Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"That's right."

So, who am I?

Nonoka, this is the only thing I can do now.

I could only bite my lips hard to stop myself from crying too loudly.

And just smile.

【Bonus】Case File 55 No One Is Looking at Me

Tick, tick.

The sorrowful tears that slid across the air had on one side Nonoka's extremely desolate smile, and on the other side Ash's stunned hesitation as he wanted to say something. The unsympathetic tears fell drop by drop on the torn and falling hem of the girl's skirt, shattering it into pieces.

In the unknown parking lot, the two hearts that were once united now had cracks and inevitably separated. One looked up at the false light in the sky, and the other looked down at the heavy ashes under the earth.

At the same time, at the highly anticipated movie conference, an incident was quietly heading towards an unknown path.

"Teacher Yakushiji is here!"

Following an exclamation from someone unknown, the reporters who were originally surrounding the film's heroine, Saaya, turned their spears and swords around and ran towards a more topical place on the other side.

After all, she is the national-level artist "Yakushiji Reira", not to mention that she has been semi-retired recently, so there are not many opportunities to interview her like this!

But what no one noticed was that Saaya, whose surroundings had almost cleared out in an instant, still maintained her previous posture, but with stiff movements, the hand that was originally on her right leg slowly grasped the hem of her skirt, trembling and holding it tightly.

Is this... again?

Mom, does it have to be like this every time?

In a world invisible to the human eye, the dark "violent energy" gradually gathered in her body into twisting shapes. These mold-like shapes were twisted into very human expressions that became increasingly jealous and violent. The noisy violent energy gushed out of Sa Ling's body, almost dyeing the entire room black.

This is the "violent ability" that contradicts the "tomorrow energy" used by Pretty Cure, which symbolizes the future and dreams. This is also the reason why Nonoka used the identity of Cure Yell and fought alone for eight years, but did not defeat the enemy until she almost collapsed on the road.

After all, how can you, with the power of one person, dissolve the darkness that could emerge from the hearts of humans at any time? No one except God can do such a thing, right?

"Teacher Yakushiji, can you answer my question?"

"Mr. Yakushiji, may I ask what you think of your latest work—"

"Mr. Yakushiji, may I ask what you think of your daughter, Miss Saaya—"

The surrounding reporters crowded around the female star who was wearing sunglasses. If her bodyguards had not tried their best to stop the flow of people outside, she would have been pushed down by the excessive crowd.

Glancing at the noisy crowd in front of her, "Yakushiji Riro" showed obvious impatience. She didn't come here to be in the limelight from the beginning. After all, she has already achieved all the achievements in the film and television industry. What's the need?

She could more or less understand the reason why her daughter and she had been on a cold war lately. So, as a sort of apology from an elder, she asked some of her old friends to get Saaya the lead role in this popular movie. Surely, this would make her, who was desperate to become a more dazzling star, feel better?

"Saiya!"

Pushing aside the people who were in the way, Lilo walked all the way to her daughter who was still sitting comfortably in her original seat, but at this time, Saaya seemed to be oblivious to her arrival, and her gloomy face was covered by invisible darkness.

"Saiya?" Li Luo asked uncertainly. "What's wrong? I heard about your excellent performance this time. Mom is..."

"Is that all right now, Miss Lilo?"

"What...what did you call me?"

"Yakushiji Riro" was suddenly called by her daughter with such an unfamiliar name, and her expression froze on her face for a moment.

Sa Ling raised her head again, and it seemed that she was smiling, but neither the passers-by nor Yu and others who couldn't help but cover their mouths could find any trace of joy in her expression.

All I can see is ugliness and a very sad mood.

"I say...is that enough? You say you're proud of me, but the fact that I was able to get the leading actress this time was all because of your help, right?"

"But, Saaya...don't you just want to be a star as great as your mother?"

You are already doing well and are already famous, why do you need more?

"No—that's not the case!" Tears of grievance instantly fell from the corners of her eyes, but this was definitely not a performance in a play, but the whole embarrassing expression of Saaya. "What I really want is to be an actor who can stand on the same stage with you!"

When I was little, I admired you, so I always took you as my goal and wanted to be like you...

"Crack, crack—"

More and more camera flashes lit up in her face, and no one was happy except the reporter who got the news.

"But... no matter who it is, even you have never thought so, right?"

No matter who I am, they will take my current achievements for granted because I am your daughter, a world-class actress!

Everyone will praise me, because praising me is equivalent to praising you, isn't it?

In this case, has anyone ever seen the girl who has been working hard since she was a child to chase the figure of the person she admires?

"Mom, didn't you notice...?" At some point, Sa Ling, whose whole body was wrapped in darkness, even floated up from where she was standing, and even her eyes were covered with dark scarlet.

I can't be you. Now I can't even be myself!

"If the future is bound to be painful—"

People were shouting in panic, "Terminate the monster!" and "Precure, save me!", and were fleeing everywhere in a hurry. The entire movie theater was in chaos, and only some fearless reporters were still keeping their cameras on.

"Saaya?!"

The sunglasses fell off her face. Yakushiji Reila looked at her daughter who was gradually wrapped in layers of darkness and turned into a huge terminator monster. An expression of dissatisfaction, shock and collapse gradually appeared on her face, which was unable to continue.

"I'd rather not have the future I long for—!!"

Standing with his back to Nonoka in the parking lot where panicked figures gradually appeared, Ash, feeling increasingly irritated, finally called out her name.

"Flower, I—"

Boom——

A much larger and more ferocious Terminator than ever before emerged from the huge building in front of it, roaring and howling in sorrow, wantonly destroying the buildings that bounded it. The tragic energy erupting from its body seemed to dye everything dark.

"Tsk, what a coincidence, what a coincidence!"

"Hua, come with me-Hua?!"

After a direct insult, Ash quickly turned around and reached behind him, but missed.

This time it was Ash's turn to look around in confusion, but he couldn't see any trace of Hua.

【Extra】Case File 56 What comes after the disappearance of love?

My own Nonoha is gone.

Gone.

The.

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"flower--!"

Ash shouted the flower's name as he moved through the crowd against the current.

"Hua! Where are you? Respond to me!"

Ignoring the noise of the crowd around him, Ash only wanted to hear that weak yet energetic and silly voice, but no matter how hard he focused, he could not find her trace in the surrounding noise.

"Hua, if you don't come out soon, I'll be really angry!"

Seriously, even my heart gets angry, and you don’t want to see me when I’m angry!

However, just when the fleeing crowd around him gradually dwindled and the building debris above his head was about to hit Ash, he raised his fist and shattered it.

Still, no response to her.

Ash retracted his bleeding right fist. His hand was shaking uncontrollably, but not because of the pain.

"Damn!!!"

Ash punched the concrete wall on his right. Under the tremendous force he released, spider-web-like cracks began to spread from the center until they completely covered the entire wall and turned into a curtain of smoke and dust that collapsed with a loud bang.

Damn it! Is it because of those weird things I said before? All of this, all of this is the fault of that useless Riddler! The next time I see you in Conservation City, I'm going to rip the book covers off and smack you in the face! I'm going to beat you so hard that even your wife won't recognize you, and then I'll help Batman throw you into Arkham!

Without any psychological burden, he put all the blame on the man he had beaten not long ago. Looking at the huge Terminator monster that was abusing him in front of him, Ash, who was pinching his aching nose, suddenly reacted.

That's not right. Nonoka is just an ordinary person after all. She's not a hero and can't be one. Why should I care about her so much? I just tease her all the time, I feel happy when I see her smile, and I often hang out with her...

"Sigh..." Ash sighed meaningfully. "It's all because... they say the doctor-patient relationship is funny, but it's obviously because she always takes the initiative to come to me."

Is it because she has become too common a figure for him in this world, so he has naturally become accustomed to her company?

The result is that I was so focused on what was in front of me that I ignored her beside me. It was only now that I realized that I was missing something?

"Ah, ah, DAZE." Ash adjusted the non-existent brim of his hat on his forehead.

In fact, how could he not understand Nonoka's previous confession, but he really focused all his attention on the more shining Cure Yell, and ignored the "little flower" that was about to break and had always been with him?

"Maybe, I really like you, right?" He placed the hidden command transformer on his left wrist and fixed the pop-out wristband on it.

It’s just that I like Cure Yell, and I also like Nonohana a little bit, because I don’t want to betray any overly beautiful Pretty Cure, so I rejected you... What is this? It’s too dishonest. What’s going on with this confusing haziness?

However, one thing is certain.

Ash looked up at the huge monster for the second time. Apart from the nameless anger he had felt when facing that man not long ago, a true dark will emerged from Ash's shining black pupils.

"If you hurt her..."

What's going to happen next is a personal grudge.

Ash took a deep breath and raised the controller to his lips.

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"Tear-!"

Decisively tearing the long red pleated dress into a short skirt for easier movement, Hua instinctively ran towards the direction where the Terminator appeared.

Saaya, Yu, Emi, and many others are probably still there, we need to hurry—

"flower--!"

Hearing Ash's call, Hua, who was also walking against the crowd, turned around and looked, but couldn't see the man. She burst into tears.

Ha... No matter what, he's definitely worried about me. Mr. Ash always has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and I like that about him, but now... I'm sorry.

After the occasional happiness faded away, what followed was the hardship and sadness that came down like a mountain and almost suffocated her.

My first love failed... Haha, that's only natural. After all, no matter how much I yearn for it, it can't change the fact that in my life, apart from the "cure yell" thing, there are always more failures~

I love Ash.

But he doesn't love me.

I've been misunderstanding this whole time. The person he loves is the ever-shining "cure yell."

Hahaha, I actually lost to myself. If I tell this to others, everyone will laugh. I might even become a comedian! After all, Nonoka is the only one who can't do anything.

Hua nearly fell down while running, but was bumped by the crowd in front of her and stood up again. The pain in her chest made her want to cry out loud, so she forced herself to smile, but she didn't know how ugly this smile made her originally pretty face look.

Of course, she could just transform right then and there and let Ash know that she was Cure Yell, and everyone would be happy! What's wrong with that? Is she being stupid for torturing herself here?

No, this kind of thing is meaningless for what Hana wants. After all, even Ash said that he loves Cure Yell, not Nonohana.

Even if he is willing to accept me after knowing everything, when he hugs me, is the one being loved the invincible hero Precure, or the Nonoka who has always longed for warmth but no one knows about it?

Hua doesn't know the answer, nor does she want to know the answer. She is afraid of the answer.

"Swipe."

Standing in front of a cracked concrete wall, Nonoka stopped after breaking her high heels, and the only confident smile appeared on her desolate face.

"I...have to cheer up. After all, I'm the hero who saved everyone, cure yell."

The pink "Future Crystal" and the "Heart of Light" transformed mobile phone were combined together. With the pleasant standby sound, the flower embraced the extremely cold energy of tomorrow at the moment.

never mind.

What Nonoka longed for no longer mattered.

All I have to do is be a hero who protects everyone. It's my fault for having unnecessary desires.

Since Cure Yell is always loved by everyone, I must make sure that Cure Yell becomes active.