Confession

Boom!!

Rover and the others had barely reached the cabin when the powerful mech soldier fired another swift blast at them from behind.

"Not a chance!"

The attack was aimed not only at Aemeath but at the cabin as well, and anger edged her voice.

Boom!

Her floating cannon met the beam Singulum had fired.

So fast...

Mo Bai was surprised that Aemeath always sensed Singulum's arrival before he did.

Something about that was wrong.

Aemeath was weaker than Mo Bai now, and her ability to sense other things was weaker too.

Yet when it came to Singulum, she was exceptionally sensitive.

That meant Singulum was connected not only to Aleph-1 and Rover, but also to this Digital Ghost.

Snap!

"Etu."

Despite his suspicions, Mo Bai acted without hesitation and summoned Etu.

"Screech!"

This time, he intended to seize Singulum in one move while Aemeath held him off.

With Etu's current strength, capturing the mech soldier and returning the frequency to Rover would be no prob—

Splash!

Just as Mo Bai felt sure of himself, the still, tranquil lake beside them suddenly churned.

"Impossible! The Void Matter here has never reacted like this!"

Aemeath seemed to know this place inside out, and she was the most shocked by the sudden change.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Pairs of sharp-clawed hands emerged from the lake. They were reaching for Rover.

"Mo Bai!"

"I know."

Mo Bai had no choice but to let Etu act on its own for now and fight Singulum alongside Aemeath.

He turned his attention to helping Rover fend off the hands formed from highly concentrated Void Matter.

Rip!

By the time Mo Bai and Rover had destroyed every hand, Singulum had escaped from Aemeath and Etu once again.

Before leaving the area, though, he repeated the word he so often