Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Dad is like this too?"

"Well, the sea connects the entire world, and the sky spans the boundless universe. So don't stop and feel lost because of obstacles in life. You must try to move forward step by step!"

"Really? It's rare for a dad to say something nice!" Seeing her father showing off, Ai smiled and leaned over. Kentaro also lovingly rubbed the bright red hair of his daughter, who made him proud.

"Just keep going forward..."

Looking at the ocean and the sky, Ash felt that his heart could not calm down no matter what.

I am the person who has given up all confusion and will never stop moving forward no matter what I encounter along the way.

But, if you keep going.

Where will I go next?

Just when Ash was in a trance, a sudden and terrifying darkness enveloped the beach and dyed the sky black. The girls instantly felt a sense of oppression. When they were about to find an excuse to trick Kentaro away to facilitate their transformation, a darkness came and exploded in the crowd.

“Wow wow wow!”

When Ash jumped onto a huge rock with Regina beside him, he saw the funny duo walking out from the side, as well as Levi who had escaped last time.

"father!"

Ai, who also fell to the ground, anxiously hugged her fallen father. She was relieved when she saw that he was knocked unconscious. She then quickly called on her friends to transform into Pretty Cure forms.

"You guys again? It hasn't been that long, and you want to make fun of me again so soon?"

The corners of Ila and Mamo's mouths twitched, but they no longer felt the anger that would arise when being ridiculed. In fact, if it were not for the order of the Selfish King, they would not have attacked.

"father!"

Regina's voice behind him attracted his attention. On the sea, the violent sea breeze rolled up a huge dark statue, which was exactly the same as the Selfish King he had seen in the Poker Kingdom before.

"Teleportation... No, is it an apparition?"

Ash felt something was wrong. It was clearly an illusion similar to a mirage. Even though it was tall, it should not have much fighting power. However, the terror Ash sensed from this illusion was even worse than that of the King of Selfishness!

Regina kept calling out for her father, but received no response. Ash looked up and met the Selfish King's gaze. He instantly sensed something, and his body automatically alerted him!

As if at a command, the three members of the Selfish Organization ignored the Pretty Cure on the side and attacked Ash together.

Ash, who had taken out the card box but had not yet transformed, had no choice but to push Regina aside. He jumped up holding the card box and looked down at the interweaving rays of light that shattered the stones under his feet.

"wrong--!"

Ash suddenly realized where he went wrong and his body was already in mid-air. Unable to use force to change the angle, he had to cross his hands in front of his chest. The next moment, a deep purple light shot out from the eyes of the Selfish King, which passed through Ash's arm, through the Dragon Fang Card Box, and directly pierced into Ash's heart while everyone was stunned.

"Ash——!" x5

Chapter 87 The Master Has Turned Dark

This beam of light was not actually the work of the Selfish King, but the result of the Selfish Ancestor, the real mastermind who had been controlling the Selfish King, materializing himself.

As the founder of the Selfish Organization, the true leader and mastermind behind it, he was sealed away ten thousand years ago by the three legendary Pretty Cures who protect the world. Ten thousand years later, he found an opportunity to harness his evil power and control the King of the Poker Kingdom, who had unauthorizedly lifted the seal, turning him into the Selfish King.

Originally, according to its plan, it was supposed to slowly invade the world and continuously collect evil energy. It didn't matter if the selfish monster was defeated by Pretty Cure in the middle of the process, because the collection of evil energy was still continuing. Once it collected enough evil energy and lifted the seal, Pretty Cure would be nothing more than an ant that could be crushed to death with ease.

The original plan was like this, until that day, when it saw the man named Ash in the Poker Kingdom.

No matter what others think, the Selfish Ancestor can see his essence at a glance, the boundless darkness beneath the human body!

Compared to these darkness, evil thoughts are nothing!

So he found the right opportunity, forced himself to suppress his nagging instinct as the final boss, and attacked Ash in one breath, ready to seize this body. If he could possess so much darkness - there would be no need to think about the seal at all!

There are now two active consciousnesses in Ash's body. The selfish ancestor's target is Ash's spiritual core. After accidentally destroying the mental barrier with ease, it rushes straight into the deepest part of consciousness.

This is an infinitely extending dark world. The Selfish Ancestor who once controlled the King of Selfishness knows that as long as he controls a person's soul and mind, he can change this body with evil power.

But this time it doesn't intend to just control, it wants to completely devour this person's soul and heart, so that the darkness of this body will completely belong to it!

But the strange thing is that no matter how hard it looked, it couldn't find the so-called spiritual heart. This made it angry. How could a person be alive without a heart? Could it be that he hid his heart?

Just as the Selfish Ancestor was wondering whether he should go even further, a sudden sound from above his head attracted his attention.

It sounds like...the electrical noise when a TV screen turns on.

As expected, at the top of this spiritual world, a TV-like screen opened, and the pictures inside seemed to be telling the story of Ash and others. It had no interest in watching it, but then the second, third, and countless "screens" lit up, and countless stories began to scroll around the projection screen composed of all these.

What is this? Is this boy’s memory?

But if this is the memory of one person, it is too huge!

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"Ash—!"

Fei Yuzhen, who arrived late, knelt down beside the man in purple armor in disbelief. He took off his helmet with trembling hands, revealing the man's sweat-covered face underneath.

"It's okay, I'll take you there now--!"

The armored hand grabbed Fei Yuzhen's wrist and pulled him to a stop. Dark blood continued to flow out from the gaps in the armor.

"It's useless. This isn't an injury a doctor can heal. Have you forgotten? I am a doctor..."

"But—but!" Even someone as strong as Touma's voice now tinged with tears. "We clearly agreed that I would change your ending!"

"Well, it can't be helped." Ash offered his friend in this world one last comfort. "After all, I'm not a character in your story. Besides, this END..."

It’s my own choice.

"But, it's great to meet you this time - Kamen Rider Saber. It's great to meet a hero like you!"

"—!"

"Teacher Touma, change it!" At the last moment, Ash, bursting with passion, held his hands. "Change it, change the ending of the world to what you want. It's your word and you can do it!"

"Because you're not just a novelist, you're also a shining hero!"

"But to save your friends... let me help you one last time..."

The indomitable spirit of the armor on Ash's body began to slowly decompose into purple power, and finally merged into the [Dragon Knight Fantasy Driving Book] in Fei Yuzhen's arms. The steel flying dragon turned into a dark ancient dinosaur. The driving book with a new look automatically flew up, knocked away the [Ancient Flying Dragon] on the Holy Blade Driver, and inserted it into its original position.

[Extreme Dragon Knight]!

"This is really....the last time..."

"Ash!"

This was the first time that Kamiyama Touma broke an appointment.

Because the person who finally broke through the barrier and made the promise with him is no longer there.

The sound of footsteps behind him made Fei Yuzhen realize that the enemy was coming. The novelist who was about to change the world picked up the last armored sword left on the ground and inserted it into the Holy Blade Driver.

"To unite souls...into one!"

You are, that's what you said!

"Max Henshin!"

"[Taiko—draw your sword!]"

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"Ryuunosuke!"

When the eighteenth generation heir of the Shiba family, Shiba Joruru, arrived, all his retainers were lying on the ground, covered in wounds and looking in pain. The only person still standing on the horrific battlefield was the guy they were all familiar with - Ash!

"Your Highness!" Ryunosuke, lying on the ground, loyally gave his respected Highness a final warning. "Leave quickly, this guy has already..."

"Oh, what's wrong with me?"

Ash, who had his back to Juru, turned around, his voice filled with an unstoppable evil spirit. There were strange patterns painted on his face, revealing the power of the heretics that should not exist in a human!

"Ash—you actually, have you fallen into heresy?!"

"Righteous Path? Unorthodox Path? Who defines such things?" Ash scratched his head in annoyance, clearly disagreeing with the young prince's words. "So-called righteous and unorthodox paths are merely arrogant assessments of the world. I've gained new power, and I'll use it to my heart's content. It's as simple as that!"

"That's not true!" Juru pulled out the transformation phone from his pocket. "That's just a lie you use to numb yourself. I won't watch you hurt Ryunosuke and the others."

"I will never watch someone fall into heterodoxy!"

"Really?" Ash also took out the confiscated transformation phone. "If you want to do it, then give it a try!"

"Calligraphy Phone!" x2

Together, they used the brush protruding from the front of their phone to draw the power of their words in front of them.

"One stroke!" x2

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"Oh Ultraman Rolie!"

Ash climbed out of the crashed cockpit of the Balkion in a very embarrassed manner. In fact, he knew very well that if the last ray of light had not shown mercy and deflected the cockpit, he would have reported to the monster cemetery.

"Ash!"

As soon as he came out, he was caught by the other party. The other party stretched out his hand to Ash, but Ash was very ungrateful and slapped his hand away, then stood up by himself with the help of the wall.

"Why would you do this? Ash, if you want to gain something, this obviously won't benefit you at all!"

"I don't need your pity, Kai!"

Kai looked at Ash who was limping away, and was about to say something but stopped himself.

"What on earth are you planning to do..."

In a trance, Hong Kai felt that he saw the back of another friend passing by, so he made up his mind and followed him!

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"W-what the hell!"

In the world of the mind, the selfish ancestor watched the movie-like scenes and was deeply shocked.

Is this really one person's memory? If so, it's too vast. And why are the stories before and after completely different? They don't even match up!

Just as it was extremely shocked, it saw the huge shadow of a behemoth rising in front of it. When it realized something, the entire space had been completely polluted into an extremely chaotic black.

He saw that this was the darkness and negativity in Ash's body that it longed for, but now, even as an incarnation of darkness that had experienced many years, it still felt trembling.

This darkness churns with countless terrifying evils and hostility: the roars, fighting spirit, resentment, and malice of countless villains and evildoers! It also contains the struggles, pain, and determination of countless heroes!

Everything merged into one ocean, into something deadly and incomprehensible that it now saw.

How can it be!

As for humans, not just humans, even a beautiful and tenacious soul like Pretty Cure would have their heart and spirit torn to pieces by this darkness.

How could this person possibly maintain his existence without revealing anything?

"Tread, tread, tread."

Suddenly, crisp footsteps were heard in the boundless dark space.

Along with the sound of footsteps, a child who was no more than 12 years old walked out of the darkness. The boundless darkness around him gave way to make a path for him.

"Are you the one who plans to disturb him?"

"If you were just outside, I wouldn't be able to control you, but now that you're inside, I won't allow you to do anything wrong!"

Before the Selfish Progenitor could say anything, a child who looked 9% like Ash floated up, a golden belt appeared on his body, and a dark dial also appeared on his hand, and was finally twisted into the correct position by his fingers.

"I won't let you mess around. No matter how evil you are, I won't let you ruin the outcome he and I have achieved together!"

"Bow down before the true darkness!"

The child pressed the dial, and Ash's extremely deep and firm voice rang out in this space.

"[Ash]!"

"HenShin!"

"Ash—Ash!"

In the outside world, after other people entangled the people from the selfish organization, Cure Heart and Regina pulled Ash out of the sea, but he still had his eyes closed and showed no sign of waking up.

Just when Ai was thinking about whether to give him artificial respiration, a golden coin suddenly rose from Ash's body. It was a coin with a golden flying bird painted on it. When Ai was surprised and had no time to take a closer look, Ash's hand suddenly stretched out, grasped the coin, and put it back into his body.

"Ash, great that you're awake. I thought—Ah!"

As soon as Ash regained consciousness, he rudely pushed away Ai and Regina beside him. He turned a deaf ear to the girls' words and just stared blankly at his palms.