Chapter 521

Thirty-Second This Can Also Be Considered a Partner of Justice?!

Ash suddenly understood something.

Yes, the set he had drawn this time with the “lottery ticket” was the “Dark Sword Tsukiyomi” and the “Evil Dragon” Fantasia Book, allowing him to transform into a powerful knight using the power of the Evil Dragon, Kamen Rider Calibur (Wangjian)!

Although by all appearances, he needed to play the role of another villainous knight standing at odds with the protagonist of justice. However, after some careful consideration, Ash discovered it wasn’t quite that straightforward.

Even though memories from the Saint Sword world were scarce, according to the “Invincible Great Swordman” who wielded light, “Dark Sword Tsukiyomi” was one of the first two swords created, an actual sword used to save the world. The same could be said for Kamen Rider Wangjian as a hero.

The reason he fell into the role of a dark knight was because each chosen knight throughout history was a man of responsibility; seeing a bad end in the future, generation after generation of knights chose the path of the Dark Sanctuary… I mean, solving problems as a riddler.

Thus, in this instance, he wasn’t actually playing a villain but a character with a heavy background storyline on the side of justice!

Plus, even the heroes in this world, the Pretty Cure, recognized him and invited him to join their team!

With this conclusion, Ash made up his mind.

“Starting today, I, Ash, will become a partner of justice.”

As for how he, who had been portrayed as a villain for so long, would transition to being a partner of justice…

“You—You—you—You’re such a—”

Facing Wolfrun’s widened eyes and trembling voice, Ash silently raised his sword a bit more, and the excessively sharp sacred sword blade easily shaved off the wolfman’s fur.

“Hold on, let’s talk…”

Wolfrun, saluting in French style, never imagined a rare opportunity to subdue the less-powerful Pretty Cure was about to turn into a disaster, Q-babies singing and victory nearly within reach, only to be thwarted halfway!

Yet, he should have been the villain—the villain of the Tragic Kingdom! It was usually he who raided others!

“CLOWN MONSTER?!”

As the monster’s intelligence was insufficient to grasp everything happening, witnessing its owner being taken hostage by Ash using a gangster-like tone, the Foolish Monster became entangled in confusion.

Deliberately jiggling the sacred sword brushing against Wolfrun’s neck, poor Wolfrun watched almost all his fur being shaved off, close to tears of frustration.

“Don’t you care what happens to this wolf?”

“Hold on, hold on!”

Thrown off balance completely, Wolfrun’s bewildered gaze wasn’t the only one; Miyuki’s eyes bulged out too. She rushed over, waving her hands.

“What’s going on here, Mr. Ash? What are you doing?”

“Trying to do good, like you see.”

“Good… Who’s the bad guy then?!”

“Are you serious, Cure Happy?” An insulting stare from behind the mask made Miyuki feel as if she were an idiot. “The villains are from the Tragic Kingdom! Now I am their ally of justice.”

“But—” Miyuki might be naive, but she wasn’t stupid. Ash’s approach didn’t seem to align with a good person. “Using someone’s life as leverage, isn’t that the exact act of a bad guy—an abductor!”

“For goodness sake, how could we accept this method for defeating enemies?

“I may want you to be part of us, turning good, but does this count as being good?”

“Ha, what nonsense are you spewing?” Feeling hopeless at teaching Miyuki, Ash shook his head in disbelief. “Firstly, he is not a human but a Tragic Kingdom officer, secondly, it’s the ability to engage in dirty yet just means, disregarding the name-calling, that truly makes a partner of justice!”

At this point, even Ash himself felt touched.

Everything is for justice! Imagine how the original Riders would nod at this!

“While that might make perfect sense, it looks less fitting,” Li Hua covered her forehead, unable to look at Ash directly. “But it won’t work.”

“The strategist can sometimes be too rigid in their thinking. Don’t be so dogmatic, Hua-chan!” Ash advised with the experience of dealing with her kind before.

“That’s unfair, and stop calling me chan!”

Li Hua, usually always composed, couldn’t help but get angry.

“Enough, enough nonsense!” Driving Wolfrun ahead, Ash used him as leverage. “You under there, either get purified voluntarily or watch him get purified!”

“No, help me—!”

The two Pretty Cures won the strangest battle yet.

“You!” Tears welling up, Wolfrun looked like a bullied elementary student, shamefully sweeping over the contrite girls and the proud man, he slunk away, tail between legs. “I’ll come back!”

“Mm, that line suits the wolf well indeed.” Having resolved the enemy without proper fighting, Ash removed the transformation book. Picking up the healed accessory from the ground. “Here, don’t you wish that I, the extra warrior, was brilliant?”

Relieved now that he no longer had to maintain the riddle-villain atmosphere, he felt particularly refreshed when using “justice” to bully evil.

Being a partner of justice felt surprisingly liberating.

Miyuki handed over the healed accessory with an awkward expression. Despite winning this fight through Ash’s companionship, it felt so strange. Even holding the healed accessory felt weightier.

“Mr. Ash, please!”

Feeling extremely uneasy, Miyuki clung to Ash, her voice pleading. “Stop using this ridiculous method in combat.”

Otherwise… Even Pretty Cure would become tarnished with its once honorable identity!

“Why not? I didn’t say I couldn’t do this, right?”

“Usually, we don’t!”