"No need to wait for her."
Just then, Ash, who had arrived a step late, spoke first.
"She's still uncon... still asleep."
That girl had relied on her ability to discharge electricity and racked her brains to apply it to genuinely awful illegal activities. She had even managed to inflict quite a bit of damage on Ash with a sneak attack, and then...
And then there was no then. After being fiercely retaliated against and punished, Miyuki was chatting with a flushed Akane today, her face bright and dewy, while she herself was still lying unconscious in the bedroom with her eyes rolled back.
"What a shame. She won't get to see such a grand scene next."
Someone noticed that Ash had not concealed the castle and parked it in the empty space beneath Hope Flower City as usual. On the contrary, he directed the giant dragon to continue flying into the higher clouds.
"What is this?"
"That's right. Another link in Ash's amazing web of connections. I'm taking you to meet one of my local friends."
The walls that served as protection around the main control room lowered, instantly turning it into an open-air observation deck. After catching Yui's glasses, which had nearly been blown away by the wind, Ash generously spread his other arm open.
"Try not to be too surprised."
"!"
Just as they were about to continue questioning him, a scene pierced through a gap in the clouds behind Ash and shone onto their faces. The Precure instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes, then immediately realized that it did not seem to be sunlight.
As they continued rising, they finally saw the full sight before them. When that emerald-green island floating among the clouds truly parted the cloud layer and appeared before their eyes,