The ghost moved on its own. It fought alongside Leo, but it didn't attack monsters—it attacked save states. Each swing of its whip deleted a chunk of Leo’s progress. Level 2 vanished. Then Level 1. Then the title screen.
He refreshed. It still said 1 leecher .
Leo didn’t sleep that night. In the morning, he checked the torrent site. The file was gone. But the seed count read .
He spun around. Empty room. When he turned back, a second character had joined the game: a ghostly, translucent Richter. Its name tag read .