The alarm did not sound. It vibrated in the cards. Kaito stood on the rooftop. It was midnight. The sky was black. The clouds were heavy. The air pressure dropped. The seals he had reinforced groaned.
Kuro said: "They are here."
Kaito said: "I know."
Kaito drew the Defense pile. Five cards. He threw them into the air. They scattered like seeds. They landed on the perimeter. Atlas materialized on the main street. He was massive. He was stone. He planted his feet. The ground shook. The first wave of Hunger-Born struck him. They bounced off. They could not move him. He was the wall.
Yuki-Onna froze the alleyways. The ice spread instantly. The entities slipped. They lost footing. They were trapped in the frost. NYX swallowed the shadows. The ambushers vanished into the void. They could not hide in the dark when the dark was owned.
