For some reason, the Rampage Energy that had filled the gaps left by Dark Echo within this body seemed to have temporarily stopped. Given a chance to catch his breath, Ash finally had the strength to gently push Hana up off him.
"So... you knew all along, didn't you?"
"I might die, but not truly die. Though I really won't have another chance to see you again... the end of my story doesn't mean the end of yours."
As he spoke, Ash tried to push Hana away from him.
"As long as you stay by the side of this me who hasn't vanished yet, you'll definitely get hurt, so..."
"What are you talking about?!" Understanding what Ash meant, Hana became angry at once. "At a time like this, asking me to give up is what's impossible!"
"So—!"
Several shadows flew out of Ash's chest right before Hana's eyes. After landing on the ground nearby, they actually transformed into the Jenit mechanical soldiers he had once used.
"How could this be?!" Looking at the yellow robots that had suddenly appeared before him, even Ash was stunned by these former Timeranger grunt enemies. "Why are they here?!"
"Ghee~~" Shouting in unison, the Jenits aimed their blade-like guns at Ash and pulled the triggers. After a burst of firepower, a pile of bullets clattered to the ground before Cure Yell, who stood in front of Ash and blocked every shot with swings of her wrists.
Hana, whose mood had sunk to rock bottom, charged forward with a grim expression. Before long, her completely unrestrained violence had reduced those things to useless scrap metal scattered across the ground.
"So that's how it is?" While Hana tore them apart by their arms and legs, Ash placed a hand over his chest and finally understood the