On the face of the "Advanced Transfiguration Spell" card, once the mist cleared, a cat-like Digimon with jet-black fur was revealed—"Black Gatomon"!
[Image: Black Gatomon]
Transforming into a Digimon was understandable.
After all, Digimon in this world were also magical creatures. But why had he transformed into a Black Gatomon?
Dark immediately recalled one of Black Gatomon's evolution paths.
"Black Gatomon" → "LadyDevimon" → "Lilithmon"! Although Digimon had no gender in concept, some Digimon possessed very distinct gender characteristics in appearance. LadyDevimon and Lilithmon were examples of this.
"Imprison it, imprison it!"
Once Dark confirmed that he had truly transformed into Black Gatomon, his first thought was to seal away this transformation for good!
But his rationality quickly prevailed, and more thoughts surfaced in his mind. For instance, now that he had transformed into Black Gatomon, could he fuse with Gatomon and evolve into Bastemon?
Could he use Bliss V on himself to evolve into LadyDevimon? And if he used Bliss IVV on himself, would his Bliss surge dramatically?
These thoughts flooded in all at once, only to be dismissed by the batch.
For instance, there was no way he would actually do something as stupid as using Bliss IV on himself.
That being the case, if he wanted to evolve while in the form of Black Gatomon, he could only rely on his own efforts—no, he could still use Fusion!
Of course, since Bastemon, evolved through the fusion of Black Gatomon and Gatomon, was still a Digimon with a female appearance, Dark had no urge to try it.
Under these circumstances, he chose to rely on himself
and work hard to achieve evolution.
Moreover, he temporarily set his sights on a Digimon other than LadyDevimon.
Digimon evolution paths were not fixed.
As far as Dark knew, Black Gatomon could