Hearing the heavy truth that his daughter confided to him, the man as a father opened his mouth and didn't even know how to comfort her for a while, until he remembered another thing and hurriedly asked questions.
"Yuri You've grown so big... What about your mother, Haruna? Is she okay?!"
Not only did he recognize the existence of Pretty Cure transformed by Yuri, but the memories of decades of life were gradually unearthed from the deeper parts of the father's mind.
"Ah!" Hearing his father's hurried inquiry, the resentment that had been accumulated in his heart towards his father for abandoning his mother and daughter was swept away. "Mom has been waiting for you. She must leave a pair of chopsticks for you when eating. It has become a fixed rule."
Uncontrollable tears fell again, but this time they were tears that fell from sincerity and happiness. The tears of joy finally overcame the sadness of the tragedy.
"Dad!"
When hearing Yuri's sincere call, except for Dark Precure, whose expression became worse the more the father and daughter interacted, the other three could not help but be moved to tears.
"That's great - finally, we are reunited!"
"Yes! Yuri-nee Finally..." He wiped his nose and tears with his sleeves in a panic, Erika said inarticulately. "Ash finally did something! It almost turned into a terrible scene of father and daughter fighting each other!"
"It's great to be reunited, but..." Itsuki, who was also very moved, saw that the atmosphere between the two had improved, and suddenly blinked his eyes as he thought of something.
However, although now is the time for a touching reunion, it does not mean that everything that happened in the past has ceased to exist.
"It's really... it's too late...!"
"Sorry, I... I am!"
The man's expression froze on his face again. This time it was no longer a memory about his past, but from another self. He also remembered all the memories of his actions as Desert Apostles when he called himself "Dr. Sabaku".
"Uh-oh——"
Suddenly, a greater impact hit him, and he couldn't help but cover his head and kneel on the ground. The reason why his eyes trembled violently at this time was not because of the pain caused by the swelling of his brain, but the amount of information contained in this memory.
Thinking about it, I remembered everything - I used to be a world-renowned botanist, but because I couldn't find the legendary "Heart Tree" no matter what, I was bewitched by the boy who called himself Dune and put on a mask, and became a member of Desert Apostles who wanted to wither life on earth.
And after that... I, I did something irreparable!
Facing his father who finally woke up from his dream, Yuri, who was at a loss, looked at his struggling expression and thought of the same thing as him.
In other words, he has always been regarded by me as a mortal enemy that must be defeated. As an opponent, he also wanted to use various methods to defeat me, and he did various excessive things in various senses, so much so that he created Dark Precure similar to me to fight me, and he was also the actual murderer of Kolon.
And such an enemy that I hated so much not long ago is actually my father?
"How could it-" Even though Ash asserted that he was the result of being controlled by Dun, it was still difficult for Yuri to accept this fact. "Such a thing is too much!"
"Uh-oh——"
Moreover, there is Dark Precure - she was created by me. In this case - Yuri, Haruna, how will I face you!
Covering his head, the shock of the unbelievable result made Tsukikage Eimei stumble and run while holding his head in pain, as if trying to escape.
"Dad!"
The disoriented man accelerated wildly in pain, kicked down two trash cans with his sloping footsteps, knocked over a Eddie who came to check on the situation, and disappeared along the way. Yuri, who was calling his father from behind, quickly followed behind.
Chapter 179 I don't want to lose anymore
"Creak——"
The sound of gnashing of teeth, whether it was anger or sadness, leaked from the corners of Dark Precure's rather ferocious face and mouth.
As early as when the real father and daughter were talking to each other, she was already in an extremely ugly state. In a sense, the reunion after a long separation made Tsukikage Eimei put all his attention on Yuri, but he ignored the feelings of Dark Precure, who was also his "daughter".
As a result, Dark Precure, whose expression became increasingly worse, reached the limit of his patience. His hidden wings pulled away from his back with a swipe, and his whole body rushed towards the place where Tsukikage Eimei last disappeared like an arrow.
But before that, a hand gently rested on the connection between her shoulder blade and bat wing.
Feeling the numbness coming from her back shoulder, the girl who knew who it was gritted her teeth and tried to break free, but couldn't for a while.
"Ash, let me go!"
Dark Precure, whose mind was shaking violently, struggled even louder, but all he got in return was an increasingly clenched palm.
"Let you go, let you go, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to take Dr. Sabaku back. The doctor is actually the father of Moonlight... It's impossible. There must be something wrong. It's definitely a fake!"
"As long as I take the doctor back, please ask Lord Dun. Yes, as long as this is the case-"
Facing Dark Precure's self-deceptive words, Ash tightened his grip.
"Then let what happened happen again?!" Ash roared like a lion, making a thunderous sound in Little Dark's ears, interrupting her trembling movements. "You clearly see what the truth is, but you still don't want to accept it? This is too ugly!"
"I don't understand, I don't understand!" Except for that day, the dark girl had never been as fragile as she is today. Her whole body was trembling violently due to excessive excitement. The girl also turned her head and glared back at Ash. "I don't understand what's going on. I don't care about justice or evil! I just want Dr. Sabaku to come back! As long as this result can be achieved, everything else will be fine!"
What is different from others is that, although Dark Precure is also Desert Apostles, he is still Pretty Cure's biggest enemy. But unlike others who follow Du En's philosophy and have the withering of the earth as their highest order, she is not evil, and has no interest in destroying the earth's deserts, or should be said to be indifferent. For her, as long as she completes the order of Dr. Sabaku, anything is fine... Now there may be another one related to Ash.
So it doesn't matter what happened with Pretty Cure, or what happened with Desert Apostles, or even what happened between Heart Tree and Du En. Without ordinary people's values, she is just like a child, completely and never wanting to let go of "Timons" and "Shaback" that are good to her, that's all.
So Ash didn't give her any room to say or do anything, and involuntarily grabbed her hand from behind. I don't know whether it was because of Gijera or because the girl was too excited, but Little Dark was completely unable to break away from his restraints.
"This kind of thing is enough once. If you repeat the tragedy again, even I won't be able to thank you. Go back, Little Dark."
Maybe I should give her a corrective slap... With this thought in mind, Ash activated the teleportation equipment of the base that he had hacked into, and their figures instantly blurred in front of everyone.
"No, no!" In front of everyone, the girl looked as if she had been raped by Ash. Little Dark burst into tears and stretched out her hand desperately towards the white-haired man's leaving back.
"I don't want to lose someone important again!"
For a moment, hearing her voice like this made me feel a little heartbroken.
"Hu-ha!"
Not long ago, he had experienced a war in various senses, and now such unimaginable fierce scenes were taking place in front of his eyes. Lei, who was weak all over, collapsed on the ground and took a big breath of fresh air to calm down his mind.
"What the hell is this?"
Why did it end up like this? Why did Ash leave again in the end?
"Even if you ask me...?" It was even more unclear that it was Erika. At this time, she didn't even know whether to pursue Yuri or Ash, so that both of them lost the best opportunity.
"I don't know either..."
Itsuki shook his head, feeling that things could not end in such a simple way.
Although Dark Precure is a cold beauty, she is not popular with the sub-villain Desert Apostles, who is insulated from lustful attributes.
As for the reason, it's a long story. Forget about Shaback, the guy who was appointed by Lord Du En. He was obviously someone who joined the organization after her, but he didn't obey the orders and management of the three major cadres at all. Instead, she only obeyed the orders of Shaback. In her own words, she would not obey the orders of people who were weaker than herself.
So this time when Dark Precure returned to the base, no one came out to greet her, or in other words, the person who would greet her was no longer in the base.
"Why, Ash - why!" Dark Precure pulled the man's collar and asked again in tears. "Why do you do this! Dr. Sabaku He is my creator, he is my father!"
"It was that guy Moonlight who took her away from me. It's all her fault!"
"But without her, you wouldn't exist."
Ash Simple words can sink the unreasonable Dark Precure.
She is not stupid and can completely understand the meaning of Ash, but the girl cannot accept it at all. Anyway, she debuted as a villain from the beginning, so a villain who accepts the truth is an alien, right?
"A lie can hide the truth." Ash raised his index finger to make an analogy. "However, ten thousand lies cannot change the truth. The truth is always there waiting for people to discover it and will not change."
"Sooner or later you will know the truth. I just revealed it in advance."
With his hands behind his head, Ash relaxed his body and lay back casually on the sofa. He grabbed the doll that was knocked off the sofa by his own movement and threw it into Dark Precure's hands.
This doll was naturally the Q version of the Shadow Moon doll that Ash gave her for the first time. Little Dark actually cherished it and kept it. She gently touched the cloth on the doll. This was a patch that Shaback sewed for her in her spare time. To be honest, it was really ugly.
But when she touched the piece of cloth, she thought of Shaback, who was no different to her biological father. Her eyes turned crimson, and even though she didn't shed tears, she couldn't help but feel painful sadness.
"But - Dr. Sabaku already has his real daughter, or for this reason... I, I will be abandoned!" She held the doll in her arms, hugged her knees with both hands, and lowered her head in deep panic.
"No, you won't."
You can feel the warm palms, gently buried in your hair, transmitting the heat belonging to that man.
"Didn't I say it? I need your power so I hope you can help me, in other words."
"At least I won't leave your side."
At least not yet... not yet.
The author's current status after reading it in one go:
CDPR Polish idiot, I will kill you! In addition, I highly recommend it. It's been a long time since I've seen an animation with such strong animation and good plot. If you haven't seen it, everyone should go and watch it.
Chapter 180 Hatred·Sadness
Someone once said to him, don't make promises that you can't make. Ash did remember what others taught him, but how he understood and actually implemented this truth is another matter.
However, from the perspective of Dark Precure, whose mood immediately started to rise following his words, Ash may not have realized how good he is at lying in this regard... maybe not all of them are lies.
But at least he noticed the scorching gaze on him, so Ash continued to explain himself and the bastard father who let his two daughters kill each other.
"What I mean is that the development of the facts may not turn out as you said." Ash first shook her head, denying her pessimistic view. "You may not realize it yourself, but that person's kindness towards you when he was Shaback doesn't seem to be fake. Now I guess he is still struggling with how to face you, but he will definitely not abandon his responsibility."
After all, the middle-aged man looked like he had a weak kidney, but he was already the father of a daughter. If he couldn't shoulder this responsibility, then Ash wouldn't mind "teaching" him how to admit his responsibility.
After listening to Ash's words, Dark Precure's complexion improved visibly, but she seemed to have missed something again, so she quickly asked with a look of fear on her face.
"But, Ash, do you also want to... go to them?"
After all, she also remembered that Ash once said that he did not intend to be her enemy, but wanted to use her power to do something. Seeing that he was still disconnected from Precure, she couldn't help but start to wonder, could what he said he wanted to do be related to Pretty Cure?
Could it be that if you want to use her power, you want her to fight side by side with Pretty Cure? Impossible, absolutely impossible! After this battle with Shaback, she will only hate Pretty Cure more and more, especially Moonlight, her mortal enemy in every sense of the word!
After thinking of this possibility, Little Dark felt inexplicably betrayed, but couldn't help but want to continue to believe in him.
"I'm not going to them." After Ash closed his eyes, he heard the continuous sound of crossing footsteps coming from the distance. It must have been the actions of the three cadres who panicked when they discovered that Dr. Sabaku had jumped. "But my position has been from the beginning..."
Ash didn't explain clearly, but the answer to his attitude was already very obvious.
The girl who no longer hesitated almost flew into the man's arms.
"Ash, please, don't leave again!"
Dark Precure, who completely ignored his image, retracted his entire upper body into Ash's body, hugging him tightly with both hands as if he was afraid that he would escape immediately.
It was no longer the usual cold voice of the past, but the sad and fragile voice of a simple little girl when she saw that her most important treasure was about to be taken away.
Since birth, I have lived for the orders of Shaback, but now Dr. Sabaku has left. What if you, my most important friend, also leave?
"If you want to leave too, I really don't know what to do...!"
Facing Dark Precure, who was crying to him in his arms and whose words were almost pleading, he wanted to comfort her with his usual comfort such as changing the topic, but when he gently placed his hand on her shaking shoulders, he could not open his mouth.
"Ash, are you worried about Du En?" Little Dark's crying voice came from his arms. "If that's the case, why don't I just find a chance to bring the doctor out! When the three of us escape, he won't be found... Well! It's okay to escape to other planets. It doesn't matter if there are no other things. As long as you are still there, I can bear it no matter what!"
"Little Dark, don't say such things -" Originally, he should have reprimanded her loudly for this "cowardly" behavior, but when he heard her clumsy and extremely hard-working way to come up with ideas for him, he couldn't say anything. "I wasn't afraid at first!"
I have never been afraid of death. After all, it is not all bad for me. Of course, a gorgeous curtain call is also necessary to constitute the perfect ending in my mind, but why...
Since when did you stop wanting to die?
Since when did he no longer want to deceive a girl who was so focused on herself, so straightforward that she almost wanted to show her heart to herself, with words that could fool her?
In the past, I found a sense of urgency in her, so I used various methods to circumvent her, who was basically a war machine at that time. I wanted her to become more and more like a human being.
As for now, looking at my Little Dark like this, do I consider it a success or a failure?
"Qi, why are you pretending to be a saint and a gentleman?" Ash couldn't help but mocked. "At this time, are you going to tell others that your conscience, which you don't know which world has been abandoned a long time ago, is back? Are you kidding me? If this is the case, who should I thank?"
[Thank you so much, Pretty Cure, it's really a big help. ]
After glancing at the system panel that appeared and disappeared in an instant, Ash, after a series of not too complicated psychological struggles, sighed and gave his answer to Dark Precure who was unwilling to let go.
"Little Dark, listen to me."
The magical voice in her ears at this moment made the girl gradually calm down. She let go of her hand, her eyes were filled with light gray tears that were different from ordinary people's, and she stared at the man's serious face.
"I have seen existences similar to you before. This is also the reason why I cared about you in the first place besides my own personal interests." Ash's eyes quietly turned to the doll in her arms.
So Little Dark, let me tell you a story, so that you can think about what to do.
"Shadow Moon and Black Sun, Moon and Sun, two people who were once brothers, killed each other in order to compete for the title of Creation King."