[Number NO·5, target world [HeartCatch Pretty Cure] transmission begins. ]
"Don't stop me, I've made up my mind to go! I'll finish it!"
Ignoring the call from outside the door, Eddie picked up the box and ran into the open portal.
"It's up to me to catch the culprit and win everyone's recognition! Then -"
Become a new hero worthy of protecting everyone's identity!
"This idiot——!"
Seeing the scene where Eddie disappeared into the portal, someone directly cursed him.
"You're not even wearing a uniform, doesn't this guy know that? You can't bring anything into other worlds that isn't certified!"
That is the hot flame, that is the calm water wave.
Lei saw figures hidden behind the light walking towards this side. They passed straight through her and rushed towards the big spider that once frightened her.
"Huh... huh!"
Lei adjusted her breathing after waking up from her dream. Pretty Cure has the ability to see some key scenes in her dream, even Mirai. This is not the first time that this has happened.
The last time she and Erika saw the spider that almost ate them, then they encountered Timons, a powerful enemy, and were deeply troubled by it.
What does it mean this time? Erika must have dreamed about it too, but...
Lei thought of Tsukikage Yuri. Would she still have such a dream when she claimed that she was no longer Pretty Cure?
"Please come in."
The door was opened, and Hanasaki Kaoruko, who was sitting on the balcony and looking at the moon, saw his granddaughter wearing pajamas, holding the equally sleepy Shiffre sitting opposite him.
"Oh, what's wrong Lei? Can't you sleep?"
"Well..."
Lei, who was awakened from her dream, was not in good mental condition.
Lei didn't want to tell her grandma about her precognitive dream, so as not to worry her, who was also unable to transform, so she changed her question to another question.
"I have something to ask you. Grandma used to fight as Pretty Cure and Desert Apostles, right?"
"If grandma won in the end, why did Desert Apostles make a comeback?"
Hearing Lei's words, Kuniko closed his eyes and began to remember, slowly telling Lei the long story.
"In the long history of this world, the earth and the creatures living on it have been threatened by Desert Apostles or other dark forces time and time again."
"At this time, Pretty Cure will stand up to protect the world. It was at that time that I was selected to become Pretty Cure when I was young."
"Looking back, every battle was not easy. In the end, I exhausted all my strength and sealed the biggest enemy in the universe, and then I repelled Desert Apostles's attack."
Opening his eyes and looking at his beloved granddaughter, who is also his descendant, Kuniko's eyes were filled with tenderness.
"Time passed, and the new Pretty Cure appeared."
"That's Cure Moonlight."
Lei followed her grandma's words tacitly.
"He was very strong at that time. Originally, I thought I would be able to end the battle with Desert Apostles this time, but..."
Shaking his head, a feeling of sadness spread quietly.
"Dark Precure, Timons, there was no such enemy when I was Pretty Cure. I don't know what kind of changes will happen in the future."
"However, it's not just bad things that happen. For example, there are people who can help you with things other than fighting."
"Grandma, you mean?"
Lei was stunned for a moment. She thought of how her grandma and Ash had a very happy chat when they came back from buying snacks.
"Maybe I'm worrying too much, I can't completely trust him." Kuniko shook his head again, and then changed the subject. "But if you, Lei, Erika, and little Yuri are willing to believe in him, then believe in what you believe in and let him become your strength."
"Grandma... well!"
Hearing her grandma's words, Lei's heart warmed, and the determination hidden beneath her seemingly weak heart became stronger at this time.
I want to protect this world where my relatives, friends, and store managers live!
"What will happen next... hmm?"
Kuniko blinked, and she saw a ray of light cutting through the night sky from the direction of the moon.
"It looks like something is coming."
In the center of the parking lot, a flashing electromagnetic twisted sphere appeared out of thin air. As the emitted energy stirred up a breeze and swept away the surrounding garbage, a superhero figure appeared from the dissipated sphere and stood up from the ground where half a circle was cut off.
"This is the world of Precure. Well, I am the one with the best quality."
He told a joke that only he could understand, hugged the box in his arms, and Eddie turned around and looked around.
She must know where she is in order to find that goal.
By chance, a middle-aged woman holding the keys and preparing to start the car passed by, and he could ask her for directions.
"Hello, madam, may I ask -"
"Yeah————!"
Eddie covered his face and burst into a scream that almost broke his eardrums. Thinking that the other party had some misunderstanding, Eddie quickly explained.
"Ma'am, I'm not a bad person-"
"Pervert - exhibitionist!!"
"Eh?"
Eddie, who was stunned on the spot, lowered his head and looked down, and then saw the flat body that he could see every night when he took a shower. The cold wind that blew at the right time made people shiver.
"Eh——————!?"
Eddie's mind went blank for a moment, and a voice that was even shriller than the lady covering her face broke out from her throat, breaking the tranquility of the night.
"Mr. Police, there is an exhibitionist here!"
"What, uh--!" Seeing Eddie standing in the parking lot, the policeman on patrol at night was also stunned for a moment. Just as the two of them were staring at each other, Eddie reacted first and ran away. The policeman who was a little slower caught up with his baton.
"Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding!"
Holding the box in his arms and listening to the sound of sirens and whistles behind him, Eddie felt like crying without tears.
"Unfortunately!"
Eddie spent his first night in the new world chasing the police.
Chapter 44 Looking for the visitor
"This is...?"
Ash looked at the flyer with the mosaic photo printed on his hand and fell into deep thought.
Early on Sunday morning, as soon as Ash opened the store door, he saw a policeman walking towards him. Ash, thinking that the incident of hiring child labor was revealed, quickly asked Lei and Erika, who had also just arrived, to take off their uniforms. For this, they almost got slapped twice because of the misunderstanding.
Instead of checking the water meter, what was waiting for me was a policeman with a serious face going door to door and handing out flyers to every nearby home and store. He is now preaching to Ash about the seriousness of this matter.
"Is this a wanted order?"
Although it was a wanted notice, Ash couldn't hold back his expression when looking at the mosaic of someone running gracefully on it.
"Hey, is this person a fugitive?"
Lei shrank back to Erika with some fear. Hope Flower City where the girl lived was a peaceful town after all. If you don't count supernatural events like Desert Apostles's attack, the most common accidents are traffic accidents. Even the most serious cases are usually thieves who steal people's wallets. The "escape" on the wanted order is both unfamiliar and scary to Hanasaki Rei.
"Yes!" This conscientious policeman who ran to several houses finally stopped to take a rest. After asking for a few glasses of water from Ash to moisten his throat, he continued to explain the ins and outs of the matter to them.
"This man was discovered by our night patrol police last night. When they found him, he had no clothes on him and was trying to molest a woman in the parking lot! After that, he did not stop even when we yelled at him but chose to run away. In the end, he escaped by some unknown means."
"We judge that this exhibitionist has not escaped Hope Flower City, and is probably still hiding somewhere, so we hope that if you see a suspicious person, please call the police immediately."
"The world is really in decline."
Yuri put down the arrest warrant, and the expression on her face revealed the instinctive disgust of a woman. If she bumped into this person on the street, she wouldn't mind using her own skills to twist him to the police station.
While asking for a menu from Yuri, the policeman put a serious look on Lei and Erika.
"Especially you two little sisters, be careful of strangers during this period! Try not to go home alone after school. It is said that this kind of pervert likes to attack children the most. You must put your own safety as the most important thing!"
"Y-yes...!"
Hearing the policeman's serious tone, even though he only saw the other person's face through the photo, Lei nodded quickly in response.
Although she has the second identity of Pretty Cure, Lei is still more of an ordinary girl at heart. She should be afraid.
"That's right, this kind of exhibitionist likes shy children like Lei the most~"
Seeing the fear on Lei's face, Erika, who had a sense of prank in his heart, let out a creepy evil laugh and leaned up from behind with a "vulgar" expression on his face.
"Once Lei leaves the brave Lord Erika, this kind of person will put on a coat to stand in front of Lei, and then pull the clothes away——"
"Wow-Erika-!"
Erika imitated the description and lifted up the hem of his coat with a smirk, probably because of a bad association with some blue-haired idiot. Lei let out a screeching sound like a rabbit and hid behind Ash, shivering.
"Lei is usually too timid~ But it's okay, as long as Mr. Erika is here - ow!"
"Don't just use Lei to have fun." Ash curled his fingers and gave Erika a neither light nor heavy thud as a warning. "If you ask me, someone like you who likes to jump up and down is someone's target."
"Hmph~ If he dares to attack me, I, Mr. Erika, will use my flying kicks to punish him!"
"Store manager." Putting down the menu, the policeman pointed to the name specially marked in red on the top. "What is this [Mars Power], please give me a copy."
In an instant, everyone in the cafe focused their attention on him.
"Oh!" Ash suddenly slapped Lei on the little head, and his voice became louder than the girl with glasses squatting on the ground, covering her head. "[Mars Power] One piece of coffee, received! Please wait a moment!"
With an expression of astonishment, Erika struggled for a while and felt that it was better to talk to others about this kind of thing.
"Well, Mr. Policeman, the coffee here is... how can I say it, it's very bitter!"
"It's okay, little sister, you still don't understand the needs of us adults. I just like bitter coffee and so on."
Smelling the fragrance of coffee, the policeman secretly realized that he was in the right place and took a sip.
"..."
Seeing the policeman lying on the table with lifeless eyes, even Yuri couldn't help but want to complain and closed his eyes.
"Store manager, does this count as assaulting a police officer?"
"Don't talk nonsense, he just felt so good and passed out from excitement."
Ash changed the posture of the policeman to look like he was tired and fell asleep. He even thought of an excuse. Ash happened to see the screen prompt popping up from the corner of his eye.
[It's him. ]
"What?!"
Ash's eyes narrowed, and he quickly moved away from the sleeping policeman without leaving any trace.
How amazing is it that you found me here all at once without even noticing it? Damn it. If the fight starts here, Lei and Yuri will be there, so my plan will be completely blocked——
[No, it's him. ]
The virtual screen moved slowly from Ash's perspective, and the red arrow that popped up pointed to the person with the mosaic on the wanted poster on the table.
"Wake up the hero, burn~"
Driving Machine Creator through the streets, Ash put on the mask again while humming a song and pressing the clutch to change gears.
"Yeah, yeah, I didn't expect this. This person... is really interesting."
Logically speaking, if you target me, unless you are confident in your own strength, you should choose to set a trap to lure me into jumping in. This is a more appropriate strategy that even I can think of.
So what does such a high-profile "debut" mean? Are you preparing to declare war on me?
I never thought that one day I would have to face an "exhibitionist". Ash felt that his status as a villain had been lost.
Under the motorcycle helmet, Ash looked around, looking for suspicious people from possible places.
But trying to find a hidden person among the crowd is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but fortunately, even with another identity, he can call for help.