Soon, S.T.O.R.A.G.E. engineers and Bako gets to measuring Windom and Sevenger for their new equipment. The Kaiju Girls discuss with Bako over the schematics for the life-size originals to scale them down. Eventually, Bako mocks up a quick prototype replica of the Fire Shot for Windom. At the shooting range, everyone comes to witness the testing of the new weapons. "Alright, testing phase for Fire Shot Kaiju Girl Version… begin!" Yuka announced excitedly.
"Affirmative!" Windom turns to the targets. Before she pulls the trigger, Yoko pulls Sevenger back when she tries to walk towards her sister.
"Ready when you are, Reika-san!" Bako told Windom as he looks at a tablet.
Windom focuses on the practice target and when she flams her finger back on the trigger, she shoots out a fast fireball that incinerates the target in a matter of seconds. "Woah! So cool!" Sevenger cheers as she giddily jumps up and down.
"Looks to me the test was a success. That was only a fraction of the real Fire Shot's true power." Bako observed as he looks at readouts on his tablet.
"Hey…" Yoko notices something on Windom's head and comes closer.
"What? What is it?" Windom asked.
"Has your head thing always been red?" Yoko asked.
"Eh?" Windom said when Sevenger brings her a hand mirror. She takes the mirror and looks at her head fin, and it turned from matching silver to a fire red. "When did that happen?"
"It looks like your body underwent some kind of minor metamorphosis when you fired that first shot." Yuka observed on the tablet.
"I think that means the Windom inside you likes the Fire Shot!" Sevenger suggested.
"That must be a good sign." Windom smiles as she looks at the Fire Shot.
"Now, up next is little Nana." Bako said as he walks to a table with human-scaled replica of Sevenger's equipment. They look over the Multipurpose Taser Baton, the Super Rigid Core Drill Fist, and the 40mm Autocannon, now just a regular Howa Type 89 assault rifle.
"Was is really a good idea to make the Autocannon?" Yuka asked in doubt.
"Even for Kaiju Girl work, a gun, a really real gun is a bit… much." Windom noticed.
"No, I can handle it!" Sevenger assured confidently.
"Why don't we try the drill first?" Windom suggested instead.
"Okay, sister!" Sevenger smiled as Bako takes the drill from the table. He crouches down and attaches it to Sevenger's right hand. With a simple fist flex, she spins the drill once. "Wooow…"
She goes into the target range and faces a target. "Ready when you are!" Yuka shouted to Sevenger.
Sevenger gives a thumbs up to them and turns back to the target. She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, exhales, and opens her eyes with a sharp look. "Osu!" she pumps her arms back. She winds up her fist as her drill spins up. "Chestooo!" she thrusts her drill into the target straight in the bullseye, boring a hole clean through it.
"Wow! Great work, Nana!" Windom clapped for her sister.
Unfortunately, the target breaks off its stand, and it is sent spinning with the drill, flailing everywhere like a misassembled rotor. "Oh no!" Sevenger cried as she waves it around, smacking the floor and ceiling with the target.
"Sevenger, stop spinning the drill!" Yuka shouted.
Sevenger aims the drill away from them and launches the drill, shooting it like a missile. With the target still perforated, it drills to a stop into a wall, ending the minor mishap. "On second thought, I think a gun might be too much for her." Bako commented.
"Uh, Nana!" Windom called to Sevenger, who turns towards her. "Let's do the baton next!"
"Okay!" she gives her double thumbs-up.
A moment later, she's given the Multipurpose Taser Baton by Bako. "To turn it on, flick the switch at the side." he guided Sevenger, pointing to a trigger behind the baton grip.
Sevenger takes the baton and looks at the grip, flicking the switch and blinks at the sound of electricity crackling. "Oh, nice." She smiled before running to the target, now taped back to the base. "I'm off!"
"Please be careful with electricity, Nana!" Windom shouted.
"Was it really a good idea to recruit a child to fight kaijus?" Yoko asked Windom.
"No, but she's more capable than she looks. She did take down Zetton on her first day." Windom answered.
"Oh, and that already is a tough feat!" Yuka added. "With its powers of teleportation and energy absorption, it's a fierce opponent."
"Right?" Windom nodded. "I wasn't all that thrilled when Nana had to enter battle for the first time, but after that fight I knew she had what it takes to be a real Kaiju Girl."
"You two may not be like my daughter, but you're more than what I imagine my sons would be like if they could speak." Bako told Windom, who turns to him.
"Your sons?" Windom questioned.
"Sevenger and Windom." Bako answered. "I built them not to fight kaijus, but to save lives. You work so diligently to help get your friends back, including little Nana there." He looks at Sevenger, who has somehow stabbed the target with the baton. "Meeting and talking to you… it's like a dream come true."
Windom smiles at Bako. "Same here, Bako-san. When we do rescue our friends, we have you to thank."
Yuka and Yoko run into the target range to help out Sevenger. "Nana-chan, please be careful!" Yuka warns.
"Don't touch the metal part!" Yoko cautioned.
As Sevenger tugs on the grip, her hands are joined by Yoko and Yuka. "On three!" Yoko commanded. "One! Two!" they all tug the baton and successfully pull it out, at the cost of being electrified.
"We got it, sis!" Sevenger said dizzily with a head of frizzed hair.
"That said: she'll need some training." Bako commented on Sevenger attempting to pull out the baton.
"Oh yeah, absolutely." Windom agreed with a nod.
To be continued…
