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With a reluctant sigh, you nod to your partner. He takes the lead, loping across the narrow banks on his knuckles. He can tell that the two of you are wavering due to the song, but he's resistant to the digital attack thanks to his sheer volume of data. He takes you across multiple corners, while the music ramps up in intensity the whole way.
After rounding the final bend, the singer comes into view immediately. It's not even trying to hide.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">GEKOMON- CHAMPION- AMPHIBIAN- VIRUS</span></span>
The creature is a singing frog, sitting on a large mat like a street busker. His mismatched eyes snap towards you once you arrive. Despite his ugly appearance, his voice is absolutely beautiful. A pink mass pulsates before it, pushing three distinct notes out of the wet holes on the very tip of its tongue. A brass horn curls around its neck and blares the loud bass tone that resonated the most with you.
A Champion! Now that Raremon is gone, this guy must have climbed up to this level. You think of saying something, but you see it lick its lips blatantly, running the tongue across its sharp and snaggled fangs. Phascomon frowns, but the creature doesn't react. It just keeps singing, watching as you all walk closer.
Liza is mesmerized, and you feel yourself falling further under its spell. It's a truly glorious song, despite the fact that it clearly wants to eat you. While each tongue-hole twitches errantly and looses an individual aspect of a heavenly choir, Gekomon rubs its webbed limbs together. It then reaches behind its back and retrieves a bib, tying it neatly around its neck. It thinks it has you completely caught in its spell. The blatant motion breaks even Liza out of her stupor, and she turns towards you in confusion.
Still, the three of you go closer. Rather than just getting louder, the music feels like it takes on a more complex vision with proximity. You can hear little rumbles and resonances that tickle your ear and send shivers down your spine. You fully trust Phascomon. If the frog attacks, he'll maul him in an instant, and you have nothing to fear.
Finally, you get too close. The Gekomon's music cuts off entirely, and it lunges for the biggest prey: Liza. She's already preparing herself to leap back. You feel like you can just give it a light beating and then chat with it after, since it's not really being evil. It's hungry and stupid, but it would be a waste of a voice to slay it.
But before Phascomon can act, something explodes from the unattended waterway, catching all four of you by surprise.
