After escaping from the hospital, Moth took a headcount.
Space Datamon, Goburimon, Mushroommon, Tadpolemon, Gekomon, Kunemon...
Good, not a single one was missing.
[Evolution Direction: Dark Evolution, Mutant Evolution]
Right at that moment, Moth noticed a new change in her status panel, with an additional option called "Mutant Evolution".
She clicked to open the details.
She saw familiar names like Numemon and Sukamon, and unexpectedly, Holy Angemon and Sanzangmon were also listed!
To sum it up, the data boiled down to the following two lines:
[Holy Angemon: 5%]
[Sanzangmon: 1%]
Holy Angemon was an Ultimate-level Angel Digimon just like Angewomon, only with a male appearance.
As for Sanzangmon, it was a Digimon based on Tang Sanzang from Journey to the West, and moreover, a female Digimon with a Japanese female-monk aesthetic.
The percentages "5%" and "1%" at the end represented the probability of a successful evolution.
"Right now, I have a chance to evolve into Holy Angemon and Sanzangmon," Moth muttered.
She was speaking to Angewomon.
As beings sharing a single mind and body, there was no need to hide the existence of the panel from Angewomon.
Besides, apart from the uncontrollable dimension-hopping mechanism, the panel's function was basically just letting her see her own evolution directions.
Telling Angewomon about the two extra evolution directions was also a way to get her advice.
After hearing this, Angewomon analyzed: "Mindsets, psychological states, physical conditions, and behavioral activities all affect a Digimon's evolution. I suppose it's because we rescued these Digimon that the possibility of evolving into Holy Angemon and Sanzangmon has emerged."
Moth nodded in understanding.
However, possibilities were just possibilities; if she actually underwent Mutant Evolution, the more likely outcome would be the failed products of evolution like Numemon or Sukamon.
Fortunately, she possessed Take Over Magic and could choose not to evolve. As long as she managed to draw the "cards" of Holy Angemon or Sanzangmon, she could use Take Over Magic to access a portion of their evolved power without actually evolving.
Moth muttered, "It's a pity that all our current possibilities are only Ultimate."
Whether it was Dark Evolution or Mutant Evolution, the highest possibilities currently displayed were Ultimate-level Digimon, with no Mega Digimon in sight, presumably because she herself hadn't yet met the conditions for Mega Evolution.
Angewomon said, "Don't be discouraged. Mega Evolution is something only a small minority of Digimon can ever touch."
If it were just her on her own, she wouldn't even dare to dream of the possibility of Mega Evolution.
For wild Digimon, evolving was extraordinarily difficult, and Digimon capable of Mega Evolution were even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Moth said, "I'm not discouraged, just even more expectant."
If she could acquire the power of a Mega, even temporarily, it would give her a bit more confidence when facing powerful enemies.
With plenty of confidence, even if she did nothing at all, she could live a relaxed life.
Living a relaxed life also had a very nice synonym — carefree and unfettered, which was precisely the life Moth dreamed of.
To achieve that kind of life, one had to constantly strive to improve oneself. Once she had enough power, even jumping across worlds once a month in the future would simply feel like traveling to her.
How wonderful!
So, how to grow stronger?
Actually, the path to becoming stronger that belonged to Moth was already beginning to take shape.
And that was Take Over Magic!
Step one: create the possibility for herself to evolve into a certain Digimon;
Step two: use Take Over Magic to absorb that possibility;
In this way, she could grow rapidly in strength.
Digimon evolution combined with Take Over Magic truly was the ultimate pairing!
The more Take Over Magic was used, the more proficient one became at it, so the main issue was concentrated on the first step, which was "how to create the possibilities for evolution."
Moth muttered, "As long as we create more possibilities for evolution, we can grow stronger!... If I learn Dragon Slayer Magic, perhaps I might gain the possibility of evolving into a dragon-type Digimon."
Dragon Slayer Magic was a magic that allowed the user to acquire a dragon's constitution; only dragons could kill dragons, hence the name Dragon Slayer Magic.
She had already left the Fairy Tail world, and now she had no chance to learn Dragon Slayer Magic.
Besides, even if she were still in the Fairy Tail world, learning Dragon Slayer Magic would have been extremely difficult.
Angewomon said, "Laxus is also a Dragon Slayer Mage, and his Magic Power has the attributes of a dragon. If we can absorb that Magic Power, it might generate the possibility of evolving into Holydramon."
Holydramon?
The image of that pink husky flashed through Moth's mind.
Holydramon, along with Qinglongmon, Goddramon, and Megidramon, were collectively known as the "Four Great Dragons", and dragon-type Digimon were synonymous with power in the Digital World, so in terms of combat capability, Holydramon was extremely strong.
The biggest flaw was its appearance.
But it didn't matter; she wasn't actually evolving into Holydramon, she was just temporarily acquiring Holydramon's power using Take Over Magic, at most growing Holydramon's fur on her limbs and turning into a half-human, half-beast form without truly becoming Holydramon.
Basically, she would turn into a beast-eared girl, completely within Moth's XP range.
Ahem...
"We need to make a note of this and experiment when we have time."
Right now, she didn't have much free time because she was in the middle of running for her life.
"In addition, from now on we should do more things like what we did today to increase 'merit', which will raise the probability of evolving into Holy Angemon and Sanzangmon. That way, the probability of me drawing those cards will also increase."
It felt sort of like role-playing?
By acting out the traits of a certain character, you increase the probability of evolving into that character...
Oh well, whatever.
Speaking of card drawing, Moth remembered that she still hadn't drawn her ten cards for today.
"Let's find a safe place first before drawing cards."
Moth led the Digimon toward the city center, hoping to find DATS—the Digital Accident Search Team, or in other words, the main cast of Digimon Savers.
DATS had a portal leading to the Digital World, and only by using that portal could she send these Digimon back to the Digital World.
However, the current difficulty was that she didn't know the exact location of the DATS headquarters.
Where on earth should she start looking?
"Angewomon," Space Datamon called out.
"What is it?" Moth looked back.
Space Datamon pointed toward the direction of the food street: "Goburimon said he was hungry and ran over there."
Angewomon's anger flared up, and she scolded, "That idiot!"
Space Datamon, Mushroommon, Tadpolemon, Gekomon, Kunemon, and the others were all startled.
The beautiful Angewomon didn't care about her image, letting loose a torrent of abuse, which showed just how furious she was inside.
Angewomon advised in her mind: "Watch your words and actions, Moth. This will affect the role-playing."
And it ruins my image, too.
Moth took a deep breath, her two bountiful assets heaving significantly as a result, before she finally calmed down and asked, "Can I just leave him alone?"
Just let that Goburimon fend for himself and meet his own fate.
Angewomon pondered for a moment and said, "Uh, in that case... it harms our merit."
Sigh, being a good person is really hard; if you're going to help someone across the river, you have to walk them all the way to the other side...
Moth sighed: "As expected, Dark Evolution is much easier. You just lose your mind and play with yourself, completely free and unfettered."
Angewomon said in a solemn tone: "The freedom of depravity is not true freedom."
"...I was just complaining."
Moth turned her head to look toward the food street and spotted members of a camera crew among the crowd, as well as a pretty professional-looking woman, who seemed to be interviewing something...
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her mind like lightning.
She understood!
Finding DATS was difficult, but making DATS find them was very simple.
And that was... getting on TV!
"Let's go, we're heading over too."