Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

The girl seemed to have lost all her strength under the angry scolding. She sat limply in the pool of blood, trembling with fear. The girl's trembling eyes reflected the blood shadow of Ash and she kept repeating the same words.

"I don't want Ash to die, don't... Oh, you are related to him, right?"

Hui, whose attention was all on the "system", did not quite understand the conversation between Ash and Dust, but this did not prevent her from grabbing the corner of Dust's clothes as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw and begging loudly.

"Save him! Please, you must have a way so save him!"

"For his sake, they would even plead with their enemies without hesitation..."

You're amazing, Cinderella.

Then, a special metal in the shape of arc wool appeared in Dust's hand.

"This is [perfect], it can transfer the power of life."

As for how to use it, hmph! My identity is almost being ostracized from this world, so I won't be able to see it, but I'm looking forward to your choice.

"Great!"

In front of the girl who was clinging to "perfect" like a lifeline, after shedding the shell of someone who was looking for trouble inexplicably, Dust squatted beside Ash, who could no longer hear his own voice, with an expressionless face.

"Yo, bro."

You were not killed on the spot. Is this the cumulative effect of the miracles you stole from them?

"Fighting and living with Pretty Cure. And being loved by them, it must be fun, right?"

You can live a fulfilling life even when you are constantly seeking death. Sometimes I really envy and admire you.

After all, he had entered the world by some means similar to smuggling. Now, after causing such a big incident, Duster's body began to gradually turn into ashes from his feet, which was proof that he was being expelled.

"Influenced and inspired by love, gradually moving towards a better life and changing it—what a romantic story that fits the beautiful tone of this world."

But before that, Dust opened the pilot card box on Ash's waist and stuffed the card in his hand into it.

"But, these things will eventually pass away. It's precisely because they will pass away that we feel beautiful afterwards. You, who are always saying goodbye, understand this best, don't you?"

As you keep going, when you look back one day, you will find that there will be only one person beside him.

At that time, can you still tolerate the word "change"? Or is it better to accept your fate and not change?

I haven't changed.

"You can't change it."

No one can change.

"Mei? Why did you suddenly call us here again?"

"I know you and Ash are very much in love now, but isn't it a bit too much to specifically drag us over to act as your light bulbs?"

"That's right, be careful or we might snatch Ash away from you—"

Snow White and the others who finally arrived didn't think it was a big deal at first, but when they saw Kei kneeling on the ground and Ash lying in a pool of blood behind the flying gray smoke, the relaxed smiles on their faces suddenly froze.

Then, the sound that had been heard not long ago was repeated in the same place.

"Ash ahhhhhhhhh!!!"

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In the intensive care unit of Hikarigaoka Central Hospital.

The ventilator, tubes, and many other equipment that the girls couldn't name were all attached to his body. With a huge heart-shaped hole in his chest, Ash was now wrapped like a dumpling in the ICU bed to stay alive.

"That Ash... can actually get hurt too?"

The constant "beep, beep" sound of the health monitoring instrument kept echoing in the girl's ears like a death note.

Looking at the man on the bed, Snow White was still muttering in disbelief.

The man who is strong, handsome, and sturdy like a stone pillar, always confused and missing, but always able to be relied upon by them at critical moments.

He actually fell down...

Chapter 212 Silent Confession

"No."

The advantage of revealing her identity is that she can transform without any worries, but now even if she uses her ability, facing the expectant eyes of her companions, Yuko can only sadly shatter their expectations.

"The effect of Honey Healing Rhythm isn't very noticeable. It's like there's some force hindering recovery."

"In that case, let's go and ask for help from that god!" Iona, desperate for help, raised her head and then lowered it again in disappointment. "No way. That god can't even protect himself."

"Ribbons, sunglasses, are there any other clever little gadgets for elves!?"

"No! If there was, I would have given it to you in the previous battle."

"Hmm..." As everyone was agonizing over this, Hui, who had been sitting in the nursing chair beside the bed, lowered her head. "This is all my fault."

Looking at Ash lying on the hospital bed, unable to respond to her anymore, her tears had dried up to the point where they couldn't flow anymore.

"No, that's not the case!" Seeing her friend's tendency to give up on herself, Snow White, suppressing her own sadness, hugged her tightly. "It was an accidental injury, a misunderstanding! It's just... it's just that!"

No one would blame Hui after knowing the truth, except herself.

"It's just a simple...tragedy, that's all—woooo!"

"Hmm...hmm." After gently patting Shirayuki-hime's back, who had come to comfort someone but ended up soothing herself and crying, Megumi, her expression shrouded in shadows, nodded. "Thank you, Hime-chan."

"Then, let's go find the Pretty Cures from other countries and see if they have any solutions!"

Although the situation was still getting worse, the other few people who never gave up hope were about to set off, leaving Hui, whom they missed the most, by his side.

"Mei, if there's anything, please contact us immediately!"

For a while, the ward was quiet with only the ticking of instruments and the breathing of machines still operating quietly.

"Ash... Tell me, am I wrong?"

The girl's voice, so low that it didn't sound like her own, echoed in the room.

"It's not just my attack, it's the fact that I accidentally hurt you."

"Including that battlefield, that song, my experiences with you, the tangled and complicated relationship... and the fact that I fell in love with you."

Are these actually wrong choices?

"Let's not talk about this...but since you came into my life, I have really changed, everything."

At least, in my memory, I have always been silly, always full of energy and vitality, facing everyone with a smile, and a struggling girl who wants to overcome any difficulties.

Instead of now, I am chatting with you who can't hear me with an extremely heavy expression.

"I always like to keep my true feelings hidden in my heart, but that has never changed."

But at least in the past, I never longed to get someone's response through actions, and I had no idea about love at all.

But after meeting you, all of this changed me.

That person said that you can't change... I don't understand.

"But I have indeed changed, changed forever by you."

I became a stranger even to myself.

"But no matter what I change, I won't regret it."

No matter how strange I become, I am still Aino Megumi...the Megumi who met Ash.

So I don’t think my choice is wrong!

"drop--"

On the screen that was monitoring the heartbeat, a line of utmost despair appeared.

The metal in the girl's hand began to flash with a red light of varying brightness.

"Perfect", kindly provided by Dust, can transfer life, whether that life is someone else's or your own.

"There's no need to hesitate at all."

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“Ha….haah…”

Feeling so tired...

Hui, with her upper body lying on Ash's stomach and gasping for breath, originally wanted to stand up in one breath, but her body was so soft that she couldn't lift a single bit of strength, so she could only turn her head with difficulty and look into the face that was gradually calming down.

"Ash..."

This is the face of the person I love.

When I first met him, I just felt that he was an enemy with an unusual appearance that I had never seen before. That's why I was even more curious and wanted to get in touch with him to see what kind of person he was.

"As a result, the closer I get to you, the more good sides I see of Ash, and the more attracted I become to him."

Watching, observing, fighting side by side, unknowingly in my eyes, besides Xiaoji and the others, it’s you, Ash.

Now I finally understand.

"I want to find the value of my existence from others, so I love and help others to be happy. Only in this way can I feel happy."

So the more Ash denied me, the more weight you held in my heart became, until...

"It was strange that they suddenly started fighting with you."

Maybe I was jealous, since Ash had previously admitted to avoiding me, yet he was so close to them. So I thought if I could show the battle-hungry Ash my formidable side, I'd definitely attract his attention... though in the end, I achieved my goal in a different way.

After that, things finally turned out for the better. The Puppet Kingdom incident, Mom's incident, and Ash, who always helped us, both openly and covertly, all proved that my choice was right! That's why I could even say, even if you don't care, as long as you're by my side, I can feel my own happiness from your happiness.

But the facts proved that my feelings were not ignored! That song "Interstellar Flight" did reach you, and I heard your response that day!

"If I do something wrong, I will definitely atone for it!"

So I won't let Ash leave, I won't let Ash die! I'll fight no matter who it is!

"I want to sing more and more songs, just for Ash!"

Ash's happiness, no matter how difficult it is, I will definitely overcome it and help you achieve it -

"Ash..."

I'm sorry, I might really be a girl with a problem in my brain who fell in love with you for no apparent reason——

As the distance between them gradually approached and the atmosphere was so tempting, the girl lowered her body and was about to move her face closer to his slightly opened lips.

"Suck~"

"Ah." Covering the wetness on the tip of her nose that had just been licked, and the warmth of the palm that was covering her, the girl's cheeks were flushed due to congestion, and shame and joy jumped in her heart.

Success, Ash is alive!

Ash, I still love you——

"bud."

She heard him call her name.

"Is that you here?"

Feeling the wetness slowly growing on his face, the first thing Ash saw when he opened his eyes was a girl with tears streaming down her face, crying and laughing while giving him a "bitter smile".

"here it is..."

"Ash! Great, you finally--"

The memory of the blackout came back to him the moment he saw her. The man with a frozen expression on his face loosened his grip on the girl's hand and moved it in the air for a while. Then, his entire body and movements froze in mid-air.

"Ash...?"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

This was something that had never happened before, even in battle.

The terrified girl had never seen him show such a horrible and inappropriate look to her.

"What the hell did you do!!!"

Chapter 213: Cracks in the Heart