Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

The battle was accelerating beyond anyone's reach, surpassing vision. Phantom's only sense of hearing was the terrifying force charging at him from all directions, like a pack of wolves on the run, ready to crush him in this meat grinder.

However, even the sound was slower than his movements!

How could this happen... How could this happen - "Guwaa!" The phantom that was about to touch the ground was kicked from behind and flew to the other side. Before it was about to leave the battlefield, it was kicked back by a big kick from the shadow that appeared there in advance.

"quilt--!"

I am now like a tennis ball that can't touch the ground, being hit back and forth, and the person holding both sides of the racket is him!

Now Ash is like a master player who is performing "Ace Combat" on his opponent in pursuit of SSS rating. His Rising Dragon Attack, which has never missed a single time, is repeated by the opponent over and over again, and he is knocked away again before landing again and again.

"Dry--!"

All I could hear was the howling wind caused by the high speed.

Trying hard to concentrate and observe the reactions of those around him, Phantom finally saw it.

The wind that was stirring at such a high speed made the scene around him infinitely distorted, and in this constantly oppressive wind, Phantom saw.

The "countless" Ashes who were speeding up to the limit and running wildly surrounded him in the inner circle.

The mere contact of his footsteps with the ground left a series of burning "fuse lines" on the concrete floor. The gravity caused by running wildly made the pink-haired girl who was hurriedly rushing over not far away scream and fall to the ground.

"Lose--!"

In Ash's eyes, everything seemed so slow.

Whether it was the pain twisted on the phantom's face, Iona's still-shocked surprise, or the process of Kei falling with her mouth wide open and eyes closed in the distance - everything slowed down.

In a world where everything slows down, Ash is the shadow that does whatever he wants.

Tremor, tremor——!

Ash's running footsteps caused the dust to be shaken up from the cracks, and every step he took spread out from the spider-web-like cracks to the surrounding area.

Swinging punches, hooks! He easily parried the phantom's hand and then swung a high kick from behind, sending him flying high into the blue sky.

Faiz, with his back to his opponent, was standing in front of the Angel of Destiny on the ground. He swung his arms easily, making a clean and crisp sound. At the same time, a card flew into his belt.

"[Final Attack Ride! FaFaFa Faiz!]"

“Ah—!!!”

The phantom, with his eyes wide open in fear, saw twelve bright red photon drills locking onto him from all directions almost at the same time, freezing him in place.

"[Time Out!]"

The knight who fell from behind the phantom in a half-squatting position pressed the stop button on his watch. After the breastplates on both sides were retracted, there were only 0.2 seconds left out of the 10 seconds on the watch.

"9.8 seconds."

Behind Ash, who was twisting his wrist leisurely, twelve crimson photon drills were hitting the screaming phantom in no particular order, drilling through his body fiercely.

"This is your end."

Chapter 31: The Determiner, the Intruder, the Troublemaker

“Wow—huh?”

The sudden tremor made Ai Noe, who had been following her all the way after eating, unsteady on her feet and tripped herself, but the girl, who was so frightened that she closed her eyes, did not feel the expected pain.

"What am I?"

Ainoe, with a confused look on her face, opened her eyes and looked at the hand she had raised in front of her, only to realize what had happened. She was about to fall to the ground, but now she was standing still with her legs... It was as if someone had helped her up.

But what happened? I remember that I almost fell down just now - "Wow!"

In an instant, a charge like a gust of wind blew past her, and the girl screamed and covered her skirt that was blown up by the impact.

Carefully covering her skirt, she looked up at the place where she had originally wanted to rush to support. Hui's eyes widened instantly, and she witnessed with her own eyes the tragic scene of the Phantom Empire cadre being pierced through the heart by twelve crimson electric drills at the same time.

“Guwawawawa——!”

Twelve crimson electric drills drilled through Phantom's body in no particular order from behind Ash. The screams stopped abruptly with the violent explosion, leaving only a large "Φ" symbol suspended in the air.

Although Faiz's statistics are too low for a technology knight, and if he were to fight him in real life, even his phantom might not be able to break through his defense at all, he could not withstand the power added by such acceleration, not to mention the "true damage" attribute of the light blood flowing throughout his body.

Ash, who specializes in time-difference attacks, used the "Faiz cursor" on his feet to kick out 12 crimson electric drills forward and backward that arrived at the same time, giving him a chilling "surprise" in the heart.

"9.8 seconds is the end of your despair."

"Damn it—" The Phantom, no longer handsome and looking completely miserable, was covered in flames as he desperately tried to crawl out of the burning flames. "Damn Kamen Rider, how could he be so strong!"

Kamen Rider is strong, and of course I am strong too! When two powerful forces collide, the result will be the strongest of the strong, isn't it natural?

As the winner, Ash found this kind of unwilling questioning from the loser quite appealing.

"Hmph, of course that's the result."

But he only looks disheveled, not completely out of combat... Humph, after all, he's the one who's defeated countless Pretty Cure, right? He can't be defeated so easily by Orphino, so he'll need to finish him off.

"Okay, let me take you on your way."

"It won't be that easy, Kamen Rider!" An even more terrifying aura emanated from the dagger, its light growing increasingly dazzling. Even the already dying Phantom was ready to fight to the death. "The Phantom Queen hates you so much, just like that man hates you!"

Thinking of the distressed and painful look on the face of his beloved Phantom Queen when she saw Ash, the loyalty in his heart suddenly surged to Phantom's "morale +8". Regardless of the deep scars on his body, he was determined to force out more and more energy from it!

"Even if it costs me my life!" Amidst the bewildered expressions of the Pretty Cures, the man, facing Ash, gnashed his teeth and delivered a "cool" line that sounded like he was on the side of justice. "I will eliminate this annoying stain of yours for the Queen!"

Am I being hated by that "Phantom Queen"? It's understandable that my actions often draw hatred... but I don't even know her yet? Is this the wrong process? If that's the case, I'd like to actually meet her.

Having made up his mind, Ash didn't show it, but simply waved towards the phantom whose power was becoming more and more terrifying.

"If you can do it, just give it a try."

Sorry, let’s not talk about the past for now. This time, I am completely confident and sure of myself - and I’m not pretending!

"!"

Just as the phantom was about to charge at the risk of his life after accumulating energy, something strange happened!

"It's not time yet!" A curtain of aurora appeared out of nowhere behind the phantom, revealing a man in a bucket hat. Ming Long, appearing behind him, placed a hand on the phantom's trembling shoulder. "Your strength is necessary to defeat Decade. Don't waste it so soon!"

"But--"

"The Queen, whom you respect, certainly doesn't want anything to happen to you."

When Ash saw Mingtaki persuade Phantom with just a few words, he felt surprised for the first time.

It's a given that wherever Decade appears, his number one hater will follow and cause trouble. But did he and I have any past grudges? Um...no, I can't remember anything.

"So it's okay if it's not Kadoya-sama's?" Seeing the aurora curtain beginning to cover the past, Ash teased him lightly, "You really are like a dog that smells meat buns."

However, since I'm the one transforming into Decade this time, I'll definitely be the winner!

"Go ahead and gloat over it, Decade!" Minglong uttered a final harsh word as he disappeared into the aurora curtain with Phantom. "This is definitely the end of your journey—hahahahahaha!!!"

"I already told you, I'm Ash... not that guy Shi."

However, the development of the next thing is exactly what needs you.

After watching the number one anti-fan disappear, Ash snorted and untied his belt to cancel his transformation.

"Angel of Destiny? Are you okay...guh?" Hui was surprised that the Angel of Destiny, who had helped her, was not looking at her in a good mood, so she hurried over to help her stand up, but when she saw Ash walking towards her, she swallowed nervously.

Although under Seiji's encouragement, I am determined to try to influence him with my friendship and love...but he used to have a bad temper and bullied Xiaoji. Will he have any bad plans now?

"I won't let you bully Miss Angel of Destiny!"

Although Hui bravely stood in front of her, the girl behind her still looked away from Hui in front of her and her eyes met with Ash's.

You clearly said that I have no ties, but aren't you fighting alone now?

Feeling the low voice of doubt, Ash smiled and knocked on the card box on the side of his belt.

I'm sorry, even if it's just one person, this thing is the bond itself.

Chapter 32: The most loving episode

"Are you okay?"

"Hmm..." This time, Iona, who was helped up by Kei, no longer had the same coldness as when she warned her last time. The girl nodded imperceptibly and spoke softly. "Thank you..."

"No need to thank me or anything. We're both Pretty Cure! Of course we have to help each other!"

The girl could tell from the full smile on Hui's face that she took it for granted and did not feel the slightest bit of resentment even though she had rejected her bluntly before.

'Think about what you're fighting for, Precure.'

The lesson Ash had learned not long ago once again echoed in the girl's mind. Compared to herself who had been secretly investigating the Phantom Empire, the other party had been fighting openly to protect the city. In this respect, she was more competent than her predecessor.

Cute angel... a typical overly enthusiastic fool, the type who can rely on friends and the bonds to be protected to become stronger and stronger in battle with the enemy. Is this the way of life that the Pretty Cure in Ash's words should have?

Actually...I have always been unable to see what is right in front of me. Am I too arrogant?

When she let go of the hand that was holding hers, Iona, who was lost in thought, seemed to vaguely understand something.

"Um..."

Hui glanced thoughtfully at Ash, who was staring at the purple-haired girl with an amused and satisfied expression.

"Ah."

Hui took another closer look at the Angel of Destiny who had previously resisted her passion.

What's going on? They're both people I want to be friends with, but they're both incredibly difficult to get along with... Logically, they should be able to strike up a conversation, right? Why is this happening?

Why do they look so familiar with each other now? Their eyes actually met in mid-air just now!

Wait, who am I now, caught in the middle?

"Why did you save me?"

Ignoring the fact that Hui's eyes, disheveled by the wind, had turned into a strange expression like small beans, Iona asked Ash the same question again, but this time there was less complexity in her mood and more indifference.

Just like you said, you came to help me because I needed help?

Because of such an inexplicable and clever reason?

"Because I have a kind heart."

After all, I have owed a lot of favors to Pretty Cure... Regardless of what the good guys do, even if I were to be a bad guy or villain, I don't want to be an ungrateful person.

Of course, backstabs at critical moments don't count~

"Good hearted...seriously?"

"Yes, there is no knight more loving than me."

In this world, apart from mine, the only real one is the Thief Knight, so there is absolutely no problem with this sentence, eh!

"Um..." Hui, whose eyes had been spinning after being left out for a long time, stretched out her finger and danced between the two of them. "Decade and... Destiny Angel."

"So the two of you are, friends who know each other?"

"of course not!"

"Of course not."

Hui still had no expression, but Iona's face was already starting to look a little shy.

"?"

Faced with two answers that were identical yet "slightly" different, Hui tilted her neck. The confusion she hadn't solved made her feel even more bewildered.

Glancing at the smug person who gave a different answer, Iona shyly looked away.

I don't know what you mean...but is it so simple that you can definitely defeat me?

No matter what you plan to do... Humph! I, Hikawa Iona, am not the kind of woman who can be easily dealt with!

"Come to think of it, I'm the one who saved you."

"I've already said that to her, so why don't you even want to say thank you to me?"

Amidst Ash's instigation, the girl pursed her lips and let out a sound as thin as a mosquito's buzz from between her teeth.

"Thanks...."

"What, louder~"