Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

He slid past the alien Kuuga's crotch and raised his hand with the spikes wrapped in jet-black dragon flames to hit it on the back. Just when he was about to succeed, the alien Kuuga's two extra limbs reversed themselves and grabbed the sword with his bare hands, then threw Ash in front of him with the sword, and raised his other huge claw to crush Ash.

"—"

Inexplicably, the claw that cast a shadow on the knight's eyepiece suddenly stopped in mid-air above his head, as if it was about to chop down, but was too soft-hearted to do it.

Ash, whose nerves had been stretched to the limit throughout the battle, certainly wouldn't let go of the enemy's inexplicable mistake.

Feeling that the restraining force on the sword was also slightly loosening, Ash poured all his strength into pushing his wrist forward, allowing the holy sword to pierce the gap between the overlapping shells on the alien Kuuga's chest.

The blood that was constantly pumping out gushed out, and Ash saw the dial and fragments that he had crushed inside.

"Successful!"

Hearing the extremely sad roar of the alien Kuuga echoing in the warehouse, Ash breathed a sigh of relief and realized that this time he had won a victory with a small gamble and a big win.

Just as he was showing his joy at defeating a powerful enemy, the outer shell and muscle fibers of the huge monster in front of him that he had pierced began to peel off layer by layer, gradually revealing a familiar figure wearing a blood and pink dress inside.

"..."

Still maintaining the motion of thrusting the sword with both hands, Ash stood frozen in place like a sculpture. The girl whose chest was pierced by his sword and was hanging in the air, with her lifeless eyes staring at him, made Ash, whose smile quickly disappeared, completely stunned.

The sticky blood, which was red to black, flowed along the blade to Ash's hands, staining his hands with blood.

"Ahem...Pfft——"

After coughing painfully a few times, Miyuki managed to raise her head and pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something to Ash in front of her, but her breathing was difficult and everything in front of her seemed particularly blurry and distant. As soon as she opened her mouth, an irrepressible sweetness gushed out of the girl's mouth and sprinkled on Ash's face.

"Your blood..."

Ash's vision turned red as he suddenly remembered something. That was the scene that the Dark Sword Yue'an had shown him when he first arrived in this world. It was this unforgettable tragedy that had convinced Ash to let his own arbitrary actions determine the outcome.

But no one saw the dark sword at that time, and he didn't know whose sword it was that pierced the girl's chest.

"Ash—?"

Lihua and the others who had just arrived following the battle formation saw Ash piercing Miyuki with a sword. The girl covered her mouth with horror and pain, her eyes bloodshot.

"Miyuki——!"

"Really?... So, it's me..."

Ash muttered to himself.

I was clearly sad, but I couldn't shed a single tear.

Isn't this weird?

Chapter 180 The person you can’t forgive the most is yourself

"Something went wrong...Ash..."

The black-haired man sat on the ground with his back against the operating room door, his head lowered between his arms. His eyes looked unfocused and without light. He obviously had no motivation to stand up now.

While muttering to himself, the notebook with a burnt corner and stained red was tightly grasped together with the fingers grabbing his hair.

"What went wrong?"

Now, the murdered and dying Hoshizora Miyuki is in the door behind him. According to his temperament, he should rush in immediately and hold the knife himself to save his life with perfect skills.

but....

He brought the hand that had been released from above his head in front of him. Although the palm had been cleaned and was empty, the strong and disgusting smell of blood still lingered from it.

"It was my mistake."

Yes, this is the result of my being too clever. Miyuki's blood seems to still be on my hands. With my trembling hands, I can't hold anything.

"Is that so...Is that so?"

When I faced the alien Kuuga, it was clearly a "monster" with great power, but it was using it in an extremely clumsy way, otherwise I would not have found a chance to defeat it. At that time, I thought it was "its" problem, but now it seems that it is my problem.

Even in that state, Miyuki probably didn't even have any self-awareness, but she still didn't kill me at the last moment.

Clearly, there was a chance to save her, but I...I had just been defeated and only had victory in my eyes, so I did such an unforgivable thing.

"What have you done...Ash..."

"What have you done, Ash?"

Her collar was grabbed and forcibly lifted up in front of her so that she could look into the angry and sad face of Midorikawa Nao.

"Didn't you say you would handle this matter?!"

"Didn't you tell us not to take any action? Didn't you insist on letting us do nothing?"

"Then tell me—why, why is it that only Miyuki, who always trusted you, has to suffer this fate?!"

Ash noticed that her swollen eyes were dark red, and as she spoke, tears were about to come out.

There was no anger, no answer. Ash's eyes slowly swept over her back. Others were standing or sitting on both sides of the aisle waiting anxiously. The deep tear marks on the sides of their cheeks and the slightly swollen eye sockets were all the same.

"Tell me, what is going on? Why are you doing such excessive things to Miyuki—" Zhi, who was pulling at the collar, seemed to be about to continue scolding, but after opening and closing his mouth, he finally made an almost pleading sound.

"I know Ash wouldn't do this. Tell me, who is behind this... Please, tell me...!"

When I was alone, you were the only one who believed in me and stayed by my side. At that time, I was sure that no matter how much I pretended to be like you, you were not really a bad guy... So now I want to believe you too, please, please let me believe you!

The sadness made the girl's strong thighs go limp. She stopped pulling at the collar and started holding on to Ash's hands tightly, hanging on him weakly with her whole body. Soon, a sad sob came from Ash's wet chest.

Ash could also feel the gazes of others. Whether it was the anger that met his gaze or the sadness that avoided his gaze, they all looked at him with an almost pleading feeling. They seemed to long for Ash to shake his head and defend himself, so that they would have a reason to stop hating him.

After all, everyone saw with their own eyes that it was Ash who "assassinated" Miyuki. If they wanted to untie their knots, they could only get proof from Miyuki or Ash themselves.

So Ash shook his head and opened his dry lips slightly.

"Feel sorry."

"I...did something unforgivable."

[Don't blame yourself too much, sometimes there are times when you can't help it]

No, this concerns her life, and it is not something that can be done only if she has no other choice.

Even the system popped up as if to persuade him, but the main problem here was that Ash, who had done all this with his own hands, could no longer forgive himself with peace of mind.

"Ash! You-you!"

The force pulling at his collar was suddenly thrown away, allowing Ash to sit back down again and run to the other end of the aisle almost in tears.

"You vile bastard!"

At this speechless moment of accumulating anger, the light on the ceiling of the operating room suddenly went out. The doctor in sterile clothes looked at the person sitting on the ground with surprise, then opened the door behind Ash from the inside. When the others saw this, they immediately came over and asked nervously.

"Doctor! How is Miyuki?!"

"It was a truly brutal injury. The penetrating wound in her chest was so close to piercing her heart that even a god would have been unable to save her."

Ash, who had stood up at some point, stood behind the anxious and noisy girls, standing upright like a statue and listening to the consequences of his own actions.

"The operation was relatively successful, but the patient's condition is still very serious and he is not out of danger. Even if he is saved, he may never wake up again..."

"how so!?"

The first group of Pretty Cure was the one connected by Miyuki. When they heard the miserable plight of their companions, everyone's expression looked as if the sky had fallen.

After a period of chaos so chaotic that even Ash couldn't remember the time, in the intensive care unit, Ash sat next to the life monitoring equipment, put down the holy sword casually, and stared blankly at the girl lying on the bed, looking extremely miserable.

Everyone else had left angrily, saying that it was enough for Ash to stay here, and vowed to find the unknown enemy and never forgive him. Now, besides Ash, the only ones left here were Lihua and Qian who were standing at the door.

"Ash...!" Lihua, with her hands on her waist, looked at Ash with indignation as he drooped his head. Even if he didn't say anything, she still chose to believe him. But his lonely and fragile back after his mental fall made Lihua sigh uncontrollably.

Things have already come to this, can you, Miyuki, who is still brooding inwardly, wake up? Are you really the Ash I know?

"I'm so disappointed!"

"Lihua, wait—"

After glancing at Lihua who slammed the door and left, and looking at Ash who was breathing heavily with embarrassment, Qian ruffled her hair with an extremely embarrassed expression, sighed, and hurriedly followed him out.

Now, in the quiet room, there were only Ash and Miyuki lying on the hospital bed.

Chapter 181: Miyuki, do you like Ash so much?

"Miyuki..."

Miyuki, who had just been transferred from the operating room to the intensive care unit, looked extremely weak. The girl in her hospital gown was pale, her lips were chapped, and her soft breathing was obviously difficult, with painful groans and gasps. She was now as fragile as a piece of paper that would break with a poke.

The vital signs shown on the instrument nearby were relatively stable, but just as the doctor said, it would not be surprising if he suddenly fell down at any time.

He placed his hands on his knees anxiously. He really wanted to make up for his mistakes, but now he didn't even know how to do it.

"I..."

Ash opened his mouth. He thought he would have a lot to say to him, but now he found that he couldn't say anything.

The silent Ash finally took Miyuki's hand carefully, put the notebook in her hand and asked her to hold it tightly, then turned around and left.

"..."

Only in the intensive care unit of Hoshizora Miyuki was it quiet for a while, except for the occasional response from the monitoring equipment, until some tiny Mosuo sounds broke the silence.

The back of the girl's hand, which was on an IV drip, slipped out from under the quilt. With a painful twitch in her coma, she happened to touch the dark sword Yue'an left behind by Ash. The palm of her hand touched the hilt for only half a second before it bounced outwards as if it had been electrocuted.

"..."

The trembling right hand hanging under the bed seemed to have gone through an unimaginable "psychological struggle" before it was slowly raised again, and then...

The small hand, so thin that it seemed like it would break at the slightest touch, tightly grasped the hilt of the Dark Sword Yue'an again.

I held it tightly like that for an unknown amount of time.

"Miyuki..."

A sacred voice was calling Miyuki's name.

"Miyuki."

Miyuki opened her cloudy eyes and saw a gorgeous woman wrapped in golden light standing in front of her, looking at her with an expression full of pity.

"The Royal Queen..."

"Miyuki, I'm so sorry." The Queen's voice was filled with regret. "I'm truly sorry that you were treated so harshly just because you're a Pretty Cure..."

"It's okay, Your Majesty." A weak but incredibly gentle voice emanated from dry lips. "I've never regretted becoming a Pretty Cure. Otherwise, I wouldn't have met Tangtang, everyone, and Ash... Your Majesty, please don't tell Tangtang about this. She'll be heartbroken if she didn't leave us so soon."

After Piero was defeated, Tangtang, having completed her mission, returned to her hometown, the fairy kingdom, with her brother, saying a tearful goodbye. They'd agreed to come back later, but if Tangtang knew what had happened to her, she'd surely burst into tears. She didn't want to make another friend cry because of her.

Hearing Miyuki's words, the Fairy Tale Queen closed her eyes, remained silent for a while, and then spoke slowly again.

"Miyuki, Cure Happy, please come back with me to the fairy tale kingdom. Once there, I can use my own power and the techniques of fairy tales to heal your wounds. I'm sure they will heal you."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but it is not necessary."

To the Queen's surprise, she was rejected. She couldn't understand why, so she continued to ask.

"Can you tell me why you refused?"

It's clearly a harmless suggestion, why?

Miyuki forced a painful expression on her face and finally gave the queen a very forced smile, which was more beautiful than the moon outside the window.

I saw it, I saw it all... So, the ending he had been seeing and clamoring to change was these?

There are still people who need to be saved.

"Now I want to stay by his side."

"Ugh...."

The Fairy Tale Queen sighed in a very human way, turned into golden dust and disappeared, leaving only one sentence behind.

"cure happy, do you like Ash that much?"

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Perhaps, it was the gentleness displayed by the Pretty Cure in the first two worlds that made him misjudge himself.

I mistakenly thought that I didn't need to act like a bad guy anymore and could enjoy the light by their side.

I think the sugar-coated bullets fired by Guangmei are nourishing. You eat the sugar coating and swallow the bullets. How can they kill you?