Somewhere in Shinjuku, Valmont has picked up a building to have a penthouse as his headquarters. Ever since the three heists he made in Japan, he has got one he wanted back the most: luxury, that is. To him, money is everything. It looks like he is on a step close into rebuilding the Dark Hand.
"Very nice place, wouldn't you say?" he said to the person who is none other than his old friend, Yamaki, and he's sitting on a black chair.
"Nice place you got here," the blonde man looks at the place. It has a swimming pool, large plasma screen, an entertainment room, and even a room where his plans are to be discussed. Looks like Valmont got everything he wanted back. "But I thought you would go back to San Francisco after the three heists."
"Well, the other reason I came to Japan is because I wanted to get away from one person: Jackie Chan. He's one of the two reasons besides Shendu that I lost my fortune and my crime syndicate. So I'm staying in Japan for a while until I'm ready to leave. I could say this is also my vacation. Now, with all the money I got, those two things I lost are back to me once again," the white-haired man explained. "By the way, how much money did we rob? And of the jewels?"
Yamaki took out his calculator and begins to press the buttons for the calculations to begin.
"For the money, my organization analyzed it and it's 80,000,000 yen that we robbed. As for the jewels, it's about 3,000."
"That's good. The Dark Hand is back from the ashes!" Valmont exclaimed as he stands up from his chair and holding his cane as he took out the papers of prisoners. "I'm going to recruit some helpers into doing my dirty work."
"Let me guess. It's Finn, Ratso, Chow, and Hak Foo, huh?" Yamaki smirked as he took off his sunglasses.
"You know me way too much. Anyway, I'm thinking of, you know."
As the head of Hypnos thinks of the answer, he realizes what his old friend could mean.
"Let me guess. You still want to recruit some Digimon on your side, huh?"
"Yeah, something like that," Valmont replied happily as he took out the folder with the profiles of the three Digimon tamers. "I've been thinking to recruit some evil Digimon they fought against."
"That's great, but they're history, as in dead."
"Not with the book of spells they aren't."
The crime boss of the Dark Hand shows he isn't joking. He has a book and it's named, "The Giant Book of Spells". Yamaki is amazed of this kind of thing.
"Anyway, I needed those creatures to make my plans of getting more money fulfilled. After all, Digimon must defeat Digimon," Valmont remarked one of Uncle's catchphrases, 'Magic must defeat magic'. "Hey, that gives me a great idea."
"What's that?" Yamaki asked as he puts on his sunglasses back to his face.
"With my intelligence on the supernatural and your intelligence in the Digimon, we can be unstoppable. We can own this city and make it our playground."
"That's a very good idea, Valmont!"
"Yeah, the Dark Hand and Hypnos working together!" Valmont exclaimed as his idea is being liked. "Partners?"
"Partners," Yamaki replied as he and Valmont shake their hands together, a sign of their partnership is about to begin.