[Digimon 06] Purple

"What are you thinking?"

The voice of the flower beast made Zi, who was walking silently in front of her alone, stop.She turned her head, but there was no extra emotion on her cold face.Presumably at this point in time, almost most hunters must have been impatient to drill into the Digital Crystal Realm and start hunting.Therefore, the jungle is unbelievably quiet, and occasionally the humid sea breeze mixed with salty smell blows from the direction of the beach, shaking the leaves and rustling.

They were the last couple to leave the bungalow from which they started.

The trip to Hong Kong a week ago, to today's southern island.The traces of the Digital Grain World and the Digimon may have already spread to the whole world, and this is not a phenomenon that can be called "normal".Not only her, Daqi probably also thought of the abnormality, so he chose to ask the grandfather of the watch shop alone—the person who gave XrosLoader to everyone and introduced them into this game— — questioned.

It's just that the old man's words are vague.He may know something, but he still quietly turned the topic to the Digimon that are currently raging on this island.

Seeing that no more effective information could be obtained from the old man, and Zi had been standing stubbornly in the corner all the time, Daqi left with empathy, leaving Zi a private space to ask questions.

At this time, Zi looked at the Huala beast not far behind, and the scene when she asked the old man a few minutes ago appeared in her mind. "Maybe I found the wrong person," she said to herself, "The first person I asked should be you." She stepped forward a few steps, squatted in front of her flower, and asked in a deep voice Said, "Falamon, I didn't ask you before. You must have heard the words of Metal Phantom Beast in XorsLoader. So, do you know about the 'badge'?"

I still remember that after she asked the same question to the old man, the casual smile that the old man had been hanging on his lips gradually disappeared.He seemed impatient to take two steps forward, and after these two short steps, he restrained his movements, forcing himself to keep a certain distance from Zi, "Son, have you finally noticed?" Even with sunglasses Zi could still feel the scrutiny cast from under the pair of dark lenses, "that 'thing' hidden in your body."

The old man's words made Zi subconsciously press his heart.Now she already knows that the "badge" that the metal phantom beast was looking for is now embedded in the gap in her soul. "You know it's there," she said slowly, in affirmative sentences.The brain was running fast, connecting some clues that the old man had inadvertently shown in the past, "Grandpa, you chose to make me a hunter so that when I face Digimon like Metal Phantom Beast who want to snatch badges, Can have the ability to protect themselves. Is that so?"

The grandfather of the watch shop smiled again. He meaningfully glanced at the flower beast that had been silently guarding behind Zi from just now, without giving a definite answer to Zi's question. "If you didn't have a deep bond with the Digimon, naturally you wouldn't be where you are today. Old man, I just gave you a little push behind you."

"About the badge, I can only tell you that it does not belong to our world, let alone try to use its power. Of course, I know you are a smart child and know what to do." Leaning on crutches, the old man walked slowly to the door, and the clock beast trotted happily behind him, "I wish so much," before stepping out of the bungalow, the old man suddenly stopped, and finally looked back at her, "To you For me, 'Digimon Hunting' is just an interesting game." After speaking, he walked out of the dark room with a smile, and his back quickly disappeared into the dense jungle.

Zi's ​​thoughts returned from memory to reality.Although the old man in the watch shop was unwilling to elaborate, she still felt that the so-called badge was inextricably linked with the truth about the digital crystal world that the old man concealed.

And the Huala beast in front of her folded her arms, and blinked at her with big light green eyes, "What the hell is that?" Her root-like feet landed rhythmically on the ground, as if something bad was not there. An unconscious behavior when impatient, "I remember that thing... That bastard Metal Phantom Beast stabbed you for that crap, right?"

Zi stared into Hualamon's eyes, then sighed softly.Even if she doesn't remember the past related to Sirenmon, she knows the flower who became her partner-at least she thinks so.But after thinking about everything she experienced in the digital world, Zi's unfounded confidence was a little shaken.

"You don't believe what my lord said?" Hua Lamon looked up and down Zi's expressionless face, and suddenly frowned.In Zi's silence, she clearly smelled a hint of doubt.

Hualamon's question confirmed her doubts almost immediately, thinking of this, Zi couldn't help but bend the corner of her mouth in self-deprecating manner.The former Siren Beast was a brave warrior, so she must have such keen insight.After becoming a flower beast, she just hid all of these in the carelessness and irritability that the bad girl showed.

"Yes." To the surprise of Hualamon, Zi didn't panic to defend after seeing his thoughts, but admitted frankly.Hualamon didn't hate this kind of frankness, but it was still unavoidable, and his heart sank suddenly after hearing this answer.

This is a matter of course.In the Digital World, she fights to stand her ground, but no matter how she argues her deceit has become an established fact, her defection is considered a sufficient reason for execution by DarkKnightmon.The blond boy always said that he was the murderer who killed Zi, so why didn't his behavior push her to such an end.

The emotions of the flower beasts are clearly revealed.The beautiful pink petals drooped aside, and even the color seemed to fade a little. "I really don't know." She repeated it resentfully, and kicked up a piece of grass dust with her toe in anger.

Seeing this, Zi couldn't help stretching out her hand, combing the petals that looked like they were about to wither with her fingertips, "I see." She sighed indistinctly, and then said, "Flower beast, I Knowing that you will choose to conceal and deceive is more for my consideration, but there is no need for that." Zi's tone was still so cold and indifferent, without too many ups and downs, "I am not as fragile as you imagined."

Suddenly, Hualamon grabbed Zi's hands and pulled her back, narrowly avoiding the branch that shot out from the darkness.At a glance, it can be seen that the tip of the branch has been artificially sharpened, and the other end is still shaking slightly in the air after being inserted into the wet and soft soil layer.

Before Zi and Hualamon began to look for the person who threw the branch, the ground under their feet began to shake violently without warning.The movement from the depths of the earth's crust pushed a part of the soil layer to a higher place, and the hot spring water emitting the smell of sulfur rushed out from below the soil layer, and the sunken land turned into a small hot spring lake in a blink of an eye.

"I advise you to be more careful." A voice that seemed to have been heard somewhere came from the forest not far away, "If you relax your vigilance, you will suffer big losses."

The shaking gradually stopped, and the shock temporarily came to an end.After stabilizing the center of gravity, Zi and Hualamon supported each other and stood up from the spot.She couldn't help but followed the source of the sound and looked into the depths of the woods, and saw a figure standing in the shadows raised his hand and put down the hood of the army green long trench coat.He walked out of the darkness slowly, looked down at Zi condescendingly, "Long time no see."

Zi stared solemnly at the blond youth who appeared in her vision.She remembered this person, but this person was slightly different from the impression in her memory, because the unruly and hostile aura that lingered around him had long been replaced by another temperament.The branch just now was obviously his masterpiece, it reminded her to avoid danger and at the same time it seemed to be a small test deliberately set up.She didn't know the other person's name when they met in the past, but now she can bow down politely, and as a junior, she has to add the corresponding honorific after the other person's surname, "Long time no see, Senior Aonuma Kiriha."

With the help of the uneven soil layer after the uplift and subsidence of the ground, Kiriha nimbly jumped from a high place.He put his hands in the pockets of the windbreaker, and looked at Zi and the flower beast behind her with deja vu eyes—at that moment, Zi almost thought that the changes she felt in Aonuma Kiriha were all her illusions— —For some reason, Qie Yu didn't seem surprised that the one following her was a Huala beast. "I've heard the general situation from Yinyin. It seems that you got your own XorsLoader... It's no wonder Yuu has been around you."

Zi Chui kept her eyes shut and said nothing, and she quickly and properly hid even the sadness that was accidentally leaked when she heard the last comment.However, Qieyu's next words made her frozen face loosen, and even a clear emotion called surprise appeared.

"Since you have obtained the power of Digimon, how about helping me capture Volcanodramon?"

Zi Meng raised her head and looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, "Senior Canuma, do you mean to use a trap?" She repeated it suspiciously, and even forgot to ask why Canonuma Kiryu knew about this hunting Target.Now that she thought of everything, she clearly remembered the contempt and disdain shown by the other party when she learned that she had caught Zamiel with a trap a year ago.

"That's right." Aonuma Kiriha replied calmly, "Volcanodramon is a huge Digimon, and it may be difficult to face the enemy head-on. Instead of using force to subdue it, it is better to use some traps to let it actively expose itself Weaknesses." At this moment, he thought of something, and couldn't help but chuckled, "It just so happens that this guy found me here before. Since you also have XrosLoader," he said, and Kiriyu took out the familiar dark blue machine from his pocket , "Then I think, you must be able to make good use of this guy's ability." He pressed the button on the machine, and the Digimon wrapped in a light yellow data cluster appeared from the screen in its XrosLoader.The round ball of light playfully swirled twice in mid-air and floated into Zi's machine.

The light screen of XrosLoader suddenly lit up, and in the image cast by the golden light, the Digimon with the appearance of a human teenager immediately grinned a big smile after seeing her, "Miss Xiao Zi!" He still looked at her excitedly waved.

Zi held the XrosLoader in both hands, and for a moment seemed a little unbelievable that this old friend would appear beside her again at this time.But after the initial surprise, the prevailing joy led her to lift the corners of her lips quietly.

The Huala beast on one side was not as surprised as Zi. She still folded her arms and stared at the new colleague with a frown. "Ignit beast? Why are you here?" She seemed to have bumped into Like a staid teacher who saw the students in the next class who were about to skip class, he asked seriously, "Does Mervamon know that you have also come to the human world?"

"Of course my sister knows! It was my sister who asked me to find Mr. Qieyu!" Ignitmon replied triumphantly.Compared with the time when he was Zamielmon's subordinate, Ignitmon, who no longer needs to suppress himself, has a more lively atmosphere of a young man, "Now I am no longer just hiding There is a shivering child behind my sister, and I will definitely help Miss Xiao Zi." After expressing his determination to Zi, Ignitmon still made a face at Hualamon, "Besides, now you have lost Cypriot. Ren Beast's ability may not be as powerful as mine, right, Miss Xiao Zi?"

"You little devil! Come and fight if you have the ability!" Under the provocation of Ignitmon, Hualamon couldn't help raising her fist, but before she could swing her attack, Zi grabbed her wrist .Gently and yet forcefully, the girl pressed Hualamon's violence-infused fist back to its original position.Ignit, who was watching the show, covered its mouth and snickered, and quickly got back into the XorsLoader's space before the Huala beast got angry again.

"Cut." The wish to see the truth with his fist unfortunately died, and the Huala beast could only look away and snorted disdainfully.

Seeing that the frolicking between Hualamon and Ignitmon came to an end for a while, Qieyu, who was standing not far from her, spoke again at the right time, "How about it, are you willing to help me with this?"

The joy of reunion was gradually fading, Zi didn't speak immediately, but looked down at the machine in her hand.A small head of the Ignit beast made of pixel squares appeared on the screen, as if it was also waiting for her answer.

The memory that has become complete again clearly narrates how a year ago she followed the Siren beast and broke into Zamielmon's castle single-handedly with the courage of a newborn calf, and how she only used the Siren beast to break into Zamielmon's castle. The special power of the two Digimon and Ignitmon tricked Zamielmon, the death commander who ruled Honeyland, into the cage he specially prepared for it.It's just because at that time she threw down the shackles imposed on her by reality as if escaping, and acted willfully and recklessly.

"Is this answer worth your thinking for so long?" Zi's hesitation made Qieyu a little impatient.Recalling the various performances that were completely different from the impressions he remembered after meeting the girl again, Qieyu couldn't help raising his eyebrows suspiciously, "It's really embarrassing to actually show such a timid look."

It was this unpleasant sentence, which solidified into a concrete shape, and knocked a blow on Zi's heart.

"Really? Then... I will catch it." Hidden in her character, the impulsive factor that had been suppressed all this time began to move around.When she came back to her senses, Zicai realized that the announcement-like words had blurted out, "Is it the Volcanic Dragon Beast?" She clearly heard herself say word by word, "I will definitely make it my possession of."

Facing her response, Qie Yu let out an inaudible chuckle.Because from the cracks in that cold mask, he finally glimpsed some familiar traces. "Okay, then we'll settle it."

The author has something to say:

I forgot that Zi actually has a very irritable personality... (x Kiriyu also looks a little OOC orz is still a little dissatisfied but I don't know how to change it orz By the way, do you want to watch the main story or the relationship story next? This question dictates what I write next...