Keisuke Chapter 13—Hudie is where the heart is—
The next day I went into the office at Hudie. As I went in, I noticed something odd though… Yuri wasn't at the front desk today. Come to think of it… she hadn't been in for a little while. Instead there was a teenage guy filling in for Yuri. Chitose was there though, and he said to the guy: "Huh? Isn't the receptionist here today?" "If you're talking about that Yuri you've got the hots for, she's going to be out for a while." The guy replied. "No way! What's the deal with that?!" Chitose replied. "You tell me. Maybe someone in her family is sick or something?" the guy said.
I then walked past them and went to the cubicles. I logged in and checked the BBS for cases… and much to my surprise, there was one from Yuri! I immediately checked it, and the case itself was rather odd… in it, Yuri was asking us to tell Hudie's owner that she was quitting! I thought I heard Chitose's voice (he must be in a cubicle nearby) as I kept reading. She didn't give any reasons for why she wanted to quit, she just wanted to… I had to admit, this seemed surprising… but at the same time, what was likely the explanation—that Yuri might just be looking for more excitement than being a receptionist and wanted to move on in life—made more sense anyway. In that sense, I suppose it was fair enough, although I wasn't sure why Yuri wanted to avoid the owner…
Nonetheless, I prepared to take the case. Before I did though, I heard someone come running! I turned around to see it was Chitose. As he was coming up, he said: "Keisuke, wait!" "Eh…?" I said. By now, Chitose had arrived and he went on: "Did you take that case the receptionist posted?!" "Not yet, but I was going to—" I began, but then Chitose said: "DON'T!" "…Why?" I asked. "If you take it, we're acknowledging she's quitting! We can't do that!" Chitose said.
"…Isn't it about time you put your crush aside and threw in the towel, Chitose?" I asked. "Wh-what?!" Chitose asked. I then went on: "She probably wants to move on and pursue other goals she has in life. Let her spread her wings already." "B-be quiet! You don't even know if that's her reason yet! Besides, it's suspicious that such a reliable employee would quit all of a sudden, right?!" Chitose asked. "Can you be sure it's like that, though…? Just because she's quitting doesn't make it sudden…" I began and then I paused before I went on: "All the same though, you are right that we don't know the reason—" and Chitose said: "Exactly! So let's find her and ask her what it is before you do anything too hasty!"
"…Alright, I guess I'm in." I said back. Chitose then smiled and said: "Now we're talking! And don't talk to the owner until then either, okay?" "Actually, I don't even know who the owner is…" I replied and Chitose said: "Really? Great! I'll tell you later then!" "Jeez… okay then, let's start searching in EDEN. Someone may have seen Yuri recently." I said. "Good idea! Let's go!" Chitose said. We then asked around in various places, although no one knew any more than we did. Eventually, we came to an area known as the EDEN open space that was a circular balcony and asked around. Eventually we approached a guy and when he saw us, I said: "Good morning." And the guy said: "Hi. What's up?" "We wanted to ask you something—we haven't seen a friend of ours for a while and wanted to know if you knew anything about where she could be." I said.
"A friend of yours, you say? Well who is it?" The guy asked. "Her name is Yuri Kashiwagi. Have you heard anything about her?" I asked. "Oh, Yuri Kashiwagi? Yeah, I've heard of her. She's with the Nakano Stripes. She's so nice, they say she doesn't fit in with the crowd." The guy said. As soon as I heard this, I started to feel uncomfortable. Yuri was in another hacker team? This may explain her reason for quitting… and now I saw a lot of potential for this to go wrong…
"Uh-oh…" I said quietly as Chitose said: "What?! Yuri's a hacker? And she's with the Nakano Stripes?" "Yeah. Apparently they've set up camp in Under Kowloon level 3 lately. If you hurry, you may find her there." the guy said. "That's useful information. Thank you, you've been very helpful." I said. "Eh… you're welcome I guess." The guy said. Chitose and I then walked away and soon he said: "I can't believe Yuri's been in another team all this time… but at least we have an idea of where she is! Now all we've got to do is bust in there and find her!"
"…Chitose, can I make a suggestion?" I asked. "Of course! What is it?" He replied. "Why don't you leave the job of talking to Yuri to me? I see a lot of potential for this to end in tears otherwise." I said. Chitose then looked surprised and said: "Huh?! But… why?!" "If Yuri's in two teams at once, that likely makes her a spy for someone… either us… or the Nakano Stripes. If the unthinkable is true and she is a spy for the Nakano stripes, well…" I began and Chitose looked discouraged before he suddenly beamed and said: "I'm not worried. I'm actually all fired up now!" "…Are you sure you're ready for what may come?" I asked. "Jeez, you don't understand romances at all, do you Keisuke?! People whose leaders are fighting each other are always attracted to each other! I mean, look at Romeo and Juliet! Their houses were warring with each other and they met with true love, didn't they?!" Chitose asked. "…They also died, Chitose…" I said. Chitose was starting to look annoyed now and he finally said: "…Do you always have to be such a wet blanket?! I ought to wring that excess moisture right out of you! But for now, let's continue as planned! Get ready my dear Yuriet, here I come!" and he ran off… I shook my head before I followed him and we went to Under Kowloon level 3.
Once we arrived, we proceeded through (noticing some Nakano Stripes members throughout) until we went quite a ways in and eventually came to an area with a hierarchy of floating blocks scattered around. We explored them… and eventually came up on one with Yuri and a Digimon! The Digimon looked like an angel, with a white full-body garment with white boots, a black belt with a sun belt buckle (and a lavender cloth streaming down from it that went down to its ankles). It had a lavender-colored rope coiled around its left leg and another on its right arm (it also had a sun-shaped shoulder pad on that arm). It had a dark gray helmet over its head that covered its eyes and held a golden rod in its left hand. It had six white wings, waist length brown hair and looked rather muscular. It looked 5'7 tall.
Chitose and I then ran in. As we approached them, I heard Yuri say to the Digimon: "I'm sorry that things turned out like this, Angemon…" and then the Digimon—Angemon—shook his head before he said: "Yuri… are you really sure about the path you've chosen? It doesn't have to end this way." Chitose then yelled: "Yuriiiiiii!" Yuri then turned around and when she saw us, she said: "Eh? Chitose? And Keisuke? What are you doing here?" "Yuri… we noticed a case you left on the BBS—" I began and then Yuri said: "Oh… right." I then said: "Please tell us, Yuri—why are you quitting all of a sudden?"
"Well the truth is… I don't feel like I can show my face there." Yuri replied. "Huh?" Chitose and I said together. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you this before, but… I'm actually in the Nakano Stripes—" Yuri began and then I said: "We heard." Yuri then smiled shyly and said: "Ah, so you found out, huh? You're very resourceful. But yes, it's true—I'm in another team. I originally joined the Nakano Stripes to try and make something of myself and have a real adventure and later joined Hudie to make some extra money, but… I saw I was doing it wrong." "Huh?" I said.
"I really didn't fit in with the Nakano Stripes… everyone always said I was too nice and made me feel like a stranger. But at Hudie, everyone was normal, nice and hard-working… it felt like such a nice environment. It didn't take long before I liked being in Hudie more than I liked being in the Nakano Stripes. But as I realized this, I began to worry about my partner, Angemon…" Yuri said. "Yuri?" Chitose asked. Yuri then went on: "I was using his power to advance the interests of a group of idiots like the Nakano Stripes… I was trying to raise him to be nice, just and morally good, but I was always putting him in the company of people with short tempers and frustrated faces… I was really starting to worry about how I was raising him and what he was learning… and I felt like a failure as a tamer. That's why I decided to quit both teams, set Angemon free and stop hacking."
"Erm, tell me this… you've clearly outlined why you want to quit the Nakano Stripes… but why do you feel like you have to quit Hudie?" I asked. "The Nakano Stripes might suspect me of being a spy and feeding you information about them… and I wouldn't be surprised if they would try to retaliate as a result. At least this way they won't wage war on Hudie if it comes to that." Yuri replied. "Come on Yuri, you think we want a member of our team to feel like that?! We make a point of standing by our teammates, whether it's Ryuji, Erika, Keisuke or you! You belong with us!" Chitose said. "Right. Besides, your talents could get you work as more than a receptionist…" I began and then Yuri looked intrigued as she looked at me and I went on: "You only applied for work as a receptionist—you never let anyone know that you have hacking skills. If you'd let the owner know, they would surely put you on staff as one of the hackers in Hudie, especially since there are so few now! We would welcome your help and we always take full responsibility for everyone at Hudie, no matter who it is or what they struggle with! Stop grandstanding and trying to carry the weight of this on your shoulders alone."
"Guys…" Yuri said. But just then we heard an unfamiliar voice say: "Well, well, look at this…" Yuri then looked panicked and said: "Ulp?!" before we saw… a member of the Nakano Stripes come up to Yuri and she said: "First thing I hear you're leaving the team, then I see you sneaking off with Hudie… I didn't think you'd sink so low, Yuri." "Stop! I didn't ask them to come! I'm giving up hacking, so you can stop this madness right now!" Yuri said. "I'm not falling for that. Get over here!" The Nakano Stripes member said—and she grabbed Yuri and pulled her over!
I frowned (and Chitose looked absolutely furious) as he said: "HEY! Hands off, you bastard! Who do you think you are?!" The Nakano Stripes member then looked up at us and said: "This is our business, Hudie. You can leave now." "We won't just stand by and let you treat her like that!" Chitose said. "Exactly. The moment you touched her… it became our business." I said firmly. "Hmph. So be it. I'll teach you to try and scam us!" The Nakano Stripes member said.
She then called out three Digimon… one was a Digimon like a flower fairy who wore a yellow top with petal-like sides around the shoulders (and green lines around the hips), with a rose on her chest that had green bordering lines around what was like the stem of the rose. She had pale pink sleeves that covered her whole arms (with rounded shoulders) and pants of the same color. Both had white flower petal-like ends, although they both also looked longer than her arms and legs themselves—I saw no hands come out from her sleeves or feet come out from pants. She had two sets of wings that looked like magenta flower petals with white ends and a hat that was like an upside-down magenta flower. She had yellow green hair that went down to the bottom of her neck and looked 4'6 tall, although she was flying above the ground, making her appear taller. The next was a Devimon, and the last one was a humanoid insect Digimon… it walked on two legs and had green flesh (except for on its forearms, thighs, feet and much of its waist, which were all colored black) and four clear wings, as well as black shoulder pads with silver spikes. It had red hair down to the bottom of its neck and green-and-red ribbon-like antennae that flopped backward and red eyes. It looked very muscular and looked 6 feet tall.
I then felt my phone vibrate and I looked at it. It said: "Left to right: Lilamon scan data: 10%, Devimon scan data: 15%, Stingmon scan data: 15%". It also said Lilamon was a data Digimon, Devimon was a virus Digimon and Stingmon was a free typed Digimon, so I called out Ginryumon, BlueGreymon and BlackGatomon. Chitose then called out his Digimon—it was a dinosaur-like Digimon that walked on four legs. It had a tail with a mace ball on the end and an enormous shell on its back with spikes all over the sides. It even had a helmet-like shell over its head with spikes. It was colored yellow with a purple underbelly. It looked 6'5 tall.
The Nakano Stripes member then grinned and said: "Alright, I'll trample my way right over you to Yuri!" Chitose then replied by saying: "It's my hackin' business!" Both the Nakano Stripes member and I then stood up straight with blank looks on our faces. The Nakano Stripes member then said: "What…?" before she suddenly held her head up and smirked as she said: "Oh, is that that stupid saying that's Hudie's motto? Ha! You idiots… sure can pick 'em." "It is not stupid!" Chitose said back. "What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. "It's pretty much the same thing as saying: 'mind your own business'. I coined the phrase!" Chitose said. "Well no wonder then…" the Nakano Stripes member said.
Chitose then looked annoyed, but then we saw Angemon come running in! "Angemon! Are you going to help us?" Chitose asked. "Of course! That's my tamer!" Angemon said. Chitose then grinned and said: "I like this guy! Loyal and serious about what he does!" Alright, that's enough. If you guys won't hit first, I will! Lilamon, lila shower!" The Nakano Stripes member said. Lilamon then said: "Lila shower!" and blasted all of our Digimon with pink beams of light from her hands. Ginryumon took it pretty hard too! I then said: "Ginryumon, give BlueGreymon a boost! Attack charge! BlackGatomon, use power energy 2 on Lilamon!" Ginryumon then said: "Attack charge!" and cast a spell on BlueGreymon that strengthened his damage output with non-magic attacks. BlackGatomon then said: "Power energy 2!" and made an explosion of gray energy engulf Lilamon. Chitose then said: "Ankylomon, help the team out! Guard charge field!" and Ankylomon said: "Guard charge field!" and cast a spell on our Digimon that boosted their damage resistance to non-magic attacks.
The Nakano Stripes member then said: "Devimon, wipe out that Ginryumon! Death claw!" and Devimon said: "Death claw!" and ran forward before he grabbed Ginryumon and purple energy flowed into Devimon before he threw Ginryumon down. It looked unexpectedly effective though, even though Devimon was disadvantaged as a virus Digimon… Stingmon then said: "Spiking strike!" and he leapt at Ankylomon and conjured a blade from his wrist that he hit Ankylomon with. Ginryumon was already starting to look a little worn down, but luckily, Angemon said: "X-heal!" and cast a spell on Ginryumon that completely undid the damage that he had taken! "Alright! Way to go, Angemon!" I said. He grinned back as the Nakano Stripes member then said: "Hmph… leave it to Yuri to raise such an annoying Digimon." BlueGreymon then said: "Bit fire!" and spat three fireballs at Lilamon—and she looked like she had taken a real pounding by the time she got back up! "Way to go, BlueGreymon! That's how you do it!" I said.
"Stingmon, Devimon, get rid of that BlueGreymon! Use death claw and spiking strike!" The Nakano Stripes member said. Stingmon and Devimon then ganged up on him, but he was still doing fine when he recovered. I then said: "Ginryumon, hit Devimon hard! Metal armor blade! BlueGreymon, hit Lilamon with another bit fire!" and Ginryumon said: "Metal armor blade!" and he spat a spear at Devimon! Devimon took it hard too! BlueGreymon then burned Lilamon with more fireballs. The Nakano Stripes tamer then said: "Okay Lilamon, it's time to give them a taste of their own medicine! Aura—" and then Chitose said: "I don't think so! Ankylomon, hit Lilamon! Shock!" and Ankylomon said: "Shock!" and leapt at Lilamon and swiped at her with one of his front feet and she fell on her knees, looking down at the ground! "Wh-what?!" The Nakano Stripes member said and I said: "Nice one, Chitose!" He grinned back before Angemon said: "Heaven's knuckle!" and he drew his fist back as it started to shine before he projected a beam of light from it that hit Devimon. Devimon took it pretty hard too! BlackGatomon then said: "Power energy 2!" and blasted Lilamon with gray energy again!
I then said: "Alright, this is your chance BlueGreymon and BlackGatomon! Finish off Lilamon! Use bit fire and nightmare 2!" and BlackGatomon said: "Nightmare 2!" and dark purple energy formed at Lilamon's head and burst as BlueGreymon said: "Bit fire!" and burned Lilamon with fireballs! Lilamon then fell on her back and didn't recover—she was down! The Nakano Stripes member then looked shocked as she called Lilamon back. She then said: "Devimon, use death claw on Angemon! Stingmon, get BlackGatomon with spiking strike!" and they did so before Chitose said: "Ankylomon, use awesome quake 2!" and Ankylomon said: "Awesome quake 2!" and caused a giant boulder to form between Devimon and Stingmon and the ground started to shake before the boulder burst and rained down rock shards on Devimon and Stingmon. I then said: "Ginryumon, boost BlueGreymon again! Attack charge!" and Ginryumon gave him another boost, further powering him up and resetting the time until the boost would expire. Angemon then hit Devimon with another heaven's knuckle—now he was really looking beat!
Chitose then said: "Alright, finish off Devimon, Ankylomon! Tail hammer!" and Ankylomon said: "Tail hammer!" as he swung the mace ball on his tail at Devimon! He squarely smacked Devimon with it and sent him flying on his back, but he wouldn't get up either! The Nakano Stripes member then called back Devimon as she said: "Stingmon, drop the Angemon, quick! Spiking strike!" and Stingmon hit him before Angemon healed himself again using X-heal. The Nakano Stripes member looked devastated as I said: "BlueGreymon, get him with another Bit fire! BlackGatomon, hit him with nightmare 2! Ginryumon, boost yourself! Critical charge!" and BlueGreymon and BlackGatomon attacked again while Ginryumon said: "Critical charge!" and cast a spell on himself that made it easier for him to identify enemy weak points.
"Stingmon, use mach rush 2!" the Nakano Stripes member said. Stingmon then said: "Mach rush 2!" and charged at our Digimon fast before crashing into them and causing a shockwave that knocked them down. When they got back up, Chitose said: "Ankylomon, boost everyone again! Guard charge field!" and Ankylomon said: "Guard charge field!" and raised everyone's damage resistance to non-magic attacks again. "BlueGreymon, use bit fire! Ginryumon, hit Stingmon with heavy strike 2! BlackGatomon, use lightning paw!" I said and Ginryumon said: "Heavy strike 2!" before he flew in and struck Stingmon with his claws. As soon as he flew off, BlackGatomon leapt at Stingmon and swiped at him with her claws and when she ran off, BlueGreymon blasted him with fireballs! Stingmon looked about ready to drop after this, so Angemon said: "Holy light 2!" and made a shining, exploding cross appear where Stingmon was and it knocked him down—and he was finished! We won!
The Nakano Stripes member then backed up and said: "Dyah! You Hudie dogs have more bite than your appearance would suggest…" and Chitose looked furious as he said: "Shut it!" and then brought up a screen of data before he pressed a few keys and it disappeared. The Nakano Stripes member then said: "Huh? What…?" and Chitose then said: "You'd best be good and take off now. I'd hate to have to hack you, although that would be kind of fun too…" and the Nakano Stripes member looked panicked before she said: "Eek!" and ran away.
Chitose, Angemon and I were all really excited and Angemon said: "YES! We did it!" "And we were an awesome team! Everyone knocked out an opponent, helped each other equally and each played an important role in the battle! We all did a great job!" Chitose said. "Well said, Chitose! We're all a lot stronger together and that was a performance to be proud of!" I said.
Yuri then approached us and said: "Guys, thank you so much… I can't believe you went that far." I smiled and said: "It was our pleasure." Yuri grinned and then said: "I just hope nothing comes of this…" before Chitose said: "Oh, I wouldn't worry about that." Yuri suddenly looked more serious before she said: "What…? What do you mean?" "I said 'I'd hate to have to hack her', but the truth is I already did. I installed malware on her phone, so she'll regret it if she tries anything. So don't worry, Yuri!" Chitose said. "Wow… I never thought you'd go so far…" Yuri said. "It's like Keisuke said: the moment they touched you it became our business and we take that kind of stuff very personally." Chitose said.
Yuri then smiled and said: "Thank you all so much… really. I feel so much more at home with all of you—" and then Chitose said: "Then stay with us!" "Well… okay, I will stay. If it was just because you wanted to keep hitting on me like you've been doing, I'd refuse, but if you all really want me, I'll be happy to stay." Yuri said. "Alright! Now we're talking! And does that mean you're going to be looking at a promotion to a hacker's position, Yuri?" I asked. She smiled and said: "Definitely. But I think I'm going to take my time before I consider a promotion into a hacker's position. But because of that…" she said and then she turned to Chitose and said: "Can I ask a favor of you, Chitose?" "Of course! What is it?" Chitose asked. "Would you look after Angemon for me?" Yuri asked. "HUH? Why?" I asked.
"Because I'm not going to be a hacker right away, Angemon would have nothing to do for a long time, and I don't want him to be bored. That's why I was hoping you'd look after him, Chitose. He seemed to like fighting at your side too, right Angemon?" Yuri asked and Angemon said: "Yes, absolutely." Chitose then smiled and said: "Really? Thank you so much. I promise I'll take extra special care of him." Yuri then smiled and said: "Well there we go!" and then she turned to Angemon and said: "Take care, okay Angemon?" "Of course I will, Yuri. And remember: no matter where I go, I'll always be with you in your heart." Angemon said. "I know, Angemon." Yuri said. She then smiled before she said: "Do your best and stay happy! I know you'll do great!" "Of course!" Angemon replied.
We all smiled and then logged out of Kowloon. When we got back into Hudie, Yuri said: "Thanks again guys. I'll send you both payment for what you did—" and then I said: "Huh? But we didn't even take the case…" "It doesn't matter. You both deserve to be rewarded for what you did for Angemon and me. I'll delete the case too, since it's no longer necessary. Thanks again! I'm looking forward to the day I can be a hacker alongside you two." Yuri said. And she waved before she went off.
When she was gone, Chitose smiled and said: "Ha ha! That was great! That was really nice of Yuri to give me her Digimon and we kept an important member of Hudie! Life is good!" "Well said, Chitose." I said. "And thanks to you too for your help, Keisuke. That was great!" Chitose said back. "Thank you. It was really fun getting to do that well with you and Angemon. It's rare for a team to be that coordinated, and it was a lot of fun." I said. "Yup! That was one awesome battle we had!" Chitose said. I then went on: "Well, seeing as how we've resolved the case, would you mind telling me who the owner is now?" "No problem. The owner is Erika." Chitose said back. "Wh-what?" I said. "Hey, what's with the disbelief? Do you doubt your own teammate?" Chitose said. "…No, but at the same time, I don't understand how something like that would happen…" I said. "Erika founded Hudie, so it's only natural that she reserves that right. Besides, didn't you wonder why she was an administrative specialist?" Chitose said. "…I did." I said back. "Heh… rather blunt… but that's the connection: Erika manages Hudie as its owner. So, satisfied now?" Chitose asked. "Yup." I said back. "Great! Then let's get back to work!" Chitose said. I nodded and we went back to work.
I checked the BBS, but with Yuri's case wrapped up, there weren't any more left… I then decided to go to the Digilab instead. When I arrived, I greeted Mirei and decided to check if any of my Digimon could digivolve… and I found that BlueGreymon, BlueCoredramon and Kyubimon all could! I was excited and took Crescemon and Angewomon out of the farm island and called everyone out before Ginryumon said: "Ah, it looks like we're all out again… and that means somebody's going to be digivolving, right?" "Exactly! More of you are ready to digivolve into ultimate Digimon!" I said. "Great! So who will be joining Crescemon and I now?" Angewomon asked. "BlueGreymon, BlueCoredramon and Kyubimon!" I said back. "Alright! I knew this day would come!" BlueGreymon said. "Yeah, me too! I'm more than ready!" BlueCoredramon said. "All of our adventures have been so fun, and now that I'm going to digivolve from all we did… I'm so excited!" Kyubimon said. "Right on! BlueGreymon, would you care to go first?" I asked. "Would I ever!" he said back. We all laughed and I started the process up.
I decided to digivolve BlueGreymon into a BlueMetalGreymon. His body became a colorless wireframe and then he digivolved into a BlueMetalGreymon—a gigantic blue dinosaur Digimon that had metal over his head (above his upper jaws) with horns underneath the metal going sideways from the top of his head and he had short red hair. He also had a chest plate that was made of metal too. HisTheir right arm even was made of metal from the elbow down, with sharp, pointy claws jutting out of the hand! He had blue toenails (as well as blue claws on his left hand), purple wings on his back and was about 8'6 tall. When the process ended, I said: "Way to go, BlueMetalGreymon! I know you'll do a great job in the future with your new powers!" and he said: "You can count on that! I'm going to keep advancing right to the top!" I smiled and nodded and he went off with the others.
I then digivolved BlueCoredramon into a Wingdramon. When the process was complete, he looked like a flying dragon with blue scales. He had two legs, two arms (with frills that had magenta horizontal stripes on them), a long tail, a skull over his head with magenta nose tusks, yellow-orange horns and yellow-orange cilia. He also had a white chest plate and had a giant blue wing on his back that looked like a paraglider with a spike coming through the middle that had an orange tip. He held two yellow balls in his hands had yellow nails and toenails and a magenta colored frill down his back. He looked 6 feet tall.
I then said: "Alright, Wingdramon! A job well done digivolving!" Wingdramon then smiled and said: "Thanks Keisuke! I'm all ready to get any job done, whatever it may be!" "I like your attitude, Wingdramon! Let's keep it up!" I said. "We will! I know it!" he said. He then flew off with the others.
Finally, I digivolved Kyubimon into a Taomon. She walked on two legs and was wearing a white sweater-like garment with sleeves that appeared to be longer than her arms were and there were various symbols on her sweater-like garment. She also wore purple pants and stood on her bare feet, which were two white paws. She had yellow fur with pointed ears and her face was yellow and furry too, with some black markings and she had an Asian style hat on her head. She looked 5'10 tall.
After she was done digivolving, I said: "Congratulations, Taomon! You've come a long way!" and Taomon said: "Thank you, Keisuke. I'm still learning, but I'm ready to do even better for you and everyone else!" I was still proud of her attitude. I smiled and she went off with the others. From there, I trained them until the end of the day.