Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Lihua knew that she was in great danger, but she did not regret it at all.

If this is my bad end, then at least I made the right choice in the end.

A shadow suddenly fell from the sky and entered her sight, and a blue and white haori with the words "Third Division" written on it fluttered down and brushed against her eyelashes and nose, interrupting the kaleidoscope of scenes passing before Lihua's eyes.

"vertical!"

A sudden shout!

Two galloping horses, each pulling half a carriage, passed by the girl.

"Ichimonji!"

When the girls saw their companions about to be brutally killed, they were shocked by the scene before them before they could even let out a cry of sorrow.

"cut!"

A man holding a long sword stood in front of Lihua, twisting his waist completely backwards to hold the sword. The hem of his blue and white haori skirt fluttered in the strong wind blowing past him and the amplitude of his movements, gently caressing the girl whose hair was also blown up by her ears.

The two men stood up facing the cleared road as if they had cut off the oncoming waves with themselves as the center. Beside them, a carriage was split into two parts in the middle, and was dragged by two horses from the left and right sides at a high speed.

The girls' wide-open eyes were filled with a pale blue color.

The aftermath of the impact and the strong wind not only blew up the girl's blue bangs, but also lifted the hairpin on her head and flew to the distant horizon.

"Uu——!"

"boom!"

Everything happened so fast that Lihua and Ayumi on the ground were still unable to react. Only when they finally woke up did they hurriedly pat themselves up and down to make sure that there was no missing limbs.

"Reika, Ayumi! Are you okay?"

She nodded blankly. At this moment, Lihua's eyes were completely focused on the blue and white ronin's back in front of her. She held the knife at her side and casually lifted the few strands of bangs hanging from her forehead. Who else could this man with a slicked-back hair be but the Ash who she had caught a glimpse of before?

"Ah...I'm fine."

"That's great, Ayumi—Ayumi?!"

Unlike Reika who was still able to remain calm, Ayumi, who was called, stood there in a daze. After a while, she fell straight backwards. The others hurried over to support her in a panic, leaving Reika and Ash staring at each other behind them.

Is this person, Ash, the one who saved me?

Lihua felt her heart skip a beat.

I had deliberately resisted and distanced myself from him, even distrusting him, because of my own understanding...but he still saved me despite past grudges? Could it be that I was simply too narrow-minded?

"Um..." Thinking of this, the girl, feeling guilty, folded her hands in front of her and quietly prepared to bow to Ash. "Thank you, thank you."

Looking at the back of the girl's head bent towards him, Ash's eyes narrowed slightly.

Let’s put that passerby NPC aside for now...Isn’t this our self-righteous Miss Blue?

It’s just right, this is a rare opportunity.

"Miss, why did you suddenly appear in such a place?" Ash's words made Lihua freeze in mid-bow. Unlike the traditional story development, the other party did not say "Are you okay?" in a caring and heroic way. The man standing facing Lihua maintained indifference on his face, with a manic grin at the corner of his mouth.

This person...!

Feeling something was wrong, Lihua slowly raised her head. No other emotions could be seen in those shrunken eyes. She couldn't even be sure whether he split the carriage in half like a god in order to save her, or... he did it just because he could?

At least that was all she could read in Ash's eyes at the moment.

Before he could determine the nature of something that emerged in his mind, it was shattered to pieces by a flying kick from the unscrupulous Ash.

"Didn't your parents teach you that you can't jaywalk?"

It's like the player deliberately letting the game's plot veer into a bad ending in order to collect all the CGs, or like a child who, wanting to see the internal structure, willfully and irreversibly detaches a robot's limbs.

What the girl felt was such pure and innocent "malice".

"I--"

For no apparent reason, a chill spread throughout my body.

The "dragon" dyed in the color of dusk suddenly infiltrated into the fairy tale life.

Lihua opened her mouth to explain, but in a flash, she saw a sword pointing at her throat. The gleaming silver blade made the girl swallow a stream of saliva as her throat surged.

Gurgle....

Although her companions were behind her, Reika was the only one being targeted at the moment. The others were worried about Ayumi who had fallen down and had no idea what would happen after her death.

"Did I tell you we should keep our distance?" Ash, whose body began to reek of iron and blood, narrowed his eyes to the size of an incense stick. "How dare you wander into my territory?"

"Kill without mercy!"

For some reason, murderous intent, as cold as ice, was released towards Lihua without any consideration.

It was as if the air was frozen... no, it was colder than that.

It was like the blood was frozen, the beating heart was pierced by the icy spikes pumping from within. It was like the spine was scraped off and replaced with an identical icicle.

Lihua could easily find all kinds of metaphors and adjectives, but none of them could accurately and truly describe her feelings at the moment.

Clearly, the power he used was also the power of ice, but facing the fear transformed from this focused murderous intent, apart from this overwhelming and indescribable feeling of oppression, he couldn't even muster the will to resist.

It's not the despairing darkness of the tragic kingdom, but a purer will that exists solely for the sake of plundering and destroying something.

Lihua now seems to have truly experienced death.

My calves began to tremble slightly, and even though I wanted to cry out loud, I no longer had the strength to do so...

I want to escape, I want to turn around and run away now!

but--

Why...Ash, is this what you mean by keeping your distance?

Or...take my life!

From the beginning I didn't understand, who on earth are you?!

As if to confirm something, even though the stinging pain on her lips kept reminding her, Lihua still stood where she was, staring into those eyes that showed no emotion except malice.

Ash's smile widened now.

Chapter 98: Ash on the Movie Set

The cold, fear, and unspeakable suffocation almost took away the girl's breath. But she was able to stand here and confront Ash instead of fleeing immediately. This was the best she could do.

"Ka-that performance just now was truly spectacular!"

The director's voice came from behind, and the icy murderous intent instantly turned into an emotionless smile.

"Ah! Mr. Ash!"

Hearing the director's call, the others behind him also came to their senses. Under the surprised and delighted gazes of the girls, Ash, who had been showing off his sword skills in the sun, put away his sword and put the weapon into the sheath on his waist along the direction of his thumb. With the crisp sound of "clang" between the sword and the sheath, Lihua finally came back to her senses from this indescribable hell of extreme cold and suffocation.

Only then did she realize that the time she lost herself was only a moment in the outside world.

The smile on his face broke Ash's previous indifference. When Ash walked in and stood with them, Lihua began to feel as if everything before was just a dream caused by her own illusion.

But how is this possible?

"You're not scared at all, you're pretty good."

Ash is very happy now because he just deliberately did exactly the same thing as one of the bad endings predicted by the Dark Sword.

The general trend is the same, but there are also some changes. For example, in the prophecy he saw, this poor girl leaked it on the spot.

Change is a good thing. Compared to the terrible bad end, the most frightening thing is actually the unchanging result. Hmm... Interesting, do you want to try it again?

“Hoo-haa ...

The girl retreated repeatedly, covering her flat chest with both hands. Lihua gasped as if she had survived a disaster, and cold sweat kept wetting her blue hair.

Not scared? Seriously, are you taking this as a prank?! I almost lost control of my body!

Or...is this a test for me?

Ayumi Sakagami, who didn't understand anything at all, was now lying on the ground, almost blowing bubbles like a crab.

"Blue." Ash intertwined his fingers and said something that Lihua couldn't understand. "You really are blue."

"What...what do you mean?"

I don’t know if she was too scared, but Lihua’s voice was only audible to her.

Ash didn't seem to answer her question.

"Wow, Mr. Ash is worthy of his name. That was so beautiful just now!" After finally rushing over, the breathless director looked at the horses parked in the distance, then looked at Ayumi and Reika who were unharmed but just frightened, and wiped the sweat from his face with his arm with a sigh of relief.

Not only did he rescue the two little girls who intruded, but the shot that was just improvised to show the character's characteristics was really amazing!

"This time, it's all thanks to Mr. Ash's strength, otherwise there would have been an accident on the set!"

After saying this, he cast a reproachful and angry look at the girls who were frozen in silence. "How dare you run into our filming set? Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?"

Where are your parents? I'll definitely tell them and have them take you home and spank you!

"Well, I guess they didn't mean it."

Smiling Ash patted the director's shoulder and greeted others naturally. There was no trace of the murderous intent in his eyes, which made Lihua feel as if the scene that almost took her "life" was just a false illusion.

Lihua couldn't figure it out. She had never been able to figure out what was going on with Ash from the beginning.

"It's almost lunchtime, right?" Ash lifted Ayumi and Reika's collars like a kitten. "I, the captain of the Shinsengumi's 3rd Division, will take these intruders back for a lesson."

The director nodded, and couldn't help but admire the back of Ash who was holding two in his hands and leading a group of girls away.

Mr. Ash is really working hard. He is still getting into the role at this time.

But he likes to play with girls and is a playboy who has his own way with flowers... Hey, is there such a character in my script?

"I never expected that." Ash shook his head, looking quite impressed. "I haven't been in touch with you lately, thinking it would be better for you to practice against the enemies later. I didn't expect to see you here again."

Although I'm not deliberately avoiding her, but...I guess this is what fate is.

But now, in Sage Time, I just want to slack off. If anyone from the Tragedy Kingdom shows up, you guys can handle it yourselves.

Leading the curious little girls through a movie background designed in the style of Edo swordplay, they were amazed by the exquisite shapes on both sides.

But Lihua didn't say a word the whole time, and the others had no idea what had happened in the previous moment. Only the girl silently stared at the man's back, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Um..." Finally, they arrived at a rather old-fashioned room and asked Yayoi cautiously, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"If I'm in the movie city now, then as you can see, I'm of course filming a movie." As he said this, Ash turned his back to them and showed the girls his blue and white haori with "Third Division" written on the back to show them the girls' surprised eyes.

"Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Division, greetings to all the ladies~"

"So it's just an act. I was wondering why Ash suddenly turned into a samurai..." Just as Akane was nodding proudly, she suddenly realized and pointed at the long sword on his waist and shouted, "Ah, that's not right! If this is an act, why is Ash carrying a real sword?!"

"This is a prop sword." He drew the sword out of its sheath in front of everyone. Under the gleaming silver primer, the traces of plastic water marks were clearly visible.

"Then when we split the carriage just now..."

"You don't think I can't do this if I change my weapon, do you?" Smiling, he put the sword back with a clang, and Ash said that as long as the posture is correct and he is serious, he can do it even without a weapon.

“That’s right…that’s right.”

Leisurely chatting with the girls with whom he had become familiar without realizing it, Ash casually explained to them the story on the set.

"Well, originally I wanted to play the leading role, but unfortunately I seem to be a little too tall, so the leading role was snatched away by Ryotaro."

"That's not right, Mr. Ash. The gentleman here is called Sato Takeru..."

Following Yayoi's kind reminder, the others also laughed, and the originally depressing atmosphere seemed to be getting better and better.

"I said, you guys are having a great time chatting..."

"But, put me down quickly!" If Lihua, who was still being held in the arms and whose face was blushing, had not been afraid of her clothes being pulled open and being too rude, she would have made a scene.

Chapter 99: Ash doesn't believe in marriage

"Oh, excuse me."

Lihua casually let go of her hands and quickly landed on the ground with both feet. Her trembling calves almost made her fall into the arms of the man opposite her. Ayumi fell on her butt with a "bang" and her completely confused look slowly recovered.