"Cure Heart, to be honest, I'm quite disappointed in you."
Cure Heart, who looked like a bad boy who was being punished by the teacher for not doing his homework, raised his head with pitiful eyes. She didn't understand, what did Ash mean by this?
"You are the core of DokiDoki! Pretty Cure, just like a root that unites people who were originally separated. Originally you had a strong mind and the power to become stronger."
"So I'm thinking, what kind of power will you unleash when all your friends who originally value your friends are taken away? Can you let me see the true power of Pretty Cure!"
After all, this is a method he has actually tried before in other worlds, and there are almost no mistakes.
Unexpectedly, the car overturned at Aida Mana today.
"The result is a big disappointment to me. You don't make me feel excited at all!"
"Ash, wait--yeah!"
Cure Heart was easily pushed down by the normal Ash and returned to its original Aida Mana state.
"I have no interest in people who are afraid of me, so go ahead!"
Aida Mana opened his mouth wide, watching him take away his most important friend, but he couldn't say a word or anything.
It wasn't until Ash disappeared at the corner of the street that Ai suddenly leaned forward and knelt on the ground, hammering the ground with his fists that could not be completely clenched. He wanted to cry but no sound came out from his throat, only silent tears could not stop dripping.
However, at the next street corner where Ai couldn't see, dark lightning kept flowing in Ash's chest, and the terrifying aura he had maintained instantly collapsed. Ash, who was covered in cold sweat and his brows were full of pain, almost threw Rikka to the ground. At this time, he had to use his other shoulder to lean against the wall to prevent him from falling.
"No, this is not my burial place yet..."
He seemed to have remembered something, something he had forgotten before.
Memories about the consequences of Dark Echo being full but still alive.
Although the result was somewhat unacceptable, he was not ready to simply die. He would not attempt suicide. He was no longer the cowardly self he was before.
He held up Rikka on one side to prevent her from falling. Ignoring the increasing number of panels in front of him and the red and shiny warnings on them, Ash walked towards the base step by step with a ferocious smile.
"Where is the hero who can defeat me?"
Chapter 116 Girls' Questions
On the other side, after the restless Ash went out for a walk alone, the two cadres didn't want to stay here anymore. At this time, there were only two Pretty Cure in the Selfish Organization base. If someone who didn't know the facts looked at it, they would think it was Precure who defeated the villain's lair.
Although they were said to be prisoners, Ash did not put any shackles on them, nor did they restrict their activity area. The main restrictions imposed on them were that they were not allowed to talk to their former friends, and that they had to report here at a specified time. In other words, the entire base was now open to them to explore, and all places were completely open to them.
At the beginning, they would take advantage of this time to rummage through the entire base to see if they could find any dark and evil game plans. In the end, except for the YGO cards, game discs and robot toys that Ash hid under the bed, not to mention the evil plans, they couldn't find anything else.
At that time, they thought it was Ash who was hiding it too deeply. It wasn't until one day that they discovered that the majestic look sitting on the throne with his head propped up on his hands was actually someone dozing off, and a certain idea came to the girl's mind.
Could it be that the so-called "games" and "plans" are 80% the same as the author's book? They are written on a whim without even an outline, and are the product of complete whims?
This made the girl who had been working hard for a long time suddenly feel that she might be too stupid.
After completing the feeding and soothing process for Lance and Daby who were locked up separately, the only sound left in the empty corridor of the base was the sound of the soles of the two girls hitting the ground.
Finally, Makoto, who had been following Arisu until he couldn't bear it anymore, spoke to her.
"Arisu, have you really... treated that Ash him?"
Although Makoto's words sounded a bit like the Riddler, Arisu still understood her meaning.
"No, I have no intention of surrendering to Ash-sensei as our enemy now. After all, we are Pretty Cure."
However, the current Makoto doesn't seem to think so.
"But Arisu, you have completely started to agree with him, right?"
At least in the eyes of outsiders, Arisu, who is always sitting next to Ash, has been catering to him. She could always accurately deliver the right things to Ash when he needed them. She would teach Ash about unhealthy eating, and even help rub shoulders to relax when necessary. She even saw with her own eyes that the things purchased by two cadres were handed over to her for review first. If there were any problems with the purchase order, the serious Arisu would even call him back and ask for a new purchase. The two people would nod and bow without even farting.
This kind of thing is a bit too magical for Makoto, who has been fighting Selfish Organization before.
If the current Ash is the devil, Yotsuba Arisu is like the black-hearted Queen. If he hadn't actually known Arisu as a friend, Makoto would have thought that Arisu had completely gone to Ash's side.
"Because he is showing off his temper right now. If you don't want to be embarrassed by him all the time, you have to learn to adapt."
Arisu chuckled.
"After all, Ash is not difficult to get along with at ordinary times, rather he is a little cute?"
"I don't understand."
Makoto shook her head. She felt that if she did this, wouldn't it be no different from surrender?
"And that person has been attacking us with some inexplicable and bizarre theories. More importantly... I still can't refute him."
Different from the straightforward evil of other bad guys who say "I just want to do bad things, you humans must obey!", Ash's words are full of traps. Even though they, as Pretty Cure, do not recognize those principles, they cannot completely deny it, and even... vaguely feel that there is nothing wrong with what they say.
What's going on? Could it be that my heart has changed because of him?
"Makoto, if you think so, it means you have fallen into his trap." Arisu stretched out his finger and poked Makoto's forehead, which was full of distress. "He may indeed be right, but that doesn't mean our Pretty Cure philosophy is wrong."
Makoto tilted his head, unable to understand what it meant for a moment.
"The four of us... now there are five of us, including the elves Lance, Princess Ann and the big brother's expectations. We all hope that this kind of world can be more full of love, and use the power of Pretty Cure to protect this world and make it better."
"Ash's theory is more... How should I put it? It's based on his ideas that are more excessive, but it is precisely because of the pressure he puts on us that we are forced to become stronger."
"Arisu, I don't even understand what you are talking about~" As he listened, Makoto, who had a relatively upright personality, was already fainted by the twists and turns in the words.
"So, the most important thing is to stick to your heart. What you should believe in can only be decided by yourself." Arisu pointed out the core truth in the words.
"For example, in the case of Makoto, no matter what others say, you still want to save Poker Kingdom and Princess Ann, right?"
"Yeah!" At this point, Makoto's eyes became firm, and she would never waver in this belief.
"In this case, no matter what he says, regardless of those strange words, we just need to firmly believe in what we believe in, and our goals will not change."
Speaking of this, Arisu also had more smiles on his face.
"After all, a heart of love and hope is invincible, right?"
"Yes, Pretty Cure is invincible!"
They have reached a consensus again. No matter what happens to other people or other worlds, as a member of Pretty Cure, they themselves will always maintain such beautiful wishes.
"By the way, Arisu, what do you think of Ash now?"
"Are you asking this question?" Arisu was thinking about this question. After all, the feeling Ash gave her was actually contradictory and complicated. "How should I put it? He likes to show off his temper like a child who has not grown up, but he also has his own persistence."
"And now this Ash has become different. He can still have a good conversation as usual, but once he gets into a fight, he is like a stranger."
Regarding the changes in Ash, Makoto also agrees very much. It would be great if the origin of the changes could be found and corrected.
"So..."
"But-" Makoto interrupted Makoto's speech, and Arisu changed the topic.
"I have not forgiven him for what he did to me, Mana, them, including you. Unless he is willing to sincerely apologize to me, I will not forgive him."
"Who do you want to forgive?"
A familiar sound was like thunder on the ground, which immediately drew the attention of the two people. The door over there was pushed open, and Ash stood there with a man on his back against the light.
"Ash... Ah, Rikka!"
His expression changed from dissatisfaction to surprise to anger in an instant. There was no doubt that even Rikka had lost to him now.
"Don't look at me like that. I didn't have this plan originally, but I dare not change the plan. I have earned it seriously!"
"I told you that we, Pretty Cure, are not chips in your game... Hey, forget it, you won't listen anyway, Rikka, what happened to her?"
"I just fainted from exhaustion. I did pretty well. It's worthy of the brilliance of a diamond. Help me catch it."
Taking the unconscious Rikka from Ash's shoulders, Makoto, who was dissatisfied, originally wanted to take her away from Ash quickly, but here he saw his body shaking imperceptibly, and he really couldn't bear to ask her one last question.
"Are you... okay?"
"Oh, what can I do? Compared to this, do you still care about me?"
"You-hum, who cares about you!"
Treat your good intentions like a donkey's liver and lungs!
Makoto walked away angrily, leaving Arisu shaking his head uncontrollably.
Chapter 117 Hishikawa Rikka get daze
"Come in you!"
The elves Rakel were mercilessly thrown into a small room specially prepared for their elves.
It's said to be a room, but there's nothing in it except a bed. It looks like it was made out of a former guest room, but living here is better than being kept in a cage like a pet.
"Hurry up and let me out, and give Rikka back to me Rachel!"
The little elf knocked on the closed door, but its size was too weak to move the door handle, let alone the locked door.
"It's useless, Rakel, that human being has no interest in us at all and won't care about us."
"Daby, Lance!"
Turning around, the two elven companions who were kidnapped before were indeed here. They were sitting on the bed, seemingly resigned to their fate.
"But, Rikka, she was caught by that person!" As he said this, Rakel, who cared about his partner, almost cried. "If he can't transform into Pretty Cure now, who knows how excessively Rikka will be treated in his hands!"
"Calm down. Arisu and Makoto took us out a few times before. That Ash at least kept his promise and didn't do anything extra to them after he captured them."
Now that Ash has become the worst among enemies, he is at least still adhering to some bottom lines. Even though these bottom lines are really low enough, it can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.
Although Daby is also very reluctant, he has to admit that they can't help with anything now, and blind actions may even cause trouble for the girls.
The focus of our actions now is, after all, still on the girls.
"That's right Lance." The bear-like elf Lance lay on the bed, holding up a donut about the same size as himself, and gnawed it with squinted eyes. "The person who delivers our food is also Arisu, so it's actually almost the same as when we were at home Lance~"
"You, how can you eat the enemy's food, Rachel!" Rakel was dumbfounded when he saw his companion with a disheveled look on his face.
"Would you like a bite? It's still warm Lance~"
"I don't want it!"
Even if I, Rakel, starve to death and jump from the window, I will not eat a bite of the food this person bought!
"Hey, but Arisu bought this for her, Lance."
He didn't buy it, but it seems to be edible.
Rakel swallowed half of the donuts given to him with an expression of enjoyment.
"It smells so good!"
I really hope Rikka can eat it too.
As for Rikka, who was being talked about by Rakel on the other side, he just woke up and wanted to call out the name of love, but his eyes were completely occupied by the malicious face of Ash.
"Do you understand your situation now?"
"Yes..." The quiet girl lowered her head and rubbed the hem of her blue dress uneasily with her fingers, revealing her uneasy state of mind.
The surroundings were completely unfamiliar, and Ira and Mamo, who were hiding behind the door thinking that others couldn't see them, were smiling maliciously. Everything showed her current situation, that she was brought to the villain's base by him.
He lost the battle and even lost to him. This kind of thing is really too bad...
"Then Mana, Mana, what happened to her!"
At the end of the memory, he blocked the key attack for her and then fainted.
Rikka looked at this man nervously. Even though she was behind bars now, the first thing she couldn't help but worry about was still Aida Mana. She was really afraid that Ash, who seemed to have lost his humanity now, would be detrimental to her in the future.
After all, when Ai got into trouble because of her willingness to help others, Arisu and she would try their best to help him. Now that even she has been defeated, she can't imagine what Ai's mood will be like.
"Hey~ didn't you just have a fight with her?"
"This, that's another thing." Rikka's tone became urgent. "This matter is between us, not your business!"
"That's such an arrogant tone, but because you love each other so much, I'll forgive you for being so disrespectful this time." Seeing Rikka being transformed into a steam girl by her own words of "love each other" on the spot, Ash was finally teased by Rikka and washed away his previous depressed mood, and he happily told her.
"Nothing is wrong, but if she still has that mentality, she will never be a good Pretty Cure in her whole life~"
"Mana..." Hearing that Ash had not taken action against love made her feel relieved, but when she thought about the failure of love, she seemed to be able to understand the sad mood of her best friend. Rikka couldn't help but hold her hands in front of her chest, feeling uncontrollable worry in her heart.