Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

No longer with the initial expression of "coaxing a child" or "I can't cooperate with you", Ash bent down with a serious yet dazed look and picked up Erika, who was several heads shorter than him.

"Erika, Manager, I'm back!"

The sound coming from the gate broke Ash's wonderful mood at the moment, and both of them looked over there.

Between the two of them, Lei pushed the door open and walked in.

"Snapped--"

The paper bag containing strawberry daifuku fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Hanasaki Rei looked at the two people hugging each other, her hands still in a holding position but her pupils couldn't stop trembling. The girl with disbelief in her eyes slowly raised her hands to cover her mouth which opened and couldn't close.

"Erika...?"

"Manager...?"

"why?"

Why, why!?

Chapter 89 The Two Silent People

Cure Blossom and Cure Marine, even if something is amiss, still protect the city today.

"Pretty Cure Pink Forte Wave!"

"Pretty Cure Blue Forte Wave!"

The energy of two huge flower buds hit today's desert monster one after the other. The two flower buds collided directly with each other and even the petals were stuck, showing the incompatibility between the two.

"Normally, the two of them should be able to use a combined attack..."

Wu Mu, who did not get the chance to purify the enemy this time, looked at the two girls' backs facing each other and scratched his soft cheeks in embarrassment.

I don't know why, but today, Lei and Erika were particularly active in the battle, to the point of being a little scary... And after defeating the desert monster, they could clearly use a stronger combined attack skill to purify the enemy, but they chose to use their skills separately, as if...

It's as if the two are competing with each other.

"Tsk, what's going on with Pretty Cure today?"

Cobra Shaka's face looked a little ugly. He had just summoned the desert monster and didn't even have time to say a few routine arrogant lines before two figures, one pink and one blue, rushed over here, punching and kicking them. If you didn't know, you would think that today's desert monster was their enemy. The extent of the attack made even him, the villain, feel cold in his heart.

"Wow, not bad!"

Ash, who was hanging upside down on a tree with spider silk, looked at the two people's performance and felt very excited.

"Your battle was good today! This is what a legendary warrior should be—hiss!"

With his own alarm, Ash quickly turned his head to look at the thing that passed by him. Behind him, the stone thrown by Lei tore through the clouds in the sky and flew out of the atmosphere.

"You evil scoundrel, if you say anything weird again today, we'll make you pay!"

Ash, who maintained a smile under his mask, had a drop of sweat falling on his forehead.

"Timmons, do you want to continue?"

"Well, judging the situation is one of the required lessons for a villain. It would be unwise to continue." Facing Erika who was pointing at him with resentment about to burst out of her body, Ash turned his head away as if nothing had happened.

It seems that both of them really care about what happened yesterday.

"Timmons, didn't you brag about having a plan to deal with Pretty Cure? Wasn't that a lie?"

Hearing Cobra Shaka's words, the compound eyes on Timmons' helmet all shrank and narrowed, staring at the seed that was recovered by the girls.

"I usually don't lie."

"Then what are you hesitating about?"

Thinking about what happened yesterday and what Erika said to him, Ash fell silent for a rare moment, as he felt a subtle sense of uncertainty.

"Yeah, I'm hesitant about something. I'm also looking for the answer to this question."

In Nasta Café, Itsuki looked at Lei and Erika with a subtle expression.

They were usually good friends who could talk about anything, but now they fell into some inexplicable silence. The two of them just passed each other lightly, doing their own things without saying a word, as if they didn't see each other.

"Are they having a fight?"

"If they were really arguing, it wouldn't be as quiet as it is now." Lily pushed her glasses and concluded, then turned her attention to Ash who was holding the "Dragon Ball" comics.

"They are all your shop assistants. Aren't you going to say something at this time?"

"No."

In fact, he was not really able to figure out the whole thing. He only knew that the moment Tian Lei opened the door, she looked shocked until now.

Well, in the traditional sense, it is very common for the protagonists to quarrel among themselves. This is still considered good. The worst case scenario is that they may defect to the opposing organization and become villains for a few episodes. It is considered good if they are not considered traitors because of this.

According to my own experience, in order to avoid making things worse, it is better not to say anything here.

"It's precisely because of times like this that if I say anything carelessly, it will only make the situation more chaotic."

Ash turned the seat under his butt to turn his eyes to the side, which were hidden behind the comic book, but his actual gaze was still secretly looking in the direction of the two people from between the pages.

Lei's gaze drifted to Erika on the side, and then to Ash's direction. She felt as if her heart was being grabbed and was in pain.

Just yesterday, when Lei saw Erika hugging Ash, an extremely unfamiliar feeling called "betrayal" that she had never experienced before appeared in the girl's heart. This feeling was too early for her now.

She even thought for a moment that she had come to the wrong place, or that she shouldn't have returned to the cafe at that time.

But she came anyway.

Why, why did it turn out like this?

On one side is the person I love. On the other side is the person I can be a lifelong friend. The combination of these two joyful things should bring even greater joy. But why...?

Mingming, Mingming has found someone I like. Although the progress may be slow, I am also trying hard to build a good relationship with him/her.

Erika, as my relative and friend, clearly said that she would help me, why, why did it turn out like this?

I obviously believed her!

Lei stopped what she was doing and walked towards Ash with her head lowered, her voice as low as her expression.

"Manager, I feel a little unwell. I want to go to the rooftop to get some fresh air before coming back."

"sure."

"Manager, I also want to go to the rooftop to take a look."

"sure."

Looking at Erika who was following behind Lei without even looking back, Ash clasped his hands together and closed the comic book in his hand.

"Really? He skips work so casually... He's such a troublesome clerk."

Chapter 90: Breaking off friendship!

Lei has a one-sided love for someone. Originally, it was just a small feeling that made her feel tangled and happy, until she discovered a secret of her best friend, that is, Erika is also in love with her.

Erika is an extremely important friend to her, no matter what the reason is, she doesn't want to lose this friendship at all.

So, just give up on your own initiative for Erika's sake.

The urge to give up came to her mind more than once, but the store manager didn't seem to notice at all. She knew that an ordinary girl like herself was not as likable as a lively kid like Erika.

Just give up like this. It’s not the first time anyway. Just let this secret love be just a secret love like before.

I can turn around and act as the "Cupid of Love" to bring Erika and the store manager together, so that everyone can smile happily again. Erika, the store manager and I can still be friends. Isn't this better than the awkward situation we are in now?

It's obviously better this way.

Obviously this is fine...

But why, why don’t I want to give up like this!

"..."

Lei, who was leaning on the rooftop of Nasta Café and daydreaming, noticed Erika's arrival, so she moved to the side to make room for her.

Erika leaned over silently, and the two of them felt the same breeze on the rooftop, both without saying a word.

At this moment, neither of them took the initiative to speak. They didn't want to, nor dared to, look into each other's eyes. They were afraid of seeing some emotions in each other's eyes that would make them feel sad.

The two who used to talk about everything and were as close as sisters were now so embarrassed that they couldn't even say hello to each other.

"Is Erika serious too..."

"I don't know." Erika's answer made Lei pause, but she continued. "But if you weren't serious, you wouldn't go to this extent, right?"

"Yeah......"

After confirming Erika's feelings, tears began to glisten in Lei's eyes.

It's really weird that Erika also has such feelings for the store manager, right?

"Lei, I'm sorry..."

"It's too much, too much!" Lei wiped the tears from her face, but the more she wiped, the more tears fell like rain.

"Erika obviously knows this, but that's not the answer I want to hear!"

He clearly said that as my friend, he always said that he would help me to build a good relationship with the store manager.

Why, why would Erika take the initiative to join in?

"What was Lei thinking?!"

Erika's loud shout scared Lei, and seeing the blue-haired girl's tearful gaze, Lei could only timidly turn her eyes away.

"What's wrong with liking someone? Ash isn't anyone's property, and I have the right to do so!"

“But, but…”

"Besides, Lei has been talking about it all the time, but she's been thinking about the other person, but hasn't she actually done anything?"

"Now that nothing has even started, Lei wants to say that I stole your things?!"

Who will know your feelings if you don’t show them?

Erika's words were like a bolt from the blue in the pink-haired girl's mind. Lei widened her eyes and looked at Erika with a rare anger in her eyes.

"E-Erika, how could you say such outrageous things!!!"

"I'm just telling the truth. Is that too much? I think it's just Lei who doesn't know herself well!"

"Okay!" The dripping tears had already blurred the glasses on the bridge of her nose. Looking at Erika whose movements were distorted behind the glasses, even though she was crying, Lei still said hysterically in self-abandonment.

"In that case, then—"

"Break off the relationship!"

The door of the Nasta Café downstairs was suddenly pushed open. Eddie rushed into the house in a hurry, leaning against the closed door and carefully looking out through the crack.

"Isn't he catching up? That's great..."

Seeing that there was no police as he had imagined, Eddie, still wearing the blue jacket, leaned against the door and slowly sat on the ground, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Seriously, are you kidding me? I just showed up in the parking lot in the middle of the night without any clothes on, and why did the police from the entire city come to arrest me? Do you have to be so dedicated? Don’t you have any other criminals to arrest?

"Ah, um, how are you guys?"

Eddie, not realizing that the atmosphere was amiss, greeted everyone in the cafe, but everyone just glanced at him and pretended not to see him.

After all, they did not call the police on the spot, which was the greatest respect and trust they showed to Eddie.

"Um, can you give me a cup of coffee?"

There was still silence. Except for Ash who was moved, no one else showed any intention of moving.

Now it was Eddie's turn to feel confused. What was going on? What was the attitude of this store?

"Coffee is fine." Finally, Ash joined in. "But, do you have money?"

"Haha—of course I don't have any money or anything like that."

Eddie stopped talking mid-sentence. Although he had a lot of "exchange points" at the SCSO headquarters, he didn't exchange them for the currency of this world because he had just done it on impulse. He didn't want to break the law again and couldn't find a job. In order to survive, he had to go to the park and fight with wild cats for bread several times.