Corner the Criminal!

After battering Koki with a desk and working out that she relied on a curtain the pygmies had sewn, Momo turns her psychic power on a fire extinguisher to douse the flames. She then takes on the pygmies, and once she declares triumph over their princess they raise the white flag, undoing the stitches binding Okarun and Aira. Momo's focus slips when Aira drifts too near Okarun, and the pygmies seize the chance to flee with Koki. Aira lashes out with her Acrobatic Silky hair to hold them down, the extinguisher's spray now rendering them visible, while Okarun puzzles over how an unconscious Koki could still command them. The pygmies start tickling the pair to slow Aira, but Momo psychically flings them off and blocks their dash for the door.

Elsewhere, Jiji frets over what his group should be doing, since their break is nearly up. Once Kinta reasons that the other three are stuck inside Empty Space, Jiji decides Bamora can open it again with her kaiju suit, just as before. The plan works, and Okarun and Aira come tumbling out near the two boys. Without grasping the situation, Jiji follows Momo's call to chase Koki as the pygmies haul her off. When the creatures outrun him, Kinta shapes a nanoskin cube into a hoverboard to close the gap, crowing about his own brilliance, only to catch Queen's baton across the face as she demands to know whether these students are bullying Koki.

Momo extinguishes the blaze and claims victory over the pygmies, who surrender. The creatures begin carrying Koki off and tickle Okarun and Aira to stall them. Jiji has Bamora trigger Empty Space with her suit, reuniting the group. With the pygmies too fast to catch on foot, Kinta rides out a nanoskin hoverboard in pursuit of Koki. Queen's baton then drops Kinta, and she asks the kids whether they are picking on Koki.

Released on November 5, 2024 in Volume 20 during the Ultimate Yokai Saga, the chapter ends the pygmy skirmish and pivots the cast toward a chase. It also brings Queen into the conflict as a wildcard who mistakes the heroes for Koki's tormentors.