Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Arisu and the others who were sitting behind the rocks nearby couldn't help but cover their sobbing mouths, and transparent drops of water fell from their fingers to the ground.

Especially Rika, her tears had blurred her lenses, the inexplicable pain in her heart and the soreness in her eyes made her almost unable to control herself.

Was it like before that I felt uncomfortable when I saw Mana being friendly with others, or was it actually someone else that she was jealous of?

She no longer understands this kind of thing.

"Is this how you keep fighting alone?"

Just like this, I am always in a lonely world, repeating the fate of drifting in the wind?

"I don't know where I came from, and I don't know where I'm going, I guess."

So why, why does it keep going on like this! Why didn't you tell us about this?

What are you doing all this for?

"For what... I don't know, I just feel I have to do this."

At least the system must know, but He won't tell him, and he won't ask Him.

"So this means that this isn't the first time you've attempted suicide, right?"

"Why! Why do you have to give up hope? Why don't you just try harder—"

Looking at the indifferent smile on Ash's face, Ai, with a choked voice, could no longer ask any further questions.

"I tried."

“Even if you reach out your hand with all your strength, it will still turn into dust.”

"If dreams are destined to fade away, then I no longer need them."

......

The girl's slender and gentle fingers slowly reached into the dark hair, and she held him gently in her arms with the tenderness of a mother. When she felt the warm breath on her chest, sad tears dripped and wet her hair.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

"You don't need to apologize to me. I'm a bad person, and you have nothing to apologize for."

In the past, Ai Aida once said to herself that the two of them were actually very similar people.

Needless to say, Ash's style of doing things his own way is the same, and he is willing to make friends with strangers and even enemies at his own will, and he doesn't even realize that he hurts those who really care about him in the process. He is just as self-centered.

For two people who are very similar to each other in some ways, love is like always looking forward to mutual understanding with him.

However, now that the two finally understood each other, Ai Aida felt regretful.

Her heart was now filled with endless sadness and guilt.

The movement in his arms tightened even more.

"Mr. Ash, please, please don't let this happen again."

Chapter 157: Ash is dead?

"Ash!"

After leaving the mirror world, Ash walked straight in the opposite direction until Makoto's voice behind him stopped him.

The redness in the corners of his eyes had not yet subsided. After calming himself down, Makoto loudly asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"After all you've done, where are you going now? What about the selfish ancestor in you?"

With his back to the crowd, Ash answered without even turning his head.

"Thanks to Tomana, that guy has escaped."

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed joy and they felt relieved, but Ash's next words interrupted their joy.

"I have fought on my own will until now and have no intention of putting all the blame on it."

"Those self-centered desires are also mine, you can think of them that way."

You are right to continue to regard me as your enemy.

Once again realizing how awkward this guy was, Rikka stepped forward to question him.

"So are you still planning to continue messing around?"

"My next opponent won't be you, Heartbeat Pretty Cure. You win this time."

"You defeated me, Ash, so be proud of yourself!"

My next opponent... Haha, if you dare to do this to me, don’t think that I’m a broad-minded and good person.

"Next target....humph!"

The hand on his chest slowly tightened, and just as he was about to go home directly, a smiling pink figure stopped him in time.

"Mr. Ash~"

Ash turned his head without saying a word, and Ai, like a butterfly circling around a person, also turned to him with a smile.

"What do you want to do this time?"

"Even after all we've been through, Mr. Ash, you're being too distant!"

Now Ash doesn't want to see her very much, not because he is afraid, but simply... he doesn't want to see her.

"Ash, you are no longer alone."

Ai pulled her friend over to Ash.

"Isn't that what everyone thinks?"

"I've never disliked Ash." The young lady who gave the elegant chuckle was Yotsuba Arisu. "But I won't allow you to pay off your debt with your own death again. If you do that, I'll look down on you from the bottom of my heart."

This kind of thing is too worrying, isn't it?

"The Five Vows of Pretty Cure!" Madoka Aguri solemnly opened her palms and recited her thoughts. "The second is that love is given! The third is that love is about protecting each other!"

"As long as you can do it, I will recognize you."

Also, I think I have fulfilled the promise I made to you earlier.

"You're such a secretive person! Because of you, our relationship, especially with Mana, is in tatters." Secretary Hishikawa Rikka pushed her glasses helplessly, but then she too smiled. "But because of you, Mana has understood her problems and grown up, so I'll forgive you for now. But if you try to disrespect me again, I'll be really angry!"

"Ah~ Rikka, don't say such excessive things in front of everyone, give me some face!"

Feeling ashamed, Ai quickly begged for mercy from Rikka, but the plea that had always worked so well for her in the past hit a wall this time.

"No, after all, if I'm not serious, Mana won't correct herself seriously!"

"Why is that? Rikka is too strict..."

"..."

While the rest of the companions were showing off, the only one who remained silent was Kenzaki Makoto.

"I don't want to forgive you." Makoto said seriously to Ash, her tone slightly cold. "I can't forget the bad things you did, and, and how you treated me..." As she spoke, Makoto's cheeks flushed with anger, looking vaguely cute.

"I will never forgive you unless you apologize!"

"Ah—" Ash sighed.

You've said everything you can say, what else can I say?

"sorry."

what?

Makoto was stunned on the spot, she could hardly believe her ears.

This guy actually apologized so decisively? Has he really changed, or was I wrong about him before?

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, but I'm still your father, don't forget that."

"Ash! ki☆sa☆maaaaaa☆!"

"Well, Makoto, calm down, calm down!"

Ai quickly hugged the runaway Makoto from behind, who was about to hit him on the head with a love arrow. After coaxing her into submission, she smiled and extended her hand to Ash for the third time.

"Ash, please be my friend once again!"

"Now that you've experienced firsthand what kind of person I am, are you still planning on being friends with me?"

"I know. Like Makoto, I can't forgive Mr. Ash for being like this." Ai shook her head, but she still didn't intend to change her mind. "But because of this, I want to be friends with you even more. I want to accept your twisted personality. That's what a true friend does." "Hmph." Ash scoffed and held out his hand.

You heroes always have something in common.

"If you weren't afraid..."

When the two hands were about to overlap, Ash's hand suddenly slipped past Mana and fell down.

Ash fell to the ground and died.

"A...Ash!"

Everyone rushed over in a hurry and helped him up, and in the panic they learned an even more shocking piece of news.

Ash, dead!?

"Who died?"

Ash, who was chatting with someone in his sleep, said goodbye to his friend, looked at the screen pressed against his face, kicked off the quilt and sat up.

[Because of the miracle that happened to you, I rebooted you for testing.]

"What the hell is restart? Am I a horse, chicken or duck?" Ash couldn't help but complain subconsciously when he heard this.

[You are neither a android nor a machine, you are a pure human.]

"Ha, you still know how to joke?"

Ash suddenly felt that this old friend might be even more interesting than the one he knew.

He is indeed my partner whom I trust 100%.

"So, what's the result?"

[The dark echo that had been stirring within you to the point of hyperbole has retreated back into the depths, and its impact on you has been minimized.]

"What does that mean?"

Ash vaguely felt that something very serious had happened.

[Even if it doesn't affect your essence, your body will be healed.]

[This might be a strange characteristic of the legendary warrior known as the Healer, Precure. Even the "Full Moon Light Wave" of similar nature in the past couldn't do this.]

[Normally at this point, you would have been unable to continue, so this situation is undoubtedly a miracle.]

{In the world of precure, this choice is truly the right one!}

[Precure, the best!]

Ash could even see the change in emotions from the words on the screen.

"That is to say."

Can I live on in this world without dying?

Ash looked down at his palms, opened them as wide as he could, and then clenched them tightly. This was clearly the movement that could best convey the feeling of strength, but at this moment, it seemed so unreal.

But is this okay? Shouldn't I do...

[Whatever you want to do is up to you, Ash.]

[Living truly like this, perhaps, is the way you should truly live.]

"I...."

"I....!"

Ash clenched his palms tightly.

"I want to...live."