Digital Hackers' Memories

[It has no hostility towards Kari?]

The thought flashed through his mind without him even realizing it, and MetalGreymon, without waiting for DarkKnightmon to continue resisting, displayed his absolute dominance.

Rumble…

The earth suddenly collapsed, and countless cracks rapidly expanded outward from the center of the Machine Tyrannomon, quickly creating a small earthquake that affected a radius of tens of kilometers.

—Major earthquake!

With its massive size and absolute power, MetalGreymon slammed DarkKnightmon into the ground with a single blow.

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Bang!

With most of its body deeply embedded in the ground, DarkKnightmon held its double-headed spear high, struggling to lift its head to look down at MetalGreymon, which was looking down at it.

"Tell me everything you know, or I might not dare to take your life with my next sword strike."

The Ama-no-Murakumo, which was transformed from the tail of the Great Serpentmon, was slowly straightened. MetalGreymon looked down at DarkKnightmon and issued its final ultimatum.

"The gap is still too big..."

Sensing something ominous from DarkKnightmon's words, MetalGreymon didn't bother asking any more questions and decisively thrust his Ama-no-Murakumo into the ground.

However, Dark Knightmon, who had anticipated this, calmly grinned and revealed a faint, enigmatic smile.

"Although I'm very unwilling, you are indeed a little better than me now."

Just as the Ama-no-Murakumo in MetalGreymon's hand was about to pierce DarkKnightmon, a deep purple crystal with a polygonal geometric shape suddenly flew out from its chest, perfectly blocking the Ama-no-Murakumo's fatal blow.

Immediately afterwards, the visible darkness transformed into lightning and descended from the sky, striking the nearby MachineGreymon with the precision of a guided missile.

call……

Without daring to hesitate even slightly, the MetalGreymon, realizing the danger, suddenly opened its huge mouth, tilted its head back, and spat out a super-high temperature flame comparable to the sun.

tumultuous!

The collision of lightning and fire produced incredible shockwaves and ripples, creating dark cracks throughout cyberspace.

This is a sign of the physical manifestation of firewalls, and also a manifestation of the door to the digital world being forcibly opened.

"We look forward to seeing you again, Digimon from another world."

With a look of surprise from MetalGreymon, DarkKnightmon burst forth from the sharp ground and then, without hesitation, hurled itself towards the nearest dark rift.

The deep purple dark crystal followed closely behind, and then DarkKnightmon also disappeared from MetalGreymon's sight.

"DarkKnightmon, I will find you."

"And that giant serpent beast, I will definitely not let you go either!"

Although it's unclear what the appearance of DarkKnightmon means, MetalGreymon has a general idea of ​​the situation at the scene.

Both DarkKnightmon and Orochimon are destined to stand on the opposite side of the Chosen Children.

Even if it were just out of MetalGreymon's own selfish motives, these two guys who had already made enemies of him were extremely dangerous terrorists and were targets that had to be eliminated.

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Crooked Palmon

In the Digital World, on Bit Island in the Cloud Continent.

According to the current timeline in the Digital World, two or three years have passed since Agumon left.

In the center of the island, the forest vegetation that had been damaged by the battle at the sacred ruins has also recovered its former prosperity during this period.

Strangely enough, although this world is very different from the original world that MetalGreymon remembers, it still follows the original worldview in some minor basic settings.

In its simplest terms, it's about the time difference between the digital world and the human world.

Due to the time delay in information transmission, data from the human world needs a considerable amount of time to travel through cyberspace and officially arrive in the digital world.

This time difference is not stable and will change depending on the size and future expansion of cyberspace, as well as the connection between the digital world and the human world.

But at this stage, the ratio is usually 1:1440, which translates to a digital day being roughly equivalent to a human minute.

The result is that although Agumon has only been in the human world for less than a day, several years have actually passed in the Digital World.

Even so, Agumon spent a considerable amount of time in cyberspace, the boundary between the Digital World and the Human World; otherwise, the time difference would have been even greater.

Even so, everything on Bit Island was already different from what Agumon remembered.

The most obvious example is the Nargamon and Soundbirdmon that were previously "free-ranged" by Agumon. Through more than two years of learning and adaptation, they have become the dominant force on Bit Island.

During the day, he roams freely on Bit Island, challenging all powerful Digimon at the Champion level or above...

That night, the creature quietly returned to the Rock Valley basin, boasting to the Seed Beasts about its daytime exploits and glory...

With its accustomed to direct, aggressive attacks, and the ever-present and shrewd Soundbirdmon, this Digimon army is among the top-tier, not just on Bit Island, but even across the entire Cloud Continent.

Especially after Agumon's envisioned "drone combat swarm system" was gradually improved, each Nukadramon was able to communicate with multiple Soundbirdmon and everything happening around them.

Each nuclear dragon can share this information through a network they build together, creating a rudimentary decentralized battle group system.

Theoretically speaking, unless every Digimon that makes up the legion is completely destroyed, as long as there are multiple individuals of them, they can unleash a terrifying power far exceeding that of a single individual.

On this matter, Ogremon, as the former master of the Nuclear Dragon Beast Legion, who has been hiding near the Sacred Ruins for many years, is the most qualified to speak on this point.

"Is this the purest dragon-type digital beast?"

Looking up at the fleeting nuclear dragons in the sky, Ogremon's eyes were filled with undisguised envy, jealousy, and hatred.

In its hands, those nuclear dragon beasts were nothing more than "idiots" forcibly catalyzed.

At that time, all of the computational resources of the Nukadramon Digicore were used to maintain its Champion form, leaving no room for it to evolve intelligence commensurate with its level.

In this situation, let alone compared to the naturally evolved Nuclear Dragon Beast, even the most basic battles require Ogremon to personally command them.

However, after Agumon altered their programming and injected them with a high concentration of dragon factors, the Nukadramon army truly possessed intelligence and combat power commensurate with themselves.

In a sense, the NuclearDramon army, equipped with the "add-on accessory" Soundbirdmon, is even stronger than the NuclearDramon that actually evolved naturally.

No wonder Ogremon was so envious and jealous, after all, this was originally its "family business".

As for why Ogremon didn't take advantage of Agumon's disappearance to retake the Nukadramon army?

This is partly due to Agumon's deterrent power, but also because the current Nargacuga army has reached a delicate symbiotic relationship with the Seedmon in the Iwatani region.

The Nukadramon Legion is responsible for eliminating any Digimon that may pose a threat to the Seedmon population, while the Seedmon population provides the Nukadramon with food and shelter.

Furthermore, the existence of Palmon, who shared a common leader with both of them to some extent, led Ogremon to wisely abandon the idea of ​​retaking the Nukadramon army.

To be honest, if Ogremon hadn't witnessed Palmon grow step by step with his own eyes, he would never have believed that a plant-type Digimon, which is known for being "weak," could give birth to such a bizarre being.

Not only is Palmon arrogant, but it also likes to provoke Digimon that are stronger than itself, and then find an opportunity to beat them all down.

Ogremon believes that the reason why the group of NuclearDramon are so keen to challenge the strong on Bit Island is largely due to the influence of Palmon.

Call it a fetish for fledglings, or the influence of their native environment...

In conclusion, as the Coredramon's minds gradually developed and matured, they also gradually learned about Palmon's personality and habits.

It wasn't until much later, when communication between the real world and the Digital World began to become more frequent, that Ogremon learned that Palmon's personality had a fixed name among humans—"little delinquent."

"I really want to know what it will be like when Agumon sees Palmon again. That would be really interesting."

Although Ogremon hadn't spent much time with Agumon, and was mostly outmatched by Agumon, he considered himself to know Agumon quite well.

He is rebellious, intelligent, and seems to place particular importance on relationships with friends and family.

Before Tanemon evolved into Palmon, Agumon paid close attention to its growth trajectory, and even the collapse of the Sacred Ruins was partly due to Palmon.

It's easy to imagine the expression on Agumon's face when he sees Palmon, who has now turned into a delinquent girl.

More importantly, that Palmon is no ordinary Palmon; she is the partner of the legendary Chosen Children and the savior who will defeat the darkness and save the Digital World in the future.

If the information Ogremon obtained from Devimon is correct, Palmon has a high probability of being the Digimon partner of the child who symbolizes "innocence".

Now that this Palmon has clearly gone astray, will the "Power of Innocence" still respond to her actions and give birth to a future savior?

Chapter Twenty-Six: Innocent Partners

The rocky valley of Bit Island.

Unaware that his every move had been observed by Ogremon, Palmon, freely traversing the jungle, was carrying out his daily routine—challenging the strong.

Perhaps influenced by MetalGreymon, Palmon doesn't believe that a Child stage monster is necessarily no match for an Adult stage monster.

On the contrary, Palmon believes that the difference between the Rookie and Champion stages lies only in whether the Digimon can adapt quickly to the rapidly changing environment, and has little to do with its own strength.

A gifted Rookie-stage Digimon can challenge a Champion-stage Digimon that is far ahead, while a Champion-stage Digimon that has not accumulated enough power may not be as strong as some Rookie-stage Digimon.

Although Palmon does not belong to the kind of gifted evolution path, as the partner of the Chosen Children, she possesses the Innocent Code and also has base stats that surpass those of ordinary Palmon.

With the safe environment Agumon provided for his growth and his own hard work, Palmon's actual combat power has long surpassed that of a regular Palmon by a considerable margin.

In fact, even compared to Taichi, Yamato, and their partner Digimon, Palmon's strength in all aspects is not much different.

If we really compare Palmon to Agumon and Gabumon, the only thing Palmon lacks is the ability to react in life-or-death situations and combat experience.

After all, Agumon provided her with a safe environment to grow up in, which naturally deprived her of the experience of fighting life and death and struggling to survive from childhood.

Fortunately, after realizing the mission it shoulders, Palmon also began to consciously strengthen and enrich its combat experience in order to protect its potential future partner.

Of course, despite the enhancements, Palmon itself doesn't really care about these "shortcomings" in the eyes of outsiders.

Because Palmon is never a battle fought by a single Digimon, or rather, her battles are never in a "1v1" one-on-one format.

Due to Agumon's involvement, Palmon's growth environment was completely different from that of the other Chosen Children's partners, which also led to a different understanding of battle.

Seedmon, Soundbirdmon, Nucleardramon...

These partners who have been by her side since Palmon's seedmon days are also part of her strength, and are family and friends she truly recognizes.

In Palmon's mind, defeating enemies with the help of his own family is simply a matter of course.

Like now...

buzzing...

A sharp warning cry suddenly rang out by a bird-like creature hidden deep in the jungle. It was a warning cry that it would usually make when it encountered a predator or a crisis that it could not solve on its own.

When this sound reached the ears of Palmon at that moment, it meant that the Soundbirdmon had discovered a strange enemy that had never appeared in this area before.

"what?"

Without a a moment's hesitation, the excited Palmon ran headlong toward the soundbird.

Almost simultaneously, nearby birds and beasts that had received the warning emitted piercing sound waves in unison, acting as relay stations to quickly spread the news of the unknown situation in the area.

In less than a few seconds, the nuclear dragon beast closest to the area received the warning message and immediately turned around and flew towards the jungle.

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Deep in the jungle, near a power pole that stands out starkly from its surroundings.

"Aaaaaah! What the hell is that thing? Get away from me!"

Accompanied by the little girl's scream, the bewildered Poopmon and Zhimengmon looked at each other, their ears feeling as if they had been deafened.

"She's human?"

"It seems so, and she even called us 'ghost things'?"

With an indescribable sense of frustration on their faces, Poopmon and Shimon were just sitting there peacefully when suddenly a human girl fell from the sky.

If that were all, the simple-minded Poopmon and Shimon wouldn't have thought too much about it; instead, they would have carefully protected the little girl.

After all, "humans" are a very rare thing in the Digital World, not to mention Digimon like Poopmon and Shimonmon, who are born with a strong sense of curiosity.

The problem now is that the little girl's first reaction after waking up was to scream loudly, almost attracting all the Digimon in the forest.

"We were clearly protecting her, how could she call us that?"

Faced with the question from the poopmon, Shimon scratched his head and then replied softly, somewhat uncertainly.

"Maybe it's because you're too ugly?"

Upon hearing this, the poop beast, who had been looking sullen, suddenly widened its eyes and retorted.

"It's clearly because you're too ugly! I'm the undisputed 'handsome' among the poop beasts!"

The dung beast's confident tone made the terrified little girl stop screaming, and her dark eyes unconsciously darted between the dung beast and the Zhimeng beast.

A poop beast? Cool?

Looking at the dung-like creature that resembled a lump of yellowish-brown poop with eyes and arms growing out of it, the little girl simply couldn't associate it with "handsome".