Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Tell me, Gentaro." Ash crossed his arms and asked slowly, "What could have made you so anxious? Even though I don't care?"

After all, if this guy, whose mind is full of friends and friendship, can be so anxious with me, then something big must have happened.

But I haven't been to Knight World in a while, right? Is there anything else that could possibly be related to me? Is it some historical issue? Eh... If that's the case, then this is really troublesome!

"Yes, there is something I must tell you!" Hearing that even Fourze's youthful voice became serious, Ash had no choice but to listen carefully.

"Ash, someone said they saw you reappear in the knights' world. Also, the 39 previously separate knight worlds are gradually merging into one again. This is truly terrible!"

"What are you talking about?" Ash was confused after hearing his words. "I'm in the world of Pretty Cure now!"

And when did the number of Knight worlds increase to 39? I just went to other worlds to have a look, and Dai Ge released a new movie?

"Let's not talk about why I reappeared. Are you saying that the world merged again because of me?"

Ash couldn't help but frown. After all, no matter how you look at it, the world destroyer must be blamed for this kind of thing. Judging from previous experiences, what does it have to do with me unless he dies?

"That's not the case. I believe you're still my friend, so I don't think it's your fault!" Fourze was almost overcome with emotion. "But Ash, you have to be careful. The world of knights is really collapsing right now—"

"Bang!" The golden knight gear popped out from the protective cover of the gear-enclosed gun, and after falling into Ash's hand, it turned into a gray appearance that had lost energy.

The figure of Fourze that was originally clearly visible in front of him now disappeared as if it had never existed.

"Sigh..." Ash clenched the gear tightly and remained silent for a long time.

"I'm sorry, now I can only watch."

Now, even if you tell me so much, what can I do?

"You told me there was no turning back on my journey, right?"

[......]

Ash closed his eyes, stopped thinking about these annoying things that had no solution, and walked towards Yayoi.

Ash opened his eyes and finished recalling what happened a week ago.

With one hand resting on the air, supporting the weight of his chin, he leaned lazily against the man sitting on the window, looking down at the students who were active after school like a smug wanderer. Ash stretched lazily under the girls' confused, worried, and even angry gazes.

Well, the school I remember, always depressed and focused on nothing but grades, didn't have this relaxed atmosphere... So, saying goodbye to the nostalgic version of high school, is this the atmosphere of a Pretty Cure campus? Basking in the sun with a gentle breeze on your face, isn't that comfortable?

That's right, now Ash has sneaked into Miyuki and her friends' school, and suddenly appeared in the window when they were about to go home together after school.

Ash himself said that he was visiting them out of kindness, but as for how many people believed this... well, probably no one except Miyuki.

"This guy...what is he doing?" Although she had once had some good feelings towards this man because of his appearance, his actual behavior had completely wiped out her feelings. But facing such an Ash, she didn't know how to face him for a moment.

“Isn’t that too free?”

Wait, where's that domineering CEO-style guy who charmed me back then? He's still pretty handsome...but isn't this a bit off?

Give me back the innocent liking I had when I first noticed him and identified him as handsome!

Seeing her friends all having headaches, Yayoi behind her couldn't help but let out a subtle laugh.

Chapter 53: Ash's Playful Heart

"~" Today's bright sunshine made Ash's mood cheerful. With half of his body hanging in the air, Ash changed the position of crossing his legs without any care.

"Mr. Ash..." Miyuki approached and offered a suggestion to Ash with concern. "Sitting on the window like this is very dangerous. What if you fall?"

This is only the second floor, but Miyuki also found it hard to imagine that if Ash really fell down because he was not sitting steadily... it would be very painful, no, more than that, something would definitely happen!

But Mr. Ash doesn't seem to be listening at all!

"Are you looking down on me?" Miyuki's words amused Ash.

Who's this idiot you're talking about falling out of a window? Me? I'm the nemesis of countless tokusatsu protagonists... I'm a righteous ally now, sure, but how could I possibly fall out of a window when I'm so powerful? Hilarious!

"A-choo!" For some reason, Ash sneezed for no reason.

The guy, feeling the cool breeze and squinting his eyes, was so comfortable that he even hummed a melody from the Showa era with pleasure. However, the five girls who were watching nearby were about to die.

How old are you? Why are you still acting like a kid and trying to be cool? What if the teacher or anyone else sees us? We're still here!

The most annoyed person among the five people was of course Aoki Reika, who had a good upbringing, an elegant personality, and acted upright and traditionally, so much so that she could be called "old-fashioned". Looking at such a "impudent" guy, her beautiful eyes couldn't help but frown, emitting a bad aura.

"Mr. Ash, in the name of the vice president of the student union, I ask you to come down from there!" Lihua, who was mentally prepared, took a deep breath and tried to tell the man to leave with righteous words. She couldn't stand his bad habits anyway!

No matter what, I am the vice president of the school. No matter who the other party is, I cannot sit idly by and watch him disrupt the beautiful order of the campus!

"Such an impudent attitude is totally unbecoming of both a guest visiting the school and an adult!"

"Oh, really?" After hearing Lihua's words, Ash flipped over, going from lying down to leaning against the window, causing Lihua to have even more questions. "I don't think it's a big deal. Since this is such a relaxing school, then shouldn't I just be happy?"

This guy... is he being a scoundrel because he's older than us? He doesn't even listen to Pretty Cure. He's no ordinary scoundrel. We need to give him a hard time!

"Sir, please think about this carefully!" Lihua's tone became more serious this time. "Would you have done something so disqualifying when you were a student?!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing her words, this person was not angry at all. Instead, he nodded with an "innocent" look on his face.

"Yes, as long as the teacher doesn't see us, we can do anything in school, right?"

As the saying goes, as long as it's not seen, it's as if nothing happened.

"..." After hearing what Ash said, even Lihua was speechless.

What's going on with this guy? Has he really become a righteous partner as Miyuki said? I can't agree with this "incorrect" attitude. I absolutely cannot agree with it!

For a moment, Lihua was very worried about the educational level of Ash, an adult.

"Oh... Lihua, don't bother with this guy." Lihua felt the warmth of her companion's palm on her shoulder. Hino Akane, who was standing behind her, looked as if she saw through everything and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

"This guy is deliberately coming to laugh at us."

Looking at the curve of this person's mouth, it seems like he's saying, the more you get along with me, the more excited I will be. That's definitely how this guy sees it!

"Huh?" After hearing Qian's explanation, Lihua's eyes widened, as if she couldn't understand. "Is that so? But why?"

Are they teasing us? They never did this to us when we were enemies, so what good would it do to us now?

"This guy, doing such a thing, is obviously a bad guy who enjoys other people's reactions!" While Qian's eyes were filled with contempt, Ash also happily raised his thumb and index finger to her and fired a shot.

"Hyouka~ You guessed it right, but there's no reward."

You're really getting excited... What the hell are you doing? Are you some elementary school boy who picks on girls to get attention?!

"Hmm, let me see." Ash suddenly pulled out a homework book and leisurely flipped through it in front of them. "Homework, I really miss it... I'm kidding, I miss everything but homework."

But let me see what you write, I think it will be quite interesting.

"Wait, this is our homework!?"

When they saw the familiar cover of the exercise book, they were immediately shocked and started looking through their school bags to see if their homework had been taken away.

Ash was flipping through his homework book as if nothing had happened, and he happened to come across the homework assigned on the day he met Yayoi last week. Looking at the practical homework on "learning the meaning of your own name from your parents", even Ash fell into deep thought.

"The meaning of a name... What does my name mean?"

God knows how his name "Ash" came about. He doesn't even know whether it was given by his father or his mother who divorced him when he was five years old.

It is said that a name is the first gift a person receives when he is born. What is my gift?

Flipping through the girl's exercise book without a trace of shame, Ash made an amused nasal sound from time to time at the different contents.

"What? It's quite interesting, huh? And the homework is so little... Your teaching environment is really relaxing."

I'm not saying this, but the amount of homework you have this week is at most equivalent to what a third grader of mine does in one day, and it's not even enough.

At this time, the girls who were rummaging through their schoolbags made a discovery. Qian found out that the unlucky child whose homework was stolen was actually me. I don’t know how Ash managed to steal the homework through the schoolbag.

"This is our homework! You thief, this is someone else's thing, how can you take it so naturally!"

Angry Akane jumped up and tried to take back her homework, but Ash, who was in a playful mood, waved his hands high and teased her, so that no matter how hard the girl tried, she couldn't reach her homework.

I'm Akane from the school volleyball club. Seeing someone at this height, I suddenly jumped—"Ah wow wow wow!"

He gently caught Qian who had brushed past the damaged book and almost jumped off his body and landed on the stairs. With a flick of his palm, Qian returned to the ground and sat down.

"That's too dangerous. You're a girl after all. You dare to touch others like this before you transform. You should be a little more reserved~"

"You guy, you stole other people's things and played tricks on me, and you dare to say that to me!" Qian, who was sitting on the ground rubbing her butt, had a face as red as a monkey's butt. I don't know if she was anxious or embarrassed by what Ash said.

This is too much. He is a handsome guy, but why does he have such a bad temper?

But do you think I will give up? I will confront you today and will definitely tear off that laughing face of yours!

"If I don't end this here, I'll be wasting my life as a woman!"

"When you said that, you no longer had any femininity in you."

Chapter 54 Ash: Don’t stop...

Just when the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, an unexpected person rushed in. It turned out to be the soft-hearted Yayoi who smoothed things over between the two of them.

"Okay, okay, Akane, Mr. Ash doesn't mean any harm, he's just being naughty and curious, that's all."

"H-naughty?"

Wait, are these adjectives appropriate for her?! And...

"Yayoi, you...you actually spoke for him?"

Akane's eyes widened, unable to believe that Yayoi would actually speak well of her. However, this was not the end. The girl then put on a sincere look and bowed slightly to the man: "Hurry up and give it back. After all, this is Akane's stuff. Besides, Mr. Ash is a hero now, so he can't do things like stealing."

"I will return it. Besides, I was just looking at it and had no intention of stealing it."

Really, I just want to kill some time and have some fun. If you're so serious, I feel a little embarrassed to continue.

"Huh!?" Seeing the homework book really returned to her hands, Akane's mouth opened wide and she couldn't close it for a moment. She kept looking at Ash and then at Yayoi.

You... Yayoi, weren't you the one who got bullied the most and hated him the most? Why did you suddenly change? What happened? Are you hiding some secret I don't know about?

And this awful man actually listened to you? What the hell just happened!

"Hehe~"

Yayoi smiled at Akane's wide-eyed confusion, but didn't respond to her friend's puzzled expression.

After all, that story is a secret between Mr. Ash and me.

Since it's a secret, let me keep it as my own treasure for a while.

"So, what happened?"

"Actually, nothing really happened. I just regained my transformation ability and can become Pretty Cure again!"

“Hey——!”

Now everyone came over with drawn-out surprise, especially Akane and Nao, their jaws almost dropped. After all, it was the most timid Yayoi among them who recovered her abilities first. It was really surprising to them, so how could they hide their shock?

"W-Why didn't you tell us, Yayoi-chan!"

"Well, after all, you didn't ask, and no one from the Tragedy Kingdom came to cause trouble this week."

Don't I want to give you a surprise?

"Then how do you remove the seal, Mr. Yayoi, please teach me!"

"Okay, but don't worry, Akane and Nao."

This time, Yayoi, who was surrounded by people, did not cry in panic like before. Instead, she couldn't help laughing like a bright rabbit.

It's unexpectedly a happy feeling to be watched by everyone.

Thinking of this, Yayoi's eyes turned to Ash who was leaning against the window, squinting at the sun.

Mr. Ash, are you doing this just to attract everyone's attention?

"Hmm..." What no one noticed was that from Miyuki's bag, the lamb-shaped elf "Tangtang" was staring at Ash.

"He's really a bully...Tangtang, Tangtang wants to help Qian and the others!"

To the elves, who are extremely simple and perceive the world in black and white, Ash is just an annoying villain who bullies them and their friends. Even if he says he wants to help them, the elves hate the dark smell on him that makes them uncomfortable.

Besides...since he bullied Qian, Tangtang will vent Qian's anger!

With such a simple thought in mind, Tangtang jumped out of the schoolbag regardless of anything and rushed towards Yaxiu.

Normally speaking, with such a huge gap in strength, Tangtang would never have the chance to meet Ash.