Still, having transformed using a "Precure Ranger Key," Marvelous had at least some basic understanding of Pretty Cure outfits. Weren't these little girls supposed to be all about beauty and splendor? Wasn't this layered appearance a little too lazy... huh?
Why was this doll crawling all over you and yelling everywhere? Was this even legal?
"Sougo, Marvelous."
Hearing that familiar voice emerge muffled from inside the "doll," speaking in an utterly flat tone, the two of them were momentarily stunned by this bizarrely shocking sight.
"Do I look like a Pretty Cure to you?"
"...Pfft!"
"Pffgh—!"
Their backs, which had been straightened for battle, instantly hunched over. Covering their mouths through their helmets, their whole bodies trembled as they struggled desperately not to burst out laughing.
"Is that... Ash?"
"..."
"HAHAHAHAHA—!!!"
People generally didn't laugh out loud unless they truly couldn't hold it in. But for those two, this wasn't about whether they could hold it in—it was about how loudly they wanted to laugh.
It couldn't be helped. They had practically grown used to that brat causing trouble with his pranks, but seeing him this embarrassed was something they definitely wouldn't forget anytime soon.
"Th-this is the treasure you found among the Pretty Cure, Ash? It-it really is—"
As the highest form of respect a pirate could offer, Marvelous raised a thumb at Ash with the same impressive timing as Ashu and the others.
"It truly is a priceless treasure!"
When it came purely to the value of treasure, I, Marvelous, acknowledge you as the strongest!
Though he wanted to do something, Ash, covered from head to toe in Pretty Cure climbing all over him, could only stand there motionless like a statue.
"I need your help."
Word by word, Ash added another entry to the book of hatred