Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"No, Sebastian, this isn't your fault." The two girls took note of the sudden appearance of many buildings as information. The next scene played on the screen suddenly brightened their eyes and they pointed at the screen.

“Here, stop—!”

Arisu pressed the pause button, and the screen froze on the moment when the man picked up the survival card. Although there was no radio equipment to hear what the other party said to Mana at the end, Arisu and Rikka fell into deep silence as they watched this scene on the screen.

It was because the memories surrounding the owner of this card suddenly emerged from the depths of his mind.

"Is this person attacking Mana because of this card that originally belonged to Ash..." Rikka opened her mouth, her throat now feeling unusually dry. "Could it be that he's targeting Ash...his former enemy?"

"Hmm." Arisu, lost in thought, nodded slightly at this answer. A flicker of light in his eyes and a slight tremor at the corners of his mouth broke his composure. "After all, Ash initially believed in fists more than words. If he had enemies... it wouldn't be surprising."

"Why is that—that!"

When Liuhua heard this, she was about to say something anxiously, but the voice in her throat quickly weakened along with her dim eyes.

Yes, Ash is dead.

In front of all of them, no miracle happened, and they were irreversibly scattered and disappeared.

The longer the dust settles, the more depressing the memory becomes. Rikka thought back to the days when he'd unreasonably held her captive and forced her to work as a maid at the villain's base. He was clearly a complete jerk, constantly trying to bully her and even trying to get her to wear those filthy maid outfits. But thinking back to their past interactions, she couldn't really let him go.

You inexplicably broke into someone else's heart and world without their consent, and then went so far as to disappear without a trace, making it impossible to save them! Now I have to remember you and continue to feel sad for you, Ash, you—

"Big bastard!"

She pounded her clenched fists on her knees wrapped in six-flowered white silk stockings, and her tears stained the pure white with wet marks.

Alas...what's the point of saying this now.

"Okay, Rikka, it's okay." After taking out a handkerchief and wiping Rikka's tears, Arisu glanced back at Mana before walking out of the ward with Rikka. "Besides, if he saw you crying like this for him, he would definitely laugh at you again."

"However, what we, Doki Doki Pretty Cure, have to do now remains unchanged. We must make that thief return the Ash's relics he stole."

Arisu, walking past the other girls outside the ward, maintained a smile, but a terrifying sound emanated from her clenched palms. "Whether that person is a remnant of a selfish organization or an enemy of Ash, he must apologize for what he did to Ai."

"Sorry, I don't recognize this."

Miyuki returned the cell coin in her hand. Although she didn't want to disappoint Lei and the others, she could only shake her head honestly.

"It would be great if Yayoi was here, she would definitely understand this..."

"Ahhh, it's okay!" Seeing the girl, who seemed to have cried, apologize for her again, Lei quickly waved her hand and explained, "It's not a big deal, hehe... We should be able to find out after we look for it ourselves."

After all, the store manager had left a lot of Kamen Rider-related toys and resources in the cafe to promote it to us.

"Have you ever seen something like that—"

"I'm sorry, we've never seen the broken sword you described."

"That's it..."

"Manager, you've left us with a big mystery."

"That's right." Thinking of this, Lei couldn't help but sigh. "If the store manager was still the store manager...if Ash was still here, I would want to rely on him now."

Rely on him?

Yueying Lily, who spent the longest time alone with Ash, lost everything at one point and then had her heart filled and replaced by him, and finally had her love cruelly taken away by him, is the most qualified to talk about this topic.

In fact, no matter how calm and composed she appears, no matter how much time has passed, Lily's longing for the deceased has not diminished in the slightest, and has even become more severe until now.

She has made up her mind to get to the bottom of this matter with everyone. If that person intends to use Ash's inheritance... then it is absolutely unforgivable!

But what if this is someone related to Ash himself?

The fingers that held up his glasses trembled, and he almost collapsed on the spot when he thought of the expression on the girl's face behind this possibility.

She was still blaming herself for not choosing Ash that day in Planet City.

If I could meet him again like Kolon, what kind of expression would I make?

Similarly, after hearing Lei and the others' regretful answers, Miyuki sighed helplessly and her mood continued to decline.

In order to let more people know and fall in love with Ash's story, the members of Smiling Pretty Cure unanimously decided to put "Once a Dragon Was Here" on the Mysterious Atlas that connects stories from all over the world. The remaining broken sword is the only proof that Ash still exists in this world after his disappearance.

As a result, not long after this, her house was broken into, but the thieves did not steal anything except the sword. This was what made Miyuki find it difficult to accept.

That was the token of her longing, proof that she and Ash had stood together through thick and thin! Ash had clearly trusted her so much, but she hadn't expected that after he left, she couldn't even protect herself with a sword.

"I'm sorry, Ash..." The red eyes that were wiped by his sleeve couldn't help but become more moist. "I'm really useless..."

On the other hand, after hearing Arisu's decision, Rikka calmed down her sadness and decided to face the facts. She couldn't help but play a little joke on her friend.

"Perhaps, all of this was actually caused by Yaxiu after he was resurrected?"

"Ah, that's really Ash's style of messing around."

Ash...

Ash.

Ash?

"Um--?"

A familiar name rang in their ears, and they were sure it was not pronounced by themselves. The girls present looked at the other people around them with long doubts.

Two pink, one purple, one blue and one yellow. Most of the girls present were of similar age and inexplicably felt a sense of closeness from the strangers in front of them. They stared at each other and finally spoke in unison.

"you..."

“It’s…”

“That’s right…”

"The name is..."

The five girls, who were almost forming a circle, pointed at each other and looked at each other in confusion.

"Ash?" x5

.....

"Hu~" The sound of Ai Aida's gentle breathing in her sleep seemed like she had a good dream after the nightmare yesterday.

Chapter 4: The Mystery of Ash and the Invading Enemy

Silence, silence is Cambridge tonight, silence is tonight’s midnight snack.

Everyone was plunged into a deep silence by the amount of information contained in the events that happened in an instant, simply because the core of the events everyone said was "accidentally" related to one person.

Ash.

When this name, which is inextricably linked to one's own life and identity as a Pretty Cure, is spoken by someone else, the feeling of loss is more subtle than ever before.

Some people were completely stunned and couldn't tell whether it was reality or illusion.

Someone frowned slightly, realizing that things were not simple.

Others had question marks in their eyes, almost doubting whether they had heard it wrong.

Oh, so...could the Ash they were talking about actually be someone else?

Could it be that the discussion about Ash just now was so exciting that I actually heard it wrong?

Could it be that they actually have the same name? Or is it just a homophone? It can't be such a coincidence... Is it really referring to Ash?

Behind Yueying Lily's glasses, which exuded an air of wisdom, there was a flickering light of varying brightness, just as complicated as her mood at the moment.

The only high school student who reacted the fastest quickly glanced at the three people except Lei, and sure enough, he found confusion and surprise on their faces...exactly the same as his own.

Inexplicably, she thought of a long time ago when everything in the coffee shop was still there, and she had an "accidental" conversation with the manager in her spare time.

"The store manager clearly lives in the store, but he's always out. Could it be that someone outside is more important than your employees?"

"Or, are you looking for a girlfriend?"

"Hey, Sayuri, that's what you don't understand~" Even today, Sayuri can still recall the man who didn't seem to understand the hidden meaning in her words, instead looking smug. "Manager, I'm such a handsome, talented, and wealthy super-Earthling. If I want a girlfriend, I can easily make someone fall in love with me~!"

At the time, I just sighed helplessly and didn't think much about it. After all, I've seen Ash's smug look many times before, so I just thought he was just going crazy and making a fool of himself. Now, looking at it...

As his...his "shopkeeper", it is very necessary for me to sort out the whole cause and effect of the matter...!

"Lily-sister?"

"Lei, don't say any more—"

A strange deep purple aura surrounded Yueying Lily's body, and was slowly forced out like a Saiyan's explosive energy. Just when Lei next to her was startled, a sudden cell phone ringtone sounded in the awkward ward corridor, breaking the silence.

If you listen carefully, it's not just one ringtone, but three overlapping ringtones that sound almost simultaneously.

"Oh, sorry, here..."

“I’m here too…”

"Hey, hey, it's a phone call—Lihua calling?"

Oh right, about Ash's last relic being stolen... Ahhhhh! It must have been discovered! If it's discovered, maybe no one will let me touch it again -

What if it's already been discovered? What should I do, in the end—

Miyuki was so anxious that she was like an ant on a hot pan, and the croissant on her head was spinning around with her. But she finally made up her mind and made the call.

"Um—Reika-chan, I'm so sorry!"

"Ha, Miyuki, what are you talking about?!"

Instead of being blamed, Miyuki couldn't believe it. Reika's voice was filled with anxiety that she had never heard before. The girl even heard an explosion on the other end through the speaker. Could something have happened?!

"Everyone, run over here!" There was no time to explain to Miyuki. Aoki Reika and other girls were guiding the panicked passers-by to escape to a safe place.

Another explosion sounded from the direction where the crowd was fleeing, and countless hideous monsters of various appearances walked out from the flames of the burning building, as if mocking the fleeing humans, and approached the girls step by step.

"Yayoi-chan!" Midorikawa Nao rushed over and immediately pounced on Yayoi who was still standing there. A fireball flew over from where she was originally standing and turned a clothing store behind them into burning ruins.

"Ahem, what's going on?" Kise Yayoi, not caring about the bloating on her newly chosen clothes, hurriedly scrambled to her feet and stared at the incoming monster army in shock. "It's not the Tragedy Kingdom, that's—that's Kamen Rider's enemy! Why are they villains this time?"

"Damn it!" Hino Akane's clenched fists trembled with anger as she watched the monsters' reckless behavior, her eyes brimming with anger. "He just left... We won't forgive you!"

"Mirror Monster and Greedy Monster...!" Madoka Akuri, who fell and was supported by Makoto's arm, grimaced and covered his butt. After getting up from the ground, he recognized two of the monsters in the army.

As for the other two types, they are a little unfamiliar. There are monsters covered with hideous spikes and with faces as ferocious as demons, and weirdos who look like villains from storybooks... What is this, a monster gathering?

"This is terrible, Arisu!" Kenzaki Makoto stood in front of Akuri, who was a head shorter than him, and anxiously communicated the severity of the situation to Arisu. "They don't look like they belong to a selfish organization, but they're running amok on the streets!"

"Hey!" He raised his leg and kicked the stone slab that was about to hit Erika with a standard high broom, breaking it. He took the phone from his frightened friend and hurriedly said to Lei, "There are monsters everywhere now, attacking the citizens! Lei, Lily, what's going on over there? Come over here quickly!"

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"Hate it! You guys ruined my hard-earned vacation!" Erika angrily stood up, showing no fear of the ferocious monsters. Only anger at their brutality burned in her chest. "You must pay for interrupting a lady's precious time!"

"I know!"

I haven't gotten an answer yet. Although I'm very unwilling, in fact, everyone present is very unwilling -

But there is no other way. Protecting the world and all the lives living in it is the common belief of the Pretty Cure girls.

After putting away their phones, the girls rushed off in different directions without saying a word.

Then they all squeezed into the same elevator and were slowly sent down.

"that..."

A weak voice sounded from the awkward and silent elevator. Miyuki raised her hand as if she was speaking in class, looked around at her peers (except for a big sister in purple), took a deep breath, and began to speak after being mentally prepared.

"Excuse me, do you know a man named Yaju?!"

I bit my tongue because I was too nervous. It hurts!

"..."

"Hmm..." Rikka nodded slightly, looking at the girl who covered her mouth in discomfort due to bad luck, and answered hesitantly: "Is it...?"