Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

Or rather, he had lost to himself.

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Chapter 208: I Couldn't Do Anything...

Ash had lost?

Among all the memories she had shared with Ash, the final image froze on that beautiful moment when he had saved her from being a monster.

The self in her heart and her outward self both kept denying it.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Ash had never once shown weakness in front of them. She simply could not imagine him losing!

He was the King of the Black Night Kingdom!

He was Kamen Rider!

He was the one who had always guided them and helped them. How could he lose!?

"No, it was entirely possible."

Catherine touched the wound on her chest that refused to heal, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and looked at the unable-to-accept-it Haruka with a faintly pitying gaze.

"You all trusted him too much, didn't you? But in the end, all he had was a human heart."

"Precisely because of that, he had been bearing alone the burden represented by your trust, hadn't he?"

But it was fine. She would help him transform from the inside out and become a higher being, just like his mother.

"You Pretty Cure always take love and kindness for granted. But such rules aren't universal in every world~"

How could this be?

In unbearable pain, Haruka suddenly remembered the agonized tone Ash had used when he called Catherine "Mother," as well as how heartbroken he had looked afterward.

If only she had comforted him in time back then. If only she had been braver and stood beside him.

If only she had not taken it for granted that everything would be fine as long as he was there. If only Pretty Cure could have become strong enough to support his heart!