Rika and Renamon have left Takato, Henry, Guilmon, and Terriermon to investigate Valmont on their own. The former needs to know if he could be involved with some occult since he uses magic. Before the investigation, she puts on a bandage to her back just for recovery.

"How are we going to find Valmont? He could be anywhere," the latter stated.

"We'll just have to ask the hotel to see if they seen him," was the reply.

She will have to do the questioning to herself since she would have Renamon hidden in plain sight. As she does it, no one seems to take notice of Valmont as they never saw him before. As they head to La Tour Shinjuku Grand, it has to be this place. Rika asked the receptionist if she saw Valmont and she did. His penthouse apartment is at the 32nd floor.

"Wait, who are you really?" the receptionist asked in concern.

"I'm a visitor," Rika replied as she heads to the elevator and pressing the button of going to the top floor. As the door closes, her Digimon partner teleports in, too.

"It looks like we're in for a visit," Renamon stated in a deadpan way.

"We need to be careful when we're doing an investigation, Renamon. If I know Valmont, he could have his goons guarding the place."

"Point taken, Rika. That's why we have to watch each other's backs especially he has his own evil Digimon working for him."


As the elevator rises to the top floor where Valmont's hideout is, IceDevimon and Musyamon are shown guarding the elevator. They seemed to confuse at this moment as nobody would try to come up there except for the maids for housekeeping.

"Who could be trying to get in at this moment?" asked the fallen angel Digimon.

"I don't know, but if it's anyone other than the maids, we get that person!" the latter pulls out his sword as he's ready for the moment.

"Yeah, we should."

They waited for the elevator to come to the floor. In a few seconds, it did and the opens; this is the moment they attack.

"Thundra Freeze!" IceDevimon fires a freezing beam from his eyes.

"Ninja Blade!" Musyamon has his sword surround with blue flames and slashes on the area.

As they attacked, the elevator is shown to be empty.

"Huh?" the two evil Digimon said in unison. As they looked at in in their eyes, nobody is there.

"I swear somebody is in there," IceDevimon said.

"Yeah, nobody can just disappear into thin air like that. Unless it is Renamon, that's who," Musyamon suggested.

"If it is her, I'm going to beat her again. I can also say the same with her tamer, Rika Nonaka."

"So you have beaten those two before?"

"Yeah, and I'm happy to tell you that story."


Rika and Renamon are seen on the top of the elevator and as it goes down, the latter grabs the former to go to the a platform next to the elevator. This is a close call for them so they can go unnoticed.

"You're right, Rika. Valmont has his hideout being guarded," the latter remarked.

The two headed to a nearby door, leading to the penthouse. It leads to a kitchen.

"If I didn't know what Valmont would have done with all that stolen money, looks like I found the answer," Rika deadpanned.

"Hey, it looks like I could use a drink of milk," a voice suddenly said so she and Renamon hide from behind the counter. As the former looked at who it is, it's Vilemon.

He approaches the refrigerator and grabs a carton of milk to take a drink. As the vixen-like Digimon is about to make a strike, Rika grabs her wrist.

"We can't risk on blowing our cover. Just let him pass."

Vilemon finishes drinking the milk as he puts it back on the carton and leaves the kitchen. This is a close comfort for the two.

"If there is a place where he could learn about magic, where would it be?" Rika wondered.

She and her Digimon brainstorm over the question. After a few seconds, they got the answer.

"The library!" they exclaimed.

Leaving the kitchen, they carefully sneak to a wall to see that IceDevimon is talking to Vilemon about what he saw in the elevator.

"So you saw no one is there?" the latter asked.

"Yeah, no one is there," the former replied. "What were you doing in the kitchen?"

"Taking a drink of milk. Maybe a drink could help me keep watch on things if someone is really intruding," was the reply of the black Digimon.

"Well, don't forget your duty."

"And yours too."

The two Digimon left the part of the mansion as their duty to keep watch on the mansion continues on.

"Well, now I know how a good conversation between two people could have worked out in a hilarious way," Renamon remarked while putting her back to a wall.

"I say," Rika snarks while in the same position.

She and Renamon headed to a library that is just in this floor. Upon entering, they look in awe on the sight of a lot of book shelves in two rows.

"Just when I thought he has bought a lot of books for him to read," the latter remarked.

"Remember, we're looking for a book which it could be how he got some spells for him to use," the former reminded.

As they searched through the library, it would seem that they have to look into the category of books known as magic to find what they were looking for. Even so, Rika climbs into a ladder as she looked at some fantasy novels that is kept on the shelf.

"What is he reading? Unicorns?" she said sarcastically.

Renamon has her fun of searching through books involving Japanese culture and legends. She grabs a book to see a title really puts her in awe.

"A Japanese Guidebook for a Kitsune, what an interesting title. I wonder if I could learn something myself in this book."

"Well, this is one way to learn about legends in the human world, Renamon," Rika takes notice on what she is doing.

"Speaking of learning, aren't you supposed to be studying for the quiz Valmont is going to pull on you?" the Digimon takes her eye to her human partner for a while.

"I already know some things about a kitsune so I'll start by tomorrow. To top it off, maybe I should buy some books regarding kitsune legend."

"Speaking of kitsune legend, they can turn into humans? And just when I thought this world is full of madness," Renamon continues to look into the book.

Rika focuses back on searching for the book until she has found it.

"The Giant Book of Spells, this should be it. Maybe I could just 'borrow' it for a while to learn about what kind of schemes Valmont is pulling with this book."

Just as she is about take the book, a hand takes a hold of her hand to stop her. It's not just any hand; she takes notice that an enemy group is heading her way.

"Shadowkhan!" she exclaimed as this is the kind of hand she's been grabbed with. Renamon puts the book down as she also noticed and took on a fighting stance.

It looks like the two are in a lot of trouble for pulling an act like this with the Shadowkhan ninjas closing in on them.

"Let go! Let go, let go, let go!" Rika screamed as she struggles with a Shadowkhan grabbing her hand. She grabs a book to hit it and give it a book to release herself from its grip.

Once that is done, she looks to the top to see one of the shadow ninjas jumped to kick her off the ladder so she dodges out of the way to let it hit the other ninjas. Then she jumps off the ladder and Renamon catches her. They run for their lives as the group is pursuing them, but stopped for a while to put up a fight with them. IceDevimon, Musyamon, and Vilemon show up.

"Well, well, well, Rika Nonaka and Renamon at 10 o'clock," said the fallen angel Digimon.

"Oh no, him!" the redheaded girl groaned at the sight of him.

"That's right, Rika. The way I see it, you're just as cold hearted as Valmont is. If you and Valmont need to have someone understand that, it's me. You are just like him every step of the way."

"Would you stop comparing me to that guy?!" she screamed in anger when she hears that statement. "My personality and actions may have matched his, but with me being with Renamon is something he doesn't have when it comes to his case with Shendu!"

"It looks like you still need to learn your lesson. Get them!" IceDevimon commanded as Musyamon and Vilemon started to make their move.

"Nightmare Shocker!" the latter is about to send a shockwave to give Rika a nightmare, but she dodges out of the way and punch him in the nose. As he attempts to scratch her with its claws, she dodges the attacks and lands a punch to knock him down.

Meanwhile, Renamon is dealing with Musyamon.

"Ironic, isn't it? A samurai is going to fight against a kitsune. This is going to be between you and me," the latter smirks as readies his sword.

"Yeah, that should be it," the former replied as she readies her attack. "Diamond Storm!" she summons a cloud of razor-sharp shards to shoot at the latter, but he dodges out of the way.

"I'll give you credit for that. Now, it's my turn," Musyamon said as he tries to slash Renamon with his sword. As he makes his swing from the top, she dodges it. Next, he tries to jab her from left to right several times, but she dodges them. It's time to unleash an attack. "Ninja Blade!" his sword is surrounded with blue flames as he is ready to swing it to her. It successfully hits her and she is thrown off to a wall. He surrounds her with his sword pointing at her. "It's over, Renamon. Hand over that book."

"You think I would do something like that? No, I'm never going to surrender to you, Musyamon," the fox Digimon stated.

"Very well, you shall be turned into data to be absorbed!" the samurai attempts to strike her with his sword from the top but she teleports from behind him to take him down by kicking him down. It also knocks him down below the penthouse.

"Very impressive, you two," IceDevimon compliments on what has happened. "Too bad I can beat you two again like last time."

"Too bad you're going to lose," Rika stated.

"Really? How so?" the fallen angel smirked as he is not convinced that the two of them will defeat him after what had happened the last time they fought.

"This! Diamond Storm!" Renamon shoots some shards at a chandelier. Just as it is about to fall to him, IceDevimon goes from behind to escape from that attack.

"Impressive, but not enough to beat me," he said with a smile on his face, taunting the two.

"No, but this will. Renamon!" Rika exclaimed.

Renamon kicks the villainous Digimon to a shelf and cuts off another chain to a chandelier that it causes one to fall on him. Once that is done, she and her Tamer escape with the book by going to an elevator as Rika tells the receptionist that her visit has been concluded. Of course, Renamon has to teleport out of sight so she couldn't see her.

The Shadowkhan comes closer to IceDevimon as he finds himself a lot of trouble if he has to explain what had happened to Valmont tomorrow morning.

"Oops," he said nervously.