Chapter 337

Sixty-Eighth Chapter: The Demon’s Miscalculation

“Uh.”

Ash responded unusually coldly and directly let go of her hand. Erika groaned as she fell to the ground with a thud.

“What the heck, that hurt!”

“It was you who told me to let go,” Ash replied still in his cold tone. If one had to pinpoint the reason, perhaps it was because he was hurt by Erika’s harsh words.

Ash, who had reluctantly saved someone only to be called a pervert, naturally wasn’t feeling very well. He thus had quite some reservations about the way Erika referred to herself.

“You call yourself a lady? I’d say you’re more like a crane lifting trouble,” Erika.

“You—”

“But you even called me a lolicon! Hmph.” Despite the mask, Erika felt she could see the disdain in the other’s eyes from beneath it. “A short and noisy person like you. Who would like someone who only causes trouble? Whoever marries such an annoying person would indeed be three lifetimes of misery.”

“Marine… ah…”

Lei, who was worried about their friend, felt embarrassed seeing Erika arguing with the enemy.

“Who are you calling a troublesome, three lifetimes of misery short person!” Erika momentarily forgot Timons’s identity as the enemy and became flushed with rage. “Unlike you dark-minded individuals, my sister is a famous model, so certainly, I am also liked by someone!”

“Liked? Hmph, for example?”

“For instance… for instance…” Feeling the piercing gaze directed at her, Erika was speechless. Rei was at least secretly fond of the café owner, so what about her, who kept trying to flirt?

“No, wait!” Realizing this, Erika stepped forward. The girl who wanted to grab the other’s collar couldn’t reach the neck either, so she ended up shaking Ash’s chest armor forcefully. “Almost fooled me, tell me now!”

Pointing at the monster turning its attention back to destroying the surroundings after losing its target, Erika shouted at Ash, “This mess was caused by you, why don’t you tell me how to deal with it!”

“Surely you are a righteous companion?” Ash raised his head, pushing Erika’s hand but failing to budge her. “Now you come and ask me, an antagonist, how to defeat evil? Have you gone mad?”

“I don’t care for such things—you’ve saved me and must tell me!”

Facing Erika’s unreasonable tantrum, Ash clicked his tongue in frustration and turned his gaze toward the monster below. After all, the things he did to test Doon’s abilities exceeded acceptable limits, making the results far from ideal.

But thankfully, I’ve prepared a fallback plan.

In front of the girls, Ash pulled out a remote switch device from behind.

Thankfully, I considered the possibility of things getting out of hand, so I installed a tiny bomb on the talisman. Now a push of the button will destroy it entirely, nullifying the contract. Then The Pretty Cure can purify any残留问题.

“Finally, this falls onto me—”

Just as Ash was about to hit the switch, the monster, which had been concentrating on destruction, suddenly turned around, firing a beam of energy from its chest straight at Ash.

“Woa!” The sudden attack frightened Erika, causing her to sit back down again. The instinctive reaction made Ash’s body jerk away.

However, when he looked at his broken halves of the switch, he felt increasingly grim.

“Damn…”

When he shifted his gaze to the monster below, he saw its silly face moving its lips, apparently conveying a message.

“You’re… great… I’m looking forward… to meeting you officially… that day…”

Following the movement of the monster’s lips, Ash repeated each word, gritting his teeth.

Is this a challenge?

“Unh… No way—”

The strange actions of the monster instantly intensified. With a hideous look, the creature hugged its own round skull on the ground as if battling itself.

Ash pondered for a moment, realizing it was the person inside, fighting the entity controlling the body. Though connected, only partial power was transferred, not its true presence. Infinite water will eventually run dry.

To make sure this person wins in the fight, they need stronger consciousness. Hence,

“Hey!” Amplifying his voice through his armor, Ash yelled towards the monster. “Think of your little sister, think of what you are fighting for now!”

“Unh!” Through the orb embedded in the monster’s chest, the sealed Mingtangyuan Gao showed a suffering expression, yet there was indeed a response.

“So scary—so afraid of surgery… but everyone is happy to see hope for recovery, who could say fear now?”

“My sister sacrificed so much for me, doesn’t want her to see this weak side…”

“Brother…”

Hearing the pain-filled narration from the older brother, the girl opened her mouth wide.

Did you really mean it all along?

“However, I’ve been freed!”

Suddenly changing tone, the kneeling monster rose up, sharp spines like a cluster missile launched, trailing dense smoke as they flew straight at Cure’s location.

The girls subconsciously closed their eyes, preparing a defensive stance, but when they opened them, they saw Timons in front of them, creating a web-like energy shield, shielding the explosion before them.

“Ti-Timons, why!?”

“There’s no why!” Struggling to maintain the shield, Ash found it hard to explain his actions. “Otherwise, I’d be within the blast radius too; damn it!”

This Doon, truly doesn’t show mercy to his underlings at all!

No, the bosses who treat their minions like their kin, meticulously rewarding and punishing, protecting their subordinates passionately—the few like this are rare. Instead, why haven’t a righteous person like you applied for the good guy side?

If I were to choose, I’d prefer someone like Regina as a boss—spending money generously, easy to manipulate, and soothing to coax while petting hair… Ugh!

Scatter-brained, Ash lost his guard, and the shield split apart, sending him flying.

“Crap, what did you do!”

Even if enemies, the girls felt terrible seeing the person protecting them sent flying. They ran ahead immediately, only to collide against a punch, sending them back.

“Pretty Cure, Timons!”

Five seconds later, overwhelmed, Wuki raced swiftly in the direction of the landing point.