Seeing all the information pop up on the panel, Aoyagi froze.
He wasn't under hypnosis, and the creature before him wasn't a Ditto or Zoroark in disguise. It was a genuine Agumon?!
But what was this "Reptile Pokémon" classification?
Wasn't it supposed to be a Digimon?
Did it just automatically switch identities because it was in a different world?
Was the concept of "adaptive nationality" spreading that fast…?
A flurry of thoughts raced through Aoyagi's mind as his gaze shifted past the panel to Agumon.
From its movements to its expressions, everything seemed natural. Combined with the panel's data, Aoyagi gradually accepted this seemingly absurd reality.
After all, if transmigration and a summoning panel could happen, a Digimon appearing in the Pokémon world… didn't seem like that big of a deal.
Besides, Pokémon and Digimon shared many similarities in their settings. To someone unfamiliar, distinguishing between the two might actually be tricky.
But that wasn't the point.
Aoyagi's eyes scanned the panel, finally settling on Agumon's base stats.
After a moment of silence, he muttered, "High attack and speed, decent resistances… Not only is the total base stat impressive, but the distribution is solid too."
Whether it was the starter Pokémon of various regions or pseudo-legendaries with potential rivaling Legendary Pokémon, their base stats at the initial stage were typically around 300.
Yet Agumon's stats were nearly 60 points higher, and those extra points were distributed remarkably well. What did this mean?
The higher a Pokémon's base stats, the greater the ceiling for its six core attributes—HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed.
Under equal conditions, a Pokémon with higher base stats held an absolute advantage in both potential and combat power over one with lower stats.
Agumon currently stood at that advantage.
It was stepping all over the highly valued starter Pokémon and pseudo-legendaries in their initial forms.
No, perhaps not just in their initial forms…
It was likely to dominate across all stages.
As everyone knew, the only way to close a base stat gap was through evolution!
Most Pokémon, upon reaching a certain level or being triggered by external factors, would evolve, drastically transforming their base stats. These changes directly impacted their six attributes.
While some Pokémon's stats remained unchanged or even dropped, most saw significant leaps, with some even undergoing personality shifts.
However, as living beings, Pokémon had evolutionary limits.
Each Pokémon had a set number of evolutions—some couldn't evolve, others could evolve once, and a few could evolve twice.
Only certain special Pokémon could break this limit through the resonance of a Keystone and Mega Stone, achieving an additional evolution known as Mega Evolution.
As Professor Rowan once said: "Each evolution is a transformation, pushing a Pokémon closer to 'perfection.'"
These Mega-evolved Pokémon, having surpassed their natural limits, gained extraordinary power.
This power allowed their fixed base stats to shift again, boosting their combat prowess to easily overwhelm opponents they were once evenly matched with.
The strongest among them could even rival true regional titans—Legendary Pokémon.
Such "near-perfect" Pokémon could evolve up to three times in total.
Agumon, too, could evolve three times—and that was after its current evolved state.
Currently in its Growth Phase, it still had Mature, Perfect, and Ultimate forms ahead.
With each evolution, a Digimon's strength increased exponentially.
Especially in its Ultimate form, Aoyagi felt that Agumon—likely as WarGreymon—would outclass even Mega-evolved pseudo-legendaries.
After all, if it was already dominant in its initial form, could it really be surpassed after three equally intense evolutions?
Aoyagi thought it impossible.
Moreover, beyond its Ultimate form as WarGreymon, Agumon had an even stronger form—its true limit!
If he could guide it to that point, the only Pokémon capable of matching it would be a handful of exceptionally gifted ones or the Legendary Pokémon themselves.
Perhaps even beyond that…
"All things considered, a Pokémon-style Agumon isn't just acceptable—it's like striking gold!"
Aoyagi's gaze toward Agumon grew fervent.
Sensing his stare, Agumon scratched its head, looking puzzled and a bit shy. Finally, unable to bear it, it spoke first. "Um, why are you staring at me like that? Have we met before?"
"No," Aoyagi replied.
"Then… have you heard of me or something?"
"Well, your appearance alone tells quite a story."
Agumon frowned, its large green eyes darting as if trying to recall something. In the end, it gave up, pointing a claw at the portal it emerged from. "You say that, but I still don't remember you. Since you seem to know me, could you tell me where in the Digimon World this is? I'm in a bit of a hurry to get back to File Island."
"This isn't the Digimon World."
"Huh?"
Aoyagi's words clearly exceeded Agumon's comprehension. It stared at him for a long moment before slowly saying, "Now that you mention it, you don't look like any Digimon I've ever seen. Wait… are you a human?"
"Are you a human…?"
The uncertain, questioning tone made Aoyagi suspect this Agumon had never encountered a human before.
After all, human traits were obvious. If it had seen one, even with Agumon's intelligence, it would have recognized him instantly. Yet it was asking.
This likely meant it hadn't met Tai Kamiya either.
In other words, this Agumon wasn't the one from the anime.
A strange feeling welled up in Aoyagi.
A brand-new, untouched Pokémon-style Digimon… What would it become under his training?
After a few more questions, Aoyagi began to get to know Agumon better.