Labi was clearly dazed by the slap.
A bunny soldier who had barged in out of nowhere actually had the nerve to give her a massive slap across the face.
For a moment, she even forgot to be angry. But after the brief shock, a natural fury welled up on her face. Without a word, the mouthparts hanging behind her head swung toward Clara like a fist.
The bunny soldier looked like it had a solid set of inverted triangle muscles, but its strength was essentially equivalent to a low-level trash Mutant. Facing a cadre-level Mutant like Labi head-on offered zero chance of victory.
“Pin her down!”
However, Clara took the lead by utilizing the authority she had obtained from Ps·ycho, issuing commands to the surrounding Moon Rabbits through the hive mind.
The bunny soldiers rushing in from outside, the brainwashed Sigma Series, and even Anya pounced on Labi. They grabbed her limbs, trying to restrict her movements.
It seemed the level of authority Ps·ycho held was quite high?
“You… Why do you…”
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Even as a cadre-level Mutant, she could not move for a while with her limbs held down.
She tried to use her authority to manipulate this bunny soldier, but the latter was wearing a firewall helmet made by Fran and Lucia.
Clara did not bother with words in response to her sharp questioning. The bunny soldier’s furry arm quickly transformed into the shape of a syringe.
Extracting Labi’s data to gain equivalent authority—that was the plan Nyx had proposed.
The Combat Body created by the NIX-Driver was perfect. Not only could it copy appearance and physical form, but even experience and habits. It could even learn and evolve on that basis. In a battle between two identical individuals, the win rate should be fifty-fifty, right?
“Who the hell are you?”
Labi questioned again. Clara, of course, would not answer her.
Even if she wanted to, she could not; after all, bunny soldiers could not speak.
With the cooperation of the Sigma Heroes, Clara’s Data Extractor successfully pressed against Labi’s chest. The progress bar on the side of the extractor rose rapidly. Just as it was about to finish…
“Hmph, I really was underestimated.”
A mouth suddenly opened on Labi’s chest. The syringe that was originally pressed against it was thrust in by momentum and was easily bitten off by Labi’s “chest.”
Seriously?
The silent Clara was secretly astonished, and the extraction was terminated as a result.
‘How many mouths does this girl have?!’
Just as she was about to succeed, she was tripped up by Labi’s bizarre physiological structure.
By this time, the “twin-tailed big mouth” had shaken off the weights on her body. Control over the Sigma Heroes had been reclaimed by Labi, and they were turned back against Clara.
[Authority has expired.]
[It was likely… revoked by the opponent.]
Losing her authority without collecting the data, Clara fell into a disadvantage again.
Having failed to seize this unique opportunity, Nyx’s plan had failed.
***
However, Clara did not hesitate at such a time. Carrying the still motionless Sista, she bolted out the door.
The enemy outnumbered her; only a fool would go head-to-head with them.
The reincarnated Sigma Series were not particularly strong. Since they did not have the blessing of an Armored Exoskeleton, their physical fitness was only slightly better than a bunny soldier’s, probably.
Clara’s main pressure still came from Labi—from those two mouths with very good teeth.
Fortunately, Labi did not seem to be good at long-range attacks.
At least those two mouths would not fire terrifying lasers like Ps·ycho’s horns.
She had to escape with Sista and survive.
And Clara was quite good at running away.
But the current situation was not great. The bunny soldiers in the air-raid shelter had received orders to start moving and intercept her.
There were too many bunny soldiers in the headquarters; this was the heart of the enemy. To escape from such a siege, relying only on the bunny soldier form would not work.
‘Nyx, switch to the Magic Girl Combat Body.’
[Suggestion: By combining your data with Ps·ycho’s data, we should be able to create the strongest—no, the most suitable Combat Body for escaping at present.]
Although she did not want to admit it, Ps·ycho’s data was indeed the strongest currently available.
If it were a head-on battle, maybe the gorilla Minister from Naitemel would work, but that clumsy posture was obviously not suitable for running.
Let’s do it.
At this point, how could Clara afford to be picky?
[Generating Combat Body…]
A soft white light emanated from the surface of the bunny soldier Combat Body. Her figure shrank while running. Unlike her previous young girl physique, after adding Ps·ycho’s factors, her figure had clearly grown a lot.
[Magical Girl Clara (Adolescent)… Complete.]
“Huh? What ‘adolescent’!?”
Clara could not help but complain about the naming.
Her attire as a Magic Girl had not changed; it was still the Gothic-style pitch-black dress, plus a half-mask gas mask. The reason it changed from a full mask to a half-mask was that she was still wearing Fran’s green-skinned helmet (Hidden Helmet: ON).
Even if the outfit remained the same, the change in her body shape made her look completely different from before.
‘Hey! Isn’t the skirt a bit short? It used to go down to my knees! Now even my thighs are exposed!’
[It’s because you grew taller.]
At this resort’s temperature, the dress was a bit too hot.
In terms of sexiness, the current Clara had not reached the level of Ps·ycho or Labi yet, but she was already very close to her Sister, Lucia, and even a few points better than Fran’s figure.
Running with two pairs of oscillating spheres of fat was a novel and embarrassing experience for Clara, but now was not the time to think about such things.
Clara glanced back at Labi and quickened her pace. Then, she took off the gas mask and let it hang around her neck. She puffed out her cheeks and suddenly spat a thick, pitch-black ink mist from her mouth, which quickly spread throughout the narrow tunnel.
At the same time, she used Ps·ycho’s power to completely erase the last traces of herself and Sista, vanishing entirely within the tunnel.
“Cough, cough! That person… is that Magic Girl?”
One always had to understand their opponent’s information before going on a mission, so Labi had a fair understanding of Magical Girl Clara’s abilities. She had studied Clara’s data analysis and combat footage, but she had never heard of her having this kind of power.
That form seemed to have grown?
Not only did she turn into a bunny soldier during the battle, but she could even evolve from a little girl into a young woman?
She did not get it, but an opponent who only knew how to run away made her irritable.
Moreover…
She had just been slapped.
“Have all the Moon Rabbits prepare to attack the resort.”
The angry Pr·edator issued instructions for a general offensive.
“Feed at will. Eat all the remaining survivors on the island and completely destroy this resort site… Let the world experience the terror of the Fourth Calamity.”
This island was only so big; where could that Magic Girl possibly escape to?
I wonder if shell keep her more adult form.