Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Wait, what is that!"

Snow White opened her mouth wide and pointed in amazement at a place in the space that was obviously much larger. When others looked in the direction she pointed, they showed the same expression.

"this is……!"

Last time I mentioned that I saw something like a mechanical dinosaur in the underground base, but at that time it was just a white skeleton at best, which was far less intuitive and shocking than what I saw from the giant dinosaur today after everything was completed!

Especially this extremely conspicuous posture, even Kirara, who usually doesn't know much about special effects, was surprised and exclaimed the other person's name.

"Mechagodzilla?!"

When did you... Well, it wouldn't be strange if it was Ash.

"Finally noticed!"

Hearing that the topic had been brought up, the proud Ash finally had the opportunity to show off.

"I created this thing to avoid facing the same overwhelming force as last time. You know, I put a lot of effort into recreating the armor and weaponry as best I could."

“Although there is a built-in cockpit, an external spacecraft control room or something would also be acceptable as a tribute to the original~”

"Ash~"

Looking at Ash's proud face, Qiluo couldn't help laughing when she recalled the past.

"You also said you only like watching hero special effects, and that you're not interested in monster special effects like Godzilla because they don't have heroes?"

Is this considered a boomerang hitting yourself?

"Ahem! I, I'm just borrowing the good points from other works! My hobbies can't be changed so easily!"

Ash, feeling the attention increasingly focused on him, quickly explained, "What's wrong?! Can't we allow others to have little hobbies? Besides, Mechagodzilla is so cool!"

"You say, isn't it?"

……

Forgot, He is not here anymore.

"Ash!"

Xiao Ji's excited voice brought his attention back. He saw the blue-haired girl with anticipation written all over her face, twisting and turning in front of him, and her true intentions were obvious.

"Um, can I...?"

"sure."

Maybe it was after the last battle with Gomora, or maybe it was after the jeep training? It's really strange that Jiji has developed a fondness for kaiju culture.

It's such a pity that Yayoi is not here. As a super robot and special photography enthusiast, she might have fainted from happiness if she had seen this underground base.

"Great!"

It wasn't just Hime who was delighted; surprisingly, the curious Miyuki, the excited Mana, and Lily, who had been forced to act as everyone's babysitter after her sermons were useless, were also among the group. By now, almost half the group had left, and seeing them all shouting and hollering around the giant mechanical dinosaur, no one wanted to disrupt their joyful state.

"I'm really happy. I wish it could continue like this."

"Yes."

Haruka said softly while holding Ash's hand.

"I think, isn't this the reason why heroes exist, as Ash said?"

"Heroes who have fought bloody battles yearn for peaceful everyday times even in their dreams, while ordinary people, living day to day, yearn for exciting heroic adventures in their dreams."

Ash murmured thoughtfully and pointedly, then waved to them again.

"Come on, there are more than just weapons stored in this base."

There are other things I want to show you.

88

Chapter 88: People still fighting.

"I'm sorry, Ash. I promised you that we would find a solution, but we keep failing."

The girls could roughly guess the meaning of Ash's sudden mention of the past in the underground base.

We had agreed that our Pretty Cure would trigger a miracle to break this prison and put Ash's mind at ease, but after trying several times, each attempt failed. Honestly, even Haruka, who was used to new challenges and attempts, felt a little embarrassed.

"Is there any need to apologize for the relationship between us?"

Facing the apology from behind, Ash, who was leading the way, did not even turn back.

As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. I'm not the kind of villain boss who kills more subordinates than enemies. I'm not petty enough to be disappointed in you for such a thing.

In fact, Ash was not surprised at all.

The existence of the "Sealed Gear" that currently sealed the entire world was the opposite of other common sealing techniques: it was fragile on the outside but strong on the inside. To describe it in terms of combat power comparison, it would require a single universe-level output to blast it from the inside.

As for the Pretty Cures now, including Ash... it's not impossible, but to achieve such a powerful force, they can only do so when their minds are fully focused. Normally, it's difficult for them to even blow up a house, not to mention the debuffs they have now, which are really a bit difficult for them.

"Excluding brute force, the only way to bypass the blockade is probably through the ability to travel across worlds like Ash and Dust."

But when it comes to this matter, Ash starts to have a headache again.

Obviously, her serious injuries should have improved under his careful care, but Yaxu seemed to have entered some strange "hibernation" process, and she fell into a dead sleep like a butterfly wrapped in a cocoon, and could not be awakened.

I can't just ask him to steal Yaxiu's gold and plunder her pockets, right? Then what's the difference between me and that guy Dust?

"arrive."

The place that Ash pointed to was the secret base within the secret base. If the outside was the mechanical arsenal of the defense team, then the room with a variety of flashing indicator lights everywhere was a place like the command room.

"Originally, this thing was something I made to relieve boredom when I discovered that this world couldn't create a tool powerful enough to break through the world wall. I used dimensional observation to spy on other worlds."

Patting a crystal ball-like gadget on the table, Ash explained.

"So if you use this, you can see other worlds."

"Hey, can you take a look at our world?"

"The speed of flow between worlds may be very different, so don't expect too much."

Although he said this, Ash still honestly adjusted the buttons above. As a burst of snowflakes and radio waves emerged on the screen, a towering iron tower appeared on the screen.

"Ah, this!"

Surprised, Rikka became excited.

"Isn't that the Four-Leaf Tower?!"

She still remembered that she had accompanied Mana to visit here. As a result, the latter climbed to the 99th floor in one breath and met Makoto. She transformed into an angel of love for the first time and joined the battle against the selfish organization.

"Where are the others...eh?"

When the screen moved to the Yotsuba family manor where they often gathered, Rikka suddenly felt strange.

"The tea sets, tables and chairs are clearly still here, so why does no one know where they went?"

That's strange. Is he busy with something urgent?

"Well! What about us, what about us!"

"Are you elementary school students? Take your time, one by one, don't rush."

Greeting the others who were excited, Ash switched the screens to their worlds one by one. Many people breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the city was still peaceful. But for some reason, their companions were still nowhere to be seen.

"Is everyone okay...eh?"

When the girl, who was still immersed in her memories of the past, saw the sudden appearance of a tragic sunset on the screen, everyone was stunned.

"What is this?"

The outline of the city, once discernible, now lay in ruins beneath the setting sun, devoid of any trace of life. Everywhere was a shimmering glow of decaying fire, and the world before them lay a wasteland of devastation.

"I did a quick search and found that many worlds are in this dire state now."

Looking at the metal ruins that crashed in the center of the city and looked like a spinning top, Ash's eyes were full of complex colors.

I still remember that when I was in that world, I finally managed to save this space station base through my efforts. But now, this base that I always complained about as a spinning top that needed to be beaten, and the captain retorted, "You are the one who needs to be beaten!", has finally fallen to the ground.

“Who did this!?”

"Who else could it be? It can only be them."

The original dark echoes should have been enough, but I took away some of them when I started fighting with them in the "afterlife". In order to fill this gap, it is really reasonable to collect the negative emotions that destroy the world by killing the chicken to get the eggs.

"Daxter and the others said that even though they have seized a lot of power and severely damaged the heroes who would have fought them, there are still many resistance forces emerging to fight them."

When Ultraman is not around, the defense team will take over.

Without Kamen Rider, even if everyone in the city works together, they will be able to drive away the enemy.

"However, it is really difficult to fight against these beings who possess a lot of hostility."

Ash didn't continue, but even without seeing it with their own eyes, some of them, with their strong empathy, had already shed tears just by listening to Ash's description of the tragic scene on the screen.

"Surprisingly, this is too much!"

Especially Hui's. Thinking of the "Dust" who had met her once and said some strange things to her, the girl's fists clenched in her hands and made a creaking sound.

When the scenes on the screen switched several times, whether it was the machine crashing in the valley or the fighter plane sinking to the bottom of the sea, the girls could really understand why Ash was so anxious before.

"But why fight so hard if the important fighting force might not be there?"

"Whether it's there or not, there are always things that people will protect at the cost of their lives."

Even if there were no heroes, humans would still fight their enemies with the love and courage that heroes taught them, that's how it is.

89

Chapter 89: Flip the chessboard, the formula for victory is decided at this moment!

"Wow~"

"what happened?"

As he was speaking, the images from other worlds on the crystal ball suddenly began to shake, and more and more snowflakes flashed across the screen as if the signal was bad. After Ash slapped them with a few "physical repair methods", the clarity was completely lost, leaving only a flashing black gear frozen on it.

"Tsk, is it really that troublesome? They even cut off the signal. How can you be so heartless?"

Come to think of it, the original intention was to lock oneself in this world. Being able to spy on other worlds like this can be considered cheating. It is foreseeable that someone will come to fix the loophole.

"Ash, is there any other solution?"

"Isn't this what we are looking for now?"

Even though Hui loosened her grip on his sleeve, Ash still shook his head.

Although there are ways to take a shortcut, the result last time was too unbelievable and they rejected it outright. It is not easy to find a way to take a detour.

"To achieve your plan, you actually did something like this...!"

Although she is always at a disadvantage in relationships on weekdays, the anger burning in Lei when she becomes serious is the most real.

"Unforgivable! My heart can no longer endure it!"

And she remembered too! The reason Ash had gone through so much suffering in their world was to collect these "Dark Echoes." Now, people like Dust were trying to steal them away—they were truly enemies that must be defeated, both publicly and privately.

"Ash."

Just when everyone was united in their hatred of the enemy, Yao suddenly asked a question that shocked everyone.

"If this Dark Echo is such a sinister existence, why do you keep collecting it? Isn't this part of some sinister plan...eh?"

Noticing everyone's astonished gazes turned towards her, Haruka, emerging from her reverie, froze for a moment. What was wrong? She'd just been thinking about the description, so it was only natural for her to have such an association, right?

"But Ash...it can't be true, right?"

Don't give us some crap like Ash is the villain behind everything right now? That's not the right way to pay homage to a book title!

"Haruka, you asked a good question, but I also want to correct you on a mistake."

A fist, neither light nor heavy, hit Yao on the head with a "wow" sound, as a punishment for her not trusting her man.

"Dark Echo is merely a power that transcends cause and effect. It is neither evil nor just; it all depends on the will of the user."

"What they're going to do is the same thing. Using Dark Echoes as energy, they'll shift the balance of possibility across the multiverse, granting the holder any wish with literal omnipotence. If it were a weapon, that would be a bit terrifying."

However, through this incident, Ash also confirmed that the belt he and the system jointly created could not have been stolen by Dust and others from the "Hundred Worlds", because the device needed to drive the Dark Echo was exactly this belt. If it was really in their hands, everything would have ended long ago.

"So, the dark echoes collected through the destruction of the world are used to recreate a new drive?"