Takuya Kanbara has decided to stop being human.

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"Watch out, Angewomon!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Fairy Beast turned her head without looking back, as if she had eyes in the back of her head, and dodged the Poison Scorpion Beast's poisonous stinger.

"I can see the color of the wind; your wind is blackish-purple."

Angewomon slowly turned around, looking at the astonished Scorpionmon. A smile played on her lips, and with a flick of her wrists, a pale pink breeze swirled around her: "Riding this refreshing breeze, purify your heart and make it beautiful and pure once more! Enchanting Wind!"

A light pink breeze instantly landed on the scorpion beast.

The scorpion beast's body went limp and it collapsed.

This wind... is poisonous!

"Rose Storm!"

Angewomon lunges downwards, unleashing its strongest kick.

However, it couldn't even break the scorpion beast's shell, and almost twisted its ankle.

...That's awkward.

"Ice pillar attack!"

Ice Bearmon leaped high into the air, transforming into a rapidly spinning icicle that pierced through Poison Scorpionmon, allowing Fairymon to scan Poison Scorpionmon's data.

Chapter 58, The Eccentric Savior

"Thor's Hammer!"

With a basic attack imbued with lightning from both fists, he took down a savage beast with a single punch.

That punch had the force of at least five or six tons, and it was accompanied by sparks and lightning.

"Push from behind!"

With its rear end forward and phase charge, it finally manages to kill a savage beast, but it still takes a long time to rub it clean.

I don't know if it's because of the bump, but my hips have gotten bigger.

"Snowball bombardment!"

The little bear's snowball fight was like a machine gun, though it didn't seem very powerful; it took it a long time to kill a wild beast.

In this windy and sandy land, the power of ice is restricted.

As the scorpion beasts were scanned, the few remaining savage beasts were also defeated and scanned. Finally, even the hiding place of a few larval beasts in the factory was found.

Looking into those big, watery eyes, no one could bring themselves to do it.

Digimon have a rebirth mechanism, so unlike killing, they feel much less guilty. But right now, they are not facing a problem of guilt; they simply cannot bear to harm these cute, young Digimon.

Many organisms have certain cute traits in their early years to ensure their survival rate.

Knowing what everyone was thinking, Takuya Kambara said, "Don't be fooled by their appearance. They are also accomplices of the wicked. There's nothing to sympathize with. If you don't take action now, they will evolve into mantis beasts and scorpion beasts once they grow up."

In this enormous factory, the Mantis Beast had a few young larvae assisting in its management, and these larvae didn't seem to have any special abilities. So there's only one answer—the relationship between these larvae and the Mantis Beast must be extraordinary.

Or, to put it another way, that mantis beast (scorpion beast) evolved from these larval beasts.

When the Larvamon saw its true form exposed, it immediately turned ferocious and pounced on Takuya Kanbara, only to be shattered by the fist imbued with the Digimon Soul.

Takuya Kanbara was too lazy to collect these scattered data, so he let them turn into digital eggs on their own.

Thinking of the terror of the Mantis Beast and the Poison Scorpion Beast, everyone made up their minds to use their ultimate move to destroy the Larva Beast.

"You filthy soul, let me purify you with my Armored Digivice! Digital code, scan!"

This is not just a slogan. Only in this way can Digimon tainted by evil purify the evil within them and be reborn as a Digi-Egg to start a new life.

However, the problems with the air-making factory did not end there.

Defeating the Mantis Beast, Savage Beast, and Larva Beast is fine as long as you have enough power; the real issue is figuring out how to deal with the Mech Beasts.

How can we liberate these mindless slaves?

Everyone was in a dilemma.

Takuya Kanbara suddenly asked, "In ancient times, what would happen to slaves when their slave owners died?"

"Funeral sacrifice..."

Everyone's hearts sank. Were they to kill these mecha insect beasts?

The mantis beasts, savage beasts, and larval beasts deserved their fate, and purifying them was the right thing to do. But these mecha insect beasts were the victims!

"Yes, slaves were usually killed and buried with their owners after their death."

As Takuya Kambara spoke, he looked at the mecha-bug.

"Um, Takuya..."

Bogomon and Questionmon tried to persuade him, but were stopped by Puppymon, who believed that Taku was not the kind of person who would kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Genji frowned, pondering the meaning of Kambara Takuya's words.

After being scanned by the scorpion beast, the mecha insects lost their will to resist and stood blankly on the ground awaiting their fate. However, they never expected that the fate would mean their own demise, and they immediately showed a look of terror, subconsciously taking a step back.

Seeing the mecha insectoids' subtle movements, a sign of their will to survive, Takuya Kanbara smiled with satisfaction: "You still have a desire for life, that's good."

What's most frightening is that the mech-bugs are determined to die and are afraid of nothing.

As long as they fear death, as long as they want to live, everything can change. No one is born a slave. Once they taste freedom, they will rush towards it like moths to a flame.

He gestured to the crowd, indicating that they could leave.

Leaving now?

"wait wait wait……"

A young mecha insectoid beast mustered its courage and wanted to ask something.

Takuya Kambara pointed at the blazing sun and said to himself, "Our teacher said, forget your fear, look ahead bravely, and move forward! Don't stop, retreating will only lead to aging, and cowardice will surely bring death. This is... evolution."

After saying that, he left the wind-making factory, which was in a mess.

Everyone stood there, stunned, lost in thought.

A moment later, the little dog broke the silence with a shout of "Wait for me!" and took the lead in chasing after them. She set an example, and the others followed suit.

"My purity is not as good as his. I am only on the surface, while he has evolved to a deeper level." Himi Yuuki muttered as he regressed from his Ice Bear Beast form and quickly caught up with him.

"What purity? The purity of chuunibyou? Sigh... none of these people are normal."

Izumi Orimoto, who had transformed back into a human from Fairymon, rolled her eyes and hurried to catch up with the others while complaining.

Shibayama Junpei smiled and waved goodbye to the mecha-insects, following behind Orimoto Izumi, his heart filled with worry: "Is this really enough? They've been enslaved for over seven thousand years, can this really change them? If I have the chance, I'll come back and take a look."

Kouji walked last, his thoughts drifting into the distance: "Seven thousand years... Kouichi also spent seven thousand years in the Digital World. What will he be like now? Where is he now? Does he still remember me? Does he still remember Mom?"

Everyone had their own thoughts.

Himi Yuuki, being rather naive, ran up to Kanbara Takuya and walked side by side with him.

"Kamihara, can I call you big brother?"

In terms of age, Takuya Kanbara is three years older than Yuki Himi.

"No."

Takuya Kambara flatly refused.

"Big brother, can you teach me?" Himi Yuki asked hopefully.

Takuya Kanbara shook his head and said, "Don't call me 'big brother.' If you have to call me that, just call me 'Takuya-nii.'"

Himi Yuuki nodded emphatically: "Okay, Takuya-nii, please teach me how to evolve!"

After organizing his thoughts, Takuya Kanbara said meaningfully, "When you understand yourself and know why you live, you'll know what to do."

Hearing this, Himi Yuuki scratched his head in confusion and asked, "Takuya-nii, then what do you live for?"

"save the world."

Takuya Kambara replied, his tone as calm as if he were stating a fact.

He had an incredibly vivid dream when he was a child, in which he dreamt that he would save the world in the future. Only then did he begin to cultivate himself diligently in order to save the world.

Whenever someone asks him why he practices Buddhism, his answer is to save the world, and he demonstrates this through his actions.

He is serious!

His power to save the world isn't just a useless dragon-slaying technique; even without entering the Digital World, his life would still be exciting—he could be a chef, an athlete, and so on.

However, at the age of sixteen, he chose to answer the call of fate and come to the Digital World.

That's what he lives for!

Everyone was moved by these words, because Takuya Kanbara had said them when they first met. At the time, no one took them seriously and thought he was a weirdo or a chuunibyou.

Looking at it now...

This guy is definitely a weirdo!

However, the eccentric and the savior are not contradictory.

Furthermore, all five of them are eccentrics and troubled youths, so no one should laugh at anyone else.

Chapter 59, Night in the Television Forest

They said they were looking for the spirit of a beast-type fighter, but the spirit of a beast-type fighter is only half the size of a fist. In such a vast world, it's like finding a needle in a haystack.

Angewomon was prepared, so she had already preset the search program in her Digivice.

"We already possess half of the Fighter Spirit. Based on the humanoid Fighter Spirit, the Armed Tyrannosaurus will react as long as we approach the corresponding beastoid Fighter Spirit."

Speak of the devil, and he appears; no sooner had he said this than an armed Digivice reacted.

It was Genji's Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex that sensed the presence of a Beast Warrior Spirit in the vicinity.

The group exchanged glances and got off at a bus stop.

Guided by the Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex, the group entered a forest, a desolate wilderness with no railway, and could only proceed on foot.

As darkness fell, the sun set behind the western mountains.

The group rested on the spot, gathered some dry firewood to start a fire, and found some meat-flavored apples. After roasting them over the fire, meat juice would flow out, and they tasted particularly good, with flavors such as roasted chicken, roasted bread, roasted beef, and roasted ramen.

During the meal, the group discussed the topic of Takuya Kanbara.

At the wind-making factory, a larval beast lunged at Takuya Kanbara and was smashed by a single punch.

Even though it was a baby Digimon, it wasn't something a human could break with a single punch. And whether it was an illusion or not, everyone seemed to see some kind of flame-like energy on that fist.

"Could it be that you can use the Fighter's Spirit ability even in your human form?"

Genji asked, and considering Kanbara Takuya's spirit of fire, it wasn't impossible that this was the case.

"It is possible, but that punch is not the power of a fighter's spirit."

Takuya Kanbara raised one hand and ignited his Digital Soul, explaining, "This is called Digital Soul. It's a kind of energy that manifests from a person's will due to the influence of the Digital World."

Everyone stared at the crimson Digital Soul in Takuya Kanbara's hand, feeling that it was even brighter than the campfire beside them.

Himi Yuki exclaimed, "It's like magic!"

Junpei Shibayama also wanted to complain that it was unscientific, but then he thought that since they had come to the digital world, the science of the human world might not be completely applicable here.

Orimoto Izumi asked excitedly, "Can we learn it?"

"Of course, but I won't teach it."

"why?"

Everyone assumed that Takuya Kambara was unwilling to teach them.

"It's not that we can't teach, it's that we don't know how to teach."

Takuya Kanbara has been able to quickly learn skill-based abilities since he was a child. After watching Masaru Daimon activate his Digital Soul, he guided out the Digital Soul within his body.

This is on the premise that he himself has the aptitude to awaken the digital soul.

The Digital Soul is the manifestation of human will under the power of the Digital World. Therefore, theoretically, as long as a person is alive and has a clear mind, they have the ability to release the Digital Soul.

In other words, digital soul is like breathing; it's a capability everyone possesses.