"Tell me, Gentaro." Ash crossed his arms and asked calmly, "What can make you so anxious? Even though I don't care?"
After all, if this guy who thinks about friends and friendship can be so anxious with me, it must mean that something big has happened.
But I haven't been to Rider world for a while recently, right? Is there anything else that can be related to me? Is it some historical issue? Eh... that would be very troublesome!
"Yes, there is indeed something I must tell you!" Hearing that even Fourze's youthful voice became serious, Ash had no choice but to listen carefully.
"Ash, some people say they saw you reappearing in Rider's world. At the same time, the 39 originally separate Rider worlds are gradually integrating into one again. This is really too bad!"
"What are you talking about?" Ash After hearing what he said, the senior sister drank black tea and was confused. "I'm in the world of Pretty Cure now!"
And when did the worlds of Rider become 39 again? I just went to visit other worlds, and Dai-ni released a new movie?
"Not to mention why I reappeared, do you want to say that the world merged again because of me?"
Ash couldn't help but frown. After all, the world destroyer must take the blame for this kind of thing. If there are lessons learned from the past, unless he burps, what does it have to do with me?
"That's not the case. I believe you are still my friend, so I don't think it's your fault!" Fourze hardly seemed to be emotional himself. "But Ash, you have to be careful, the current Rider world is indeed collapsing——"
"Peng——!" The golden Rider gear popped out of the protective cover of Gear Closure Gun, and after falling into the hands of Ash, it turned into a gray appearance that lost energy.
The figure of Fourze that was clearly visible in front of him now disappeared as if he never existed.
"Alas..." Ash held the gear tightly and was speechless for a long time.
"Sorry, I can only watch now."
Now, even if you tell me so much, what can I do?
"You told me that there is no turning back on my journey, right?"
[...]
Ash closed his eyes, no longer thinking about these troubles that he had no clue about, and then walked towards Yayoi.
Ash opened his eyes and ended the memory of the incident a week ago.
One hand rested on the air, supporting the weight of his chin. He leaned lazily against the man sitting on the window, looking down at the active students after school like a proud wanderer. Ash stretched lazily under the doubtful, worried, and glaring looks of the girls.
Well, in my memory, the school that was always depressing and didn't care about anything except grades didn't have such a relaxing atmosphere... So I bid farewell to the nostalgic version of the youth high school campus. Is this the atmosphere of the Pretty Cure version of the campus? Isn't it very comfortable to bask in the sun with a little breeze on your face?
That's right, now Ash actually sneaked into Miyuki's school, and suddenly appeared at the window when they were about to go home from school together.
Ash himself said that he wanted to visit them out of kindness. As for how many people believe this statement... well, probably none except Miyuki.
"What... is this guy doing?" Although I had some affection for this man because of his appearance, and was completely consumed by his actual behavior, but faced with Ash like this, I didn't know how to face him for a while.
"Isn't it too free?"
Wait, where is that domineering handsome guy who fascinated me back then? Although he is still quite handsome... but isn't this a bit far behind?
I still had a stupid impression of him when I first glanced at him and judged him to be handsome!
Seeing his friends' headaches, Yayoi behind him couldn't help but let out a subtle laugh.
Chapter 53 Ash's playful heart
"~" Today's bright sunshine made Ash feel happy. Ash, half of his body hanging in the air outside, changed the posture of crossing his legs without caring.
"Ash-sensei..." Miyuki took the initiative and approached Ash with concern. "It's very dangerous to sit on the window like this. What if you fall?"
This is only the second floor, but it is also unimaginable for Miyuki. If Ash is unsteady and falls... it will be very painful. No, more than that, something will definitely happen!
But Ash-sensei doesn't seem to listen at all!
"Are you looking down on me?" Miyuki's statement made Ash amused.
Who are you talking about that idiot who would fall out of the window? Me? I am the fateful enemy of countless protagonists in the tokusatsu world... I am now a partner of justice, yes, but I am so powerful, how could I fall from the window? This is so funny.
"Ah sneeze!" For some reason, Ash sneezed for no reason.
With the cool breeze blowing, the guy who squinted his eyes felt so comfortable that he even hummed a certain Showa melody happily, but the five girls watching next to him were almost stunned.
How old are you, and you still like to act cool like a kid? Besides, if the teacher or others saw it... we would still be here!
The most annoying one among the five was of course Aoki Reika, who had a good upbringing, an elegant personality, and an upright and traditional behavior that could be called "old-fashioned". Looking at such an "unbridled" guy, a pair of beautiful eyebrows could not help but cast off, exuding a bad aura.
"Ash-sensei, in the name of Student Council Vice President, I ask you to come down from above!" Reika, who was mentally prepared, took a deep breath and spoke righteously to the man to drink him away. No matter what, she couldn't stand his bad habits!
No matter what, I am the vice-president of the school. No matter who the other person is, I cannot just sit back and watch him disrupt the beautiful order of the campus!
"Such an unbridled attitude, whether as a guest visiting the school or as an adult, is so out of character!"
"Hey, really?" After listening to Reika's words, Ash simply turned over and changed from lying down to lying on the window, which made Reika's forehead get a few more bumps. "I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Since it's such a relaxing school, why don't I just be happy?"
This guy... is he acting rogue just because he is older than us? He doesn't even listen to what Pretty Cure says. He is no longer an ordinary scoundrel. He must hit hard!
"Sir, please think carefully!" Reika's tone became more serious this time. "When you were a student in school, would you do such a disqualifying thing?!"
Unexpectedly, after listening to her words, this man not only didn't get angry, but nodded with an "innocent" look on his face.
"Yes, as long as you don't let the teacher see you, you can do anything in school, right?"
As the saying goes, as long as you are not seen, it is equivalent to nothing happening~
"..." After hearing what Ash said, even Reika was speechless.
What's going on, this guy? Have you really become a partner of justice as Miyuki said... I cannot agree with this "incorrect" attitude!
Reika was very worried about the education level of the adult Ash.
"Oh...Reika, don't argue with this guy." Reika felt the warmth of her partner's palms on her shoulders. Akane Hino, who was standing behind her, looked like she had seen through and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.
"This guy just came to see our joke on purpose."
Judging from the curvature of the corner of this man's mouth, he is basically saying that the more passionate you are with me, the more excited I will be. This is definitely how this guy sees it!
"Eh?" After hearing what Akane said, Reika's eyes widened naturally, as if he couldn't understand. "Is that so? But why?"
Are you kidding us? But obviously they never did this to us when we were enemies. If we do this now, will there be any benefit?
"This guy, when you do such a thing, you can see that he is a bad guy who takes pleasure in other people's reactions!" Qian's eyes were full of contempt, and Ash also happily stretched out his thumb and index finger to shoot her.
"Hingguo~ I guessed it right, but there is no reward."
You guys are really in high spirits... What are you doing! Are you some kind of elementary school boy who bullies girls to attract other people's attention?!
"Well, let me take a look." Suddenly a homework book came out in his hand, and Ash read it leisurely and contentedly in front of them. "Homework, I really miss it... That's a lie, I miss nothing but homework."
However, let's take a look at what you wrote, I think it's quite interesting.
"Wait, this is our homework!?"
When they saw the familiar homework book cover, everyone was immediately shocked and looked through their schoolbags, trying to find out if their homework had been stolen.
Ash, who was flipping through his homework like a normal person, happened to find the homework content assigned on the day he met Yayoi last week. Looking at the practical homework on "Understanding the meaning of his name from his parents", even Ash fell into deep thought.
"The meaning of a name... what does my name mean?"
He doesn't know where his name "Ash" came from. He doesn't even know whether the name was given by his father or his mother who divorced when he was five years old.
It is said that a name is the first gift a person receives when he is born. What is my gift?
Looking through the girl's homework book without any shame, Ash made an interesting nasal sound from time to time regarding the different contents above.
"What, is it quite interesting? And the workload is so small... Your teaching environment is really relaxing."
I'm not saying that the amount of homework you have done this week is at most as much as what I did in the third grade of elementary school in one day, and it's not even enough.
At this time, the girls who were looking through their schoolbags made a discovery. Akane discovered that the unlucky child whose homework was stolen was actually me, and she didn't know how Ash took away the homework through the schoolbag.
"This is our homework! You thief, this is someone else's thing, how come you take it so naturally!"
An angry Akane jumped up and wanted to take back her homework, but the playful Ash deliberately waved her hands high in a teasing way, making the girl unable to reach her homework no matter how hard she tried.
I'm Akane from the school's volleyball club. Looking at her at such a high level, I immediately jumped to - "Ah wow wow wow!"
Gently catching the injured book, Akane almost jumped downstairs from her body. With a flick of Ash's palm, Akane returned the same way and sat on the ground.
"It's too dangerous. You are a girl after all. You dare to touch others like this before you have transformed. You are more reserved~"
"You guy, you stole other people's things and played tricks on us, how dare you say that to me!" Akane, who was sitting on the ground and rubbing her butt, turned as bright red as a monkey's butt. She didn't know whether it was because she was anxious or because she was embarrassed by what Ash said.
It's too much. He's obviously a handsome guy, but why is he so bad-tempered!
However, do you think I will give up? I will fight you today and I will definitely tear apart your laughing face!
"If we don't settle it here, we will be wasting our time as women!"
"When you said this, you lost any sense of femininity."
Chapter 54 Ash: Don't stop...
While the atmosphere was getting tense, an unexpected candidate broke in. It turned out to be the soft Yayoi, who smoothed things over between the two.
"Okay, okay, Xiaoqian, Ash-sensei doesn't mean any harm, just a little naughty and curious."
"Ha-naughty?"
Wait, are these adjectives appropriate for her?! and...
"Yayoi, you... you actually spoke for him?"
Akane's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe that Yayoi would actually put in a good word for her. However, this was not over yet. The girl then put on a sincere look and bowed slightly to the man. "It's about to be returned to me. After all, this is Akane's thing. Besides, Ash-sensei is a hero now and can't steal things anymore."
"I will pay it back. Besides, I was just looking at it and had no intention of stealing it."
Really, I just want to relieve my boredom and have some fun. If you are so serious, you will make me a little embarrassed to continue.
"Ha!?" Seeing that the homework book was really back in her hand, Qian's mouth opened wide and she couldn't close it for a moment. She kept looking at Ash, and then at Yayoi.
You...Yayoi Aren't you the one who was bullied the most and the one who hated him the most? Why did you suddenly change your gender? What happened? Is there some secret hidden that I don't know about?
And this nasty man actually listens to you? This, this, what on earth happened!
"Hehe~"
In response to Akane's wide-eyed confusion, Yayoi smiled, but did not answer her friend's confused look.
After all, that story is the secret between Ash-sensei and me.
Since it is a secret, then let me keep it as my treasure for a while longer.
"So, what happened?"
"In fact, nothing happened. It's just that I recovered my transformation ability and can become Pretty Cure again!"
"Eh--!"
At this time, everyone came over in surprise, especially Akane and Nao. Their jaws were so wide open that they almost dropped. After all, it was the timidest Yayoi among them who recovered his abilities first. This was really surprising to them, but how could they hide their shock?
"W-why didn't you tell us, Yayoi-chan!"
"Well, after all, you didn't ask, and no one from the Tragedy Kingdom came to cause trouble this week."
Don't I want to give you a surprise?
"Then, how do you lift the seal? Teacher Yayoi, please teach me!"
"Okay, but Akane and Nao, don't worry."
This time, Yayoi, who was surrounded by everyone, not only did not cry in panic like before, but instead couldn't help but giggle like a bright rabbit.
The feeling of being watched by everyone like this is unexpected and a bit happy.
Thinking of this, the corner of Yayoi's eyes turned to Ash who was leaning against the window and squinting at the sun.
Ash-sensei, you also wanted to attract everyone's attention, so did you do this?
"Hmm..." What no one noticed was that from Miyuki's bag, the lamb-shaped elf "Tangtang" was staring at Ash.
"He is indeed a bully... Tangtang, Tangtang wants to help Akane and the others, Kulu!"
For elves who are extremely simple and understand the world in black and white, Ash is just a nasty villain who bullies himself and his friends. Even if he says he wants to help them, the elves still hate his dark smell that makes the elves uncomfortable.
Besides... since he bullied Qian, Tangtang will vent his bad energy on Qian's behalf!
With such a simple thought, Tangtang jumped out of her schoolbag regardless, raised her head and rushed towards Ash.
Normally speaking, with such a huge power gap, Tangtang would never have a chance to meet Ash.