 Shortly after, Aiba and Arata encounter Suedou inside another Digital Shift; Arata is attacked and consumed by an Eater, but Suedou rescues him and sparks a specific memory in his mind.Arata, now suddenly obsessed with becoming stronger, leaves with Suedou and cuts all contact.Aiba and their friends manage to recruit most of the Royal Knights to their cause, and Aiba tracks down and confronts Crusadermon, seemingly defeating them, but, upon trying to return to Kyoko, falls into a Digital Shift containing what appears to be a recreation of the EDEN Beta test from eight years ago.