Chapter 295

"Good night, Chosen Children."

"Vamdemon Lord?"

"You know me?"

"Is it strange to have some understanding of the enemy you are about to face?"

"No, that's not strange. Since that's the case, things are easy to discuss. May I ask you to quietly accept the fate of your own deaths? If you are willing to accept, I can guarantee I won't bring you too much pain."

Vamdemon inquired elegantly.

"Hah, is there something wrong with your head?"

Tai Yi and the others faced each other in blank dismay.

And the Holy Plan Digivices at their waists had already begun to emit some light.

"Not right, this guy has already made a move on us."

After Koushiro Izumi discovered this point, he hurriedly reminded the companions in his surroundings.

"Hypnosis really doesn't work, huh?"

Vamdemon wasn't too surprised, just sighed a bit and said: "This was originally my mercy, a way to let you Chosen Children easily obtain release, but since it's useless, I can only clean you up with a more cruel method."

Blood-colored energy gathered in Vamdemon's hands, forming two blood-colored long whips that fell at his feet, emitting a crimson light.

"You are Ultimate, we are also Ultimate, you only have one, but we have six, don't speak as if you can easily beat us."

MetalGreymon's words made Vamdemon laugh lightly.

"What are you laughing at, what's so funny?"

WereGarurumon questioned.

"That's right, we are all Ultimate, but there are differences between Ultimate and Ultimate. In a moment I'll let you guys witness the gap between me and you."

MetalGreymon and the other Partner Digimon looked at each other; these words sounded a bit familiar.

Think carefully, didn't LadyDevimon say something similar? Before this group of Partner Digimon could say anything, the Demon Blood Whip had already been flung over by Vamdemon.

WereGarurumon hurriedly jumped back; the ground was struck by the blood-colored long whip, blasting out a gully.

"Careful, this guy's strength may not be weaker than LadyDevimon."

Zudomon took the hit of the Demon Blood Whip in place of Angemon; possessing the highest defense, its back still produced pain, making it immediately realize Vamdemon's formidable strength, and it hurriedly reminded the companions around it.

Hearing this, all the Partner Digimon became alert, adopting the cautious posture used against LadyDevimon, and began to deal with Vamdemon.

Under the moonlit night, Vamdemon originally thought he could easily defeat the Chosen Children's Digimon.

But when they actually fought, MetalGreymon and the other Partner Digimon displayed astonishing battle cooperation and resilience.

Different from those ordinary Ultimate Digimon that could be killed by him one by one with a whip, the feeling Vamdemon got was just like facing the other Ultimate elites in the Nightmare Soldiers.

Vamdemon dodged left and right against the Partner Digimon's attacks, already realizing this was not a team he could easily take down, but neither were they strong enough to make him yield.

"Your strength is not bad, but compared to me, it's still not worth mentioning, Night Raid!"

Countless black bats blew away the charging Zudomon; Vamdemon gave his evaluation of the Chosen Children's Partner Digimon's comprehensive strength.

His original intention was merely to demonstrate that he still had plenty of leeway, to give the Chosen Children and their Digimon greater psychological pressure.

But...

"Is that so? Then try this move, Vamdemon, Heaven's Knuckle!"

Angemon had arrived behind him at some unknown time; under his teammates' cover, the fully charged Heaven's Knuckle blasted out even earlier than the words were spoken.

"Hmph, merely a Champion-level Angemon; even if Holy Power restrains me, do you think you alone can sneak attack me?"

As expected, Heaven's Knuckle was blocked by Vamdemon using Dark Ocean.

"Who told you I'm the main attacker?"

At this, the corner of Angemon's mouth hooked up, and he increased his altitude.

Two Ultimate Destruction Cannons passed through his original position the next moment.

Right behind Heaven's Knuckle, they followed close behind.

Vamdemon subconsciously wanted to launch Dark Ocean to block, but discovered Heaven's Knuckle's Holy Power was attached to his body, suppressing the Dark Ocean inside his body.

Unable to offset the Ultimate Destruction Cannons, Vamdemon could only hastily jump up to dodge, narrowly avoiding MetalGreymon's Ultimate Destruction Cannon.

But before he could even look at the large crater blasted out on the ground below and catch his breath, Garudamon's Shadow Wing Blade had already silently sliced in from the side.

"Watch the right side, Vamdemon Lord!"

PicoDevimon, watching the situation from the side, hurriedly reminded him; and with this reminder, Vamdemon only then reacted in time.

He condensed a Demon Blood Whip in his hand, shattering this attack that, just like the Ultimate Destruction Cannon just now, was somewhat insidious.

"You guys..."

Behind him, an even louder howling sound came; Vamdemon turned around, and what he saw was Zudomon's Horn Laser attack.

This time he had no way to dodge; the Demon Blood Whip couldn't split Zudomon's attack either, so he could only raise his hand to forcibly take the full brunt of Zudomon's fierce collision.

"Only this level?"

Vamdemon still hadn't panicked, still able to say some words showing his composure.

"You think so? Take this, Zudomon!"

Zudomon replied to him, but more so shouted at his companion on the ground.

"No problem, leave it to me. I'll hit a beautiful home run!"

On the ground, Zudomon prepared himself, electricity flashing on the iron hammer gripped in both hands.

Turning back, seeing this scene, Vamdemon finally changed expression.

"Heavy Hammer Spark!"

The head-on collision of two heavy-bodied Ultimate Digimon's signature moves made Vamdemon, eating full damage in the middle of the collision, let out a miserable howl.

Vamdemon was like a soft candy being squeezed by a great force, and before being squeezed to pieces, he desperately shifted his body away from the exact center of the collision.

Crack! At the cost of a pair of legs, he barely broke free from this killing blow; however, above his head, the Beastman Garurumon who had already leapt high was like a ruthless executioner descending from the moon, blood-red Kaiser Nails blooming on Vamdemon's chest.

Vamdemon widened his eyes and let out a tragic scream.

His body turned into countless bats and scattered away.

"Did we win?"

"Definitely won, the enemy's gone."

"That guy only knew how to talk big, thought he was so powerful, and this is the result?"

While the Chosen Children cheered victory, no one noticed the scattered bats flying off had taken away Vamdemon's most important blood-red mask.

Nanomon's intel was wrong, but the Chosen Children's tempering was real.

Unprepared for Angemon's functional assist power, Vamdemon was nearly taken away by MetalGreymon and the other Partner Digimon using a combo technique they'd barely used to defeat LadyDevimon.

In the Forest Castle, a flock of bats that flew back gathered and re-condensed Vamdemon's form.

And this elegant Digimon King's complexion was already unsightly to the extreme; he had escaped with his life by transforming into a bat swarm, but the price was incomparably heavy, losing nearly half his data.

The massive data volume originally nearing Ultimate Level now only had the degree of a normal Digimon King — truly falling to the same tier as Gokumon. "Vamdemon King, you're back?"

Documon heard the movement and descended on a thread from the ceiling.

"Eh, what happened, why is your complexion so unsightly?"

It asked in surprise.

"Nothing, the Chosen Children are a bit harder to deal with than I imagined."

Vamdemon wrapped his body in his robe, not wanting his subordinates to discover his weakness.

"Pass the order, mobilize the army, we're heading to the Real World ahead of schedule."

This place can't be stayed in longer; fortunately the way to the Real World has already been cracked by him, he must leave with his subordinates directly before the Chosen Children possibly come find this side.

As for going to seek help from the Nightmare Soldiers' leader, Clown King?

Forget it, Vamdemon knows his own business, and also knows that Nightmare Soldiers leader Clown King's modus operandi.

The reason the other party hasn't moved against ambitious him is probably because he thinks he has use value, can be used as an obstacle for the Holy Plan.

And once he loses usefulness and isn't loyal enough, the outcome of going to seek help from Nightmare Soldiers leader Clown King is only one — being cleaned up as trash.

Of course, being killed isn't a hundred percent certainty; however, as long as such a possibility exists, Vamdemon would never go find Clown King — he only believes in himself.

PicoDevimon saw the situation was bad and actually escaped safely again.

And this time, having personally witnessed the rare CG scene of his own King's defeat and flight, he didn't dare return to the Forest Castle side at all.

"What should I do? If I go back, I'll definitely be killed by Vamdemon King, right?"

PicoDevimon who had followed Vamdemon King for many years knew Vamdemon's nature well; the other party would definitely not let the matter of his own disgrace be revealed by him.

And what kind of secret can be kept — naturally only if the informed party dies; this made PicoDevimon very terrified.

"How about I go pledge allegiance to another Digimon King?"

After considering for a long time in the wild, between loyalty and survival, PicoDevimon made a decision — not wanting to die, he would become a wise bird choosing a better tree.

PicoDevimon flew west; the nearest Digimon King was none other than Vademon; he was going to pledge allegiance to the other party.

"Believe that with my intelligence, I'll definitely get promoted under the new King."

Thinking thus, PicoDevimon flapped his demon wings even more vigorously.

The Chosen Children thought they had solved Vamdemon, but regarding how to return to the Real World, they were somewhat at a loss.

Unable to figure it out, they discussed and contacted Nanomon again, wanting Nanomon to contact Piccolomon to inquire about the situation.

"What, Vamdemon's been solved just like that?"

Piccolomon who got the news was somewhat in disbelief, but the Chosen Children spoke so sincerely on the other side of the screen that it could only believe Taichi Yagami and them weren't lying, and felt the previous tempering was worth more than expected.

"I'll go contact Gennai, you guys wait a moment."

Not knowing what the Chosen Children's fate trajectory would be next, Piccolomon indicated it would go contact Gennai.

But before it could contact, Gennai proactively contacted them, telling everyone the news that Vamdemon hadn't died.

As for where his intel came from, naturally that ancient castle occupied by Vamdemon was originally a research institute of a system tool person created by them Homeostasis entities.

"Vamdemon is plotting something; he's already mobilized his army, preparing to go to the Real World."

"Ah, can Digimon also go to the Real World?"

"Normally no, but the castle base he occupies can — it was our former research institute, and inside there's a Gate to the Real World; Vamdemon probably cracked the Secret Key to opening the Real World Gate."

"Then what should we do now?"

Across the screen, the Chosen Children asked Broly's side; likewise Gennai appeared in projected image form.

"You must stop Vamdemon; the other party will bring disaster to the Real World; I entrust this to you, Chosen Children."

Broly and Tailmon were eating watermelon on the side, watching Gennai hand the task of stopping Vamdemon from going to the Real World to the Chosen Children.

"No problem, leave this matter to us."

On the other side of the screen, Taichi and them slapped their chests and said.

"Do you need us to help?"

Tailmon raised a cat paw, but asked instead.

"If there's a need..."

Gennai's facial expression twitched a bit; his side actually also had a script — that was a prophecy provided by Homeostasis long ago.

And the Tailmon and Broly combo was actually somewhat off the prophecy script, so he shook his head.

After hanging up the communication, Tailmon muttered: "Why does it feel like another tempering?"

However, since neither side wanted it to help, Tailmon was also happy to spend days leisurely with his own A-Bu.

The Crest of Light is already being sought, and it is also re-absorbing Angemon's Vaccine species data, but this guarantees that even if the Crest of Light cannot be found, Angewomon's evolution can still be realized through the method of breaking through with data.

Time passed day by day, yet Vamdemon took a step ahead and went to the Real World with his army before the Chosen Children could seek him out.

The Chosen Children were a step slow; Gennai then appeared, like a Timely Rain NPC, providing another channel to return to the Real World.

"Gennai is too black-hearted; he clearly has the means to help us return to the Real World, but insists we do work for him."

When another communication came asking Broly if he wanted to go back to the Real World with them, and the boy refused again, Taichi Yagami and the others complained about Gennai's black heart.

"If this were in the Real World, this would be outright kidnapping children, enslaving children to do work, and the kind that doesn't even pay wages."

【Hey hey hey, you there, Gennai's face has turned black, aren't you afraid he'll close the channel to the Real World?】

Even a homeostasis system Tool Person has a temper; Piximon pinched a cold sweat for the Chosen Children.

Fortunately, the big picture was important after all; Gennai chose selective deafness, thick-skinnedly pretending he hadn't heard a thing, and sent the Chosen Children away.

"The bad guys who kidnapped us to the Digital World, once we go back to the Real World and defeat Vamdemon, we definitely won't come back!"

At the moment of parting, Gennai also heard Taichi Yagami say this.

"Ah~"

Gennai sighed, shaking his head.

Whether they return or not isn't up to the other party.

The times create heroes; if those children truly are the heroes who can save the Digital World, they will definitely make the corresponding choice.

And not to mention other things, that ambitious Vamdemon who has already gone to the Real World won't be so easily defeated.

Returning to Reality, having spent nearly one year in the Digital World, only ten hours had passed in the Real World.

So much time was able to pass because Vamdemon, who arrived in the Real World a step ahead, took action on This Side.

Vamdemon dispatched subordinates to kidnap living people and hypnotize living people on a large scale, blurring the boundary between the Real World and the Digital World, which caused the original time ratio of one minute to one day to shrink drastically.

(Chapter End)