"An evil sorcerer has turned back time and stolen the legendary cards sealed away." So declared the System, which had suddenly appeared and bonded with Ogata Tomoe.
It commissioned Ogata Tomoe to retrieve the Clow Cards scattered across different worlds. The ultimate reward would be a gift bestowed by a legendary sorcerer.
"A legendary sorcerer? Never heard of one."
"Because they're a sorcerer from another world. Anyway, just collect all the lost Clow Cards, and in the end, the legendary sorcerer will grant the wish you want most."
It sounded like a scam, but Ogata Tomoe decided to believe it for now.
With the System's power, she traveled to one otherworld after another. As she captured the cards, she met people with extraordinary abilities from those worlds and earned their recognition.
"The Vongola will always have your back." The young godfather gave his departing friend a custom-made ring and his heartfelt blessing.
"Clams?" Ogata Tomoe muttered. "I prefer clam soup."
He smiled helplessly and gave her a gentle hug.
As she left the world, the ring turned into a card, its face depicting the godfather with flames blazing around him.
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"The Sheep will always save you a place." The red-haired boy held out a blue armband, a symbol of his companions.
Ogata Tomoe took it and looked it over. "This organization is so poorly managed, it'll probably go bankrupt in a couple of years."
He laughed in exasperation and gave her a hard knock on the head.
But the blue armband still transformed into a familiar image: the [King of the Sheep], hands in his pockets and gaze sharp.
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"I like your wife. Can I have her?" As they were parting, Ogata Tomoe made a bold move.
"Don't joke about that..."
Even so, as she left the world, Ogata Tomoe still received a card depicting a white-clad boy and the childhood friend who would remain forever in his past.
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The sleeping cards awaken and fly off to different worlds...
The card representing sweetness is beloved by a famous detective. He lets the sprite-like [Sweet] run amok in the detective agency, turning everything around her into desserts.
The mischievous [Little] bounces around an amusement park, shrinking every ride to the size of a thumb, along with the bombs inside them, and turning them into child's play.
[Snow] is mistaken for a special-grade imaginary vengeful spirit, the Snow Woman, and the strongest team of sorcerers is dispatched to capture her.
A mind-controller, as clever as a fox, takes advantage of [Shield]'s power to protect a friend.
Ogata Tomoe retrieves the lost cards one by one. With the Clow Card catalog in her left hand and the friends catalog in her right, and with help from her friends, she somehow goes from an elegant First-Class Sorcerer of the Continental Sorcerers' Association to a "mage" who lands critical hits with punches that hit flesh and bone.
Notes:
* Pairing undecided.
* Each world is independent. After the first world ends, friendship cards will appear to help out. Some worlds will be visited more than once.
* The System won't appear often.
* The heroine is a little clever, but not by much.
Blurb captured on 2024.12.26.
Theme: Run toward a better future