"That's a name that only belongs to you. Now, you should call me Ash."
After leaving these words, the man completely disappeared his last trace.
The girls were deep in thought, and the seniors looked at each other in confusion.
Ayumi held the coin tightly.
On the small world hanging high in the clouds in the sky, stands in front of "Heart Tree" which represents the origin of all Heart Flower in the world. The last tomb of Ash was built here.
But except for a ring, there was nothing else buried inside.
Ash saw Lei's cherry blossoms and Erika's yellow chrysanthemums in front of the tombstone. The fresh cleaning marks on them showed how much the girls attached importance to this place.
Without doing anything extra, Ash, after visiting his own grave, leaned his back against the soft branches of Heart Tree, writing something on the notebook in his hand with a pen.
"Long time no see, Ash." The Cure Flower transformed by Heart Tree knelt down behind Ash, and pressed her kneading palms on the cervical acupuncture points on his back to massage and relax him.
"You look much happier than last time, but you're not relaxed?"
Chapter 91: Be patient
The girls all heard Ash's words and also made very girly choices.
"Well... really, I am also a member of Fashion Club, don't look down on me!"
Someone is worried.
"This one won't work... Isn't this one a little too fancy? If it's a maid outfit - ah, time! We don't have enough time!"
Someone is anxious.
"Huhu, he will definitely like this look!"
There are also people who are simply enjoying themselves.
But in any case, the past bond with Ash also allows them to vaguely understand the hidden background that the man foreshadows.
Therefore, they would naturally choose to stay with him to the end and dance the last dance he asked for.
"But... no matter what you become, don't think we will give up! Ash!"
Perhaps this is some kind of "tacit understanding" unique to them.
"I'm here to say goodbye to you this time."
He said something outrageous casually, and Ash bit the pen in his hand unconsciously.
"Probably, I won't come back in the future."
"Really? Then you have to tell Xiaolei and the others properly."
Without saying anything else, the will from Heart Tree just continued to massage the excessive stiffness on his back.
She is always like this, whether it is the Pretty Cures under her command, the elves born from her, or all life on this planet... including this human being from other worlds.
She always loves the people who deserve to be loved equally, and is an aspect of the gentle world of Pretty Cure.
"But." After pausing for a moment, the soft female fingers moved up to his temples, massaging him with a slight force as if to warn him. "It's not just Lei and the others who are worried about you, but also the Pretty Cures from other worlds, right?"
This slightly majestic power was like an elder reminding him what he should do.
"Yes." No matter how careless his face was, it would be impossible to say that Ash was not worried.
"Ayumi."
To be honest, I don't know what to say to her.
If that "A" is just the kind of clone or parallel individual that was common in the past, it would be easy to solve. What's his is his, and what's mine is mine. I'm not going to accept the difference on this point.
But the thing is... either the "A" for that one or the "Ash" for the other one.
"If I lose to my own arrogant and indulgent desires, I will become the Ash who is the culprit of everything."
I can completely feel all the memories after their birth, every feeling, mood, and even the slightest fluctuation in their emotional strings, and I can't lie to myself that these are things that have nothing to do with me.
"If I lose to the sense of nothingness in this huge world, I will become A who has lost my original self."
Therefore, including all the results caused in this fusion world, even if those Precure who I don't know yet want to seek revenge from me, I will not hide or escape. After all, this is the fate of "me".
"However, when these two existences merge into one, they are the composition of me, Ash."
This principle is like saying, isn't yesterday's Ash or the day before yesterday's Ash not my own person?
Now I can feel the two same characteristics.
Then again... Sakagami Ayumi was originally just a passerby who picked up the "trial model" I created by imitating the Precure transformer. But she has indeed relied on her half-baked skills to fight side by side with the equally half-baked A until now. It can even be said that without her support, I, who is too "weak", will definitely lose.
So...
"I really don't know what to do..."
For reference, those Land of Light people who have had the experience of being a clone... No, they usually escape from marriage directly with their human Ultras. There is no way to refer to those whose situation is different from mine!
"Alas..." Even Ash, who has experienced many battles, doesn't know how to face this kind of thing. Maybe this is the real him.
"Don't sigh so easily." Soft fingers gently closed his chin, Heart Tree's voice was always as warm as the blurred mother before she left. "Happiness will easily slip away from you."
"I know... I was just thinking about something."
"Can you tell me what you are thinking about?"
Standing up from the disintegrating branches behind him, Ash took out a random plastic chair from a food stall from his inventory and sat down on it.
"Sometimes, I'm thinking about it too." Ash closed the notebook he had finally finished writing in his hand and cast his gaze in a distant direction. He seemed to see the girls who were hurriedly preparing at home and looking forward to dating him. "What if that day, the world I went to for the first time was not Kamen Rider's world, but your world."
"Would our fate have been different between us?"
Will I go back to my old ways, and will you continue to do what you do best?
Ha, I know the answer even if I don't say it.
"Hush~shh." With one hand on the restless belt, Core Medal, who contains the will of the five Bad End Precures, is now clamoring to come out as a vanguard for Ash. Even if he can't beat them, he will help him cause even a little trouble for Pretty Cures.
"I know, I know you are anxious, but please be patient." Thinking that these residents, who had caused a lot of troubles in their bodies, actually had a self-awareness that imitated Miyuki and them because of a single thought, even Ash couldn't help but feel funny. "The next situation will require your strength."
Since you are the "secondary creation" of the story between me and Miyuki in the past... then, let me "use" it well. The ending of BAD END and so on... that's it.
In this way, you can create a new story of your own.
I looked down and saw that it was already past 4 pm, so they should be here at about the agreed time.
"Here he comes."
Ash, who was sitting on the chair, could already sense their arrival from the subtle difference in hearing coming from their footsteps, even if he didn't have eyes behind him.
Are the three people who came here Mana, Lei, and Miyuki? This is really representative.
Chapter 92 It begins
The tower originally created by Ash was a shortcut to Heart Tree. It was probably another preparation made by him to continue the invasion after defeating Precure. Now it is just an advantage for the girls.
However, due to some minor accidents that happened along the way, Lei and the others were temporarily separated from the others and reunited, so they formed the same team and continued towards the floating island of Heart Tree.
"I really didn't expect that there were so many Pretty Cures in the world, and most of them were students of the same age as me~ It's really exciting to think about this!" Aida Mana daily flirted with other new friends. Without the interference of Ash, she now returned to her usual social terrorist attitude.
"Xiao Lei~ I actually always thought you were quite cute." This time, the person targeted by the former president became Hanasaki Rei, who was wearing new clothes. "You know, just the thought of becoming friends with such a cute and powerful Pretty Cure like you and Miyuki makes me excited~ Ah, when you say it, I really envy Ash-sensei who can go anywhere."
"Hmm, Lei without glasses is indeed Ultra happy and pretty and cute!" Miyuki, who also put on a brand new private server, nodded in agreement behind Lei who was leading the way.
"I'm sorry~ I didn't know that Lei was still in such a mood at the time, so I couldn't help but tell Ash... But this time it was Ash who went too far. I must teach him a lesson after I defeat him this time!"
"Okay, don't be so angry~" Seeing Lei's mood becoming more and more subtle, Mana, who continued to coax her, thought of all the "unfair treatment" Lei had suffered, but it was not impossible to understand her feelings.
At that time, when she slapped Asura, she was really too angry and did not consider other people's feelings... But how could she have imagined that Lei, who was also a fan, would be "one step behind" to such an extent.
As for Lei's reaction...
So it's the mouth that kissed Ash that says all nice things? Tsk... I was obviously so happy when I did that shameless thing.
"Hmph." Some angry girls snorted out of their noses in anger, and slightly adjusted the garland on the private clothes they wore specially for the "date" today. Lei, who was still angry, didn't want to talk to the two people behind her yet.
Obviously the store manager likes to interact with others all day long, and I have tried my best to respond to him in his own way! It turns out that this guy who steals other people's hearts casually without knowing it is really——Okay, now even if you ask me to charge, I will charge to you!
Excluding the option of flirting, even the softest girl will change her appearance and show the "anger" of an honest person when she is persecuted to the extreme and reaches a certain critical point!
Anyway, I can't bear it anymore!
"Ah, I saw-"
Looking in the direction of Miyuki's exclaimed hand, the two of them also saw the man sitting on the plastic chair of the food stall in front of Heart Tree.
They looked at him, and he was also secretly observing them now.
When out of the corner of his eye he saw Lei and Miyuki who had completely changed their appearance, as if they had been modified several times, Ash was also unexpectedly stunned.
"How about it? I said it was time to go on a date with Ash." After noticing Ash's gaze, Miyuki held up her pure white dress and spun around like an elf who had fallen into the boundless joy of the world. "My mother helped me choose this one. She said it was her old clothes. It really fit me perfectly!"
"The store manager shouldn't have forgotten it, right?" Wearing a beautiful dress that everyone hand-cut, Lei, who had removed her glasses and had her past impression of a local girl gone, was so stunning that Ash almost couldn't recognize her. "I am also a member of Fashion Club! This is the real me!"
Feeling Ash couldn't help but look over here, the anger in her heart quickly subsided, and Lei smiled more and more towards the blooming bud.
It seems that you did the right thing by dressing up carefully to meet Ash this time. Girls need to fight for their own love, and this is also recorded in the Kojiki!
"Hmm... I've been struggling for too long..." As for Miss Aida Mana, who struggled for too long under the advice of her friends and only had time to change into stockings and had to wear her usual school uniform to see Ash, she was obviously less emotionally stressed than the others.
How is it? Does it look good?
I most want Ash to see how I look in this dress!
For the two people who seemed to be questioning him silently, Ash, who had his back to them, also poked out a thumbs up from the corner of his arm.
It was at this time when the atmosphere was subtle, stable and improving that the steps from Mana brought them back to reality.
"Hey, Ash! The days of you slipping away at every turn are over!"
The distance between the two sides began to close, and just as she was about to say the next sentence, Lei slipped past her and pointed at him with sharp eyes as she instantly entered a fighting state.
"Ash!"
Lei, who had probably entered a certain state, made a truly outrageous declaration in front of the two people standing next to her who looked shocked.
"You are mine!"
The branches and leaves above Heart Tree shook for a while, seeming to be pleased with Lei's "growth".
"..."
"If you want it, you have to get it yourself." Pretending not to hear the meaning of Lei's words, he turned around from his chair and stood up Ash said the lines according to the fixed rules. "You already know these rules."
"I knew you would say that."
Amidst the drumbeats of unknown meaning (provided by Heart Tree branches beating), the two partner elves entered the state, and three pink transformers appeared in their hands.
"How many fights have we had?"
"Hmm... if you don't count the time when Ash pierced me very painfully?" Miyuki, who was completely spoiled by Ash, nodded her chin and came up with the answer when she remembered that Ash had been cured twice when she went insane. "It seems like there is only the first time when we first meet——"
"I can't tell." He quickly interrupted Miyuki's memories that were too "sweet" in every sense. Lei, who accidentally seemed to have heard some very exciting news, glared at Ash. "In my memories, Ash is always looking for us to fight."
"It's time to get to know each other, Ash!" After raising his hand to cut open the pink transformation light effect in front of him, three Pretty Cures he was familiar with were standing opposite him. "It's settled once and for all!"
"Eh... wouldn't it be a good idea to end it all? I also want Ash to be with us more..."
"No Miyuki, Mana was just a metaphor. In fact, she also wanted to take Ash home after defeating it!"
"Wow - Lei, you can't talk nonsense!"
Seeing the three girls in front of him chatting and even joking in a familiar manner, Ash couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Sure enough, this is still the best for you.