[Digimon 06] Purple

The Ancient Sage Beast stood at the top of the clock tower, overlooking the unfinished battle below.The scarlet monster from the sea and the pitch-black giant bird belonging to the sky are still fighting together. The sharp sawtooth and sharp claws alternately inflict negligible damage on each other. The seemingly ferocious waves are actually incomprehensible to both sides. A stalemate that breaks the balance.

Even so, the ancient Sage Beast, who was the initiator of the evil, remained motionless, watching the sea from the sidelines.If Nana Beast was still there, she would probably say something like "Snipe and clam fight, fisherman wins", this is the description that best fits Silver Mirror Beast's choice from her understanding.But in fact, the current state of the ancient sage beasts is not as easy as they seem on the surface.

This dream was originally prepared for Zi, and the unexpected prey was both a "surprise" and an "accident" for the ancient sagemon.If the opponent changes, the layout must be readjusted.However, the greed factor in the flesh and blood makes it unwilling to give up this opportunity to catch them all in one go, which means that it has to allocate some energy to deal with the threat from the opponent it is least willing to face.

It's just that a temporary arrangement is not as good as careful consideration. It can use dreams as a medium to control many sea monsters to become its usable pawns, but it didn't expect that those puppets in its palm would also bring unexpected changes to it.

For example, evolution.

Yes.The evolution of Digimon is not a simple superposition of data and data, but a growth of the sub-level.Controlling the evolved Leviathan is far more difficult than it imagined. If it weren't for the strength of the Kamala beast, it would have been no longer its opponent, otherwise it would definitely fall short in this round.

The ancient sage's face remains the same today—although its attire is hardly recognizable—but all its attention is focused on the ongoing struggle at sea.As long as the threat of the Dark Beast is resolved, it is equivalent to holding victory in its hands.

Suddenly, it felt a sharp stabbing pain in its chest.Subconsciously looking down at the mercury mirror that made up its body hidden under the cloak, the half-closed eyes of the ancient sage beast suddenly stared into a perfect circle full of incredible meaning——

I saw a small golden cone protruding from the inside of the mirror with a strong posture.With its tyrannical force, the originally flat and smooth mirror surface began to wind several cracked cracks in all directions centered on the place where the sharp cone appeared.From under the broken lines, a gray blue light faintly seeps out.

In just a few seconds, the mirror surface made a crisp cracking sound, and a Digimon with a human body and a fishtail broke out of the mirror, and the curly long silver-white hair hanging behind it was as charming as snow-white foam on the tip of the waves. The golden trident in his hand glowed magnificently and brilliantly under the weird skylight of the Digital Crystal Realm.At this moment, sea water suddenly surged up to form a column, and the top of the water column opened like an umbrella, allowing her, who fell from mid-air, to land on it steadily.

Zi fell out of the different space in the body of the ancient sage beast along with the ancient mermaid beast.She stared at the surface of the sea that was getting closer and closer to her. She thought that she would carry it in firmly, but she didn't expect a small stream of water to suddenly rise up into the sky, gently supporting her body, creating a buffer, and then That stream of water formed a ball—just like Nanamon did before—and lifted her up to a height similar to the other two Digimon.

Via the transparent surface as thin as soap bubbles, Zi could clearly see the scene where the Ancient Mermaidmon and the Ancient Sagemon confront each other.But now her brain is still in chaos, still immersed in the shock of what she saw a few minutes ago.

She has only been a Digimon hunter for a few months, but Digi-Xors this time is probably the only one in her hunter career that can be crowned with the name of "miracle".

The datalink gushing out of her XrosLoader was a completely different gray-blue color than before.The slender chain data strongly restrained Nanamon's body, forcibly blending her with the blurred silhouette of the girl in the black dress.When the data embodied in the form of water turned into water droplets and spread to both sides, the figure of the girl disappeared completely, and the trace of Nanamon was nowhere to be found. Holding the golden trident and looking down at her.

Humans, and Digimon... performed Digi-Xros...

Thinking of this, Zi raised her head again, her eyes shifted from the machine held in her palm to the two Digimon facing each other not far away.

The Ancient Sage Beast bowed its body and covered its chest with its hands, trying to repair the hole exposed by the mirror on its chest in such a futile way. Unfortunately, the power loss is still so obvious that it has no strength to refute. It can only use that The pair of eyes that were like lighted electric beads stared at the Digimon in front of him, and then spit out a few incoherent words, "You...how could..."

The female Digimon shook her head invisibly, "It's just to test your depth, it's hard for you to take the initiative to expose the weakness of this layout in your words, are you too complacent?" Silver Mirror Beast?" She used this command again Its popular name, "In the past, you were good at hiding your strengths and biding your time. You would rather sacrifice yourself and wait patiently for the most suitable time to close the net..."

Hearing this, Zi couldn't help showing a wry smile.What the ancient mermaid was referring to was the other party's triumphant explanation.Just a few simple ostentatious words exposed its biggest flaw.This trap was originally prepared for her. Breaking into others naturally produced other variables, and relative variables required other countermeasures.The Ancient Sage Beast didn't take the badge from them immediately after defeating Kamala Beast, which proves that this seemingly winner has more than enough energy.

"...It also made us suffer a lot." She said in a low voice, the corners of the woman's mouth curled up looking a bit bitter.

While speaking, the ancient mermaid raised the golden scepter in its hand, "That's it, it's time to end."

The eyes hidden under the fin mask quietly glanced at the ocean below.I don't know if the ancient sage beast has thought about it, the barrier it chose for itself to cover up, but now it has changed its position and become her home field.

The sea tide soared into the sky, forming a high wall of water behind the ancient mermaid beast. The water splashes rose from a certain height and then fell from the sky, turning into mist that confuses the sight.And among the falling water droplets, the golden trident of the ancient mermaid once again penetrated the mercury mirror of the ancient sage beast, and the already broken mirror was completely shattered after receiving the second attack. Come.

Among the remaining fragments of the mirror, the reflection of the silver mirror beast suddenly appeared.It looked at the ancient mermaid beast outside the mirror through the glass, and the red lips that seemed to be painted on by someone were slightly curved, outlining a smile of approval.

When she saw the appearance of the silver mirror beast, the ancient mermaid was still slightly taken aback, but what happened next gave her an expression of sudden realization, "So that's how it is." She murmured, "This way , it makes perfect sense.”

In the water polo shrunk aside, Zi naturally saw everything clearly.

Before being turned into fragments of data and surrounded by the familiar light blue halo, the body of the Ancient Sage Beast was first disassembled into two parts—as if the Digi-Xros had been reversed, and it appeared in front of their eyes. It's Silver Mirrormon and another strange Digimon.

The XrosLoader in Zi's hand reacted.Just like any hunting in the past, the information belonging to the silver mirror beast entered her XrosLoader first and became her property.Therefore, in the midair at this moment, there is only the solitary figure of another Digimon left.Unlike the state of the ancient Sagemon, it looks small and thin, and it is still in a state that is about to be broken into countless pieces of data, making its appearance even more pitiful.

"Dream Eater." The ancient mermaid spit out the name with a sigh, "It's clearly a sacred Digimon..." His eyes skipped over the sacred ring it wore on its forearm, "I thought it was strange before, the silver mirror Beasts simply don't have the ability to control others through dreams, if that's your power, everything can be explained..."

"Please...please..." The front paws of the dream-eating beast were brought together, like the clasped hands that humans unconsciously make when making a request, "I'm just being tempted...I'm just being tempted Power confused the mind..."

Looking at the gaze cast by the ancient mermaid beast—she seemed to have not heard the miserable plea of ​​the dream eater at all, but gave her the right to choose—Zi couldn't help recalling the night when her memory came to life, the metal phantom The end of the beast.

But before she could make a decision, a pitch-black tail feather pierced through the air, cutting off the light blue ring used to protect the data, and at the same time, the sharp tip pierced through the dream-eater's data before it dissipated. its body.

……it's not finished yet!

Realizing something, the ancient mermaid and Zi turned their heads at the same time.

Black Hawk Beast's momentary distraction undoubtedly gave his opponent a chance.The Leviathan killed one of the wings of the Black Hawk with its terrifying jaws, trying to drag it into the sea.The giant black bird uttered a sharp and painful cry.

The expression of panic that did not belong to her reappeared on the face of the ancient mermaid beast. In desperation, she raised the scepter in her hand, and the tip of the scepter shone with sea-blue light, and a huge vortex was born in the vast ocean. , the force of the constantly rotating water flow continuously pulled the Leviathan's body to the bottom of the sea.The out-of-control Leviathan was still in the excitement of killing. Even though it was restrained by the power of the water, it still clenched the Blackhawk's wings tightly, wanting him to be buried with him.

The latter naturally won't let it succeed.Black laser light was projected from the eagle's eyes, and when that dark light touched the Leviathan's skin, it spread like some kind of corrosive substance instantly.Forced by the pain, the Leviathan had to let go.After losing the power of the tug-of-war with it in the air, the crocodile-shaped monster was pulled to the center of the vortex in an instant.The vortex was like a huge mouth of the abyss born in the ocean, swallowing up the dark red color of the Leviathan in an instant.

Under the command of the ancient mermaid beast, the sea water receded, revealing the ruins that originally belonged to the city.

The black eagle beast circling at low altitude obviously exhausted its last strength. After the light of the data faded, the dark shadow fell from the sky weakly and fell into the dilapidated buildings.

The Ancient Mermaid disarmed Digi-Xros the moment it landed.The girl in black didn't even care to pay attention to the situation of Nanamon and Zi behind her, so she stumbled towards the place where the dark beast fell.

Zi also didn't have time to take a look at the second Digimon that she had just acquired. After the round with Nanamon, they followed the girl and rushed to that position together.

The place where the dark beast fell formed a semicircular deep pit.The girl didn't care too much, she slid down the inclined surface with trembling legs, and finally threw herself on the side of the dark beast as if she fell down.

As if sensing a familiar aura beside him, the Diablo Beast opened its eyes with difficulty.The girl who has been thinking about it is now kneeling and sitting very close to him, her skirt dyed in his color is scattered all over the floor, her eyes are slightly red. "...Sorry." He wanted to raise his hand to touch her head, and wanted to tell her not to show such a sad expression, but unfortunately he raised his hand halfway before he realized that his arm was already a weapon of a Digimon. Even if you want to be intimate, it may hurt her if you are not careful, so you can only drop your arms back to the original place without regret.

But the familiar apology easily defeated her last defense. The girl covered her face with her hands and cried softly, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, don't follow me anymore?!" She While sobbing, he said intermittently, "The soul may not be able to return after leaving the body for too long, not to mention, if you die..."

The fear that had never dissipated from her heart finally found a gap at this moment, allowing her to vent unscrupulously, "If you die here, what will Auntie do! What will Kouji do!" She murmured desperately , tears kept falling from between the fingers, dripping on the black armor, "...what should I do? It's a miracle, it won't happen a second time..."

Her tears were hotter than expected.The Dark Beast sighed, and sat up with difficulty supporting the ground, looking at her who was crying, "Sorry," he repeated in a low voice, "I made you cry again..."

"'again'?" The girl lowered her hand, she raised her face, her light gray eyes were covered with a thin layer of tears, making her eyes sparkle with water, "That's my dream , has nothing to do with you..." At this time, she hardened her heart again, stubbornly and indifferently said something that wanted to push him away.

However, for that soul wrapped in pitch-black armor, he brushed aside the sharp thorns wrapped around her with ease, and gently embraced her fragile shadow hidden in the depths, "Even if it's just a dream, you Still dreaming of me."

Finally, she became a secret that he could keep exclusively.He couldn't help but let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"You guessed right." Catching Zi's eyes for confirmation, Nanamon nodded in relief, "They are not partners."

After getting the answer she wanted, Zi thoughtfully looked in the direction of the two of them again.It's unbelievable that a Digimon that only made her feel fear when she first saw it, can be so tender in the blood-colored pupils.

Facing Zi's outstretched hand to her, the girl was obviously taken aback.

"I'm Zi, Ruoye Zi." Zi was a little uncomfortable seeing her blunt eyes, so she quietly turned her eyes away, "It seems a little late to think of introducing myself now."

The girl hesitated for a while, and finally chose to hold Zi's hand, "Kotoe," she whispered, "Kotoe Kiyomizu."

After the clasped hands were released, the embarrassment on her face also faded away, and she returned to that expressionless look, "Please be careful," she paused, but still chose to express, "I have the same People with strength may not all be companions."

"Hey, what did she mean by that?" Nanamon still curiously approached Zi after watching the girl and Diablo go away, and poked her with her elbow.

After a short meeting, they still have to move forward along the original path.

Seeing the dark beast not far away picking up the girl again, Zi looked away.She sighed, realizing that she was far less relaxed than they were. "Nanamon, have you never thought about why the dream-eating beast can evolve into an ancient sage beast?"

"What 'why'?" Nanamon was still at a loss.

"It's the same." Zi patiently explained to her, "The way the dream-eater evolves into the ancient sage beast is the same as the way you evolve into the ancient mermaid." She struggled to spit out the all-too-familiar word Vocabulary, "It's all about Digi-Xros."

In other words, the guy who wants to snatch the badge is a human being.Maybe also like her, a hunter with XrosLoader.

This room fell into speechless silence for this conclusion, but there were bursts of clear and melodious singing from afar.

The author has something to say:

The feeling of daily change.

That's right, the dream-eating beast here is me in Heitri.As for who is behind the scenes, anyone who has watched the animation should know (laughs.

This is the end of this incident, since there is no one to leave a message here, I will go back to the loft and write Touken Ranbu~