Let's Cut This Hair

Staggered by the sea-lion Power User's strike, Okarun is singled out again. Aira tries to help, stretching her Acrobatic Silky hair toward a pillar and toward Okarun, but a masked Dragon Knight named Gillesderais, wielding scissors, slices through the strand gripping him with Black Haircutter. Declaring himself leader of the First Company of the Dragon Knights, Gillesderais turns to Aira and orders her to name herself. She slips past a swing of his giant scissors and answers that she will gladly introduce herself if they quit attacking. He refuses, claiming they are too on edge, so Aira proposes they simply leave.

While Aira handles Gillesderais, Okarun is swarmed by the other knights and protests how unfair it is. The sea-lion Power User charges, headbutts him, then rains down close strikes, finishing with his "Boomerang Briefs" that slam Okarun into a wall and leave him unable to stand. Giving his name as Blagojevic, the Second Company's captain, he orders Okarun to admit defeat. Aira lashes out with her hair, but Gillesderais again cuts it with Black Haircutter, mocking that her ability is no match, and tells her to give up so they can claim her Acrobatic Silky ability as a bonus prize.

A subordinate reports that Momo and Jiji seem to have been seized over at the dinosaur display, stunning Aira and Okarun, and adds that Bamora and Kinta have vanished. Okarun threatens the knights if they hurt Momo, but Gillesderais just demands his Turbo Granny powers. Okarun insists he has none left; unconvinced, Gillesderais orders Blagojevic to begin torture. Desperate, Aira shuts off her powers and offers them in trade, pleading that they spare Okarun, yet Gillesderais refuses, calling Okarun their top target. Before he can hurt Okarun further, the barber from the Futakori Barbershop suddenly appears, amazed at the frozen floor and loudly panning everyone's terrible haircuts.

Blagojevic beats Okarun until he cannot rise. Gillesderais orders torture to pry loose the Turbo Granny powers. Aira volunteers to hand over her Acrobatic Silky ability if they will let Okarun live. The Futakori barber interrupts the confrontation.

Part of the Six Curses Arc, this chapter drives the Okarun and Aira versus Dragon Knights fight to its low point and sets up Yatagarasu's intervention.