Swimming under the Net Ocean, Gon goes to see [[Whamon ()|Whamon]], who is the protector of the Net Ocean. After Whamon meets Taichi, he gives him the Digivice 01, which allows him to check the stats of Digimon, among other things. Telling them he is too weak to continue, Whamon dies but not before appointing Gon the sea’s new guardian. As soon as he dies, Taichi’s group is attacked only to have Zero defeat them using the Digivice.