Di-Di-Di: Digimon Lotus, Book 1: New Gen of Tamers

[ Episode 3 | No Way Home Part 1 ]

"This is Tokyo News with an urgent update. Police are searching for Kira Ikeda, a woman in her 30s who is the single mother who vanished after leaving work in Shibuya last month. Ms. Ikeda was last seen entering the station at Hachiko Square, but her trail has since gone cold. Disturbingly, her wallet and phone were found in her apartment, raising concerns of foul play. In a chilling detail, her young daughter, Haruka, mentioned her mother had been frightened of a 'shadow man' following her in recent days. If you have any information, please contact authorities immediately."

On the same day that Tomi and her friends watched the Kuromiya Residence burn to the ground, after fleeing the Kuromiya Residence, they rushed back toward Tomi's friend's homes, only to be met by smoldering ruins. The familiar streets were unrecognizable, swallowed by fire and ash. Silent tears fell as they realized everything they knew had been lost. In shock and disbelief, they gathered at the Teikyu Building Accessway in a busy Shibuya train station, struggling to process the devastation that had unfolded. The Digimon group is with them but wearing some disguises with some human clothes.

Yui is looking through his phone to see the news. His eyes widening as an emergency alert flashed across the screen which his neighborhood had been engulfed in flames where his home is.

(Yui) "It's not just Tomi's home. It's... it's all of ours. Everything's gone."

(Saki) "I can't believe any of this... fuck."

(Meicoomon) "Am sorry everyone. I wish I could have prevented any of this."

(Tomi) "Is not your fault Meicoomon. Is that monster who burnt our lives to the ground."

(Mai) "What are we going to do now?! We're homeless!"

(Tomi) "Just let me think Mai..."

(Mai) "Oh oh oh god."

(Yui) "Why would anyone burn our homes down?"

(Tomi) "It must be a sick game to them to leave us homeless."

(Tsubaki) "This sucks... my PS5 is in there!"

(Yui) "Yeah, and my switch too!"

(Tsubaki) "Oh my god, I just remembered! What about Koro?"

(Yui) "Our dog? Oh god... I don't know if he made it out from that fire!"

(Jiro) "Calm down... I still have my credit card. We can get a hotel room for the night."

(Yui) "Oh yes! Jiro thank you!"

(Jiro) "We have enough time before it gets too dark. So we should hurry up."

(Mai) "Can we just get a Airbnb?"

(Jiro) "Mai, that will take long. I know a hotel we can stay at."

The group started walking on the streets heading towards the hotel that Jiro knows about. While they are heading there, there is a young boy wearing a hood over his head who has started to follow them along with a flying companion as well.

With them getting to the hotel, Tomi and her friends stay outside while Jiro gets the rooms. But after a couple of minutes, Jiro walks out and he looks frustrated and throws his credit card to the ground with a calm but sheer anger. 

(Tomi) "What's wrong Jiro?"

(Jiro) "My credit card is declined."

They are shocked to hear that.

(Yui) "WHAT?! Have you try the backup credit card?"

(Jiro) "I did!!! All 4 of them! All declined!"

(Tomi) "Ah fuck."