Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

After all, even though it was a dream that was hard to describe in words, it had indeed been a long time since I last saw Ash.

However, I still miss him so deeply now... No, no! Ash left without any regrets. If I still act so badly now, he will definitely laugh at me somewhere.

He woke up from his dream, and I have had enough of this kind of dream.

"Go to sleep, Regina."

"Go to sleep..."

What Ai Aida didn't know when she lay down again was that in this city where many buildings and schools had appeared overnight, there were several other girls who had experienced the same thing as her and had also woken up from their dreams, their faces also filled with tears of longing.

"Ash...?"

When a person dies and becomes a symbol in the hearts of others, their past shortcomings are erased and their strengths are infinitely magnified to be admired. The closer you are to such a person, the more your melancholy and regret grow exponentially.

This is especially true in the Pretty Cure's hearts, which are filled with "love".

"Dad, Mom, I'm going out!"

The long night passed quickly, and the light of tomorrow covered the darkness of yesterday. Love, without a trace of gloom on his face, stretched out his body in praise of the sun in the sunlight, and vowed that he would work hard to help others today.

"But starting today, it's school vacation. Although it's not good to slack off too much even during vacation, Makoto said he's looking forward to his first vacation here."

There are so many people on the streets today. Come to think of it, did Dabei City have so many people in the past?

Talking to himself about the arrangements for his friends, Ai did not notice the purple-haired girl with glasses who passed by him with an anxious look on her face, nor did he notice the pair of gloomy and complicated eyes that approached him quietly from behind.

"Since Xia Lulu and the others are at Liuhua's place, well! Why not just call everyone together and go to the exhibition in Makou P that we've always wanted to visit - hm?" Ai had to stop in front of the wall at the end of the alley. She clearly didn't remember that this was a dead end, but she was still blocked.

But Ai never cared. She used her athletic ability as the perfect student council president to flip over, and after landing perfectly on the other side and standing up, Ai saw a man wrapped in a cloak standing at the entrance of the alley, staggering towards her.

"Are you a resident here? Haha, sorry, I just saw there was no road so I asked to pass by!"

"......" The man did not answer, but continued to stagger towards Ai.

"Um." Noticing something was amiss with the other person, Ai, feeling uneasy, still took the initiative to ask. "Do you need any help?"

"of course."

A black shadow flashed under the cloak, and the girl, whose pupils suddenly shrank, only had time to protect her chest with her hands to avoid being hit in the abdomen by a palm and sent flying backwards.

The girl, who was hit by the garbage pile behind her, covered her belly which was bulging like a shrimp and gasped in pain. She raised her eyes with difficulty and saw that the other party was still slowly approaching her.

"Who are you?"

It hurts so much——consciousness is blurring...

"boom--"

A huge dark shadow suddenly rushed out from the glass fragments at Ai's feet, knocked away the cloaked man and surrounded Ai to protect him, but for some reason, the Dark Warriors Dragon only protected Ai and kept roaring at him, and never took the initiative to attack.

However, when she saw the other party pick up the golden wing card from the ground, Ai's eyes, which were narrowed in pain, suddenly widened, and she fell forward and lay on the body of the Dark Warrior Dragon, shouting.

"That's mine!" The girl's usually enthusiastic and energetic voice now had a hint of anxiety, even anger. "This is Ash's, give it back to me!"

"I need to take this back..."

Take it back? What are you talking about—

Just as Ai was getting more and more angry, a corner of the other party's cloak that was opened made the girl's eyes fixed on it in surprise.

A cracked golden seal and a dark purple broken sword hung on his belt. He tightly grasped the survival card he had snatched from Ai, and with his other hand he pulled out the broken sword and drew a cross in front of him with great effort, causing the space in front of him to split open.

"I don't have much time—ahem!"

The violent coughing took away the already weak strength in the voice of the man who was still gasping for breath. The man who stepped one foot into the void turned back to give his last glance to love, and she also saw the pure white flowing in those unforgettable black eyes.

"Thank you, Mana..."

"and many more--"

Those eyes, and that voice, even if it's faint, I still remember it...

“It should be here…”

"Ah, there's another person over here and—a dragon, is it a dragon...?"

Mana, who vaguely heard the voices of others beside her, finally fainted after reaching her physical limit.

Chapter 2: The Creation of Ash

"Forehead.....!"

On the rooftop of the Finone Academy in the center of the city, the dying "Ash" finally knelt down helplessly, his cloak slipping open to reveal his cracked body underneath. Several silver-gray coins slipped out from behind the cracks, making a tinkling sound.

"This body has reached its limit..."

The "Dark Sword Yue'an (battle-damaged)", "Seal of Sin (damaged)", and "Survival Card" that he had finally snatched were placed in front of him. Although they were obviously waste items that had lost their power and were of no use, "Ash" still held his breath and focused on them wholeheartedly.

Ash's current condition is very strange. It all starts with the reason why he appeared here and was "born" here.

After receiving Ash's advice, the assassin substance instantly understood and gathered the special power of several dimensions. Through Mana, Lei and others' thoughts about the individual "Ash", or in other words, desire... the power born from this desire summoned Ash, who was still dying in the system.

Feeling the power contained in this desire, the assassin substance was eager to devour Ash, but it ended up losing to this person on the spiritual level. Seeing that its account was about to be hacked by Ash, it took the attitude of "If I die, you will not have a good life" and blew itself up from the inside, turning Ash into what he is now.

So now Ash is in a very delicate state. He is the unattainable "desire" of several girls who miss Ash. He is also called as a part of Ash. To be honest, he doesn't even know if he can be regarded as the real "Ash".

If I have to say, it might be more similar to Greeed in Kamen Rider OOO...but it doesn't matter.

“Everyone, no matter who they are, has strong desires and hopes to satisfy something. They all hold this idea in mind.”

He spread out his palm and gently brushed the surface of the prop, feeling the girl's strong longing for him. The man, who was already exhausted, also smiled.

That's right, if I can devour the desire above, I should be able to be resurrected again!

"What? Are you still holding on?" A ethereal, pleasant voice sounded from behind. Ash, emerging from the shadow of the lightning rod on the rooftop, hugged the Pretty Cure's size to her chest and sat down beside him naturally. "Do you need my help?"

The man turned his head and glanced at her without answering, but instead focused his whole body on integrating into the props in front of him.

"No, you just need to abide by our previous deal, that's enough."

"Yes, yes, I understand." Yaxiu yawned boredly, swung her slender legs wrapped in white stockings, and jumped out of her seat, giving the guy one last look. "I don't know how you've won the hearts of so many precures. Are bad, handsome enemies really that popular?"

I don't understand, really. I'm such a cute, super-invincible Pretty Cure, and I really want to be loved by someone~

"Men~"

Holding the three "relics" of his own tightly in his arms, Ash exerted his last bit of strength to "eat" them. The originally exhausted power in his body suddenly began to surge wildly. The sublimated light shone from behind his eyes, and the coins even rushed out from the cracks that were about to heal.

“Throwing tiles——!”

Please make my and their desires come true!!!

The darkness on the roof of the school building suddenly twisted into a strange demonic shadow. With the reflection of the black and white lightning that suddenly struck in broad daylight, it quickly twisted and forcibly changed "Ash", as if something was discarded and thrown away.

Was separated out.

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"I didn't expect it to be like this. I'm really grateful that you were able to send Mana to the hospital!"

Faced with the blue-haired woman Rikka's sincere bow of thanks, Hanasaki Rei, who had never been thanked so deeply before, responded hurriedly by waving her hands.

"Don't be like this, Miss Hishikawa—we were just doing what we had to do."

"But thank you so much! Sigh... isn't peace already here? Who the hell is Mana..."

When the girl who was extremely excited when talking about her friends finally let go of her hand, Lei, who was very uncomfortable, got a chance to breathe. After cleaning her fogged-up glasses, she looked at the purple-haired girl next to her who was also wearing glasses.

"Sister Lily, did you find anything?"

"Yeah." Yueying Lily nodded, her attention now focused on the coin in her hand. "That child and her friends don't seem like ordinary people."

"Is it because of that dragon? It disappeared immediately, I thought I was seeing things."

"It's more than that." Lily, who boasted the most experience with Pretty Cure among the Heart-Catching Group, shook her head and offered another answer. "Just think of it as intuition. She has a similar vibe to you, Rei, and Itsuki."

"Really?" Lei heaved a sigh of relief. "Luckily, the doctor said the child is fine. Maybe we can become friends after she wakes up."

Well, it would be nice if we could be friends.

At this time, Lei's attention also shifted to the coin in Lily's hand. The silver-gray coin rolled from the index finger to the back of the little finger as the slender fingers moved, and then was caught by the thumb and thrown high. The falling coin was caught by the back of the other hand, and was constantly tossed left and right by the pair of hands.

"This is..." As the coin moved, Lei's eyes showed a look of reminiscence.

With the arrival of the holiday, the members of the Heart-Catching Group, at Erika's excited call, agreed to visit the "Fashion Fashion Show" mobile exhibition recently reported by Hope Flower Market.

Unexpectedly, when Lei was bumped into by a strange cloaked man on the way, she found that the "Seal of Sin" she carried with her was gone. The two of them immediately followed him in anger, only to see the man breaking through the space and leaving in shock.

"This fell from the man when he was attacked."

Obviously, she should be happy to have the evidence to follow the clues, but Lily felt very complicated as she stared at the coin in front of her.

Why does that figure feel so familiar to me? Why... does it bring up a sense of nostalgia and sadness? What's wrong with me? Is it because of the dream I had earlier?

"Lei, do you recognize this kind of coin?"

"Indeed, I saw it in the weekly comics for the boys at school..." Lily saw the same sentiment in Lei's well-hidden profile. "It seems..."

"Kamen Rider's... gadgets..."

Ash!?

But how is that possible? Why?

Yueying Lily's wrist, which was holding the coin, trembled violently.

"Ding--"

The silver-gray cell coin slid down the arm, bounced a few times on the ground, and was about to roll towards the stairs when a fallen leather shoe blocked the coin, forcing its owner to bend down and pick up the coin.

"that...."

Hoshizora Miyuki walked up to the two of them and handed them her hand.

"Is this something you dropped?"

Meixing, who returned the lost property, is also a good kid today... By the way, I'll ask them!

"By the way, have you seen it?" Miyuki asked them very honestly with red eyes.

"Have you ever seen a broken sword?"

Chapter 3: The First Encounter of People from Another World

"It's okay, that's good."

After their own Yotsuba Group's professional doctors repeatedly confirmed that Mana had no other hidden injuries and that it seemed that she was just temporarily fainting due to the excessive impact, Yotsuba Arisu and Hishikawa Rikka finally breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

"Okay, Rikka, stop looking so grim." After confirming everything was alright, Arisu, having calmed down from his earlier panic, regained his composure and smiled, comforting the emotionally broken Rikka. "Mana has always been a strong child. Neither the Selfish Organization nor Ash could defeat her, right? She'll definitely be fine."

"I know that, but!" Her hands trembled slightly as she rested on her knees, her face drooping as tears threatened to fall from the shadows. "Mana is such a considerate and kind person! She's definitely not someone who occasionally ignores others' feelings like before... She's supposed to be the hero who saved the world, right? Who could do such a horrible thing?"

Not long ago, when a "passerby" on a certain fan page called to inform her, "Your friend has been attacked, come to the hospital quickly!", Rikka, who was originally playing with the elves, almost fainted on the spot.

There was nothing else, just that she was reminded of a tragedy that she never wanted to recall again.

Seeing someone important to me die right before my eyes, just once...it's really enough...

"Sebastian."

With a snap of his fingers, the loyal old butler of the Four Leaf Group walked in with a tablet in his hand, under the surprised gazes of the people who were communicating outside the ward. The picture connected to the city surveillance network showed the scene where Mana was in danger in the alley, attacked by the mysterious cloaked man, and protected by the Dark Warriors Dragon.

"We've already arranged for someone to search for the person in the picture, but for some reason, many unfamiliar structures have suddenly appeared in the city. So, I'm sorry, Miss, there hasn't been any progress..."