Chapter 147: Peril Upon Peril

In the human world, inside Akihiro Kurata's secret laboratory.

Inside a gigantic experimental tank, a Digimon with a massive head and goat horns was unexpectedly resting, breathing in and out in a manner that almost seemed cute, resembling a sleeping furry child.

However, immediately afterwards, a surge of energy materialized out of thin air from the nearby digital transmission device and eerily poured entirely into the body of the sleeping Digimon.

Then, everything seemed to return to stillness...

"Click~"

Suddenly, with a crisp snap, the lock that had originally bound the sleeping, cute Digimon was released.

A vast, ocean-like dark power suddenly erupted throughout the entire space.

The face of the originally cute, big-headed Digimon abruptly opened blood-red eyes, its features turning fierce and elongated, and its pair of curved horns becoming even thicker and larger.

Its roly-poly, short-limbed body suddenly elongated and grew taller, its physique becoming as robust as a muscle man's, bulging with exaggerated muscle lines.

"Ah!!!"

Accompanied by an angry roar, Belphemon, transformed into a goat-headed, human-bodied monster, spread its ferocious wings like a disastrous hurricane, uprooting the entire location of the laboratory from the ground and tearing a bottomless abyss into the earth.

The earth shook and mountains trembled, while countless terrified human screams rose and fell, as if they were situated in the midst of the apocalypse.

And Belphemon, having appeared on the surface, looked like the incarnation of disaster.

"Qin Fei... and Daimon Masaru...... I will use this power to bury all of you within the Digital World, and then...... I shall surely become the king of both worlds!!!"

If Daimon Masaru and the others were here, they would undoubtedly be immensely shocked to hear Akihiro Kurata's voice issuing from the mouth of this terrifying Digimon.

It was as if Akihiro Kurata's soul had merged into Belphemon's body, transforming it into a true demon.

The roaring sound of numerous helicopters quickly approached; it appeared that the Sakuramoto government's Self-Defense Force had been dispatched.

Armored vehicles, battery turrets, and tanks all took aim at the horrifying monster.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Violent explosions resounded through the city where Belphemon had appeared, seemingly attempting to use conventional weaponry to send it back to "hell."

Yet, a pillar of light suddenly swept out from Belphemon's mouth, turning everything within a radius of one kilometer centered around its body into scorched earth.

The sounds of helicopters and armored vehicles vanished, and the crying of the surrounding humans vanished instantly as well—or rather, the humans who were still alive...... were now few and far, far away under the attacks of Belphemon controlled by Kurata.

"Hahaha, what a marvelous power."

Looking at the purgatory-like scenery he had created, Akihiro Kurata's soul laughed even more uncontrollably and wildly.

He felt that he was the king of this heaven and earth, possessing unrivaled power.

Afterward, as if thinking of something, Belphemon shot out iron chains from all over its body in every direction, plunging them deep into the earth. A layer of energy resembling gray flames began to burn along the chains.

Soon, the lights in the city surrounding Belphemon vanished one after another...... or rather, the energy vanished.

Under Akihiro Kurata's control, Belphemon greedily absorbed the energy of the human world to strengthen itself, and that evil, dark aura continuously surged violently.

Even its physical body swelled by a significant margin.

Finally, feeling that it was about enough, Kurata unceremoniously dug out a box of space-time oscillation bombs, and then swallowed them whole into Belphemon's belly.

"It's showtime!"

Akihiro Kurata grinned broadly, and Belphemon's maw full of sharp fangs looked exceptionally grim and terrifying.

"Boom!!!"

The large quantity of space-time oscillation bombs inside Belphemon's body detonated simultaneously, and the aura of distorted space billowed out from Belphemon's mouth and nose.

Even its sharp claws were covered in a layer of oscillation energy capable of tearing space apart.

"Wah-roar~"

Brewing for a moment, a powerful surge of energy abruptly erupted from Belphemon's mouth, dispersing the clouds and tearing an opening in the sky that peered through directly into the Digital World.

"Qin Fei... Daimon Masaru... I'm coming. I've gained the power to cleave through space-time, and I'm coming for you, hahahaha!!!"

Gazing at the ferocious tear in the sky, Belphemon laughed madly, spread its wings, and instantly plunged into the digital rift above.

Leaving behind a devastating and horrific landscape in the human world.

......

"That is!!!"

Seeing the gigantic rift that had suddenly appeared in the Digital World, Daimon Masaru and the others were shocked beyond measure.

"Just as I thought, Akihiro Kurata has indeed merged into Belphemon's body."

Qin Fei stared with a solemn expression at the rift appearing in the sky, an unmistakable sense of crisis enveloping him.

It felt as though a gaze filled with hatred was piercing through that digital rift, fixing its eyes squarely on him.

"If I am not mistaken, Akihiro Kurata—no, I should say Belphemon—who has wreaked havoc in the human world, will likely return to find us very soon."

Hearing Qin Fei's words, Daimon Masaru's expression grew even more anxious: "Qin Fei, let's hurry back to the human world as well! Mom and Chika......"

"I agree with Daimon Masaru's idea this time. If it's truly as you say, and Kurata has taken control of Belphemon, then we must all the more return to the real world to stop him!"

Thinking that his younger sister might still be in danger, Thoma also grew faintly uneasy.

"......"

However, just as Qin Fei was about to say something, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he looked toward the other side.

A figure deeply engraved in his mind overlapped with the figure before his eyes.

His heart instantly shuddered, and an expression he had never worn before appeared on his face in an instant.

This was the most complicated emotional turmoil Qin Fei had ever experienced since transmigrated.

He had never even imagined that he would encounter it under such circumstances.

"..."

"As expected...... Just as Yggdrasil said, are humans truly worth saving?"

Like Qin Fei and the others, it was also raising its head at this moment, gazing intently at the digital rift above.

BlackAgumon had somehow leaped out of Qin Fei's Digivice, baring its sharp fangs at the incomparably majestic Digimon before them.

Seemingly sensing something, that majestic Digimon finally lowered its head, looked at BlackAgumon, and spoke: "So you were here......"

"Omegamon......"

Looking at the Digimon with dragon and wolf arms before him, Qin Fei suddenly felt his throat grow somewhat dry.

He could perceive that in the eyes of this Omegamon, the look directed at them was definitely not one of goodwill.

"Obeying Yggdrasil, eradicating the threat that does not belong to this world......"

Slowly raising the Grey Sword, Omegamon pointed it at BlackAgumon standing beside Qin Fei, and spoke in a solemn tone devoid of the slightest emotion.

"..."

"Qin Fei...... What is that?"

Daimon Masaru and the others looked at Omegamon, which had appeared out of nowhere not far away, and at the unprecedented complexity on Qin Fei's face, instantly raising their guard against the unfamiliar Digimon before them.

"That is...... the knight of the god of the Digital World, one of the Royal Knights, Omegamon."

Qin Fei said with a bitter smile: "And also one of the Digimon with the absolute peak of strength...... in the Digital World."

Upon hearing this, Daimon Masaru's eyes burned with a fervent intensity.

He wanted to fight against the very Digimon possessing the peak strength that Qin Fei had just mentioned.

......

"Hahahahaha...... Daimon Masaru, Qin Fei, I've finally found you......"

At that moment, Kurata's familiar voice echoed from high above in the distance, causing the expression of Daimon Masaru, who had been excitedly staring at Omegamon, to change abruptly.

Everyone immediately raised their heads to look.

A goat-headed, human-bodied Digimon with demonic wings had appeared within the digital rift.

It was Belphemon.

Its eyes were flashing with a madness called frenzy. (To be continued)