Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

When Lihua woke up slowly and opened her eyes, she saw that the first person she saw was Ash, so she immediately turned aside to cover her face.

Wait, wait, I was in that position just now! Lihua's brain began to become confused and she quickly shook her head to prevent herself from having random thoughts.

"What? Are you still angry? Didn't I just lick you because I couldn't resist the urge to taste you?" Seeing her quickly moving away from him, Ash spoke in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, and as expected, he saw her trembling all over. "If you feel wronged, how about this, I can also give it to you--"

"Please stop saying such obscene things!" The girl's voice was filled with anger, and she seemed genuinely angry. "To do such a thing to a woman... How shameless! Saying you couldn't help yourself, don't you think there's something wrong with that, Ash?"

Huh? So bold she actually dares to call other men "Danna" and even seems a bit happy about it, yet surprisingly shy about this? Humph, if women's minds were as easy to understand as Kamen Rider's power-up routines, I wouldn't have to go through so many twists and turns in the world of Pretty Cure.

"No, it's not like I haven't been eaten by monsters before. It's just a little smelly, that's all. Be careful not to be digested by the stomach acid and wait for the giants or robots to dig you out later."

As he said this, Ash exhaled in front of him and said, "Hmm, it really doesn't stink."

"That kind of experience... I'm sorry, I don't want to know." Reika's lips twitched uncomfortably as Ash recounted the story with such seriousness that she felt Miyuki's assessment that day was accurate. "Could it be that Ash wanted to eat me?"

"Girl, if I really had such thoughts, I would have kidnapped you and eaten you clean..." Noticing the girl's hesitation, Ash immediately increased his imagination. "Well, if you care so much, then what if you were actually naked when you transformed into an elf-"

"I will not answer this kind of answer with all due respect!"

The clever blue always has wild thoughts and fantasies. There is indeed such a law.

Sitting with the girl on the wooden porch in front of the courtyard, Ash's gaze drifted aimlessly around Lihua's courtyard, taking in the quaint scenery before him. He noticed the figure slowly approaching again, but he didn't initiate a conversation until the other person's voice drifted over.

"What are you looking at?"

"I'm wondering what kind of world raised someone named Aoki Reika to become a Pretty Cure." He spoke with a sigh of admiration. "Could it be that because she's always lived in such a conservative environment, she's so concerned about me, an intruder? She's so bold as to even call me 'Danna'? Unexpectedly rebellious, Reika."

Ash happily teased Lihua, whose face turned red because of his words. He didn't know why, but now he would feel happy every time he saw them shy.

"Ha, come to think of it, I really do have a connection with the young lady type."

Arisu, Itsuki, Reika... Well, if that's the case, does it mean that every Pretty Cure team must have a young lady?

"Humph."

Lihua did not admit his inference, but did not reject it outright. She just "bumped" her head lightly against his shoulder as if to vent her anger, expressing her dissatisfaction with Ash's statement with her actions.

"Why, you hated me so much at first, but now this is the so-called reversal of favorability?"

"Ash is just as annoying as ever now," the girl, who truly enjoyed this kind of tranquility, said, closing her eyes as she leaned against Ash's shoulder. "At first, I simply couldn't be as devoted to Ash as Miyuki was. That time at the movie theater, too, the hostility she unleashed against me behind everyone's back was truly excessive."

"Hey, is that so?" Ash replied nonchalantly, as if he had no recollection of such an incident. "I just remember that we worked together pretty well that time, but I didn't expect that after all that guidance, you were actually willing to take a gamble for me. Really... huh?"

The pulling on his hand made Ash notice that his sleeve had been tightly grasped by her hand without him noticing.

"At that time, everyone was defeated and I was the only one left. I really didn't know what to do."

"I wanted to believe you, but I was afraid that what you showed was actually fake, and those dark scenes were the real you... I was really scared at that time..."

The man raised his fingers and gently wiped across the girl's trembling eyes, scattering the tiny tears in the light in the air.

"But I never let anyone down at the crucial moment."

"I know."

Lihua took the initiative and moved closer.

"Danna...Ash, I actually have a problem that's been bothering me lately. Can you...give me some advice?"

"After the final exams yesterday, my homeroom teacher congratulated me and told me that I had been accepted to study in the UK because of my outstanding performance. If all goes well, I can go abroad next semester." The girl recounted the story in a sweet voice, and Ash listened quietly. "When I first found out, I was really happy. After all, it's always been my dream to go abroad to learn more and see different scenery! But now, I'm not so happy anymore."

The girl's eyes revealed a look of deep sorrow.

"If I really have to study abroad, our relationship and my status as Pretty Cure will be ruined. And..." Reika cast a pitiful gaze at Ash's unwavering profile. "Maybe I'll never see him again. I don't want to give up on either of them. Ash, what do you think I should do?"

"You talked to me about this first, so you should be able to guess how others will react when they find out, right?"

"Yeah." The girl nodded gently. "Everyone must be praying for me to fulfill my wish, no matter how sad they are. But the more they do that, the more I don't want to be separated from everyone and Ash..."

"In that case, I suggest you follow your own dreams and study abroad." After hearing Ash's words, Lihua opened her mouth but remained silent, her eyes visibly saddened. "After all, haven't you always just been following other people's expectations? Now that you finally have the chance to fulfill your own wish, how could you possibly give up?"

“That’s true, but…”

When I think about never seeing you all again, never seeing this man who always says weird things but can make people laugh, I feel sad beyond words.

"You can't have it all, unless—" With a sly grin, Ash pulled a book from behind her back. "You're a genius like me, capable of bending common sense. I mean, it's just this short distance. Why are you so hesitant?"

"Eh? But using force in this kind of situation... wouldn't that be..."

"What do you mean by that?" He knocked the hardcover book against the blue-haired kid's head, causing him to cry out in pain. "Which is more important, the matter or you? Idiot."

Although they look smart, they are actually surprisingly dumb and can't figure things out... They are worthy of being a team of idiots, they are worthy of being a team of idiots, everyone is an idiot now.

Lihua covered her forehead and complained about Ash's rudeness, but the joy in her heart couldn't stop coming out more.

"Which one, Ash...?"

Unable to resist, Lihua asked the question that had always troubled her.

"I've always been grateful to you, but I know that you were banished to another world. Why on earth were you able to come back then...?"

"of course."

Letting go of Lihua's hand, Ash stood up and stretched lazily while smiling at the sun above his head.

"Because my lovely and beautiful wife at the time was in danger."

"You responded to me, and I responded to your call."

Chapter 148: The stories of Pretty Cure

Peaceful days, leisurely wind, but for some people, such scenery is a peace that they cannot enjoy with peace of mind. For example, the day before yesterday, a group of girls had just fought a fierce battle with the Dark Emperor, the world-destroying devil who was about to destroy two worlds, and the next day they were about to start the last final exam of this semester. The sense of separation between them is as great as when you are preparing for the college entrance examination and your deskmate says that he wants to drop out of school to become a king.

The result was of course predictable. The four girls cried out in pain when faced with the reality of having to take final exams. Even when they were beaten by Piero and flew all over the sky like sandbags, they had never cried out so miserably. So Ash still remembers it vividly.

However, amidst the wails of this poor student Pretty Cure, there was a voice that didn't fit in. It was a certain blue person who had already finished her review early on. The top student vice-president who always topped the grade's academic performance list had a calm smile on his face throughout the whole time, pretending to be an expert without saying a word.

The girl's smile was like the summer breeze blowing across the top leaf of a tree branch, a peaceful smile just like the moment when she leaned against Ash's back, letting her blue stream sprinkle over the man's shoulders.

The slight itch on the tip of his nose and the delicate minty fragrance made Ash, who was unable to sit still, turn his neck slightly to the other side, but he did not move away directly.

Is it the smell of shampoo? That's strange. It's not a monster or anything. It's obvious that men don't have that smell.

His gaze couldn't help but drift over from the corner of his eye, and he happened to see the girl holding a familiar little notebook and writing something on it.

"Are you still taking notes at this hour? It's really boring to think that good students only study seriously." Although he said boring words, his body was actually very honest and couldn't help but peek over out of curiosity.

"Now that I have a rare vacation time, I won't always be tense about studying. So now I'm...writing some observation summaries together with everyone." Lihua naturally felt Ash's gaze, and her hand moved the notes that had already been written for a paragraph to her side, just blocking Ash's sight, which made him even more curious.

"Don't be so stubborn and impatient. Isn't this what Ash taught me?" Facing the man's increasingly aggressive gaze after being aroused, the girls smiled and replied, "How about this be a reward for Ash who always surprises us? Let's give us a chance to prepare a surprise too."

"Ha... If these are just some girls' insect observation reports, I wouldn't be interested." The more Ash tried to ignore such boring "provocations", the more curious he became, like a bug biting him.

But when he thought of the girl's previous words, Ash gave up the idea of ​​taking it directly by saying "Let me have a look". He reluctantly withdrew his gaze and simply let the light fragrance on her body float past his nose.

Lihua, who had seen all of this, chuckled twice with genuine joy, and continued to write in her beautiful handwriting on the notebook.

"[Ash is a very annoying person.]"

"[This man named Ash, a knight who suddenly intruded into our fairytale world, first disregarded the rules and disrupted everything, twisting the stories of Pretty Cure and the Kingdom of Tragedy into unprecedented chaos. While he certainly caused us a lot of trouble, he was also...wonderful.]"

He always does things we can't understand, and even when they lead to negative consequences, he seems unconcerned. Originally, I would never acknowledge someone like him... But, he always guides me when I need him. Perhaps, as he says, I, who have always lived in a conservative environment, am drawn to his freedom?

On the day of the Tragic Kingdom War, when seeing that all of Ash's efforts had vanished after the final battle, Miyuki said that she wanted to recreate the story between him and them. She said it in front of everyone, but Ash thought she was just comforting himself and didn't take it seriously.

But Hoshizora Miyuki, or Smiling Pretty Cure, is actually serious.

Everyone, including Lihua, still remembers what Miyuki said to them that day.

"Everyone, do you remember? Ash said that he was unhappy with the bad ending of Tragedy Kingdom, and he chose to join us in order to fight against such an ending!" At that time, after Ash left, Miyuki had a serious expression in front of them. Although Miyuki's small round face looked cute and innocent, she still tried her best to maintain this expression.

"Yes, we defeated Piero, the tragic king and dark emperor, so that means--ah!" Qian came to her own conclusion and was stunned for a moment when she looked at Ash's back which had already gone away.

"In that case, that means Onii-sama has no reason to stay with us anymore... Eh! Is Ash going to leave?!"

"Yeah, I have a feeling! If there's truly complete peace, he'll definitely leave!" Miyuki's earnest tone caused a stir among her slightly uneasy companions. "Because he's just that kind of person, because he's Ash!"

"So, that's why we have to do this!"

After Miyuki brought the blank notebook from Ash to everyone and explained her purpose, she hoped that everyone could fill in the blanks in it, and as she said, recreate a "new story" that belonged to him and them.

"If this can allow Ash to see a new story between us, maybe he'll be so moved that he'll stay!"

"We must finish the story in this book before Ash leaves. Only then will we be ultra happy!"

"This principle is unclear, isn't it?"

Lihua was so confused at that time, but now the girl leaning on Ash's back believed what her companion said.

So she wanted to write her own part, and now, Lihua first let her writing fill in the beginning of the story.

"It's indeed an insect observation report~"

It's a bit of a stereotype, but when you think of Kamen Rider, don't you always think of insects?

"[It's the same today, always messing us up and saying things that are willful...]"

After closing the notebook, the girl looked at the author column with Ash's name written on the spine of the book, and happily left her own "Aoki Reika" on it as well.

A ray of blue light swept across the side face of the man behind her. The girl, with a slightly blushing face, reopened the closed notebook. After hesitating for a while with the tip of her pen, she finally wrote a simple line of words at the end.

“[But now I feel a little happy, isn’t that strange?]”

"[But maybe this is what the story says... the feeling of admiring someone?]"

Getting married...Dan that? As a plot point in a movie, it's already romantic enough, right?

The girl was happy about something very simple.

Chapter 149: First Lihua, then Zhi

"Danna~" Lihua used the hard spine of a book to gently poke the man's back with a coquettish tone as if she was back on the movie set. Seeing that he still had an "uneasy" expression when he addressed her like that, the girl couldn't help but chuckle twice more.

The notebook that Ash had tried so hard to hide from him was now back in the man's hands under his puzzled gaze.

"I've already finished writing my part, so I'd like you to pass it on to the next person, please?"

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"so..."

"They said you all have a share or something, so now they asked me to bring it to you, and they even asked me not to look at it... Tsk, what kind of thing is that? You're just being clever."

It's such a nagging feeling to be told something, yet unable to expose it... Huh? Is this how someone feels when the author suddenly cancels a post after following them? Thinking of this, Ash suddenly understood.

Midorikawa, holding a vegetable basket in one hand, stared at the notes that were stuffed into his hand without any explanation, then looked at Ash who was complaining with his hands in his pockets in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

In fact, Midorikawa Naoki has very complicated feelings about co-creating the story of everyone and Ash. It's not that he hates it or is unwilling, it's just that...his feelings are extremely complicated.

Except for Miyuki, everyone's attitude towards Ash was extremely bad at the beginning, either dislike or alienation, but these bad relationships turned into relationships of affinity and admiration as they got along with each other. Even Lihua, the best friend who was originally the most staunch "anti-Ash party", has now become the closest force besides Miyuki.

Perhaps Miyuki was the only one who had never been troubled? After all, she had a sincerity towards Ash that was "beyond love", and no one could compare to that.

As for Midorikawa Naoki himself, it's not that he is still unwilling to believe him, but the crisis of trust caused by the Reversal Clown Monster still makes the girls' backs chill when they recall it.

Although the happy ending in which everyone's problems were solved and the relationship was restored was the best, she couldn't help but feel wronged whenever she thought of the psychological trauma she suffered at that time, not to mention Ash's stimulation therapy at the last moment... Even though she knew that Ash was doing it for their own good and the effect was really significant, the man's excessive footprints that crushed everything without reservation were still deeply imprinted in the girl's heart.

She didn't mean to complain about him, she just... found it hard to forgive him.

"Huh—you're here so early?"

The girl took a deep breath and revealed the mixed feelings in her heart. Deciding to let the past go, she stopped thinking about it and put the notebook with her best friend's name written on it into her underwear pocket.

I can write, but I am not as experienced in literary creation as Lihua. Can I write anything like this?

"After all, Lihua insisted that you are good at taking care of people and cooking, so I came here." Pretending not to see the emotion in the other person's eyes at that moment, Ash turned his gaze to the vegetables in the basket in her hand.

"Potatoes, carrots, onions, and chicken... curry? A bit too classic for a choice."

"Hehe~ It's not as amazing as Lihua said - and who do you think this is for?" Zhi quickly put the carrot that Ash was looking at and about to bite into back into the basket.

A few days ago, I learned from a friend's phone call that Ash had decided to come over to my house today. I was feeling a mixture of emotions. Although I hadn't figured out how to get along with him, I decided to buy some extra food today to properly entertain him as a guest. And then, by chance, we bumped into each other on the way, and this scene unfolded.

"But you're probably the best person of the opposite sex in the world who can be treated like this by Lihua."

Speaking of this, Zhi couldn't help but be impressed. Regarding Lihua's transformation... the most beautiful girl in Seven-Colored Hill Academy actually fell in love with a single person. Ha~ If those boys knew about this, they would probably be heartbroken, right? The green girl couldn't help but start to have a slightly gossipy thought.

"So what's going on with Lihua? She's usually serious and shy, which is why she's worth teasing, but sometimes she's even bolder than me. Could it be that she has some hidden funny side that I don't know about?"