Chapter 508: with translation of chapter title

NO．91：Aomo is petty-minded

Yuehuanshe: 【Got time to reply? I want to ask a question】

α: 【Ask away】

The being called the Alpha (α) Beast takes its name from the first letter of the Greek (Hesya area) alphabet.

Furthermore, it can be associated with the Omega Beast (Ω), and is understood as a symbol of the religious mainstay (Christ) of the Blessed Gospel Corps.

【Beginning and End】

Moreover, it is well known that Digimon originate from the network world constructed by humans.

The Digimon known as the Alpha Beast indeed inherits this religious symbol, wielding the ultimate power to retrieve fleeting battle moments—AlphaInforce (the power first obtained)—and occupies the vacant seat of the Royal Knights, the highest-tier holy knight group in network security.

Not only does it not appear on ordinary days, but its standing among the Royal Knights also serves as a restraint on the other knights.

In other words, whenever it appears, it is highly likely to be 'torturing' its comrades.

Also because chances to torture comrades are few, it is often called the 'lonely hermit'—meaning it is truly nowhere to be found in everyday life.

But in fact, it is not truly vanished from the human world, nor does it dig a hole and lie there sleeping all the time.

Rather, like the Ultramen of the neighboring Land of Light, the Alpha Beast actually possesses a 'human form'.

Although Aomo has never been clear whether its relationship with Mutsuhai Anko is symbiotic or whether it personally incarnated and fabricated data, that doesn't matter.

What matters is—through the Mutsuhai Detective Office one can contact the Alpha Beast.

As a member of the World Tree, one of the two main hosts of the Digital World, the Royal Knights' mobilized personnel, the Alpha Beast naturally counts as a big shot in the Digital World.

And it will not ignore Aomo's communications.

Yuehuanshe: 【Can the data volume of an entire world possibly be borne by a single independent entity?】

α: 【This question is too vague; we should set a standard for the world's data volume and the individual's data volume.】

The other party's answer was very rigorous, yet their speech was far more concise than that of Mutsuhai Anko, who constantly quotes scriptures.

Yuehuanshe: 【In other words, is it feasible in itself?】

Under the gaze of Shi Huaiya looking back and forth, Aomo's hand tapping the light screen remained steady and swift.

【Is it feasible to place, upon a cosmic being inherently possessing a huge data volume, a world that does not need the Digital World's layered complexity?】

α: 【I hope you share information.】

Yuehuanshe: 【The enemy will surely appear, having deliberately taken away an executive, someone I have had some contact with.】

α: 【You suspect…】

Yuehuanshe: 【I guess… the constant data is not merely to simulate a constant mode of existence, but also because it once had records of attachment to a single individual, right?】

α: 【If you're referring to Hikari Yagami from the Digimon Adventure series, that cannot serve as a reference; this world has no actual records of constancy attaching to an individual.】

In other words, this world for now has no notion of 'the chosen children'.

Aomo is not surprised by this, after all, although the Digital World has had several major upheavals, they were not resolved by a bunch of kids.

Or more accurately, it is a mix of big and small.

A group often described as adults lacking dreams, love, and hope, together with a group of genuinely energetic children and adolescents, the Cyber Network Detectives and the children yearning for adventure, cooperated several times to resolve the world's crises.

The story written by this group includes both autobiography and novel, listed as recommended reading for related researchers; even Aomo once flipped through it.

But he asked precisely because he knew this; the deed of 'Hikari Yagami being possessed by constancy' is itself a line of thought.

Yuehuanshe: 【With your knowledge reserves, can it not be simulated?】

α: 【Even I lack a complete understanding of constancy; reporting to the World Tree might yield results, but I need a more substantial motive.】

Yuehuanshe: 【I said before, that executive and I have had contact.】

Under Shi Huaiya's silent gaze, Aomo's actions paused slightly, evidently organizing his thoughts, then he typed:

【And before this, the enemy already had sufficient awareness that I would betray them.】

α: 【Are you sure?】

Yuehuanshe: 【Certainly, each of my contacts with him seemed casual but were actually vigilant; yet he also allowed me to act freely, and indeed at first he was the one who proactively brought payment to hire me.】

【I have constantly wondered why he would do all these extra things.】

Having taken the payment but doing nothing, he feels uneasy all over, even when going to relieve the three urgencies he can't help but think.

【And after that, I contacted that executive, but saw no obstruction from him, and then I couldn't help but wonder whether that executive was not important to him.】

A slacker who looks like a sea product but stuffs Uma Musume private goods into the project, aside from striving for Uma Musume, is utterly unreliable, even a bit Bi Ze… such a guy, saying he's just making up the numbers, is not so surprising.

Aomo also once thought that way.

Even after tossing it out of his mind, he merely pondered how, given Bureiku's vigilance toward him, he could make him spill gold coins.

What could he think? He merely wanted the remaining three cards promised in the contract.

Since he had to contact that super agent and also assist Qianming's representative and Zhouri Ningjing's start, his actual insider path was set, and it really cannot be hoped that the commission will end smoothly.

Then he could only demand it himself.

Since Commander Bureiku is deliberately indulging him, he also takes advantage of that, planning to viciously stab him when he appears—this idea was originally to wait until the opponent thought they had succeeded, then launch a sneak attack, but his patience has paid off.

Tevier……

You weren't just making up the numbers, were you?

Then again consider that opponent's special trait of being interested in Uma Musume, and also consider my own subtle yet not low reputation as a trainer—indeed these past days I have reached a certain level's peak……

Afterwards, this Zhuge Liang–like matter, the conclusion was reached in an instant.

Yuehuanshe: 【The opponent calculated everything; even my encounter with him was probably deliberately allowed, he values that executive greatly, and in world creation he once mentioned to me the concept of Sumeru mustard seed.】

Pressing the weight of the world onto a single person is probably too extreme.

Aomo could only think of the weight of a deity descending upon a person—that is the field in which Chazuo's study of spirit invocation excels.

What will that person be like?

Commander Bureiku probably also doesn't care what that person will be like; he doesn't need to rely on Tevier as a carrier, merely using that person as a temporary backpack.

A security check that could evade full detection condensed the dreams of every member of the invading allied army into a backpack that would secretly slip through.

Simulating the constant law of Yin Bas, even the main program wasn't present in that massive mechanical body.

Alpha: 【I'll go check right away!】

The Alpha Beast didn't even ask what was called the Sumeru mustard seed; such knowledge involving religion and mysticism usually falls within Mu Hai Xingzi's area of expertise, which in a sense also serves as indirect confirmation of a suspicion.

But that doesn't matter either.

What's important is——

"Alright, do you have any news from your side now?" His finger no longer hovering over the light screen, Aomo turned his head to look at Shi Huaiya, who was still digesting the information beside him.

Those jade-green eyes met the dark red ones, and after a few seconds of staring, he reacted: "Ah, although they haven't yet located the space jump, each criminal is marked when restrained, which can be used for positioning."

"Then… we can't delay!"

Aomo clapped his hands, and amid the crisp sound of the impact, a silvery flow of magic rose up; the youth was no more, leaving only a hideous demon.

"It's time to sabotage their wishes."

He could hardly wait.