Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Ash had expected her to strike without hesitation when they met again; that was certainly her personality. Fists and kicks were all fine, but this direct blow to the head was so unexpected that he had no idea what to do.

"Ahem - should I be thankful that at least I wasn't welcomed with a butt punch like Erika was? Ahem!"

No, I'm already as old as my daughter! He quickly straightened his distorted train of thought and, with a backflip that showed no sign of rustiness, distanced himself from the opponent. Half-crouching on the ground with one hand, Ash's waist gleamed with the glow of the Fire Driver!

"After not seeing each other for a long time, you're still greeting me in this way. Well, I won't be polite! Henshin!"

Even though it wouldn't make much difference whether he transformed or not if his opponent was a Supreme Angel, Ash still took a stance to see how Prim would react. The result...

"Puka? Puka... Puka!"

Holding her rabbit ears in her arms, Prim seemed rather panicked for some reason, as if she was eager to explain something to Ash, but all that came out of her mouth were meaningless "Puka", which made her visibly more anxious.

"You mean... you want me to attack with all my strength without hesitation? Fine! Then I won't hold back--!"

“Puka…Pukakakakaka!!”

Amidst the sharp sound of change that seemed to pierce the sky, Ash abruptly stopped his foot as he was about to kick and jump like a knight.

"You're not Prim." He lowered his fist helplessly. Although his appearance and suit were essentially identical, there was one thing he couldn't mistake. "You're Puka, right?"

"Pu...Puka?"

She carefully raised her face, which was filled with tears and pity, as if wondering how Ash could tell even though they couldn't speak the same language.

"Well, why can I recognize it?"

Looking at the bunny-eared girl in front of him who was trembling all over and getting down from his seat, Ash felt that this was obvious and needed no explanation.

Prim is as arrogant as I was before I was whitewashed. I really can't imagine her doing something like this.

"Besides, this was your habit before you could speak, right?"

After all, I have been with you for such a long time, but this is the only thing I will not admit my mistake.

"So, you've not only transformed into a human, but also transformed from an elf into a Pretty Cure? That's not uncommon among Pretty Cure characters, though. So, how about calling this form... Cure Puca?"

"And then."

When I was knocked down before, I was concentrating on her and didn't notice it. Now that I turned around and looked around, it was a big deal.

It was obvious that he was not at home now, but in a place that was more familiar than home in some ways.

"Why is it here?"

Isn't this the place where I stay with the system every time I die?

How did I get headbutted here, between worlds? Could it be that Puka's headbutt has a warp effect like Gentaro's rocket sword? That's pretty impressive.

As a gap connecting different worlds... Thinking of something, Ash looked around under Pooka's puzzled gaze. Sure enough, overhead, he saw many images from different worlds. And the people on the other side of the screen—wasn't that Haruka and Miyuki? Or rather, everyone was there.

But Baomei clearly said that everyone was just going out for something and should be back soon?

"Ash?"

Another familiar voice caught the man's attention. It was Ai Aida Ai, who looked like a completely mature lady judging by her dress. She was standing behind a door not far away, looking at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"Why are you here? What happened?"

"Puka!"

Oh, I see. So I was knocked into this door by Puka, right?

"Hurry up Ash, everyone is waiting for you."

Ai on the other side smiled and waved at Ash immediately after seeing him, which made Puka next to him very anxious.

“Puka-Puka!!!”

"Alright, alright, let me finish my business first, then I'll discuss with you how you became like this."

Ash placed his palm on the excited Puka's head, ignored her protests and pushed her back the way she came, then turned and walked towards Mana who was waving at him.

"I'm sorry, there was a small accident, and we have to add one extra seat for today."

"These are not problems." As his wife, Ai Aida's eyes were filled with love that was about to become inseparable from Ash. "Ash, we..."

"wrong!"

Two identical but completely different voices sounded almost simultaneously.

In the splitting scene, the girl-like "Aida Ai" struggled hard to break away from the adult-like "Aida Ai", and like the Puka before, she crashed into Ash's arms and pushed him far away from the door.

"Love? How could—?"

Sitting on the ground, Ash looked at Mana, who was lying in his arms and was extremely excited. Then he looked at Mana, who was still standing in front of the door, her eyes had lost their luster but she still maintained a strange smile. For a moment, he was even more confused than when he mistook Pucca for Prim. The sound effect of someone's transformation was repeating in his mind like a single loop.

In order to avoid explaining things repeatedly, Ai simply put their foreheads together and conveyed what he saw and knew.

"That's not me...or not who I am now, to be exact."

She turned around and gave a wry smile to the other self behind her. Mainly because Ai Aida herself couldn't say for sure whether things would turn out like this after they got married.

"Pukap..."

Seeing Ash being stopped by Ai, Puka finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had clearly suddenly sensed Prim's presence and had finally managed to transform himself into a Pretty Cure by using his senses to activate his latent energy, but then his speech function suddenly deteriorated to the point where he couldn't speak, nearly killing himself on the spot.

On the other side, Ash, who had more and more questions, hurriedly asked Ai, the only one who could answer them.

"Mana, what's going on? What on earth happened—"

"Ash! That's not the future. Everything you and Baomei have experienced isn't real!" She placed her hands on the man's face, conveying warmth and allowing him to meet her sincerity. "The reason there's only a beautiful future is because it's all her dream!"

"Dream?!"

You mean, everything I thought was a future epilogue...was actually just a set in a studio?

"But I can clearly feel that neither Rikka and the others nor this world itself is fake!"

“Because these are all true.”

Rikka and the others were drawn into such a gentle and beautiful dream and became characters in it. This world itself is indeed real. Even I, because I had experienced a similar experience in the past due to "Marlowe", was able to temporarily regain my self when I met Ash.

"It can create an entire world."

As far as Ash knows, there is only one person who can do this now!

Just like the images floating above their heads right now, this is exactly why everyone, who are Pretty Cure, falls into the trap!

"This dream brought us together, and because of this, it also allowed me to see some of her secrets."

Feeling that love might be pulled back at any time, she continued to hold on strong. In order to hold on a little longer, she brought her gradually blurring eyes closer, just to make the man reflected in her eyes clearer.

Sorry, Ash, I don't have enough time to tell you the details.

"She's a good child, but she did something wrong because she was too eager. I can also feel her sadness, but right now, she needs to endure this sadness rather than escape it. Ash, you have to help her accept this fact."

"Love!" The hand that reached out subconsciously passed through her arm, and all that was left was the last sentence she left for him when he pulled her back.

"If she is really our daughter... Ash, please come and save her!"

"!"

When I opened my eyes again, the Ai Aida who I held in my arms and asked for my last help seemed to be my fantasy. The only thing left was Ai Aida standing by the door and waving at me.

"What's wrong, Ash?"

Is that the so-called Aida Manami's attitude? She really grew up to be a beautiful woman with a delicate figure, just like she said.

As long as you accept the invitation, all the happiness you desire will become real, after all, it is all true.

"Aren't you coming?"

I really wanted to go over there. However, Ash's movements were the opposite of his inner thoughts, and he took one, then two steps backwards.

"No, I can't go over there yet."

As if he was afraid that he would regret his decision to accept it, the man stood up, hugged Puka who was still in a daze and didn't know what was going on, and ran in the opposite direction!

"Not yet—not yet!"

"Yeah..."

Looking at the man running at his limit, Ai Aida raised her arms but did not let go of the smile on her face. Instead, she slowly lowered her head towards the back as if blessing him.

"Bon Voyage."

PS: Regarding the reported delays in the final volume, I apologize! This is truly a personal struggle, and I'm already working on re-adjusting the plot outline, aiming to wrap up some of the final volume's stories within around 300 chapters.

I'd like to apologize again to all my readers who have supported me. I'm sorry! I didn't satisfy you... but there are things I really want to write for this final chapter, and I just hope you'll support me when the time comes.

Chapter 256: Who was deceived?

“Hey, what happened—!?”

When the surging light enveloped the entire world like a curtain, Ayumi Sakagami felt as if she had closed her eyes and opened them again, and she had arrived in this strange place as if she had traveled through time.

I don’t know why she always has nothing to do with similar things, and even if she wants to get involved, she can’t. I don’t know whether this is fortunate or unfortunate.

After searching aimlessly in the void for a while, she actually found Ash and... Prim?!

"Puka! Puka! I'm Puka—!?" Seeing her also fully alert, about to repeat Ash's previous actions, the anxiously jumping up and down finally blurted out Puka, who was surprised to find that she could speak normally?! "Anyway, we were deceived, and Baomei was deceived too, Puka! Now we have to pull the real Baomei back from this world, Puka!"

"Puka—turned into a Precure? Ash?"

After receiving Ash's nod of approval, Ayumi didn't dwell on the trivial matters any more. She had something more urgent to inform them. "I didn't see Baomei, but I saw Ash and—"

Before he could finish his words, two entangled meteors fell not far from the three people with a deafening roar, like a disaster from heaven. The spreading impact knocked everyone to the ground, and the explosive force even made the entire gap shake three times as if it were unstable!

"And what?!"

"You, you saw it yourself!"

If you look closely, who else could these two "meteors" be if not Yashu and Kale who are fighting fiercely after their transformation?

When Yashu and Kaler both showed their true abilities in the fight at this moment, as the representatives of all the forces stitched together in their respective sets, the battle scene between the two can truly be described as a fight between gods!

Gorgeous pink ribbons danced alongside bizarre weaponry, while sacred light danced alongside complex and powerful rainbows! Even if an ordinary person wasn't affected, they'd probably have an epileptic seizure in no time.

Hearing the noise, Yaxiu glanced at the three people below. Seeing them, she said nothing, but gritted her teeth and continued to rush forward to fight with Kaler even more fiercely!

"Yash is buying us time, Puka!" Puka, immediately aware of his friend's intentions, stood up with a cold expression, just as he had during past battles with the Supreme Angels, yet delivered a rather passionate line. "In that case, I'm going to help her."

I am Ash's lover. If I don't do it, who will?

"Me too." Without hesitation, Ayumi transformed into Cure Echo and made the same choice as Puka. "I won't let Ash take it all on himself this time!"

I'm also Ash's Pretty Cure, so there's no need to explain what I can do, right?

Although as legendary warriors they are definitely better at persuasion, if we were to ask who is most suitable to do this, it would have to be Ash.

Before Ash could even say a word, the two women, full of initiative, had already decided on their target. "Then, I only have one answer!"

Since Mana asked me to do this and she is my daughter, who will do it if I, Ash, don’t come?

"Come on, my Ash."

With a final hug as a farewell, the two men released their hands and flew towards one of the meteors without looking back! With the blessing of the two companion stars, the repeated collisions between the two sides erupted in an even more dazzling brilliance!

"Go find Baomei, find Baomei first! Find Baomei!"

We must not waste the time we have worked so hard to gain on meaningless things. We must try our best not to let our attention be distracted by the increasingly loud vibrations and screams above our heads. At this moment, Ash is concentrating all his attention, keeping his eyes and ears open. All his efforts are only to find a girl first!

"After Puka created me from the dream world, Baomei should have been brought out with me. The question is, where is she now? Could she have fallen into another world? I must find her, I must find her!"

"Yo." Ash, frantically searching, was startled when he heard his own voice. He immediately looked in the direction he was supposed to be in and saw Kaler, who had just been knocked down and was lying on the ground, slumped over like a Ge You, greeting him. "Are you looking for someone?"

"Yeah, I really hope you can be so kind as to show me the way."

"Look over there."

"Oh, you thought I'd be so easy—" Even though he said this, he subconsciously looked over there and saw the pure white figure he had been looking for...really?! Other than that, at least I recognize your honesty!

"Beauty!"

Kaler was about to say something after dropping it, but was hit in the face by the three women again and flew even further away. Ash took two steps at a time and stood behind her while calling her.

"father!"

When he saw her turn around with the same voice and surprised expression, Ash finally felt relieved. "Great! I'm not late!"

"You too! I was almost scared to death when you suddenly disappeared..."