"Digimon 04" Like Water and Clear Song

Takuya and Kouji had a huge disagreement in the choice of fighting and fleeing, which inevitably led to a dispute between the two.Fortunately, Bogomon used the topic of "eating" to divert the attention of the two of them, which made them temporarily curb their anger.Afterwards, they came to a ruined building in the Dark Continent, and everyone chose to divide into groups to complete different tasks.

As a result of the lottery, Kotoe and Teruji were drawn into a group.The two people who were assigned to fetch water took the ordinary wooden barrels they found in the abandoned house, and walked towards the direction of water indicated by Pogomon.Originally, the two were not talkative people, but now they both had their own concerns, so they didn't say a word along the way.

The water source indicated by Bogomon turned out to be a waterfall.Although the landscape is not as spectacular as some of the world's famous attractions, it is the first time that such a small waterfall can be seen in the Digimon World.

Qin Hui walked towards the river with the barrel in his arms.She just squatted down, and her reflection immediately appeared on the clear river.At the same time, Kouji's serious questioning voice sounded behind her: "What is the relationship between you and the Dark Beast?"

Kotoe dipped the bucket into the water silently.She recalled vaguely, as if a long time ago she was also carrying a bucket, and Kouji questioned her in the same aggressive tone.The memory was distant and vague. At that time, she never thought that so many things would happen afterwards, and even today's self would be forced to be speechless for a day.

The behavior of the dark beast was completely seen by everyone.So it is very easy to find that this strongest enemy they have encountered so far is targeting her everywhere.The line of sight that never deviates, the meaningful words, and the long sword pointing straight at her, and the phrase "existence that obstructs the eyes", what makes Kotoe feel flustered the most is that the dark beast seems to recognize herself at a glance, Even though he has gained the ability to evolve, has a completely different appearance and Digimon abilities from the human period, he still sees through her with incomparable precision, he knows that she is the essence who will be so scared that he cannot continue to stand in front of him action girl.Qin Hui didn't believe that Cherubimon's "command" would have such a big impact, but she couldn't think of any other reason.

Kotoe struggled to pick up the bucket full of water from the river, and threw the second bucket into the river, then turned around and met Shanghui's eyes, "I... no, you want to get a What kind of answer?" She changed to a vague way of asking.She wondered if Kouji would be able to let go of his doubts and feelings and choose to believe her no matter what her explanation was.

Understanding what she meant, Kouji nodded slightly.

"Nothing." Kotoshi turned her gaze away and replied very calmly, "I only had one more contact with the Dark Beast than you, which happened after I was captured by the Goloton Beast in the Snail Beast Village. I haven't seen him now." She deliberately concealed the matter about the voice.If today, it was Takuya, Koizumi, or someone else who stood here asking her this question, then she might express all the scruples in her heart.And Huiji—Kotoe dared not look at the face that was exactly the same as Huiyi—she subconsciously wanted Huiji to avoid everything related to Huiyi.

That was the truth that would be discovered sooner or later, but not now, and not here.

"I see." Unexpectedly, Kouji didn't ask any more questions.He followed to the river and helped Qin Hui carry the second bucket full of water to the shore. "Let me do it." When he took the bucket from Kotoe's hand, his expression remained calm without any change.

"Attack at the same time?" Just after taking a bite of the food, everyone turned their attention to the triumphant Takuya.

"En! En!" Takuya and Yuki nodded at the same time.Takuya also showed great confidence in his battle plan.

Takuya is still a little worried about this self-proclaimed "win-win strategy", and Koizumi, Junpei, and Bogomon have expressed their doubts.Facing everyone's questions, Takuya shook his fingers and explained with a smile on his face: "The winning strategy I came up with is a bit different from the attack just now!" Then he turned to Yuki, "Youki-kun, That necessary thing!"

"En! Leave it to me!" Apparently having heard about Takuya's plan in advance, Tomoki took out a small model of a dark beast made of leaves and branches from nowhere and placed it on the stone platform.It has to be said that this small model was made so lifelike that Koizumi and Junpei were immediately interested.Qin Hui followed behind the Q&A beast, and surrounded the stone platform with the curious two.

"Assume that the Dark Beast is standing here." Takuya pointed to the model version of the Dark Beast, and then put down a small model of the Vulcan Beast. "First, let my Vulcan Beast restrain his actions." Then, Takuya and Yuki took another Four dolls came out—unexpectedly, Kotoe did not see the model of Undinimon, "The others evolved spiritually with beast-shaped fighters, Bassamon and Thunderbeast in front, and the faster silver wolf The beast and the Fengshen beast are behind, and when the formation is finished, everyone watches my secret signal and uses the trick together. In this way..." Takuya flicked his fingertips lightly, and the dark beast model fell down, "How about it, Perfect?!" Takuya smiled, as if he had seen the victory scene.

Kotoe looked at Takuya expressionlessly.Noticing Kotoe's line of sight, Takuya added a sentence like superfluous: "By the way, Kotoe, you haven't got the spirit of a beast fighter, so you should take a break in this battle!" Everyone knows Takuya's consideration Not here, but no one is going to take the initiative to debunk this white lie.

however--

Qin Hui lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I oppose this plan." Her voice was not loud, but she was very firm.And the one who said the same words to her was Kouji who had been sitting by the campfire without saying a word before.

Kotoe's attitude made Takuya feel a little embarrassed, he scratched his head, not wanting to expose the matter that the others didn't mention, "Kotoe, don't you understand?"

"Of course I understand!" Kotoe suddenly raised her voice, interrupting Takuya's words, "But the level of the Dark Beast, according to our current strength, is unable to defeat him." She stated the facts.The previous battle made her see clearly what "winning in numbers" and "animal form is better than human form" are all her excuses for taking it for granted and deceiving herself.Those ridiculous conclusions were drawn before just because they did not encounter such a powerful opponent.

"... Kotoe," Takuya looked at her seriously, "I understand, if I was targeted by a dark beast like this... I would also feel scared, not to mention, you haven't got the spirit of a beast fighter... "

"It has nothing to do with the beast fighter spirit! You don't understand anything at all!" Kotoe shouted at Takuya uncontrollably.At the same time, her actions made everyone's eyes focus on her.Qin Hui was startled, then she swallowed dryly, and took a step back anxiously, "Sorry," she said to everyone present, "Please leave me alone for a while." It took a long time Kotoe turned around and quickly walked out of the ruined house without using the honorific to express alienation.

Qin Hui kept speeding up her pace and walked forward until she walked into a forest before slowly stopping.Standing in the clearing surrounded by bushes, she panted heavily.He obviously didn't do anything, but his body was extremely tired.

"Kinto, are you okay?" Koizumi's uneasy voice sounded from behind her.Qin Hui turned her head and found that the blond girl had chased her out.Koizumi stood behind her, showing a hesitant expression, and after a few struggles, she said with difficulty: "We are all worried about you." She paused, and added, "Junpei and I, we both feel that Compared to what happened to Kouji and Takuya, what is more worrying about you is your situation."

"We've all noticed..." Koizumi clenched his fists, as if doing so would increase his courage, "During the battle with the Dark Beast, Kotoe, did you hesitate?" No longer controlling the water flow as precisely as before He forgot to use the flexibility and skills of humanoid fighters, and even the self-confidence and calmness engraved in his eyes disappeared, leaving more confusion and hesitation.

Kotoe blinked as if to cover up, at this moment she didn't know what kind of expression she should use to face Koizumi.So she simply avoided Koizumi's sight, and said softly, "I've been discovered..." Even the tone of her speech was stained with a bitter smile.

"I'm not a nervous idiot like Takuya." Koizumi said seriously.

"I'm sorry, it's obviously my own problem, but it still dragged everyone down." Qin Hui still avoided Koizumi's gaze and apologized in a low voice.She let herself lean against a tree pole beside her, resting all her weight on the rough support at her side.

"What the hell happened?" You... shouldn't be like this.In the end, Koizumi still didn't say the second half of the sentence.It's just that Kotoe's performance at the moment cannot be ignored.During the time when she didn't get the fighter spirit, no matter how uneasy she felt in her heart, Kotoe would hide it properly in front of everyone, instead of completely forgetting "hiding" completely like now.

Kotoe, who was leaning on the tree pole, left Koizumi with only a silence that seemed to never end.

Just when Koizumi was about to give up, Kotoe's low voice came from not far away: "Actually, I'm the idiot." She changed her back to the tree pole, looked at Koizumi sideways, and then spoke with difficulty , "Hey, Koizumi, do you still remember, I said to Koizumi at the divination market, 'someone said the same thing as Koizumi'." When Kotoe mentioned this matter again, she suddenly realized that she The masks used to hide oneself in the past have begun to crumble into pieces.

"En." Koizumi nodded blankly.

Qin Hui lowered her eyes, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth: "That guy, he is my friend. In the human world, the 'only' friend."

"'He'? 'Only'?" Koizumi quickly grasped some of the interesting words.

"Maybe Koizumi may find it a bit unbelievable, but..." Kotoe took a deep breath, and said this sentence, "The voice of the dark beast is exactly the same as that of my friend."

"Probably... an illusion?" Koizumi asked subconsciously.After all, for the memory of a stranger, the most succinct and clear way of remembering names and appearance features should be based on voice-based memory—except for those with special voices, this is the first time she has encountered them.

"No. It's exactly the same." Qin Hui thought for a while and explained to her, "For example, when Koizumi evolved into Fengshen Beast, although the tone and tone of his speech have changed, the essence of the voice is the same. , in my ears is the voice of Koizumi. Of course, Takuya, Junpei and the others are also the same. The same is true for Diablo Beast and...my friend. It is very strange." She picked the corner of her mouth helplessly, and then waited for Koizumi's voice laugh at.

"That's right, that's how it is." Koizumi said to himself.Then, she walked to Qin Hui's side, and patted her shoulder comfortingly, "I understand, if it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to treat the other party as an enemy immediately. After all, it's important to me Friends, there will always be some hesitation in my heart."

"Koizumi..." When Kotoe raised her head, she met Koizumi's gentle eyes.To her surprise, Koizumi accepted that ridiculous statement so easily.

"So if you can't do it, don't force yourself." Koizumi continued, "Although Takuya is an idiot, he is right in one thing. We are a team. No matter what happens, we have companions who can rely on each other. around."

Qin E immediately understood the meaning of Koizumi's words: "Koizumi, do you want me to accept Takuya's plan?" She said very seriously, "It's also because of this, so I won't agree with Takuya's plan. That guy, really Even if we gather the strength of the six of us...even if I can fight with all my strength, I'm afraid I won't be able to hurt the opponent a single point."

"Well... I also felt it during the battle. The dark beast is really a strong existence." Koizumi changed the subject, "But, if you want to escape like Huiji said, where can you escape? Where are you going? After evolving into a Digimon, I realized more and more that fighting is inevitable. The same goes for fighting with the Dark Beast.” Koizumi’s eyes flickered, and he strengthened his determination, “So Takuya’s plan, I still I want to try it!" She immediately thought of something, and immediately added, "It doesn't matter if Kotoe can't do it. Anyway, I already have my own resolution!"

"But Koizumi, if I lose, I'm afraid..." Kotoe opened her mouth weakly, but she couldn't say that ominous word.The Digimon world is not an interesting video game for them. There is no life supply and no chance to save. Once the game is over, it will be completely over. "Besides, Takuya's strategy is not safe at all! He himself just now, When it evolved into a Flame Dragon Beast, wasn't it still beaten badly by the Dark Beast?!"

Koizumi said calmly: "Before every battle, we don't know whether we will win or lose... Isn't it still the way to go?" She thought for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Obviously Kotoe is also the same. You will recklessly run to the most dangerous front, don't you think about winning or losing?"

"Koizumi, that's me..."

Just when Qin Hui spoke, the two girls suddenly heard an explosion not far away.When they followed the direction of the sound, they unexpectedly discovered that the sound of the explosion came from the ruins where everyone was hiding.Kotoe and Koizumi looked at each other, both of them were convinced that they saw the same message in each other's eyes.

Dark Beasts, they have been found!

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