This look always feels familiar...
"Ah."
Ash clenched his right hand into a fist and hammered it on the palm of his left hand. He instantly understood something. The voyeuristic gaze he had occasionally felt when he was at Nasta Café was this kind of gaze.
"It seems that you have already thought of it." Kuniko, who was noticed, did not explain anything, but bowed to Ash. "Sorry, what you did at the beginning made me think that this was Desert Apostles's new trap method, so Kepu had been observing you from other places for a while. After all, I don't feel comfortable putting my granddaughter and Pretty Cures in an unfamiliar place."
"You don't need to understand, I can understand." Ash, who quickly helped Kuniko, certainly would not blame the other party. He was quite confident in doing things without leaving any trace behind, and was not afraid of what the other party would find out.
"Hahaha, it was misunderstood as a trap or something." Ash dared to pat his belt and assured that this was definitely not a trap by Desert Apostles.
This is my "trap".
"But I would like to know what makes Grandma Kuniko feel relieved about me?"
"It's the child Yuri." Kuniko, who put his hand on his partner, began to reminisce. "She lost her father, her partner, and her ability to transform. Originally, I thought she was withering. Heart Flower could only recover slowly as time healed her wounds."
"But you appeared, and you became little Yuri's new support and continued to support her, and the wounds in her heart gradually began to heal."
Ash nodded, but he didn't quite agree with Kuniko's words. After all, although he did help her, but to rely on something... is it too exaggerated? I'm not her brother or sister, so how could I do this?
"Do you know about the mission of Pretty Cure?"
"Protect the world, protect humanity?" Anyway, if you are a hero on the earth, you can't escape from these two reasons. It is not surprising that there are two types of spokespersons at the same time, and it is even less strange that they started fighting because they did not reach an understanding.
"You are right." Kuniko's palm was pressed against the glass beside him, and the transparent mirror seemed to reflect the way he fought when he was young. "The mission of Pretty Cure is to protect Heart Tree. Heart Tree is a collection of the human mind and the natural power of the earth. If Heart Tree is destroyed, the negative impact on humans and the earth will be immeasurable."
Ash nodded. He knew many spokespersons for the power of the earth. He had been saved by the power lent by the earth countless times, although he still didn't understand the principle of this.
"A few months ago, due to the defeat of little Yuri, Heart Tree was almost completely withered by the enemy." She took out a small exquisite pot from Kopu's chest, which contained some familiar chips to Ash, which she had snatched from Lei and the others several times.
"These are Heart Seed, Heart Tree needs them to be rejuvenated."
"Everyone has their own Heart Flower in their hearts, and Desert Apostless take advantage of the fact that people's Heart Flower is withering due to negative emotions to transform people's Heart Flower into Desertrian."
"Then Pretty Cure will defeat the monster and purify his heart." Ash took over the words. "I heard from Lei that the purified Heart Flower will produce Heart Seed, but recently many of the seeds have been taken away."
"That's right, the new guy named Timons took away a lot of seeds." Kuniko couldn't help but sigh when he said this. "I have never seen the power he uses. Maybe more strange beings will appear in the future."
"However, Pretty Cure will never lose no matter what challenge she faces." Kuniko's face became serious. She had to determine whether the person in front of her was trustworthy.
"Pretty Cure can become stronger through the bond with others. It comes from the power of love, the love of family and the love of friendship. Love can make the flowers in a girl's heart bloom grandly and lead to amazing miracles."
"But." Kuniko's conversation suddenly changed, and Ash felt that the other party was focusing the topic on himself. "Love can save the world, or it can destroy the world."
"I want to know, as someone who wants to support them, do you really love them?"
It is true that this man tried his best to help and could not fault these Pretty Cures, but the emptiness once revealed in Ash's eyes reminded her of an enemy she had not seen for a long time, so that she could not let go no matter what.
So now, at this moment, she wants to get an accurate answer from Ash himself.
Ash didn't make any unnecessary moves. He slowly adjusted his mood and looked directly into Hanasaki Kaoruko's eyes with his absolutely sincere eyes at this moment.
"Believe me, no one wants to see these girls become stronger than me, so strong that they can easily defeat their enemies!"
In this sentence, Ash has not lied at all.
Chapter 42 The tail being caught up
It is never easy to gain the approval of others.
The girls who went to buy refreshments witnessed such a scene. The dim sum made by the youngest son of the dim sum shop couldn't satisfy the father of the old store manager no matter what. They obviously didn't notice any problems when eating it, but looking at the old chef's expression, they were dissatisfied.
Lei still remembered that the look in Yuri's eyes when he said those words earlier was similar to that of the old master.
"Perhaps in the eyes of senior Yuri-nee, we are still far behind, so she would say this."
"Why is this like this? We have obviously fought very hard... Hmm, it's all our fault, Timons, who made us look embarrassed several times!" The troubled Erika didn't have a headache for long. He simply and rudely dumped all the responsibilities on the weird spider. The girl cheered up almost in the blink of an eye.
"I'm not willing to give in - in this case, we must let Yuri-nee recognize us no matter what!"
"But what to do..."
"In that case, there is only one way -" Erika, who clenched his fists, had a burning fighting spirit in his eyes. "Let us deal with Desert Apostles handsomely in front of Yuri-nee, and then put on a handsome pose~!"
"Okay, it's decided. Where is Desert Apostles? Come and let me kill him!"
"Ah sneeze!"
Who is thinking of me? Well... if you think about it carefully, there are quite a few people who miss me.
Ash sneezed for no reason, grabbed Coffret and wiped it casually, and continued to help Kuniko with daily loosening of the soil under the angry punches and kicks of the other party.
Kuniko, who caught the labor force to help him take care of the plants, also carried a watering can to sprinkle the nectar that nourished the plants, while pointing to a beautiful blooming flower in the bush and introducing it to Ash.
"This is the rare Maiden Lily. My granddaughter and little Yuri have been looking forward to it for a long time."
"It's indeed pretty, but I don't understand flowers." If you're talking about plant monsters, such as the ones that suck blood, I know about them and have controlled a few. "But if grandma Kuniko understands so well, I will also..."
[Ash. ]
"Please wait for me."
Pretending to receive a call, Ash slipped all the way to the bathroom and pulled the system's virtual panel in front of him.
"What's wrong? Isn't the collection of Dark Echo going very smoothly? Or maybe you are finally willing to release a new mission, and I am just bored."
[You won't have to be idle soon, because someone in trouble is coming after you. ]
"Troublesome person? I'm chasing you... What, Shishi finally came not only to the world of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, but also to the world of Pretty Cure?"
When it comes to beings who can travel through different worlds, the first thing that comes to mind is of course a certain magenta guy. As a rare "friend" that I can see often, my relationship with that guy can be considered to be in constant turmoil and chaos.
"Or are the remnants of the Machine Empire chasing us? It's not impossible. After all, I did have my reasons for the collapse..."
[Analysis... Analysis completed, non-space-time wall reacts with Machineopia. ]
[Speculated reason: The result of Infinite Ticket you used in the previous world. ]
[You have fought with the opponent before, and it is speculated that the opponent captured the time and space reaction generated when you used the ticket, and then carried out the battle]
"Who is so boring? Did you come here specifically to ask for help?"
And God's Ticket? Did I use this last time? Hiss... it seems to have been used before?
If you say so.
"Did someone catch you on your tail?"
[The other party may have an impact on Dark Echo. It is recommended to eliminate the opponent. ]
"Huh?" Ash frowned when it saw this sentence. It has never issued a mission to name someone to kill. This is the first time this has happened.
"You should know, it is up to me to decide who should be killed and who should not be killed."
Other than that, I don't want to kill people casually. Taking away people's lives is never an easy thing, and I'm not a butcher or executioner.
The most important thing is that if you kill people, you can't have contact with the heroes. This bothers me so much.
[Suggestion, eliminate the opponent——]
"Okay, you talked too much today."
Ignoring the text on the screen, Ash grabbed the screen, kneaded it, kneaded it into a ball, and threw it into the toilet. He pressed the flush button and watched the light of data flow into the sewer little by little.
"Your worries are unnecessary."
I have my own plans.
Okay, is that guy who came to me uninvited, where is he?
Ash looked up to the sky, where there was a cloudless and clear weather. Far beyond that, the planets in the solar system were safely orbiting in their own orbits. Farther away than that, among countless planets, a meteor wrapped in darkness kept heading towards the distant earth.
Will it be here?
No, it's further away.
Outside the world, there are 17 interconnected beautiful universes, between the 17 interconnected world gaps. In this empty place, five aircraft composed of machines of different colors float in this forbidden area for all life in the traditional sense.
"The 'unusual dark reaction' discovered recently started from the series of universes collectively known as [Big Three Tokusatsu] and has been observed to gradually spread to nearby series of universes such as Metal Hero, Garo, Chouseishin."
On the podium, the commander who personally issued the dispatch order told the people below in pure white uniforms about the importance of this mission.
"I've heard some of you point out that it's just a small impact so far, but I'm telling you, this is definitely not what you would call a natural event."
"Such a coincidence must be someone's fault!"
The commander's sullen voice roused the spirits of those who had deserted below, and they reluctantly turned their attention to this morning meeting.
"For this reason, we [SCSO], the Special Cross Over Search Organization, have the need to conduct searches in the Precure series universe where 'unusual dark reactions' also occur."
"However, due to the special nature of this series of universes, only remote observation is currently allowed. Logging into the physical universe is strictly prohibited before I join you."
"That's all I have to say. This morning meeting is over. We will summarize after a three-minute break."
As soon as he finished speaking, the projector that formed the commander's body was turned off. Seeing that terrifying man finally disappearing, most of the serious people below let out a sigh of relief.
"Ah~ why did I fill in the application form to come here in the first place? If I had known, I might as well have been working at the front desk."
"What age do you have to stand here and listen to the leader's speech? It's really torture."
"Hey, Roland, how about you go on a date with me after today?"
Before the dark-skinned woman could reply to the big man's conversation, a hurried figure broke through the middle of them and plunged into the crowd.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh on me from me."
I don't know who tripped. This man wearing a peaked cap and not even a standard uniform fell to the ground, and the box in his arms slid far away.
"H-haven't it started yet?"
Eddie, who was lying on the ground and rubbed his forehead to his chin, got up from the ground and cast inquiring glances at the people around him.
"Could it be that my alarm clock was set wrong and it hasn't started yet?"
"You are indeed wrong, because it is already over."
Chapter 43: Intruder from another world
Eddie is also a member of [SCSO], but it is not accurate to say that. This person's position can only be regarded as a specially recruited intern here.
Although this person would not be assigned to such a place due to his severe lack of practical experience, he still took the initiative to join here without hesitation. This is an organization that often needs to face dangers.
The reason is that she hopes to be recognized by her idol no matter what, and at the same time...
"I see you've been carrying this with you. What's in it?"
One of the people picked up the box and was immediately snatched back by Eddie who burst out with speed.
"Give it back to me, this is mine!"
He quietly opened the box a crack and saw two groups of energy of different colors flashing inside as before, and then he closed the box with peace of mind.
Eddie never wants to let the honor passed down to him become dusty in his own hands.
Others didn't express much about Eddie's "dazzling debut" this time. They had long been accustomed to this stupid guy's daily embarrassing operations.
"Tell me quickly, Mugen boss, what did he say this time?"
"It's the same as before, but this time it has been confirmed that the 'unusual dark reaction' is indeed in this universe. I think we should... Hey, where have you been?"
The person being questioned was just halfway through speaking when he turned around and Eddie was gone.
Just when he was wondering, the warning light above his head suddenly turned louder, the piercing alarm echoed in the room, and the red light hit everyone's face.
[warn! warn! Check that the transfer program is started, the transfer target——]
"Fuck, my display shows that it's that bastard Eddie who ran in!"
"Impossible, he doesn't have the authority to do this!"
"He probably stole the upper-level authority when he was not paying attention. It seems that he also found the best route... This guy is really good!"
After closing the iron door and standing in front of the large transmission device, Eddie looked at the detection results and fell into distress for a moment.
"It was said that a dark reaction was detected, but how could it happen that both worlds reacted?"
Arranged numerically, that reaction exists in both worlds [NO·8] and [NO·5]. Which one should I choose?... Forget it, just pick any one!
Eddie only hesitated for three seconds before making her choice. She closed her eyes and pressed a number at random.