Chapter 15: Rescue and Return (HM) 15 HM

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Main story

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Ikebukuro

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ErikaWhy are you all sticky? And what's that weird smell?

ErikaWhatever it is, just don't get my room dirty.

ErikaIf you get that sticky stuff on my Memetan, I'll delete the hair from your avatar.

ErikaThen I'll pixelate you and make sure you can never set foot in public ever again.

Player...!

Erika...

ErikaYou look fine. I thought you were much more depressed.

ErikaBut you look ready for action.

Player?

ErikaI've finally analyzed the paper that Akemi Suedou gave me.

ErikaI'm just entering the necessary data into the terminal. We'll start when I'm done.

ErikaWe're going to help Chitose next.

Player?!

ErikaAfter reading the information from Suedou, I finally know what happened to Chitose.

ErikaHis mental data has been assimilated by an Eater.

Player...?!

ErikaTake a look at this. It's Suedou's paper about Eaters.

Player...

ErikaYou don't understand it, do you? I know.

ErikaBasically, Eaters act like data gathering devices.

ErikaThey collect data and send it somewhere. That's their main behavioral pattern.

ErikaEDEN Syndrome results from an error that occurs when a human's mental data that has been converted to information is absorbed by an Eater.

ErikaThe mental data is then sent via the Eater network to the core Mother Eater in the Digital World. That's what his paper says.

WormmonIn the Digital World?!

WormmonSo if we can get Chitose's mental data back from there, he'll wake up!

ErikaIf we can believe what Suedou's written, that is.

ErikaI don't know Suedou's objective, but I'll use any information that will help get Chitose back.

ErikaThere's not much we can do without him.

ErikaBut I can't persuade my brother...

WormmonErika...

Player...

WormmonI understand. Okay, let's do it! In this case, I'm willing to trust Suedou!

WormmonI know what Ryuji would say at a time like this.

Wormmon"Being a hacker is all about taking risks!"

Erika...

WormmonHow was that? Did I sound just like him?

ErikaNot even close.

WormmonCome on!

ErikaIt was actually painful to hear.

WormmonOh...

ErikaHehehe!

Player...

ErikaThen let's get this show on the road. First we need to find a route to the Mother Eater.

WormmonA route?

ErikaIt's like you said when we first met.

ErikaThere's a place in EDEN that's connected to the Digital World. That's where you fell from.

ErikaI'm certain it's a junction between EDEN and the Digital World.

ErikaWe can use it as a route to the Mother Eater.

WormmonFor a moment there, I was worried we'd have to make our own route. This sounds much easier!

ErikaIf we follow the Eater network back, we should get direct access to the Mother Eater.

WormmonGreat! Is that what Suedou's paper says?

ErikaNo, this is my idea.

ErikaHe wrote about a different way of getting to the Mother Eater, but I couldn't decipher it.

ErikaDo you remember where the junction is?

WormmonErm...erm... Hold on. It's been a while since I used this memory.

WormmonI fell into this world when I was really small, so my memory isn't very clear.

WormmonBut I vaguely remember a big stuffed toy. The place looked like a park.

Player...!

PlayerJunk Plaza! The community area? I have no idea.

WormmonYeah! That's the place! That's where I fell into this world!

WormmonNo, it wasn't there.

ErikaI think it might have been Junk Plaza.

ErikaIt's abandoned now, but it used to be the entrance to EDEN. My brother told me about it.

WormmonYeah! That's the place! That's where I fell into this world!

ErikaYou can do better than that.

ErikaCould it have been Junk Plaza?

ErikaIt's abandoned now, but it used to be the entrance to EDEN. My brother told me about it.

WormmonYeah! That's the place! That's where I fell into this world!

WormmonThen let's go to Junk Plaza!

WormmonThis is so exciting!

WormmonSaving a friend from the lair of an evil monster! That's just the kind of treacherous mission that calls for a hacker Digimon!

WormmonHang on, Chitose! Wormmon the Vanguard is coming for you!

ErikaHacker Digimon? What's a Vanguard? Why's he so excited?

ErikaI just hope he doesn't tire himself out too soon. He seems to be getting more and more clumsy, ever since he came to this world.

WormmonOuch!

ErikaSee what I mean.

ErikaAnyway, I'll see you at Junk Plaza.

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