Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"It's you."

The door of the recording studio was opened. Seeing the thumbs-up from the recording staff, he knew that he had passed the first round. He pushed the door open excitedly and bumped into Makoto and his group.

Seeing that the producer was right next to him, Wei Lai didn't say anything strange this time. He just raised his eyebrows provocatively, took the towel handed by the producer and wiped the sweat off his forehead. After all, singing also consumes physical energy.

"Producer, did you see that? My big event!"

"Well, I'll work hard in the future. Drink the water first."

Future, who was joking with the producer who was close to him, took the opened bottle of mineral water and drank it all in one gulp.

Chapter 102: Searching for Clues

"As for the future, wasn't singing this good before?" Aguri, who had kept silent throughout listening and watching the whole process, suddenly spoke up to attract other people's attention. Vaguely sensing something, she pulled Makoto over and began to ask the insider for the truth.

"As for the future, she's a hard worker. In fact, she's been in the industry for a long time. I have to call her Tachibana-senpai."

"Tachibana-senpai started out as an unknown little singer. It's said that she and the producers supported each other all the way and gradually accumulated popularity to achieve her current results. It's amazing that she got the second place in the fan-popularity contest. This is all the result of her hard work in practicing vocal techniques, controlling the rhythm and singing level, but..." As someone who has always been better than Mirai in the past, Makoto naturally understood the level of this rival who has always been chasing her, but she didn't elaborate on the last point.

After all, singing, like many other things, isn't about hard work alone; talent is equally important. As the former Poker Kingdom's diva, Makoto is incredibly talented, not just through hard work. But for someone like her to say that, even as the top-ranked singer, it's a bit much.

"This time, her hard work must have paid off."

Aguri turned to the producer for confirmation and received a similar reply.

"Mirai has been working very hard. She has put in more effort than Makoto to achieve what she has today."

"Ah, I'm not saying that Miss Makoto relied on her talent to get to the top. We've seen what she's been through, but..."

"This kid from the future has really gotten this far with nothing but hard work, so that's why he's so excited this time."

After hearing what the producer said, Makoto began to reflect. An idea took root in her heart, and she began to inexplicably feel that she was the one who was wrong.

Could it be that when others are working hard to get my position, I am thinking about giving up, so Ash will teach me a lesson by taking away my voice?

But, I obviously like singing too!

"There's other work to do here later, so I hope you all have a good time at the TV station today."

After a small disturbance, the girls are still at a loss as to how to find the selfish monster. The elves can sense the dark agitation of their own monster, but now that someone has spread the dark agitation throughout the entire TV station, they cannot lock on its specific location.

After all, the selfish monster has never had the habit of hiding its existence in the past. It usually makes a big fuss as soon as it appears, and it wants to announce its existence to the whole world.

Unexpectedly, they encountered Voldemort today, and he refused to show up. Although it was a good thing that he did not cause panic in a crowded place like a TV station, the girls still wanted to find him quickly for their own goals.

"Everyone, split up!"

Although there is a great risk in acting separately and we may be defeated one by one by the enemy, but now that time is limited, only acting separately can maximize efficiency.

The few of them nodded to each other and agreed to contact each other as soon as possible using their transformed phones if anything happened.

But their contingency plan was destined to be of no use.

They asked questions from morning to afternoon, from the station manager to the cleaner, but they couldn't get any clues.

"Monster? What are you talking about? How could there be a monster on TV?"

"If there really were monsters, the TV station would have been turned upside down by now, right?"

"Do monsters also go to the bathroom? No, then I, a cleaner, don't know."

"What a monster! Children shouldn't play house here!"

"If you want to see monsters, you can go to the O-film studio. However, I heard that it was recently blown up by two men and a woman. It should be closed to the public now."

"Rather than monsters or anything like that, come listen to my song!"

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"No!"

"Oyster......"

"The sun will set in an hour. What should I do?"

"As a Pretty Cure, I haven't exercised enough—Huh...Huh..."

The four of them sat back to back on chairs and started drinking mineral water from the vending machine. They had a simple lunch and then continued searching the entire TV station. As junior high school girls, their physical strength was almost exhausted.

But we couldn’t even find a single hair of the selfish monster. What happened?

"You guys, is Ash intentionally misleading us with false clues?"

"I don't think so. This is his game." Ai, who was beginning to understand Ash, shook her head, disagreeing. "If he really wanted to do something to us, he could just knock us down. There's no need to toy with us. He's playing by the rules of his game."

"Love really understands him... Do you want to bring happiness to him too?"

Rikka pouted cutely, and her tone sounded sour.

"He has to accept it too."

What can love do? As a happy prince, she is also helpless.

"That Tachibana Mirai, I always feel something is so strange..."

Aguri thought carefully, and what he said also attracted the attention of others.

"Strange thing? Are you saying that she might be influenced by the selfish monster and that's why she's so harsh on Makou P?"

Ai followed Aguri's thoughts and guessed so.

Aguri, despite being the youngest girl present, also has the most perceptive mind.

She had noticed when she was listening to the song before that Tachibana Mirai's singing voice was indeed very beautiful, and her singing was very attentive. Her singing was full of emotion, but there was a strange feeling that did not match her own singing voice.

Simply put, there is a sense of disharmony.

"No, I mean, could she just be selfish and weird?"

After all, the selfish monster clearly appeared on the stage, but there was no sighting of it, so the claim that the monster turned into a human is quite credible.

"That can't be..."

Liuhua couldn't help sweating on her face again.

They had been fighting till now, but they had never heard of a selfish monster turning into a human.

"And don't you think it's a coincidence that Mirai's sudden improvement in singing ability happened to coincide with the time when Makoto's voice was taken away?"

"Indeed... there's a high chance that the Selfish Monster will cause trouble!"

The girls thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. After asking around and getting no results, it meant that when conventional methods were useless, it was time to try other methods.

"Since we can't find the answer by asking, let's use unconventional methods to get the answer!"

On the other side, Ash was also inside the TV station, in an office on a certain floor, discussing something with someone the girl had met before.

"No, no, this is not a threat. Whether you tell them the truth directly or otherwise, you will not be harmed. As part of the game, I promise you."

In front of him was someone who was afraid of his own strength, and Ash crossed his legs without hiding his disdain.

After all, this person is making a deal with the "devil".

"The choice is yours. So, I should go back to my place."

"Oh, you're asking about the singing? Isn't that obvious?"

"Didn't you actually get the benefits?"

Under the other party's horrified gaze, Ash disappeared through the rippling mirror. After a while, he came to his senses, lowered his head, slowly clenched his palms, and made up his mind.

"must..."

"We must defeat that Kenzaki Makoto!"

Chapter 103: Uncovering the Mystery

"Is it really okay for us to come in through the window?"

"It's okay, we're not thieves!"

"Who?!"

The sound coming from outside the window scared Tachibana Mirai. She was resting in her air-conditioned office and immediately jumped up and retreated to the door, ready to open it and escape at any time.

Could it be a thief? !

"Sorry to bother you—Ah!"

Liuhua, who climbed in through the window in a hurry, almost tripped over the window frame. Fortunately, Ai behind her pulled her up and prevented her from falling on her butt.

Wei Lai, who was originally planning to escape immediately, was confused when he saw this scene by the girls who came into the house. He didn't understand what was going on.

"Well, we are Pretty Cure, we are definitely not suspicious people."

"If you're not a suspicious person, why did you climb in through the window?"

Although Mirai was still confused about the current situation, he chose to believe them. After all, they did look similar to the Pretty Cure in urban legends, and this was the 72nd floor. It would be too outrageous for a thief to climb over the wall to steal things.

"Because, if this were to appear on TV, it would cause a commotion."

After all, they are already famous, and the Pretty Cure costumes are indeed quite beautiful. If they cause a commotion and turn it into a signing and handshake event, it would be a waste of their own time.

After confirming again and again that the four people in front of her were truly Pretty Cure, Mirai quickly let down her guard against them.

After all, as a group of little girls who stand up to protect the world, there are almost no citizens in Dabai City who do not support and love them, and they have full trust in them. Some people even assert that if they can debut as a girl group, their popularity will even exceed that of Kenzaki Makoto now.

"So, what did Pretty Cure want me to do?"

Mirai doesn't think that as an ordinary idol, there is anything that can attract the attention of Pretty Cure.

"That's right." Ai told her that they were tracking down the selfish monster who might be lurking in the TV station. At the same time, Aguri was carefully observing her facial expression, ready to use the Pretty Cure's far superior insight to detect what she might be hiding.

"So, I'd like to ask if you have seen any monsters or any suspicious things."

"What, there's a monster in the TV station?!" Wei Li's face showed a bit of fear, and then immediately filled with indignation.

"Those nasty monsters have been disturbing people's normal lives for a long time, right?! And this time too, they actually came here. This is clearly a place where countless people work hard and pursue their dreams, and they dared—"

The girls were also surprised by Mirai's performance at this moment. They didn't expect her reaction to be so big.

"Pretty Cure, please defeat this selfish monster!"

Aguri shook his head. This person probably had no intention of lying.

Could it be that my guess was wrong?

"We will, so Miss Future, please think carefully, have you seen any strange things or phenomena?"

"Strange things... this." Mirai was also in a dilemma. If possible, she would certainly like to help, but she really hadn't found anything selfish or strange...

Wait, something strange? After Ai and the others reminded her, Wei Lai now remembered that she had indeed found a strange object at the TV station.

"Well, is this a strange thing?" Weilai handed over a silver-gray coin from his pocket, which was different from the currency circulating on the market. It had a cross mark engraved on it and looked quite textured.

"This is—this is the thing!"

The girls' elf partners suddenly widened their eyes, because they felt the dark instigation of the selfish monster above, so this was the right thing!

"Miss Future, please! Where did you find this thing at the TV station? If you can find it, it will give you clues to what's going on. It's really important to me!"

"This one……"

Looking at Ai excitedly holding his hand, Mirai felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

It's not that she forgot where she picked it up. In fact, she remembered it very clearly. She found it in the producer's office. She originally thought it was a part he had dropped, and planned to return it to him next time and give him a good lecture.

I never thought that this coin was actually related to an evil monster. Does this mean that the maker is related to the monsters? But this... is impossible! I don't believe this!

Just as the girl was secretly struggling with this, the door was pushed open. The man with glasses who came in was the producer.

"Mirai, you're really here? Come on, follow me—who are these people? Are they Pretty Cure?!"

The producer was also extremely surprised to see Ai and the others talking to Mirai. Obviously, he didn't expect to meet the Pretty Cure from urban legend in such a place.

"Producer—you're here!" Seeing that the producer had such a perfect timing, Wei Lai gritted his teeth and made up his mind, walked over and put the coin in front of him.

"Producer, what's going on? Why is there something like this in your room?"

"Future! You actually picked this up, it's not a good thing, give it to me!"

The producer looked a little anxious. He wanted to take the coin and have it taken back by the future.