Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

When she defeated a monster and people thanked her, when they offered her a helping hand and smiled sincerely, she felt a kind of praise and feeling she had never received in a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years.

And now! When she reflected on herself as Ash had said, and truly achieved a mutual understanding and fusion of the heart, whether it was the other party's words or the smallest breath, she felt an extraordinary throbbing.

'So, this is what true love is?'

"Hahaha~"

Holding Ash intimately, Prim's laughter was as pure and beautiful as that of any young girl hugging the one she loves, and she was happier than ever before.

Now she is feeling more fulfilled than ever before.

A being like me actually felt love... and it was real, to the point where I wanted to devote everything, including my body and soul, to love him.

I don't want to let go anymore.

Then let me become the gentle, powerful, strongest and most beautiful hero that Ash hopes for!

I'll protect Ash and everything here. Dust can come if he wants! I'll protect all of this forever!

I no longer just think about the existence of power - I have already received love!

"Ash!"

I seem to feel it too, that falling in love with someone and protecting the one you love can be such a wonderful thing.

"I love you too...Ash?"

Eh?

Why did he suddenly stop transforming and then started to retreat as if he was drunk, with an extremely troubled look?

"Ash?"

When Prim finally knew what true love was, Ash, who touched the old wound on her chest left by the Pretty Cure, also felt it. To be more precise, it was the man whose "will" remained in it who finally "knew" something that had existed for a long time.

Everything he had experienced in the past, whether it was love or hate, each scene that could not be explained as an illusion, all resurfaced before his eyes.

Yes, he saw it.

It's when they risk everything to pull their hearts back to the light, it's when they let their melted hearts prove their mistakes, it's when they defeat the dark fairy tale with their ever-positive smiles.

"what--"

Every deep breath of air felt like a knife made of ice crystals cutting into the man's chest.

It is they who want to use happiness to melt all their love and hate, it is they who make themselves find their lost dreams again... Tsk, all the past flashes back before their eyes one scene after another.

"Aha--"

Every hot breath he exhaled felt like his last painful gasp.

He saw it, and he remembered it.

On the eve of Yaxiu's departure, they each had a vague idea of ​​what was going on but had no intention of stopping him. Instead, they comforted him in their own ways.

"This is not just your responsibility."

"Now you don't have to take everything on yourself anymore. Aren't we partners?"

At that time, I felt like I was back in my mother's arms, and I no longer had to show the extremely strong shell I had to show when facing others.

"Because I'm weak, weak and afraid..."

"The more we get along, the more afraid I become... I'm afraid of the time when we'll have to say goodbye."

Then, someone kissed him gently on the forehead like a mother.

"fine."

"No matter how far apart we are, no matter how long it takes - our hearts will always be with Ash."

"Always, always, always..."

Then, the whirlpool before my eyes drew all the love in and mixed it together.

Mana, Rei, Miyuki, Megumi, Haruka, Ash—Prim.

"besides……"

The neck, as stiff as a rusty machine, slowly turned towards the place where Goodwill fell. When the transformation from the AI ​​could no longer be maintained, there was no Kamen Rider there anymore, only a girl with twin ponytails lying on the ground with her chest faintly rising and falling.

"Ayumi."

Before his brain could figure out what to do, Ash's body, guided by his heart, lifted his legs first.

"Ash—!"

A loud shout from behind stopped him.

"Goo!"

When she lost Ash's support, Prim, affected by her old chest injury again, even tripped and fell to the ground. But even though she was in a mess, she didn't care and just called out his name with bloodshot eyes.

Why—why did you go over there? You're my boyfriend, right?

"Come back, Ash!"

"I."

Likewise, Ash couldn't deceive himself about the sincerity he felt from Prim. In this brief dilemma, the man who bit his lip said nothing.

He just turned around and walked towards the girl on the other side.

"Ayumi."

"Ahem... I knew it."

Feeling familiar after not seeing him for a long time, Ayumi smiled at him even though she looked extremely haggard.

"If it's you, then it will definitely work."

The same.

It really is the same.

"Don't talk, keep your strength, your injury—"

"My injury doesn't matter. What matters is that I finally see you."

I can't think of any other word other than fate that I can meet you in such a situation.

"Shh~"

The trembling little finger stretched out quietly pressed on Ash's lips as he was about to say something.

"Don't say anything now, whether it's you or me, whether it's love or regret, don't say anything at this time."

Because I am also enduring.

"Here you go..."

From the Goodwill Driver's cartridge, trembling Ayumi handed the card symbolizing "other universe" to Ash.

"Use it as you please, and go save the one you love."

"..."

Stupid woman...don't easily leave the task of saving someone to a "bad guy" like me who has no bottom line!

He is obviously a villain, why does he want to save the world?

He reached behind her back and gently but firmly lifted the girl, whose arms were hanging down, from the ground. Like a treasure he cherished but was afraid to break, he brought her closer, little by little...

"...Prim."

Ash, holding Bu Mei in his arms, called out her name for the first time in a voice without any sadness or joy.

"It's very regrettable."

"I really had a great time with you... but now it's really over."

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170

Chapter 170: Supreme Heartbreak.

She finally knew what true love was and made up her mind to change for the better.

Did Ash know everything at this moment? Were all his efforts in vain?

How can she accept this?

"Prim."

When she heard that the other party was finally willing to call out this name again, even though it was no longer as intimate as before, it gave her hope.

As expected, you did love me! Even you can't ignore this fact!

You are my love, right?

In that case, please, please come back to me! I will truly love you!

"It's very regrettable."

……

?

No! Don't say such ambiguous words at this time!

"It was such a pleasant time to be with you..."

Me too, me too! I also want to tell you how happy I am like never before, so if it means changing who I am now, I will do it!

"But this is really the end."

and so……

So, don’t say at this time that it can be understood in any direction. What does it mean?

"Wait!"

When Prim saw Ash insert the card in his hand into the "Good Will Driver", he was so panicked that he was at a loss for a moment. He even stood up despite the tearing sensation of his old injury and stretched out his arm to grab Ash!

Just a little bit, just a little bit and I’ll be able to get Ash!

"Puka!"

A rabbit.

A creature that he had imitated as a spirit from Pretty Cure, a creature that he had abandoned because it was too useless to even have the courage to fight, actually dared to jump out at this moment!?

Then, the "destructive power" that it originally thought it would not use at all also flashed on a pair of rabbit paws and pressed down on her feet with all its strength.

I told you, I will protect Ash!

"Puka!"

"?!"

The hole under his feet caused Prim to fall down helplessly as he lost his footing.

Until the end, what I saw was the other person's eyes, which were filled with extremely complicated emotions, and finally, the eyes turned to the side with determination and disappeared into the light.

"what……"

"Ah."

Love based on concealment and deception, even if it is sincere, cannot be recovered.

"Ash aa ...

In that case, my heart and my love—what are they?

In the falling abyss, the cries of a wounded beast continued to be heard from the dark valley.

At the same time, there were two sparkling transparent pearls, floating upwards together with the wind.

-

Yashu is not dead.

To be precise, after jumping into the core device in the Tower of Babel that day, nothing happened except that he wanted to rescue Ash and teleport him back to Earth, but ended up knocking him unconscious on the way, which was too embarrassing.

There was no power to control everything as she had expected, nor was she instantly shattered by the power transformed by the dark echo. She simply felt a shift in perspective, as if she had become a ghost, free to observe the world from a God's perspective.