Chapter 413

The 148th Chapter The Truth, Which Side Is It?

“Lei? Lily? Manager?!”

Seeing the sprite fly in the air, panicking and crying to the point of stuttering, the confusing information left Wuki and Erika completely at a loss, only holding their umbrellas and stepping through the rain to approach their target.

“They! He!—No, stop saying that!”

“Calm down, Cifrey.”

Just as Wuki was consoling the sprite, a visible shockwave came from their target’s direction. The two girls hurriedly raised their hands to block their faces, preventing the rain from splashing onto them. Despite the considerable distance and buildings between them, they still almost got thrown off by the force.

“How could this happen, everything’s messed up! It’s already started!”

“Is it over there?!”

Erika and Wuki quickened their pace.

“Oommm——!”

An indescribable supersonic wave, or perhaps resonance? Regardless, the immense shockwave that erupted between the two clashing fists swept across the entire rain-soaked city, nearly flipping the comrades arriving there. Glass within a certain radius shattered into dust-like fragments.

“Krak krak!!!”

The place where their fists were locked together, an inexplicably eerie chewing sound could be heard. Silver moonlight enveloped around Tskukage Lily’s fist, clashing with Crimson Timons’ blood-red agitated energy, each devouring the other. They were tearing each other apart, swallowing into their bodies.

But during the standoff, things were gradually tilting in Lily’s favor, her left hand supporting the right wrist swinging yet trembling. A tiny trickle of blood flowed down from her lip which she had bitten unconsciously. Her face showed pain, one that neither calmness nor anger could hide, while Ash seemed quite at ease as if about to yawn.

Crimson “flames” circumvented around the cool spirit light and began eroding, preying on the body.

It felt as though Lily wasn’t fighting Ash with her fists, but like a naive infant voluntarily thrusting her hand into the crocodile’s open mouth, allowing it to rip and chew.

“It’s no longer possible, right?”

“Ahh—”

Ash’s words were like pulling the trigger.

Even Rei, who could barely make out the situation despite being thrown and painfully rising again, saw Lily flying in the exact opposite direction of her charge.

“Wh—Why, Lily-san?!”

Like a stone hurled forcibly at a window, Lily crashed through various materials like reinforced concrete structures, finally being smashed into a water tank on the rooftop. The damaged water tank gushed out copious amounts of pure water from its cracked opening, the cool sensation mixed with rain striking her face, awakening her spirits and making her realize the unnatural bend in her arm.

“Aaaaa… Eh—!”

Even though she tried to endure, amid excruciating pain, the sounds escaping her throat were beyond human.

Pain, unbearable pain—the fingers hurt, joints hurt, wrists hurt, arms hurt, muscles hurt, nerves and bones hurt; all she could think of in her brain at that moment was pain in her arm.

“With sand and dust filled with corrosive force, capable of igniting enemies, fist strength data is 842 tons.”

Looking at her opened palm, even after squeezing tight, she still felt invincible power seeping through her hand.

“Lily-san?!”

Surprised to see Tskikage Lily being flung away, Rei clenched her teeth and summoned her bud magic stick, aiming the top gemstone at Ash and unleashing her full attack.

“Pink Forte Wave of PrettyCure!”

She had seen enough results from the current state; hesitation would mean her absolute defeat! Not knowing what Ash had turned into, Rei launched her definitive move from the start, hoping for a hit, and maybe some purification powers—

“You want to revert me back to my original form, is that it?”

Ignoring the shock on the girl’s face, facing the pink, flower-shaped light ball slicing through the air and rain towards him, Ash shook his scarf and disappeared.

The powerful echo that would normally detect an opponent naturally dissipated. The girl looked all around in terror, utterly lost.

“Jumping ability is approximately 583 meters…”

“What?!”

The voice came from directly above, but how did Ash get there; covered in tiny grains of sand, he appeared to hover mid-air.

“And then….”

Raising his right foot high, he relaxed his body, allowing gravity to pull him down towards Rei’s head.

“Stop! Please, come to your senses quickly!”

“No, you need to wake up first, it’s battle time now.” Continuing his relentless effort, he spun in mid-air, aiming like a guillotine towards Rei’s heel. “Having such naive thoughts in this situation, isn’t it your fault?”

Pressure…

It emanated from Ash behind the red-curtained figure, tainted with rust’s smell, his appearance twisted madly, mocking her naivety, seemingly waiting for her doom.

At this fully liberated moment for Ash, Lei could scarcely move, her legs seemingly glued to the ground, unable to escape.

The only thing she could do was lift her magic wand upward weakly in defiance.

“——!”

Once more, a tremendous roar too loud for words, Rei sat on the ground, her feet beside the snapped flower magic rod scattering crystal fragments before dispersing into mere light particles.

Lei’s mouth gaped wide, trembling teeth and tongue unable to utter a single word. Just then, she failed to stop the downward chopping heel, breaking the wand and slightly brushing past her nose as it plunged into the ground.

As a result, multiple abandoned buildings collapsed due to the effect; from her seated position to the range her gaze could reach, the surrounding ground was thoroughly fragmented, needing reconstruction.

“Kicking strength is 1146 tons… Not, amplification devices in the leg and specialized destructive energies, even greater powers at ease? Hmm…”

Satisfied, he pulled his foot from the ground, resembling yanking out a carrot, gazing at Lei dazed in the rain. Gently lifting Lei, he tilted her chin to meet the horrifying red-blue dual-colored goggles emitting light.

“If you can’t handle me, how will you defeat the Desert Apostle, the enemy leader?”

“Have you understood what being weak means?”

[Kamen Rider Crimson Timons]

Fist Strength: 842 tons

Kick Strength: 1146 tons

Jump Ability: 583 meters

Running Speed: Through turning the body into sand achieving teleportation speed

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 117 kg