When Hyoubu vanished, the three girls also teleported away, meeting up with Minamoto once more.
"Tch, Hyoubu, they're getting away," he stated, staring at the Catastrophe that was going in the opposite direction from their fleet.
"Since it's come to this, we have to do that, Minamoto!" Kaoru shouted with Shiho and Aoi right behind her when they suddenly appeared in front of Minamoto.
"Yeah, we don't have any choice! While Fujiko-nee is keeping that other guy busy, we have to take down Hyoubu!" Aoi added.
"But..." Minamoto scrunched up his eyebrows as he stared at the three girls.
Seeing their determined gazes, however, he just shook his head to let go of all the doubts he had and decided to allow it.
"I understand!"
Sakaki stood on the largest ship, speaking into a voice comm that was connected to the whole fleet to promptly give orders to everyone at once.
"We will now capture the target! Once they're near the sea wall, capture them immediately, and take them down!"
He ordered, staring at the Catastrophe with a determined expression.
And while he was making sure everyone knew what they were supposed to do, Minamoto and the three girls stood across from one another.
"The children, release! Triple boost!" he shouted.
"Uh."
"Kuh."
Then a massive burst of white light spread out with the three girls at the center, and a moment later, massive glowing white wings appeared in all four cardinal directions.
And then Shiho and Aoi grabbed Kaoru's waist and hung on tightly to combine all their psychic powers into one.
***
Meanwhile, Hyoubu had also reappeared back onboard the Catastrophe and was leisurely walking toward the bridge.
"That was quite nice, so Magi, what's going on now?"
But Magi was too focused on the spectacle that was unfolding before them—with the three girls at the center of it all.
"Hoh? Seems like they're finally going all out."
Hyoubu casually mentioned a smirk on his face while he observed the three girls carefully.
"Wha-!" Andy suddenly shouted; he at some point had been freed and been brought back to the bridge.
"Using psychokinesis to pull the ship along!"
He had a panicked expression on his face; this was insane—pulling a whole ship like that was unheard of!
"Major!" Someone shouted.
"What do we do, old man!?" Yu asked, the panic evident in his voice.
This was also the first time anything like this was happening to them.
But Hyoubu was still enjoying the show, completely calm.
"I'll engage with the queen."
"Magi match my timing," he added before he vanished once more.
"Yes, Major!" Magi replied that he had to execute the major's orders perfectly, or it could become a disaster.
"The Queen?" Andy inquired, looking at Yo for an answer.
"Newbie, what's the name of this ship?"
"Huh? It's The Catastrophe, right?" Andy replied while staring at Yo, unsure what he was getting at.
"That's merely an abbreviation." Magi interrupted.
"The official name is The Queen of Catastrophe."
Andy raised an eyebrow at that name, especially after what Hyoubu had just called the girls.
"We, Pandra, are not simply a criminal organization as the public believes it to be."
Then Momiji also jumped in to help explain everything.
"We're fighting to free espers from their oppression by normals and to create a new world."
Then Yo continued the explanation. The three of them were so in tune that Andy could only listen with his mouth slightly hanging open.
"And in that future, the one leading us, the queen, is right in front of us. Akashi Kaoru."
"..."
Silence followed while everyone on the bridge turned their heads and looked at Hyoubu facing the three girls from Babel.
Andy was especially speechless; he had never expected anything like that from Hyoubu.
***
Outside the Catastrophe, floating above the water, were Hyoubu and the three girls surrounded by the massive glowing wings.
"This ship was made to be your throne. But I can't hand it over to you yet!" Hyoubu raised his hand to stop the three girls from pulling the ship any further.
"Kugh!" Kaoru grunted, feeling her grasp on the ship being severed by Hyoubu; she glared at him.
"Hyoubu, this is the end! Just give up and follow us without resisting!"
"Let time flow unlimited!"
He turned the small badge on his collar around, and massive psychic shockwaves surrounded him, his earlier tame appearance gone.
"My queen, shall we dance?" he asked with a smirk on his face.
A massive psychic wave spread out with the catastrophe at the center, and it became bigger with every passing second.
"Wha-! This power is Kyo-Kyousuke!" Kaoru managed to squeeze out with both arms raised, trying her hardest to resist the incoming psychic wave.
And while she was struggling, even combining her powers with Aoi and Shiho's, Hyoubu had a smirk on his face.
Kaboom! A massive explosion suddenly appeared in the middle of the three girls and Hyoubu; the explosion was so big it looked like a nuclear bomb had just been dropped.
"Kukuku."
Hyoubu was still smiling but now not as nonchalant as before, as he had both of his arms raised, using all his powers against the three girls.
Kaoru had both her arms raised, and Shiho and Aoi each had one raised, using everything they had against Hyoubu.
"Ugh!"
But then a massive hand formed by psychic power appeared above Hyoubu's head, and with a devious smirk on his face, he launched it straight at the three girls.
"I'm sorry, my Queen. We'll have to finish our dance another time!!" he shouted.
And he smashed through all the smoke that the earlier explosion had just raised and through all the girls' psychic power with ease.
"Whaa?!" Kaoru cried out.
"Ughhh!"
While Shiho and Aoi were doing their best to block the massive hand Hyoubu had just launched at them.
But it was impossible to stop after all, and right before impact, Hyoubu let the hand explode, blowing the girls away without the slightest chance to resist.
"Uwaaaaahhh!"
All three were blown back simultaneously, flying uncontrollably through the air.
"Girls!" Minamoto shouted, seeing the three of them flying through the air right back at the ship he was positioned on.
***
At the bridge of the Catastrophe, Magi and the others knew this was their chance.
"The ship's controls are operating again!" Momiji announced.
"All hands stand by! esp converter at maximum output!" Magi ordered without hesitation.
"Deploy, PK field!" he also added.
Then something unimaginable happened: the Catastrophe started flying.
And not only that, it kept climbing higher and higher into the air.
Back on the ship, the girls sat there catching their breaths and stared at the now fleeting ship.
"I-It's flying!?" Kaoru exclaimed, staring at the massive ship flying over them.
Then she saw Hyoubu floating next to it.
"Kyousuke..." she muttered.
Minamoto was also staring purely at Hyoubu, not minding the flying ship.
"Heh, right now, it's fine to stay by that person's side."
Then he released his unlimited transformation, and his wild aura became a bittersweet one as he smiled softly at the sight of Kaoru.
"Because you'll definitely become our queen in the end. There's no doubt."
Then he vanished from sight, reappearing back on the bridge of the Catastrophe.