The crowd that came to celebrate Hui's birthday was unexpectedly huge. Not only Hui's good friends and classmates, but also many people who had been saved by her actions and singing were also present. Even Pretty Cures from other countries came from thousands of miles to congratulate her.
"Miss Megumi——Cure Lovely!"
"Happy birthday!"
When her identity was exposed and there was no bullshit like persecution typical of other worlds, before the deafening sincere congratulations from the participants, she once again truly felt what was going on with the high popularity Ash said she didn't need to be Pretty Cure.
"Thank you so much, Lovely Angel... No, Ai is Miss Megumi!" Pretty Cure "Sunset Angel" from Hawaii, whom we had met once before, was holding her hand and thanking her sincerely. "If it weren't for your singing, my sister and I would have done something irreversible. We who were saved by you are now your fans!"
"Then everyone here must be in the same mood!"
However, Hui, who was still puzzled, couldn't help but ask.
"But why?"
"Just watch, Miss Hui!"
Sunset Angel raised her hand in favor of everyone in front of her and pointed her in the direction one by one, and everyone she pointed to responded to her with a bright smile.
"The people here are all people whose happiness has been protected by your incomparable love!"
"Why is it an extremely great love? Because if you don't have this level of soul, you can't achieve this level."
And isn't the song "Interstellar Flight" that has topped the world's pop charts filled with love?
"Really?"
It turns out that I have already done so much without realizing it?
These are all... love?
Even though I am actually very small, the love in my help will be transmitted, gathered, and connected into such a huge blessing.
But...
This Mugen extended happiness can't be passed on to the person I most want to convey it to.
The result of Kei looking around again is that she needs to continue to endure the loss.
Sure enough, he won't come.
Everyone responds to me with love, but who else can my love respond to now?
"What's wrong, Megumi?"
A birthday party is a sea of joy, and precisely because everyone is smiling, Kohime can easily find the glum protagonist.
"As for me, I've lost my motivation a little bit." Leaning on the railing and looking at the smiling faces of everyone below, the girl felt like she was out of place. "I always wanted to help Ash, but in the end, I might have harmed him."
In other words, from the beginning, it was just my own passion, and everything was totally unnecessary.
His heart has already been filled with my place... but the fact that he likes me cannot be false.
I do not understand! Ash, I don't understand!
"Is it a misunderstanding?"
No, it was not a misunderstanding... Although she wanted to say so, she opened her mouth but could not speak in front of the concerned eyes of her companions.
She seemed to be afraid that after knowing the truth, even they would be angry and leave her.
"Really, Ash that idiot!" Iona was furious, imagining the air in front of him as Ash's falling merciless knife. "However, I think he must also be thinking about Hui's happiness."
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said a lot of unnecessary words to us before.
"We'll come back to him later and talk about it. No matter what, let him come and reconcile with Hui." Yuko, who always smiled, patted his friend's shoulder with a gentle idea.
"But before that, don't think so much now. This is Hui's own birthday! Be happy, smile, you must be happy!"
Hui hugged Kohime, who was still comforting herself, and buried her cheek deeply into the other person's equally flat chest.
"Kohime... Thank you."
"Sa! Megumi, you are the protagonist today. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, go and cut the cake - what is that!"
The sudden situation in the sky interrupted the originally stable and good atmosphere. The thing wrapped in flames above the sky and dyeing the sky red Light Hill was not a meteor, but a huge robot with obvious characteristics.
"That's...Ash! What's going on? I obviously said before that I would do it alone! Isn't this coming back?"
As soon as a person's thoughts changed, Hui immediately made up his mind. "Everyone, please, go help Ash!"
The three of them looked blankly at the girl whose face had regained its determination.
"But, Megumi. What should I do if you say that?"
It's your birthday here now!
Obviously Ash specifically told us to take good care of your heart!
"It doesn't matter to me... I'm Pretty Cure! Everyone should know best how strong I am!"
Even though she said so, others still had no intention of resting, and everyone could see signs of her reluctance.
"Please, everyone, this is my only wish when I blow out the birthday candles!"
Faced with her friend's sincere entrustment, no one could refuse her kindness this time.
"I understand, Hui, you must wait until we bring Ash back together!"
That's it, that's it...
Ash, that's it.
Looking at the backs of the other three people flying into the sky, the girl felt a little relieved, but she didn't notice that she had moved to the microphone in the center of the stage that was originally used for performances. This suddenly aroused the interest of everyone below.
"Is Miss Megumi going to sing again?!"
After all, the legend of Hui Yi's song that saved the world is still vivid in our minds!
It's almost the same as before, facing the current changes. Miss Megumi will use a song to save the world again!
"Great, let's sing! Miss Megumi, please sing!"
"I..."
Looking at the ecstatic participants below, Hui, who was born in a sea of popularity, could only follow the wave of the atmosphere and continue to hold the microphone at a loss.
If everyone expects it so much, then I can't do anything if I don't do something.
Okay, then I'm going to sing...
"..." The girl opened her extremely dry lips and tongue, which were so dry that they seemed to bleed.
It's time to sing!
"..." Despite everyone's expectations, not a single note came out of her mouth.
"No..."
I can't sing.
"Eh?"
My singing, in fact, is only for Ash!
The original protagonist of this birthday party hid her eyes filled with tears, left the crowd behind and ran outside in surprise.
Chapter 224: What colors can be seen after even love disappears?
"What's going on? Where is Miss Megumi?"
"I can't come!"
Megumi left all the sounds behind.
She wanted to use the speed of running to leave behind all her feelings, whether they were love or bad feelings. Now she just wanted to think about nothing.
The girl who tore open her obstructive dress to reveal the short red skirt continued to run, running next to Daizyujin who was also running in the distance, until she could no longer see anyone, until her burning heart and lungs forced her to stop.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Want... want to see him.
Obviously, today should be a happy day, and it is not my style to stay depressed.
Obviously, there are so many people who say they feel happy because they have been helped by me.
Everyone's happiness lies with me, so who does my happiness belong to?
She thought of Ash that day after she stopped covering up everything, showing her true hatred. That was the moment she deceived herself and was unwilling to face.
"Although I tried hard, it didn't actually help. Not only that, it even caused trouble."
Yes, Ash... Decade is so powerful. Even if there is no me or Pretty Cure, he alone can defeat Phantom Empire and all those Red God and Toregier.
Now, it seems that I no longer have the confidence to help others...
"Boom."
Covering her heart, Hui seemed to hear something violently stirring and burning below.
"Why can everyone be happy, but you can't? Are you regretting it now?"
This voice belongs to that Red God!?
"You are a kind and good person, but in the end, you are the only one who lost love."
"For the existence of greater love, the person you love naturally abandoned you. This is also the result of you being deeply hurt and bursting into tears."
He covered both ears with both hands, but the voice sounded directly in his heart.
"..." I wanted to retort with the natural and valid reasons, but when I opened my mouth, I found that I couldn't say anything just like when I sang.
As he said, there was indeed something moistening his eyes now.
"But it's okay, just let everything go again. Just let the world become what you want. This is the world you saved. You have the power to make free decisions."
"My... freedom..."
"Boom!"
The sound of agitation became louder and louder.
Did these words hit me hard?
"Give at will, plunder at will! If you experience such happiness, you will be happy too."
I used to think about these things too.
The loosened hands dragged randomly on both sides of his body, slowly swaying with the trembling back.
Red God's voice of temptation becomes clearer and clearer.
"Come on, you don't want that Ash to bow down to your hatred——"
Abrupt, impactful motion physics interrupts the temptation from hatred! But what is more regrettable is that what comes is not the royal plot of the protagonist's friends coming to the rescue in time, but another villain who is their enemy.
"Phantom!"
Didn't you get blown away by me before? Are the results still there... Apparently even Phantom Queen has been knocked down and captured!
"Cure Lovely—!"
The once white clothes had been torn into disgraceful pieces of cloth, and the only thing that remained unchanged was the red anger in his eyes. At this moment, Hui, who was suddenly attacked and interrupted by the temptation from the dark side, had no time to think about anything else. She could only hold on to her exhausted body and continue to squeeze out her strength and run.
"Do you still want to escape? Don't run!"
What's going on? Why don't you transform and fight with me? Aren't you the one who is never afraid of any fight? When did you become so weak!
"Boom, boom——"
The light bombs constantly blasted from Phantom's hands forced Hui to stagger around, until Hui, who could no longer run, was blown away from his feet by a bomb and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
"Do you dare to say that you have defeated Phantom Queen at this level?" Phantom, who looked like a madman, stepped hard on the back of Hui who was moaning and continued to crush him. "Really, look at you now, how ugly you are! You have simply insulted the legend of Pretty Cure!"
"..." It was obviously a terrifying attack, but for some reason, Hui didn't feel much pain right now.
"Everything is obviously over, what else do you want to do?" The question coming from below made Phantom stunned. "Do you want to avenge Phantom Queen? Is this also... your love for her?"
Yes, there is no doubt that what enables her to do this is love, right? I understand.
"Cure Lovely, I want to seize you as the strongest power among Pretty Cure!" Looking angrily at the persistence of the girl at his feet, Phantom squeezed the shadow in his hand that could replicate the power harder. "Then use your life as a bargaining chip and this power to defeat that Kamen Rider and save Phantom Queen!"
You say this is love? Well, then this is love!