[Digimon 06] Purple

The scene of the Digital Grain World disappeared from her eyes.The Huala beast and the old man who appeared inexplicably disappeared.Zi felt as if he was standing in an empty darkness, with an endless abyss beneath his feet.The only thing that felt real was the dark green rectangular machine that she held in her hand.

"Don't be afraid." The old man's voice suddenly sounded, with a distant echo.

Zi turned around and followed the direction of the sound, and soon found a warm orange light at the end of his sight.The sloppy old grandpa stood there under the orange light, beckoning to her kindly, "Here, here." Although half of his face was covered by a peaked cap and a pair of strange sunglasses, the old man was inexplicable. It gave Zi an indescribable intimacy.

Following the old man's instructions, she walked towards the direction of the light.

With every step forward, the road ahead will extend by one meter.She walked through the brick and stone alley, and found an inconspicuous small door at the end of the alley.A brass oil lamp hung above the small door, becoming the only road sign that showed her the way just now.

"Please come in." The old man opened the door for her, "Welcome to my watch shop, I am the grandfather of the watch shop."

In such a strange place, there is an unremarkable watch shop.

If you look closely, you will find that the old man's peaked cap is painted with patterns of hour and minute hands.

Zi followed the old man into the room suspiciously.Her attention was soon attracted by the strange clocks hanging on the wall.Some clocks have no numbers on their dials, and some have twelve hands on a dial... It is always strange to say that it is a clock, but it seems that apart from "clocks and watches", there is no one that is more suitable for these instruments. describe.

The old man walked to the depths of the room familiarly.He pulled back a scarlet curtain to reveal a modest writing desk. "Let me look for it... Ah, yes, it's here." He bent down with difficulty, groping for an irregularly shaped booklet in the drawer of the writing desk, and placed it on the desk .

The surrounding light turned dim, and an ordinary desk lamp placed on the writing desk became the only light source in this small space.

After asking the old man for permission with her eyes, Zi carefully picked up the booklet.On the cover of the booklet was written "Rules for Digimon Hunters", and below the title was a large head of a khaki dinosaur. pen figure.

Dubiously, Zi turned to the first page of the manual.

"Digimon hunting rules:

1. Digimon hunters must have a partner Digimon.

2. The number of Reload Digimon is usually limited to one, and hunters can choose their own Digimon from XrosLoader to fight.

......"

XrosLoader?I always feel that this name is somewhat familiar.

"Now you have your XrosLoader." As if knowing what question she was about to ask, the old man sitting behind the table answered her question indifferently, "The machine you are holding in your hand now belongs to XrosLoader." Your XrosLoader." Zi could feel that those eyes hidden behind the sunglasses were examining her every move, "It's beyond my expectation that a girl of your age has such a deep and cold look ah……"

He spoke the last half of the sentence without thinking, and Zi didn't understand what he wanted to express at all.

Withdrawing her gaze, she looked at the machine named XrosLoader over and over again, "It's this thing. Is it possible that with this thing, I can be in the real world and... the digital grain world?" She tentatively said this Noun, after getting the affirmation of the old man, he carefully asked the following question, "You can travel freely between these two worlds, right?"

The old man nodded, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Smart boy," he praised, "I didn't expect you to know the term 'Digital Grain World', so, for the situation in the 'Digital Grain World', I'm afraid you can't understand it." Do you need me to explain more?"

It has been a long time since I heard such a compliment, Zi looked away shyly, "That, please explain it to me in detail." She honestly confessed to the old man, "To be honest, until now, I have no idea about 'hunting' , 'Digimon' and so on, I'm completely confused..."

The smile lines at the corners of the old man's mouth became more and more obvious, "Heh, you have always been such an honest child..." He spoke to Zi like an elder who had known her for a long time.For a moment, even Zi himself had such an illusion.But the only thing she can be sure of is that she has never seen the old man in front of her before today.Although the old man has not done anything to hurt her so far, she inevitably has great doubts about the old man's identity.

The old man didn't seem to notice Zi's concerns at all.He clasped his hands, and began to describe the antecedents for her according to Zi's request.

"As you know, the world you arrived at just now is a world called 'Digital Grain World'. That world was born in the gap between the digital world and the human real world, and it does not belong to any of these two worlds. One, but overlapping with both worlds."

"Digital World? Is this related to the Digimon you mentioned?"

"Yes, the digital world. It is a world that is completely different from the world you humans live in. The world where Digimon live. Digimon are creatures that pursue power. They will do anything to gain power. They hide in the hearts of humans. The desire of the Digimon is the source of quick power for the Digimon. The Digimon who desire to gain more powerful power will get lost in the "Digital Crystal Realm". Human beings who are "desires" use their own power to expand this "desire" to the extreme, and finally take it as their own..."

"Wait, wait..." Zi suddenly remembered something, and she interrupted the old man very rudely, "But, the plant just now, I mean the flowerfish, and what's in it," she said impatiently. He raised his XrosLoader nervously, "Dark Tyrannosaurus, are they all Digimon? If that's the case, aren't they all...?"

"Heh, hahahaha...you are still as sharp as ever," the old man laughed happily, "yes, exactly as you imagined." He suppressed his smile, "The Digimon you meet are all the same There is only one reason why such a battle happened in front of you today."

Violet shook her head in disbelief.Hearing the old man's straightforward explanation, she was a little at a loss, "In this case, what have I done... If according to what you said, Digimon are such dangerous creatures, then why do you let those who are with you What about my children who are around the same age to hunt them?" Unable to suppress the excitement, Zi inevitably raised his voice.She squeezed the machine tightly in her hand, feeling an urge to return it.

Faced with Zi's changed attitude, the old man remained calm, "The power of a Digimon is a double-edged sword. As long as you use it properly, you can get twice the result with half the effort. In the face of Digimon who want to gain power and are manic, use Digimon to deal with it." They're the best way to go. So, 'Digimon hunting' came about."

"The emotions of human children in the face of 'hunting' are also the power that can become a partner Digimon. When you gain power, you can fight with it. After 'capturing' Digimon, it can also reduce the use of humans by malicious Digimon. The chaos caused by emotions is an act that serves multiple purposes."

The old man paused.

"Now, do you understand the meaning of 'Digimon Hunting'?"

Zi lowered her head, and she looked at the XrosLoader in her hand as a "Digimon Hunter" with a complicated expression.

Across the distance of a writing desk, the old man stopped talking, leaving her time to think while still waiting for Zi's answer to this question.

For a moment, only those oddly shaped clocks were left in the room, making regular "tick" sounds as they moved forward.

"Digimon...hunting." Zi murmured, a layer of confusion appeared in her light-colored eyes, "Does this mean that I will encounter more battles like today in the future?"

"That's true." The grandfather of the watch shop answered her, "but you are not alone. You will face all kinds of Digimon lost in the digital crystal world together with your partner, the flower beast they..."

"Together?" Zi hesitated.

In those few minutes, she felt as if many scenes flashed in her mind, but when she tried to recall a certain scene seriously, she found that it was blank and she couldn't remember anything.

She thought about it, but she didn't realize that there was a bitter smile on the corner of her mouth.

If she was a year ago, she probably would have immediately agreed proudly, right?Although it is said to be a "hunter", the actual role it plays is like heroes with special functions that only appear in TV dramas.She, who has always wanted to do everything perfectly, would never say "no" to such an opportunity, would she?

"I'm sorry." But Zikou still said such words.The body seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, and he spontaneously put the XrosLoader and the rule book back on the writing desk, "I'm afraid, I don't have the ability to take this responsibility."

What she knows, the force that pulls her body is called "self-knowledge".

Now she has completely lost the capital she was once proud of, and has become a burden instead.Walking through the days to come in a mediocre manner, this kind of life is the most suitable path for her now.

"Why?" The old man didn't take back the two things immediately, but asked her seriously, "Why did you know you couldn't do it before you tried it?"

It was clearly a plain question, but it unexpectedly gave her a strong sense of oppression.

"But... there is no reason, I just don't need this." Zi desperately wanted to express her thoughts clearly, but she suffered from confusion and couldn't find a suitable vocabulary. In the end, the only thing she could do was to stubbornly turn the machine He pushed the handbook back in front of the old man, "I'm really sorry. For me, as long as I can have an ordinary life..."

The old man lowered his head, and the peaked cap covered his face, making Zi unable to guess the expression on his face at this moment.

"Please don't worry, after I walk out of this house, I will never reveal anything about Digimon! Not a single word, I swear!" plot, so she added hastily, all while pointing three fingers up in a swear gesture to the sky.

But all she got was a heavy sigh from the old man. "Since this is the case, then I won't force it." I can feel the old man's mood is obviously depressed, "But even if this is the case, please take this away." Said, the old man once again The dark green XrosLoader was pushed back to her side, "After it is dyed, it belongs to you. Even if you won't participate in the 'hunting', it's good to keep it as a souvenir."

Zi tremblingly stretched out her hand, wanting to touch it but dared not, "Can, is it possible?" She asked tentatively.

"Of course." The old man lowered his head, so Zi didn't see an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.

Because, that should have belonged to you long ago.

After seeing off today's guests, the clock beast poked out Yuanyuan's body from behind the scarlet curtain. "Chirp, chirp, chirp..." It made a series of strange noises that no one could understand.

The grandfather of the watch shop slowly stuffed the hunter rulebook back into the drawer of the writing desk, "It's okay. I expected her to refuse, but at least she took the XrosLoader away." He seemed to understand the clock According to the words of the beast, he replied leisurely, "Before other children become hunters, I will ask them about their wishes. After all, they all have the right to make their own choices. It is a pity that she does not have this child."

"No matter how many worlds are separated, she will eventually be drawn back into the Digimon conflict. As long as there is 'that thing' in her body. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to remember the helplessness with Digimon at all. Cut off the fate."

"The seed called 'fate' has long been planted."

The author has something to say:

Well, I'm just addicted to the game, and I didn't abandon the pit (.