Just before Yuko, who was spinning the honey wand, was about to use some skill, Ash, who quickly closed the distance, had stabbed out his knife and pointed it at the girl's throat.
After this period of constantly challenging Pretty Cure all over the world, he has understood a lot of the characteristics of the Precure special attack. Such a first attack is always very useful for these girls who lack a sense of crisis.
"Well, if the first step of the plan fails, everything after that will be completely useless..."
The defeated girl pursed her lips and looked unhappy.
"Huh, every time you learn a lesson, you gain wisdom. Just remember it."
Compared to the girl's distress, Ash seemed very excited.
After all, this is where the real excitement begins. How are you going to fight me next?
After that, the battlefield is drawn into a close combat battle. This is also the part that I like the most! So no matter what unique skills you have, I will peel off your shell to see clearly your "naked" truest self!
So you tell me to come over here! No matter what it is, Ash is always waiting for you here without dodge or avoidance!
"Well..."
Watching the man stabbing at the palm in front of her like a blade, the helpless girl let go of her hand and let Triple Honey Wand fall to the ground with a dull sound. She raised her hands high in the confused eyes of Ash.
"Well, I lost."
"?"
Isn't this just the beginning?
"Is this some kind of trick to fake surrender? Your acting skills are good, but if you want to deceive me, it's still too——"
"No, I've said it before, I'm not the kind of kid who can lie!"
Probably the pair of green compound eyes in the dark Rider in front of her were too pointed. The girl who was very embarrassed and raised her hands in the air said apologetically to him with a smile.
"It's true that I lost."
"I surrender."
"Wait a minute."
Ash Fang also retracted his hand and began to argue with her.
"Where did I go from here just now? I have a clear idea of fighting so many Pretty Cure!"
"Even if you don't follow the route of elite soldiers, but use a universal mass-produced transformation system, defense is still the most outstanding indicator!"
Ash, who was theorizing, immediately began to educate her anxiously in the tone of "I know Precure better than Precure".
"The blow just now was a direct hit, and counting the subsequent fighting derivation, it didn't cause much actual damage to you. At most, it was just a little out of breath, and it wouldn't be fatal at all! To be honest, it won't even lose its combat effectiveness!"
"Logically speaking, you should react immediately, engage in close combat with me, and knock me down with all your strength! You—"
Why did you pull out the cord and surrender after being touched with bloody skin? No Precure in France would surrender so quickly as you, you are unreasonable and have no martial ethics, young man!
"Um... I wanted to do this too." The girl who bowed and apologized to Ash was very embarrassed and said. "But I... I can't fight."
Ash-sensei understands Precure so well... I always feel so shy!
"Can't fight? If you say panic, Ash I will be really angry!"
Don't lie to me! Obviously from the information I collected, Cure Honey has a lot of inspiring records of defeating Bad Beast. You even have records of your appearances in other countries! The popularity is actually not low, but it is much more powerful than that Cure Princess that no one can beat! You said you can't fight? You are a liar!
"Well... it's not right to say that for someone who can't fight." After a moment of silence, the girl with a light bulb on her forehead reflected and explained. "To be precise, I should say - I can't fight anymore!"
"?"
The pitch-black Kamen Rider Decade tilted his head in complete incomprehension.
The girl, who was lowering her head under the oppressive gaze of Rider, clapped her fingers in embarrassment.
"I hate violence."
So with my exclusive weapon "Triple Honey Wand", I can use the power of life and sacredness to heal my friends and purify my enemies, but I can do it without shaking my fist.
Thinking of the appearance of her friend Megumi who transformed into "Lovely Angel" and played "Broken Back" with a bad pawn in one hand, the girl shook her head in disgust.
"So I won't fight like this."
Chapter 37 The shortcomings of Ash?
Is there any Pretty Cure in the world who can't fight?
It's as ridiculous as saying that a certain Kamen Rider has never eaten once.
When I first came to the world of Pretty Cure, Ash had already clearly noticed it when I first met Mana and Rikka.
Although they are very similar to "magical girls" on the market, including the one in the full movie version, no Precure that Ash has encountered so far actually uses magic to fight. The holy special move to purify evil is not so much magic, but rather a torrent of light that is too pure. To put it bluntly, it is the human version of "Spacium Ray".
But what's more important is that the girls Ash has seen, whether they are the powerful ones or the weak ones, are all warriors who can use their strength to drive away evil, and she can really tell the truth when something happens, so she has a common language with them.
The Precures, who are never weak in their fists and kicks, are actually far from the stereotype of "magical girls" wielding magic wands and using magic spells to drive away enemies before being defeated by tentacles.
So even Ash never thought that there would be times when it would not be applicable.
"You won't, or you don't want to?"
"If there are reasons, they are all there."
When Yuko stared at him with his big, innocent eyes, Ash was speechless with complicated emotions.
After all, they are all fighting for the peace of the earth. If you don't have to say that you don't box, it's not Pretty Cure, right? There is no saying that no one is more noble than anyone else...
Although this is the truth, Ash, who has traveled through four Precure-related worlds in succession, still feels uncomfortable and uncomfortable in his heart, as if he is itching to be far behind!
It feels like - everyone else is great, but there is always something missing here!
Pretty Cure How can you not box! Just like Kamen Rider cannot live without flying kicks, Jerusalem cannot live without Tifa!
"Then... what are you good for?"
"I can sing and dance~"
Yuko, who lifted up her skirt to reveal her safety pants, happily danced around in front of Ash.
"The crew of the college idol drama is next door."
"That's not what I meant." Yuko then began to explain his own affairs to him. "I can guide Phantom Empire people through dance to consume their physical strength, and I can also use singing to restore others' vitality and heal their injuries. I even wrote a song myself - um."
The girl who was interrupted by Ash's "Don't speak yet" continued to explain with some reluctance. "Of course, I can finally purify the darkness of the Phantom Empire with divine power. Is there any problem with this?"
"You told me earlier." Ash finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the explanation. "It turns out it's actually an assistant."
The co-author is from the wet nurse position. No wonder he cut off the back row and performed for me and died on the spot.
"Could it be that in Ash-sensei's mind, Pretty Cure should be the kind of ultimate warrior who is full of force and can use his strength to make any enemy surrender?"
The girl seemed to be vaguely aware of the strange image of Pretty Cure in the other person's mind.
Precure is obviously for girls after all, but if you want to say it like this, it's a bit too much.
"Yeah."
Without even a second's hesitation, Ash nodded affirmatively.
After all, the Pretty Cure that I knew before and that changed my mind were all like this.
"However, Pretty Cure's Light Hill's turn out to be like this."
After listing the Pretty Cures that exist here one by one, Ash counts them one by one as if they were arranged in order.
"'Lovely Angel' who has great potential and is good at fighting, 'Angel of Fate' who bears the pain of having sacrificed his loved ones in the past and refuses to get close to others, and 'Cure Princess' who is worthy of praise for the fact that she has never given up, apart from being embarrassing."
"Furthermore, the one who is always gentle and yellow... isn't this time the one who can play shield role as a regular one but the auxiliary position? What a unique combination."
It is precisely this kind of "similar" combination of four people in various senses that reminds me of the strong sense of déjà vu of "them", which makes me limit my sight to this small area when the entire earth is Pretty Cure.
There is also a very similar villain organization "Phantom Empire", so was the last world I came to such a world full of déjà vu? Then I have to make careful calculations about the "arrangements" in this world based on past experience.
"Ash-sensei?" Yuko, who warned aloud, looked at the man in front of him who began to meditate alone, and his eyebrows that were originally relaxed suddenly frowned. "Were you comparing us with others just now?"
This person... could it be that he had some in-depth exchanges with other Precures to be like this?
Omori Yuko, who had not shown any displeasure when he was pulled out for no reason and was about to start a fight, showed his very explicit "displeasure" towards Ash for the first time.
"Ash-sensei, it would be really annoying to make such a direct comparison between the person in front of you and other people you know."
Not even just mine, but also Hui and Kohime?
After all, no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they will never like to be regarded as a "substitute" in the eyes of others.
"Well, what did you say?"
"Alas..." Seeing Ash who had just come back from thinking, Yuko, who didn't know whether he heard it or not, also sighed sadly. "Yuko has always been here, there is nothing for others."
Ash-sensei is awesome, smart, confident and self-aware.
You probably didn't mean to do this... but if you can't wake up to this aspect, you may suffer big losses later.
"Well... then the battle now."
"This is not a battle at all." After unzipping the belt to release the transformation, the postcard in Ash's hand swirled and flew into the girl's raised fingers. "Go and come here on a day when you don't have school, and I'll teach you what real fighting is."
"Can I... not come?"
"Okay."
After all, this is your planet, your world, and it needs to be protected by you.
I'm not playing the role of your nanny this time, so you have to decide for yourself.
"Then -" The girl who came out of the dissipated light and transformed back into Omori Yuko put away her business card and bowed solemnly to Ash. "After that, please give me more advice."
"I'm not a man who will let you down."
With his back to the girl, Ash looked at the pitch-black repainted version of the "Decade Driver" in his hand, and couldn't help but think back to the night when he took this thing away from him a few days ago.
Chapter 38 Phantom Queen wants to watch Ash's live broadcast
"Well..."
He raised his hand and looked directly at the sun above his head. The driver that was just in front of him was illuminated by the sunlight, which was beautifully painted black. He looked at the black and repainted "deacde driver" in his hand, and even Ash made a satisfied sound.
"Isn't this useful?"
I have already dismantled the internal mechanism, and there are no traps or anything like that... Why did that guy say this just to make me suspicious?
Or is it just to make me shake?
"Although it's suspicious no matter what... but since you have the power you have to use it, there's no reason to hesitate, right?"
Ash remembered the story that happened when I got this thing not long ago.
That was what happened after meeting Angel of Fate for the first time.
That was what happened right after Ash defeated the incoming Phantom.
"Your name is Narutaki, right?"
When Narutaki rescued his henchman from the critical moment, Phantom Queen, who was originally wary and suspicious of this person, finally let go of his wariness.
"Phantom Empire thanks you for your action." Phantom Queen, who was trimming his fingernails, kept looking closely at the mysterious uncle who bowed his head to him. "Say what reward you want, I will never be stingy."
"Needless to say, this beautiful Queen." He took off his hat and acted like a gentleman, and Narutaki naturally flattered her. "As an enemy of decade, I'm just trying to do what I can."
If you helped me but don't want a reward... are you here to make me owe you a favor? Thinking of this, the queen's expression remained unchanged. She just narrowed her eyes quietly and carefully observed the smile on the face of the man who was talking in front of her.
"Everything is to save the world from decadence!"
"Oh~" After hearing his righteous speech, Phantom Queen asked curiously. "Obviously we, Phantom Empire, are also an evil organization that wants to drag this world into the "worst" abyss. Is it okay to help us do this?"
"Where, in order to defeat the real devil! Whoever's power should be borrowed!"
Phantom Queen, who is very sensitive to changes in negative emotions, can feel from his heart that his disgust and hatred for decade does not seem to be fake.
Just like my resentment towards "that man" and my disgust towards the man "Ash".
"Even my Phantom Empire?"