"If you can't get down to business, you'll be the first to show off, so let's just put on a funny and relaxing scene, right?"
Really, if there really is a Superman, what would we do?
"Speaking of the sky." Akane came from behind. She seemed to have calmed down, but still did not dare to look at Ash. She pointed her hand towards the largest source of light and heat above her head. "Isn't there such a big sun hanging in the sky?"
"Hahaha, Akane-chan, how is this possible~" Miyuki kept touching the place where the head was knocked, waving his hands and smiling brightly at her. "Could it be that the enemy is actually on the sun? Hahaha, don't make such a joke~"
"Wait!"
Ash's sudden drink startled them. Ash, who had his hand on his chin, after a moment of contemplation, suddenly pulled out a blue telescope from his sleeve, pulled and folded it to turn it into binoculars, and looked directly in the direction of the sun.
"Wow, Ash-sensei, it's impossible to look at the sun like this! Your eyes will be hurt!"
"Shut up!" With one hand, he supported Miyuki, who kept rushing towards him. Ash adjusted the focus and finally saw what he wanted to see.
Ash's pupils shrank at this moment, and he saw that it was the darkness blocking the sun, blocking part of the light and shadow.
Moreover, it is still enlarging towards this side.
"TMD!"
Ash, who couldn't help but curse, punched the metal handrail next to his hand and dented it, startling the girls beside him.
"How could it be like this!"
Putting down the telescope in his hand, Ash gritted his teeth.
"Ash-sensei..." Akane was a little unsure and asked Ash whose expression changed dramatically. "What's wrong, what did you see?"
"This is really the worst..." Pressing his forehead, Ash seemed to have finally told them what he saw after a period of complex inner thoughts.
"The enemy is indeed in the sky!"
"And!" Where Ash raised his hand to point, the light from the sun condensed a beam of light on his fingertips!
"Which [enemy] is falling towards here with the power to destroy everything!"
Destroy everything?
Just seeing Ash showing a rare anxious look in front of them was enough for the girls to raise their inner tension to the extreme.
What's more, even though what Ash said was not clear, just the seriousness of the word he used made the girls change their minds after hearing it.
"This is no longer something that Pretty Cure or Kamen Rider can solve alone!"
"Now, go to your secret base first!"
Seeing the girls who had listened to his words and quickly led the way towards the library outside the school, Ash raised his hand and pressed it on his swollen temples.
Really, you have prepared such a big gift just to defeat us? You really think highly of us...
Thinking of this, under the cover of the palm pressed to his temple, another dangerous smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth.
However, it is precisely this that can be called a powerful challenge...
It's more exciting, isn't it?!
Chapter 58 Stars Falling from the Sky
It is not only Pretty Cure who are feeling anxious at this time, but also "Earth Observatory" who is always monitoring the situation in the universe, and is also anxiously busy with the extremely alienated data at this moment.
"What happened?" The research director in a white coat uniform ran all the way to the main control room responsible for monitoring astronomical conditions. "You said there was an asteroid that deviated from the original orbit of the star ring?"
"Yes! We have detected anomalies on this planet! Its surface temperature is rising rapidly, and nuclear reactions are beginning to occur inside as a driving force!" When the researcher holding a large amount of fresh information reported, nervous sweat began to drip down from his head and wet the paper. "The asteroid that was originally orbiting Jupiter suddenly broke away from its original orbit and flew directly towards the earth!"
"In this case, this asteroid will fall on the earth without any accident!"
"How is this possible!" The director's eyes widened as he looked at the various data on the paper and screen. His past scientific concepts were shattered at this moment. "Suddenly it was detached from the trajectory without any visible impact, and not only that, it was not captured by the gravity of other planets but headed straight towards the earth?! Why does this kind of thing happen!?"
"Director, no matter how you calculate, you can't avoid the worst ending!"
As the data was generated, an atmosphere of despair began to spread in the main control room, and even dark purple flames invisible to the naked eye emerged from the decadent researchers and floated to the distant world.
————Within Incredible Library————
Originally, this place "Incredible Library" was used as the Precures' secret base in another world. It usually stocked snacks and tea drinks that the girls brought from home. Rather than a place like a combat base, it was more of an atmosphere like a casual tea party for girls to chat.
"This time the enemy is coming fiercely, it would be good to hear what kind of battle plan Ash can lay out!" This was their general thought before coming.
But now this relaxed atmosphere is nowhere to be found, all because of Ash's speech. The girls stared at the man sitting at the other end of the round table with wide eyes, and were even more shocked after hearing his words.
"Stars!"
"From heaven!"
"Falled off?!"
"To be precise, it's an asteroid that fell from the original satellite orbit... Well, you are right to think of it as a star." Ignoring the tearful Tangtang's protest in his hand, as a punishment for attacking him, Ash grabbed her in his hand and kept pulling on her elastic cheeks as a stress relief toy.
"But, if the stars fall... wouldn't it be nice?" Miyuki thought of something and took out a piece of [Star Ornament] from the storage box. After using the power of the makeup box to activate it, the power of the jewelry immediately dyed the room into a dark night. Countless bright stars fell from the sky, attracting the attention of the girls, making people forget to leave.
"Look, if even the stars fall down, wouldn't it be super romantic~~ You can also watch the meteor shower, Ultra happy - it hurts!"
Withdrawing his fist, Ash couldn't help but shook his head for her escape. "I thought you were just a fool, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid... You can't even be called a mortal's wisdom. Don't say this to the people of Sydney."
"Why..." Miyuki, who was covering his head with tears in his eyes, immediately had the same expression as Tangtang now. "And Ash-sensei... Tangtang also apologized, it's time to let go, right?"
"Besides, it's because I didn't think much of her. If you want to punish her, then punish me too!"
"Anyway, let me put it another way." In the eyes of the others who were ashamed, Ash pulled the little face of Miyuki in his arms, struggling with tears in his eyes as if nothing had happened, and kept shouting "Ah woo, ah woo". "I'm afraid what you see will not be a meteor shower, but the falling sky!"
"The so-called meteor phenomenon is the trajectory left by the meteoroids in space being captured by the earth's gravity and burning up as they broke through the atmosphere. Then, here comes the problem." He temporarily removed his hand from Miyuki's red face, and flicked the girl's thin cherry-red lips with his index finger. "What will happen if the fire that rubs against the atmosphere doesn't completely burn it up and lets it fall to the ground?"
"It will turn into a meteorite falling from the sky." Reika, the most knowledgeable among the five people, explained. "Historical documents have also recorded that there have been experiences at home and abroad of meteorites falling from the sky and making huge craters on the earth. In ancient times, such phenomena were even worshiped as gods."
"Put aside the question of whether the falling meteorite is a god or not." Ash put his finger on the lips of Miyuki who wanted to shout loudly, suppressing her words so that he could speak. "What would happen if this meteorite was really, really huge?"
This...
Seeing that even Reika paused, as if he had hit a blind spot in knowledge, Ash was not annoyed and simply wrote a long list of data next to the "asteroid" pattern marked on the plan in front of him.
"Let's call this asteroid that is about to land on Earth 'Axis'..." Ash, who suddenly felt that this name was a bit unlucky, changed his name to another one. "Let's call it 'Original Lifeform Nibiru' first."
Not noticing the dead look in Yayoi's eyes next to him, Ash played with the increasingly rounded Miyuki in his hand and continued, "According to the observation data I obtained after precise calculations, the diameter of this 'original life form' is about 10KM, which is equivalent to the famous Halley's Comet."
"Although we don't know how many gaseous and liquid components it has, but even if it's smaller, it won't be less than a trillion tons."
Letting go of Miyuki who was already dizzy in the ocean of numbers and simply letting himself play with it, Ash continued to write extremely exaggerated numbers in the plan.
"The instantaneous explosion power of the comet 'Shoemaker-Levy 9' that collided with Jupiter in 1994 was probably greater than billions of [Harmony] bombs! If 'Original Lifeform Nibiru' had landed on the earth, the result would have been worse than that!"
"Wait, that's like this?!" Although it was not clear what [harmony] Ash meant, it did not hinder the fear in the hearts of the girls for this increasingly huge result. "If we fall behind, mom, dad, them, and our classmates."
"Boom——" Ash used gestures to match the sounds in his mouth, creating an explosion effect that made the girls look at each other.
"After falling, those who are still alive will probably have to re-experience what happened 65 million years ago."
"Of course, that's assuming there are still living things on the surface."
Chapter 59 Ash: It doesn't matter, I will take action
"This, that's the case!" Her anxiety made her stand up from her seat, and Akane slapped the table excitedly. "If this is the case, how can we stop it?!"
"You said stop? Stop that trillion-ton asteroid from falling to the earth, are you kidding me?" Ash chuckled under their ugly expressions, crossed their legs and leaned back. "Are you going to use your Pretty Cure power to push it back?"
"Ultraman is not a god. You are just girls, let alone you."
"But... but!"
Akane wanted to say something else, but when she looked around, she saw that everyone's expressions were so depressed that they looked ugly.
Why, why does everyone seem to have no confidence?
"A 10KM asteroid..." Reika, who rested his forehead on his crossed fingers, looked confused. "Can Pretty Cure's power rival this level?"
"As for the little ones in my family..." Thinking of his younger brothers, sisters and family members, he couldn't help but feel shaken.
"Dad..." On the other side, Yayoi had already started to close his eyes and pray. "Please, please protect me..."
"Tangtang, what should we do?"
"I don't know..." As the elf who brought this power from the Fairy Tale Kingdom, Tangtang was also in a low mood and stopped making noise. "Tangtang doesn't know Kuru either..."
In the past, they have been using this power to fight against the various tragic worlds created by the Tragedy Kingdom, as well as the clowns and monsters.
Even if they encounter powerful and unmatched enemies, even evil dragons like Ash who block the road to protect the treasure, they still rely on their faith to defeat all enemies with powerful or strange powers so far.
But, can they, the legendary warriors who have fought so far, fight against this almost natural disaster-like enemy?
Now they can't even fly like the angels in the story.
Girls don't know the answer...
"Everyone!" It was at this time when people were feeling depressed that Miyuki stood up.
"If everyone despairs here, then they have truly given up!"
Her expression didn't seem to be defeated by this terrible reality. Of course, it might be that she didn't understand what was going on, but she knew one thing was not wrong.
"Besides, if you haven't really seen it, whether it's popular or Nibiru, why do you think we will definitely lose!?"
Miyuki's voice was like a hammer crushing despair, ringing the alarm bell in their hearts and allowing them to find a glimmer of light crawling out of the despair spoken by Ash.
"Indeed." Pulling out the chair and standing up, firm calmness reappeared in Reika and their eyes.
"If even we, Pretty Cure, despair of such a thing, what will the others do?!"
"That's right, it's too early to despair now." The sound of Ash banging on the table called their attention back, and only then did they notice that the man still had an inexplicable smile on his face, as if he was deliberately observing their loss.
"If you think you will lose from the beginning, then the opportunity that was still possible will definitely fail/"
"Wait a minute, Ash, are you telling me that you have a plan already!?" Akane, who was so excited, almost pounced on her.
If there is obviously a way, why do you still say it as if there is no hope!?
"Of course I already have a solution, so what I told you is not something that you and I can solve alone."
No way, who made you struggle in trouble and then bounce back again, so beautiful?
"Please, Ash-sensei, please teach us!"
Seeing Nao and Reika asking for their help seriously, Ash also accepted it and opened the book in front of him and unfolded the real plan.
"In fact, if my calculations are correct, you don't need to face the asteroid head-on."
Being able to suddenly change its orbit and pull asteroids over to throw rubbish to the earth. If this was the permanent ability of the Tragedy Kingdom, there would be no need to consider it at all. They can just smash the earth into an Ice Age and harvest a big wave of Tragedy Energy.
After some research, Ash successfully found the energy in the air that was emitted from the earth and pulled the asteroid. It was most likely a special prop or a clown with special abilities. Pretty Cure needed to catch the thief first to destroy this culprit!
"But." Miyuki raised an objection at this time. "But in this case, if you don't have time to defeat Tragedy Kingdom, and the falling 'Original Lifeform Nibiru' can't stop... what should you do?"
Even though you have defeated the enemy, you still have to watch the bad end happen... No!
"That time~"
A dark purple metal gear was bounced by Ash's thumb, and then was pressed on the back of his hand with a snap.
"It was my turn to come out and push it away."
"Ehehehe————!?"
Ash's shameless words shocked the girls for a whole year, especially Akane, who had the biggest jaw open and was pointing directly at Ash with her hand.
"You just told us that it's impossible to push the asteroid away! What's going on now!?"
In response to Akane's question, Ash smiled without saying a word and moved the gear covering the back of her hand closer to them.
"Come on, guess which team it is?"
In response to the girls' questions, the last sentence was "If you don't go home, your mother will be anxious." After sending them all home, Ash made an appointment with them to come back tomorrow to save the world.
As for whether anyone will be too nervous or excited to sleep thinking about this... haha, that's none of my business.
"It's quite delicious."
Seeing no one around, Ash took out a piece of Tao Su from the girls' snack jar and chewed it carefully.
Speaking of which, I seem to be able to taste some sweetness?
"Ah! Those are the snacks we brought from my hometown!"