Luri sighed as she watched the victory screen flash across her monitor. The boss fight had been exhilarating at first—an intricate dance of strategy and reflexes—but now, the thrill was gone. She had won again.
Her fingers hovered over the keyboard, but the excitement she sought had already faded. It always ended like this. No matter how challenging a game seemed in the beginning, once she cracked the system and figured out the perfect strategy, the thrill vanished.
She leaned back in her chair, stretching her arms before reaching for her phone. Just as she was about to open another game to kill time, a notification popped up.
Incoming message from "CipherGhost."
Luri raised an eyebrow. CipherGhost was an old hacker friend—one of the few she actually respected in the underground world. Curious, she tapped on the message.
