Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Great, let's sleep together tonight!"

"and many more--!"

When things were gradually going in a direction that was not going well, at the critical moment, it was Rika who loudly interrupted their conversation.

"What's going on, Rikka, you're so noisy today."

"What are you doing? Regina is still a girl. What are you planning on doing by letting her live with you?" It's okay that Regina doesn't understand as a princess, but what are you planning on doing by agreeing with such a pure look on your face? If the police find out, you won't be able to escape the punishment for having pork chop rice for several months in a row.

No—recalling Ash's true nature when he wasn't fighting, Rikka couldn't help but facepalm.

I shouldn't have expected anything from this guy!

"With the situation at your house, it's already troublesome enough for you to live alone, how can we justify having other people living here?"

"Hey, Rikka-chan, don't be so harsh. What do you mean by 'my...'"

"What's wrong with what I said? And don't use that name!" Rika glared at Ash with a surge of anger. Thinking that the sanitary works in his home had always been outsourced to her, Ash had to give up the idea of ​​arguing with her.

In the end, Regina was taken back to her home by Ai, and she seemed quite regretful for not being able to go to Ash's place.

But when she really went there next time and saw the situation there, Regina immediately regretted it.

Chapter 85: Transition before the Great Change

"Hey, System, do you think this Dark Echo is almost full?"

Grabbing the virtual panel in front of him and shaking it, Ash smiled mischievously as he watched the words on the panel fall apart and become a mess.

[Collecting Dark Echoes...almost complete.]

"Really? You don't need to tell me. I know it myself."

In reality, the Dark Echoes Ash collected weren't directly submitted to the system like other systems. Instead, all of them were contained within his body, something he could sense. The system was simply helping him balance his energy to a certain extent, distributing rewards based on the collection process and lottery requests. The system had a unique algorithm for this.

As for where the dark echoes collected in his body went after his death and refreshed state, Ash really didn't know.

Perhaps the darkness he'd felt up until now still lurked within him? Who knew?

In the few months since he came here, whether it was during battles or truces, Ash had a lot of fun playing against the villains [Selfish Organization] and the heroes [Pretty Cure].

and.....

I don’t know why, but now when I close my eyes I can actually see their smiling faces. I must have lost my mind because of fighting too much.

"Although I know that constantly dying and coming back to life and traveling through time is what I'm doing, to be honest, I don't want to leave this world anymore."

Ash didn't know if he had had this thought in other worlds before, but he felt that he probably had, but he just forgot it.

[...]

"Well, never mind. Just deal with things as they come. When water comes, we will resist it. When soldiers come, we will drown them. When the time comes, the boat will naturally turn around!"

I just need to live well now!

[...]

"Hey, you actually are self-aware, right? Don't play dumb, I figured it out!"

[......]

"Qi, you just play dumb. Forget it, just say whatever you want to say whenever you want."

After all, we are together.

"Ash!"

Hearing someone calling his name, Ash tossed the panel aside and stuck it into the sand next to him.

"what?"

The visitor was Ai's father, Kentaro. Although Regina did not suffer any trouble when she moved into Ai's house, he was not in a good mood because of the past. So Ai made a plan and took his friends and Regina to go to the beach together.

In order to take care of these girls and prevent them from falling into the water, Kentaro also followed as a guardian.

When they were halfway through their drive, they happened to meet Ash who was patrolling the streets on a motorcycle. So, being a very outgoing person, they invited Ash to come and play in the water with them.

"Ash, won't you get up and play with us?"

Ash took off the mass-produced sunglasses he had stolen from the gobusters and looked over. The girls on the other side were wearing cool but covering-enough clothes. They were building sand castles, playing beach volleyball, or strolling along the beach with the sea water licking their feet. They looked so happy.

Compared with these girls who are full of youthful radiance, Ash just laid down on a lounge chair and parasol after arriving at the beach, showing his decadent mentality and early retirement life.

"Girls' games should just let girls interact with each other."

When I am not in combat, I choose to enjoy the pleasure of slacking off. It is rare to have such a chance to relax in life.

Besides, I might be leaving soon. If I don’t catch more fish now, what will I do if I don’t have the chance to do so in the next life?

Kentaro chatted with him for a few more words and then left. However, Ash, whose back was aching from lying down, turned over and unexpectedly saw a familiar figure nearby.

"Hey, Madoka!"

"Who is Madoka calling... oh, it's you!"

The person who appeared here was the elementary school student Madoka Akuri whom Ash had known before. The girl who was holding something turned around when she heard someone calling her, and saw Ash with his upper body naked greeting her. Her face gradually began to turn red, and she quickly turned her eyes away.

"What are you planning to do here, Madoka?"

"Picking up shells." This time, Aguri was in no mood to argue with him. She answered the question honestly. The beautiful shells on her rolled-up clothes confirmed her words.

Ash nodded and took out the coin from the pocket of his beach pants, and with a light push of his thumb, it flew to the top of the shell in Aguri's arms.

"Go buy me a bottle of Coke."

"Ha—you want me to run errands for you?!"

Another coin flew into Aguri's hand.

"Buy yourself a bottle too."

"Hmph...that's more like it. Don't complain it's slow!"

After receiving the errand fee, Aguri placed the shells he collected with Ash, asked him to help take care of his collection of treasures, and then skipped to the vending machine at the other end of the beach to buy a drink.

Just as Ash pulled down his glasses, felt the soothing sea breeze, and was about to fall asleep listening to the girls' laughter, another voice woke him up.

"Mr. Ash?"

"It's you this time."

The person sitting next to Ash was none other than Ai from the girl, and she looked like she had come specifically to see him.

"Mr. Ash, don't you want to play with everyone? This is a rare opportunity."

Ash recalled the last time he played beach games. It seemed to be the last time when he played watermelon with Jieren, Zhulan and others. It was a pity for Holiday Waldo... I felt sorry for him too.

"No matter how good you say it, I'm not interested."

It's more interesting to just lie there doing nothing than to go out and play.

"I see." Ai sat down on another lounge chair nearby, closing the distance between her and Ash.

Feeling that it was about time, Ai continued to speak for her own purposes. "Mr. Ash, you said, since we have such a good relationship, can't we just be... friends?"

"Hit—meh."

"Why?!" (Kansai accent)

"Pfft!" Ash was amused by Ai's abrupt imitation of the Kansai accent. Seeing Ash's smile, Ai couldn't help but laugh too. "If you ask why, Mana, you're the type who subconsciously forgets about old friends when you make new ones, right?"

"Mr. Ash, you're going too far!"

"No, that's not what I said." Ash turned his head to look at the blue-haired girl walking on the beach. Feeling Ash's gaze, Rikka turned around and greeted him with a smile.

"This is Rikka's true feelings."

"It's such a shock!" Ai, who had several black lines on her head, looked really shocked when her best friend and childhood sweetheart Rikka said this to her.

"So I don't want such a cheap friend. Only a more special friend can be worthy of such an amazing person like me!"

Ha——A more special friend is... Is Mr. Ash hinting at me?!

As she thought about it, she suddenly thought of some possibilities. The temperature on the girl's pretty face rose, and her smooth cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

"It's too early for this kind of thing. I'm the student council president and I have to set an example for everyone. I absolutely cannot fall in love too early!"

"what?"

What did you say? How come I don't know what I'm thinking?

Chapter 86 Prelude

Puppy love... Oh, that's what you're talking about. Mana, why are you like Arisu?

Ash suddenly understood a little bit. So even the legendary warrior is still a little girl, always thinking about all kinds of things. Is this what youth is?

But as she thought about it, Ai came up with some other possibilities.

Come to think of it, even though he said he didn't want to be friends with us, Mr. Ash actually has a very good relationship with us and Regina as opposite sexes!

Although he always fights us for no apparent reason and generally doesn't hold back when he does, making it incredibly painful, it actually does increase our power levels significantly! It's like those nemesis characters on TV who secretly train the protagonist to challenge him.

So, could it be that Mr. Ash is——!

"Mr. Ash...are you deliberately keeping us hanging?!"

"what?"

If Ash could barely understand the previous sentence, this time he was completely confused.

"I deliberately kept my distance, being both an enemy and a friend. Actually, I had a very good relationship with everyone, until one day someone couldn't help but take that step and took the relationship a step further. Then, others couldn't help but take that step too!"

The more Ai spoke, the more spirited she became. She felt that her words were becoming more and more reasonable, and she was certain of the result.

"By then, Mr. Ash will be able to open a huge harem of Pretty Cure!"

"ha--!?"

Ash was really confused this time. Seeing Ai excitedly spreading her arms upwards, as if imitating the size of the Crystal Palace, Ash's jaw almost dropped.

This person...

Is this guy mentally normal?

"Hehehe, I guessed it right, Ash~!" Ai put her hands on her hips and hummed in a smug voice. She raised her finger and pointed at Ash, whose eyes were becoming increasingly dangerous and trigger-happy, and preached unconsciously.

"No! No, no, no! Putting aside the feeling of being in a trance, Arisu... she might agree, but there's nothing I can do about it. Rikka is my best friend and I won't let you take her away from me!"

"And Regina and I... letting so many lovely girls fall in love with you is too much! Not only is it morally unacceptable, but it's also way too much! It's unhealthy, completely unhealthy. Mr. Ash, just give up on this idea. We will never—Uoooh, oh, oh, oh!!"

As she spoke, Mana's triumphant voice gradually turned into screams. When the other people who were playing in the water turned their eyes over, they saw that it was Yasho who was punishing Ai Aida by punching her head. They breathed a sigh of relief and continued to talk and laugh and do what they were doing.

"What the hell are you talking about... If I really wanted to have a harem, I would have a full-fledged harem by now!"

And most of them are men.

Ash fell to his knees on the beach in frustration. Although he had forgotten many people's faces and names, there was one thing he was very sure of.

Some of those guys do have a different feeling about me, just like what they said... a burning friendship?

When Ash thought of this, he felt lost again. If possible, I also want girls to like me!

In fact, the girls I met in my previous world were either already taken or didn't understand me. The others who developed well ended up stimulating maternal instincts.

Ash's relationship with women can only be described as tragic.

"Mmmmm--that is to say, Mr. Ash is actually the Sea King---Mmmmm, I was wrong! Forgive me! It hurts!"

"Aquaman! I think you're almost a Aquaman!"

When you are happy, time always passes the fastest.

Everyone who was tired of playing sat on the beach, enjoying the melodious sea breeze blowing on their faces.

"Regina, are you happy today?"

"Well, when I look at the sea, I feel calmer."

"Of course." Ash also stood up and leaned against a tree. "After all, the sea is the world where life was born."

Kentaro, the oldest person present and the one with the most life experience, then spoke up: "I'm the same. Whenever I feel confused and lost, I look at the sea and the vast sky."