Tsukikage Yuri, who was sitting on a park bench, waiting for someone, clenched his handkerchief, drove away the fourth person who came to chat with him with a cold expression on his face, and then raised his hand to wipe the red corners of his eyes again.
"Sure enough... the unreasonable fuss is too much... it's obviously my own fault."
But, no matter what, I just can't forgive... I don't know, I don't know what this feeling is about, but at least I can't change my heart... eh?
Yuri, who was still sharp-eyed despite her grief, immediately noticed strange sand hanging next to her. The enemy's name was Desert Apostles. Naturally, she would not relax her vigilance against such suspicious sand.
"Desert Apostles again? No matter what you want to do..."
"No, this is the second time, but I'm not."
In Yuri's prepared eyes, the white gravel actually made a strange human voice.
"Say your wish..."
"I don't have anything -" Of course, it was impossible to let down his guard. Yuri, who was shaking off tears, immediately distanced himself and took out the remaining half of Heart Seed from his arms.
"No matter what your wish is, I can make it come true for you."
"Wish..."
Yuri The hand that was about to activate its power stopped.
Any wish can come true... What is it?
Seeing Tsukikage Yuri's unnatural pause, a curved mouth corner appeared in the gravel, and then continued to make a sound.
"No matter what your wish is, I can make it come true for you, and there is only one price you have to pay."
————Two little ones on the way to the coffee shop————
I am very happy to get back together with my best friend Erika, and I am very happy to teach Timons, who has always hindered them from telling lies.
I was very happy to have the courage to strengthen my relationship over the weekend, but I was very unhappy to hear that the store manager was beaten up by Timons for no reason!
"Itsuki Although I called and said it's nothing serious, I'm still worried..."
"Well, anyway, as long as he sees us beautiful girls, that guy's mood will improve. There is no other way, so let this lady satisfy him!"
"Erika is as confident as ever, hahaha..."
The two girls were carrying gifts of condolences. Lei prepared carnations specially selected from her own flower shop. Although her parents were shocked at first when they heard that she was going to send a message to someone, and they were chased and asked, but when they knew that the flowers were for the patient, they started to help select them.
For Erika, she prepared carefully customized men's fashion clothes based on her visual measurements. In fact, because Ash's clothes were too old-fashioned, she had long wanted him to try different clothes to change his look.
"S-Sand..."
While the girls were talking and laughing together, they suddenly heard a small splashing sound beside them. They quickly turned around and saw a pool of white sand lying on the ground behind them.
"Why is there sand here... Eh, eh? Eh!"
Just when Lei was curious, a scene that made her stare out occurred. The sand suddenly floated and piled up like it was alive, and finally turned into a strange man with his upper body at the bottom and lower body at the top. It was an unscientific sand sculpture that could make Newton angry on the spot.
"Whoa, whoa-whoaaaaaaa-!"
Lei, who had never seen such an outrageous thing before, was so frightened that she sat down on the ground and dropped the bag she was holding. Shiffre, who was sleeping in it, poked his head out dissatisfied because of the impact.
"Why Lei, you are so noisy... wow, wah - wahhhhhhhh -!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shiffre, who was facing the weirdo in front of him, let out the same scream as Lei.
"Shiffre, what is this? Is it Desert Apostles's new monster?!"
"Don't ask me, I don't know what this is!"
After seeing the ferocious "sand sculpture" monster in front of him, the expression on Shiffre's face became as horrified as his partner's.
Lei, who was sitting on the ground, backed away with her hands and feet in fright, but the weirdo kept squirming and pushing towards Lei.
Just as the weirdo was about to approach the frightened Lei, a blue figure holding a Heart Perfume bottle of Erika stood in front of them.
"What do you want to do to Lei!"
"Hehehe~~"
The monster actually let out a weird laugh, which made the two of them feel goosebumps on their backs. Just as the girls were preparing to transform into battle, it mouthed words to attract their attention.
"I am Imagin."
"Say your wish, and I can make it come true for you no matter what it is."
"Wish?" Erika's finger, which was about to press the perfume nozzle, paused. The other person's words undoubtedly interested her.
"Anything goes... really?"
Even Lei, who was struggling to get up, couldn't help but widen his eyes. After all, what the other party said was so shocking... and a little too tempting.
"That's right, anything is possible, and all you have to pay is————"
"Cheast——!!!"
Just when the two couldn't help but listen attentively, a yellow sound and shadow fell from the sky. The hand knife from top to bottom knocked the sand sculpture back into the sand, and the flying sand sprayed their faces.
"Bah, bah, bah - what, who is it...Itsuki?"
"Ah, Itsuki it would be great if you came too...Itsuki?"
Seeing a familiar figure, the two people who originally looked surprised looked at the actual situation, and the joyful expressions on their faces were as if they had pressed pause.
There is no doubt that the person who killed the weirdo with a knife was Itsuki Meidoin, but for some reason he had a round hairdo, an expression that seemed to be pretending to be serious, and he was wearing a very old-fashioned Renxia style kimono.
"What is this? Itsuki Did you just come out of the period drama set?"
Hearing Erika's words, "Itsuki" tipped his chin to the side and twisted it hard to make a crisp "click" sound. Even Itsuki, a martial arts practitioner, would not do such a rough action!
"Imagin has been defeated by me, ladies, don't worry."
"Five... What's wrong with Itsuki? His voice has become strange. Do you have a cold?" Faced with Itsuki who was suddenly becoming weird, Lei Ye mustered up the courage to step forward and ask.
"It's no problem at all. It's better to cry because you see how powerful I am! Hahahaha!"
The meaning is completely unclear. Itsuki must have eaten something bad and caused the problem!
"Itsuki, you——"
Just when Erika was about to say something, Zai Lei witnessed with her own eyes that a blue ball of light penetrated into her best friend's body, and then Erika stopped like a computer that had been unplugged.
"Erika!"
"Yes, what's the matter, Miss Sakura?"
Just when Lei was worried about speaking out, Erika suddenly called again and responded to her. Her voice was filled with knowledge that did not exist in the past. Her sea-blue hair stood up from her forehead, and there was a pair of slender glasses on the bridge of her nose.
"Wait... wait, it's Erika, is it really Erika?"
With wide eyes, Lei looked at her best friend who suddenly became strange in front of her and took a few steps back.
"Of course, even if you throw the fishing hook into the endless sea, the deep blue of the sea will not change."
No, who is this intellectual blue beautiful girl who speaks with magnetism? Where is Erika? Where did you put Erika?
"But, that blue ball of light just now... made Erika become as strange as Itsuki - huh?"
While Lei was describing incoherently, Erika squinted his eyes slightly and came closer with a fox-like look. The wonderful atmosphere made Lei unable to say a word.
"Behind the words are thousands of needles, monstrous falsehoods, and lies. If you don't mind these..."
"Erika" with an intellectual smile, gently raised Lei's face with his fingers, which was unwilling to look directly at others because of his strange mood.
"Just try to take my bait."
"Whoaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
In a subconscious reaction, she punched Erika's glasses and grabbed Shiffre, who was already stunned beside her. Lei, who suddenly exploded, no longer dared to look at her "best friend" who was overturned behind her. She screamed and ran away in the direction of the cafe instinctively.
What's going on? Is it Desert Apostles's new attack method? Could it be that they are aliens, or are they possessed by Yokai's resentment transformed into earth-bound spirits that turned them into this? No!
While the helpless Lei was holding her partner and looking for a life-saving straw, she was pleasantly surprised to see Ash looking around for something on the roadside in front of her.
Great, this time I really come to give you pillows when I am dozing off. If the store manager says, there must be something to do!
"Store-manager-!"
Chapter 106: Meeting old friends
"Really, why are you running so fast... huh?"
While Ash was looking for Tsukikage Yuri, who turned around and disappeared, a red and white Den-Liner drove past in mid-air.
That's right, the train appeared from the space-time tunnel that appeared out of thin air, and the extending rails were automatically paved in front. This train was indeed traveling in mid-air.
Ha, what is this? I happened to be reading too many comics of the Den-O series recently and I had hallucinations? Hahaha, if possible, can you bring someone else? Imagin and the like don't want to see it anymore.
"Store manager, save me!"
"Lei-Lei?"
The startled breath coming from behind attracted the man's attention. As soon as he turned around, he saw a cherry-pink figure rushing into his arms. At this time, Lei was like a rabbit being targeted by a hunter, hugging herself with a panic expression and refusing to come down.
"Store manager! Manager, it would be great if you were here. Everyone - Erika and Itsuki are getting so weird!"
"Calm down and tell me clearly what's going on!" Hearing this, Ash also became serious.
"Itsuki acted like the protagonist of a period drama that traveled through time on TV. Then a strange blue light ball entered Erika's body, and then Erika suddenly became super weird. It's so scary!"
"Huh?!"
After listening to Lei's explanation, the surprise on Ash's face suddenly twisted into a funny look.
Why is it that you have such a sense of déjà vu? Isn't this what happens in Den-O? But in this world, they are clearly characters in a tokusatsu film. If it comes to cross-border law enforcement, this isn't even a tokusatsu studio, right?
"Lei, it's rare for you to be able to joke, but I can't give you a reward, because you have to pay attention to the occasion when joking."
"I wouldn't be happy if the store manager gave me a reward for something like this. Also, I'm not kidding!"
[Ash, it's not impossible. ]
A translucent panel appeared in front of Ash.
[PASS, you have used the pass of Infinite Ticket. ]
"But even if it's a time train, it won't be chasing it from other worlds... huh?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a flying red light ball noticed this side and immediately rushed over at full speed. Facing the red light coming towards him, Ash reacted subconsciously and turned Lei, who was hugging him, in front of him.
"Ah, crap!"
Because I'm so used to similar things, it's instinctive.
"Wow——!" After having the light ball poured into her body, Lei let out a scream and fell into a state of fainting like Erika before.
When she raised her head again, it was a huge change. The originally soft pink twintails burst and stood up, turning into a super-two-like afro. The red highlight on her forehead made her stand out from the crowd.
The moment "Lei" opened her eyes, a ferocious look that had never appeared on a girl's face immediately stared at Ash.
"She's obviously a little girl, but you're using her as a shield!"
Lei's voice, which was originally as soft as cotton candy, has become quite rough when it comes out again, and at the same time it also brings a ferocious aura. It seems quite inconsistent with Lei's fierce but still soft expression.
"This is all because you have done similar things too many times. Lei will be fine, because if you are my clerk, you will forgive me... probably."
"You said you're a genius - I'm going to teach you a lesson this time, ah!"
The next second, Lei with a "ferocious" face broke free from Ash's hand and flew towards him.
"I didn't even expect that it was really you."
A hand was placed on the arrogant "Lei"'s forehead to keep her distance from him. Ash couldn't help but cover his face with his hand and wanted to sigh.
"Asshole, if you do this, then I will——"
Of course "Lei" was not convinced by the simple tricks used by adults to beat children. In front of Ash, she gritted her teeth and took out a non-existent belt from her back.
"Okay, this is too dangerous, so I confiscated it."
However, before she could hang the belt on her body, Ash, who had quick eyes and quick hands, snatched it from the girl's hand and confiscated it.
"Wait, what are you doing? This is mine, come back soon!"
"Whatever comes back? You just used my shop assistant's body as a possession object. I haven't even settled the score with you yet."
At this moment, the stubborn "Lei" was still mooing vigorously to fight against Ash, when several more specious sounds came one after another.
"Ah~ As expected of a senior, he has already become very passionate with the person he reunited with after a long absence."