Agumon and BlackWarGreymon had been researching for a long time.
The Crest of Revenge itself contained a power fundamentally different from the Digivice.
The Digivice stimulated the positive emotions within the children, prompting their Digimon to evolve rapidly and eventually grow strong enough to save the world.
The Dark Digivice, however, drew out the dark thoughts deep within Taichi's heart.
The stronger the dark thoughts, the stronger the power of the Crest of Revenge.
But how to control this power?
Probably only that mysterious Group Owner would know.
"Alright, I'll go ask the Group Owner right now."
Taichi nodded and opened the group chat.
[True Love Is Agumon: @Dark Group Owner, Group Owner Boss, are you there? I have something to ask you.]
[Cat Burglar: Wow, the perennial lurker surfaces! Haven't seen you in ages.]
[This Queen Is So Beautiful: Probably still busy with revenge stuff. I'll be going offline in a couple of days too, starting work on the arena.]
[The Archaeologist of Ohara: Lurking. Hope to reach Amazon Lily sooner.]
[The Dead-Last Jinchuriki: +1, Hope to reach Ryuchi Cave sooner.]
[True Love Is Agumon: Stop spamming. Is the Group Owner Boss there? I need to ask him something important.]
Hattori rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the group chat, looking tired.
[Dark Group Owner: Just woke up. What's up?]
[True Love Is Agumon: Group Owner Boss, Agumon said the Crest of Revenge from my Newcomer Gift Pack has power similar to the Dark Towers. Do you know how to use it?]
[Dark Group Owner: Oh, that? No, I don't.]
[True Love Is Agumon: …]
Hattori shrugged helplessly.
'The rewards the system gave to the various group members weren't within my control, so how can I know anything?'
However, just as he thought that…
[Ding! Administrator permissions have been activated. You can now activate and manage any rewards issued by this group. Final control belongs to the Group Owner.]
'Whoa, admin permissions are open.'
Hattori scratched his nose.
'Was this like my word becoming law, getting whatever I wished for?'
[Dark Group Owner: Uh, just kidding. Unleashing the Crest of Revenge? A piece of cake.]
[True Love Is Agumon: …]
Taichi looked at the Group Owner's back-and-forth antics, his expression frustrated.
'Was the Group Owner messing with me like this to... imply something?'
Taichi thought carefully.
During the days Hattori hadn't been online, h would occasionally share snippets of his daily life with Angewomon.
Sometimes they fed each other, full of tenderness.
Sometimes they held hands, fingers adorned with sparkling gems.
In short…
It blinded all them single dogs.
It even made Hancock grit her teeth in envy.
She wished she could instantly age ten years and fly to the Group Owner's world.
'I get it! The Group Owner has helped me so much. His hesitation this time must be because he hopes I can give him something in return.'
Taichi's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had realized something.
In terms of strength, the Group Owner surpassed them all.
In terms of treasures, the Group Owner casually handed out all sorts of goodies, so he certainly wasn't lacking.
'The only thing I could give him...'
'Would be humanoid Digimon.'
A gleam flashed in Taichi's eyes as he analyzed triumphantly.
'The Group Owner gets along so well with Angewomon, so he must really like humanoid Digimon from the Digital World.'
'As long as I pick one or two good-looking humanoid Digimon, not inferior to Angewomon, and give them to the Group Owner, he'll definitely be satisfied.'
Taichi clenched his fist, feeling pleased with himself.
Just then, Hattori finished his operations.
[Dark Group Owner: @True Love Is Agumon, The Crest of Revenge has been unleashed. You can now perfectly control Ultimate-level Digimon, with a one-tenth chance to control Mega-level Digimon. If you want to upgrade further, it depends on you.]
[True Love Is Agumon: Group Owner, between LadyDevimon and Lilymon, which do you prefer?]
[True Love Is Agumon: Sent two photos.]
[Dark Group Owner: ???]
Hattori was baffled.
'Weren't we discussing unleashing the Dark Digivice?'
'Why suddenly talk about Digimon, and both female humanoid ones at that?'
However, his inner veteran driver made him subconsciously reply.
[Dark Group Owner: LadyDevimon has a great figure, queenly aura. Lilymon is petite and cute, the moe loli type. If I absolutely had to choose... I just want to say, I'll take them all.]
[True Love Is Agumon: Received. I understand.]
[Dark Group Owner: What did you receive? I feel like we're not on the same page.]
[True Love Is Agumon: Hehe, you'll find out when the time comes, Group Owner.]
Taichi looked at the Crest of Revenge in his hand, its power now unleashed.
A smile curled on his lips.
'The Group Owner had helped me so much, asking for nothing in return.'
'I couldn't be an ungrateful bastard like Yamato and do nothing.'
'Once the Dark Towers were established and radiated over a wider area…'
'I must get BlackWarGreymon to select the most beautiful humanoid Digimon and give them to the Group Owner.'
[Dark Group Owner: How bizarre. I'm logging off.]
Hattori exited the group chat, utterly speechless.
If he knew Taichi was secretly planning something like this, he would definitely widen his eyes, take a deep breath, and exclaim in condemnation,
"My mind is willing, but my body can't take it!"