Part 29: Suedou's Manipulation; Parallel Worlds

We continue with Arata in tow and take on a Megadramon to clear our path. Which ended up being a relatively easy fight.

We move forward and I attempt to prepare as much as possible for the next Eater fight just in case it ends up being RIDICULOUS as well.

Unfortunately... we're too late and a lot of people are eaten and Arata is saddened by this. DAMN YOU EATERS.

We take on another Humanoid Eater this time. Thankfully... it wasn't as ridiculous as the past 2 fights were. In fact, it was only somewhat annoying compared to the last 2 fights...

But we come out victorious either way. We still can't understand the Eaters and their actions though. Until a voice says he can help in that regard.

GOD. NOT YOU AGAIN. Yeah... it's Akemi Suedou...

This guy rambles on and on honestly. FREAK ALERT.

Either way he informs us that the Eaters have one purpose. To evolve and become higher beings. Which they achieve by eating all the data they can. To them it doesn't matter what it is. Suedou proves how much of a freak he is by claiming that if they eat away at the wall between the real world and Digital World enough... the worlds will basically become one. Which, to Suedou, means that the real world could be modified at will like a program in the Digital World. To Suedou, this means humans can achieve the greatness they've always wanted and to evolve into 'higher beings' as well. Do I really need to say it anymore? FREAK. ALERT.

He warns Arata to be more aware of his surroundings or he'll pay for it. He tells him to look behind him. OH CRAP.

Yeah... it's an Eater... but it does something weird to Arata instead of making him contract EDEN Syndrome. He seems to remember things... specifically... Yuugo. WAIT A MINUTE DOES THIS MEAN WHAT I THINK IT MEANS?!

Arata then starts rambling about not having enough power to protect people. Enter Suedou going into his own ramblings about Arata and his 'potential' and how he can help Arata achieve greatness and the power he desires. Arata doesn't say much and begins to go with Suedou. ARATA WHEN DID YOU BECOME A DUMBASS? YOU WERE PRETTY COOL UP UNTIL NOW.

However... a voice in the distance speaks up about if this is what Arata really wants. Who is it? KYOKO TO THE RESCUE. YES!!

Arata is shocked to see her. As am I honestly. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! However, there's no time to get into that with the current predicament. Suedou blocks our path with a firewall and says to Arata that this is 'proof' of the 'power' that could be achieved. We try to chase after them by Kyoko stops us by saying that it wouldn't do any good and we need to think carefully about how to handle this. I suppose that's true. Either way, Arata has gone from Devil Survivor 2 main character to Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto. Though that does make us a de-facto Naruto Uzumaki now. Though I'm disappointed in Arata being a dumbass, I'm a HUGE Naruto Uzumaki fan so I guess it's okay. Take that Naruto haters.

We return to the agency with Kyoko in tow and she reveals what she's been doing this whole time. Tracking down the Royal Knights. KYOKO THE BADASS ALERT.

She's managed to track down 4. In Odaiba, EDEN, Ueno, and Shibuya. Examon is in Odaiba but has been badly corroded by the Eaters and is surrounded by the Defense Force apparently which Kyoko seems to think can be handled by them for the time being. Which leaves the other three. Apparently Kentaurosmon is in EDEN, Bankoomon is in Ueno and Magnamon is in Shibuya. We need to try to talk with them and make as many of them as our allies as possible. But will they really listen? I've never seen Bankoomon so I don't know where his affiliations lie. Same with Examon. Kentaurosmon seemed to be okay in Data Squad though. Magnamon though... is another one in the 'gray' area. But I guess we can at least try?

However, I'll get to two of those soon as I talk about the other cases I did. The first one involved a Kabuterimon that seems to be having master problems as well. He digivolved because his master wanted a strong Digimon but now his master is distant and he wants our help in determining how to make his master happy.

So as we do that... we run into Kentaurosmon in EDEN. WHO FREAKING ATTACKS US. WHAT THE HELL MAN?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE OKAY. MAYBE NOT.

This jerkass is way too fast and I can't even do anything. He insults us for being too slow before leaving. WELL SO MUCH FOR HIM BEING NICE.

We return to the office and Omnimon admits that Kentaurosmon is a formidable foe and the only way to match his speed is with speed. Specifically, another Royal Knight. UlforceVeedramon to be exact. But Omnimon hasn't detected him and thinks the Dimensional Door closed before he could come through. So now what? Well...

Kyoko informs us of the parallel world theory. If you haven't heard of that, it's the theory that states that when something happens, a parallel world is then created with another possibility. Which basically means that there are millions, possibly billions, of parallel worlds out there. Kyoko theorizes that since the real and Digital Worlds are now somewhat connected that it may be possible to go to a parallel world where UlforceVeedramon came to the real world and bring him to our world. The one who may have more information on this is Mirei from the Digi-Lab. Hmm... intriguing. Either way we'll have to try that later. For now, though...

We continue helping Kabuterimon and someone suggests he digivolve again so we bring that to him and he fights us. But it was a relatively easy fight and he realizes that he won't be able to because he just digivolved so we try talking to someone else in Ueno.

As we enter Ueno, we come across Bankoomon and another Digimon that keeps calling him 'master.' I guess it's his disciple or apprentice or something? Either way this Digimon is determined to join the Royal Knights and keep training until that happens. However, he feels that he's missing 'something' and Bankoomon wonders what that 'something' could be. The Digimon turns out to be called Hackmon. Well... we'll deal with them later too.

The person in Ueno queries that Kabuterimon's master is a young girl who is frightened by his appearance so he suggests De-Digivolving. When we take this to Kabuterimon he's surprised that we know his master is a young girl and he realizes that his look may be the issue and he states he'll de-digivolve right away. With all this the case is complete.

Next up a young child needs our help in uncovering the 'seventh riddle' of his school. He was able to solve the other riddles except the final one which seemed to involve a monster being seen in the school. He gives us a drawing to go by. Which is apparently really bad. Well... I guess it's better than nothing?

We head to the hospital and see a... weird scene with a Sorcerimon promising a young child that her pain will go away soon. It seems bad I know... but I was pretty sure I had the wrong idea. Turns out I was right. The Sorcerimon was helping out at the hospital because they have too many patients and not enough help. That's... actually pretty sweet. We show him the drawing and he informs us that it's Wizardmon. Well... the two do look alike honestly. Apparently Wizardmon is in Akihabara so we chase after him.

We talk with the Wizardmon and he claims he was in a school before attacking us. Somewhat lengthy battle but I came out victorious. Afterwards, he apologizes for what he did because he was just curious about the school and says he won't do it again as he caused a mess. Hmm...

When we go back to the child to tell them this, they suggest not telling anyone and keeping it a secret. That's... quite the mature action to take but sure why not? That way Wizardmon won't feel so bad. The case is complete after that.

That's all I did this time.

Next time:

Can we convince these 4 Royal Knights to help us? What's Kentaurosmon's deal anyway? What about Bankoomon, Magnamon and Examon? I suppose we'll find out...