Episode 3

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**A Bare Knife** (裸のナイフ, *Hadaka no Naifu*?) is the third episode of the Wonder Egg Priority anime series.

## Synopsis

A girl named Rika Kawai suddenly appears in front of Ai as she is on her way home after buying eggs at the underground garden as usual.

Rika, like Ai and the others, is a fighter in the world of eggs, but she suddenly swings Ai around, asking her to lend her money when they have never met before and barging into her house without permission.

Neiru is distrustful of Rika's good-natured behavior towards everyone, but Rika begins to say that she will stay at Ai's house...

## Plot

A girl is seen defeating a Wonder Killer. The Egg Girl thanks her for protecting her before disappearing.

Ai Ohto is buying Wonder Eggs from Acca and Ura-Acca. When she is about to leave, a girl collapses to the ground behind her in apparent agony. Ai rushes to her side, but when the girls cries are ignored by Acca and Ura-Acca, she springs right back up as if nothing had happened. The girl introduces herself as Rika Kawai. Rika asks Ai to lend her some money to buy eggs, claiming she has forgotten her wallet. Ai quickly complies. Later that day, Ai texts Neiru about meeting up tomorrow and tells her of her experience meeting Rika.

The next day, Ai is surprised to find Rika sitting outside her door. Ai asks if she came to pay her back for yesterday, but Rika once again claims she has forgotten her wallet. Rika goes with Ai to meet Neiru in the hospital. Ai gives an egg to Neiru, while Rika's bluntness causes Neiru to immediately dislike her. The three girls converse, and Rika mentions that she was once a part of an idol group called All-Out Kiss that broke up because the other members were "too ugly".

Ai returns home and notices that Shuichiro Sawaki is there, wanting to avoid him she tries to go into her room. Her mother notices her and Rika, who once again followed her home. Shuichiro decides to leave after seeing Ai has brought home a friend. The two girls go to Ai's room, where Rika's prodding questions begin to annoy Ai. She suggests Ai is not going to school to get her teacher to worry about her, but Ai rebukes that it is because her friend, Koito, died. Rika says that she is trying to save a girl named Chiemi, who was her fan when she was an idol, calling her a wallet who would buy her anything. After Rika says she picks her friends based on their looks, Ai becomes increasingly annoyed at her seemingly shallow personality.

Rika decides that she will sleep over at Ai's house. Neiru warns Ai over text to be cautious around her, citing her flirtatious attitude towards the doctor. While Rika is in the bath, Ai asks if she has called her parents, to which Rika says she does not care. She nurses cut scars on her forearm, and promises that she will stop cutting herself. Ai recalls a time when walked in on Koito crying in Shuichiro's arms. She immediately ran away from the scene.

Ai and Rika go to sleep and find that they are sharing the same Egg World. Acca tells them that since they fell asleep in close proximity to each and around the same time, they went into the same world, he also mentions that the person with the stronger feelings is the world that is picked. Ai and Rika open their eggs at the same time, and two girls named Miko and Mako emerge from them. The two say they killed themselves after their favourite singer, Yu-Yu, did the same. Seeno Evils begin to attack, and Rika and Ai fight them. Ai and Rika struggle to work effectively as a team, nearly hitting each other multiple times on accident. Rika's arm is injured by a Seeno Evil, so they escape to nearby lighthouse.

Given some time to rest, Ai insists that Rika tells her more about Chiemi. Rika complies, and says that Chiemi would line up to see her multiple times at handshake events when she was an idol. Chiemi's generous financial gifts led Rika to believe she had a rich patron until she caught her shoplifting in town. Rika was disgusted by her behavior, and called her a "fatty", telling her to never come back. Chiemi died soon after, apparently starving herself due to Rika's insults. The incident caused Rika to feel a great deal of guilt.

The story is interrupted by the Seeno Evils breaking through the door, so Miko and Mako flee up the stairs of the lighthouse with Ai and Rika following close behind. A few of the Seeno Evils get past Rika and Ai and pursue Miko and Mako directly. After questioning why Koito would kill herself without even talking to her, Ai gets a burst of speed and climbs the stairs to eliminate the Seeno Evils before they can reach the two Egg Girls. Ai, with a newfound understanding of Rika, affirms that she will kill the monsters alongside her.

When they reach the top, Ai and Rika find that Miko and Mako have been captured by their Wonder Killer, Madam Sachiko, a woman who was arrested for stalking Yu-Yu. Rika jumps at Madam Sachiko and cuts off the tentacle holding Miko and Mako with her blade, while Ai runs up the tentacle and hits Madam Sachiko with her mace. Ai and Rika catch Miko and Mako in midair and slide safely to the ground. Ai and Rika begin to insult Madam Sachiko and reaffirm that they will protect the girls from monsters. Madam Sachiko then fires smoke that hits Rika directly and turns her to stone.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Rika Kawai
* Chiemi
* Ai Ohto
* Acca
* Ura-Acca
* Neiru Aonuma
* Tae Ohto
* Shuichiro Sawaki
* Koito Nagase
* Miko
* Mako

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