Merging Is What Makes Us Strong!

Hase grumbles that Okarun is underestimating him now that he and Kinta have fused into a robotic suit. Okarun thinks the merge weakened them, but Kinta disagrees and attacks with the Blast Wind Thrust Attack. Hase braces his spring-loaded feet against the fist of the robot and fires his thrusters to wreck it, though Kinta patches the arm at once and Okarun hits back with the Pile Bunkers. Hase sneers at the kick while Kinta cheers his partner on.

Okarun argues they still cannot hurt Hase as a unit and suggests simplifying the robot's face to free up nanoskin for weapons. Kinta flatly refuses to pilot anything uncool, insisting passion drives his inspiration, much to Okarun's annoyance. Hase kicks both of them skyward and dismantles the robot from all sides, mocking their weakness. As the machine falls apart, Okarun recalls Hase bullying him over his UFO obsession.

Fired up, Okarun grabs Hase and shouts that the US government has formally confirmed UFOs exist, then calls Kinta to merge again. Kinta uses nanoskin to tie down Hase's legs and grow wings, lifting all three into the air. He reminds Okarun that fusing made them heavier yet insists they are not weaker, proving it by diving down and driving Hase into the earth, knocking him cold. With the alien's exosuit crackling and damaged, she withdraws, and Kinta wonders if he qualifies as a colonel, to which Okarun answers with a shrug.

Kinta declares that his passion for piloting striking robots outweighs spending nanoskin efficiently on weapons. Hase smashes their mech apart, declaring he despises weaklings who challenge him. Reminded of how Hase once bullied him over the occult, Okarun latches onto him and screams that Hase had it wrong all along. Kinta locks down Hase's legs with nanoskin and pins him as the trio soars high overhead. With the alien already escaping, the duo slams Hase down using a power bomb.

Published April 15, 2025 in Volume 22 under the Ultimate Yokai Saga, this Kozuka Knives Arc chapter closes the brawl as Okarun's UFO conviction fuels a final fused assault that knocks Hase out and drives the damaged exosuit alien to retreat.