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

Suddenly, it heard a burst of loud music and cheers coming from ahead. It struggled to squeeze through the dense forest of calves and finally made it into the inner circle.

There was a large group of people gathered in an open space.

A monkey trainer, dressed in brightly colored clothes and with dark skin, is banging a small gong and directing three or four monkeys wearing small red vests to perform.

One monkey is clumsily riding a miniature bicycle, another is balancing a bowl on its head, and yet another is jumping through hoops.

The crowd of onlookers occasionally burst into laughter and applause.

But Gulemon keenly noticed that the monkey riding the bicycle was not a monkey from the human world, but a Digimon!

It accidentally fell off while turning a corner.

The smile on the monkey trainer's face vanished instantly. He walked over, cursing, and seemingly casually kicked the monkey while muttering something under his breath.

The little monkey-shaped Digimon quickly got up and continued its performance.

The ancient beast was fuming. How could humans do this!

Digimon are good friends of humans!

After the performance ended hastily, the monkey trainer walked around the arena with his hat, asking for tips, before leading the monkeys back to a simple tent backstage.

The Ancient Music Beast secretly followed them.

Behind the tent, it heard the monkey trainer's hushed shouts and the sound of a whip slicing through the air: "...Disobedient brat! I wasted money buying you! You're not even as good as those real monkeys! If you don't learn, I'll starve you for three days!"

Gulemon cautiously peeked through a crack and saw the little Digimon monkey with its head down, being poked on the head with a finger by the monkey trainer, while the real monkeys next to it bared their teeth at it in a show of force.

After the monkey trainer got tired of cursing and went out to rest, Gu Le Shou quietly slipped into the backstage area.

In a corner filled with clutter, it found the little monkey Digimon.

It had an iron chain around its neck and was locked to a shelf to the side. Its green fur with gold spots was messy. It was hugging its knees and burying its face in them, looking extremely lonely.

The Ancient Music Beast moved closer and made a friendly sound: "Gurgle?"

The little monkey Digimon was startled, raised its head, and revealed a face similar to a macaque, but with bigger and brighter eyes. It wore a cheap collar with ridiculous bells around its neck.

It paused for a moment when it saw Gulemon, clearly having never seen this type of Digimon before.

"Gurgle~" Gu Le Beast took out a small biscuit that Cheng Ma had prepared for it from the snack pouch on its belly (sewn by Cheng Ma) and handed it over.

The little monkey Digimon hesitated for a moment, but its hunger and Gullmon's kind eyes made it take the biscuit and eat it carefully.

Soon, after finishing a biscuit, it lowered its guard against the Ancient Music Beast.

"What's your name, Gulu?" Gule Beast asked.

“Naughty monkey…” the little monkey answered in a low voice, his voice a little hoarse.

Chapter 187 I've gotten myself into big trouble!

After a difficult conversation, the Ancient Music Beast roughly understood its story.

Its name is Wanhou Beast, and it comes from a place called Wild Man Valley and Qingguo Mountain.

It was once the strongest and most unique monkey beast in its pack, because it possessed a divine power that its companions did not have—a magical sacred ring that accompanied its evolution.

He benefited from the enlightenment of a powerful "teacher" who happened to pass by.

The "teacher" has left, but it has never forgotten. It strives to become stronger, hoping that one day it can find its teacher and go on adventures with him, to fight in the legendary Dark Area, to fight Skeleton Beast, Spider Beast, and... Renamon!

The Ancient Music Beast's eyes lit up: "Gulu! Then you must become extremely powerful!"

The mischievous monkey's eyes dimmed: "Savage Valley... is too small. The strongest elders, Sepikmon and Targetmon, always let me grow up slowly. But I can't wait any longer! I want to find my teacher as soon as possible!"

Finally, one day, it found an opportunity: a digital rift created by a powerful Devimon.

It squeezed through the crack and came into this human world.

I heard that the teacher and its animal trainer partner live in the human world.

However, the human world is not what it imagined.

In the human world, there are good people and bad people.

Good people will feed it when it's hungry. Bad people, like the snotty beasts, the little spider beasts, and others lurking in dark corners and garbage dumps, often drive it away, preventing it from entering their "territory." But there are even worse people, like the monkey trainer, who will scold or even beat the mischievous monkey if it doesn't perform well.

The ancient beast asked it, "Gulu? Why don't you run away?"

The mischievous monkey said, "The monkey trainer cheated me out of my sacred ring and won't give it back. He said he spent a lot of money to buy it from me, and I have to help him earn 100 million before he can return the sacred ring to me."

It continued, "When I had the Holy Ring, I was the strongest of all the monkey beasts, but without the Holy Ring, I'm not even as good as an ordinary monkey beast."

The Ancient Music Beast pondered for a moment: "You were even resold?"

Mischievous Monkey: "???"

Ancient Music Beast: "You've been sold and you don't even know it?"

The mischievous monkey was completely stunned; its understanding of human society was utterly shattered. The person who gave it food and smiled at it… wasn't kind after all, but was just trying to sell it for money? Are all humans… like this?

Is this what humans are like?

A huge wave of resentment and anger welled up inside me.

"Gulu! Don't be afraid! I'll help you steal back the Holy Ring and the key!" Gulemon puffed out its little chest, filled with righteous indignation.

The mischievous monkey looked at it worriedly: "But... he's very fierce, and there are those monkey accomplices too..."

"Gurgle! Watch me!" Gu Le Beast exclaimed confidently, "I have a special ability!"

The mischievous monkey wanted to follow, but its neck was chained.

Gulemon was furious! How dare this human treat a Digimon like that!

On the contrary, look at how Cheng Yuan's family treats it, Dilumon, and Gearmon! They provide them with plenty of food and drink. It's truly infuriating how beasts treat each other!

It decided to venture out on its own to find the sacred ring and the key to unlock the chains!

It had the monkey describe what the sacred ring looked like and where it might be kept, as well as the key to the collar chain around its neck, which was the watch worn on the monkey trainer's wrist.

With its unique physique that makes it difficult to detect, the Ancient Music Beast quietly slipped to the other side of the tent.

The monkey trainer was dozing off in a deck chair, while the real monkeys were curled up and sleeping beside him.

The ancient beast carefully searched through the items.

In a dilapidated wooden drawer, it quickly sensed a faint but pure divine aura—sure enough, a golden ring, seemingly formed from condensed light, was hidden beneath the clutter.

It is the sacred ring!

It happily embraced the sacred in its arms.

Next is the key.

It looked down at the monkey trainer's wrist, where a black digital watch was indeed worn.

How can I get it?

The ancient beast circled the recliner several times, scratching its head in frustration. Suddenly, it spotted a rusty pair of scissors in the drawer.

It had a sudden inspiration, carefully climbed up, and with all its might, silently cut the watch strap of the digital watch!

It succeeded! Holding a watch bigger than its face, it staggered back home.

However, it accidentally knocked over an empty can.

A crisp "clang!" was heard.

"Squeak!" A lightly sleeping monkey was startled awake and immediately squeaked.

The monkey trainer was suddenly awakened and immediately saw the ancient beast running away with the watch in its arms, as well as the marks on the drawer that had been pulled open.

He was instantly enraged: "You little brat! How dare you steal my things!"

He grabbed the whip beside him and chased after it, yelling at the monkeys, "Catch that white monster!"

The ancient beast was terrified and used all its strength to escape.

It is small in size and can nimbly hide by squeezing into boxes and climbing scaffolds, using the clutter in the backstage as cover.

But the monkeys were more agile and familiar with their surroundings. They split up and surrounded the trainer, screaming to alert him.

The ancient beast was panting heavily, its short legs practically sparking as it ran. It thought desperately, "Gulp! Cheng Yuan was right, I absolutely have to lose weight from today onwards!"

Just as it was about to be surrounded, it spotted the mischievous monkey beast in the corner ahead.

With its last ounce of strength, it hurled the sacred ring and watch from its chest toward the mischievous monkey beast: "Gurgle! Catch!"

The moment it completed this action, it was pinned to the ground by several monkeys that pounced on it, unable to move.

The monkey trainer walked over, cursing and swearing, grabbed the Ancient Beast by the neck, lifted it up, and grinned maliciously: "Heh, what kind of rare breed of digital pet is this? Never seen one before! It'll definitely fetch a high price! Perfect for making up for my losses!"

The mischievous monkey was extremely anxious. Seeing its new friend being captured for trying to help it, hearing the smug shouts of the accomplice monkeys, and seeing the greedy and ugly face of the monkey trainer, its anger, grievances, and hatred for being deceived reached their peak in an instant!

It picked up the digital watch, touched it to the sensor on its neck, and it beeped.

Click!

The iron chain around its neck snapped open!

It picked up the sacred ring from the ground again.

It turns out that humans fed it in order to sell it, and stole its sacred ring in order to imprison themselves and turn them into tools and playthings for making money.

The beast also told him that it would help him choose a human tamer as a partner in the future, and that he could grow up quickly by working with a tamer.

Everyone is a demon, and this mischievous monkey beast doesn't need a human tamer as a partner!

The originally warm halo dimmed rapidly when it came into contact with the boiling negative emotions it was experiencing. Wisps of black energy coiled around it, and it began to turn into a dark color!

The mischievous monkey put the now half-gold and half-black, eerie halo back on its forehead.

In an instant, the halo turned completely black!

Dark Ring!

The moment the Dark Ring was put on, the monkey beast's eyes suddenly burst out with dazzling golden light, but this golden light was eroded and covered by surging black energy, eventually turning into a deep black!

Its yellowish-green fur seemed to be soaked in ink, first turning golden, and then covered with a layer of deathly gray-black!

A violent force surged through its body, yet it could not be controlled.

At the same time, Gulemon, which was being lifted into the air, sensed the extreme pain and anger of Wanyumon, as well as the out-of-control dark power. Suddenly, the red inverted triangle evolution totem on its forehead lit up with a dazzling red light uncontrollably!

"Gurgle?! No!" Gulemon tried to stop it in a panic, but it couldn't control its power!

Two blazing green beams of light shot out from its eyes and shone straight onto the mutating monkey beast!

"The Light of Evolution"—but it is a light distorted by dark emotions and the panic of the Ancient Beast!

"Roar--!!!"

With this massive influx of energy, the monkey beast's body expanded wildly, like an inflating balloon!

Its form underwent a drastic and distorted change! It was no longer a nimble monkey, but evolved into something larger and more ferocious!

Thick, inky dark energy enveloped it, forming a giant black cocoon from which emanated sickening sounds of bones dislocating and muscles swelling!

The Gulemon fell from the stunned monkey trainer's hands and crashed to the ground. Staring in horror at the ever-growing mass of black energy, it muttered, "Oh no... it's evolved into Gulu by mistake..."

Black energy suddenly exploded!

A colossal creature stood upright, reaching a height of 10 meters, and pierced right through the tent!

It has the appearance of a giant ape, its entire body covered in a material that looks like black rubber or reinforced rag doll, with bulging muscles and full of explosive power.

Its face still vaguely showed the features of a monkey, but its mouth was wide open, revealing pale white teeth, and its eyes were nothing but pure, ferocious black!

It wears a dark ring with exaggerated black studs on its tail.

【Ape Beast (Black)】

[Virus Type - Doll Type - Sudden Mutation Type]

【Complete body】

[Skills: Immense Strength, Dark Spirit, Super Punch, Dark Necrosphere]

[Description: A mutated Ultimate-level Digimon born from the erroneous evolution of Mischievousmon due to its wearing of the Dark Ring out of anger and deception. It wears a black enhanced plush costume, and its personality has become extremely violent and ferocious due to the distortion caused by its evolution. It possesses unimaginable destructive power and is filled with hatred for humanity.]

"Roar!!!" The ape beast (black) let out a deafening roar, the sound waves causing the entire tent to shake violently!

It lowered its head, its dark eyes locking onto the monkey trainer who was paralyzed with fear and had wet his pants, as well as the trembling, squeaking accomplice monkeys.