webnovelvip Chapter 284 Data Cow
Chapter 284 Data Cow
Chapter 284 Data Cow
Deep inside the cave where Agumon was imprisoned, Taichi Yagami found his Crest of Courage. However, none of the DigiDestined were happy about it, because a Digimon had sacrificed itself to save them.
The Fairymon didn't recognize each other, and they didn't even know each other's names until they saw the Pokédex data on Izzy's computer.
However, it is undeniable that when they were in dire straits, the other side intervened and saved Patamon and Takeru, giving them time to escape.
"Do we really have a chance against such a powerful enemy?"
Mimi had some doubts. The scene of LadyDevimon easily defeating a group of Digimon on her own, and the huge gap in strength, made the girl feel confused about the future.
"Brother, I want to go home."
Takeru was the one who almost got killed, and being the youngest child, he was deeply moved after escaping danger. He hugged Patamon and cried.
"Awu..."
Ishida Yamato didn't know how to comfort his younger brother, so he could only hug him and say that he would definitely protect him.
He had just tried to protect his younger brother, but was easily knocked away by LadyDevimon, while Gabumon had his power stolen by the data absorption collar and was lying helplessly to the side.
If it weren't for the appearance of the Fairy Beast, the team might have lost one, no, two members.
"Everyone, cheer up! We will definitely be able to go home safely and return to our original world."
Taichi Yagami tried to encourage his companions, but with little success.
The training that Fairymon mentioned, judging from the current situation, has only dealt a major blow to the morale of the Chosen Children.
"I've already obtained the Crest of Evolution. I believe that when I encounter LadyDevimon again, Agumon will definitely be able to evolve into its Ultimate form and protect everyone."
Gennai had said that obtaining the badge would allow his partner Digimon to evolve further. Taichi Yagami believed, or rather, had no choice but to believe, that tonight's disadvantage was simply because LadyDevimon was an Ultimate-level Digimon.
If they can also evolve into Perfect-level Digimon, they certainly won't be as helpless as they were when LadyDevimon beat them.
"But Taichi, do you know how to evolve Agumon into its Ultimate form?"
Koushiro asked the question.
"Perhaps we can evolve if we encounter danger?"
Taichi Yagami was somewhat unsure.
"Patamon didn't evolve into Angemon just now."
Ah Wu said in a low voice.
"sorry."
Patamon was injured again and felt somewhat aggrieved, but he couldn't refute it.
"Everyone, now is not the time to be discouraged. LadyDevimon could catch up with us at any time. We must get out of here as soon as possible and find a secluded place to hide."
Sora realized that Taichi Yagami's encouragement was ineffective, so she immediately stepped in to act as a wingman, reminding the others not to forget LadyDevimon's threat.
After being reminded of LadyDevimon's existence by Sora, the group barely managed to pull themselves together and followed the Koromon pack to a secluded spot near the cave exit.
A group of chosen children believed that evil Digimon were chasing them, but in reality, they were not.
The real tracking was already set up by Fairymon on them. As long as they didn't directly break out of Fairymon's perception range, no matter where the Chosen Children like Taichi Yagami hid, Broly's villainous actor Digimon could easily catch up.
However, training should be done in a balanced way. The chosen children were not disturbed that night. Even the next day, the fairy beast was allowed to show its face first, so that the chosen children could regain some hope and confidence.
"Hey, Fairy Beast, you're still alive?"
After parting ways with the Koromon and embarking on their journey to find the crests, the Chosen Children's first reaction upon encountering Fairymon again was this: Taichi Yagami, quick to speak, voiced everyone's surprise.
"What do you mean I'm still alive? Does that mean it would be better if I were dead?"
Fairy Beast, with a dark expression, directly hit Taichi Yagami on the head with its staff.
"Ouch~"
Taichi Yagami covered his head and quickly apologized, saying that he didn't mean it that way.
"Well, I was lucky to escape from LadyDevimon."
Fairymon forgave Taichi Yagami for his rudeness, but did not elaborate on how he escaped.
After all, that's just a fabrication, and making up stories is a lot of work.
Fairymon began its self-introduction, explaining that it was the chosen children's guide, much like a navigation NPC on a new map, introducing Taichi Yagami and the others to the background story of the Suna Continent, this new server continent's adventure game.
In this story, LadyDevimon is the biggest villain, whose goal is to continuously plunder the evolution data from the Digimon of the Chosen Children.
Once the Chosen Children are captured, they will be imprisoned in the cages prepared for them by LadyDevimon, and from then on become tool humans and tool Digimon that produce evolution data, just like humans raising cows to produce milk.
Hearing this, a group of chosen children felt a pang of sympathy, and Mimi Tachikawa even burst into tears, saying that she didn't want to become a data cow.
"Fairymon, I've obtained the Crest of Courage. Do you know how to evolve Agumon into a Ultimate-level Digimon?"
Feeling the pressure, Taichi Yagami felt that as the first person to obtain the Crest of Evolution, it was necessary to protect his other companions, so he asked Fairymon this question.
"That's a question you'll have to ask yourselves."
"Ask ourselves?"
"Yes, the reason you were chosen children is because you possess some special qualities."
For example, you, Taichi Yagami, possess the quality of courage.
Therefore, when you are filled with courage, you should be able to guide the power within the Crest of Courage to help your Digimon partner achieve their Perfect Digimon Evolution.
The Chosen Children are actually people who saw the Digimon that appeared in the real world four years ago.
Taichi Yagami's courage in standing up to a ferocious Champion-level Digimon in order to save his sister triggered a leapfrog evolution of Koromon.
This evolution was discovered by the constant nature of the problem that plagued the two worlds, and thus the so-called Divine Plan came into being.
Four years in the real world, more than 5,700 years in the digital world—the Divine Project spanned a long period of time before it was developed and launched.
The key to this is the emotional power that triggers evolution. The most important connection between each chosen child and the partner Digimon prepared for them by constancy is that unique emotional power that links them together through the Digivice and the crest.
The courage to protect others, the responsibility to safeguard others, and the love to cherish those around them are all important. However, the judgment of whether one possesses these emotions is very subtle and rises to the level of self-awareness. For children like Taichi Yagami, these are completely mysterious things that cannot be seen or touched.
"Well, no need to rush. Being able to become a chosen child and obtain the Crest of Courage means that you possess such qualities. As long as you rediscover the feeling of courage you once had, you should be able to meet the conditions for complete evolution."
Seeing Taichi Yagami's confusion, Fairymon offered a word of comfort and then suggested that Taichi and the others temporarily train with him.
Having nowhere else to go, Yagami Taichi and the others hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
In the days that followed, Fairymon, while training the will of the chosen children like a teacher, also secretly pulled off various shady moves to notify villainous Digimon to make their appearances.
They deliberately separated Taichi Yagami and the others to search for the crest, giving the villainous Digimon the opportunity to attack the lone Chosen Children.
Of course, every attack is intentionally planned, like a live-action version of a role-playing game. It seems like there are constant crises, but in reality, the Chosen Children and their partner Digimon will land safely.
The Chosen Children grow through various thrilling attacks, while the actor Digimon that attacks them can also steal evolution data through data absorption collars after defeating the Chosen Children's Digimon.
The script usually goes like this: the actor Digimon defeats some of the Chosen Children's Digimon, absorbs their data, and is then chased away by the other Chosen Children. The Chosen Children who chased away the actor Digimon don't dare to pursue the actor Digimon that escaped with its evolution data because of the existence of LadyDevimon.
Whenever the actor's Digimon is in danger, Gatomon will evolve into LadyDevimon and appear to break the deadlock.
Similarly, if the Chosen Children cannot break the deadlock, a helpful Digimon (or an actor) or Fairymon will appear to save the day.
This back-and-forth struggle, from God's perspective, is tedious and boring, but to the chosen children who are kept in the dark, it is thrilling and exciting.
Each time the children venture out of the Sage's Mountain barrier to search for their badges, it's a major adventure.
The children who have found the badges usually cultivate their minds and character on Sage Mountain in order to achieve a state of spiritual return to simplicity. At the same time, they also act as firefighters, being taken out by Fairy Beasts to rescue their companions when they encounter danger while searching for the badges.
Of course, they will also be sent out by Fairymon to resolve conflicts between Digimon in some areas of the Suna Continent. Among them are actors from the Forest faction, as well as real wild Digimon that are used as tools.
As the days went by, the chosen children grew up, and the badges were found one by one, but the ultimate evolution was still unsuccessful.
"Perhaps it's because they always manage to escape danger that they haven't been able to unleash their full potential."
When the training reached a stalemate, and Fairymon came over to discuss how to train the Chosen Children to help them grow further, Broly shared his thoughts.
"Gluttony, you mean we're not going to act anymore, and we'll do it for real, really putting the Chosen Children in danger?"
"It's not that we won't act, but rather that we'll extend the script of their trials, where they always manage to turn misfortune into good fortune, and make further arrangements for their trials based on the types of badges that Taichi Yagami and the others possess."
"How do you plan to arrange this?"
Goblinmon asked.
"Molecular Beast has already built a data absorption factory. We can capture some Chosen Children and their Digimon that are not easy to complete Mega Evolution and use them as data cows."
Meanwhile, the Chosen Children and their Digimon, who are more likely to undergo Mega Evolution, are deliberately left outside to play a game of storming the villains' stronghold to rescue their companions.
"How is this any different from the previous repeated pulling and tugging?"
"Of course there is a difference. The difference is that they were only facing adult-level Digimon before, but they are about to face LadyDevimon, the ultimate-level boss."
Well, for the Chosen Children who remain outside, let's choose the owners of the Crests of Courage and Friendship, as those two are more likely to undergo Mega Evolution.
As for Fairymon, you need to step back and let them emerge from your protective wings to face the fear Fairymon instilled in them alone.
Human courage is the act of facing fear head-on, and friendship also needs to be demonstrated in adversity.
During Broly's training with Fairymon, strange thoughts would always pop into his mind.
Something like a hymn to courage...
Now they can use it, and the chosen children, who have already been trained, will not be so easily defeated by the false dark forces.
Fairymon agreed to the plan, and as a result, the location of Sage Mountain was discovered by the evil LadyDevimon forces.
While Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida were out training with their partner Digimon in search of a way to achieve Mega Evolution, LadyDevimon led a group of Champion-level Digimon in a surprise attack on Sage Mountain.
Fairymon was defeated in the battle, and the remaining five Chosen Children tried their best to fight back, but they failed as well.
None of them who received the badges managed to achieve Mega Evolution for their Digimon.
Those partner Digimon were fitted with data-absorbing collars, and their data was absorbed, causing them to revert to their Rookie form.
This time, since Patamon was able to evolve into Angemon, LadyDevimon did not attack it. Instead, she led a group of captured Chosen Children and their Digimon back to a data absorption factory converted from an old castle.
When Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato returned from outside in the evening, they found the area around Sage Mountain in a complete mess.
Just as the two were anxiously wondering what was happening, Fairymon timely removed its disguise and appeared before them in a disheveled state, looking like it was about to collapse, and told them about LadyDevimon's attack.
"Wait, Fairymon, isn't your power enough to deal with LadyDevimon? Why did you let Takeru be captured by LadyDevimon this time?"
Upon learning of the situation, Ishida Yamato was very agitated and even grabbed the fairy beast on the ground to question it.
Fairymon was taken aback by the grab, but still feigned weakness and replied, "I expended too much energy training you, and Fairymon attacked when I was in a weakened state."
"Why didn't you say so sooner?"
"That's enough, Ahe, let go of the fairy beast, it's not its fault."
The owner of the Crest of Friendship claims it's for friendship, but Fairymon already discovered it during the trials of the Chosen Children.
It seems that the only person Yamato Ishida cares about is his younger brother, the boy named Takeru. As for the others, well, it feels like their friendship is just a facade.
Others were also captured by LadyDevimon, but this person only questioned his younger brother. In contrast, Taichi Yagami remained calm and persuaded the other party to put aside his weakened appearance.
Fortunately, its weakness was just an act; if it were real, it would probably have been shaken apart and returned to the Founding Village as data.
The Fairymon, who had been put down, rolled its eyes inwardly and said to Taichi Yagami, "LadyDevimon's goal is evolution data. She won't kill the other Chosen Children who can produce evolution data. You still have a chance to save your comrades..."
Fairy Beast told the two the exact address of the data factory, then pretended to be on his deathbed, telling them to go and rescue their captured companion themselves.
Yamato Ishida was impulsive and wanted to ride Garurumon to the Data Factory to save his brother that very night, but Taichi Yagami stopped him.
The two got into an argument, and their Digimon started fighting. In the end, Greymon overpowered Garurumon, and Taichi Yagami knocked Yamato Ishida down with a single punch.
"Why, why are you stopping me from saving A-Wu?"
"I didn't mean to stop you, but you were too reckless. You didn't think about anything before rushing over there to save people."
"A-Wu was arrested, and I wanted to save him. What's wrong with that?"
"That's LadyDevimon's stronghold, and we don't even know how to Mega Evolve Agumon. What's the difference between you barging in like that and handing yourself over to become a data cow?"
"Then tell me, what should we do?"
Ishida Yamato cried, and it was only when he was knocked to the ground that this awkward guy could understand human speech.
"If brute force isn't enough, we'll have to outsmart them..."
Just as Taichi Yagami was devising his plan to infiltrate the data absorption factory, the Chosen Children, who had expected to be tortured, discovered that their actual experience was not like that at all.
"The knowledge badge requires knowledge, so you can read books in this library."
Koushiro was completely bewildered when he was thrown into a library full of books.
This contains books from the Digital World, carefully prepared by Molecular Beast.
"You are the owner of the Badge of Innocence, so relax and stay here. You won't be treated harshly. Apart from the lack of freedom and the need to produce evolution data here, we won't impose too many restrictions on your life."
"Hmph, who would believe you scoundrels!"
"Believe it or not, you'll find out later."
Cactusmon put the somewhat weak Palmon down and asked the girl in the room, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you? What would you like to eat?"
"Do you think you'll give me steak just because I say so?"
"Wait."
When a snotty beast actually brought a plate of exquisite steak into the room, Mei Mei's eyes widened in surprise.
"What does 1 plus 1 equal? You must answer me honestly."
"Equals 2."
Aju was somewhat helpless, he really didn't expect that after being captured by LadyDevimon and brought here, he would be asked such a simple math question by a Flying Insectmon.
"The owner of the Heart Badge must be a kind-hearted person. There are a bunch of baby Digimon of type 1 that need to be taken care of. I'm leaving them in your care."
"Ah, no..."
Without giving Sora a chance to speak, she and Biyomon were locked in the nursery.
"When the strange frog Mei was forced by the strange frog to do things she didn't want to do, the hopeful strange frog appeared..."
As for A-Wu, he was forced to watch a stage play performed by the monster frog. It was a clichéd story of a hero frog rescuing a beauty frog, with performances geared entirely towards a young child. However, the little boy watched it with great interest and even took the perspective of the monster frog in his heart. A sense of justice and hope burned fiercely in his heart.
After the Frogmon finished its performance, Takeru and Patamon finally realized what was happening.
Wait a minute, it seems like they were captured by that supervillain LadyDevimon.
(End of this chapter)