"What was going on? Why were there other people here?" Before anyone could puzzle it out, ZombieSatan sent the bus flying into the air with an uppercut. Then, before anyone could react, ZombieSatan held it ten meters above the ground.
"Waaah!" "Mommy, help!" "Teacher, I'm scared!"
Only then did everyone realize that it was a school bus, probably taking students on a field trip, only to run into this disaster. But at a time like this, those details no longer mattered.
"Imperialdramon, use Positron Laser, now!" a clear voice suddenly rang out. Before anyone could react, Ken Ichijouji's voice followed. "No! We can't hurt other people!"
"Shut up! Imperialdramon, please, you have to destroy this bastard. I'll take all the responsibility." Oura shoved Ken Ichijouji aside roughly and thumped his own chest.
Ken Ichijouji suddenly sprang forward and pinned Oura to the ground. In a fight, Ken Ichijouji was far stronger than Oura. "Oura, calm down. We need to find another way and protect these children."
"You shut up! If we let this bastard escape, even more people will get hurt. Imperialdramon, listen to me! Destroy him!" Oura only wanted to take command of Imperialdramon and paid no attention to his own situation. Ken Ichijouji, by contrast, wanted to get Oura under control.
Watching the two roll around on the ground, practically brawling, Izzy Izumi and the others found another figure surfacing in their minds.
"Was this... true courage?" T.K. Takaishi murmured.
Against a powerful enemy, both bravery and cowardice were strategies for survival. That kind of bravery did not count as courage.
To remain steadfast and take a step forward in the face of an unknown power-that was true courage. Tai had taken that step into the unknown, finally allowing Greymon to digivolve into MetalGreymon.
To keep advancing toward