As old Genai's somewhat halting words reached their ears, the children visibly froze for a moment.
But just as Taichi Yagami was about to snatch the laptop and ask what exactly was going on, a piercing buzz reached all the children's ears.
As it turned out, a flock of Soundbirdmon had noticed something unusual here.
After rushing over, the Soundbirdmon discovered the human children.
So the Soundbirdmon planned to drive the human children toward some nearby "powerful" Digimon and have those Digimon eliminate them.
What the Soundbirdmon did not know, however, was that Devimon had already learned of the children's presence the moment the Soundbirdmon discovered them.
The sudden, piercing noise forced the children to cover their ears.
Meanwhile, the quicker-thinking children, including Taichi Yagami, spotted the Soundbirdmon as they searched for the source of the noise.
The sight of the strangely shaped Soundbirdmon briefly puzzled Taichi and the others.
But the piercing noise gave them no time to think.
So the children and their partner Digimon began to flee.
Unfortunately, the Soundbirdmon had the aerial advantage. Whichever direction the children ran, the Soundbirdmon could target them.
Unsurprisingly, the children also realized that the Soundbirdmon were deliberately driving them toward a particular place.
This filled the children with all sorts of unease.
But before their panic could spread, great swaths of black mist rapidly appeared in the air directly ahead of them.
When the black mist appeared, the keenly perceptive Ken Ichijouji, Takeru Takaishi, and Sora Takenouchi all sensed something.
In addition, as the black mist began appearing in large quantities, the Soundbirdmon stopped releasing their piercing noise.
Once the Soundbirdmon stopped making that piercing noise, Taichi and the others saw Ken, Takeru, and Sora all raise their hands and point at the sky.
Following the direction of their