Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"us...."

"Disagreement...?"

"Pretty Cure is a warrior of heart and love. You certainly can't unleash the full power of Precure like this!"

Lei and Erika just stared at each other, and saw themselves stunned in each other's eyes.

She and I weren't on the same page... That incident happened not too long ago, so isn't it natural for us to be on the same page?!

———The dividing line of a hard fight————

It is really difficult for Wu Mu to fight against the attacks of two people at the same time. Both Timmons and Spider Cargill have found her current state and attacked her with all their might.

Clutching his stomach with one hand, the aching Wu Mu could only desperately defend himself with one hand. But defending too long would inevitably lead to failure. For example, at this moment, Spider Jiaji's fully charged fist smashed into the sunflower shield, and spider-web-like cracks immediately spread outward from the center, finally turning the shield into a sky full of shattered fragments in an instant!

"Whoa!"

The remaining force slammed into Goki, sending her flying. It felt like she'd been flung from a tall building window, her body enveloped in a sea of ​​golden, transparent shards. She shielded her face with her hands to avoid scratches. But the other creature wasn't about to let her go. Leaping from behind the exhausted spider, Gargill, Ash shot silk from both hands, pulling the girl's arms in opposite directions, ultimately pinning her firmly in mid-air.

Strength... Not enough strength, my chest hurts! I can't breathe from the place where I was knocked down before, the air, the air can't come back!

“Wa ...

Then, facing Wu Mu who was imprisoned and completely at his mercy, Ash mercilessly launched a series of breathless blows at her that left no afterimage. After deliberately avoiding the vital parts, his fists, elbows, palms, shoulders, legs, and other parts of her body completely turned into a merciless execution machine. Wu Mu, whose whole body was covered with scars almost in the blink of an eye, let out a shrill scream from her throat.

"Despicable, so despicable!" Seeing her partner seriously injured, Poppy ignored her own fear, rushed towards Ash crying, and slapped his breastplate weakly.

"Itsuki clearly trusts you, but, but! What are you doing?!"

"Me? I'm helping her become stronger. Right now, I'm helping her get used to the fear and pain of being unilaterally suppressed. How can she become stronger without being beaten?"

"Don't say such nonsense here!"

Naturally, neither Poppy nor the spider Cargill who was traveling with him believed what Ash said.

"That's about enough fun, Timmons." An impatient Spider Cargill stopped, clasping his fists to his chest. "Does beating up dead things give you pleasure? Give her one last blow!"

"You're quite kindhearted...ha."

Not sure if he was laughing at Spider Cargill or at himself, Ash sneered and gently lifted up the face of Cure Sunshine, a broken-winged bird hanging in the air without any strength, and turned it towards him.

"Even though you're better than me, you still lost, and it's all your own fault. Have you learned that?"

"Ti...Timmons..." What surprised Ash was that even though the girl looked miserable after being beaten, she still forced herself to ask him, "What you said before...was it true...?"

"When you become stronger, I will tell you the truth."

After saying the last sentence softly, Ash was about to give her the "final blow" when he just raised his hand. He felt a sense of danger like a thorn coming from behind, so Ash shuddered and immediately let go of Wu Mu and dodged to the side.

When she turned over and looked at where she had originally stood, Lei and Erika had taken over the place together, gently placing the unconscious Goki on the ground.

Then, the girl's extremely bright and focused gaze froze Ash in place.

"He actually took advantage of the girl's deepest feelings and deceived Goki's trust..."

The pink hair behind the girl fluttered automatically without wind, and all her cowardice and lack of confidence turned into an absolute fighting spirit against the enemy who was bullying her teammates!

Sadness, determination, anger, countless complex situations suddenly merged into one on Lei at this moment, and she shouted her angry declaration to Ash!

“I can’t bear it any more!

Chapter 100: The tit-for-tat of girls' hearts

"Damn it, what's going on, Lei, follow my rhythm!"

"We usually cooperate with each other, but now you suddenly say something like that, how can we do it?!"

Erika never expected that there would be a day when she would be refuted by Lei, and the anger in her heart suddenly rose.

"What do you mean by 'what should I do'? It's obviously you who's been lacking motivation. I'm responsible for asking you to keep up with me, and you're blaming me?"

"Erika is the one! Her actions are so reckless that I don't know how to cooperate with her, and now she's saying things that are so unreasonable. I can't agree with that—!"

"you--!"

"you!"

The result of the disagreement ignited the flames of war, instantly magnifying the small cracks that had accumulated between the two people. The resentment that they had just barely suppressed erupted again, turning into sparks and venting them mercilessly on each other, burning the friendship that they had once cherished, and at the same time attracting more anger.

Just as the situation was heading towards a worsening vicious cycle, the unexpected events outside diverted their attention. Timmons mercilessly gave Wu Mu a brutal blow. The pain she had never seen before was revealed on the girl's face, which made her, as a companion, feel heartbroken.

"Itsuki!"

Wu Mu, who was knocked flying, crashed into the outer wall. Seeing the worried expressions of the two men out of the corner of his eye, Wu Mu forced a smile to indicate that he was fine. Then he continued to force himself to stand up and fight against the attacks of the two men in his current bad condition.

"How could... Itsuki, Sunshine!"

Faced with her powerless situation, Lei, who was heartbroken, knelt on the ground. She was powerless and kept slapping the inner wall but it didn't have any effect. She could only watch sadly as Wu Mu was attacked by the two of them and was unilaterally suppressed. She could only watch and could do nothing.

However, what was even more cruel was that they were not even given the chance to watch the battle. Two black curtains descended from the desert monster's arms, covering the shield and blocking the picture and sound. Now the girls could not even see the figures of their companions fighting outside, and only heard vague and ominous dull sounds.

“No, no! Itsuki—wuwawawa—”

Lei knelt down with her legs turned outward on the ground like a little duck, thinking of the times when they were friends, laughing and fighting side by side, and how the other had taken care of her at school. But now she was suffering unimaginable torture from the enemy and she was powerless to do anything. Indescribable sadness hit Lei's already sentimental heart, and tears kept dripping from between her fingers as she covered her face with her hands and cried.

"Damn it, even the bottom is covered by the hood! What else can I do? What else can I do...Lei!"

Erika pulled her hands out of the soil that had been dug into the ground and paced back and forth. She could not think of any other way except to mess up her hair and stain it with the color of mud. Until Lei's crying came from the side, Erika shouted angrily.

"Cry, cry, cry... What's the point of crying? Lei, what's the point of doing this!"

Under normal circumstances, Erika would never blame Lei so excessively, but the two of them had just broken up and the cooling-off period hadn't even passed yet. Erika, who was furious, naturally wouldn't defend her as a friend.

"What does Erika think?" Lei was no longer timid at this moment. She loosened her hands and glared at Erika, who was at the same level with her, with her red eyes. The anger and frustration in her heart at this moment were no less than hers!

"Because we are not united enough, because of the differences between us, we can't do anything!"

"In other words...we are the ones who harmed Itsuki! Wouldn't Erika be sad?!"

Naturally, Lei would never have said such irresponsible words to Erika in the past. However, these words happened to touch the softest part of Erika's heart.

"This...this kind of thing..." Erika said as she looked into Rei's eyes, tears beginning to appear in her eyes.

"I'm obviously...very regretful!!!"

As if all her strength had been drained away, Erika simply sat on the ground and burst into tears along with Lei.

"We are obviously partners, why did it turn out like this? Why did Wu Mu have to get hurt?"

Under the cover of darkness, gradually no sound could be heard from outside the cover. The two of them shed tears in sorrow until they slowly calmed down, leaving only low sobs.

Is it... finished?

"Why...that person is so malicious towards us?"

The man Lei was talking about was naturally Timmons who targeted them everywhere in the battle. He called himself Kamen Rider but was completely different from the Detective Knight who was currently popular on TV and was protecting the city. In their eyes, he was simply a guy with a black heart!

He keeps saying that he is helping and training us, but from taking away the seeds of heart in the beginning, to hurting Wu Mu's heart, and now he is doing something evil to us, isn't the result just making us more miserable? What kind of training is this? How can anyone agree with it!

"This is all the fault of the store... this is all the fault of that shameless bastard Timmons!"

"Who will he attack next? Lily? Manager Ash?! This kind of thing! ... This kind of thing..."

Erika was about to say something harsh when she thought about her current situation. A feeling of powerlessness and desolation instantly came over her and broke down her seemingly strong defenses.

I thought that by becoming a Pretty Cure I would be able to grow and protect everyone, but in the end I ended up protecting nothing!

"Erika..."

Lei's overly sentimental heart made it easy for her to fall into a cycle of sadness, and her overly sentimental heart also made Lei realize that Erika was sad alone at this time.

Hearing Erika's sad voice, Lei, who was sniffling, calmed down instead. When she saw the beautiful sea-blue hair stained with the color of mud, the anger in her heart disappeared unconsciously. Lei involuntarily approached the blue-haired girl who was trembling with her back to her.

"What should I do...Everyone will get hurt or something, no, I don't want this! I hate it!"

The vulnerable side of Erika, which is rarely revealed in front of her friends, was expressed tearfully by the girl because of her pain.

Yes, it turns out Erika has always been worried about everyone...

Lei had countless questions to ask her, but when she saw Erika's back trembling because she was close to collapse, what was in her heart came out.

"Erika... you're amazing..."

"Eh?"

Rei's unexpected words made Erika stop crying because she was stunned.

Chapter 101: The Girl's Reunion

"Blossom...Lei, what's the point of saying this now?"

"No, I really mean it."

In fact, I have been envious and even a little jealous of Erika's handsome and free-spirited girlish style since a long time ago. Maybe I have always truly felt that Erika is very amazing.

"At this time, Erika was not afraid that she might get hurt, but was still worried about everyone, and even felt so sad because of this worry."

"Back then, Erika wanted to become a Pretty Cure because she wanted to help me, who wasn't good at fighting, right?"

"No, there's no such thing!"

Looking up and seeing Lei's gentle expression, the girl blushed unconsciously on her cheeks and hurriedly wiped away her tears to hide them, but she couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard she tried.

"Hate it...I can't stop crying!"

"It's not just Erika, everyone in the cafe is amazing..."

"Wuki excels in sports and martial arts, and she's incredibly dedicated to her job as a waitress. Lily even arrived earlier than us, and the store manager, who trusts her, always consults with her first. She's like Ash's assistant, perfect and effortless."

“Compared to myself…”

Honest, timid, shy, these are the "labels" attached to her, and even inferiority complex is undoubtedly her characteristic.

It is precisely because I lack confidence and am dull compared to everyone else who shines with their own unique characteristics that I feel so inferior that I regard my feelings as just a secret love that I cannot express, and I think that I am less worthy of such happiness than everyone else.

"I... am really useless. I'm not as lively as Erika, not as sunny as Itsuki, and not as cool as Lily."

Even though no more tears were flowing, Lei continued to rub her red eyes with the back of her hand.

"I'm not generally cute, I wear glasses, my clothes are tacky, and I'm short... I say I want to become a Pretty Cure to change myself, but even after helping so many people, I..."

"I still can't change... I'm still self-conscious and timid. Indeed, it's only natural that Erika is more popular than me."

"bud....."

Looking at her best friend crying silently in front of her, Erika was speechless and slowly walked up to her and hugged her.

"That's not the case. The manager was just playing along with my unreasonable behavior. It was me who let my heartstrings be touched without my permission. It's not at all what you think, Lei..."

"Besides, everyone has flaws! Wasn't it because of my overly complacent self-righteousness that I ended up being turned into a desert monster? It was you, Lei, who saved me back then!"

"Even I feel inferior when I'm facing my sister, who's a top model! Such feelings are not shameful. Lei, you are definitely not as useless as you say!"

The two people hugged each other, and when they looked at each other, they finally saw each other's true appearance again.

"My love is real, and my feelings of liking you are real too!"

"Me too, this is the first time my heart has been touched by a boy!"

Because of a joking accident, the two girls who had turned from close friends into tit-for-tat "enemies" reestablished their friendship.

"But Erika also said that we are sisters of Pretty Cure."

"For us, it doesn't matter which is more important, love or the Pretty Cure mission!"

The two magic wands that had been thrown aside in despair began to emit a dazzling light!

"Because, right now, at this moment, these two are Precure!"

For them now, nothing is more important than helping their companions.

Standing up from the ground, the two picked up their magic wands and stood side by side again.

"Erika...we are all too emotional..."

"After all, Pretty Cure is a warrior of heart and love, so it's natural that their emotions are more intense than those of ordinary people..."

In this case, don’t reject it, but embrace this feeling and turn it into our strength!

The girls held their hands tightly together, feeling the pulse of each other in their palms. The barrier between their minds was broken, and the dual auras of pink and blue flowed out from the hearts of the two girls, covering their bodies.