Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Cure Heart Engage Mode!!"

"What a nice view....."

Ash stood there, looking up at the girl in the "wedding dress", his clenched and bleeding fists slowly unclenched.

He has already lost.

There was no need to continue fighting. Not only was his Cure Heart, which had been strengthened beyond imagination, exerting geometric pressure on him, but he was also under such unspeakable suppression that he couldn't even get close to her. He could only watch in a daze as Ai Aida, holding up the pleats of her skirt on both sides, walked towards him step by step.

Something in the darkness inside his body was like a mouse meeting a cat, screaming and struggling to escape. Ash pressed his palms tightly against his chest, using his body as a line of defense to stop it.

I can't let you run away...

The bouquet in Ai Aida's hand turned into a bow of light. She drew the string and loaded the arrow in one go. The glittering arrow almost pierced Ash's chest, but it was not fired for a long time.

"What's wrong? You are the Pretty Cure who protects world peace, justice and love. What are you waiting for? You don't have to worry about it. Just defeat this evil person like me."

"Mana, remember the promise you made to me!"

That’s right, this was the agreement they made not long ago when they broke through the past and returned to the present!

The girl pursed her lips, biting her rosy lips with her white teeth, and made up her mind.

"What I need is not arrows, but love!"

As soon as Ai finished speaking, the bow of light in his hand, which could even shatter planetary-level darkness, dissipated on the spot and turned into the purest light, wrapping the two of them in a cocoon of light.

"you......"

Ash wanted to say something else, but he was so shaken at the moment that he couldn't utter a word.

"Not everyone is used to loving and being loved, is that right, Ash?"

Because, that's who you are.

"So, in this case, I'll be the one loving you!"

She opened her arms and embraced Ash in her warm embrace. The ribbons that decorated her clothes also gently hugged him. Ai hugged Ash and jumped off the cliff together.

"Let go, let go, I'm not the one you should save, I don't--!"

Although he protested fiercely with his mouth, Ash's struggle was not much better than that of a baby.

"Stop making so much noise, Ash. You've always done this and that willful thing to me, and you never cared about our feelings!"

"This time, it's my turn to be willful to Ash!"

From the simple desire to be friends with him at the beginning to the desire to save Ash now, is this the Pretty Cure's great love for everyone, or is it just her selfish desire for Ai Tianai? Probably both.

It’s like the Poker King once mistakenly released the Selfish Ancestor in order to save Princess Angel. You can loudly criticize his behavior, but is it wrong for a father to simply think about his daughter?

Selfishness and love have always been two sides of the same coin, and no one can separate them.

So, Ash, please accept this selfish and willful "love".

In mid-air, Ash could feel something inside his body screaming, roaring, and struggling violently as if it had died in the light. However, no matter how strong the resistance was, it seemed so ridiculous in front of the love that was conveyed to his heart.

The fierce resistance at the beginning gradually evaporated and subsided due to Ai Aida's honesty, until Ash finally felt the warmth and security of a long-lost mother's embrace and...peace in his heart.

"Clap-"

The watch face, flashing with electric sparks, fell from Ash's arms and landed in an abyss that disappeared nearby.

"what....."

Ash's face showed a peace he had never seen before.

“Such a warm light....”

He couldn't help but reach out to the light in front of him.

Me now.

Surrounded by infinite light and infinite love.

Chapter 156: Two Intertwined Hearts

"What the hell is going on?"

The girls outside the mirror only saw a flash of white light in the mirror world, and then all the mirrors shattered, and no one was seen in them anymore.

The crowd, like ants on a hot pan, desperately wanted to know the final result: who won, who lost, and who would be left standing in the end.

Is that Ash?

Or Mana?

No matter who wins, there will be no real winner in this battle, and everyone will be a loser.

However, no matter what the outcome, if someone falls in this battle, it will be a result that will make them miserable, but they always have hope in their hearts.

"Is there no way for us to go to the world in the mirror as well?"

"Oh, this!" Aguri suddenly remembered after hearing Rikka's words. He took out the Dragon Fang card box from his pocket, called out the Piloted Flying Sheet from the mirror, and had to stop when he was about to start.

"With this, I can go to the mirror world, but..."

Aguri looked around anxiously. How could these junior high school and elementary school students usually come into contact with motorcycles? Who would drive them?

"Let me do it."

Finally, under everyone's surprised gaze, Arisu climbed into the car, stepped on the accelerator and lowered the protective cover.

"So Arisu can drive?!"

"Hey~ Sebastian taught me this in Hawaii. Let's go now. I hope we can still catch up."

The cool feeling on his forehead awakened Ash's consciousness.

There was no more chaos caused by evil and darkness stirring within his body, no more pain caused by the dark echoes of the past world, and even the pop-up windows had disappeared.

Ash's bones and muscles were aching madly, but he felt his heart was extremely pure and clear, as if he had never lived so truly before.

The extremely clear and completely awake brain began to recall the past.

Lying in the ruins, with his messy black short hair buried in the dust, Ash sighed and kept hitting his forehead with the back of his clenched hands.

"Really...I really, what a stupid thing I did."

To let a young girl kill someone and force the other party to take my life, which is obviously never an easy thing, is really... the lowest.

I've gone too far...

"Ash."

"Mana..."

Pulling up Ash who was lying on the ground, Ai, with trembling lips, raised her equally trembling fist. The blonde precure degenerated into a red-haired girl in the light, and the remaining fist hit Ash's face hard.

"You, big idiot!"

Ash flew out in response and fell back to the ground. His mouth was full of blood between his loose teeth, and a bright red line flowed from the corner of his lips to his chin. He saw Ai continue to walk towards him and said nothing.

This is what I deserve. The pain she endures in her heart is even greater than mine... eh?

Something familiar, warm and soft touched my body again.

Ash was slightly startled, then opened his eyes and met those wine-red eyes.

What greeted Ash was not another punch, but a tight hug as if afraid that he would run away.

"But, I feel that if I can't save you, there's no point in saving the whole world—"

"You are the biggest idiot in the world!"

The burgundy hair rested against Ash's chest, and an itchy feeling caressed his neck, digging deeper and deeper into it as his powerless little fists pounded against the man's chest.

Listening to what she said, even though he couldn't cry, Ash's throat was a little choked up.

"I'm sorry..." (falling tone)

Looking at the constantly twisting wine-red color, the man seemed to want to reach out and hug her. He quietly put his arms around her back, trembling in the air, and then quietly let go.

So he just let her hold him and let her "act coquettishly" on him.

I don’t know how long it took, but after smelling the faint floral scent in the girl’s hair, her voice came from my arms in a muffled voice.

"Ash, can you feel it?"

"Ah, now, this feeling of sadness and love has filled my heart."

finally....

The words she kept repeating, what she wanted to convey through her words and fists, her repeated wishes finally reached the destination she wanted to convey.

They finally began to understand each other.

"Ash, I know you don't like this...but, I want to hear you tell me."

"Why, what is it that has been hidden?"

"Ash, why do you keep doing this, torturing yourself like a prisoner?"

"..."

......

"If you want to know."

I'll tell you.

He didn't want to deceive himself anymore, let alone deceive her, and continue to escape.

So he should say what he wants to say and what he can say, and he will feel better.

"Mana, I'm not from this world."

Although he is a time traveler, unlike other time travelers who are unwilling to reveal the secrets from another world, he never cares about such things.

When Ash was telling the story, it was the first time that Ai saw such an expression in his eyes. It was not the emptiness, the ridicule, or the resentment and weakness that she had seen before. Now, the black pupils that exuded purity almost made her mysterious.

"Well, we already know about this kind of thing."

"But this isn't my first time."

"Eh?"

The wound aches slightly.

The will to fight is also gone.

As if he couldn't even remember what was going on, as if he couldn't find what he should say, Ash pieced his shattered memories together bit by bit and told her the story.

"I've done this kind of thing in other worlds before, more than once. Sometimes it was even more extreme than this time."

"To fill the body with darkness, I keep fighting, keep living, keep dying, and keep repeating."

"I've made many friends along the way, but compared to the days of battle, the peaceful and happy times like those I've spent with you are truly too few."

Ash looked into Ai's flawless eyes and a wry smile appeared on his face.

When Ash read online novels, he hated the scenes where the protagonist would always smile bitterly. He didn't understand why they smiled when they were happy and got annoyed when they were upset. What was the expression of both smiling and bitterness?

Now, he understands.

When you encounter a situation where you don’t even have the freedom to feel sad, can’t you just laugh?

"Most of the time, it's just a day of outpourings of pain and hatred."

So he forgot about compassion, closed his heart, and devoted his body and mind more to the battle.

At the same time, it gradually becomes that only fighting feels like being truly alive, which makes people start to doubt from time to time what they are living for. Is it really just for the passion in fighting?

"I'm really happy to be with you guys, and I have to thank you for that... huh?"

When he opened his eyes, Ash saw that his eyes were red and tears were falling from his cheeks uncontrollably. He tried his best to suppress his voice but still heard low sobs.

The girl didn't know what to say. She could only hug Ash tightly, fearing that she would really lose him.

All Pretty Cure are gentle people. They feel sad for others' pain and happy for others' happiness. It's even more surprising that Ash said such words to her now.

"Woo..."