Summary:
Separated from Hakari, Panda is unsure of her next move. Unfortunately, once he decides to stop playing it safe and become a panda, he runs into none other than Hajime Kashimo.
Plot:
In Tokyo Colony No. 2, Panda sits alone on top of a shipping container in a shipyard by the sea. He tells himself that for now, instead of Panda, he is a harmless teddy bear. There is a strong smell of blood in the air and he can smell several dismembered people nearby. The residue left behind by the perpetrator is faint, but Panda understands that it was probably done on purpose by an experienced wizard. He reflects on his role in fighting the Culling Game and laments that he and Hakari broke up immediately. Hakari was supposed to fight while Panda was just about to track down the angel. Panda knows he should move, but he doesn’t want the other players to see her.
Horrified by his own cowardice, Panda changes his mind and decides to slide down from the shipping container to the ground. He looks around and the coast appears to be clear, but suddenly Panda is run into by none other than Hajime Kashimo. Kashimo looks at Panda as a mere animal and wonders if he escaped from the Ueno Zoo. Panda tries to go on all fours as cover, but Kashimo asks his Kogan if Panda is a player. Kogane confirms, surprising Panda, who didn’t know that Kogane could be used to identify other players.
Panda quickly stands up, but by that time Kashimo has already covered the distance between them. A single punch is enough to punch a hole in the Panda’s stomach while electrocuting him. Kashimo follows this up by using his staff to send Panda crashing into a shipping container. Panda notices that Kashima’s cursed energy has the properties of electricity, making his attacks unguardable. He activates Gorilla Mode and strikes with his own unblockable attack, but Kashimo is able to counter and even breaks Panda’s arm. Unfazed, Kashimo calls Panda mean while dodging his next attack.
Kashimo throws Panda’s severed arm at him to block his view. Panda anticipates that Kashimo will circle his blind spot and swings behind him. However, Kashimo threw his arm as a simple parry and continued to attack directly behind her, fooling Panda. Kashimo hits the Panda with rapid fire punches and then palm slams him into another shipping container. When Panda is nearly defeated, Kashimo makes amends for his earlier taunt by calling Panda super weak instead of average. She asks if Panda knows where Sukuna is, which surprises her. Pondering what Kashimo might want from Sukuna, Panda denies knowing anything about him to protect Yuji. Pausing to think about it was enough to tell Kashimo that Panda knew something about Sukuna.
Kashimo offers to spare Panda in exchange for information about Sukuna, but he refuses. Panda transforms into the form of her big sister, a Triceratops with a timid personality that destroys anyone who gets in her way to hide her embarrassment. Kashimo immediately attacks before Panda has a chance to show off the virtues of her big sister’s form.
Kashimo attacks by separating the charges of his electrified cursed energy and applying a positive charge to Panda. The negative charge is discharged from the Kashimo directly into the Panda without losing any energy to the ground, resulting in lightning that rips through the air and cannot pass without help from the domain. Lightning rips the upper right side of Panda’s body to shreds, completely defeating him. Victorious in brutal fashion, Kashimo watches Panda’s blood splatter on the ground and asks where Sukuna is.