The monitor bled a deep, visceral crimson. Instead of a desktop icon, a notification pulsed in the center of the screen:
In his hand, he wasn't holding a mouse. He was gripping the hilt of a —a massive, biomechanical blade that felt alive, its "core" thumping in sync with his own racing heart. File: God.Eater.2.Rage.Burst.zip ...
The zip file hadn't downloaded a game. It had downloaded into the front lines of the end of the world. The monitor bled a deep, visceral crimson