal Knights, who are full of powerful warriors, Dynasmon's aerial combat ability is among the best.

In particular, the dragon power hidden within its body is said to be able to intimidate all enemies in some ominous way when the Dynasmon is in the most dangerous and needed time.

This is somewhat similar to Gallantmon, because Gallantmon is also an incarnation of some kind of evil dragon, and is a duality of the same entity as Apocalymon.

According to some unreliable information about Beelzemon's past life, the subspecies of Gallantmon—Medieval Gallantmon—also possesses an ultimate power called "Dragon Power."

From this perspective alone, Beelzemon even suspects some kind of secret connection between Dynasmon and Medieval Gallantmon.

Of course, let's leave these "settings" aside for now.

Upon seeing Dynasmon for the first time, Beelzemon knew it had met a formidable foe.

Regardless of whether Dynasmon, like Gallantmon, possesses the ability to awaken some ominous form during battle, Beelzemon has already deeply experienced the terror of Dynasmon from that collision alone.

The power of the dragon grants it extreme speed, it is itself a Dragon-type Ultimate form known for its strength, and its second form is still unclear...

It can be said that the moment Dynasmon appeared, it brought Beelzemon pressure and crisis no less than that of SwordEmperormon.

"Fallen Hell Beast, halt!"

Slowly flapping its massive dragon wings, Dynasmon stared at Beelzemon, whose power was constantly increasing due to its rage.

Dynasmon could sense the other's determination; that belief in risking everything and paying any price was no less than that of the Royal Knights.

Having experienced so many battles and weathered so many events, Fallen Hellmon is no longer the timid mortal it once was, who only wanted to survive.

From the moment he chose to kill SwordKingmon, Beelzemon was prepared to be an enemy of the Royal Knights and have his hands stained with blood.

"Stop? It seems you also know the identity of the fox spirit."

Unlike the wild and unrestrained Dynasmon, Beelzemon was already fully prepared mentally when it saw the Royal Knights suddenly appearing opposite it.

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Just as Priestmon X guessed, Chen Ze did indeed intentionally conceal the memories he obtained from SwordEmperormon.

Last night, after Chen Ze separated Beelzemon's artificial digital core, he began scanning and reading the remaining memory data of SwordEmperormon.

In that immersive experience, Chen Ze felt as if he had personally transformed into the Sword Emperor Beast, experiencing its entire life from its infancy to its ultimate form.

Born with the mission of eliminating a malignant virus, and with this goal in mind, it gradually grows into the ultimate form of SwordEmperormon, and joins the Royal Knights for the glory of saving the world.

At that time, the Royal Knights did not yet have its full thirteen members, so each "Holy Knight" had his own duties and obligations, traveling to various corners of the Digital World.

The most aggressive of all, SwordEmperormon, has the mission and duty to destroy all malignant viruses that could threaten the Digital World.

Cold-blooded, ruthless, and stubborn by nature...

These are all Digimon's evaluations of SwordEmperormon. Even the other "Holy Knights," who are also members of the Royal Knights, don't quite understand SwordEmperormon's actions.

Sometimes, even though a problem could be solved through communication, SwordEmperorBeast insists on resorting to extermination.

While this may have addressed the root of the problem to some extent, it could also sow the seeds for even greater disasters to come.

After all, there is no universal or universal concept of "justice," especially for the "paladins" who were born from different crises, each of them has a different understanding of "justice."

The pursuit of absolute justice means that Sword Emperor Beast's every move is no different from that of a true demon.

However, it is precisely because of Swordmon's behavior of pursuing only results and disregarding the process that it is, to some extent, more in line with the operating rules of the World Tree, the world host.

Therefore, when it was determined that the invaders had threatened the very foundation of the Digital World, Yggdrasil was the first to summon Emperormon.

In that circular arena that transcends the Digital World, in that void land originally used to resolve internal divisions within the Royal Knights, SwordGoldmon encountered the World Tree, whose core had been corrupted by the Infiltrators.

Then, SwordKingBeast learned that in order to save itself, Yggdrasil activated a special backup program at the last moment when its functions were completely controlled by the corrupted.

That was the initial backup of the World Tree, and the only thing that could restore the World Tree's functions—a special digital egg.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the invaders, who had already assimilated with Yggdrasil, from capturing the digital egg, Yggdrasil had already banished it to the human world, where the invaders could not interfere for the time being, before summoning Emperormon.

As Chen Ze recounted these memories, he understood why the alien invader had been so obsessed with the fox beast when he first entered the EDEN network.

At the same time, Chen Ze also understood why the Chaos Demon Beast and the Sword Emperor Beast were paying attention to the Fox Beast.

Because Renamon is the initial backup of Yggdrasil, and is currently the only Digimon egg capable of restoring Yggdrasil's functions and resetting the world order.

If Yggdrasil can bring the "backup" Renamon back to Yggdrasil, Yggdrasil can reinstall its system to erase all anomalies.

By then, dealing with the invaders from unknown higher dimensions will no longer be a difficult task.

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Power of the Flying Dragon

"Stop? It seems you also know the identity of the fox spirit."

Despite saying this, Beelzemon was secretly plotting how to quickly defeat Dynasmon and prevent Yggdrasil from being initialized before Jademon brought Priestmon X back to the Digital World.

As for whether this might extinguish the only hope of saving the digital world?

The Fallen Beast didn't care about that; he wasn't the kind of hero or saint who would sacrifice everything to save the world.

Whether it's Beelzemon, MetalGreymon, or Chen Ze, his appearance can change constantly, but the belief deep in his heart remains unchanged.

At any time and in any place, a family member who will unconditionally stand behind you no matter what happens is the greatest support that has enabled Chen Ze to persevere to this day.

"Since you also know the identity of that Digimon, you should know that this was her original destiny."

Dynasmon frowned slightly, not expecting that Beelzemon on the other side would know the true identity of Priestmon X.

However, it is precisely because of this that Dynasmon, who dedicated everything to Yggdrasil and the Digital World, could not forgive Beelzemon's actions.

Because Dynasmon itself is the kind of hero who would sacrifice everything to save the world.

No one's destiny is determined from the moment they are born.

This is a clash of beliefs, a clash of faith between Chen Ze, a "mortal," and the Dynasmon, the "savior."

That's a concept from the human world.

Dynasmon can understand Beelzemon's resentment, but the Digital World is not the kind of world where you can only choose your own future.

Only by carrying enough faith can Digimon continuously evolve upwards and gradually become "gods" who are above all living beings.