He fired.

> USER: LEO_VELOCITY. AIMBOT DETECTED. ESCALATION PROTOCOL ENGAGED.

But the game began to feel off .

– [CHEATER] xX_QUICKSCOP3_Xx – [CHEATER] RocketQueen99 – [CHEATER]

He fired into the noise.

Leo grinned. He didn't need to out-aim the aimbots. He just needed to out-stupid them. He grabbed the dead cheater’s rocket launcher, ducked behind a rock, and for the first time in weeks, he listened . He heard the frantic click-click-click of automated bunny-hopping. He heard the rhythmic pfft-pfft-pfft of perfect, inhuman firing lines.