Digital Hackers' Memories

"Jade Rabbit Beast?"

Before even officially entering the core of the World Tree, the stubborn beast saw the Jade Rabbit Beast, which had been abandoned and completely incapacitated.

"Stop him! He's gone mad!"

Upon seeing the stubborn beast, the Jade Rabbit Beast, which was trying to stand up from the ground, roared frantically in a low voice.

"WarGreymon is invading Yggdrasil!"

If it is true that Suedo Akemi obtained partial access to the World Tree by using a "backdoor" left by the World Tree itself, then...

So WarGreymon used its hacking skills to hack into Yggdrasil's mainframe and join the "three-way standoff" battle.

Regardless of the impact of forcibly invading the World Tree on the three parties involved in the battle, the act of forcibly invading the World Tree itself could potentially damage the World Tree's functions.

After all, the World Tree now is not the "god" it once was. It has long been assimilated by the invaders and is now just an empty shell, an empty shell without even the most basic repair and defense capabilities.

"I understand, you've done a great job."

At a glance, the Jade Rabbit Beast recognized it as the black-eared beast that it had once sent to the real world. The stubborn beast slowly walked up to it and revealed a gratified and kind smile.

"Leave this to Dad!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Stubborn Beast stomped on the floor in front of the Jade Rabbit Beast, then threw the beast along with the ground within a radius of several meters out of the core area of ​​the World Tree.

—Flip the table!

boom! ! !

It was just an ordinary floor, but under the power of the stubborn beast, the floor that was supporting the Jade Rabbit Beast shattered the endless corridor in the blink of an eye and landed next to the Skull Beast on the World Tree branch.

Such an astonishing scene not only shocked the skull beasts outside, but also left the jade rabbit beasts completely bewildered as they stared at themselves, who were unharmed.

It seems that at the moment the stubborn beast overturned the floor, the entire ground gained some kind of property enhancement comparable to Digi-alloy, allowing it to smash through the trunk of the World Tree with its power.

This ability is beyond what can be described as ordinary power; it is clearly a conceptual ability similar to the "three-second invincibility" of the Skull Beast.

Although the stubborn beast gave its move a particularly funny name, the nature of this power, which can give ordinary objects the hardness of digital alloy, is definitely not as simple as outsiders imagine.

At the very least, in WarGreymon's eyes, this ability was probably one of the most powerful abilities he had ever encountered.

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"An ability similar to 'a knight not dying unarmed'?"

After the last passage of the endless corridor, a ferocious and terrifying single eye suddenly emerged from the surface of the spore that symbolized the core of the World Tree.

This time, however, the one-eyed creature that appeared in front of Gankomon was not a remnant instinct of Priestmon X, but WarGreymon, which had just recently invaded the Yggdrasil mainframe.

"Knights don't die unarmed? That's an interesting name."

Slowly stepping into the very center of the World Tree's core, the Stubborn Beast looked up at the spore, which was many times larger than before, and couldn't help but shake its head.

"A true knight is skilled in using any weapon, even a brick or a dining table, he can use it as a weapon in battle."

"Unfortunately, I am not a knight; I am just a stubborn old man who happens to like meddling in other people's business."

Silently watching the stubborn beast muttering to itself, WarGreymon, despite this being its first encounter with this legendary Royal Knight, managed to roughly understand the other's personality through this brief conversation.

"That's just a metaphor. Everything within reach can be a weapon. That's your true ability!"

Although it is phrased as a question, WarGreymon here uses an affirmative tone.

"It's not that exaggerated. My path of cultivation lies within myself, and so-called 'weapons' are not what I pursue."

"It's more accurate to say that it's because I've cultivated myself to the extreme that I've developed this ability to use everything as a weapon!"

As if to prove his own words, the stubborn beast picked up a piece of gravel from the ground while speaking.

Immediately afterwards, an aura as solid as a physical force surged out from the stubborn beast's body, forcefully raising the hardness of the broken stone to that of digital alloy.

Silence—Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the ferocious one-eyed creature sensed the impending deadly danger and decisively dodged to the side.

However, the stubborn beast's throw was faster than WarGreymon's instinct, and it almost instantly shattered his single eye with the enhanced rock fragment.

sizzle...

No liquid flowed out; the blasted eye, like a lump of clay, quickly reformed itself.

However, from the horrified look in the one-eyed creature's eyes, one could tell that WarGreymon was not at peace with itself.

Although once you reach the complete form or higher, "Chrono Digital Alloy" that can assimilate with itself seems to have become a common item.

However, the fact that WarGreymon could strengthen everything it came into contact with to the strength of Digizoid, just like Gankomon, and then use it as a simple and crude "throwing tool" was far beyond WarGreymon's expectations.

"Are they still stalling for time and refusing to show themselves?"

With a slight frown, Gankomon looked at WarGreymon, who was still in its one-eyed form, and his words revealed a hint of displeasure.

Clearly, Gankomon's personality seems to be even more volatile than WarGreymon had imagined.

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for forcing you to show yourself!"

At this point, Gankoomon ignored the knowing look in WarGreymon's eyes and immediately unleashed its full power form.

——The power of the fire god!

tumultuous!

The tangible aura transforms into battle qi, and the surging battle qi transforms into divine power...

In an instant, a fire god-like figure, resembling a dragon and a tiger, emerged from the stubborn beast's body and quickly transformed into a physical entity behind it, similar to a "back spirit."

As proof of the stubborn beast's path of cultivation and a symbol of spiritual power, this enormous fire god possesses terrifying power no less than that of its physical form.

Or rather, this dragon-like and tiger-like fire god is an intractable beast existing in another form, the result of his years of cultivation as the "number one cultivator in the Digital World".

Chapter Twenty: Immortality Authority

As mentioned earlier, Gankomon is different from ordinary Digimon; it does not pursue continuous upward evolution.

In the eyes of the stubborn beast, its own body and spirit are the root of everything. If it can bring these two to their fullest potential, it will be no less than the mainstream evolutionary path of the Digimon world.

Adhering to this philosophy, the stubborn beast honed its physical and mental abilities in an almost cruel way, eventually forging a path to strength that was independent of the evolutionary route.

The body is honed into the most powerful weapon, and the spirit is endowed with the most unyielding will...

The stubborn beast, who cultivated both his body and mind, eventually became an anomaly among the Royal Knights, a fighting master who fought against opponents far stronger than himself year after year.

Unfortunately, this training method for stubborn beasts is far too harsh on the trainers.

Therefore, since Gankomon pioneered this training method, there are very few Digimon in the entire Digital World willing to adopt an "ascetic" training method to strengthen themselves.

All things considered, in today's Digital World, Jesmon is probably the only one that truly embodies the concept of Gankomon perfectly.

Even the three Sistermon sisters actually followed a path that combined evolution and training.

After all, compared to Jesmon, who was able to challenge the Ultimate level while still in the Rookie stage, the Sistermon sisters, who were able to enter their Awakened form and experience a surge in combat power, had only achieved minor success in mental training.

"Vulcan...?"

The ferocious single eye stared directly at the fire god behind the stubborn beast, and he could feel the vigorous fighting spirit and surging passion in it.

His body was trained to the point where "a knight cannot die unarmed," while his spirit transformed into a divine might, as powerful as a dragon or a tiger...

Is it fair to say that Gankomon truly lives up to its reputation as Jesmon's mentor, a hidden SSR character among the Royal Knights?

Having witnessed the power of Vulcan in the real world, WarGreymon knew that the Vulcan was actually a stubborn beast existing in a "spiritual state".

Moreover, compared to the Vulcan who briefly appeared in the real world to help Blue Sistermon fight against SwordEmperormon NX, this Vulcan is now clearly in its prime.

In other words, a fully unleashed Gutsmon is equivalent to two "strongest" level Ultimate beings, and they are the kind of Ultimate beings that are in sync, work in perfect harmony, and each has its own strengths.

Let alone WarGreymon, who is currently overwhelmed with other tasks, even in his prime, he would need to make careful preparations to deal with such an enemy.

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I never expected to encounter an enemy capable of 'cloning' so soon.

Inside the World Tree's information space, WarGreymon, who was confronting Akemi Suedo, was initially taken aback, then revealed a thoughtful expression.

As for the previously arrogant Suedo Akishino?

At this moment, they were already fleeing in a sorry state under the bombardment of dozens of cannons, and were no longer able to interfere with what was happening in the outside world.

"How is this possible? How could you have done something like this?"

No longer forcing himself to maintain his human form, the seemingly godlike and indescribable Suedo Akemi dodged the seemingly endless barrage of attacks while simultaneously attempting to use hacking techniques to interfere with WarGreymon's control over the data.

However, to everyone's surprise, WarGreymon, by simply seizing a portion of the permissions it had acquired, managed to completely overwhelm Akira Suedo, whose data capacity far exceeded its own.

In terms of access, aside from the World Tree and the Invaders on the main battlefield, the author of this article, who entered here as a "backup," undoubtedly possesses data resources far exceeding those of WarGreymon.

However, in real battles, victory is never determined simply by piling up resources.

Especially for beings like WarGreymon, who are proficient in both hacking techniques and Digimon abilities, given the right opportunity, they can achieve a synergy greater than the sum of its parts.

"In the end, you're just a researcher and don't know what real combat is like."

To be honest, even WarGreymon itself was somewhat surprised by the results it had achieved.

What surprised WarGreymon was not its own strength, but rather the weakness of Akemi Suedo.

Prior to this, WarGreymon had already prepared for being defeated or even lost, and he had even prepared a timely backup program in advance.

As soon as you are defeated, you can immediately "revive" through backup.

This is a technique that WarGreymon learned from its agents in the original world—a method of digitizing its own consciousness and then uploading a backup.

If this were in the Digital World or the real world, even though WarGreymon knew the principle behind this technology, it would be impossible for him to perfect it in a short period of time.

Not to mention, WarGreymon wasn't even sure if the version of itself that was "resurrected" after backing up its own consciousness data was still the same one it had been before.

The problem is that WarGreymon is not currently in the Digital World or the real world, but inside the core of Yggdrasil.

The World Tree is the host computer that runs the digital world, and it naturally has the ability to store and back up data.

Furthermore, its assimilation with the invaders has long since made it a semi-high-dimensional being, and even a "creator" capable of traversing the river of time and completing the time loop.

Therefore, when WarGreymon forcibly invaded the core of Yggdrasil and prematurely activated the "Creator" who was still in the process of being conceived, he immediately created a backup of his own consciousness, which he possessed some of its authority.

In fact, it's not just WarGreymon.

After WarGreymon introduced the technology of "consciousness backup" into the concept of "creator", all the wills that constitute "creator" – such as Akemi Suedo, the Infiltrator Matrix, and Yggdrasil Mainframe – acquired similar abilities.

Past, present, future...

In their eyes, time is no longer a long river that flows without return, but an infinitely looping structure similar to a Möbius strip.

As long as they remain within the body of the "Creator," they are free to choose whether to move forward or backward in the river of time.

This is also why Suedo Akemi, despite being bombarded endlessly by the Infinite Cannon, is still able to revive and return time and time again.

WarGreymon never expected that its pre-prepared contingency plan would not only allow Yggdrasil to complete its dimensional ascension ahead of schedule, but also grant Akemi Suedo true "immortality".

As the battle continued, it ceased to be a conventional battle and evolved into a struggle for the "Creator's" authority and the tampering of the World Tree host.

"As long as my authority remains above yours, you can never truly defeat me!"

Realizing the same thing, Suedo Akemi simply let the Infinite Cannon blast her body apart time and time again, only to rebuild herself again under the slightly helpless gaze of WarGreymon.

Ultimately, this is a virtual world 'determined' by permissions.

Chapter Twenty-One Virtual Systems

"You reap what you sow," WarGreymon had never understood the meaning of that phrase so clearly.

If WarGreymon hadn't forcibly invaded the core of Yggdrasil, Yggdrasil wouldn't have "ascended to a higher dimension" prematurely...

If WarGreymon hadn't introduced the "consciousness backup" data into the core of Yggdrasil, Akemi Suedo wouldn't have possessed true immortality...

If WarGreymon didn't...

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WarGreymon could come up with a thousand reasons to regret something, but he would never regret rescuing Renamon.

If WarGreymon can successfully seize all the authority of the World Tree and become the sole will of the "Creator", it is confident that it can "revive" the opponent.

However, before that, WarGreymon must first deal with Akemi Suedo and the Gankomon outside the core of the World Tree.

Regarding the former, WarGreymon felt it wasn't a big problem.

Compared to his battle-hardened self, Suedo Akemi, who was able to steal a portion of the World Tree's authority, was indeed a genius, but he was just a genius.

Whether it's the number of battles they participate in or their hacking activities involving intrusion and counter-intrusion, WarGreymon far surpasses Akemi Suedo by an unknown margin.