Chain Unlocking (Exhausted from Getting a Nucleic Acid Test in the Morning and Having a Denture Repaired in the Afternoon)

There was nothing more to say.

After personally experiencing the terror of the xenomorphs, the Colonial Marines had lost all confidence in this mission. Although the company representative was still chattering away with warnings and admonitions, Red Ponytail quickly used a very Hollywood method to shut him up—she smashed him with her sword, and the world became peaceful.

After that, Ripley took the little colony girl they had rescued onto the aircraft, while the Colonial Marines carried the unconscious representative aboard. To be safe, Red Ponytail made another round of the entire aircraft. Then she found a Facehugger and a xenomorph hidden in the cargo hold, along with one that the android had secretly brought aboard... Red Ponytail chopped them all into pieces.

"You really aren't coming with us?"

On the flight deck, Ripley looked at Red Ponytail and the group of Magical Girls, frowning as she asked. Red Ponytail shook her head in response.

"We still have a mission to complete. You should leave first and let us handle the rest."

"But... all right. Then at least tell us who you really are."

Ripley had been holding that question in ever since before, and now she finally could not help asking. In her eyes, the appearance of these girls was simply too strange. They possessed tremendous power and mysterious techniques. They could even easily revive people burned black by fire, and effortlessly destroy monsters that seemed like nightmares to her. And judging by Red Ponytail's manner, she appeared to know those monsters even better than Ripley did...

"Trade secret."

Unfortunately, Red Ponytail had no intention of satisfying her curiosity, even at the very end. The flight deck slowly rose, and the girls tilted their heads up to watch the aircraft gradually vanish into the sky.

"All right, are we