[Digimon 06] Purple

Zi couldn't remember how long it had been since the last time she was able to cry willfully.In the past, she had always stubbornly thought that as long as she put on a mask of indifference and indifference, the negative emotions that would upset her would never hurt her again.She never thought that those emotions that she had deliberately ignored would never disappear just because she pretended not to see them.They were there from beginning to end, layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer upon layer, accumulating into an unimaginable weight for her.Once it finds a weak point, it erupts like hot and surging magma.

She held Yuu and cried for a long time, her eyes hurt and her mind was dizzy from crying, from the initial collapse of wailing to the final sob.The only thing that remained unchanged during the period was the arms that surrounded her from beginning to end, gently wrapped and supported her, and fully accepted her unspeakable sorrow and pain.Until the end she stopped crying, but she was still buried in his chest like an ostrich, nostalgic and unwilling to leave.

Sensing that her breathing was gradually calming down, Yu ran down her long hair soothingly again, "So, can we continue today?"

The tone he used was so gentle, as if a feather had brushed against the sensitive skin beside his ears, but what he said made Zi feel confused, "Continue?" She raised her head from his arms and asked hoarsely.

"Yeah." You naturally held her hands instead, "Xiao Zi, can you continue today's hunting?" He looked down at her seriously, and suddenly found that there was still a teardrop condensed on her eyelashes , looking about to fall, like a star at your fingertips, his heart softened, he stretched out his hand involuntarily, and gently caught it with his fingertips.

She could clearly feel the slight itchiness caused by the warm fingertips brushing her eyelashes, but the real touch made her tremble, and her fragmented sense of reason, which had been impacted by grief before, also followed. Return to cage.

"Of course... we will continue." Zi raised the back of his hand to wipe away the remaining tears on his face.It seemed that she was wiping away those exposed fragility together with her tears, but at the moment of taking a breath, her tone had stabilized, and her expression had returned to her usual indifference, "Sorry, I lost my composure."

There are still obvious evidences around her eye sockets, but she has to pretend to be nonchalant to cover them up.This cute stubbornness made his heart softer, and he couldn't help but want to hug her again.

It's a pity that reality didn't give him more time to spend tenderly.

"Hey, I tell you, hurry up and finish the nonsense that needs to be said!"

The only one who can use this tone is the Seed Beast.

The two round little beasts that turned their backs knowingly from the very beginning were now jumping up to them one after another, using their bodies that seemed to have no deterrent force to build a fragile barrier in front of them.

"Now there is no extra time for you to dawdle."

The pair of limp blades fixed on the head of the Seed Beast have been stretched into a tense angle; and the pair of golden blades of the Sakuto Beast have also been erected.Right where they were looking, something slowly emerged from the dusk background.

First there was a flying saucer-shaped circular outline floating in mid-air, and then a pair of silver-gray slender metal arms. The Doudou beast on the high seat flipped the joystick lightly, and the warning light at the front of the aircraft flashed to alert red light. "Target found." The electronically synthesized mechanical sound sounded, mixed with a hint of mechanical coldness, "The clearing begins."

The appearance of the catching Doudou beast made Zi subconsciously look up at You.Sure enough, a trace of understanding was also found on his face.

It's time to show up.

After all, the purpose of Digimon is to create a utopia that belongs to the past and is outside of time.Then they are aware of the abnormality of time, and they will naturally face direct violence if they want to further destroy this beautiful dream.So, as the force in charge of that strange combination, it is not surprising that Catch Bean Beast appeared in front of them.

It's just... In the past, the battle between Digimon has always been a necessary step for hunting, and they have long been accustomed to it, and they will not have any scruples.However, at this moment, both Hualamon and Wuxingmon, who were trapped in the ability of Clockmon, have degenerated into a weaker posture, and cannot use the power of super evolution.Although the Digimon in the XrosLoader escaped temporarily, it was because of the protection of the XrosLoader.In Zi's expectation, once they call out the other Digimon, it may lead to the same result, and they will still be on the disadvantaged side.

"That's the only way." Seeing the catching Doudou beast approaching them step by step, Yuu moved closer to Zi and whispered to her.

Zi quickly analyzed the situation in front of him: indeed, in the situation that the force value was not equal to the capture of Doudoumon, they could only obtain a breakthrough in this hunting from the body of another Digimon Clockmon.

Seeing that Zi already had calculations in her heart, Yu continued to say to her, "Then, Sakutomon and I will be responsible for holding it back, Xiaozi, you and Seed Beast will take this opportunity..."

Wen Yanzi immediately cast a worried look at him.

Yuu comforted her anxiety with her usual smile, "It's okay. This time, please trust me with peace of mind."

It's the same mall.The scene full of people's voices made Zi a little confused for a while whether it was the real scene of the past extracted from her memory or the fantasy created by the Digimon in the present.But this time, she followed the instructions drawn by Molecule Beast on the XrosLoader projection, pushed through the crowd, and reached the top floor of the mall.

Because of her selfish personal reasons before, Yu had been wandering with her on the lower floors, so when Zi obeyed Molecule Beast's instructions and pushed through the bustling crowd to reach the highest floor of the building, the cold scene before her eyes suddenly made her feel ashamed. She thought she had returned to the real shopping mall that belonged to the present.Most of the shops have closed their cold rolling doors, and only a few surviving shops are lazily open, not to mention the presence of customers.In the huge space, the noise and vitality that it once had can no longer be found.

As for the location of the Digimon... Zi moved his eyes away from the XrosLoader screen, and turned to the entrance of the cinema that occupied most of the floor.The sofas placed in the hall for resting are all old, and a few clumps of yellowed cotton wool emerge from the gaps in the armrests. The screens at the ticket office only list a few old movies that are no longer popular. Movies—like the mall itself.

"It's actually here." Zi let out an indistinguishable smile, and then lowered his eyes to the seed beast in his arms, "Don't forget to do what I say." After the degeneration, the strength was greatly compressed, thinking The only way to hunt successfully is to do it in one fell swoop.

The seed beast rolled her eyes impatiently—she still retained the round blue eyes of the flower beast after degenerating, "You bastard, which time did I not listen to your arrangement and make my own decisions?!"

"That's right." The familiar teasing slightly relieved the pressure that Zi felt at the moment.She then took a deep breath, expelled the invisible weight on her heart as stale air, and then slowly walked towards the indicated place.

The outside of the hall indicated that the film had already started showing.With the strength of a child, she pushed open the door of the auditorium. In the dark room, a bright white beam of light slanted from above, presenting the picture on the curtain directly in front of her.But there was someone standing at a point in the middle of that line without knowing what was good or bad, causing a humanoid incompleteness to appear in the middle of the image on the screen.

"It's so boring, what the hell is this place?" The girl in sailor suit made a gesture of brushing her hair, then turned around lazily.The light emitted from the film machine happened to hit her face, reflecting her cold face brightly.

Zi stood stiffly.She stood on the highest row of steps, staring blankly at Ayako Fujii, who was about 15 years old, standing in front of the screen.

"Che, it's just a brat." The middle school student Fujii Ayako continued to lick her hair impatiently. She couldn't see the child's face clearly from her position. She could only roughly judge it from a vague outline and height, "Such a small Don't run around alone, kid, hurry up and go back to mom!"

Zi's ​​lips trembled, and finally he just lowered his head and stared at the two leaves on the forehead of the seed beast.

Ayako obviously misunderstood the meaning of Zi's silence, "Really, it must be lost. Children are trouble. Those shit parents are too irresponsible. You have to watch your children." Her style was exactly the same, she walked towards Zi while cursing and complaining, "Come on, I'll take you to the radio studio."

Before she got close, Ayako held out her hand to her.

Then, the time that was flowing peacefully on her body stopped at this moment.

"Is this the person?" A deep voice sounded from somewhere in the next row of seats.

Zi Zun turned around abruptly following the sound, and the seed beast also jumped out of her arms, and the pair of drooping buds on the top stood straight again vigilantly.The silent movie in that box was still playing step by step, and the neat pure black formal suit successfully disguised the old man into the dim environment.The moment she entered, her gaze was attracted by Ayako in front of the screen. If he hadn't spoken out at this moment, no one would have known that there was another audience in this auditorium.

"That's enough!" Zi Leng said, "Stop pretending to be a human, Clock Beast!"

"Exposed?" Like a real old man, Clock Beast slowly stood up on crutches.Afterwards, the brilliance of the data dissipated from the simulated human form, and it returned to the original Digimon.It's a bit different from the clockwork beast that is next to the grandfather in the watch shop. This clockmonster is based on that one with a hooded and hammer-holding beast. bust.Even in the narrow seat space, it can still maintain the dexterity possessed by Digimon, and with the help of the backrest and seat cushion, it can lightly jump in front of Shi.

"Humans who call themselves Digimon hunters, let's make a deal."

Different from the voice when imitating humans, Clockmon's real voice is thin and high, like a young boy who has not yet developed.

Zi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the suggestion it made.It seems that the force value of the clock beast is weaker than they estimated, perhaps it can be understood that it is almost equal to zero...?You must know that its current opponent is one and only a seed beast that does not seem to have any lethality.

"I will let this human go." Clockwork Beast tapped Ayako's shoulder lightly with the hammer in his hand, "In contrast, please leave here forever with your partners, and never try to disturb this utopia created by me again. "

Regarding the clock beast's proposal, Zi did not give an answer immediately, but instead asked, "There is one thing that makes me very curious. I want to know who you got the feelings from to create this..." She said no exit.

Utopia?The word chewed between his teeth was overflowing with sarcasm.

Clock Beast didn't understand her intention of asking this question, but said bluntly, "This is an agreement between Mr. Jincheng and me, and has nothing to do with the transaction between us."

"Mr. Jincheng?" Zi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. Jincheng Tiezang?" Zi didn't realize it when she was blinded by the clock beast and fell into the past, but now she has remembered the bearded human image borrowed by the clock beast It is Jincheng Iron Cang, which is also the name of the owner of this shopping mall, "But as far as I know, Mr. Jincheng just passed away not long ago." Just a few days ago, this former businessman was mentioned in the TV news Tycoon's funeral.

"This is his last wish." I don't know if it should be said that this Digimon is pure-hearted, but it honestly confessed everything to Zi, "He said that this shopping mall is his life's painstaking effort, and he doesn't want to see it just like this It disappeared, and I hope it can stay in the busiest period forever. That's why I joined forces with the Doudou brothers to reproduce this building."

This should have been a touching story, but Zi sneered ignorantly. After laughing, she looked away and muttered as if talking to herself, "I think I have participated in enough Digimon hunting Every time I watch Digimon turn human desires into their own use, I didn’t expect that this is the first time I saw a Digimon played by human cunning in the palm of my hand..."

Although she was talking to herself, she didn't deliberately lower her voice, so every word and every sentence was clearly heard by the clock beast, "What are you talking about?" It raised the hammer in its hand as if threatening.

"I have another question." Zi pretended to be ignorant, and continued to ask innocently, "You and the capture Doudou beast, what criteria do you use to select the people who are brought here?" She asked He made an absurd assumption, "No way, Mr. Jincheng made a list for you to arrest people according to the names on the list?"

After finishing speaking, Zi narrowed his eyes, watching the Clockwork Beast's reaction through the dim light source.

Wait... She was just talking nonsense, but judging by the appearance of the Clock Beast, she seems to have guessed it right?

Well, everything fits right.

"You've been cheated," Zi sighed, Jincheng deserved to be a slippery and sophisticated businessman, even if he died, he would dig a hole for others to live in, "Clock Beast, you were deceived by Jincheng Tiesang. "

"Have you ever wondered why a good shopping mall has gone downhill until today? And why the seventh floor of the building you reproduced, that is, this floor, is still deserted? Not only Because of the rise of the shopping street, there are other factors..."

"When I was in elementary school, there was a fire in this shopping mall. The place where the fire started was here, the movie theater on the top floor." Zi pointed to the place where the two of them were standing. It's very big, because several people died—can you understand that the weight of human life is equal to the life of your Digimon. That's why, in this false space you reproduced, this floor The reason why it is still empty and cold.”

"The reason why such a serious accident happened is because Mr. Jincheng reduced the equipment of fire-fighting facilities for the slightest personal benefit, and the safety exits for escape were all piled up with sundries and could not be used." The defense lawyer on the victim's side couldn't go home for nearly a month because of this case, so Zi still remembers this incident even more vividly, "Even if the decoration here can cover up all the traces of damage, those scars left in my heart are still there. There is nothing that can be easily erased. Since then, many merchants have withdrawn their leases due to concerns about personal safety, and the business in this mall has plummeted."

"This result is all caused by Jin Cheng's own selfishness."

"As for the humans captured by the Crawling Bean Beast, she is," Zi pointed to Fujii Ayako, "the manager of a toy and gift shop in the shopping street; the girl who was captured with her is the coffee shop The store manager’s daughter.” In the past, Zi has seen that girl wearing a waiter’s uniform to help in the store a few times in the past, “There are other humans captured by you. There is a relationship, in other words, they are all Jincheng's competitors."

"I've already talked about this, do you understand?" Zi deliberately slowed down his speech for emphasis, "The 'wish' that Jincheng Tezou said are all high-sounding nonsense, in fact, he used you Digimon's ability is to take revenge on his business rivals."

Unexpectedly, after she said so much, the clock beast just tilted its head, "So what?"

so what? !

Such a fluffy sentence made Zi suddenly feel angry. She took a deep breath to suppress the anger in her heart, and asked her last question to Clockmon, "Since the deal between Digimon and humans has been reached, what about Mr. Jincheng?" What did you pay for it?"

Her question made Clock Beast show a weird smile, "I don't know what it is, I only know that it is the best thing that Mr. Jincheng has." The animal nature hidden in the soul comes from this It was completely exposed in a smile, "From this point of view, Miss Hunter, are you going to reject my deal and choose to hunt me? Don't forget, your current body is still under the control of my power. I advise you, or Listen to me obediently once. Want to hunt me? That will definitely make you lose more than you gain."

I don't know if it's her illusion, but Zi always feels that the temperament of the clock beast is more and more similar to that old and cunning businessman.It seems that not only Digimon can inspire and inspire human desires, on the contrary, human's inflated desires can also have an impact that cannot be underestimated on Digimon.

"Heh." But Zi was not moved by its threat. She put away the serious expression she put on when she was preaching, and instead raised the corner of her mouth lightly, "Why do you think I stand here to accompany you?" You've been talking nonsense for so long?" No more patience, the violent factors flowing in her blood and bones are unscrupulously bursting out at this moment, "Don't forget that I am a Digimon hunter, and my hunting has already begun. "

The light in the auditorium was dim, and no one noticed when the seed beast at her feet disappeared.

The author has something to say:

I started writing this incident before I finished my brain. Some plots were written while thinking, and the previous foreshadowing was not buried much. I feel awkward... _(:з」∠)_

But to be honest, I suddenly feel that Digimon are too weak compared to human beings. Even children can't play with them and want to occupy the human world. Are you kidding me(x