World Tree Host's Wandering Digital Project

“Are these all the missing persons from the past?”

Zongfang was flipping through the report compiled by the security personnel. The abandoned vehicles still had license plates, and he easily found their owners by checking the license plates.

These people lost contact after entering the Lion's Trunk Forest. As time went by, the Security Bureau treated them as missing.

Just like many people who committed suicide in the Lion's Trunk Forest before, they were said to be missing, but in fact everyone believed that they also committed suicide.

I didn't expect that they all died here. If Dagu hadn't accidentally broken into here, many more people would have died, and this place might never have been discovered.

When Munakata finished his investigation and took Shinjo and Horii back to the base to organize the report, another person in Kumamoto City was also organizing the report.

Keigo Masaki, the boss of the Cytech Group, a rising star financial group that has taken a large share in this world-wide reconstruction project, opened his laboratory in the basement of Kumamoto City.

"How is it going?"

Two people were discussing in a laboratory filled with high-tech instruments. They stopped talking after hearing what Masaki Keigo said.

Kirino Makuro rubbed his temples and frowned.

"Not very good, its struggle is strong, and there is still no change in the future."

Tango Yuji was still fiddling with some instruments.

"We tried many kinds of toxins and finally chose the most effective one for injection in large doses, but it seems to have developed drug resistance. We have stopped for the time being."

Keigo Masaki walked past his two partners and looked through a hidden observation hole at the test subjects below who were tied up with various restraints.

It seemed to sense that someone was watching it, and it moved its neck with difficulty to look around, but the pierced shoulders and the collar on its neck that was tightly cut into its flesh made it extremely difficult to do so.

Masaki did not look into its compound eyes. He checked the condition of the test subject and then closed the observation hole.

"You go ahead and do your work. Tong Ye, come out with me for a moment."

Kirino and Masaki walked in an underground passage lit by white lights.

"Kirino, we are the same kind of people. Tell me the truth, what is the future of our experiment?"

Masaki, who was walking slowly in front, asked Kirino behind him.

In this company, it is no exaggeration to say that the person Masaki trusts the most is not Tango Yuji, the person he contacted at the beginning, nor the secretary who does his accounting for him, but Kirino, whom he found himself.

Masaki knows about the super-ancient civilization. All of this is engraved in his genes. He is proud of his super-ancient genes, which are the proof that he is superior to ordinary people.

But this also brought him a lot of troubles. 'How can humans defeat the ruler of darkness?'

At first, he set his sights on the power of the ancient giants and searched the world for the bodies left behind by the giants. Later, when the Digimon came, he looked down on the Digimon that did not show their strength at the time. They were just little pets following the Victory Team, weren't they?

He was about to go home after get off work that day, but at the company gate, Kirino stopped him.

Impatient Masaki was about to ask the guard to kick him out, but Kirino only said one word and asked Masaki to take him to his office to talk all night.

"Super ancient civilization"

Masaki's extraordinary senses allowed him to hear what Kirino said during his struggle.

After stopping the security guard, Masaki Keigo took Kirino to his office.

"How did you know this word?"

After entering the office, Masaki sat on the chair and looked at Kirino Maki, an introverted and gloomy man. This was Masaki's first impression of Kirino.

"We all carry dominant super-ancient genes."

Kirino didn't care about Masaki's contempt and went straight to the point.

"You must have dreamed of the 'Dark Ruler' destroying everything, but the future has been changed."

Chapter 88 88. Masaki's Action

Masaki sat up straight when he heard the first sentence, but then he wanted to ridicule Kirino.

"You said change? Since you know that guy, you should know that with his power, he won't be easily changed."

"The super ancient gene has given me the superpower of predicting the future. I can see a limited future, just like your ability to surpass ordinary people in all aspects. You can test it."

Masaki tried it several times with a skeptical attitude, asking Kirino to name the next person passing by the intersection downstairs.

Kirino, who had taken too many tests when he was a child, suppressed his disgust and cooperated several times. Seeing that Masaki still didn't believe it, he couldn't stand it anymore and chose to show his cards.

"Let's stop this boring test. I know you are looking for the body left behind by the giant. I can tell you that there is one underground in Kumamoto City."

Upon hearing this, Masaki Keigo's face changed immediately.

"Are you serious?"

"It used to be there, but now it's been taken away, leaving behind an underground temple."

Upon hearing that the stone statue was gone, Masaki Keigo's interest dropped drastically, and he was also a little annoyed by Kirino's confusion.

"Then tell me about the changed future you predicted."

Kirino pushed up his glasses and shook his head.

"I can't tell you. Someone is watching me. The future of humanity is facing bigger troubles, more terrible than the 'Dark Ruler'. We need to rely on the power of Digimon."

Recalling those countless red pupils, the hairs on Kirino's body stood up.

Since a while ago, Kirino felt as if something was watching him. It was everywhere, so Kirino became more and more cautious. This time he came to find Masaki because another awakened person, Daigu, did not need his reminder.

"What could be stronger than the 'Ruler of Darkness'?"

Masaki couldn't think of anything stronger than the evil god that destroyed the ancient civilization.

"I do not know."

Kirino didn't say anything useful, and Masaki was very angry, but considering that he had awakened the super ancient gene like himself, he still had someone send him home.

He immediately called his subordinate company to acquire the land in the place mentioned by Kirino in Kumamoto City, but found nothing during the preliminary investigation in the early stage of construction. Masaki once thought that Kirino had deceived him.

But when he actually stood on that land, a mysterious feeling guided him to the temple in the underground cave, but there was only one temple.

He was able to recognize that this temple was a product of a super-ancient civilization, and there were traces of the existence of two statues in the temple.

Masaki regretted that he came too late, and sent people to look for Kirino, but found that he could not find Kirino at all. He could find all kinds of traces of him, but could not see him in person.

Masaki finally took what Kirino said to him seriously. The Digimon of the Victory Team began to show their talents, which gave Masaki confidence and interest.

It happened that Kirieloid was selling Digimon at that time, and Masaki used his connections to buy a Perfect Digimon from a wealthy businessman in an attempt to obtain the power of Digimon.

At that time, Tango Yuji was dissatisfied because his application for Digimon research was rejected and he was criticized. Masaki learned of this news through his connections in the research center and attracted Dr. Tango with generous treatment and a license for Digimon research.

Masaki established a research base in a hidden temple under Kumamoto, and the two began to study here to try to obtain the power of Digimon.

Masaki's caution about the Dark Project and the intuition of the super ancient genes saved his life. He didn't even touch it. He just used a robotic arm to disassemble it, study it, and record the structure and data, then abandoned the Dark Project. The Perfect Form he obtained was not very smart, so his soul was not sucked away and he was able to continue to control the Digimon.

The wealthy businessman who sold the fish died long ago, and TPC never found out that Masaki had bought a complete fish.

The power of the Demon King, which was shown in the live broadcast later, with its raging demonic flames and the ability to easily wipe out an island, completely attracted the attention of Masaki and Tango. Anyway, they didn't have the giant stone statue on hand, and wasn't Tiga also badly beaten by the Digimon?

Tango and Masaki, who originally looked down on Digimon, are deeply involved in the research on Digimon. The network-like evolution, the mature division of strength levels, and most importantly, the power that is no less than that of a giant obtained by the fusion of the Victory Team members and their partners in the live broadcast, which makes Masaki even more crazy.

What gave Masaki the most headache was that after Barbamon was killed, the Digimon in his hand no longer obeyed his orders, and Masaki had to work very hard to subdue it.

The two scoffed at Gondo's so-called "ultimate weapon". They were two super geniuses who had been researching Digimon for so long and still couldn't claim to understand Digimon. Now you can mass-produce Ultimate Digimon?

As expected, the 'ultimate weapon' rioted and a global disaster broke out.

The Perfect Digimon that Masaki had secretly kept escaped during the chaos, and went on a rampage in the city, hunting and killing humans, but was severely injured in a battle with other Digimon and was successfully recovered by Masaki.

As there are more and more Digimon in the human world, it is not that Masaki doesn't want to make friends with a Digimon through normal means and become his partner.

But either Masaki looked down on it or it looked down on Masaki, so he had to continue using this crazy guy. In fact, in Masaki's opinion, the complete form in his hand was very powerful. He had compared the test report with that of Daigu's Metal Tyrannosaurus, and the one he had was a complete winner.

The only pity is that he has a bad brain and a violent temper.

When the research on Digimon came to a standstill, there was good news that comforted the anxious Masaki. Kirino came to him again and bluntly expressed his desire to join the cooperation between Masaki and Tango.

Masaki was overjoyed, but still asked Kirino why he joined.

Kirino shook his head and said nothing. Masaki did not ask any further questions because Kirino used his predictive ability to greatly speed up the progress of the experiment. After all, they were already in the same boat, and it would not be good for him if anything went wrong.

Back to the present, facing Masaki's question, Kirino closed his eyes and emptied his mind, trying to grasp that inspiration.

"No, we succeeded in predicting the future, but we also failed. Human consciousness is not enough to support the powerful Digimon bodies."

After a while, Kirino gave his own prediction.

"It's still like this... Damn it!"

Looking at Masaki Keigo who was unwilling to hammer the wall, Kirino recalled the strange man and the communication that night.

That night, I was about to return to my temporary tent after moving bricks at the construction site.

"Hey? Why is the road so quiet?"

It was time for the construction site to stop working and go home. There should be many workers like me on the road going home, and many vendors still greeting customers. Why was there no one? The shops on both sides of the street were also closed?

"Are you the one with super powers who can predict the future? Kirino Maki."

A man's voice came from behind. Turning around, he saw a guy dressed strangely. His whole body was covered with a cloak, his yellow hair was wrapped in a dark blue headscarf, and his exposed face was covered with a black mask. He was also very tall. Kirino estimated that he was about two meters tall.

Chapter 89: Balmon and Kirino's Encounter

Kirino was very cautious as he suspected that the other party was an alien.

"May I ask what may I do for you?"

Ever since he realized that someone was watching him, Kirino ignored his aversion to super powers and predicted every day whether there would be any danger today. However, this man never appeared in his predictions.

"I'm Balmon, a scholar. I've heard you're very capable. Can you predict the future of humans and Digimon?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, please let me out of here."

"Don't worry, I have been observing you. You seem to know the current situation of the 'Dark Ruler'."

Kirino's heart was in turmoil. There was actually a Digimon hiding beside him. No wonder he always felt like he was being watched. Since he knew him, there was no need for him to pretend.

"what you up to?"

"You went to find two other people who inherited the ancient genes and hoped to defeat the 'All-Devouring Thing' with the strength of three people?"

"What is 'All Devourer'? A Digimon?"

As this concerns the future of mankind, Kirino hurriedly asked.

"Are you asking me a question?"

Balmon looked down at the approaching Kirino, and the bandana on his forehead split open, revealing a single scarlet eye.

"me..."

Under the gaze of the single eye on Balmon's forehead that glowed red, Kirino was unable to utter a word.

"If you seek knowledge from me, you must pass the test, otherwise I will take your soul. But I admire your courage. After seeing the utter nothingness, you still have the courage to resist."

Balmon tore off a page from the heavy red book hanging behind his waist and handed it to Kirino.

"If Masaki Keigo can successfully control the power of Digimon, I will teach you what 'devouring everything' means. Otherwise, I will take away your predictive ability. After all, you don't like it either. How about it?"

Kirino, sweating profusely, looked at the strange devil's contract under the red light.

Trembling hands catch the floating yellow pages

"The contract is established."

The pages of the book spontaneously combusted, but the red flames did not burn Kirino's hands. He felt his palms getting hot, and a black mark appeared on his hands.

【Figure: 1】

The ashes of the burning pages circled around Kirino and drifted into the night.

"Then I will look forward to your performance."

Suddenly a strong wind blew, and the Balmon disappeared in the scattered talismans, and the talismans left behind were also blown into the sky and disappeared.

With his face covered, Kirino could only see the talismans pasted under Balmon's cloak.

The next day, Kirino struggled to get out of his sleeping bag with a splitting headache. He had a dream that night. He dreamed that the Digimon who called himself a scholar pulled out his soul and stuffed it into the book on his waist.

After calling his foreman to ask for leave, Kirino accidentally noticed the mark on the palm of his hand, and he was completely awake.

"Baal Beast...Test..."

After careful consideration, Kirino decided to join Masaki's team. No one knew whether that Balmon would keep his promise and only take away his prophetic ability instead of taking his soul along.