The Sea Illuminated by the Dark Moon!

It was as if he had suddenly been pulled away from reality. The Scenario always arrived when he least expected it.

His pupils widened slightly, and he stood frozen in disbelief atop a building, staring at the crimson Tokyo Tower before him. Clow Cards danced through the sky around him.

Wait, what was going on?

The noise disappeared. The life disappeared. The riot of colors in Tokyo that he and Yota had once gazed upon was slowly vanishing as well. Black night rose from the ground like seawater, flooding the most prosperous metropolis in the world and leaving only the lingering lights that still stood above the "surface."

At a glance, it was as black and silent as the sea.

It suddenly reminded Fang Ran of the Arctic Ocean during the polar night. But unlike that time—

This time, a dark moon hung high in the sky.

Wait, could the moon be seen so clearly in a Scenario?

The dark crescent above the night sky seemed to possess some kind of magic, drawing Fang Ran's gaze until a card swept past his field of vision and snapped him back to himself. He pressed a hand to his forehead.

His gaze returned to the crimson Tokyo Tower before him. Fang Ran surveyed his surroundings, watching Clow Card after Clow Card drift around him. His instincts told him—

Something seemed different about this Scenario.

Tokyo swallowed by the night was unlike even the disaster-stricken city from that Hunting Scenario. Within this scene drowned in darkness lingered a calm despair.

He casually caught a Clow Card drifting past him, then paused slightly. The illustration showed an ice-blue woman with sea dragon-like long ears, a mermaid tail, and scales embedded in her forehead.

Water Card (THE WATERY)

The moment he obtained the Water Card,