A few minutes later.
Shiko had already brought out the Pokémon he had chosen from among the group.
A Charmander, and a Charmeleon.
As for Charizard.
Shiko decided to set it aside for now.
After all, compared to Charizard's final evolutionary form, the evolution factors inside Charmander and Charmeleon had not fully solidified yet.
They had greater potential for reshaping.
The success rate would also be higher when Shiko operated on them.
The small Charmander and Charmeleon before him.
Under Shiko's overwhelming pressure.
No longer even had the slightest thought of resisting.
They could only obediently let him do as he wished.
On Shiko's side.
He first chose Charmander as his experimental subject.
His Metal Claw.
Touched Charmander's body.
Then.
He closed his eyes tightly.
And slowly transmitted a strand of his consciousness into it.
After that, he slowly sensed the flow paths of energy inside Charmander's body.
Perhaps because Shiko himself had also evolved from Charmander.
When his consciousness entered the body of the Charmander before him.
And inspected the internal energy situation.
He did not encounter much resistance from the other party.
After sensing it for a while.
Shiko completely understood Charmander's energy circulation method.
At this moment.
Although his eyes were closed.
A translucent 3D diagram of Charmander's body appeared before his eyes.
Inside this translucent image.
Every key node through which energy flowed in Charmander's body had been marked.
Immediately afterward.
Shiko used his own consciousness.
And began pulling at those energy nodes inside his mind.
As he pulled.
The outline of the image in his mind also began to change.
The energy nodes he moved.
Caused Charmander's body.
To begin changing as well.
This feeling.
Was like sculpting a person.
It was full of a strange sense of fun.
While Shiko worked inside his mind.
He did his best to reshape Charmander into the form he wanted.
At the same time, he used his consciousness.
To guide his own power into Charmander's body, carrying out the transformation in sync.
Fortunately.
After absorbing the energy of the Plates, Shiko had gained a pathway that allowed him to carry out this kind of life-altering reconstruction.
Because of that.
Although this process looked somewhat terrifying.
In reality, it did not cause Charmander any substantial harm.
On the contrary.
A large amount of pure power flowed into its body.
Instead, it allowed this originally rather ordinary Charmander to achieve no small breakthrough.
Shiko followed the direction he had envisioned.
Bit by bit, carefully and with full concentration, he continued pulling.
Slowly.
Charmander's appearance began to undergo a significant change.
Its little head grew larger.
Its limbs also began to become short and thick.
Very close!
Very close!
Very close!
Only a little more!
Looking at the blue translucent outline in his mind.
Shiko immediately grew tense.
Not long ago, during his previous attempt, a problem had occurred precisely at this critical juncture.
Now.
Victory was right before his eyes.
As long as he made it through this critical point.
It would be a complete success.
Shiko's movements began to become careful and cautious.
Bit by bit, he slowly continued pulling.
Even his breathing began to slow down.
A few minutes later.
The final energy node was pulled into its predetermined position.
At that same moment.
Inside the translucent 3D image in his mind.
Charmander's figure.
Had completely turned into the large-headed appearance of Agumon.
After completing the transformation, Shiko finally opened his eyes.
He lowered his head.
And saw Agumon standing before him.
Looking at that large head and sturdy little body.
A wave of excitement and joy immediately rose in Shiko's heart.
Success!
This time, he had truly succeeded!
In the Pokémon World!
He had created a Digimon!
Amid his excitement.
He quickly opened the information of the Agumon before him.
In the next second.
A pale-blue translucent data panel appeared in front of him.
[Species: Agumon]
[Type: Fire]
[Ability: Blaze. When stamina is low, the power of Fire-type moves increases.]
[Level: Newbie lower stage. 30/100 EXP until full.]
[Status: Normal]
[Potential: Quasi-top-tier]
[Base Stats: HP 45 (45), Attack 60 (60), Defense 40 (40), Sp. Atk 60 (60), Sp. Def 55 (55), Speed 60 (60), Total 320 (320). Note: The values in parentheses are the ordinary six base stat values.]
[Moves: Ember, Scratch, Pepper Breath, Bite, Wing Glide...]
[Introduction: A brand-new Pokémon mutated from Charmander. Its body has been partially strengthened, but due to certain reasons, its form has become fixed, and it can no longer evolve.]
Shiko read through it line by line.
And kept nodding.
From the species name.
There was no doubt that Charmander had already transformed into a brand-new Pokémon species.
Agumon.
In terms of its Ability.
Agumon had retained Charmander's original Ability.
Its level and status had not changed.
As for its potential, because Shiko had just infused it with pure Origin Energy.
This Agumon's potential had increased by quite a bit.
As for its base stats.
Shiko remembered that an ordinary Charmander's base stat total was 309.
Agumon's base stat total had reached 320.
A full increase of ten points.
At first glance, it did not seem like much.
But for a basic-form Pokémon like this.
Its HP had increased by a fair amount.
Its Attack had also risen somewhat.
Its Defense and Speed were slightly lower.
Its Sp. Atk remained the same, while its Sp. Def had been strengthened.
Overall, this enhancement was quite decent.
Shiko nodded and continued reading.
In terms of moves.
Agumon had indeed inherited the moves a normal low-level Fire-type Pokémon should possess.
Aside from those.
This little Agumon.
Also had Pepper Breath, a move unique to Agumon.
However, next.
When Shiko saw the final introduction section.
His brows suddenly furrowed.
That strange description.
What was going on?
Why would this situation appear?
According to reason, for a newly created lifeform, its evolutionary trajectory should be complete.
Just like Shiko himself back then.
Then why.
Was Agumon's current condition described as a fixed form?
With no possibility of evolution?
Moreover.
Even the system could not find the reason behind it.
Shiko felt puzzled and confused.
Where exactly had things gone wrong?
For this situation to appear?
After thinking about it for quite a while and still failing to find an answer.
Shiko had no choice but to use the other Charmeleon for another experiment.
Following the same method as before.
A 3D diagram of Charmeleon's body quickly appeared in his mind.
Immediately afterward.
He once again pulled at its energy nodes.
Slowly.
Charmeleon's body became taller, larger, and sturdier.
By the end.
It had already completely broken away from Charmeleon's appearance.
And had become a mighty and domineering Greymon.
After finishing this series of operations.
Shiko also used the system as usual to check Greymon's data.
There were no problems with everything at the front.
But in the final introduction section.
This Greymon that he had mutated himself.
Was the same as the Agumon before it.
For some unknown reason, a problem had appeared.
Causing its form to become fixed, leaving it unable to evolve any further.
How strange.
What exactly was going on this time?
Shiko fell into hesitation, unable to understand it.
He stood on the mountain peak and thought hard for a full hour.
Finally, he found a reasonable explanation.
He felt that the reason was very likely related to the Pokémon themselves.
First, starting from his own Charmander form.
He had the system's support.
In addition, he himself did not belong to this universe.
He was an outsider.
Therefore.
He was not restricted by the rules of this universe.
That was also why.
He could freely evolve from the form of a little dinosaur into GeoGreymon.
And then become WarGreymon as he was now.
This was something that completely violated common sense and the rules of the world.
But he.
Had done it.
Similarly.
The Charmander and Charmeleon from just now.
Although Shiko had forcibly twisted their genes and caused them to mutate into brand-new Pokémon species.
In essence.
They.
Should still belong to the category of Pokémon.
They had not surpassed the boundary of their species and become true Digimon.
They probably only had the skin of Digimon, but not the core.
It was precisely because of this.
That they had not gained the potential to evolve upward on their own.
After realizing this.
Shiko still felt somewhat disappointed and discouraged.
Originally, his goal and idea.
Had been to create an entire Digimon species completely independent of Pokémon.
This species.
Needed to have a perfect and independent evolution line.
Now, it seemed.
Even after absorbing the power of two Plates and gaining the ability to bestow life.
If he wanted to reach that point.
His authority was still somewhat insufficient.
Perhaps.
Only by truly becoming a being like Arceus could he accomplish it.
But very quickly.
His emotions adjusted slightly.
Since the Digimon he created did not possess evolutionary potential.
Then it was simple.
He could just directly create an Ultimate-level or Mega-level form.
They would be born already in their final form.
That way, there would be no need for evolution.
That was actually feasible!
Shiko's eyes suddenly lit up.
Then the question was.
Now, which Ultimate-level or Mega-level Digimon should he start shaping first?
Shiko thought for a moment inside his mind.
In the next second, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He already had the answer!!!
(End of Chapter)
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