Digital Hackers' Memories

The two heads had not yet regained their original consciousness; they were attacking any nearby creatures that posed a threat to them based on instinct.

After realizing this, Agumon began to consciously flap its wings, weaving and crisscrossing among the eight heads of Orochimon.

As expected, things unfolded as he predicted. Although the remaining six heads consciously avoided attacking their own "humans" and cooperated to surround and block Agumon.

But those two beast-like heads didn't care about anything else, relentlessly pursuing Agumon in a near-frenzied manner.

Agumon even felt that if things continued like this, the "accidental" damage from the two snake heads alone would be enough to take down this behemoth.

"Calm down, everyone!"

Seemingly realizing that this couldn't continue, the golden head of the Great Serpent Beast suddenly abandoned its attempt to block Agumon, turned around, raised its head, and roared angrily.

—The sake of the Eight-Flavored Salt!

With that holy shout, the dissipated smell of alcohol gathered again.

This time, however, the alcohol fumes that had gathered did not show any aggression. Instead, they flowed into the mouths of the two snake heads that were still going crazy.

"Hiss... Ah!"

The snake-like hissing gradually turned into a human-like tone, and the two snake heads that had recovered gradually calmed down at this moment, realizing what they had just done.

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"I knew that, given the typical nature of bosses, there would definitely be a 'healer' among these eight heads."

Seeing this, Agumon, who had expected it, did not show any surprise. Instead, he stared at the golden head with a very dangerous look.

Undoubtedly, as long as the head that serves as the "nanny" can be dealt with, even if the immortality of the giant snake beast cannot be completely eliminated, its combat power can be greatly limited.

Putting everything else aside, without the healing from that golden head, Agumon could easily destroy all those heads one by one and turn into a crazed beast.

By then, even if Orochimon still possesses strength and immortality surpassing that of a typical Perfected form, it will be much easier to deal with, being a beast-like creature, than it is now.

"careful!"

The other snake heads were clearly aware of Agumon's intentions. The black snake head, as the leader, emerged from among the snake heads without hesitation and stood guard near the golden snake head.

Unfortunately, Agumon, flapping its wings and soaring, seized the opportunity to swoop down and once again confronted the black snake head.

boom!

The violent explosion instantly spread across a large part of cyberspace, and the Tokyo Tower, which was already shaking violently due to losing its physical "physical" form, released countless data.

Those data are information collected by Tokyo Tower since its establishment, and they are also a symbol of Japan's information and data age.

When that data begins to spill over, it means that Orochimon is further devouring information from the human world, breaking through and evolving towards a higher level of ultimate form.

boom! boom! boom!

On one side is Agumon, whose combat power surpasses its own limits, further enhanced by various hacking skills and its Armored Steel Form...

On the other side is the Great Serpent Beast, which possesses an immortal body and is constantly improving and evolving by devouring data from the network world...

After the battle between the two sides reached a fever pitch, a delicate balance was created, and for a time it seemed that it was difficult to determine who was superior.

Each attack left a clearly visible claw mark on the giant serpent beast, and each swift movement caused it to let out a painful hiss...

Despite being two creatures of vastly different sizes, Agumon, with its "ant-like" appearance, inflicted unimaginable pain on Orochimon.

Even though the Great Serpent Beast possesses extraordinary self-healing abilities and a near-immortal body, this act, which is akin to "slicing it to pieces," still drove it completely berserk.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, this is a seemingly evenly matched balance of power, and the battle will not be one-sided.

While Agumon can inflict unimaginable pain and damage on Orochimon, Orochimon, with its eight heads, is no pushover either.

Spurred on by Agumon, the eight heads that were originally at odds with each other began to cooperate, just like eight perfectly coordinated Ultimate-level beings attacking an enemy together. The pressure they faced was far greater than that of a single Ultimate-level being with overwhelming strength.

Worst of all, among these eight heads, each possessing full-power strength, there is a golden snake head specifically responsible for healing and defense, making the already incredibly difficult-to-deal-with Great Serpent Beast, which has super-fast healing abilities, even more troublesome.

Fortunately, Agumon had similar experience with "cloning" before and was very clear about the excellent performance of this near "third-person" and "telepathic" ability in battle.

Therefore, Agumon is extremely cautious in every attack and defense, preferring to give up easy opportunities to attack rather than give Orochimon any chance to take advantage.

Because Agumon is very aware of his current situation, he is facing the Ultimate level while still in his Rookie form. While Orochimon can lose countless times, Agumon cannot afford to lose even once.

Chapter Seventeen: Skull Crushing

"What an annoying fly!"

After yet another failed attempt to ambush Agumon, Orochimon's metallized head roared fiercely.

As the most obsessive and insane of the eight heads, the metallized head had had enough of being passively attacked and wanted to crush this annoying fly completely.

puff!

In the blink of an eye, the metallized head sprayed out a high-concentration alcohol liquid through its modified mouth and sac.

This purified alcohol was more potent than any venom, evaporating into a blazing white flame the moment it came into contact with air, completely sealing off any possibility of Agumon's escape.

As a result of this reckless and desperate approach, two snake heads that couldn't dodge in time became targets of the blazing white flames, emitting painful cries as they were burned by the raging fire.

—The demonic aura of drunkenness!

"It's now!"

Seeing this, Agumon decisively abandoned its plan to attack the golden head and instead swooped down towards the main body where the eight heads intersected.

Agumon had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. Ever since he realized that Orochimon's black head was not a weakness, he had been thinking about how to end this immortal monster.

Initially, he planned to attack the golden head, then gradually turn the giant serpent beast into a mindless monster, and then consider how to counter its "immortality".

However, during the attack on the golden head, Agumon suddenly realized a problem he had been ignoring all along: he didn't need to kill Orochimon at all.

Or more precisely, Agumon overlooked a crucial point.

That is, even WarGreymon in this world couldn't completely defeat Orochimon back then, so how could I, who was only in the Rookie stage, possibly do that?

Even if he succeeds in the end, he cannot guarantee that Orochimon will not make a comeback as "Multi-Eyed Beast" or something similar.

In this situation, instead of thinking about how to eliminate the giant snake beast, it would be better to think about whether it is possible to suppress or seal it.

Coincidentally, after this re-evolution, Agumon gained the ability to manipulate the essence of data from Sakuyamon X, and was able to seal it away using "magic" methods.

Therefore, after changing their battle strategy, how to seal away a Perfect form with power close to the Ultimate level became Agumon's biggest problem.

Fortunately, this problem didn't trouble Agumon for long, and he had already come up with a solution.

"What are you doing?!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the giant serpent's black head roared in excruciating pain.

It's unclear whether its roar was directed at its own "limbs" or at Agumon, which was already close to the main body of Orochimon.

At the very least, both the metal head and Agumon ignored its roar.

— Hacking Skills: Data Analysis!

The moment Agumon touched Orochimon's main body, its sharp steel claws emitted a ghostly green data flow that resembled the "essence of the network".

With its analysis of the data's essence and its targeted attack on the dragon factor, Agumon's claws tore through Orochimon's body in an instant and then burrowed inside.

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At almost the same time, in a network area not far from the battlefield of both sides.

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Kari, who was also "teleported" here, saw this scene as well. She could even clearly see the ferocious look on Agumon's face as it forcibly burrowed into Orochimon's body.

To an uninformed bystander, Orochimon might indeed seem like an invincible villainous monster, but Agumon, with its ferocious appearance, doesn't seem like a positive character either.

Even Kari, who already knew a lot about Agumon, couldn't help but recall the scene of her first meeting with Agumon.

At that time, Agumon slaughtered the multi-eyed monsters in a manner resembling a "tyrant," forcing the multi-eyed monsters, who had an absolute numerical advantage, to escape by sacrificing individuals.

"Ah!!!" x8

Just as Kari was about to fall into her memories, the simultaneous wail of the eight heads of the Great Serpent Beast startled her awake.

"It hurts! My body..."

"That Agumon... how dare it..."

"I'm going to kill him! And then devour all his data!"

"We need to think of something quickly, we can't let that guy continue like this..."

……

Amidst the serpent beast's incessant roars, its torso suddenly swelled and expanded, twisting and rotating in an extremely unnatural manner.

—A mini combat tornado!

The overwhelming whirlwind suddenly tore apart the body of the giant snake beast, and the Agumon that burst out of its body immediately afterward pierced through the leading black head with its steel claws.

Rumble…

In an instant, the enormous serpent beast collapsed to the ground like a mountain, while the remaining seven serpent heads used all their strength to try to bite down on the Agumon in mid-air.

Unfortunately, without the coordination of the black snake head, the remaining seven snake heads clearly lacked the tacit cooperation they had before, and their individual actions only caused trouble for the other snake heads.

"So, this is the true meaning of 'weakness'?"

Looking down at the attacks that had completely lost their rhythm and were now like those of wild beasts, Agumon's eyes flashed with realization.

It turned out that the black snake head, though not the "fatal weakness" it had anticipated, was the key to coordinating the other snake heads and maintaining the body's balance.

After the black snake head was removed, none of the other snake heads could fully take control of the body, causing the massive, mountain-like body of the giant serpent beast to suddenly collapse.

In other words, before the golden snake head restored the black snake head, they were just a bunch of 'useless' fighting alone, hampered by their massive bodies?

Having figured this out, Agumon immediately flapped its pair of pure white wings, transforming into a ground-penetrating missile that crashed headfirst into the golden snake's head.

"What do you want to do?!"

At the critical moment, the indifferent snake head, the only one qualified to compete with the black snake head for control of the body, shouted sharply.

At the same time, the giant snake-mon, whose body had already fallen to the ground, writhed with difficulty, just in time for its golden snake head to dodge Agumon's fatal blow.

Unfortunately, the cold-blooded snake head was not as powerful as the black snake head. After barely managing to move its body, it was completely exposed to Agumon's fatal blow.

Boom!

And so, with a loud thud as scales and skin were pierced, the indifferent snake head became the fourth snake head to be pierced by Agumon.

Chapter Eighteen Dragon Seal

"The third one!"

Amidst the heart-wrenching screams of the golden head, Agumon suddenly realized that the relationship between the heads of Orochimon seemed to be more complex than he had imagined.

The most direct evidence is that after the indifferent head was pierced, the golden head actually abandoned the black head that was being "treated" and instead sprayed a huge amount of alcohol fumes at it.

—The sake of the Eight-Flavored Salt!

This strong liquor, which enhances the self-healing ability of the giant serpent beast, quickly caused the cold-hearted head to begin healing and regenerating at an abnormal speed.

However, this slowed down the recovery speed of the black snake head, giving Agumon enough time for its final "sealing plan".

"You'll stay here forever!"

With just a soft call, the familiar "spirit summoning ritual" unfolded around Agumon and began to expand wildly outwards.

The so-called "shikigami" is essentially a product of the caster's spiritual connection with the plants, rocks, and even ethereal elements within their sight.

Normally, channeling a certain entity is the most convenient and quickest way, but it is also possible to channel a certain concept or cognition.

After all, in the online world, besides massive amounts of data and information, there is also something called "shared understanding".

Just like a widely circulated sand sculpture image, even if users don't know its origin and meaning, they can immediately understand its meaning and the sand sculpture aspect upon seeing "it".

What Agumon is doing now is actually related to this shared understanding, because he is giving some conceptual things a "soul".

——Long Fengzha!

At Agumon's call, the data, which had been detached from cyberspace, was categorized and fused, transforming into various shikigami.

These diverse facts, after appearing, intertwined and merged, resembling a soaring dragon encircling the Great Serpent Beast.

boom!

In less than a moment, a huge and magnificent dragon-shaped barrier had already taken shape near the giant serpent beast.

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