"Yes."
For some reason, despite Bad Akane's aggressive words, she seemed... somewhat pleased rather than bothered? "Indeed, I appeared a while before you all did."
"That doesn't matter!"
She flung away the gathering energy in her hand as a burst of flame, then pointed straight at Itsuki! "I was born from Lord Ash's darkness. I don't have beautiful, kind hearts like yours, so I don't know any other way to get what I want."
The only thing I knew was taking it by force!
"So it's the same now. There is only one sun, and only one is needed!"
"As long as I defeat you, I'll be the sun closest to Lord Ash!"
Perhaps out of excitement, she had even slipped into the Osaka dialect of her original self.
"..."
While Bad Akane passionately declared war, Itsuki, who instead seemed to feel no further anger, observed her with remarkable calm... perhaps her rage gauge was already full enough to unleash an ultimate move?
I remembered Ash seemed to have asked the Heart Tree to properly educate them and make them outstanding Pretty Cure, right? Looking at it this way, perhaps the education had not been enough... Oh, I got it. So she meant for me to help take over, right?
If any other Pretty Cure had been standing here, she might have been surprised and angered. If someone like Kirara or Akane herself had been here, a harsh lecture would definitely have followed. But as Itsuki Meidoin, there was only one thing she would do. It was simple and direct.
"Actually, don't the Pretty Cure gathered around Ash also resemble a different kind of school?"
When she held that gleaming Heart Seed in her hand, her already-growing hair began to lengthen beneath the clear light at a speed that would