For three glorious hours, Kai was a god. He dodged bullets that hadn’t been fired. He teleported through walls. His rank skyrocketed. The chat exploded: “HACKER.” “KAI IS TIME TRAVELING.”
His screen went black.
A new permission appeared: “Modify system settings.”
Then, at 3:00 AM, the app updated itself.
Zero.
The traffic light on the street below changed from red to green before the timer finished. A car honked before the driver was cut off. A man on the sidewalk tripped over a crack that hadn't formed yet.