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Chapter 8 - Archival 8: Infinimon

Buster glanced at the drone footage while eating ramen. "Hmm… They're going to that town, meaning they'll probably get told that weird story I was told when I went there…" Suddenly, he noticed a boy in front of the house on a security camera.

Without warning, the boy phased through the door. "W-What the hell?! That's not something just anyone can do… Wait, is he coming up here?" Buster looked around before grabbing a gun that shoots lasers, he called it the "B-Laser Gun".

As the boy went up toward the lab he paused as he noticed Buster pointing the gun at him. "...Who are you?" He questioned.

"My name is Buster, but that's not the point. You can't just enter someone's house and start phasing through objects!" He exclaimed.

The boy scoffed. "...Is there a Bmon through whatever that is?" He pointed toward the portal. Buster blinked in confusion.

"I'm not sure what beef you have with him, but I'm only gonna ask you to leave once, or else I will have to resort to kicking you out by force!" He made sure the B-Laser Gun was working.

"...That pathetic gun isn't going to do anything to me, idiot." In an instant, the boy was behind Buster. Before he could react, the boy punched him, the sheer force threw him outside.

"Stupid…" The boy walked inside the portal. Buster grunted as he could barely stand, bits of blood fell from his head. "W-What the hell? How could an ordinary human be able to punch someone through a metal wall? Ow… I should've made sure I had some kind of protection for that…" He fainted.

Bmon, Kana and Daisuke had arrived in "Dandelion Town" as they noticed the sign.

"Dandelion Town, huh? So they named their town after a flower?" Bmon pointed out, trying not to laugh.

A local noticed and walked toward them. "You… You're from the legend, aren't you?" She asked. Bmon blinked with confusion.

"...Do I come from a legend? Not that I'm aware of, I'm just an otaku…" He replied. "So, would you say you are knowledgeable?" Bmon paused, he thought about the woman's question for a few seconds.

"...I guess so? I know a lot of things the average individual wouldn't know…" He shrugged. "Come with me, my name is Lily, I want to show you the legend…" She explained while bringing them toward an ancient looking monolith.

Lily pointed toward the text that was on the monolith. "When the boy who represents Infinity, a man who obtained the power of dragons, and a boy who had the knowledge of the earth itself meet. They will use a power known as "Resonant" and devastate the area around them."

All three of them looked shocked. "W-Wow… That's a legend all right… But what's a Resonant? I've never once heard that term before…" Bmon began to think for a moment, Kana's eyes lit up with realization.

"What if it means the power you call, Archive?" Kana pointed out. "But… Guardian never told me anything about this power being called a resonant-" Bmon stopped as he heard Guardian speak in his subconscious.

"You didn't ask, idiot. I have no reason to tell you something you don't ask about…" Bmon facepalmed. "Well, he just informed me telepathically that it is called a resonant… So I suppose I am a part of this legend, maybe this is what that other Bmon meant by I had to deal with three problems… I guess these are the other two aside from the thing that called itself "Glitchun".

"Wait, you're Bmon? But you're not the Bmon from this world?" Lily looked shocked.

"Y-Yeah, do you know the Bmon from this world?" He questioned.

"The Bmon from this world is one of the wanderers, they're a group of individuals who tend to wander around the world in search of something… Though no one knows what they're looking for." She explained.

"More importantly, Bmon. You don't know how to fight, right? The only one who knows how to fight here is Kana…" Daisuke pointed out, causing Bmon to look at him before realizing himself.

"...Kana, can you help me train for a little bit? I think I'm somewhat capable of holding a sword…" He asked.

Kana thought for a moment before throwing her katana at Bmon. "But I don't have a second sword…" Kana explained before Lily rushed into her home, coming back out with a sword forged from the Dandelion Town's Blacksmith. She handed it to Kana.

Kana hesitated before swinging the sword to test its capabilities. "Huh… This is a well forged sword…" She thought.

"You can keep it, after all… The legend has a bit more to it, apparently the dragon will end up fleeing, and it will become a showdown between the boy representing infinity, and you, Bmon." She pointed at him.

"Ok, Bmon. Just swing your sword like this…!" Kana swung at the grass, cutting off 5 inches of it.

Bmon pulled the katana out of its sheath, the sheer weight caused him to fall down. "H-How the hell do you hold this every day…?" He said, slightly shocked at how heavy it was.

"Well… Think about it this way, you would want to protect me and Daisuke, right? That would make the weight all the more worth it for me…" Kana explained.

He sighed and struggled to get on his feet. Once he got back up, he closed his eyes and focused. Bmon swung the katana at the grass, cutting 5 inches off of it just as Kana did. She looked shocked that he had gotten to that level so quickly.

"I-It took me half a month to be able to hold a sword without falling, and you did it in under five minutes…" Kana thought for a moment before continuing.

"W-Well, now we should spar, that way you know the difficulties of an actual battle, but be warned… I won't go easy on you…" She warned.

"Sure…" Bmon and Kana began sparring in the center of Dandelion Town, meanwhile the dragon they had seen earlier began flying toward Dandelion Town. At the same time, the boy who had beaten up Buster, arrived on the other side of the portal. He glanced at the town, his expression changed immediately to something more serious than before.

"I've found you, you thief…" He began flying toward the town at a rapid pace.

Fifteen minutes had passed, Bmon fell onto the ground slightly exhausted from sparring with Kana. "I-I think I got the basics down… Hopefully that'll be enough."

Suddenly, the drone that had been following Bmon, Kana and Daisuke started to emit a voice. "Bmon, can you hear me?" 

"Yeah, I can hear you loud and clear man. What's up? Why do you sound like you've been gut punched?" Bmon asked.

"...Because I was, dumbass… Listen, there's a boy that went into the portal after you, he phased through the front door to get to my lab… I wanted to warn you beforehand." He explained. 

Bmon thought for a moment before looking back at Lily. "Lily, I think there's a way I can resolve that legend without any destruction." He told her.

"H-Huh? How would you do that…?" She tilted her head.

"It seems one of them is only after me, and they had to go through the same portal as we did to come here, therefore… If we escaped back to our world and destroyed the portal, they would have no reason to fight, right?" He explained.

"Bmon… There's a lot of what-ifs in what you just said- But… It looks like we don't have time to argue…" Daisuke pointed at the sky, the dragon had reached Dandelion Town, it glared at Bmon.

"It seems like the other one is here as well…" Bmon said as he looked at the boy, now standing in front of him.

"Who are you two, what do you want?" Bmon questioned. The dragon spoke first. "My name is Nishimura Ryūji, I don't appreciate people stepping into this world without explaining why." He glared at Bmon.

"...My name? You can call me, Infinitymon-" Bmon didn't let him finish talking. "Hold on, we are not calling you that, I'm gonna call you Infinimon. It's easier to pronounce." He told him.

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