A snout pushed through the gap. A single red eye locked onto Kai.

The world had ended not with a bang, but with a server timeout.

“The link is active,” whispered his salvaged tablet. A single line of text pulsed in the gloom: Download Clone Drone In Danger Zone - APK - v1.0.1

The clones did not scream. They only swung.

The door buckled.

And Kai had found a ghost.