Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

There is no doubt about this.

"But the enemies standing in our way are still the Red God and that Tregear. It doesn't matter if Shirayuki-sama and the others are hesitant and don't come along. I can take them down on my own."

He did keep the Guangmei Complete Card in his inventory as a keepsake, but he wasn't stupid enough to tie his own hands and fight a powerful enemy.

The complete card with the emblems of 23 knights lit up was already lying quietly in the card box when he checked it after waking up.

"Then."

"Then?"

"And then, once everything is resolved, I'm going to die. No, I have to die." Ash deadpanned, stating the development that Kei least wanted to hear. "Because only by dying, by dying of that strange dimension, can I see Him again."

Now is not the time for me to play heroic games.

I'm going to go no matter what.

"Now that there are no dark echoes threatening my life, a mutual destruction would be best. If that's not possible, suicide... No, He said it must be a hero. Snow White and the others can't do that. I can only ask Maria for help."

"Why, why do you keep talking about dying?! Why can't you just stay in this world and be with me?"

"Because someone is waiting for me."

Ainoe was so angry that she was stunned by the thing that Ash suddenly handed to her. The transformation device that she had snatched away from her before was handed to her again by him without any hindrance.

"Don't you want it back? Fine, use it to kill me and send me back to Him, then I'll give it back to you."

"don't want...!"

The object of her original desire seemed to have turned into something extremely evil and terrifying. The girl fell to the ground with a terrified face, and retreated backwards using her hands and feet.

"Can't you do it? Didn't you say you wanted to make me happy? This is my happiness."

"Pretty Cure...can't kill anyone..."

Hui opened her extremely dry lips and tongue, and could only give such a pale reason.

"..."

Can't do it?

That's not bad either.

The other hand that was offered proactively pulled the bewildered Hui up from the ground.

"What you heard that day wasn't actually wrong."

But I can't possibly deliver on it.

"Eh?"

Hui felt that Ash seemed to be handing something over to her by pulling her hand.

"Cure Lovely's wish is to spread happiness to everyone's hearts, right?"

Everything you need is now given to you.

"You may not realize it, but you're already quite famous... so even without fighting, you can accomplish this with just your singing."

Hui still remembers.

The last memory of the night was that he was finally willing to hold her hand gently.

"You've been influenced by the dark power within the ring. If you continue like this, something terrible will surely happen... So just consider it a plea from me."

"The only thing I'm not deceiving you about is that you should stop transforming and fighting."

but!

"Don't just look at me anymore. Pretty Cure's love isn't something so narrow-minded, is it? Let your singing bring happiness to everyone."

No! Call it selfish...but I only want to sing this song for Ash!

But the true meaning he wanted to express was kept silent when facing Ash.

"Don't you want everyone to be happy? This just happens to be what you want, doesn't it?"

No! Right now, I just want to look at Ash——

Don't treat me so cruelly and then seduce me with such irresistible tenderness!

"So Cure Lovely is more than enough."

"Don't fight anymore."

Chapter 219 Ash's Gift

"Snow White, you did something unnecessary, didn't you?"

"Ah, what are you talking about, Ash..." The girl, not expecting to be caught so quickly, realized she couldn't fool him anymore, so she simply admitted it. "Yes, because—because things have been so wrong between you lately! There's no way I can just leave it alone!"

So I chose that perfect dress and gave it to Hui in your name, because I knew she would love it! In fact, she looked very happy at that time.

"So what did Hui do to offend you that you have to treat her like this?"

"Because she killed one of the most important people to me."

"Ah, this?"

Hearing Ash's blunt description, Snow White's mind went blank. Even though she was a princess, even though she had overcome the difficulties together as a Pretty Cure, this twisted development still completely overwhelmed her CPU.

"No, that's not right! Although Kei is stupid and always makes mistakes, she's so gentle and kind, right? There must be some misunderstanding here!"

"How do you think I got injured earlier?"

"what....."

Oh, oh, oh, what should I do? Maybe I can look for resurrections in Dragon Ball... There's no such setting in our Pretty Cure world!

"Well, can't we just..."

If Ash is asked to forgive Hui, he doesn't know the pain Ash is in. It is too much to be concerned about other people's well-being, even Snow White can't say it.

"So now I won't go see her. I'm afraid I'll get impulsive and kill her."

If it were in the past, it would have been done already.

Yuko and Iona, who were originally planning to attend Kei's birthday party, couldn't help but move closer when they saw Snow White and Ash parked on the side of the road, but they were also stunned by this highly condensed terrible story.

"Why would such a thing happen..." Even though she was just listening in, Yuko couldn't help but shed tears at such a terrible development. "This is ridiculous!"

"Who says it's not?"

Pointing at the Eternal Dagger in his hand, Ash continued to carve the piece of wood from the "Tree of Life" in his hand. Gradually, something slender seemed to begin to take shape in his hand.

"this is."

"I've rarely picked out proper gifts for people, and my collection is a mess right now. I can't find anything suitable as a gift, and I don't want to give anything that can be bought with money."

So in that case, I'll make one myself.

"finished."

A wooden comb with a cute Q-version portrait of Hui carved on the back lay in Ash's hand, along with an envelope with traces of glue in the middle.

"Give this to Hui as my gift."

"A gift? Today is her birthday! You're with us..."

The girl thought of something and looked at him with an unfriendly look.

"Ash, you know, you know today is Kei's birthday, right?"

You are still thinking about what happened before!

You clearly promised us that you wouldn't go into battle right now! Is it really that hard to wait for us to go together?!

"I can't wait." Ash looked up at the blue sky. A few days ago, he had observed an unusual red planet breaking away from its trajectory and approaching Earth. "My enemies are out there, and they're not just there!"

Then I, whether alive or dead, want to see Him sooner.

"What's the matter with you? What are you doing?"

The first person to explode in anger was Iona, who pounded Ash's chest anxiously.

"It wasn't you, it wasn't you who taught me that! You said that only unity and solidarity can bring true strength. And now you suddenly want to go it alone. Do you think dying alone is cool?!"

"No."

This time it’s different, I’m fighting with the mentality of winning.

"Then you can't!" Snow White approached with tears in her eyes, hoping to persuade Ash to change his mind. "Can't you wait for us a little longer? We're willing to walk with you through the battlefield and hell. As long as we have love, we are invincible!"

"Well, we'll go with you! Let's go see what kind of people that Red God and Tregear are!"

"No, Hui can't be left alone right now." The man raised his hand and placed it on the girl's soft shoulder. "If you guys aren't here, something bad will happen to Hui today."

I know that she must be feeling as much pain as I am during this period.

Is this a kind of "revenge" between us?

"So please, just think of it as something good for me... Can you go and comfort her who's been with her today?"

"mean!"

The blue-haired princess wiped the tears from her eyes in panic.

"This statement is really too despicable!"

Ash's hand holding the comb was passed to Iona again, and he wanted to give it to her, but was rejected.

"Please give this important thing to her yourself!"

"Yeah..."

He took a step back and left their position.

"Iona, you are already very strong."

"Protect everyone."

"waiting for you!"

Before the girl could continue speaking, a strong wind suddenly blew from behind Ash, making it impossible for them to open their eyes. Occasionally, they could see a bright yellow fighter plane with folded wings spewing out air and falling vertically from behind him.

"Ash, don't go!"

"If you dare to leave today, I will hate you for the rest of my life!"

The cockpit hatch was closed, and the folding wings with the "GUTS" logo were redeployed from the hovering Hypa mode to both sides. The deliberately ejected airflow forced them away from the surroundings.

"I'm sorry, I've been very happy these days with you. You are indeed my precious treasures."

Ash's muffled voice came from behind Victory Swallow No. 1.

"Goodbye."

"Ash—!"

The fighter jet that can break through the atmosphere alone, with its dazzling tail flame, soars into the sky in the gaze of the girls, leaving them far behind!

"Fool!!!"

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In order to make Hui's birthday a grand and happy occasion, Snow White specially decorated her country's embassy as the venue for her birthday party.

And now, Hui truly felt what it meant when Ash said she was "famous".

"This is Miss Hui. Happy birthday to you!"

"Cute angel! I'm a fan, can you have a new song since it's your birthday?!"

"Happy birthday, Ms. Hui! We hope you'll be able to attend the events our TV station is hosting for you if you have time in the future!"

Among the people who came, in addition to the friends she knew, there were many other people who were obviously high-ranking but unknown to her. Although they were strangers, they came here to celebrate the girl's birthday.

After all, she saved the world with her singing.

"Thank...thank you everyone!"

She kept a smile on her face, showing no trace of the sadness from last night. But the more she thanked them, the more depressed she felt.

Why? If I could make so many new friends, I should be happy.