Ash, who was fighting desperately, seemed to want to drop the sword from his hand, but he couldn't let go.
Originally, in order to defeat Gagu, Ash lifted the restrictions of the Holy Sword's prophecy and fought against it by constantly seeing the way of his own death and making the best response. And now, the Holy Sword is using a more intense method than before, completely ignoring the situation and emotions, and rudely stuffing the predictions that everyone in front of Ash may kill him, and the predictions of all his own deaths into Ash's mind.
Damn it, what's going on with this sword? It's so strong! Why is the strength so much stronger?!
The most ominous thing is that after the battle, Ash's physical and mental strength have reached their limits, and he has almost no power to resist.
The power of the Holy Sword was still stimulating his physical condition. In everyone's disbelief, Ash's twisted legs made a painful sound of twisting bones that made people feel sour, and he was forced to return to a standing posture.
The limit, the limit that humans can bear——
At this moment, in the central nervous system of Ash, electrical signals that expanded to an unimaginable level rushed to the core of the brain center.
"Ash, answer me!"
Reika, who looked extremely embarrassed, took the initiative to approach Ash. As expected, he could only use the ice sword in his hand to block another extremely tricky and inevitable slash from Ash.
"Are you now the same person you were at the beginning, who only believed in yourself?!"
The look in Ash's eyes now is exactly the same as that then!
The critical point of the extreme - arrived!
Ash The hand holding the sword suddenly loosened its grip and began to swing with gravity.
"My enemy... my enemy, where is...?"
"Onii-sama?"
Yayoi, who quietly walked around behind Ash, swallowed a gulp of saliva. She thought of the scene in the previous year's "Kamen Rider ooo" where the protagonist Eiji Hino went berserk because of the dinosaur coin. If it was caused by the transformation prop, then throwing that thing away from the user now should be useful!
"Brother, I will help you now -"
The extremely nervous Yayoi approached the unresponsive Ash, and was about to take the holy sword from his hand after heaving a sigh of relief.
Ash, moved.
"My enemy——" Ash, whose eyes were piercing red, could only see Pretty Cure from his perspective at this moment!
Only Pretty Cure fights with him! Only they tried to kill him in various ways, squatting in front of him, their beautiful and gorgeous uniforms stained with their own blood and minced flesh!
I can't recognize it clearly, I really can't recognize it!!!
"Guwa wow wow——"
The screaming Yayoi sprayed blood smoke from his shoulders, fell and rolled all the way to the tree behind him.
"Yayoi?! Ash! Reika!"
Completely confused, Zhi could only be at a loss and yelled the names of everyone present in a broken voice.
But the truth is, no one will answer her question.
"Everyone who appears in front of me is my enemy!"
Reika, who also rolled to the ground in a state of embarrassment, with mud on his face and hair, and who was no longer elegant and beautiful, looked at Ash, whose body was hanging in front of him, like an unresponsive robot but exuding danger all the time.
Now Ash has been offline as a human being to the limit of self-defeat. He is completely dominated by the instinct of the beast and will attack anyone who comes close. However, if he continues to fight, he will probably die of insanity or death of exhaustion.
Likewise, Reika, as if he had finally made up his mind, raised his ice sword and rushed towards him again.
I understand Ash... I understand who Ash is, so I understand that sometimes Ash cannot believe him!
So at this time, the right thing I can do is!!!
"Boom!"
But this time, a red-orange figure descended from the sky and landed between him and her. Akane Hino, who had evaporated all the moisture from his body just by appearing on the scene, stood in front of the stunned Aoki Reika. With the same expression of great determination, he opened his arms and stood in front of her.
"Reika, we will not let you hurt Ash in the past! Absolutely!"
"Get out of the way, Akane!" Reika was so anxious that even the rude push that she had never used to a friend before could not move Akane away. "You have no idea what's going on. Ash is very dangerous now, not only for us, but also for others!"
His current state, no matter what the reason is, will only passively cause greater damage. Our city can no longer be injured again!
"So, now let me-"
"We know!"
Akane's voice cut off Reika's righteousness. She turned around and glanced at Ash, who had his head lowered as if he had lost himself. Akane's face showed a bitter expression.
I'm holding on to one person again... Idiot.
"He will wake up, and someone will save him. Even if you don't understand Reika, this guy can't be hurt anymore!"
"Sunny——Akane! Akane Hino, are you serious? Times like this!"
"That's right!"
Pegasus, please give me strength!
Pure white Pegasus Candle appeared from Akane's hand, and the red-orange candlelight fireworks lit at the top illuminated Akane's determination and Reika's pain. At this moment, Akane, who was wearing a strengthened battle suit like a white wedding dress, stood opposite Aoki Reika who kept shaking her head, and in front of Ash.
Ash, who was clearly having difficulty reacting to the outside world, raised his head slightly. It seemed that a touch of color attracted his attention. What floated in front of him with the wind and rain was an orange hair strand that was more brilliant than the flames.
More than anyone's... more than anything... what I want to do now.
"We vowed to be the flame that warms his heart. Even if we don't make any promises, this agreement will not change."
"So, here we are, [Princess Sunny] (Sunny Angel Princess Mode)! Even if the opponent is you, Cure Beauty!"
"We must also protect his heart!"
Chapter 188: What is the agreement that should be observed?
"Akane... are you making trouble unreasonably, even if you want to fight me? Do you still want to protect him?"
If you ask me, Ash, who is not right now, just knock him down and take him back. Why do you have to be stubborn in a place like this?
Reika's low and bowed voice was terrifyingly cold. It was not the voice of talking to his companions.
"Ah, even if I have to fight you!"
Holding Pegasus Candle in her hand, the determined Akane refused to take a step back.
The bad ending I saw included the scene where Reika collapsed after accidentally killing Ash... We can't let you make such a mistake.
"Akane, are you serious? Don't do this!" Zhi, who had just helped Yayoi up, saw his friends looking like they were about to fight, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her. "Akane, think about it seriously, isn't Reika your friend?!"
"Ash is also an important friend of mine!" As soon as these words came out, Akane became even more excited. "For Nao, doesn't Ash count?"
"This?!"
She took a few steps back and looked directly at Reika, who was clenching her fists, and then at Akane, who was standing opposite and holding on to Pegasus Candle. The wind and rain that kept beating on her body even made her feel like a blade of grass rippling in the wind and rain.
What on earth is going on——
"So Reika, we-wow!!!"
When Akane was about to persuade Reika again, Akane, who was suddenly hit hard in the back, screamed and knelt on the ground, her beautiful white dress stained with the color of muddy water.
Perhaps due to the stress reaction caused by being too close, Ash once again struck down Dark Sword Tsukuyomi, who was as powerful as a ghost at the moment. If Princess Mode hadn't increased her considerable defense power, the blow just now would have made her unable to get up again.
"It's so strange. You are obviously in so much pain now, why do you still do things that make you unhappy?"
Behind him, Ash, who had empty eyes but a weird smile on his mouth, once again raised the holy sword exuding golden light and pointed it at the self in Akane's eyes, who was breathing softly.
Who is this person? I can't remember it, but the look on his face is beautiful, but is the expression on his face showing fear? In that case, he should be killed.
"Are you afraid? In that case, just die without fighting!"
"Stop it, Ash!"
Reika The screams coming from the side were extremely sharp. As Akane was facing the stabbing sword directly, she did not retreat but looked directly into those eyes.
Why would I do this? That's of course because you're here.
"In order to change the ending you saw...!"
As Akane groaned in pain, the sword hanging in the man's hand stopped on the girl's bangs.
It was what Miyuki told me before that made me, who was frightened by the terrible Mirai, make up my mind... Yes, maybe you only thought it was a lie that I said when I was sad and sentimental, but for me, what I have to do will not change!
"Ash, we want to protect you! Let that heart no longer be lonely!"
Therefore, if people like me can come out, you can definitely wake up too!
"This is our agreement with you!"
"Then, I'm leaving, you go to bed early."
"Well, have a nice trip. I'll wait for you to come back."
Hoshizora Miyuki watched the man's last back until he melted into the darkness that was exactly the same as that thunderstorm night. Shortly after saying goodbye to Ash, someone knocked on the door and entered Miyuki's ward. Akane, wearing a battle uniform, sat beside Miyuki's single bed, chatting about recent events, mixed with her own nagging.
"It's raining."
Noticing the water stains on the bow on the girl's chest, the girl turned her head away from the pillow a little after hearing this. The reflection of the raindrops kept washing the pink eyes, and in the eyes with a little darkness covering the highlights, even Akane didn't know what her friend was thinking now.
Now, Ash should go to the appointment.
It was raining so hard... I wonder if he brought an umbrella. It would be bad if he caught a cold in the rain.
I was a little worried, so I couldn't sleep.
"Miyuki, wouldn't it be better if you didn't go to bed earlier?"
"Can't sleep... Didn't Akane sleep too? She obviously has dark circles under her eyes."
"Really?" Rubbing her sour eyes, Akane saw that the time above her head had passed through the early morning and reached the latter half of the night. "Now that what happened, I really can't sleep well... But it's okay, we are Pretty Cure."
In order to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, the remaining four people decided to separate two people to protect their families and the seriously injured Miyuki, while the others took the initiative to find the hateful enemy!
"These past few days, we are still wearing our battle uniforms even when we are resting, but we have almost searched through Nanairogaoka City, but we just can't find that guy!"
"The person that person is actually targeting is Ash. He will not give us a chance. The only one who can defeat him is Ash."
"What a cunning bastard!"
Akane gritted her teeth and vented her anger, the pain hidden behind her expression becoming more and more obvious.
The orange-haired friend who was always full of vigor was now exuding a gloomy and uncomfortable aura, and even the dull hairs sticking out from under the crooked hairpins were a little dull. Thinking of the words she said when she comforted Akane, Miyuki, who is well-informed, felt a hint of enlightenment.
"At that time, too, I kept looking at Ash with that worried look. Sure enough, Xiao Qian also saw Mirai with that sword, right?"
"If that's the case, Miyuki, are you too?!"
Her expression was filled with shock for a moment and then quickly returned to calm. After Akane sighed reluctantly, the expression on her face became extremely unwilling.
"I'm always worried about this and worry about that, so we don't look like us anymore. But, as long as I think about him, I can't control my heart - damn, why are you doing this!?"
The unwilling girl squeezed her palms until they made a squeaking sound. Thinking of Ash's lost figure when she was alone with Miyuki in the end, Akane, whose chest was extremely tight, felt like she was going to cry secretly again like before.
"Miyuki, have you seen the same Mirai? No matter what, no matter how hard we try, even if we survive, Ash must die in the final battle!"
I want to do something for him, even if I don't thank you as long as I can help... But the desperate thing is that I don't even know what to do!
Why! Who must take his life away!
"I just want to live with everyone including Ash. No matter how hard or tired I am, I don't care. Ash must die - I absolutely don't want it!"
There will be times when I hate his arrogance, and times when I like his inadvertent gentleness. At the same time, there is also that agreement with him. Such unforgettable times are precisely because of his presence. Only then can we and I feel happier than ever before!
"?"
Akane, who was getting more and more sad in her heart, was about to cry out when she felt that after Miyuki loosened his grip on her hand, the small notebook slipped out of her hand.
"Miyuki?"
"I can't write it right now, so Qian... you come first for me and write down the story between you and him. After all, it is Qian's precious heart."
"Since you also hate this ending." After saying that, Miyuki on the hospital bed gave his companion a pale and powerful smile. "Then, just write it down."
As for Xiao Qian, she should have made an agreement with Ash.
"The ending of the story is up to us."
By the way, agreement.