Unmei Force: Encoded Memory (Arc 2.5)
Chapter 10: ZAXON and Arata
In the internet cafe, Hudie...
When Richard walked into the cafe with Gus and Sanae, he noticed that Reimu and Antonio were waiting outside Keisuke's booth, as he seemed to have logged into EDEN without them.
"Hey. How are you two doing?" Richard asked, as he raised his hand in greeting his friends. "What did you encounter while you were there?"
"It wasn't a pleasant experience... And you managed to find Sanae!?" Antonio said, as he looked up and noticed Sanae with wide eyes. "Was she helping one of the Digimon involved in the case?"
"More like she was the damsel in distress." Gus answered back, as Sanae chopped the back of his neck with her hand firmly, knocking the brown-haired boy's head a little. "Ow! The Digimon said that you were screaming like crazy like a fangirl! It was your own fault that you were knocked out with her sister."
"Girls don't like it when they're called that, Gus, you idiot!" Sanae exclaimed back, before she then waved at Reimu. "Heya again, Reimu! How did it go for you?"
"Fine, I guess. I managed to get a fair cut of the reward from Keisuke." Reimu replied back.
"Keisuke!? You mean Keisuke Amazama!?" Sanae asked, before he saw the still Keisuke, as she clasped her face with both her hands in pure shock. "Oh my gods, it's really him! He looks so much cooler than when I saw in the game!"
"Alright, meta talk aside... What's Keisuke doing, alone in EDEN?" Richard asked the two members, as they looked at each other.
"After we dealt with the giga Raremon which was causing the awful smell, with the help of a BlackGarurumon who had the displeasure of being in the same area as it was, and we managed to knock it down to size literally." Antonio answered back. "Afterwards, Keisuke received a call from someone with a private number, who talked with Keisuke about some things, as he seemed not to trust the guy much. When the call ended, Keisuke told us to log out into the real world, while he goes and meets with someone. And that's all we've been doing. We're waiting for the guy to come back."
Keisuke then took off his EDEN visor, as he let out a loud sigh, as he turned around.
"Hey, Richard. Where have you been? How did the case go?" Keisuke asked.
"It went quite fine. We dealt with the grouchy Digimon who didn't like its nap being disturbed by a unaware intruder who turned out to be the client's sister." Richard summarised his experience. "Kuro and Sun pounded him down to the ground, and we got out with the target, plus one of our friends, who was also unfortunate enough to be in the same situation. Keisuke, meet Sanae Kochi. Sanae, meet Keisuke Amazama, also known as Spectre of Hudie."
Sanae immediately grabbed Keisuke's hand, as she shook it so vigorously, that Keisuke was being shaken from the sheer force inside his body.
"Hi Hi Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm so glad that I get to see someone like you! Let's be friends, okay? Please?" Sanae said quickly.
"Uuunnnhh... Alright. I will. Just... stop shaking me so hard..." Keisuke answered back with a dizzied and shaky voice.
Sanae immediately stopped, as she let Keisuke go, and smiled brightly.
"So I ask you, Keisuke. What was the meeting about? I got how the garbage case went from Reimu and Antonio, but what about you?" Richard asked.
"It's just that.. a certain benefactor decided to give me a way into the Demon's Den, as there might be some more clues about the culprit of my own case." Keisuke answered back. "Had to pull out some Rookie Digimon that I created and formed from the scanned and collected data we have been hoarding through the near-inifinte amount of battles we had, because EDEN security Digimon found me, and tried to kick me out. Either way, we're going to have to go tell Ryuji and Chitose something they'll need to hear."
"What?" Gus asked.
"Well, I took the ticket in, through the URL, where I met Jimmy KEN, who is trying to form the Demons, a hacker group seceding from ZAXON led by him." Keisuke continued. "I tried to play along as best I could, and it surprisingly got me through. Jimmy KEN then offered me to do a job for him: Spy on ZAXON for him. He even handed me a Demon-brand digivice for it, so it's going to be good evidence to prove his attempt to sabotage ZAXON."
"Well, damn... Looks like that guy has it in for ZAXON then?" Antonio asked. "I guess we'll need to find them right?"
Richard then noticed that Ryuji and Chitose were walking into the cafe. "Well, speak of the devils in name, and they come." Richard said. "Keisuke, they're here."
"Ah, thanks." Keisuke said, as he walked in front of them. "Ryuji and Chitose, I would like to tell you guys something."
He then went on to explain how he got the information about those possible suspects that are responsible to his case, as the tips were from a mysterious hacker named 'K', who constantly feed him intel on the suspects and their possible motives in doing so.
"So that was it. And then you took his one-sided invitation, went to the Demons hideout, was mistaken for a buddy, and now you have to spy on ZAXON." Chitose said with a calm tone, different from the smile he was showing. "Yes, I see..."
He then grabbed Keisuke by the shoulders, as he shook him by the shoulders violently.
"AS IF!" Chitose roared. "What are you trying to do, get yourself stuck into a obvious trap that could be end of your hacker life!? Don't walk into those kinds of places alone! At least have your buddy Richard or Gus try to help you! He's just trying to catach you vulnerable by asking you come alone!"
"I agree with Chitose, Keisuke." Richard said, as he walked to Keisuke, as he slapped his head lightly. "You know that we are buddies, right, Keisuke? If you went missing, I'll hound the asses of whoever are responsible until the end of time, even if I have to give up many things for it. So don't go doing that again, okay?"
"No more hiding such things from others." Ryuji ordered Keisuke. "You can tell us anything from here on out."
Ryuji then gave a small smile at the latter statement, as Keisuke felt that Ryuji was willing to trust Keisuke for whatever he has, as Keisuke smiled and nodded back. "I promise. I won't hide anything from you, and make sure that you know the things that I doubt." He replied.
"Attaboy, Keisuke." Richard said, before he then turned to Ryuji and Chitose. "Ryuji and Chitose... I have a idea."
"What is it?" Chitose asked back.
"We make sure that the leaders of ZAXON are aware of what is going on, as we will tell them that we'll have Keisuke act as a double-agent on our side. He'll feed misinformation to the Demons, about ZAXON. If there's something they can use to catch that hacker team, we can fabricate information as a lure for them."
"It seems a sound idea. We will need to tell Yuugo and Fei about this." Ryuji said. "Richard, Keisuke. Come with me to the ZAXON forum."
"Wait, why not the others?" Richard asked. "Surely you don't plan on having them outside here all the while, right?"
"These people are not formidable enough to strike up a right to enter. Only you two are famed enough to be allowed entry." Ryuji answered back sternly. "Both of you are considered a independent power among the hacking community, and some extra fame was attributed from what you have done to the Steam Dealers, Richard, so I hope you are prepared to deal with the consequences before."
"Those guys?" Richard said, before he then sighed. "Yeah, if I get called a monster, it's not going to matter much to me. We're monsters in different meanings. By the way, I managed to get a EDEN visor with my share of the rewards from the previous cases. Thanks a bunch for allowing the share that made it possible. From now on, my friends can log-in alongside aside me or Keisuke. But for now..."
Richard said, as he sat down, and slipped the Hudie USB in, as he entered the Hudie hacker site for entry into EDEN, as he slid the digital visor on. "I'll go separate from Keisuke. You have the link sent to our Digivices, right? See you there."
Richard then became silent and still, as he entered EDEN quickly, while Ryuji and Keisuke immediately did the same.
In the ZAXON forum...
Keisuke and Ryuji entered the forum, as he noticed that Richard was leaning against one of the pillars in the hacker meeting area, which was filled with digital structures of the strange kind, as was a cracked floor with blue digital data leaking from some holes in it.
"Hey, you got here quite quick. I just got settled in here." Richard said. "So, who's Yuugo and Fei?"
"You'll know when you see them. But for now, they are not here, probably patrolling around Kowloon." Ryuji said. "We must make sure that ZAXON does not interpret Hudie's intentions as hostile to the team, and so we must inform the high-ranked hackers here about the situation that you have created."
"So... This place was a waste of time to go to?" Richard asked, a little miffed at the fact that being first here did not give him a sense of achievement, as he scoffed loudly. "Well, that's a load of crap. Let me just do something."
He then pulled out his Digivice, as he pressed a few things, before placing it in front of him, as a screen with Gus's face appeared. "Yes?" Gus asked, his voice a little static-filled and garbled from the encryption the server had.
"I found a way to contact each other using only the Digivices. The phone's better and much more easier to make and take calls, but this is the only reliable way to contact everyone who has a Digivice in our team, in EDEN or the real world." Richard explained, as he turned to Gus. "Come to me. I'm logging out, and I'm bringing you, Reimu, Antonio in with me. Keisuke is coming with us to Kowloon, while Ryuji go and does whatever thing he usually do, to find those head honchos."
"Got that." Gus answered back, as he cut the connection between the Digivices.
"It's a fair reason, considering that I have not told you about where I am going, or what I'm going to do." Ryuji said. "Very well, we'll meet back at the ZAXON forum if possible."
He then left the forum through the server-transfer pad, as Richard and Keisuke left the server room as well.
In Kowloon's third level...
After having taken down the yellow Level 2 unsecured fire-wall that was obstructing their path, the group of Richard, Keisuke, Reimu, Antonio and Gus, took the green platform elevator, that took them down to the next level in Kowloon's depths. They then proceeded to fight several hackers and wild Digimon, as Richard noticed that Kabuterimon seemed to be different to what he looked like before, as his arms were covered in red scaled armour, his head was a skull helmet with a large horn that forks at the tip. It's shell consists of fused elytra with a green crystal ball at the base, and was completely red. He also retained his small blue stinger on his pelvis.
"Say, you Digivolved Kabuterimon, right?" Richard asked.
"Yep, he's MegaKabuterimon." Keisuke said, as MegaKabuterimon gave them a silent nod. "He seemed to be more quiet than he was in his previous forms. I'm fine as long as he's not controlled or something, it would be terrible to deny him his free will unintentionally."
"Hey, Keisuke, worrying about this is only going to make things worse, dude!" Bolt replied, as he seemed to be quite calm about the situation. "We sure look like that we're in control of ourselves, so don't you worry!"
They then continued down, as they found another booth that was linked to the DigiLab.
"Well, if we've being fighting so hard and long, there must be some Digivolution to happen for you all. And Keisuke, you have data for a Yokomon, right?" Richard asked, as he checked the status of Kuro. "No sign of Kuro getting a Digivolution yet, but we're close. Come on, let's get some power for our partners."
In the Digilab...
Richard merely whistled at how the Digimon had attained their new forms. Ran became a Kyubimon, Bolt became a Garurumon, which was a blue and white version of the BlackGarurumon that Keisuke, Reimu and Antonio had met, and Sun attained the form of MetalGreymon, which was a alternate colouring of Kuro's BlackMetalGreymon form currently.
"Hah! Now we're on the same footing, Kuro!" Sun bragged with a wide smile. "I'll eventually attain a stronger form before you when the time comes!"
"Dream on, Sun." Kuro chuckled. "You didn't hear my partner, Richard? I'm almost going to be a BlackWarGreymon. When that time comes, even those Eaters won't be a match for me!"
"So this is what my new form feels like?" Bolt said, as he tested his new body with impressed eyes. "Cooolll.."
"I have attained a new form of power." Ran spoke in a grateful tone, as she lowered her head before Reimu. "I am honoured to serve you in this form, my holy maiden, Reimu."
"You've done well, Ran." Reimu said, having gotten used to Ran's reverent attitude of her. "I'll be expecting more out of you."
"As you wish." Ran spoke back, as Reimu re-summoned her into the Digivice, as the others did the same.
"Hey, Mirei?" Richard asked, as the mentioned green-haired lady turned to him. "Is it possible to change forms that are on the same Level of Digimon Form, should I have attained the form for it?"
"I'm afraid you cannot, Richard." Mirei answered back. "If you wish for your fellow Digimon to take another path of evolution, you must DeDigivolve back to the root form, before you take the alternate path."
"That's a bother... It means that we'll have to feed them data every time to give them enough data to handle being DeDigivolved. It makes them weaker and takes up residual data we could use to Digivolve the others." Richard said. "But... To achieve the best forms for Sun and Bolt... I'll have to do it once, when I finally get a certain item."
"What items?" Reimu and Antonio asked simultaneously.
"You'll see." Richard said. "For now, we'll see if we can keep Bolt in his Garurumon for as long as possible, until the opportunity to attain the sacred items for the most strongest evolution can begin."
They soon left the DigiLab, as Keisuke made sure to keep the Digimon in the DigiFarms busy with training or investigation of their own.
Back in Kowloon's third level...
As the group returned back into the neutral cyberspace, they eventually continued down the path, before they bumped into a male hacker with black hair that was styled in drapes, wearing a white hoodie with blue lines, and a long blue shirt under it. He had his hood up, so most of his hair was out of sight, except for the several drapes lying in front of his face.
"What the!?" Keisuke said, as he and the hacker knocked into each other, as they moved back slightly.
"Hey. Pay attention, why don't ya!?" The man spoke, as he turned to face Keisuke, who seemed to surprised by the face he saw, as Richard understood why.
'Arata Sanada...' Richard thought, before he then came over with a hand out. "Apologies for our friend. We mean you no harm or nuisance."
"Well, at least there are some hackers out there who are polite like you these days." The hooded Arata spoke, before he noticed the Hudie coats on Keisuke, Richard and Gus. "Hey... those clothes. Are you those hackers who joined up with Ryuji?"
"Yeah. You know him as well?" Keisuke asked.
"Then I guess that'll make us... acquaintances, I guess?" Arata said with a tilt of his head. "I only know their names. Those guys were famous, after all. They used to be in Jude."
"Jude? What is that? A old hacker team?" Gus asked curiously.
"C'mon, you're teammates with him and don't even know about Jude? I guess they don't talk about the past." Arata sighed. "Well, it seems like you want to know. Ah, what the heck, I'll tell you. I can only tell you what I know, in fact, I want to know what the former members have been lately."
"Why?" Keisuke asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just a little concern over the famous members of the legendary hacking team that was Jude." Arata denied his involvement with a head-shake. "Come with me. Let's walk and talk with your friends."
Keisuke nodded, as the group followed Arata across the empty area they ended up in.
"You all look like that you've just became hackers, considering you're green enough in appearance. But it's more about the Digimon programs. Does everyone in Hudie use those?" Arata asked the group.
"Not really. We have Erika Mishima, who is more of a back-line and support girl when it comes to hacking." Richard answered back.
"No kidding? And here I thought those guys liked to keep things old school. I guess things change." Arata frowned a little, hearing that. "Heck, they fell under ZAXON's beck and call before I even knew it..."
"Uh, sir...? What about Jude?" Antonio asked back.
"Ah, that's right. We're supposed to be discussing that." Arata nodded. "Jude was active several years ago, before Digital Monsters were even discovered for the first time. Hackers would use tools they made for themselves to do the hacking. And then there was Jude, the biggest hacker team of that time. At the very least, you've heard the name of their leader, Arata Sanada?"
"Sometimes..." Keisuke responded back.
"Ah, I see. Jude wasn't just the biggest hacker team, but the one with the most technical expertise." Arata continued. "And their second-in-command was your leader, Ryuji Mishima. And third-in-command is your fellow hacker Chitose Imai."
"Wait, what?" Reimu asked in shock, hearing that Ryuji and Chitose used to be famous old-fashioned hackers.
"That Arata Sanada guy had the skill, but... Well, let's just say he was reckless." Arata said, as he crossed his arms. "Ryuji was his deputy of some sort, and always followed him around. Kind of like a... big brother. Chitose's always been good with people, and kept the friction down on such a big team. Like grease for a bunch of squeaky wheels. He looks chill, and has a good eye for people. With him around, most arguments would work themselves out. Several other hackers on the team could assemble unique malware. In other words, Jude had it all: productivity, mobility, you name it. So they say... It was not the size that Jude had as a hacker team that made it a legend, but also the conviction that they all shared: Not a single one of them used their hacking skills for evil, despite the rule being not hard-and-fast. Their actions were only done to raise their skill, or just sate their curiosity. The Under Zero business, too... I'd say they only broke in because they were that kind of people."
"Then what caused its downfall? Betrayal?" Antonio asked. "And what's Under Zero?"
"That's where I'm getting at. Under Zero is a core server that's existed since the start of EDEN. It contains all the log data inscribed into EDEN up to now." Arata responded back, continuing again. "In other words, it's actually EDEN's greatest security fortress. Taking it would mean Jude is the strongest team in both deed and name. At least it would have... If that guy didn't show up..."
Arata clenched his fist at the mention of 'that guy', as the group remained silent.
"Anyway, Jude failed in conquering Under Zero, and then disbanded just like that. For a single failure." Arata concluded his tale of the hacker team Jude. "All right, now that I have told you everything I now, tell me what Ryuji and Chitose have been up to-"
Arata was interrupted, as a Eater portal appeared above them, spitting out one of the data-made abominations that inched towards them.
"Another one!? FUCK!" Richard swore. "With two Ultimates, it should be easier to kick that Eater's ass. But we'll need to find a way to weaken its defences first..."
"It seems that you have met them many times like me." Arata said, as he whipped out his Digivice. "Let's beat them. These guys will cause a real mess if we leave them alone. You must be pretty good if you're all part of Hudie, right?"
"Of course." Keisuke answered back. "This time, we won't lose like last time."
"Glad to hear that. I'm counting on you, kid!" Arata replied, before he summoned his Digimon, which was Chrysalimon, a floating purple spiked cocoon with black eyes with yellow ringed irises, as well as a long horn between them, and a collar of spikes under its head. It also sported a ivory-white stinger on its bottom, as well as multiple arms with string-like connections to sharp triangular blades. "I'll weaken its defences. Chrysalimon, Guard Break."
Chrysalimon merely slashed the air with two of its tentacles in a X-motion, as it teared apart the barrier that was protecting the Eater, making it vulnerable to the attacks of the Digimon.
"It's payback time, you bastard! Try to suck me dry before, didn't you?" Kuro said in a heated tone, as he charged a Wolkenapalm and smashed it into the Eater right in its eye. "How do you like them apples, squid!?"
"Let me help!" Sun said, as he stuck his chest out, as the hatches opened to fire off two mini-warheads with a angry expression on them. "Giga Blaster!"
The missiles hit the Eater, as it seemed to be injured by the attack.
"D-D-Data i-is co-converging..." The Eater spoke in its glitched out digital voice, due to the damage dealt to it.
"You will not lay a finger on my allies! Fox Tail Inferno!" Ran shouted, as she flicked her tails towards the Eater, as they threw blue balls of flames that exploded with great might.
"Howling Blaster: Bolt Style! Hope you like to be roasted for dinner!" Bolt roared, as he let blue flames billow through his mouth, as they sprayed onto the Eater, melting its skin.
"D-DdDd-dAaTa cCcCONVErRrggGgEnNnCreEE CcCOMpLEEtTTe..." The Eater spoke in its garbled voice.
"Oh no you don't! You won't harm another Digimon! MegaKabuterimon! Horn Buster!" Keisuke ordered, as the red beetle Digimon throttled forward, as his horn glowed white, as he stabbed it right through the eye of the Eater, as it leaked a black ichor-like substances from the wound.
"BBbBboOo000ddDdDdYyYyY CcCoOMmMpPpRRrRo00MmMIi11!sSeEW#I() !*#)(#! )(#&()# ())70!" The Eater spewed a stream of near-unintelligible digital gibberish, before it fell down, completely destroyed, as it faded away in black and white pixels.
"Did... Did we do it?" Keisuke asked.
"Yep, we beat that Eater hard, Keisuke." Richard said. "It's a start of our revolution against those ungodly beings."
Arata sighed in relief after the Eater was confirmed destroyed. "We made it somehow. Those things freak me out whenever I see ." Arata said in a slightly tense tone. "I've been attacked by them before. You'd better stay alert. According to a Kamishiro researcher named Suedou, those things have something to do with the phenomenon occuring in the real world."
"That damn bat!?" Richard hissed. "He's still lurking around? Well, he isn't wrong about that one thing, as much as I find him despicable..."
They then noticed that there was another Eater coming at them, as it was sneaking up behind Arata, before it then jumped.
"Look out, behind you!" Antonio called out, as Arata turned around, and tried to move.
However, there was a claw-swipe from above that tore the Eater in two, destroying it, as Coredramon and Ryuji revealed themselves to the group.
"You're as sloppy as ever, aren't you." Ryuji said with animosity in his voice.
"Ryuji!" Arata said in a relieved voice. "Sorry, you saved my bacon there."
"Don't get it twisted. I didn't come to save you." Ryuji spat, as his tone didn't change towards Arata, as he turned to the group. "And what are you all twiddling your thumbs for? Have you found Yuugo and Fei yet?"
"No, but-" Richard was about to say, before he noticed a pair of Eaters approaching them. "More of them! Ryuji, we need to get out here, now-"
Sun and Kuro moved in front, as they prepared their respective attacks, as the Eaters jumped at them, before a pair of golden lasers hit them mid-air, as a humanoid Digimon clad in armour coloured like a bumble-bee appeared and a red tattered scarf around its neck appeared, as it had its twin cyan energy blades out, as it slashed down from a great height, cutting the Eaters in two and destroying them.
As the bee-coloured Digimon returned to the side of its owner, it was revealed that the newcomer group consisted of four members, was a Machinedramon, which seemed a copy of Metalgreymon created from amalgamated robotic parts, with twin back cannons, a metallic black robotic dragon head, metallic clawed hands and feet like Kuro and Sun, and red and blue wiring all over its body. The second, who was the owner of the Machinedramon was a young silver-haired boy who seemed to look different yet similar to Yu with his silver hair, and he wore a white jacket with a furry collar, and snow-grey jeans. The owner of the TigerVespamon, which was the Digimon that finished off the pair of eaters, was a lady with a exposed blue and white jacket of Zaxon, showing her exposed belly,as her chest was covered by a partial black vest. She had a strange hairstyle with her brown hair, as her hair was styled like large buns on either side of her head.
"That was pretty-dangerous there." The silver-haired boy spoke in a casual tone. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
"No... Thank you very much for saving us." Gus answered back. "What is your name? I want to show my gratitude to you."
"I wondered who it might be, and look who it is." The brown-haired hacker girl scoffed. "Hey, Ryuji, you've been meeting that Arata Sanada quite a bit lately, huh?"
"Wait, then that means...!?" Antonio said, turning to Arata who was silent.
"Ah, c'mon. Don't give it away, Fei." Arata answered back, before he then flipped his hoodie off, revealing all of his face and hair, then turning to the Hudie group. "Ah, the jig's up anyway. I'm Arata Sanada. Nice to meet you all."
"It's... It's a pleasure to meet you, Sanada-san!" Keisuke bowed gently in courtesy, speaking in a polite and respectful tone.
"So, you're the new hackers of the Hudie hacker team." The silver-haired boy said, as he came closer to Richard and Keisuke, as he stared into each of their eyes, analysing the looks they gave. "I see. You've both got good eyes. But I can tell that one of you have experienced more than they can handle."
Richard merely grimaced there, as he spoke. "So, you're Yuugo, huh? None less expected from someone, having taken those Eaters down like nothing."
"Yes." Yuugo simply answered back, as he turned to Ryuji with a light frown. "And I take it that this was not just an introduction of your new members, hm?"
"No, I have a report for you. Yuugo, Jimmy KEN has broken off from Zaxon, forming the Demons." Ryuji reported his findings from the group. "He also tried to hire Keisuke as a spy on ZAXON."
"I know of that. Fei and I were just looking into that issue. That account raiding Mephisto did... It looks like the Demons are involved somehow. It was a simple attempt to barter off accounts to raise funds to expand the team's influence in one fell swoop." Yuugo responded back. "I want you to leave that matter to us. If we show any weakness here, it'll set a bad example to the other hacker teams. We'll maintain EDEN's order with our own hands."
"You can't protect EDEN through force alone." Arata stated his counter-point, as Fei, Yuugo and Ryuji turned to him. "If someone wants to defect, we can't just let them go. Not just anyone can determine right and wrong."
"If we let this pass, who'll prevent the hackers from going wild?" Yuugo retorted back. "It's not like everyone can control themselves with conviction like you all once did. I believe in the necessity of defined rules, no matter what you are."
"All I'm saying is that hackers aren't the type of people to be tied down by anyone." Arata complained back, as he raised his voice. "To begin with, the way you guys do thing is-"
Ryuji immediately grabbed Arata by the collar and lifted him up easily, as he stared at Arata with cold and unfeeling eyes.
"Shut up, Sanada." Ryuji hissed coldly. "You ran away when we most needed you, so you don't get to judge or talk about EDEN's hackers."
Arata then was about to open his mouth to argue, before he then resigned trying to resist the fact, as he sighed. "Yeah, you're right... Do what you want."
Ryuji then dropped Arata, who walked away with a resentful expression.
"I'm sorry that we can't see eye-to-eye with this. There aren't many hackers of his calibre out there." Yuugo said. "As for Keisuke, I'll have him as a double-agent, pretending to spy on ZAXON. Instead, you will spy on the Demons, and inform us of their movements."
"Richard has already predicted this plan. He wanted to ask if you two have any false information to spread to help make the process quicker to achieve." Ryuji butted in with his words.
"Is that so?" Yuugo glanced at Richard, before he smiled. "I see... Either way, as a face among the crowd, only the most astute would single him out as a spy, and I doubt the Demons would have such people. You may come and go as you please in the forum, and the privilege extends to your friends as well. From now on, you're hackers of ZAXON, not just only Hudie."
"Right, and before I go, have you heard of a hacker named 'K'?" Keisuke asked.
"Nope, never heard of him. How about you, Fei?" Yuugo said, as he turned to his partner.
"Can't say it rings a bell." Fei shrugged. "Still, it's not like we know each and every hacker under us. Why do you care though?"
"He's the reason Keisuke got wrapped up in all of this business. It's possible that he may be a Demon hacker." Ryuji answered back.
"You got it. You're always doing the good work for us, after all." Yuugo said, before he gave Keisuke a sympathetic look. "You're the victim of a bad hacker yourself, then. Then you know why I must do what I must. Until then, I'll contact you about any big jobs that would benefit from your assistance."
Yuugo and Fei then walked away, heading towards the server transfer pad.
"So you heard from Jude from Arata?" Ryuji said. "Don't believe a word of what he said. He is only scum, running off that time without protecting his team when they needed him the most. After all, you can't protect everything without strength. Come on, let's return to Hudie."
"Roger that." Gus answered back, as they went to the server-transfer pad, and exited EDEN.