Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

"No."

Ashu, who had been listening quietly all along, suddenly spoke up. And the first thing she said was startling.

"Actually, there weren't four people at the beginning, but five."

"Haha~ The fifth hidden boss beyond the Four Heavenly Kings? That's really traditional... Wait, Ashu, what did you say?"

No one had ever mentioned something like this before! Having stunned everyone with the information she had suddenly revealed, Ashu continued as if nothing had happened.

"The prototype copied from you at the very beginning wasn't a Rider or an Ultraman. It was Ash, who possessed the power of a Metal Hero."

"Th-then where is he?"

Why had no one ever mentioned him? No, why couldn't they find even the slightest trace of him?

"He died."

"He actually died?"

Ashu clearly did not think she was revealing some earth-shattering secret. Only when she saw the stunned expressions on everyone's faces—including Twilight, who had once again been frightened out of being Towa—did she realize it. You really didn't know?

"Yeah. Long ago, after learning about his mission, he apparently couldn't accept it for some reason. Anyway, he chose to abandon everything and run away. Then Dast found him and killed him."

Ashu spread her hands before her and shrugged innocently.

"That's why he was the one chasing me at the start. After all, it wasn't his first time doing it... Was there really any need to be this surprised?"

"I really don't know who you inherited the habit of only bringing up important things like this now from."

Having suddenly learned this, Ash felt like the back of his head was buzzing as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"But a character who was killed before the story even began... I really don't know whether that was good or bad."

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