Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Rather than that, why not just surrender yourself to the police?"

Ash went to check it out specifically, and found that the conditions in the police station here are better than those in the Earth Department and the Kingdom of Light prison. They even provide pork chop rice for lunch.

"I didn't break any law - that was just an accident!" Eddie defended himself actively. When he got excited, he took out a roll of paper from behind. Ash squinted and saw many people's signatures on it.

"I've helped many people in this town using my own methods, and they all believe I'm not a bad person!" Eddie pointed at the names listed above. Although his actions were small, his tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement. "Once the majority of people in Hope Flower Market believe me, I will definitely prove my innocence! And then take the first step towards becoming a decent hero!"

The experience of being beaten by Timmons extinguished his pride just as it was rising. After learning a lesson and getting advice from girls younger than himself, Eddie decided to start with small things. Now he believes that a small step today will become a big step tomorrow, and he works hard for it.

"What a shame! I don't know why, even after all I did, no one has contacted me yet."

Ash silently took note of the information in Eddie's words, and began to have a better impression of this guy who was trying hard to correct himself, so he patted him on the shoulder gently.

"If you have time, you can go to the botanical garden. Besides the beautiful flowers, the director who is so secretive will also be willing to teach you."

"Hey, really?"

"Believe in your brother Ash, would I lie to you?"

Consider it my reward for recognizing your heroic journey.

Just as Ash was about to say something, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Chapter 91: Meeting with the Villain Boss

"What kind of dream is on the other side of this sky?"

"The endless future believes in reaching out."

As Ash's cell phone ringtone, a super popular idol's singing voice came out. He answered the call amid the strange looks of others. Ash felt a little strange that the other party would call him at this time.

After all, there are not many people in this world who know their own phone numbers and can use them.

"Hello, it's me, uh, oh, ah."

Under the gazes of others, Ash put away his bulid phone with a normal expression, changed out of his uniform, put on the leather jacket he often used when going out, and walked out.

"Manager, are you going out at this time?"

"Ah, there are some things I need to take care of."

Ash didn't even turn his head to answer, and looking at Ash's back as he was about to leave, Wu Mu looked towards the roof with a worried look.

They might start arguing. Is this really okay?

"Manager, I think it would be better for you to care about them no matter what your reason is."

This time it was Lily's voice that tried to keep him, but Ash just paused for a moment before continuing on his way, bending the corner of his mouth facing the girl into a smile.

"No, it's their own business, so let them decide what to do."

"But..." Hearing Ash's words, even Lily frowned and cast a disapproving look. "What if they really fall out? Aren't you their supporter?"

Didn't you say you like Pretty Cure very much? Is it what you want to see a crisis of disbanding? Is it really okay for you to just watch this happen?

"Lily, if you say that, it means you don't know me well enough."

There was an inexplicable trust in Ash's calm tone.

"Believe it."

"Believe...what do you mean?"

I could still sense that the conflict between them was related to me, but compared to the disruption caused by me, an outlier who shouldn't have appeared, what I always believed in more was their friendship.

"Do you believe them? I do."

Leaving behind a nonsensical remark, Ash waved his hand and left, leaving only his back to the two of them.

"It's really... inexplicable."

Watching the man's departing figure, Yueying Lily frowned deeply. He could do his best to comfort himself, but after doing such a cruel thing, he could still leave with peace of mind.

Lily couldn't help but sigh when she thought about the few months she had spent with him. Perhaps, as he said, even now, she still didn't understand him very well.

But if that's the case, then who is the real you?

"Manager Ash really is the type to come and go as he pleases." Rubbing his hands restlessly on his knees, Itsuki sighed heartily. "It's just like...sigh."

Just like Timmons.

"Hey! Xiao An, did you miss me?"

Jumping off the shark skateboard that served as a high-speed means of transportation, Ash opened his arms wide to hug the Dark Pretty Cure, but was easily dodged without mercy.

"It's still the same cold greeting as always, it's really unique."

"That's not a greeting," the Dark Pretty Girl responded as usual, but compared to her cold defense, with her tone, it sounded more like a habitual reply.

"Look, we've worked together plenty of times, haven't we?" While being led by the Pretty Cure towards a depth they'd never been to before, Ash continued to chat nonchalantly, "In that case, according to convention, we should form a team. As for the team name... well, since both of us are villain cadres, how about we call ourselves the [Evil Duo]?"

"Please don't include me in your comedy group without your permission. I don't remember ever establishing this kind of natural relationship with you."

"Hahaha, that's right, just like you said, our friendly relationship doesn't need to be stated over and over again in such a witty way!"

"Rocket Head is right, friendship is something that is built through such unconscious interactions!"

As expected, Ash's self-talk earned him a glare from the Dark Pretty Cure.

"Timmons." After calling out Ash's name from the Desert Apostles, the Dark Beauty suddenly stopped, her only gray pupil staring directly at Ash's mask that covered half of his face. Ash actually saw an indelible worry in her usually cold and emotionless eyes.

"Timmons...be careful next time."

"...Huh?" Ash was silent for a moment, then immediately changed to his cynical, chatty tone. "I didn't expect Xiao An to care about me. Ah~ Timmons, thank you!"

"I'm serious!" Seeing Ash still exaggerating, the Dark Pretty Girl suddenly emphasized her tone. "I'm not kidding you, you—!"

"I'm serious too." Ash said beforehand, choking the rest of her sentence back in her throat. "It's better to say that everything I've done so far, I've been serious."

Ash's words left the Dark Pretty frozen in place. Even though she had never experienced the ways of the world, her actions were always based on instinct. But when she combined this with everything Ash had done with her, including their "dates," her instincts also made her sense a strange thought.

"I'm very happy about your concern, but don't worry. I usually won't collapse easily before the last lesson."

"Timmons—what the hell are you trying to do to me!"

Facing the questioning from the Dark Pretty Girl behind him, Ash turned his head and gave the heartless girl a smile with the corner of his mouth that was not covered by the mask.

"Xiao An, the beautiful girl of darkness, you have always been following the orders of others and fighting for Shabak and the Desert Apostles."

"Now, why not think about it for yourself? It's a rare opportunity to think from your own perspective. This is also a rare experience, right? Haha!"

After saying that, without waiting for the Dark Pretty Girl's reply, Ash laughed heartily and walked into the Desert Apostle's main control room, a place he had never entered before.

"Hey... unexpectedly high-tech."

Looking at the mechanical operating console in the control room and the huge display hanging above his head, Ash expressed his sincere admiration.

It is worthy of being the lair of alien invaders. It is really full of black technology. It’s a pity that there is no space guard in this world, so I can’t use the fishing enforcement method that I am good at.

"Timmons." Dr. Shabak, wearing an iron mask, walked out from behind him. Ash was not surprised at all, after all, it was this man who called him out on the phone.

"Hello, Shabak. You look pretty good today."

Without responding to Ash's strange words, Shabak just looked at the person who bowed to him and conveyed his instructions without any emotion.

"Lord Doon wants to see you."

Ash's fox-like smile was reflected on Shabak's steel mask.

Chapter 92: Shabak, dignified silence!

"Didn't Lord Dune say he was staying with Kaz in the universe? Has he returned after winning the resurrection match?"

"Now Lord Doon's distance from Earth is no longer difficult to contact."

The eye sockets of the Iron Mask flashed red. Shabak did not pursue Ash's ridiculous behavior in the Imperial Prison. He just glared at him and continued to explain calmly.

"Hey....Does this mean Lord Dune will soon arrive at his loyal Earth?"

In other words, is the flag for the final boss to enter the game about to be raised?

Thinking about the fighting power of Lei and other beautiful warriors, Ash quietly compared them with other warriors in his memory.

After Ash's "military training", they have gradually developed their own powerful potential through combat experience. As the three girls whose combat power level is obviously stronger than that of the previous world, the final form of ordinary Kamen Rider is no match for them. Anyway, he can hardly defeat them.

So, can Lei and the others now meet the conditions for a showdown with the space invader, Dune?

"Your assumption is correct." He turned on the console, and as if receiving a signal, the screen began to flicker. "As long as Lord Dune returns, the Pretty Cure will be nothing more than a bug that can be easily dealt with."

"Yeah, yeah, everyone says that." Ash raised his little finger disrespectfully and started picking his ears. He was so used to hearing this kind of rhetoric that his ears were numb.

Anyway, almost every villain boss said this to the heroes who opposed him before he appeared and was completely killed. Of course, the results are predictable, and they all ended in unexpected ways.

"Timmons." While waiting for the other end to connect, Shabak spoke to Ash, a rare occurrence. "You took the initiative to contact the Dark Pretty Cure and established a unique relationship with her. What are you trying to do?"

"Do you want something from her?"

"What if I say yes?" Ash, with a mysterious smile, maintained the mystery of the masked man who killed himself. As soon as he said this, the atmosphere around him became tense, which was noticeable to the naked eye.

"Depending on the circumstances," Shabak said, a sinister red glow emanating from his steel mask. "I will eliminate you for being excessively dangerous."

"The Dark Pretty Cure is our trump card against the Light Pretty Cure, and we can't let someone like you affect us and cause any problems."

The smile on Ash's face remained unchanged, but he could clearly feel that if he showed any abnormality, this guy would really be ready to kill him.

But Ash was not angry about this, instead he felt pity for this guy.

"What a pitiful guy... (falling tone)" Ash whispered and shook his head.

Thinking about the day when he commissioned him to repair the gear gun, and he secretly mixed the sensor camera into the parts, and then he realized the result, Ash couldn't help but feel pity for this guy who didn't even know what he was actually doing.

"Rather than saying I want to get something from Xiao An, it would be more appropriate to say she has always been eager to learn more from me, right?"

"What...what do you mean?" Ash's words immediately dissipated most of Shabak's momentum.

"That's what I meant literally. I just wanted to show her how life feels and what it's like to have friends. I bet that makes her very happy, right?"

"Will this do you any good?"

"Of course I do. Xiao An is very cute. Seeing her happy makes me happy too."

"You, besides the heroes' struggles, you enjoy watching the villains suffer and the light fall, don't you?"

Hearing the complaints from the devil in his heart, the smile on Ash's face brightened a little.

"..." Shabak was speechless in response to Yash's bright answer, but an inexplicable anger rose in him instead.

"What do you think, Doctor?" Ash suddenly changed his stance and questioned Shabak. "As the creator, you're considered his father, right? Do you see her as a purely combat machine, and anything else is unnecessary?"

"When..." Of course, when the two words were about to be said, the back of the word was completely stuck in the man's mouth. For some reason, he couldn't say it and didn't want to say it.

"I just wanted to take her to see other interesting things besides fighting. After all..."

"It's really pathetic for a woman to never even try on anything other than a battle suit, isn't it?"

Shabak, complete silence...

Shabak didn't ask any more questions, and as he stopped talking, Ash naturally stopped talking as well. The two of them stood together in a strange and tacit understanding, quietly waiting for the light on the other side of the screen.

"Timmons," Shabak suddenly said. "I've found a replacement core for your gun. I'll fix it for you."

"Ha, thank you so much!"

——————LATER...——————

"Hmm..." Ash, whose legs were almost numb from standing, tilted his head as he looked at the snowy screen in front of him. "The signal seems to be a bit bad."

"No need to say anything, Lord Dunn will do it himself... What are you doing?!"

As he was speaking, in front of Shabak's extremely astonished eyes, Ash actually ignored his reminder and boldly raised his hand to slap the machine hard.

"What are you doing? Stop it!"

These machines were all assembled by me bit by bit in the desert. If you break them, I have to repair them!

"Oh, Doctor, you're being too polite." As for the Shabak with his hands raised by Erkanghua, Yaxiu pretended not to notice and continued to whip it again and again. "A friend of mine told me that for disobedient machines."

"I'm going to use this rough method to fix it!"

Anyway, this kind of thing that doesn’t even have AI naturally can’t have “U-me”, and no one will complain to me or anything, so this kind of brute force repair method is naturally the best way!