Embarking on missions in Digimon World DS is always exciting, and today seemed perfect for one!
Let’s get going!
Wait, is that Spike? Hey Spike, how’s it going?
Spike: “I’m great, but I’m actually on my way out. Raigo wants me to check something in Highlight Heaven…”
Raigo? I thought Chief Julia gave you missions?
Spike: “Oh… uh, never mind what I said. Gotta run, bye Paru!”
…
Hmm, Raigo?
Raigo: “It’s about the mission, I presume. Head to Thriller Ruins and investigate. Report anything suspicious.”
Okay… Where are Chief Julia and Chaos Gallantmon?
Raigo: “…She’s away. They’re on a confidential mission, and I’m looking after Night Crow in the meantime.”
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Zanbamon: “…Paru should know. You told Spike, and Paru is a Silver Tamer now. It’s fair.”
What’s happening?
Raigo: “…Chief Julia. She and Chaos Gallantmon. They haven’t been seen since yesterday. No contact. They’ve been missing. I’m trying to keep rumors down and maintain order.”
Didn’t they say anything? Not even a hint about where they went?
Raigo: “Nothing. That’s why I’m sending Tamers to search. Newton to Chip Forest, Dorothy to Sunkern Tunnel. Sukikiyo and Kakumi are going to Proxy Islands. But I don’t expect to find them there.”
Why not? Is it possible they’re in those areas?
Raigo: “Yes, but… Spike might have mentioned this. Chief Julia and Chaos Gallantmon have been acting strangely since the attack on the CITY. Chaos Gallantmon was obsessed with spies within Night Crow working for the enemy. He even deployed high-rank Digimon to spy on our own Tamers. Julia has been saying Light Fang is the enemy, Chief Glare a traitor… but she and Glare are friends. It’s not like her to accept Light Fang as an enemy so easily. I fear the worst.”
But… weakening our forces… pushing us to fight Light Fang… are you suggesting…? Chief Julia and Chaos Gallantmon…?
Raigo: “I hope they’re being controlled, like some Light Fang Tamers. If not… if they’re doing this willingly…”
Zanbamon: “Raigo! You’re a Gold Tamer of Night Crow! Chief Julia would die before betraying the Union! Trust in her!”
Raigo: “Zanbamon… it’s just a theory. No proof. Search for them is the priority. Paru!”
Yes, Chief Raigo!
Raigo: “Go to Thriller Ruins. Find anything that hints at Chief Julia and Chaos Gallantmon’s location!”
Yes!
Zanbamon: “Keep this quiet. Sukikiyo and Kakumi don’t need to know. You and Spike are Silver Tamers – strong, reliable. Public panic if the Leader is missing is bad. Stay calm.”
Don’t worry, sir Zanbamon! This stays between us.
This is all… strange. Light Fang, now Chief Julia…
Of course, you couldn’t stay silent… You overheard. Farm first, then Thriller Ruins. Chief Julia’s disappearance needs solving fast!
Chief Julia disappeared?! Crap. You’re terrible at secrets, Paru…
Worse than I thought… None of your business…
Chanelle, not now! Mimmi, you know something?
Of course. That’s why I came. But that Dark Digimon at your side…
You too! Stop! Tell me why you’re here.
…My Tamer noticed strange behavior in Light Fang. Many are just… absent, following orders silently. Chief Glare and Ophanimon are different too. They talk about Night Crow betraying the Union… Not that I didn’t know it…
Mimmi! Focus! This is important!
Fine. Even I admit Chief Glare is acting weird, especially with his relationship with Chief Julia. It’s sudden, not normal. My Tamer sent me to a sane Night Crow Tamer to see if it’s happening here too. My orders are to report Light Fang’s situation and see if Night Crow is similar.
…Stop staring and drooling.
I-I’m thinking!
Takes a lot of brainpower for you. At least he uses his brain, not his body, to get things done. And they call you an ‘angel’…
STOP! YOU TWO! Mimmi, with Chief Julia gone, I can’t send you back to your Tamer. It’s unsafe at Light Fang. Can you contact him?
Yes. I can call him from here.
Good. Tell him to meet me at Thriller Ruins. Raigo doubts I’ll find anything, but this way we make progress.
Okay, I’ll do it. Thank you.
Now…
Team meeting! Amazing Alex back in front!
Yeah! I’d rather not go. Nothing to say to Light Fang…
…Not my job to judge right and wrong… yours neither, miss. Let’s finish this fast, Tamer-boy…
NO WAY! Time with Paru is always the best!
OPENING DIRECTRIX. PRIORITY: Protect the Union. CURRENT MISSION: According DIRECTRIX. MUST OBEY.
Let’s do thi… WOAH! What is this place?
Thriller Ruins, Tamer-boy… Been here before?
Yeah, but… This is… different. Is that a Dark Portal?
Yeah! Action time!
Don’t remember these things here… Phantomon. Ultimate level. Nice guys, except when your time’s up. Then they don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. gulp
Did I mention I love chests?
YES. SO. MANY. TIMES.
…Undignified amount of times…
Yes. I think I’ll cut your tongue so you can’t say it anymore.
…
Woah! So many eggs! …Did I ever say I prefer boiled eggs? Eh… well…
Guys, try not to hit yourselves in the confusion! …Never heard of that… What do you think, my queen? Tea time yet?
And then I told the Duke… “But I like my eggs boiled!”. Hehe. …
Madam! My lady is too assertive today! Sorry, but I can’t reciprocate these feelings. …
Finally! Experience! …What happened?
…I feel ashamed now…
Too bad Horace and Mimmi are busy. They could use this Holy experience. I feel filthy…
Okay, one exit. But this place is confusing.
You have zero sense of direction, Tamer-boy. Don’t blame the place.
Oh. Were you born here, Anne?
…Yeah. Couldn’t you tell from the Dracmon?
Well… why did you join the Union?
…Don’t sweet talk me, Tamer-boy. Others can tell their stories if they want.
Oh, so-sorry… Didn’t mean to offend.
Dammit! Ya’ never learn, do ya’?… I’ll guide you. Follow me.
…How can you guide him if he’s searching for someone who might not be here?
…I know this place, sweetie. If someone’s hiding, I know where. Just… follow me.
Mummies! And… Jack? Uncles… Experienced. Not too refined. Hey…
…Please, no comments.
Just saying, big family… Anyway. Alex! Ready? For my missiles?
Been waiting for this!
Dark Tyrannomon digivolves to… Metal Tyrannomon! Yeah! Not Skull Greymon… But missiles! Let me try these!
YEAH! More than half health on a Mummymon in one hit. THREE TIMES. You were right, Alex. Missiles are amazing!
I KNOW! Happy for you, but… Hey, Anne! What do you think of my new missiles?
Calm down, Anne. More to do.
Like this. Bye Ice Blast! Finally, a worthy technique… weaker than before though…
Guardromon digivolves to… Andromon! YEAH! How would you describe yourself, Rudolf?
ADJUSTING SYSTEMS. UPGRADING WEAPONS. INSTALLING HUMANITY. ANSWERING: Cool. Excellent. Can we go now?
Here… I… see the portal. But… what else? Why did you bring me here, Anne?
Sorry, Paru… I brought him!
Anne… What are you…?
Ahh! Where did they come from!?
Stop screaming! Tsukaimon! We’ve handled hundreds!
…No real threat.
Finished them! WITH MISSILES!
Good. But… Anne. What was that? What’s happening?
…You didn’t say you’d hurt him. Business only, Gaiomon!
Gaiomon: “…more skilled than I thought.”
…Don’t ignore me. We had a deal. I bring him, you free me from the Union.
Gaiomon: “Deal understood, Sangloupmon. Kowloon Co. keeps promises. Once I finish this Tamer, my client is free to destroy the Union. Then, your freedom.”
Anne… What did you do? You… sold me? TRAITOR! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU…
…A-Anne… But I… We… T-That wasn’t our treaty! Just settling accounts… I didn’t expect…
Gaiomon: “Did you expect tea and conversation with a Tamer ruining my business? Kowloon Co. deals with competition directly. Now, leave. Job done, you delivered the Tamer. My job, and my client’s, will get you your reward. Pleasure doing business.”
W-Well… You’re not the only one breaking promises. That’s not the Tamer you want. Random guy I found. Let him go, let’s solve this ourselves.
Gaiomon: “…”
Skull Baluchimon: “Liar. That is the Tamer.”
Skull Baluchimon: “…back to real business.”
Skull Baluchimon! You!
Mercurimon: “Confirmation!”
Mercurimon: “…business, stole our merchandise!”
Illegal item! It would destroy the CITY!
Mercurimon: “It was business!”
Skull Baluchimon: “We’ll teach you about interfering.”
Gaiomon: “…Sangloupmon, you lied…”
I… I don’t…
Gaiomon: “Last chance to leave. Stay, and suffer like him and his Digimon. Kowloon Co. dislikes deleting precious clients.”
…Crap. Crap. Crap. One at a time…
WHAT? YOU?! Koh? What are you doing here?
Koh: “Saving your ass, I think. If great Paru of Night Crow can handle these guys alone, I shouldn’t interfere…”
Oh, you…
Gaiomon: “Insulting us! Mercurimon! Skull Baluchimon! Deal with the kid. I’ll handle the Tamer personally.”
Oh boy! Warning sign making sense now… He’s huge as them.
…Don’t worry, Paru… Warm-up… for that traitor.
I… I can’t… D-Damage him… Really tough… God forgive my pride…
God forgave you, Jack. I’m counting on you.
Gaiomon: “Only divine thing here is the coin I’ll get for this. Be deleted!”
U-Ugh… H-Hurts… HOLY CRAP! CHANELLE!
Gaiomon: “Sources say you’re weaker, Crescemon… Going down first.”
N-Not while I can do something! Guys, plan change! Alex, protect us! Higher defense!
G-Got it… Chanelle, stay put! Not dying here!
T-That’s an order I’m glad to follow… And, Jack… please… You’re the only one who can do anything… Please…
…I’ll do my best.
…True… It hurts… But I can endure. Alex, watch my back…
Fine. Remind me to call you ‘gay’ later for that line.
…Chanelle… if he’s focusing on you, resist… I’ll finish this fast.
D-Don’t say that. I’d do it anyway.
HALF WAY THERE! A-A heal… Paru… D-Don’t worry. Got this!
Urgh! Too strong! H-Hey! Leave sweetie alone, Gaiomon!
Gaiomon: “Causing more problems, Etemon. No one stands in Kowloon Co.’s way. Rinkazan!”
…!
H-HALF HEALTH?! ONE MOVE?! JACK! OKAY?
…Of course not… Not a brute like you. Can’t take hits like that… …Paru. Heal Jack. I’ll fight.
‘WE’ fight, right? You’re too weak, Jack… Made me fight someone this strong. Waste of missiles.
…Maybe I am…
Don’t know who you are. Revenge on anyone against me. Only I kill them!
Gaiomon: “U-Urgh…!”
W-We did it! Love you guys!
… …He. Mutual. GAY!
Gaiomon: “…Losing to a kid…”
Not a kid! I… WE are the Union. Tell your client that’s who they’re facing!
Gaiomon: “Urgh…”
Skull Baluchimon: “Boss!”
Mercurimon: “R-Run!”
Gaiomon: “Kowloon Co… Retreat.”
…Wow. Never faced an enemy that strong…
Koh: “Still bragging while they ran. Strong act, but weakling, right?”
…Well. I DID make them run. Seemed like they were beating you. Good thing I saved you, right?
Koh: “Yeah. If I hadn’t come, you wouldn’t even be here…”
…
Koh: “…” He. Good to see you again, Koh. Still strong.
Koh: “Same for you. Crescemon is tough.”
Yeah. Why are you here?
Koh: “Forgot why you came? Silver Tamer already…”
Huh?… Oh… YOU’RE Mimmi’s Tamer!
Koh: “Yeah. Angewomon. Feared you’d do weird things to her, but all good.”
H-Hey! Stop staring at Chanelle too!
Koh: “I-I’m not! Sent her to see if Night Crow Tamers are tolerant. Night Crow and Light Fang are the Union, allies, despite everything.”
Yeah. Crescemon could learn from you. Mind if…?
…Think about that, heads off.
Koh: “…Head’s fine, thanks.” Okay… So…
Koh: “So… P-D Word?”
P-D Word? What? Where’d you get that?
Koh: “Mercurimon dropped it running. I’d give it to you, but Chief Julia is missing…”
Chaos Gallantmon is investigating Night Crow. If controlled, can’t have this. Dangerous.
Koh: “Woah. Chief Glare, Ophanimon doing that? Safe with me. Maybe sneak into lab, investigate… Restore Sunshine CITY. Great.”
Good idea.
Koh: “Chief Glare, Ophanimon are weird too. Mimmi told you. Light Fang Tamers the same… not wasting resources like Julia and Gallantmon. I’ll try.”
WE try. Together. Find who’s pitting Night Crow and Light Fang against each other, defeat them!
Koh: “Yes. Digivice email addresses, share info. Can’t send messengers again… Unsafe to deliver Mimmi back. Take care.”
I will. So… see you later?
Koh: “Yeah. Back to Sunshine CITY. Shouldn’t be here. Can’t give them evidence I’m sane. Later!”
Well… Real progress. Crisis will be solved soon.
H-Hey… Paru… …Still here? Should have run with them. Want to die that much?
I-I… That was not… NO. JUST… GO AWAY! DON’T TALK TO US AFTER THAT!…
Anne… We ended up… NOW BEGONE!
… …Anne… Hope you’re ready for what’s coming…
I-I am…
…Hey! No shouting! Like it when you announce digivolution!
PARU! What are you doing!?
P-Paru! Forgive her? Sold us! Dead if Koh came later! Unforgivable! Not even I… would betray a friend. All I killed… threatened first. All I protected… promised.
Yeah… But she had a reason… right, Anne? Start whenever.
…Too forgiving, Paru… Too kind-hearted…
…F-Fine… Never wanted to work for the Union. Like sweetie…
Don’t call me that.
W-Well… No one expected much from me… Never did anything impressive… Despite attention. Tenth Tamer. Tenth chance for rehabilitation, Union said… Even with you, not much. More sentence when this is over… Sick of it… Sick of humans and Digimon who didn’t want me… Sick of the Union never freeing me… Never going home at this rate… Maybe told a Digimon or two… Gaiomon’s source maybe… Proposal yesterday. Tell him where you’d go… Take you to the place. B-But he didn’t say he’d hurt you! I-I thought…
…Naive, miss… Surprisingly naive… Kowloon Co. gets the job done… abuses deals to benefit most… Dumb too. Why think I don’t want you?
T-Tamer-boy… Job enough to compensate for… vandalism… Union disrespect…? Never seemed major… Think they’d forgive me? Caused trouble. Especially now… Just… wanted to be free, from the Union… Never liked Tamers, never wanted to help… N-Not you, Tamer-boy… Just… not my thing. Sorrow and impatience… Pathetic excuse…
… …Not my right to judge. Never felt that grief. Always happy working for the Union… Alex too. Chanelle fond of Paru, even hating Light Fang. Even if we wanted to judge, couldn’t… Paru, up to you.
D-Don’t say that. When Paru doesn’t care, I kill you both.
Do you even HAVE to ask?… Welcome back, traitor. Don’t worry, when this ends… I’ll say I couldn’t without you. You ARE important, even if you don’t think so.
That’s a lie… Ya’ know that, right, Tamer-boy?
For you, maybe. For me… Always had great expectations of you, Anne.
… …Paru forgiving… I’m not. Don’t expect same treatment. Looking forward to the day you leave.
Yes… Same for me.
…Not the first… nor last… to grow weary of the Union. Usual penalty: Tamer work. Natural for Digimon to like their human. Rare when it doesn’t. Humans, weaker, shorter lives, still care for DigiWorld. Tamer loyalty inherent to most Digimon… Union cycles partners for a reason.
Reason? Never thought of that…
…Never read about your work, huh?… We all… theoretically, work for the Union. Paru’s intentions are good. Digimon with a Tamer too long can shift loyalty from Union to Tamer… If that Spike conversation was a Union takeover plan, what then, Paru?
…But… It wasn’t. I wouldn’t betray Chief Julia or Night Crow!
…Yes… But if you tried? How many would join, despite our real job? If Paru tried to take over, I’d help. Better Leader than Julia or Glare.
NEGATIVE. DIRECTRIX. MISSION: Protect the Union. TREASON GOES AGAINST DIRECTRIX.
…Wouldn’t mind… Tamer-boy’s not bad…
OF COURSE I’d join! Paru would make an Apemon altar! Great!
Well… I… Alex, please… But you see, Paru? Long Tamer time changes focus. Five of six would rebel with you. Kris, Vester against, maybe, but most, Isaac, Horace too, would help. Too much support. Union, regulating Digimon, protecting DigiWorld, unstable from within… That’s why only Leader keeps Digimon indefinitely. Chief Julia needs all support. Ex-rebel, knows how easy power takeovers are.
C-Chief Julia rebelled against the Union?! Oh! Ex-Chief Marcus sudden exit! ‘Got sick’ story! She told everyone to say that. Julia installed own justice, old system ‘inefficient.’ Not the first. Union unstable, Paru.
Now, hope this doesn’t give ideas, Paru… Clarifying Digimon loyalties… Why separation after crisis is vital. New Tamer, couldn’t know. Joined Union week before Normal Tournament, right? Yes. No way to know Union’s workings… Ideally, never see Union’s weakness.
Does that mean YOU would be with him, Jack? Union talk aside?
…Digimon, after all. Can’t help it. Joined Union for pride. Leader’s partner IS prideful… Sorry if this lowers your view of me, Paru…
D-Don’t worry. I… No ambition like that. Chief Julia is great. Chief Glare is friends with her. If she trusts him, he’s not bad… So… Keep going?
Raigo: “…Thriller Ruins… Didn’t expect her here… Hoped… Find her fast.”
…Rebellion fear, Raigo?
Raigo: “…P-Paru… D-Don’t… Don’t talk about… Don’t tell me you…”
N-No! I don’t… No threat. Chief Julia is a great Chief. You too, good job.
Raigo: “…Thank you. Julia too. Covering her disappearance. If not… Some Tamers get wrong ideas… Do things their way. Crisis, no Digimon cycling… Chief gone… I was fearful.”
Zanbamon: “Raigo… Unofficial Leader. Don’t talk like you can’t handle it. Leader sure of strengths. No doubts. Julia never hesitated. Worst situations. Good Chief.”
Yes! So… Chief Raigo! Job done!
Raigo: “Y-Yes! No Julia trace, but Kowloon Co.! Sending Tamers to investigate them. Union won’t fall to enemies!”
Yes, sir!
Zanbamon: “Great job, Paru. Be careful now. They didn’t forgive you. Get reward at Dark Center.”
I will!
WOW! Amazing reward! Raigo trying hard to keep Tamer loyalty. Doesn’t need to with me, but gladly accepted!
Tomorrow, more quests, guys! Show support for Raigo!
