"Myself? What do you mean?" Sora was puzzled.
"I can receive data from my past evolutionary stages. For example, I can receive Gatomon's eyes and claws and use Gatomon's skills while maintaining my Ultimate form."
Sora exclaimed in surprise, "You can do that?!"
"I was just as surprised as you at first. Perhaps due to the special nature of Digimon, Take Over Magic has undergone a unique transformation within us."
Rather than overthinking it, Sora decided to try using Take Over Magic.
"Partial Takeover: Gatomon's Claws!"
Sora raised her right hand, and a magic circle appeared in front of it. The circle glowed, and then her right hand was briefly covered in a mosaic effect.
The effect vanished in an instant, revealing a fluffy clawed glove covering her once fair hand—three black claws extended from the front—unmistakably Gatomon's clawed "glove".
Though it appeared to be Gatomon's glove, the data was actually derived from the Ultimate-level Goldramon's claws, granting it impressive power.
Sora asked, "How strong is it?"
"I haven't tested it because violent movements would wake you up."
'You're so gentle!' Sora felt a warmth in her heart. She then dispelled the magic, washed up in the dormitory restroom, and stepped out, where she encountered Mira, Lisanna, Erza, Cana, and others.
After all, this was the girls' dormitory.
They exchanged greetings and headed to the guild together.
After finishing breakfast, Sora asked Erza, "Erza, I want to test the power of Take Over Magic. Where can I go?"
Lisanna was surprised, "Sora, you've already learned Take Over Magic?"
Sora nodded, "I made quite a bit of progress yesterday."
Hearing this, Lisanna looked envious. Although she had learned magic power earlier than Sora, she was still in the learning phase when it came to actual magic.
Erza said, "You can go to the back mountain."
Since she often trained in a clearing there, she decided to bring Sora along. Out of curiosity, Mira, Lisanna, Cana, and the others followed.
At the clearing in the back mountain, Sora found a large boulder about the height of a person.
"Partial Takeover: Gatomon's Claws!"
Gatomon's clawed glove appeared once more on her right hand.
She clenched her fist.
And punched!
With a loud "BOOM!" the massive boulder shattered, its fragments scattering like petals in the wind.
"She smashed that huge rock with just one punch?!"
"And purely with brute strength!"
"That's incredible!"
Mira, Lisanna, Erza, Cana, and the others watching from a distance were astonished.
"I'll call this move… Holy Blast Punch!" Sora decided to name her technique.
Angewomon, who had been silently listening in Sora's mind, finally spoke up when she heard the name "Holy Blast Punch."
"That's actually Gatomon's skill—Cat Punch."
Sora, of course, knew this and replied with mild disdain, "Cat Punch just doesn't sound imposing enough."
"But it is Cat Punch." Angewomon insisted.
Sora pouted, thinking that calling it Cat Punch wasn't necessarily a bad idea.
It lacked grandeur but added a layer of psychological damage.
Imagine this scenario—a defeated enemy asks, "What technique did you use?"
Answer: "Cat Punch."
Upon hearing this, the enemy would be so enraged and humiliated that they'd die on the spot…
Angewomon gazed at the shattered rock in awe, "Such immense power! Using Cat Punch in an Ultimate form really is much stronger than in the Champion stage."
Sora mused that receiving Gatomon only added attack options, without significantly increasing her overall strength.
But what if she received an Ultimate-level Digimon?
"Can I receive an Ultimate-level Digimon?"
Angewomon answered, "Past evolutionary data is stored within the body and can be received, but future forms that haven't appeared yet cannot be received."
Sora raised her right hand, igniting a DigiSoul in her palm, "What if I add DigiSoul?"
She recalled that in Digimon Savers, the protagonist's Digimon briefly assumed their Mega forms while still in their Ultimate states—a temporary "trial mode."
That was undoubtedly a function of DigiSoul.
If she could merge DigiSoul with Take Over Magic, perhaps there was something to it.
Angewomon said, "Let me try."
Sora grinned, "I'm counting on you, my other self."
"..."
As the "client," Sora only needed to provide the idea, but as the "contractor," Angewomon had much more to consider.
…
The next morning, in the girls' dormitory.
Sora yawned as she woke up, sensing that her magic power had grown stronger overnight, she smiled and asked, "Angewomon, any progress?"
Immediately, Angewomon's voice echoed in her mind. "It's still just a hypothesis. You need to activate our evolutionary form using DigiSoul before you can receive it."
'First, activate the "trial mode" with DigiSoul, then use Take Over Magic to absorb its abilities…' Sora roughly understood the process.
Following Angewomon's guidance, she began infusing herself with DigiSoul.
"DigiSoul, charge!"
Since she lacked a Digivice, she had to do it manually—by gathering a DigiSoul in her palm and slapping it onto her flat stomach.
The next moment, an unknown gust of wind swirled around her.
Her long golden hair lifted as if she were transforming into a Super Saiyan.
A faint white glow surrounded her body, tinged with pink.
Then, above her head, a pink silhouette appeared.
The outline of… a pile of poop.
'Sukamon!'
Sora stepped back in horror, "Ugh! Thank goodness I didn't fully evolve!"
Angewomon, unfazed and unbothered, explained, "This is normal. Digimon that rush their evolution without external intervention often suffer data collapse, turning into these Mutant-type Digimon."
As she spoke, Sukamon's silhouette vanished.
"You're saying I was too hasty?"
Sora went to freshen up, then returned and tried again.
Another silhouette appeared—this time, a decayed slime.
'Numemon!'
"Again!"
"Again!"
"Again!"
"Again!"
The third time—Sukamon.
The fourth—Sukamon.
The fifth—Numemon.
The sixth—Sukamon.
The seventh—finally, a humanoid Digimon!
Tall and slender, cloaked.
'Vamdemon!'
Angewomon, unimpressed, said, "Sora, our body and mental state aren't ready for evolution. Don't force it."
However, Sora had already understood the mechanics.
It was like a gacha game—her evolution paths were the pool, and each DigiSoul infusion was a pull.
Gacha taxes? Sukamon, then Numemon.
After those most common options, there were Devimon, Vamdemon, LadyDevimon—only these five options.
Since she could only evolve into one of these five Digimon, Sukamon and Numemon were out—Even for her, the idea of using poop or vomit attacks was unbearable.
But Devimon, Vamdemon, and LadyDevimon had valuable abilities worth receiving.
If she missed Vamdemon now, who knew when she'd pull him again?
Sora made a snap decision.
"Full Takeover: Vamdemon's Soul!"
Angewomon was shocked but couldn't stop her in time.
The moment Vamdemon's soul was received, Sora's Angewomon body underwent changes—not transforming into Vamdemon, but adapting his traits to her form.
A high-collared black-and-red cape draped over her shoulders, the three feathered ornaments on her helmet morphed into bat wings, her chest piece changed from a winged design to a skull motif, and her outfit darkened from white to deep blue.
Even her shoes transformed—from white heels with black soles to black heels with red soles.
She looked just like a vampire queen!