Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

With exhausting cries of war, the two monsters' foreheads collided, thin streams of blood dripping down their twisted faces. Unavoidable, their fists hammered down on each other. The dark blood sank into the cracked earth beneath their feet, just like Ash's heart.

They had already decided on their path, so there was no turning back.

Mana and the others stood there in a daze, staring with their mouths open, wanting to say something, but nothing came out.

After being liberated and rested, the senior Pretty Cure "watched" the battle in front of them. The resentment, dissatisfaction and anger directed at "Ash" gradually disappeared, and the only thing left was the deep grief and indignation they felt towards him.

"They're-they're all Ash? Then why are they fighting like this!?"

As "legendary warriors", they have also experienced all kinds of unimaginable enemies and battlefields, but as "Pretty Cure", they can always find the miracle of victory from a positive perspective. They will try their best to save everyone who deserves to be saved. They always look at everything in this world with beauty and hope.

So this was the first time they had seen such a battle, the first time they had seen such an extreme existence that was both terrifying and sad.

Chapter 85: There are no strong people anywhere, we are all weak!

"For the one I love..." This is what Ai Aida said.

"To prove my belief." Hanasaki Rei said.

"In order to...complete my true self." Xingkong said.

"He's...Ash." Someone suddenly spoke up. "He's also Kamen Rider to us... He seems to be always fighting, fighting us, fighting the enemy... even now."

"He's fighting with himself."

When the knight's mask was broken, the two put on the monster's "mask" again, and there was no difference between the two. As long as they put on this mask called "sin", they can forget their "love" and continue this duel!

As long as he wears this "mask", he can hide his deep scars and continue fighting.

Even if the enemy in front of me is another me, I will never show mercy.

After all, what they saw was only Ash at a certain time period in their lives.

What was Ash's true appearance like long time ago, even before everything began?

Probably no one knows except the system.

Shocker grabbed the opponent's arm and broke it with force. Dinobot, who was screaming, took this opportunity to stab the bone spur from his arm into the opponent's chest.

“This is…too much!?”

No matter what, saving lives is the top priority!

There were already girls crying and trying to rush over to stop them, but in this battlefield filled with only murderous intent, they found themselves unable to take a single step forward for some reason.

Mana and the others who had known Ash for a long time were also in tears. Whether they were A or "Ash", they could find a familiar feeling in him. The current battle was like Ash's past fighting against the future.

If the seniors' desire to act was out of kindness, then the impulse in the hearts of those who had a bond with Ash was more than ten times stronger!

But they still didn't move, or rather, they couldn't move. After the previous explanation, they already understood what this battle represented.

This is Ash's own battle.

"He is Ash. He always treats the whole world as an amusement park for entertainment while suffering at the same time..." Yueying Lily muttered to herself, almost unable to bear to watch any further.

"How can I get you to stop...Danna-san?" Lihua murmured softly and shook her head. Only then did she realize that she was so powerless.

They have to witness it but cannot intervene, which is also a torture for them.

"..."

Ayumi Sakagami struggled to get up and watched the meaningless battle with everyone else.

A had told him so she understood, and she certainly understood why the two of them had to fight to determine the winner.

For example, as a man, you must fight for it... As a girl, she obviously doesn't understand these things.

Even if the person who stops them is someone closer than a relative, it is precisely because of this that they have differences and hate each other so much, right?

"A..." Ayumi gently uttered the boy's name and raised her hand to hold it over her heart.

You said we were partners, you said I was your important friend, and you begged me to help you...but aren't you the same to me, the person who suddenly broke into my ordinary life?

The girl moved her body and made movements with great effort. Even though the transformation device she was using had long been lying in her waist bag and had become unresponsive and was emitting thick smoke, she still persisted.

I'm different from those girls you're familiar with. After all, I've only known you for a few days...so I don't have that many concerns about "Ash".

But I still want to do something for you.

"You're finished—even before I was!"

A hook punch hit the dinosaur monster's chin, and the monster flew half a circle backward and knelt on the ground, spitting blood in pain. After flashing a few times, he turned back into his original young appearance.

"Crack, crack—" A crisp sound came from the boy's body. His whole body was like a cracked porcelain, and the shell was constantly peeling off. Under the falling cracks, you could clearly see the coins floating inside.

The price of forcibly controlling power beyond the limit, the so-called last gasp of life, has already come.

"Those who can love and control everything are the ones with power. Only weaklings like you can't see the truth!" Shocker raised his hand and stabbed the boy on the ground. "Goodbye, Ash! Me!"

"Drink——!"

The impact of the explosion of the transformation device in Ayumi Sakagami's waist bag caused the girl to fall to the ground. Ayumi, who changed from a blonde warrior back to an ordinary brown-haired girl, still maintained the posture of pushing out with both hands.

"—!"

Opposite her, the Shocker monster who was about to attack A suddenly had a big hole on his chest. After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, he turned back into his original human form.

"how come..."

"Remember what I said? You don't have everything—ahem..." A struggled to get up from the ground with the help of his broken arm. "The things you lost are the reason they saved you in the past."

"You don't represent Ash's childish side... You're just the desire he's kept hidden until now."

Otherwise, why does no one identify with you except those who have a bad ending?

"It's over, Ash."

"It's not over yet..." The man, coughing and spitting blood from his throat, used up his last bit of strength and punched A in front of him. "I haven't admitted to being weak yet!"

Even without a companion, I can defeat anyone. This is me! This is Ash!

"The strong are nowhere!"

I used to hate ordinary weaklings too. They couldn’t help at all, didn’t believe in themselves and couldn’t believe in others. I couldn’t stand it!

but--

"Ayumi-chan!"

After forcibly releasing a fatal blow just when the transformation system had already collapsed, the girl's palms were already covered with burn marks. However, when she was helped up by Akane and others who recognized her, there was no look of pain on her face. Instead, she was happy that she had helped A.

Now she has lost all her powers and has turned from a half-baked Pretty Cure into an ordinary weakling again.

And what I get in return is the opportunity I have now.

Have you forgotten that we who claim to be strong are the last ones to come?

The man's fist brushed past the boy's arm that was stretched out from the same direction, and passed by the boy's ear. His eyes, stained by the blood flowing from his forehead, watched the fist getting closer and closer in his sight!

"Everyone is weak!"

Wasn't he also saved by heroes who were once weak?!

The last angry punch hit the face that looked so similar to his own fiercely, as the man with blood splattered flew backwards and lay on the ground, breathing more out than in.

Finally, it's all over.

"You and I are also weak!!!"

Chapter 86 This Man's Name is Ash (4K5)

After A used all his strength to strike the final blow, he collapsed, until his body, which was holding on tightly, creaked like an aging machine, allowing Ash to stand up.

Someone once said: Enthusiasm cannot be extinguished. Be compassionate to the weak, help each other, and you can become friends with people from any country, even if this feeling has been betrayed thousands of times.

"It's not about age, it's not about appearance, it's not about the power struggle between the weak and the strong."

Ash muttered to himself as he looked at the man who finally collapsed.

"That's... the biggest difference between you and me."

The battle was over, the Source of Sin had fallen. After removing their transformed states, the girls, with mixed feelings, approached the man lying on the ground.

"Ho-"

The ground behind the man was covered in black and red blood that had long since dried up. His huge, hollow chest rose up again and again, then quickly shrunk deeper than the last time. The man, who was already a candle in the wind, opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but apart from the occasional cough of blood, the only sound was the whistling wind.

"Ash..."

"Don't always make us sad..."

The girls still wanted to talk to this most familiar stranger, but no matter whether it was about his unforgettable past or his wrong present, they really couldn't find the words to comfort him.

The Pretty Cure's eyes are very big. They have witnessed all kinds of great miracles, but they just can't hold back their tears.

"So, is this the end?"

"Like this again?"

"You...must be like this?"

Looking at the face on the ground that was so similar to and yet so different from Ash, struggling, with eyes that kept flashing with unwilling expressions and then quickly disappearing, the girls felt only an extremely suppressed sadness in their hearts.

In the end, it ended without even a conclusion. We relived the past, but was being reunited with Ash such a chasm that even a miracle couldn't overcome?

"Mana..."

An extremely weak voice caused the blood-stained hand to grab the girl's legs and feet.

"Don't... leave me alone..."

"No!" The tearful girl knelt on the ground and held the man's hand. The sacred power of purification gently and silently dissolved the man's body. "I won't let you go alone!"

"Are you okay, Ash?"

The only one who was slightly better off than him was Ash, who was also covered in wounds and almost fell down due to unstable legs. He was hugged by Lei who came rushing over. Through her palms, she could feel the cold body temperature that was almost not like that of a human, and even the fragments of the shell that kept peeling off from his body when he touched her. The girl swallowed all other words and only expressed her concern to him with a distressed look.

Thanks to a certain little devil, they no longer knew nothing about this young man.

“A…”

Ayumi, who came over quickly, also wanted to say something, but when she saw Lei's back, she took two steps back in fear.

I'm... not Pretty Cure anymore.

"Why don't you go back and rest?"

"Your body can no longer bear it, right?"

The boy shook his head and rejected Wu Mu's offer of help. "No, that's why I have to go there no matter what..."

"Ah--!" The boy, who nearly fell on Lei's face after letting go of Lei's hand, was quickly supported by Ayumi, who didn't care about anything else. The girl, who understood his condition better and had countless complicated thoughts in her eyes, also advised: "Don't force yourself. Or should you listen to them?"

"Ayumi, lend me your shoulder."

“Is it really necessary to do this?”

“Please…!”

This is my...last wish!

"I see."

The girl swallowed the weak words that she wanted him to stay, and with red eyes, she pretended to know nothing and walked with the boy towards the other Ash.

“Murderer—!”

"How can I, how can I forgive you——!"

The beautiful girls with bad endings stood in front of her at this time. Their ferocious anger was not directed towards Ash, but instead they all directed their resentment towards Ayumi, an ordinary person.

If there weren't Pretty Cure watching them, they would have pounced on her and torn her to pieces.

They are the ones who have no morals and are extremely simple.

But for the girl who was feeling depressed at the moment, it didn't matter anymore...

"No!" I don't want you to go over there!