[Digimon 06] Purple

Yu stood in front of her.

The incline angle of the slope forced her to lower her head slightly to see his appearance when she was standing on a high place.He turned his face slightly, and his eyes did not meet her directly, but he held her hand with strength that did not allow her to escape easily.

Inevitably, this memory was frozen in her mind and became an unforgettable scene.

Her eyes moved over the blond hair that became more dazzling in the sun, lingered for a moment on the creases she had scratched on the shoulders of his shirt, and finally stopped on his gently moving lips.This should have been a silent static picture engraved in her brain, but she still seemed to feel the heart-shattering syllables of those two people, accompanied by a breeze coming from nowhere, fluttering and falling into her ears.

However, at this moment, Youshui appeared on the screen in front of her.

At first, it seemed like raindrops, falling one by one distinctly, and a little bit of firework-like water stains bloomed, blurring the golden brilliance into a blur.Gradually, the water traces that landed on the ground meandered irregularly towards the four directions as if they were alive, and the traces intertwined and spread out, forming a transparent spider web quite erosively, recalling the bright midsummer Trapped in it, even the remaining bright and bright colors fade away, and it seems that it will melt into the water.

wait wait wait……

Zi subconsciously stretched out her hand, not wanting that the place touched by her fingertips would melt in the water like oil paint.She could only watch Yuu's image melt into the boundless blue background color together with the summer afternoon sun, but there was no way to remedy it.

what happened?

The sudden suffocation made Zi curl up uncomfortable. At some point, even the instinct to breathe was ruthlessly deprived. She opened her mouth with difficulty to try to absorb oxygen, but unexpectedly saw a series of bubbles overflowing from her mouth, lightly The ground floated up high, and finally disappeared in the wave of water swaying above her.

Could it be that this prison made of water didn't appear suddenly, but that she was already... in the sea?

As soon as this idea came to mind, the gentle current surrounding her changed into a berserk appearance as if sensing what she was thinking in her heart.The ripples were swaying and couldn't be seen clearly, but she could still clearly feel that the invisible sea water twisted into a concrete shape, bound her limbs, and completely blocked all the possibility of her trying to escape.

How to do?

The pain of lack of oxygen made her almost lose all her ability to think, and the desire to survive forced her to struggle and stretch out her hand toward a high place—the direction of the sea. Unfortunately, her struggle at this moment seemed too insignificant in front of nature. , the fingers trying to reach the high place were pulled back to the original place by the rope-like water flow before they could reach far.

The heavy darkness began to erode her vision, and even the insignificant light refracted into the water from high places through the sea surface became increasingly dimmer.The few remaining air turned into foam and left her relentlessly again, giving up struggling, she finally blinked.In the blurred ocean, she glimpsed a huge shadow with terrifying tentacles and sharp claws, approaching her little by little.

Her instinct constantly reminded her of danger, but the reality was that she completely lost the ability to escape.

Floating on the verge of coma and sobriety, Zi seemed to hear that all-too-familiar word again.

"badge……"

The Marvel Badge is right.At the last moment when her consciousness faded, Zi thought in a daze.Its existence is indeed a big trouble for her.

As soon as he was dragged ashore, the air rushing fiercely into his lungs caused Zi to cough violently.After spitting out some sea water that she accidentally drank, she finally felt better, and even her weak limbs seemed to regain some strength.

In fact, she didn't know what happened at the bottom of the sea at all. The message conveyed to her by the sense of touch was that a hand caught her when she was drowsy, and dragged her body to the surface of the sea.She didn't know how the owner of that hand found her, and she didn't know what method the other party used to loosen the bondage of the water flow, and she didn't know how that person led her away under the eyes of the Digimon.

But that's what it is.

Zi raised her heavy head, and her eyes moved upwards——

She saved her.

The pale girl was standing not far from her, her short hair was wetly stuck to her cheeks, making her look a bit embarrassed.Water dripped continuously from the black wavy skirt, forming a semicircular deep mark all over her body.Except for the golden pendant hanging on her chest, she has only three colors of black, white and gray all over her body. At first glance, she looks like a ghost coming out of an old black and white silent film.

"It's a sea monster." Seeing that Zi regained some strength temporarily, the girl opened her mouth slightly, and spit out a name from it—obviously, it was the name of a Digimon. "I don't need to thank you. If you have the strength, why don't you try to stand up first." She tilted her head slightly, her light gray eyes rolled, and seemed to look at Zi again, "That's a very Difficult guy, if we can't escape, now we will only have a dead end." The girl narrated the terrible reality lightly, as if all of this had nothing to do with her.

Zi nodded, supporting the ground and struggling to stand up.After standing upright, her legs were still trembling, and the clothes were soaked in water and stuck to her body wet and heavy, but the girl still stood there and looked at her indifferently, showing no intention of coming forward to help.

"Okay? That way." After Zi stood still, she saw her gesturing in a direction with her hand, and ran in that direction first.The black skirt was raised at the corner, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zi did not follow immediately.She stood there for a few seconds, but couldn't help but glance at the sea level behind her.In the past, I have rarely seen such a thick fog on the sea. Even the other end of the bridge connecting the two sides along the bay is hidden in the fog, as if leading to another unknown world.And in the depths of the dense fog, a colossal black figure loomed dimly. Comparing it with the memory left when she drowned, it seemed that the two could perfectly overlap.

Zi couldn't help raising his hand to caress his chest, and what he heard from his fingertips was the powerful beating of his heart.

"What are you still doing?" The girl asked coldly from behind.Zi turned her head, and found that the seemingly light black long dress appeared around the corner again.Her dawdling behavior made the other party's tone, which had not been too turbulent, begin to add a bit of sullenness, "The water level has risen, do you really want to die so much?"

Violet has too many questions to ask.But no matter how you look at it, it is not the most suitable time for body temperature.So she could only show an apologetic smile to the girl who saved her—this smile actually stunned her for a moment, of course it was only for a moment—then she stepped forward and followed behind her.

There is no doubt that this is the digital grain world.But compared to the Digital Crystal Realm she was familiar with, the city standing in front of her was more like a relic left after thousands of years of human extinction, an empty city full of death.

"Are you okay?" Zi finally spoke when the other party stopped for the third time to breathe slowly.

The girl was holding on to a rusted street lamp railing beside her with one hand, bending over and panting with difficulty.Hearing Zi's concerned inquiry, her paler-than-normal complexion suddenly turned crimson—not so much from shyness, but rather from embarrassment. "Don't worry." She straightened up slowly, and the sound of labored breathing still remained when she spoke, but she insisted on pretending that there was nothing wrong with her, "I won't drag you down." But her back Half a sentence does not seem to be trying to be brave, but it is like a serious guarantee.

The stubbornness and stubbornness revealed in just a few words made Zi Po a little helpless. She didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only cover up her embarrassment by checking the movement of the sea monster behind her.

"I'm sorry," who knows that just as she turned her back, a girl's low sighing voice came from behind her. I'm sorry if it bothered you."

Zi didn't expect that the other party could see through her thoughts from her inadvertent action, and she didn't expect that her lame cover-up would be said outright by the other party.As a result, she had to continue to stiffly maintain her back-to-back movement, planning to deal with it vaguely.

Unexpectedly, the girl with such a sensitive mind showed a very contrasting insensitivity to the atmosphere surrounding the two of them.She seemed completely unaware of Zi's unnaturalness at this time, but continued to speak in a tone that was not fluctuating: "But there is no need to confirm, that guy has already caught up."

"Why do you say that?" The other party's certainty in the words made Zi a little confused. She immediately forgot the unhappiness a moment ago, and then looked around again to make sure that she did not find the number in the gap between the buildings. traces of the beast.But just as she withdrew her searching gaze, out of the corner of her eye she suddenly caught a glimpse of a pool of dark water on the ground not far away.In the blink of an eye, an incredible thought flashed through Zi's mind, "Could it be...?!"

Running all the way from the coastline, although the clothes of the two of them are not completely dry, at least they will not drip any more.Even if there are sporadic drops of water falling, there will not be such a large water mark.

"Looks like you've noticed?" With that said, her makeshift companion cautiously stepped across the pool of water that had inexplicably formed at her feet.It was a very simple movement, but the girl seemed a little clumsy when she did it, "This is that guy's favorite trick... Heh, I never thought that I would be cornered by 'water' too." one day."

Avoiding the irregular dark traces gradually spreading on the ground, the girl once again signaled a direction to Zi, "This time we'll go this way."

Even in the Digital Grain Boundary, this area is still the Koto area Zi is familiar with.So seeing that her fingertips are facing a narrow path away from the bustling business district, Zi raised her eyebrows suspiciously, "If we go this way, we will lose the protection of tall buildings." Her whereabouts also slowed down the movement speed of the larger sea monsters. She believed that the girl thought of this when she fled here. This place is a choice that kills two birds with one stone for them.

"Yes. That's my purpose." Hearing her question, the girl couldn't help showing no sign of impatience, but instead smiled smugly, "Otherwise, why do you think I have to stop several times?" She always put on a pretentious air, and this smile finally added a little childish innocence to her delicate face.

After thinking about it, Zi quickly read her intentions from those few words.

The metal Phantom Beast she met in the past is unscrupulous in order to snatch the badge.If the sea monsters also have a similar determination to die, then their current advantage from the geographical advantage is likely to be transformed into a disadvantage. After all, they have almost no self-protection ability today, and they will be buried here if they are not careful. cage.

So the girl deliberately fled here in front of the sea monsters, and deliberately procrastinated by taking the opportunity to rest, which gave the sea monsters the illusion that they would continue to stay in this area.As for her actual planned hiding place: people say the most dangerous place is the safest place.

When the girl turned her head, she caught a glimpse of the clear expression on the purple face, "Have you figured it all out?" At this moment, the two of them had already reached the residential area of ​​the residents, planning to use the road to return to the coastline.There are also a few empty houses standing nearby, and they can stay there until the sea monster relaxes its vigilance before making plans.

"No, I still have a question." Looking at the girl who was a little ahead of her, Zi let out a soft breath.This question has been lingering in her heart for a long time, but along the way, she didn't find a suitable time to ask it.

"What?" The response was the girl's sneer without turning her head, "Is it too late to think about doubting me now?"

The reaction she gave couldn't help but make Zi secretly let out an inaudible sigh.

People who are said to be smart are generally good at reading people's hearts, and this girl in black who appeared in front of her is like that.It's just that although she can guess other people's thoughts from their simple gestures, it's a pity that she doesn't know how to give the correct response. In addition, her thoughts are too delicate, and every insignificant move of others will become a reason to hurt her.In order to protect themselves, they can only wrap themselves under a sharp appearance. Those thorns will hurt others if they are not careful, but they will also hurt themselves.

However, in the past, the indifferent appearance covered up the real self in the heart, isn't it the same?

At the beginning, she chose to entrust the memory of that day to Miracle Badge, but instead, her true character hidden in the depths was gradually exposed.This is not a bad thing for her who was used to suppressing herself in the past.

If only she could meet someone who could peel back her thorns and see her inner vulnerability and softness.

This thought made Zi smile helplessly, and as if she didn't hear the obvious sarcasm in the girl's words, she asked her question without changing her face, "Why did you save me?"

The girl's steps stopped. "'Why'?" she repeated in a low voice, as if confused.It's a pity that Zi couldn't tell whether her confusion was because she didn't expect her to ask such a question or because of her question itself. "Compared to this kind of thing," she turned around and looked at Zi with a complicated expression, from which she could discern pity, but more of it was other emotions she couldn't read, "It's better to care about yourself. "

"If you don't find a way to go back quickly, you may never go back."

Before her eyes could completely move away from Zi's shocked face, the girl suddenly raised her light gray eyes, and cast her gaze behind her, "Oops." Until this moment, a trace of helplessness finally appeared on her face. Flustered, "It seems that we are too complacent."

Zi turned around following her gaze, and then froze in place.

The ruins of the city she was familiar with were swallowed by the raging sea in an instant, and not far behind the two of them, the soaring waves rolled up, casting a huge shadow above their heads.Reflected in the dark sea water, the figure of the terrifying Digimon gradually became clear from blur.

escape?How could they escape the speed of sea water erosion?

hiding?But where to hide?

"Is this 'fate'?" A low, inaudible sigh came from the girl beside her. Faced with the despair of nowhere to go, she gave up the last useless struggle, "Oh, it's good to end like this. Anyway I'm already tired."

Is this the end?Zi Mang thought blankly.The inexplicable evasive psychology at this moment depressed her head, making her unwilling to look at the wave that was about to swallow her insignificant life.

Fortunately, he will never know what kind of waves that gentle "like" caused in her heart.

At what she thought was the last moment of her life, Zi actually thought so, and then breathed a sigh of relief.