LRAB Chapter 291: The play is over, 7 to 6!
Chapter 291: The play is over, 7 to 6!
Chapter 291 The play is over, seven to six!
When Fairymon brought Gatomon back from the inverted pyramid using the excuse that "if we don't fight now, we'll face a lazy opponent," Broly was already able to stumble through a normal tune on his harmonica.
Gatomon looked at the boy with some surprise and asked directly, "What is this?"
"I just learned to play the harmonica. The tune is something like 'Butterfly,' it just popped into my head. Does it sound good?"
Having finally learned something new, Broly asked Gatomon for his opinion.
"It sounds nice."
Tailmon answered honestly, and for some reason, listening to that tune gave it an urge to spin around in circles.
"Then I'll play it for you again, okay?"
"it is good."
"Stop, get down to business, you two."
Broly had no choice but to put down his instrument due to Fairymon's objections.
Some Digimon were summoned to plot, and after the plot was over, some of them quietly left the castle.
Meanwhile, a monster named Frogmon, who was chosen as an actor because Awu admitted it was a friend, appeared beside Takeru, looking troubled.
"Awu, there's something I have to tell you."
Unfortunately, A-Wu spent the whole day normally without noticing the strange frog's secret, which felt like an act for a blind man. It was only at night, when the strange frog escorted A-Wu back to his room, that it deliberately revealed the truth.
"What is it, you freak frog?"
"actually……"
When the Frogmon revealed the information it needed to disclose, Takeru's expression immediately changed: "You mean your Queen LadyDevimon wants to kill us?"
"I'm not trying to kill you, but rather to drain all the data from your partner Digimon. Takeru, you consider me a friend, so I feel I shouldn't keep this from you. Please don't tell anyone else."
"No, I have to go tell Taiichi and my brother."
Takeru led Patamon out, while Frogmon chased after them anxiously, looking worried that the little boy might make things worse.
On his way to find Yamato Ishida, Takeru didn't encounter any Digimon and easily found the big boy in the room preparing advanced harmonica training for Wizardmon.
When Yamato Ishida heard about LadyDevimon's evil plan to absorb all the data of his partner Digimon, his expression changed drastically. He even wanted to attack when he saw Frogmon following behind, but Takeru stopped him in time: "It was Frogmon who told me this news."
"Awu, if you tell anyone else about this, I'm doomed if Queen LadyDevimon finds out."
The monstrous frog was very anxious, but Ishida Yamato, seeing this, had no doubts.
"In that case, you should assist us. As long as you can help us escape, everything will be fine."
Conversely, if you don't help us, we'll definitely reveal your leaking of information when something happens to us.
The Frogmon was thus coerced. Although Takeru felt it was wrong, he had no choice but to let the Frogmon suffer for the sake of his other companions.
A group of chosen children, betrayed by the monstrous frog, decided to escape overnight. However, after leaving the castle, they had to cross the desert and collect food. But while they were stealing food from the kitchen, they were discovered by the wild vegetable beast.
Just as the conflict was about to erupt, Broly, the fake wizard beast, made his appearance as an important supporting character.
He stopped the Vegetable Beast from taking action against the Chosen Children who had sneaked into the kitchen to steal food, his gaze fixed on Taichi Yagami and the others with complex emotions.
"Take this food with you, and be careful once you're outside."
"Wizardmon, you..."
"Let's go, Palmon and the others are also my friends."
"But won't you be blamed if we leave?"
"I once saved LadyDevimon, and she trusts me a lot. As long as I don't admit that I know about it, she won't do anything to me."
The chosen children and their partner Digimon were deeply moved, feeling that Wizardmon was a truly wonderful friend.
"There are some guards in the castle, but I know how to avoid them. Follow me."
With backpacks filled with water and food, a group of chosen children followed Broly, who was dressed as a wizard beast, and headed out of the castle.
"Wizardmon, it's so late, where are you going with a group of Chosen Children?"
Just as they were about to leave the castle, a shrill voice came from behind them.
Turning around, it was none other than LadyBeast.
"They said they wanted to have a picnic under the moonlight, so I just took them out for a picnic."
Wizardmon lowered the brim of his hat, seemingly afraid to look at LadyDevimon, and offered an explanation.
"Yes, yes, Queen LadyDevimon, we just wanted to have a late-night picnic under the moonlight."
The chosen children echoed this sentiment.
"Lord LadyDevimon, don't be deceived. What I just heard was that they wanted to escape. Bru... uh, Wizardmon has betrayed you. He wants to let the Chosen Children go."
Not far away, the Vegetablemon, standing in the castle corridor, loudly revealed the truth. When the Chosen Children and their Digimon glared at him fiercely, the Vegetablemon immediately hid, looking just like a bad guy who harmed others without benefiting himself.
"Wizardmon, I don't care whether what Vegetablemon said is true or not. Now that you're back by my side, I can pretend nothing ever happened."
Wizardmon remained silent, and the Chosen Children held their breath, unsure of what choice Wizardmon would make.
"A-Wu, hurry up, I'll buy you some time."
Just then, the monstrous frog stepped forward, breaking the silent standoff.
"A Symphony of Collision"
With its mere Champion-level Digimon body, it charged towards LadyDevimon.
"act recklessly."
The next moment, LadyDevimon's dark spear pierced through it.
Yes, although it actually went through the armpit, it looks like it was pierced through from a different angle.
They had rehearsed this scene many times. With just a swing of her dark spear, LadyDevimon was thrown off the castle walls.
"Quick, upload the data."
At the edge of the castle's outer wall, two monsters that had been waiting there for a long time caught the falling frog beast after seeing it being thrown out. The other one quickly started processing data and, with the frog beast in tow, hid back inside the castle through the ventilation shaft.
Lying on the edge of the castle, all A-Wu could see was the dissipating data, and tears welled up in his eyes: "Monster Frog Beast!"
Patamon evolves into Angemon.
"LadyDevimon, you've gone too far! Those are our own people."
"So what if we're on the same side? Anyone who dares to betray me will be killed."
"Taiichi, Awa, take the others and leave. I'll stop her."
Seemingly spurred by the death of the Frogmon, Wizardmon chooses to side with the Chosen Children.
"Let's deal with her together."
One by one, the partner Digimon evolved into Champion level, and Biyomon and Tentomon even Mega evolved into Ultimate level.
Outnumbered, LadyDevimon seems to be at a disadvantage, but...
"Even between fully-powered beings, there are differences. I am the strongest one. Even if two of you were to fight me, I could easily defeat you! Dark Wave!"
Garudamon's Shadow Wing Slash and MegaKabuterimon's Horn Destruction Cannon were overwhelmed by the dark wave that resembled a blood-red bat.
"careful."
MegaKabuterimon pushed Garudamon away, but was then attacked by the lingering power of Dark Wave. He was knocked out of his Ultimate form after just one hit.
"SuperKabuterimon!"
Garuda turned around and called out worriedly.
"You're fighting me, and you still have time to care about others?!"
The next moment, Garudamon was pierced in the chest by LadyDevimon's Dark Spear, and it turned back into Biyomon and fell down.
In the blink of an eye, the two Ultimate-level Digimon were defeated, while the attacks from the other Champion-level partner Digimon were scattered by LadyDevimon as if swatting flies.
LadyDevimon's power immediately brought an extreme sense of oppression.
"Tyrannomon".
Taiichi did not back down. Holding the badge, he looked at Greymon.
With a burst of courage, Greymon undergoes a Mega Evolution, and MetalGreymon makes its dazzling debut.
The Ultimate Destruction Cannon was just a greeting, but LadyDevimon easily dodged it.
The bomb hit the castle at the back, destroying a large section of its walls in a single blow.
The wild vegetable beast was almost caught in the blast and quickly ran away to seek refuge.
At that moment, LadyDevimon's chains bound MetalGreymon's neck, and MetalGreymon was forcibly pulled into the air.
Although MetalGreymon can fly, being forcibly pulled up and flung around is clearly a different matter from it flying on its own.
"Taiichi, I am no match for her alone."
After being knocked away by the Steel Claw Attack, MetalGreymon immediately sought help.
"Ahe."
Taichi Yagami quickly looked at Yamato Ishida, but even though he also took out his badge, Garurumon failed to Mega Evolve.
"Where exactly did things go wrong?"
Ishida Yamato couldn't understand why Taichi could help Greymon achieve Mega Evolution, while he himself couldn't help Garurumon Mega Evolve.
"Friendship, your badge is the badge of friendship. Only by having the resolve to fight for your friends can you unleash its power."
Broly, who was observing from the sidelines, hurriedly reminded him, but just like how it was difficult for Ishida Yamato to teach him to play the harmonica, his attempts to follow the fairy beast's description and talk about friendship with Ishida Yamato were of little use.
Until the chains unexpectedly came loose, MetalGreymon's body was flung towards Takeru, and Angemon tried to stop it but was knocked away, the Crest of Faith, which was hard to call kinship or friendship, finally emitted a dazzling light.
WereGarurumon helped hold off MetalGreymon's body, and the three Digimon smashed a section of the castle wall before finally stopping in front of Takeru.
Having experienced numerous battles, MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon are stronger than Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon.
The two began to work together seamlessly to fight back against LadyDevimon. Watching this scene, Broly thought of the lyrics to Butterfly and suddenly wanted to sing it to provide the right background music for the moment.
But before he could do that, a large number of blood bats suddenly emerged from the darkness that had spread beneath his feet, defeating the unsuspecting MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon beneath his feet.
There was no need for rousing background music anymore; the battle ended abruptly, with MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon transforming into Koromon and Unicornmon and falling to the ground.
Broly, who was on the edge of the OB (observation) zone, was no longer on the OB and cast a ground fissure spell, but it was actually a fissure created by his foot stepping on the ground.
"You are no match for LadyDevimon, you'd better run away."
The chosen children have come to understand the power gap between themselves and LadyDevimon.
"And you, Wizardmon?"
However, before he fled, someone asked him again.
"I've already said I did LadyDevimon a favor, she won't do anything to me."
The chosen children believed this, but after jumping off the castle, Wizardmon's tattered figure crashed right in front of them.
"You think that little favor you did in the past is going to become an obstacle to my becoming stronger? Wizardmon, you think too highly of yourself."
LadyDevimon's mocking words made the Chosen Children realize that Wizardmon's so-called kindness was utterly useless.
"Dark Wave!"
The Blood Bats attacked the Chosen Children, who no longer had Perfect-level Digimon. Broly, who was lying on the ground, disguised himself as Wizardmon and used the Flash ability, which a person can usually only use once in their life. He quickly got up from the ground and caught up with the Blood Bats, blocking the attack for the Chosen Children.
*Smack!*
He fell to the ground, and flames rose up, making it impossible to see what had happened to him. After the flames dissipated, only black ash and some crystals remained on the sand.
"Is Wizardmon dead?"
"He died for us."
When the chosen children came to this realization, a wave of grief washed over them.
When the monster frog died, only Takeru was very sad; the others were actually okay.
But now, after Wizardmon died, they deeply felt the pain of losing a friend.
The indignant emotion caused the badge of innocence to react, while the badge of honesty signifies responsibility.
After realizing that he might really die, Kido, who felt that he was the oldest and had a responsibility to protect his companions, also made the Honesty Badge shine.
Cactusmon's Mega Evolution: Lilimon.
Seadramon Mega Evolution: Zudomon.
"LadyDevimon, I will avenge Wizardmon!"
After its Mega Evolution, Lilimon was the first to fly out.
"What makes you think you can avenge him?"
LadyDevimon was very unhappy, even though she was playing a super villain, while her own Abu was playing a sacrificial role to help unleash the potential of the main characters.
But the fact that Lilimon kept saying it wanted to avenge Abu made her angry, and with the intention of asserting her dominance, LadyDevimon hit Lilimon with tremendous force.
Unsurprisingly, Lilimon was the first to be reverted to its original form, followed by Zudomon.
While Zudomon possesses incredible defense, its lack of agility makes it a punching bag, and as its injuries accumulate, its transformation back into Gomamon becomes inevitable.
At this point, only one Digimon remains among the chosen children's partner Digimon: Angemon, who has yet to complete its Mega Evolution.
As an angel, Angemon is effective against LadyDevimon, but the difference in data between its Champion and Ultimate levels is too great. Without its normal power being fully utilized, it can only serve as a support in breaking through enemy defenses. Now that all its main damage dealers have been wiped out, it is in a situation where it cannot hold the line alone.
"What's wrong? If you don't super evolve soon, I'm going to kill your partner and your companions."
Angemon was defeated, and LadyDevimon's Dark Spear, just like when they first met, was about to strike Takeru dead.
However, the situation remained the same as when they first met; even in despair, no hope arrived.
"I'm sorry, Takeshi..."
Angemon, who had reverted to Patamon, wept bitterly. Despite watching so many hopeful dramas with Takeru, it still couldn't become everyone's hope when it mattered most.
"Hey, this doesn't seem to be working. Even after all this, we still can't complete the super evolution."
Just as Takeru closed his eyes, thinking he was doomed, he heard LadyDevimon say this.
"Seven can evolve into six, so this result is already very good. It's okay if one is missing."
Beside them, the fairy beast revealed its form.
"Hey, Fairy Beast, what are you doing here?"
The chosen children stared wide-eyed at it that had suddenly appeared.
"Why else could it be? Of course, it's because I and the Fairy Beast were originally on the same side."
LadyDevimon lowered her hand and revealed her hand.
"What?! Fairy Beast, you're the real villain?"
"Ahem, that's not how it is..."
Realizing he had been misunderstood, Fairy Beast quickly began to explain.
This is how the chosen children learned that it had sent someone to train them.
"The Gokumon that was originally here was defeated, so I had no choice but to ask LadyDevimon and the others for help."
The chosen children: "..."
"Even if they wanted to train us, isn't sacrificing so many Digimon like this going too far?"
Putting aside the other Digimon, we didn't have much of a relationship, so their deaths were no big deal.
But the deaths of Frogmon and Wizardmon were simply unbearable.
"Hey, the performance's over. You can come out now."
The Fairymon that was being criticized quickly ran to the spot where Wizardmon had burned out and stomped on it with its paws.
Soon, a head emerged from the crystalline sand.
Although his clothes were somewhat tattered, it was still clear that he was a Wizardmon.
"Ah, Wizardmon, you're not dead?"
"I'm not dead, I just buried myself in the sand."
"Those burning flames?"
"The flame effect I created using air."
Broly demonstrated by filling his body with flame-colored aura, making it look as if he were burning.
The chosen children: "..."
(End of this chapter)