[Digimon 06] Purple

In the blink of an eye, most of the journey in the maze has passed.

It is estimated that the scenery along the way is only the cold and hard metal walls on both sides, and the atmosphere of the group has also become strangely quiet, with little communication with each other.All the way down, only their small footsteps echoed in the maze.

Although still shouldering the task of checking the map, Zi still walked in the middle of the team.Seeing that there was another fork in the road ahead, she habitually looked down at the scaled projection of the maze projected from the screen to confirm the direction she should choose.But this time, without waiting for her to signal, Dai Xun, who was walking slightly in front of her, suddenly reached out to stop her, "Wait!"

Kaoru's sudden noise made the others stop.Including Ji, who rushed to the front like a team leader all the way, stopped and looked back at her in confusion. "What's the matter? Why did you stop suddenly..." Ai Liu, who was originally left at the end with a straight face, folded her arms and muttered in a low voice.

"Hush!" Xun immediately made a silent gesture, and then saw her seriously handing her remodeled mobile phone whose screen had been smashed into a spider web to the sight of everyone, "It seems that there is something Something is coming." She explained in a low voice, and motioned others to look at the screen.

No one cared about what was displayed on Kaoru's phone screen at this time.Therefore, at this time, they could already clearly hear the dull crashing sound after another from the other end of the wall of the road they came from.

Some "something" is destroying this maze with brute force.

Violet reached into the pocket of her skirt reflexively, but when she caught a glimpse of Kaoru from the corner of her eye, she just clenched the machine in her pocket tightly and did not make any other movements.

In the span of more than ten seconds, the seemingly thick and solid metal wall seemed to be roughly scraped off by the opponent, and the soft and fragile cream on the cake became broken pieces scattered all over the floor.In the dust and smoke generated after the destruction, a not-so-tall but burly figure emerged from the hole in the wall and turned towards the standing people.

And the sharp-pitched rake she held in her hand shone with a piercing cold light in the not-so-bright environment.

"This is..." Ai Liu, who was blocked by Yu, was the first to see the figure in the mist clearly, "Pig, pig Bajie beast?" She pushed away Yu's hand in front of her, and moved forward carefully two times step.

The thick smoke dissipated, and what appeared in front of everyone was a woman in a pink funny doll costume.When she heard Ai Liu's call, she slowly raised her head, and her eyes hidden under the black mask were shining with a terrifying blood-colored light.

"Miss Zhouzaki!" At the moment Zhubajiemon swung the rake at Ai Liu, Yu quickly pulled Ai Liu's wrist and took her away from Zhubajiemon's attack range.Looking at where Ai Liu was originally standing, Zhu Bajie's brute force made the Lujieta rake gouged deeply into the ground, and the metal material became vulnerable in an instant.

Zhu Bajie, actually attacked her partner Ai Liu? !

Seeing Zhu Bajie's crazy behavior with its blood-red eyes blindfolded, Zi immediately realized the reason for Ai Liu's abnormal behavior before.She escaped from the factory alone, and she was probably planning to find rescuers. She didn't want to meet them who came to investigate the "spiritual incident" at the entrance of the factory.

No, now is not the time to pursue these.

Dai Xun.Her classmate who doesn't know the truth about Digimon is still standing here.

So, without hesitation, she—

"Idiot!" When Yu and Ji were about to summon their partners to stop the Zhubajie beast's movements, they heard a voice from behind without a trace, "What are you in a daze for? Run quickly!"

After Zi yelled this sentence at the top of her voice, she grabbed Kaoru's wrist without saying a word, and led her to run away in the direction where the end point of the maze was in memory.

The flying sand and dust confuse the sight, and the impact and cracking sound caused by the rake's destruction confuses people's hearing.In such a chaotic situation, Zi, who only remembered to escape with Kaoru, subconsciously glanced behind her.What she didn't expect, or it should be said that there was no accident, she ran into Yuu's eyes cast on her.

The blond boy looked into her eyes and nodded slightly to her.

It was clear that there was no other communication other than this, but Zi breathed a sigh of relief like a heavy burden.

He knew as well as she what to do now.He and Ji are left to deal with the matter about Zhu Bajie Beast. As for her task, it is to find the mysterious person who called for help together with Xun.

After rushing to the end of the maze in one breath, Zi let go of Kaoru's hand.Her physical strength has been greatly reduced since the car accident, and after a frantic run, she has almost worn out.When she arrived at her destination, her knees softened and she knelt down on the ground, gasping for breath.Kaoru's condition was better than hers, but when she caught sight of Zi who was kneeling on the ground, she still accidentally showed a somewhat dignified expression.

Violet took a moment to straighten out her breathing.She stood up with her hands on the ground, and saw Kaoru standing at the connection between this room and the labyrinth corridor with her back turned. "Those people didn't follow." Her tone was a bit strange, "Akashi-kun, Amano-kun, and that Miss Suzaki we met here."

"Hmm. Probably got lost in the maze..."

Zi calmly fabricated a lie.After several previous contacts with Zhou Qi Ai Liu, she claims to have a certain understanding of Zhubajiemon's strength. Although she doesn't know what made Zhubajiemon look like this, she has to deal with strong beasts and hunting beasts at the same time. Dragon beast, two against one, obviously the advantage belongs to their side.

"Student Wakaba," Zi came back to her senses, and realized that Kaoru was standing in front of her with her arms folded at some point, staring at her seriously, "but that lady named 'Zhou Qi' obviously knew that the girl wearing a doll What is the origin of the women who are pretending and attacking us with weapons!" She said to Zi with an affirmative tone.

At that time, Ai Liu probably completely forgot what she was going to cover up, and everyone present could hear the phrase "pig Bajie beast" clearly.

But facing Kaoru's aggressive question, Zi lowered his eyes and said lightly, "Probably."

At such a moment, Kaoru's inquisitive spirit really made her feel a little impatient.

"Could it be that..." Kaoru suddenly reached out and grabbed Zi's shoulder, looking very excited.I don't know what she thought of from this, and the previous fanaticism appeared in her eyes again.

"help me."

Zi probably didn't know what Kaoru wanted to say, because this whisper made her excited look instantly freeze on her face.Kaoru turned his head in confusion, his eyes wandering around in this empty and airtight room.

"Help me...please...help me..."

It was the faint cry for help that appeared in that supernatural video, and came from Kaoru's cell phone not long ago.

Zi broke away from Kaoru's hands holding her shoulders, and walked towards the place where the voice came from.Dragging Kaoru all the way to escape here in a hurry, she has not carefully observed the situation in the room where the end of the maze is.

Theoretically, they are still in the Digital Grain Realm, but the characteristic of the Digital Grain Realm is to reproduce and distort the scenes of the real world one by one, so what she sees is still the scene in the hydroelectric power plant.The place where they are now is also marked by Molecular Beast as the end point of the maze, which is probably one of the main power plants.Several groups of hydroelectric generator sets that have been abandoned for a long time are neatly arranged in the room. The rusty water turbines that have not been used for a long time hang from the zenith. Below is a deep well for water storage—of course, the well has long since dried up. Looking down, you can only see a bottomless darkness.

The cry for help came from one of the wells.

Zi walked to the edge of the deep well sealed with metal, and four iron chains about the thickness of a baby's arm were hanging from the edge of the well.The light in the Digital Crystal Realm was already dim, even though she tried her best to look into the depths, she could barely see what was hanging at the end of the four iron chains, which were suspended about five meters below the ground or even more than this distance. mid-air.

"help me!"

This time, the voice calling for help could be clearly heard coming from here.

"This is..." Kaoru walked up from behind her, "Is this the voice that has been calling us?"

"It should be right." Zi nodded.

"Okay!" Xun took a deep breath, and then she walked to an iron chain, tested the strength of the iron chain, and seemed to want to grab the iron chain and climb down to where the rescuer was.

"Wait!" But before she started to move, Zi grabbed her arm again, "Dai, what are you going to do?"

Kaoru answered logically, "Of course we're going to investigate the true nature of this cry for help!"

Zi pursed her lips uneasily, and the strength in her hand did not relax at all.In fact, this was the reason why she was so scrupled that she didn't act immediately.You must know that at this time, it is the most convenient and safe choice to rely on the power of Digimon, and according to her deduction, the cry for help is most likely from Digimon.

"Student Ruoye, can you let me go?" Zi Jiujiu didn't move, which made Xun slightly dissatisfied.

Zi hesitated, wondering if she should tell Xun the truth, "It might be dangerous down here." In the end, she chose a rather vague statement.

"Of course I know." Xun didn't flinch from Zi's words, on the contrary, she said to Zi righteously, "But Ruo Ye, please don't forget, I am a 'spirit hunter'! Finding the truth behind mysterious events is my lifelong pursuit! I have already made corresponding psychological preparations for this, no matter what kind of dangers can stop my determination to find the truth!"

Zi stared at her in a daze for a while, "Student Dai," she asked in a voice that could barely hear any emotional ups and downs, but unconsciously increased her strength with her hands, "Do you know the meaning of the word 'dangerous'? "

Xun frowned, "Student Luo Ye, didn't you understand what I just said? I will never give up!"

The two stalemate for a while, and it seems that neither of them is willing to give in here first.Zi's ​​persistence in this matter made Xun feel a little baffled, "Student Wakaba, I know what I'm doing."

"You...I've already reminded you." After repeated persuasion to no avail, Zi could only let go of Kaoru's wrist angrily.She looked at Xun, grinned slightly, showing a cold smile she couldn't understand, "After all, this is your own choice."

Kaoru grabbed the iron chain with both hands and proceeded down cautiously.After climbing down for a while, suddenly a green vine fell from the sky, just hanging beside Xun. "Mr. Dai," Kaoru raised her head after hearing the sound. From her position, only Zi's head poking out from the edge can be seen, "Wrap this around your waist. If anything happens, I can pull you up immediately .”

He had spoken coldly to her a moment ago, but he was still worried about her safety.In this regard, Kaoru let go of the previous grudge a little bit, and gratefully thanked Zi who was still on it.It's just that she didn't know if it was her illusion. In the process of strenuously wrapping the vine around her waist, she seemed to feel a slight warmth from the plant.It's just that at this moment all her attention is focused on the mystery of the distress call that is about to be revealed, and this little doubt is quickly thrown out of the blue by her.

In the process of approaching the destination, Kaoru's eyes gradually adapting to the dim surroundings allowed him to see the true appearance of the thing suspended in mid-air by four chains: it was a cylindrical iron cage as a whole.It's just that the size of the cage doesn't look that big, and Kaoru reckons that the height of the cage will never exceed her knees.

Kaoru stopped at this moment.She stared hesitantly at the iron cage that was so close to her.

It is impossible for a normal-sized human being to fit in that cage, unless it is a baby who is still babbling... Or, there is another possibility, that the person who is locked in it and keeps asking them for help is not human at all ?Could it be that this is the "danger" that Luo Ye wants to convey to her?

"help me."

The voice sounded again.With such a close distance, Kaoru can be sure that the cry for help is coming from this cage.

A cry for help from a non-human being.

This conclusion made Kaoru overwhelmed with excitement, and he forgot Purple's warning in a blink of an eye.The curiosity caused by the unknown filled every cell in her body, urging her excitedly to discover the truth hidden behind the mystery.

"Classmate Dai," Xu Shi saw her suddenly stop in mid-air and remained silent, Zi's voice sounded from above her head again, "Are you alright?"

"Well, I'm fine. Don't worry." Saying this, Kaoru stabilized the surging emotions in his heart, and started climbing down the chain again, "It's almost there."

"Classmate Dai," she heard Zi's voice again, as if she was suppressing some kind of emotion that was about to explode, "If... I mean, if you encounter any abnormal situation, please tell me as soon as possible, and I will send you Pulled up."

Kaoru glanced at the cage below her eyes, "Okay." That's all she said.

Finally, she followed the chain to where the metal cage was.

"What are you? Why are you locked up here?" Before seeing the true face of the creature in the cage, Kaoru raised a series of questions like a cannonball.Since it was able to send out the signal for help, she believed that the "thing" must have the ability to think, which could fully satisfy her curiosity and answer all her questions.

"Help me. Please, help me."

The creature didn't answer directly, but stretched out a small black claw tremblingly from the gap in the iron cage.No matter what it is, after all, it is not any kind of creature that Kaoru has seen.

She should have called Zi who was waiting for her above to tell her the situation below, at least she should have discussed with her before deciding how to deal with it next.However, when she made eye contact with the moonlight-colored eyes hidden in the shadows, she followed the other person's words as if she had been bewitched and asked, "How should I save you?"

The paw was raised slightly, and she tried to get closer to her as if trying to break free from the cage, "Please, lend me your strength. This is the reason why I have been calling for you."

"Calling... me...?"

"As long as you touch me, I can gain your power."

At some point, Kaoru's pupils completely lost focus.She obediently stretched out her hand in the direction of the black claw until her fingertips touched the opponent's claw.

A puff of black smoke emerged from the position where the two met and continued to spread.

The author has something to say:

I'm getting old, and my coding speed is getting slower orz

And it seems to have blacked out the original characters again?I'm so sorry orz