Chapter 38

Extra Case File 38 Cunning in Combat

The beautiful and bright swords in their hands simultaneously reflected the distinct changes in both body and spirit that had occurred in each other.

Yet, no matter how beautiful the words were, they could not hide the fact that the conflict was intensifying. Once they started fighting, it was intense!

Braving the risk of possibly due to miscalculating the distance, letting herself be fed into the opponent’s blade, she thought her own head would be slashed off, the meticulous yet brave Wild Flower forced her sword in front of the opponent, seizing this momentary opening. A powerful punch almost set the air on fire as she intended to teach the man in front of her a profound lesson from bottom up.

If hit, unless the person inside the battle suit was like Jin Takaya, a modified human, or someone named Lightning with an iron chin, otherwise, the ordinary mortal Ash wouldn’t just lose some teeth, but his entire jaw would be smashed!

In truth, Wild Flower had such intentions, but don’t vilify her for being so ruthless even though she is a Precure. She understood that this was necessary to make him quiet down before getting to any other matters; moreover, in a universe where “legendary warriors” were more prominent than cute and soft healers, one had to deal with it this way.

“Alright, this is it. Take a breather! I will help you with the injuries later with Tomorrow Energy—What?!”

Seeing herself about to perform a dragon punch, her sharp hearing caught a hint of laughter coming through the man’s helmet. Ash laughed instead of panicking, dancing agilely like a tap dance. He avoided the round-toed shoe in front of him and kicked forward with a long boot, then simply pushed forward, changing Wild Flower’s offensive line.

In reality, her daring charge right into his defenses perfectly set by Ash!

Even Wild Flower was shocked; she never imagined the planned attack with high certainty would get thwarted. My lower half –

Unceasingly swaying, unable to bear the shifting body weight, forced her to step away to avoid falling. Realizing too late that the floor she stood on earlier was off, the surface beneath her foot felt soft and mushy, different from the thick concrete usually used to support trucks. It was intentionally destroyed to easily kick her legs out.

This ruined ground she stepped into was part of her attempt at a quick assault, placing her foot right where the enemy had previously been.

Sensing this change, Wild Flower instantly reacted: So! He anticipated farther than I did, standing still for me and waiting for me to walk into his trap!

Though the fierce teenage girl was strong enough to match many powerful fighters, the righteous hero Ash was no pushover. His confidence matched her strength, otherwise he wouldn’t have taunted her.

Courageous yet foolish, continuing into things beyond his ability, he knew how to navigate safely without getting slapped.

“In combat, you must think faster, two steps ahead, or even three or four steps.”

My weakness lured him in, and he bit.

The dragon punch’s force, off-target, grazed past Ash’s oval helmet, creating sparks beside his ear, but he didn’t ignore this opening.

His toes tripped over the back heel and completely unbalanced her. Ash, like a ghost, sidestepped her and crouched low. With left fist striking the raised right wrist, he dove into her soft and thrilling embrace like a cushion of clouds with his solid shoulder. This move is called—

Iron Mountain Push!

“Gulp—”

Wild Flower’s body buckled instantly, crumpled like a broken branch as Ash struck the devastating impact. Involuntarily opening her mouth, a few droplets of spit flew out in panic.

Her chest—the lung area—hurt intensely, squeezing everything out. Breathing… breathe! Stay aware! Don’t fall here!

Yet reality and physical laws didn’t yield to mere thoughts. The overwhelming collision made her right hand lose strength. Her Melody Holy Sword flew away. And her body flew back in the same direction as earlier.

Despite this, Wild Flower endured the immense pain in her body and kicked Ash’s shoulder before hitting the ground, altering her trajectory and causing him to stumble.

“Heh, making a counterattack when cornered? Not bad.”

Patting her shoe prints off her shoulder, Ash glanced at the smoke from her landing and saw Cure Yell had changed course, escaping further blows. Nodding, he turned toward the fallen Precure with satisfaction.

Blood boiling, body heating, without doubt, he approached the defeated Precure.

What will be next?

Yu, pushing a wheelchair with sight, barely recovered courage and determination to continue her search. But seeing the disastrous scene dropped her spirits again.

Earlier chaos scattered her from Wild Flower. Now she couldn’t find her anywhere.

Wild Flower wouldn’t leave her behind. Why hasn’t she returned if they were merely separated? Could it be—

With Timefire missing, Yu summoned the courage to advance towards the battlefield where they fought. Despite the remaining smoke,除了继续滚动的轮椅无法移动让她陷入了困境之外，其他部分都显示了战场上极端的破坏。这里也没有小花……小花她去哪儿了？难道被卷入了战斗—

“该死——那个时间火焰，新英雄？这简直就是恶棍！”

无法忍受的怒意让她一拳砸在车把上，想起朋友可能面临的下场，脸色惨白的誉倔强地继续前进。

这样一个可怕的战场，即使是之前只敢远远躲避的她也深知身处其中毫无生存之机。

正因为如此，她更加迫切地想要找到消失的小花哪怕一点踪迹。

“花——你在吗？！花！”

大声呼唤友人的名字，没有回应，但一抹光辉此刻照亮了她的眼睛。

敏锐的她在前方看到曾经手持光剑的少女手中的圣剑现在却无影无踪，剑柄插在墙上，闪烁着微光等待着回应。

“剑……在发光？”

是在呼唤我吗？

“咔——”

尽管想要上前，轮椅却完全不动，最终她意识到已经被卡住了。