Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure Chapter 36

You... don't know if others can produce Tomorrow Energy? Ash's mind flashed back to the blue-haired woman who had reverted from a Doomsday Monster to her original form after witnessing Hana's true self that day. He understood.

This could be done; he just needed to awaken Hana.

"Thank you."

"Cough cough—?" Hearing the thanks and feeling his hand being pulled up, Klein, filled with malice, couldn't understand for a moment.

"If you're lying, I'll break your other arm too."

"What do you mean, 'other'—Ahhhhh!"

Ash, utterly cold, twisted the man's wrist in the opposite direction, snapping his arm with a deafening scream.

Flipping his beret on his head, Ash walked alone into the gradually expanding dark world.

"Wait—"

Clutching his arm and collapsing on the ground, Klein, his face covered in blood, still roared desperately at Ash's retreating back.

"Do you think you're the protector of this world? Do you think you can still save Nono Hana! Don't you find this ridiculous?" The man, his hair disheveled, was like a madman. "It's impossible now. All the Rampage Energy in the world is being drawn to her due to the mind reversal. If you want to save the world, you have to kill her!"

"And I saw it too, you have an equally unfathomable darkness! A darkness that makes flowers wither and prevents them from growing!"

Ash's steps halted.

"But you can't do that either. When you go before Hana, she'll only show you her power. You'll only see her rage!!"

"Are you going to say next that you've mercifully abandoned this world?"

"What?"

Ash, turning back, gave him a thoroughly mocking smile.

Ash no longer found the man hateful, only laughable.

"Saving Nono Hana and saving the world, I will do both."

"You say you can't, that you won't do it. This only proves how timid you are; it decides nothing else."

Without waiting for the clown behind him to utter any more ridiculous words, Ash stepped resolutely into the darkness.

He wanted to save a woman now.

A woman he admitted to loving.

When his thoughts and actions synchronized, the voice of the world became clearly audible!

Now, I can do anything!

"Hana, if this is your destined fate."

The V-Commander on his arm, which had been close to damage, was now as good as new, having transformed from the darkness at some unknown time.

"Then I will fight fate and win to show you!"

His finger touched the crimson beret on his head. Facing the approaching, dark, writhing things in the darkness, Ash's roaring cry towards his arm echoed through the heavens.

"Time Fire!"

The red beret, flying through the air, ignited a spark that spread like wildfire.

[Extra]Case File 74 The Mars That Ignited the Darkness

"World, if you are going to take her future from this woman."

"Then I will take her life back from your world!"

(BGM: Crimson Comrade - Theme of Time Fire)

Flames—

Burning flames rose from Ash's wrist, instantly engulfing his entire body.

They burned away his uniform, his skin, his face, revealing the red and silver burning mask beneath. Passing through the flames, the "Time Ranger"—Time Fire—this was now his true face as a warrior.

Honestly, if he faced Hana with this face, his heart would calm down and he wouldn't feel so flustered.

"Thump, thump, thump—"

Passing through the dark world, Ash ran swiftly through streets covered in Rampage Energy, heading towards the location of Nono Hana in his memory.

The surrounding environment made Ash, beneath his mask, frown slightly. To be honest, he hadn't expected to see traces of human existence here.

These people, swallowed by darkness and declared missing by the outside world, were all frozen in the actions they were performing before being engulfed. The Rampage Energy, born of despair over development and a denial of the future, when reaching a certain mass, would even stop time itself.

They were not dead, merely frozen in place, unable to act or think. Even when she transformed into the ultimate Doomsday Monster, the greatest and most evil that she feared and hated the most, Nono Hana had never taken a life, apart from instinctively spreading her energy range.

After all, she was a gentle girl who wished for everyone to be well and wanted to cheer for everyone.

Now, if it weren't for the Tomorrow Energy that had been infused into him when he was rescued during their first encounter, he too would have been frozen in time the moment he stepped in.

"Even now, you're still thinking of protecting me?" Playing with the warm, pleasant golden energy flowing in his palm, the man's eyes beneath his mask showed a trace of tenderness. "What a foolish woman..."

Precisely because of that, as a man, he couldn't afford to lose!

"It's over—"

"It's over—"

Ash drew the "DV Defender" from his waist, raising his weapon in "Vulcan Gun" mode, and stepped into the frozen time, running wildly.

Then, more darkness with a tangible form, calling out "This is it!" as it surged towards the crimson flames.

They were countless Doomsday Monsters, and Ash recognized the leader, whose mouth was exaggeratedly agape.

On the official website, managed by dedicated staff and supported by Cure Yell's cheers, Ash had seen it – the first Doomsday Monster to appear in the world eight years ago, and the first enemy Hana had defeated alone.

As for the ones behind it... the second, third, fourth... he recognized some of them. Eight years was a long time.

"Have you summoned all your past nightmares... Hana, are you that afraid?"

Several orange beams, bursting with explosive energy from the gun's muzzle, melted the Doomsday Monsters before him. Hearing the shouts behind him, Ash flipped backward, evading a descending fist, and landed on the Doomsday Monster's neck. He then yanked its hair from side to side, as if piloting it, and charged through the enemy ranks.

"It's okay, I'm coming to save you now, wait for me!"

Ash was drenched in sweat.

Ash was fighting with all his might.

To be honest, he wasn't very confident he could defeat the current Nono Hana.

This might very well be his final resting place.

But, a man fighting for a woman until death... it didn't sound too bad, did it?

If he couldn't return, then so be it.

With punches and kicks, smashing through a building, Ash unleashed his furious blows on the Doomsday Monsters, experiencing everything Hana had endured over the past eight years.

'Why am I fighting so hard.'

The DV Defender in his hands roared in anger, its scattered light piercing through the Doomsday Monster's body and the skyscraper behind it, only to be engulfed by more darkness.

'Why did I pull the trigger.'

The Guardian Sword's compressed freezing light sliced the monster before him into two tiny dolls, mixing with more dust.

'Before the inhuman, I let out a roar.'

Unknowingly, more darkness flowed into Ash's body, merging with the growing Tomorrow Energy, making Ash fight more fiercely.

'This is Ash.'

The crimson warrior stood on the corpses of darkness, reaching out desperately towards the colossal tentacled body piercing the sky in the distance.

'This is Time Fire.'

"Yaaahhhhhh—!"

Amidst the countless giant monsters, in the overwhelming tide, Ash roared at the sky.

"Boom————"

A torrent of scorching energy shot past behind Ash as he dodged, instantly clearing the area around him. The Doomsday Monsters, as if sensing a predator, fled in all directions.

What's going on? That beam almost took me down, how suspicious... what is that?

"V-REX?" Ash lowered the hand shielding his eyes, his expression one of confusion towards the steel behemoth before him.

What's going on? I specifically left it outside because I was afraid it would shut down in this Rampage Energy.

"Roar—"

With a roar, the giant steel tail descended like a sword from the heavens, engulfing Ash's area. Ash scrambled away, barely escaping the earthquake-like roar from behind him.

"What's wrong, V-REX, don't you recognize me?!"

The roaring steel dragon seemed unresponsive to the V-Commander Ash called out.

Wait, looking closely, something is wrong. Most of its structure is made of Rampage Energy. This V-REX isn't mine! Is this... Hana's nightmare too?

"Hana... are you this scared now?"

Facing the giant dragon baring its metallic fangs and roaring at him, Ash, standing amidst the ruins, muttered to himself.

"Roar—"

It was an identical roar. It burst from the skyscraper next to the giant Tyrannosaurus Doomsday Monster. The metallic Tyrannosaurus time machine smashed through the rebar and concrete blocking its path, sending the Tyrannosaurus attempting to devour Ash flying backward.

"You can control it."

A voice from the V-Commander reminded Ash that the giant silver-red Tyrannosaurus staring at him was the Super AI core he had created. Even without a voice circuit installed, Ash understood its meaning.

"Taku—!"

Spreading his arms, Ash leaped towards the bowing mechanical Tyrannosaurus.

As the V-REX was a voice-controlled construct without a cockpit, Ash, standing on the mechanical dragon's head at the linkage point, together with the Super AI beneath his feet, braced themselves for the groaning, rising Tyrannosaurus Doomsday Monster, a recolored version of V-REX.

The super robot and its super pilot, the task before Ash was clear.

Pressing the button on his arm-mounted V-Commander, Ash grunted and issued the command.

"V—rex Attack!"

"Roar————!"

The roars of the warrior and the Tyrannosaurus merged as one.

[Extra] Case File 75 Rescue My Beloved!

(BGM: Awaken! V-REX Robo!!)

"Thump thump thump—!"

The colossal footsteps conveyed immense, earth-shattering power, like an awakened earthquake, roaring as they approached, as if intending to tear apart the darkness thicker than night itself. Its massive, four-fingered beastly feet, weighing 8500T, crushed the road beneath with every step, sending dust flying dozens of meters high.

Its running speed reached 100km/h. The charging colossal shadow displayed an utterly unreasonable velocity, its massive steel feet continuously shattering the road and abandoned cars beneath them as it weaved between skyscrapers. The gigantic mechanical dinosaur galloped freely through the 21st-century city.

This colossal beast, a fusion of future and ancient times, lowered its posture and swayed its two small claws. Its overwhelming power shattered all the glass in the surrounding buildings wherever it passed. The scattered glass shards, illuminated by the dim, pitch-black light, traced paths like burning flames.

What a magnificent sight. Anyone with the soul of steel still burning within them would surely cheer like a fanatic upon witnessing such a scene.

"Rex laser!"

With a roar directed at the V-Commander on its arm, the running V-REX, upon receiving the command, lowered its head slightly. On Ash's back, on the dinosaur's back, two laser cannons rose with the violent grinding of metal gears, aiming at the "imposter" that had just stood up before them.

The muzzle of the cannon flashed with light, and crimson particles accumulated within the barrel. The overflowing energy circuits dyed the barrel a deep red, with spiral patterns resembling genetic coding gathering inside. The heat vents on its back expelled waste heat while emitting dazzling light.

The light at the center of the muzzle grew brighter and expanded, until it exploded!

The divine lightning that split everything shattered the darkness.

When it struck the Tyrannosaurus Doomsday Monster, it instantly caused a violent explosion. The Rampage Energy within its body, conflicting with the laser light, churned restlessly.

The dazzling explosion momentarily illuminated the dark world. The Tyrannosaurus Doomsday Monster's body tilted noticeably—a critical hit!

However, more Rampage Energy soon surged, repairing the breach before Ash's very eyes. This was, after all, the opponent's home turf, and they held no advantage here.

The fake V-REX... or rather, according to Hana's memories, the Tyrannosaurus Doomsday Monster, was also counterattacking Ash with all its might. It spewed flames capable of melting metal from its mouth, and the cannons equipped all over its body also lit up, simultaneously spraying fire towards the metal dinosaur before it.