"Yes."
Biyomon's gaze was empty as it took wobbly steps towards Sora.
However…
Sora was a member of the tennis club, with good reflexes and intuition.
The moment Biyomon slowly approached with killing intent, she suddenly felt her hair stand on end, a sense of crisis washing over her.
"Who's there?"
Sora whirled around sharply, her eyes piercing as she looked behind her.
However, when she saw Biyomon fully, her guarded expression instantly turned extremely excited.
"It's you! Biyomon! You actually came to the real world!"
Sora was overjoyed.
Although her personality had changed a lot as she grew up, becoming materialistic and vain, the love she felt for Biyomon during her childhood was the most innocent emotion from the bottom of Sora's heart.
So the moment she saw Biyomon appear, Sora didn't hesitate to embrace it, tears of joy welling in her eyes.
"Those who play with others' feelings will eventually be trampled by the very feelings they value."
"Agumon, an eye for an eye, nothing wrong with that, right?"
In the Digital World, Taichi watched the touching scene between Sora and Biyomon with a strange, cold smile on his face.
"Hmph, if you ask me, someone like Sora is utterly unworthy to be Biyomon's partner."
Agumon crossed his arms, speaking tsunderely.
During their childhood, he, like Taichi, had had a bit of a crush on Biyomon.
But after ten years of growing up, especially after meeting BlackWarGreymon, Agumon gradually lost interest in chasing females.
However, deep in Agumon's heart, he still held a shred of old affection for his childhood crush, Biyomon.
"Hahaha, it's fine. Once I rule the world, I'll bestow Biyomon to you."
Taichi laughed heartily, then turned his gaze back to the screen.
Biyomon dazedly let Sora hold it, not reacting at all.
Its first command was to kill Sora.
Therefore…
Swish…
Sora's pupils contracted sharply as she looked at Biyomon in disbelief.
"Biyomon, you... how could..."
In the center of her chest, a pink claw had pierced through.
Sora spat out large mouthfuls of blood, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
She didn't understand.
Why would Biyomon, her most beloved Biyomon, the one who had shared so much with her, without the slightest hesitation, strike to kill, piercing her heart?
'Wait!'
'Could it be...'
"I... I see... You're just disguised as Biyomon, right... Hah... I won't be fooled again... Even... even if I die, I won't blame Bi..."
Before she could finish, Sora, having lost too much blood, her vision went black, and she collapsed in a pool of blood.
Seeing this, Taichi's expression became somewhat dissatisfied.
The fact that Sora died without believing Biyomon killed her robbed him of some of the satisfaction of revenge.
'But, it didn't matter.'
'Just a minor character, killed is killed.'
"Biyomon, finish her off. I don't want any plot where she's sent to the hospital and saved."
Taichi said coldly.
Finishing off an enemy was one of the most important theories the Group Owner had taught him.
"Yes."
Biyomon responded mechanically, raising its pink claw to act.
However, at that instant…
A pale yellow light enveloped Sora, preventing Biyomon's claw from advancing even a fraction further.
"What's going on? This light feels familiar."
Taichi frowned deeply; he seemed to have seen this light somewhere before.
Suddenly, a memory flashed in his mind, and his eyes contracted sharply.
'It couldn't be that!'
Thinking this, Taichi quickly opened the group chat and asked Hattori.
[True Love Is Agumon: @Dark Group Owner, Group Owner Boss, you know everything about our respective worlds. Can you tell me, what exactly is the mysterious entity that possessed my sister all those years ago?!]
Taichi quickly finished typing, a cold, sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
That's right.
This light was the same light that had appeared on his sister, Hikari ten years ago.
Under the pale yellow beam's blessing, Hikari was nearly invincible.
No Digimon was a match for her.
But now…
Why was Sora before him entering such a state?
[Dark Group Owner: It's Homeostasis, the entity opposed to Yggdrasil, and the source that summoned you to the Digital World back then.]
Hattori looked at the group chat and explained slowly.
[Dark Group Owner: Homeostasis needs to maintain a false equilibrium. And the most important pawns in this equilibrium are the Chosen Children.]
[Dark Group Owner: Among these children, your first generation possesses the most primitive, most pure power. Without absolute power to crush them, Homeostasis provides you with strong protection.]
[Dark Group Owner: Of course, from the moment you abandoned the Crest of Courage and chose the Dark Digivice, Homeostasis regarded you as an enemy and naturally won't provide you protection anymore.]