A different kind of digital world adventure

"That does sound like good news." Taiichi was very satisfied upon hearing this. As long as the Holy Gem was bright enough, there was no need to bother with any puzzle games. Even so, it would attract the covetousness of other Digimon for the Holy Gem, but that was not a big problem. He could just kill them all.

Having obtained the information he most desired, Taiichi continued to inquire.

"By the way, old man, what was the thing you wanted me to do? I left in a hurry then, and I didn't hear what you said clearly."

"We want your help to cleanse the world of its distortions."

"You're doing very well right now. Just follow the steps and do what you want."

"I believe you will completely smooth over all the distortions."

As he spoke, Gennai seemed to notice Taiyi's confusion, and he shook his head.

"It's not that I don't want to go into details, it's just that we don't know exactly what the distortions in this world are. You'll have to judge for yourself."

"...All right."

Taiyi simply took Xuannei's words as a way of telling him to handle things as he saw fit, so he didn't pay much attention. Then Taiyi continued to ask questions.

"There's something else I wanted to ask you. I was... what do you think of this situation?"

He told Gennai about how BlackGatomon had evolved into Greymon, then into MetalGreymon, and how, after its degeneration, another Digimon inexplicably appeared.

I still underestimated you.

After hearing the whole story, Gennai couldn't help but open his squinty eyes and stare at Taiyi with an extremely complicated expression. After a long while, he slowly explained,

"It's normal that BlackGatomon is extremely resistant to evolving into MetalGreymon, because BlackGatomon's compatibility with your trait, courage, is very poor. So even if it successfully evolves, BlackGatomon won't feel that it's its own power."

"You and BlackGatomon are like water and oil. Even when they are mixed together, they are still two distinct parts."

After a pause, Gennai continued in a cryptic tone,

"And logically speaking, BlackGatomon shouldn't have evolved."

"What you've done is roughly equivalent to making a car run using water..."

"How could such an outrageous thing happen?"

Koushiro couldn't help but speak up.

Gennai did not refute, but nodded in deep agreement.

"Yes, how could such an outrageous thing happen?"

But this absurd thing actually happened, and Gennai truly realized once again just how immense power Taiyi possessed.

"As for the new Digimon, that's even easier to explain."

"Infinite energy is transformed into data. Infinite data is constantly arranged and combined, eventually generating entirely new Digimon. The first Digimon was born under such a coincidence."

"What's that old saying again? 'Strong enough to throw bricks,' that's the point."

""

Everyone was silently watching Taiyi.

The principle is indeed very simple, but its implementation is too outrageous.

"Grandpa Gennei." It was finally Muin Taiichi who came to his senses first, looking at the old man with considerable interest.

"If Taiyi can do it, can't we do it too?"

"Well... as long as you have unlimited energy, you can naturally do this too."

Upon hearing this, Wuyin Taiyi couldn't help but shrug.

"Ok."

It was a completely pointless statement, but Wuyin Taiyi understood what Gennai meant. Soon, he saw Gennai's holographic image blur once more. Noticing this, the old man Gennai looked at the chosen children.

"Children, there is still more darkness in the Digital World. Your mission is not over yet. Beware of the Undying King. Find... the Eighth Child."

Swish.

The image of the old man Xuannei suddenly disappeared.

Chapter 43 The Replacement of Sora

"The eighth child?"

Upon hearing this, the chosen children were immediately shocked.

"Wait, why didn't Grandpa Gennai mention this before?"

"It seems that this old man has a habit of saving the important things for later."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Taiyi sighed. It was really annoying that he only said half of what he meant. It was only because Elder Xuannei was an old man that he was able to explain things clearly to him. If he were younger, he would definitely have to explain things to him clearly.

Then Taiyi overheard everyone's discussion, mainly about who the eighth child was. After all, based on the experiences of the Undying King these past few days, they were pretty sure that he was referring to the Vampire Beast. But the eighth child was something they had no idea existed before Elder Xuannei told them about it.

Taiyi listened for a moment, and then heard him speak.

"I said, is it possible that the eighth child is Jia'er?"

"What did you say?"

No one else reacted, but Wuyin Taichi suddenly turned his head.

"Jia'er is the eighth child? No, that's impossible. How could Jia'er be the eighth child? You must be joking."

"I'm not joking."

Taiichi looked at the excited Mugen Taiichi, and he understood what Mugen Taiichi was thinking at that moment. However, Taiichi still looked at Taiichi seriously and said,

"I was able to come to the Digital World largely because of Kari. Although you and I from the parallel world are very different, we should also have some commonalities in many things."

"So you think Kari is the eighth child?" Taichi Mugen repeated, but still shook his head.

"What you say makes sense, but it's still impossible. Jia'er didn't attend summer camp, and she has a bad cold right now; she's not feeling well..."

"So, that's why Myotismon wanted to go to the human world, wasn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Myotismon wants to go to the human world, not only to rule it, but also to find its eighth child, right?"

Taiichi looked at Mugen Taiichi,

"I heard you say that the prophecy says that only if all eight children work together can the Vampire Beast be completely defeated. Conversely, if there is always one less child among the eight children, then the Vampire Beast can be said to be invincible, right?"

“That makes sense... but it has nothing to do with Kari.”

After pondering for a moment, Wuyin Taichi finally shook his head firmly.

"Jia'er cannot be the eighth child."

"We'll find out when we see Jia'er."

Taiichi understood that he didn't have many reasons to convince Mugen Taiichi. In fact, Taiichi's blind choice of Kari was just a gut feeling, so he didn't say anything more. Instead, he turned to Mugen Taiichi with a smile and said,

"However, Jia'er's cold is much better now, and I think she should be fully recovered in a few days."

"Huh?" As expected, these words immediately caught Taiichi's attention. He stared at Taiichi with wide eyes in surprise, "You've met Kari before."

"Yes, during our battle with the Etemon, we unexpectedly returned to the human world."

Then, Taiyi recounted to everyone what had happened during this period.

"I never imagined you'd been through so much in the past few months."

Taichi sighed, then added with a hint of pride.

"Should I say that this is truly me?"

"Don't get too cocky," Taiyi rolled his eyes. "What have you guys been doing these past few days?"

"We haven't been through as much as you have."

Muin Tai glanced at his companion.

"However, I have indeed experienced a lot."

Then everyone started telling Taiichi about their experiences during this period.

After defeating Etemon, they bid farewell to Molemon and continued to wander the Digital World, trying to find a way back to the human world. During this process, Myotismon's henchmen suddenly appeared and caused them trouble.

At first, Taichi's MetalGreymon barely managed to withstand Myotismon's attacks, but as the intensity of the attacks increased and these guys showed some psychological tactics, such as saying that they would never be able to go home, and that Taichi was not worthy of being the leader... and so on, everyone gradually began to drift apart.

If it weren't for Taichi's constant encouragement and Sora's mediation, this small team might have fallen apart due to the other side's tactics.

However, after overcoming the initial period of conflict, everything returned to normal. Except for Taichi, everyone else gradually evolved into their Ultimate form, making them more capable of fighting against Myotismon's attacks. Now, except for Sora, who hasn't yet successfully evolved Biyomon into its Ultimate form, everyone else has mastered the power to evolve into their Ultimate form.

"You guys have it tough too."

After listening to Taiichi's explanation of the whole story, Taiichi glanced at Sora imperceptibly, then sighed, and continued speaking.

"Since we're on the same page, why don't we act together from now on?"

"That vampire beast should be killed as soon as possible."

Myotismon is too arrogant. You can't send someone to the Dark Area to find such a terrorist. So Taiichi thinks it's best to kill Myotismon.

"We came here to meet up with you."

When Taiichi heard what Mugen said, Taiichi couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"In that case, let's not delay any longer and set off as soon as possible to take down the vampire beast."

"Oh, no problem."

So the group went together.

The chosen children were all very curious about Tai, but because they hadn't had much opportunity to talk to him before, and they were also busy with other things, they didn't think much about Tai.

And now that he's finally meeting Taiichi again, he definitely has a lot of questions to ask.

Taiyi answered all the questions he could, and simply said he didn't know the ones he couldn't answer. He would also ask them about things in this world, and over time, they naturally became much more familiar with each other.

The only exception was Sora. In fact, Sora didn't talk to Taichi at all throughout the whole process. If she couldn't avoid it, she would just smile and agree a couple of times before quickly leaving.

It's like they're hiding from Taiyi.

Taiyi saw this situation and didn't say much, but he had already made a decision in his heart.

So, when it got to night, Taiichi saw Sora and Biyomon preparing to go out to collect firewood. He waited for a while, then took the opportunity to leave the campsite and quickly found Sora.

"Suna".

Seeing Taiichi blocking her way, Sora's expression changed slightly, then she forced a smile and faced Taiichi.

"What's up, Taiyi? Is there something you need?"

Taiichi stared at Sora, and after a short while, he went straight to the point and asked,

"You...you must be the Sora I know, right?"

"What are you talking about? I am Sora of this world."

Suna feigned composure, clutching the piece of wood tightly in her hands.

"Alright, I won't say any more. I need to take this timber back, so I'll be going now..."

""

Taiichi watched Sora's retreating figure, remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.

"The greatest football king in the world is Lionel Messi."

"Nonsense, the greatest footballer is Pelé, he won the World Cup twice more than Messi!"

Sora blurted out a rebuttal, but the little girl, quickly realizing what was happening, turned around sharply and saw Taiichi smiling and watching her.

“梅西唯一一次夺冠经历是在2022年，可现在还只是1999年，离22年还有23年的时间...那么素娜小姐到底是怎么知道23年后的事情呢？”

"Or has Ms. Sora learned to predict the future? Could you tell me what the outcome will be if I go to the Dark Area? I believe that given our friendship, Ms. Sora wouldn't refuse to tell me such a thing."

""

Sora looked at Taiichi speechlessly, and in the end, she could only remain silent.

Taiichi wasn't about to let Sora off so easily; his expression turned serious.

"Sora, what happened?"

"Why did you become Sora of this world?"

"Where is Sora in this world?"