Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

What exactly happened at that time?

How much time has passed?

Haruno Haruka didn't know the answer to this question. The only thing he knew was that when he opened his eyes again... everything was different.

"Ash!"

Standing on the land in an unknown place, the girl who just woke up and subconsciously called out the name of the person in her heart looked around nervously.

There was no sign of Nan and the others, nor was there any sign of Puff.

Could it be that I am the only one who has lost contact with everyone?

"I'm not your father, why did you call my name when you woke up?"

"Ash—it hurts!" Haruka whimpered as she bumped into something when she looked up following the sound. When she carefully covered her head, she saw clearly that Ash was right above her head, standing upside down on the ceiling?

"If you were here, why didn't you wake me up?" Especially since Ash said this nonchalantly, Haruka blushed with embarrassment.

"You were sleeping so soundly I couldn't bear to wake you... By the way, we're in the heart of the Forest of Despair right now." After his usual teasing, Ash casually dropped some shocking news. "The structure of this world is a bit strange, so it seems the normal laws of physics don't apply here."

"Forest of Despair? Isn't this Despia's lair?" Thinking of this, Haruka immediately became more worried. "Where are the others? Did Ash find them?"

"I don't know." Hiding the exhausted, dozed-off kivat under his shawl, Ash shook his head helplessly. "We don't have time to worry about others at this point. Instead of pointlessly worrying, let's just trust them a little more."

"That's exactly what happened... Wait!"

Sensing something was amiss, Haruka looked down and discovered that her princess-style battle suit had somehow transformed back into her regular pink dress. Not only had the transformation been undone, but after searching her body for a while, she came to another ominous conclusion.

My transformation tool is missing! ?

"Disappeared?!"

Yao was so anxious that she searched everywhere on her body but couldn't find any trace of it. She didn't even remember how she lost it and was almost crying.

"Yash, I'm sorry! I didn't notice it!" She had lost such a big chain in such a dangerous place. Wouldn't she just become a burden to Ash? Just as she was thinking this, a gentle hand covered her head.

"Did you lose your perfume bottle and keys? Then you'll have to stay with me until you find them. After all..." Looking at her now and thinking of her earlier boldness, Ash couldn't help but smile teasingly. "You promised to protect me, didn't you?"

"When the time comes, I'll leave it to you."

"Um...!"

After being silent for a while, Yao nodded solemnly.

The following sounds seemed to disappear between them, and the sound of their footsteps was silent in the dark space they were exploring.

"Ash, I have something to tell you."

"Haruka, I have something to tell you too."

Until the two of them said it in unison, and then were stunned at the same time.

"You speak first."

"You speak first!"

Seeing each other's expressions matching their own, they both laughed for no reason.

Time like this will surely become a fond memory when you look back on it later.

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Haruka was very happy because she got to know more about Ash.

Sure enough, it was completely different from what the woman named Catherine said. No matter how bad Ash was in the past as she described him, the current Ash is just a human being who has love and hope just like us!

In that case...Ash!

Yao's eyes were as gentle as water as she looked at the man who took the initiative to walk in front and act as the vanguard.

"Princess...the Flora Angel will definitely protect your dreams!"

'I swear in my heart!'

"Hmm, it's a pity that while I was thinking about something so cool, I don't know where the actual transformation device went..."

"Haruka-chan, are you looking for this?"

"Ah, thank you!" Yao subconsciously thanked and wanted to catch the hand, but she saw the hand retract again. She was stunned for a moment and looked up to see Catherine's smiling face again.

"It's you!" Ash drew his sword without hesitation and chased after them. Catherine also took off running. "Stop!"

"Damn it, where are the people?!"

Ash has fought against enemies who can read minds, and he has also fought against enemies who can flash and teleport at will, but he has never fought against an enemy who can teleport solely by reading minds. The result of running around holding Haruka's hand was that he had to draw his sword and look around in confusion.

"Ash!" Looking at the dark and thorny environment, Haruka, remembering something, quickly reminded him. "Yongjiu told me that the Witch of Despair might be nearby. Be careful!"

"If you've lost your ability to transform, do you want me to face the strongest Despiah alone and defeat us one by one? What a plan." Thinking of this most likely possibility, the nervous Ash clenched his weapon and sneered, "It seems you've already got me, but my sword is not at a disadvantage!"

Even if Kivat seems to be so tired that she falls asleep, I have the confidence to defeat her with just the "Zanvat Sword"!

But he led Yao across the thorns covered with the energy of despair and seemed to come to a room surrounded by darkness. However, not only did they not find the expected enemy Disbia, but they saw Catherine with her back to them?

Is this a trap? Whatever it is, I'll give her a sword first if I get the chance!

"So have you eaten? If not, take my sword!"

"Pfft!"

When Ash saw that he had really stabbed the opponent through with a single sword, he was stunned.

However, when this "Catherine" revealed her true form in front of them and turned back into the equally wide-eyed Disbia, even Yao was stunned.

Disbia, who also looked incredulous, spat out a mouthful of blood. The pair of empty eyes under the gradually shattered mask were rolling around as she thought.

In the end, he let Catherine lure the enemy into her territory, and at the last moment he absorbed all the energy of despair to release Disdak's true power, and then fought a decisive battle with everyone in one breath and destroyed hope.

Was that so? She had indeed lured the enemy into her territory, but not into the trap where the target was, but into her defenseless rear while she was absorbing the power.

Her ability does not work on herself since she has no mind, but does that mean that her indirect ability to influence her image in the eyes of others is also ineffective?

But what Disbia couldn't figure out no matter how hard she tried was why?

Is this what it's all about...something that harms others and doesn't benefit yourself?

"Isn't that wonderful?" The real Catherine emerged from the darkness on the other side and smiled at her. "The Witch of Despair met a joke of absolute despair. How fitting."

"Horrible, woman."

Disbia, who died with hatred, fell to the ground. Her body, which was almost split in two, began to gradually dissipate along with the dark blood.

The person who couldn't believe it the most was Haruno Haruka, who had always been against her.

she died?

As the biggest enemy of Pretty Cure, the final boss of Distak died like a joke before he could even display his true strength?

Are you kidding me?

"Ash~" Catherine, who was very happy after killing Despia, took the initiative to greet him enthusiastically. "It's great that you can come here. It's been a long time!"

"It's been a while since I last saw you, and you've become king, possessing such immense power." The unpredictable woman continued to flatter him cheerfully. "Now that you've achieved so much, I won't let you go this time."

"you--!"

Ash, equally incredulous and angry to the point of his hair flying like a Saiyan, roared and pointed his sword at her. "Whose is it?"

"Why do you know who I am? Why do you sound so familiar with me?!"

This level of achievement cannot be achieved simply by reading memories!

"Why do you act like you know me so well?!"

I don’t understand, I don’t understand! I can’t imagine how something in my heart is urging Ash to be extremely irritated.

"Can't remember? I've always remembered you very clearly~"

"So what are you—"

"Aren't you going to make sure for yourself?"

Without saying a word, Ash, who was furious, drew his sword and slashed towards Catherine!

Catherine only just managed to deflect the sharp blade at the last moment, but the power of the aftermath was enough to cut through the "false mask" that had been covering her up.

"..."

The pink streak that was gently swaying and quietly sprinkled across Ash's nose took away all the man's attention.

"...?"

"Ash...?" Haruka behind him called out Ash's name in disbelief.

Because she saw that Ash, who kept swinging, was trembling at this moment.

That evil yet powerful yet generous Ash, who had always taken the initiative to stand in front of them, actually began to tremble.

Until she heard him say that word.

"Mother...?"

Chapter 199 Mother

“Hoo-haaaaaa!”

The "Demon King Sword" that was nailed into the ground after losing its light was tightly grasped by Ash with his trembling hand as a fulcrum while he was breathing rapidly, and his other free hand was pressed tightly on both sides of his temples.

When I was a child, I also thought that when my parents divorced, it would have been better if it was my mother instead of my father who took me away.

Her face, her beautiful figure, her confident and gentle smile, nothing has changed from the mother in my memory who I love and admire more than my father.

My journey through time began when I faced a disheartened reality, my "middle school" self-righteousness believing that no one in this world could understand my genius, and therefore I had no need to linger on them. Thus, I made a pact with a chance encounter with the "system," embarking on a journey through countless worlds as a hero.

Of course, it is impossible to say that when I look back at the loved ones I left behind as I grew up and became more aware, I have no regrets about them.

These are indeed things I have thought about before. However, I never imagined that there would be such a reunion, and yet it happened in this way.

head...

My head hurts so much!

"Eh?"

On the other side, Haruka made a sound that even she couldn't understand.

Mom...Mom?

Catherine is Ash's...mother?

Not only Ash, who was at the center of the incident, but even Haruno Haruka, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, almost gave up thinking because of the overwhelming amount of information.

This is the worst and most evil enemy they have ever encountered since they became Pretty Cure, and now Miss Pink-haired Catherine is called "Mom" by Ash?

This word made Yao think of something. She thought of her mother who was always full of love and care for her and silently supported her dreams... No, they couldn't be connected at all!

"Wait, are you really Ash's mother?" The girl even used honorifics in her anxious questioning, and Catherine's eyes lit up when she noticed this.

"Ah~ Sometimes lying isn't as beautiful as telling the truth."

She pulled her glasses from her lap and slipped them on, savoring the delicious food to the amazement of both of them. Her golden eyes, somewhat similar to Ash's, gleamed brightly behind her. "Since I carried him for ten months and gave birth to him, I am of course his biological mother. If you marry him, you must call me Mom."

Damn, just thinking about this makes me burst into laughter~

"If that's the case, why did you become Ash's enemy? And why did you stand against us—?"

For the first time, Yao felt such resistance to the beautiful title of "mother".

Mother is a relative! If she is a relative, shouldn’t we care for each other?

"Ah, my! Don't you think your deep-seated belief in miracles and your son's confidence in his own invincibility and strength are a bit too self-righteous and arrogant?" She paced slowly, moving around the remains of the Witch of Despair without a word. "That's why I'm a little upset, so I did it."

"accurate?"

Just because of...this reason?

The girl, with her eyes wide open, trembled all over at the perverse logic that was so far beyond her own cognition. Unlike Ash who was unable to accept the reality, she was trembling with anger because of this unreasonableness.

Ash obviously hasn't seen his family for a long time!

"This should be a touching reunion, but seeing your mother, Ash, he's clearly in pain!"