Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

But the most painful thing is love. Seeing Ash attack Makoto so unscrupulously, seeing the bad things he did, and the love that was also worried about Ash, I just felt a pain in my heart.

"Ash, what you did is too despicable!"

"Oh, you're being a bit unfair to me." Ash explained slowly under the girl's increasingly angry gaze. "I just gave her a chance, but I wasn't the one who started it all?"

What do you mean?

The girls didn't understand what he said, and Ash didn't feel like explaining.

"The rules of this game are to defeat this selfish monster before the sun sets tomorrow." Ash threw the finished plate aside, wiped his mouth with his gloves and continued, "If you can't do that, Makoto's voice will be completely taken away by then."

"If you defeat it before sunset, I will return Arisu to you. Otherwise, if you fail to do so, I will come to collect my prize."

"Just use the power of your friendship and love and work hard."

Chapter 100 The First Clue

"I look forward to your performance."

This feeling of confrontation is really heart-pounding!

After Ash took the food and had his meal, he left leisurely. No one stepped forward to stop him, and they didn't even know what to say.

After a long moment, Makoto clenched his fists, his voice sounding extremely aggrieved because of its low tone.

“That’s too much…”

Even if she had already thought about retiring, it didn't mean that she would give up singing like this. Someone would steal her voice so silently.

"I still love singing...!"

It was simply...a mockery of her.

"Has Ash already become our enemy?"

Rikka thought more. This time she stole Makoto's voice, so what about next time?

Until now, Rikka still remembers the pain of broken back she suffered during the battle on the beach. Compared to before, Ash now seems to have no intention of holding back at all.

If he plays the game again, will he go even further?

"That person actually did this to Makoto!" The most angry person was Makoto's partner Dabi. She wanted to jump on Ash's face and slap him hard.

As partners since the Poker Kingdom, her relationship with Makoto is deeper than that of the other pairs. She knows how Makoto expresses his true love to the princess and how important the singing is to her.

And this guy Ash actually took away Makoto's voice!

"I must make him apologize to everyone, Xia Lu!"

"But can he still do it? He is now..."

"Stop talking!"

A voice stopped the elves' discussion, and they looked at Ai in surprise, who was now confused.

She wanted to believe in Ash. She had seen Ash's attitude towards them gradually change in the past, so she really still wanted to believe him.

But is her one-sided wish still correct now?

No, now is not the time to think about these things! Ai shook her head, trying her best to get rid of the influence of the thoughts taking root in her heart.

"Ash gave us a time limit. If we want to get Arisu and Makoto's voice back, we have to defeat the selfish monster before then, so we don't have time to waste!"

Ai, who couldn't figure it out, could only choose to shift all her energy to this "game". After all, she had said before that she must win this game and bring Arisu back.

"But we have no clue where the Selfish Monster is, and we don't know where Ash hid it. How are we supposed to find it?"

Just when everyone was at a loss, the bell on top of the Pigtail Pavilion door rang. It was obvious that a guest was coming in. Even though she had no mood to entertain guests at the moment, Ai still forced a smile to greet the visitor.

"Welcome, what would you like to do...ah, it's you!"

This time, the person who came was an acquaintance, Madoka Akuri, the elementary school student from Pretty Cure who saved their lives on the beach.

"Um, Cure Ace-san!" The three girls, grateful for the favor, bowed to Aguri, who was even younger than them, and expressed their gratitude. "Thank you so much for last time!"

"You're welcome, but besides the battle name Cure Ace, my name is Madoka Aguri, so just call me Aguri."

Aguri, who is a head shorter than everyone else, teaches the older junior high school sisters a lesson. Especially Aguri, who looks very adult-like, but with her elementary school student body, the contrast is so funny that people can't help laughing.

"I heard your conversation."

Of course, the conversation was overheard secretly, but Aguri also noticed that Ash glanced in her direction while he was talking, but he chose not to expose her, probably on purpose.

"He's definitely a tough opponent. I've felt that way since the first time we met. You can't use common sense to predict his game."

"But even if you say so, Aguri."

Rikka's expression looked a little forced. After all, what Aguri said was simply the most useful nonsense, just like a commander saying to his soldiers: "The enemy this time is very strong, be extra careful!" But for the soldiers who were already acting cautiously, being extra careful meant doubling their efforts.

"But even he has his share of oversights!"

And I've seen it!

Aguri called Ai and asked her to turn on the store's surveillance camera. At this time, the girls also found that the store's surveillance camera was facing the position where Ash had stood before.

"That's it, enlarge it, enlarge it again!"

"Is this the photo of that selfish freak on Ash's phone?"

Fortunately, Ai's family's camera was a new model that was recently replaced, the kind that could see every pore clearly. Ai pointed the surveillance camera at the photo taken on the mobile phone at that time and magnified it to the extreme. Ai immediately understood Aguri's idea.

"Yes, this is a photo. If we can identify the specific location of the selfish monster from the background in this photo, we can find it!"

"But is it that easy?"

Rikka couldn't help but complain. Before they transformed, they didn't have the precise dynamic vision of Star Platinum, so it wasn't easy for them to recognize the background of the photo.

"No, I recognize this place!"

Makoto suddenly spoke up, cutting Rikka off from her next words. She stared at Makoto with an incredulous expression, unable to imagine how she'd recognized him. Could an idol even have this level of ability? Truly the Kenzaki Makoto of the Poker Kingdom!

In fact, the reason why Makoto could recognize this background at a glance was not because she awakened her Stand, Star Platinum, but simply because she was very familiar with this background!

"The floor-to-ceiling glass windows behind this selfish monster are of Dabei City's famous department store. Opposite the department store, a building of similar height is—!"

Having said that, the other people almost understood what Makoto was referring to. Because they understood it, their expressions became a little embarrassed.

The only place that meets this condition is the TV station in Dabai City, which also happens to be where Makoto mainly works and films!

Yes, is it just a coincidence?

No one dared to delay. After an afternoon of contact, the station finally agreed to Makoto's request to take people on a tour, and the appointment time was for tomorrow.

Early the next morning, everyone came to the city TV station together. With Makoto leading the way, no one stopped these junior high school students. The TV station was full of various novel props and performances that dazzled the girls, but now was not the time to visit, so everyone focused on searching for the selfish monster.

Apart from not finding any trace of the selfish monster, the whole process was very smooth, so smooth that Aguri began to wonder if this was a trap set by the enemy to lure them in.

However, he didn't encounter any trap, but instead met another girl dressed as an idol. Judging from Makoto's changing expression, she should be an acquaintance.

"Who is this? Isn't this the famous star Kenzaki Makoto?"

The beautiful brown-haired girl with twin ponytails raised her eyebrows when she saw Makoto, and her face looked quite smug. She put on a haughty look, which made Rika and Ai beside her a little unhappy.

"..."

Makoto didn't reply. Firstly, her voice was getting weaker, and secondly, she had no intention of arguing with this "acquaintance" right now.

Seeing that Makoto didn't mean to answer her, the girl became more excited. She laughed and her words became more and more unpleasant.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you wanted to retire? Why are you back at the TV station? Are you suddenly changing your mind?"

"You're a big star, you come and go as you please, but with your half-hearted attitude towards singing, there's no way you can beat me now! If you don't have the drive, get out!"

"Your time is over. The next top star will definitely be me, Tachibana!"

Chapter 101: Tachibana's Song

Makoto lowered her face. She didn't want to argue with Tachibana right now. Their main goal now was to find and defeat that selfish monster, and to take back her voice and Yotsuba Arisu.

"Please move aside..."

But from Makoto's clenched fists and slightly trembling shoulders, it can be seen that she is not as indifferent as she appears.

Dabi, who was hiding in the pocket, was also very angry. If she had not considered the need to deal with the selfish monsters that might appear at any time, so staying in the elf state so that she could transform at any time was the best choice, she would have turned back into human form to teach this little girl a lesson.

"Ha--?" Makoto's voice was as thin as a mosquito's. Seeing the current state of her opponent, who had once competed with her for ranking, Tachibana attacked with an even more aggressive attitude.

"It's just a small sound, who do you want to hear it?"

"Not only are there rumors about superstar Kenzaki Makoto retiring, but you've even turned down the release of your latest new song, haven't you? What's wrong? Are you afraid to compete with me when I'm at the peak of my popularity?!"

"No!" Ai was the first to lose patience and immediately spoke up for her friend. "You have no idea how Makou P--"

"Mana..."

Makoto's voice was soft, but Ai still heard it. She turned around and saw her shaking her head at herself.

“Please move aside…!”

“Oh, you—”

"The future is almost there!"

The man's scolding from behind stopped Tachibana Mirai's unreasonable behavior. The man with an ordinary face pushed his reflecting glasses with his index finger. The work badge on his chest indicated his identity as Tachibana Mirai's producer.

"Future, don't you have a song recording job for O-Ei next? Go get ready. How can you be so smug towards Makoto right now?"

"Tsk... I get it." Weilai turned her head away, made way and walked to the other side. It seemed that she had considerable respect for her producer.

"I'm sorry, Miss Makoto and her friends. I'm very sorry for her rude behavior just now!"

Seeing the producer bowing to them, the girls looked at each other, and their anger dissipated a lot.

"Um, Mr. Producer, please get up first."

Tachibana Mirai's producer was very friendly and talkative, leaving a good impression on the girls. He apologized to the girls while telling them the story about the future. With Makoto's supplement, everyone roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter.

"Hmm...it means that in the future, she will always be the second most popular idol, overshadowed by Makoto."

Ai nodded her chin, finally understanding what the inexplicable hostility from the future was.

"Well, she has indeed always claimed that she would surpass me in the future." Makoto was quite embarrassed when talking about this.

In fact, this is not the first time that Mirai has challenged Makoto to a competition based on the popularity of her new song, but each time she was defeated miserably.

"Actually, that's why, during the time you've been on hiatus, Makoto, her singing has improved by leaps and bounds. Even professional music critics say she's on par with you. That's why she was a little... uh, over the top this time."

Having said that, the producer bowed to Makoto again and apologized.

"That's why she was so excited when you said you wanted to retire, Makoto. After all, she's always wanted to truly defeat you once."

"Even so..." Understanding is one thing, but agreeing is another. Tachibana Mirai really went too far. She kicked Makoto when she was down just because she had some problems. Not to mention Makoto's own feelings, the girls watching from the side found it a little hard to accept.

If the producer hadn't tried hard to explain for her, even if the girls could forgive her later, the bad impression would definitely remain.

"By the way, this is a rare opportunity. Would you like to come and see the live performance of the songs that my family will record today?"

"Hey, is it okay? It seems that this cannot be exposed?" When he said this, the girls immediately became interested, and even Makoto looked over. After all, she also wanted to know what had happened to this opponent who had always lost to her, and why he would take the initiative to mock her.

"It's okay, just consider it as compensation."

“? ? ?~”

It has to be said that Tachibana Mirai is now completely different from her previous arrogant look. Standing in the professional recording studio, she looks serious after getting into the state. There is no sign that what happened before has left any impact on her face. The girls outside, from amateurs to experts, can't find any fault with her.

"Missing piece Come back to here"

"ラストは金じゃない【The end is not now】"

The girl's body movements also swayed unconsciously to the rhythm of the song. She closed her eyes and bent over. She was not just roaring violently to tear her vocal cords, but using the deeper parts of her body to make sounds better.

It seems like she is recording a passionate song. The emotions in the girl's singing are equally fierce and sincere. She has obviously put 100% of her heart into it. Even the girl outside looking at her infatuated expression can feel her love for music.

Most importantly, even the initial version without post-tuning, the girls thought it sounded great!

"Will she be so powerful in the future?"

Makoto opened her mouth unconsciously. It's not like she hadn't heard Mirai's songs before, but she hadn't expected that her voice had improved so much. She had only left for a short while out of frustration, and she had already caught up to such an extent.

"How's that? Pretty impressive, right?" the producer's voice brimmed with pride as he discussed the future. "We're recording songs for the now-popular Kamen Rider Wizard show on TV. I heard someone saw the real Kamen Rider, and it's boosted the popularity of O-Eye's Knight series of special effects dramas. This time, the future is also riding on the wave."

Speaking of this, the girls' expressions were a little stunned. The appearance of Kamen Rider was indeed true, and they could testify to it.