Part 12: Aspiring Digimon Musicians; Jimiken's Subliminal Messaging Hypnosis

We accept the Shibuya Records employee's case. It turns out that there has been some sort of 'prank' going on where a certain CD keeps showing up in front of the other CDs for everyone to see. We listen to it... it's... unique? Uh... it's bad. I mean really bad.

But for some reason, the employee seems to think that it's 'unique' and a 'different kind of music.' Uh... sure? Whatever you say? Either way it looks like the only way to catch the culprit is to stake out the store at night which is likely when they are doing it. We do so and... find a Digital Shift. This isn't really surprising me anymore...

From within it... comes... Etemon. OF COURSE.

In order to get anywhere we have to act like we're fans (not really...) and when we do so, he drags us into the Digital Shift so we can 'rock out on stage with him' NO. OH GOD NO. SOMEONE HELP ME.

Whew. We're okay. For now at least. We find another labyrinth-like area and we chase Etemon around in it and get nowhere. So we Connect Jump into a vending machine and come out from behind him. He seems to think we're obsessed with him and want to destroy him so no one else can have him. NO. THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT IT. YOU'RE AN IDIOT WITH THE COMPLETELY WRONG IDEA.

Either way this leads to a somewhat ridiculous battle where he kills 3 of my digimon. 3.

But I find a way to achieve victory either way.

Afterwards, the Shibuya Records employee gives a speech about him and his music and even promises to feature his music in the store legitimately because it's a different kind of music that could catch on. Uh... sure? Either way this weirdness ends afterwards with an emotional Etemon who's happy to have a real fan being nice to him.

Another chapter begins... and it begins... with a business man entering the agency. Kyoko constantly thinks he's a salesman. But he turns out to be a client. Awkward...

Apparently... someone fooled him into thinking they were selling Digimon Capture devices and they stole a really rare Digimon Medal from him. So he wants it back. But just it. Apparently they stole money as well but he just wants his medal back. Okay...

The person who normally buys medals tells us its too rare for him and suggests us to try Kowloon Lv. 4. Oh goodie. So I unlock that and explore it. The random battles are even starting to get lengthy now...

We explore and find the seller in question but he refuses to give us any information due to client-seller privilege. I thought that only worked for doctors and lawyers? However... when we mention that we know Matayoshi and that we're his 'secret weapon' the guy... freaks out and sings like a canary and tells us to explore farther in. Well... that was unexpected...

We find the person in question who happens to be a part of the new hacker team called 'Demon' that branched out from Zaxon. THEY STOLE THE NAME FROM PERSONA. I JUST KNOW IT.

Either way... we confront the hacker and somewhat Bugs Bunny our way into a confession basically. Which leads to another fight. This one was at least bearable unlike the Etemon boss. We get the medal back and get notification of another case so we go back to the agency quickly. That was fast...

We find Sakura's mother there. Who informs us... that she's run away. Uh oh. Apparently she's been watching a certain Jimiken video constantly. THAT GUY AGAIN. I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS.

Also... we learn more about Matayoshi. Apparently he has a grudge again Kamishiro because they basically 'snuffed out' his partner, who was Kyoko's father and they've been secretly seeking revenge ever since. They want to catch Kamishiro 'red-handed' so to speak. Well... that might not be very hard. Because there has to be a 'sponsor' allowing Jimiken to do his video and it's implied that it's Kamishiro. WELP. WE KNOW OUR MAIN ENEMY NOW. IT'S PRACTICALLY CONFIRMED. Zaxon/Demon are pretty much grunts at this point.

We run into Nokia and talk to her a bit about what's going on and she's disgusted and wants to help because Sakura is her friend as well but we walk away because she'll just cause trouble. She then demands to know more.

We also run into Ryota and inform him as well. He's immediately concerned and apparently informs us that there may be some leads in Kowloon Lv. 4. Despite the obvious danger, he runs to save Sakura. Oh goodie.

We return to the agency and Nokia shows up again. Kyoko then informs us that the video apparently contains what is pretty much a 'hypnotic' subliminal message and warns Nokia to not watch it too much. Um... sure subliminal messages have some effects, but that kind of effect?! Well... game logic I guess.

Nokia insists on coming along so she joins us as a guest character. We head off for Kowloon Lv. 4 afterwards.

That was pretty much all I did this time.

Next time:

The 'Demon' hackers are apparently lead by Jimiken. Not surprising really. We'll get to confront this jerk again. Will I survive? Some of his battles haven't exactly been 'easy.' I'll just try my best I suppose. Still though... will this really go so smoothly with Kamishiro behind the scenes as well?

I suppose we'd better hope for the best...