"I just like it. I don't care what other people say, even you."
"Okay, okay, I'm not going to lecture you on this, and -"
Ai, who was lying back on the bed, turned over and saw Ash didn't protest this time. So he lay on the bed and unconsciously stepped on the pillow with his little feet. He tilted his head and smiled sweetly at Ash who was sitting at the table.
And I think it's good to be a little childish. This kind of Ash doesn't feel as distant as adults, and there is no generation gap between us.
"Yeah, but if Ash keeps living in Oogai City like this, it's pretty good! We happen to have a campus festival soon... Ah, I forgot that Ash is not a student and can't participate."
"But when it comes to celebrations, the fireworks show is the one to watch afterwards!" Ai, whose legs were beating constantly, waved her hands, as if she was describing the grandeur of the fireworks in her memory with her movements. "Usually we wear yukata and go to temple fairs together, fishing for goldfish, playing with balloons, and marshmallows. It's so fun!"
"Fireworks..." Ash wanted to say that she had seen grander fireworks, such as star-splitting explosions, but after thinking about it, she decided not to dampen her enthusiasm.
"Then there's Christmas. In the past, Rikka, Arisu and I decorated the Christmas tree together to celebrate. This year, Makoto, Aguri, Regina and Ash will be added. It's really exciting!"
"Christmas? I didn't really think about it..."
The two of them were chatting about each other until Ash's distracted eyes slipped into another room and onto the wedding dress hanging in front of the cabinet door.
"Is this the one Mana wore in Mirai?"
Ai quickly ran over to take off the wedding dress and carefully placed it in her arms.
"Why, it's beautiful. It matches well, right?"
"Mana, do you want to wear it?" Ash saw through her little thoughts at a glance. Speaking of the women he had come into contact with in other worlds, it seemed that no matter their age, they all had the same longing for wedding dresses as Mana now.
Ash guess, this is probably the same as a man's dream of transforming into Ultraman once in his life.
"I want to wear it, isn't it natural?" Her fingers gently caressed the tulle between her fingers. Thinking of her Mirai self at that time, her eyes also filled with longing.
"But about things like wedding dresses, a friend whose name I can't remember told me about it before."
No longer obsessed with fighting, Ash talks far more than before after calming down.
For example, the words he taught to love in a serious manner attracted the girl's attention.
"Mana, you have to remember that wedding dresses can only be worn by the bride." Except for those fake wedding fishing moments.
"Then every woman in the world will be the most beautiful bride only at the happiest moment in her life. In other words, if she is unhappy, she cannot become a bride."
Ai hugged the wedding dress and looked into Ash's eyes, then nodded solemnly.
"That's right, with everyone, even Ash is by my side now."
"I am definitely worthy of wearing this wedding dress now, and I am the happiest person in the world!"
"Gudu." Ash swallowed the saliva in his throat, but he still felt so hot.
"Stare -" Looking at Ash's scorching gaze, no matter how much Ai adjusted his mentality, his heart kept beating.
Ash does not have that kind of thoughts, but he is not an idiot, and Aida Mana is even less so. They reflected each other's figure in their eyes, and an idea appeared in their hearts at the same time, and they want the answer to this idea now!
So, say it now!
"Mana, I want to ask you, what do you think of me..."
"Um, Ash, do you want to see me in a wedding dress?"
The two blurted out almost at the same time. However, before they got the other's answer, the explosion outside the window shattered the false mirror of peace and brought the two back to reality.
"What are you doing!"
He quickly put the wedding dress on the bed, and Mana, who came to the window with Ash, saw a horrifying scene.
The huge monster with a dark heart on its chest is undoubtedly Pretty Cure's enemies Jikochus have appeared! And it's not just one or two, but an overwhelming number of Jikochus that have made the street a mess!
Ai put on her shoes and ran downstairs. Others had already begun to discuss countermeasures.
"What's going on? Where did these Jikochu come from!"
"I'm afraid, someone brought all Jikochu of the Poker Kingdom to the earth!" Regina, who has been staying at the Poker Kingdom recently, quickly came to this conclusion.
"But, who controls these Jikochu!" Thinking that even Selfish Organization's former boss turned against him and defected to Pretty Cure, Rikka quickly came up with the only solution. "So this time it was Ira and Mamo who did it?"
"It doesn't seem like they are." At this point, Regina glanced at Ash. "I have seen them before. They said that the earth was too dangerous and they could not stay here anymore, so they ran to other planets."
"Ha, it's so smooth?" Ash, who didn't expect that his former subordinate would develop like this, was shocked, but when he thought that they didn't even have time to do anything bad, he was so powerful that he didn't do anything, so he thought about it and decided to forget it.
"In this case, the enemy should be that guy... I really can't learn well." Thinking of the Levi who he let go in the past, Ash's eyes flashed with danger.
In this way, amidst the exclamations of others, he pushed open the door of Oink Tail Tei and walked towards the chaotic "battlefield" alone.
"Wait a minute, Ash, are you planning to be alone again?!"
The strong wind blew against Ash's face, making the dark fur coat on his body whistle. The man turned his head slightly, leaving the girls with a side profile.
"This is all because you did unnecessary things and made me have unnecessary feelings."
"Besides, don't try to hinder me. I have to settle my grudge with that bastard."
Chapter 162 The world is full of tenderness
[Ash, when you said such harsh words to them, did you intend to atone for your sins alone, just like you did before? ]
"Hmph, this is my revenge. If you have other ideas, you can think whatever you want!" Even if there are no props for transformation at the moment, Ash doesn't care. As of now, his fighting spirit will not be reduced to this level.
"If this incident started because of me, then it should also end with me. This may be the thing that makes me feel heartbroken, don't you think so?"
He threw the screen in front of him behind him, Ash turned the accelerator handle, and rode away amidst the roar of the motorcycle and the shouts of the girl behind him. Looking at the back of Ash, the screen that fell to the ground also popped up new words after a while [...].
[Ash, no matter what you are pursuing. ]
[Peace, fight, hope, despair, whatever it is. ]
[I will be with you. ]
"Ash What are you trying to do?"
Makoto I'm so angry. Really, you finally joined successfully, but you just can't learn to speak well, right? Do you have to come here?
"No, MakotoP, I believe him!"
As the backbone of the girls, Ai took the initiative to stand up for Ash. Knowing that Ash was no longer as random as before, she could vaguely feel the truth in her words.
"Me too." He called his partner Lance and turned it into a mobile phone. Arisu took out Love Ornaments and prepared to attack.
"I believe Ash he will definitely come too."
And now, it's our turn!
"Precure Love Link!"
The crystal realm in their hands changed into a harp mode with even greater power. A pair of white wings spread out from Pretty Cure's back, and they soared into the sky facing the enemy group!
These Jikochu are simply walking disasters. Human weapons are of no use to them. The buildings that humans rely on for survival are as ridiculous as walls made of cream in front of the monsters bred by self-centeredness and Evil Thought Energy.
"Self-centered!"
Evil monsters continue to destroy the city, and innocent citizens scream and flee from their burning homes.
"Stop it!"
Makoto roared in the air, raised his knife, and fell from the sky to cut the Jikochu in front of him in half, purifying them all into the appearance of Ling Shen Xin.
At this moment, Jikochu is no longer their enemy!
"Ah, it's Pretty Cure!"
The rescued citizens were surprised to find that it was the warrior from urban legend who defeated the enemy and saved them. The citizens surrounded Makoto who landed on the ground and thanked her repeatedly for saving her life.
"This is just like Poker Kingdom at that time..."
The past events I witnessed with my own eyes came to mind. In the past, when Poker Kingdom was invaded by selfish King, it was because the citizens had the selfish desire to be saved when they fled for refuge that the selfish King turned them all into Jikochu.
"It's okay, Makoto, we are here this time!" Ai also fell next to Makoto, patting her on the shoulder to encourage her. "Since we Pretty Cure are here, we will never let the earth become the next Poker Kingdom!"
"Yeah!" Makoto regained his confidence and stood up to face the wave of Jikochu together with love.
"We will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty!"
"Everyone, now is not the time to talk about this, go and take refuge!"
While others were cleaning up the surrounding Jikochu, Arisu guided everyone towards the underground shelter.
"Hey, so Oogai City is there such a level of shelter underground?!" After smashing a Jikochu into diamond stardust, Rikka looked at the entrance to the shelter that appeared on the roadside with a look of surprise.
"Yes~ Because I have long considered that such a situation might happen, I asked my father to formulate a complete evacuation plan."
After answering the phone call from the housekeeper, Arisu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the arranged evacuation plan was operating normally.
"It's amazing. How much does this cost? It must be at least several million!"
"Fortunately, it just cost a few billion dollars. After all, Yotsuba Family's construction team is still very powerful."
Not to mention Rikka who was once again shocked by Clover Foundation's strength, Arisu still had not let go.
Although she had done her best to keep the number of victims to a minimum, there would always be victims if the invasion could not be defeated soon.
The people who were determined to defeat the enemy marched in the direction with the most monsters, and sure enough, in the center of the enemy group, they found the new cadre Levi that Ash talked about.
"Come on, Jikochus!" Levi, who looked like a madman, waved his hands, with a strange red light flashing in his eyes. "Turn the human world completely into a self-centered place, and give all Evil Thought Energy to me, give it to King of Jikochu!"
"Will it let you succeed!?"
Clenching their fists, the girls flapped their wings and rushed towards Levi.
He turned the handle of the car violently and parked the car sideways in the middle of the road amid a harsh sound of tire friction. A pile of collapsed buildings blocked his path. Now when he looked up, he could see the overwhelming Jikochu army.
The monsters obscured the original color of the sky, making the whole world shrouded in this dark atmosphere. Buildings that were easily destroyed like tofu and burning woods, the entire Oogai City presented an apocalyptic scene.
"Really, this is the final answer, isn't it?"
Dark Sentai Gear's energy has long been exhausted, and Ash has given up the idea of summoning several teams to help him. Looking around, he can see the mess left by Jikochu.
Ash estimates that there will soon be a kind of ugly plot between you and me in a disaster. After all, this world does not have a world-class organization like TPC to provide disaster relief. Driven by the desire to survive, it is understandable that people will do anything to survive.
As the saying goes, if you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth... Is this how it is used?
"Hey, everyone, you can take shelter here. Children and women go in first, and men come with me!"
As a result, Ash, who was just halfway melancholy, was interrupted by a distant voice. He ran over and saw that countless citizens were in order, supporting each other and preparing to take refuge in the shelter.
"Thank you. My mother was just hit in the foot by a beam."
"It's okay! It's precisely because of critical situations like this that we need to help each other even more!"
"Yes, I heard that these monsters became like this because of their own selfishness. We can't lose to them!"
"Yes, believe in Pretty Cures, Pretty Cures will definitely defeat these monsters and save the world!"
Listening to these citizens encouraging each other to stay optimistic, their faces were slapped. This time it was Ash's turn to be embarrassed.
"Really, it's because of this amazing world that such gentle heroes appear."
Or is it because of the emergence of gentle heroes that the world has changed into what it is today?
"Oh, it doesn't look like me."
Perhaps it is because I can meet such a fascinating hero that I cannot escape the fate of emotionalism.
"Be careful, I'll help you—ah, monster!"
The sudden intrusion of a Jikochu caused the crowd to scream. Facing the monster shouting "I am in the middle" and rushing towards me, the young man in school uniform blocked the old man who was supporting him behind him with fear on his face.
But after waiting for a long time, the expected horror did not come. He opened his eyes filled with tears in fear. What caught the young man's eyes was the man in black standing sideways on the motorcycle and the Gatling pistol in his hand.
"Hey, I happened to be planning to do something good. I guess you happen to be in need of help, right?"
Chapter 163: This love awakens a gentle person
"Thank you, young man!" The people who were escorted all the way to the shelter all expressed their gratitude to Ash with tears in their faces. "You are such a hero!"
"No, I'm not a hero..." It was very rare for Ash to be thanked by so many people, and Ash, who was not used to it, had to keep stomping his feet to spread this paralyzing feeling.
At this time, an old man suddenly broke away from the team and walked stubbornly in the direction of Jikochu. Fortunately, he was stopped by Ash first.
"Let me go, I got separated from my granddaughter, she is still over there -"