[Digimon 06] Purple

As if waking up suddenly from a nightmare, Zi jumped up from the ground in a jerk.And what she was holding in her hand also fell to the ground, making a crisp "clang", completely dispelling the chaos that she participated in when she was awake or not in her mind.

When she recovered completely and turned to her hand, she found that what she had thrown on the ground just now turned out to be a folding knife, and the two letters M?K engraved on the handle fell directly into her eyes.Zi picked up the knife again, put it in the palm of her hand and looked at it, "This belongs to classmate Dai." She also quickly recognized the identity of the knife from the simple two letters, "But..."

She tried to recall the situation before she lost consciousness, but no matter how she thought about it, the only thing that could echo the thought in her mind was those pale yellow eyes that were as cold as the moonlight.The eyes that belonged to the warcraft were like a brand, deeply engraved in her mind.What disturbed her even more was that as soon as she began to remember those eyes, that hazy trance would come back and gradually eat away at her sober mind.

wrong.

Zi shook her head, trying to eliminate some of the remaining influence of the monster on her.

It shouldn't be all these, before she fell into a coma, she clearly heard it...

"help me!"

That's it, the cry for help!

Zi quickly stood up and looked around.She is still in the factory building of the abandoned hydroelectric power plant, but the voice that has been calling her quietly in her consciousness before, for some reason, actually becomes stronger after being distorted by the power of the Digital Crystal Realm here. It sounded in the dilapidated room, and she could even recognize the echo of the sound after it collided in the empty room.

"Here... Please, please help me!"

Following the location where the sound came from, Zi cautiously moved forward step by step, and finally stopped in the direction where the call for help came from - as she expected, the edge of the abandoned water storage well, "it's below here."

This place again.

She tried to look down, but what she saw was still the darkness that seemed to swallow everything easily.It should be said that when she and Kaoru arrived here before, she could still see the vague outline of the cage that was dropped in mid-air, but this time the iron chains hanging around the edge of the well fell straight into the depths of the darkness, with no end in sight.

It is clear that the monster has broken free of its cage with the help of human "curiosity", so this time—or perhaps it has been persistently since before—who is the voice that is calling her?

Violet exhaled lightly.She never thought that she would stand in the same position for the second time and face the same choice.

——No, for her, there was no choice at all.

Zi tried to hook the corners of her mouth that had become a little stiff, and then squatted down to check the iron chain tied to the edge of the well.The iron chain was stuck tightly, stronger than she imagined.After making the necessary preparations, she took one last look down the well.Compared with the fear of the unknown, she did not expect that what occupied her heart at this moment was more an indescribable excitement.

"Ah," Zi shook her head, laughing at herself, "what right do I have to criticize student Dai? After all, I'm also one of those who was made curious by monsters."

The length of the chain was longer than she thought.When she was waiting by the well before, she could vaguely see Dai Xun's figure swaying in mid-air, but this time the chains sent her directly to the bottom of the well.

In the process of descending, Zi couldn't help thinking about what he would see at the end of the chain, and based on the existing clues, he put forward one hypothesis after another, and then took the trouble to overthrow them one after another.She thought she had made all the mental preparations, but she didn't expect that when her feet were firmly on the ground again, what she saw was far beyond her imagination.

What happens to Digimon after they die?

If Ji or Ai Liu were to answer this question, they might be at a loss.There is no entry about death in the hunter's rule book, and all they know about Digimon battles is that the loser surrenders.

But if Yuu or Murasaki are faced with this problem, they will both remember the grand war they experienced in another world. Countless Digimon died in the life-and-death struggle, and their irreparable bodies were shattered into pieces. Scattered data dust, floating helplessly in the digital world, and then waiting for a suitable opportunity to welcome the next round of new students.

In any case, it will never be like this.

Zi walked to the small cage.This round metal cage was too small for her, so she had to squat down to let her eyes see the situation inside the cage.

Falling in the cage made the monster's body look stiff, and its eyes, as pale as moonlight, were still wide open, staring at the free world outside the cage with an attitude of reluctance.It's a pity that in those eyes, Zi can no longer find the eerie cold light engraved in her mind before.Time has sprinkled a thick layer of dust on its body, including the pair of pupils, like a disgusting eyeshadow.

"Why..." Zi murmured incredulously, "Why did it become like this?" After all, what she saw in front of her eyes really broke her existing cognition.

"It's not surprising at all."

The sudden, not-so-unfamiliar voice made Zi tremble.She raised her head and saw a Digimon with the same appearance as the monster in the cage landed on the top of the round cage at some point, the only difference was that its body was light orange.But what made Zi more concerned was that the body of this bada beast that appeared in front of her without a sound was actually translucent.

"This is not the Digital World," the ghostly Patamon said to her, looking up, "so Digimon that die here will not be turned into data fragments like in the Digital World."

"Could it be..." Zi looked at the Bada beast parked on the top of the iron cage, and then at the corpse of the Warcraft Envoy inside the cage. A certain question that had been on her mind before was finally answered at that moment. "It's you. The cry for help I heard in front of the phone booth was not from the receiver, but your voice."

Badamon nodded, "You are right. You are the only human who can hear my voice for so long."

Saying so, it flapped its pair of big wings-like ears, and landed lightly from the top of the cage to the ground.Badamon glanced coldly at the Warcraft Envoy in the eye cage, and then continued, "I didn't expect things to turn out like this. This guy actually knows how to use the network channel to steal the energy it needs from humans, and thus gets the energy it needs again. The ability to move freely... Heh," it let out an emotionless laugh, "it's clearly already like this."

Zi seems to understand but not understand.Badamon's words seem to explain part of the truth, but also lead to more mysteries. "Badamon, can you please explain what happened in more detail?" She pulled up her skirt and changed into a straight sitting posture, "I want to know why the Warcraft is imprisoned here, and you are Why did it become like this?"

Her actions made Patamon laugh.It returned to the top of the iron cage—maintaining a height that could be at the same level as Zi’s eyes—and then slowly made an opening remark, "This is a very long story."

That being said, it is not complicated to summarize the entanglement between Badamon and Warcraft.

When evil demons start to wreak havoc in the world, brave angels stand up for peace.After an arduous battle, although the angel defeated the demon, it realized that it could not eradicate the demon from the world with its own strength, so it used its last strength to turn its body into a cage, imprison the devil in it.

"So," Zi, who realized something, touched the black metal iron cage tentatively with his hand.It was completely different from what she had imagined. It was supposed to be cold metal, but it felt warm to the touch, with a reassuring temperature, "This is your..."

"Yes, this is me. To be precise, it's a part of me." Badamon also touched the cage lightly with its little paws, and there was a trace of complicated emotions on its cute face, "The reason why I would It has become like this... To use the words that you humans can accept, our Digimon are living creatures generated from data. The so-called "incarnation into a cage" is just a change in the arrangement of the data, thus changing the external appearance. look."

"However, only a part of my own data has changed. The remaining part, because the continuity of the data is maintained, even if only a part of the fragment is left, it can still allow me to maintain my own consciousness, which is now The appearance. This state is like a piece of memory stripped from the main body, or you can use a more straightforward term...'ghost'."

"I see," Zi sighed, and she turned her gaze back to the motionless corpse in the cage, "Devil Beast...that is, the current Demonic Beast, it takes advantage of the specificity of the Digital Crystal Realm, Let part of the data be separated from the body, and regain the freedom it wants."

"Digital... Grain World?" Badamon slowly repeated the name that was extremely unfamiliar to it, "Is this the name of this world?" It sighed with a wry smile, "After so many years, I Just sticking to the responsibility of sealing the demons, ignoring the changes in the outside world, so I don't know when I was involved in another world, and I didn't realize the abnormalities of this world in time... But the monsters, It took advantage of the characteristics of this world to divide its own data without my knowledge, and also occupied all the network lines that can communicate to strengthen itself. As the sealer, I can hardly shirk the blame for today's situation.

"So, I can only turn to you for help." The light blue eyes met the purple eyes seriously, "Sealing the evil beasts is the mission of my life, please, please let my power be your help. Otherwise, let’s not mention what kind of turmoil the Evil Beast will cause in your world, it’s just you..."

Speaking of this, Badamon suddenly stared at Zi for a while before hesitating, "Could it be that you haven't noticed it yet?"

Notice what?

Zi wanted to ask such a question, but held back and didn't speak.

Her expression didn't loosen too much, but Patamon still got the message he wanted, "I finally understand," it couldn't help sighing, "I understand why only you can hear my call; Why did Evil Beast choose you alone among so many people."

The petite Digimon squinted its eyes, and a sharp light flashed in those blue eyes that would only make people feel lively and innocent. "Please tell me," it lowered its voice and asked with a volume that only it and Zi could hear, "Have you ever experienced a soul leaving your body?"

Badamon's way of asking questions was so straightforward that Zi understood its hidden meaning behind the question in an instant. "You mean, that is to say..." In panic, she lowered her head unconsciously to avoid the Padamon's gaze, "Now I am..." The averted eyes fell on her hands on her knees, Zi stared at them for a while, as if she wanted to find a trace that was completely different from her usual self.However, the erratic thoughts in her eyes reminded her of the controlled Zhu Bajie, Dai Xun who had lost consciousness and floated in mid-air, and the pair of extremely bewildering eyes she saw before she fell into a coma... all In fact, the clues are already placed in front of her eyes, just waiting for her to string them together.

The hands on her knees were quietly clenched into fists, and she finally gathered the courage to face the reality. She raised her head and looked at Badamon again, "Then what can I do now?"

Unexpectedly, Badamon actually laughed, "You have already done what you should do."

—even if unconsciously.

The Digimon's big round eyes blinked again and again, and the figure of the girl reflected in the pool of light blue gradually tended to blur, turning into a translucent state similar to it.And after the tone of her figure faded, the overlapping figure of the blond boy emerged from it.

"I have answered all your questions candidly. So now, please tell me your choice." Badamon raised his head and stretched out his little black paws to Yuu, "Would you like to believe me and let me be your strength?"