Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

The playground fell silent instantly, and everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Xin, even the principal looked at him with anticipation.

What has that adorable yellow Agumon from legends grown into now? Has it reached its Champion stage?

Xu Xin's face stiffened for a moment, and after a brief silence, she smiled gently again: "Of course, but everyone should be prepared."

He pulled out his Digivice from his waist and skillfully pressed the release button: "Come forth, Greymon!"

"boom!"

A jet-black beam of data shot into the sky, weaving into a massive outline in the air. When the light faded, a colossal, entirely blue-black creature appeared before everyone.

It has a triangular head covered in black bone armor, its body is covered in blue-black scales, and sharp bone spikes are arranged along its back. Its giant claws generate heat waves when they swing, making it look ferocious and terrifying.

"Wow!" The entire audience erupted in exclamations.

"So cool!"

"Is this the power of maturity?"

"It's not quite the same as the Greymon in the Pokédex..."

Cheng Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Based on memories from my previous life, Agumon's normal evolution should be the orange Greymon, but the blue-black monster in front of me is clearly a virus species corrupted by dark energy—DarkGreymon.

"Woof!" The little dog suddenly pricked up its ears, its sacred ring emitting a faint golden light, and its body tensed up as if facing a formidable enemy.

As a Holy-type Digimon, it is particularly sensitive to dark energy.

Cheng Yuan gently squeezed its paw, signaling it to be quiet.

"Roar!" As more and more people became noisy in front of DarkGreymon, its originally calm gaze began to turn impatient. Its thick tail slammed heavily on the ground, making the pebbles on the lawn jump. It exhaled scorching breath from its nostrils.

Some timid students staggered backward, and some even fell to the ground.

Digimon are not as cute as you might imagine, especially Champion-level Digimon. Compared to their Rookie-level counterparts, they often become more ferocious, larger, and more aggressive.

"Greymon, calm down." Xu Xin's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable authority.

DarkTyrannomon growled and reluctantly lay down, but its scarlet eyes still warily scanned the crowd.

A student took out their digital encyclopedia to scan DarkGreymon, only to find that their encyclopedia displayed a string of question marks.

"???"

Clearly, DarkGreymon is not included in the Pokédex.

"It's not recorded in the encyclopedia?"

"Could it be a new type of evolved form?"

Cheng Yuan watched this scene thoughtfully. It seemed that the dark evolution path was not yet widely understood in this world.

He put away Greymon, and BlackGreymon was recalled as a data stream.

This action brought a sigh of relief to everyone present.

"As you can see, this is my partner, DarkGreymon." Xu Xin's voice broke the silence. "You are still a long way from reaching Champion level. There's no point in saying more. The most important thing right now is the Beast Tamer College Entrance Examination."

"By the end of the semester and the college entrance exam, most of you here will have Digimon that have reached the Rookie stage, which will be enough to qualify you for the Tamer University entrance exam."

"The entrance exam for beast tamers mainly consists of a written test and a battle. The results of the battle will greatly affect the admission outcome."

Cheng Yuan pricked up his ears. This was firsthand experience from a professional animal trainer.

"You'll have to rely on your own efforts for the written exam, but I do have some experience to share regarding the combat exam."

"The difference in data volume and attribute values ​​between growth stages is not as large as you imagine. Preparing some advanced resources before the exam, such as attribute cubes, can change the fate of many beast tamers."

"But in addition to the amount of data and basic attributes, the number of skills, the level of skill development, and basic qualities will all seriously affect the course of the battle. You need to work hard on these aspects in the next six months."

Cheng Yuan nodded to himself. Wasn't this exactly the direction he had been focusing on to specifically train the little dog beast, which he had realized was lacking?

"In addition, if that's not enough, I can teach you some tips."

The entire audience immediately fell silent, holding their breath in anticipation—it was a small trick for Xu Xin, but for these newbies, it was undoubtedly a divine skill.

"A Digimon's fighting power depends not only on its own strength, but also on the condition of its tamer."

"We must remember that Digimon do not fight alone. The tamer and the Digimon are a whole. The tamer's emotional state will affect the Digimon's state. Whether it is joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, or desire, when the emotion reaches its extreme, it will provide a bonus to the Digimon's attributes."

Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up. Wasn't this the "bond" often mentioned in animation?

"Of course, you are still inexperienced and it's difficult for you to influence Digimon through extreme emotions." Xu Xin changed the subject, "But by spending more time with Digimon and building bonds with them, you will gradually master the methods of manipulating emotions."

……

Today, the real world and the digital world are merging, and Digimon have become integrated into human life and production. While Digimon use their special abilities to unleash human productivity and combat power, powerful professional Digimon trainers also gain many privileges.

Professional animal trainers receive many preferential treatments when opening companies, doing business, accessing public facilities, and allocating resources.

Animal trainers all aspire to become professional-level animal trainers.

Getting into an animal trainer university is undoubtedly a fast track to becoming a professional animal trainer.

Principal Liu felt he was very wise to expose these novice trainees to professional animal trainers ahead of time, and to the rising stars among them. This undoubtedly broadened their horizons and helped them grow quickly.

After the legendary senior's speech, the students benefited greatly. Even after the meeting ended, they were still discussing it back in their classrooms.

Meanwhile, Xu Xin was in the teachers' office, tidying up his temporary workspace. He carefully placed a photograph in a frame; it was a picture of himself with a yellow Agumon with clear, bright eyes.

The phone rang abruptly. Xu Xin glanced at the caller ID and quickly walked to a deserted corner.

The call connected, and a deep voice came from the other end: "Team leader, we have contacted the Pengcheng Public Security Bureau and started a city-wide search. We will receive news as soon as we have any."

"However, we just received intelligence that Devimon is suspected of entering the Aota Ward, because Digimon data remnants that were devoured by dark forces were found in the Aota Ward."

Xu Xin frowned and said, "Tell the conventional forces not to act rashly. Beings like the Demon Beasts cannot be dealt with by conventional physical weapons. Taking rash action will only alert them."

He lowered his voice and continued, "You should know that this Devimon is a special being that can sneak out of the Digital Abyss into the real world; it's no ordinary creature. The fact that the Beast Tamers Association has summoned us back to the real world is proof enough that it's not easy to deal with."

"If my Greymon hadn't needed a lot of resources to break through recently, and if this Devimon hadn't smuggled itself into my hometown of Pengcheng, I wouldn't have come back to take on this mission."

"According to the feedback from the Pengcheng Beast Tamer Association branch, they need to send out professional beast tamers but don't want other cities to know. This shows that this demon beast is very special. Even the F-level mission that I brought back to assess and train the juniors at Pengcheng No. 1 Middle School was just to cover up the truth. So we must not let our guard down."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone: "Okay, I'll send you the relevant clues now. Leave the detection and search to me. Once we've located its trail, that's when you, the core combatant, will be deployed."

"Hmm." Xu Xin rubbed his temples. "Remember, my identity at school is only that of an F-level mission for assessment and training. Don't reveal your true purpose."

After giving a few more instructions, Xu Xin hung up the phone, rubbed his temples, and said, "I hope this fugitive from the Digital Abyss doesn't wreak havoc on the real world, otherwise the reward will have to be reduced."

The human world's data resources are far too scarce compared to the digital world, causing the prices of special data, chips, and computing power to rise continuously. Even the resources for my Digimon's growth when I was in school were half subsidized by the country and the school, and I was responsible for the other half.

The thought of DarkGreymon breaking through its limits, even preparing to evolve into its Ultimate form, gave him a major headache.

Even if the breakthrough resources are raised, if BlackGreymon, a Champion-level Digimon of the Virus type, were to evolve into a Perfect-level Digimon, it would most likely evolve into that insane and idiotic tragic Virus type... Zombiemon!