Digimon Journey in the Spirit World

“This is… incredible!”

Zhu Qingcun, Dr. Laben’s laboratory.

Looking at the piece of meat cut from the dead giant beast in front of him, Dr. Laben was full of excitement.

Yes, this giant beast died on the way due to excessive blood loss and failure of rescue.

The death was a bit sloppy, but the Galaxy team didn't care about that. The key was to turn defeat into victory and reduce the casualties of team members.

When he saw the huge corpse, Dr. Laben suddenly became interested. He immediately took various knives and started to dismember the corpse.

He wanted to study what kind of creature this Pokémon in front of him, which looked similar to Arcanine, was.

Is it a completely new and undiscovered Pokémon, or just another evolved form of Growlithe?

With doubts, Dr. Laben locked himself in the laboratory and studied the giant beast from the inside out, starting from the blood, skin, muscles, bones and other aspects.

Dr. Laben lived a life of day and night reversal in the laboratory. He fell asleep when he was tired, continued his research when he woke up, and ate a few bites of food that had been cold for who knows how long when he was hungry. This went on for three days.

Looking at the densely packed data he had recorded on the whiteboard, Dr. Laben stared with his increasingly heavy eyelids, unable to conceal the excitement in his eyes.

"This is actually the same creature! This is really incredible!"

"The essence of the giant beast is still Arcanine, but under a magical force, it has triggered a second evolution..."

"According to Xiaoguang, this power is called Digital. Team Leader Bai Yu knows more, but it's a pity that he hasn't awakened yet... It's really unbearable."

"The improvement that digital power brings to Wind Speed ​​Dog is not that great, or in other words, the improvement in physical aspect has not made a qualitative leap."

"According to the members at the time, the howl of the giant beast will make the special Pokémon gain... an excited state, and their strength will also increase significantly."

"So... the improvement of Pokémon by Digital Power should be an improvement of their abilities, or the granting of abilities!"

"What a pity! This Windy Dog is already dead. We can only extract a little bit of the remaining Digital Power in its body, and we are unable to test its amplification ability."

After recording the conclusion, Dr. Laben couldn't help but stretch and slumped down in the chair.

Looking at the ceiling in a trance, recalling everything he had gained in the past three days, Dr. Laben's mouth curled up. Even if he did not get any practical results, with this book, future generations would not be caught off guard when encountering similar situations.

What's more... this time we don't have nothing.

I glanced at the table from the corner of my eye, where a light gray porcelain jar was quietly placed. Through the thin body of the jar, I could vaguely see a hint of light black moving inside it.

As he was thinking, Dr. Laben fell asleep and was not awakened until the next night when he was woken up by a member who noticed something was wrong.

"Dr. Laben! I'd like to ask for your opinion on something."

Outside the door, the members who knocked politely to greet the guests looked at the messy laboratory and felt a pang in their hearts.

"Huh? Let's hear it."

The doctor appreciated the beauty of the researchers in the laboratory that outsiders could not understand, and spoke in a cheerful tone.

"Well... there's a Pokémon here that I'd like the doctor to help take care of."

The member's eyes flickered a little and he spoke hesitantly.

"Sure, then give me the Poké Ball. If I meet the right person later, I will help you pass it on."

The doctor didn't care. Team Galactic was often out on missions, and occasionally they would come across young Pokémon that had lost their parents. Normally they would be handed over to the doctor to take care of. When there were new members of Team Galactic joining, he would let them pick one as their starter Pokémon to take away.

This has been dealt with many times.

"Uh... that professor... this Pokémon doesn't have a Poké Ball, and it's not convenient to give it to someone else as a starter Pokémon."

Some members didn't dare to speak. He was just a new member and had to deal with such troublesome matters not long after arriving. It was really a headache.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

The doctor was attracted by the other party's words, so he turned around and looked at the other party straight in the eye.

The member turned around slowly and squatted down carefully, as if afraid of scaring someone. When he turned back, there was a furry puppy-like Pokémon in his arms.

The Pokémon was orange-red all over, with very long hair from its neck up. The rich gray color even covered its eyes. At this moment, it was lying in the arms of the members, wanting to struggle but not daring to move. Its nervous little face made people feel quite distressed.

"Katie Dog? Where did you get these pups?"

Pokémon like Growlithe are not common in the area around the village, and may even be impossible to find. They can only be found in the volcanic area by going northeast out of the Ultramarine Coast.

After all, that is the territory of Windy Dog, one of the Ten Kings.

"Uh……"

The member thought for a long time, and after making countless mental assumptions in his mind, he spoke nervously.

"This Caterpie is the child of the king of the Lava Battlefield..."

"That king... was killed by the giant beast that wreaked havoc on the Blue Coast a few days ago..."

The member spoke cautiously, but despite this, the shocking news still shocked the doctor, and he stood there at a loss for what to do for a moment.

"The king...is dead?"

Normally, a king would simply die of old age, or abdicate with honor after a successor was chosen as the new Tenth King.

Being killed... This is the first case in history!

"Is this a trust? No wonder you said we can't give it away... This guy is the future, no, the current Tenth King."

Looking at the somewhat frightened Growlithe, the doctor's heart softened. Judging from its body shape, he estimated that the little guy was only about one year old, which was the age for him to play and fight with his father. However, because of that special Pokémon, his family broke up and he even fell to the point where he needed humans to take care of him.

"I understand. Leave it here. I will take good care of it."

"Then I'll trouble you, Doctor!"

The member felt relieved, and quickly stepped forward to place the Growlithe at the doctor's feet. After bowing to the doctor, he quickly left.

"just……"

Caterpillar looked at the members who brought him here leaving, and suddenly didn't know what to do. He moved his little feet in the direction the members left several times, but he was afraid that if he walked out of the room and didn't see anyone, he would be in greater danger, so he walked back.

It raised its head and looked at the crouching doctor with its eyes covered by thick hair. It knew that it would probably live with the human in front of it from now on...

"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."

The Doctor slowly reached out his hand, and tentatively touched the other's furry head within sight of the Doggone.

"just……"

Feeling the heat coming from its head, Caterpillar shivered a little, but felt no malice and soon relaxed its body in the warmth.

"Chaka!"

Caterpillar rubbed the doctor's hand actively, and its tone was a little more cheerful than when it came in.

"Then I'll give you more instructions in the future, Caterpie."

The doctor smiled. This was the first time he had taken care of a Pokémon for a long time.

"If you want to become stronger..."

The Doctor said this, thinking of the digital energy on the table, which belonged to the giant beast.

The enemy who killed my father was originally Arcanine. Will it have the same effect on Growlithe?

"Look forward to the future."

"Chaka!"