Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Wow~"

After locking the doors and windows, turning on the faucet, the boy lay in the misty bathroom to make sure he would not be discovered accidentally. Then he turned on his toy-like mobile phone and connected to the communication network on the other side.

"Connected... Ayumi, how's the progress over there with Aguri?"

"Everyone really did rekindle their memories of the Ace Angel after seeing her. It seems like it went quite smoothly... Hmm."

On the other side of the screen during the communication, Ayumi, whose face gradually turned red and whose eyes became inexplicably erratic, finally couldn't help but cover her eyes and complained at the same time.

"Ash...why are you talking on the phone naked? Go put on your clothes!"

Even if you specially send me benefits to chat naked with me, I, I, I... I won't be moved at all!

"I'm in the bathroom now, what are you wearing?"

No matter how old they are, or even if they've done "that," the pure hearts of most Pretty Cure girls seem to remain the same. Ash, no longer wanting to complain, helplessly wanted to move on from the topic.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Since everything is going well... we must be even more vigilant!"

"Whatever Kaler's plans are, aside from making the Heartbeat Group temporarily forget about him and allowing me to conquer them all the way back to where I am now, I haven't seen him react at all."

"That only means he's got some surprise trap planned for us. We have to be more cautious now... Um, Puka's looking around. What happened?"

"Puka?"

The little rabbit in the corner of the camera on the other side also turned its ears when it heard itself being mentioned.

"It's nothing serious, I was just wondering where Baomei went Puka?"

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Chapter 236: Daughter’s Secret?

"Do you think a rabbit can have a baby, Puka?"

"Even though your elves are naturally naive and romantic, please don't casually say things that insult the very foundation of reproductive isolation... Wait, considering that your true form is actually that kind of being and my universal adaptable being, it seems, perhaps, probably... it's not impossible?"

Originally, he just wanted to complain about this fantastic idea to express his disapproval, but based on the rigorous spirit of a scientist, Ash calculated and found that it was actually possible?

"Ahaha! Puka might be a mother too, Puka!"

Puka didn't understand the first sentence, but only heard the last one. He used his rabbit-like jumping ability and happily jumped up and down with one ear shaking.

"Ash?"

With both hands, he compared the size of Puka to the rabbit in front of him, and then compared his forehead to the 1.80-meter-tall man next to him. He kept shaking his head to compare the two men. With a strange expression on his face, Yaxiu's tone gradually became hesitant.

"Although people are free to choose their sexual preferences... I think sometimes you still need to know when to stop."

"...Are you serious about what you said, Yaxiu?"

"You're serious I am."

Although Ash's expression grew increasingly strange as he continued his speech, Pooka didn't care! If I were to be Baomei's mother, then of course I wouldn't be concerned about my precious "daughter's" whereabouts, especially when she was out like this.

"It's already dark, it's time to come back, Puka."

"You said she wanted to go out and get some fresh air at this time?"

Upon hearing this news, Ash was stunned for a moment. He had clearly not specifically told her about any mission outside.

At this moment, Yaxiu thought, could it be that my previous words about looking forward to the future inspired her to come and help me at this late hour? How should I put it... I feel a sense of relief at seeing my daughter grow up and become independent, but also a sense of sadness.

"Children really do grow up all of a sudden without adults noticing."

"I've traveled through time. Ash, you haven't really raised a daughter and become a father yet, right, Puka?"

"Puka shut up!"

Anyway, Ash is now really enjoying being a father.

"The topics you're arguing about are becoming more and more childish..."

Ayumi, who was already accustomed to the somewhat strange relationship between the man and the rabbit, once again took on the role of peacemaker.

"Okay, I'll go check it out. Maybe she's back already?"

The camera on the other end of the communication began to shake, as if it was walking towards the room on the other side after being picked up by Ayumi.

"Maybe he's at home—Are you in there, Baomei?"

As the knocks on the door continued, Ash's keen hearing picked up another discordant sound through the speaker. The door seemed to... open by itself?

"Eh?"

Ayumi, who was still holding her phone, was also stunned. She had only knocked on the door once, not very hard, so how did it open on its own? A closer look revealed that the door was not only unlocked, but also not properly closed.

Oh, you left in too much of a hurry, didn't you?

"How careless! If I let someone in..."

The door that Ayumi was about to close stopped just before it closed, then opened in the opposite direction, allowing her to step into the room.

"Ayumi?"

"I didn't see where she went, so maybe we can find some clues?"

In fact, even Ayumi herself was a little surprised by her sudden and bold decision. After all, for Ayumi, who tends to be a bit of an "I person" character, breaking into what was supposed to be her daughter's room without permission was really... wrong! As an elder, sometimes you should pay more attention to the growth of your juniors! Instead of waiting until they make a mistake and then regret it, why not do it now...

"At worst, I can come and apologize to her later. And if Ash is watching, you'll have to come with me then!"

After hearing Ayumi's rare "quibbling", Ash was speechless.

"...parents do this and that out of concern for their children, even though I used to hate the idea, thinking it was simply an invasion of privacy."

But people have double standards after all, so lying in silence with the background sound of splashing water, Ash chose to continue following Ayumi's perspective to explore his daughter's expensive room.

The decoration of Baomei's room was even more ordinary than he had imagined: an ordinary bed, an ordinary desk. Although there was nothing particularly special about it, it was obvious that the room was kept tidy by the clean-loving owner.

The only thing I could say was that there were a few novels and comics scattered on the bookshelf. They seemed to be stories about family and emotional entanglements, which were particularly popular with girls. Ash didn't look closely. Instead, a piece of scrap paper with some characters drawn on it caught his attention. Speaking of which, Ash said Baomei seemed to like painting. Does that mean my daughter will become a painter in the future? I have no objection... Um, wait?

"Ayumi, move to the other side. That's right, it's right here!"

He directed Ayumi on the other side to turn back to the place he had just caught a glimpse of.

"what happened?"

Ayumi was a little surprised when she saw the dolls placed on top of the bookshelf.

"This is a Kamen Rider puppet? You're a girl and you actually like this."

There is no doubt that it is the result of the influence of his father.

"More than that, Ayumi, take a closer look at what roles these knights play."

When she heard this, she looked over again with her eyes wide open. How could she not recognize the characters included in it?

Dragon Fang, Timmons, King Sword, OOO, Decade, Dark Kiva... If other fans of Knights looked at it, they probably wouldn't think there was any connection between the order of these collections. But if any Pretty Cure sleeping in the next room looked at it, they would definitely know what it was.

"She's not collecting Kamen Riders, she's collecting me!"

"Isn't it normal for children to look up to their elders?"

Ayumi didn't think there was anything wrong until Ash was silent for a while and then a voice came from the communication line in her hand.

"Ayumi, keep going."

Originally, he felt a little sorry for snooping into his daughter's room like this.

But now, rather than feeling sorry, his hidden curiosity was even deeper.

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Chapter 237 The truth about mother.

"It's really not a good idea to just rummage through Baomei's things..."

"I'll apologize to her as a father later. For now, please fulfill your duty as an elder to show your concern for her."

After this little search, the two men and the rabbit actually found some surprising things.

It turns out that she not only collects Ash's Kamen Rider series, but also Mana, Rei, Miyuki, and their recent Pretty Cure transformation toys.

Of course, the fact that girls would like Pretty Cure sounds beautiful and natural, but the order in which they were collected really made Ash think about it.

Ayumi even accidentally pulled out a familiar-looking package from under the bed.

"CSM version of Demons Driver Heartcatch.Ver... Includes ScarletDemons conversion kit, 180 lines of daily dialogue for Ash, and 80 lines of battle dialogue..."

As if to verify her guess, Ayumi pressed the dialogue button on the side of her belt. When she heard the line "This voice is more familiar to you, right?" which was indeed her own voice, Ash, who was lying in the bathtub, pressed his wet palms to his face, unable to bear to look.

"The multiverse is truly wild...does it really have everything?"

"That's great. I'm a little envious of my daughter for caring so much about me."

After happily reciting a few more lines before reluctantly putting the belt back, Ayumi, who was in a good mood, secretly made plans in her heart.

"Maybe we should prepare more gifts like this for her next time? Hey~ That's really nice! If it were me, I would definitely be very happy!"

"Don't make that face, Ash~ I'll prepare your share as well."

"That's not the kind of thing you're talking about... Who do you think I am? A three-year-old kid?"

Ash didn't intend to say anything about his daughter's hobbies. After all, he himself was a toy geek who liked to collect toys.

but……

Why go to such lengths to collect them? If it's to commemorate the future me who might die in battle, isn't the present me here, rather than these toys? If you want to know anything, you can just come and ask me.

"Well?"

Ayumi didn't think anything of Ash's question.

"There's no special meaning, right? It's probably just a collection of souvenirs. Aren't you overthinking things?"

Judging from the current results, isn't there no problem at all?

Maybe, perhaps, I've been overthinking things lately? Am I just overthinking things?

"Ayumi...Ash...you better come check on the Puka."

Just as their investigation reached a deadlock, Puka's voice drew their attention back to her. The rabbit, half hidden behind the curtain, grabbed a corner of the curtain with its ears and pulled it open in front of them, revealing what was behind it.

"this is……!"

When they saw the true form of the thing they had overlooked, both Ayumi who was at the scene and Ash who was far away at the Aida family were shocked and stopped what they were doing.

It was a whiteboard that just happened to block the entire window. The photo of Ash pasted in the center of the whiteboard was the axis, and countless lines and comments extending outwards led to the other Pretty Cure photos that were also pasted on it!

"So, does this make sense, Puka?"

"Oh my god, this makes so much sense..."

The first time they saw this interpersonal relationship map, they both thought of the word "pairing". The short title "Mom?" at the top of the whiteboard answered the question that had been bothering them for a long time!

Why did Baomei always evade questions about her mother? Why did she seem to remain silent about the question? The answer lies here. It's not that she doesn't want to talk about it, but she herself doesn't know the answer!

"Poor Baomei..."

Unable to help but blurt out pity, Ayumi couldn't imagine what she had to go through in the future to not even know who her biological mother was. She couldn't imagine how she could have persisted until now if that person was herself.

"Ash, did you guess this...?"

But Baomei did persevere and persisted until she traveled through time and came to them.

"I had similar suspicions, but I didn't expect it to be to this extent."

The dried water stains scraped off the boy who had grown into a man. The bathroom, which had once been filled with the sound of running water, was now shrouded in complete silence.

"I'm such an unfit father."

This reminded him of the child from Asuka who came from a foreign continent. In the past, he only sighed for the fate of his friend's daughter who was displaced, but he never thought that such a similar thing would happen to him one day.

"Nothing has happened yet, Ash! There's still time to undo it!"

"Yeah, we absolutely can't let that happen!"

The heart that had been rising to their throats finally calmed down in time. Knowing that it was not too late, the two people and the rabbit finally had time to carefully read what was written on it.

"Is Baomei also searching for her biological mother through the clues she left behind while living with us?"

Come to think of it, although she had been keeping a distance from everyone, she had never left but had been observing them carefully.

Following the route, Ash also saw the "words of gratitude" left by Baomei under several key focus objects.