The bruised Dark Precure propped up his body and spit out a mouthful of black blood. He stared at it with his bloodshot pupils filled with resentment, almost trying to eat Duen alive in front of him.
"Okay, let's go, dark precure." However, after Du En calmed down, he changed into a leisurely and contented look, and even changed to a posture with his legs stretched out. "Don't you want Ash? Don't you want him not to die?"
"Then let's fulfill our agreement."
"..." Dark Precure raised his hand and reluctantly grabbed the door handle, dragging the blood on the floor, with a final curse in his eyes, and staggered towards the door.
"A negative being like you is destined not to be as happy as they are." Du En's words made the girl's back tremble. "So you can use it for me in the end. Aren't you also Desert Apostles?"
"Boom!"
When the door slammed shut, the girl remained silent.
——The dividing line of the battlefield————
"Huha-haah-haah-"
Lei, who was in two places with Itsuki and Erika, let the magic wand fall to the ground. She almost immediately knelt on the ground.
"Are you okay Lei?" Shiffre, who flew down from his neck, looked at his partner who was resting his hands on his knees, shaking like a middle school student after taking a physical test for several kilometers, and asked quickly with concern.
"I'm fine - but..." She glanced at her shabby battle suit, which was full of spring, and her cheeks were slightly red, and she focused her attention on the things in front of her again. "Unexpectedly, Scorpina Lina and the others were also robbed of Heart Flower's existence."
Floating in front of them was the enemy "Scorpina Lina", or the existence that once was Scorpina Lina. In this floating crystal, a "Dogtooth Violet" that gradually bloomed was sealed.
"Dogtooth Violet, the language of flowers is jealousy and endurance of loneliness. Is that why she often talks about not dealing with her companions?" A look of pity appeared on the girl's face. "It turns out that the cadres of Desert Apostles are actually Heart Flower who were extracted from human bodies and turned into monsters. Are they the same with Spider Gagi?"
Thinking that these souls that once belonged to humans were now polluted and blackened and then invaded humans, Lei's disgust towards Du En became even more intense.
Chapter 216 The Cruel Truth
"Precure..." While waiting for this Heart Flower to return to its owner on earth, the last voice of Scorpina Lina came from inside. "I didn't expect you could really do it. I underestimated you from the beginning."
"Miss Scorpina Lina..."
"If you want to find Duen, take that road." Dogtooth Violet shook his blades in a certain direction. "Duen has already fought Timons. You must hurry up if you want to go."
"!"
"Wait until you find Duen." The crystal sealing the flower gradually melted, and the Dogtooth Violet gradually transformed into light and flew towards the earth. "Please give him a few more punches in the face for me and the other three!"
In a sanatorium somewhere on Earth, a red-haired woman slowly opened her eyes.
Soon after, the tightly closed eyelids of the two men who had been sleeping for a long time began to slowly move.
"Thank you!"
Suddenly slapping her red face, the girl bowed vigorously in the direction where Scorpina Lina disappeared, shook her sore arms, stood up, and bravely headed in that direction.
Ash... You are not someone who will die so easily...
Please be strong and stay alive, we will save you.
"Grandma, Yuri-nee!"
"Lei!"
With Scorpina Lina's final guidance, Lei successfully bypassed countless twists and turns and enemies, took a shortcut, and met Yuri and the others who were constantly exploring and advancing.
"Great!" The joy of reunion was short-lived. Lei looked around and saw no one else. "Where are Itsuki and Erika?"
"Still fighting." Cure Flowe shook his head. "But they will definitely follow. Time waits for no one, let's go first!"
"Wait!" Yuri suddenly raised her hand to block the two of them. She felt that some familiar existence was gradually approaching her.
This feeling was Dark Precure, and she was injured!
"This way!"
The person leaning on the corner behind her made Lei almost scream in surprise. Dark Precure, who was barely standing in front of them at this time, looked very miserable. Not only was the suit on his body in tatters, but the wounds all over the damage were dripping with blood. It was better than the death battle with Yuri, and he had obviously gone through a hard battle.
"What are you?" Yuri couldn't help but open his eyes wide. There should be no stronger character than her inside Desert Apostles, unless it was... could it be said?
"It's Du En!" After taking a look to confirm Cure Flowe, the girl glanced fiercely in the direction behind her. The hatred she expressed towards Du En was genuine. "That guy is right over here, follow me!"
"Wait, we should wait for Erika and them..."
"She's gone."
Seemingly not hearing Lei's call, Dark Precure disappeared at the end of the passage with loose but extremely fast steps. Everyone had no choice but to follow.
"Duane is right here..."
The three people and one elf who came to the door looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally made up their minds to open the door and rush in.
Sure enough, they really saw the existence of Desert Apostles's final boss, Du En, on the throne.
"Duen!" Cure Flowe made a prompt decision and gathered her strength. Although she had lost the ability to purify and knock down enemies, Duen was now visibly weak. She only thought of it as helping Lei and the others, so of course she had to strike first!
"Pretty Cure——Huh?!" However, when the power was concentrated halfway, the pink power in her hand quickly dissipated like boundless water, and her beautiful and youthful appearance quickly faded and aged into her original appearance, because the necklace on her chest that sealed Duen's darkness with her own power suddenly disappeared.
Above everyone's heads, the beautiful girl of darkness was hanging upside down in mid-air, drawing blood on her body. Her bent figure was like a blood moon. It was she who knocked her out from behind before her grandma noticed and stole the necklace.
"Dark Precure, what do you mean?!" Yuri rushed up immediately. It was because no one regarded her as an enemy that she succeeded, but why did you do this? Why did you do this? Was it betrayal?!
What made Pretty Cures even more stunned was that the beautiful dark child girl gritted her teeth and threw the necklace directly into Du En's hand.
"Well done, dark precure." He took out the familiar golden seal from his other hand, put it and the seal on his chest in front of everyone, and then crushed it into pieces. As the blood-colored darkness in the seal fragments entered his body, his face visibly improved.
Is this the energy of the devil, the power you have been using Ash? Not bad, it makes me feel better, but in order to lift the seal, I have to delay it for a while...
"What the hell are you doing-"
"Shut up!" Dark Precure shouted angrily, interrupting Yuri's voice. "I have fulfilled my agreement, hurry up and return Ash to me!"
Unlike other people, Dark Precure doesn't care about the earth, that's why he does such stupid things.
From beginning to end, all she wanted was Ash and her father, nothing more.
"Okay."
After saying that, Duen with a frivolous smile waved, and after blasting out a burst of energy like swatting a mosquito, Dark Precure crashed through the wall behind him with a shrill scream, and flew somewhere with thick smoke.
"!"
Dun's shamelessness shocked them again.
"It's so pitiful. The poor people who are clearly pursuing love but can never get it are people like her, right?"
"Grandma..." After putting the unconscious grandma aside to avoid disaster, Lei and Yuri stood together with a sullen face. Before they could speak, another object was thrown in front of them, making a crisp sound as it collided with the ground.
"You must be familiar with this thing."
The things on the ground in front of them were indeed very familiar. They were equipment that Ash had used in front of them, which shocked everyone. The dusty Destream Driver was randomly thrown on the ground. Under the missing unit on the right side were electronic sparks continuously induced by intricate circuits.
In just a moment, it attracted all the attention of the two girls. They blinked and stared blankly.
The transparent screen originally used to stamp the seal was split in the middle by a huge crack. On the left was Yuri, who was standing upright with no expression visible, and on the right was Lei, who began to tremble as if he was belatedly aware of it.
"What..." A sentence like a dream prayer leaked from Lei's lips.
What's wrong?
"It's just a wrong step, and everything is lost." Du En said some very cruel facts indifferently, but Lei didn't listen to a word. She just stared at the screen blankly, not seeing herself from above, but seeing a man whose face was shrouded in black shadow.
"Haah, haah, haah, haah, haah——"
In such a dangerous environment, only Lei herself opened her mouth wide and her mechanical shouting could be heard clearly.
"You are really weak." Spider's Rider commented on himself wantonly.
"I am Ash, welcome to Nasta Café." The handsome shopkeeper took off his hat and bowed to me.
"My favorite is Pretty Cure!" It turns out that the cold and handsome store manager also has such a childish side, which makes me feel relieved.
"Keep up the good work and get stronger. I look forward to your growth." Spider Rider turned blood-like red. He wanted to stand up and catch him, but he really had no strength left.
"If that's the case, let's go on a date today, a date!" I still can't understand the date where enemies suddenly turned into lovers, but it's precisely because of this that I can muster the courage to confess to you.
"I'm sorry for lying to you." It's too late, idiot!
"If the withered flower in my heart can be made to bloom again, will it be possible for me to change my mind?" I will do it!
"I can't guarantee this kind of thing." Why?
"Goodbye."
The man with his hands in his trouser pockets walked far away towards the sun in the girl's slightly worried eyes.
Lei slowly raised her hand and curved it inward. At some point, she hugged her shoulders that were shaking violently. The expression that maintained a gloomy fighting spirit gradually began to collapse. Her mouth was wide open and even the mouthpiece in it was trembling visibly. Thousands of sweat dripped from her forehead continuously down her smooth and fragrant neck.
"Gu... wu... ahhh, ahhh..."
"Ya-xiu-ah--"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
The girl's screams echoed throughout the throne room.
Chapter 217 Two flowers blooming above despair
The drive that was once able to link the power of demons and perform transformation actions has now become a mere scrap metal.
Ash's fate, even if he didn't say it, the facts were already in front of him.
"Ha-ah, ah ah... ah..."
As if she had forgotten her words for a moment, Lei's screams, shocked by the facts, gradually subsided and turned into extremely painful gasps.
The hands holding each other's arms dropped and squeezed hard, and the nails even scratched the palms due to excessive force, and the bright red liquid dripped down between the trembling fingers.
I told you obviously when we were dating, if you are not in good health, you must repair it.
You promised me clearly when we were dating that I would make the withered flower in your heart bloom again.
Why... so why?
There are still so many things I want to say to you, and so many things I want to do with you. It's obviously not easy for Ash to finally get closer to me... I regret it so much... Why, why?
Indescribable jealousy and regret instantly filled Lei's heart.
"Tread--"
Unlike Hanasaki Rei, who was accumulating like a time bomb at this moment, and whose originally pure heart was stained with darkness, Tsukikage Yuri took the swift step first, stepping over the damaged drive on the ground with his white and purple boots.
"It seems that you have understood it?" Seeing that the seal necklace printed on his chest was emitting smoky white smoke, but did not appear to be digested immediately, Du En sighed imperceptibly and stood up.
"I know." In theory, Yuri, who should have suffered the biggest blow, showed no expression of sorrow on her face. What flashed in her eyes was not tears, but a burning will that could not be distorted no matter what. "You killed him!"
With the roar of Yuri, Lei, who had been lowering his head behind him, raised his face with tears. The panic and regret in his heart were instantly swept away, just like waking up after being suddenly slapped in the dream.
Yes, Ash, is dead. And what am I doing now?
The wrist with the petal bracelet on it was raised quickly. Like a child who insisted that she didn't cry after being bullied, Lei wiped her tears in a panic until the palms and backs of her hands were covered with the salty taste.
"The store manager is very gentle, and Ash is actually very gentle." With unwavering steps, the moonlight magic wand appeared in Yuri's hand. The crystal on the top traced the trajectory of the moon and pointed directly to the direction of Du En's heart. The distance between the two was still shortening.
"He just can't love anyone correctly, and he can't learn to be loved correctly, so he can only treat us in this twisted way..."
"What are you talking about, Cure Moonlight? I don't understand, and I'm afraid he doesn't understand either, right?" Du En was still teasing Yuri without any bottom line, but the girl was not moved by his words at all, and just ran forward step by step resolutely.
"But why, why did he, who was so gentle, have to die?!"
Transforming into a swift extreme shadow, the suddenly erupted Yuri's entire face was completely covered by the darkness of the moon shadow. Only a vague blue gaze could be seen, and the magic wand pierced out was pointed directly at Du En's heart!
"The person who died should be you!!!"
————!!
Du En maintained his upright figure and quickly fell back, and the throne behind him was instantly smashed into pieces by the two people's movements.
Yuri gritted his teeth and sped up, until the magic wand was blocked by Du En's open palm on his chest. Two completely opposite forces produced sparks in his palms, driving the new power. After grabbing the crystal, he moved his wrist and Du En used his strength to throw Yuri away with the weapon.
But Yuri still didn't flinch at all. Instead, he stared at him with his deep eyes. He simply abandoned his weapon and turned over in mid-air to attack again. Du En also had a look of impatience on his face.
After listening to what I said, instead of despair, more power burst out from your heart? Pretty Cure's Heart Flower will obviously wither in the face of frustration, thus weakening their power. What's going on?