[Ultimate Moves: Darkness Wave, Darkness Spear, Darkness Poison, Mind Whip (Bliss)]
LadyDevimon's overall stats had always been somewhat stronger than Angewomon's.
That remained unchanged even after both Digimon became nine-star.
Though it was not enough to bridge the gap in base stats created by the Holy Ring, it had brought the two sides extremely close.
Moreover, their Ultimate Moves had hardly changed at all.
But LadyDevimon's four Ultimate Moves were already powerful enough, so there was no real need for anything new.
Still, as Dark looked at the sultry LadyDevimon, he could not help thinking of Mastemon.
A nine-star LadyDevimon and a nine-star Angewomon—Mastemon, formed through their Fusion evolution, should definitely be twelve-star, right?
Though Dark wanted to try it immediately, after giving it some thought, he decided to set it aside for now.
The eleven-star Mastemon already had a very complete Ultimate Move list. Even if she became twelve-star, the improvement would likely only be to her overall stats.
After putting the Magitech Card back into his Card Case, Dark began preparing the books he intended to read in the Open-Air Duel Hall.
DemiDevimon's Secondary Transmutation had succeeded. The next step was Miltank's Secondary Transmutation!
Bang!
Dark shut the door with slightly more force than necessary, successfully locking LadyDevimon inside the room.
Then, with his shoulder bag on his back, he headed toward the common room. There was still some time before the Golden Cup began, and some students preferred to wait in the more comfortable common room—especially the Noble House students!
Of course, they were merely resistant to a Golden Cup without any Noble House students participating.
Thus, the moment Dark entered the common room, he naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
Though he was not "the village's hope." Once "the village's hope" had fallen, however, people