"Wow~"
After locking the doors and windows, turning on the faucet, and lying in the mist-shrouded bathroom to make sure that he would not be accidentally discovered, the boy turned on his toy-looking mobile phone and connected it to the communication network on the other side.
"Connected...Ayumi, Aguri, how is the progress there?"
"As expected, everyone recalled the memory of Cure Ace after seeing her. It seems to have gone very smoothly... Well."
On the other side of the communication screen, Ayumi, whose face was gradually turning red and whose eyes were inexplicably erratic, couldn't help but cover his eyes and complained at the same time.
"Ash... Why are you naked on the phone? Go and put on your clothes!"
Even if you go out of your way to "chat" with me by offering benefits like this, I, I, I... I won't be tempted at all!
"What should I wear in the bathroom now?"
No matter how old they are, even if they have done "that", the pure heart of most Pretty Cure seems to be the same as before. Ash, who no longer wanted to complain, had no choice but to quickly discuss this topic.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Since everything is going well... then we need to be even more vigilant!"
"No matter what Kaller's plan is, apart from letting Heartbeat Team temporarily forget about it and then asking me to go all the way back to the present, I haven't seen any reaction from him."
"That only means that he must be preparing some traps later that can surprise us. At this time, we cannot take it lightly... Well, Puka is looking around or something, what happened?"
"Puka?"
The little rabbit who was in the corner of the camera on the other side also turned his ears over when he heard the mention of himself.
"It's not a big deal, I was just wondering Homi where did she go?"
236
Chapter 236: Daughter's secret?
"Do you think a rabbit can conceive a baby?"
"Even if you, the elves, are born with a naive and romantic nature, please don't say anything that insults the foundation of reproductive isolation... Wait, considering that your body is actually that kind of existence and my Omni-Adapter, it seems, maybe, probably... it is not impossible?"
Originally, I just complained about such whimsical things to express my denial, but in the rigorous spirit of being a scientist, the discovery that Ash calculated by himself was actually that possible?
"Aha! Pooka might be able to be a mother too, Pooka!"
Puka, who didn't understand the first sentence and only heard the last sentence, used his rabbit-like jumping ability, waving his ears happily and jumping up and down happily.
"Ash?"
He gestured with his hands to compare the rabbit-sized Puka in front of him, and then used his forehead to compare the height of the man next to him, who was 1.8 meters tall. He kept shaking his head to compare the two of them, and Ashu, who had a weird face, gradually hesitated in his tone.
"Although people are free to have their sexual preferences... but I think sometimes enough is enough."
"... Are you serious when you say this Ashu?"
"You mean it, I do."
Although Ash's expression at that time became more and more weird as Ashu's speech, Puka didn't care! Since it is possible that I am Homi's mother! Of course, he would have no problem caring about the whereabouts of his precious "daughter", especially when she goes out like this.
"It will be dark tomorrow, it's time to come back, Puka."
"You said she wants to go out for some air at this time?"
Ash was stunned for a moment when she heard the news. It was clear that she had not specifically told her what mission she had to go out on.
At this time, Ashu thought, could it be that what I said before about facing Mirai inspired her and made her want to do something to help me at such a late night? How should I put it... I feel relieved to see my daughter grow up and become independent, but at the same time feel reluctant to let go.
"Children do grow up all of a sudden without adults noticing."
"I came from time travel. Ash You haven't really raised a daughter to be a father yet, right Puka?"
"Puka shut up!"
Anyway, Ash now enjoys being a father very much.
"The topics you are arguing about are becoming more and more childish..."
Ayumi, who was already accustomed to the somewhat strange relationship between man and rabbit, once again took on the role of peacemaker.
"Okay, let me go take a look. Maybe she has come back?"
The camera on the other side of the communication began to shake, as if it was following Ayumi who picked it up and walked towards the room at the other end.
"Maybe at home - little Homi, are you in there?"
As the knocks on the door rang one after another, Ash's keen hearing heard another discordant sound through the speaker. The door seemed to... open by itself?
"Eh?"
Ayumi, who was still holding the mobile phone on the other side, was also stunned. He just knocked with his hand and didn't use much force. Why did the door open by itself? After taking a closer look, I discovered that not only was the door unlocked, it wasn't even properly closed.
Hey, were you leaving in a hurry?
"It's so careless. If you let someone else in..."
The door that was about to be closed by Ayumi stopped just before closing, and then opened in the opposite direction, allowing her to enter the room smoothly.
"Ayumi?"
"I didn't see where she was, so maybe we can find some clues?"
In fact, even Ayumi herself was a little surprised by her sudden and bold decision. After all, as Ayumi, who prefers an "I person" personality, breaking into her suspected daughter's room without permission is really... wrong! If you are an elder, sometimes you have to pay more attention to the growth of your younger generations! Instead of waiting until you make a mistake later and regret it later, it's better to take advantage of it now...
"I'll come and apologize to her later. If Ash is watching too, you will have to accompany me by then!"
Hearing such a rare "quibble" from Ayumi, Ash was speechless.
"... Parents do this and that out of concern for their children. Although I used to hate this statement, I just thought it was just an invasion of other people's privacy."
Keren is a double standard after all, so lying in the background with the sound of splashing water, Ash chose to remain quietly silent, and continued to follow Ayumi's perspective to explore the expensive daughter's room.
The layout of Homi's room was more ordinary than he thought: an ordinary bed, an ordinary desk, and without any special decoration, it can be seen that the room was neatly taken care of by the owner who loves cleanliness.
The only thing that existed was that there were some novels and comics scattered on the bookshelf. They seemed to be a set of stories about family emotional entanglements that were particularly popular among girls. Ash didn't take a closer look. However, the waste paper with some characters drawn next to it attracted his attention. Ashu said that Homi seemed to like painting. So does my daughter want to be a painter in the future? I'm fine with that... um, wait?
"Ayumi Move to the other side, yes, that's right, it's right here!"
Commanding Ayumi on the other side, let her turn back to the place where she just had a glimpse.
"What's wrong?"
Ayumi was also a little surprised when he saw several dolls placed on the top of the bookshelf.
"This is the doll of Kamen Rider? As a girl, you actually like this."
Needless to say, it must be the result of his father's influence.
"More than that, Ayumi, take a closer look at what characters these Rider are."
When she heard this, she opened her eyes wide when she looked over. How could she not recognize the character contained in it?
Dragon Tooth, Timons, Wang Jian, OOO, Decade, Dark Kiva... If you let other Rider chef fans look at it, you probably won't think that the order of these collections and placements has anything to do with it, but if you let any Pretty Cure who is sleeping in the next room look at it, you will definitely find out what it is.
"She's not collecting Kamen Rider, she's collecting me!"
"Is it normal for children to worship their elders?"
Ayumi didn't think there was any problem until Ash's voice came out from the hand communication after a while of silence.
"Ayumi, go ahead."
Originally, he was a little sorry for snooping into his daughter's room at will.
But now he was more curious about it than sorry.
237
Chapter 237: The truth about mother.
"Looking through Homi's stuff is really bad..."
"I will apologize to her as a father later. Now let's fulfill my duty of care as an elder."
After this small search, the two of them found something surprising.
It turns out that it's not just the Kamen Rider series of Ash, but also Mana, Lei, Miyuki, and she also collects their Pretty Cure transformation toys these days.
Of course, girls will like Pretty Cure. This thing sounds beautiful and natural, but the order of this collection really makes Ash not think too much about it.
Ayumi even accidentally pulled out a somewhat familiar packaging box from under the bed.
"The CSM version of Demons Driver Heartcatch. Ver... comes with a ScarletDemons conversion kit, which contains 180 daily lines and 80 combat lines of the transformer Ash..."
As if to verify his conjecture, Ayumi also deliberately pressed the dialogue button on the side of the belt. When he heard the line "This voice is more familiar to you, right?" which was indeed his own voice, Ash, who was lying in the bathtub, pressed his wet palms on his face and couldn't bear to look at it.
"The multiverse is really wild... does it really have everything?"
"It's very good. I'm a little envious to be so fascinated by my daughter's care."
After enjoying it, he pressed a few more lines before reluctantly putting the belt back. Ayumi, who was in a good mood, also quietly made plans in his heart.
"Maybe we should prepare more gifts like this for her next time? Hey~ It's really good. I would be very happy!"
"Don't put on this expression Ash~ I will also prepare your share."
"It's not about this kind of thing... Who do you think I am, a three-year-old child?"
Ash doesn't intend to say anything about his daughter's hobbies and hobbies. After all, even he himself is a toy house who likes to collect toys.
But...
Why collect to this extent? If it is to commemorate Mirai who may have died in the war, compared to these toys, isn't it that I am here now? If you want to know what you want to ask, you can come to me directly?
"Huh?"
Regarding Ash's problem, Ayumi didn't think it was a problem.
"It doesn't have any special meaning, right? It's probably just a collection of memories. Ash Are you overcomplicating things by overthinking them?"
Judging from the current results, isn't there no problem at all?
Maybe, maybe, it's just that I've gone too far in my recent thinking and intrigue? Am I thinking too much?
"Ayumi...Ash... You'd better come and see Puka."
Just when the two men's investigation was at an impasse, Puka's voice focused their attention back on her. They saw the rabbit half-hidden behind the curtain grabbing a corner of the rabbit with its ears, pulling it open in front of them, exposing what was behind it.
"This is...!"
When they saw the true form of the thing they happened to ignore, both Ayumi at the scene and Ash far away at Aida's house were shocked and stopped what they were doing.
It was a whiteboard that blocked the entire window. The whiteboard had the Ash photo posted in the center as its axis. Countless line segments and comment words extending outwards led to other Pretty Cure photos also posted on it!
"So, does this make sense? Puka?"
"This makes so much sense oh my god..."
The first glance at such a relationship-oriented chart made both of them think of the word "pairing" at the same time, and the two-word title "Mom?" written on the top of the whiteboard simultaneously answered the question that had troubled both of them for a long time!
Why is it that no matter who asks Homi questions about her mother, she ignores them without thinking, and why she doesn't seem to show any response to this question throughout the whole process? The answer is here. It's not that she doesn't want to say it, it's that she doesn't know the answer herself!
"Poor Homi..."
She couldn't help blurting out her words of pity. Ayumi couldn't imagine what she had gone through in Mirai to not even know who her biological mother was. She couldn't even imagine how she could have persisted until now if this person was herself.
"Ash, have you guessed this...?"
But Homi really persisted until the person who traveled through time came to them.
"I had similar speculations, but I didn't expect it to be of this magnitude."
Dried water stains fell on the body of the boy who had turned into a man. The bathroom that was still filled with the sound of running water was now covered in complete silence.
"I'm such an unfit father."
This reminded him of the child Asuka who came from a different continent in the past. In the past, he only felt sad for the fate of his friend's daughter, but he never thought that something similar would happen to him one day.
"Nothing has happened yet, Ash! There's still time to make things right!"
"Yes, we must not let it happen!"
The heart that had reached the throat in advance finally had time to calm down. Knowing that it was not too late, the two of them and Yitu had time to take a closer look at what was written on it.
"Is this how Homi searched for his biological mother through the clues left behind while living with us?"
Thinking about it carefully, although she had maintained a sense of distance from everyone before, she never left and looked like she was observing carefully.
Following the route, Ash also saw the "comments" left by Homi under several key targets.