A different kind of digital world adventure

"Gulu?"

When Gulemon heard Taiichi mention its name, it looked over in a daze. Although it didn't know what was going on, Gulemon vaguely sensed that what was about to be said must be closely related to it. Therefore, Gulemon opened its ears and listened carefully.

"That's utter nonsense!"

But to everyone's surprise, as soon as Taiichi finished speaking, Suzakumon suddenly flew into a rage, appearing extremely angry.

"Turning the light of evolution into a Digimon and giving it consciousness, while claiming that this will lead to a more standardized and orderly evolution, is utter nonsense!"

"Look at the current situation, apart from a few Ultimate-level Digimon, how many more can continue to evolve?"

"And not to mention, the Guardian of Life is actually mixed up with humans, causing a group of Digimon to betray them and join their side. Even if they evolved, what good would it do? What use would such power be against that Emperor Demon..."

Suzakumon originally intended to say that these Digimon who lived with humans had completely lost their Digimon nature and were just a bunch of trash. However, upon reflection, Suzakumon realized that he had just been ganged up on and defeated by these guys. If he really said that, then he would truly be worse than trash. So, Suzakumon abruptly changed his mind halfway through.

"...With just a few people, they are simply a drop in the ocean against Emperor Li Mo."

"Whether it's just a drop in the ocean or not, we'll only know after we try."

Taiichi understood that Suzakumon was implying something, but he didn't care. He was happy to learn about Diremon from Suzakumon, but he was also interested in learning more about Guremon.

"It sounds like the Ancient Music Beast was born with the help of your colleagues, is that right?"

"...It's the Azure Dragon Beast." The Vermilion Bird Beast remained silent for a moment before finally speaking.

"It has always believed that only a more orderly evolution can stop the Dire Demon, and that only by cooperating with humans can the Digital World be saved."

"Hmph... Utter nonsense."

Suzakumon didn't hide its disdain for Qinglongmon's ideas, but there was no need to discuss them further at this moment. So, Suzakumon quickly told Taichi what he should be most concerned about.

"That's all I know about Di Li Mo's existence. Because that guy is impossible to communicate with, even after so many years, we only know this little bit about him."

"Furthermore, if the Emperor Li Demon is indeed the thing I know, then I do know where it is located."

"That's great!" Taiyi immediately rubbed his hands together, eager to try.

"In that case, please lead us there."

Regardless of whether that thing is actually the Emperor Li Demon, it doesn't sound like a good thing based on the description. Even if it isn't, killing it would be perfectly reasonable.

Suzakumon was once again speechless at Taichi's generosity, feeling as if Taichi was going to an amusement park rather than a battlefield. This attitude prompted Suzakumon to speak again.

"I don't know where you heard about Emperor Li Mo, but this battle is definitely not child's play. It's impossible to defeat that guy without arduous efforts and huge sacrifices. Even if we do that, we might not be able to eliminate Emperor Li Mo!"

"I know it well."

Taiyi nodded slightly, looking at the Vermilion Bird Beast.

“I have encountered Emperor Li Mo before.”

"No, or rather, it should be just an avatar of Emperor Li Mo."

Taiichi explained to Suzakumon the series of events that had occurred in the World Tree World.

"That guy swallowed one of my companions. I have to find it, beat it up, and then go rescue my companion."

"Comrade... Come to think of it, it seems that not long ago, we did sense some unusual activity."

The Vermilion Bird recalled for a moment,

"I remember the disturbance was quite significant at the time, but it didn't last long. By the time we went to investigate, we found that all the anomalies had disappeared."

Although it's unclear whether it's the same person or not, the timing matches up, greatly increasing the possibility that the Emperor Demon is the enemy that Suzakumon knows. As a result, Suzakumon's wariness towards Taichi and the others has lessened slightly.

These people don't seem like bad guys...

In truth, Suzaku has never seen a human, yet it possesses an innate malice towards them, for reasons that are difficult to explain. Perhaps it is because Suzaku absorbed a great deal of data related to the evils of humanity at the time of its birth? No one knows the specific reason.

In short, Suzakumon didn't think there was anything wrong with what it was doing. Even with these helpful humans in front of it, Suzakumon still wouldn't change its mind.

However, the Vermilion Bird wasn't so ungrateful to those who genuinely wanted to help.

So they saw the Vermilion Bird, having regained some strength, slowly get up from the ground. It looked at Taiyi and the others.

“I will take you to where the Demon Emperor Li is.”

Chapter 250 Fusion!

Upon hearing what Suzakumon said, everyone looked at Taiichi, wanting him to make a decision.

Taiyi didn't hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement.

"If that's the case, then that would be perfect."

"However, your strength has probably only recovered a little, not much. Let me lend you a hand."

"Don't worry, it's just a Destiny Armor. You can use these powers yourself."

As he spoke, Taichi took out the Destiny Armor Egg from the Divine Plan. Suzakumon, who had originally wanted to refuse, didn't say anything when he saw the armor egg. Its four red eyes were fixed on the armor egg. Clearly, Suzakumon understood what this thing was and knew that it would indeed be of great help to its injuries.

But just using human-made things like this? Isn't that a bit... And what if the humans cheat? Or tamper with the armored egg? Although in Suzakumon's understanding, the armored egg is an extremely independent and inert object, almost unaffected by anything, but what if...?

The Vermilion Bird has never underestimated human creativity.

However, it must be said that this is something that the Vermilion Bird Beast desperately needs right now, especially if what these humans are saying is true, and they are going to fight against the Emperor Demon. In its current state, it is definitely impossible for it to participate in this battle.

As for the suggestion of taking a few days off, Suzaku Beast itself was unwilling. After all, according to Taiyi, the evolution speed of Di Li Mo seemed to be gradually accelerating, especially after it devoured its companion. In that case, this matter could not be delayed any longer, and a way had to be found to deal with the opponent.

The Vermilion Bird Beast certainly has the courage to fight to the death, but if it can play a greater role, it is still willing to do so.

So after hesitating for a moment, Suzakumon finally spoke to Taiichi.

"This thing is very useful to me, I..."

"Okay, then you can use it first."

With that, Taiyi threw it directly in front of Suzakumon.

""

This made Suzakumon glance at Tai a couple more times, feeling that this person lived too carefree a life. However, it didn't think much of it, and whispered a thank you. Then Suzakumon closed its eyes and began to heal its wounds through the power of destiny in the Destiny Armor Egg.

Taiichi looked at Suzakumon with some surprise. He hadn't expected that this stubborn red-feathered bird would actually say thank you. If his hearing hadn't been good enough, he definitely wouldn't have heard the thank you. However, seeing that Suzakumon had its eyes tightly closed and didn't want to communicate with anyone, Taiichi thought for a moment and decided not to talk to Suzakumon.

As long as they are not heinous and extremely evil Digimon, Taichi can treat them all equally. This includes not only treating all Digimon as human beings, but also sometimes attacking their weaknesses without treating them as human beings at all.

It seems contradictory, but it's not contradictory at all.

While Suzakumon was healing, Taiichi wasn't idle either. He thought for a moment and decided to talk to Akiyama Ryo about Ultimate Evolution.

“ix0似*留霓虾亻=尔爸说，阿辽，如何怎么能够怎么怎么怎么怎么怎么怎么？”

"What do you mean?"

“It’s ultimate evolution.” Seeing A-Ryo’s somewhat confused expression, Tai continued, “I want to ask you how you managed to fuse with your Digimon to fight.”

"Oh, you said this."

Alyo suddenly realized, then pondered carefully, and after a moment, his brows furrowed again.

"If you ask me how I did it... even if you ask me that, I can't explain it clearly."

"I felt a connection with the Monodramon, and I felt we had to fight side by side, so... that's how we evolved."

"Mutual understanding? Fighting side by side?"

Tai turned to look at Agumon, who was also looking at him. Then they both turned back, tilting their heads and looking at Akiyama Ryo with puzzled expressions.

"That's exactly what we're talking about."

A meeting of minds? They can sense each other's feelings and thoughts, understand each other precisely with just a glance, or even without a glance. Isn't that a meeting of minds?

Fighting side by side? Taiichi fought alongside Agumon when Agumon was in its Rookie stage. If that doesn't count as fighting side by side, then the concept of fighting side by side certainly doesn't exist in the world.

So, whether it's being of one mind or fighting side by side, Tai has clearly met both conditions, and not only met them, but exceeded them. So why is it that Tai still can't merge with Agumon?

"This..." To be honest, Akiyama Ryo wasn't sure what was going on either, but when he evolved into his ultimate form, it felt like this, but Taiichi couldn't do it now. Clearly, there were other factors Akiyama Ryo wasn't sure about, so he carefully considered the differences between himself and Taiichi. After a moment, he proposed another hypothesis...

"In that case, is it possible that it's due to differences in the Digimon devices?"

"Different Digivices...it's not impossible." Tai thought about it carefully. Daisuke and the others' Digivices had some functions that he didn't have, and Takato's Digivice was completely different from Tai's—a Digivice that could accept game cards. Tai had never even considered that before.

"But I don't think that's the main reason, is it?"

"I think so."

Ryo Akiyama nodded in agreement. The Digivice might indeed be part of the reason, but they believed that the key was more about people. As long as the bond between people and Digimon reaches its peak, then no matter what the Digivice or the Ark Machine are, even if there is no Digivice, they can just handcraft one on the spot.

%口qun$″拔∵琉/{∑￠3)岭±起~! But if that's the case, what exactly prevents Tai from fusing and evolving with Agumon?

Ryo Akiyama pondered deeply, constantly recalling the details of his Ultra Evolution with the Monohorn. And surprisingly, during this continuous contemplation, he actually came up with a possibility.

"Do you think it's possible that this is because Agumon has many different evolutionary forms?"

"There are quite a few evolutionary forms?" Taiyi's heart stirred upon hearing this.

"Expand and tell me."

"I'm just assuming that even if people are of one mind, they still need a common ground as a benchmark, and that is something that absolutely cannot change."

“The difference between our forms and those of the Digimon is enormous, but no matter how great the difference, the moment we became partners, it meant that there must be some common ground between us. If we can find this common ground and make use of it, then we can use it as the main trunk, combine the power of both sides, and grow into a towering tree.”

After a pause, Akiyama Ryo looked at Taiichi.

"The difference between you and us is that we only have two branches, namely me and the Monohorn, while you, Tai, have many branches to trace back to your roots."

"In that case, the difficulty of fusing ultimate evolution will definitely not be small."

"Hmm...that's an interesting point."

Taiichi pondered carefully. Even if they were of one mind, they would need a common anchor point to achieve balance and integration. Although Akiyama Ryo's proposal was just a hypothesis, Taiichi intuitively felt that it should be correct. According to this theory, he would first need to find the common ground between himself and Agumon.

What is this common point?

Taiyi and Yaguyue looked at each other.

In fact, they have a lot in common. For example, they are both very thick-skinned, very combative, love adventure, and can't stand bullying the weak. To some extent, it's perfectly fine to see Taichi as a human version of Agumon and Agumon as a Digimon version of Taichi.

But if we're talking about the most significant commonality, then it really is just that.

"courage."

Agumon and Taichi spoke at the same time.

The moment they uttered the word, a flash of realization crossed their eyes. Although they hadn't tried it yet, they inexplicably felt that if they tried to fuse now... it should work.

But there's no rush. Akiyama Ryo's words seemed to have opened a window for Taichi and the others, giving them a lot of inspiration. However, these inspirations were quite scattered, and now was the perfect time to try to organize them before the battle.

So Tai and Agumon fell into a deep silence of thought. While the two of them were silent, the others became quite lively. Everyone was quite interested in Akiyama Ryo's method of fusion evolution. Even Sora and Joe were the same. After all, they didn't have as much power as Tai. In Digimon battles, they could only watch from the back. Although they had trained to a certain level of combat power, they were still a weakness of their partner. If this could be remedied, it would obviously allow their Digimon to unleash even greater power.

However, Sora had a slight concern. It wasn't for any other reason than that her partner, Biyomon, was a bird-type Digimon after evolving into its Ultimate form. This was not a big problem, but if she fused with Biyomon, wouldn't she have to control the bird's body with Biyomon?

Will they be able to fly then? What if they can't fly? Wouldn't their combat effectiveness decrease instead of increase?

Perhaps I should learn to glide? Or ask the Bhikkhu beast for some flying techniques?

Sora touched her cheek, looking at Biyomon with a hint of helplessness.

Well, it's not that bird-type Digimon are bad, but if possible, she'd like to create a humanoid Digimon too.

Sora kept this idea to herself. The evolution of a partner Digimon is closely related to the various emotions and thoughts of the tamer. So, when Sora had this idea, perhaps one day in the future, Biyomon really did evolve into a humanoid Digimon... It's not impossible.

Time always flies when you're chatting. Just when Suzaku had almost fully recovered its strength, Sora was still chatting away. However, they knew that the time for these conversations was over, and it was time for battle.

"I have fully recovered now."

Suzakumon spoke with great vigor, looking at the Destiny Armor Egg in its hand. It was truly unexpected that this human brat possessed such a divine artifact. The fact that this thing could grant Digimon Ultimate-level power was only the most superficial application of the Armor Egg. Digging deeper into its roots, the power of destiny was the true value of this thing. If one could master it, then while it wouldn't be invincible, shifting the heavens and earth and reversing the universe would not be too difficult.

It didn't have much of an opinion about this Vermilion Bird Beast; it simply sighed and then tossed it to Taiyi.

"Everything is ready now, and we can set off."

"it is good."

Taichi took the Destiny Armor Egg without saying a word. He sat cross-legged on the ground for a moment before picking up the Divine Plan, standing up, and looking at Agumon.

"Let's go then, Agumon."

"Yes, Taiichi." Agumon nodded its large head.

"It should work now!"

"Okay, let's give it a try!"

Swish!

As Taiichi had a thought, the Divine Plan emitted a bright light, which completely covered Taiichi and Agumon. Then, the two of them were seen moving closer to each other involuntarily, as if they were two magnets moving forward at an extremely high speed, and then colliding!