Rumors of a wandering fortuneteller with absolutely accurate predictions known as "Mephisto" had been circulating amongst the public, motivating Aoi, Mika and Ruli to investigate them. In reality, this fortuneteller is Phelesmon, a dangerous, demonic Digimon who scares his victims with illusions and petrifies them to manifest his Boogiemon army and collects his terrified and petrified victims for amusement.
Tropes
- Collector of the Strange: Phelesmon keeps the humans he turns to stone as part of a twisted art gallery but is picky about the facial expression of the victims. There were a few statues he had his minions throw away because the victim's face was not quite contorted in terror enough for his liking.
- Compromising Call: Hiro and Kiyoshiro call Ruli to inform her about the statues a bit too late, as she already found out about the statue collection and was secretly watching Phelesmon in action. All the call did was breaking her cover and putting her in danger.
- Graceful Loser: Phelesmon willingly returns the humans he petrified back to normal, saying it's his way of failing to get a chance to read Ruli's fortune. Subverted as the petrification was just a bonus on top of his original goals of materialisation and consuming a portion of Tokyo, meaning that he really isn't losing anything of note.
- Lifesaving Misfortune: Aoi and Mika went to meet "Mephisto, the Fortuneteller" (Phelesmon himself) with Ruli not knowing what he actually is. Much to their chagrin however, another girl already arrived, Phelesmon will only take two more customers that day, and she insisted that she goes to meet him first, leaving only Mika able to attend. Granted, they and Ruli still get into trouble with Phelesmon, but at least they aren't turned into stone unlike the girl who got in first.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Phelesmon's "disguise" is just him wearing a white suit and a white hat. In an audience viewpoint, it's very uncanny and makes you wonder why people are falling for it.
- Schmuck Bait: His "fortunetelling manor" is actually a front to turn his Boogiemon minions solid through inducing fear on his victims, and he turns them into stone For the Evulz.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Phelesmon is doubtlessly powerful even compared to other Perfect level Digimon, and should not be defeated by merely combining attacks from 3 Adult level Digimon. The only reason they technically won is due to him admitting that fighting them is not his objective.
- Taken for Granite: The fate of Phelesmon's victims. He turns them back by the end of the episode, but promises to be back when there's no resistance.
