"When the destruction is complete, nothing will be left."
"But until that moment, beautiful things have always existed."
The two of them just talked to each other to death.
"Timons."
After calling out the man's name, Yami stopped.
"You said you wanted me to use my own eyes to personally search for the existence of Cure Moonlight, so you brought me to the human world. Why did you say it was a date?"
"Isn't it fun because of the date or something?"
I shouldn't have been interested in this kind of thing before, but now I feel a little happy. After all, we go out and play around together... Next time, use the identity of Ash and call Yuri and try to go out on a date!
However, it seems that I have someone else I want to date... If it's not Lei and the little blue kid, who is it?
Ash thought for a long time and couldn't remember the person he wanted to find.
Forgot? Forget it.
After all, if you forget it, it means it is not important.
Chapter 18 A date that is only half successful
Dark Precure did not approve of Ash's behavior of leading her around at first. After all, she was not out to play.
"What, is it cool?"
Putting a pair of sunglasses on the mask, the funny look made Yami couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth for a moment.
"Sure enough, it's still more comfortable to wear this way."
Putting on a brown and black leather jacket, and tugging on the collar, Ash nodded with satisfaction at the fit of the clothing.
After all, I had spent a lot of time in Showa before, and the gloves I always wore were gifts from Kotaro. Unconsciously, my aesthetic sense was a little biased... Well, it turned out that the tough guy style was more handsome than the soft style.
"Don't you want to buy some clothes?"
"No need."
Dark Precure pulled the school uniform on his back with some discomfort. The roots of the wings that were pressed under the clothes on his back felt extremely uncomfortable due to the space folding.
The two of them walked around in circles all the way to the baseball field. The playful Ash pulled the girl who was no longer so resistant to buy a ticket and enter the stadium.
Looking at the expression on this man's face, it may be unclear for a moment whether he is here to take care of the girl or simply to have fun himself.
"3!"
Accurately catching the baseball shot from the automatic pitching machine, Ash shook the baseball with numbers on it towards the people around him as if triumphantly.
Dark Precure said nothing when he saw this. He picked up a baseball bat and stood in front of the ball machine, adjusting the firing rate to the highest level.
"Drink!"
For someone with dynamic vision who can catch bullets with ease, a game like this is really not challenging.
After the crisp sound sounded, the baseball burning with flames flew higher and higher, all the way to the invisible distant horizon.
"Wow... a home run."
It's really awesome, he has the aura of a sky ninja.
The two looked at each other, and the girl's lips curled up in the same arc as his.
"Heh."
Did she just smile?
Ash took her like this, and the two of them walked and played. Ash usually took her interest and dragged her to some strange place. Dark Precure, who clearly refused at the beginning, said nothing and just followed her without saying a word.
The two finally stopped at the entrance of the Flower of Hope station. Due to the large passenger flow, there were many vendors setting up stalls, which naturally attracted his attention.
"What, are you happy?"
He picked up a Q-version doll of Shadow Moon from the stall and looked at it. Ash threw it to Dark Precure.
"Happy...?"
Holding Shadow Moon's doll, Dark Precure tilted his head and observed the silver doll in his hand with his only open eye.
Her fingers covered in dark gauze gently brushed the doll's green compound eyes, feeling the furry feeling coming from there, and a strange mood wandered in her heart.
"Yes, if you are happy, it will be like when you completed the command of Shaback and killed Moonlight Angel."
"Probably... why?"
"Why? Well... it's probably the first time. The first time, I was happy no matter what I did."
It seemed that this sentence reminded Ash of something, so he paid the money absentmindedly and changed his target.
"Want to have a try?" Ash took the hot carton from the vendor and handed it to Dark Precure behind him.
"I don't..."
"Try it, my friends say it's very good."
Opening it, revealing the hot little meatballs inside, the golden skin of the meatballs was coated with tempting sauce. The girl poked one of them with a toothpick and stuffed it into her mouth doubtfully.
Why did he bring me to this outside world and always let me try these things... huh?
Bite the skin, and the warm aroma blooms in your mouth. The crispy skin is bitten open to reveal the slightly pliable filling, and the exquisite salty flavor fully blooms on your tongue.
It's different from nutrient solution... it has a taste I've never tasted before, but it's delicious.
The slightly sweet taste made her unable to help but continue chewing, and she completely ate the thing she originally disliked without spending too much time.
"What is this...?"
"Takoyaki, this is something that even princes like to eat." He also asked for a box from the stall nearby. Ash, who originally planned to just chew along and play with it, showed an unexpected expression of surprise on his face.
Hmm, it seems to have a salty-sweet taste on your tongue? What happened? When did you reply?
"It's delicious. No wonder some people like to eat it... Hmm, haven't you ever eaten something like this?"
In just the blink of an eye, the box of takoyaki in the girl's hand was gone. She stared blankly at the empty box, seemingly wondering about herself.
"Desert Apostles doesn't need to eat to maintain activity. Only humans need it...Timons, do all humans in the world eat this kind of thing?"
"I didn't know that, but there are many other types, because as long as it is delicious, humans can and want to eat it."
"Why, why do humans make such distinctions?"
"Because humans are very enjoyable creatures. In this regard, they are truly the best in the world."
The cardboard box was unknowingly crushed by the girl.
For the first time, she felt "jealous" towards human beings.
"Humph, they are just existences living on the earth." Dark Precure threw away the cardboard box, and was kicked by Ash into the trash can on the way down.
"It's obviously just an existence destined to be destroyed by Desert Apostles."
That's right, even Pretty Cure couldn't save them. Dr. Sabaku gave her the order to defeat the new Precure. As long as she is still there, she will definitely help him achieve this goal.
"Oh, don't talk about work when you are fishing so easily." Ash patted her shoulder as if nothing had happened, returning the girl's dissatisfied gaze.
"Besides, no one has stipulated that only humans can enjoy these things. Living in this world, there is no rule that what can be done can only belong to one person. Aren't you doing the same thing as humans? There is actually no difference between us~"
"No, there is a difference..."
You mean there is no difference between me and humans, is that right?
It seems true that I have an appearance similar to that of a human and can even eat human food. I...
As she thought about it, she suddenly realized what she was thinking about.
"Are you kidding me?" Dark Precure suddenly raised his arms and pushed Ash against the wall in the astonished eyes of passersby.
"I am Dark Precure, created by Dr. Sabaku, to defeat Pretty Cure! You actually said that there is no difference between me and humans?!"
The result of this date was better than I imagined, and her violent reaction was the best result.
"Well, calm down."
Ash, who raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, shook his fingers and ignored passers-by's "Is this a new way of playing for young people?", "Is this a rehearsal for a drama?" and other idle remarks, and continued to explain to her.
"This doesn't mean anything. You see, Pretty Cure is also a human being."
What?
Dark Precure After listening to his words, his arms began to loosen unconsciously.
"Tell me, is there a possibility?"
"Are we more human than we think? Well, of course, I'm a pure human~ Besides."
Ash was not worried that the other party might be bad for him, he just continued to smile.
"After all, the barrier between humans and monsters is actually thinner than thought?"
This is true for either side.
"..."
Dark Precure let go of Ash.
"If that's what you say."
The bat wings behind him unfolded under the horrified gazes of passers-by around him. After unfolding, the huge wings completely blocked the light from the sun shining on him.
She pulled hard on her body with her hands, and with a "tearing" sound, the tattered student uniform turned into rags.
The "ignorant girl" who previously "dated" Ash disappeared, and the Dark Precure reappeared in the world at this moment!
"Come on, Snagee!"
Following Dark Precure's order, a large number of humanoid figures in black and white cloth bags and miscellaneous soldiers "Snatch" with funny smiling faces on their heads jumped out.
"Whatever you do, go get Pretty Cure, go get Cure Moonlight!"
Chapter 19 Self-defeating
"Sand..."
Carefully opening the special lid, Lei pointed the small kettle at the hole that could only be accessed, and poured cool water on the closed plant.
As water spreads on the soil, the green rhizomes stir and begin to absorb water. The leaf petals that are closed during the day also unfold into charming flowers. A small branch is pulled out from the back and slowly sways, as if to say hello to the bud that is watering itself.
"Ah, so cute~"
"Lei really cares about this flower."
Sitting next to her best friend, with her entire upper body lying softly on the table, Erika looked at Lei from the side with eyes shining with curiosity.
Since Ash put the flower in the store and asked Lei, who loves flowers and knows a lot about plants, to take care of it, Lei quickly became interested in the plant, called "Gijera". She even took a notebook to record her observations and wanted to stay with it 24 hours a day.
"Obviously my grandma is the director of the botanical garden, why is Lei so obsessed with this flower? And she left me as a relative and friend aside..." Erika, who had never thought that he was jealous of a flower, turned over on the table and continued to pouting his fair face angrily.
"Erika You may not know, but I went back to check it out!" Speaking of this, Leike stopped feeling sleepy. She pushed up her glasses and put on a serious look.
"The store manager called this flower 'Gijera', but I couldn't find a plant with this name even in the books. Even my grandmother, who is the curator of the botanical garden and is well-informed, has never seen such a flower!"
"Even based on the comparison of appearance, there is no similar existence, so Erika, do you know?!" Lei's eyes were shining when she said this, and she became more and more excited as she spoke!
"This may be a new discovery that has never been found by humans. It may be a unique existence in the world. How could I not be excited!"
"Hey, is that so?" Erika, who didn't take it seriously, took out his ears. "But the flower named Gijera, I asked about this name from someone else yesterday."
"Eh?" Lei, who was still in excitement, froze. "Is it difficult to say that my knowledge collection is not enough... Where, where did Erika know it from?!"
"It will be shown in the special feature film on Sunday." Erika said calmly. "I asked the little brother next door, and he said he saw a flower called Gijera in Ultraman."
"Erika..." Lei, who was tired from the divergent thinking of her relatives and friends, also lay on the table. "Erika, how can the special photos on TV be real?"
"But doesn't that Timons also call himself Kamen Rider? Huh!" She was so angry when she mentioned the guy who spanked her. Erika, who kept humming in her throat, poked the transparent outer wall of Gijera with her fingers out of boredom.
"Speaking of which, Yuri-nee and the boss haven't come yet. They are already going to..."