The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Dark laughed and activated "Pride 4" in his hand.

　A dark golden beam of light immediately shot out from the card and shone on Ditto.

　Ditto, bathed in the light of "Pride," looked quite pleased.

　It is clearly completely different from Devimon, and it doesn't care about the light and dark attributes of "Pride 4" at all.

　The "arrogance" emblem emerging from the center of its abdomen grew increasingly profound. Meanwhile, the energy level within its body surged at a visible rate.

　It rose steadily from one star.

　In the blink of an eye, Ditto crossed the threshold between the first and second steps, and continued to grow until it reached the barrier between the second and third steps.

　Then its body edges suddenly began to wriggle.

　There is no doubt that it is striving to break through to the second tier.

　Dak couldn't help but focus his attention on it.

　However, Ditto has always been just one step away from breaking through the second tier.

　After a violent tremor, it suddenly gushed out, unable to break through the hard membrane any longer.

　"Failed."

　Dark frowned slightly.

　After "Ditto" reaches six stars, its power, attack, and defense all stop increasing.

　Although it is a slight improvement over the 400 points at four stars, there is no fundamental change.

　If Ditto cannot break through to the Seven Stars, it cannot "transform" into a third-tier magical spirit.

　This enormous leap ultimately ended in failure.

　Dak shook his head, but he wasn't discouraged.

　"Busy, busy—"

　But Ditto became visibly frustrated.

　He then picked him up, nuzzled his cheek against him, and comforted him.

　He only put it down when Ditto smiled again.

　Ditto then happily scurried back to the classroom.

　……

　"Based on this, 'Pride 4's' energy level should be between six and seven stars, very close to seven stars, but it hasn't broken through."

　"The fact that Impmon could evolve into SkullGreymon might be thanks to the conflict between light and darkness."

　"The intense conflict led to a burst of even stronger energy, causing Impmon to break through its limits."

　Dak wrote down the experimental results and analysis, then closed the notebook and put it in his small bag.

　Next, he will represent the Duke's mansion and attend Joey and Jon's entrance banquet with Ollie.

　Joey and Jon's entrance banquet was also a family affair. Only family members and some close friends were invited, which was very much in line with the Dimon family's long-standing policy of keeping a low profile.

　Dak boarded the dragon-horned carriage and arrived at the twins' residence in just over ten minutes.

　Although not as grand as the Duke's mansion, Joey and Jon's residence was still quite luxurious.

　The dragon-horned carriage drove directly into the mansion and stopped before the steps.

　Dak got out of the car and led Ollie into the mansion.

　He had been here when he was very young, but naturally he didn't remember the specific route.

　But Oli was surprisingly very familiar with it.

　She dismissed the maids who came to greet her and took on the responsibility of leading the way.

　Not long after, Dak arrived at the banquet hall.

　By evening, the banquet hall was full of people, mostly those Dak had met at his birthday party. But there were also a few who were the host's personal friends.

　Dak looked up slightly and saw the bright banner hanging high up—it was very similar to the banners that lined the streets when a top scorer in the college entrance examination appeared in the county.

　The atmosphere at the scene also subtly shared some commonalities.

　As soon as Dak entered, he attracted a lot of attention, but most of the people present were his elders, so they just nodded in greeting from afar.

　Darke found this kind of subtle socializing very appealing. He followed the number on the invitation to the head table, where Jon and Joey's parents were chatting and laughing.

　After a brief greeting, Dak sat down at the head table.

　Shortly thereafter, the banquet officially began.

　To the accompaniment of a melodious piano piece, Jon and Joey made their grand entrance in formal attire.

　Both siblings are blond and blue-eyed, and one can vaguely find some resemblance to Dark in their facial features.

　No wonder they're Dark's cousins!

　They were equally handsome and beautiful, but slightly less so in terms of temperament.

　But when they saw Dak in the audience, they all froze, their faces stiffening slightly, and they lost even more in terms of presence.

　……

　Halfway through the banquet, Dark said something to Jon and Joey's parents, then got up from the table and went into the balcony through the side door.

　Ollie arrived and closed the balcony door, effectively shutting out most of the noise in the banquet hall.

　Dark took out "Pride 4" and "Eevee: Eevee" from the balcony, preparing to conduct the experiment there.

　"Right now, little Ibu should be in his bedroom reading a book, right?"

　Dark guessed at Eevee's behavior, so he initiated the summoning here and then summoned it from his Magic Card.

　"Bah!"

　The moment Eevee materialized, it spread its limbs and jumped into Dark's arms.

　Dark stroked its head, then rubbed the fur on its neck, and said with a smile, "Although it's nighttime, I'd still like to trouble you to evolve into Espeon and see."

　"Ee-boo!" Little Eevee nodded vigorously, his face showing great interest.

　Unlike Ditto, Eevee can bring a huge boost in strength even if it is only upgraded to six stars.

　It had been waiting with anticipation ever since it returned from Ditto, and now its wish has finally come true.

　So, under the starlight, he used a normal summoning spell to summon "Pride 4".

　This mansion is very safe, and no fools will appear at family banquets.

　He successfully activated "Pride 4", allowing Eevee to evolve into Espeon in the glow of "Pride"!

　Eevee, as a Pokémon, only has one stage of evolution.

　Unlike some Pokémon, it doesn't have a second stage of evolution. There's even a "Mega Evolution" after that.

　Although it also possesses the potential to "Gigantamax".

　However, "Dynamax" is not actually a traditional evolution. It is a special technology that makes a Pokémon grow to a huge size, and it probably cannot be achieved using "Sin Card".

　In contrast, "Mega Evolution" could potentially be achieved through "Sin Cards" at later levels.

　While Dark pondered, Eevee had already completed its evolution.

　That "Fantastic Beast: Eevee" Spell Card has also been changed to "Fantastic Beast: Espeon".

　And sure enough, there were six stars on the magic card that symbolized the level!

　Card Name: Magical Beast (Eevee)

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Bird-Beast]

　[Type: Psychic]

　【Magic Power: 3000】

　[Attack: 2600]

　[Defense: 1300]

　[Special Moves: Magic Mirror, Telekinesis, Precognition, Magic Tricks]

　"mum--"

　Despite evolving into "Insolence 4", Espeon did not become overly aloof.

　Although it turned its head to the other side, it did not struggle to escape from Dak's embrace.

　Only intelligent magical spirits can adapt to and change their environment.

　For the magical spirits who have gradually become accustomed to the "Great Sin Cards", they have developed a certain degree of resistance to emotional interference.

　Dark infused the Magic Card with magic power, gaining a deeper understanding of the six-star Espeon, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

　Compared to the four-star "Eevee," the six-star "Eevee" has a significantly higher stat total, but the most important difference is the increased number of special moves!

　The increase from only three special moves to having four special moves makes "Eevee: Monster Hunter" a rare and valuable gold card!

　And this extra ultimate skill is "trick"!

　……

　Dark himself was not familiar with the "trick" technique.

　The special moves he was more familiar with that shared the same keyword were "Trick Trick" from "Trick Trick" and "Trick Space," which was part of "Nightmare Space," another special move belonging to "Dream Demon."

　The effect of "Power Trick" is to swap your own attack and defense stats.

　The effect of "Trick Space" is to distort space, causing targets that are relatively fast within the Trick Space to move slower.

　Both of these ultimate techniques truly deserve the name "magic tricks," possessing mysterious and unpredictable variations.

　Therefore, he had high expectations when he saw the "trick" ultimate move.

　And Ibrahimovic did not disappoint.

　[Trick: Seize an opening in your opponent's defenses and use your superpowers to swap items held by yourself and your opponent.]

　This is a seemingly ordinary but deadly technique.

　It seems to be a similar skill to Eevee's "Desire" and Meowth's "Thief".

　However, a closer analysis reveals that it is fundamentally different from ultimate techniques such as "desire" and "thief".

　The most crucial point lies in the definition of "possession".

　The so-called "possessions" can be items held in one's hand. They can be armor or weapons worn on the body, or any armor already donned!

　Further investigation is needed.

　Dark realized that this was a killer move that could force the opponent to "forcibly possess" it!

　To switch to armor or weapons means to force the opponent to equip themselves with a different type of armor or weapon.

　However, if it is replaced with weapons, it can force the opponent to "wear" them!

　Yes.

　Dark discovers that he has finally acquired a killer move that can force targets to wear the Armor Card – "Plum Superman".

　This means that he can instantly turn opponents within his range into useless beings with 100 magic attack and 100 defense!

　Moreover, there is no way to hide from it, and it is impossible to defend against it!

　The original weapon cards usually require some gestures or activation words to wear. For example, the activation word for "Sour Plum Superman" is: "Eat sour plums, become Superman!"

　The "Lunar Goddess's" armed evolution even has a rather long activation phrase.

　"Light Warrior" even has to use "Magic King" to launch the "Crest of Light".

　The most basic activation phrase for an Armor Card is basically "Arm yourself, transform".

　Even if you can't shout it out, you should at least silently recite the activation phrase in your mind before you can put on the outfit.

　Therefore, unless it is an armed force with corrosive or predatory characteristics, it is not possible to force the target to wear clothing.