Nokia vows to help them recover their memories, but soon after begins to flee from confrontations with dangerous hackers after being soundly defeated by Zaxon team hacker Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio, she decides to become stronger and form her own hacker group, the Rebels, for the sake of improving relations between humans and Digimon.
While searching for an exit, Aiba runs into a hacker named Yuugo, the leader of hacker team Zaxon who resembles a rumored "white boy ghost" said to have been sighted around EDEN, who teaches them how to use their Digimon Capture and reveals that Arata is in fact a skilled hacker. Aiba meets them the next day as arranged in Kowloon, a hacker-infested area of EDEN, where they introduce themselves as Nokia Shiramine and Arata Sanada shortly after, the three of them are given the "Digimon Capture" by the unknown hacker and locked into Kowloon. Although most of the room members declare it to be too suspicious to involve in, Aiba, along with users "Akkino" and "Blue Box" decide to look into it. While Aiba is hanging out in a chatroom, a hacker infiltrates it and leaves a message telling the members within to log into Cyberspace EDEN, a popular physical-interaction cyberspace network, to receive a "wonderful present". Cyber Sleuth was followed up two years later with Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory, a midquel, the story taking place at the same time as the original. The localization retains the Japanese audio track and does not feature an English dub. The Japanese version will release one day earlier, only for Nintendo Switch.
At Anime Expo 2019, a port to Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, alongside its sequel, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory, was announced for October 18, 2019, as Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition, though the PC version released a day early. At Anime Expo 2015, a localized release was announced for 2016 through retail for the PlayStation 4 and digitally for the PlayStation Vita. It is part of the Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary and an entry in the Digimon Story series. Windows PC Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth ( デジモンストーリー サイバースルゥース, Dejimon Sutōrī: Saibā Surwūsu ?) is a Digimon video game for the PlayStation Vita.