Looking at the entire battlefield, Agumon’s Baby Flame was practically one-shotting the little guys.
Not a single Unown could withstand a direct hit.
Even the Level 9 Unown leader, who had only been grazed, was visibly in immense pain.
Whether in Sinshi’s memories or based on its actual performance, Baby Flame was undoubtedly Agumon’s most proficient and powerful move.
In that case, Sharp Claw—which was also one of Agumon’s exclusive moves—would highly likely be inferior in power compared to Baby Flame.
But that was in the past.
The situation was different now.
Because after coming to this world, theoretically speaking, Agumon was no longer a Digimon, but a proper Pokémon.
Compared to Digimon, what was the most distinct characteristic of a Pokémon?
Abilities!
This was a special power that every Pokémon possessed, granting specific effects in both combat and non-combat situations.
Agumon’s current Ability was Sharp Claws, which functioned similarly to Abilities like Iron Fist or Strong Jaw in the Pokémon world.
It meant that whenever it used its claws to attack, the move’s power would be significantly enhanced.
The exact numerical value of this boost was a precise 50%.
And Sharp Claw…
just hearing the name made it obvious which body part it utilized.
In other words, whenever Agumon used a move that required its claws, the power would surge by 50%.
With this 50% boost, the power of Agumon’s Sharp Claw would at least be on par with Baby Flame, if not surpass it entirely.
‘I just wonder what the actual effect looks like.’
Standing diagonally behind Agumon, Sinshi silently looked forward to it.
Leaping into the air, Agumon also felt the scorching, brimming, and even somewhat restless energy gathering in its claws.
It was an experience it had never felt before coming to this world.
But it was in no mood to carefully savor the sensation right now.
Its eyes were solely focused on the pitch-black, weird-looking Pokémon that was already close at hand.
Sneaking around trying to ambush and not daring to face it head-on was one thing, but to actually launch a sneak attack on the very first friend it had made…
Such a guy was better off being sent flying.
Agumon estimated the distance in its mind, then abruptly raised its arm.
Orange light surged over its white claws, manifesting into a giant energy claw that covered half its arm, and slashed fiercely toward the Unown leader.
At this moment, the Unown leader also saw Agumon, who had used Sinshi as a springboard to launch itself into midair and was rapidly approaching.
And…
on those claws was an energy fluctuation so intense that just looking at it made its eyes sting.
Thus, it quickly made a judgment.
This yellow-skinned little dinosaur’s combat power was truly astonishing.
A mere grazing hit from its fireball had almost made it faint from the pain; it had absolutely no certainty of winning.
Moreover, the position the opponent had leaped into was exactly in its forward path.
With its currently injured body, it was completely incapable of making a quick evasive maneuver.
All it could do was use Hidden Power with all its might to block the opponent!
As long as it could block this attack…
No, it didn’t even need to block it.
Just delaying for a little bit of time would be enough.
By then, that little dinosaur would fall back to the ground.
And it would have ample time to leave this place, retreat deep into the ruins to find those older, stronger Unown, and have them come out to deal with this little dinosaur and the human.
Having made up its mind, the Unown leader channeled Hidden Power with all its strength.
A rippling blue light flickered within it, then split into small blue energy clusters.
Pulsating like a curtain of water, they flew toward Agumon, who was already right in its face.
Afterward, regardless of the effect, the Unown leader immediately turned around and fled in the opposite direction.
This was a Hidden Power used with all its might.
Although its body felt a hollow weakness as if it had been drained, the Unown leader felt it was worth it.
Perhaps it would be somewhat difficult for Hidden Power to block that yellow-skinned little dinosaur’s attack, but buying a little time would absolutely, definitely be no problem.
The gap in strength between it and the yellow-skinned little dinosaur couldn’t possibly be that massive.
It firmly believed this!
Until…
the next second.
Pop!
A very crisp sound echoed within the ruins.
The Unown leader was startled.
The sound of Hidden Power exploding should be a series of roaring booms; how could it be so crisp?
Could it be?
An instinctive sense of unease rose in the Unown leader’s heart.
No!
Absolutely impossible!
Suppressing that thought, the Unown didn’t choose to look back.
Instead, it continued to flee, and at a speed even faster than before.
But immediately after…
Pop!
Pop!!
Pop!!!
Almost instantly, the crisp explosion sounds rang out continuously like firecrackers.
At the same time, a howling gale blew up, overtaking the Unown leader at an extremely fast speed.
After blowing it into a stumble, the wind finally crashed against the ruin walls and gradually faded into nothingness.
At this moment, the Unown leader’s entire body went cold.
It didn’t dare to move anymore.
The unease in its heart could no longer be suppressed.
Trembling, it turned around and glanced back.
It saw Agumon staring at it calmly, its claws held diagonally in front of its body.
The orange light on them had vanished, and its body was dropping straight down.
Obviously, it had just launched an attack against the Hidden Power.
But where was the Hidden Power?
The Unown leader glanced around.
There was nothing, as if the Hidden Power had never appeared at all.
The Unown trembled, its gaze falling on the claws of Agumon, who had already landed smoothly.
They were a crystalline white, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.
The only thing certain was that there were faint traces of familiar energy residue on them.
That was the aura of its Hidden Power.
Piecing together this brief information, the Unown leader found it hard to accept.
It knew the opponent was stronger, but for its full-powered strike to be so casually and instantly obliterated—failing to delay even for a few seconds, acting merely as a one-off firework that ended the moment it began to bloom…
It couldn’t accept this!
But the facts were right in front of its eyes.
It didn’t have the option of disbelief, which made it break down even more.
Thinking of this, the Unown leader suddenly felt so wronged that it wanted to cry.
That damn human, couldn’t you have just said earlier that you had such a formidable guy?
You just had to harass us every few days, and finally even tricked us all into this corner for a brutal beating.
We just purely wanted to guard the ruins, who did we offend?
The more the Unown leader thought about it, the angrier it got, and the more wronged it felt.
Finally, it completely gave up resisting and burst into loud tears.
Seeing their leader cry, the rest of the Unown also released the grievances in their hearts.
Especially the few that had been swatted away by Agumon’s claws and were lying on the ground in too much pain to move—they cried even louder.
In a short while, only crying and tears remained in the entire area.
This scene completely baffled Agumon, who was just preparing to finish off the Unown leader with a Baby Flame.
It scratched its head in bewilderment and looked at Sinshi inquiringly.
Sinshi was also a bit surprised by this.
What did it mean to cry just because you couldn’t win…
But on second thought, putting himself in the Unown’s shoes, he really had been quite annoying before.
And now with Agumon brutally beating them up…
it did indeed seem like bullying.