Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Chapter 23: Ordinary, Weak, and Coins (4K)

Not surprisingly, it was a trap.

Even though Ayumi has a rare fighting talent as a warrior, and with this skirt-like protective suit that imitates the Pretty Cure battle suit, she may be able to fight against one or two cadre-level enemies, but when four powerful monsters suddenly appear in front of her, an expression of fear appears on her face again.

"Ayumi—!"

"Guwa!" The girl screamed as she was hit in the stomach by the joint attack. She was sent flying like a top and rolled on the ground for several times before she managed to stand up.

When A hurriedly helped the girl up, he also noticed her protective suit. The seemingly pure white ribbon had been torn, even revealing the electronic circuits buried behind it that were crackling and sparking.

The four powerful enemies who had united to defeat Ayumi also emerged from the darkness before them. The Megiddo Scourge, a ferocious creature resembling a fanged skull, slowly wielded its beloved sword; the bright red phoenix-like mirror monster, Golden Phoenix Thunder, covered in diamond quills; the hooded giant squid-like Kif Envoy, Pi, or rather, Ortega, whose body was wrapped in greasy tentacles; and finally, the gorgeous red bird, Ankh Greeed, who had exploited Ayumi's inflated mentality and anxiety to lure her into a trap.

"This is really an old acquaintance..."

A glanced at the people who appeared. These were indeed cadres who had had interactions with Ash, or at least had fought with him.

Even if it cannot reach the will and experience of the original owner, the power created is almost the same. It would be strange if Ayumi, the fake Pretty Cure, was not beaten after falling into the trap.

"Woo..."

The girl, whose novice protection period was so short that it was almost as short as that of a certain muscle idiot, let out a wail from her throat, a very forced sound. "I'm sorry, A, I didn't expect it. I fell into their trap..."

Mingming, if I had just listened to you a little more, it would have been fine. I was just too complacent.

"It's useless to say this now. The important thing is to assess the situation and escape from Fenglinhuoshan."

But as soon as A finished speaking, the four weirdos on the opposite side seemed to have guessed what they were going to do. They began to surround them from four directions, further compressing their space for movement.

"This is really the end of all options..." A, who was protecting Ayumi from behind, couldn't find a way to escape with their current abilities. It seemed that the only option was despair. "I'm actually quite happy to be able to cooperate with you, Ayumi, but it looks like we're going to crash and die here together today."

There's no other way, it seems I can only give up... But this is how my story with her ends. I haven't even figured out what happened with "Ash", I really can't accept it.

"Well...."

A, who was about to continue comforting the girl, suddenly felt a lightness on his back, and saw the girl actually rushed forward with a desperate momentum in the other party's surprised eyes.

"Ah--ah!" The girl who was hit on the shoulder by a sword let out a scream, but still insisted on using her own strength to block all the monsters in front of her with her arms, ignoring the counterattack, and turned around and shouted at the boy.

"I'm sorry! It's my fault for being too reckless this time, so... no matter what, A, you have to escape!"

A is a good friend I just met today. Even though I'm so reckless as a Pretty Cure, even as Ayumi Sakagami, I will never let you hurt my friend!

"Run, A, run!"

So A ran away.

Adults will compromise, so he gave up easily before and chose to escape now.

In the dark passage, there were only the sounds of running footsteps and a man's heavy breathing. A, who had changed from running to walking, was hunched over his belt, panting, holding his knees, and breathing in the turbid air with great gulps.

After all, the part that A got represented useless adults who had forgotten their dreams, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

"I said it from the beginning. I will use whatever I can."

Since it's no longer valuable, I can only give up. Anyway, there's still a chance. I can try to find other Pretty Cure and trick them into continuing to help me. That's all...right?

The reason why his first reaction was to take advantage of her was actually because when he was still Ash, he first saw the girl who was hanging out with Miyuki, and he felt the same way in his heart.

Actually, I quite hate her.

If you were to ask what differentiates Ayumi, the fake Pretty Cure, from other Precures in Ash's eyes, aside from the battle talent that might have been inherent to Pretty Cure, compared to the other girls Ash had encountered, each with their own distinct and independent personality, Sakagami Ayumi was simply too ordinary.

To use an analogy, he is like a nobody who cannot be found in a crowd.

Ordinary reaction, ordinary person, ordinary fear, ordinary awareness, ordinary arrogance... Apart from picking up the transformation device and meeting A, Ayumi herself is really too ordinary.

He hated this ordinariness and preferred something more gorgeous, exciting and sparkly.

But it was this ordinary person who stood in front of me and told me to leave quickly with fear in his eyes. If I really have to say why, it can only be because of the "heart", right?

Is it because of this that, as the elves said, as long as one has that heart, anyone, ordinary or not, can become a Pretty Cure?

"Cough cough cough-"

The taste of blood rising in his throat made A cough madly and fall to his knees. The strength of this body was too weak.

It's annoying and infuriating that he was forced to chase like a weakling, or even ran away on his own...

"Cough cough..."

From Ash's gradually growing, slightly distorted perspective, heroes are always strong. How could he ever be so weak and humble? Even when he first went to other worlds and started from scratch with the system, I could still be useful -

"No, there were times when I was really weak and could only lie on the ground and cry like a weakling..."

As they gradually got closer to this weak person, A and Ash inexplicably recalled even the boring memories that flashed by.

That was before I came into contact with the system... no, it was even before that.

"cough!"

When this forgotten and sealed memory, which does not bring pleasure to people, is reopened at an inappropriate time, the heavy burden on the body becomes heavier again.

When I was a middle school student... or even not even that age, until I was six years old, I also lived in a warm family like Ai Lei and Miyuki. At that time, I was still a child who understood what happiness was.

Then, what broke all this was my mother's idea of ​​leaving. I can't remember why, but it was related to the ordinary things like money, food, clothing, housing and transportation. My father started to beat people at will because of this. Not long after, my beautiful mother insisted on leaving, and my home disappeared.

As a child, I tried all kinds of childish ways to save the relationship, but it was not until the look in my mother's eyes when she left that I realized that the talents of the so-called "child prodigies" called by the neighbors can sometimes be no match for mediocrity.

So I hated people who had become boring and ordinary, I hated my mother, and I hated my father who had become even more "strange" after she left. I was alone, searching for a dazzling role in a world I thought didn't exist. That's why when [System] showed up and wanted to be with me, I agreed without hesitation.

"Why are you reminding me of this now..." Throwing himself into the pool of water before him, A looked at the reflection of a face that looked a few years older than the boy he remembered, two bloodshot eyes. "Is this punishment for making me a boring person too?"

Not only am I boring and ordinary, but I am also a weakling with no power at all.

“Tread, tap—”

The touching fingers seemed to knock something over. The figure of a girl in high-heeled boots stood in front of him, blocking the faint light. The illusory outline made A, who was in a daze at the moment, unable to see the other person's face clearly, but he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

"what..."

"I'm not your mother." It sounded like she was being sarcastic, but she let out a sigh of frustration midway through. "This wasn't the first meeting I expected... I was just going to see what the situation was like... Really, it's pointless to just bully someone without them reacting..."

"I'm...going to die."

As if he didn't hear anything, A, in a trance, was still muttering to himself.

"From the moment I was born, this body, a mere remnant, will crumble before it even lasts a week. No, it might not even last tomorrow."

"But before I contacted Ash, I couldn't die like this... I took advantage of a child who trusted me. Even though I had already done it, now I regret abandoning my first friend..."

Is it because I have found a new liking for her, having originally hated her?

"I've become the very thing I originally hated and couldn't understand... I only regretted it after I lost it. Isn't that stupid?"

What am I talking about...

Am I, acting like a spoiled brat to her?

Why should I say these things to her? It is obvious that Ayumi Sakagami is my only friend so far, and I don’t even know the name of this woman in front of me.

But why, she feels so similar to Mana and the others...

"I'm not your mother."

The girl repeated the words again, but there was an inexplicable tenderness in her voice.

"I'm not anyone you've ever known, and I don't want to be anyone else. If you want a mother, go find one yourself."

A soft hand caught A who was about to fall forward, and then helped him lean gently against the wall behind him.

"You like to watch those old special effects or superhero anime. Besides the shining heroes that can satisfy your empty heart, you actually yearn for the simple and warm emotions in them, whether it's family, love, or comradery. You think it would be great if you could be a part of them, right?"

"Oh...why are you so popular with those Pretty Cure girls? Really, you're like a Cure trap tailor-made for them. What girl who can become a Pretty Cure wouldn't want to save you if they saw you?"

Then, it seemed as if something very warm approached and wrapped its arms around him, and through the extremely soft thing, A, whose eyes gradually became clear, could hear the heartbeat that was in perfect sync with his own.

As for the awkwardness, it's the same on both sides. It's very simple if you don't want to regret it.

"If you can't take back the water you've spilled, why not just dry it up?"

"Alright, alright~" A cold breeze, accompanied by a girl's flower-like laughter, blew past A, as if the previous hug was just an illusion in his imagination. "How are you? Do you feel better? Do you feel like you've been saved?"

You're not some Char. If you want to act like a spoiled child, go find some girls older than you.

"The rest, you figure it out yourself."

He suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from a momentary fainting. He stood up with the help of the [Holy Emblem Sword] that someone had dropped beside him, and turned his A-face in the direction he came from.

"Ayumi..."

If I run away now, I will die peacefully and lightly. If I return, I will probably struggle in pain all the way to destruction.

Honestly, no matter what happens, it's a tragic end for the weak, but...

"Dying handsomely is more in line with my style!"

Ayumi Sakagami, curled up in the corner, was trembling with fear as she looked at the four strange men surrounding her.

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Although she didn't know why he never delivered the final blow after knocking her down, it seemed that he had reached his limit. Seeing the red-feathered birdman walking towards her step by step with his hand stretched out, the girl instinctively closed her eyes out of fear.

I was thinking of staying behind to protect my friends, but this kind of thing is still so scary... Please, Pretty Cure, Kamen Rider, whoever can come will be fine...

A....Help me!

“Puch—!”

The sudden puncture sound scared Ayumi so much that she opened her eyes suddenly with tears in her eyes. She slapped herself repeatedly but did not get the expected wound. It was not until she looked up that she saw a shocking scene!

The Holy Sword pierced Ankh Greeed from the back to the chest. Also from its back, A, who was stirring the hilt with both hands, also thrust his hand into the gap and stirred something.

"I'm sorry....no, there's nothing to apologize for."

"After all, you are not my friend."

“A!!!”

The girl, with tears streaming down her face, shouted his name and almost jumped up to give A a big hug, but the boy stopped her before she could say anything.

"Let's not talk about anything else for now!" The young man, who had desperately tried to block the falling demon sword and rolled several times on the ground, stretched out his hand to Ayumi.

"Coin, give me the coin!"

Swish——!

He raised his hand and took both coins into his palm, and stuffed them into the three slots of the drive on his waist together with the red coin he had taken out earlier.

"Excuse me."

Turning the angle of the driver, A, who was standing in front of Ayumi, raised the O-scan ring that had been activated on his waist in front of him and slowly pointed it at the remaining three enemies in front of him.

"I really don't want to be a boring adult!"

He clenched his left fist and raised it to his chest, and the O-scan ring in his right hand swept across the red, yellow, and green rings of the driver with the crisp sound of a coin.

"Henshin!"

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There's actually a part of me that's always missing my mom... If it were Ash, he would never admit such a thing.

But in reality, I do occasionally have fantasies about whether I could have grown up with a happy life if I hadn't been left behind.

But putting that aside, I’m actually quite happy right now.

Anyway, it’s understandable that even adults would miss their mothers, right?

For some reason, A, who was close to heart failure due to the inner blow not long ago, now seemed to be cured and all his fatigue was swept away. He only felt a surging fighting spirit surging throughout his body, announcing his return to the enemies outside!

A, with pure white cracks in his pupils, swiped three core coins with a sharp look.

"Henshin!"

No matter how embarrassing it is, I am still a warrior, and now I am ready to fight!

When A used the O-scan ring to swipe the coin on the driver, the flow of time slowed down at this moment. Facing the attack of three cadre-level monsters, countless flying coins of various colors surrounded A to block the attack for him. The power of the eagle, tiger and locust-shaped emblem composed of huge red, yellow and green circles was integrated into A's whole body.

"[Taka (Eagle)! Tora (Tiger)! Batta (Locust)!]"