Motivation

Ambushed by suited aliens who saw their arrival coming, Aira and Mantisian meet the threat head-on. Carrying the Serpo, Momo is urged by Aira to push ahead and stop more ships from crossing the gate, a tall order when their trio can barely down a single foe. The Serpo agrees, warning that stalling hands the enemy's main force an opening. Aira gives a heads-up that the sniper suit alien has Momo in his sights, and Jiji rescues her with a ki strike. As the two tell Momo to keep moving, Aira fumes that the so-called leader will not lead and bluffs about a 'Plan B' that, as Jiji learns, never existed.

Meanwhile, Okarun reaches the spot where the Ayase house once stood, finds it gone, and slips back into his physical form. He wakes but aches all over, unable to chase down the group. Then his eyes land on curry left out for him beside Momo's note reading 'love ya!'. Spurred on, he bites into the food and powers up into his Turbo Granny form, determined to press on despite his injuries.

The chapter, titled Motivation, frames the running fight as Aira, Jiji, and Mantisian throw themselves at the advance unit while everyone pushes Momo to sprint for the warp gate and shut it before reinforcements pour through. It runs in Volume 12 within the Space Globalists Arc and the Kintama Hunt Saga, published March 7, 2023, falling between Chapters 95 and 97.