Kamen Rider is the Villain in Pretty Cure Chapter 33

Her confidence in the future lost, despair consuming her present, a phenomenon more intense than any Doomsday Monster attack before, generated unimaginable Rampage Energy within Nono Hana. This torrent threatened to completely dye the Mirai Crystal on her chest a pitch-black color.

It was as if a predetermined point in her destiny, long set by fate, had finally begun.

Time Fire—In this final moment, it's you who can dance with me, after all. Do you remember your invitation from before? Let's start our date now!

"I can't transform anymore, I'm not Cure Yell anymore~"

"That doesn't matter anymore."

The one standing before me now is you, Nono Hana! Understand that!

"I can't respond to Ash, my favorite hero, anymore~"

"That's enough, Hana. None of that matters compared to you."

"Even if you truly don't care about anything yourself—then think about your friends! Homare, Saya, Emiru. Think about your family, like that sister who almost fought me for you!"

"I love them," tears streamed down Hana's face, leaving dark trails on her soft cheeks. "But I can't respond to them anymore... No."

I don't want to respond to anyone anymore.

"Hana!"

Ash shouted Hana's name, almost as if pleading.

But all that responded to him was absolute despair.

"It's over, both my life! And my qualification as Cure Yell's hero!"

Love, future, life—all gone.

Doubt, fear, dread of the future.

If Tomorrow Energy symbolizes the positive, forward-looking power of the future...

The future has abandoned me.

I can no longer see the future!

A pitch-black mist—Rampage Energy, excessively condensed and fully materialized, erupted from Hana's chest as she floated in the air! Completely engulfing her form.

Anger, hatred, resentment... the malicious elements that she had once fiercely resisted, vowing to fight against them and obstruct the world's path to a bright future, were now clearly visible before her eyes.

And why does this icy sensation make my heart, which was on the verge of collapse, feel so comfortable...?

That's right. Because I no longer hold any hope for the future, I can't find any reason to fight for tomorrow. If that's the case... it will be enough to simply sink everything into this darkness and find peace.

Heh heh... Hee hee... Hahahahaha~

The darkness twisted silently, but Ash clearly heard Hana's laughter from within it, which meant—

"Nono!!"

It devoured the cage, shedding its chains.

It laughed out loud.

Nono Hana, floating in the air, slowly lay back into the darkness. Waves of darkness surged, and a wave, as if sentient, rushed towards Ash, pushing the approaching man far back.

"Waaah, waaah, waaah, waaah..."

Within the embrace of darkness, the fallen figure stood up, accompanied by bursts of crying and laughter. Her loungewear had transformed into something familiar yet alien to Ash. Then, "Nono Hana" covered her face.

"Waaahahaha!!"

It was Cure Yell, but also merely something with Yell's appearance. It was something that had grown within Nono Hana and Yell's bodies, stealing everything.

A Doomsday Monster.

"It's over... everything is over..." a hoarse, tiny voice rang out, specks of crimson falling little by little...

"It's completely—over—"

That was the signature line of the irrational Doomsday Monster.

"Precure" wept sadly. From the pitch-black Mirai Crystal that had completely transformed in her chest, several mechanical tentacles, as if alive, suddenly extended. They coiled around and bound Hana's limbs, piling up as if to swallow her slender figure, and lifted her upwards.

"Aaaah!!" The faint murmur instantly turned into an ear-piercing shriek. The darkness surrounding Yell grew thicker and larger, interchanging with the mechanical tentacles that pierced the ground and surrounding environment, breaking through the clouds and reaching the heavens.

The pitch-black energy transformed her appearance like an infection: tattered, dim clothing, stiff, cracked marble wings, a face covered in plaster with empty eyes shedding tears.

"Nono Hana!!!"

This was the third time he had called her name.

But she could no longer hear him.

[Extra]Case File 69 No One to Offer Glory To

A pure darkness, deeper than dusk and blacker than night, assaulted him. Ash blocked it with one hand, the plaster covering it shattering into dust and drifting backward.

Even with Ash, whose mission was to absorb darkness, this "abnormal" transformation scene made him almost unable to stand, nearly blowing him away.

So, what were the chances of Ash simply watching, or perhaps retreating in fear to reconsider his plan?

Perhaps the old him might have, but his recently attained mental state reduced that number to zero.

"If you ignore me now, I'll be in trouble!" The "DV Defender—Guardian Sword Mode," flashing with cold light, spun in his palm, emitting a dazzling radiance, and cleanly sliced through the occasional tentacles attacking him.

"Who wouldn't be moved by something like this—"

Gotta catch up—Gotta catch up—!!!

Without hesitation, Ash charged into the formation of darkness, enduring unimaginable corrosive darkness and impact force as he approached Nono Hana, who was being held by tentacles and gradually being drawn into the mass of darkness in the sky.

Just you wait, I'm going to stop all of this right now.

"Don't give up on yourself, don't give up on thinking, don't give up on happiness!"

Whether it was useful or not, he shouted at her.

"You—whether it's Nono Hana or Cure Yell, you are absolutely not a girl who isn't strong enough! So—"

He leaped up, but it still wasn't enough. He was pulled by the impact and gravity, falling towards the ground.

He released his sword and swung it down beneath his feet, then spun his body in a ghostly motion, stepping on the sword for a secondary boost in a two-stage jump. Ash then reached out his right hand towards Hana, whose eyes were vacant.

"Take my hand—!"

Hana's face, covered in a stone-like substance, had two decorative markings resembling fixed tear tracks. She slowly turned towards Ash, and a shard cracked open near her eye.

Ash's dashing figure and that contorted face were constantly reflected in her pupils, which lacked any light.

Once good friends.

Once laughed heartily together.

Once someone he could rely on.

Once, and still, someone he loved.

Why...

Ash.

To you...

Hana parted her lips slightly. Her left hand, the only part of her visible as she was continuously wrapped by mechanical tentacles, trembled and swayed from the pitch-black darkness as she reached towards Ash's palm.

Just a little—!

Finally, their fingers lightly touched.

The next second, a massive dark tornado engulfed Ash's figure. They separated instantly, and the man's body was flung far into the distance.

"Hana—!!!"

Listening to the sound of water and the cool air rushing past his ears, the immense impact finally made Ash realize where he had been carried.

This was the small river where she had saved him.

It was the place where they first met.

In his last moments of consciousness, with his vision fading, in a world still shrouded in darkness, the direction his hand reached out towards was Hana, who was getting further and further away.

I have been born in darkness, lived in darkness, walked in darkness, and fought in darkness countless times.

But at this moment, the darkness snatched my Hana away from me.

Now, at this moment, I!

Hana, I, to you...

Into a world that had completely swallowed all light, Ash, whose head was impacted, could no longer sustain his consciousness and fell into a sea of unconscious souls. The man's soul walked from one darkness into another.

Soaked.

Wandering.

Drifting.

Sinking.

Dissipating.

Burning.

Awakening!

"!!!"

Ash abruptly sat up from his lying position, maintaining the posture of reaching out his hand as if to grab something. As his dormant will finally cleared, his hand grasped at empty air.

"Haa—haa—"

Ash gasped for breath, his lungs working powerfully, inhaling air that carried a refreshing, rich scent of disinfectant alcohol. He understood immediately.

This was the central hospital in Nursery City.

He had woken up three days later. All the surrounding beds were occupied, and some people were even lying on the benches in the corridor. Doctors were rushing around, sweating profusely; the hospital was clearly overloaded.

What was Ash doing now?

Ash was watching television.

"The ultimate Doomsday Monster phenomenon, which has caused global anomalies and is continuously devouring people and cities, happened three days ago!"

The grim-faced news anchor on the television reported the dire situation. Ash's gaze shifted to the window, as if the entire world's sky was perpetually covered by dark clouds, with no sunlight visible, presenting a scene of the apocalypse.

"Three days ago, the Doomsday Monster phenomenon observed starting from the outskirts of Nursery City has continuously grown and expanded, ultimately reaching a colossal size of 3,000 meters!"

"The Rampage Energy released from the Doomsday Monster, which resembled an angel, then began to engulf the entire Earth. According to satellite observations, two-thirds of the world is already completely covered!"

The people around Ash were also watching the television, but compared to Ash, their vacant faces were filled with numb despair.

"According to the experts' calculations... there's no way."

"The United Nations' actions... have been ineffective."

"The Pretty Cure and Time Fire..." As the announcer touched upon this topic that tugged at everyone's heartstrings, they seemed to choke up slightly. "They still haven't appeared. Perhaps they have already... failed."

Ash didn't even need to look to feel it; the despair for the future was causing people to continuously emit Rampage Energy, which was integrating into the air and essentially aiding the enemy.

"It seems we are left with no choice but to walk the path of destruction."

"Everyone, goodbye."

As these words fell, the television lost its signal, turning into a screen of flickering static.

However, no matter how long they waited.

No light appeared.

"It's no use now, is it?"

"Why must humanity perish here?"

"Precure didn't show up this time either. Surely, even she can't handle a situation like this."

"Please, Precure, no matter what, please show us a miracle like a god once more!"

Ash, leaning on his single crutch, limped quickly down the irritating hospital corridor. He had seen all sorts of expressions on the faces of people facing this despairing doomsday, but in this world, everyone's reactions could ultimately be summarized in one sentence.

They did not blame her for the heroes' absence.