Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"You're not good at serious business, you're better at showing off. You're just doing this to make people laugh and lighten the mood, right?"

Really, if there really were supermen, what would we do?

"Speaking of the sky." Approaching from behind, Akane, seemingly calmed down but still unable to meet Ash's gaze, pointed her hand toward the largest source of light and heat overhead. "Isn't there a sun this big, hanging in the sky?"

"Hahaha, Akane-chan, how is this possible~" Miyuki kept touching the spot on her head where she was hit, waving her hands and smiling at her. "Could it be that the enemy is actually on the sun? Hahaha, don't make such a joke~"

"Wait!"

Ash's sudden shout startled them. After a moment of contemplation with his hand on his chin, he suddenly pulled out a blue telescope from his sleeve, pulled and folded it to turn it into binoculars, and looked directly towards the sun.

"Wow, Mr. Ash, you can't look at the sun like that! It'll hurt your eyes!"

"Shut up!" Holding Miyuki who kept rushing towards him with one hand, Ash adjusted the focus and finally saw what he wanted to see.

Ash's pupils constricted at this moment. He saw that it was the darkness blocking the sun and partially obscuring the light and shadow.

Moreover, it seems to be getting bigger and bigger towards this side.

"TMD!"

Unable to hold back his curses, Ash punched the metal handrail next to him, denting it and startling the girls next to him.

“How did it become like this?!”

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Ash's expression was one of gritted teeth.

"Mr. Ash..." Akane asked uncertainly to Ash, whose expression changed drastically. "What's wrong? What did you see?"

"This is really the worst..." Pressing his forehead, Ash seemed to have gone through a period of complicated inner thoughts, and finally told them what he saw.

"The enemy is indeed in the sky!"

"And!" Ash raised his hand and pointed. The light reflected from the sun just condensed into a beam of light at his fingertips!

"That [enemy] is now falling towards us with the power to destroy everything!"

Destroy everything...?

The girls' inner tension was raised to the extreme just by seeing Ash showing a rare look of anxiety in front of them.

What's more, even if Ash didn't say it clearly, the severity of the word he used alone made the girls turn pale.

"This is no longer something that Pretty Cure or Kamen Rider can handle alone!"

"Now, let's go to your secret base first!"

Seeing the girls who listened to his words and hurriedly led the way towards the library outside the school, Ash raised his hand and pressed it on his swollen temples.

Seriously, they actually prepared such a gift just to defeat us? They really think highly of us...

Thinking of this, a dangerous smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth again, hidden by the palm of his hand pressing on his temple.

But, it is precisely this kind of powerful challenge...

It's more exciting, isn't it?!

Chapter 58: Stars Falling from the Sky

It wasn't just the Pretty Cures who were anxious at this moment. The Earth Observatory, which was constantly monitoring the situation in the universe, was also busy and anxiously working on the extremely distorted data at the moment.

"What the hell happened?" the research director, dressed in a white lab coat, chuckled as he ran to the main control room responsible for monitoring astronomical conditions. "You said an asteroid has deviated from its original orbit around the rings?"

"Yes! We've detected anomalies on this planet! Its surface temperature is rapidly rising, and nuclear reactions are occurring within it, acting as a propulsion force!" The researcher, holding a large amount of fresh data, sweat dripped down his face as he reported, wetting the paper. "An asteroid originally orbiting Jupiter has suddenly broken away from its original path and is heading directly towards Earth!"

"In this case, this asteroid will undoubtedly fall on Earth!"

"How is this possible?" The director's eyes widened as he stared at the data displayed on the paper and screen, his previous scientific notions shattered at this moment. "Suddenly, without any visible impact, it deviated from its trajectory. Not only that, it wasn't captured by the gravity of another planet, but instead headed straight for Earth?! How could such a thing happen?!"

"Director, no matter how we calculate, we can't avoid the worst possible outcome!"

As the data was generated, an atmosphere of despair began to spread in the main control room. Even a deep purple aura invisible to the naked eye emanated from the decadent researchers and drifted towards the distant world.

———Inside the Mysterious Library————

Originally, this "Mysterious Library" served as the Precures' secret base in another world. It was usually stocked with snacks and tea drinks that the girls brought from home. Rather than a combat base, it had an atmosphere more like a tea party where the girls could chat and relax.

"The enemy is coming in full force this time, so it would be nice to hear what kind of battle plan Ash has to come up with!" This was their general thought before they came.

But now this relaxed atmosphere could no longer be found. All this was because of Ash's speech. The girls stared at the man sitting at the other end of the round table with wide eyes, and were shocked after hearing what he said.

"Star!"

“From heaven!”

"Fell down?!"

"To be precise, it's an asteroid that fell down after breaking away from its original satellite orbit... Well, you're not wrong to think of it as a star." Ignoring the protests of Tangtang, who was in his hands with tears in her eyes, Ash grabbed her in his hands and kept pulling her elastic cheeks as a stress-relieving toy as punishment for attacking him.

"But, if the stars fall down... wouldn't that be great?" Miyuki thought of something and took out a [star ornament] from the storage box. After activating it with the power of the makeup box, the power of the ornament immediately dyed the room into the appearance of night. Countless gorgeous stars fell from the sky, attracting the girls' attention and making them linger.

"Look, if even the stars were falling, wouldn't that be super romantic~~ We could even watch the meteor shower. Ultra happy—it hurts!"

Retracting his fist, Ash couldn't help but shake his head at her escape. "I thought you were just an idiot, but I didn't expect you to be this stupid... You can't even be called a mortal. Don't tell this to the people of Sydney."

"Why..." Miyuki, clutching her head with tears in her eyes, instantly synchronized her expression with Tangtang's. "And Mr. Ash... Tangtang has apologized, so it's time to let him go, right?"

"Besides, it's also because I didn't think highly of her. If you want to punish her, punish me too!"

"Anyway, let me put it another way." Amidst the humiliated gazes of the others, Ash calmly tugged at Miyuki's tearful, struggling face, crying out, "Ah, ah!" "I'm afraid what you're seeing isn't a meteor shower, but a falling sky!"

"The so-called meteor phenomenon is the trail left by meteoroids in space that, after being caught by Earth's gravity, burn up as they streak through the atmosphere. So, here's the question." He momentarily removed his hand from Miyuki's flushed face, his index finger flicking the girl's rosy lips. "What if the firepower from rubbing against the atmosphere doesn't completely burn it up, and it falls to the ground?"

"It would be a meteorite falling from the sky," Lihua, the most knowledgeable of the five, explained. "Historical documents also record that meteorites have fallen from the sky, creating huge craters on Earth, both here and abroad. In ancient times, such phenomena were even worshipped as gods."

"Let's put aside the question of whether the falling meteorite is a god." Ash pressed his finger to Miyuki's lips, who was about to scream, to silence her words so that he could speak. "What if this meteorite is extremely, extremely huge?"

this....

Seeing that Lian Lihua also paused, as if she had touched upon a blind spot in her knowledge, Ash did not get angry. He simply wrote down a long list of data next to the "asteroid" pattern marked on the plan in front of him.

"Let's call this asteroid that's about to land on Earth 'Axis'..." Suddenly feeling that the name was a bit unlucky, Ash changed the subject. "Let's call it 'Nibiru, the Primitive Lifeform'."

Not noticing the somewhat dead look in Yayoi's eyes, Ash continued as he played with the increasingly round Miyuki in his hands, "According to the observation data I obtained after careful calculation, the diameter of this 'primitive life form' is approximately 10 kilometers, comparable to the famous Halley's Comet."

"Although we don't know exactly how much of its composition is gaseous and liquid, even if we calculate it on a smaller scale, it's definitely no less than a trillion tons."

Letting go of Miyuki, who was already dizzy in the ocean of numbers and simply letting him play with her, Ash continued to write down extremely exaggerated numbers in the plan.

"The instantaneous explosion of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with Jupiter in 1994, was probably more powerful than billions of Harmony bombs! If 'Primordial Life Form Nibiru' had landed on Earth, the consequences would have been even more devastating!"

"Wait, is that so?!" Although they had no idea what "harmony" Ash was talking about, the girls were still terrified of the ever-increasing consequences. "If we fall behind, Mom, Dad, and our classmates will be in trouble."

"Boom——" Ash used gestures and the sounds from his mouth to create an explosion effect, making the girls look at each other in surprise.

"After it falls, anything that's still alive will probably have to relive what happened 6500 million years ago."

"Of course, that's assuming there are still living things on the surface."

Chapter 59 Ash: It doesn’t matter, I will take action

"If that's the case!" Anxiety made her jump up from her seat and slam her hands on the table. "If that's the case, how are we going to stop this?!"

"Stop it, you say? Stop that trillion-ton asteroid from falling towards Earth? Are you kidding me?" Ash chuckled at their grim expressions, crossing his legs and leaning back. "Are you going to use your Pretty Cure powers to push it back?"

"Ultraman is not a god, and you girls can't even claim to be gods."

“But…but!”

Qian wanted to say something, but when she looked around, she saw that everyone's expressions were depressed and ugly.

Why, why does everyone seem to have no confidence?

"A 10km asteroid..." Reika rested her forehead on her intertwined fingers, looking troubled. "Can the Pretty Cure's power rival that?"

"As for those little ones in my family..." Thinking of his younger brothers and sisters and family members, he couldn't help but feel shaken.

"Dad..." On the other side, Yayoi had already closed her eyes and started praying. "Please, please bless me..."

"Tangtang, what should we do?"

"I don't know..." Tangtang, the elf who brought this power from the fairy kingdom, became depressed and stopped making noise. "Tangtang doesn't know Kulu either..."

In the past, they have been using this power to fight against the various tragic worlds created by the Kingdom of Tragedy and the clown monsters.

Even if they encounter powerful and invincible enemies, or even a dragon like Ash who stands in the way to protect the treasure, they still rely on their faith to defeat enemies with various powerful or strange powers.

But, can these legendary warriors who have fought till now stand against this enemy that is almost like a natural disaster?

Now they can't even fly like the angels in the story.

The girls don't know the answer...

"Everyone!" It was at this moment when people were feeling depressed that Miyuki stood up.

"If everyone despairs here, then they have truly given up!"

Her expression did not show that she was defeated by this terrible reality. Of course, it was possible that she did not understand what was going on, but she knew one thing was correct.

"Besides, whether it's a trend or something from Nibiru, if we haven't actually seen it, why do we act like we're bound to lose!?"

Miyuki's voice was like a hammer that shattered despair, ringing the alarm bell in their hearts and allowing them to find a ray of light that crawled out of the despair in Ash's mouth.

"Indeed." He pulled out the chair and stood up quickly, and firm calmness reappeared in the eyes of Lihua and the others.

"If even we Pretty Cure are desperate about this, what are the others going to do?!"

"That's right, it's too early to despair now." The sound of Ash knocking on the table called back their attention. Only then did they notice that the man still had an inexplicable smile on his face, as if he was deliberately observing their lost look.

"If you assume you'll lose from the start, then even the chances you had left will definitely fail."

"Wait, Ash, are you saying that you already had a plan?!" Akane was so excited that she almost pounced on him.

If there's a solution, why are you saying it like there's no hope?!

"Of course I already have a solution. I told you that this is not something you and I can solve alone."

There's nothing I can do. It's because you're so beautiful when you struggle in difficult situations and then get back up again.

"Please, Mr. Ash, please teach us!"

Seeing Zhi and Lihua asking him for help seriously, Ash decided to stop and opened the notebook in front of him, unfolding the real plan.

"In fact, if my calculations are correct, you don't need to face the asteroid head-on."

If the Tragedy Kingdom had a permanent ability to suddenly change its orbit and pull asteroids towards Earth to dump garbage, then there would be no need to consider it. They could just smash the Earth into an ice age and reap a huge wave of tragedy energy.

After some research, Ash successfully found the energy in the air that was emitted from the earth and pulled the asteroid over. It was most likely some special props or a clown monster with special abilities, and Pretty Cure needed to capture the culprit first and destroy it!

"But," Miyuki objected. "But if we're too late to defeat the Kingdom of Tragedy, and that falling 'Primitive Lifeform Nibiru' can't be stopped... what should we do?"

I defeated the enemy, but still had to watch the Bad End come... No!

"At that time~"

A dark purple metal gear was flicked up by Ash's thumb, and then pressed against the back of his hand with his other hand with a snap.

"It was my turn to come out and push it away."

“Ehhhhhhh——!?”

Ash's brazen words shocked the girls for the entire year, especially Akane, who had the most open jaw and was pointing her finger at Ash.

"You just told me that pushing an asteroid away is impossible! What's going on now?!"

In response to Akane's question, Ash smiled and said nothing as he brought the gear covering the back of his hand closer to them.

"Come on, guess which team it is?"

In response to the girls' questions, Ash sent them all home with the final sentence "If you don't go home, your mother will be worried." Then he made an appointment with them to come back tomorrow to save the world.

As for whether anyone is thinking about this and getting so nervous or excited that they can’t sleep...haha, that’s none of my business.

“It’s quite delicious.”

Seeing that there was no one around, Ash took out a piece of peach pastry from the girls' snack jar and chewed it carefully.

Come to think of it, I think I can taste some sweetness?

"Ah! Those are the snacks we brought from our hometown!"