Digital Hackers' Memories

"But what I'm more curious about now is that it's a real miracle that the higher-ups at the Metropolitan Police Department haven't fired you yet, given the way you two are doing things!"

If I had two of those men under my command...

No, not two are needed. Just one troublemaker like the fox demon is enough to give Chen Ze a huge headache.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to Uncle Youji. Although he has a bad temper, his abilities are undeniable."

In Makiko Date's memory, although Goro Matayoshi was only a senior police officer in the "Computer Crime Investigation Division," he was usually assigned to handle any tricky cases that came up in front of his superiors.

In other words, although Matayoshi Goro was nominally assigned to the "Computer Crime Investigation Division," he still possessed considerable power and ability.

"I see."

Chen Ze nodded in realization. What he was most curious about now was how his mother had "tamed" the wild Makiko Date.

However, considering that it might be another long experience, Chen Ze decided to suppress his curiosity for the time being and solve the problem of eating first.

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"call!"

When the little fox beast "woke up" from its slumber again, Chen Ze and Makiko Date had already found a nice snack shop and sat down.

Seeing this, the little fox, who had already reached a considerable level of skill, hid in the miniature camera in its collar and skillfully used its hacking techniques to infiltrate the snack shop's wireless network.

"Ah, that feels much better!"

After stretching out of the less than 10GB space of the miniature camera, the little fox felt a long-lost sense of "freedom" again.

Since its regression, the little fox beast has never left Chen Ze's computer space for its own safety.

This was in order to come to Japan with him, and he had to spend a long time huddled in the tiny digital space of the miniature camera, which was less than 10G.

This was quite a rare ordeal for the little fox, who was used to being free.

You might ask, why didn't the little fox beast hide in the miniature camera? Wouldn't it be the same if Chen Ze came to Japan and then she just switched over online?

In fact, Chen Ze had made the same suggestion before setting off, but the little fox beast decisively rejected it.

In her own words, she's not a child form of Renamon anymore; she came to Japan directly through the internet, and there are just too many unexpected things that could happen along the way.

After all, the little fox beast hadn't forgotten Mikagura Mirei, who had been hiding behind the scenes all along.

Rather than having their coordinates altered again and being logged into an unknown space-time, is it safer to hide in a miniature camera and physically traverse the network?

Moreover, Chen Ze promised Little Fox that the first thing he would do after settling down in Japan was to buy her a large-capacity EDEN terminal device.

By then, the little fox will no longer need to hide in cramped spaces like wireless networks or miniature cameras.

"Chen Ze, take your time eating. I'll go find something to 'eat' online in the vicinity first."

Hearing the voice that suddenly came to his ear, Chen Ze, who had just sat down, was first stunned, and then realized that it was the little fox beast talking to him through the headset.

Just like humans need to eat, Digimon also need to eat, especially newborn baby Digimon like Kokomon.

Unlike humans, Digimon feed on data and information from the internet.

Before digitization, Digimon fed on data on the internet and determined their future evolutionary direction based on the different data they obtained.

The higher the quality and the rarer the data we obtain now, the more possibilities there are for future evolution, and the more powerful the evolved form will be.

While this rule doesn't apply to every Digimon, it is a truth firmly believed by the vast majority of Digimon.

"Is this the 'stable' direction of future evolution?"

Prior to this, in order to ensure that it could evolve into Renamon or other more powerful forms in the future, Little Foxmon had maintained a very rigorous attitude towards absorbing data.

Therefore, the little fox beast's decision to actively go out to forage for food this time was far beyond Chen Ze's expectations.

"Or is there a powerful Digimon nearby?"

Chen Ze instinctively scanned his surroundings. Although he was a little worried about the little fox beast's safety, he didn't pay too much attention to it, considering that the little fox beast was a battle-hardened demon fox beast in the past.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Ze-kun."

Not long after Chen Ze put aside his thoughts, Makiko Date came out of the shop carrying a large plate of snacks.

"Thank you, Sister Ida."

After bowing his head and saying thank you, Chen Ze, who was not yet used to being addressed as such by Makiko Date, hesitated, wondering if he should get up and take the plate from her.

"No need to be so polite, you can just call me Makiko from now on."

With great generosity, she placed the food she was holding on the table. Makiko Date first patted Chen Ze's head with a smile before continuing.

"My salary for this month hasn't arrived yet, so I can't afford to treat you to those fancy meals for the time being."

"So this is all I can offer you for today. I'll definitely treat you to a big meal another day!"

As she spoke intimately, as if they were family, Makiko Date casually divided the fresh sushi, seafood rice, and eel dishes she had brought into two portions and handed them to Chen Ze.

"Thank you, Makiko."

Chen Ze was genuinely moved by the woman in front of him who was taking such good care of him, even though they were meeting for the first time.

"Haha, he's still just a child!"

Clearly sensing Chen Ze's emotion, Makiko Date, who wasn't quite used to this atmosphere, laughed heartily and ruffled his hair again.

"If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just give me a call."

"I can't guarantee anything about your studies, but as long as I'm in Tokyo, I will never let you go hungry."

The initial感动 (feeling of being moved) instantly turned into speechlessness. Chen Ze looked up at Date Makiko, who was still "smiling foolishly," and felt that he must have been kicked in the head by a donkey to forget that she had the same unreliable personality as his mother.

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PS: Monthly pass 141/200, blade 223/200.

Chapter Seven: Distorted Time and Space

"My intuition was right; this is the 'scent' of the digital world."

Meanwhile, the little fox beast, which had already invaded the nearby network, finally found the culprit that had "awakened" it—a digital wave that should theoretically not exist in the real world.

After only a slight hesitation, the little foxmon "swam" along the network towards the direction of the digital wave.

In this online world filled with a deluge of data, the little fox quickly discerned its target from the chaotic information.

A “digital space” that has clearly shown signs of abnormality.

The reason I put it in quotes is because even the little foxmon isn't quite sure if this is the Digital World.

Despite its digitized appearance, with even the floor and walls covered in pixelated patterns and mosaics, everything here made the fox spirit feel as if it had returned to the physical world.

Because of her past experience of "digitization" in Hikari-oka, Kokomon was quite certain that she was currently in a similar state.

"Who is breaking down the boundaries between the digital world and the human world?"

After looking around at the scene, which resembled a tunnel, the little fox beast had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

"Royal Knights? Or the Demon Lords of the Dark Realm?"

Besides the mysterious and unknown Chaos Demon God Mostimon, the only other beings that Kofumon can think of to break down the barrier between the virtual and the real world are the most powerful Ultimate Digimon in the Digital World.

"Wait, what is that?"

Just as the little foxmon was about to explore further how that digital wave came to the real world, a strange light flashed in the darkness and caught her attention.

In this semi-digitalized, pitch-black tunnel, it is the only light in this area, and also the "beacon" that truly guides digital waves to the material world.

It was under the guidance of that "beacon" that the digital waves that should have dissipated were able to re-condense and erode the barriers of the material world, transforming the tunnel into this semi-digital state.

"A strange doll? Or a robot?"

Commanding the little Bick beneath its feet to carefully approach, the little foxmon finally saw the other's appearance when it was less than ten meters away.

It was a strangely shaped robot with a head shaped like an olive.

On the face of that peculiar robot, neon lights of different colors spelled out the letters "EDEN"—that was the logo of the Kamishiro Corporation.

Combined with the bizarre robot's incongruously long legs, it's as if someone is wearing a strange "mascot costume" and advertising for the Kamishiro Corporation.

From this perspective, it seems that this could be understood as a mascot in some kind of business activity or marketing plan being carried out by the Kamishiro Company.

However, this thing that resembled a "mascot" was now emitting a strange red light.

Just like a specific signal frequency, the colors of the letters "EDEN" on the robot's face kept changing.

This special semi-digital space is constantly unfolding and expanding around this center, and one can vaguely hear some kind of unknown roar and howl.

Clearly, this semi-digital space is connected to some unknown spacetime, and those shouts are from the natives of that unknown spacetime.

"That place... is not the Digital World."

Or to be more precise, it wasn't the Digital World that Kokomon knew.

It was a chaotic and broken world, yet it possessed an order completely different from the Digital World, as if the normal Digital World had reached its end.

"Is this a distorted spacetime vortex?"

The little fox immediately thought of the scene when it returned from Light Hill, and it seemed that a similar situation had occurred back then.

However, at that time, it was the collision of forces between Mostimon and Homeostasis that caused some kind of chaos in spacetime, which led to the simultaneous appearance of countless Digital Worlds in the past, present, and future.

The current spacetime vortex is clearly different; it is the result of SwordEmperormon using a massive digital wave to directly impact the barrier between the Digital World and the Real World.

Therefore, what is connected behind this spacetime vortex is not only parallel digital worlds of different times and spaces, but also the material worlds that correspond one-to-one with those parallel worlds.

The barriers of space are broken down, the sequence of time is reversed...

Behind this spacetime vortex may lie any parallel universe that has existed throughout history.

The past, present, and future digital and human worlds are all possible.

Only when SwordKingmon establishes a stable passage will this spacetime vortex be able to truly connect to the Digital World where LittleFoxmon and the others originally lived.

Through this unstable spacetime vortex, the little fox beast had vaguely sensed the crisis behind it.

Something... is planning to come over!

Now, the little fox beast began to regret that it had rashly come to this space out of curiosity.

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Unbeknownst to them, the little fox beast had once again triggered a dangerous incident due to its own curiosity.

"Mmm...it tastes even better than I expected."

Chen Ze, who had been starving all day, was eating seafood rice with gusto and didn't care about etiquette anymore.

Not to mention, this seafood rice was indeed much tastier than he had imagined. No wonder Makiko Date drove a long way to get here.

"Haha, eat more if you like it. I'll take you to the food court in Nakano Street next time. The food there is even better."

Unlike the starving Chen Ze, Makiko Date only ate a couple of bites before focusing all her attention on him.

Just as Makiko Date had imagined, no matter how precocious or reserved Chen Ze had been, he was still her older sister's son.

Her uninhibited and carefree attitude after letting loose was exactly the same as his, which made her recall the scene when they first met.

If it weren't for the other party's guidance, I would probably be either a member of some yakuza organization or in jail for fighting.

"Time flies so fast!"

The usually carefree Makiko Date was unusually melancholic at this moment.

However, Makiko Date's melancholy came and went quickly. Before Chen Ze could even come to his senses, a distinctive cell phone ringtone came out.

"Hello? Uncle Youji?"

When Makiko Date saw the caller ID, her expression instantly turned serious.

Because she knew Uncle Youji's personality well, he would never call her at this time unless it was something extremely important.

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P.S.: I've been busy these past few days, so updates tonight will probably be a little late. I'll try my best not to delay.

PS2: The bounty remains valid, but it will not be counted for the next few days. It will be counted again in a few days.

Chapter 8 Antibody X

"what happened?"

After Makiko Date hung up the phone, Chen Ze, seemingly realizing something, stopped eating and asked.

"Well, it's about work; there was a minor accident."