bookbashuk Chapter 289 Check-in, two VIPs!
Chapter 289 Check-in, two VIPs!
Chapter 289 Check-in, two VIPs!
The inverted pyramid spent this much time extracting evolution data from Mimi to induce the two cactus beasts to evolve into flower beasts.
The remaining reserves are not enough to provide for Gatomon to undergo an experimental evolution.
However, there isn't enough time to rebuild pure evolutionary data.
Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida, who were behind them, had already caught up with Agumon and Gabumon, who were about to undergo Mega Evolution.
Broly felt that sending a more powerful Digimon to attack the two to delay the end of the rescue drama would be a bit fake, so he decided to wait for Taichi Yagami and the other person to come to him and walk into his trap.
Before the remaining two Chosen Children walk into the trap, the Digimon actors at the castle need to start rehearsing the grand finale of their training drama.
Time flies, and three more days have passed. Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato finally saw the moving castle.
The two, weary from their journey, seemed to be on the verge of tears; who knows how many hardships and dangers they had encountered along the way?
Now, we can finally see the goal we've been chasing.
"Wait, Ahe, we need to be careful. We don't want to work so hard to catch up only to be discovered by the enemies inside."
When Yamato Ishida evolved into Gabumon and was about to ride Garurumon to the distant castle, Taichi Yagami quickly stopped him. He didn't want to eat sand the whole way and then make a mistake when it came to finally saving his companions.
Ishida Yamato was eager to find his younger brother, but his time with Yagami Taichi along the way had made him respect Taichi's leadership.
The two hid behind a sand dune, ate to replenish their strength, and then closed their eyes to rest, preparing to carry out their infiltration operation under the cover of night.
As darkness fell quickly, Broly, having observed the actions of the two figures behind the sand dunes through surveillance, gave instructions to the participating Digimon.
"Everyone, our two new lead actors are about to arrive at the studio. Give them your all and put on a great performance tonight."
"Yes, King Gluttony."
The Digimon responded in hushed tones, and Lilimon, the evolved form of Floramon, went to arrange for some of the Digimon that did not need to participate to go one by one to the other exit of the castle.
When the main show begins, they can exit from this side to avoid being caught in the crossfire between the Ultimate-level Digimon.
"Strange, is the defense of this data factory really that poor?"
Taichi Yagami was somewhat surprised that he was able to infiltrate the castle so easily. He had originally planned to force his way in if he was discovered.
As a result, although they encountered some guarding Digimon along the way, those Digimon were not at all wary.
It's like a security guard who only earns two thousand a month, who is only responsible for keeping an eye on the gate and doesn't care whether a thief might sneak in from another place.
"That's not important, we need to find A-Wu and the others as soon as possible."
Ishida Yamato didn't care about that. Just then, a strange frog-like beast walked towards them from the other end of the corridor.
Ishida Yamato hid around the corner, and when the Frogmon approached, he rushed out, covered the Frogmon's mouth, and together with Gabumon, led it to the corner.
This monstrous frog was indeed a carefully selected excellent actor. Its eyes widened, its face showed fear, and its hands and feet waved wildly, perfectly portraying the panic of being suddenly attacked. But in reality, it was arranged to lead the two of them.
"Hey, don't move around, or else..."
Gabumon extended its paw, and Frogmon cooperated by stopping its struggle.
"From now on, you just answer whatever I ask, understand? If you dare to shout or yell, don't blame Gabumon for killing you. Nod if you understand."
The monster frog nodded, and after Ishida Yamato released it, it quickly whispered, "Please don't hurt me, I'm willing to cooperate with you."
"Where are the chosen children you captured being held?"
Which one are you asking about?
"I'm asking about everything, don't try to trick me."
Gabumon, responding to Ishida Yamato's threat, pressed its claws down on the neck of the Frogmon.
"Mimi is in the room on the far right of the third floor, Sora..."
The Frogmon readily agreed, revealing the exact location of the Chosen Children's rooms within the castle.
"You're actually detaining people in different places?"
After listening, Taichi Yagami was somewhat surprised.
"This is to make it easier to assign daily tasks to the chosen children."
The freak frog answered.
"Damn it, you're even enslaving A-Wu?"
Ishida Yamato was a little angry and grabbed the monster frog by the neck and shook it.
"Ah-He, now is not the time to talk about this. We need to get everyone out of here quickly."
Taichi Yagami stopped him, but Yamato Ishida calmed down and let the monster frog lead the way.
The monstrous frog was there for this very purpose, so it didn't waste any words and led the way.
The first person they went to was A-Wu.
Taichi Yagami did not object to this.
Because it doesn't matter to him who he contacts first.
"Knock knock~"
There was a knock on the door.
"Who?"
Ah Wu hasn't gone to sleep yet inside.
"Awu, it's me."
Upon hearing Ishida Yamato's voice, the door was quickly opened.
"Brother, Taiichi, you've finally been found? Thank you so much, Monster Frogmon."
When A-Wu opened the door, he was delighted to see the two people who appeared at the door, and he thanked the monster frog beast.
"Wait, why are you thanking this guy?"
Ishida Yamato, who was about to hug his younger brother, was a little stunned and frowned as he asked a question.
"Hey, brothers, weren't you the ones the monster frog came looking for?"
A-Wu was somewhat puzzled.
"What do you mean they found us here? We had a hard time chasing them all the way here."
Taichi Yagami began to explain.
"But you, Takeshi, don't seem like you've been imprisoned at all?"
Taichi Yagami noticed something strange: Takeru was wearing cute pajamas, and because he had been eating, dressing, and sleeping well these past few days, the little boy was in excellent spirits.
At least, compared to the exhausted Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida, they formed a stark contrast.
"The Digimon here didn't actually do anything bad to us; they just wanted to extract our evolution data."
And once this is met, they will also meet our basic needs; we are not subjected to any abuse or torture.
Takeru quickly explained that Yagami Taichi was standing at the door looking into the room and saw a small television inside, displaying a classic fighting game.
Clearly, when they knocked on the door, Takeru was inside playing a game; judging from the two controllers on the floor, he was playing with Patamon.
When Ishida Yamato saw the game displayed on the TV, his face darkened. Things were completely different from what he had imagined. He had thought that his younger brother was going through something terrible after being kidnapped.
However, upon meeting the person, they found that the other person was wearing cute cartoon pajamas and was still playing a fighting game with Patamon late at night.
"Taiyi, what should we do now?"
Agumon asked the question.
"Of course we'll stay here. There's food, clothes, and toys here. Taichi, my brother, Agumon, and Gabumon, since you're all here, we might as well all stay here together."
A-Wu said with some delight.
"What did you do to A-Wu?"
Ishida Yamato suddenly turned around, grabbed the strange frog-like beast behind him by the neck, and asked.
"It hurts so much, I can't breathe."
The monstrous frog, whose neck had suddenly been grabbed, managed to utter a sound.
"Ah, brother, what are you doing? Let go of the monster frog!"
Takeru exclaimed in surprise and instinctively reached out to push Ishida Yamato.
Caught off guard, Ishida Yamato was pushed in the stomach, which hurt a little, and he instinctively let go.
"Takeru, you actually attacked me for this Digimon?"
Ishida Yamato stared wide-eyed at his younger brother.
"Ah, I, no, it's just, the monster frog, the monster frog, it's my friend..."
Ah Wu, like a child who has done something wrong, stood aside trying to explain something, but he stammered.
"What exactly did you do to my brother?"
Ishida Yamato didn't believe his friend's story and continued to question the strange frog-like creature that had fallen to the ground.
"Quack, we didn't do anything..."
"Ahe, calm down, maybe it wasn't lying."
"How could I not be lying? A-Wu is even trying to get us to stay here with him. What is this place? The enemy's lair!"
Ishida Yamato seemed convinced that his younger brother had been brainwashed by the enemy, which was why he appeared unusually angry.
"Awu, can you tell me what you've encountered since you arrived here?"
Taichi Yagami, however, managed to remain calm and asked the somewhat aggrieved little boy a question.
"us……"
When asked this question, A-Wu recounted his experiences after arriving here with some grievance, telling the truth without embellishment.
"Ah, Taiichi, why do I feel so envious?"
Agumon listened to the daily fare descriptions and wiped away the drool that was about to spill out. He looked like he was about to sigh with regret, wondering why he wasn't the one who was captured back then.
"Don't say anymore, I'm so envious!"
Taichi Yagami's expression was also twitching. What kind of wonderful life are these friends who were captured living here?
Leaving aside the normal three meals a day, what the heck is afternoon tea? And when I go to the kitchen at night and I'm hungry, I can actually order a late-night snack?
Not only that, but if you need to take a bath, there are Tadpole Beasts that can provide back scrubbing services, and if your shoulders are sore, there are even Digimon that can help massage them.
In contrast, those who followed behind endured wind and rain, sometimes not even taking a bath for days, and even when they could, it was only with cold water. In what kind of hellish world were they living?
"Ahe, I feel that if this is the kind of experience, it's perfectly normal for Takeru to want us to stay here together."
Taichi Yagami turned to Yamato Ishida behind him and said that Yamato Ishida turned his face away, already realizing that he had misunderstood, but he was too embarrassed to say anything apologetic.
"Should we still try to escape from here?"
Gabumon asked the question.
"Anyway, let's find everyone first, and then discuss it further."
Taiyi felt that neither decision was easy to make, so he decided to gather his friends first.
With the Frogmon's perfect cooperation, they found Mimi, Koushiro, and the others' rooms one by one.
Finally, everyone gathered in A-Zhu's room.
"What's wrong with A-He? He seems really upset."
Inside the room, Kido asked Taiichi in a low voice.
Ishida Yamato now exudes an aura that keeps strangers at bay.
"Well, I'm not really sure what to say..."
Taichi Yagami awkwardly touched his nose. He could actually understand Yamato Ishida's feelings; it was probably a feeling of imbalance.
They fought tooth and nail to save their companions, only to find that their companions were all doing better than them and didn't need saving at all.
It felt like I'd been tricked.
Taichi Yagami has a happy and fulfilling family life and an outgoing and cheerful personality. Naturally, he feels that as long as his companions are safe, that's a great thing and he doesn't really care.
However, Ishida Yamato's family is divorced. He has a strong sense of self-esteem and is somewhat sensitive. After encountering this situation, he felt very depressed, but he couldn't blame his friends who were doing well and living good lives. So, he could only put on a sour face.
"Well, well, the important thing now is, does everyone want to leave this place?"
Taichi Yagami raised the topic, and he decided to respect everyone's opinion.
If everyone wanted to stay, he would immediately surrender to the Digimon in charge of managing the data factory castle, and then take Agumon to take a bath.
Having not showered for two days and being out in the desert, Taichi Yagami felt that he and Agumon could probably rub off at least half a pound of sand from their bodies.
"Honestly, staying here is fine."
"Kuangzilang said."
"Agreed."
Suna nodded.
Once the discussion on this topic started, the opinions, unsurprisingly, leaned towards those who wanted to stay.
"What about going home? Are we just going to stay in this world forever?"
Ah-He, with a sour face, raised this question, and his stubborn personality made him inevitably disagree.
Fortunately, this person wasn't just opposing for the sake of opposing; they did raise a question that everyone was avoiding.
"That's true. If we stay here, we won't be able to find our way home."
Koushiro nodded.
"How about this, let's compromise. Let's stay here and rest for now, and then find a chance to slip away and find our way home."
Yagami Taichi said that Ishida Yamato had no objection, and the others could also accept it.
. . . .
【Wait, things actually turned out like this?!】
I thought tonight would be a performance match, but Kido-suke brought Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato directly, like new guests checking into the castle.
"Alright, registration is complete. Just remember to tell them about the lifestyle in this data-absorbing factory."
"Thank you, Wizardmon."
Kido thanked them, and after they left, the Flower Fairy Beast came over and asked.
"King of Gluttony, are we canceling our act tonight?"
"They didn't follow the script. If they had chosen to run away tonight, LadyDevimon could have run into them while they were running away, and then a fight could have broken out, allowing us to capture them."
However, the current situation is not a big deal. We can still get data anyway. Let's just get some data first, and then we'll wrap things up when we've gotten enough.
According to the original plan, we would reveal to them the great crisis that they wanted to drain the data of their partner Digimon, in order to stimulate their potential...
Scripts are something that are created from scratch, and this was Broly's first time writing a script for someone else.
Therefore, some plot settings are always modified in real time after unexpected changes occur in reality.
"It's good to let those two and their companions rest, so that after I defeat them, it won't be seen as an unfair victory."
Tailmon had no objections.
(End of this chapter)