Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

[As you know, the props I produce are not the real originals, but are based on the information collected from your memories and world experiences. They are the most perfect reproduction of the originals to the greatest extent possible. There will be no difference in performance.]

"Yeah, so what's wrong?"

[These sinful seals were produced by me, do you think I am Keef?]

"No."

[Then you should understand what is going on.]

"Oh."

Okay, so there is such a setting...huh?

The sound coming from their feet made the man and the demon realize that there was something wrong with Yueying Lily.

Pretty Cure's battle suit can offset damage to the greatest extent until it completely disappears, but Kamen Rider's armor does not have such a gentle function. Now that she has been defeated and transformed, Yuri Tsukikage is not feeling well at all.

But what she saw was enough to make her temporarily ignore the pain in her body.

With an expression of disbelief, she stared at the "elf" that flew in front of her again.

Yueying Lily would not make a mistake.

She won't admit her mistake!

After the man put the strange seal on himself, he could feel something separating from his body. Even if the color changed from light purple to pure black, he would never mistake it!

That was his sacrificed partner, one of the most important people to him - Kolon!

"Kolon!"

But even though her lungs felt like they were on fire and her throat tasted sweet like rust, she still persisted in stretching out her trembling hands and calling out her partner's name over and over again.

"Kolon, Kolon!"

"Are you Koron? Are you back?!"

Even the eyes of the girl, who had never shown a strong reaction to death, were trembling violently at this moment.

"Eh?"

Kain opened his eyes wide and saw Yueying Lily reaching out to him, and saw the deep longing and desire for him in her eyes.

"Tsk, why is that?"

Ash couldn't help but cover his face and sighed.

He remembered what happened. Lily had talked to him about this in the cafe. She also had an elf partner named "Kolon" in the past, who sacrificed himself to protect her.

When she mentioned this name, she showed an extremely sad expression for a moment, which was also caught by the sharp-eyed Ash.

Wouldn't I be the one exposing someone else's wounds now?

Today I originally just planned to bring Xiao An out to see the world and let her keep an eye on the outside world. Who could have thought that it would turn out like this.

"But ultimately, plans are just a guide. There's no way, and no way, that we can't follow them exactly as planned."

"gone."

With fate hanging by the scruff of his neck, staying here now would only add to the sadness of his poor clerk. Who knows what would happen next? It would be best to leave first.

"and many more!"

Like a drowning person grabbing at the last straw, Yueying Lily used all her strength to hold onto Ash's ankles tightly, not wanting to let him go.

"What the hell is going on? Where are you taking Kolon?!"

Faced with the current situation of Kelong's resurrection, Lily can no longer maintain her usual calm style. She is completely excited and the only thing she doesn't want now is to watch Kelong being taken away by this person.

What has already happened, I don’t want to see it happen again!

"Don't take him away from me again!"

When Yaxiu was racking his brains to think of what lines to say, Kain suddenly spoke first.

"Boss, let me do it."

Lily raised her head and heard the familiar "elf" speaking unfamiliar words in a familiar voice.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not the 'person' you were looking for. I'm not an elf."

"I am a demon."

"!" When these words reached her ears, Yueying Lily suddenly let go of her hand.

what......

If they are not, why do they look so similar...

Why give me new hope?

"Sister Lily!"

As the Dark Pretty Cure left, the two finally broke free from their restraints after the energy gradually dissipated, and worriedly helped up Yueying Lily who was kneeling on the ground.

When the girls saw the indescribable sadness on Lily's face, a heart-wrenching feeling surged from their chests, making them subconsciously cast angry glances at the masked man Ash who was about to leave.

"Why, what did you do to Lily-sister?!"

"What an unreasonable little girl, obviously..." Ash shook his head and gave an answer in response to the gaze directed at him.

"Maybe it gave her a thought that shouldn't exist... No, maybe two."

The Pretty Cure couldn't understand what he said, or rather, they still couldn't understand it.

When Ash saw Lily's distraught expression out of the corner of his eye, he knew he had to do something.

But Timmons couldn't help her, but fortunately, her preparations were for times like this from the beginning.

It seems that it's time for another identity to appear.

Chapter 25: Ash's Psychological Talk Part 1

The three girls in Nasta Café fell into an indescribable depressed atmosphere.

Yuri Tsukikage slumped over the table, burying her face in it, unwilling to let anyone see her expression. Lei and Erika, on the other hand, looked at each other, their spirits, each half drooping, their moods gloomy.

"Lei, we... are so useless." Erika lowered her head and pouted her thin pink lips in grievance. Even if her fingers stroked the ahoge on Cofla's head, the man and the elf could not regain their usual vitality.

"We're Pretty Cure, supposed to protect everyone, including Lily-san, but we were defeated so easily..."

Lei knew very well that if Yueying Lily had not seized the transformation device and delayed time, and if Timmons had not said something to divert Anmei's attention, they would have been able to save their lives.

Also leaning her face against the cold bar counter, Lei opened her palm and placed it against Zijera's glass jar. The green plant inside also stretched out a plant and leaned against the other side, as if trying to ease the pain in the heart of the girl who had always taken care of her.

Thinking of the shadow of death she had faced before, Lei felt a sense of shame and fear in her heart, and wanted to hug Siflei in her arms even tighter.

"It's okay, Lei. Whether it's heaven or hell, we'll be together with Precure!"

"Well, thank you."

Lei, whose eyes were a little blurry, responded vaguely.

Perhaps it was their previous record of defeating desert monsters that made them easily satisfied.

Thinking of Timmons, thinking of Dark Pretty Cure.

For the first time in their lives, the two of them truly wanted to become stronger.

No one spoke after that, and the atmosphere in Nastane became increasingly gloomy and sad.

Both of them thought of that person, the real owner of this cafe, the manager who appeared to be cool but was actually a funny guy who was totally different from the cool guy.

Now is the time when you should be of use, why are you nowhere to be seen?

"Mr. Ash..."

"The lolita shop manager..."

I miss you so much...

It’s coming soon, I can’t hold it anymore!

"The sky is calling me, the earth is calling me, the lovely shop assistants are calling me, calling me to soothe the wounded hearts of the girls!"

With a familiar and childish voice that attracted everyone's attention, Ash, wearing a bowler hat, pressed the hat down and stepped into his loyal coffee shop like Michael Jackson's moonwalk.

Hearing that Ash had returned, Lily, who didn't want to talk and was hiding the inexplicable feelings in her heart at the moment, moved her body to the front desk and blocked her figure.

"Really? Who's the younger one?"

The cafe, which seemed to have been missing something, was restored, and Erika once again showed a rare relaxed and funny smile.

"So, who bullied my cute shop assistant?"

"My family and everything..."

"Who is yours?" Erika waved her arms in protest, blocking Lei's blushing face, but it didn't last long, and the girl lay back down like a deflated ball.

"Who else could it be, Oh, the Desert Apostle of Rolie..."

"Mr. Ash, do you think we...are useless as Pretty Cure?"

If possible, Lei would of course like to win in a dashing manner to let the admiring store manager see it, but unfortunately, things did not go as she wished. They had been defeated by Timmons repeatedly, and this time, they were defeated by the Dark Pretty Girl in just two moves.

Thinking of the embarrassing result before and her past title of "The Weakest Pretty Cure in History", the tears accumulated in her eyes were about to roll out.

The store manager, Mr. Ash, clearly said that he "admired" Pretty Cure very much, so he treated us so gently and even said that he would provide us with the cafe as a secret base.

Mr. Ash must be very disappointed with us now...

"You're talking about this?" Ash rubbed his chin, as if thinking seriously, and finally came up with an answer. "Probably. After all, it is really embarrassing."

"Wait, Lei is obviously worried, can't you say something nice?" Seeing her best friend's blank expression with tears in her eyes, Erika was immediately at a loss. "Ahhh, Lei, don't cry!"

"But I think troubles are good."

"Huh?" Lei stopped crying after hearing what Ash said and looked at him blankly.

"Because you are still young, very young." Ash put his hand on Lei's little head, and his rough fingers gently rubbed the soft cherry pink hair, looking at her cat-like comfortable expression.

After no longer being as anxious and resistant as in the previous world, Ash took a step back and found that he had more choices. For example, he could also say inspiring words like the "captains" in his memory.

"Take advantage of this time to worry more. You're not that blue-haired idiot next to you." Ash continued, ignoring Erika's small fist protest after she shouted "Hey." "You are the one who can sort out your worries and find the right answer that you should believe in."

After all, among the heroes I met in the past, only a few had never been troubled like you, and they all stood up again and became stronger after their troubles, so I believe you can do it too.

"Just keep walking down the path you believe in, the path you think a Pretty Cure should take, and become stronger until you think you can."

"Manager... Mr. Ash is willing to believe in me." Leila tugged at Ash's sleeve, her cherry-colored eyes, now firm after the confusion faded, staring into his eyes. "If you're willing to believe in me, can you change?"

This is the key point. After all, before becoming Pretty Cure, when Hanasaki Rei just moved to this city, she always wanted to change, change her own personality, change the misfortunes of others, and also change... the situation of the Pretty Cure!

"It's not about whether you can or not, but you can definitely change. I believe in you."

That's right, I believe in you and long for your transformation and strength! Pretty Cure, everything I've planned is for a moment like this, your growth.

Just like in the last world, let me once again witness the miracles brought about by Pretty Cure and the changes it has brought to me!

"Ok!"

The store manager affirmed my desire to change! Now, there is no reason to back down!

The gloom completely faded from Lei's face, and a bright smile revealed her beautiful true self from the spring breeze on the girl's face.

"I will, come on!"

Seeing her best friend being encouraged and cheering up, Erika looked at Ash and then pointed at herself.

"Um...me too?"

What about mine?

"If you're stupid, you'll cheer up on your own without any encouragement."

After a moment of silence, Erika, in tears, raised her fist and punched Ash in the stomach. "You're treating me differently. And who's the idiot? I'm going to hit you!"

"You're already here." He pushed Erika's face to the side and tapped her forehead lightly with his finger, causing the blue-haired girl to sit back on the sofa in pain.

"Okay, you have to work hard too."

"I always feel it's perfunctory."

Walking around Erika Kurumi, who was looking puffy and under-inflated, Ash stuck his head to the front desk with an innocent expression.