He ignored it. The download finished at 3:33 AM.

Then the text appeared, typing itself out at the speed of a panicked heartbeat: BIOPROCESSOR v1.10 // MU_ENGINE // HOST_STATUS: INFECTED RE5_VIRUS_SIGMA DETECTED IN LOCAL MEMORY REROUTING... Leo laughed nervously. “Cute. A boot sector joke.”

Below the feed, a message in green monospace: MODE: NO HOPE. WELCOME TO TALL OAKS, LEON. YOU CAN'T ROLLBACK TO V1.00. PLAY. The game launched. The main menu was wrong. Instead of the normal background of a burning city, it showed his apartment building’s security lobby. The camera angle was from the inside of his own computer, looking out.