Chapter 1784

NO. 399：The silent tough‑guy act commonly seen in digital male second leads

No matter what, the rabbit‑head transformation of Demon God Zero is merely a small interlude.

Even if the legendary Gadra's stat strength is unpleasant, it is ultimately just a 'Second Son'‑level head, completely inferior to the 'First Son'‑level devil in terms of priority for actual bodily control.

Gadra's information concept is exactly like that; and if we set aside the 'card setting' to talk about reality, Aomo Lindun has also been suppressing it since childhood, and only occasionally releasing it now is merely a choice of reconciliation, not an inability to continue.

When it comes to comparing willpower and determination in the mental realm, he always has the confidence that he will not lose.

So after the nearly hour‑long segment of 'a big boy's reluctance to put down a new toy', Star‑Eater Zero simply quit the transformed state.

After letting it sit for ten minutes to confirm that the 'information fragment' of the Star‑Eater implanted in the Puppet MKII reconstruction surgery showed no obvious change, Aomo Lindun was also, in standard multithread fashion, chatting with Bi Ze about his current understanding of how to use monster cards.

At the same time, this is undoubtedly just a small interlude.

No matter what game Bi Ze uses to understand Aomo's current fighting style and battle construction—which is far too advanced and extravagant compared to most monster users—it does not hinder Aomo from merely treating it as after‑dinner talk, rather than seeking any optimization or adjustment from Bi Ze.

So this topic is also destined not to last; what truly endures are the various discussions about the Sect.

— After ensuring the 'information chip' remained unchanged and the Puppet MKII's head still bore only the single horn of the Mara Great Snake, with no additional Gadra golden scales or dragon horns, he proceeded to the Sect's temporary base.

And while on the way he pondered the so‑called Sect Manual.

The Sect Manual, which details everything from regulations to basic department introductions and admission standards, being an illegal religious organization with a company‑like operational nature, naturally brims with points of criticism; one could say every passage is worth retelling with a sigh, and those words are also directed toward the 【Sect Investigation Progress Tracking Program】.

Hmm, 【Sect Investigation Progress Tracking Program】.

Previously mentioned, the chat room organized by Aomo's friends and family for official business.

Although it is called official‑oriented, you can totally see its unserious nature from the chat room's name.

After all, its composition is quite complex.

Some are concerned about Aomo's busy official duties;

some want to help by offering plans and strategies, or are waiting for a reasonable chance to propose 'I also want to participate in the action';

some just want to watch the excitement, not wanting to neglect Aomo as they usually do, as if this bunch of people had undergone a year‑and‑a‑half‑month worth of change;

Also, a few scattered individuals dissatisfied with Aomo's daily multitasking—which is hardly noticeable—yet can sense it elsewhere, feel inside as if they've been neglected, and thus want to see what the devil is busy with.

However, that last kind of person will soon 'disappear'.

After all, that discontent is merely an inevitable result of not knowing the inside story.

Once they keep up with everyone's discussion or chatter and truly realize what Aomo is doing with the puppet, those few sensible dissatisfied ones will subtly shift toward the earlier types—becoming awkward, stubborn, or swearing.

Even Miss Zhouri Ningjing, who hasn't been mentioned in a while and usually doesn't have much to do, is the same.

Indeed, as a sister‑obsessed terminal‑illness patient, she could have acted as usual, nagging 'You're not paying enough attention to watching the tea seat with all your focus!' but as a Black Sunday, she clearly has a deep understanding that such matters cannot be obstructed.

Thus she also, under the unexpected gaze of many, withdrew her hand, adding a brick and tile—just a little—to the relatively relaxed atmosphere around Aomo's main body.

The leisurely moment of sitting and chatting with Bi Ze in this beverage shop is also limited to those few precious minutes when the gentlemen, ladies, and misses' actions happen to be staggered during today's break.

Hmm, just those few minutes.

A few minutes later, Holleya and the badger will come over holding drinks.

Isamara, who has finished collecting watermelons from Xigua, will also arrive.

Compared to the energetically driven Xin Tiaoxi, there is Ling, who leisurely follows the sisters' chatter; there is also Si Huaiya, who has work topics with Star Bear and Chen as well as private topics; and there is also Chelenenina, who to this day is still considered the queen of female penguins in Penguin Logistics.

Holleya, the badger, and Isamara these three, although they cannot be said to have no other relationships, nevertheless have an extraordinarily high priority for 'spending time as much as possible by Aomo's side'.

Especially that one, the chief of the great flock.

Today, from morning until four in the afternoon, they have been by Aomo's side acting as three little tail‑girls, truly having 'snagged' her usual position.

During ordinary times when Aomo has a chance to rest, Isamara is always like this beside him.

It can be said that thanks to Aomo's stable and continual work schedule on ordinary days, the ghost shark and Sally Rettiya can, for now, just as easily find her alone to go on missions and leisure entertainment as before.

If it were a holiday, Isamara would act like a legendary worker—blocking all communications on her work number.

Originally Isamara could still split off a 'Skathi' to tug at herself, but now they are becoming increasingly indistinguishable; in fact, ever since that 'Skathi' rejected Aomo's idea of 'using cell culture to grow another body and then split it in two', the distinction between these two personalities has already become ever less apparent.

But even as the two grew more in sync, even though they remained distinct and still had personality differences, they became increasingly consistent in their attitude toward Aomo and some life choices, and would spontaneously gather beside him like the feathered serpent and the raccoon dog.

It still didn't prevent him from continuing his unfinished topic.

After all, these three are precisely the type that can directly engage in combat-related duties.

Even against beast‑level opposition, Yishamara, who was slightly disadvantaged on the monster cards, could directly summon from the horde a colossal Faction whose physique matched any other giant beast.

As long as there is a need, the tribe she leads can become a beast legion—in fact, if Aomo had not especially stressed that diversity is important and not let personal factors overly influence the tribe's development, she would have already won a total victory in the Faction's nascent struggle, become the absolute ruler of the horde, and, with her one‑man rule, ought to have changed the tribe's development path to suit the man's preferences.

——The Faction either becomes beast‑like or anthropomorphically feminized…… If you insist on saying so, this development path is also fine.

Just as beneficial to the tribe's development, evolution, and continuation—only requiring a complete overhaul of the route—Yishamara had ample reason to set the policy for a major route shift—but Aomo, who had anticipated her thoughts from subtle details, still spared the Faction the crisis of large‑scale hyper‑beastification and feminization (crossed out).

Formerly lacking self and any understanding of human hearts or emotions, Yishamara, upon truly acquiring these, became instead in a certain sense even more dangerous; only because the one she loved was a person rich in early‑childhood‑education experience could the horde avoid developing new major troubles.

Besides setting aside these past minor incidents, after Aomo had let Puppet MKII finish reading the rules at the Beast Sect's temporary base and then chatted with several 'colleagues', he ultimately could not avoid bringing up a topic that Bi Ze could not evade.

Beast Beast. X

Because Aomo, through those several chats, had further confirmed that the Beast Sect's network is indeed maintained by a group of Digimon.

At the same time, those Digimon also received, on behalf of the Beast Sect, artificially constructed evolution armor resembling the 'Fighting Spirit', mass‑produced from compressed data cards.

This crucial information further revealed the special corps hidden in the Hei'an region, and also proved that the Beast Sect's high command had some cooperation with the Seven Great Demons of the Hei'an region, or perhaps with the Grand Dracula Beast that hardly ever shows its face.

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Grand Dracula Beast, regarded as the king of vampire Digimon, is said to be the Digimon that first built a castle in the Hei'an region and crowned itself king, noted for its gentlemanly demeanor and bewitching voice, having caused many angel Digimon to fall.

It is an existence separate from the Seven Great Demons, and moreover the one most closely tied to the Hei'an region aside from the Millennium Beast; in this regard it far surpasses the Bar Beast that has been painstakingly cultivated so far and the Light Beast. Fallen Type that fell into the Hei'an region.】

Whatever the possibility, further investigative action is needed, and such action naturally should be pursued on multiple fronts as much as possible if the opportunity arises.

More often, they are the Royal Knights and Heaven Pole active in the main world.

And also the Witch Beast and Bar Beast. X, which can freely roam the Hei'an region.

——Before considering this step, the consistently cautious Aomo would also eliminate some uncertain hidden dangers.

For example……

Bar Beast. X's attitude towards this matter, which remains unclear to this day.

(End of chapter)