Takuya Kanbara has decided to stop being human.

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Jeanne d'Arc (the fake) is missing; otherwise, the humanoid wouldn't have allowed her to substitute for Jeanne d'Arc (the fake) at this peace talks that concerns the fate of the entire island.

"follow me."

Angewomon suddenly grabbed Takuya Kanbara's wrist and moved out of sight of the other beasts, reverting to its Perfect form.

Unlike Angewomon, who is wrapped in armor, Angewomon's attire can be described as that of a sexy goddess. She has waist-length blonde hair, and a white leather outfit clings to her skin, highlighting her beautiful figure. What's excessive is that the leather outfit has a lot of cutouts, revealing her shoulders, upper body, abdomen, waist, and left leg. Two black leather straps are tied around her waist, abdomen, and left leg, creating a kind of restrained allure. The eight wings on her back exude a sacred aura. The two contradictory feelings intertwine, making it even more irresistible.

Angewomon asked softly, "While this state is advantageous for combat, well, combat, it's quite inconvenient for managing Wandering Island. Takuya, what do you think we should do to change it?"

This outfit is undeniably sexy; if it captivates a subordinate, it could have a negative impact.

This was indeed a big problem, and Takuya Kambara thought about it seriously.

"Then let's add a tulle skirt first, with two leather panels on the left and right sides, trimmed with gold, and preferably with some digital text. We can keep the two leather belts at the waist..."

Following Takuya Kanbara's suggestion, Angewomon modified the clothing data, materializing the clothes he described one by one, and then made some minor adjustments based on the actual situation. The original sexy clothes gradually transformed into priestess attire. Although the level of exposure decreased, it gained an added touch of uniform allure.

Angewomon Priest Mode!

"Finally, the mask..."

Jeanne d'Arc's brass mask already reveals a pair of eyes, while Angewomon's iron mask covers the upper half of her face, including her eyes, forehead, hairline, and bangs.

Should we take off the mask?

Angewomon removed her mask as she spoke, revealing a delicate face, a pair of beautiful sapphire blue eyes, and a beauty mark at the corner of her left eye.

Takuya Kanbara took the iron mask, thought for a moment, and said, "Wearing a mask is good. It can increase your mystery. Others can't figure out your inner thoughts just by looking at your eyes, which is good for you."

Angewomon's mask is mainly a cross made of rivets, with three soft angel feathers on each side of her ears. Otherwise, it is made of black iron, without any extra patterns. It is extremely simple, with too many curves and too few straight lines, which does not conform to aesthetic design.

In other words, the mask is not good-looking.

On his way home from the martial arts school, Takuya Kambara passes by a library and sometimes goes there to read books, so he has some knowledge of aesthetic design.

By today's aesthetic standards, this mask is too rounded and needs to be changed!

While retaining the cross that can cover the eyes, the black iron structure was removed, and some openwork patterns were added. The tulip, which symbolizes love, thoughtfulness, elegance, wealth, competence, intelligence, and kindness, was used as the design inspiration.

"So beautiful, it's practically a work of art!" Angewomon happily put on the new mask, which looked like a cross headband over her eyes, covering her eyes while revealing her bangs, giving her a feel somewhat like the Fire Keeper from Dark Souls.

As expected, hairstyle has a significant impact on appearance. After changing her mask, Angewomon's hairstyle also changed, raising her appearance level. Or rather, the original iron mask had lowered Angewomon's appearance, and now her true beauty is on full display.

The two looked at each other and smiled; at that moment, silence spoke louder than words.

"Takuya, are you here?"

Just then, Izumi Orimoto burst in and saw Takuya Kanbara and Angewomon.

It remained quiet, but there was an added sense of awkwardness.

"Sorry for disturbing you."

Knowing that he had come at the wrong time, Izumi Orimoto gave an awkward yet polite smile and turned to leave.

"Wait, we didn't mean that."

Takuya Kambara stopped Izumi Orimoto, his expression calm, as if nothing had happened. In fact, nothing had happened; he had simply been watching.

"Is there a problem?"

Izumi Orimoto took a deep breath and calmed herself down before saying, "We'd like to explore the ancient ruins on the central island with Kendomon and the others. We were wondering if you'd like to come along, but if you're too busy, then forget it."

Takuya Kanbara and Angewomon exchanged a glance and said in unison, "No rush, let's go together."

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P.S.: I won't post any pictures of Angewomon; I'm sure everyone understands.

Chapter 74, A Great Discovery in the Murals

Meanwhile, on Wandering Island, the Digimon got drunk. The baby and child Digimon, being underage and not drinking, had nothing to do during the long night, so they took Genkiji and the others, who were also underage and not drinking, to visit the ancient ruins of the central island.

The group decided to take Kanbara Takuya with them and began searching everywhere.

That's why the scene described earlier happened.

After Takuya Kanbara, Angewomon, Izumi Orimoto, and Kouji Minamoto reunited, the group entered the ancient ruins. Inside the ruins was a huge mural depicting three Digimon.

In the center is a ferocious giant bird—Onismon; on the left is AncientGarurumon, kneeling with a large sword; and on the right is AncientGreymon, on all fours.

Takuya Kambara frowned, thinking that the mural didn't seem to express anything good; instead, it gave off a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

"Onismon, I remember now!"

Angewomon suddenly cried out, drawing everyone's attention. She then said, "Kendomon, Bearmon, this may conflict with the legends you know, but Onismon is a ferocious ancient bird-type Digimon. I don't think it would be a guardian deity."

Onismon was a powerful overlord during the ancient times when many heroes rose up, but it disappeared during the time of Huanglongmon and has not been heard from since.

I never expected to appear on the Island of Wandering.

Angewomon and Orismon lived in two different eras, more than 10,000 years apart. She had never seen Orismon in person, but only knew of its existence from records in books, so she hadn't thought of it before.

Everyone fell silent. Which of the two legends was true?

Relatively speaking, they were more likely to believe what Angewomon said.

The question-and-answer beast asked, "How old are you?"

"Uh……"

More than ten thousand... just a little, yes, just a little!

"Come and see, everyone! There are ancient characters here."

"Pokormon shouted, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. They found some inscriptions on the wall in front of Pokomon. These were ancient digital scripts that were different from modern digital scripts."

This digital script is equivalent to oracle bone script in the digital world. Very few people can understand it now, but there happen to be two people present who can decipher it: Angewomon and Pokomon.

Bogomon said, "'When the overflowing, blood-stained digital code of hatred completes the wings of the seabird, that will be the time when I awaken from my slumber,' that's what it says."

Now everyone was certain that Onismon was indeed no good.

"The digital code stained with blood must refer to the Digi-Eggs that were transformed from the Digimon that died in the war," Bokomon reasoned. "Could it be that the war on Wandering Island lasted for a thousand years because Onismon was behind it all?"

After this analysis, everyone felt that it made a lot of sense.

Click~

Suddenly, a faint rustling sound came from the shadows of the ruins.

"who is it?"

Everyone took out their armed Digivices and went into battle ready.

"Don't be nervous, everyone, it's me."

Jeanne d'Arc (the imposter) slowly emerged from the shadows, her metal high heels making a crisp sound as they struck the stone floor.

When Takuya Kanbara first saw this Jeanne d'Arc beast (fake), he couldn't help but frown, because this Jeanne d'Arc beast (fake) did not have the innocent and simple feeling of an ordinary angel, but instead had an evil aura.

Everyone has an aura; kings have their aura, ministers have theirs, and commoners have theirs—each is different.

Because of his martial arts training, Takuya Kanbara frequently interacts with "qi" (energy), making him quite sensitive to it.

Moreover, because he was with Jeanne d'Arc every day, he was very familiar with the aura of angels. Each angel had a different aura, but the general direction was the same: they all shone brightly.

But some people, who seem to shine brightly, actually harbor deep secrets.

For example, Lucemon.

The Joan of Arc beast (fake) before us is also a suspect.

Angewomon asked in surprise, "Jeanne d'Arcmon, what are you doing here? We've been looking for you."

Jeanne d'Arc (fake) smiled and said, "I've been looking for a way to get Digimon to live in peace, so I come here occasionally, hoping to find some clues from the ancient ruins."

Everyone nodded knowingly.

"I am aware of what you have done, and I am very grateful to you for ending the war."

As Jeanne d'Arc (the fake) spoke, she naturally came to the mural and touched an egg-shaped groove on the wall from an angle unseen by others.

“I heard what you just said. I never imagined that all the sins originated from Onismon. We have been fighting for thousands of years because of this, causing countless Digimon to die.”

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face, and two streams of tears fell to the ground.

"Damn it! If I had noticed sooner, so many Digimon wouldn't have sacrificed themselves in vain."

She punched the wall, destroying the egg-shaped dent.

To outsiders, it looked like an act caused by an emotional breakdown.

She thought to herself with delight, "Once this dent is destroyed, no one will know that I took the Onis's egg."

Click~ Click~

Suddenly, cracks extended from the hole she punched, quickly covering most of the mural, which then shattered into pieces scattered all over the ground.

Everyone: "..."

The beasts: “…”

A mysterious silence.

"Uh, well... I didn't mean to."

Jeanne d'Arc (the fake one) is genuinely a little panicked this time.

Breaking a small part could be seen as an emotional outburst, but destroying the entire mural would be like a guilty conscience, easily leading to accusations of trying to destroy evidence.

Sword Beast waved his hand dismissively and said, "It's alright, it's alright. This mural is prone to falling off anyway, and it was already in disarray at first. My friends and I put it back together while we were playing around."

Upon hearing this, Jeanne d'Arc (the fake) breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "Back then, after I read the information on the mural, I destroyed it. No wonder the mural suddenly became complete; it turns out it was these brats who pieced it together."

Kendomon said to his friends, "Let's put it back together."

Jeanne d'Arc (fake) said, "Now that we know the truth, there's no need to put it back together."

The Digimon, including Kendomon, said it didn't matter; they were just bored anyway, so they treated it like a jigsaw puzzle game.

"How pitiful, only able to play such primitive puzzles." Himi Yuuki said sympathetically. In the human world, he could play video games such as Mario and Sonic.

Everyone rolled their eyes, marveling at Yuuki's truly amazing thought process.

"Strange, these fragments..."

Angewomon bent down and picked up a fragment of the mural. She sensed an energy stored within it. "This fragment contains the power of AncientGreymon!"

She picked up another fragment and exclaimed in surprise, "This fragment contains the power of AncientGarurumon!"

Jeanne d'Arc (fake) muttered under her breath, but said with a look of joy, "Does that mean we can use this to revive AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon?"

Everyone was delighted to hear this.

Especially for Digimon like Kendomon and Bearmon, since Onismon is a ferocious beast, then AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon should be the guardians of Wandering Island.

"First, gather all the fragments together."

The group quickly divided the mural fragments into two piles: one pile contained the power of AncientGreymon, and the other pile contained the power of AncientGarurumon.

Angewomon used her access privileges on these fragments, then shook her head and said, "These fragments do not contain Digicore data, so there is no way to revive AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon."

"What a pity." Jeanne d'Arc (the fake one) appeared regretful, but was secretly overjoyed.

Everyone felt disappointed.

"but……"

Angewomon then changed the subject.

Jeanne d'Arc (the fake) felt a chill run down her spine and cursed inwardly at this wretched woman for speaking in such a breathless manner.

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P.S.: I recommend a book called "Eastern Redemption: The Endless Tomorrow".

A Touhou fanfic, written in a serious style, a breath of fresh air in the Hedgehog Cat genre.

After a month-long hiatus, updates have finally resumed!

Chapter 75, The Brightest Star in the Digital World!

Angewomon said, "I suddenly had an idea. If it succeeds, it could allow Takuya, who inherited the power of AncientGreymon, and Kouji, who inherited the power of AncientGarurumon, to undergo a higher level of evolution."