Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

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"Caught!"

After some effort, Maria, who had not given up even after failing 36 times, finally grabbed Ash's arm and threw him to the ground with skillful movements.

"Ah, defeated."

After finally being knocked down by the girl, Ash heard her breathing, which was even more tired than his own, and announced his "defeat" in a completely frustrated tone.

"Huh--haah!" The girl, feeling exhausted from exhaustion, gasped loudly as she watched the man's boredom. "How could anyone be so lax!"

You agreed to let me win, but in the end you simply gave up on taking the initiative and just chose to passively dodge and let me attack you... Really, you could at least pretend a little bit. This kind of acting is really hurtful.

"I can't help it. I'm not good at this kind of thing. If you force me to let you go, then I can only do this... huh?"

Lying on the ground, with his eyes closed and his hands behind his head as if enjoying the cool breeze, Yazheng was responding intermittently when he suddenly felt a warm and wet feeling coming from his face.

"Um...what's wrong?"

When Ash opened his eyes again, he saw Hikawa Maria's face standing in front of him, trembling as she spoke. The girl was sweating profusely, soaking her body and even dripping through the perfect curves of her body, along with her troubled expression.

Tick, tick...

From Hikawa Maria's serious face, more "pearls" flowed down and dripped onto the man's nose tip and eyelids.

It's completely like someone has finally achieved something after working hard.

"Slurp." More smooth feeling of rain falling came from his face, and he instinctively licked it with his tongue and ran it across the edge of his mouth.

A bit salty...

"Maria."

"Ok?"

"You're quite pretty, aren't you?"

"Um... Ouch! S-Sorry!" The girl, who was stunned for a moment after being praised, finally reacted and ran to the side, picked up the towel and wiped her face randomly. Although her back was turned so that Ash could not see her face at the moment, the hot breath that kept coming out of her head still revealed her mood.

However, this awkward moment did not last too long. After some inner encouragement, the girl who was wiping her hair kept moving her butt until she sat right next to Ash.

"Mr. Ash."

"I'm here."

Under the nervous gaze of the four girls who were peeping near the door, the scene of Maria placing her palm on the back of Ash's hand was fully presented in front of them.

"Thief girl, we were here first!"

"Mei, Megumi, calm down—"

While the girls were all busy with what was about to happen, Maria on the other side also let go of her inner thoughts and spoke out generously as her emotions reached a climax.

"Mr. Ash, I like you."

"Why, because I saved you?"

"Well, because you saved me from that dark abyss, Ash." Leaning her shoulder closer to his, Maria tried to place her fingers between his interlaced fingers. "And then you even encouraged and inspired me for that. It's not surprising that I'd fall in love with Ash, is it?"

"So, I like Ash, can Ash like me?"

I also want to have a boyfriend and experience the feeling of being in love.

"..."

Even the noisy girls outside the door were holding their breath, and Ash finally pulled his hand away from under Maria.

"I'm sorry, I can't respond to you."

After all, unlike others, I don't have the wonderful experience of going through so many stories with you. It's not easy for a weird person like me to fall in love with someone.

"Really? But I'm so happy to get a response~!" Maria, feeling regretful, simply made fun of it. "Can I ask why? Is there someone else you like already?"

"Just take it as it is."

There are quite a few people who like it.

"Really..." Maria, who had almost guessed what was going on, finally let go of her hand with a smile. "Of course, I won't give up easily! But before that, you have to treat my sister well!"

“Is that really the case?!”

Finally, they could no longer hide it. Under Maria's surprised gaze, sounds of surprise broke out from Iona and the others who were huddled together outside the door.

And there are other people who like it...whose could it be? Of course it must be us!

"I see, we're actually liked this much by Ash~ (falling tone)"

"Sister or something, it turns out she's still no match for us!"

"Really? I'm the sister who just got dumped and I'm still speaking well of you guys!"

Hearing such disrespectful words to her senior, Maria was furious and clenched her fists, ready to teach these little guys who were waiting for her fun a lesson.

"You're actually making fun of me. Looks like I need to teach you a lesson about respecting the elderly and loving the young—ah, don't run!"

Watching Maria chasing several girls around the dojo and tickling them, Ash took out some popcorn to enjoy the chase while feeling that today was another peaceful day.

This was the last happy time before the battle.

Chapter 188: Phantom Empire's Final Battle Announcement

"Hmm~ What a happy day."

She recalled how everyone had come up with all sorts of tricks to seduce Ash, how Maria had chased her around because of her rude remarks this afternoon, and how their daily lives had become more bizarre since Ash showed up. Just recalling these things, Yuko Omori couldn't help but smile happily.

In fact, unlike the amorous Xiao Ji and the heavy hearted Hui, Yuko does not take love too seriously. It is just that the feeling of playing with everyone is really fun, so fun that Yuko can't help but want to continue to protect this daily life.

All of this is thanks to Mr. Ash~

"Even though I can't be a child...but the story after Ash joined in is quite interesting."

Although he repeatedly emphasized that he was just a traveler passing through their lives, Yuko felt that Ash should be more confident. After all, he was already a very important person to them...

"Well?"

Yuko's recollection was interrupted when she noticed that the light in her room was unusually on. Her parents shouldn't have come home at this time of day... Could it be a thief?!

"Oh, it's you."

Seeing the owner of the room, Yuko Omori, pushing the door open behind him, Haidong put down his gun and pretended she didn't exist and continued to search for something as if nothing had happened.

"Ah, it really is Mr. Thief?"

But why did you come to rob my house? I don't have anything valuable in it.

And I've already gone home, do you really have to continue stealing in front of me?

"What's wrong with you?" Under Yuko's nervous gaze, Haidong helplessly shook the lunch roll in his hand and placed it on the table. "Why is there only this? Where's the treasure? Where did the treasure belonging to Pretty Cure go?"

Aren't there any useful props like those Origami in the Shinkenger world last time?

Although the presence of Ash made him not want to get violent with them now, but as long as he recalled the humiliation of being tricked by her last time, Haidong Dashu would never give up easily without taking revenge!

"Mr. Thief, aren't you here to steal money?" Upon hearing his question, Youko put down the phone that was dialing the police.

"Don't confuse me with that kind of robber! My real target...is valuable treasure!"

"In that case... Mr. Thief, please wait for me!"

The girl trotted into the kitchen under Haidong's puzzled gaze, and soon brought out several hot rice balls.

“What is this…?”

Rice balls? What are you doing?

"This is my treasure." Yuko unbelievably handed the rice ball to Kaito. "As for me, I hope everyone can feel happy just by having a full stomach. So this rice is my happiness, my treasure."

"Since Mr. Thief wants it so badly, please take it. If you're hungry again in the future, you can always come back to the Omori Bento Shop. I'll definitely fill you up!"

"Yes, if it's a treasure, of course I will accept it..."

Haidong, who couldn't let down his own character, picked up the rice balls with discomfort. What made him even more uncomfortable was that she seemed to really think so.

What's that? Now I'm just accepting charity unilaterally.

"But we absolutely can't waste rice....huh?!"

Just as Yuko was about to give a lecture on the truth that "every grain of rice is hard-earned", something unusual happened outside the window that immediately caught her attention.

Countless massive, pitch-black crosses suddenly fell from the sky, shocking her so much that she fell to the ground. When she looked up again, she discovered that the familiar, warm Hill of Light had transformed into a haunted, demonic place. Countless dark, eerie miasma permeated the area surrounding the crosses. Ordinary people affected by this were sealed in mirror coffins, and countless evil beasts emerged from their sealed hearts, wantonly showing off their power.

"Dad, Mom!"

Yuko even saw that her parents, who were about to go home, were also sealed. Just as she was about to rush out of the house, she was quickly pulled back.

"Calm down! Rushing in at this moment won't help. Think about who you should go to right now."

"A...Ash!"

After unfolding the aurora curtain and throwing the still panicked Omori Yuko in, Kaito Daishu pinched the still warm rice ball in his hand while looking at the evil beasts approaching the house.

"Is this world's villain about to have his final battle with the hero? Humph, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me."

"But..." He carefully wrapped the rice ball and put it in his pocket. The spinning new Diend Driver and Knight Card also appeared in his hand. "This treasure is already in my hands. I can't let you unreasonable guys destroy it casually!"

"Hensin!"

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"Yuuko, how did you get here?"

"After I gave some rice balls to others, a kind person brought it to me."

When Yuko Omori, who almost fell when she landed again, got up in a somewhat embarrassed manner, she found that everyone else had gathered in the embassy early in the morning. In front of the serious-looking Ash, images from all over the world were being directly broadcast to his computer through the small props that he had placed everywhere before.

"how come..."

The images in the broadcast were very ominous. Whether it was the United States or France, whether it was the Arctic or Iceland, there were traces of the Phantom Empire everywhere, and the same thing was happening equally all over the earth.

"This is unlike any of the Phantom Empire's previous invasions." Looking at the video filled with evil beasts, Iona's expression turned grim. "This is the extent of their attack. They're finally launching a full-scale attack!"

"Finally, they've made their move," Ash, now composed, spoke slowly. He wasn't surprised by Yuuko's appearance. "Tregear... the Red God whose background is unknown... and yet, the first to strike is the original Phantom Empire."

"Huh, it's finally here? It's so boring that I'm almost getting impatient waiting."

"There's only one person who can do this—the Phantom Queen!" As Hui chewed on the name, gnashing her teeth, she suddenly glanced at Ash, who was standing beside her, and remembered something. "Speaking of which, Ash once joined the Phantom Empire... Could it be that he also...?"

"No, I don't intend to bring selfish motives into the fight." Ash shook his head, interrupting Hui's worries. "But since you are going to have a decisive battle with the Phantom Empire, before that."

Standing in front of the girls who trusted him wholeheartedly, Ash looked towards the deeper part of the embassy.

"There's something else you need to know."

"follow me."

Chapter 189: The truth from three hundred years ago! Who is the real unfortunate person?

"What should we do with the Hill of Light now? Is this really okay if we go to the Phantom Empire?"

"Don't worry." He casually flipped the screen on his computer, which showed another blue-striped knight repeatedly pulling the trigger, summoning other knights to engage in a fierce battle with a group of evil beasts. "I don't know why, but it seems the former thief has finally remembered his knightly title... Oh, he's awake."

Following Ash's reminder, everyone's attention was focused on the god who had been unconscious for a long time and had finally woken up now.

A certain "Blue God" whose divine power was taken away by others and who was even turned into a puppet, finally recovered gradually after a period of recuperation.

"Are you awake? I have bad news for you. Your phantom queen is now coming to attack us with all her might."

"Really?" The first news he received upon opening his eyes was this. With a bitter heart, Lan Shen, feeling the weight of the burden even heavier, shook his head helplessly. "In the end, she still had no intention of coming to her senses... Is this the outcome?"

"You treated her like that, do you think she would understand you?"

"You already...know everything? From her?"

Ash didn't say anything, but continued to stare at him with a sharp look that could kill someone.

"Ash, calm down." Fearing they might start arguing, Hui decided to play the peacemaker. "We're facing a powerful enemy right now. No matter what the conflict is, it shouldn't happen now."

"There is no conflict between him and me. It's just that you probably won't be happy after knowing the whole story." Without too much explanation, Ash placed the "Axia" box that he had traded back on the table.