Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

The idea of ​​using my well-honed tactics and skills to close the gap has already been applied in actual combat. As for the rest...

Well, Ash didn't know either.

The performance of a machine is not the absolute factor that determines the outcome of a battle... Although it sounds very inspiring, the guy who said this was soon shocked by the performance of the opponent and was so frustrated that he slammed the table.

But "fortunately", Ash is not the only one in trouble at the moment.

“Why, why!?”

As Ash pondered, Rikka across from him wasn't simply venting her anger. The tears dried on her fair face, leaving only two tear marks above her, two eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"Why am I so familiar with you?!"

The more they fought, the more Rikka became aware of that intuition that seemed to linger in her physical instincts, a syncopation with her. It was as if they had truly matured from a long time ago.

"Why, why!"

In fact, Rikka's anger was not just directed at the malice she had towards Ash in the past, but was also directed at herself - starting from the inexplicable palpitations she had felt towards him before, and the feelings that seemed to be inexplicably connected to him and could not be let go at all.

We're clearly enemies, so why am I acting so two-faced and like a shameless villain?!

Why am I so skilled!

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The Diamond Angel's attack stopped at some point, and all that was left was Rikka's trembling little head that kept shaking in complete confusion and contradiction.

I, Rikka, am not such a lewd and vulgar person! Because if that were the case—

What qualifications do I have to be called a Pretty Cure? How can I have the nerve to call everyone a companion?

How can such a "useless" Hishikawa Rika stand beside the man who loves her?

"Tell me, Ash!"

The tone was supposed to be questioning, but for some reason it was mixed with tears.

"What on earth did you do to me to turn me into something that doesn't seem like me!"

215

Chapter 215: Protecting the Ones You Love, No Reason Required (Happy New Year)

"I can tell you the answer."

Standing still with his back straighter than ever before, the man brushed past the diamond shards stained on his visor and spoke with a seriousness that seemed to return to him as if an ancient memory had returned.

"But the only thing that can really make you believe is what you can come up with yourself!"

"What's the meaning?"

Behind the two of them, a dark shadow seemed to be trying to poke its head out from the shadows, but due to its huge size, it could not hide at all if it just moved, and would immediately break through the cover on its body.

"Sometimes, don't trust what you see with your eyes. You have to try and feel some different scenes to see them, you Pretty Cure—"

The man stopped mid-sentence and changed his words.

"No, it should be you, Rikka! Aren't you the one who understands empathy the most?"

"Why... do you act like you understand so clearly..."

"Because if it was the Hishikawa Rikka I knew, that's what it would be like!"

Seeing that it was about to be exposed, it didn't seem to care much anymore, and the black shadow pointed the dangerous weapon in its hand towards her.

"Danger--!"

To be honest, when she saw the knight suddenly roar and pounce on her, it was as if some dusty memory was unlocked. Rikka, who was almost suffering from PTSD, felt that her whole body was frozen in place, and she only subconsciously made a protective action.

Then she looked over through her narrowed eyes and realized that the other party's target didn't seem to be hers, but was just to... stand in front of her.

"In myself!"

This roar from the monster is the voice of the real enemy.

Countless flying spikes like steel needles came from the opponent's attack. Amidst the overwhelming explosions and flying sparks, a thick layer of black shadow fell on the figure who opened his hands to block himself.

The good news was that the sneak attack from the selfish hedgehog monster did not hit her as expected, and she was completely protected.

And the bad news is... the whole person spread his arms like a big character, leaving the front of the shadow cast to himself and the blank back to the enemy knight, who was almost about to be pierced into a sieve.

The man under the mask didn't utter a single word until the bright red liquid, which had become thick as a soup, followed the steel nails that pierced between the armor and the flesh and smeared a picture on the ground whose true appearance could not be seen.

"Why... why?"

Rikka couldn't understand, her tone trembling, but she seemed to understand a little in her heart.

"I've always been hostile to you and even insulted you like that, so why are you still protecting me?!"

It turns out that the feelings I had before that were completely unclear... were actually my love for him?

"Then why do you fight against evil, and why do you want to save everyone's soul?"

The shaky man looked like he would fall down at the slightest gust of wind, but for some reason, although he shouldn't have the strength to stand up, he still stood there with no intention of falling down!

"That's because, because—"

Because we are Pretty Cure - saving others and things like that is what we should do, so where is the reason?

You are clearly our enemy, how can you have such a reason?

"Well, if it's for you guys."

"I don't need a reason."

The inside of the mask was covered with his own blood. He licked the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth with the tip of his tongue. The man endured the fishy and sweet feeling in his lungs. After taking a deep breath, he used up his remaining strength to press his palm on the tornado device on his belt.

Accompanied by a roar like a turbine rotation, the fan blades in the tornado began to rotate violently, almost as if they were about to be overheated and ignited, and began to emit bright and continuous flames!

"Burning again..."

In the show, Flame Knight is a cyborg warrior born from flames. While initially weak and often finds himself in desperate situations, he's like a flame swaying in the wind—as long as a single breath isn't completely extinguished, a gust of wind will reignite even the remaining sparks!

And at that moment, the scene unfolded exactly as Liuhua was watching! The steel needles deeply embedded in the man's back suddenly burst into flames from their very tips. The heat, high enough to melt steel, melted the spikes piercing the armor, smoothing them out as if absorbing them, and blending them into the broken cracks in the armor!

It looked as if Ash was swallowing up the attack directed at himself!

It can be said that anyone who doesn't kill him... will become the fuel for "Flame Rider", making him burn brighter and more vigorously!

"In myself!"

However, the selfish monster on the opposite side had no intention of just watching him change. Seeing that the opponent not only resisted but also seemed to absorb his attack, it roared and immediately tightened the spikes on its body and let them bloom, then turned into a whole thorny meat bomb chariot and was about to crush the opponent!

This isn't a cartoon for kids, who's going to sit there and watch you explode and do nothing? Look, I'm interrupting the process!

“From, from myself—?”

Unfortunately, despite its excellent calculations, the abacus found itself unable to move forward even halfway through its rotation. Just before it could roll itself into a ball, layers of diamonds released from Liuhua's hands, like layers of water mirrors, stopped it firmly in its tracks!

"..."

Standing in the spikes and flames in front, Hishikawa Rikka said nothing, but continued to hold up his hands, allowing the dazzling blue light to continue to block the flames and the selfish monster, buying him more time to burn!

"In myself!"

The selfish monster wanted to join in the effort, but it was allowed to try as hard as it wanted, even faster and faster! Just as it shattered the diamond layer in front of it into shattered pieces, several stronger and harder flashes came from all directions, completely blocking it from moving!

"I……"

Although her hands were still releasing her abilities, even Hishikawa Rikka herself couldn't understand why she was like this and subconsciously wanted to help him?

Was it simply because she was a Pretty Cure that she couldn't remain indifferent to the harm done to others, or was it because she wanted to repay him for saving her life? But Rikka felt that the answer wasn't either of these...

"I completely, completely don't understand..."

"Then don't try to understand it. There's no need to understand it."

Although there was a flame burning, it didn't feel hot to the touch. Instead, it felt very warm as the palm rested quietly on her arm.

"Just feel it, Rikka."

"Or rather, you've already felt it."

Your body is more honest than you are, right?

216

Chapter 216: Diamond hearts can't be hurt, right?

Originally, Ash wanted to persuade Hishikawa Rikka, the most talkative member of the Heartbeat Group, by appealing to their emotions and reasoning with them. It would be best if he could make her remember what happened, and then use her as a breakthrough point to launch subsequent strategic actions against other people.

However, due to the "malicious editing", he became the one who bullied her and even took away her virginity... Now there was nothing nice to say, and he even completely annoyed the other party and started fighting on the spot.

However, it was this very battle... that awakened a "memory" that wasn't hidden in my consciousness, but in my instincts! The way I communicated through my fists, which I had been practicing from the beginning until now, was indeed the simplest, most direct and effective method!

"Although the solution is quite different from what I expected, at least the result is the same."

Rikka, your body is more honest than you are, okay?

After doing what you just did, do you still want to deny it? You can't do it, Rikka. Because you can't do it, you can't do it~!

"Woo..."

The more satisfied Ash is now, the more troubled Rikka is.

He just says weird things that people can't understand.

Frankly speaking, Rikka couldn't quite grasp what the other party was saying, especially now, as her body and brain, memories, seemed to be at odds with each other, the distinction between enemies and allies blurring to the point where she was becoming increasingly confused.

However, if you ask her what is the most obvious thought in her mind at this moment.

"Don't get hurt for us again..."

If that’s the case, I really don’t know how to face it or what to do.

"Sorry, that can't be done."

To her surprise, he actually rejected it at this time?

"Why!?"

"Because, now I am still fighting for you."

After completing the "reburning" state, the knight allowed the flames that had gushed out to a level beyond red to gush out from the gaps in the armor, and then let it wrap around his entire body. Using the fire under his feet as a propulsion nozzle, he leaped towards the selfish monster who was caught in a dilemma between the diamonds.

"As long as you are in trouble, I will definitely come to save you."

I have already made such an agreement with all of you, and since you are a creature with hair growing down there and can be called a man, the promise you made must be kept.

"If you still want to know why—"

Let those flames continue to fly freely with the body movements, Ash raised his two fingers together and scratched them hard from bottom to top!

Then the flames that fell from the sky spun into a tornado surrounded by diamonds, and suddenly rose up from the feet of the selfish monster who was feeling the heat!

"Maybe it's because it looks more handsome this way!"

What kind of answer is this!

"I don't want your protection, idiot!"

With a gritted teeth and a stomping of her feet, Rikka stopped thinking about those complicated things and continued to accumulate strength in her hands. However, this time she didn't choose to attack the knight anymore, but the thing on the other side that didn't look like a good guy!

“In myself—!”

Feeling the weakening of the defense in front of it, the selfish monster, which was almost scorched black by the flames, rushed forward. Just when it thought it had completed its escape plan and continued to counterattack with its spikes all over its body, two attacks arrived almost at the same time and slammed into its body!

He was clearly surrounded by thorns, making it impossible for anyone to get close to him, yet he was still hit? What on earth was going on?

It turned out that the two people who had noticed it long ago attacked at the same time. After using the diamonds flying from Rikka's hands to resist the first wave of sharp spikes, the flames drifting from the Flame Rider followed closely behind, using the steaming and heated flames to soften the needles behind them through the diamonds, opening a wide path for them to attack!

Even without any verbal exchange, the two seemed to have read each other's movements, relying on tacit coordination to pull the other out of its hedgehog-like shell! Even now, the two of them aimed their Rising Dragon Fist at the selfish monster's ugly face from bottom to top, and with a single blow, the selfish monster was sent flying straight back!

"!"

When she saw the huge monster taking off in front of her, even if Rikka was unwilling, she had to admit that she felt it was so refreshing to cooperate with such a "bad guy".

"There are times when I feel like I can't figure things out, and it's hard for me to even think...!"

Ah, that’s because it’s so troublesome that I can’t figure it out.

Then just ignore it and go all the way in one breath!

"Diamond Blizzard!"