The Witch Cocoon looked a little like a peeled preserved egg without the snowflake pattern.
It had the same translucent blackness as Azura in her jelly state, only deeper in color. Though it faintly let light through, it was hard to see who was wrapped inside the cocoon.
"Just like the Magical Girl Amber..."
The Magical Girl sealed within the black cocoon had completely lost consciousness.
"I'm heading down to rescue those eggs first! Contact me if anything happens!!"
"Be careful too. Don't turn into an egg yourself!"
Metal did not even have time for pleasantries before she dragged her cart away from the laboratory again.
Her side was locked in a desperate race against time, but things were no better in the laboratory.
"Forget the energy analyzer! My tentacles can handle that! Bring the X-ray viewer first and check the Magical Girl's condition. Have the Persona Adjustment Device ready as well!"
Stratos, wearing a white lab coat, issued orders while Anjie worked with Jaeger to lift the gigantic cocoon Metal had left behind onto the lab table. This preserved egg looked quite heavy.
They also brought over a radar-like scanner—the same one they had used for my physical examination before—and moved it back and forth over the soft cocoon shell.
"Can't we just cut it open and pull the person out of the cocoon?"
When I asked that, the professor studied the readings and answered without turning around.
"You can't. Try it yourself if you don't believe me."
I reached out and tried to pull apart the Black Mud that formed the cocoon shell, but it seemed to be in free fall toward the Magical Girl at its center. The part I pried open quickly flowed back into the shell.
Still unwilling to give up, I casually grabbed a