Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Hey, Erika, stop laughing at me. I'm a girl too!"

"And Sister Lily's is..." Looking at her companions playing and infected by the atmosphere of laughter, Lei pointed the phantom mirror at Yueying Lily. The smile on her face suddenly froze, and she was obviously stunned by what was in the mirror.

"The flower of the heart is [lily], which symbolizes a happy family that will last a hundred years and...great love." Lei spoke the flower's language in a distorted tone, stammering.

The reason why Lei suddenly became hesitant was not because of anything else, but because of the lilies reflected in the illusion mirror. Although they did not look so bad as to be withered, they looked lacking in moisture and shaky.

"Lily....sister?"

What happened...?

Knowing that Lei had seen through her, Lily could only force a smile. When she was about to explain something, she heard the phone ringing. She took out the phone from the pocket hidden inside her battle suit and saw the name of the caller. Her eyes narrowed suddenly.

"Ash...?"

Walking on the other side of the Pretty Cure Palace, Lily's eyes wandered unsteadily as she looked at "Kolon" who had become a statue recorded in the palace.

"what's up?"

"What are you asking..." Looking at the three cadres and Xiao An who couldn't help but peek over, Ash couldn't stop the teasing curve on his face. "Didn't you take something from me? Why don't you give it back now?"

Thinking of the seal she had hidden, Lily shook her hand, which was a little painful after being pricked, and her tone gradually softened. "What if I say no?"

"Then there's nothing we can do. We can only make an understanding. You must be unconvinced by the sneak attack last time. How about another fight?"

"That's what I planned too."

That's right! No matter what evil spell they use, as long as the power of the Heart-Shocking Phantom Mirror is there, the store manager will definitely be saved!

However, there was another possible outcome that she dared not even think about.

What if Ash is not being controlled...?

"Do you remember the place where I first picked you up?"

Lily hung up the phone tremblingly, then turned around and ran back to Lei and the others in a hurry.

"Sister Lily?"

"Lei, I need the power of the Heart-shaking Phantom Mirror right now."

Ignoring the whispers of the three cadres beside him, such as "I didn't expect that the man under the mask is not ugly", Ash got on his motorcycle and prepared to go to the meeting, but a hand pressed on the wrist holding the accelerator.

"You really don't need my help?" Xiao An's one open eye revealed a human-like worry. "You're clearly no match for Moonlight right now."

"That's only for now." Seeing that Xiao An was able to express his emotions more clearly, even Ash, who had put on his helmet, smiled with relief. "That will change soon. Just wait and see my power."

He lowered the helmet's visor, and the special tires crushed the sand that had been heated by the sun, and then quickly drove into the Hope Flower Market at an unusual speed.

With one hand free, Ash made another call.

"Store....Manager?!"

Lei, who had just come down from the Pretty Cure palace, was so surprised that Ash suddenly called her that her mouth was so big that an egg could be stuffed in it.

Could it be that the store manager was really keeping an eye on us and that's why he called me right away? This is... really great, isn't it?!

So before Ash could speak, Lei excitedly reported what was happening here.

"Manager, Ash, listen to me! We've successfully passed the Pretty Cure trial and obtained the 'Heart-shattering Phantom Mirror', a powerful item that can directly see the flower of a person's heart!"

"Really? Congratulations! It seems you're working hard." Ash sincerely congratulated Lei, but before she could respond happily, he suddenly turned around. "Lei, is Lily with you?"

"Sister Lily? She seems to have something urgent to do..."

"Really? Well, I'm asking you, Lei. Please take the seal you snatched from Timmons before and send it to the place I mentioned." Ash spoke unilaterally at a very fast speed, without any intention of retorting to Lei.

"But why—"

Before Lei could finish her words, Ash had already hung up the phone.

Chapter 144: The Ambition of the Little Man and the Rain

After hanging up the phone, Ash suddenly felt a flash of light in front of his eyes. He quickly made a judgment and threw the phone away. Then he tilted the handle suddenly to tilt the motorcycle towards the ground. He bent his whole body to protect his important head and let the motorcycle slide along the ground and be thrown out.

"Boom bang bang-"

The approaching rainy weather had caused passersby to go home and collect their clothes, and the gunshots ringing out on the deserted streets were particularly harsh.

"What? I thought Lily had become someone who could sneak attack."

Squinting his eyes at the bullet holes not far in front of him, Ash turned his gaze to the figure walking across the smoking motorcycle.

"I didn't expect that the first person I'd meet would be you."

Holding a pistol that looked like a folded and flattened cube, Eddie aimed at Ash with an unprecedented solemnity in his eyes.

"Well, you do have a reason to shoot me. After all, I treated you pretty badly."

I don't know how it was discovered, but there's a saying that goes, fools are often sharper than geniuses.

In front of the extremely vigilant Eddie, Ash stood up again and casually brushed the dust off his clothes.

"Besides, your SCSO's target is the great evil lurking in the world of Pretty Cure, right? If that's the case, then it must be me..."

"wrong!"

Eddie's voice interrupted him.

"Headquarters sent a message not long ago, and even I received it." Eddie, now fixed on Ash, recounted a fact with a neutral tone. "They said that a darkness of unknown origin had been taken by a train passenger who had accidentally arrived here and successfully returned to the Knight World. So, headquarters sent me a signal to withdraw, and they'll judge my unauthorized actions after I return."

"I'm really not mature enough. I acted rashly and ended up having my job done by someone else..."

"Momo and the others? But what? It wasn't me?" Ash looked a little disappointed, but he quickly turned his attention to Eddie. "If that's the case, then why are you blocking us here?" Ash pointed his right hand at Eddie like a pistol and made a "bang" sound with his mouth.

"Is it because you can't bear the thought of being fooled by my simple methods? Or how about defeating me as a symbol of your own heroism?"

"The reason I'm angry isn't because you lied to me..." Anger flashed between his gritted teeth. With red pupils, Eddie took out the dragon fencing sword on his back and the magic bullet key on his waist.

I wanted to become a hero as powerful as the Commander, but ended up just causing trouble for others. Maybe I am a person who can't accomplish anything... But even if I am like this, I still have the heart to take action when it is time to do something!

"Even if I can't be a hero, I can only be considered an insignificant little person!"

"What makes me angry is that you betrayed their trust!"

"[Change Dragon Sword]! Bang!"

He suddenly took out the Seal Destroyer from his pocket and pulled the trigger at Eddie, but he saw Eddie actually waving his sword to cut off the incoming light bullet.

"Dragon Strike Transformation...!"

Ash turned sideways and brushed past the roaring blue dragon flying towards him. When the energy was poured into Eddie's body, he transformed into the magic bullet warrior Dragon Sword King again.

"Does it feel different?"

Facing the man who was charging towards him with a war cry, Ash squatted on the ground and raised his spear, firing a burst of light bullets from the muzzle of the Seal Destroyer towards the opponent.

"The dragon that lives in harmony with light will shatter the monsters that wriggle in the darkness!" He swung the Dragon-Slaying Sword left and right, slicing every incoming beam of light in half. The energy exploding behind him made his silhouette even brighter. "Dragon Sword Dao, come on!"

Eddie was angry. Even though he didn't have close friends with the people in the cafe, he was still inspired by those girls who were younger than him.

Thinking of how they would laugh when looking at the person in front of them, and how this person in front of them had once inspired him, he roared and rushed towards Ash with all his might.

"I also have people I believe in, and people I like! So I can imagine this feeling!" Ash dodged the sword that he swung with all his might, and looking at the corner of his clothes that was cut, Ash was quite shocked.

The level of performance now is really incomparable to that of the past.

"They believed in you, and yet you did this to them. It's unforgivable!"

He dodged the blow with a nimble somersault, and the axe he swung with his backhand sent several sparks flying on his armor. However, Eddie did not retreat but instead rushed forward against the attack and crashed into Ash's arms.

"Hmph, you know nothing..."

The power provided by the Showa Knight's punches was enough to overwhelm the transformed Eddie, but somehow, he, who was originally at a disadvantage, continued to increase his strength until the situation was reversed.

"I'm not smart, so what if I don't understand?!" Sparks from the Dragon Slaying Sword, clashing with the Seal Breaker, illuminated his eyepiece. "All I know is that no matter what the reason, there's no reason to make someone who loves me sad!"

“This brat…!”

Being slammed into the garbage pile behind him, Eddie's sword was stuck above his neck by Ash who grabbed his wrist.

"You've trampled on their sincerity. I must defeat you before they do!"

The words are very satisfying, but this is the case!

"This is a game between me and them, if you interfere, please do not hesitate!"

With a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, he removed the stamp from the muzzle of the gun and stamped it on the injector of the gun body. By the time the excited Eddie heard the sound of "[Stamp by]!" and reacted, the muzzle of the gun was already against his waist.

"shit!"

"[Ohing Strike]!"

Ash sat up and shook his head when he saw Eddie, who was blasted away by him at close range, losing his transformation and rolling on the ground with his mouth open and eyes closed, shrinking in one breath.

"As a warrior, I'm still far from being good enough."

However, as a hero's heart, it does have some meaning.

"You can't stop me now, because I can't stop anymore... huh?"

“Tick-tock…tick-tock…”

There was a rustling sound coming from the horizon, which gradually became louder. Ash wiped his nose which was covered with dust, and he felt something wet between his fingers.

"It's raining..."

Lily was standing in the alley holding an umbrella, staring blankly at the corner in front of her, facing the heavy rain.

The day of defeat was similar to today, with a cold and merciless rain. The cold rain took away the warmth of her body, which made her feel so frustrated that she let Ash pick her up as if she had lost her soul.

I originally thought that something would happen to me, but I was treated with great care. In the end, I gradually opened my wounded and closed heart, wanting to accept him and fill the part of "family" that I lost in my heart.

But why... did it end up like this?

Kelong left me in that rain. Will this rain, which is so similar, take anything away from me?

"Boom!"

The lightning that struck between the rain clouds instantly illuminated the dark world like daylight, and along with the light appeared at the corner of the alley was Ash, who was also holding an umbrella.

"Yo."

"A....Xu..."

Chapter 145: Love in the Mirror Turns into Hate (with illustrations)

"Heart-shattering Phantom Mirror—please!"

After meeting, there was no hesitation. Lily, showing her warrior instinct, used her ultimate move almost as soon as she appeared. Ash, who had just found a place that could shelter from the rain and threw Eddie in, was a little late in his action. He couldn't dodge and had to let the mirror reflect his expression.

"Really? You're really trying hard to be so serious right from the start."

However, there is no need for me to hide.

"Heart-shattering Fantasy Mirror, please awaken the store manager's heart!"

The sacred light shot out from the center of the mirror like a light cannon, and when it shone on Ash's body, the man's body immediately squeaked as if it was thrown into boiling hot oil and roasted. Visible darkness swayed and boiled on his body.

She could imagine, and feel clearly and realistically, that the encouragement he gave to them and the laughter he had with them as the store manager of Nasta were genuine and did not seem fake!

Lily always believed that Ash must have been influenced and controlled by the Desert Apostles for various reasons and that was why he helped them!

She also believed that the power of the sacred Mirror of Sadness would be able to heal him, just like what was happening now!

But as she watched the darkness on Ash's body slowly burn away, and the man still holding the umbrella and standing there without moving an inch, Lily's originally happy face slowly darkened.

"Why, why is the power of the Heart-shattering Phantom Mirror useless?!"

"No, it worked perfectly." He raised his hand and gently brushed off the dust-like debris on his body. "Really? I just absorbed it into my body and haven't had time to transform it yet. All the dark echoes have been purified. What a waste."

"Varied.....!"

A result that Yueying Lily least wanted to face was placed on her face. The left hand holding the phantom mirror was trembling slightly, and the woman's pupils, which reflected the arc of the man's smile, were shaking violently.

"I'm embarrassed to keep this from you, so I'll tell you one more thing." Gently straightening his slightly tilted bowler hat, Ash hinted at something. "Six months ago, I witnessed your entire fight with Xiao An. Although I wanted to intervene, I held back."

"It's such a pity. Back then, you and she were evenly matched. If Shabak hadn't intervened, it's hard to say who would have won."

"That----!"