The Dimensional Tavern of the Mefilas Alien

Taiichi was so surprised he almost fell off his chair.

"Speaking of which, it seems you didn't rely on the Divine Plan when you first evolved..."

Taiyi speculated, "Could it be that this is why it can't regress?"

"Huh?" Greymon scratched its chin blankly. "Does that mean I'll have to stay in this state forever?"

"There's nothing wrong with it!" Taichi said magnanimously. Thinking about it carefully, Greymon was a Champion-level Digimon, much stronger than the Rookie-level Agumon. Maintaining its current form, aside from the inconvenience of entering houses, was almost entirely advantageous. But in the Digital World, they hadn't encountered many proper houses in all of them.

"That's true!" Although its personality changed slightly after evolution, Greymon still inherited Agumon's optimistic attitude. Hearing Taichi say this, it readily accepted it with a smile.

"Speaking of which, you seem to have gotten bigger than before?"

Taiichi used his hand to measure the top of his head and the lower leg of the Tyrannomon.

While the previous Greymon was already quite large, the current Greymon is a head taller than before.

"It seems so?" Greymon belatedly realized that its perspective seemed to be higher than during its previous evolutions.

"Can Digimon grow up too?" Tai really wished Koushiro were here. He was good at reasoning and analysis; if he were here, he might be able to figure out why Greymon suddenly evolved and grew so big.

Poke—Taiichi suddenly felt someone poking him with their hand.

Looking back, I saw a round, adorable robot that looked like a spider.

"What is a Digimon?" The moment Spider Detective opened his mouth, his awkward Kansai accent instantly shattered Taichi's fantasy.

"Digimon..." Taichi wanted to explain, but he stopped himself from speaking.

He realized that he couldn't really explain what a Digimon was either.

"Isn't that your robot partner?" Scorpion Lai Lai also chimed in.

"From being so small to becoming so huge all of a sudden, that's an amazing super transformation!" The cockroach bully nodded repeatedly. "Could it also be one of the B-series robots developed by Hiko Koenji?"

"No. Greymon isn't a robot; it's a Digimon that lives on an island called Falui." Tai waved his hand. "At first, it was only this small and was called Agumon. Later, it evolved into Agumon. And its current form is another evolution of Agumon, called Greymon."

"It can evolve so many times?" The cockroach bully was initially shocked, but then became extremely interested.

"Can you teach us this skill?"

If they could evolve continuously like Agumon, they would definitely become stronger. Then, when they encounter Peace Star again, they wouldn't lose to Kabuto and his friends!

Taiichi scratched his head. "You'll have to ask Greymon about that."

He looked up at Greymon, who shook his head: "This is an innate ability of our Digimon, and I don't know how to teach it. Besides, I couldn't evolve on my own before; I had to rely on Taichi's power to evolve."

Scorpion Lai Lai and Spider Detective were crestfallen. Their hopes were dashed.

But the cockroach bully wouldn't give up. He quickly racked his brains.

Greymon said that it used to need a boy named Taichi to evolve. But just now, it evolved without Taichi's help. And this was probably because of the food they just served.

Before coming to the bar, the three cockroach bullies tested the pot at home to see how it worked.

The dishes made back then were delicious, but they didn't have any magical effects.

From this perspective, the real key ingredient must be those amazing ingredients found at the drinking party!

Although the cockroach bully hadn't completed his sleep-learning either, his intelligence and brain were significantly better than his two dim-witted underlings. Therefore, he quickly guessed the truth.

"Manager! We don't need a salary to work here. We just want to be served monster meat for every meal!"

The cockroach bully was very decisive and went all in.

"Big brother!"

Both Scorpion Lai Lai and Cockroach Bully were in a panic.

They're so poor they're practically living on the streets, how can they not ask for wages? The landlord said if they can't pay, he'll kick them out!

"Listen to me. I know what I'm doing!" The cockroach bully stretched out a hand, stopping Scorpion Lai Lai and Spider Detective from continuing.

How long this pot can last is unknown. In contrast, if they can grow stronger by eating monster meat during this period, they can gain the upper hand in the competition with Kabuto and thus seize the Peace Star.

At that time, they can have as much money as they want!

"you sure?"

Murphy, who was enjoying a delicious meal, gently wiped his mouth with a towel.

"Three meals a day are just basic perks at bar establishments. Are you really planning to work for me for free?"

"Then let's keep the wages!" The cockroach bully readily complied.

"Wait... so you've agreed to accept us?" The cockroach bully suddenly realized, "Our food tasting was a success?"

“I don’t care how you did it. As long as you can maintain this level, I will not only provide you with monster meat for three meals a day, but I can also give the three of you a high salary. But if your level drops one day, then there will be no more monster meat, and the salary will be reduced depending on the situation.”

"Great!"

The three robots didn't even listen to Murphy's subsequent warning. They were already weeping over the mention of monster meat and high salaries.

"Big brother, we don't have to live on the streets anymore!" Scorpion Lai Lai cheered.

“We don’t need to pick up trash anymore!” Spider Detective followed closely behind.

"It can become even stronger!" the cockroach bully laughed.

"Make money to become stronger, defeat Kabuto, seize the Peace Star, and conquer the world!"

The three of them held hands, twirling around and dancing a comical and strange dance, while singing impromptu weird songs.

Taiichi and Greymon, who were standing nearby, burst into laughter.

"What a strange guy!"

If someone else said they wanted to conquer the world, Taiyi would probably actually be a little worried.

But when it came to these three guys who showed no sign of tension, Taiichi just wanted to laugh.

Despite having only known each other for a short time, Taiichi quickly realized that these three guys were probably really idiots.

……

I've been rewatching Metal Heroes these past few days. The plot is really fun! The robots are quite interesting too. But these are just a bunch of metal shells that can not only get stronger through training, but also lose weight and shrink their chests. And they can even fall in love with humans. Are these things really just robots?

Chapter 125 The Cockroach Bully: The Shop Manager Gave Me Too Much (2-in-1)

"Ugh!"

Taiyi was laughing for a while, then he started to sigh again.

"What's wrong, Taiichi?"

Greymon didn't understand why Tai was sighing. There was delicious food and free comedy to watch—wasn't that great?

"I was just thinking about everyone who got separated from us."

The bar is indeed very nice. But the thought of his other lost companions immediately dampened Tai's spirits.

With everyone's fate unknown, he simply cannot enjoy himself here in peace.

"Oops!" Tyrannomon clutched its head. "I'd completely forgotten!"

It said sheepishly, "The food here is so delicious that I forgot about everyone!"

Taiichi was both annoyed and amused, but also a little depressed.

Even though there was a feast laid out in front of me, I fainted after just one bite. It was a terrible feeling.

"Taiyi, can I still eat?"

Just as Taiyi was feeling downcast, Tyrannosaurus Beast asked him in a low voice, looking embarrassed.

"Look, didn't the manager ask us to help him taste the dishes? But there are still so many dishes on the table, we can't just give up halfway!"

Taiyi was both amused and exasperated: "Eat up, eat up!"

"Great!" Tyrannomon immediately lay down on the ground, put its car-sized head on the table, and began to wolf down its food.

Seeing his hard-working appearance, Murphy snapped his fingers and shrunk his size to about 2 meters.

After Moria's last visit, he modified the tavern. Now, any guest, regardless of size, who exceeds the range of a normal human, will be automatically shrunk upon entering. However, Agumon only evolved into Greymon after entering the tavern, causing the tavern's shrinking mechanism to malfunction.

Murphy was used to it. That's how it was during his research days; he was constantly battling bugs. Compared to that, the bugs at the bar were relatively few.

"Ah?"

Taiichi and Greymon were astonished. Just a wave of his hand and he shrunk Greymon so much! This shopkeeper, who claims to be from Alien Mefilas, is amazing!

"Wow!" Scorpion Lai Lai, who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, and Spider Detective looked up at Murphy in amazement.

"Could this shop manager be Captain Dragonfly in disguise?" they both wondered. Of all the people they had ever met, only the mysterious Captain Dragonfly was this capable.

"Don't scare yourself!" The cockroach bully interrupted their jinx, but he was also wondering to himself. Murphy had just noticed something was wrong with the pot. Could he really be Captain Dragonfly in disguise? But if he really was Captain Dragonfly, wouldn't the competition have started already?

Could it be because Kabuto and Kinkamejiro didn't come? So they want to keep them calm for now?

The suspicious trio stared intently at Murphy, afraid that he might suddenly utter something like, "First, I would never act impulsively..."

"Don't worry, the shrinking is only temporary. It will automatically return to normal after you leave the bar."

Murphy waved his hand to reassure Taiyi and the others.

"Besides Greymon, I also have some guests here whose true forms are enormous. It would be too inconvenient if they didn't shrink down."

"Are the other guests the same size as Tyrannomon?"

Taiichi didn't suspect Murphy, but was curious about what kind of guest could be as huge as Greymon.

"Could it be another Digimon like Greymon?"

Taiichi has seen quite a few enormous Digimon in the Digital World.

“No.” Murphy shook his head. “So far, it’s the only Digimon that the bar has hosted.”

"Could they be aliens?" Taiyi's imagination was quite vivid.

“That’s right.” Murphy nodded. “My shop originally targeted monsters and aliens. They were generally over forty meters tall. It’s just a pity that something went wrong…”

Despite calling it a mistake, Murphy showed no sign of distress.

There's nothing wrong with monster bars, but dimensional bars offer even more freedom and possibilities!

"Spaceman!"

The cockroach bully shouted, "So you're from outer space?"

When Murphy introduced himself to Taiyi earlier, he, Scorpion Lai Lai, and Spider Detective were in the kitchen, so he didn't know.

“That’s right.” Murphy nodded.

"Why would aliens open a bar on Earth?" Spider Detective waved his black pincers and pointed at Murphy.

"Exactly, that's too suspicious!" Scorpion Lai Lai glanced at Murphy sideways: "Your goal isn't the Peace Star, is it?"

"Peace Star? What's that?" Murphy felt the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

He didn't really care.

"When did you start to have the illusion that you're still on Earth?"

Murphy pointed out the window.

Welcome to the universe!

The cockroach bully, along with two henchmen, quickly ran to the window.

Seeing the boundless, desolate wilderness and the hazy starry sky outside the window, the three robots' jaws nearly dislocated in shock.

"Yu...universe!"

"So the store manager is really from outer space?"

"Could there be a peace star in this bar too?"

The three brothers each said a line, just like they were performing a crosstalk routine.

Taiichi jumped off the chair and ran to the window to look out.

Tyrannomon followed closely behind.

"Is this the universe?" Greymon scratched its head. It had never been to school, and although its internal data contained some common sense, it still found it difficult to understand the difference between the universe and the Digital World.

"That's amazing!"

Taiyi gazed at the deep pit outside the window: "That must be a crater!"