Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

"Yeah." Yui nodded unwillingly. "I can't do anything."

"[Being unable to do something has never been the problem.]"

Turning around, Yui met those small eyes. Within those eyes, which seemed to have experienced far too much and concealed a vortex within them, Yui saw her own dazed reflection.

"[The question is, do you have the heart to want to do something?]"

"I—"

On one side was Minami fleeing, and on the other stood the incomparably terrifying Fortress of Despair.

There was no need to hesitate over which answer to choose...

"I want to do something. Please, teach me!"

Instinctively catching the thing that flew down from the other's claw, Yui hurriedly looked at the abnormally heavy silver-gray chunk of metal in her hands.

This was... a gauntlet? Or brass knuckles?

"Fortress of Despair!"

The Fortress of Despair, which seemed to be stitched together from countless elements, screamed wildly. Activating its power again, it sprayed a huge puddle of bright yellow syrup in front of Minami. When Minami carelessly stepped into it, she was stuck in place and unable to move.

"Oh no! My foot is—"

"Fortress of Despair!" Seeing its target trapped, the delighted Fortress of Despair was about to capture its prey like a spider when an invisible blast of air suddenly transformed into tremendous force! Accompanied by a howling gust, it sent the monster flying.

"Are you okay, Minami?!"

"Yui?!"

Seeing Nanase Yui gripping the Ixa Knuckle Gun, standing in place drenched in sweat while maintaining her punching stance, both Minami and Ash were stunned.

Minami was shocked that her friend possessed such strength, while Ash had all sorts of reasons to be shocked.

He had remained buried beneath the sand without taking action so he could use Dysdark as stepping stones for the Princesses' trials. To prevent