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| Publisher | Digimoncard.com | ||||||||
| Release date | (Ja:) May 15, 2025 (En:) May 14, 2025 | ||||||||
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Synopsis[]
The debug team watches as a large amount of Maquinamon burst out of the destroyed remains of E.G.G., with them landing all over LACUNA. Regular players, unaware of what they were, were excited — whilst the debug team felt despair upon seeing them. Unchained appears on a monitor, and asks everyone if they want to "race towards the ending". The regular players assume this is referring to the announced but unknown dated quest that leads into the end of Digimon Liberator's main storyline, and so get even more hyped up. As Unchained gives more information, they use the fake name Chained — pretending to be the NPC of the same name from the game's main storyline. Unchained informs the players that the previously announced quest was about to begin, and that Liberator was about to come to its end. This has players think the game is shutting down, whilst Owen says how this isn't just going to be a regular event. As Shoto agrees, the two of them digivolve their partner Digimon and set off to travel to the coordinates that were sent to their D-STORAGE.
Unchained tells the group that the many Digimon they saw earlier were named Maquinamon, that they had spread all over LACUNA, and that some of them had even digivolved. They explain that when a Maquinamon digivolves, it parasites an NPC and that parasited NPC will duel players. By defeating an NPC, a player will earn a point — and to progress to the next stage of an event, a player must obtain a certain amount of points. Unchained also tell them that if a parasited NPC defeats a player, the digivolved Maquniamon will switch from parasiting the NPC and will instead parasite the player who just lost. Players have no choice but to take part in the event as they cannot log out, and the NPC will be hunting for players. Once a certain amount of players progress to the next round, it will begin — with the players having to duel against a character supposedly created for the event — "Xeno", who is actually Zenith (this fact unknown to anyone but Unchained) with the goal being to prove that the outsiders (players) are worthy of ruling LACUNA.
Inside the Sanctuary, Yuuki says that everyone had arrived. Sangomon is shocked that such an area exists, with Yuuki saying that they had Huckmon to thank. Huckmon tells everyone that there was no "LACUNA poison" there, and that Digimon were able to come and go as they please. It hadn't wanted to let humans in at first, but allowed them in thanks to its recent friendship with Yuuki. Having shown the debug team the Sanctuary, Yuuki and Impmon leave as they needed to start the mission they had been given by Yao.
Owen asks Yao if the "event" had been organized by the admins, with Yao confirming that they had nothing to do with it. She explains that Unchained took control of E.G.G and had forcefully gained control of high security Digimon, and has no idea why. As everyone wonders what Unchained was up to, Close, Unchained's sister, says she knows why.
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| Publisher | Digimoncard.com | ||||||||
| Release date | (Ja:) May 15, 2025 (En:) May 14, 2025 | ||||||||
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Synopsis[]
Close thanks back to the BlackImperialdramon rampage, and figures that Unchained was likely the one behind it. Since she was Unchained's sister, she knew things no one else did — such as how Unchained one day planned to over take E.G.G. so that they could "liberate" all the Digimon in the Garden. Shoemon points out how awful this would be, since the Digimon in the Garden would die if they had to return to LACUNA. Close counters that, by saying that that's why there's so many Maquinamon — they could handle harsh conditions like LACUNA and survive, much like Pteromon and the others. She tells them that Unchained had been rewriting Digimon, turning them into Maquinamon — Owen Dreadnought asking if that meant the fifty Maquinamon were originally Digimon from the Garden. Close, though not sure, says it was the only explanation that made sense. Violet "Vi" Inboots asks why she would do this, with Close saying that shortly after her birth, Unchained told her that they planned to turn LACUNA into an ark so that they can reach the "true Digital World" — and that Close had been born to be the cornerstone of this plan. Shocked at hearing how Unchained had been planning this for over a year, the debug team ask why she hadn't brought it up until now — though Close just apologizes and says she was doing as she was told by her sibling. Close says she didn't know just how big a deal Unchained's plan was until now — but as she was aware now, she no longer wanted to Unchained's puppet. She declares she will stop Unchained's plan, with Sunarizamon apologizing as well and asking the debug team to help Close. Though some of them are still angry at Close having hidden it from them, the debug team agree to help.
Yao explains that they recently learned that when a regular player is "deleted" by a rogue NPC or Digimon, they're not actually deleted — they're transferred to Cross Connectia — debuggers able to avoid this thanks to their Unique Emblem. Arisa worries that the NPC would cheat and overwrite cards like Sam the Clown had, Yao saying she thinks that shouldn't happen as she had worked hard on updating the game to stop that ability. Just in case though, she instructs the debug team to work in pairs — and that if their partner was about to lose, the other should intervene. Arisa was still worried, since Unchained was someone who had been able to take over LACUNA, though Owen points out that Unchained would've destroyed the world by now if that was their goal. Owen figures the Imperialdramon weren't actually intended to destroy the world, and that Uhchained just wants to have controlling LACUNA be the goal for completing Digimon Liberator. Shoto brings up how the log out feature had been removed, though Yao says she and some other players have the ability to log out — the only ones who don't are the ones using T.A.L.E's test models, all of which are members of the debug team. This meant Unchained had declared war on the debug team. As Arisa says she's scared, Pteromon tells her — and everyone else — not to be, since the debug team was filled with strong players. Shoto and Violet say the'll back Arisa up, this enough to calm her down.
Yao wonders about "Xeno" the "NPC" who was with Unchained, thinking about how it looked like Zenith. As she wonders what happened to Zenith, Close starts to feel pain. When Shoto asks if she's okay, she says Unchained is waiting for her and that she needs to hurry up and go to Unchained. As Close runs away, Arisa and Violet chase after her. Shoto worries over the three of them, though Owen says they'll be fine. Yao then declares the mission to stop Unchained and Xeno had started.
Featured characters[]
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