Yamaki Mitsuo POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

  It is pretty te as I easily see the moon shining brightly in the night sky through the window as I'm riding inside a Mitsubishi UH-60JA series, a twin-turboshaft engine helicopter mostly used by Japan Ground Self-Defense Ford other off-shot gover anizations like Hypnos, and as I look the task force made of elitè members of the JSD that is riding this helicopter with me, I once again remind them using the radio to tact eveher people riding the other helicopter that is flying close to this one, "Remember, we need our target alive. We must capture that thing alive no matter what. I have already briefed you about what to exped the level of danger of these anomalies, so just follow the pn and be careful."

  In response, all the members of the JSD task force whose and was given to me by the Chief et Secretary replied, ""Yes, sir!""

  At the moment, we are heading toward the test Wild Ohat Realized in the Real World with the clear i of capturing it so that I study its position, and possibly use it to plete my test program that will very likely elimihis threat ond for all if it works as I hope.

  I tio look at the members of the JSD task force riding in this helicopter with me and think, 'Luckily, after I expio the Chief et Secretary my definitive pn to get rid of those dangerous abominations ond for all, and requested to assigask forder my and to successfully pull off this operation, he quickly plied. After all, Hypnos is mostly made up of stists, engineers, operators, and a little bit of both security personnel and field agents, and none of them is prepared for this kind of situation.'

  While I'm thinking that, I suddenly hear the voice of the captain of the JSD task force who is riding oher helicopter as he reports through our radios, "Target found. Keep on standing by, alpha bravo."

  Soon after that, the helicopter stops advang and the captain starts to bark orders following our prepared pn as I simply stand in sileo not interfere as even if I'm actually in and, I prefer to stay silent as much as possible to not interfere unless necessary as I'm not specialized in military operations.

  The tailgates on both sides open up and the thick weighted ropes are deployed, the troops quickly grab the rope and start fast-roping as they quickly slide down the rope and nd on the ground.

  Once all the troops are deployed on the ground, I do not hesitate and follow after them, I make sure that my hands are protected from the heat of fri while desding with heat-resistant gloves.

  I grab the rope and start to slide down using my legs a in addition to my hands to trol the speed of dest, and after sliding down for 25 seds or so, my feet touch the ground and I quickly remove the gloves taierity and shake my hands a little to shake away the disfort I'm feeling in them as I'm not used to this kind of as and even with the prote of the gloves I do still feel my hands throb a little.

  After shaking away the disfort I feel in my hands, I quickly focus on the current situation and see our target in ay car park.

  The Wild One iion appears as a reptile covered in dark fmes, the only things not burning are its cws and a metal pte proteg its face.

  (Image Here - Dark Lizardmon)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]But I immediately notice that our target isn't the only one present in that car park, as I also notice the presence of one of the kids, Matsuda Takato, is also present and right in front of him there is that other Wild Oh who he pys that dangerous games of them.

  As soon as I see them, I grab my unication devid order to the JSD troops, "This is Supervisor Yamaki of Hypnos. Focus only oarget. Ighe kid and the Wild One beside him, those aren't our targets in fact we have to eheir safety. I repeat make sure that no harm befalls on the civilian kid and the smaller Wild One during this operation."

  In respohe captain of the JSD forces aowledged my new directives before he asked for permission to start the operation, and I didn't hesitate to give it to them.

  Soon the members of the task force make their move, they start by throwing a couple of small smoke s geors that will be able to briefly blind and fuse the targets without actually harming the kid or someone else, after all, this operation is taking p the middle of the city and we have to be as careful as possible of what means we use.

  As the smoke fills the empty car park, I hear the fused shout of Takato and his pet Wild O the same time, I hear the captain as he yells through the radio, "Prepare, the harpoon guns! As soon as you have a clear shot, do not hesitate!"

  Soon the smoke starts to clear and I see that now the Wild One is just a few meters away from Takat to grab the kid, but the captain yells, "Shot! Shot! Shot!"

  At the same time, I start to run toward Wild Oo put myself between it and the kid in case anything ued happens, but there is no need as the harpoon I devised to deal with the Wild Ones works as intended as they pierce the Wild One's body and release a small scale virtual bst in its body to stun the anomaly, basically, those harpoons work on the same principle of Yuggoth only on a much smaller scale.

  Soon the JSD troops start to pull the ropes which brings the stunned Wild One down.

  Meanwhile, I arrive and stop in front of the downed Wild One as I start to unsciously flick open and close the silver Zippo lighter I always carry with me as I wait for the smoke released by the smoke geors to fully clear.

  As I tio look down at the Wild One, I decide to try to once again warn the kid, "Digimon Tamer."

  I tear my gaze away and look at the still somewhat shocked kid and tinue as one of my men brings out a tablet and I start to analyze the data that the harpoons are sending us, "I believe that's what you call yourselves. There's nothing wrong with pying with cards... but keep involving yourself in this dangerous game, and your parents will send you to your room."

  Takato now looks fused as he asks, "Game?" before he decres, "It's not a game..."

  Hearing that, I look at Takato in the eyes and ask, "Then what is a boy like you doing out here in the middle of the night?" making the boy reply, "Some dangerous Digimon are ing into our world and-."

  At this point, I don't wait for him to finish what he was about to say, I interrupt him, and ask, "What do you call that partner of yours, then? Isn't it a Digimon, too?"

  Takato quickly defends his pet by exg, "Guilmon is different! Guilmon is my-." but theops and looks behind me as my men start to pull the Wild One away, and then he asks, "W-What are you going to do with him?"

  Instead of replying, I calmly look at him and to stop him from asking further questions, I decide to threaten him and say, "I could take that red mohere, too, if I wanted." something that shocks and scares the boy, but then he quickly reacts and moves in front of that anomaly ready to protect it, and seeing that, I ent, "So you aren't just a scaredy-cat after all."

  After saying that, I just turned bad walked away from this pce while thinking, 'Well, I warned him. Even if I let that thih him for now, nothing will ge. After all, if everything goes as I calcuted, we won't have to worry about those things any longer.'

  I watch as the JSD task ford the support personnel quickly secure the captured Wild Oo a sling attached to one of the helicopters and fly away toward the Hypnos Headquarters, then, I get into one of the cars used by the support persoo also return to oversee the analysis of the wild one.

  Once I'm there, I don't waste any time and quickly head toward the structure built uhe Tokyo Metropolitan Gover Building, which also houses the headquarters of Hypnos.

  I arrive at the boratory ahat they have already started to analyze the Wild One, so, I don't hesitate to reach the Head Researcher Kurosagi Saito, and ask him what they have already learned as I look at the Wild One submerged in the analyzer tank.

  The Head Researcher showed me some of the preliminary test results and said, "These particles are a pattern that occurs during the Realization process when a Wild Oerializes from the ."

  At the same time, I hear the voice of the Wild One as it says, "Release me... I will live in this world..."

  Hearing that, I snort, and as I look at the Wild Ohat is currently being thhly analyzed, I say with clear disdain in my voice, "Huh..No matter where you choose to live, you are nothing more than a program created by us humans. A.I beings that old man had once dreamed about, an imitation of real life. The fact that you appear in the Real World is nothing but an act."

  At the same time, the Head Researcher tinues with his report, "The position of its body is clearly made up of pseudo-protein. However, its molecur position is highly unstable and fragile."

  Hearing that, I snort and ent in a desding tohat's to be expected from an imitation."

  After saying that, I look at the assistant researcher and nod to indicate to him to move on to the phase, and soon the Assistant Researcher increases the oscilting wavelength within the analyzer tank to put the body of the Wild One under more stress as, "Quantification noise rising. The mass within the gauge is rapidly decreasing."

  At this point, the analyzer tank starts to glow in a red light as the Wild One yells with strain in its tone, "Hear me, my God! Repaint this world to our ways!"

  Hearing that, the Head Researcher repeats with both a fused and curious tone, "God?" but the Assistant Researcher ents in a casual tone, "It must be referring to us humans. Oh..it's disappearing."

  Once I firm that the Wild One is gone, I ask, "Do you have all of that data just now recorded?" to which the Assistant Researcher replies with, "Yes, sir."

  I tio look at the y analyzer and say, "Then wipe out the st remnants of this stray." that makes the Assistant Researcher look up at me and ask for firmation before he obeys, "Wipe out? Uh yes sir."

  I watch as the analyzer tank starts to glow in a blue light as it eliminates all the traces of the Wild One and mutters, "Wild One. Wild artificial life forms. Soon this world will be sed of you all."

  The day, I'm standing in my dark offi the Tokyo Metropolitan Gover Building with all sources of lights blocked as I'm having a video fereh four of the major supporters of the Hypnanization within the Japanese gover, the State Minister for Internal Affairs and uniiyazaki Masaru, the State Minister fital Transformation Kudo Mito, the State Minister of Defense Suzuki Toshirou, and the State Minister of Finance Iwamoto Souchirou.

  Miyazaki Masaru opens the ference by saying, "For now we must avoid anything that would give the impression to the public…that the work is dangerous."

  Followed by Kudo Mito who adds, "It's a blessing that all media reports on the phenomenon of virtual life forms materializing or "Realizing" as you put it, from the work have been sored and suppressed at the moment."

  Hearing that, I once again remihem of the importany anization by saying, "Don't fet that it was all made possible by our work of surveilnce system, Hypnos." which makes Suzuki Toshirou decre, "Hypnos itself must never be made publiowledge either."

  At this point, Iwamoto Souchirou steps into the versation by asking, "Who created this Digimon thing anyway?" making Kudo Mito answer, "inally it en-source proje the 1980s as an experiment from several young stists all over the world. However that project was quickly brought to a halt and the creatures created from it were limited to being a mere pame among children, or so we had thought. The inal virtual life forms were only able to live within a fixed local area, and that should have been purged as well."

  Hearing that I nod and add, "However, these creatures have grown wild and now roam the work as if they own it. Not only that, they also appear in our Real World with a physical body. Do you realize the potential dahey could pose upon us?"

  In respoo these words, all the ministers fall into silend after a feard moments, I add, "The instincts of these Digital Monsters imon are quite simple. They turn their oppos into data, then load it in order to increase their own data. In that aspect, we say they are simir to our own wild animals. However, our animals have a mortal lifespan. Digimon live as a work pocket for an indefinite amount of time. They have evolved in this way on their own. Humans created them and thus humans must destroy them."

  At this point, Miyazaki Masaru finally asks, "Supervisor Yamaki. About your result-" I briefly interrupted him by reminding them of the name of the new program I created, "Shaggai, yes." before Miyazaki Masaru tinued by asking, "How would it affect the work if it is used?"

  Hearing that question, I don't hesitate to answer as holy as possible, "It would cause some fusion for a short period of time. However because glitches occur withiwork daily, the event will go unnoticed by most users."

  In response, Suzuki Toshirou ents with clear in his tone, "Still that's like our try firing a on at the rest of the world! It may be taking p the virtual realm, but it's still a very serious matter."

  I quickly try to reassure them by saying with fiden my tone, "Shaggai's existence will never be uncovered by the other tries."

  At this point, Iwamoto Souchirou proposes, "I don't know about that. Perform a test first. You won't need our formal sent with a cover like that, right?" followed by Miyazaki Masaru who asks, "What do you say Supervisor Yamaki?"

  After a few moments of silence, as I sider everything possible angle, I sy expression and tone as I reply, "Very well. I will perform the test."

  Quickly after that, the video ferends, as the videos are cut off and the blinders of my office are raised illuminating my offi an e glow of the evening light and I 't help but ent exasperated by their usual dilly-dallying, "Cowards."

  After that small outburst, I start to order my men to prepare for Shaggai's field test, then I look at my watd mutter, "I still have some time, before everything is ready for testing Shaggai... It is better that I use this time to get in tact with that Lee g-yu ... after all, he and his friends are the ones behind the creation of those anomalies..."

  Jayr POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

  I'm watg over Takato as he and Guilmon rush into a Digital Field that formed in ay car park at night, Takato and Guilmon overpower a Dark Lizardmon, the Digimon that Realized tonight, but before they finish the job, Hypnos forces arrive and in fusion, Dark Lizardmon tries to make a grab for Takato, pleading with him to help it evolve, but is stunned and captured by Hypnos, before Yamaki arrives, tells off Takato f to fight the "Wild Ones" like it is some "game" to him, as with Dark Lizardmon, threatening Takato to stop, or he'll take Guilmon away as well.

  After that enter, Takato takes Guilmon back to his hideout where Takato vehemently refuses the thought of Guilmon ging when he evolves and leaves in a huff, leaving a fused Guilmon behind.

  At the same time, I sehrough my ic Awarehat back at Hypnos, the two womeors are trag another anomaly, but soon notice the tracker going crazy, as they don't realize the anomaly is in the room with them, which is in fact Culumon that is basically trolling them as it carelessly runs around in one of the most dangerous pces fimon at the moment without any care ae that it is still able to move around ued.

  Meanwhile, as they look for Culumon, I also sehat Yamaki is overseeing the analysis of Dark Lizardmon, but as the tests proceed, Dark Lizardmon screams in pain and pleads to be let go, but soon vanishes, leaving only its data behind, which Yamaki then orders to be destroyed.

  Sensing all that, I 't help but shake my head while thinking, 'With all this, it is clear that Yamaki is about to plete Shaggai, which means that with its activation, the barrier between the Real World and the Digital World will get even more damaged allowing the true powerhouses of the Digital World to finally make an appearance... which isn't good for humanity as Perfect Level Digimon are already way too much for entire tries to face, a's not fet about the Ultimates above them.'

  While thinking that, I return bay home and warn Impmon, V-mon, Wormmon, and Patamon about what is about to happen and tell my Digimon Parto get ready for a possible fight against a Perfect Level, especially if the kids and their Digimon Partners aren't able to actually defeat them, and after that, we quickly head to the training area and start our daily evening training, followed by a delicious dinner, and the few remaining episodes of Digimon Adventure 02 before we go to sleep.

  The day starts quite peacefully as I gh the usual routine, but when the sun starts to sink into the horizon painting the sky in a beautiful e glow, what I was expeg finally starts as I sehat Hypnos' pn starts as they unch the program Shaggai using what is left of Dark Lizardmon's data as a lure to draw the Wild Ones in aroy them through iing the flow of the work.

  But what they don't uand is that by reversing the flow of the work they will create a digital vortex that draws in all data in both the Real and Digital World creating what is basically a tunnel betweewo worlds by breaking through all six yers of the work through the sheer amount of data gathered that will allow terribly, powerful Digimon to pass through it.

  I stop and look up at the sky above the Tokyo Metropolitan Gover Building where a glowing red vortex appeared, and seeing that, I don't hesitate to open a portal to my Soulbouory and use my telepathy to call out my Digimon, who quickly after that, jump out of the portal ready to make their move in case it is needed.

  Quickly after that, I directly teleported us very close to the Tokyo Metropolitan Gover Building, to be more precise, I teleported us on the same overhead bridge where Yamaki was watg his Shaggai program in a and relishing his victory over the Digimon oh but of course, I make sure to momentarily hide our presence.

  At the same time, I also focus a little on my Digimon Parto see if they are also affected by Shaggai and if I o do something about it, but with a quice, I immediately realize that there is o worry as V-mon, Patamon, and Wormmon are all strong enough to ighe pulling force of the digital vortex produced by the reversed the flow of the work.

  Then I focus on Yamaki, a young man with short blond hair wearing the very cliche bck gover suit as he removes his sungsses and looks at the glowing red vortex and mutters, "Farewell... barbaric agents of chaos."

  Hearing that, Patamon 't help himself from enting, "That's a little too dramatic... I mean barbaric agent of chaos? What does he think we are? Some human kids?"

  While Patamon and the others make fun of Yamaki's dramatic fir, the man is cheg the overall situatioing from the activation of Shaggai with his pad when suddenly, Takatao and Guilmon run over with my student yelling, "Guilmon, hurry up!"

  Quickly after his arrival, I see the shadows of some of the peaceful Digimon that Realized in this world being pulled by the glowing red vortex only to be destroyed by the pressure of the vortex, and sensing that, I don't hesitate to use my Spiral o to gather their scattering Data before it is too te and use it to reform their Digicore and Digitamas before quickly telep them to the Vilge of Beginnings in my Soulbouory.

  At the same time, Takato, who saw the same thing, starts to question a little shaken by the spectacle, "W-What's going on here?" but before he receive an answer, Guilmon starts to feel the effects of the glowing red vortex's pull as his Data briefly flickered, and worried calls out to his Tamer.

  In respoakato looks at Guilmon and says, "What just happeo you, Guilmon?" making the young Digimon reply, "I feel weird... I feel pulling and boiling inside me..."

  Again Guilmon's body flickers sg Takato who falls on the ground as he asks, "What was that, Guilmon?" then he looks again at the Digimon's shadows being pulled into the red glowing vortex and mutters, "W-what's going on?"

  Then seeing them beiroyed as soon as they get close to the vortex, Takato excims, "The Digimon are-." but Yamaki interrupts him and says as he walks closer to Takato, "No matter what the case... all fs that appear in our world must be exterminated." Hearing that, Takato stands up and asks, "Exterminated? Are you saying that hole is deleting the Digimon?"

  Yamaki walks past Takato and stands in front of Guilmon, who growls as Yamaki moves his hand as if to pet him while saying, "The same goes for you! Your little pymate here isn't just a friend. It's a cheap artificial life form."

  After saying that, Yamaki starts to walk away as an offeakato yells, "Don't talk about him like that! Digimon are... Digimon are... There are a lot of Digimon who are friends with humans! But you-"

  But suddenly, Guilmon sniffs the air before he interrupts his Tamer to warn him, "Takato! It's ing!"

  Hearing that, Takato focuses on Gulimon and asks, "W-What is ing?"

  Quickly after that, the glowing vortex starts to glow in a deep blue light that keeps expanding further and further toward the ground.

  At the same time, Yamaki stops as he receives an emergenunication, and I hear the voice of a female as she says, "Something is Realizing within the Shaggai Hole!"

  Receiving that news, Yamaki excims, "What?" then he looks at his pad and mutters, "What's going on?" before he turns around and excims, "T-That 't be... That shouldn't be able to happen... at all..."

  But right at that moment, the vortex disappears and the sky splits open showing images of the work oher side as the Real World and the Digital World are now closer than ever.

  At the same time, a voice is heard through all the eleic devices, "O humans who have created us. We obey our own God. Humans only to aid us in our eternal evolution."

  Hearing that, Yamaki looks up at the sky and excims, "Don't be ridiculous! Huma only to help you?"

  In respoo Yamaki, the voice tinues, "This is the proof. A human has opened a gate to the Real World for us."

  At the same time, as an enormous Digital Field falls ookyo Metropolitan Gover Building, Takato ents, "Our world and the Digital World are overpping!"

  I igakato for the moment and focus on the despairing Yamaki who curses out loud, "Damn it!" thearts to punch the crete bridge railings while yelling, "This means... what I've done- I made a hole for them to e and go into our world freely!"

  Odyin