DIVE12 Deletloss! Disappeared Gladion
Original Airdate: June 22, 2001
Summary
Kento and Gladion has been searching for the former's younger brother Kaito, but to no avail. Kento decides to call it a day and leave the Magical Station, though Gladion warns him to be careful, having an uneasy heart.The next day, Kento finds Kaito seemingly back to normal. In fact, he finds out that the Magical Gate incident never happened in the first place! His family comments the ridiculous idea to diving into the web. At school, he also finds the remaining children to be, like Kaito, never trapped within the Magical Gate. Aoi and the other supporting children don't remember Gladion, either.
After school, Kento found another bizarre event—the Magical Gate is now an amusement park, rather than a virtual site to web dive into. Kento eventually is about to accept this reality when he starts noticing a large eye directly staring at him, albeit for a brief while.
Kento spends the night working on the crafting assignment given out during the school period prior. Remember Gladion first calling to him which gave him inspiration to build a model based on him, Kento works on the controller again. Upon completion, Gladion calls to him and instructs him to push the controller's button. This exits Kento out of Diverland, or rather, a lookalike area.
As it turns out, Kento didn't really log out; Deleteloss took hold of him and trapped him in a simulation resembling Diverland. Gladion and the other Web Knights arrive to rescue Kento, but they end up being confronted by Deleteloss himself. The five struggle against Deleteloss until Gladion learn a new function with his teammates. Phoenixon transforms into attack mode and attaches himself onto Gladion's body, forming Gladion Heat Mode. With one shot, he blasts Deleteloss off.
Although Gladion manages to defeat him, the Deletloss the Web Knight faced was only a part of him. As the result, he averts his own destruction.
Tropes specific to this episode
- Mecha Expansion Pack: This episode debuts Gladion's ability to combine with other Web Knights. For this case, it's with Phoenixon to become Gladion Heat Mode.
- Playing with Fire: With Phoenixon's firepower, Gladion Heat Mode can shoot a concentrated ball of fire.
