Shinsuke is on his knees, struggling to breathe. Everything hurts, it's all too overwhelming, he wants... he wants to go home, he wants to see Japan, sit by Kazuchika Okada's side and share some stupid story from his current IWGP title reign. Something, anything that's not this. He wavers and trembles and shivers as the ground rocks around him, and he can just tell- he knows their partners are suffering. Apollomon is in agony, and there's nothing he can do to help. To save him.

He shudders and forces his face up, blinking through blurry vision, trying to make sense of the colors before him, the shapes moving here and there. It has to end. He needs it all to end. Getting back to his feet is a struggle, making sense of anything going on around him is impossible. He can't see, can only just hear, and he knows one wrong move could get him kills. He sways helplessly, turning his head towards where he thinks Ancient Wisemon is at.

"You truly think you can kill me," the murderous creature cackles. "Please. Before you Digidestined were here, destroying my world bit by bit, I WAS THE PROTECTOR. I made sure everything ran correctly, I took care of everyone and everything. We were thriving, then your pathetic human children came and threw everything off balance. What my world has become is on your heads, our data is on your hands! That stupid, shortsighted Luke, with his idea for such ersatz defenders. We were doing fine before you all came!"

"The Digiworld was collapsing into Earth under your watch," Shinsuke finds himself saying, English somehow even more stilted with the taste of blood in his mouth. He then blinks, wondering when he began bleeding. Licks his teeth and shudders. "We couldn't- wouldn't let the disparity between our worlds continue. You must-"

"I must NOTHING!" he yells, and Shinsuke gasps as the pain explodes behind his eyes, everything going dark in a rush. "You stupid humans, always thinking you know more than us. Better than us. You know NOTHING! Absolute trash. You have never tried to understand this world, always barging in, destroying and taking and never thinking twice of the pain you cause. It ends here."

But there's a hand suddenly, pulling Shinsuke up. He turns his head and feels breath on his neck. "It's me. I gotcha. We have... possibly one chance at this. You up for it?"

Seth. Shinsuke exhales and clings to him with a shaking hand. "Yes." He can feel Apollomon, still in agony, but trying to stand, such as he is himself right now. "Let's end this."