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Digital World—The Beginning Ground;
The ground is covered with green grass and a lot of jelly-like Digimon of different species were wandering around the area. While accompanied by one official staff, Honoka and Umi browse the Digimons around them.
"….this is the Beginning Ground, a place where many Digi Eggs are created. As you can see, we have a lot of baby-level Digimon here—it is suggested to take care of Digimon from infancy as they're much easier to be bond with… that's why, we created Digimon Capture program to fit only baby Digimon…"
"Ahh…does everyone start from these too?" Honoka asked.
"Yes… every players started from having these baby Digimon…but worry not—it will be quick to reach Rookie level after you leave this Ground, especially, if you have a friend who will help you with hunting…"
"Say, is it true that it's fine to kill Digimon outside?" Umi asked.
"They're wild Digimons that belongs to Nature, killing or being killed isn't our business. It is the Nature that decides. But as for players, as long as you're traveling within our reach, your Digimon data will be safely recorded and stored in our data bank. We're giving free Back Up Data if your Digimon accidentally gets killed…and if your backed-up Digimon Data is corrupted, we will compensate it...but that has not been an issue lately. We've do over a thousand upgrades within a year…"
"What do the Digimon say about this…?" Umi asked
"They don't care about the wild Digimon—the goal of this game is to help Digital world create more cultured Digimon than wild ones…."
"What if one day this game is overloaded and all?" Honoka asked.
"There are about 800 servers in Digital World— it may take about 400 years to reach the desired population…and that is if people stop risking themselves to go into the deepest part of Digital World: The Junk-Files City…"
"O..Oh…ok…."
"So, have you two decided on what Digimon you two are after?" the staff asked.
"Yes, I do…I want a Penguinmon that can evolve into Garurumon…" Umi said.
"Evolving them is not our job, it's your job… but we have a guide that you could use to find that…"
"Ok, that works too." Umi said.
"How do we use the Digimon Capture, though?" Honoka asked.
"All you two need to do is to scan as many of the same type baby Digimon as you can then return to us. We will make the scanned data into your partner digimon, the more data you get, the bigger your Digimon grade is…please note that you only have an hour after activating it, so make sure you're working as fast as possible. Also note that even if your scan is lower than 100%, we will still make that Digimon as your partner…"
"Ooh….ok! Then I'll go ahead!" Honoka said before she ran off.
"W-wait! Honoka!" Umi chased her.
The staff is dumbfounded by their quick action …
"I guess everyone hates long explanations…I guess we will have to change this system soon…"
Meanwhile, in the lobby…
Kotori and Biyomon are waiting for Honoka and Umi to get their own Digimon. They decided to spend their time sketching some fashion designs in their sketch book.
"Biyomon thinks Honoka-chan will look better if she wears a black Digivice with orange lines." Biyomon said.
"Hehe I think so too! Hmm… what else we can do here…" Kotori tried to think as she looked at the drawing—it's Honoka wearing a Grey Jacket with brown sleeves, yellow gloves, green waist bag and black tight stockings under the brown leather trousers.
"Biyomon thinks we should just work on getting these materials first—it will be pretty expensive so we may want to level up and get more money!" Biyomon said.
"Ahaha…you're right! Our profits at such a low level won't really catch up, especially with the changing Digivice materials." Kotori said.
"Did I hear someone needs to level up?" an unfamiliar voice. Kotori and Biyomon looked around and their search ended as soon they both saw a purple haired girl with two similar Dog-like Digimons behind her. They looked pretty big for their species.
"W-whoa! T-two Salamons! H-How lucky!" Kotori said.
"Now-now, instead of appreciating my luck… why don't you hire me to help you with leveling?" the purplenette said.
"H-Hire…?" Kotori was flustered.
"Hmm…I guess you're not familiar with this business… but here, let me tell you. You did know that the system here is that, as long as you're in a party, you will still get experiences? It's like watch and learn…"
"Uh…yes, I'm aware of that…" Kotori replied.
"Yup, so you just need to be in a party with me—then sit on the side and watch my Digimons kill some monsters." she replied.
"Kotori-chan, this isn't going to be free. I've heard a few players are offering these services!" Biyomon whispered.
"I'm about to pay for that…?!" Kotori exclaimed.
"Yup, it's not that much, really. Think of it as your investment. I'm taking you to very decent places to get experiences. You level up then you will be able to do things yourself sooner—and perhaps open the same business?"
"Uh...No thanks…I think I rather level up on my own—it might be slower but I'll get plenty of tamer experience…" Kotori replied.
"Ahh—you're after your tamer experience, huh? Then, I have another service that you can consider using. It's a support service. You and Your Digimon go after some monsters—poke them in the eyes or anywhere interesting, run away and my digimons will take care of the mess for you while also healing your digimon from any sort of wounds. You don't even need to worry about using any items since that will be on me…also, my Digimon could do a revive to save your Back-Up Disk fees if you happen to screw up in your attempt."
"T-that sounds interesting…" Kotori said.
"K-Kotori-chan! I have a bad feeling about this!" Biyomon said.
"How much is that service?" Kotori asked her anyway.
"Hmm...What about… Five thousand yen per hour?" the purplenette replied.
"F-F-Five thousand yen?!" Kotori and Biyomon exclaimed.
"It will only take you about 8 hours in total to evolve from champion to ultimate… how fast is that? It will be worth it to pay 40000 yen."
"N—No thanks!" Kotori said.
"Hmm…alright, that's too bad. But, if you happen to have some friends who want to join, I don't mind. The price should be the same since I don't charge for the amount of Digimon—though it might take a little slower to reach the desired level…" the purplenette said.
"O…Ok?" Kotori replied.
"Add me to your Digivice contact. My name is Nozomi Toujou, Ultimate-rank tamers with two Salamons," she said.
"A-Alright…" Kotori replied again as she accepted the contact information and added it to her Digivice.
"I'll be waiting, ok? Have fun!" Nozomi said before she left the ash brunette with her Digimon.
"Uhh….are you really interested, Kotori-chan?" Biyomon asked.
"Uhm…I'm not sure myself, it may come in handy—but hehe… at least she is now in my contact list, we can try to check on her Digimon Status…"
"Ooh—right, let's do that…!" Biyomon said.
Kotori clicked something in her digivice— a holographic screen appeared, and she decided to check on her contact list.
Name : Nozomi Toujou,
Rank : Ultimate
Tamer Level : 71
Digimon : Salamon (Lv. 62 / 210%), Salamon (Lv. 62 / 208%)
"B-bo-both are 5 stars?!" Biyomon exclaimed.
"Lucky!" Kotori said.
They continued to look further …
Job : Student
Profession : Lv. 36 Merchant, Lv. 55 Card Dealer
In GameSpouse : Eli Ayase
Biography :
S – Fast Leveling Service 8k/ hour, S – Support Service 5k / hour, S – Enchantment Drive, any stats, 50k Nego OK! S- Back Up Disk, 10k, Nego OK! S – Card, Visit me! B – Digicore A , I buy in bulk! PM!
"Aah! I should've asked her about the card, there might be something we need!" Kotori said.
"Chun! That's not allowed, Kotori-chan! I thought you promised to not buy any card again until we got to Ultimate Rank!"
"But we almost ran out of stock, thanks to the one time usage card…"
"Maybe we should just save up and get a gold card instead of wasting it to buy one time usage cards?"
"You're right, Biyomon… uhhhh…..sheesh...Early game is such a pain..." Kotori said.
Right after she said it, three girls pass in front of her. One of them has red hair, the other one with short brown hair, and the last one with short orange hair...
The three are walking to the counter.
"We're here to pick up our Digimon-nya...!" said the orange haired one.
"Ok, please insert your persona data..." the staff said as she handed three tablets to them.
The three girls inserted their personal data then, at the same time, they summoned each of their Digimon.
The Orange haired one summoned a blue-dog-like digimon with red boxing gloves, the brown haired one with a pink flower-bud like digimon, while the redhaired one summoned...
"L-Lunamon?!" Kotori exclaimed as she could see a cute looking rabbit-like digimon.
"Ahh...I've never seen her this close with my own eyes before!" she continued.
"Yeah, Biyomon too! They're always among the elite even though they're not that superior in battle..."
As Biyomon said it, the rabbit-like Digimon swiftly glanced at her...
"What did you just say?!" Lunamon yelled.
"E-Ehh?!" Biyomon and Kotori raised their eyebrow, not expecting their conversation to be heard. The rabbit-like Digimon approach them angrily.
"I challenge you to a duel—right now!" she said.
"H-hey... you haven't even talked to me!" the red haired girl said.
"Sh-Shut up! Just challenge these losers to a duel—right now!" Lunamon yelled at the red haired girl.
"Oo! Maki-chan! Lunamon really does resemble you-nya!" the orange haired girl said.
"H-huh? Don't be ridiculous, we just started and you're not even level 2!"
"Challenge tthhhheeeemm!"
"A-alright...alright...how are we going to do that?" the red haired asked to the orange haired girl,
"Just wear your digivice and send the request-nya..." she replied.
"Hehe... I guess it's good to have an early experience..." the brown haired girl said.
Just like what was told, the red haired girl threw a duel challenge to Kotori.
"W-what should we do...Biyomon?" Kotori whispered.
"I-I'll take it easy..." Biyomon replied.
"Ok..." Kotori sighed as she accepted the challenge. Biyomon jumped off her seat and stood a little closer to Lunamon...
"Hyaaaa!" Lunamon started to attack—but it didn't seem to do that much damage to Biyomon...
"W-wow..." the red haired girl smirked.
"The level differences must be too high-nya..." the orange haired girl said.
The brown haired girl giggled before she approached the ash brunette.
"Let me add you..." she whispered.
"Eh...? Uh...ok..." Kotori replied.
They added each other... The brown haired quickly check on the ash Brunette's profile.
Name : Kotori Minami
Rank : Champion
Tamer Level : 45
Digimon : Biyomon ( Lv. 40/198%)
Job : Student
Profession : Lv. 70 Fashion Supplier, Lv. 10 Merchant
InGameSpouse : -
Biography :
I'm taking requests, 3k each piece for design only! 25k for making it! ( ' 8 ' ). PM!
Then as for the brunette girl's profile...
Name : Hanayo Koizumi
Rank : Beginner
Tamer Level : 10
Digimon : Lalamon ( Lv. 12/180%)
Job : Student
Profession : Lv. 80 Digi-herb Farmer, Lv. 2 Merchant
InGameSpouse : -
Biography :
Hello! I'm new! Please take care of me!
"I-I guess I'm not the only one who gets addicted to the profession more than the adventure itself..." Kotori said.
"Ahaha..I can't deny, the rice farm simulation is too realistic and I can even sell it for real and feed it to my Digimon..." the brunette girl said.
"Hehe—that's a handful, though!"
"It is! Hehe!"
As they chatted, Biyomon is still stuck with the angry Lunamon...she didn't even do anything else than stand there and watch her punching—or more like poking her...
"Hey...just give up already..." the red haired girl said.
"Don't worry, Maki-chan... this is just a sign that you're a fitting tamer for her-nya!"
"Sh-Shut up...Rin... heh—you're saying it like Digimon and its tamer has to be similar... I mean, I don't think you and your Gaomon are—..."
Maki paused. She couldn't find her Gaomon.
"H-hey...where is he?!" she said loudly as she started to look around.
"Riiin! I found a fitting foe! Let's duel!" shouted Gaomon from distance. He is now air boxing in front of a very tall Renamon—that looked somewhat faimilar for Maki...
"Ok-nya! Let's go!" Rin ran to where Gaomon is—then immediately threw a duel challenge to Renamon.
"W-wh-wait... I'm here to wait for my tamer..." Renamon said gently,
"It's ok-nya! We're about to help you spend your time..."
"I-I don't have enough time for a duel!"
And instead of stopping, Rin spams the challenger...
Maki sighed and decided to approach Rin—hitting her on her head and pull her away.
"W-whoa! Rin! Are we going to play something else?" Gaomon said as she ran to follow Maki and Rin.
The Beginning ground,
While Umi started gathering data, Honoka is still confused about what Digimon she truly wanted...
There's a long list of Digimons available in her guide book—or more like the Digimon that can be raised. Each of them started from a specific baby Digimon. There are also styles of raising and everything else that she need to understand, explained in very good detail and pictures.
There's also a tip about how to choose Digimon—but Honoka is still confused about what it means. First of all, she couldn't understand the sentence that says:
You might choose who you're going to scan, but you didn't choose them—The Digimon chooses you.
So who exactly going to choose? Then what does that exactly mean?
Then the second sentence says:
Whoever becomes your choice, they will grow just like you.
Does that mean... they will turn into her or something?
What you are doesn't matter—where your heart at is what matters...
Is this even related to choosing a Digimon?
Remember, you're not choosing what's best—instead, you're choosing what's perfect.
So...what does this mean again?
After taking so much time to think—Honoka decided to close her guide book and move on to what she was supposed to do in the first place: Scanning...
She attached the USB on her Digivice and a notification that Digimon Capture Program has started appeared. She look around and at the first sight, she could see a black bouncy thing nearby. Wondering what it might be, Honoka approached it and curiously look closer...
Surprised—the black bouncy thing began to run..
"W-whoaa! Waitt!" Honoka said as she ran to catch up with it.
Without her realizing, her Digimon Capture has scanned about 10% data from it.
She keeps running until she stumbled into a rock—it was so random and she didn't expect to see such a small thing could make her fall.
As she raised her body back up, her eyes immediately focused on how the black bouncy creature was looking at her with its yellow dot eyes. Then it ran away when it realized that Honoka is ready to run again.
"W-Wait for mee!" Honoka shouted while running to it.
Soon, she also realized that she could see a lot of black bouncy things jumping around her. It's like she was dragged to their lair or something like it.
Her Digimon capture made quick progress from its encountering with it—still without her knowledge...
At the time the bouncy creature stopped, it was cornered by a cliff.
"Haah—finally..." Honoka said.
"Errh... so...why were you running?" she asked.
Her question was left unanswered, the bouncy little black creature shivered in fear instead...
"D-Don't be scared...I was just wondering why?"
The little creature stopped shivering—peeking to the ginger haired girl shyly.
"Hehe...it's really ok! I won't hurt you!"
Honoka said with her big smile.
The creature finally looked at her, but it still looked scared.
"Hehe...come here!" Honoka tried to reach it—not expecting it to try to defend itself, Honoka received a swift head-butt. It didn't hurt, but it was enough to lose her balance.
She fell on her back—the creature escaped and she received a notification that the Digimon Capture session has ended.
"W-whoa?! I didn't even use it yet!"
Then soon after—she could see a light blue circle under her, which brought her back to the lobby.
The Digital world , Lobby;
"Aah! Honoka-chan! You're finally back!" Kotori said.
Umi stood next to her with her Digivice still on and a USB that she has already prepared.
"I think I managed to gather about at least 200% above for my desired Digimon, it's pretty hard to find the same species—I guess this is why it requires luck..." Umi said.
"Hehe, remember though, the scanned data isn't always 10% from each digimon. Sometimes it has some broken data and gives you lesser amount..." Kotori said.
"Ah—ok, how do we know exactly how much is my gathered data?" Umi asked.
"You can check it in your digivice, just wear your goggle with the USB attached...but again, that the current data isn't your final result—some might be broken!"
"What kind of luck can we get from this?" Honoka asked.
"Hmm...some people can find twin data, triplets data or something like that—there's also duplicate data which mean you get double amount of data from one Digimon..."
"Twin data and Triplets data? Does that mean they can have two digimon or something?" Umi asked.
"Yep! Hehe! I actually saw someone with two Salamon before! Both are 5 stars too! That's really sick luck!"
"Ah—I can't wait to see mine, I wonder how it will be..." Umi said.
The staff approached them,
"I have received the letter that you two have finished using the Digimon Capture Program, may I have the USB so I can proceed with converting it into your Digimon partner?"
Honoka is troubled—she wonders if it's ok to tell them that she hasn't used it yet. Alas, registering was quite expensive and if Umi finds out, she might get angry at her for wasting her money because she was clumsy.
"Sure! Here you go..." Umi handed her USB to the staff.
"And yours please..." the staff asked.
With Umi and Kotori looking at her, she feels like she has no choice but to hand her USB.
"Thank you, please wait for us to process your data..." the staff replied before leaving the lobby through a portal.
"So, who are you getting? Umi-chan?"
"Hmm, I was gathering this...red bouncy thing—Punimon?"
"Ah—yeah... are you decided on getting Gabumon instead?"
"Hmm...not quite, I'm still thinking of getting Penguinmon, but... here in the guide says...all in-training digimon have a chance to evolve into Penguinmon—the only thing we need to do is to keep it in a cold place, which means I have to purchase a room that has a cold temperature. Also... I may also want to feed it with digital fishes to increase the chance..."
"aah—I see...so you were getting Punimon because it can evolve into Gabumon in case you failed to evolve it to Penguinmon?"
"Yes. That's pretty much my plan... after all, I'm after Garurumon...so it doesn't matter who I got in rookie..."
"Hehe, ok then! What about you, Honoka-chan? Do you have any idea of who you're picking?"
"Uh...Honestly—I don't know… So it was kind of random for me?" Honoka replied.
"Oh—so you're just going with what fate tells you? Hehe, alright..."
"Say though, do Umi-chan and Kotori-chan understand what the guide says about picking Digimon?"
"That one? Well, it basically tells you to pick anyone that interests you. You might choose them, but the Digimon itself will evolve according to how you treat it. It's similar to how life works, honestly. You pick what interests you and it will grow just like how you treat it. Some people regret their decision, some are happy—sometimes you envy others because they make the perfect decision, and sometimes you just feel like you've got the right decision..."
"Ahh! So that was it!" Honoka said loudly.
"Who did you decided to scan though?" Kotori asked.
The ginger haired girl would like to be honest right now—but with the bluenette next to her...
She could be really angry if she says 'I have no idea how to scan in the first place–put aside scanning'.
Perhaps she should just say the characteristic of the first Digimon she encountered?
"Uh...that black bouncy thing with yellow eyes..." she said.
"Ohh! Botamon!" Kotori said.
"I read that that one ispopular with guys... like, almost every single man chooses him..."
"Oh...? Why?" Honoka asked.
"Hehe, because he can evolve into so many Digimon—the most popular one was War Greymon or Black War Greymon. They're very good in battle, just like what their name says..." Kotori said.
"What makes them good in battle?" Umi asked.
"Hmm... they have this Tornado skill that could penetrate through any sort of defense. It takes a lot of energy—but it surely could break any Digimon. The fact that War Greymon is Vaccine and Black War Greymon is Virus also makes things better since that means, Reverse evolution card will do the trick to beat any type of foe.."
"Doesn't that mean that they're pretty dangerous as a foe? I mean, what if they kill a Digimon?"
"Digimon can't be killed in Tournament because each Digimon that registered in tournament are protected by an official program... unless someone used a cheat—which I heard happened about few months ago..."
"Someone used a cheat? What kind of cheat?" Honoka asked.
"Hmmm...I'm not sure myself, I heard the cheat was from an illegal card—or people call it hacked card..." Kotori said.
"So you were saying that there was a Digimon that died in the Tournament?" Umi tried to confirm the information.
"Yes, the official was surprised too. They already gave a compensation gift to the tamer who owned the dead Digimon and banned the tamer who cheated forever. His Digimon was also released to the wild..."
"How does anyone have a hacked card to begin with and what for?" Honoka asked.
"Hmm...I'm not sure too—but I heard hacked cards are only running around the black market which is said to only be accessible to the Elite Group...so the official completely had no idea about it. Then, as for the usage, I don't know too. But I heard a gossip that tamers in high rank are using it to train their Digimon..." Kotori explained.
"Ah—I see... this is still a game after all...people still likes to try so hard to find shortcuts to win." Umi said.
Soon after Umi's statement, the staff returned with two packs of cards and a pile of disks. Honoka and Umi don't know what those might be but they decided to remain quiet and listen to whatever information was going to be given...
"Thank you for your patience, we've successfully converted each of your Digimon. Apparently, none of you received special data—but both of you managed to create a 4 stars Digimon. To be specific, a 178% Punimon and 200% Botamon..."
"200%?! Are you sure that's mine?" Honoka asked.
"Yes, it is yours—you're pretty lucky that most of your data are not broken..."
"200%... and mine is only 178%...I guess that's really lucky of you, Honoka..." Umi said.
"A...ahahaha..." Honoka scratched her head shyly.
"Don't worry Umi-chan, I started from 140%... then used miracle fruits—a lot of them— and finally reached 198%!" Kotori said.
"Oh, you're right, we can still use miracle fruits..." Umi said.
"Indeed— and as a starter, you will receive 5 Miracle Fruits along with these items..." the staff handed them the items.
Those were:
A set of cards
A small bulk of starter HP Recovery
A small bulk of starter MP Recovery
A small bulk of Back-Up Disk
A small bulk of Various Disk
A small bulk of EXP-Enhancer
A small bulk of Miracle Fruits
A medium bulk of digi-meat
"That's all. Your Digimon will be sent along with the map data. Please do not leave the city before you received your Digimon." the staff said.
"Ok!" Honoka replied cheerfully.
"I hope you enjoy the game. Farewell." The staff bowed politely before leaving.
"Hehe, I guess we're free to go now. Should we explore the city a little?" Kotori asked.
"That will be helpful..." Umi said.
"Yeah! Please tell me more!" Honoka said.
"Ok, then we should head to the town's square first. Biyomon should be waiting there..." Kotori said.
"Ah—I just realized that I didn't see Biyomon around... what did she do in the town's square?"
"Hehe...there was just a little thing that happened so she had to take care of that. I couldn't leave here since I'm supposed to wait for you two..." Kotori said.
Umi and Honoka wondered what happened before they returned. They may not have spoken out loud but their faces reveal their curiosity.
The town's square, Digital World;
"So that's all Biyomon can tell you about the city..." Biyomon ended her explanation.
"T-Thanks... but really, you don't have to do this..." Red haired girl said a little embarrassedly.
"But that was really helpful-nya! We only know as far as what the guide says about this city! We wouldn't know about where we can find the place with the most players who are setting up their shops or where we can find supply item shops which were set by the players!" the Orange-haired girl said.
"Hmm...maybe I should set up my shop in the area where people often shop for food ingredients too? I wonder if Lalamon is ok with that?" the Brown-haired girl said.
"Hehe–if Biyomon to be lalamon, Biyomon would! Even though there are a lot of seller who offer the same thing over there, you will still get customers who are actually looking for it! You just need to undercut their prices!" Biyomon said.
"Ah—you're also pretty knowledgeable about the market!"
"hehe—it's not quite right to do that, though. Sometimes we should remember to keep the price average so that one item doesn't lost too much of its value!"
"Ok!" The brunette girl replied.
A little later, Gaomon and Lalamon returned holding on to Lunamon's hands.
"Rin! Hanayo! Maki! I'm reporting that Lunamon is now fully healed and ready to duel again!" Gaomon said.
"H-Hey! She is not going to duel again!" Maki said.
"Y-yeah, Lunamon... you have to level up first to beat Biyomon..." Hanayo tried to convince her.
"Hmmph! Fine, I'm going to spare her this time!" Lunamon said arrogantly.
"Why are you talking like you are the winning side? Biyomon defeated you with one simple slap..." Maki said to her Digimon.
"I-I wasn't ready!" Lunamon yelled.
"I know-I know... let's just go outside and train some more, ok? Don't try to mess with other Digimon again..." Maki said with a sigh.
"Rin! I'm still in the mood for duel, let's look for a rival again!" Gaomon said.
"Ok-nya! Let's mess with someone-nya!" Rin replied. She was about to run but Hanayo held her back.
"B-B-Before that, Rin-chan...!" the brunette girl said,
"Yeah-nya?" Rin asked,
"You two should add Kotori-senpai, Biyomon's owner. Maybe we can ask for her help again later!"
"Ah, you're right... let me add your owner..." Maki said as she projected her screen from her Digivice.
"Ok! Her name is Kotori Minami! Champion Rank!" Biyomon said with her cheerful voice.
Both Maki and Rin added her in their Digivice.
"Done-nya!" Rin said energetically.
"Thanks again... we should be going now..." Maki said.
"ok!" Biyomon replied before she watched the three tamers walking away with their Digimon. For a moment, she also caught a glimpse of Lunamon sticking out her tongue mockingly at her. Biyomon only replied with a friendly wave and a smile.
About a minute later, Kotori, Honoka and Umi arrived at the place where she waited...
"Biyomon! How was it?" Kotori asked.
"Chun! Kotori-chan! Hehe...it went well! Lunamon is already fully healed from resting in the Inn and Biyomon also took the tamers on a city walk!"
"Oh! I hope you don't mind going for another round!" Kotori said.
"Biyomon doesn't mind! Biyomon is happy to help!" Biyomon said.
"Biyomon, you really have a kind heart like Kotori in a way..." Umi appreciated.
"R-Really?" Biyomon and Kotori replied, their faces blushing.
"Yep, no doubt..." Umi said.
"A-ahaha... there's no way of us to be alike from heart..." Kotori and Biyomon said in the same time,
Then, when they realized it, they quickly tried to change the topic.
"A-anyway! L-l-Let's start from the south!" the two said in the same time.
"Uh...East..." the two said in the same time again.
Umi giggled at them and her voice is enough to make the two blush so bright. While they were in their own scene, Honoka was quiet because she is once again looking at specific person—a tamer wearing a white cape and watching her from the highest tower of the Tournament Hall.
Who is that tamer...?
Why is that tamer waving at her in such a friendly gesture that time?
She is so confused with everything that brought her here and in this state of mind. It's just rare for her to be intrigued by something and she couldn't do anything else but think.
"Honoka..." Umi called.
"E-Eh? What's up, Umi-chan?" Honoka replied—turning her attention at her friend in a slight panic.
"You're quiet. That's really rare of you..." Kotori said.
"Ah..ahaha..I was just thinking of something—that's all!"
"Thinking? What exactly you're thinking?" Kotori asked.
"yes, what made you suddenly think?"
"U-umi-chan! You're saying it like I never think..." Honoka said.
"As a matter-of-fact, you never do. You act first, think later..." Umi said.
"That's cruel of you,Umi-chan!"
"T-There-there..." Kotori said, trying to calm them down. Biyomon giggled as she watched their expressions —with Umi frowning and Honoka puffing her cheeks.
Umi was about to say something else but it was interrupted when a notification arrived in their Digivice.
"Ah—looks like we got our Digimon and Map..." Umi said.
"Yeah..." Honoka replied as the two checked their Digivice.
"Good, this will be much easier to explain!" Kotori said.
"Yup! Chun!" Biyomon said.
"So where we should start?" Umi asked as she and Honoka opened the map on the projected screen of her Digivice.
"Hehe, let's start from the north area of the city...or actually, we should start from the city name... it's called City of Memory...sounds pretty classical, huh?" Kotori started,
"The most important building in the north area is the lobby— you may logged in from any terminal, but you will always have to get yourself to lobby to pick up your Digimon, that's only if you place them in their room, though. If not, you can just summon them through the Digivice."
"Their room? What room?" Umi asked.
"Hehe, should be a bit later. Once you reach level 10, you'll be able to purchase a room from the counter in the lobby. After that, you can purchase the design either from the official or designed by some players as well...!"
"What's the benefit of placing a Digimon in its room?" Honoka asked.
"Well, Biyomon is happier if you place Biyomon in Biyomon's room before logging out! Being inside the Digivice isn't pleasing since there is almost nothing there. Boring place! But in Biyomon's room, Biyomon can train, Biyomon can have some fun, and Biyomon can spend Biyomon's time eating something good!"
"Ah, ok, so it makes our Digimon happier...!" Honoka said.
"Yep! Hehe, then to the east of Lobby, you see the terminal— that's where you log in and out, also where you can visit your Digimon's room..." Kotori continued again.
"Take a note of this though: even though we're placed in our rooms, we may go outside to do something else! But worry not! We will always tell you if we are going out! Also, each of your Digivice has a tracker, which means that you can always find where we've gone off to!"
"Yup! Also, if you're about to sell something, you can always ask your Digimon to sell it for you— you can even tell them where to sell it!" Kotori added.
"Wah—they're very useful..." Umi appreciated.
"Yep! Hehe, Biyomon often goes around to sell Kotori-chan's work while she is logged out! Then go on adventures when she is in!"
"Are you not tired from doing that?" Honoka asked.
"Hehe, don't worry. Biyomon sleeps too! Kotori-chan knows when Biyomon needs sleep!" Biyomon said.
"Yup, it's about 7 PM until 5 AM, right?" Kotori replied.
"Exactly! Hehe!" Biyomon said.
"Does that mean you can't log in while she is asleep?" Umi asked.
"I can log in, but I just can't go on an adventure with Biyomon. Though, if I really want to go on an adventure while she is resting, I can borrow a Digimon from the lobby! But it's not fun to do that since the Digimon from the lobby do not have any bond with you. They work just as our helper and nothing more!" Kotori said.
"Also, to mention that the cap of renting Digimon is your Tamer Rank, which mean, if Kotori-chan is Champion, then she can only borrow from Rookie to Champion!" Biyomon added.
"Ah—I see... I guess their purpose is to prevent unhealthy addiction toward this game. Are every Digimon different?" Umi asked.
"Yep! Hehe! Most Vaccine Digimon are awake in at day time while most Virus Digimon active at night. I can't really say for Data Digimon, they're pretty random!" Biyomon said.
"Do they eat or go...uh.. another thing that humans do?" Honoka asked.
"Yep! We do! We get hungry and we need to answer the call of nature!" Biyomon said.
"That's why selling portable potty is probably what you can do while going on adventures. I always have so much stock in case I meet anyone who needs to help their Digimon!" Kotori said.
"Portable potty? Can't Digimon just do it anywhere?" Honoka asked.
"That's a no-no! Biyomon will hate you if you make Biyomon answer the call of nature at random place! It's so uncomfortable and it makes Digital World Dirty! Biyomon isn't a wild uncultured Digimon!" Biyomon said.
"Hehe. But there are public restrooms in some places—you just have to make sure to reach there before they no longer can hold it!"
"Ah, ok!" Honoka replied.
"Now-now, let's continue about the map, it was north east, right?" Kotori asked. Honoka and Umi resumed looking at the screen that was projected from their Digivice—a screen that showed the map of the city. They were indeed talking about the north east.
"Since we just talked about potty, we should talk about where you can find the public restrooms. There should be about four restrooms in each official building: one is for tamers, three are for the Digimon. As you have already expected, those three are Vaccine, Data, and Virus. As for the lobby, they're in the east side of the building on each floor. Then for the Tournament hall, which you can access from the lobby, there are about four sets of restrooms, North, West, East, and South..." Kotori continued her explanation.
"It is also suggested that you keep your Digimon in rookie level—but if the champion and further form is small enough, it's ok! Just as long as it won't break the restroom's tools!" Biyomon said.
"About the Tournament Hall..." Umi said.
"Yes, what about it?" Kotori asked.
"Do they always hold Tournaments?"
"Yep! Tournaments are held every day and even at night! Only in specific hours though and you can't register on the day of tournament—you have to do it at the day before..."
"Ooo! Having a Tournament everyday, do they always have contestants?" Honoka asked.
"Yup! It's always fully crowded too! It's the only way for some tamers to make money and also for the official to make money. You have to win at least in third place to get prize though..."
"So...you didn't get anything before?" Honoka asked agan.
"Hehe, they give me a few giant digi-meat as thanks for registering in the tournament..." Kotori replied.
"Free food is always good!" Biyomon added.
"Any more question?" Kotori asked.
"Ah, right, someone told us about elite club..." Umi said.
"Oh, about that one? Well... their room is just within the Tournament Hall. I don't really know about what's inside it since I'm not part of them, but gossip says that they have a lot of rare goods and everything you need to make your Digimon stronger."
"Hmm...isn't it weird to have such things in an elite club? I mean... their requirement is to have a strong Digimon, right?
"Yup, but that doesn't mean they are going to stop raising them. In fact, they have to keep practicing so that they don't get kicked out of their rank..." Kotori said,
"W-wait-wait...kicked out of their rank?" Honoka flustered,
"Yup, you may not be able to get kicked out of Rank under Mega, but you can get kicked when you're in S-Rank or in some Elite Club. I heard that S-Rank or Elite tamers get so much pressure from their fellow tamers. Small mistakes such as entering Rookie until Ultimate level tournament while Ranked in S, losing five times in a row from S-Rank tournament or Mega Tournament or get caught abusing their title as S-Rank tamer can give them the boot..."
"T-that sounds bad..." Umi said.
"But...isn't it normal to lose in a tournament? I mean, who's going to win if no one loses?" Honoka asked.
"Well, S-Rank tournament is just a whole different story. Five times in a row is quite pitiful for them, I have watched it twice. All tamers are with mega or higher Digimon, some of them are also actually able to raise their Digimon to become a member of Royal Knights..."
"Royal Knights?" Umi asked.
"Yep, Royal Knights. The Digimons that are said to be the protector of Digital world. They might not be the real Royal Knight, but having them is enough to show that you are a very decent tamer... it doesn't have to be the royal knights though. I mean, the winners of S-Rank are always tamers who are able to master their own Digimon power instead of those who are capable of evolving one Digimon to stronger oneand, not to forget, own a set of great cards and are good at strategizing to achieve their victory."
"I guess that's how the thinking goes, huh?" Umi commented.
"Yup!" Kotori nodded.
"Anyhow, let's keep going shall we?" she said.
Honoka and Umi nodded.
"So next place is the east town—..."
"Wait a minute, why is it 'town' while in fact, this place is called 'City'?" Umi asked.
"Hehe, for that one... well, I guess you have to visit the museum in the east part of the city. To put it simply, this place was a town and locals—or let's say, the Digimons— did not change with how they call it. That's why they are still calling it 'town' even though it's already a city..." Kotori explained.
"Ah...alright..." Umi nodded,
"Well, for the east town, like what I said before, there's the museum and east town's square. The town's square used to be empty but many players sell their digi-food ingredients there now—then there should be some fashion items sold there...and I usually sell my stuff there too!"
"Digi-food ingredients? You don't mean... we can cook in this game?" Honoka asked.
"We can, but I'm not interested on cooking Digi-Food so I've never tried it..." Kotori said.
"Oooo! I so want to try it!" Honoka said.
"Hehe, surely, but remember, it's better if you train your Digimon at least to Rookie and gather ingredients on your own first—then sell what you can sell!"
"Ok! Then I should get to training my Digimon!" Honoka replied before she ran off.
"W-wait! Honoka-chan! We haven't finish with the map!" Kotori shouted. She wasn't able to catch her at all since she didn't even expect her to run off right away.
Umi sighed heavily.
"I guess that's better than her being quiet. It made me worried for a while..." she said.
Kotori smiled wryly,
"Hehe—I suppose you're right. Maybe we should go help her anyway?"
"Sure..."
The City of Memory's Inn—The A-Rise Headquarter, Digital World;
"Tsubasa... are you, like—very-very-very-very sure about this?" A slender girl with maroon hair, slanted turquoise eyes and a beauty mark under her right eye asked her.
"Yes, Erena—Like, Extremely-Super-Ultra-Mega-Giga-Terra-very-sure about this..." the short haired brunette with green eyes replied.
"You don't know her yet... you might regret this..." Erena warned her again.
"That's what you said when I chose my Black Agumon...and as you can see...I am where I am..." Tsubasa replied.
"That's not even the same thing! I mean...look, it's not about you...what I'm trying to say is… if the other elite find out, they might start to gossip and just imagine the trouble you could cause her..." Erena said.
"Doesn't that make things much more exciting?" Tsubasa replied with a playful wink.
Erena was about to say something again, but...
"Now-now, I think you shouldn't try to stop her anyway. Tsubasa-chan has been stalking her online so now it's really the time for her to reveal herself..." A calm girl with light brown hair said.
"But Anjuu... it wasn't even her first time to meet her..."
"That makes it even better. She is striving for their relationship to happen, so let her go..." Anjuu replied.
Erena sighed heavily.
"Alright..."
Tsubasa giggled at her reaction,
"You're talking like I need permission to do what I want." she said playfully as she cheerfully hops toward the exit.
"I do whatever I like, ok? So… bye!" Tsubasa left the room.
Erena put her palm on her face.
"Sheesh...seriously... when it is about that girl—it's like she's lost all of her senses." she said.
Anjuu giggled at the remark,
"That's what happens when people fall in love, Erena. Just bear with it..."
See you next chapter!