The revelation of the 'Predator & Jackal' synergy link was like a mental bomb going off inside Leon's head.
He had barely slept, his mind replaying the golden, shimmering line that connected Juventus's two most dangerous players.
He woke up the next morning feeling like a dull, persistent drum was beating against the inside of his skull. His Vision, usually a clear, crisp overlay of information, was flickering with static, like a bad TV signal.
The system had never felt like this before. It felt... overloaded.
He got into his car to drive to the training ground for the final tactical session before the Juventus match.
But ten minutes into the drive, the drumming in his head intensified into a splitting headache. The street signs and car license plates were blurring into a meaningless soup of numbers and symbols. He couldn't focus.
He pulled over to the side of the road, leaning his forehead against the cool glass of the window and squeezing his eyes shut.
