Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"The Dark Sword, Moon Dark, is a holy sword that can hold one's thoughts and longings."

Thanks to the power left in the broken sword of the fantasy driving book "Once the Dragon Was Here", which had previously collaborated with "Dark Sword Moon", this part of "me" actually retained some consciousness from the beginning.

After all, that is the manifestation of the miracle written by Pretty Cure, that is, you, with your heart and mind. It is the "Fantasy Omnipotence" belonging to the fairy tale kingdom. Even if the book is not in this world now, I can still do it to this extent.

Now, I am also the "King's Sword" that you are facing. It is the remaining sword intent left by Ash in this sword, in order to awaken your hearts to resist with all your strength from sadness!

"Not only Ash is entrusted with this sword now, but also your consciousness!"

The dark sword stuck in the ground suddenly flew up on its own, whirling through the middle of the girls who were retreating in panic, and was grasped by the reappearing shadow of the king sword.

"Are you really Ash?!" Akane asked, her emotions faltering as she stared at the reappearing Dragon Knight. "Are you the Ash we know, the one who saved the world with us?!"

Compared to other issues, this is what they are most concerned about right now.

"I am no one, but I could be anyone under this mask." The knight did not answer the question directly, but raised his fingertips and tapped on the silver grille mask, making a clear crisp sound.

In fact, in his current state of being almost split into seventeen parts, even Ash himself can hardly figure out who he is.

However, these questions seemed less necessary when he faced the girls in front of him whom he also missed so much that he couldn't let go.

Anyway, no matter who I am, I will care about these "hero girls".

"And it's up to you to decide everything."

Yayoi's eyes were spinning.

These really sound like powerful words, but aren't they all riddles? I don't understand Yayoi, is there anyone who can translate it?

I can't understand the gibberish you're talking about.

"Ash, I don't understand..."

Miyuki, who had the same helpless expression as Reika, shook her head and then raised her fists to prepare herself.

I know that Ash is smarter than me. I also know that Ash likes to say weird things and won't express his feelings to us so directly when he's feeling awkward.

However, your meaning has been conveyed and I understand it.

"You want to confirm something in the battle with us, right?"

If that confirms anything for you.

"Then come on, Ash!"

Holding the dark sword tightly in both hands and raising it to his side, the knight standing opposite the girls also took out a thicker fantasy driving book from his back.

"So, show your determination, not only for Ash, but also for yourselves!"

"[Jaou Dragon] (Evil King Flying Dragon)!"

The battle started quickly and ended just as quickly.

After confirming that they had become stronger and would not lose their fighting spirit just because their opponents were them, Ash naturally put away his sword, took off his helmet in front of them, revealing the face they had been longing for.

"Great, as expected!" Yayoi practically flew over and hugged Ash in satisfaction. "I knew it, it's Brother!"

"I'm relieved to see that the smiles on your faces haven't faded." Ash raised his hand and placed it on Akane's head, who was still a little shy, gently ruffling her brilliant orange hair. "But it's true. When we first met, you were more like amateurs playing around than fighting, but now you've become warriors who can't really be real."

"Of course!"

We have fought with you all the way here, and we won't be confused so easily.

"Don't underestimate the name of a legendary warrior!"

"If you think so, it means you have already learned the essence."

I'm almost proud of you guys.

Looking at the pairs of eager eyes in front of him, Ash began to answer their questions.

"I am a dream, a dream hunter called here by your desires and fantasies."

"Are you saying that the reason Ash was resurrected...is us?"

When Lihua heard his words, her first reaction was disbelief, but when she thought about it, if it was them, it didn't seem so impossible.

"Yes, there's nothing wrong with missing someone, but your love and heart were exploited by someone with ulterior motives, and a series of coincidences led to the current outcome!"

"In other words, you've all been drawn into a conspiracy against Pretty Cure!"

"In that case, the fault lies with us..." Miyuki, who vaguely understood what was happening, was muttering in a depressed tone after listening to Ash's description, when she was suddenly brought back to her senses by the feeling of Lihua patting her shoulder.

"Ash is an important member of our Smile Pretty Cure. This is an indisputable fact, including my own thoughts... Aoki Reika likes a man named Ash. I don't think there is anything wrong with this or that I need to hide." Yamato Nadeshiko, who used to be introverted and would not easily express such bold feelings, probably developed a sense of competition when she had the opportunity to face "Ash" again. She was able to express this love without changing her expression or heartbeat.

"So, if you want us to forget you, I can't do it."

Aoki Reika said this without any hesitation in her eyes.

"Yeah." Miyuki next to her also nodded in understanding after Lihua's nod. The girl, who seemed more quiet and peaceful than her usual positive and cheerful self, held her pink twin ponytails in front of her and expressed her feelings to Ash.

"Mom, everyone in Pretty Cure, and Ash, you're all people I absolutely cannot give up on in my life. If I leave any of them behind, I won't be able to be 'Ultra Happy'."

"So!" Miyuki looked up suddenly and met the gradually shimmering figure before her. Her eyes gleamed with the light she had once shared with him. "Saving Ash is as important to me as saving the world!"

So, please let us help you as always! Ash!

At this moment, Ash's genuine and happy laughter could be heard.

"Even if you say so, the plan won't be terminated?"

"When the time comes, let us come and save you once more!"

"Hmph, you're so bold as to say such big words... Well, I'll look forward to it."

The scattered light effects of the books flew out from Ash's gradually burning body. Ash, who no longer had any regrets, said it in a relaxed manner.

"Looks like we'll have to stop here for now... Miyuki, go back and look in your desk. If you calculate the time, I left some gifts for you in there."

"I can no longer see any future. Everything that happens next will depend on your own choices."

As he was speaking, he saw a few eyes in front of him that seemed to be hesitant to speak and were blurred with tears, so Ash reached out his hand and imitated someone who had once done this to slightly lift the corners of their mouths.

"But before that... stop looking so sad, and smile a little. Smile~Smile~"

"Ok!"

Wiping away the tears of reluctance from the corners of their eyes, the girls maintained a forced smile as they said their final goodbyes to the past.

"Where there is light, there is shadow. So for me, as long as you are here."

Looking at the embarrassing faces in front of him that he had made, which made them want to laugh and cry at the same time, Ash couldn't help laughing and was moved. He smiled and gave them a thumbs up.

“It’s just the best.”

Chapter 32 A new day begins with Ayumi

In one night, the girl experienced exciting experiences that she had never had in her ordinary life. After the dream-like battle, the half-baked Pretty Cure was pushed to the limit in terms of physical and mental strength. She was exhausted and was placed on the bed that A had made temporarily. She didn't care about anything else and fell asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow.

Ayumi Sakagami, lying on the bed with an inexplicably satisfied look on her face, had a dream.

In the dream, I was with A as a partner, fighting side by side. Together, they defeated extremely fierce enemies, and I was gradually getting closer to becoming the Pretty Cure I longed for...

However, as days like this continued and the bond between him and his comrade and comrade A grew stronger day by day, a stronger enemy appeared.

The unspeakable darkness of rampage blocked everyone's way. Even the legendary warriors and invincible Pretty Cure fell one after another, and of course, we were among them...

I was clearly still with A, but at that time I could only kneel on the ground, powerless to reach out my hand, and could no longer walk side by side with him...

"A, wait, don't go—"

In the dream, I was lying on the ground, desperately reaching out to him who was standing in front of me, begging him. But he only gave me a farewell look, and then, as if with some kind of awakening and mission, he threw himself into the darkness and merged with it. The whole time, I could only watch in sorrow...

Is it because I'm a half-baked Pretty Cure that I can't hold his hand?

"Ah!"

Don't go!

"What's wrong, Ayumi?"

The girl threw back the quilt and gasped in shock from her dream. Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing the ceiling above her head, the magnetic voice of a young man from the side interrupted her thoughts.

After mechanically turning her head with her neck pinched, the girl saw a young man sitting beside her bed, flipping through a collection of poems in his hands. His voice came from behind the book.

Oh, it's A. I was so scared when I saw someone that I thought it was an unfamiliar peeping pervert who broke into my room...

Wait, this is indeed my room, right?

The girl, whose sense of shame slowly began to awaken from her dream, quickly lowered her head and looked down. Her heart suddenly felt cold and then hot. Her original sportswear had been changed into cute little bear pajamas. Wait, pajamas?

My clothes...were changed?

"What's wrong?" Seeing Ayumi, who was clearly awake but hadn't replied for a long time, A put down his book and approached Ayumi, whose face was red and purple like a green tomato. "Why do you look like you woke up early in the morning and found your newly bought panties were seen?"

Of course, I need to state that I am a grown-up and I did not take advantage of anyone's misfortune to watch it.

“You…you—”

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"Ahhhh!" The girl screamed, tears streaming from her tightly closed eyes, and quickly raised her hand. "Pervert, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Snapped!"

The crisp, loud, and shocking sound caused the ceiling above the head, which was "stitched" together like a patch, to collapse downwards with a "click".

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"Yeah, sorry."

Looking at A's hair covered with wall debris and the red palm prints on his face as if he had just finished plastering, Ayumi, feeling extremely ashamed, hurriedly apologized to him.

"So it turned out that you told Mom about it and she changed it for me... Sorry, I didn't think about it at the time, so I just thought..."

"Alright, alright...hiss!" Ignoring the glaring gazes of passersby, A painfully removed her hand from her slightly swollen face, saying rather angrily. "I thought you wouldn't mind, but girls are just...alright, alright. I'm an adult, how can an adult argue with a child?"

Even though she said that, it still hurts... This woman is not only good at fighting, but she's also very strong!

"sorry...."

Ayumi finally bowed her head to apologize and glanced at A's grinning expression with an embarrassed look. She still couldn't understand how he convinced her mother to bring her home that night, and how he was really worried about her and sat beside her all night?

This might be very tiring. If I squeeze in a little to let A sleep with me... No, no! A is a boy. Even if we are dating, we can't do it so quickly. We must be pure together!

"Of course I'll worry about you."

"Hey, why?"

As if he saw through the core issue in Ayumi's inexplicably complicated mood, while answering her doubts, A regained his original easy-going self and glanced far-sightedly at the streets that he and her were going to patrol today.

"After all, you're fighting with me at my request, aren't you?"

"Since I've involved you, whether you're injured or suffer more serious consequences, it's all my responsibility. At least I'll be responsible for this part of you to the end."

"What about being responsible..." Ayumi blushed, as if she had thought of something else, and she didn't dare to look at his face anymore. "I, I'm also a Pretty Cure. Saving the world and defeating monsters is part of my responsibility, isn't it?"

"Precure is Precure, and Sakagami Ayumi is you. They can't be confused." A, standing in another alley, stopped and watched. "Besides, power is just power. How to use it is up to each person."

"With great power comes great responsibility... This code of conduct only suits some people. I don't really like it anyway."

Heroes cannot be allowed to bleed and cry. This is one of the reasons why I started my journey. Don’t you agree, system?

Ah, I almost forgot the system isn't here. After all, in a sense, this movie that brings together all the Pretty Cure characters can be considered a break for Ash. After all, maybe this will be the last one...

"But..."

Ayumi, who was standing behind A and holding a blank makeup box, also stopped.

"You still chose me, a person who is so ordinary and has no special features compared to others."

"Yes, I choose you, and I don't regret it at all."

A didn't turn around, but just turned his back to the girl and gave her a thumbs up.

"Ayumi is Ayumi, not anyone else. Besides, haven't you been doing well so far?"

Meeting you out of nowhere might have been fate's choice.

Chapter 33: Those who attack and those who block

"Besides, we are friends."