Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

A different one—another one suited me better.

"Tank & Tank! Build Up!"

"What is that?"

The astonished crowd watched a pile of self-propelled little cannons fire at the monsters as they passed through them, then gathered together and transformed into heavy tank-type armor that equipped itself across Ash's body!

"Blue warrior of steel! Tank Tank! So bad! So strong!"

Dropping to one knee wasn't some embarrassing gesture of surrender! It was to get the treads on his calves turning. As he charged into the enemy ranks at full horsepower, pulling off all sorts of drifting-like maneuvers, the Full Bottle Destroyer in his hands continuously bombarded the enemy alongside the countless cannon muzzles across his body.

"Full Bottle Break!"

As he kept feeding Full Bottles into the cannon and firing, maintaining the movements of a self-propelled artillery unit, Ash also ran his thought processes on two tracks at once.

"I see it now. Everyone here has had their Dark Echo completely taken away! As the saying goes, too much of anything is bad. Having lost every negative thought, they no longer desired anything beyond their ordinary routines. That's why they looked as though even their minds had been taken from them!"

Why had they specifically created a city like this? Why had they treated the people they captured this way?

"Under the influence of my Infinity Soul, they regained themselves. Then the monsters received orders to eliminate every human in this city. If I'm not mistaken, that was probably his doing... but where exactly is he?"

While continuing to fire, Ash's gaze beneath his mask gradually drifted to one side. He saw the unfortunate girl who had also been captured here. Even without her transformation powers for the moment, she still relied on her own efforts, doing everything she could to