Return and escape

The instant she returned to the hibernation pod, Mo Si held her breath.

A hibernation pod alone could not contain a Digimon. At least, most Champion Digimon could easily destroy one, so the pods were filled with a pale green liquid containing anesthetics and similar substances.

When Mo Si had first transmigrated and possessed Angewomon, she had nearly been anesthetized too.

Fortunately, she had crossed over to the Fairy Tail world before losing consciousness. Otherwise, she would still have been one of the specimens here.

Bang!

Holding her breath, Mo Si clenched her right fist, concentrated pale purple holy power around it, and struck the pod's glass. Her delicate fist shattered the sturdy glass, sending pale green anesthetic fluid gushing across the floor.

Beep, beep, beep!

At the same time, a red light on the ceiling came on, bathing the entire room in red as the alarm blared incessantly.

Mo Si had expected the alarm. She raised her right hand, extended her index finger, and pointed it at the alarm in the shape of a gun.

Pew~

A pale purple beam shot from her fingertip. It was holy power, a miniature Heavenly Purple Light, and it shattered the alarm like a bullet.

Then she destroyed the camera the same way.

Once that was done, she released magic power to generate heat, evaporating the moisture on her body.

Despite crossing between worlds, she still retained the power she had cultivated in the Fairy Tail world.

Before returning, however, she had actually been holding a tree branch.

After she crossed back, the branch was no longer in her hand.

"So I really can't bring outside objects with me when I cross over."

She had already suspected as much when she first arrived in the Fairy Tail world, completely clean and without any of the pod's anesthetic fluid on her.

She could only bring herself across, not outside objects. That was also why she had not bought any magic items in the Fairy Tail world.

Next, she turned her attention to the panel.

[Name: Mo Si]

[Species: Digimon · Ultimate · Free Type · Angel Type · Angewomon]

[Skills: Holy Arrow, Heavenly Purple Light, Healing Light, Digisoul, Take Over Magic]

[Evolution path: Fallen Evolution]

[Countdown to next crossing: 30 days]

Thirty days again. Does that mean I'll cross over once every thirty days? Mo Si wondered.

In the surveillance room, the security personnel, who had been yawning moments earlier, jolted awake at the alarm. After seeing what was happening on the screen, one of them hurriedly grabbed a radio and shouted, "A Digimon has escaped!"

The news soon reached the man in charge of the facility-Kurata Akihiro.

He was a gloomy man wearing a white lab coat and small glasses.

Upon learning that a Digimon had broken out of its hibernation pod, he did not get angry. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face. "It managed to escape despite the enormous amount of sedatives we administered. Has it evolved a resistance? Digimon really are dangerous creatures."

He operated his computer, accessed the surveillance feed, and saw the Digimon that had escaped its pod.

"Angewomon?"

Kurata gave a contemptuous smile. "Just an Ultimate."

He had invaded the Digital World many times and captured numerous Digimon, including even Mega-level ones. By comparison, this Angewomon had little worth mentioning besides her looks. In his eyes, she was merely material he could use to secure research funding.

Nearby, a man dressed in military uniform asked, "Dr. Kurata, should we recapture Angewomon?"

He was the captain of the guards responsible for Kurata's security and had some scientific knowledge. Having just heard Kurata mention "evolving a resistance," he thought the escaped Angewomon might have research value.

Had Kurata been an ordinary scientist, he probably would have recaptured Angewomon for research.

But he was not.

He was indeed a scientist, but his ambitions went beyond science. He harbored an obsession with ruling the world.

Thus, Kurata replied flatly, "No need. Just eliminate anything that refuses to obey."

The guard captain nodded, activated the radio by his ear, and said, "First squad, move out. Carry out the disposal mission."

Just then, Angewomon's voice rang out in her mind. "Please save them too."

By "them," she meant the other Digimon around them that had also been captured.

There were Goblimon, Mushroomon, Otamamon, Gekomon, Etemon, Kunemon, and others, ranging from Rookie to Champion and Ultimate.

"That's easy enough." Mo Si did not mind doing a few good deeds while she was at it.

She raised her right hand, releasing pale purple holy power from her palm.

This was a little trick she had learned through repeated use of Heavenly Purple Light.

Simply put, she condensed and maintained a miniature Heavenly Purple Light around her fist, then made the energy rotate to strengthen the force of her punches.

She had named it Rasengan... no, Holy Spiral Fist.

It was also the move she had used to knock Laxus unconscious earlier. Only by driving that rotational force into his internal organs had she been able to knock him out with one blow. An ordinary enhanced punch could never have rendered Laxus unconscious when his physique was as formidable as a dragon's.

Bang, bang, bang-!

Mo Si destroyed the hibernation pods in the room one by one, freeing the Digimon inside.

But these Digimon had been immersed in anesthetic fluid for so long that even after being removed from it, they could not wake up right away.

Mo Si raised both hands and released healing power, quickly bringing the Digimon out of their anesthetized state.

The newly awakened Digimon were groggy and confused.

"Where are we?"

"My head hurts."

"Did you save us?" Etemon was the first to grasp the situation and looked at Mo Si.

Mo Si nodded.

The Digimon all expressed their thanks.

"Save that for later. It's not safe here. Come with me."

Mo Si turned toward the wall directly opposite the doorway, raised her right hand, and clenched her fist.

Etemon had the classic appearance of an octopus-like alien. Although his personality was twisted, he was fairly intelligent. Pointing at the main entrance, he said, "Wouldn't going through the door be faster if we want to leave?"

Angewomon thought so too.

But Mo Si had her own reasons. "There are guards at the door. Why would we go that way?"

As her words fell, she punched with her right fist.

"Holy Spiral Fist!"

Rotating holy power covered her fist. With just one strike, she smashed a large hole in the twenty-centimeter-thick wall.

She followed with three more punches, leaving four holes in the wall.

The Digimon stared in stunned disbelief. Even Etemon swallowed nervously. He had never expected Angewomon, known as the Digimon goddess, to be so violent!

After punching the four holes, Mo Si delivered a kick, connecting the cracks between them and breaking open a hole large enough for an adult to pass through.

"Let's go!"

Mo Si led the Digimon through the hole and outside.

She glanced back and saw a red cross on the building. "This place is... a hospital?"

And a very large private hospital at that.

Right, now I remember!

The bio-Digimon technology Kurata had developed could not only give humans Digimon abilities, but also treat illnesses and save lives-for example, restoring mobility to paralyzed people or making weak people strong.

Following that logic, even restoring vitality to the elderly might not be difficult.

Given Kurata's personality, he would definitely use that to gain leverage over elites from every sector of society and secure an endless stream of research funding. No wonder Kurata never lacked money in the original story, could mobilize troops at will, and could even mass-produce Gizumon.