Leon sat on the soft ground of Founders Village, holding a Digimon egg with yellow stripes, his face filled with worry.
His large hand continuously stroked the Digimon egg.
According to Xuannei Old Man, this allows the Digimon egg to absorb information emitted from a person's body, thereby accelerating the hatching process and increasing intimacy.
For this, Leon even specifically shut down his digitized body, but the Digimon egg was still slow to hatch.
However, he wasn't worried about that; he was worried about what Xuannei Old Man had said earlier.
The evolution of a Digimon is related to all elements, so its form before and after evolution will be completely different, and a Digimon is not limited to evolving into the same type of Digimon.
In other words, even if it wasn't a dark evolution, he might not necessarily obtain Angemon.
Crack.
A slight sound rang out.
Leon, who was still contemplating how to ensure Yuramon would 100% follow Angemon's evolution path, snapped back to reality and quickly lowered his head to look at the Digimon egg in his arms.
He saw a circle of cracks appear on the originally smooth Digimon egg.
Crack, crack...
As the cracking sounds continued, a circle of cracks appeared on the Digimon egg in Leon's hand, and soon the shell split open, revealing a white, translucent, jellyfish-like creature inside.
It was the Rookie Digimon, Yuramon.
Yuramon had black bean-like eyes and a small mouth, with no hint of intelligence in its gaze, much like a lifeless toy.
However, even so, it possessed two self-preservation skills: Bubble and Strong Acid Bubble.
"The feel is really good!!"
Once Yuramon hatched, Leon instantly cast Angemon and everything else out of his mind.
'How could such a cute Yuramon be sent to the battlefield!'
At the same time, a new prompt popped up in the lower-left corner of his vision.
[Digital World Exploration Value 60.002%]
[Activate tinkers' construct module]
The appearance of the prompt only made Leon glance at it briefly, and then he continued to observe Yuramon's condition.
He carefully reached out and touched Yuramon's head... well, one could also say its body, as for its jellyfish-like form, its head and body were one and the same.
Just then, the remaining eggshell from Yuramon's birth suddenly transformed with a pop into a bamboo-woven cradle.
"How humane!"
Leon carefully placed Yuramon into the cradle, and the commotion here attracted Kari, who was playing with her companions.
"Uncle, did Yuramon hatch? Wow, so cute!"
The little girl couldn't resist such a soft and squishy creature, blinking her eyes as she looked at Yuramon lying in the cradle bed.
Then she pulled a fruit from her pocket and said, "Uncle, can it eat fruit? This fruit is especially delicious."
The evolution of a Digimon requires a lot of energy, and the basis of this energy is the data that Digimon absorb from the network.
Food can also be converted into energy and stored within their bodies.
Furthermore, Digimon will also acquire a portion of data from defeated Digimon and use it as energy.
"Thank you, little Kari."
Taking the fruit, which looked very much like a tomato, Leon first poured out water to wash it clean before holding it to Yuramon's mouth.
Upon seeing the food, Yuramon immediately wiggled its body, opened its small mouth, and bit into the fruit.
Seeing this, Leon's face showed a relieved smile.
Xuannei, who had already regained his youth, walked over at this moment and said, "Child, the Digital World is about to recover, and you can no longer stay in this world."
"Otherwise, you will be deleted by the world as an error."
Kari was stunned when she heard this and asked, "Are we going back already?"
Xuannei nodded and said, "Yes, you still have half a day. Don't forget that your relatives are waiting for you in the human world."
Hearing Xuannei's words, Leon scoffed, saying that this sentence was only for fooling children.
Aren't you a human yourself?
There were many reasons for letting the children go back, but it was definitely not the reason of being deleted by the Digital World.
Kari's mood became a little downcast. She looked up at Leon and asked, "Uncle, I don't want to be separated from Digimon..."
Leon reached out and stroked Kari's head, whispering in her ear, "If you miss Digimon later, then come to my place. I'll also leave a key for Digimon."
"Ah?! Is that really possible?"
"Of course!"
This kind of thing was easy for Leon. Even if Kari came to him every Saturday and Sunday, it would only cost eighty energy points.
The energy value from slaying one [Hound] or half a [Smiling Wraith] per week would be more than enough.
"Kari, you go play first. Mr. Xuannei and I have some things to discuss."
"Okay, Uncle..."
Leon smiled and looked at Xuannei, saying, "It's fine to lie to children about some things."
"I won't ask too many questions about the specifics, but don't stop me from coming to pick Digimon eggs in the future. But don't worry, I won't come casually."
Xuannei fell silent. He had no information about Leon, and even using the power of the Digital World couldn't analyze Leon's origin.
Moreover, the other party, with just a bucket of white liquid, easily resolved the dark seed that Piedmon had planted in his body, not only restoring his youth but also eliminating future hidden dangers.
"If the quantity is too much, I will stop you..."
"Good!"
At this moment, a flash of white light appeared in Yuramon's cradle. Yuramon disappeared from the cradle, replaced by a chubby Digimon.
Rookie I is the most fragile period for a Digimon, but fortunately, this period is not long, usually ranging from a few minutes to a few hours.
"Hello, Digimon!"
Leon extended his hand and placed it in front of the chubby Digimon. Digimon lowered its head, sniffed, and then excitedly jumped onto his palm.
"Hello! Hello!"
Its voice was a little small, even slightly weak, but Leon showed no sign of dislike.
No big deal, when you grow up, we just won't operate a battleship, right?
After bidding farewell to the children.
Leon then took Digimon and left the Digital World. The newly born Digimon was like a blank slate, but its learning ability was very fast, and he didn't know if it was due to the genetic factors within its body.
"This will be your new home from now on. Oh, by the way, do you like to eat batteries?"
Digimon not only needs data energy, but it also needs charging.
A very magical setting.
Digimon became excited when it heard 'battery' and shouted, "Battery, Digimon likes batteries!"
Leon walked to the box where miscellaneous items were stored, found the flashlight battery he had found earlier in the Backrooms, took it out, and handed it to Digimon.
Digimon opened its mouth, full of fangs, and swallowed the battery. It held it in its mouth as if it were a piece of candy.
Stroking Digimon's head, Leon joked, "Just don't evolve into a flashlight Digimon later..."
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