Under the pressure of Shiko's bloodline aura, the Charmander and Charmeleon had absolutely no ability to defy or resist him.
They stood trembling before him, awaiting his judgment.
Shiko rose to his feet.
He walked toward the Charmander standing on the far left.
Level 16.
It was already on the verge of evolution.
As long as it received just a little more experience and energy, it could complete its evolution.
He raised his hand.
His alloy claws extended.
Shiko placed his fingertip against the Charmander's body.
The dense energy within his body was drawn out.
Pure energy passed through his fingertip and transferred into the Charmander.
It really works!
Shiko's eyes lit up.
A divine glow flickered in his dragon eyes.
The sudden idea that had come to him had now been proven.
Although he was not sure why, his energy could indeed be directly transferred into the Charmander's body through physical contact.
After the energy was injected, the Charmander, which had only been one step away from evolution, began to shine with intense white light.
It was about to evolve!
Shiko focused his attention.
His consciousness followed that stream of energy and entered the Charmander's body.
What came next was the true key.
Whether he could evolve the Charmander into Agumon depended on this step.
Shiko's will entered the depths of the Charmander's body together with the energy.
That energy connected with the Charmander's power of evolution.
The two intertwined.
At that moment, Shiko felt as though he could completely control everything within the Charmander's body.
The Charmander's form appeared in his mind.
Aside from the orange outline of the Pokémon, one glowing energy node after another appeared inside the Charmander's body.
Within his consciousness, Shiko slowly pulled at those energy points.
The Charmander's outline also began to change slightly as those energy points shifted.
Bit by bit, he altered the Charmander's body.
Several minutes later, his will had already begun to grow sluggish.
The physical traits of Agumon had indeed begun to take shape.
It seemed to have worked!
Shiko felt a surge of joy.
The Charmander within the Evolution Light had already been reshaped by him into the outline of Agumon!
Crack!!
The instant Agumon's outline took form, the white Evolution Light suddenly shattered.
It broke apart like a smashed mirror.
Immediately afterward, the outline of its body began to change again.
In the blink of an eye, it reverted into the form of Charmeleon.
The white Evolution Light faded.
What appeared before Shiko was not Agumon.
It was a Charmeleon that had just evolved from Charmander!
It failed?
Shiko frowned slightly.
He felt somewhat dejected.
After adjusting his emotions, he began experimenting again.
He tested all of the dozen or so Charmeleon and Charmander in front of him.
He also used up quite a bit of the energy inside his body.
But the result was still the same.
Every modification collapsed at the final step, just before success.
Was his authority insufficient?
Or was the World Origin power he controlled too weak?
Or was there some other reason?
Shiko pondered the problem.
In order to verify his guess and find the root of the issue, he quickly found a Garchomp settlement and tried once more.
The result was something he had never expected.
This time, he could not even transfer energy into the target or probe the other party's energy nodes!
He was completely unable to edit the other party's body information!
This unexpected situation instead allowed the utterly confused Shiko to find a few clues.
(End of Chapter)
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