When Mikemon was done gloating about how much more powerful he was than Hirschmon, he finally noticed Danny, having heard about humans and their ability to make Digimon Digivolve he decided to capture the boy and turn him in as a guinea pig. Completely ignoring the injured insect the Champion rushed at his new target.

Luckily Danny had taken his Digivice out after Hirschmon took the punch and managed to use it to Digivolve his partner. Less lucky was that he still took a punch from a Champion, which even though it wasn't a special attack and not delivered at full force, knocked the air out of his lungs forced him on his knees and probably damaged his ribs. In fact he nearly dropped his Digivice but since he didn't know if Käfermon would turn back to his Rookie or not if that happened he just barely managed to force himself to hold on.

Not wanting Danny to get hurt any worse Käfermon tried to come up with a way to lure Mikemon away from his partner. Ultimately the only way he could think of doing that was to create an "Earth Barrier" underneath the other Champion and then attack before Mikemon could regain his balance.