Digital Hackers' Memories

Under the influence of the alcoholic fumes, the human survivors were caught off guard and immediately collapsed to the ground, while some who were allergic to alcohol or had a low alcohol tolerance simply passed out.

The strong smell of these liquors was something that ordinary people couldn't handle. Even Agumon, with his extraordinary physique, felt his legs were wobbling.

To be honest, this was the first time Agumon had encountered a Digimon that used "alcohol" as a means of attack.

Compared to methods like poison gas or venom, alcohol may not be as obviously lethal, but in terms of its difficulty to deal with and its functionality, it far surpasses the former by a wide margin.

Putting everything else aside, the burning sensation caused by the evaporation of the alcohol alone caused Agumon's skin to develop pimple-like bubbles.

Worse still, the Great Serpent Beast's attack methods are clearly not limited to simply exhaling alcohol fumes.

"Burn, earth!"

Just as the alcohol fumes had dissipated to a certain extent, one of the eight heads of the giant serpent beast, which clearly showed signs of metallization, suddenly roared.

tumultuous!

The next second, sparks emerged from the tip of the metallized head's nose, instantly igniting all the evaporating alcohol fumes nearby.

This resulted in a series of massive explosions, which directly overturned the nearby concrete floor and showed a trend of continuous outward expansion and spread of the chain of explosions.

"Mini-combat tornado!"

At the critical moment, Agumon, realizing the situation was dire, no longer cared about accumulating power and immediately converted all its previous inertia into rotational force.

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

Far more powerful than the previous two tornadoes, the massive tornado almost instantly swept away most of the alcohol fumes, forcefully gathering the still-evaporating gases and flames around itself.

From a distance, it looks like a giant fire tornado formed in the blink of an eye, and it seems to be growing larger and larger.

The survivors around had never seen such a scene before. Their panic, which had not been calmed by the mountain spirit, suddenly erupted, and they all cried out and ran in the opposite direction of the fire tornado.

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"Everyone……"

As the crowd suddenly became chaotic again, and it seemed that a collision was about to occur, Kari, who was trying to avoid the congestion and flow of the crowd under the guidance of Himekawa Maki, couldn't help but show a worried expression.

Compared to the previous attacks by the multi-eyed beasts, the survivors are now in significantly greater danger.

After all, the mountain spirits protected and sheltered them at the time. No matter how panicked the survivors were, as long as Agumon was not defeated, they would not suffer any real harm.

Now, the survivors, under the influence of alcohol and panic, have become disorganized themselves.

"It's okay, I'm here, you don't need to be afraid."

Mistaking Kari for being afraid, Himekawa Maki gently comforted her, but even she herself showed a faint fear on her face.

It was obvious that Himekawa Maki was also affected by the alcohol from before, and her face turned slightly flushed.

However, compared to others, Himekawa Maki's alcohol tolerance was significantly higher than that of ordinary people, which is why she didn't completely become one of the panicked crowd.

Even so, Himekawa Maki's thoughts have become somewhat unclear.

This can be seen from the fact that while she was trying to find a path away from the crowd, she was always being swept along in one direction by the throng of people with Jia'er.

"Maki."

After being led around by Himekawa Maki for a while, Kari suddenly stopped, pulling on her hand.

"what happened?"

Without looking down, Himekawa Maki looked at Kari, who seemed hesitant to speak. Just as she was about to ask when, a strange light suddenly emanated from Kari.

That was the power of light, Karen's authority, and her will to protect these survivors...

Under this vast and open power of light, like the dawn, the pervasive smell of alcohol quickly dissipated, and the panic among the crowd was also swiftly calmed.

This force and speed are even more exaggerated than when the mountain spirit appeared before.

Even more outrageous, when the light emanating from Kari spread to Agumon and Orochimon, a visible distortion appeared on their bodies.

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【Jia'er?】

Agumon, which was right in the center of the fire tornado, immediately sensed the essence of this power.

This power almost allowed him to re-evolve into an Ultimate form during his battle with Argomon, but Agumon ultimately refused.

Now, this power symbolizing "light" has reappeared, and it seems to be even stronger than when it fought Argomon.

Under the radiation of this light power, Agumon, whose physical strength had been greatly depleted, felt that he had been revived with full health and mana, and his condition was even better than his previous peak.

In addition, Agumon noticed that the surrounding scenery was gradually distorting, as if it had returned from the real world to cyberspace.

Magnificent color blocks, grand spectacle, and a torrent of data visible to the naked eye...

These are absolutely not scenes that can exist in the real world; they are wonders that can only appear in the online world.

Chapter Fifteen: The Abandoned Evolutionary Path

Near Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan.

"What's going on here?"

In the blink of an eye, Himekawa Maki discovered that Agumon and Orochimon had suddenly disappeared, along with Kari.

Apart from the Tokyo Tower that had transformed into a giant snake beast and the ground damaged by the battle, the fight seemed to have never happened.

However, those who experienced that battle knew that it was not only real, but incredibly real, so real that they almost thought they would die from the aftershocks of the monster's attack.

"Disappeared?"

"it's all over?"

"The call can now be made!"

……

Amidst the screams, Himekawa Maki silently watched the spot where Kari had disappeared, a strong sense of curiosity rising within her.

What exactly are those two monster-like creatures?

Why is that little girl, who looks no different from ordinary people, with them?

And where exactly did they go now?

All of this is a mystery, a mystery without beginning or end.

"The little girl doesn't seem to have told me her name yet?"

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Cyberspace, the data area corresponding to Tokyo Tower.

After Kari shifted the battlefield to cyberspace, Agumon no longer had to worry about the ordinary people and began to focus entirely on fighting Orochimon.

Silence—Boom!

Before the ferocious fire tornado disappeared, Agumon used the wing on its back to take flight again, forcefully piercing through one of the heads of Orochimon.

The power of high-temperature flames, the ferocious power of a tornado, plus Agumon's mutated claws...

The scales that Orochimon was so proud of didn't even have the slightest effect, as Agumon burst open the head of the slightly sluggish creature.

"Ah!!!" x7

In an instant, the excruciating pain caused the other seven heads to let out a simultaneous wail.

The pain of having eight heads sharing one body is far greater than the normal pain of ten fingers connected to the heart; it's practically the same as dying once.

"Sixth!"

The first thing to recover from the pain was the cold, stern snake head. Despite its seemingly indifferent appearance, it actually possessed a brotherly affection that was no less than that of the black head.

Fueled by this rage, it didn't hesitate to bite Agumon, who was still in mid-air.

"Go to hell!"

A murderous intent filled with intense anger and hatred instantly enveloped Agumon, causing him to pause involuntarily, feeling a chill from the depths of his being as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Crack... Bang!

However, to everyone's surprise, Agumon did not retreat but instead advanced, flapping its wings and diving directly into the mouth of the cold, serpentine head.

"Small...flame!"

A white fireball of extremely high temperature erupted from close range, causing the snake head to follow closely behind its limbs, and it was also destroyed by Agumon with decisive and almost ruthless methods.

"Is this the source of your confidence after your evolution?"

Slowly emerging from the embers of white flames, Agumon looked down at the giant snake-mon, whose head was now reduced to only six heads, its eyes revealing a hint of mockery and sarcasm.

Although Orochimon did indeed possess strength surpassing that of a typical Perfect level and approaching that of an Ultimate level after its evolution, Agumon, after being armed and steel-powered, was also a being that surpassed Perfect level.

In addition, the claws' ability to absorb and suppress dragon energy allowed Agumon to slowly and steadily grow stronger in its battle against Orochimon.

Especially after killing the opponent's two heads, Agumon could even feel the boiling dragon factor within its body roaring, as if it were craving more power.

This feeling of being intoxicated by killing made Agumon unconsciously recall the other evolutionary path that had taken when it killed Dynasmon and absorbed the power of the dragon—the Slashmon.

An absolute warrior who strengthens himself by slaying and plundering dragon beasts, an ultimate demon god who has abandoned all emotions such as compassion and justice...

The plundering of the dragon factor from the Great Serpent Beast seems to have reignited the path to evolve into the Ultimate Demon God, and it is even more intense than before.

"Your 'dragon' attribute seems to be even more exaggerated than I imagined."

His words were filled with regret; Agumon knew he had given up another chance to evolve.

However, he did not regret it, because unlike ordinary Digimon, Agumon had unlimited trial and error costs after developing the manufacturing technology of artificial Digicores, so there was no need for him to rush to evolve.

Previously, Agumon's evolution into Shenronmon and HolyDragonmon with the help of Kari's power was not Agumon's will, let alone the current route that led to the Ultimate Demon God through the "claw glove".

There is only one evolutionary point for Agumon—WarGreymon.

Furthermore, Agumon had a vague intuition that after evolving back into WarGreymon, not only would his strength be significantly enhanced, but his attribute classification might also change from "Holy Knight".

Only those beings who possess the will to save the world and are favored by the world have the potential to evolve into "Paladins".

Agumon doesn't deny that it might have the first condition, after all, homeostasis has proven its judgment with facts, and it has never been wrong.

However, Agumon doesn't believe he can meet the latter condition, given that he nearly destroyed Yggdrasil.

In fact, Agumon was also curious about what kind of subspecies WarGreymon it could evolve into besides Dragonman and Paladin types, given its current situation.

"Agumon!!!"

Unaware of what Agumon was thinking, Orochimon, having endured the pain of "death" twice in a row, roared in anguish. Its remaining six heads united like never before, biting at Agumon in mid-air.

"Is this urgent?"

With a disdainful smile, Agumon, having regained its fighting spirit, turned and dodged, slipping through the gap created by the intersection of the six heads in a daring and bizarre manner, and pounced directly at the most conspicuous black snake head.

"Is this your 'weakness'?!"

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Agumon's claws sliced ​​across the black snake's skull as easily as cutting tofu, leaving six deep, bone-revealing wounds.

"what!!!"

The black snake head, aroused by the intense pain, instinctively tilted backward, striking the other head of the giant snake beast that it couldn't dodge in time.

Chapter Sixteen: Eight-Fold Wine

"You really can't trust everything the illustrated guide says."

Although the black snake head had clearly suffered severe damage, the other heads of the giant serpent beast showed no signs of being affected.

On the contrary, as time went by, the two previously destroyed heads showed signs of regeneration.

Based on his previous observations, Agumon was almost certain that the giant snakemon in front of him truly possessed an "immortal body".

Each of the eight heads possesses a different will and ability, and as long as one of them is not destroyed, the other heads can regenerate continuously.

Even if all eight heads were destroyed at the same time, Agumon wasn't sure if the enemy could regenerate.

After all, this giant serpent beast was originally a multi-eyed beast, and its "immortality" is only stronger than that of the multi-eyed beast, not weaker, which is beyond doubt.

boom!

Just as Agumon was pondering how to deal with this immortal monster, the two regenerated heads launched a fierce attack on him.

However, he wasn't sure if it was just Agumon's imagination, but he felt that the two reborn heads seemed to have changed, and their behavior patterns were completely different from the previous two heads.

No, this is not an illusion.

Just in time to dodge the attack from the two snake heads, Agumon noticed that Shin's eyes were ferocious and wild, like two wild beasts rather than the intelligent beings he had seen before.