Chapter 362

Chapter Ninety-Five: New Plan Under Preparation

“Five Wood, how is it?”

On the other end of the phone, Ash heard Five Wood’s anxious voice while tearing open the packaging of his chocolate. He steadied his shoulder and held the phone by his ear.

“They had an argument, and now they’re cold-warring,” Ash said as he bit off most of the chocolate. “It seems the rift between them is even more serious than I thought.”

After all, the more intense the friendship, the harder it would be to bounce back from a fight.

The man kept chewing the dark chocolate in his mouth, enjoying its rich, smooth texture with each bite.

“Mm, although there’s no taste, it is very sweet.”

“Manager Ash, you can’t just ignore this…” After ending the call with Ash, Five Wood turned her head, seeing Rei and Erika lock eyes for the twenty-second time today before both turned away with a huff, their anger and dissatisfaction growing stronger by the second, as if they were two volatile elements.

As one of their classmates, Five Wood knew how close their friendship used to be, making their current stiffness even more painful.

“So, Manager Ash, come back immediately!” In fact, whether it was her, Lily, or the fairies, they had tried to persuade and comfort them but to little avail. With no other choice, a flustered Five Wood turned to Ash for help.

“If you don’t return, the atmosphere at the shop will be odd, and what if the Desert Apostles attack? How could those two fight together!”

She was right; the responsibility was on him for this mess.

At this moment, even Five Wood was complaining.

“It’s fine, Five Wood, you’re worrying too much.” Ash’s voice seemed to have a magical effect, calming Five Wood slightly.

“Do you remember what I said?”

“You said… you believe in them?”

“Exactly. Even if true friendship is overshadowed by gloom, it’s just a pretense that the rainbow is about to appear. Just like how heavy darkness eventually gives way to sunlight, they’ll reconcile. You should also have faith in them.”

Moreover, if the relationship between them really hits an impasse,

I could just use a more vigorous approach to push them forward.

Ash hung up without waiting for a reply, and a red-haired violent man responded to Ash’s call and walked over.

“Spider Gaki, you’ve been waiting long enough.”

“Hmph, who would have thought you’d be proactive, Timons.”

“If I show determination, everyone will surely be surprised,”

Freshly employed by the new Desert Apostles, after an amiable talk with the chairman, Doon, Timons, enlightened by the guidance, decided to change his ways, instantly recruiting colleagues to work overtime, determined to turn Earth into a lifeless desert for the benefit of the Desert Apostles.

Of course, this is just public talk—regarding the truth of it…

But now, through possessing Doon’s power, the System gained the dark resonance, and Ash completed the custom-made emblem of sin. It’s truly a win-win situation.

Yet this also let Ash clearly see Doon’s true strength before he was sealed away.

Doon’s claim as a cosmic invader holds true—he, if unsealed and on Earth, could likely defeat even the strongest Pretty Cures.

Among the Desert Apostles, the strongest is certainly the Dark Pretty Cure; currently, Rei and her group have no chance against her. But it doesn’t mean the Pretty Cures have no chance of winning, merely that the gap isn’t insurmountable.

But when compared to Doon, the difference can only be described as “huge.”

Though not the strongest villain, giving me a Knight Belt to fight Gigan is asking too much.

Seriously, the difference between the final boss, mid-boss, and underboss in Pretty Cure is so great?

That’s not how it works in other Knight realms or teams.

(Doon’s in-game character is somewhat disappointing, not matching his original design, but for now, his abilities are calculated based on stars.)

Even after training and motivating the Pretty Cures, combining their powers is still weaker than Doon’s.

“Unless I could summon the entire Space Defense Force from across the cosmos… Well, probably regular members wouldn’t do, at least Ultraman Brothers level would make a difference.”

Thus, Ash is getting increasingly desperate, more than急切王, ultramodern急切王, and even beyond!

The thoughts are transforming into actions; reluctantly纠结 Ash now takes decisive action.

The legendary warrior’s strength is still insufficient.

“Really, I thought I had already led them far enough that I might use their skills again.”

Yet it appears there’s still a long way to go.

“Spider Gaki, let’s go.”

Mounting the handy shark skateboard, Ash generously gave his motorcycle to Gaki.

To avoid complications and being noticed, Ash chose Gaki, the martial arts enthusiast who only cares about fighting.

“We’re fighting, right?”

“Absolutely, if we want horses to run fast, we must whip them properly.” Tilting his head sideways, Ash glanced at Gaki with a mysterious expression. “By the way…”

“This is a good opportunity to push them forward.”

As Ash crumpled the remaining foil paper, Spider Gaki became interested.

“Timons, what’s that you’ve got?”

“Food? Give me some.” Rolling onto the motorcycle, Spider Gaki boldly asked for chocolate.

“Ha, quite the forward fellow,” Ash squeezed the paper, laughed wickedly, and shook his head.

“This is mine, if you want it, buy your own.”