A different kind of digital world adventure

"Mimi, Mimi, Tachikawa Mimi, wake up, wake up quickly."

In her hazy state, Meimei seemed to hear a faint sound.

Who is speaking?

Where am I now?

What am I doing?

As Meimei regained a little clarity, though not fully awake, her mind was already filled with a multitude of questions, questions that, naturally, no one could hear. Then, not long after, Meimei heard another conversation.

"...The situation seems bad; we can't wake him up no matter what we do."

"Did transforming into an ancient mermaid beast place a heavy burden on her?"

"It shouldn't be that bad, otherwise he should have been overwhelmed when he was with Lanamon."

"Is it possible to remain in that state of strain indefinitely, barely maintaining a balance? And then, Taiichi, when you defeated the Ancient Mermaid Beast, you directly broke that balance?"

"This...is not without reason."

"In that case, we can only try to make up for Meimei's deficit."

What nonsense are you spouting?

Meimei listened blankly, but although she couldn't understand it, she gradually woke up relatively quickly amidst the noisy conversation. In a few more minutes, she would probably be fully awake.

But at that moment, Meimei suddenly heard a thunderous roar ring out in her ears.

"Haha!"

"Power of destiny, pour it into me!"

Immediately afterwards, Meimei "saw" an endless golden ocean that completely submerged her. She felt as if her entire body was being frantically infused with the power of destiny, as if her whole body was about to burst, but she had no way to stop it from happening.

Moreover, during this process, Mimi could clearly feel her memories constantly rewinding, from her birth, through her growth, to her arrival in this digital world...

She remembered everything that had happened!

Swish!

The moment he remembered, he saw Mimi suddenly open her eyes, and before Taiyi could react, she suddenly stood up and hit Taiyi on the head!

state!

The sound of two stones colliding at high speed made everyone feel a toothache. Looking over there, you could see Taiyi and Meimei each clutching their heads, one rolling on the ground and the other crouching down with her head in her hands, looking like they were both injured.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

After a long while, Taiyi rubbed his forehead and stood up from the ground. He looked at Meimei, who had also almost recovered, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

"How can your head be so hard?"

"That's exactly what I was going to say."

Meimei couldn't hold back her emotions when she heard this.

"Your head is harder than steel!"

Otherwise, he wouldn't have hurt himself so much.

"There's nothing I can do. The more you're out there, the harder your head gets." Tai shrugged. After all, as Agumon has gotten stronger, Tai's physical abilities have also been improving. He really didn't expect that Mimi could actually hurt him. But considering Mimi's previous appearance, she must have had some kind of adventure.

Taiichi couldn't have imagined that Mimi had been so stubborn since childhood, but he hadn't paid much attention to such minor matters. Now that Mimi was awake, everything was fine, so Taiichi took a serious look and said to Mimi...

"Nice to meet you. I am Taichi Yagami, this is Sora, this is Koushiro... this is BlackGatomon."

Taiyi introduced everyone before he began to speak.

"Normally, we should be your friends. Besides, we're here to save the world, so can you tell us what's happening in this world? ￠二∩Ⅷ∷△￡巫+∠潵√邻+妻∏"

"Why did you become a Digimon along with Palmon, and even aid and abet evil?"

"What a mess."

Mimi listened to Taiichi's words from beginning to end, and then, after only listening to them once, her smooth mind processed them, Mimi looked at Taiichi and the others warily.

She only heard one word.

"Pazumon, what did you do to Palmon!?"

"We defeated Palmon too, and I'm with you now."

Taiyi shrugged and then pointed behind Mimi.

"It's lying right behind you, right next to you."

Mimi immediately looked behind her and saw Palmon lying there with its eyes closed and unconscious. Seeing this, Mimi quickly picked Palmon up and carefully checked it over. After finding that Palmon was just exhausted, Mimi breathed a sigh of relief.

This made Meimei less wary of everyone. She glanced at everyone present, but her gaze remained fixed on Taiyi.

"You said that we should be friends in theory, what do you mean by that?"

"Good question."

Taiyi snapped his fingers.

"Please watch the video."

Koushiro stepped forward, opened his laptop, and started projecting "Digimon Adventure".

This is data that Koushiro copied in the Takato world, with the aim of gaining the trust of his companions when they meet in the future.

The entire film wasn't played; they only showed Meimei the opening sequence before putting it away again.

"Although this is just an animation, you should be able to see that some of the portrayals of you are very similar."

Taiichi looked at Meimei,

"This is a true story that happened in a parallel world. Although we haven't met yet, there is still a mysterious connection between us."

"This power of destiny is the proof."

As he spoke, a golden flame lit up at Taiyi's fingertip, and then several golden threads appeared on it, connecting everyone.

Meimei looked at the gold thread connected to her finger. Although it might be a fake, she felt it was real and that it truly signified a destiny-bound connection between them. However, the thought made her face darken.

The main reason was that she remembered the scene when she was suddenly flooded with the power of fate. Although she remembered everything, including things when she was just born, the feeling was still unpleasant. So Meimei glared at Taiyi fiercely.

Taiyi was also confused by the glare. He gave Meimei a questioning look, but Meimei had already turned her head and looked at everyone, saying...

"I'll assume you trust me for now. Ask me whatever you want."

"I will tell you everything I know."

"We want to know why you became a Digimon? Why did you become Cherubimon's subordinate? What exactly happened during your time in the Digital World?"

"Don't ask so many questions at once, you can't possibly remember them all!"

Meimei looked at Taiichi with considerable dissatisfaction, then she began to organize Taiichi's questions and answer them one by one.

"The first question is, why did I become a Digimon... This story begins when I first came to the Digital World."

"When I first came to the Digital World, I was terrified of everything around me, and I felt like my life was going to end like this."

"Fortunately, there weren't many Digimon in the place I was staying, so I was relatively safe there."

“I once read some survival books in my father’s study. Although I couldn’t apply them all, they did help me a lot in the beginning. That knowledge helped me get through that initial period.”

"Although it was tough, at least we survived."

""

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances. Although Meimei's words were brief, they could all sense the weariness in her voice.

Just thinking about it for a moment, you can imagine a little girl who has never lifted a finger suddenly appearing in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by wild beasts that could easily tear her to shreds. The fact that Meimei still manages to survive under such circumstances is truly heartbreaking and brings tears to the eyes of anyone who hears it.

Even Joe was no exception. Although he was also abandoned on an island, at least there were no powerful Digimon on that island, and he had Gomamon with him, so overall, although he was lonely, it wasn't too difficult.

As for why Mimi wasn't with Palmon at the beginning, it's possible that the two suddenly separated for some reason. That's not impossible, after all, Gatomon waited for Kari for a long time before.

While everyone else was lost in thought, Meimei continued reminiscing on her own.

"Then one day when I went out to pick fruit, I was suddenly spotted by a giant unicorn."

"After that, I was rescued by Garurumon and Greymon."

Mei Mei was lost in memories.

"Garurumon and Greymon took me to their home. Those two were very powerful and kind-hearted. In their territory, all the Digimon lived in peace. That period was the happiest time of my life."

"Because they saved my life, I've always wanted to help them, but I understand that it's difficult for a human like me to help those monster-like beings." Mimi sighed, pulling the Divine Plan from her pocket, her gaze filled with complex emotions.

"But even so, I still want to help them."

"Perhaps because my thoughts were too intense, in short, this thing that inexplicably appeared in my pocket suddenly started to glow one night, and then I turned into a mermaid."

"This is my story of becoming a Digimon."

"Then the second question, why did I become Cherubimon's subordinate..." Mimi frowned, paused for a moment, and then shook her head. "I don't know either. When I woke up, I was already Cherubimon's subordinate."

""

Taiyi looked at Meimei, whose words struck him as odd. A conclusion was forming in his mind, but it was one he found hard to believe. After a moment's hesitation, he finally spoke.

"What happened to you after that?"

How did you meet Palmon?

"Palumon was a Digimon that I encountered by chance when I went out to rescue Digimon with Greymon, Garurumon and I."

Mimi looked at the Palmon in her arms with gentle eyes.

"At that time, Palmon was being chased by a Giramon, and the way it was desperately trying to escape reminded me of myself, so I rescued Palmon."

"On the other hand, I felt at that time that there was some kind of strange fate between Palmon and me, and I felt that we would definitely get along, so I took action."

"Now I understand what's going on."

"And this also explains why Palmon later turned into Trojanmon under my influence."

Mimi looked at Palmon and then continued,

"To put it simply, in a certain battle, Palmon evolved into Horsemon. At that time, our side was more powerful than ever before and had a great reputation throughout the continent. It was because of this that we attracted the attention of Lucemon."

At this point, Meimei's tone changed somewhat compared to before. It was hard to pinpoint exactly what kind of tone it was, but it sounded very complex.

"It came to recruit us and hoped that we could help it build its ideal digital world."

"To be honest, we were indeed persuaded by the scene described by Lucemon, so we joined his team and worked with him to build the entire Digital World."

"At first, everything was wonderful. Under the rule of Lucemon and the two great angels, the entire Digital World was thriving. All wars were eliminated. Although friction and conflict still existed, the overall trend of peace was unstoppable. At that time, we also believed that these problems were just minor issues that could be resolved with future development."

"We truly believed it back then."

As she spoke, Meimei sighed.

"But later, as Lucemon's behavior became more and more extreme, everything changed."

"No one knows exactly why Lucemon's mindset changed, or whether it was always extremely radical from the beginning. In any case, Lucemon began to use the most severe punishments on anything that he didn't see as beautiful."

"From the very beginning, any minor physical conflict would result in the complete dismemberment of both parties as punishment. Later, if anyone felt that the gaze they were given lacked respect, their data would be completely shattered, with only the data core remaining embedded in the palace to serve as punishment for ten thousand years. In just a few years, this guy completed this outrageous transformation."

"Didn't you even think of trying to persuade it?"

"How could I not want to?" Mimi sighed in response to Sora's question.

“We’ve tried to persuade them many times, but each time it didn’t work out. In fact, later on, they would just be knocked away as soon as they opened their mouths.”

"Finally, when Garurumon was almost killed by Lucemon during a conversation... no, it should be said that he was almost killed. At that moment, we realized that Lucemon was completely beyond saving."

"So, Greymon, Trojanmon, and I fought our way out of Lucemon's territory and joined forces with the three angels under Lucemon who also wanted to rebel, as well as other Digimon who couldn't stand Lucemon's oppression and wanted to rise up in rebellion. Together, we formed a team to defeat the corrupt Lucemon."

"But even though we gathered so many Digimon, Lucemon's power was far beyond our imagination. We suffered extremely heavy casualties, with most of our Digimon already dead. It was only with the help of the remaining Digimon and the three angels that we managed to seal Lucemon away."

"After that, Palmon and I were exhausted and fell into a deep sleep."

"When I woke up again, it was already this time."

Meimei looked at everyone,

"So I'm not entirely sure about becoming Cherubim's subordinate."

"This is what I went through before."

""

Everyone remained silent.