(Previously: Because of Mo Yan's arrival, Takato Matsuki had not been playing around in the park with his friends as he had in the original story. Instead, he had been diligently eliminating Digimon that caused trouble.
Sandiramon appeared in an underground tunnel, and Rika Makino was still the first to discover him.
Then Li Jianliang and Takato Matsuki arrived together and began chasing Sandiramon.
After that, the protagonist appeared, froze space and time, and spoke with Sandiramon.)
The underground tunnel.
The "Spacetime Stasis" spell lost its effect the moment Mo Yan left.
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Although Takato Matsuki and the others, whose movements and thoughts had briefly been frozen, sensed that something was wrong, they could not tell what it was.
Although the effects of "Spacetime Stasis" fell short of "Time Stop," it was no third-rate spell.
Even with the power of their D-Arks protecting them, Takato Matsuki and the others could not discover that Mo Yan had been here.
At most, they felt that everything was somehow off, but they could never pinpoint what was wrong.
Growlmon, however, who had further developed his Wicked Demon Dragon data and gained more power from the digital crisis, could pick up a few traces.
Kyuubimon had the same feeling.
Having further developed her Fox Immortal power and begun evolving toward the legendary Miko, Kyuubimon also sensed, through the Mythological Data within her, that another Digimon seemed to have been here.
The only one present who sensed nothing at all was probably Gargomon.
After all, unlike his subspecies, Black Terriermon, Terriermon did not possess as much angel data.
Still, Growlmon and Kyuubimon only knew that a Digimon had come here during that interval and spoken with Sandiramon. They had no idea which Digimon it had been.
Growlmon wanted to tell Takato Matsuki that another Digimon had been here.
Kyuubimon, on the other hand, planned to investigate first and tell Rika Makino once she knew more.
Meanwhile, Sandiramon saw the thoughtful looks on Takato Matsuki and the others' faces, as well as Growlmon and Kyuubimon's expressions, which suggested they had discovered something.
"Roar!"
At the sight, Sandiramon let out an angry roar to draw their attention.
Sandiramon had three reasons for doing this:
First, he wanted to faithfully carry out Zhuqiaomon's orders and instill as much of a sense of crisis in the children as possible before serving himself up to them.
Second, he wanted to earn a little goodwill from Mo Yan, who had said earlier that he did not want Takato Matsuki and the others to know about him.
Of course, whether Mo Yan appreciated the gesture was another matter.
Still, Sandiramon thought Mo Yan would most likely accept it.
After all, the two of them were "colleagues."
Why not take an easy opportunity to build a good relationship with a colleague?
Third, Sandiramon had a deeper purpose.
He wanted to use his second reason to test how much Mo Yan knew about what he was currently doing.
If Mo Yan knew about it,
then Sandiramon would consult Zhuqiaomon before making a decision.
If Mo Yan only had a vague understanding,
then he would act as though nothing had happened.
Everything would depend on his interactions with Mo Yan after Mo Yan returned to the Digital World.
"Card slash: Attack Plug-In F!"
Seeing Sandiramon rage, Rika Makino immediately swiped a Digimon Card.
The data recorded on the Digimon Card passed through her D-Ark and became a destructive power that wrapped around Kyuubimon.
Responding to Rika Makino's wishes, Kyuubimon mustered all her strength.
"Fox Flame Dragon!"
Leaping into a spin, Kyuubimon became a wheel of foxfire.
Then a dragon-shaped figure formed from foxfire hurtled toward Sandiramon.
At the same time, Li Jianliang drew a Digimon Card from the card holder at his waist.
"Card slash: Enhancement Plug-In O!"
Without hesitation, Li Jianliang swiped the card.
The Digimon Card became power for Gargomon, greatly increasing the strength of his bullets.
"Gatling Gun!"
Taking aim at Sandiramon, Gargomon opened fire at full power.
"Hirokazu, watch this! I'll defeat this Digimon with the feelings you entrusted to me!"
Takato Matsuki pulled the Digimon Card Hirokazu Shiota had given him from his pocket, his resolve strengthening once more.
"Card slash: Energy Explosion!"
In an instant, an immensely powerful surge of energy erupted from his D-Ark.
Then, guided by the D-Ark, all that power poured into Growlmon's body.
"Aaaah!"
Feeling as though he was about to burst, Growlmon could not help howling.
"Demon Dragon Flame!"
Immediately afterward, Growlmon opened his enormous mouth and spat a thick glob of phlegm-no, a tremendously destructive blast of fiery breath-at Sandiramon.
Faced with the combined finishing moves of Kyuubimon, Gargomon, and Growlmon, Sandiramon neither dodged nor raised a defense.
He simply stood there and took all three enhanced attacks head-on.
In fact, to ensure a more convincing defeat, Sandiramon even weakened his own defenses.
Otherwise, he felt he would have to suffer through another round.
After all, the gap between Champion and Ultimate was rather large.
Even if this body of Sandiramon's was only an Ultimate-level avatar.
After taking the three attacks, Sandiramon obligingly collapsed.
"Why did you come to the Human World to wreak havoc?
Why?"
Stepping lightly forward, Kyuubimon was the first to question Sandiramon.
"We Deva obey our god. We came to the Human World at our god's command to deliver divine punishment upon humanity."
Hearing Kyuubimon's question, Sandiramon recited the explanation he had prepared.
He had spent a long time thinking up those words.
In particular, he had begun preparing this speech after learning that Mo Yan had gone to the Human World ahead of him.
Now he could finally say it without having to deliberate over his wording any longer.
"What? Are you saying there are twelve Digimon like you?!"
Quick to pick up on the number Sandiramon had mentioned, Gargomon was visibly shocked.
Twelve Ultimate Digimon-that was enough to scare any Digimon out of their wits.
After all, even one Ultimate Digimon had been this hard to fight.
And there were twelve of them.
"This isn't the end. It's only the beginning. You'd better be ready!
You Digimon who submit to human children!
I may die, but the Deva won't let you off!
If you want to protect the human world, if you want to protect the human children behind you,
Ultimate-level power alone won't be enough!!!"
Ignoring Gargomon's question, Sandiramon hurried to finish his lines.
After all, the sooner he finished speaking, the sooner he could return to his own affairs.
He truly did not want to spend another second in this wretched Human World that had brought him such humiliation.
With that, Sandiramon broke apart into countless fragments of data.
Then, through a concealed method, all that data flowed into Gargomon, Kyuubimon, and Growlmon's bodies.
"Deva?! What does that mean?
Why does it sound a little familiar?"
Staring at the spot where Sandiramon had vanished, Rika Makino's head was full of questions.
"I'm not really sure what he was talking about either.
But this guy reminded me of that TigerVespamon we ran into a few days ago.
I think we could ask Mo Yan what's going on.
He probably knows something."
Hearing Rika Makino voice her questions, Li Jianliang had already decided whom to ask-a person? Or a Digimon?
"Come on, we can think about that later. Shouldn't we get out of here first?"
Naturally optimistic, Takato Matsuki did not dwell on such complicated questions. Instead, he reminded everyone that they should leave first.
With that, Takato Matsuki pointed toward the emergency exit behind him.
Meanwhile, Mo Yan and Dark Witchmon appeared side by side on the rooftop of a building far from the tunnel where Takato Matsuki and the others had fought.
"Mo Yan, are we just leaving like that?
Sandiramon was acting a little strangely."
Dark Witchmon had remained silent throughout the encounter. Only after they left did she question Mo Yan.
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