Digimon are being killed indiscriminately, and the gang comes face to face with an urban legend. Hiro and the others formulate a plan to take the rumored executioner down, when something unexpected happens.

Kiyoshiro invites the gang along to his academic conference, upon hearing that his hotel is haunted by a Zashiki-warashi. There, they investigate the rumor of the haunting, while Gammamon has trouble accepting what happened to Bokomon.