The Tampered Score

been corrected. Aiden would stay where he was, carrying the same F- start, still treated like a joke. And she did not want that correction record to disappear. She tucked a backup copy into a private isolated drive. Meanwhile, Aiden himself had no idea a hidden hand was watching him. He only knew that the next morning his personal terminal was buried under dozens of messages. Some were insults. Some were praise. Some were so strange he did not know how to respond: ["How did you learn that move?"] ["My dad actually watched a hero stream for the first time because of your pump station clip."] ["Bro, you might actually be strong. You just look like someone on overtime."] He stared for half a minute before one fact finally landed.