After the match ended, everyone returned to the computer room out of habit.
"Kari, I'm sorry. It was all because I acted recklessly yesterday that T.K. died." Oura bowed deeply, but to an outsider, everything about his apology-the way he gave it, the reason for it, and the person he addressed-would have seemed incredibly strange.
"Hehe, it's all right. T.K. isn't really dead. I'll find a way to bring him back." Kari smiled sweetly, seemingly having forgotten the disaster that had struck not long ago.
"Is Kari really okay?" Miyako muttered, but no one answered.
"Oura, you did well in today's match." Kari smoothly changed the subject.
"Oh, right. Speaking of that, I think there's something strange about Ken Ichijouji," Oura said.
"How can you say that about my Xiao Xian? He's a teenage soccer idol!" Sensing that Oura was bad-mouthing Ken Ichijouji, Miyako immediately perked up.
"No, that's not what I mean. I just think Xiao Xian is extraordinary. It's like when I play basketball with T.K. No matter how hard I try, I'm no match for him. T.K. rarely takes a shot himself, but whenever he does, it always goes in." Oura offered a few words of explanation, only for Miyako to keep pressing him. Kari, meanwhile, sank into thought.
"Kari, you've been saying you can help bring T.K. back. May I ask how you plan to do that? Can we help?" Iori asked respectfully.
"Bring T.K. back..." Kari lowered her head and said thoughtfully, "As long as Gatomon can keep digivolving, reaching Mega will definitely give her the power to help T.K. If Mega isn't enough, then she'll have to go beyond Mega."
"And me! I can keep digivolving too, and bring T.K. back!" Patamon flapped his wings and flew above everyone's heads, his voice rising and