Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"But it's no longer necessary. After all, Mom is back now, and I can continue to love Ash. After all, it's a beautiful and natural thing for a mother to love her child, right?"

The gentle words that were exactly the same as his memory weakened Ash's fighting spirit. Ash felt the warmth of his mother from this woman for the first time in a long time. Ash really felt that this woman could love him purely without any other reason.

The hand holding the sword began to waver. Even though his mind told him to push away the woman in front of him, his emotions only wanted him to hug his long-lost mother.

"It's easy to get Mom back to Ash. All we have to do is be obedient again."

"For example, Ash has to personally get rid of some unnecessary things, like those girls who are a bit dazzling and annoying~ After all, those are things that only little girls like..."

"Shut up!"

Don't involve them casually!

The sudden sweep of the sword created an absolute clearance around him. Catherine reappeared not far away and faced Ash with a ferocious smile.

"I'm not some beggar who needs your charity! I'm not so lacking in love that I need anyone's charity!"

Don’t think you can control me by just using such topics. I am who I am, and I don’t belong to anyone!

"Ah, you finally spoke." Katherine smiled, speaking about something completely unrelated to the question. "I thought the despair energy had affected your voice. After all, Mom wants to hear Ash's voice again."

"You're not a child who lacks love. Of course you're not. After all, there are many people who love you. So many that other men would envy you, right?"

"But," the woman said slowly, turning something faintly familiar in her hand. "People, eventually, will be trapped for a lifetime by things they couldn't obtain in their youth."

"Isn't that right, son?"

"You're not my—!"

"Ala, do you still have to deny it again and again? Don't you remember that Mom taught you to be a child who likes to deny the facts?" Catherine narrowed her eyes slightly and could see more clearly the black mist of "despair energy" on his body. It seemed that it was blocked by a fine layer of light film, so that it could never penetrate deeper into the inner shell.

Is he still holding on? If it were before, his heart wouldn't be this strong. Did the heroes, including Pretty Cure, make his heart stronger?

Tsk, they are just heroes.

It's obviously just some... performances on TV, with as many "heroes" as possible.

Ah~ Now I have one more reason to hate them.

"No, no! No matter how much you resemble her, it doesn't mean you're the mother I remember. This is a disguise. It's definitely not her!"

Oh, and I have reasons to deny it.

"If you just ask yourself, you'll know the answer, won't you?" Catherine casually tilted her head, shutting down Ash's stubbornness. "After all, this is your own family, so there's no way you could be mistaken. You could sense the difference between truth and falsehood right from the start, right? Even if you could fool everyone else, you couldn't fool yourself."

What she said was true.

"That's because...!" Ash, the only one who remained was still trying to defend himself. "That's right, even if this body is truly my mother, you must be possessed by a demon god or a Hora, or perhaps possessed by some evil witch from that world!"

The only thing that exists deep in her heart is that she doesn't want to be stained with even the slightest stain!

"Stop imitating my mother. She can't be like you!"

That's right, now I have even more reason to defeat you! Because you've insulted the image I have in my mind!

Chapter 202: When looking back at the past, is there more happiness or pain?

"Alas...kids nowadays are becoming more and more disobedient."

Seeing Ash about to charge at her again, Catherine, who was standing opposite her, dodged his attacks several times. She sighed as if she had finally given up and asked again.

"Do you remember when you started watching your favorite hero special effects movie?"

"Hmph, if you can read minds, you've already seen my memories, right?" Ash finally smiled in front of her. "When my alienation from my original world reached its peak, the 12-year-old me became obsessed with that world and wanted to recreate everything in it!"

Do I even need to repeat this? I finally found the flaw in your fake persona! You liar, you deserve to be killed!

"That's not right."

Whether he is a liar or not, you will know after I show you the evidence.

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"When you were about three years old, you looked forward to watching TV with us every day after coming back from kindergarten."

"After all, your dad is more into F1 racing, so the time I spend with you watching those kids' special effects movies is the time that belongs only to me."

The green fingers gently touched her chin, and a look of nostalgia appeared on the woman's face.

"Do you remember the name of the first special effects film we watched together? Oh, yes, it was 'Artificial Human Qikeda', right?"

"Back then, you really loved imitating the protagonist's special move, 'Electromagnetic END'. Hehehe~ So cute!"

When she talked about such interesting things, she laughed.

"!"

"After all, it's a super old special effects film from almost a century ago. I don't know where Ash got to know about it back then, but he clamored to see it. It took me a lot of effort to find the disc, so I remember it vividly."

The words were not cold but full of memories. When Ash heard them, he clearly felt as if a huge hand, piercingly cold, was reaching into his chest and kneading it wantonly.

He remembered.

Excluding the existence of hyperthymesia or special abilities, even the most intelligent person cannot remember all the information in their memory. For example, asking someone to recall what they had for lunch last Sunday is indeed a bit too much to ask.

However, if one can get a little reminder and combine it with some original impressions, then it is not a problem to unlock some of the dusty memories.

So, Ash did remember.

"Artificial Human Qi Keda" or "Computer Hero", of course he remembers this special effect. This is the first world he and the system have traveled through, how could he forget it!

And according to what He told me, the order of the time travel is also the order in which I watch the anime...

"Let me think about it again~ Hmm, what is it?" The more interested she was in reminiscing, the more answers she came up with were like more hammers hitting Ash's heart.

"When I was little, Ash's favorites were Super Sentai and Ultraman. As for Kamen Rider, I really liked it, but I was afraid of the scary elements in it, fufufu~"

Thinking of the cute look of Ash who curled up in her arms in the past but couldn't help but look at the picture on TV through the gap between her palms, Catherine couldn't help but smile happily.

"Your first love was the yellow warrior 'Reimon Jasmine' from 'Tokusou Sentai'. It's obviously my favorite Sentai series, but when I asked you out of curiosity, you were too shy to tell your mother."

"Ultraman Gaia and Ultraman Tiga are both your favorites. I gave you a soft vinyl doll of the former on your fifth birthday, and you happily slept with it every night."

"Your favorite knight is Kamen Rider Kuuga, but you've always been afraid of Gurongi in it, so every time you finish watching it, you have to have your mother accompany you to sleep~"

"So the first time we actually met wasn't when you were 12." Once the conversation started, Catherine enthusiastically opened up the cat boxes he'd hidden in the past. "It's just that after we divorced when you were 6, you lost someone to keep you company, so no one's ever seen you since."

"The so-called 12 years old was just picking up past experiences. Looking back now, it was really a good time—"

As Catherine's memories replayed before her eyes one by one, just as she was about to say more, she was interrupted by a sad roar.

"do not talk!"

Ash's shoulders were heaving up and down as he gasped heavily for breath in the increasingly foul air around him.

This kind of thing! I have never told anyone...

These are memories that only my family and I have!

"I beg you, stop talking...!"

Don’t make me remember more, don’t let my memories be stained by any more colors!

"What is the reason for you coming to this world?!"

Ash spoke bluntly, pointing directly at the mother opposite him, wanting to ask the original question right there.

I can no longer deceive myself.

"What's the reason why mom did all this?!"

There are too many questions, whether it is why his mother, who was just an ordinary worker in his impression, became such a "time traveler", or why she found him with such obsession.

But there was one problem, he hoped...

Please, please tell me that what you did was for a deeper purpose! There must be other reasons behind it!

"Reason? I told you it's because I'm upset. I love it when people are twisted and in pain." Thinking of Haruka's heartbroken expression when she heard Ash yell that word, Catherine's gentle face suddenly twisted. "Especially when they're twisted, it's the best~!"

"There are Pretty Cure girls in this world, so what's wrong with that?!"

"Yeah, that's true," Catherine continued, laughing. "So I'm going to kill them all, because that'll make me happy again."

"There's another reason. It's because of you, of course."

"...?"

"Even though you've been away from home for so many years, you're still my child, right?" The slender fingers climbed up Ash's face again, but this time, the pressure of the sharp nails digging into the flesh made Ash's breathing stagnate.

"Well, that's about it, time to come back, right?"

"don't want..."

"Don't be upset. After all, I'm your mother. Of course I will support you."

"So you should come back soon and become your mother's again."

"Isn't this natural?"

Chapter 203: The Unforgettable Past and Pain (Part 1)

Why is it like this...

As Catherine edged closer to his increasingly vulnerable heart, Ash seemed to see the truth of "despair" that Destark had always preached. But in the face of this "despair," Ash's train of thought gradually became submerged.

Especially when the enlightenment from my mother awakens things that I have forgotten in the past.

He could then feel himself sinking slowly but surely into the immensely deep and profound past.

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I started learning to read and speak when I was about one year and one month old.

So from that time on, when I gradually showed my curiosity and understanding of everything, my parents were of course undisguised in their surprise and love for my "genius". At least at that time, I could see that their happiness and concern for me were not fake!

I didn't live in an indifferent world from the beginning. Although my parents were just ordinary workers, they loved me very much... At least that's what I thought at the time. I also had a happy life with my family.

I love my father, who silently protects me. I love my mother, who always embraces me tenderly. I also love that world, though somewhat cold, is not entirely dark. I also excitedly think about using my talents to make the world a better place, just like the protagonists on TV!

"Since when did I forget?"

When was...

When did you start to feel that everything in the world became so boring?

If I were to ask why, it was a long time ago.

It was when I was 12 years old... No, it was even further back than that day, when I was 6 years old.

"Things seem to be getting weird between Mom and Dad?"

If only I had been like a child of my age, not so sensible, not understanding what they were talking about "divorce", and not noticing the changing atmosphere in the relationship between the two.

But who can blame me for being a genius praised by my parents, neighbors, and fellow villagers?

That's right, since I'm a genius! Then let me unleash my genius that can solve everything and let Mom and Dad remember the happy days we shared as a family!

Today is my sixth birthday, but Mom and Dad seem to be busy with other things and are completely absent. It's okay, I'm a very obedient child, so I understand the busy adults. So let me decorate the birthday party myself today!

So even without anyone's help, the six-year-old child still arranged his own birthday party by himself. Whether it was the delicious cake or the stage setting that would make the adults smile, they would all be transformed into "magic" that would allow them to smile again, representing reconciliation!

Ash watched his younger self hiding behind the door, quietly listening to the quarreling sounds on the other side gradually approaching, until he pulled the string of the ribbon the moment the door was pushed open.

"Snapped!"

The ribbons were specially chosen in the couple's favorite colors and sprayed on the heads of the couple who had been arguing before.

Ash knows, he knows how terrible "divorce" means, but I've also seen a lot of special effects films!

The heroic brothers and sisters in the film also told me how important family members are to us. Even if they may appear harsh on the outside, as long as they are parents, they will definitely love their children! They definitely love me too!

This is definitely like the stories on TV. As long as there is love, a miracle with a happy ending will definitely happen!

Therefore, I will try my best to hide my sad mood in my heart, just to show a happier side to my parents!

"Happy birthday!"

Standing in front of the somewhat dazed adults, the excited children opened their homemade stage equipment and showed their brightest smiles to their parents.