This Night, in the Name of a Participant!

On the night-shrouded plain, the wilderness beyond the city lay pitch-black. The plan to head to Birmingham had fallen through. At the instant they jumped off the highway, trying to hide and escape only to be exposed immediately, just one second before the young man's dark figure raised his wrist and prepared to throw out the "Strange Sphere"—

A mysterious creature that had somehow appeared in the darkness wagged its tail and let out a delighted cry.

It swallowed the Dark Energy Crystal in one bite.

"Wha—!"

The instant F-233 appeared, Fang Ran, who had never expected such a sight amid the crisis, froze in disbelief. Even when he had abilities, he had been unable to catch this Lameow.

And now, without any abilities at all, he could only watch helplessly as it swallowed the only "bargaining chip" that could get him out of danger.

No, wait!

Since it had appeared and eaten it voluntarily... did that mean it was like when he used The Create to make a Dark World Crystal?

If he could use its abilities like he had during that Hunting Scenario—

But this time, what it had eaten had not been created from his own mana.

Would the same miracle still happen?

Thoughts flashed chaotically through his mind. Seeing the Lameow he had raised, which should have still been on that Sea Island, suddenly appear here, Fang Ran finally understood where the faint sense of familiarity he had felt last night, when he obtained that "Strange Sphere," had come from!

"S-Senior!?"

Tang Bing panted heavily, staring blankly at Fang Ran, who was so shocked that he had stopped in his tracks. Meanwhile, F-233, having eaten the Dark Energy Crystal, began to emit a strange glow from its soft body in the darkness.

Then, after looking at