Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"We'll see you again."

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No, I can't die in front of them again...

Ash, staggering, threw his backpack aside and sat down powerlessly in the bus waiting area leading to the out-of-city bus.

Having absorbed Piero's tragic energy and the echoes of Gagu, it was a miracle that this body had been able to accompany them until now. In fact, he had been unable to see anything since a while ago.

Sit for a while and take a rest while waiting for the bus.

Just as I was thinking this, I yawned, and a familiar soft palm rested on the back of my hand.

"Miyuki?"

"I'm sorry, I wanted to at least get Ash to the car no matter what."

The girl's expression was filled with embarrassed apology.

"Nothing. After all, I was the one who said I was going to leave anyway."

Even though he couldn't see it, Ash could feel the girl's weight creeping towards his shoulders.

"Is that right?"

"If you don't mind being boring."

"how could be?"

“…”

“…”

The farewell party was over, and now that they had run out on their own initiative, the two of them fell into a quiet silence for a while, until Ash slowly spoke.

"You may have more battles to fight after this."

"But Pretty Cure won't lose!"

"Even if it's painful?"

"Hmm~!" The girl wiped her red eyes and smiled. "No matter how difficult the future may be, we must overcome it with all our strength before we can truly smile... Hehe, isn't this what you wanted from the beginning when you wanted to make us heroes?"

"After going around in circles, I'm back again~!"

"Then..." The girl's voice had become incredibly faint. "Even if I'm not by your side..."

"..."

"Ok!"

"No matter when it was, I will never forget the genuine smile I saw that day!"

"Whether it's for Ash or for myself, I will definitely try my best!"

"That's it."

Even though he couldn't hear anymore, Ash smiled with satisfaction.

“I met a strong child…”

The man's calm head naturally lowered towards the girl.

"I've been making you listen to all this talk... Ah, the car is coming, Ash—huh?"

Not getting a response, the girl looked over there in confusion.

His head drooped on his shoulders, his hands folded on either side of his knees, he looked very tired. The sunlight shone through the leaves on his face, and the breeze blew gently, shaking his hair.

It seems that he fell asleep because he was really tired.

"Ash~ The sun will burn your butt. The driver won't wait for anyone. Wake up~"

"Ash."

"Ash?"

[Volume 3 Smile Pretty Cure! End!]

[Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Goodbye Friends! Waiting!]

Prologue Preparation time before everything begins

The world where the legendary warriors, Pretty Cure, live is a very wonderful multiverse. When a certain coincidence occurs, several worlds will quietly and perfectly merge into a "stage" in a dream, creating a wonderful time for these girls who save the world to meet each other.

However, the fusion does not only represent the "light and beauty" of the Pretty Cures. Similarly, the "darkness and evil" that are their opposites will also merge, turning into an "assassin substance" that combines the negative forces of several worlds and can only be defeated by everyone working together.

A few days ago, a darkness shrouded the city. A massive monster, a symbol of power, caused the entire city to tremble with its mere movement. In this moment of despair, a hero appeared! The powerful and invincible assassin was blasted down by the combined efforts of 19 Pretty Cures.

It seems to be a happy ending in which justice finally defeats evil, but what the girls didn't expect is that the assassin substance did not completely disappear in that legendary battle. A small part of it secretly escaped and is lurking in the dark, accumulating strength until it is ready to return again and completely defeat the Pretty Cure!

However, the assassin's plan now collapsed tragically. After being found out from the shadows by "Pretty Cure", it was beaten up again. It kept running for its life and was chased all the way.

There is only one Pretty Cure.

“Tread, tap—”

The crisp footsteps approaching from behind recalled the assassin's spirit. A tall and slender girl walked out from the dark shadows. Her extremely gorgeous pink battle suit kept crossing the ripples with her graceful steps. With the help of the high heels on her feet, every crisp click of her heels hitting the ground seemed to be stepping on the monster's heart.

"Greetings~"

Lifting up her skirts on both sides, the girl saluted the monster gracefully.

"Some people always say that the world of Pretty Cure is a pure and beautiful fairy tale world created just for children, without the human malice and cruelty. Well... to some extent, it is indeed a fairy tale. After all, everyone in this world has innocence and kindness in their hearts, and they can easily reach mutual understanding with others."

The voice of the girl who was approaching step by step, mumbling to herself, was extremely light and full of childlike innocence, but it was the owner of this pure voice who was fighting like a devil, forcing it into a desperate situation.

"But is reality really so pure and beautiful? If it were, wouldn't a random act of 'adult malice' be enough to shatter a child's dreams and plunge them into despair?" The girl continued, laughing, speaking incomprehensible words to the amorphous darkness erupting from her body. "Hmm, maybe there are people who enjoy the sight of such beauty distorted and shattered, so much so that they'd actually boo! Ah, how obscene!"

“Precure——!”

The assassin, who hadn't understood a single word, was enraged! It instantly transformed into a giant needle, about to pierce the girl in front of it, leaving her covered in wounds. But then the girl playfully stuck out her tongue, raised her hands, and crossed them, a brilliant yellow light emanating from her palms.

"Rosetta Reflection." A massive four-leaf clover barrier blocked the needle's path. "Sunflower Aegis." Just as the needle broke through the four-leaf clover, it was blocked by the sunflower-shaped light shield, stuck in the center and unable to move.

The girl behind the shield put her face close to the spikes, which were still unable to move forward in frustration, and deliberately exhaled, then raised her scissor hands and aimed them at the front of the shield.

"Peace Thunder."

The V-shaped lightning chain knocked down the entire assassin substance the moment it passed back along the sashimi. The crackling lightning just illuminated half of the girl's face, and her eyes, still hidden in the shadows, looked particularly terrifying.

"So, the truth is, darkness, the opposite of light, is gathering at an unprecedented concentration. I've never heard of someone being possessed by Hora just by smoking a cigarette in other worlds, but how come this happens in the world of Pretty Cure? That's what I mean."

"You—who the hell are you?!"

Intense lightning struck the assassin's body, rendering it immobile. This power, in terms of pure energy output, was even higher than that of a single Pretty Cure or an entire group of Pretty Cure—how is this possible!?

"Me?" The girl suddenly became happy when she heard the other party's question. "I'm Ash~ No, it should be called Yaxiu."

"And then, I am—"

She tucked her hands back into her wide long sleeves, as if she was right in the center of the T-stage spotlight, and the girl made a casual and cute pose with her hands.

"Born from the love of Pretty Cure, fighting for the love of Pretty Cure—"

"[Cure Night]!"

It's hard to believe, even if it is indeed the power of Pretty Cure, it is still hard for Assassin to believe.

"Precure should be a collective action..."

The assassin substance that gathered the darkness and negative emotions of several worlds, thinking of the ruthless pursuit in the past and present, now even began to feel fear for the Pretty Cure... No, in the final analysis.

Is this girl who is so pure yet full of malice really a Pretty Cure?

"How can a Pretty Cure with only one person be so strong?!"

"Alala, this is such a stereotype."

The princess's holy candle and bud magic wand appeared in her hands. She threw them to the left and right, nailing the assassin to the ground. Then the girl took small steps and stepped on the monster's back.

"Guwa——"

"Hey~ Pretty Cure is the embodiment of beauty and power. Girls can also become heroes who save the world." A pure smile was still on Yaxiu's face. At the same time, the high heels on the girl's feet seemed to want to use the assassin substance to wipe the soles of her feet clean, and she kept twisting Qiaozhi's feet to intensify the cricket surge.

"I'm a girl too, and I want to save the world now, so am I not a Pretty Cure?"

The heels of her feet stepped on the assassin's core, making a teeth-grinding sound. The smiling girl completely ignored the shrill screams and the flying debris.

"Hey, just admit it~ I'm both beautiful and powerful, both powerful and beautiful~ Okay? Hey~"

"And now—"

As he spoke, Yaxiu thrust his hand into the core and pulled out something.

"Let me see what you, the guy who claims to devour everything in the world, stole from Ash—huh?!"

Seeing the golden coin in his hand, Yaxu's originally happy expression instantly turned into extreme disgust, as if he had touched something dirty.

"Why did it have to be the knight's? It reminds me of that guy below!"

Right now, it's just the power of three Pretty Cure groups. My power as a guardian girl is still too little. It's a rare opportunity to suddenly enter the All-Star Movie and gather more power as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, I don't have anything that a Universal Adaptor can't use...

But, is there anyone who can use it?

As he was thinking, Yaxu suddenly came up with an idea. He held the core coin in his hand and brought the weakened assassin's material fragments back in front of him with a smile.

"I have a way to help you make a comeback and challenge Pretty Cure. Do you want to try it?"

"Don't be so impatient~ I remember that you originated from human dreams, a conglomeration of the malicious subconscious thoughts of people from several worlds, right?"

That's why she was defeated by the Pretty Cure, the embodiment of human dreams. Well, she's worthy of being called Pretty Cure!

"You just let them dream."

In Yashu's outstretched hands was the scene of Ai Aida, Hanasaki Rei, Hoshizora Miyuki and others who were currently sleeping.

The pink-haired girl in the dream seemed to have noticed something and turned over, revealing sporadic tear marks on the pillow.

"Now they're dreaming of the same person. I'm really envious... After all, such a strong longing is enough for you to call that person over, right?"

"So, to be precise, you are going to help their dreams come true!"

Chapter 1 Aida Ai's Dream

The powerful and evil assassin's conspiracy was once again shattered by the legendary warrior, but what the girls didn't know was that this was not the end, not even the beginning. A more profound and cruel conspiracy was brewing, and it was about to involve everyone.

But the girl, who was still in her dream, had no idea about all this.

"Hmm..."

In the middle of the night, when everyone is resting except the author who is staying up late to finish his manuscript, the pink girl lying flat on the bed is tossing and turning as her sleepy face changes.

At this moment in her dream, she finally saw an important person whom she had missed for a long time. She felt happy even in the dream, but before she could say anything to him, she saw the infinitely vague yet familiar figure being pulled away from her rapidly by the darkness of the shadow in the dream.

I wanted to chase him, but the more I reached out my hand, the more I wanted to confirm and hold his hand again, the farther the distance between me and him became.

Until I was filled with immense sorrow, watching the figure being dragged into the abyss of darkness, with malicious ridicule from the depths of the shadows surrounding my ears... just like that day, which had taken away my sad moment of separation.

But the scene in the dream had changed again. The nightmare-like sneer in the girl's ears gradually turned into a shrill scream. When he followed the sound, he saw the darkness split into two and exploded and separated from the middle.

"No! Ya——"

Ai Aida, who woke up from a nightmare, lifted the quilt. The back of her pajamas was already soaked with sweat. Her heartbeat accelerated and her breathing became rapid. The sweaty red-haired girl seemed to be muttering someone's name.

Her hands clutched the quilt tightly as if trying to grab something. However, Ai, who had just woken up from a nightmare, was not filled with tension and fear, but with a sadness that felt as if something had been taken away, making her feel breathless.

The faint moonlight coming in from the window made her feel a little more at ease. Sitting up from the bed, the girl wanted to pour herself a glass of water. When she looked up, she saw a golden waterfall pouring down from the upper bunk. It was Regina's reassuring face.

"What's wrong, Mana?" The former selfish princess, who was staying at Love House after leaving the Poker Kingdom, rubbed her sleepy eyes. "I heard you calling someone's name. What happened?"

"It's nothing, just a nightmare..." Ai was also about to wipe her eyes, but found that no matter how hard she wiped, she couldn't wipe them away. It turned out that her face was already covered with tears.

"Mana...you, you're crying?"

After taking a deep breath and wiping away the last of her tears, Ai, who had regained her usual confident smile, patted Regina on the forehead, asking her to reassure him.

"It's okay~ It might not be a nightmare, it might be a good dream~"