"Oh, so you dare talk to me like that? It seems I've been far too merciful." Arukenimon sneered and raised the flute in her hand to her lips.
"Stingmon, let's go!" Zeng Xiao Xian shouted as he charged forward.
Arukenimon finally began to play. An indescribable sensation washed over everyone. Zeng Xiao Xian was about to leap forward when his clothes suddenly tightened, and he was yanked straight back.
"X-Ray Beam!" The mark on Veemon's chest fired a beam of light, knocking Stingmon aside. Only then did Zeng Xiao Xian notice that Stingmon's eyes had turned blood-red. He was attacking his own allies.
"Stingmon, what are you doing? Snap out of it! It's me, Xiao Xian!" Zeng Xiao Xian shouted at Stingmon. But Stingmon answered him with his special move, Deadly Sting.
Oura lunged forward and pushed Zeng Xiao Xian out of the way by the narrowest margin. Only then did he say, "Zeng Xiao Xian, calm down. Stingmon is being controlled. He's our enemy right now. We have to find a way to defeat him."
Zeng Xiao Xian stared blankly at the rampaging Stingmon. Only when he heard Oura's voice did he snap back to his senses and shout, "That's right! Stingmon is being controlled. Arukenimon is controlling him. We need to defeat Arukenimon!" With that, he actually lunged at Arukenimon again.
"Oura, hurry and get him out of here. Leave this to me for now." Iori and Armadillomon ran over. With Iori's help, Armadillomon underwent armor digivolution into Armadillomon.
"Armadillomon, it's the sound of the flute! Destroy that flute!" Iori shouted.
"Hah, huff, hah, huff." Armadillomon's heavy breathing drew everyone's attention. They finally saw a streak of blood-red spreading through his pupils until it filled his eyes. Then Armadillomon turned around as well, taking a fighting stance against