Still bewildered by the impact his feet made on the ground, as well as his unexpected meeting with a partner Digimon, Parth gradually began to take in his surroundings. That he wasn't on earth anymore became apparent the second he saw a mountain floating in the sky. "I see you've made it to the Digital World safe and sound", said the same voice, this time without the double timbre, from behind. "Who're you?" asked Parth, as he turned around to face a tall and handsome man clad in some sort of regal robe. "The name's Gennai, kid. I'm the one who chose you, as well as the rest of the thirteen other Neo-Tamers." "Neo-Tamers?" asked Parth. "Yeah, that's right", said Gennai. "Wai-wai-wai-wai-wait...so this whole franchise, this whole Digimon story is true? The Digital World is for real? HYPNOS exists? There was a man called Oikawa? There really was a D-Reaper? Is this a dream?" said Parth, frantically. A tall and blonde Japanese youth, wearing a tweed jacket, descended from a hillock and pinched Parth hard. "Ow! What was that for?" complained Parth. "For convincing you this isn't a dream. Buckle up kid. There's no room for weaklings around here", said the blonde guy. "Kiriha?" ventured Parth. "Close enough. I am the firstborn son of Kiriha Aonuma and Nene Amano, Chiaki Aonuma." "Nene and Kiriha got married?" said Parth, with the air of someone who had been given the spoiler about a new instalment of his favourite book series. "Such frivolity", hissed Chiaki. "You're treating our forefathers' lives as nothing but old stories. Tell me, do you have a Xros JA?" "Pardon?" asked Parth. "A Digivice Xros JA, or in short, a Digivice XJA. This." And then Chiaki pulled out his own Digivice from the pocket of his jacket. "Oh, a Digivice?" said Parth. "Yeah, I have one." And he pulled out his own from his jeans pocket. "Hmmm...." Chiaki seemed to be deep in thought. Then, he suddenly spoke again. "You probably have no idea how it works, do you?" he said. Parth nodded. "For starters, what's this SD card slot for?" he asked Chiaki. "We'll be getting to that in a moment," replied Chiaki. "But first, you need to know what XJA stands for." Parth nodded again, uncertainly. "X is for Xros, Digixros, that is. J is Jogress, or DNA Digivolution, and A is for Armor." "So wait, I can have more than one Digimon at a time?" asked Parth. "Let me give you an analogy", said an Indian guy in a striped shirt, who was roughly Parth's height. Beside him a Patamon was floating in the air. Parth instantly recognised his friend. "Rachit!" exclaimed Parth, as he went and hugged his friend. "Umm...okay," said Rachit uncertainly. "Now let me continue. Suppose you have a football team. You have an ace striker, a goalie, and other support players. If you only had the ace striker in your team, you would no doubt be defeated by the other team, since the other players of the opponent's team would overwhelm your striker. Similarly, without a goalie, your team would never be able to save their goal. In the same manner, one main Digimon partner would be the main player of your team, but if you don't have other Digimon to Digixros with, or other Digimon for Jogress evolution to take your game to the next level, you would most certainly be defeated." "Okay, I think I get it now", said Parth. "This is a lot like Digimon World DS, right?" "Right," said Rachit, "but this time it's for real, and the stakes are high. We're talking about the fate of the Digital World and the Real World, as well as our own lives. If we're not careful, we could very well die here." "I have two questions. How do I add other Digimon to my team? And who is the villain this time?" (Chiaki rolled his eyes at this.) asked Parth. "You remember Digimon Hunters? And the gameplay of Digimon World Dawn, as well as that of Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars?" asked Rachit. Parth nodded. "Well, yes", he replied. "So do we get DigiMelodies or do we hunt Digimon? Or do we Digiconvert?" "It's something in between, kid", said Chiaki. "You see, you can obtain the 100% percent scan data of any Digimon you defeat, the moment you defeat it. You can also revive a Digimon using its Melody. Furthermore, if you've defeated a Digimon, you have the choice to either use its scan data to create a fresh copy, or to use its melody to revive the Digimon concerned." "Okay, now what is the threat the Digital World faces?" asked Parth earnestly. "It's really not a single threat," said Gennai. "Are you familiar with the Demon Lords?" "Those flunkies who stand for the seven cardinal sins of man?" asked Parth. "Precisely. You see, global warming has been tearing apart the boundary between the Digital World and the Real World. As a result, more Digimon are Bioemerging in the Real World, and computer viruses from the Real World are infecting the Digimon of the Digital World. A computer virus has corrupted Yggdrasil, and somebody, we don't know whom, has been using the hole in the security to initiate the process of reviving the Demon Lords. The virus's effects are far-reaching. There was a built-in vaccine program in Yggdrasil that prevented Digimon from Digivolving beyond Mega Level, because that would disrupt the networks in the Real World, and would ever so slightly physically warp the Digital World, gradually changing it into a distorted world. We need to find out who did this, and we have to stop them. That's where you Neo-Tamers come in. Because there are no restrictions on Digivolution now, your Digivices enable you to access all forms of evolution, excluding of course Spirit Evolution as well as Digisoul Charge. Any other questions?" "Um..., yes. What is the effing SD Card slot for?" asked Parth. "Good question", said a blonde girl with a Cockney accent, beside whom a Biyomon was floating. "Ever thought where you'd store all the scan data? Or the DigiMelodies?" "Uh, no?" ventured Parth. "You see, scan data and DigiMelodies both basically store the highly compressed source code of a Digimon. DigiMelodies, in addition to the basic source code, also contain the memories and information from the Digimon's past configuration. The Digimon's source code is stored as a melody in a wave PCM file, which is then dumped onto the main memory of the Digivice, which reads the data and converts it into a Digimon. The temporary files created in the process of conversion of scan data or DigiMelodies into a Digimon rarely exceed 4 gigabytes, whereas the maximum storage capacity of a Digivice 1 terabyte. For this reason, your SD card has a storage space of 64 gigabytes, and you can convert only one Digimon at a time. Conversion of Digimon from DigiMelodies is faster than conversion from scan data, because wave PCM files are uncompressed audio." "All that is fine, but where is my SD card?" asked Parth, irritated. "It should reach here any moment", said Gennai, with a smile. And sure enough, a small bubble carrying a microSD card came floating from the sky. "Grab it", said Chiaki. Parth nodded uncertainly, and then reached out to grab the bubble. Instantly, the bubble busted in his outstretched hand, and the feather-light SD card was in the palm of his hand. "Insert it", said a red-haired youth with a strange accent and a kindly face. Beside him stood a Stingmon. "Cool", said Parth. And with that he inserted the SD card into the SD card slot. The Digivice momentarily glowed white and then its screen turned on. "So, where are we?" asked Parth. "This place is called New File Island", said Gennai. "After DarknessBagramon was defeated, the Digital World was rebuilt. This is the northernmost end of the new Digital World."
