Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Mei, what on earth do you want to say—"

"I know everything. What Ash hid was actually because he was worried about us." A girl in a beautiful floral dress, with a lovely, cheerful smile, came over to Ash like a happy spirit walking in the world and spoke to him in a gentle voice. "I understand what Ash said and thought, including the hidden meaning behind the pain."

This is my chance to get to know Mr. Ash again, so I wore a beautiful dress that Xiaoji had chosen for me in the past.

"Because I know this, I—"

As she walked forward with the pleasant transformation standby sound beside her, a few balls of pink light appeared in front of her and as they touched her body with her steps, they settled into the iconic pink and black vest-type battle suit.

"Let me satisfy Ash's desire."

Suddenly, what did you say?

The breeze blew through the hem of the girl's skirt, and when the last ray of light dyed her head into a beautiful pink ponytail, as Ash's pupils shrank sharply, the girl rushed towards him with a smile and waving her fists.

"Let me fight you, Ash."

"I can't accept it. Not only does the princess I've always treated as a child actually like a boy, but it turns out he has to be that Ash—I can't accept it!"

"Okay, Ribbon-chan." Iona, who was also frightened, patted the elf who was going berserk after Snow White confessed her feelings. She also stuttered to comfort him, "Hime is a girl after all...it's normal for her to like boys. Why is Snow White so attracted to Ash?"

Is this reasonable? In this river!

To show her anxiety, the girl pulled out a set of tarot cards. "My divination for you two is that you two are not compatible, so I'm afraid bad things will happen to you!"

"No, what did Ash do to you... Okay, he did some bad things, but what's wrong with him?" Although being surrounded and criticized by his friends was indeed very difficult, it was not until Snow White finally broke free from everyone's restraints with her outburst that she finally broke free. "Me! Shimerda? Ondo? The Angel of the Blue Sky—I can like whoever I want!"

"You even used your full name, so you seem serious about it."

"Besides, it's not my fault that I can't help but fantasize about him and my heart beats faster when I see him - really!"

The blue-haired girl, slightly complaining, slumped over the table, grumbling non-stop. "Really... Can't Ash still be handsome without being a bit frivolous? Better yet, he could make me breakfast every day, be a little gentle, a little accommodating, a little mature and reliable..."

"Then it's someone completely different with the same name." Ribbon shattered Snow White's delusion with overwhelming righteousness. "And your request is more about finding a father than a boyfriend you like."

"What you long for, Hime-chan? Puff..." Yuko, who had just pushed the door open, couldn't help laughing when she heard this topic. "Really--very bold! Hime-chan~"

"No way!" the blushing, irritated girl frantically fumed, until everyone burst into laughter and stopped talking about it. Only then did Xiaoji finally have a chance to find Hikawa Iona, the actual instigator of the tea party. "Iona, you asked us all to gather together because you had something to announce. What was it?"

"Ahem!" Iona, getting down to business, immediately lost her smile and turned serious. "First of all, now that the Happiness Charge Pretty Cures of Hikari no Oka have truly gathered together, we're going to prepare for the increasingly fierce attacks from the Phantom Empire!"

"I think it's necessary for all of us to undergo special training to improve our combat rapport!"

"Special training!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shirayuki's legs softened and she slid under the table. With only half her eye sticking out, she cautiously asked the bewildered Iona, "This special training... isn't it asking me to crash into a jeep, or take a flying dart head-on, right?"

"No, why do you think so?" Iona, who was about to say something encouraging, blinked, her eyes revealing pure confusion.

Is she making fun of me?

"Well, you're not asking me to cut the waterfall with my hand knife in reverse, or to throw a blade falling at the speed of sound into the white sword with my bare hands!"

"No, no, no, this isn't special training, it's just pure killing, right?"

"Waaaaaa!" The girl rushed out from under the table and hugged her friend's knees, crying bitterly. "I knew I wasn't the only one with the problem. Iona, you're so kind!"

"What the hell is this..."

"It's okay, Hui will agree with me... Oh, Hui? Hui is gone!"

As everyone was frantically searching for her, Yuko next to them suddenly said, "Ah, when I came here, I saw Hui about to leave, and she even apologized to me!"

"Why do you want to watch her go?"

"I have no reason to stop her," Yuko said, helplessly spreading her hands to express her predicament before remembering something. "So, after communicating with each other, Mr. Ash is also planning to talk to Kei... Yeah, I get it!"

"Right now, the two of them must be searching for each other. When they cross paths on the path of fate, they'll find each other~"

Thinking of Ash's excited expression after he figured out his confusion, Yuko, who was optimistic and hopeful, wished them all the best.

"Maybe the two of them have resolved their misunderstanding and are chatting happily now!"

“Crack!!”

"Henshin!"

The leather shoes with half the heel pressed into the ground plowed two deep drag marks under his feet. He slowly raised his gloomy face and saw through the instantly transformed arm armor that the Pretty Cure was smiling at him while maintaining the posture of throwing a straight punch.

This kind of development has happened for the second time.

"Mei—!" Ash's roar grew louder, his true anger showing through his mask. "Do you know what you're doing?!"

"I know."

"Is this what Pretty Cure is supposed to do?!"

What angered Ash was not that he was targeted by a surprise attack, but the fact that she could swing her fist so mercilessly.

"Because it's Ash." With clear eyes, Kei spoke matter-of-factly without a trace of confusion. "Ash is a formidable warrior, so he'll definitely be able to catch it."

"I have always believed in Mr. Ash."

Ash was currently unable to answer or guide the other party's words for a moment.

This, what you said are all my words!

Chapter 136 Two people who are completely opposite

Ash never imagined that one day he would be hit by the boomerang he had once thrown.

It hurts so much.

"Bang bang bang bang-!!!"

"What's going on? What happened?" The muffled explosions overhead caused the panicked passersby below to look up. "Has the Phantom Empire attacked again?!"

However, for ordinary citizens who don't have ninja-level dynamic video, even if they stare their eyes out of their sockets, all they can see is the sound of pink and black constantly jumping in the sky as the air sweeps across it.

Fist to fist! Kick to kick! The battle did not disappoint Ash at all. Now that he had figured everything out, he no longer suppressed himself and released his fighting instincts with all his heart. The fierce battle he put up was so intense that he was evenly matched with Ash!

"not good!"

Although all Pretty Cure characters in this world utilize a mass-produced transformation system, they're equipped with a pair of light wings that open from their backs to provide flight, while I can only maintain a short-term aloft position through my legs! The battle on the ground wasn't obvious yet, but now that it's become an aerial battle, it's overwhelmingly disadvantageous to me!

The attack that was originally almost certain to succeed was directly shortened by the opponent's wings flapping behind him, and then the girl launched a reverse hook kick at Ash, who had reached the limit of his airborne stay and had no way to avoid it!

At the critical moment, Ash performed a move that no ordinary person could do. His right leg shook at a high speed as if he was stepping on the air, forcibly moving his position in mid-air and using his hands to defend himself to withstand the attack.

"clang!"

The girl's heels in her boots pressed heavily on the man's arms as if they were weighed by a thousand pounds. Ash could even feel that her strength was increasing at this moment!

How could this be... Could Pretty Cure be like this?! Even now, I still haven't found a reason to fight!

Ash immediately pushed his arms away, clenched his fists and fought back without holding back. The sudden fight between him and Hui made him more and more frightened!

"cough!"

After resisting his first few attacks with a momentum that even surprised Ash, the girl used her size advantage to penetrate the man's disadvantageous area, and then attacked the knight with her flaming fist from the blind spot!

The feeling of a solid uppercut hitting the helmet's jaw made Ash seem to hear the wail of his own teeth chattering. This was the most serious injury he had ever received in this world.

Judging from her hands now, this girl is serious!

I do want to satisfy myself by fighting a strong one like Pretty Cure—but, but!

I'm not happy at all about this battle. It's so weird that even I don't understand it!

"Is this what Ash really meant?"

While Ash was worrying about unknown reasons, Kei was laughing heartily at the release in her heart.

It hurts so much—when I completely disregarded my own condition and attacked Ash with all my might, the injuries I received were no joke! Whether it was Ash's relentless counterattacks or the reaction from my punches and kicks, it hurt so much... It hurt so much that my fingers were shaking.

However, the real feedback that Ash felt from this pain, whether it was his fist or his reaction, this sense of reality - all made me equally excited and my heart was trembling!

"Now, being able to connect with Ash like this, to understand each other—" Wiping the sting from her nose, she clenched her fists in front of her, her smile growing wider. "Ash is finally willing to open his heart to me!"

If the mind can only communicate through fists, then this answer is not bad.

“I’m so happy!”

Ash, I seem to understand the kind of battle you're pursuing. That's great. I'm getting closer to you!

"Keki—did you hear something strange and get tricked?!" Ash, quick to identify countermeasures from past similar situations, immediately began to analyze. "Or is it mind control or hypnosis? Could it be that the Phantom Empire kidnapped your mother and forced you to fight me?!"

"No? I'm fighting Ash entirely of my own volition. Didn't I tell you I'll satisfy Ash's desires?" The girl's beautiful eyelashes brushed the gauntlet covering the incoming fist, her pink crystals, untainted by any color, symbolizing the girl's pure heart. "I simply understood, understood Ash's intentions, and so I came to fight him."

"That's not right, Megumi. We have no reason to fight!"

You are not—

Aren't you a good person? Aren't you a Pretty Cure?!

"Yes, there is!" Hearing this, the girl clenched her fists and grasped the knight's fists. Her smile was replaced by a serious expression. "In order to get your recognition and response, I have to do it in the way that Ash is good at."

My... admission?

Ash, who had never thought of such a thing, felt that the shock he had eaten today was more than the salt he had eaten in this world.

"Have you forgotten? When we first met Ash, we had a fight because of Hime-chan." He was so excited that he almost used his other hand to clasp his trembling, open palm. "After that, Ash continued to challenge Pretty Cure around the world. Even after meeting Yuuko and Iona, he was still fighting against them. Ash kept fighting like this."

And it was after these battles that they, and even the originally weak Xiao Ji, grew and became stronger!

"In that case, doesn't it mean that fighting with all one's strength is Ash's way of recognizing the opponent?"

"—!"

For a moment, Ash didn't know how to refute, or rather, he couldn't refute something that was not wrong?

"So, I came to fight Ash. Doesn't Ash love fighting the most?"

"..."

"So." Seeing the silent striped mask's seemingly tacit expression, the girl happily smiled and swung her fist of truth. "Ash, fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight."

"Ash?"

“Cure Lovely!!!”

In the nameless rage of being "looked down upon", Ash roared and called out the opponent's name as he pulled the card out of the card box and inserted it into his belt almost flying.

"[KamenRide (Masked Driving)——Gaim (Gear Armor)!]"

"Orange? They're so big!"

After countless knight phantoms overlapped onto Ash, he instinctively swung his fist but saw a large armored orange man standing in front of him. Even though Hui was prepared, he was still shocked.

Is this orange also Kamen Rider's new outfit? Yuuko would probably like it.

The high-speed rotating orange directly knocked away Hui who was trying to attack from above, and then fell on Ash's head and unfolded into a bright orange samurai armor.

"[Orange Arms! Flower arrangement On Stage!]"

Then, instead of being confused and unable to understand the current situation, the angry shouts of the man who chose to act first without paying attention to others spread wave after wave to the girl who was covered in goose bumps due to excitement.

"My stage is coming next!!"

Chapter 137: It turns out that I am the one Ash loves the most

"Megumi, if you're serious about fighting me with all your heart!"

The compound eyepieces in the shape of orange segments lit up, and at the same time, when the orange armor opened, the sweet and delicious orange juice splashed out and stained the girl's battle clothes. The knight transformed into a warrior lowered his body and attacked the girl who was about to fly again in front of him at a speed that was almost as fast as an inch!

Not good, so fast!

"Then let me respond to you sincerely!"

The girl, completely unprepared for Ash's move, was too late to retreat. Ash, crouching to the limit, held his hands in his signature slashing stance, his whole being fixed on the hilts of his two swords. As Kei watched this scene, even hearing the crisp "clang!" of the blades being unsheathed, two brilliant streaks of orange and yellow filled her entire field of vision.

What a fast sword!