Agumon who wants to become Omegamon

"Is that all?" The commander sighed. In such a short time, they could only get a general idea and hadn't even found out the specific enemy. It was quite a failure.

"Save this video and send it to the think tank back home so they can analyze it and draw conclusions," the commander instructed the operator. He then turned to Mitsuo Yamaki and asked, "Mr. Yamaki, would you also like a backup of the video?"

"Then I'll leave it to you." Mitsuo Yamaki said to the commander. He planned to send the video to the Wild Team for analysis. His intuition told him that this was another major event related to Digimon.

After receiving the reply, the commander instructed the operator to provide a backup for Mitsuo Yamaki, and then stepped out of the armored vehicle to begin directing the Self-Defense Forces to prepare for the attack.

The missile launched earlier was at most a reconnaissance camera; it had no lethal capabilities.

This time, it's different.

He planned to launch some real ones to test the true nature of this gelatinous substance covering Shinjuku.

Moreover, in order to obtain more intelligence, the fully armed Self-Defense Force members are on standby.

In order to resolve these troubles as soon as possible, protect the lives and property of the people, and also to prevent his superior from committing seppuku in front of the people, the commander issued an order to attack.

Instantly, missiles were launched, each with a brilliant trail of flame, and they exploded directly on the gelatinous substance.

At the same time, Self-Defense Force members also cautiously began to enter the quarantine zone from both ends, approaching the gelatinous substance.

Boom boom boom!

In an instant, the once quiet Shinjuku district, where people had been evacuated, began to be filled with the sound of gunfire.

Meanwhile, what happened here was also broadcast live by television reporters and reached the outside world, becoming known to the animal trainers.

.....

"How is this possible! Could this be... the Emperor Demon?!" Matsuda Takato stared in astonishment at the purplish-red gelatinous substance displayed on the television. Even though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes like in the original story, he still remembered the characteristics of the 'true enemy' that the Azure Dragon Beast had told him about.

Matsuda Keito slowly put down his luggage and silently watched the television without saying a word.

"Kito, hurry up! We need to get ready to leave!" Matsuda Mie, Matsuda's mother, urged him when she noticed her son was slacking off while watching TV.

“Takato?” Guilmon seemed to realize Matsuda Takato’s thoughts and called out his name.

"Hmm." Matsuda Hiroto nodded knowingly.

"Dad, Mom, I want to..." Matsuda Hiroto couldn't help but speak as he looked at his parents who appeared behind him.

"No!" However, before Matsuda Keito could finish speaking, his mother seemed to realize what he was about to say and immediately refused without hesitation.

Chapter 110 Four People with Tacit Understanding

"Mom..." Seeing Matsuda Mie's firm refusal, Matsuda Hiroto knew that his mother had realized what he wanted to do.

But even so...

"I want to go!"

Matsuda Hiroto looked firmly at his parents and said, "That's a Dire Demon, a Digital Death God from the Digital World. Perhaps it's because we returned to the real world from the Digital World that it appeared here... So..."

"I want to go no matter what!"

Matsuda Hiroto said solemnly.

He was mentally prepared for his parents to scold him and not let him leave.

but--

"I understand," Matsuda Takehiro said helplessly. He was quite receptive. When Matsuda Takato first revealed his identity with Guilmon and wanted to go to the Digital World, he was the first to understand Matsuda Takato and then persuaded Matsuda Mie to support her son's decision.

Now, he was the first to understand the unwavering determination of Takato Matsuda. Just as when he learned that his son wanted to go to the Digital World, Takehiro Matsuda once again gave his son his support.

He stepped forward and patted Matsuda Takato and Guilmon's heads, his gaze serious as he said, "Since you insist on going, then promise me you'll come back safe and sound!"

"dad……"

"Gilmon is very strong and will protect Takato as they return together."

Matsuda Takato looked at his father with emotion, then at his mother, and said firmly, "Guilmon and I will definitely come back. Well then... let's go!"

"Be careful on the road." Matsuda Mie covered her face with her hands, trying hard not to let the tears fall, trying to say the words Matsuda Keito had said when he left, just like always, but the sobbing could not be hidden.

"We will definitely come back."

Matsuda Keito paused, but did not turn around. He then repeated his promise once again.

"Let's go, Guilmon."

"Oh!"

Then, the two left without looking back.

"They've set off..." Hearing the sound of a door opening and closing, Matsuda Mie could no longer cover her face and began to cry.

"Don't worry, since this is a decision made by Takato, it means he has thought it through deeply. As his parents, we should support him in making the right choice," Matsuda Takehiro said, patting his wife on the shoulder.

"After all, Qi Ren has grown into a man."

Meanwhile, the other Beast Tamers saw on TV that a gelatinous substance covered Shinjuku Ward, and through the message from the Azure Dragon Beast, they confirmed that it seemed to be the existence of the Emperor Demon.

Thus, they, scattered across various places, made the same decision: they would travel to the place where the Demon Emperor Li had appeared.

Li Jianliang recounted this to his father.

Makino Ruki bids farewell to her mother.

Alice also said goodbye to her grandfather.

The three of them... no, including Matsuda Takato, the original four-person beast tamer group, all left their homes in tacit agreement and headed towards the dangerous area covered by the Emperor Demon.

"How am I supposed to get through that?" Matsuda Hiroto huddled in the alley, peering tentatively at an area cordoned off by the Self-Defense Forces.

"Evolve into Groudon and charge..." Matsuda Takato suddenly thought of a bad idea, but he quickly rejected it himself, "No, that would make us enemies of the Self-Defense Forces."

"Think again, think carefully, is there any road that can pass through the Self-Defense Forces' cordon and directly enter Shinjuku Ward?" Matsuda Hiroto rubbed his forehead and thought hard, and finally he found the answer.

"I've got it!" Matsuda Keito suddenly clapped his hands and said, "We can use that underground reservoir to get to Shinjuku's Central Park."

"Where?" Guilmon scratched its head in confusion.

"You'll see when we get there," Matsuda Takato said with a smile, then left with Guilmon, saying as they walked, "Guilmon, you've been to that place a few times too."

As dusk fell, Matsuda Hiroto and his group finally arrived at the entrance to the underground reservoir.

"Oh, I remember now." Only then did Guilmon fully realize where he was.

“Right? I told you we’ve been here several times,” Matsuda Hiroto said with a smile.

Then, looking at the dimly lit underground passage, he said, "Let's go, Guilmon."

"Hmm." Guilmon nodded in response. Just as they were about to enter, the roar of a motorcycle was rapidly approaching.

"That voice is..." Matsuda Hiroto was taken aback. During this period of lockdown, there were generally no personnel other than the Self-Defense Forces, let alone someone so audacious as to drive a motorcycle.

Suddenly, a figure popped into Matsuda Hiroto's mind, and the familiar motorcycle sound seemed to match it.

Buzz

The motorcycle came to a steady stop on the bridge. The next moment, Makino Ruki got off the motorcycle, looked at Matsuda Takato below the bridge, and said with a smile, "Takato, what are you doing here? You're not trying to run away, are you?"

"Rukie, LadyDevimon, Renamon." Matsuda Takato looked at Makino Rukie and the other two with surprise.

Then, seemingly recalling the other party's words, she laughed and retorted, "It's Ruhime who's here. You're the one trying to sneak away, aren't you?"

"I suppose so." Makino Ruki smiled, unusually not refuting.

Ding-a-ling

Suddenly, the distinctive sound of a bicycle bell rang out, accompanied by Li Jianliang's greeting.

"Jianliang." Matsuda Keito looked up at Li Jianliang above the entrance to the underground reservoir and suddenly felt a heartfelt joy.

"Don't forget about us!" Li Jianliang said with a smile.

"I haven't forgotten you all," Matsuda Hiroto replied with a smile.

"So, two more guys are late," Makino Ruki said with a faint smile, hands on her hips.

For some reason, after seeing Matsuda Keito and Li Jianliang arrive one after the other, Makino Ruki had a strange premonition that another person would also come here.

"We're not late." Suddenly, the Doberman's voice came from the sky.

As everyone looked over, they saw that Doberman had a pair of black wings exactly like Devimon's, and was carrying Alice as it flew through the air.

"In fact, we arrived much earlier than you, but the Doberman smelled your scent and turned back halfway," Alice explained with a faint smile on her cool face.

"You've come really early!" Makino Ruki said with a happy smile.

This unspoken understanding and tacit agreement is truly wonderful.

When he saw Di Limo appear and decided to go to the scene, he wondered if the other three would do the same.

Then, after discovering that the road was blocked, they thought of an underground reservoir that led directly to Shinjuku.

Then, they encountered the other three people right there...

Makino Ruki doesn't reject this unspoken understanding of what the other person is thinking.

At that moment, all four seemed to share the same thought, and they all laughed happily together without prior arrangement.

Chapter 111 Explorers

Da~da~da~

The dim red light illuminated the way ahead as the four people and five beasts walked through the empty underground passage.

During this time, Matsuda Keito couldn't help but glance at Makino Ruki out of the corner of his eye, as Makino Ruki's sudden change in clothing style made him feel a little strange.

Originally, only the witch beast and the fox beast noticed this glimpse out of the corner of their eyes, but due to Matsuda Takato's frequent actions, Makino Ruki eventually noticed it as well.

So, she asked, slightly annoyed, "What?"

"It's nothing." Startled by this, Matsuda Hiroto immediately turned around, focusing intently on the front, and dared not look back again.

"Didn't you say 'it suits you perfectly'?" At that moment, Makino Ruki's slightly awkward voice came.

"Eh? Is that alright?" Hearing that there was no blame, Matsuda Hiroto turned around and looked at Makino Ruki.

"Mmm..." Makino Ruki let out a soft sound, her cheeks slightly flushed, clearly a shy response from her.

"Hehe, it's rare to see someone as observant as you, Keito." Alice naturally noticed that the broken heart on Makino Ruki's chest had been replaced with a whole heart.

However, despite being a girl, she wasn't as observant as Matsuda Hiroto.

"Ahem, I was just observing the things around me out of habit," Matsuda Hiroto said awkwardly.

"But it really suits you, Ruki."

“Of course it is…” Makino Ruki responded with feigned arrogance upon hearing Matsuda Keito’s praise, but her cheeks turned even redder.

Li Jianliang watched this scene with a smile.

Actually, if we're talking about pairings based on the original work, the combination of Matsuda Hiroto and Makino Ruki is more popular.

After all, Matsuda Keito's feelings for Kato Juri were more like those of a friend being rescued from danger.

On the contrary, their partnership with Makino Ruki showed that they had a great understanding of each other.

The group remained silent as they walked, and soon reached the end of the underground passage.

Matsuda Hiroto opened the door at the end and walked out of a building in the reservoir.

Looking at the completely dark sky and listening to the sounds of gunfire around him, he couldn't help but fall silent.

"Let's go, Keito, that's why we're here." Seemingly aware of Keito's current low spirits, Li Jianliang patted Keito on the shoulder.

"Yes, that's right, we're here now." Matsuda Keito quickly cheered up, because as he said, they came here together with the intention of stopping the spread of the Emperor Demon.

"Qi Ren, there's movement!"

Suddenly, Guilmon looked toward the green forest beside them. He sensed something approaching them.

"Moreover, there are quite a lot of them." The Doberman, with its equally keen sense of smell, determined the approximate number.

"Everyone be careful," Makino Ruki warned.

Upon hearing this, LadyDevimon, who had already evolved to her perfect form, silently walked to the front of the group. If she were to be attacked, she would immediately block the attack and give the other trainers ample time to evolve.