Agumon who wants to become Omegamon

—No, it should be said that something blocked the light, causing the giant rock to begin to darken.

That was the night the Doberman Pinscher had described!

In the blink of an eye, the sandy area where everyone was located turned into night, and the surroundings became dark.

"It really is! It turned into nighttime."

"Is there no evening?"

“Under normal circumstances, the Digital World only has two kinds of scenery: day and night. There is no evening,” Dobermon explained.

This explanation boils down to four words: 'normal situation'.

There are also abnormal situations, such as the domains inhabited by the Four Divine Beasts. Influenced by the Four Divine Beasts, their domains are always only one color that is equal to their energy.

Of course, at this moment, the trainers did not notice the hidden meaning in Dobermon's words; instead, they were all marveling at the strangeness of the Digital World.

“Then let’s make this our starting point,” said Matsuda Hiroto, putting down the hand-painted animal tamer flag he had been carrying on his shoulder and securing it to the sand.

"If Ruki and the others see this, they will know that we have been in this place before."

"But what if it gets destroyed?"

“…” Matsuda Keito fell silent.

"Ahem, let's find a place to rest first," the Doberman said.

“The digital world at night might be dangerous; let’s carry out our actions during the day,” Alice added.

“That’s true. Let’s look for Digimon during the day and ask them,” Li Jianliang suggested.

Standing here on this red sand, there was no trace of any Digimon within a ten-mile radius, a fact that Li Jianliang had already confirmed while he was still in the air.

Since they landed using Groudon, they naturally chose a safe landing location, rather than having no other choice but to fall as in the original story. Consequently, Flamemon and Potatomon, who should have met upon entering the Digital World, would never have had the chance to meet.

Matsuda Keito looked up at the seemingly close sphere of the real world and sighed helplessly, "Well, I just hope Ruki and the others are safe and sound."

"It seems we are really far from Takato and the others." Makino Ruki looked up at the sky. The sphere in the real world was indeed very far away compared to the one they had seen in the red sand.

“But as long as we continue on our journey through the Digital World, we will meet again sooner or later,” Kato Juri said.

“That’s right. The Digital World is vast, but as long as we don’t give up, we’ll meet again someday.” Leomon spoke to the two sitting on his forearm, then looked ahead: “We’ve arrived at the town…”

What came into view was not a bustling town, but a ghost market that had been abandoned for many years and was deserted.

Looking at the rows of wooden houses that smelled of decay but had not yet collapsed, everyone fell silent.

After a long pause, the witch beast seemed unable to bear the quiet environment any longer and spoke softly, "Um, are we sure we want to stay here?"

Chapter Fifty-Five: The Ghost Market Under the Night

“Of course we need to,” Leomon said first. “We need to know the whereabouts of Gulemon and how to get him back into the team, and that will definitely require us to communicate with Digimon.”

"and……

Leomon looked at the abandoned town, his eyes showing no fear of the surroundings, but rather a calm indifference born of habit.

Leomon genuinely absorbed data and grew in the Digital World until he evolved into his Champion form. During this process, he experienced many dangers and saw many beautiful sights.

Compared to it, the abandoned town now only looks deserted, but that doesn't scare away the Lion Beast.

"Nothing is surprising in the Digital World, even if you encounter danger..." Leomon said, looking at Kato Juri, a rare gentleness appearing on his lion face, "I will protect you!"

"Lion Beast..."

"Then let's go," Makino Ruki said bluntly, lacking any sense of propriety.

She was the first to enter this abandoned town, and when it came to courage, she was second to none. Even if she encountered danger, she believed that the fox spirit would protect her.

So she strode forward, with the fox spirit following closely on her right, while the witch spirit muttered a few words and also set off, walking on Makino Ruki's left.

Then Leomon followed Kato Juri with the group, and the group finally entered the abandoned town.

As they walked down the street, they gazed at the decaying wooden houses.

These houses, seemingly transported from different regions, each possess a distinct architectural style. Now, arranged in rows in this abandoned town, they possess a strangely artistic quality.

Even with their different architectural styles, they cannot hide the fact that they all exude the smell and appearance of decay and ruin.

"Do Digimon really exist in this place?"

"Just look for it and you'll find out."

"Could this town have been abandoned after the Digimon that once lived here left?"

"Maybe."

"...Can you stop trying to fool me?!" The witch beast glared angrily at Makino Ruki.

"No, not at all." Makino Ruki chuckled softly.

The mischievous little monster, who once craved attention and was playful, evolved into a witch monster. She seemed to become more mature and reliable, and her mischievousness decreased significantly. However, her inner dishonesty was amplified, eventually evolving into a tsundere.

Perhaps this is the advantage that comes with having blonde hair.

As the two bickered along the way, the quiet and gloomy abandoned town didn't seem so scary anymore.

The group carefully explored the wooden houses in this abandoned town along the street and found that the houses, which looked dilapidated and smelled of decay, were surprisingly sturdy, as if they would not collapse even after living there for decades.

"Phew..." Kato Shiri wiped the sweat from her forehead and exhaled. The task of exploring the abandoned town seemed simple, but once the number of people to be explored increased, even the simplest work would become tiring.

So, the considerate Leomon noticed his tired tamer and said, "It's almost night now, and a long time has passed since we came to the Digital World from the Real World. Let's rest for the night."

“Yes, after all, we’ve already checked five houses,” Makino Ruki replied, then looked up at the azure sky, somewhat puzzled: “Is it almost night?”

At this moment, Renamon beside her explained, "The Digital World only has two kinds of scenery: day and night. The transition between day and night is only a moment, so there is no evening."

After saying that, the fox spirit leaped lightly towards the nearest house and landed on the roof. She gazed into the distance for a long while before speaking, "Night is coming."

The words had barely left his lips when night fell, enveloping the entire abandoned town. What appeared merely deserted by day seemed to reveal its true nature at night: the stench of decay, the dilapidated houses—no one would believe this place wasn't haunted.

For a moment, even someone as bold as Makino Ruki felt her body involuntarily stiffen, and Kato Juri even hugged the lion beast tightly.

"The difference between day and night is so great..." Makino Ruki murmured.

“Let’s go to the house we scouted earlier and stay there for the night. We’ve already checked it, and it’s safe to rest there,” Leomon said in a deep voice. His mature voice seemed to have a calming magic, which greatly reduced the two women’s anxiety.

“Then let’s go to the third house. The smell isn’t as strong there, and the wood doesn’t look like it’ll collapse so easily.” The witch beast silently walked to Makino Ruki’s side and said in her usual tone.

Without much conversation, and with everyone in agreement, they quickly arrived at the third house, a two-story Japanese-style house. Compared to the other wooden houses, this one was perhaps the least dilapidated.

Upon arriving at the house, they opened the unlocked door and entered the dark and dilapidated interior.

Knowing that the first floor was too dilapidated and had a strong rotten smell, they went to the second floor with a purpose, intending to find a place to rest for the night in a cleaner area.

As they climbed the stairs, the witch-beast looked at the row of candlesticks embedded in the wall and the unburnt white candles, and couldn't help but say, "This house is so dark, why don't we light a candle?"

Upon hearing this, Kato Juri's eyes lit up immediately. When people face darkness, their anxiety intensifies, and they subconsciously seek out light sources. Faced with this eerie, abandoned town and the prospect of living in this dark house, if she hadn't known that this was the Digital World and that Leomon was protecting her, this outwardly strong but inwardly sensitive girl would have already burst into tears.

"No." However, Makino Ruki shook her head and refused without hesitation.

She looked at the witch beast and said, "This town feels completely different at night than during the day. There might be some dangers. Let's rest for the night and not do anything unnecessary."

"I understand," the witch beast replied dejectedly.

“Ryuhime is right, so I’ll keep watch tonight,” said Leomon.

"Then I'll take care of the second half of the night." Upon hearing this, the fox beast immediately responded.

"No need." However, the generous Leo Beast clearly intended to take over the entire night watch. "One night won't affect me at all, so leave it to me."

Finally, the watch was handed over to Leomon. After cleaning a spot in a room on the second floor, the two women decided to rest.

Even though some unease lingered in their hearts, their physical exhaustion allowed them to fall asleep quickly.

Leomon faced the door, leaning against the wall with its eyes closed, resting. Renamon rested near Makino Ruki in the same position as Leomon. As for Witchmon, it was practically sleeping right next to Makino Ruki.

The night grew even deeper, and the hustle and bustle seemed to have completely disappeared from this abandoned town.

However, it is precisely at this moment of deep night that, just as the human body goes through a light sleep period, a light sleep period, a medium sleep period and then enters a deep sleep period, and finally enters a cycle again.

While the girls slept soundly, the entire abandoned town suddenly came alive, and a commotion began to rise. It turned out that the town wasn't uninhabited; rather, after the girls' arrival, the townspeople slept during the day, but at night, when the girls rested, they awoke and became active.

Chapter 56 The Paradise of Ghost-Type Digimon

A series of faint sounds began to emerge in the house, which the girls considered relatively clean.

The first unusual thing was the candle holder embedded in the wall on the stairs. Without anyone lighting the white candles, the wicks on the candles automatically lit up with bright yellow flames, and then a face completely transformed by the flames appeared on the burning flames.

Then, the seemingly ordinary white candle also developed a face, and an arm made entirely of candles extended from both sides of the face, while the entire hard platform began to writhe as if it were alive.

Boo!

The next moment, the stand, which seemed to be embedded in the wall, was forcibly pulled out, and the candle that had been pulled out of the stand wriggled its body and the stand like a lazy cat that had just woken up, as if it were stretching.

This is no ordinary candle or stand; in this Digital World, it has a name that belongs to itself and its species—Candlemon!

As the Candle Beasts awoke, rows of flames illuminated the dark staircase, and as the Candle Beasts moved, they gradually brightened the gloomy house.

But this is not the end; rather, it is the beginning.

In the dilapidated first floor that Makino Ruki and her companions had previously passed by and disliked, a visible phantom began to appear in the broken wooden gaps in each of the dilapidated rooms.

Finally, the phantoms solidified into pieces of white cloth floating in the air. Then, the floating white cloth gradually sprouted a face, and an arm covered by the white cloth extended from both sides of the white cloth. These were monsters.

They floated out from the gaps in the wooden houses.

The more advanced ones appear directly inside the room. The difference between them and the monsters is that they all wear a hat that represents a magician; they are ghost beasts.

These ghost beasts and monsters gathered in the lobby on the first floor, and then they all looked up at the ceiling. In a room on the second floor, they sensed an aura that was different from ghost-type digital beasts and did not belong to the dead.

In other words, it was the aura of a living person, and it had been a very, very long time since a "living Digimon" had appeared in this ghost market.

Even if we can only get a taste of the data, it won't provide experience for evolution, but it would still be a novel experience.

Driven by the same goal, these ghostly beasts and monsters, with greedy eyes, all passed through the ceiling and went straight to the second floor.

......

Meanwhile, as the town grew increasingly noisy and the Candlemon lit their candles and detached themselves from the walls, Leomon and Renamon sensed the presence of the Digimon, became alert, and woke up the three sleeping Digimon.

"What happened..." Kato Juri rubbed her eyes. "Why is it so noisy?"

“It’s a Digimon,” Leomon replied.

"And there are a lot of them," the fox spirit added, then looked at its partner: "Ryuhime, be careful."

"Hmm." Makino Ruki nodded, then took out several of her most frequently used digital cards from her card holder, while still holding the arc light machine in her other hand.

Because Makino Ruki knew the strength of the Renamon, and since there were so many of them, it meant that the current Renamon might not be able to handle them. After all, she understood the principle that two fists can't fight four hands. Therefore, Makino Ruki was now prepared to evolve at any time.

"They're coming." Leomon shielded Kato Juri behind him, drew "Lion King Maru" from his waist and aimed it at the door. He could sense the presence of multiple Digimon behind the door.

Boom!

The door opened suddenly, without any warning.

Lionmon, gripping the "Lion King Maru" tightly, almost instinctively unleashed a powerful slash, but relaxed its guard after realizing that the attackers were just several Rare Candlemon.

However, this was precisely the opportunity that a cunning Digimon was waiting for.

While the ghost beasts and monsters on the first floor would be detected immediately if they came through the walls, the ghost-type digital beasts that were already in the room on the second floor would not be.

All he needs to do is show up, grab the target, and get away from here to complete the one-stop service.

"Waaaaah—!!!"

Kato Juri wanted to scream in terror, but a ghostly beast suddenly appeared behind her and covered her mouth with its arm wrapped in white cloth, intending to take her away from there.

"Juri!" Hearing the commotion, Leomon, disregarding the Candlemons in front of him, instinctively turned around to protect Kato Juri.

But some Digimon were faster than him.

"Take this! [Balu luna Gale]" The witch beast at the back of the group grabbed a broom, covered it with the skill, and slammed it directly onto the ghost beast, instantly knocking it away and destroying the ceiling in the process.

"Card swap - Sheagumon".

"【Little Blizzard】"

Just as Leomon turned around, the Candlemon in front of him simultaneously used their special attack—Bonfire.