In the Human World, it was 1999.
This would be an extraordinary year, and the year nine children embarked on an adventure.
With the "Digivice" plan officially underway, Genai began using the authority Homeostasis had granted him to reconnect the Digital World and the Human World, causing numerous effects in the Human World.
As a result, extremely strange and abnormal natural phenomena appeared across the Human World:
No rain fell in Southeast Asia, and all the ponds dried up;
The Middle East, meanwhile, suffered floods from days of heavy rain;
The Beacon of Liberty experienced its coldest winter in history.
Yet the Island Nation, which had been the first to connect with the Digital World four years earlier, had yet to experience any strange or abnormal weather.
Leaving aside how the various countries dealt with the endless natural disasters, August soon arrived.
August was, in practical terms, the end of summer.
Through various "coincidences" arranged by Genai, all the Chosen Children except Hikari Yagami attended that year's summer camp in the Island Nation.
Among them, Taichi Yagami, Yamato Ishida, Sora Takenouchi, Koushiro Izumi, Joe Kido, and Mimi Tachikawa were children in different grades at the same school. Led by their teachers, the six arrived at the site where summer camp would begin.
Takeru Takaishi attended the same summer camp as his older brother, as arranged by his father.
Getting Ken Ichijouji into that year's summer camp, however, had taken considerable thought on Genai's part.
It was all thanks to Ken Ichijouji's parents neglecting him and showing him no concern, and his older brother Satoshi Ichijouji restricting and oppressing him.
Yet despite his family circumstances, Ken Ichijouji had developed surprisingly few negative feelings. He was even very gentle and understanding.
This sparked a little interest in Ken Ichijouji on Genai's