Leo had been chasing this file for three weeks. Ever since he'd scrolled past a blurry YouTube thumbnail showing Goku with silver eyes fighting a shadowy Vegeta with a caption that read "SHIN BUDOKAI 9 FINAL BOSS SECRET." The video had only 47 views. The comments were disabled.

"That's just a reflection effect," Leo whispered, but his voice cracked.

And his vitality gauge? It's at 64% now. It drops 1% every week.

But his head was tilted too far to the left. Unnatural. Like a marionette with a snapped string.