Why, why did it end up like this?
"Uh huh..."
Walking alone in the corridor full of disinfectant smell, without smart friends, without Ash, Miyuki, who is standing at the crossroads of life, seems completely helpless to the invisible Mirai that Pretty Cure is facing now.
What should I do? I have been told this, just go home and wait for the good news from Ash in a week?
But... do we really want Ash to fight alone? No! Yesterday, just the exposed wounds were so scary! What if he gets injured again, or even has an accident? No, no, even if I can win but at the expense of Ash, I don't want it!
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... I don't understand. I don't understand what Ash said!"
I want to help Ash, but if I continue to stalk him, I will be disliked or even thrown away, but I can't do it if I pretend that nothing happened.
What should I do...
"Uh-huh-no!"
"Xiaoqian!?"
A familiar voice calling from a side ward interrupted his thoughts, making Miyuki startled. He quickly rushed in and unexpectedly saw Akane, who had pillows wrapped around her forehead and was sweating profusely, looking extremely hard-working.
"Axi, Akane!" Miyuki trotted over and held down Akane's rolling shoulders. "What happened last night!?"
She was obviously not injured, so why did the passionate and strong Akane show such a broken expression?
"Miyuki... It's Miyuki! Great!" After seeing the person in front of him clearly, Miyuki, who was off guard, was hugged tightly by the other party. "It's so scary! Mirai...Mirai are all destroyed, and all that's left is despair and darkness. Mirai is so scary!"
"Mirai?" Although he didn't understand the meaning, Miyuki, who could understand the idea, followed her words and asked, "Did Xiaoqian mean that she saw Mirai?"
"Hmm...!" The trembling sound came along with the hug that didn't want to let go. Akane's eyes were full of despair and fear, and she allowed Miyuki to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "What I saw was that Piero and the guy named 'Gagu' won in the end. All the Mirai I saw was pitch black, and everyone and the world fell into the worst tragic ending."
"This is, Ash what he has been seeing, why..."
Akane said this is what Ash has always seen? Following the few words revealed by Akane, Miyuki remembered what the other party said about Mirai's bad end after defeating Ash. Gradually, she felt that she had pieced together the truth of the matter.
Akane's reaction was that she saw the desperate and dark Mirai. Could it be that... he always behaved so extreme after that because he always saw the tragic ending? If that's the case——
"If this is the ending, why have we been fighting until now?"
Following Akane's negative words, it seemed that the dark "Tragedy Energy" could be seen pouring out from behind her.
Her words also reminded Miyuki of the previous quarrel between Ash and them. A trace of confusion appeared in Miyuki's eyes, but when she heard her friend's weak cry coming from her arms, the girl's last bit of confusion disappeared.
Miyuki just took a deep breath.
"I'm not very smart, and I'm too stupid to make any big sense, but."
"Qian, do you remember?" He gently lifted Qian who was hugging him from his arms to his face, and his gentle tone began to bring Qian back to memories. "When Ash first became our enemy, he must have seen the same thing as Akane."
"Ash is much smarter than me. When doing homework, no matter how difficult the English or mathematical equations are, he can give the answer at a glance, although it is very annoying that he always calls me a fool in the end." At this point, Miyuki couldn't help laughing, and as Miyuki recalled, the emptiness in Akane's eyes flashed as she remembered something and gradually began to regain clarity.
"Ash, who is so smart, will always want to get into trouble. He who is so smart and loves to get into trouble, won't he choose to believe that we can change Mirai in the end?"
"So Qian, no matter how dark the so-called Mirai is, it cannot be decided by Piero and the others arbitrarily. There must be you and me everywhere, Yayoi, Reika, Ash and the others!"
"This ending must be decided by everyone together! So!"
As she spoke, gradually, the question that Miyuki had been struggling with before seemed to have an answer in her heart.
"No matter how despair you see, let's change it together into a world where everyone, including that guy, can smile sincerely!"
As she spoke, the girl stretched out two fingers and hooked the corners of her mouth into a gentle arc.
"If you always only look at the darkness, it will be difficult to find what happiness is. Come on, Akane and I are together. Smile~Smile~ If you smile, no matter you or others, your mood will become better!"
Tears kept rolling down Akane's face as she regained her blazing orange light. Holding the hand of her companion who always had a smile in front of her, Akane, who was crying and laughing, nodded heavily.
"Yeah!"
"Miyuki, I may not be able to do it now, so please!"
Among the Mirai she saw, there was something that Akane felt extremely close to her heart. For this reason, she was almost pleading with her best friend.
"No matter which Mirai it is, for some reason...Ash will disappear or die in the end."
"So, please, save him!"
Chapter 176 Gagu, cunning and cruel
Ash is currently wandering on the street, looking like "he's going to kill you soon" Jiang Taigong. Gagu certainly saw it, but he wasn't ready to fight him before the Friday that was agreed upon.
Although the right to interpret "Gilulu" in this world was shamelessly owned by him, after all, he took the initiative to make an appointment at that time. He didn't want to slap himself in the face so early. Anyway, it wasn't just a few days away, right? It's better to wait and see if there are any other changes.
And this waiting seemed to trigger Piero's dissatisfaction with him.
"Why didn't you kill him directly?"
"Why, of course it's because everything is according to plan..." The dark core, which had become dark and shiny, was thrown into the air and pinched when the tattooed man caught it. "Also, when will it be your turn for a guy whose body has been destroyed to tell me what to do? Remember, what you ask of me is far greater than what I ask of you!"
If I go and kill him now, will you come to make up for the "power of darkness" I lack or something? It's not impossible, but if I can eat both ends, why should I fish all the water now?
The oath of ally that he once made is nonsense in his hands. Gagu has already made up his mind. After seizing the dark part of Ash, he will turn against this thin-skinned guy and let him knead it. If he doesn't do this, he will be sorry for his evil character if he doesn't work part-time.
"If it weren't for me, even if you were really a piece of shit Darkness Emperor, you would have become part of space junk by now."
The tyranny belonging to Gagu was undoubtedly exposed at this moment. The slowly pressing fingers squeezed the constantly beating core inward. The squeezed and deformed core seemed to be crushed in the hand. Under the pressure, Piero had no choice but to spit out more things to comfort the other party.
"That's about it."
Feeling the extremely pure dark power being sucked into the spirit stone around his waist, Gagu groaned happily and nodded with satisfaction before letting go of the threatening power.
Apart from anything else, this is the first time he has encountered such pure darkness in the world he has "robbed". This is the power he has been pursuing!
Even though he seems to be able to live a comfortable life with the ultimate power, due to the devastating consequences of his reckless behavior in different worlds with Catherine in the early days, he has long been on the "Space-Time Administration Bureau" wanted list and is often hunted down by stronger beings. Even Catherine can only seize his identity and carefully hide and act as an internal agent for him.
Therefore, in order to live a free and unrestrained life with Catherine, he would rather take risks to seize what belongs to Ash. If it is for the person who saved him, he is willing to do anything!
Therefore, people are increasingly looking forward to how delicious the "darkness" in Ash can be.
"Then..." Perhaps because of the other party's shamelessness, Piero's originally inorganic voice was a little stuck. "Why don't you do something to Pretty Cure?"
"They will also not let you go. They are your enemies."
"Even though I say that, I don't want to fight them."
Of course he understood what Piero meant, but he also had his own considerations.
Ash's superb fighting skills and inspiration are facts that Gagu, who has looted and killed many worlds, has to admit. However, the gap in absolute power can even out the gap. This is his confidence in daring to be an enemy of Ash.
In contrast, he really didn't look down on those Pretty Cure who were completely transformed from little girls. Even without the ability of "supernatural anger" that he was not used to, Gagu was confident that he could defeat them before they fully exerted themselves. But what I'm afraid of is that when they are in a desperate situation, they will suddenly burst into unreasonable idealism and kill themselves. Then where can he go to reason?
After all, when I first came to this universe, if I hadn't been helped by a "good Samaritan", I would have been given a punch full of love and peace by the powerful "Queen of Light" who protects this universe, right? Such an experience really left a psychological shadow on him, along with the legendary warrior-"Pretty Cure".
What's more, according to the information revealed by Piero, there seems to be a behind-the-scenes character called "Fairy Tale Queen" behind these Pretty Cure. So what if he beats the younger one and the older one comes? Throw out Del Piero, who has only one core left, to attract attention to yourself?
To sum up, Gagu would rather continue fighting with Ash than fight five Pretty Cure, even if the other party hates him.
"Anyway, I have my own considerations, please don't worry about it."
He prevaricates with a few random words. Anyway, his target is only the "Dark Echo" on Ash. Do you want him to work for nothing and go head-to-head with Pretty Cure? Ha, he is not a stupid person like Daguba who can't walk when he sees a strong person. He is the only one who robs others. How can he mean to work for others in vain?
"But what you said reminded me."
Although he doesn't want to confront them, he would be very happy if he could torture those who have come into contact with Ash and give him a little more pressure to bring out more "dark sides".
With the help of Piero's power, Gagu called up the images near the girl's house and prepared to take action, but the result was a big disappointment. For some reason, those Pretty Cures all turned into otakus and "hiding" at home. He could even see on the screen the dissatisfied and aggrieved expressions on their faces.
"Has it been calculated in advance? Tsk, isn't there nothing we can do about it?"
Just as he was changing his approach, a girl with a different expression from the others in the picture broke into the center of his attention. The pink-haired girl with a cheerful smile held an iron box wrapped in a warm towel, then took out a small book from her pocket and was about to open it.
This suddenly attracted Gagu's attention. He knew the "Book Gate" book. It was one of the most commonly used things by the Time Management Bureau besides "Time Demon God". After all, it was so convenient to be able to teleport anytime and anywhere with just the coordinates.
But it is precisely because of this efficiency that there are flaws. For example, if the coordinate response during this transmission can be recorded and the same location is opened...
In the past, he had used Catherine's ability to open portals, and with it, he had killed several Time Management Bureau members before they even reacted.
"Oh, Lord Piero." He held Piero's hands in his hands in a frivolous tone, with a look of "pleasure" on his face that was extremely hypocritical. "You don't happen to have a way, do you?"
Gagu As soon as he finished speaking, a book with a dark aura opened in front of him.
Chapter 177 The Beginning of the Despair Story
"Huh huh huh~"
In the pale pink room full of girlish hearts, the happy singing voice of the girl echoed. She tightened the towel used to keep warm outside the iron box. Miyuki had already decided what she wanted to do.
"If it was said last time that it was left outside for too long and it got cold, then there must be no problem this time~"
When Ash faced the unknown powerful enemy, he would rather fight alone than let them help. Instead, he insisted on the girls staying at home. This was originally something that Miyuki felt was quite strange.
When he dueled with them, he looked like he had no complaints even if he was killed, and he didn't despair even when he was crucified by Piero. What's more, he was not the kind of pedantic person who had to fight one-on-one to win or lose. Various signs showed that there might be something about the enemy that made him anxious, so he was so unwilling to listen to persuasion.
Well, if you are as smart as Reika, you might be able to find clues from the clues, but I can't figure it out, so I can only use my own method~!
What Miyuki is preparing now is not preaching, but words of encouragement and comfort.
The things she is holding in the lunch box are also prepared to cheer up Ash. After all, Ash said last time that she wanted to eat her own food. Miyuki still remembers it clearly. Although the process of learning from her mother is difficult, if it is to cheer up Ash, then there is no problem~!
Gently rubbing the band-aids on her fingers, the girl smiled sheepishly.
It's fine that I'm meddling in other people's business and can no longer fight side by side. But let him know that we will stand with him no matter what! In this way, even he can't say anything. After all, Ash is actually a person who is not very good at rejecting other people's kindness~
However, Ash also said that we should not leave home casually. We are worried that we may be attacked or have our home stolen outside, right? Fortunately, the "Book Gate" he gave me came in handy now.
"Hey~"
Miyuki, whose expression couldn't stop being excited, looked left and right to make sure her mother was not there, then opened the book portal in front of her with great interest and jumped in. This feeling of jumping into a story made her very excited.
"Ya——" Miyuki stepped out of the book and was about to call out Ash's name when a pressure came from behind. Before she could remember to turn around, a huge force grabbed her neck, and her whole body was separated from the pull of gravity and was caught in the air.
"Click!"
It was as if something was stuck in her throat, making it impossible to breathe. The sudden pressure on the arteries on both sides of her neck made the girl almost faint.
"Miyuki?"
Ash, who was standing on the street at the end of the alley, turned around sharply. An inexplicable feeling caused his sharp gaze like a sword to sweep across every corner behind him. However, except for the passing patrolman who was paralyzed by a look that paralyzed him and sat on the ground, there was only a scene that seemed empty due to the previous accident.
No, nothing.
Amidst the shock caused by the constant leaping forward, Miyuki, who was being held in his hand like an object and flung around, finally felt like he had stopped. He realized that the surrounding scene had turned into a suburb. Only then did Miyuki finally have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the true appearance of this intruding enemy.
If the former Ash was a lone wolf, then the subspecies of the Miyuki man in front of him is a hyena with a mouth full of blood. The man in military uniform with excessively gray wild broken hair, dark purple lips, and terrifying tattoos on his face was also looking at his prey with a look of joy on his face.
"This is really an unexpected bonus~ I didn't expect to catch you so easily, Pretty Cure!"
Originally, Gagu planned to attack their families, and then deliberately directed the finger at Ash, causing him to betray his family and increase the pressure on him to "go dark." He never thought that he would catch the opportunity and catch him in one step. Now it would be fun!
"Am I overestimating it? It's really not worthy of its reputation!"
The strong smell of blood on his body that almost makes Miyuki vomit is enough to make ordinary people tremble. Including Miyuki, who almost fainted from fear when she was suddenly attacked, but facing him now, the girl gradually calmed down.
She's not afraid of her, that's right, she's not afraid of her!
"Ahem!"
As if he was dissatisfied with the stubborn expression on the girl's face, Gagu restrained his arrogant smile, and the hand on his neck gradually became stronger, and Miyuki's expression began to become more painful.
Miyuki's glaring little feet kept kicking Gagu's motionless chest. She wanted to take out the makeup box from her pocket to transform, but her arms began to lose control as her vision began to blur.
Seeing Miyuki being lifted into the air and unable to even struggle due to difficulty breathing, he already had a lover and was not interested in this little girl who wanted breasts but no breasts and a butt but no butt, but he was very interested in what "surprise" she could bring to Ash.
"So, if you want to blame, blame him."
Slightly relaxing the strength in her hands, the girl gasped for breath as if she had been reborn.
"Huh-huh-! Why..."
The girl's voice was very weak, but her pink eyes rarely flinched.
"... Why are you doing these things? Target Ash!"
"I'm not targeting him, it's just that he just has what I need. You should have felt it, he is essentially a completely different darkness from you."
So the strange thing is that it's not him, but you heroes who don't take down the "evil" properly?