Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Not all stories are stories about heroes. Some stories don’t even need heroes.

At least compared to his own "interest", he now doesn't want the four girls who are glaring at him to die in front of him. For this reason, he doesn't mind even if he turns into an "evil dragon"... Hehe, this is all your fault, so Heart and Blossom, you can understand me, right?

Seeing that someone had bravely stood up, Ash raised the corners of his mouth in his signature arc.

Unless... they can transcend enlightenment and see the so-called hope!

Become the hope to surpass this "evil dragon"!

"We're not princesses, we're Pretty Cures!" Even though the person in front of her had lost their ability to transform, Akane still stood up from behind, standing in a row with Nao. "Even without the help of the dwarfs in fairy tales, we fight as Pretty Cures with our own will. Even if there's no fairy tale story, it doesn't matter! We still have to protect the people around us and this world!"

"But you, you keep saying things you don't understand, and even after doing something so outrageous, you still arrogantly lecture us!" Akane, known for her fiery personality, grew increasingly furious, finally unleashing her fury in front of Ash. "Hasn't that enough of laughing at us? What on earth are you planning to do, you self-proclaimed evil dragon?"

"If that's the case, let's not play dumb anymore."

As if they didn't hear Miyuki's muttering, "It's you who has been saying weird things that I can't understand," the thing that Ash took out from his hand instantly attracted their attention. It was the "healing accessory" that Ash had separated from the clown monster's body.

"Ah, that healing accessory! That's Tangtang's, give it back to me Kuru!"

"No, Tangtang, don't be impulsive!" Lihua hurriedly hugged Tangtang, who was so excited that she wanted to jump on Yaxiu's head. When everyone was getting quite anxious, Yaxiu's next sentence suddenly changed his tone, making them all look at him in astonishment.

"Actually, if you want, I can give this thing back to you."

"Hey, please, give it back to us! This is what Tangtang needs, please!"

"I'm your enemy, idiot! Don't bow down to your enemy!" Under the tense gaze of the crowd, Ash patted Miyuki's head, who was bowing before him, with such force that he nearly pushed her forward and onto the ground. "Besides, if you ask for something, will the bad guys just agree to your request? Seriously, this isn't a fairy tale world."

"However, I can definitely return it to you."

Ash's thumb bounced the healing accessory high up and caught it accurately with one hand.

Before anyone except Miyuki noticed, Ash had already secretly observed their fight, and from this he was able to conclude that the actual power they possessed was far greater than they thought!

So Ash came up with a plan: the Dark Sword, Moon Dark, is a sword that can react with other holy swords of different powers. The intertwined reactions of darkness and different energies can open up new paths! In order to complete his plan and transform the world into a beautiful and correct one, he needs the power of the Pretty Cures he has chosen to "help" him.

"In the next battle, let us decide the fate of the world through our duel."

"us--"

"We agree!" Miyuki, who was hesitant to speak, took a step forward and Lihua agreed to Ash's challenge. Then she shifted her serious gaze to Ash's leather shoes that were resting on the edge of the table.

"But before that, Mr. Wang Jian, please take your feet off the table!" Lihua's eyes were stern and cold. "This is not the right posture for conversation. What will others think of you? Even if you're a bad person, this is rude! Please put your feet down!"

"......" Ash, whose hands were released from behind his neck, froze for a moment. Originally, you called me and I thought you were going to say something to me...but it turned out to be this?

"I usually don't care about other people's opinions, huh?" Ash said this, but he still took his feet off the table. "But since it's Pretty Cure's request, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Goodbye, I'll come in through the main entrance next time." After saying that, Ash chuckled twice in the direction of Miyuki.

"Next time, please don't enter a lady's room without an invitation."

"At least knock on the door..." Miyuki added weakly.

"You women are still a little far from being ladies, aren't you?" Standing in front of the crack created by the sword, Ash turned around and showed a mocking expression, which made the girls clench their fists one by one.

"If you're not willing to give up, try to surprise me next."

“I won’t let you down!”

When they confirmed that Ash had really left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The huge pressure left by the previous battle almost made them breathless, but they didn't want to show weakness in front of such an excessive guy. At this time, some nervous people even sat on the ground looking completely exhausted.

"Lihua." Miyuki walked up to Lihua, who had sent Ash away alone, and noticed that her fingers holding the makeup box had turned pale because they were shaking too hard. Obviously, she was also nervous and didn't want to show her weakness.

Noticing this, Miyuki raised her hand and looked at the smiling makeup box in her hand. The golden emblem of the fairy tale kingdom engraved on it seemed to have lost its original brilliant color because of the girl's complicated heart.

"Lihua, is this really okay for us?"

"Miyuki, I know you don't want to fight someone like this." Shaking her head, Reika, assuming she was afraid, resolved to become stronger while comforting her companions. "But we don't have a choice now. For our own sake and Tangtang's, we must defeat him and reclaim the healing accessory and everyone's chance to transform!"

"No, I'm probably not afraid now." Closing his eyes, the pair of dark eyes that Ash cast at them were still clearly visible.

Why do I care so much about his eyes?

"That look." Miyuki, who had never seen such eyes before, instinctively felt something, just like a person who likes to smile wants to pass on his or her optimism to others. At that time, Miyuki also felt the same...sadness?

"Eyes?" Lihua tilted her head unconsciously, not understanding what he meant.

"When he said goodbye, his face was smiling, but his eyes didn't smile at all. It was different from the smile that people show when they are happy. His smile was not for the sake of happiness!"

His reason for being our enemy is that he takes pleasure in oppressing us...at least not now.

"There's something wrong with that look."

But, I have absolutely no idea what it is.

It was a feeling of being completely free from sadness and anxiety. Seeing his eyes like that, it seemed as if they also surrounded me.

So, even now as an enemy, I want those eyes to no longer be sad.

I want his face to be with us——

Chapter 14: Joker

In the "Kingdom of Tragedy" in an alien world outside the earth, there is an eternal night sky with bats constantly flying over it. Hanging above it is a dim moon that is always shrouded in dark fog. With such multiple blessings, the moonlight, which is so dim that it is almost invisible, just happens to shine on a gloomy and strange castle on the edge of the cliff.

The castle is surrounded by magma that looks like boiling blood. The earth that supports it seems to be dead. The plants and creatures present a weird and funny feeling. Purple miasma lingers in the surroundings. Ordinary people would probably be scared to despair just by standing here and seeing such a scene.

A blurry figure gradually became real, and Wolfren, looking in a miserable state, appeared in front of the castle. He ran into the door on all fours, as if something terrible was chasing him from behind.

When the clown monster was chopped in half in front of him, the evil dragon knight just glanced at him under the mask, and Wolfren actually had the illusion that he was also cut in half by the other party.

Afterwards, Wolfram almost ran back to his base camp, the "Kingdom of Tragedy", as if escaping.

"He actually called me a puppy, how abominable!"

I am a wolf, a proud wolf!

"Wolfren, why did you start using your hands—Aww!" Wolfren, whose attention was not on the road ahead, did not notice the short figure at the intersection ahead. Until the pointy-nosed witch spoke out to remind her, she had already been knocked over by Wolfren.

"Hey—you're running so fast, are you just looking for someone to bump into?"

He could no longer hear the curses from his companion "Witch Lina" behind him. He didn't know if it was an illusion. This was obviously the base camp of their Tragedy Kingdom, but he still felt the urge to be watched by the Evil Dragon Knight.

"Something about wanting to engrave his power into his memory—who does he think he is? Damn it!"

Damn it, that human being actually looked down on me like that! Damn it, damn it—

Wolflun wanted to make himself angry, so that he could at least stimulate his desire to win and avenge the shame next time!

However, that shocking sword strike was still deeply engraved in his memory. Thinking of the evil dragon's eyes, Wolfren felt no resentment in his heart, only fear.

He's just a human being, why is he so scary?!

"Hahaha, Wolfren, you ran so fast, you must have lost to Pretty Cure again!" A broad and tall red figure stood in front of him, forcing him to stop.

The monster, carrying a thick ghost gold stick, wearing tiger skin, with sharp horns and a bright red body, was the standard image of an evil ghost. The "red ghost" began to laugh at him.

"You're so useless, Wolfren! You're so scared by the Pretty Cure! Then just wait and see how heroic I am when I defeat those little girls for you next time!"

"no!"

Hearing the slanderous developments that misunderstood him, Wolfren emotionally retorted, "That's not true! If it weren't for a strange human suddenly jumping out to disrupt the situation, I would have defeated Pretty Cure!"

"Huh, human? What are you talking about, you idiot?" Wolfren's panicked expression made the red ghost unwilling to believe him. "Except for Pretty Cure, humans are spineless people who become depressed when seeing a tragic ending. How could they possibly mess things up? You, are you making this up just to avoid being laughed at?"

"No, that person—"

“Oh my oh my~~”

A sweet yet subtly distorted voice sounded from behind the two people who were arguing. The overly exaggerated tone carried a chill that was enough to penetrate the bones of both the enemy and the friend.

"Well, could you please describe that person?"

The figure that walked out of the darkness was a clown guy wearing a purple and white costume, a red, yellow and blue clown pointed hat, and a pale mask covering half of his face, revealing only the arc of his weird smile.

"Joker!"

When the person's name was called out, both Wolfren and Chigui showed nervous and slightly disgusted expressions on their faces.

If Wolfren and Chigui were arguing with their colleagues' friends before, then the expression you show now is the expression of the patrol team leader who came to inspect when you were slacking off.

This guy dressed as a clown is none other than the Joker, the confidant of their immediate superior, the Evil Emperor Piero. Because of his overly weird style, no one in the Tragedy Kingdom (a total of five people including the king) likes him.

After all, who knows if he would attack his own people just for fun!

"Who's that guy?" A disgusted Wolfren wanted nothing more than to get the Joker away. "He calls himself something like Curry...Wang Jian, right, Wang Jian!"

"This guy, he was able to move around like us unaffected in the tragic ending, and he could even use a really dark and powerful sword to transform into that dragon-like armored man and defeat the clown monster with one sword!"

"Dragon-like armored clowns defeated the clown monster with a single blow of their sword?" Joker's reaction was quite exaggerated. He was grinning as he shuffled the cards that had appeared out of nowhere, performing various shuffling tricks and making his own sweet voice. "It sounds fake~ Or is it a new friend that the Pretty Cure have found?"

"No, that's not necessarily true. After all, after he defeated all those Pretty Cures, he also sealed the transformation devices of three of them."

"The transformation device that sealed the Pretty Cure?" Wolfren and the others saw his stunned expression for the first time, and the cards in his hand all fell to the ground.

Just when they were wondering if this guy had lost his mind, the joker suddenly covered his face and laughed out loud.

"Hahahaha-"

The joker's laughter continued to echo in the castle, frightening the witch Lina, who had just gotten up, and she fell to the ground again.

"This is really interesting! Maybe he is our friend." After listening to Wolflen's retelling, Joker made a decision in his heart.

I have to go meet this friend of ours. After all, it would be a shame if such an interesting person couldn't work for our evil emperor Piero.

"But." The Joker with a wicked smile stretched out his hand when Wolfren looked alert, and then, with everyone looking as if they had seen a ghost, he casually grabbed a tiny thing hidden under the werewolf's fur and took it out.

"Ah, it seems our friend isn't very friendly." The tiny tracker on his finger kept flashing red, causing Joker to squint his eyes. "Dear Wolfren, could you please explain what this is?"

"How should I know~"

This answer made the Joker laugh out his signature strange laugh again, as if he had never expected to get an answer from Wolfren. The Joker just stared at the flashing red light.

"Well, it seems we should hold a welcome party for Mr. Wang Jian. Maybe he will come and get along well with us~" As he spoke, he shook his head again. "No, compared to this."

Dexterous fingers twirled the small dot that continuously flashed red light, until Joker twisted his wrist and, like a magic trick, transformed the tracker into a bright red rose.

"Why don't I take the initiative to invite this guest~"

Chapter 15: Villains vs. Villains

What the world needs is me... or them?

Even though we can glimpse the future now, everything remains unknown until the actual facts arrive.

In order to isolate himself from the effects of too frequent predictions to a certain extent, Ash was now equipped with a separate piece of equipment on his right hand that perfectly fit the size of his palm. The gauntlet, which reflected the radiance of round fine iron, was constantly tapping the wooden table in front of him with his sharp fingertips as Ash moved, and soon a small hole was drilled in the tabletop.

In the deep and dark artificial cave, Ash crossed his hands under his chin, his eyes obscured by the strange reflection, so his expression could not be seen.

At this moment, Yaxiu was pondering such philosophical questions, thinking...thinking...thinking...

Ash swung his hands violently and kicked the table in front of him angrily. As the desk collapsed, the various papers originally piled on it scattered all over the floor.

If someone observes carefully, they will find that the handwriting that looks like graffiti on the pure white paper is full of various malicious bad end predictions.

"[Kamen Rider swear]! Why am I acting so melancholy here all by myself? I don't like this atmosphere!"

"Fighting with people I agree with is definitely my normal routine, but this time, I'm not happy at all! This kind of calculating and scheming is not like me at all!"

As mentioned several times in previous chapters, Ash is a true genius. However, IQ is not the same as wisdom or EQ, and Ash hates anything that requires brainpower.

What kind of predictions are there... Just ignore the damn future and mess up all the bad endings and dead endings!

As Ash inexplicably got angry and his emotions exploded, the dark sword Yue An, who was standing aside, began to emit an increasingly dark light unsteadily.

Tsk, it's all that Dark Sword's fault for making me see this future I can't pretend not to see. It's all the fault of those Pretty Cures for making it impossible for me to turn a blind eye to this kind of thing! It's all my fault, isn't it?

"Ugh."

Ash sighed deeply as if he had just experienced a terrible battle, and collapsed limply on the chair.

It's too ugly to blame others when it's clearly my fault.

Be more mature, Ash. You're not a kid anymore.

"Tsk, I'm in such a bad mood!"

He originally wanted to vent his unhappiness, but the more he talked, the more he convinced himself, and now he became even more unhappy.

"Forget it, what else can I say now?"

"More important than the future is the present. Regarding those two, Pink and Blue, whose fighting spirits are relatively strong, if they aren't overwhelmed by the oppression after I go there, their fighting spirit and strength should be even stronger in this desperate situation."

Even so, I don't think that I, who am so strong, will lose.