REAL

==Part 1==
===Synopsis===
Arisa Kinosaki and celebrate and hug after after Arisa's win against Violet "Vi" Inboots. Following the celebrations, Arisa notices that her new card is greyed out and unable to be used — just like what happened with Shoto Kazama's . Arisa suggests talking to the GMs about their greyed out cards, though points out that they're supposed to be keeping the wild Digimon and new cards a secret with Shoemon that revealing them now would render the entire duel with Violet pointless as they had duelled to keep her silence. They receive notifications on their D-STORAGEs that maintenance is going to happen in thirty minutes, with Pteromon freaking out at the thought of the duo logging out. Shoto informs them that it's not just them — every single player will have to log out whilst the maintenance happens — and that they will have to remain logged out for 160 hours. Learning this information, Pteromon's heart breaks as it will be trapped inside its card for the entire duration with that being mind numbingly boring for Pteromon — though Shoemon expresses happiness about going as it likes being trapped inside. The four of them then hang out or the remaining time they have left before they have to log out. 
Unknown to the quartet, they were being watched from the top of a nearby building by Close.
During their time away from the game; Shoto and Arisa duelled in real life, played regular video games, and focused on their studies. 
After matinence, Shoto and Arisa are summoned by the GMs and as such they force their partners to stay inside their D-STROAGE. This just angers Pteromon, since it had only just gotten free from its trading card and now was trapped inside another device. After waiting around, they are called in by Cool Boy who after some small talk points out how often and for how long the two of them log in — much longer than other players — and apologises for causing them to be unable to play for so long. As he asks about what they did whilst logged out, he takes them by surprise when he asks if they were worried about their new friends. He tells them to calm down as he wasn't accusing them of anything and is joined by the arrival of the newest GM — Yao Qinglan. Qinglan enjoys getting to know the duo, having heard about them from Cool Boy, with Cool Boy making it even more clear that he knows about their new previously unknown cards as the GMs had checked the duos duel history and seen what cards they had been using. Arisa cries and apologises for keeping it secret, saying she had been worried that they would've gotten in trouble for having the cards — begging for them to not ban the duo. Rather than ban them though, the two GMs have the duo go through a portal that leads them to an area with lots of Digimon. They're surprised to see so many wild Digimon, though Cool Boy tells them that they're not wild — nor are they — and that they are in fact real Digimon. This fact shocks both of them, with Cool Boy telling the duo that the Garden they're in is where all the real Digimon live as they had no where else to go in LACUNA. With little time to react, Cool Boy asks if they're ready to hear why he brought them there.
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==Part 2==
===Synopsis===
Cool Boy and Yao Qinglan have brought Shoto Kazama and Arisa Kinosaki to the Garden, an area in LACUNA in which real Digimon live. Cool Boy asks the duo what they know about Digimon, with Shoto talking about how they're fictional characters used in various media like anime, manga, video games and of course — the TCG. Yao says he's right, though then moves into asking them what "real Digimon" are. They tell them that Digimon are real, with the fictional characters being based on actual real Digimon and that this is done to allow Digimon to be preserved. This information surprises Shoto; he had heard of the "backstory" of Digimon, but just thought it was made up lore for the franchise — not something from actual real life. They explain how I.D.E.A had found LACUNA and modified it for use in , which lead to them coming across Digimon, and then lead to the creation of the video game. 
Getting to why they brought them here, Cool Boy tells them that wild Digimon do not exist in Liberator. This confuses Shoto, since they obviously do, with him saying that's just a lie they tell everyone. He admits that it is indeed a lie, with the admins telling them that LACUNA's environment isn't conducive for Digimon to survive. He explains that Digimon can only survive for a few days at most in LACUNA, and so the admins send them to the garden and seal them inside trading cards to allow them to live. Further confused, Shoto points out that had been stalking them for three months yet was still alive. The admins had checked the data of Pteromon and and had learned that they had both lived in LACUNA for over a year, since the beta test, and tell the duo that only a few Digimon (those belonging to the admins and Debug team) had managed to survive for such a long period of time. Finding it odd, they tell the duo they want to investigate and ask them to bring Pteromon and Shoemon to them. They agree, and summon their partners. Everyone becomes startled when Yao suddenly screams, with her declaring that their partners are adorable. She nerds out and goes on a monologue about both of them, as she asks them many questions and chases them around trying to hug them. This freaks them both out, with them asking to be saved from her. As she does so, Cool Boy continues the explanation without her. He tells them that Digimon able to survive without cards are valuable, with Shoto assuming that meant the admins would take them away, though Cool Boy alleviates those worries by saying that wont happen. Instead, they ask them to co-operate with them so that they can study their partners. He tells them they had learned a lot because of , and that they now know wild Digimon had been hacking NPCs and taking in their data as that was one way for them to survive in LACUNA. This however, would cause the NPCs to go rogue. He reminds them that interacting with wild Digimon can result in their accounts being deleted, and invites them to join the game's debug team. As Shoto is confused over regular players being invited, Cool Boy points out that as they can delete their accounts at any time, the duo actually have no choice but to accept the job. Yao tells them that Cool Boy had actually been protecting them for a while, and was making compromises to ensure their safety. 
As they're in the middle of accepting the blackmailed deal, they are interrupted by Owen Dreadnought — who had been eavesdropping on the conversation. He expresses annoyance at the duo being amateurs, feeling they would just drag the admins and debug team down. This upsets Pteromon, with appearing and and laughing at Pteromon. They're shocked to see Owen with an unknown Digimon, and realize he is just like them. Elizamon and Pteormon bicker, though Owen tells his partner to cut it out as there was no point getting involved with amateurs. Yao asks Owen why he had shown up, with him stating he had overheard their terrible decision and wasn't happy with it. She insists that they're just trying to protect the duo, but this enrages Owen with him declaring that it'll just lead to the admins suffering from the consequences of allowing them to join. He claims they'll just run away the second trouble comes, this setting off Shoto. He yells back at Owen, saying he is sick of listening to him, and agrees to join the debug team purely to spite Owen. Owen becomes sick of the conversation, not wanting to talk to a terrible card game player, with this giving Cool Boy an idea. He asks Owen if he would approve if Shoto showed he was a good player and tells Yao to duel him so that everyone can see Shoto's skills. Owen tells them to do whatever they want. The agreement then changes and becomes that Shoto can join the debugging team by proving he is a good duellist. 
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