"The fact that you've arrived here―rather, to this save point―at this moment in your life is nothing short of a miracle. It delights me to no end. Step through the stage's curtain; rip off the mask of the wizard who pulls the strings. Close the loop. Hack into God."

——February 6, 2036 - Time, 15:28:15

Every computer on Earth overflowed past the maximum limit of the 4,294,967,295 seconds granted within the Digital Standard Clock that had been ticking away since 1900, leading to the worst-case scenario: all Defense-Attack Systems throughout the world majorly malfunctioning. Military satellites roared like Hammers of God as they showered instant devastation upon the world's major cities. New York, London, Shanghai, Moscow, and Shinjuku. This large-scale disaster came to be known as "Sad Morning." Was this simply judgment being handed down onto mankind? If so, then who could that judge be? Or instead, could this merely be the preface to a far greater calamity...?

The curtains to the story of Anonymous;Code rise during an unsettling series of events set in Nakano, Tokyo - Year 2037.