Lap Ninety-Five Arrived and Simex Showed Him the Answer
The cockpit was no longer a seat in a machine. It was a sensory deprivation chamber that had been suddenly flooded with a thousand needles of data. Leo Kaito sat perfectly still, though the world around him was screaming. He had survived the geometry shifts, the power drops, and the fog. He had decoded the sensory jamming and the false positives. But as he crossed the line to begin lap ninety-five, the Simex AI decided that the time for individual lessons was over.
It was time for the final exam of Level 1.
"Everything," Leo whispered, his voice barely audible over the simulated roar of the wind. "It's running everything."
