Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

So of course I choose to believe you.

After hearing these words, the girl finally smiled and walked together with A, facing the darkness lurking in the world side by side.

"Feel it? Are you ready?"

"Um, coins!"

He raised his hand and threw three shiny little objects to A beside him. A waved his hand and took them all in his hand without even looking at them. Facing the strange man who seemed to be pursuing something and gradually emerged from the darkness, the belt and transformation device also appeared on the two of them.

"Are you ready? Have you said your prayers? Have you peed your pants yet?"

Faced with the monster's roar of resistance, the two men, ready to fight, just continued to press forward.

"After all, here we are!"

However, there is one thing I am concerned about...

As if sensing something, A, who was standing next to the excited Ayumi, raised his head and looked in a certain direction, his eyes flickering slightly.

is it you?

What are you planning to do...you can't pretend you didn't see it.

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"Wow, what's going on?!"

In the pink Precure of Fresh Pretty Cure, "Momozono Ai", who has one of the most impressive figures among all the Pretty Cure characters that have appeared so far, is standing in front of a vending machine with an embarrassed expression.

"Why aren't there any drinks coming out?" I pressed the button again, but the vending machine remained silent and showed no response. "Could it be that it swallowed the coin?"

I clearly wanted to buy some drinks for everyone who was going to buy donuts, but how did this end up... How about I try to kick the drinks out... Oh, no, that's too rude and might damage the machine.

"Ah!" Seeing another person approaching the vending machine and about to put in a coin, the girl quickly warned. "No, this vending machine will swallow the coin—ah, you've already put it in."

Seeing that the boy had already put the coin in, she was about to comfort the other person who shared the same pain as her, but she saw the boy slamming the meaningless button in the center of the machine. With a series of clicking sounds as if the mechanical combination was deformed, the vending machine fell over and transformed into a motorcycle, allowing people to sit on it.

"what are you saying?"

After leaving this sentence, A stepped on the accelerator and drove the "Driving Sales Number" away, leaving only a long back view to the dumbfounded girl.

“Eh——?!”

"Miki, Kiri, Setsuna, listen to me!"

The shocked girl, who failed to buy a drink and was even surprised by the arrival of Xiao Xiaohong at the foundation, was stammering to describe what had just happened to her companions, while the three of them tilted their heads in unison to express their incomprehension.

"Even if I love you, you say that." Yamabuki Kiri expressed her dissent and threw up her hands helplessly. "A vending machine turning into a motorcycle or something, that's something that only appears in special effects movies, right?"

"That's right." Aono Miki beside her also agreed and looked at her with a hint of worry. "I didn't know that love actually likes such boyish things?"

"So that's what I mean! That person just now was like this—" Taoyuan Ai also threw a coin into the vending machine next to her and slapped it hard, but nothing happened except a bottle of OleMi C falling down normally.

"Well...."

Dong Shanna gently leaned his forehead against the other person's forehead through the thickness of his palm, and after careful comparison, he snorted in confusion.

"I don't have a fever... Could it be that Love was worried about the new enemy and was too tired so he saw it wrongly? And he said that he was attracted by what happened to the three groups of Pretty Cure and had hallucinations?"

"Hmm... I do care about Lei and the others' relationship with someone of the opposite sex... but that's not the reason!"

Could it be that I really saw it wrong?

Just when she was feeling self-doubt, she saw A, who was riding a motorcycle not far behind her friends, turn back again. Then he seemed to press something on it, and in front of her, he performed a Cybertron-level compression technology to turn the motorcycle back into a vending machine on the spot.

"....." As if he had noticed the gaze in this direction, the young man turned his head and glanced over here, then ignored it and continued running towards the hospital in front.

"Miki! It's real! This isn't an animation, it's real!"

As if stimulated by something, Taoyuan Ai ran over while screaming.

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desire.

instinct.

It is an important part of the human self.

Appetite, libido, sleep—it's these various desires that drive human action, allowing humanity to continuously climb upward and achieve seemingly impossible feats. It could even be said that a person without desires is nothing more than a moving mass of flesh.

But at the same time, actions following desires do not always lead to good results. All kinds of ugly desires often flash through people's minds, and being able to restrain them with reason is the proof that one is a human being.

But what will happen if the running desire and the gradually awakening instinct lack their rationality?

This is what it means to him now.

"Sir," the nurse, who had just emerged from the ward, was surprised to see a figure wrapped in a pitch-black coat approaching like a ghost. "Is there anything I can help you with? We can't just enter these wards—Ugh!"

The figure simply waved at the "thing" in front of him that was in the way, and before the nurse could finish her words, she screamed and hit the wall and fainted.

"What are you doing?!" Seeing this, another hospital staff member immediately stepped forward to intervene. "Sir, this is a hospital. Please stop your violent behavior immediately!"

"Shut up! Go away, bug!"

No one can stop him, no one can stop the inhuman.

The running figure finally stopped when he reached a ward. He stopped there and looked up at the patient profile on the door above his head.

"Aida Ai."

Pushing the door open and unscrewing the door handle, the nonchalant figure walked into the girl's ward.

On the hospital bed, a girl with wine-red hair was closing her eyes peacefully. The girl seemed to be experiencing a beautiful dream, her expression was sweet and peaceful. The sunlight coming in from the window shone on her face, awakening the girl's tenderness and beauty in the man's eyes.

"like...."

The man who had acted roughly before slowed down his pace at this moment, and stopped by the bed as if he wanted to better enjoy the girl's sleeping face, until he slowly stretched out his hands towards that overly beautiful smiling face.

"Mana..."

you are mine.

"Yo."

A voice identical to his own came from behind him, causing him to stop.

"I've only been watching and haven't actually touched it yet, are you so anxious?"

"Ash?"

Chapter 34 I Scold Myself

When the part of Ash's "power", or "another me" suddenly appeared, A, who sensed him through instinct, was scared to death. When he thought that he could no longer bear it and was going to cause trouble for him, he found that he was going in another direction. When he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he discovered that the place was actually a hospital.

Speaking of this matter, A, who was lost in thought, could no longer pretend not to see it.

If the memories I inherited are correct, before the split, Ash attacked Miss Aida Ai in order to quickly collect the three pieces of equipment, and his attack was a bit harsh. Later, through eavesdropping, I confirmed that she was taken to the hospital by her companions. If I put all these together, the answer is obvious.

You and I are both products of desire. Fortunately, I got help from the right people at the right time. As you are not restricted by others, are you choosing not to suppress your desires anymore?

Is attacking cities and seducing Pretty Cure not enough to satisfy your heart? What are you going to do, at least before you are driven to do something irreparable...

For comparison, Mana is over there too!

"Sorry Ayumi, there's something I'm concerned about, so I have to go check it out."

"Well, in that case, I'll go with you?"

Hearing A's abrupt remarks, Ayumi was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed him enthusiastically without thinking. Although I don't know what A's plan is, as a friend, I, Ayumi Sakagami, will definitely go to help out!

"No thanks." However, after hearing this, A chose to decisively reject her enthusiasm. After all, if they went in that direction, they might run into acquaintances. If he happened to run into them with Ayumi, and he happened to be recognized (considering their sharp intuition, this possibility was quite high), and he happened to be misunderstood... well, the scene would probably not be very good.

"I've made my own arrangements for this, and if there's any problem, I'll definitely contact you right away." He then took a few cans of drinks with animal icons painted on them from a nearby vending machine and handed one to her. "Don't worry, I'm not a child. I'm not going out to play, am I? I'm not going to get lost, am I?"

"That's not what I meant - well, if A is really inconvenienced, I won't ask." Although she still seemed to be hesitant to speak, Ayumi, who was holding the can of green locusts, nodded in agreement without asking any further questions.

"But if anything happens, please contact me immediately!"

"We are partners!"

"I know."

The girl's sincere concern touched his heart for a moment.

Ayumi, I was just planning to use you but I never thought you would trust me so much. I am really flattered.

If nothing good has ever happened to me since I was separated into incomplete parts, then perhaps meeting you is my only good fortune.

So....

Looking at the dark figure standing in front of the red-haired girl's bed and slowly turning around, A, who felt under great pressure facing "another self", instinctively swallowed his saliva.

Ayumi, it's a good thing you're not here, otherwise things would have become even more troublesome.

But even though I say that, I'm so nervous that my feet are numb, but I still want you to be by my side and help share the burden...

"Oh, look who's here?"

It seemed that he was not too surprised by A's arrival. "Ash", who was wearing a bone mask, was mocking and disdainful in his tone.

"A worthless person who inherited nothing, represents nothing, and can do nothing."

Without being in a hurry at all, Ash leaned over in front of A and lightly brushed the girl's cheek with his fingers, then slowly walked over. They started to perform a duet clockwise around the bed of the girl with a slightly depressed expression.

A, who was originally quite nervous, quickly calmed down because he found that there was nothing he couldn't fight. It was just death anyway, so wasn't his death too little?

"What? You came here to visit a patient, but you didn't bring any flowers, only a gun?" Compared to Ash's direct sarcasm, A's sarcasm was much more powerful. At least the guy opposite him, who had originally been complacent, turned visibly ferocious.

"Or are you actually planning to recreate your favorite EVA episode here? Oh man, I advise you not to. In this day and age, even if you put this in the United States, it wouldn't pass the censorship."

Ash seemed to have something to say, but as he was still just a "child", he was no match for the chattering A.

"So, are we going to keep going like this? Or are we in some movie with twin protagonists? Oh, sorry, I forgot. There's an age gap now. I can still be considered a child actor of a different color, and you can only be Ash's stand-in for the time being."

When A was talking excitedly, he squatted down and lowered his head. The next second, a row of bone spurs pierced the wall behind him, reflecting a sharp and scary light.

"Shh-"

After covering Ai, who was frowning constantly, with the quilt again, A quickly raised his finger to make a gesture of silence.

"Your smooth talk will only make your situation worse!"

Ash lowered his voice and fiercely issued a death declaration to A.

"You said it as if you were planning to let me go."

"Hmph." Having said that, Ash crossed his arms across his chest again and showed a disdainful expression.

"You're just a remnant of me, do you really think you're Ash?"

"To me, you are nothing more than unnecessary emotions abandoned. Even if I kill you, my power will not increase. You are meaningless as an opponent."

"Do you think I don't know? You and that pirated Pretty Cure have been trying to fish in troubled waters under my control. Humph, I don't even bother to pay attention to you. I only care about the light and power that those Pretty Cure represent. You are worthless!"

As he spoke, Ash's eyes, filled with longing, swept over the beautiful sleeping face of the red-haired girl. He could feel the power and love coming from her along with his thoughts, which made him extremely fascinated. He couldn't help but show up early just to find her... That's right, these are the proofs that she loves me as well. Everything I have experienced with her is my treasure, so I want more of her. She is mine, mine!

"It's the same now. Mana is mine and has nothing to do with you!"

A, expressionless, raised two fingers in front of Ash, who stretched out his arms exaggeratedly as if giving a speech.

"First of all, Ayumi is not a fake. She is a woman worthy of the title of Pretty Cure."

A pressed down the first finger on his hand.

"Then, Mana is neither yours nor mine. She belongs only to herself. So, you really understand."

Then, he suppressed the second one in front of his deep anger.

"What is love?"

Chapter 35 I Kill Myself

The doctor, who was standing outside the ward and feeling embarrassed about the situation inside, was about to call the police when a sudden explosion from inside the ward startled everyone.

When they rushed in without caring about their own safety, they saw a horrifying scene. Next to the girl who was rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand, there was a large open-air hole with flames burning in it.

"Hmm, what's wrong..."