Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Hua, whose cheeks were equally red, deliberately blew a breath on Ash's nose, and her eyes became brighter, more lively and passionate, emitting a loving charm.

"This is all Ash's fault. The tall Yu, the pretty Saeya, and even the cute Emi are all more attractive than Hana. It's Ash's fault that he chose me out of so many great girls. That's why Hana is afraid that her boyfriend might be taken away and she feels insecure, so."

"We need to let the men who look around and the women who joke around know who Ash's girlfriend is~"

With her slightly bent and arched slender fingers, she pressed on the man's chest. Nonoka adjusted the seat comfortably with her buttocks bulging backwards, suppressed the resistance and sat down. She smiled, stuck out her lilac tongue, licked the pink thin lips, and took it into her mouth.

"Also, yesterday you were on top of me, relying on that monstrous body of yours. You were really reckless, weren't you?"

Ash opened his mouth, but faced with the naked jealousy and love, he couldn't say a word at this moment.

"so what...."

"I have to let Ash know, Xiaohua, how powerful I am as a woman!"

【Bonus】Case File 88 I want happiness with you

"Have you done it?"

“You actually did it?”

"Absolutely. I have done everything I should and shouldn't have done!"

Nonoka was stroking her still warm belly with her right hand. She looked lazy and when she heard her friends whispering, the shameful and healthy blush on her face became even brighter.

Damn Ash... He still has the strength to do that? Are all men monsters? Seriously, I'm Cure Yell! I wouldn't be afraid to arm wrestle a three-story-tall Terminator, but I lost again! This is so embarrassing!

"But I never thought the first one to betray our friendship would be the insignificant Xiaohua." Yu sighed, glancing at Hua, whose face was already drooping with warmth, his tone tinged with sourness. "So this is the look you get when you have a boyfriend? Wonderful..."

"I heard everything you said."

"Hahaha! Run away!"

Seeing her friends "running away" with smiles on their faces, Hana, filled with happiness from the inside out, kept her silly face full of smiles and didn't want to change back.

The future is no longer an endless and irreversible despair. Although she is still living in a life burdened with responsibilities and destiny, she is no longer filled with pain. Instead, she has found hope that is enough to sustain her.

After all, she has never stopped fighting since she was a teenager until she became an independent woman. She has experienced the hardships, pains, and so-called sufferings of reality countless times. As such, she is qualified to embrace happiness in the future, right?

She sincerely hoped so.

"Ash..."

"Hey." The man who had put down his phone was already standing behind her. "Why, it's not just you, everyone seems to be having fun?"

"Well, after all, that day, everyone's energy for tomorrow was awakened!" Hana described the miracle that unfolded when Ash regained his love, awakening the entire world. "I think it gave everyone hope for the future!"

"It's more than that, Hana."

She put her fingers together to lift up the pink bangs, and then gently tapped them on her lover's smooth forehead.

"You didn't just save the world as Cure Yell, but as Nonohana, you also supported your friends. In other words, you saved them too."

"Hehe, right?"

Hua scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly. She didn't think there was anything wrong with getting along with her friends, and for a moment she couldn't understand what Ash said.

"After she stood up, Yu was able to go back to work, but she said she wanted to try skating again from scratch. She said she wanted to at least take the first step towards something she loves, just like me."

"Emi said she had a lot of fun that day, so she wants to try to form a band like that and surprise her family!"

"As for Saaya, she said she wants to temporarily quit the entertainment industry and look for what she really wants... It will be a difficult journey, but I believe she will find it. After all, she is Saaya!"

Nonoka rambled on about her friends' current situations and goals. Honestly, in Ash's opinion, these goals weren't their best options at the moment. But so what? They'd chosen these things themselves. There was no such thing as having the best of both worlds.

"Although it may not be correct, everyone has found their own changes and happiness... just like me. Is this what you mean, Ash?"

"Haha, just understand it this way, Xiaohua."

Without further explanation, the man, unable to suppress a smile, gently extended his hand. As his fingers glided through her pink hair, he felt a soft, warm, and intimate touch. Hana, no longer as easily stressed as before, also enjoyed the soft touch. She squinted her eyes like a kitten, feeling Ash's care and gentleness. Together, the two of them filled the scene with a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere.

"Um...Ash. I, I can really be at peace like this and live happily with you forever, right?"

Until now, Hua felt that everything she could get was so unrealistic. Even though she had hugged the person in front of her several times, she lacked a sense of security and would still want to get confirmation from Ash again and again without getting tired of it.

But this time, Hua did not get the usual response. After a moment of silence, she looked up and spoke, meeting the deep worry hidden in those eyes.

"I want to protect you and the peace of the world. For this, I will burn everything I have...even if it means I'm shattered to pieces!"

"do not talk."

The man cupped the woman's face and kissed her forehead.

"I will always love and protect you."

I will protect everything you love until the last moment.

"Ash?"

Feeling the embrace around her shoulders that never let go, Lianhua made a sound of confusion.

Ash, are you... worried about something?

"Don't talk, at least not now..."

At least at this time, let me be with you more and feel...

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"Hey, here you come!"

Seeing Ash push the door and walk into the midnight bar, the old man sitting at the bar on the other side playing with beans quickly waved and greeted him.

Ash couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the voice. This old Biden, who was wearing a tuxedo and a top hat and looked exaggerated, was the one who had spoken to him during the previous decisive battle and sent him intelligence, claiming to be "Dr. Traum", the teacher of his psychotic ex-husband.

"Humph."

Thinking of the other party's final warning that he had to choose between the two, Ash, who was sitting next to him, snorted in disdain.

"It seems the future isn't filled with irreversible despair like you said. I've saved both the world and the flowers, and I haven't lost anything more."

"Yes, the future really can be changed..." Traum shook his head, undeterred, and poured himself a glass of whiskey. "But fate has already set a price for everything from the very beginning. It just depends on whether you have the determination to make it happen."

"Sorry, I'm good at bargaining." Ash's clenched hand slowly grasped something and squeezed it. "If necessary, I'll just grab it... After all, I'm the bad guy."

Now I have prepared myself for death, but that doesn't mean I have to die! After all...

She will definitely be sad.

"Then I wish you immediate success."

Traum raised his glass, toasted as if to a warrior, and drank it in one gulp.

【Bonus】Case File 89 The Darkness Behind Happiness

After taking a sip of wine, Traum seemed to have opened up and said a lot of things.

"I really envy you. You were clearly going all the way to the end, yet you managed to turn back right before the end for someone else." The doctor couldn't help but shake his head as he thought about something. "That person just watched from the sidelines... Maybe he just lacks your heart."

"What a pity... If I could change my words, I would want to change the past."

Perhaps he had something to hide. Even through the raised glass, Ash could see that Traum's eyes dimmed for a moment.

"Enough of that nonsense, old...sir. Tell me, what were you trying to do by calling me at this critical moment?" Thinking that the other party had at least helped him, Ash, sensing no ill will from him, refrained from using any rude address. "If you're representing that loser, then you should be the one to take the initiative now. Only then will you have a chance of winning at this distance."

"No, I'm just representing myself this time. I want to have a chat with the winner who has regained the future. After all, you've accomplished something that neither George nor I have."

Pretending not to hear the hostility in Ash's words, Traum laughed out loud and called the bartender over.

"I think you're pretty awesome, bro! Want something to drink, beer or maybe a stronger shot of vodka? It's my treat~"

"Do not."

With his legs raised up, Ash, with a serious face, made a request in a serious manner that even the confident bartender was stunned for a moment.

"Give me a glass of milk."

"Hey, man, this is a bar..." After wiping the sweat that had appeared on his forehead, Traum began to understand what Kulain meant by the shamelessness of this man.

"That's why I need milk."

Yaxiu's legs were crossed under the bar, and he kept tapping them at an interesting pace.

Don’t you think this is interesting?

"thanks for treatment."

Ash raised the milk in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. Hmm...it's pure cow's milk, I like it.

"Although it's not yet time to add goji berries... I know you have a lot of questions, but don't ask them yet. Let me ask first."

"Where is that guy Cullen now?"

It would be wishful thinking to expect Ash to have a good impression of Nonoka's ex-husband, who claimed to be her husband.

If I think about it carefully, I just beat him up and broke his arm. I was soft-hearted because of the flowers.

Now thinking back, he kept saying that he couldn't save Hua, but I ended up slapping him in the face right in front of me. What if he suddenly imitated someone else's "It hurts, it hurts so much!" and started to lose his temper, dragging Hua and me down with him even if he was having a hard time himself?

"Well, why do you ask that?"

"Of course I'm laughing at him, which means I'm even more of a flower lover than he is." Ash, unfazed, raised his glass and gestured for the bartender to refill his milk. "Well, if it were a traditional art, I'd probably send him a videotape to make him feel despair... Never mind, I'm not a cuckold, and I have no interest in letting others see my woman's body."

"You... must have offended a lot of people."

Traum considered himself a scientist with no moral bottom line and not a good man, but he still felt a chill when he heard the naked disdain and malice towards Cullen in Ash's words.

What kind of lover did Nonoka find this time? He not only kills people but also destroys their hearts...

"I'm that guy's teacher. He was able to travel to other timelines not only by utilizing his rage energy but also by using the time machine I developed." Noticing the gazes directed at him, Traum calmly filled his own glass. "So I can tell you that he's already returned to that destroyed future."

"Maybe he was stimulated by what you did. He said that this kind of thing is not just something you can do. In the next world, it will be his decision as well."

"Tsk, cowards only run away." Ash, uninterested in the loser's nonsense left behind by Cullen, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that he had left, yet at the same time felt deeply disappointed. "I was thinking I'd give him a hard time next time."

"Brother, if you don't control yourself, you'll end up in trouble sooner or later."

Traum put down his wine glass and felt dizzy. Lamenting that his health was not as good as before, the old man turned his attention back to Ash, but he did not forget his real goal.

"I, Traum, consider myself an inventor. My expertise lies primarily in the fields of space-time structures and self-learning artificial intelligence. So, Mr. Ash, let's get straight to the point."

"That dinosaur robot of yours isn't just capable of autonomous action; it's actually strong artificial intelligence... No, it's probably even more than that."

"I want the source code for that AI."

While the other person was observing him, Ash was also observing him in return. He could clearly see the other person's desire and... reluctance in his heart?

"I don't remember owing you such a big favor."

"I can trade it for information."

So Ash spread his hands and motioned the other party to continue.

"Tomorrow energy is the natural energy generated by humans when they have hope and longing for the future, while violent energy is the exact opposite. Therefore, the two are actually complementary. Neither can truly completely eliminate the other, unless the expanding energy reaches the point of destroying the world."

Traum couldn't help but sigh when he said this. The world he and Culain lived in was the future of the world that was expanded and destroyed by the violent energy that lost its restraint after the death of Nonoka, the Pretty Cure.

"As someone who once possessed the energy of tomorrow, you understand the rules of how this world works, right?"

Ash nodded, but this didn't explain why his bad premonition grew stronger the longer he stayed in this world.

"You once made your future crystal appear. That was proof that you were recognized by this world and that you replaced Nonoka as the Child of the World."

"So everything was fine for you until you shattered the crystal and distributed its power to save her."

"Any questions?"

"This is a big problem! Do you remember what I said, darkness and light complement each other!" As if to verify the bad premonition in Ash's heart, Traum swung his arms exaggeratedly in front of him.

"If you completely reject the light, you will naturally be pursued by darkness, that is, the violent energy of this world! They also want to make you their Jinchūriki and transform you into your deepest nightmare... Well, you haven't been exposed to many dark things, have you?"

"Kacha."

The glass of milk shattered into pieces in Ash's stiff hands, and the blood from the cut mixed with the milk flowed onto the ground.

With Traum's face saying "That's what I said", Ash took a deep breath, took the handkerchief handed to him by the bartender, and wiped his bloody palm carelessly.