Bukamon

"Why did we pick a place like this to go ashore? Couldn't we have found somewhere flatter?" Standing on Whamon's back and looking at the drop to the ground, Mimi began to complain.

"We tried to discuss it with you, but you were asleep and wouldn't wake up, Mimi." Faced with her complaints, the others simply told her what had happened.

"Oh, come on~ How could you just decide something this important without me? Aaaah!"

Before Mimi could finish, Whamon gave a shake, taking the initiative to help her overcome her fear by bouncing her onto the shore.

Whoosh!

Seeing Mimi lose her balance and head toward a face-first landing, Zhou Zhu, who already possessed the physical abilities of a Perfect Digimon, leaped forward and easily caught the terrified girl.

"Thank you, Zhou Zhu!" Coming back to her senses, Mimi thanked him, still shaken.

"Goodbye, everyone~" Seeing that Mimi was unharmed, Whamon felt a little relieved.

Whamon had only meant to give Mimi a helping hand, but had forgotten that she was just an ordinary human child. Thankfully, nothing had happened...

"Goodbye, Whamon!"

"Thank you~"

None of the children blamed Whamon for it. After all, it had only been a minor misunderstanding, and Mimi was fine.

"Where do we go next?"

Watching Whamon gradually disappear into the distance, Mimi looked around at their surroundings and muttered in bewilderment.

"Whamon told us earlier that we'd reach a forest after walking for half an hour from here. There's a Koromon village there." Seeing Mimi's confusion, Palmon explained the route they had asked Whamon about while she was asleep.

"Koromon? Why does that sound familiar?" Hearing Palmon's answer, Mimi frowned and racked her brains, trying to remember where she had heard that name before...

"I used to be a Koromon..." Seeing Mimi still deep in thought, Agumon, standing beside Tai, was speechless.

We've been together all this time, and you can't even remember my old name...?

"Oh, right~"

Only after Agumon's reminder did Mimi finally recall what Koromon looked like.

"Then the Koromon should be willing to help us, right?"

With Agumon as a reference, everyone had at least some understanding of what kind of Digimon Koromon were.

Since the village ahead was called Koromon Village, there was nothing to worry about. For one thing, Koromon were kindhearted Digimon by nature.

Even if they had been infected by Black Gears like Whamon, what was there to fear? They were only a bunch of In-Training Koromon~

"All right, let's get going!" Thanks to Agumon, Tai was quite excited about the Koromon village they were heading toward.

I wonder if there'll be any Agumon in this Koromon village, too?

"Did we really reach the continent? Why does all the scenery look the same?" After walking for so long, Joe had grown numb to their surroundings...

"How much longer until we get there? I was hoping to find somewhere to take a bath once we reached the continent."

Mimi was full of complaints as well~

"Hmm???"

Just then, Agumon seemed to notice something, looking around while twitching his nose and sniffing here and there...

"Agumon, what's wrong?" Seeing him act like that, Tai thought he might have gotten heatstroke...

"I can smell Koromon. The Koromon village is this way!" After sniffing carefully for a while, Agumon finally pinpointed the direction.

"What did you say?" Seeing how serious Agumon looked, Tai took out the monocular he carried with him and looked in the direction Agumon was pointing.

"Huh? A forest!"

Although it was still far away, Tai could just make out a patch of green in the distance through the monocular.

"A forest? Is it Koromon Forest?"

The listless companions behind him instantly perked up at Tai's words.

After walking for so long, they finally had somewhere to stop and rest...

"It should be. According to the map, there aren't any other forests nearby." Checking the map on his computer, Izzy was quite certain.

"Who cares whether it's Koromon Forest? Let's head over there first. It's got to be better than here, right?"

Although Zhou Zhu now had the physical abilities of a Perfect Digimon, who would want to stay out in this barren wasteland under the blazing sun?

"Good point. Let's hurry over!" As he spoke, Tai took the lead and ran in that direction.

Soon, they entered the forest, where a pleasantly cool breeze swept away the scorching heat they had endured beneath the sun~

Before they could fully enjoy the forest's cool air, the view ahead suddenly opened up, revealing an ordinary village.

"Wow~~~"

"It's the Koromon village!"

"Yay, I can take a bath~"

Now that they had finally found somewhere to stay, Mimi's first thought was of taking a bath.

"Wait for me, Mimi!" Seeing Mimi run toward the village, Palmon hurried after her.

"Huh? Something's wrong!"

Agumon, who had caught the scent of Koromon earlier, instead stopped where he was, his expression turning serious.

"What's wrong, Agumon?" Seeing his expression, Tai immediately thought of the Digimon they had encountered before that had been controlled by Black Gears. Could... the Koromon village be the same?

"A bath, a bath, I want a bath!"

Before Agumon could explain further, Mimi and Palmon had already run into the village.

Swish, swish, swish! Swish, swish, swish!

Just then, pairs of dark red eyes turned to stare at Mimi, who had suddenly appeared.

"Huh? Is this what Koromon look like?"

Looking at the large group of Bukamon on the ground, whose bodies resembled Koromon's, Mimi looked puzzled.

Did I remember wrong???

"No, these guys are Bukamon!" Unlike Mimi, Palmon was a Digimon herself. Although she was hardly well-informed, she could still tell the difference between Koromon and Bukamon...

"..."

Just as both sides were staring wide-eyed at one another~

The Bukamon crowded around, hoisted the still-bewildered Mimi up, and turned to run!

"Mimi!"

Palmon was completely dumbfounded by what the Bukamon had done. Since when had In-Training Digimon become so bold?

These local Bukamon are far too rude!!!