Water Ghost

Summary
At a night cruise party, a flying figure throws water at a drunken woman's head, causing strange water to flow out from her eyes and mouth. The following morning the cruise washes up in the beach, and police officers and firefighters enter it looking for victims, encountering the ship flooded and with more people with the same condition. The firefighters open a flooded room's door and are themselves flooded by the water.

Hiro Amanokawa,, Ruli Tsukiyono, , Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai, arrive in the town looking for the Unagami Shrine for a festival that is happening, with Jellymon excited for a photo session where visitors can dress as. They notice police and ambulance cars sppeding with the sirens turned on. On their way to the shrine, it suddenly starts to rain, which was not mentioned in the weather forecast. Kiyoshiro notices the water is weird and Angoramon and Jellymon fly up to check it out, noticing the water is coming from a flooded building, filled with people that have water flowing out from their eyes and mouths. The water's pressure breaks the windows, causing the water to fall into the street and soak other people. The grounded quartet notices anyone whose head is soaked is afflicted by the strange condition, while people with umbrellas are not affected. They make way for the mountain where the Shrine is.

The mysterious figure soaks another person with the same water, and more water flows out from buildings in the team's path. Hiro and Ruli tell people to evacuate and avoid having their heads soaked, and Kiyoshiro stumbles into a person afflicted by the strange condition. Angoramon and Jellymon rendezvous with the other four and note how all the buildings in town have water flowing from them. The six join townsfolk who have escaped to the mountain. Hiro's group overhears two men talking about the ocean god's curse. They learn from the people about the cruise ship that drifted earlier, and about a dried-up mummy that was found in the woods two weeks before. The townspeople believed the object was connected to the ocean god and planned to enshrine it in the festival Hiro's group came to attend.

As Hiro's group continues their path to the shrine, Kiyoshiro and Jellymon quarrel because he is afraid of the mummy. Ruli compares these events to 's ritual and 's pyramid, and the group reminisces about what Kuzuhamon and 's words about "the one" who sent Digimon to the Human World. As the group is about to cross a lake formed by the strange water, they come across. They interrogate Submarimon, who tells them a group of are responsible for the water, but has no idea behind their motivations. They figure out water-dwelling Digimon like Submarimon and Jellymon herself are unaffected by the water's strange effects. As the water keeps rising, Submarimon helps the group reach Unagami Shrine.

At the shrine, the group finds the mummy and Hiro and Angoramon transport it. The mummy opens its eyes and dives in the water, regenerating and revealing itself to be. Cthyllamon playfully throws the water at Hiro and Ruli, afflicting with the same condition as the rest of the twon. Cthyllamon is confused, but laughs at it.

The Divermon meet Cthyllamon, who is their leader. Cthyllamon reveals he lost track of time visiting the Human World, and dried up after getting trapped in a tree. The Divermon tell him about the water they extracted from humans and Cthyllamon tells them to extract even more. The two groups start battling and Jellymon warp digivolves to. Cthyllamon tells the Divermon to extract the water from every human in the world and dive. Submarimon protects Kiyoshiro from being hit by splash caused by the group's dive. Kiyoshiro decides to resist his fear in order to save the world.

Submarimon helps the group fight underwater by housing Kiyoshiro and Gammamon, while Angoramon dives with an oxygen tank taken from a Divermon. Cthyllamon realizes Kiyoshiro is powering Thetismon and orders the Divermon to throw him out into the water. Cthyllamon traps Thetismon with his extensible tongues. Thetismon tries to reason with Cthyllamon that his plan of extracting the life water from every human would mean the end of mankind, but the Pixie Digimon reveals he only cares about having fun.

The Divermon manage to pull Kiyoshiro out of Submarimon. Kiyoshiro and Thetismon remember all the fun times they had. Thetismon comes to the conclusion she likes humans, and both of their combined resolves to protect mankind cause Thetismon to mega digivolve into, who is able to create a shield protecting Kiyoshiro from the Divermon's water with her "Umbre Defender". Kiyoshiro creates a Pseudo Digital World, and Thetismon easily overpowers Cthyllamon, while telling him humans are what makes the Human World fun.

Cthyllamon starts crying childishly because all he wanted was to make the Human World into a playground. Amphimon convinces Cthyllamon he should love humans and restore the town to normal. After the city is returned to normal, Cthyllamon and Divermon decide to play in the sea. Hiro asks if they know anything about the one sending Digimon to the Human World, but neither Cthyllamon or Submarimon know anything about it. Hiro congratulates Kiyoshiro for saving the world, while Jellymon reminds them of the photo session. At sunset time, the six are at Unagami Shrine, while Kiyoshiro takes a picture of Ruli and Kiyoshiro dressed as miko.

Quotes
"Here by the sea, the red and white fabric billow in the sun. The two stand handsomely together."
 * —Angoramon's poem for the episode.