Chapter 292: line with translation of chapter title

NO．54：Unconventional partnership

Aomo and the Witch Beast's contract is very simple, consisting of only one clause.

Aomo will regularly send data packets to the Witch Beast, which will organize and build a library; in return, he must also give the Witch Beast the resonance of the Hei'an concept, an evolution catalyst sought after by both Demon‑human and Virus‑type Digimon.

This is an undisputed Party A and Party B relationship.

But considering that the badge's resonance requires emotional outflow, the badge holder and the Digimon must at least have some contact and mutual understanding—this already points toward a tamer‑Digimon relationship.

So the Witch Beast says she appeared to obtain remuneration.

Conveying the Hei'an concept inevitably requires some contact; even without direct contact, looking and listening more, understanding the situation here is also necessary—if it were purely unfamiliar data sharing, one would practically have to turn Aomo into some Digimon and also master data transmission techniques.

The vast majority of Digimon in the Digital World still grasp data utilization only in the most primitive ways of eating and fighting.

This fits everyone's imagination of beasts.

But the human side isn't much better either.

You can see that the chosen children who come over also rely on the Holy Plan for strength.

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Throughout the generations, there haven't been many tech geeks; Koushirou alone exhausted all the technical power allocated to the chosen children, especially when Daemon rebooted—this kid directly took over the position of the old man of Xuannei, and even invaded the US Military Intelligence Bureau at the outset; he was only ten years old, worthy of being called a sage of the Digital World.

In the generation of the Big Gate Big Teacher, the strength aspect was firmly seized, and the achievement of strength producing miracles can be described as unprecedented, with no one before or after matching it.

Indeed, later generations find it hard to surpass it.

Even if they live and die together with Agumon, and even revive together, the first‑generation senior Taichi Yagami can only challenge human limits in other aspects.

Aomo considers himself more or less a rationalist, not really inclined toward that hot‑blooded, pulling‑along style; he might as well honestly follow Koushirou's old path and study data transmission.

Or perhaps let the opposite side study—after all, isn't that exactly what the Witch Beast does?

The so‑called magic of the Digital World is essentially a high‑level programming language; at its profundity it can also be considered a youth‑version permission dog.

Why call it a youth version? Naturally because Omega, Alpha and their ilk are born with permission; translated into the magic world's phrasing……well, the magic world doesn't seem to have any decent phrasing.

The magic world, on the other hand, has direct connections to the source, while the immortal‑god realm has analogues like innate sages.

Upon careful thought, terms like 'demon god' could also roughly apply, but they'd have to be the kind of the Seventy‑Two Demon Gods, whose vague records detail the desires and powers they govern, not the 'demon god' phrase worn out by otaku.

Those latter ones, though called demon gods, mostly show some weakness in performance and still need individual works to prop up the scene and maintain prestige.

In short, it's because the Digital World has administrators like Light Beast and Omega descending from heaven that makes those Digimon studying high‑level code magic feel a bit awkward.

But it's fine; as long as you also evolve into a permission dog, the awkwardness won't be yours.

Think about it, the Witch Beast can also evolve into Lilithmon and Cherubimon, while Wizardmon can also evolve… heading towards…

Well, Monarch Beast and Beelzebumon (Fallen Angel Hell Beast) aren't very permission‑dog‑like.

Even if you take the Mystic Beast route and evolve into Fragramon or JumpLord Knight Beast, those two royal knights still aren't enough to be a god‑cheater (permission dog).

But stat monsters might not be unable to surpass permission dogs!

At least Beelzebumon's battle potential is obvious, and Fragramon can even play dirty—don't bother evolving into Lord Knight Beast or Monarch Beast; those two have high appearance rates, their battle design isn't bad, but they're always busy front‑and‑back doing other people's work, top‑tier workers.

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In terms of the technical route, the Witch Beast is already the limit of what the middle tier can achieve; even after evolving into LadyDevimon, she might not get better; of course……on this path she falls far short of the Barbamon she despises.

The Noble King already belongs to the upper‑level magic domain; anything stronger than it is none other than an outstanding Ultimate, such as the Barbamon of the Seven Great Demon Lords, etc.

But according to Aomo's own observation and judgment, he believes the Witch Beast's dislike of Barbamon is not mere professional rivalry.

Yesterday he couldn't quite understand Barbamon's active self‑exposure, and today he also can't quite understand the Witch Beast's contradictory behavior.

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She probably doesn't intend to expose Barbamon's information to Aomo, even though she really dislikes that person.

Perhaps it's also partly due to her sticking to her own aesthetics, or maybe some other reason; she's unwilling to just bluntly let the other side suffer a setback.

But she indeed appeared voluntarily—clearly last night she still put on an attitude of not coming back in the short term, yet this morning she voluntarily popped up, using the contract as an excuse.

Yes, an excuse.

Aomo can completely see her lack of interest in the topic of evolution; considering their first meeting, she already put on a sour face toward Barbamon X, its unpleasantness no different from when she faced Zhouri Ningjing before.

He has reason to doubt her true strength, or rather her true form, which is not at the level of a Witch Beast.

Even LadyDevimon won't do; it has to be even higher.

Only then would she have the backing to stand up to Barbamon X.

Otherwise? Surely it's not that she has a demon‑lord‑level backer, or that Barbamon X dotes on her out of familial or affectionate feelings, right?

Although Aomo has no experience with love and romance, who doesn't enjoy watching the drama, eating melon, and shipping couples?

Although when it comes to himself he's pretty clueless, when it comes to guiding, judging, and analyzing others' relationships, everyone sure knows their stuff!

Those two Digimon show no fluctuation in their 'CP radar' whatsoever; Aomo tentatively considers turning back to find a chance to have Bi Ze make the judgment—his CP radar is more advanced than Aomo's.

Before Bi Ze makes his judgment, he also doesn't include it in his considerations.

Thus the most likely possibility remains that personal strength is being concealed.

A Digimon's degeneration depends on the completeness of its own data; under normal circumstances it occurs when defeated in battle.

Being beaten into degeneration is the easiest to understand.

Next is data recovery—for example, the chosen children and the Digimon beside tamers.

The badge data output by the Holy Plan can be recovered and reused at any time.

Tamers also have schemes to let Digimon degenerate at any time, in order to avoid the high fees of the data channel toll station.

With such a precedent, it's not ruled out that some similarly technical Digimon could also achieve this.

Just like the rumors surrounding Barbamon.

As for the Witch Beast's complete form, Aomo tentatively keeps himself in the dark, not speculating too much; after all, the other side's contradictory voluntary appearance suggests they really intend to foster a partner bond, to the point that she is forced to look at him and think of Barbamon.

Then comes the premature arrival of 'menopause'.

If Aomo speculates further, he'll inevitably cause the other side to completely solidify menopause into an evolutionary stage.

After maturity comes menopause—that makes perfect sense! Aomo practically wanted to cheer for it, loudly praising: Damn it!

Wouldn't that just be double Zhouri Ningjing, damn it! This won't do—jojo tells us that meeting another self from the world will result in mutual annihilation!

Of course, things haven't come to that point yet; the Witch Beast's temperament also clearly differs from Zhouri Ningjing, especially lacking that most overt irritability.

However, this brainstorming targeting the Witch Beast needs to pause for a moment; right now he still needs to adjust his attitude.

The reason is simple—he has already stood in front of the student council office of Central Tresen.

When attending an audience with the emperor and meeting the moon phase, one must not adopt the demeanor of getting along with witches.