After Ash's words fell, Eddie's figure froze as if the pause button had been pressed.
The index finger gently tapped his chin, making Ash think about whether to pursue his crime of exhibitionism again?
Today, Nasta Café, two customers came at the same time. Lian Lei and other clerks were so surprised that they thought the end of the world was coming today, right?
The two customers who also had trouble with this cafe sat down naturally, and one of them, Momoka, immediately started chatting with Yuri. "It's not easy to intercept you recently after school. Everyone says that even the cold iceberg has melted. Yuri What good thing happened?"
"Well, a little... It's really an unforgettable and beautiful memory." Thinking of Kelong's reunion, thinking of the scenes with everyone, and Ash, rubbing the wooden ring on his index finger, the originally stiff expression on Yuri's face softened a lot.
"Well, this is it!?" Seeing the ring on Yuri's hand, Momoka's eyes immediately widened, and Yuri did not hold back, and generously raised the back of his hand that shone with golden light in front of him.
"Originally, I wanted to wear it on my middle finger." Yuri smiled like a flower and showed the special wooden ring on his left index finger to Momoka, who was getting more and more sluggish. "But Ash didn't respond, and this isn't my fault, so I'll leave it here for now."
In front of her was Yuri, whose usual coldness was completely absent, and whose eyes were completely covered with tenderness. Momoka threw herself into her arms like tears.
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, my little Yuri was snatched away by a big pig's hoof that I don't know where it came from. Wuwuwuwu~~~"
"Okay, okay, Momoka is still my most important friend and this will not change." Yuri, who chuckled twice, imitated Ash's technique and couldn't help but laugh and caress the head of his friend who was "crying" in his arms.
"That's not the case. Mingming, when Mingming was young, Yuri even said that he wanted to marry me~~!"
"Ara, is that so? I remember that the person who said this was obviously Momoka, right?"
"Hey~" He raised his small fist and knocked it lightly on his forehead, Momoka stuck out the tip of his tongue in a joking manner. "Maybe I've misremembered it."
"Hahahaha, here comes the coffee!"
Suddenly, Ash came over happily carrying a plate of coffee from the back kitchen. Upon hearing the footsteps from hell, the girls took out their own drinks from their pockets in perfect agreement, and put them on the table in front of Ash when he was about to bring the coffee, without giving him an excuse.
"No, it's not that bad~" Ash covered his heart in an exaggerated manner, looking like he was "shocked". The only exception was Eddie who took the hot coffee, tasted it happily and gave a thumbs up.
"This is the taste, just take this sip! Manager, no matter what others say, I think your coffee is the best in the world - BUSTER!"
"You are the real hero."
Seeing Eddie hooking up with the "extremely moved" Ash, now even Yuri, who was originally not optimistic about him, had to comment like this.
"Brother Eddie, I actually want to ask you something." Taking advantage of the opportunity to hook up, Ash also took the opportunity to continue to explore the remaining value of Eddie. "You said you came from a place similar to the Space-Time Administration Bureau. Then do you know the future plot direction of this world?"
If anything, since Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Super Sentai are all true, then the story of Pretty Cure has no chance to be broadcast on TV, but Ash has no understanding of this aspect at all.
"It's not Space-Time Administration Bureau, it's SCSO! But what you said is indeed true. Records of what happened in a certain world will become audio and video carriers in other worlds for various reasons." As he said this, Eddie shook his head in a rare and serious manner.
"Interdimensional Travelers can indeed gain an advantage through this method. Even before we know it, there are many people in SCSO who will do this... But because of this, I will not understand the so-called 'plot'!"
"Why?"
"Knowing that Mirai is a double-edged sword. Although it will bring you unparalleled advantages, it will also make you put on colored glasses for many things and look at the people and things in this world. Goodness and evil are born in your heart. Being labeled, many things that happen will become passive and natural in your mind. The worst thing is, even if you don't mean it, the living people in this world will be subconsciously classified into three, six or nine levels by you like NPCs in the game!"
Eddie suddenly burst into a long paragraph without gasping for breath. When Eddie spoke with some emotion and longing, it was as if he had become a different person. "My brain is not smart enough and I cannot remember many things, but I will never forget this lesson General Commander taught me!"
"That's right, that's really..." Ash didn't get what he wanted, but his words changed and he nodded with satisfaction. "That's great!"
Ash can understand this feeling to a certain extent. After all, after experiencing several worlds, he asked the system to actively delete the memory of the "story plot" parts of his mind that he had not experienced.
He didn't think much about it, he just felt that playing the game with the guide book was too boring for him.
"I didn't expect that the guy who was so arrogant at the beginning would actually have such a manly side!"
"I, after all, I am working hard with the goal of that master General Commander..." After hearing Ash's full of praise, Eddie, who was ridiculed by his peers because of his embarrassment, actually blushed and scratched his head. "Even if I don't have any talent, I will always grow up if I work hard!"
"Well, it seems that he is a completely different type of loser than the genius I am." Without hesitation, he finished the compliment and then added another kick to the space-time policeman. "Then keep working hard and make persistent efforts!"
Ash raised his right hand and slapped Eddie hard on the back. He laughed when he saw him staggering and almost falling. At this time, there was also a hint of pain in the corner of his mouth.
And all this was seen by Yuri.
"Store manager..."
Tsukikage Yuri, with a stiff smile, came closer step by step.
"Okay!" As if he didn't hear her words, Ash slammed the table next to him to attract everyone's attention.
"Then to celebrate our great victory!"
"Let's celebrate! This time I'm here to treat you. Last time I agreed to treat you to a barbecue. This time you all can eat as much as you want!"
However, we still need to find Lei's grandma for this seal...
Seemingly sensing their concerns, Ash waved his hand decisively and made a decision.
"It won't be too late for this kind of thing tomorrow. Anyway, it's already in your hands. Now let's hold a ceremony, a festival!"
"Yeah!"
Earth-shaking cheers immediately erupted among everyone.
Chapter 138 "Welcome back"
The originally blue sky outside the door gradually began to turn cloudy with the passing of rain clouds. Of course, no one paid attention to such a trivial matter. The signboard Nasta Café outside the door had been replaced with a closed door and no visitors.
The interior of the cafe has naturally turned into the atmosphere of a barbecue party as everyone moved out of Ash's barbecue set.
"Grilled chicken wings, my favorite~~"
Although it didn't last long, Eddie, who was killed by Dark Precure, shamelessly began to have a barbecue feast because it failed to display the performance of Ryukendo.
"Zi La~~~"
Pour golden cooking oil, brush with juicy barbecue sauce, put the plump and tender slices of pork belly on the charcoal grill to make a sound that makes people move their index fingers. After whitening the idiot next to him who was eating half-cooked meat, Momoka, who had already put on an apron, naturally took over the identity of the barbecue chef.
"After all, I have a younger sister. Let me show you my superb cooking skills!"
"Okay, long live Sister Momoka——Wait, Lei, that piece of meat is mine!" After he and Lei picked up the same piece of roasted meat at the same time, Erika immediately tried to "occupy" it.
"No, it was obviously me first!" However, Lei did not hesitate this time, holding the chopsticks tightly in her red hands. "Erika I ate so much just now, this piece is mine!"
"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Looking at the tragically juicy beef sandwiched between the two's chopsticks, and the lightning flashing between their eyes, Itsuki had no choice but to put his barbecue in their bowls. "Your relationship is so good that it makes people jealous."
"Huh, Itsuki will suffer a loss if he keeps being so gentle." Yuri, who was chuckling, put a piece of green vegetables and his own bacon in front of Itsuki.
"Okay, okay, everyone eats what they have. If you give and go, it will be endless."
"You have the nerve to say that!" Everyone's eyes were fixed on Ash, because the meat on his plate, which was 1000% a fleshly animal, had already piled up into a small mountain. "You are the one who eats the most!"
Everyone was enjoying the sumptuous barbecue meal happily and playfully, while Yuri took his own plate and teacup and quietly sat down next to Ash on the edge.
"Although he was often absent in the past, the store manager has been running out a lot more recently." Yuri tried to pick up the tofu in the bowl with chopsticks, but it always slipped off the chopsticks.
"Don't look at it like this, I have been working hard to protect this store and you."
"But there have been no customers coming to this store. Why don't we just close it?"
"Isn't that so?" Ash picked up a piece of green vegetable and raised it in front of him. The green vegetable leaves showed a shiny color under the pale yellow light above his head. "If it is turned off, the store manager will not be able to see Pretty Cure anytime and anywhere."
"Oh, you really like us." The tofu fell from the chopsticks into the bowl again. "The day you picked me up, you said to me that you had lost an important partner and even Mirai couldn't see me, 'You will definitely find something that can be done', and then you said to yourself that you took me in to work... Haha, really, that is completely abduction, right?"
Although he said this, Yuri's tone did not mean to blame at all, but was full of nostalgic happiness.
"From a certain point on, this place became my other home besides my mother's home."
"After that, more and more people came to Nasta. For me, when I was noisy and laughing with everyone, I no longer had to grieve for the lost people. It felt like my lost family members had finally come back... This must be a place of special significance to me and everyone."
The tofu on the chopsticks finally broke into two halves due to excessive force.
"Yuri."
As he talked, Yuri, who lowered his head lower and lower, heard Ash's voice and saw the smiling face smiling towards him.
"Welcome back."
"Really... what is this? It's so cunning..." With a little salty taste in his throat, Yuri swallowed the extra vegetables and tofu in the bowl, and a forced but beautiful smile appeared on the originally sad face.
"I'm back."
"Store manager - Ya, Ash-sensei!"
After Ash followed the feeling and looked back, he saw Lei carefully tugging at the corner of her clothes. Without even wiping off the grease on her lips, she took out a piece of drawing paper from her back rather cautiously, as if she wanted to show it to Ash but lacked the decisive confidence.
"Um, Ash-sensei! Our school's school festival is about to start. The project that Fashion Club is responsible for is to hold a campus catwalk. In addition to the design for everyone, I, Erika, and Itsuki also designed a fashionable men's clothing, so, that -"
"I, I want to ask Ash-sensei to be our runway model! Can, is it okay?!"
"Okay." Although Ash just nodded lightly in agreement, Lei's mood was obviously lifted to the naked eye.
"When that time comes, if I still have time, just call me."
After pressing the button, Lei was about to jump up with excitement, but Ash suddenly changed the subject and asked Lei for help.
"Lei, can I trouble you with one thing? Can you bring me the Heart Seed you collected?"
"Okay, but why?"
"There's no reason, probably because... I want to take a look."
Everyone in the barbecue party was in high spirits about eating, drinking and having fun. Even the girls who usually had a regular schedule were in high spirits. Around evening time, after calling Lei and her family, Ash, who was sitting on the chair, looked at the few people who fell asleep on the sofa after playing tired, so he took the blanket and carefully covered them.
A certain Eddie who fell asleep in the middle of the night had already been kicked outside. The two sisters from the Laihai family who were hugging each other were covered with another layer. Itsuki who kicked off the blanket was stuffed back in. Ash walked to Lei, who was like a flower of tranquility, and slowly stretched out his hand.
It's really a rare sight to see.
"It looks like I had a good dream." His thumb brushed the corner of Lei's smiling lips, and he walked around Erika who kept saying "I can't eat anymore" in his sleep. Ash's hand reached towards the glass bottle containing Heart Seed on the counter.
It can be felt inside that countless pure positive energy rays are flowing among the seeds.
"The transformer of the pot lid is at Yuri, right? I don't know where the seal has gone... forget it..."
Putting the seeds into his arms with an expressionless face, Ash put his hand on the door handle and turned it gently. As the door was about to be pushed open, a cold female voice sounded from behind.
"It's so late, where are you going?"
"Part-time job... Well, I hate the night shift the most, so that's why I won't work overtime at such a late hour."
Yuri, who was standing behind him, looked at Ash's right hand. He still looked a little stiff somewhere.
"Yesterday I injured Timons's right hand. I originally thought that this should make them quiet for a while, but..."
"Store manager, your right hand doesn't seem to be completely fine, but I asked you and couldn't get an answer no matter what."
"Maybe I accidentally fell down, and I hid it because I didn't want you to worry." Even after being questioned to this point, Ash still didn't look shaken.
"In that case, why did you go out of your way to trick Lei into taking Heart Seed, and then take it away again?"
Why, even though we had obtained that suspicious seal, and obviously at this time, we had to hold a barbecue festival.
Obviously, obviously we have experienced so much together, and you are the one who has led us to where we are now, right? But - why!
Even though the pain in his heart was as painful as tearing apart, facing all kinds of signs, Yuri still held back the tears that were about to flow out and asked him.
"Answer me, are you actually the Kamen Rider Timons?!"
Ash didn't answer. He just turned around and showed her a bright smile before suddenly running away through the door.
"Wait!"
Tsukikage Yuri, closely followed!
Chapter 139: Is this voice more familiar?
"Tap tap tap tap -"
"Tap tap tap tap—cough!"
Under the streetlights along the street, two figures were chasing each other in a further direction. The only sound in the dull night party was the sound of footsteps, but it also made the heartbeats of the two people more and more obvious. Just like this, he ran away and she chased.
"Huchi-huchi-ah, I can't do it anymore."
After running under a deserted bridge, Ash, whose chest was burning with pain, sat on the bridge pier, holding his hands on his violently heaving chest, breathing in fresh air.
It's really not possible... As people get older, even their body functions have deteriorated. After a while, even the slightest strenuous exercise will cause everything from the top of the head to the heels, from the bones to the muscles to protest. You know, if there weren't so many DEBUFFs, this little journey would be no different to me than exercising after a meal!
"Really, although krypton life doesn't matter, it's better not to use bad things that will continue to weaken people next time."
"Haah-haah-"
The white clothes on the back of Yuri, who had also followed all the way, were soaked with sweat and became transparent. The girl, with her hands on her slightly trembling knees, stared at the person in front of her with unclear eyes.
The answer behind Ash's sudden escape has become clear, but the scenes that happened in the past, the scenes of the other party motivating him, and the ordinary but extremely happy daily life of Yuri are still passing by in front of Yuri's eyes.
What do I want to do, what do I want to say to him? Is it true? Is it false? Should I hate him? Should I plead with him?