The Current is Changing (Toki) [Artifact Material Hunt]

When was they last talked again? Was it during the time they're talking about Tetsu's project of crafting the shelter? That was indeed years ago... too long that he almost have forgotten. Since then the shelter project is moving, but well... there are still problems, and it's not going as smoothly as expected.

"Hmmm, well, first and foremost, let's do a simple ritual."

Tetsu moved toward a washing basin and washes his hands and feet with it. Gryz followed suit and did the same. What's next however, both of them immediately splashed a laddleful of water to the top of their head, drenching their white purification clothes wet. They repeated.the process several times until they're completely soaked.

"Well, from this point on, what happened will be... different than usual, so mind you, this gonna look a little bit freakish, alright?" Tetsu warned.

First, he evolved Gryz to Belphemon. The Bearmon was sitting crosslegged, and now appears as a massive, probably ten meter tall Belphamon, still sitting on the ground with his eyes closed and hands joined together in a prayer. This is an important step. Then, Tetsu raises his Digivice near his lips. What he recites is a Norito, specifically a purification Norito, one that have been practiced over and over again from the clarity of his words. The Digivice immediately responded, glowing with faint green and brown light that intermingles, spinning clockwise in parallel. He simply let it go from his hand after he finished the chant. The moment it hit the floor, it disintegrated into data particles that formed a sphere around him. Tetsu immediately moved to enter Gryz, which then further evolves him into Belphemon X.

Normally, Tetsu would have Gryz assume armored form, in where the human took Belphemon-like qualities, but because Tetsu need to seal the corruption, he need to do normal biomerge that usually done by most people. Inside the Belphemon, the young teen began his work. A holographic screen appeared in front of the Belphemon, showing what happened inside... Mainly, Tetsu moving around in orb-like shell, transported between sectors of data. He's, at the moment, trying to reach the Digicore.

"Toki, can you see the display? I'd like to ask you to tell me if there's any physical changes in Gryz. I'm kind of deattaching myself from him so I can see what's going on inside. Well... as you can see..."

Inside, there are several data blocks that are colored deep black and red. It's emitting dull brown color and makes noises.

"...These are the corrupted data that exist inside of Gryz. If I were to destroy it, it will probably destroy tons of Gryz's current self... So what I'm going to do is, I'm going to move these to an isolated sector that only can be accessed when he evolved, then will be stored safely again whenever he's out of it. To do that I must reach the Digicore."

"Don't worry," Tetsu answered as he swam against the currents of the data. "It's not like I'm going to mess it thoroughly. I'm just going to add simple command string... Basically: I'm going to create a container zone to gather all these data. Which means these data will be read only unless accessed for specific reason. And no, I'm not going to destroy these data. I did say 'even if we destroy it', but at this point Gryz feels it's more beneficial for the data to stay here and so he can tap into that power."

Before long, Tetsu arrived at Gryz Digicore. It's a massive sphere, shining green and amberish. "...Right, so... I'd like you to do something if you don't mind... I forgot to tell you this... but where I stood before, there should be a bottle or something... So when I told you to, I'd like you to toss it to Gryz, hard enough so it'll break, alright?"

...That would be one odd thing to ask, but it's crucial. The said bottle is palm sized with clear blue liquid inside.

"Inside is several drops of blessed water from Ys. It will temporarily weaken the corruption enough so I can reinforce the seal... and thanks for the warning, Toki. I'll definitely heed it... so don't worry."

But for the meantime, he accessed the interface of Gryz's digicore. Tetsu typed several strings and looked at them to make sure that he typed them right... before pressing enter. The Digicore beated several times before it releases a light. When the light fade, a layer appeared right above Tetsu. He accesed the interface again, and this time 'gathered' the data closer. Once it's close enough, he nodded.

"...Alright, time to work...."

Tetsu began swimming toward the corrupted data block, and using his protective sphere, he moved (more like repelling) the data toward the upper layer. The data doesn't seem to move away after that, and stayed in the layer, but still connected with the data blocks via thin connecting lines to the digicore- which means they're being accessed at this point of time. 

Tetsu started to move more and more. So far, still good.

"Ah looks like we got cables crossed," Tetsu admitted with an awkward chuckle. "...I personally... doesn't think that it's possible. Yes, personally that is. We have tried... you see, to purify the data. From asking high level angel to treatments with medicines. It's not working. Gryz has never lost control in his Belphemon form so at that point we just decided that it doesn't worth the effort to mess around with his data more than enough... but... Problem starting to rise when these corrupted data began to spread to the rest of his data, which means his other form could get corrupted too... so you know where this is going."

But either way, Tetsu keeps working. At first, it was going smoothly, but as time goes on...

"OUCH!?" The hand that he used to work trasferring data cube suddenly zapped by something. The data cube that was supposed to be stable now has morphed into something similar to a sea urchin.

"!?"

The rest of the corrupted data also did the same temporarily...

"......Wait, don't tell me... these are defense program?" Unfortunately, in process of moving the data, Tetsu did not get registered as an administrator, but as a third party. The slow transfer has somehow flagged him as an anomaly. Tetsu looked at his hand that was temporarily glitching out.

"...Looks like the system purposely trying to mislead me. The number of corrupted data is probably less than what's on the screeon..."

...and then he took a look at the Digicore. Most likely the strongest defense program is there. If he goes there... Then most likely it will try to delete him forcefully or terminate the connection. That might cause complete separation of Tetsu and Gryz bond-wise.

"...In that case..." Tetsu had to do it in third party way. First... he calls out his Digivice. He's no programming whiz, so he simply voiced his request to the Digivice, who did the work on its own. The Digivice, as the proof of bond between Tetsu and Gryz, managed to dispel the visual camo of the defense programs. Now... it feels like swimming in a pool full of floating jellyfishes... One sting and it would be really bad. Tetsu continued to do his work. For the meantime there's no change in Gryz.