Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Could it be that he has some secret that makes him immune to influence? Maybe that's the case—

"No, if it comes to being affected, I think even I can't escape it. After all, I'm not a deaf person yet. Plus, some rule-reversing abilities are just too extreme." Just when she was getting excited about her discovery, Ash shook his head and shrugged helplessly, breaking the girl's expectations.

"If you ask me why, 1 reversed is just -1, and 0 reversed is still 0."

“That’s too much!”

Although this was a good thing in terms of the outcome, Midorikawa Naoki didn't expect to be told so bluntly, and he almost bit his tongue in excitement. The favorability he had gained with great difficulty because of the companionship and ice cream was about to fall back in an instant.

I was so happy playing football before...but now I'm just the difference between 0 and 1 to you?!

"You are as good at making people angry as you are at making people hate you!"

After being particularly depressed today for a while, he finally gave Ash a compliment that was not really a compliment at all, and Ash accepted it very calmly.

"Needless to say, for a genius like me, this level of achievement is only natural."

Being able to make people hate me is the secret of being a qualified villain. As the saying goes, what your opponent wants to scold you for is actually praising yourself. Of course I know how powerful I am.

"I'm not praising you..."

Seeing Ash bickering with an inexplicably sharp look and a "sly smile" without getting tired of it, Tangtang, whose face was covered with ice cream, tilted her head in confusion.

"Kulu?"

They are obviously saying excessive things, but they don't look like they are in a bad mood... What are they doing? Are they annoying people or friends?

What a strange relationship, Tangtang really doesn’t understand it.

"Ding dong~!"

The crisp doorbell rang, and Straight Ear, who was lying on the table with a puffed face, moved. Ash also put down the photo of the girls in his hand. Two figures, one big and one small, plus an elf turned their heads towards the door in very synchronized movements.

There was no doubt that someone had rung the doorbell, and besides Ash, the only people who could find this place were the elves and Pretty Cure from the Fairyland, which meant that the person outside the door was...

"Everyone!" Zhi's joy was beyond words. "As expected, everyone is back!"

"No." Ash, who had clasped his hands together without changing his expression, threw a bucket of cold water on her. "No, if this is your place, is there any need to ring the doorbell?"

"Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong--" As he was speaking, the doorbell started flashing at the frequency of Ultraman's flashing red light.

No matter how Ash looked at it, he couldn't find any direct friendship between them.

"It's fine!"

He ran towards the door excitedly and almost tripped over the leg of a chair, but he got up without a care and continued forward.

"Everyone must think that I went too far, so I'm sorry!"

That must be the case, because we are all kind and good children!

Ash stretched out his hand, but as a gust of green wind blew past his nose, he grabbed nothing.

"Welcome back!"

He opened the door of the room and gave his best welcoming smile to his friends outside.

Then, he was pushed mercilessly to the door. The joy on his face had not faded, but he just stared at the four people who came in one after another with his mouth wide open.

"excuse me."

"We've come to get our things."

"Wait—" Zhi hurriedly stopped the other four girls. "Why did you take everything? When we were searching for our secret base, didn't we all—didn't we agree to decorate this place as our own and have a great time together in the Mysterious Library?!"

At that time, I was always running around, helping everyone bring their treasures here!

"Miss Midorikawa." Reika, representing everyone, stepped back and gave Naoki an impeccable greeting. "I don't think we need to be together all the time, so I decided to take my things back."

However, it was this old-fashioned etiquette that was flawless, which cut a huge wound into Zhi Bingleng's heart.

"Besides, there's no need for secret bases or anything like that for us who have already graduated from elementary school. That's all."

"What do you mean it's unnecessary? That's what everyone thinks—Lihua!"

However, the panicked Zhi was completely unable to stop Lihua. She was like a poor defender on the court, looking panickedly at the "players" who passed by her at will, and could only watch the other girls take their things from the cabin without any scruples.

That's the comic Yayoi put here! It's a robot that girls might not like, but we had a lot of fun reading it together!

Qian! You even took all the snacks away! Isn't it true that we love eating here together on weekends?!

Those beautiful decorations and the calligraphy hanging in the middle of the room, no - those are all proof that we are together!

"Ah, Tangtang!" Meixing picked up the confused Tangtang. "Why are you here? Come home?"

"Wait, why are you leaving? If we want to be happy, we have to be together, Kulu!"

"What are you talking about, Tangtang?" Tangtang, who was being held in her arms, gradually showed the fear she had when she saw the clown. At this moment, Miyuki's cute smile seemed strange to her. "You don't need to come here anymore, so go home."

No, don’t—!

He just sat there the whole time, watching the green-haired girl kneeling on the ground busy with other people, Ash crossed his hands under his chin and remained silent.

"what is this?"

A girl picked up the photo from the table. It was a photo of them and Zhi in the incredible library, with their collective signatures written on the back.

Hmm, no impression.

"Throw it away~"

The photo thrown away casually slowly floated towards the trash can.

Chapter 82 Is this enough?

This was the second time Zhi chose to trust his friends, and it was also the second time he suffered a terrible blow.

"how so..."

He couldn't help but kneel on the ground and let the shadow cast from behind cover his front. It was obvious that he had entered a mode of doubting his life and finding it difficult to accept.

But even so, Ash didn't see her shed tears.

Taking his hand out of the trash can, Ash twisted his fingers and turned the photo over to face him, without tarnishing the smiling faces of anyone in it.

In the photo, they are leaning against each other, excited and happy, and everyone's smile is beyond words. The Pretty Cure's heartfelt joy for her mission and her friends is so clearly visible in the photo. However, it is such a beautiful picture that forms a contrast with the ruthless situation in reality.

Ash could stop them and teach these little girls a lesson for easily "betraying" their friendship, but...why did he need to do that? He didn't want to be a babysitter either.

After all, he is not a saint who cannot stand any bad things. If he wants me to do something, he should ask them to show their shining hearts in front of me, right?

but....

Why do I say but?

"Give."

Feeling something, Zhi quickly took the photo, pulled up his clothes and wiped it carefully, then looked up again and looked around with gradually confused eyes.

The incredible library that was originally filled with a warm and girly atmosphere has become an empty environment that almost makes people's minds drain away after a period of moving.

After the others packed up their belongings and took them back, all traces of their lives here vanished, as if the stories of the past were just fantasies that had never existed in the first place...

"Who would accept this?"

While saying this, he held the photo in his hand and paced back and forth in the unfamiliar cabin, feeling at a loss as to what to do.

"After the tragedy kingdom reversed everyone's goodwill, their feelings turned from love to hatred..."

"But the bonds that allowed us to laugh and fight together in the past—they clearly still exist!"

Have we become strangers going our separate ways so easily?!

We are good friends who have come together after going through trials and tribulations. We are the best team called [Smile Precure], right?

"[Book Gate]! Open The Gate!"

The sound of props behind him brought Zhi back to his senses. He saw that it was Ash who took out a brown fantasy book. In the Incredible Picture Embassy, ​​he actually turned the bookshelf in front of him into an open door out of thin air.

The man looked like he was about to leave, which made the girl panic. She called out to him so quickly that she even forgot to say the honorific.

"Ash—what are you doing?"

"Theoretically, without the support of a fantasy world, this book wouldn't work." Ash, his hand on the doorknob, shook the small book in his hand and explained the principle to the person behind him. "However, the fairy kingdom where your group of fairies resides seems to be very similar to the power of fantasy, so I accessed your transmission system."

The Pretty Cures can open the door to the "Mysterious Library" by placing the books on the bookshelf in a specific order. Conversely, this means that the Mysterious Library can go to any place in the world where there are bookshelves. After Ash adjusted the "Door of Books", he gave it this ability.

I've been working late into the night for a while now. Besides trying to find the location of the Kingdom of Tragedy, I've also been adjusting this thing... Oh, no wonder the role of Kamen Rider Motorcycle is becoming less and less important compared to the Showa era.

"I'll go check on them." Before she could say anything excitedly, Ash pointed at her. "Wait here for now, and don't try to sneak up on me."

"I haven't even said anything yet. Besides, why can't I come when it comes to everyone's problems?!"

"Do you think they would talk to you nicely if they saw you now?"

And...what kind of story will your choice lead to in the end? I have to read the whole picture carefully.

"Wait--"

Before she could recover from her shock, Ash had already decisively closed the door. Looking at the bookshelf that had transformed back into its original shape after a dull sound, the girl dropped her hands and leaned weakly against the pillar behind her.

Yes, I only make things worse and can't do anything. Everyone has forgotten me. Is it really true that I can only sit here and do nothing and wait for them to defeat the clown monster before all this ends?

"So, I'm...alone again?"

The passing shopping guide was scared and fell to the ground. After Ash came down from the sports-related bookshelf, he immediately found Hino Akane next to him.

"You mean, you want to ask me about Midorikawa Nao?"

"Midorikawa..." Ash didn't expect that their relationship would become distant so quickly. How annoying must it be to make Akane, this silly roe deer who is always enthusiastic, start calling him by his full name?

"She used to be always running around among everyone. It was so annoying to bicker with her. We're not her sisters or anything."

"But this has nothing to do with us, right?"

I don't like her, but rather I say she's annoying...or is she hateful?

"Ah, it's Mr. Ash. You didn't even tell me in advance. This is really—did you come to see me specially?"

Seeing Aoki Reika suddenly embrace him warmly, Ash felt like he'd missed out on a plot unit or two. How could there be fast-forwarding in interpersonal relationships? This wasn't some kind of simulator.

I remember that she was standing at the front row at that time. Could it be that she was so influenced that her impression of me changed from dislike to liking?

"It would be convenient if I had a harem system...but what's the point of that if I can't fight?" Ash, who was just making fun of himself, was not interested in her at all at this moment, and then quickly changed the topic with her.

"If I were to ask you about straightness."

"Please don't mention that person to me."

The April spring on her face instantly turned into a cold winter. Lihua's expression changed instantly and she turned into an icy beauty that matched her temperament in front of him. Her attitude was so cold that it was bone-chilling.

"As a woman of the Aoki family, I must walk the path of rules and correctness. I don't have a friend like that lady who is so straightforward...

"God...who is that person?" The man walked away without even looking back, looking quite disappointed.

It seems that it's not just the reversal problem, your own problem is also big enough. You obviously have a pretty face...

"I say, Miyuki, is this really okay for you?"

"Isn't this too much for a hero?"

Ash, who couldn't find Yayoi, sat next to Miyuki who was holding Tangtang, and chatted with her casually. Miyuki was very attentive to what Ash said, someone she cared about.

"Although Miss Midorikawa seems very sad."

After some thought, the girl continued to respond in her soft voice and playfully made a cute face at Ash.

"But, Ash said, no matter what happened to us, we haven't forgotten our sense of justice. Our mission to defeat the Kingdom of Tragedy hasn't changed."

"In that case, what does it matter?"

"Yes."

What does it matter? The seemingly foolish Miyuki said something that Ash had no intention of refuting. From his own point of view, he only needed the heroes to be fully active. He had no interest in the stories of ordinary people.

But, that's the case.

Why do I unconsciously clench my fists?

Chapter 83: Is there a friendship that will never give up?