Although it is a pity that Dark Precure could not be killed this time, after this battle, Pretty Cure has finally gathered four people, so the store manager will be happy.
"Let me do it." He gently took over from Itsuki, who was also extremely tired, and Yuri gently hugged his two young juniors.
In the past, I also met Kolon at this age. When Yuri thought about the past, in order to make that meeting happen, it was Ash who threw Colon down from the sky, hitting his past self right in the face.
But this means that even though he knew his fate, Kelong still chose to face everything calmly and fight side by side with him as if nothing had happened...
"Huh, who stipulated that time can only move backwards."
No matter how I change, some things will never change. I shouldn't regret what has happened. The important thing is to look at the future Mirai.
Speaking of which, now that all the enemies have been defeated, where is the current store manager?
"Hey————!"
Running out of the woods on one side, Ash waved his right hand loudly towards them.
"Shhh - they're asleep."
Putting her fingers on her lips to make a sound, Ash also saw Lei and Erika sleeping soundly on her lap pillow.
"Slept so sweetly."
Itsuki came over and poked Erika's bulging cheeks with his fingers, watching the rosy cheeks sink and then recover again.
"Wow, it looks really peaceful."
"Yes, that's why I want to protect this time with everyone."
Sitting next to Yuri naturally, Ash breathed a sigh of relief as if he had gone through some extremely tiring work. Together with Itsuki, he poked Lei's soft little face with his fingers.
"Rest, now."
Just enjoy it while nothing happens.
Chapter 134: Playing with life and playing with people's hearts (4K big chapter)
Deep in the Desert Apostles base, in a special operation room that cannot be found by any detection equipment, the strange combination of Ash and Shaback sat and stared at the giant thing in front of them.
This is the garb specially prepared by Dr. Sabaku for Dark Precure to provide for her... or rather, the preparation room.
High-voltage cables extending from all directions lead to the same place. They are connected to the huge tank in the center of the room, and occasionally pipes with chaotic light provide it with a steady stream of dark power.
As Shaback operated on the computer in the room, a thick metal deck covered the surface of the transparent tank, and Dark Precure was hidden under the "treasure box".
Ash After a little calculation about the relationship between thickness and material, he quickly concluded that even G4's famous bazooka would not be able to blast this thing.
"It's really a cautious response."
"It's necessary for someone like you."
In the short period of time after rescuing Little Dark as "Spiderman" and returning to Yuri, Ash first went to Den-Liner to return the transformation props, and then took a ride on Desert Apostles The base of released the person, and then rushed back immediately, pretending to be like Ultraman's human body finally waving to meet his teammates. In fact, he was a master of time management. Of course, he was tired enough to prevent the hidden fact from being exposed in advance.
Of course, the facts couldn't really be fooled by him so easily. The store manager could use Den-O's excuse to convince them who already trusted him, but Timons's too coincidental appearance time naturally aroused great suspicion from Dr. Sabaku.
"Timons." The white-haired man wearing a mask still had the same emotionless tone, but he looked particularly cold. "I didn't expect you to dare to come back."
"As expected of Shaback, do you have the means to monitor this place?" Seeing his exposure, Ash still turned over the "Kamen Rider Black" comic book in his hand without blushing or out of breath. "But you are totally wrong if you think I have betrayed you. I am just moving in the direction I want, otherwise I would not return Little Dark to you."
The scarlet energy condensed in Shaback's palms hung above Ash's head. Faced with such threats, Ash still did not waver, just licking his fingers and turning the pages of the comic book.
"But your previous behavior, can I take this as proof that you intend to betray?"
As soon as Ash behaves strangely, he will be ready to execute this suspected traitor here, who also caused Dark Precure to be seriously injured.
"You won't be satisfied with this answer no matter how I answer it. If that's the case, how about just asking Lord Duen directly?"
"Isn't this great? He can actually do this." Ash As soon as he finished speaking, as if to echo him, Du En's vague voice came from the big screen in the room.
"Lord Du En... but why?!" Du En's voice made Shaback immediately kneel on the ground to show his loyalty, but he could not figure out the reason why Du En, the boss of fixed investment, would let this dangerous man with a clear wolf heart do whatever he wanted.
"No matter what he does, as long as he doesn't mean to bring Precure over directly, there's no need to worry about him." The smile on Duan's face in space could be vaguely seen on the blurry screen. "After all, it would be such a waste to simply kick him away for such a powerful character, wouldn't it?"
"Thank you for your generosity." Ignoring the ugly-looking Shaback behind the mask, Ash stepped over him and bowed to the screen that lost signal again.
Of course, all of this was as he thought and in his calculations.
All you need to do is apply your own normal thinking to Du En's thoughts, and the so-called empathy can easily lead to pleasing results. It's like Megatron will always let Starscream, who is trying to seize power, stay by his side as his second-in-command. This sense of crisis is enough to make such boring alien invaders feel happy.
"Do you think it's interesting... Humph, I think it's interesting too."
"Speaking like this made me think you were going crazy again like before." Sitting on Ash's shoulders like a doll, it was the devil Kain who Guangming was teasing at him. "It seems that unlike previous whims, you are serious."
"Similarly, I only work hard for things I like and are interested in. I am also different from monsters like him because I am a human being and a genius."
Shaback, who originally planned to teach him a lesson, didn't expect to run into a wall in front of his master, especially when this guy said weird things to his doll wantonly, without taking him seriously. Shaback, who had no interest in humiliating himself, turned around and left this depressing place.
"Obviously it was you who called me here, why are you leaving so soon?"
"Is there anything else...?" Seeing Ash holding a comic book in front of him, Shaback naturally didn't have a good expression.
"It's nothing, I just think it's better than a cheetah waiting for an opportunity like me." Ash, who didn't care about the distance, leaned in just right and spoke softly at a distance that only they could hear. "Unlike me, Dr. Sabaku, who has no intention of taking off his mask, is more dangerous. It is for both parties, don't you think so?"
"Does a guy who never takes off his mask have the right to say such a thing?"
"It's nothing, I just find it interesting that the guy who is clearly the biggest enemy of justice but doesn't understand anything at all is very interesting." Ash raised his finger and tapped half of his mask, with a teasing smile at the corners of his exposed mouth. "Or do you know what your mask represents?"
Shaback left here without saying a word.
"You already understand?"
"Of course, I won't say anything that I'm not sure about." He put down his hand from the mask and took out a photo from his pocket. The picture above was taken from the first-person perspective of Shaback repairing Closed Gear Gun. The only difference from him was that the mask on his face was completely removed.
"I don't like plotting against others."
By mixing a special micro-camera into the parts, it seemed that the other party could not detect it, and then processed it with special image synthesis technology. Ash secretly began to analyze and try to restore the true appearance under the mask. This work was completed recently.
The result also made Ash reveal a subtle expression of "Sure enough,".
"I want to say that this is what age it is, but it won't be the traditional development of the enemy and the enemy coming from the same source. The result is really... a clichéd and cruel result."
"But if it can be used well, it will be a key card." Looking at the true appearance of "Shaback" in the photo, Ash shook his head and took it back again. Then he took out the identity hard drive that he had taken out of his pocket when he was in contact with the other party.
"Hmph, I want to say that I hate people putting guns to my head, so it's natural for me to get something back in exchange, right?"
After all, that person couldn't let his wary self be in the same room with his precious creation. If he wanted to see Little Dark, he would still have to work hard.
Insert the hard disk into the interface of the computer in the room, and Ash's hands turned into two afterimages. He quickly used Shaback's permissions to hack the data, and soon Desert Apostles's base unilaterally lowered the protective firewall and showed him his "O happy face".
"Then, next..."
By pressing a blue button, the layers of armor covering the tank were removed, revealing the precious "treasure" inside.
Dark Precure, who had just suffered a defeat and was seriously injured, lay like this in a tank filled with translucent unknown solution. Dark Precure, who was wearing only a thin robe, curled up, and the shocking X-shaped scar on her chest was slowly repairing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The girl's silent body was only filled with bubbles that occasionally floated with her breathing to prove the fact that she was still alive.
"Mami, even her eyes are closed, like a sleeping beauty waiting for the prince."
Ash kept working hard on the keyboard. Many secret information about the birth of Dark Precure was displayed on the screen in front of him. As expected, the inside story involved a lot of scientific dark side knowledge.
"It is not a life that has been blessed by anyone. It is not a life born from the mother's belly. It is a product of artificial cultivation starting from the embryo by adjusting the genetic factors from someone and injecting dark power that is originally incompatible with the human body."
There is no father and no mother.
There is no doubt that this is a dark science field that humans cannot tolerate after selling their souls to the devil, just like what those people in the Brain Army do.
Pieces of information flashed before his eyes, and Ash's originally relaxed brows gradually wrinkled.
Even though he had already speculated, it was still quite unpleasant to see the actual bloody facts presented to him.
It would be different if it was just created as a weapon without self, but the result of this plan shown in front of Ash was that the result was so perfect that she was given a self-aware soul as a weapon.
Although Ash would not hesitate to play with people's hearts in order to satisfy himself, but playing with life is another matter.
"It obviously has its own ideas, but in fact it is just an artificial life form created to defeat someone. It has no choice, let alone the opportunity to choose... Is that why it is bound by its own destiny?"
Ash put his open palm against the outside of the jar and looked at the Sleeping Beauty inside, with a hint of pity in his eyes.
"Really... I can't agree with something like this no matter how many times I read it, so I thought..." His fingers unconsciously scanned the autograph "Shotaro Ishinomori" on the title page of the comic. "Who will decide this unfolding?"
"It's so sad... It would be nice if you could act more like a human. Could it be that I am the one who did this wrong instead of bringing you the desire to see the unknown?"
"Click——"
While Ash was talking to himself, the jar in front of him suddenly made a crisp cracking sound.
Little Dark, who was soaked in the liquid, suddenly opened his eyes and stretched out his hand, placing it on the other side of the tank corresponding to Ash's palm. Countless tiny cracks like spider webs began to extend from there to all sides.
The computer screen instantly turned into a dazzling red warning sign, but in front of the completely broken container, it was already too late.
"Wow."
A sudden raging torrent flooded the place where Ash was. He turned around and threw the comic that was almost wet with water into the inventory. The next second he was jumped by a black figure.
"Timons!!"
There is no one other than Dark Precure who can call out this resentful yet extremely sad name.
At this moment, translucent liquid was dripping from the girl's body, and her whole body was only covered by a thin robe that was soaked with moisture. She was almost naked, and she was straddling Ash who was lying on the ground. The hand that originally wanted to grab him happened to be intertwined with Ash's active hands.
"Timons——Why, why are you doing this to me——"
"Dark Precure, I want to ask you, are you planning to use it as a weapon to kill the precure?"
"If that's the case, what are you doing now?"
Instead of answering the other party's question, he suddenly asked a confused question. Dark Precure, who was suddenly called by his full name by Ash, was stunned, and the expression of the masked man in front of him was reflected in his strange eyes.
"I'm just following Dr. Sabaku's instructions!"
"In that case, how are you going to show your will?"
Dark Precure's trembling arms became wider, and the strength in his hands slowly relaxed.
"If that's the case, Shaback wants you to pull the trigger on me, will you do it without hesitation?"
"This kind of thing——"
With their fingers intertwined, no one could escape. Ash, who was pushed to the ground, slowly sat up, and his arms gradually began to push Dark Precure's direction.
"Tick-tock——"
I don't know whether it was the liquid in the tank or the drops of tears, which followed the girl's opened golden eyes and dropped like pearls on Ash's mask, shattering it to pieces.
"I don't know... but you are the first... friend I have met. It was you who said you wanted to be my friend, so!"
"So, don't betray me... I only have you the only one..."
Ash was silent and let go of one hand, raised his thumb and gently hooked it on the edge of the liquid-stained mask. After a crisp landing sound, Ash revealed his true appearance and stood in front of Dark Precure.
"I said, Timons doesn't exist at all, right?" He grabbed Dark Precure's palm and gently pressed it on his chest, transmitting the actual active heartbeat to the other party.
"My name is Ash, so shout out my name and call me Ash."
"Yash... Xiu...?"
"Yes, Little Dark, it's me."
Even Ash smiled when he saw the girl who kept chewing her name and finally showed a small amount of happiness on her sad face.
"But it's not true that you said I betrayed you. Little Dark, I don't mean to be your enemy. It's better to say that I just don't want to be your enemy."
"The power and the mood you have, I actually want to have it."
Ash grabbed her hand with sudden force, and pulled Dark Precure into his arms from behind like a dance partner. She was suddenly hugged from behind, and the girl who felt the warmth on her face showed that she wanted to struggle, but she finally let go of her clenched hand.
"Ash...? Why do you care about me so much..."
"I can feel it... the similarities between you and me, that feeling of loneliness."
Just like this, you become more and more like humans.
"If you think this is a false embrace, just stab me in the heart. I won't resist."
He released his embrace at the right time, turned his back to Ash and took out his own Sin Stamp with Scarlet Spider on it.
"In the future world, hurt women like you must be happy. Are you willing to help me?"
"If I can help! After all, Ash we are friends!"
For the first time, Dark Precure's originally only gray and indifferent eyes flashed with bright sparks of will.
And in a place where no one can hear it, a silent sigh comes from a place that only belongs to someone's heart.