A different kind of digital world adventure

"We can't rest now, hurry up, Koushiro, get up and keep working!"

Even in a deep coma, one can't withstand someone barking incessantly in front of them, especially since Taiichi's barking wasn't just ordinary barking. So, before long, everyone saw Koushiro's eyelids twitch and his eyes darting around under his eyelids. No one knew what he was thinking about, but then, Koushiro sat up straight like a rigor mortis. His reaction was so fast that Taiichi was so startled he almost jumped back.

Watching Koushiro slowly open his eyes, revealing a pair of large, black eyes without any highlights.

Taiyi blinked, then smiled and leaned forward.

"You're awake. Do you feel unwell anywhere?"

"No, I just feel a little foggy-headed..." Koushiro waved his hand, indicating that he was fine; it was just that he had been asleep for too long, causing his brain to temporarily not be activated. This situation didn't last long; after a few seconds, his clever intelligence regained control, and Koushiro immediately realized that what he had just said didn't sound familiar. Koushiro turned his head and looked at the spiky-haired guy grinning at him. Koushiro paused for a moment, then blurted out,

"Kamijo as x?"

"Who is that? I am Yagami Taichi."

Taiichi paused for a moment, then quickly pointed to himself and said,

"Although this is our first meeting, didn't you ask me for help before?"

"Ah...right, right." Only then did Koushiro remember what had happened earlier. Despite his mistake in calling the wrong name, Koushiro's expression remained unchanged. He simply replied casually, "Sorry, that's a character from an anime I watched before. You two have similar hairstyles, so I mistook you for someone else."

Without waiting for Taiichi's reply, Koushiro looked around and, not finding his laptop, pulled a marker from his pocket. He casually wrote a string of characters on the ground, staring at them as he asked, "Now that I'm out, does that mean the Demon Emperor has already been defeated?"

After asking the question, Koushiro looked up at everyone's expressions, then looked down at the characters, and seemed to be deep in thought.

"Oh, no, Di Li Mo got away. Is there no way to catch him? Can't find Di Li Mo? Hmm... that's normal. After all, that guy's escape methods are indeed quite sophisticated."

Then Koushiro muttered something to himself that no one could understand. Koushiro then looked up at Taiichi and said, "I understand. It's nice to meet you. I am Izumi Koushiro. I hope we can become partners."

"I am Yagami Taichi, nice to meet you." Taichi looked at Koushiro in surprise, then reached out his hand, gesturing for Koushiro to get up.

"By the way, how did you know what we were thinking? And what did that string of characters mean?"

"Oh, that's a mind-reading talisman." Koushiro pulled Taichi's hand and stood up. Because he felt that Taichi's strength was a little strange, he secretly stared at Taichi to observe him. When he heard Taichi's question, Koushiro casually gave an explanation.

But this one sentence in the explanation completely shocked everyone except for Qi Ren and the other two.

"Mind-reading charm? Wait, is it the mind-reading charm I'm thinking of?" Sora couldn't help but ask, but immediately shook her head.

"No, it shouldn't be. It's probably something like a search engine? As long as you use this symbol and follow certain methods, you can obtain information from the world..."

“How could that be? Runes that allow direct communication with the world aren’t so easy to draw.” Before Sora could finish speaking, Koushiro shook his head and denied Sora’s statement. “This is a mind-reading rune, literally.”

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Seeing that no one believed him, Koushiro kindly explained, "I understand what you mean, but being able to communicate directly with the world means being able to communicate directly with the legendary Akasha Records. In a sense, it's almost equivalent to omniscience. Even I wouldn't dare say that I could definitely create such a rune."

"In contrast, mind-reading runes only require inscribing the consciousness code into the mind. Although it is also quite difficult, it is really insignificant compared to communicating with Akasha's records."

...You can tell that Koushiro is really trying his best to explain, but no one can understand it!

In terms of perception, the answer obtained through a search engine is more impactful than the answer obtained through mind reading.

"By the way, what are these runes?" Takato stepped forward and looked at Koushiro curiously. "I've never seen you use these things before."

Although Takato was somewhat used to Koushiro often pulling out strange gadgets in the past, he still had never seen Koushiro use these runes.

“These are magic runes, which I learned from a wandering Wizardmon when I was in the Digital World.” Koushiro didn’t hide anything and told the truth. “Essentially, it’s a high-level programming language. It’s about using code runes to cause certain phenomena in the Digital World. In other words, it can summon wind and rain and control thunder and lightning.”

“However, I felt that playing traditional magic was a bit boring, so I made some slight modifications.” As he said this, Koushiro’s dull eyes lit up for the first time. “The extensibility of this programming language is much wider than I imagined. With a little modification, things like mind-reading symbols, hypnosis symbols, and body modification symbols can be successfully described.”

“These runes are like pre-programmed packages. Once decompressed according to the established procedure, they can be displayed in the world.”

As a computer genius, this kind of digital magic seemed tailor-made for Koushiro.

When it came to digital runes, it was clear that Koushiro was very enthusiastic about talking about them; his eyes even bordered on fanaticism.

"More importantly, I can confirm that digital runes can still be used in the real world, not relying on Digimon, but detached from Digimon. Simply using the runes will produce the corresponding effects!"

Do you know what this means?

"Hmm...does this mean that these runes contain some kind of secret connecting the digital world and the human world?" Taichi thought for a moment and asked tentatively.

“That’s right.” Koushiro looked at Taiichi with slight surprise, not expecting anyone to be able to follow his train of thought. Then, Koushiro immediately became immersed in his excitement. “I’ve always been a little confused about why Digimon, which are made of data, can materialize in the human world. What kind of power can give these data a real physical form? I’ve thought of many hypotheses for this question, such as the transformation of the Great Will, the sublimation of higher dimensions, and so on. But these hypotheses all have some flaws, and I can’t find any way to prove them.”

"But now, I can explore these issues through these programming languages, and if I can thoroughly understand the programming languages, I can also understand what kind of connection exists between the digital world and the human world!"

"This is exactly what I need to understand!"

"As expected of you." Hearing Koushiro's words, Taiichi was full of praise and couldn't help but give Koushiro a thumbs up, "Awesome."

I thought that the Izzy from the previous world was already top-notch, but who would have thought that this Izzy is even more top-notch among top-notch? While others are still working on computer languages, he has already started to master the world of magic analysis.

Will their world's Illuminati become a great magician in the future?

It's not impossible.

However you look at it, this is the kind of Koushiro who truly embodies the Crest of Knowledge.

Such tireless exploration of the unknown is so captivating that it's impossible not to take notice just by watching.

At this moment, Taiichi's interest in the runes that Koushiro mentioned also increased greatly. If he could learn the runes, they would definitely increase his combat power. So he started talking to Koushiro about the runes. Joe, who was listening to the conversation, was not very interested at first, but after hearing Koushiro say that the runes could also enhance memory, Joe's interest in the conversation suddenly increased several times.

"Qi Ren looked at the three people chatting happily over there. After listening for a while without understanding what they were saying, he looked back at Suna and a hint of comfort appeared in his eyes."

Thankfully, although this group of chosen children is seriously different from the image shown on TV—one is a berserker, one is a rune mage, and one is a doctor captain—at least one of them is a normal person.

Actually, she understood it, but she wasn't very interested, so she didn't engage in conversation.

The three-person conversation didn't last long, because Taiichi and Aju quickly realized that although they could understand, they could only understand a little bit. However, this little bit was enough for them. After all, Aju only wanted to use it to deepen his memory, and Taiichi only wanted to use the runes to fight. He only needed to learn a few runes and didn't need to delve into their mysteries, so this was naturally sufficient.

Although they didn't talk much, Koushiro looked very satisfied. This was satisfaction with his future teammates. It seemed that his teammates weren't the kind of people who made his blood pressure rise like in the movies. If they were, Koushiro would probably have to find a chance to leave as soon as possible.

The current situation is just right, and more importantly, his companions can actually communicate with him. Although they don't communicate much, it's enough for Koushiro.

Izzy quickly regained his composure. He looked back at the still unconscious Beetlemon, walked over, and touched it, seemingly confirming something. Then, Izzy began drawing runes on Beetlemon's body with a marker, muttering incantations as he did so. Everyone watching knew Izzy was probably treating Beetlemon, but frankly, it all looked a bit too mystical...

It can only be said that when a genius reaches the level of Koushiro, whatever he does is probably no different from a charlatan to ordinary people.

As Koushiro continued chanting, the runes on the Beetlemon's body began to glow faintly, and a large number of light particles were generated from the outside and gathered towards the Beetlemon. Before long, the Beetlemon turned into a huge luminous body. Then, as Koushiro stopped speaking, the light in front of him gradually disappeared, and the runes on the Beetlemon's body disappeared little by little, as if they had penetrated into the Beetlemon's body.

Not long after, the beetlemon's forelimbs twitched slightly, then it raised its head, its compound eyes scanned the surroundings, and immediately locked onto Koushiro.

"Koushiro, we... escaped?"

"Yes, we've been rescued successfully."

Seeing that Tentomon was alright, Koushiro's eyes relaxed, and he smiled as he answered Tentomon.

The Beetlemon stood up from the ground and walked up to Koushiro. It looked at Koushiro, then at everyone around it, its antennae drooping.

"I'm sorry, Koushiro, I failed to stop the Emperor Demon."

"It's alright, that guy is beyond our current capabilities."

Upon hearing this, Koushiro replied with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, I'll take you to get revenge later."

"Yes, I've always believed in you."

After saying something to Koushiro, Koushiro looked at Taiichi.

"While I was inside Emperor Li's body, although I wasn't fully conscious, I could still vaguely sense some of Emperor Li's computational logic. Give me some time, and I'll give you a more detailed report on Emperor Li."

"What impressive talent!" Taiyi exclaimed in admiration. "No problem, but I'd like to know more if you have a way to pinpoint Di Limo's location?"

"Have."

Koushiro said decisively, "I have an inspiration. Wait for me, I'll design a device that can directly display the location of the Demon Lord in real time."

Emperor Li Mo thought that by making Koushiro unconscious, he could use Koushiro with confidence, but this was just a poor guess about Koushiro's abilities.

God-like talent, boy.

"However, it will take me a few days."

Koushiro looked around, focusing particularly on the Four Holy Beasts, and then said,

"And I need some help from some people."

Chapter 257 Koushiro: Family, We've Met Paradise!

What kind of people are needed?

Upon hearing this, Taiyi immediately asked,

"Do you need help?"

“I need it.” Koushiro nodded. “I’m not good with words and I often find myself speechless when talking to strangers, so I hope you can help me out when the time comes.”

"You call this being bad at speaking?"

Taiichi twitched the corner of his mouth. If this was what being taciturn meant, how could he have rambled on for so long? But seeing Koushiro's serious expression, Taiichi didn't say anything more, just nodded.

"Okay, tell me what you want to talk about when the time comes, and I'll go talk to those people."

"Thank you."

Seeing that Taiichi didn't delve into it, Koushiro smirked, thinking to himself, "Hmm, I feel more satisfied with this companion."

Koushiro doesn't really want to explain many things, since explaining them wouldn't make much of a difference, and he strongly resists doing things that are meaningless.

This is also the main reason why Koushiro doesn't want to have in-depth conversations with strangers. When two people who know nothing about each other communicate, they often ask a lot of meaningless questions because they don't understand each other. In Koushiro's opinion, these are all things that can be determined with a little observation. However, most people don't like to look at these questions. They just like to ask questions and wait for others to answer them. This is fine once or twice, but if it happens too often, Koushiro doesn't want to do it anymore.

Because of this idea, Koushiro doesn't have many friends so far. He usually likes to learn about information on the Internet, and of course, he doesn't distinguish between good and bad information. He knows a little about everything, so it's quite normal that Koushiro is quite knowledgeable about subcultures such as anime.

But Koushiro hadn't finished speaking; besides the humans, he also needed help from the Digimon.

"In addition, I also need Digimon to provide me with some data to help me complete the construction of the device."

"In my vision, this device will not only be able to locate the Emperor Li Demon in real time, but also have the ability to detect the Emperor Li Demon's strength."

"Detecting the strength of the Emperor Li Demon? What does that mean? The Emperor Li Demon's strength isn't constant?"

"No, it changes its form in real time according to different environments, appearing in the way most suitable for survival," Koushiro explained. "The essence of the Dreadlord is a cleanup program, the purpose of which is to eliminate Digimon to free up space in the network world. You can simply think of it as a recycle bin coming to life. Of course, its form of existence is definitely more complex. After all, Digimon are not so easy to eliminate. These miraculous creatures have an astonishing ability to adapt to various extreme environments, which means that even though the Dreadlord is their natural enemy, it may fail in some situations, or even most of the time."

"Therefore, the Dire Demon must have an adaptability that surpasses that of Digimon in order to hunt Digimon."

"Especially since the programming of the Dire Demon has changed from hunting Digimon to destroying the world, it requires even more effort to adapt."

"I see." Taiichi didn't quite understand, but as long as it was beneficial for fighting the Digimon, that was fine. "What kind of Digimon do you need? Do you need my help? I'm not very familiar with this, but I do have some knowledge of Digimon-related matters, so I can help you find one..."

"Then I'll still need you to put in a good word for me."

Koushiro didn't stand on ceremony and said directly,

"As for the candidates, there's no need to look for them specifically; the people here will suffice."

Koushiro pointed to the Four Holy Beasts, as well as Belstarmon, Beelzemon, and all the other Digimon except for Takato and his two companions.

"Aside from angel-type Digimon, the Digimon here cover almost all types of Digimon, which is enough for me to build a simple search database."

Taiichi didn't understand the connection between searching the database and fighting the Emperor Demon, but since Koushiro said so, Taiichi didn't intend to refute it. He just asked Koushiro...

What information do you want to know?

"All of them, the more detailed the better, their abilities, skills, and physical strength."

"Is that so? Okay, I understand."

“This is not a simple matter,” Koushiro said seriously. “Communicating with Digimon is not an easy task, especially asking them for all the information about them. You would never tell someone this information unless you trust them completely.”

At this point, Koushiro realized he was being a bit unreasonable, so his tone was slightly awkward.

"There's no need to rush this. As long as one or two Digimon agree to tell me this information, I can create a basic database based on it. Although it's rudimentary, it'll be usable."

"Oh..." Taichi didn't know how to respond to Koushiro's words. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Anyway, I'll give it a try first."

Then Taichi went up and talked to the Digimon. Of course, since Belstarmon and Beelzemon were also on their side, and the Twelve Digimon were under the command of Suzakumon, he was actually talking to the Four Holy Beasts.

Koushiro watched as Taichi interacted with the Four Holy Beasts, and soon after, he saw the Four Holy Beasts agree to Taichi's request. Even the most stubborn Suzakumon simply said, "I'm helping the Digital World, not you," before agreeing to share the information.

It wasn't just intelligence; because the four sacred beasts had enough data cores, they simply lent one data core to Taiyi for his study.

I rely on? !

Even with Koushiro's composure, he couldn't help but stare in disbelief at this scene. It was simply too unbelievable. When he was in contact with other Digimon, not to mention Ultimate Digimon, even Perfect Digimon looked at him with a 'you're trying to harm me' attitude and refused to cooperate at all. How come Taiichi got the Four Holy Beasts to agree to help him with just a few words?

What variables caused this?

For the first time ever, Koushiro felt a spark of curiosity about Taichi, this human.

So when Taiichi came over, Koushiro asked curiously,

"how did you do it?"

"How did you manage that... it was just normal communication." Taiichi didn't know how to communicate about this either. "To be honest, I don't really understand why people think communicating with digital entities is so troublesome. You can just tell them your question clearly and sincerely hope they will agree."