He turned the camera. His blood went cold.
The skull icon was now right behind him. Need for Speed Rivals -Jtag RGH-
Then, a voice crackled through his TV speakers. Not a radio effect. Raw. Digital. A text-to-speech voice scraped from an old Windows 95 install. He turned the camera
Pursuit starting in 3... 2... 1...
And then, a new message. Not on the TV. On his laptop screen, inside the script’s terminal window. jumped across the minimap in jerky
He heard a creak on the basement stairs.
He slammed the throttle. His modified Lamborghini Veneno—tuned to 320 mph—shot forward. But the skull moved faster. It didn't follow roads. It clipped through mountains, jumped across the minimap in jerky, inhuman teleports.